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rwENrr-FIvE HUNDRED DOLLAR HOUSE.

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In the original design in The Present
the lower story and gables were Of plaster.
The upper story was covered with shingles,
on tongued and grooved sheathing. They
are stained with reddish creosote prepara-
ton, at once to give color and make this
weather boarding durable.
A hay window as on the front of the par
Tor, and the pretty verandah opens into a
square hall, 1lxi1 feet The parlor is 13xi6
feet in size The interior plan will be seen
fully in Fig. ?.
The square hall opens into cross hall IN
which the stairs ascend Between these two,
handsome drnpel curtains are the most
tasteful separation. A portiere, or hanging
curtain, is far pre5tier than door. The
square hall has fire place in the corner,
and is furnished as a pretty room. The
dining room is 13xt5 feet and the kitchen
13xf4 feet A hall closet is provided, where
unsightly umbrellas, overshoes and wraps
can be kept out of sight. but near to hand.
The dining-room has china closet and opens
to the kitchen, which is also to be reached
by door opening to the stair hall back OF
the portiere before mentioned. This door
gives ready access to the front door, and
also allows persons to pass from the back
part of the house to the stairs without pass
ing through the main hall The pantry and
cellar entrance are under the broad landing
of the stairs. where large window is placed,
lighting both the upper and lower stair
halls. The entrance hall is well lighted by
a glass panel in the door and WINDOWS at
each side of it.
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A Rat-Catcbinp Animal.

Did you ever hear how ferrets are trained
to clear the rats out of houses. 1t is very
common in England, but is scarcely done at
all in this country. Mr.. Adolph Isaacsen is
ferret tanner and breeder in New York
city
When the proprietor of large hotel finds
that his house is troubled with rats, he sends
word to Mr.. Isaacsen. The next evening, a
tail young man steps in, carrying two or
three ferrets. He waits till the people are
mostly in bed and then lets the creatures
loose. They smell about here and there,
looking for rat holes Their scent is very
keen. So is the scent of the rat, for the mat
ter of that The rat and the ferret are
deadly enemies. The ferret has about him a
smell something like that of the polecat,
especially when angry or excited. The rat
smells this or sees the ferret, and is immedi-
ately frightened half to death
ssThe ferret makes the rat nervous saws
Mr.. Isaacsen
The nervous rat starts to run into his
hole. The ferret follows slowly, fust as
though he wasn't in a hurry at all and
didn't care whether he got there or not. But
he always gets there. This is where the ex-
preston Ito ferret OUT comes from. The
ferret can stretch his body out long and
and thin, fairly like a snake. He can
squeeze himself into any place that Mr.. Rat
can.
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THE OLD CANNON.

The aged gun here given is saown merely
for purposes OF illustration. It is to be seen
at Fort Hamilton, one of the defenses of New
York. As one steams up the Narrows. be
tween Staten Island and Long Island, be
sees on each side of him military fort, with
sharp lines and mounds of grass grown
earthworks. That on the Long Island side
is Fort Hamilton; upon Staten Island, Fort
Lafayette. The gun here shown is the
largest one in Fort Hamilton. II looks very
dangerous and wicked indeed, with its long
iron body and its smooth, clean wheelworks
and carriage. Oh, yes. killingiy SO. And il
is wicked, the wickedest gun in America.
That is to say. it wouldn't hurt anybody bui
the person who fred it off. 1t never wa:
discharged but once. 1t never will
be again. unless all the navies Of
Europe are threatening New York at once
ana this is the last cannon left this side Of
the Atlantic. The old fellow was used t.
fire the first shot Of salute Powder wa
ranmed into his insiGes, and he was touched
off, regulation style. He hesitated a mo
ment, groaned, and then let loose.
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a Penn.y,,anIa HuckIeberrv P.,cb.

The west side Of Moosie mountain, between
ELEPHANT and Carbondale, is ons of the
greatest huckleberry producing regions in
Pennsylvania. Ii is ten miles in length, and
from three to four miles in width The sea-
son for gathering the fruit extends from the
last week in June until the second weak in
August. When the crop is an abundant one
las it will be this year, from the TACT that
no fires burned of tine bushes last spring
tie miners families Of the Lackawanna val
ley work like beavers while the berries last,
gathering the fruit by the bushel and selling
it fer q lair price. Work in the mines has
been so unsteady during the last few months
that the miners are in need of the little
revenue which gQod crop of 1luckleberries
viii be sure to bring them. Two or three
bushels OF berries are often gathered by a
family in hall day, and they sell readily
for seven cents a quart, the buyers coming
to their doors. II is estimated that the
huci1lebeRry crop this year will reach at
least :, 00J bushels. None Of the berries are
shipped TO New York. though many of them
are sent to cities considerably further away.
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Petition for L1qu or License.

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, COUNTY OF
i KINDS, Town OF TERRY TO the Honorable
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of
Terry: Your Petitioners, all citizens OF the town
Of Terry do respectfully petition your Honorable
Body to grant License to Retail Vinous and Spirit
Liquors in the Town of Terry for the space and
term ofone (D year from the 18th day of July
A. D., 1885, to the firm of Burnet & Beauchamp,
composed of J. T. BURSET d y. Il. BEAU
CHAMP, upon their paying the State and County
License taxes, the said petitioners Burnet Beau
champ, obligate themselves and agree to pa
10 the Town of Terry the OF One Hun
bred Dollars for Corporation purposes, and as a
Corporation fund without recourse to law to recover
or collect said amount from the corporation. We
further recommend the said Burnet & Beauehamp
persons OF good reputation, and sober and suit
able persons to receive such license: b. p. Hern-
don, Robt Henry, w. NJ. Braeey W. E. Barrenger,
Peter Nelson, w. A. Braeey, Jno. w. Barber Chas.
Clark, ". J. Davis, Z. J. Bush, Frank Berry John
Braeey. z. IL Wilson, Clinton Hall, Wesley Berry,
William Gfayson, Henry Terry, G.. B. Downing,
John Butler Peter Collins, David Smals, George
P. Young, K. c. Terry, W. H. Tribette, L. P. Head,
?. W. Hall, Wesley McDaniA, J. b. Terry, John
Wilson, Armistead Adams, Eug. Simpson, William
Bingham, John Taylor, Henry Laihey, Taylor John
son, Geo. NJ. Burnet, Aaron Mitchell Solomon
Powell, C. j. Hester. Ijune24, So god.
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For Travelling.

Double folds of canvas are basted in the
neck and sleeves of travelling dresses These
may be white, cream-ti tinted, or else dark
shade of red or blue, as the dress OF the
weatsrs complexion suggests. Economists
now buy the cotton canvas by the yard for
40 or 80 cents, and make these folds at small
expense. One fold an inch deep is enough.
though many prefer a second narrower fold
outside of this. The canvas must be cut
exactly bias, and its rough edges should be
bound with thin silk ribbon. Colored per-
Gale collars, in high standing shape, and
cuffs are for travellers, and there are also
bands of linen, with a color on the edge.
that may be bought by the yard and cut off
in collars as they are needed on the jour ey.
To protect the neck kerchief of colored
surah or of Grape is sometimes folded inside
the dress, showing like fold above the col
lar of the dress, and thus dispensing with a
collar altogether.
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BRICK

NO. I PAVING BE1ICK.-AV kanos
CoHInon Brick and several kinds OF L1st-ciss S
PRES5EE BRICK, made and for sale BY
H IL TAILOR SON.
jrly3o. Sly. JxcKsoH. MI1s
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Walnut pickles.

Scald the mats with I've and RIB off the
cater skin. Put them into strong salt
qater, changing the water every third day
tur niue days, keeping closely covered from
;he air. Then take them out and wipe them
carefully, aIfi prepare the pickle as follows:
For 100 nuts, take Of black pepper and
ginger root, each, one ounce; OF cloves,
mace, and nutmeg, each, one-haH ounce.
Pound all the spices to powder and mix well
together, adding two tablespoonfuls of mus
tard seed Put the nuts into jar, strewing
the powdered spices between every layer.
Boil for five minutes one gallon of good
vinegar, and pour, while boiling, over the
nuts, tie up closely, and set away for use
have always used the white walGut or butter
nut Gather when half grown or when
they can be readily pierced with a pin.
This pickle is good for long, long time; in
fact, age improves it,
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Look out for the cabbage caterpillar.
Pyrethrum powder, applied with the Wood
ason bellows In the quiet Of evening or early
morning, viii effectually destroy this pest.
The application viii need to be repeated
about once a week for a complete remedy.
The powder may be sifted on the plants, but
we have found no method of application SC
satisfactory as with the bellows.
For the squash vine borer try placing corn
cobs dipped in coal tar among the plants
Last season we seemed to derive very great
benefit by so doing.
Cover cucumber and melon vines with
light frames covered over the top with mos
quito netting, to keep off the striped bug.
We have found this method more satisfac-
tory than fighting this pest with poisons.
Unless we use care, the potato beetle VIII
destroy our egg plants before we know it.
Paris green viii help, but the perfect beetles
often seem to prosper N tie midst OF this
deadly poison. Whyf
One part OF Paris green to $50 fby weight
of land plaster is sufficient to destroy the
larva OF the potato beetle, provided the
parts are thoroughly mixed. We have used
one part of the poison TO 200 OF the plaster,
with good success.
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The Rcd Spot ON Jupiter.

The great red spot on Jupiter is disappear
ing in a curious way. An oval white spot
now covers all its central portion, leaving
only narrow ring of the red substance Wis
ible around its edge. The white spot is quite
regular in form, and very nearly concentric
with the red spot, which it appears to be
gradually covering up. Its whiteness is not
very intense, but about the same as that of
the general surface of the planet near it, SO
that as soon as it covers the red ring still re-
manning ell traces of the remarkable phe-
nomenon which has been watched with Sc
much interest for the last eight years will
be entirely lost.
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Trimming. for Grenadine Dresses.

Flounces of lace are the only founces on
elaborate grenadine dresses, and when
these are used they are in such numbers that
they are more like combination fabric than
a trimming. Wide lace fiounces are ar
ranged in lengthwise curves, only slightly
gathered across from the hips on the right
down to the foot on the left side; sti others
form lengthwise panels, and the old fashion
remains of gathering them in straight rows
across the front and side breadths below the
drapery. Very simple grenadines, of small
armure patterns, or OF sewing-silk gren-
adine, have the skirt in fine lengthwise
pleats after having been tucked across, and
this pleating may be edged with lace
French lace initiating Chantilly designs is
most used ON black grenadines The foun-
dalton of all grenadine dresses is now silk,
since there are good silks for this purpose to
be had for sixty or seventy-fve cents a
yard; this makes skirt that will wear as
long as the grenadine, while silk serge for
the basque lining costs from eighty cents to
Al a ward
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How Our pictures are Made.

The newspapers are passing through the
illustrating phase. There never before were
SO many pictures, good, bad and Indifferent,
made and printed in them. Knowing how
to draw and sketch well is one of the most
useful of accomplishments in our day.
The processes by which the newspaper
pictures ara perfected are full of interest.
They are improving every year. The old
method Of wood cutting and engraving for
quick pictures is quite gone By.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-29
New York sun cholera Mixture.

There is famous cholera cure known to
some of the old people Of '32. Years ago The
New York Sun obtained the recipe from
some one who remembered it, and published
it 1t is a well-tested medicine, AMI has
brought relief thousand times. 1t is re-
published almost every year in the journal
in which it first appeared. 1t is too late for
cholera to ravage our shores with its worst
terrors this year. But cut this formula out,
anyhow, and keep it:
Take equal parts of tincture of cayenne,
tincture of opium, tincture of rhubarb, e.
sence of peppermint, and spirits of camphor.
Mix well. Dose fifteen to thirty drops in q
wineglass OF water, according to age and
violence of the attack. Repeat every fifteen
or twenty minutes until relief Is obtained.
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Bonnets. while stiI very varied, are con
siderably moro moderate IN style The
pointed bonnets with extravazantiy high
trimmings excited 50 much laughter and
ridicule that areacti0n has SGT in, and for
the coming Grand Prix races 1t Is announced
there viii be . return to small capotes
trimmed with flowers and fruits of the
month in which the bonnets are worn, rasp-
berries and cherries for July, followed later
by apricots and plums. The fruits this year
are manufactured Of India rubber, which
makes them extremely light and at the
same time very durable As an imitation of
nature these fruits are simply perfect. and
the ornamental fruit pieces which decorate
the table at ceremonious dinners, and remain
intact to the end, can as well be ordered at
the artificial florists as at the fruiterer's.
The above is clipping" from the Paris
letter In Harper's Bazaar. Now, really, is
not the idea of fruits upon the head, among
the hair, rather nastys And what kind Oh
taste is that which will allow imitation
fruits to be brought upon the table at din
ner, ito remain intact to the endF Don't
let us have those fashions in America
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Eucalyptus Gum.

1t is stated that the recently patented pro-
cess for the manufacture of gum of the
eucalyptus globulus, which has the effect Of
thoroughly removing the scales which form
ON steam engine boilers and preventing rust
and pitting, has created a largely increased
demand for it both in this country and IN
Europe The effect of this preparation in
thus preventing the pitting and corrosion Of
boilers viii, it is expected extend the period
of their usefulness 100 or $50 per cent, and
at the same time insure very considerable
saving in fuel, as scale is non-conductor of
heat The distillation Of essential oil from
the leaves of this tree is another branch of
industry.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-29

Mr.. T. Mellard Reade, addressing the
Liverpool Geological society on 1.-The De
mutation OF the Two Americas showed
that 150, 600, 600 tons of matter in solution
are annually poured into the Gulf Of Mexico
by the Mississippi river. This, it was esti-
mated, would reduce the time for the de
mutation OF one foot of land over the whole
basin-which time has hitherto been calcu-
lated solely from the matter in suspension
from 6,O00 years to 1900 years. Similar
calculations were applied to the La Plata,
the Amazon and the st. Lawrence; and MIR.
Reade arrived at the result that an average
of 100 tons per square mile per annunl
| 3 removed from the whole American con-
tinent. This agrees with results he had pre-
viously arrived at for Europe, from which
1 was inferred that the whole of the land
training into the Atlantic ocean from
! America, Africa, Europe and Asia con-
tributes matter in solution which, if reduced
to rock at two tons to the cubic yard, would
equal one cubic mile every six years.
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DESCRIPTION:

HENRY C. MYERS, Secretary OF State.
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If Distinguished psz3bns 80 Noe4 0vsr. 4
also illustrates for them the I&t8st inventions
and scientific news of interest The pictures
are not very high art, nor are they intended
to be. But they serve a useful purpose IN
spreading knouledge, and that Is enough.
II is surprising how rapidly outline pic
t.lres. such as those that appear In our col
urnns. are sketched. A skilled artist viii
sometimes mako one in fifteen or twenty
minutes. They require any length OF time
from that up to an hour on two. Ii depends
both on the subject and the artist. So that
even though photographing Is so largely
used in newspaper pictures, they depend al
last on how well the artist knows how to
drarr
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FASHiONLETS.

Black lace toilets are very fashionable in
Paris.
Sixteen yards of silk are sufficient for a
dress this season.
Madras muslin makes a pretty covering
for satin furn iture which has become soiled.
Ornamental screens are much used to shut
off corner, making little room within a
room.
Wedgewood designs in table ware are
again popular and in much demand in this
country.
Red mattings are pretty for floor, sum-
mer and winter. Bright colored mattings
are very fashionable.
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The Harvest.

TIE wheat crop viii be very short. Medium
yield OF oats with large acreage sowu on
account of failure of wheat. Potatoes will
be a fair crop Outlook for tobacco gen
orally good. Sorghum has received set
back Cotton viii be large crop. For
the off year the yield of apples WI be
good Peaches in the north and west win
ter-killed in the south and middle portion
of the country prospect good. Pears and
cherries poor crops. Small fruits a fairly
rood Weld
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FERRET AND LADIES.

Two women saw these four-legged hunters
in a hall one night as they were passing
through They shrieked and shouted in a
very silly manner, although the ferret
would not have hurt them any more than
kitten would. But ladies are very queer
sometimes They act as il they liked to be
frightened. One woman got upon a chair
as you see in the picture
ssOb. oh. ohr' cried the other, show shall
ever get to my roomF
I'm tell you,n said the one upon the
chair. Just hold up your skirts like this
and run as hard as ever you can
But the little ferret only looked up at
them in mild surprise
Ferrets are so hungry that both the male
and the female win eat up their own young
ones if they are not watched.
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Fig shows a stylish design for sum-
mer evening dress. 1t is OF pale gray China
silk. with long apron front and pannier of
Angora lace The skirt is plain with very
narrow pleating at the bottom. The back
draping is of the silk The sash and loop
ings is of some gay-colored. ribbon The
bow in the hair matches the sash in color.
The neck Of the plain, pointed basque is cut
square, with full standing ruff or collar. 1t
may be necessary to run fine wire through
the ruff to make it stand alone.
Fig. 2 is costume of figured foulard
and striped silk, tine ground the same color
in both the stripe and the figured goods
The basque is made of the striped silk, with
sleeves and front of the plain. The back of
the skirt is in full, plain pleats of the striped
silk The long, unwrinkied apron front is
of the figured foulard. Very marrow pleat-
ing around lotion of skirt. The feature OF
this costume is its elegant plainness. The
hat is of the plain foulard goods, trimmed
with the color of the stripe.
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Improved Plantation for Sale /!

NEAR ROCKY sPRINGs-NINE MILES FROM
In CARLISLE, ON n. j. r. K. 300 acres, all an
der fence, 80 acres in cultivation balance well
yard of shrubbery and flowers with stable barn.
carriage house and four good tenemeI houses Ex-
ceptionally healthy, good school and church con-
yenient. Price, S3,000-three payments, or g 500
cash, Address GEO. p. MCLEAN,
1nIy1s c5-5m%. Rocky SpriIcs
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resources Go into 1t sman at fIrsf Learn
year by year what i in demand and what
viii grow best in your locality. There
never was difficulty that there was not a
way out Of it. Small fruit and vegetable
culture viii certainly prove the way out OF
poverty and anxiety to many worthy az
ricuiturist who now can scarcely make both
ends meat
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JACKSON, Miss, May &c, 1885.
JsoR THE NEXT sixty DAYS THE SWAMP
IL Lands Of the State of Mississippi viii be Of
fered for sale at 81 90 per aere,-te total amount
OF acres being $50 CO., and situated in the following
counties: Hancock, Harrison, jackson, Greene,
per, Wayne, smith, simpson. Copiah' Lincoln.
Pike, Amite, Wilkinson, Adams, Franklin, Clai-
borne. Warren, Madison, Leake, Attala, Neshoba.
the lands showing the area Of each county, will be
furnished the Clerks OF their respective counties
shortly. List win be furnished on application to
this office. p. NJ. DOHERTY
my27, 's5-60d- Comr Swamp Lands
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Lace.

More and more lace is used for founcing,
draping and ruffiing 1t comes by the piece,
in wide designs embroidered all the way
across for skirt fronts, or by the yard for
deep or narrow fiouncing. Since the memory
of man lace has not been so cheap. so pretty
and 90 much used. The cheap kinds are of
course the woven fabrics, not the hand
made, but they are quite pretty and fine
enough for any woman alive The exquisite
hand made laces are, of course, as expensive
as ever. But the variety of the cheap lace
is surprising 1t comes in silk, linen, cotton
and wool, and in all the colors known-red,
bottle green, cream, blue, etc. A red surah
silk dress, with red lace sleeves, is a charm
ing summer evening seaside costume. Silver
gray and brown, with lace sleeves of the
same color. are also very stylish The lace
sleeved dresses are often cut out square or
heart shaped at the neck. Lace apron fronts
are very common with even sateen dresses.
All lace dresses over some colored fabric ara
as popular as ever.
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Swamp Lands for Sale.

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