The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-30
MISSING LINKS.
Milan, Ohio, has the largest quarter
striking clock in the United Stsfes-


striking clock in the United Ststes-
An authority on music saws there are
5000. 600 professional and amateur
piano players in the United States.
Taimage, the preacher. carries $60,-
600 life insurance. He is considered
sufficiently tough for risk by the eon-
| >anies.
tho aahite whales are very numerous in
IT, ge III of St. Lawrence this season.
c,,r;as;, - much sought after as museum
An An E.n:gllsh,sdy .:ss;dy recently ordered D
,aoS,;,ai ae1 = i'.n.o ~ -ith canaries, which
b,,ndrsd sasred hiS ang sacf1'ee OF nearly one
The Musical World macs tbe start
ling announcement that es,rv farmer
wears out. on the average, t5,a wives
and half during his lifetime.
While the Prince of Wales was i,
| Vienna he took walk in the Ring
strasse, where he was offered bouquet
| by fower-girl. to whom he gave s
sovereign, to her great amazement.
Kalifa Abdullah, the MahdTs sue
cessor, is described as a poor creature
and coward, who has only a shadow
l Va eAoShOAAtl~ AlG 10 1lA d1l " t0ONE
| from Khartoum lest he should fall into
the hands of one of the chiefs whose
faction wars are ravaging the country.
There are 315, 200, 600 bread consum-
| ers in Europe. If each one should eat
| half a bushel more next year than last
I the difference would amount to 157. 000. :
/ 600 bushels. If, then. the times of de-
| preston in Europe should pass, so that
| the mass could afford to eat all they
| needed, the difference in demand might
absorb all our surplus at good prices,
Mgr. Sogaro relates a conversation
which he had with Gen. Gordon as the
latter was going to Khartoum. Cor
| don's last words to him were: 'Do not
| forget me in your prayers. Catholics
and Protestants are but soldiers in diff
ferent regiments of Christ's army. but
it is the same army. and we are all
marching together. y
Apropos of Ben: Perley Poore's re-
cent severe illness the New York Star
recalls that once, when threatened
with Bright's disease, his only chance
for life, he was told. was dieting. He
accepted it, and, bon vivant though he
is, lived for nearly two years on stale
bread and skinned milk, after which
time he was pronounced cured.
A surprising example of artistic agil-
ity was cited by Mr.. Henry Blackburn
in his last lecture upon English water
colors. He said that he knew an artist
who understood the value of line'
to such perfection that he could draw
a picture in his pocket. When a street
scene interested him he would put his
hand in his pocket, seize pencil, aud
illustrate the event without taking the
paper or pencil out OF the pocket
The origin of the phrase That's a
feather in your cap" is thus explained:
Among the barbarians it is the custom
to add a new feather to the headgear
for every enemy slain. The Caifirs of
Cabul stick feather in their turban
whenever they Kill Mussulman. In
Scotland the sportsman wears feather
in his cap-a feather from the first
woodcock shot by him. The phrase
belongs to no writer.
An English scientist asserts that
shell mounds, the origin of which has
given rise to no end of dispute, are
simply the eating grounds of Goldfish
and Holsters. He saws he has seen a
Goldfish take an oyster in its mouth,
crack it and eat the meat. The lob
ster will crack an oyster or put stone
between the shells when partly open
and scoop out the meat. In this way
shell mounds are formed.
Lillian Light, of Hayneyille, Miss, a
child of eight years, has displayed a
remarkable talent for modelling. When
only five or six years old she began to
make figures OF clay, and now she has
large collection of mud cats, hogs,
dogs, COWS, horses. and men. The
figures are declared to be not childish
limitations, but remarkably accurate
likenesses. Her best piece represents
a negro praying, and is said to be very
clever.
A correspondent desires to know the
best method of keeping chestnuts so as
to preserve their pleasant taste. A
method extensively adopted in the
country for keeping chestnuts during
the winter is to heat them, without
roasting, so as to kill the insect germ
which is in so many of them: then
hang them in muslin bags in a dry
place. They may be heated by expos
ure for few minutes in sieve placed
in an oven.
Clarence Seward, with his fierce gray
mustache and long gray hair. which
falls picturesquely behind his ears from
underneath his silk hat, looks more
| like a cavalier soldier affecting the
| dress of the civilian than an astute,
| plodding lawyer No description
| would oe complete that did not men,
| ton the cigar which he seems to be al
| ways smoking out of doors. A more
different man than he from William H.
| Seward could not be imagined, though
he resembles William H. in the subtle
| ty of his intellect.
A man who believes in and strictly
adheres to the adage, 'tMind your own
| business" is employed in the New
York Custom House. During a long
! illness of his wife, to whom he was
| greatly attached, he carefully refrained
from letting any of his fellow en-
ployes know that anything was wrong
at home, and when she died and he
| had to lay off day to attend the fun
/ eral, he announced the fact by leaving
note to this effect on the desk: "Gone
| to Auburn on business.
! The new winter overcoats for the
Philadelphia police have stripes on the
| sleeves, Indicating in all cases where
| such Is the fact that the wearer has
| served in the United States army, and
also the length of service on the police
| force. A single strip of narrow red
braid encircIing the sleeve above the
| wrist designates the veteran soldier,
and light blue braid stripe is con-
ferred for each three years of police
service. One member of the Reserve
/ Corps, who has been patrolman fol
twenty-seyen years, has quite row O.
stripes. The police of Boston and
New York are receiving similar decora
tons.
NJ. Penali. portrait-painter in Ly-
ons, was engaged to be married t
Mile. Minnie Bernard, and few day,
before the time fixed for the wedding
he said TO his fiancee, II hope you havl
paid Difference to my antipathy and or
dered all your clothes without a bus
tie. The girl smiled and replied
s.Sooner than wear a wedding-dres.
without tournure | shall never wea
any at all The artist earnestly pro
tested, and finally told her she mus
choose between him and her devotion
TO IaSHlOu. Inc fSottat was uOs IL Ii
favor and he left the same evening fol
Egypt
Senator Palmer (says a Washington
letter. has discovered that even ricl
: men with endless amounts of none,
have trouble. He has just completes
a very handsome house on K street
just beyond him on the corner is yer.
large house. built something in tn
styIe of the British Legation 1t i
occupied by an eccentric citizen OF tn
name of Lowry. Senator Palmer's 10
Joins his. The Senator built stabl
on the back part OF his lot, and as ia
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