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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12
Some Small Matters.

New stockings are necessary in travelling
You will want an ample outfit of stockings
for one has to be constantly on the move. with
no time for darning stockings, and it is dis
tressing and Notifying to have holes come
in them, be they ever SO small, at unex-
pected times, which, with the usual wear
and tear of tralmping and climbing, is sure
to be the case even with the best of care. so
you never are quite safe unless you start
with new ones. New stockings donot soil as
easily as old ones do. Always take black
stockings along, for they are neat looking
with any shoe, slipper, or dress. and are not
easily soiled, especially black silk ones. Yon
need others for walking-gray or brown.
To have stockings washed IS a great ex-
pense. and as washing is an item of no in
considerable moment when away from the
conveniences of home, 1t is well to supply
yourself with an ample provision to lay
them aside when soilei to take or send
home, thus saving your Washing bill by one
item at least. The same may be said of
pocket handkerchiefs- They take up very
little room, and good supply from the first
will insure by an0t her item your independ-
euce Of the washerwoinan. Some persons
wash out the feet of the children's stockings
themselves, the legs do not need it, and per-
haps would cniy fade in the process Of anna
teur washing, which must needs be in some
stream convenient, with tree bough called
into service for a clothes line. When it is
an object to save washing. and children soil
two or three pairs day. perhaps such .
course would be advisable.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12

The Benbow cannon Is more powerful
than the famous Krupp 119-ton gun. That
weapon fires with muzzle energy of 46.o6t
foot tons. The Benbows gun has a muzzle
energy of 61- 200 foot tons. 1t is calculated
that it will pierce wrought iron arTlor
plate over thirty inches thick. 1t roarer,
no mistake.
Like most of these great guns and great
ships, however, the Benbow and her huge
cannon are probably more formidable on
paper than anywhere else. They are very
rarely indeed brought into real action. They
serve more TO impress the public mind than
anything else.
The Benbow's big guns are seen at each
end of the ship, sticking out like a telescope
drawn out. They are very thick at the
breech, and get smaller and lighter Shy
jumps" toward the nuzzle. They are fixed
on the top Of revolving armor-plated iron
towers That style of mounting a gun is
called .'in barbette.n The guns are loaded
by running them back and lowering the
breech.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12

The carp belongs to the gold fish family
A writer in The Southern Cultivator, who
has had experience in this line, says he
knows of no investment that viii give a
better return. He put sixty-three fish in
a small pond in 1888. A year later he put
them into larger pond three quarters of an
acre in size, and found forty-seven fine large
fish. That spring they spawned. In the
fall the writer drew the water Off, and
found not less than $4,000 lively little fish,
three to pine inches long. He says that
with GOO are an are pond will raise 1900
to 4, 900 tine fish year. They should not
be left TO themselves altogether, but should
be fed, like pigs and chickens. Like these,
too, they can be trained perfectly to come
at feeding time. They become so tame in
time that they can even be caught with the
hand. What fun it win be to the farm boys
and girls to feed and tame themi
When well fed, they grow to fifty and
seventy five pounds. They are good eating
at years old. In the old royal palace at
Fontainebleau. France, there is a carp that
is said TO be 800 years of age. The old fell
low is blind as a bat, but still very lively at
feeding time He has lived longer than any
government has been able to do in France
for good while
The writer above mentioned sells his
young carp TO people IN his locality for
stocking ponds of their own. The fish he
has can be caught readily with hook and
line he finds, although carp generally can
not be. He feeds the fishes ON bread, dough,
boiled potatoes, cabbage, green corn cut
from the cob and grain of all kinds. The
season for the carp to come upon the table
is October to May This is just when fresh
food is scarcest The government pamphlets
gives pictures of the various processes re
quired in constructing a carp pond.
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uGM0Qltain Female COLLEGE,

REV. W T. LowREy, A NJ, President.
REV. ". Z. BERRY, A NJ, Prof Greek and
Latin.
MRS. hopENA LQwREY BERRY, Lady Principal
Eight other efficient and experienced Teachers
The Preparatory, Collegiate Music and Art De-
partments well organized and equipped; Course Of
study extensive Instruction, thorough; Discipiue
mia out strict, Buildings, convenient; Accommo-
datienss ample Expenses, moderate; Location
noted for heaithfulness, orderly society and hold
springs of free-stone water
During last Session l4s pupils were enrolled. 80
OF them boarding. Next Session will open sep
TENDER nth, 1885. Fer further Information or
catalogues, address, -
LoWREY BERRY, Proprietors.
luiys, s5-Sm- Blue Mountain, Tippah Co Miss
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summer Fallowing.
Rural New Yorker.l


Summer following is one of the deepest
fruits" along which our fathers, with soil
made as ''rich as mud" by ages of decaying
esstation and the disintegration of rocks
rich ia the mineral elements of plant
growth, so easily slid, and to which we
have persistently stuck But there never
was greater fallacy or more misleading
proverb than the one above quoted. or one
that has wrought more permanent mis- .hief
TO the American farmer or done more TO
impoverish his land without adequate re-
turn
A much better way, and one that can be
followed without the loss Of crop, is to
sow wheat after some spring crop or after
a clover-hay crop or pasture. In no case
should the blowing be done sooner than the
first of August, and If a pasture is TO be
used, it should be previously looked TO that
no weeds be allowed TO seed before plow-
ing The ground should be plowei only
once, but be well plowed; then narrowed,
rolled and cultivated until packed hard and
solid below and the surface melowed. but
only couple of inches deep. OF course, by
this method the loss by the evaporation or
by washing by rains is reduced to the low
est limit, and the seed-bed is prepared just
MS wheat or other winter grain requires
hard and solid below and friable on the top
reducing the disturbance by frcsts to the
lowest amount. Now, il the value Of the
clover hay or grain taken of, or of the pas
t1ro be added, iii the shape of some kind CT
manure or fertilizer. better crop win be
produced than is possible in the old way,
and the land, instead of being robbed, win
be made the richer.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12
Things to Do and to Know.

Red clover is biennial largely, and most
Of its roots die the second winter.
"Wigglersn and other vermin in cisterns
may be destroyed by keeping minnows
therein.
In Washington territory there is kind Of
cedar tree which grows 800 feet high, and is
sometimes fifteen feet in diameter.
In the northwest farmers and fruit grow
ers are now experimenting with Russian
plums. All others seem to winter-kin.
Ragweed can be turned to good account
as green crop by breaking the ground
early in September when the ragwesd is in
bloom.
Common hard soap may be used to fill up
cracks in the floor or the crevices between it
and the base boards No insects will ven
ture to push through it.
Peter Henderson says that the flavor and
crispness of all celeries win be increased if
they are soaked in ice-cold water for short
time before serving on the table.
The south has the most abundant fruit
crop this year that it has known in many a
season 1t would be a good locality for
evaporators and canning establishments.
10 is claimed that a cream separator, even
on n farm where the ordinary number Of
COWS are kept will make increase enough in
the receipts in one year to pay for the whole
expense of butter making.
, Grass gives the grain, color and especially
the flavor to butter in June and July, but
the COW will give a much better mess of it
If you win feed her three or four pounds of
corn meal each day while she is ON pasture.
This is now the practice of the best dairy
men in the country.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12
MANSFIELD MEDICINE COMPANY,
MEMPHIS, TENN.
SOLE MANUFACTURERS.
Cure for Piles.

Cure for Piles.
Piles are frequently preceded by sense OF
weight in the back loins and lower part OF the alb
domen, causing the patient TO suppose he1has some
ELECTION of the kidneys neighboring organs At
times, symptoms of indigestion are present. fiatu-
lcncys uneasiness Of the stomach, etc A moisture,
like perspiration, producing a very disagreeable
itching. after getting warm, common attendant
Blind, bleeding and Itching Piles, yield at TO
the application OF DIR. Bosanko.s Pile Remedy,
which acts directly upon the parts affected absorb
ing the Tumors, ailaying the intense itching, and
eneefing permanent Price 30 Genus Adj
dress. The DR. Bosanko Medicine Co., Piqua. o.
Sold by Byron Lemly, Jackson, Miss
march Is ISL y.
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How to Make Old waists as Good a. New

How to Make Old Waists as Good as New.
Basques that are worn or soiled IN the
front about the buttonholes can be fresh
ened by having narrow vest of velvet, or
striped goods, or of plain fabric, tucked
horizontally, set in single piece down the
front, and buttoned down each Of its sides
The material of the basque can be cut down
each side of the frayed front, and turned
back to form with interliningl place for
the buttonholes- The vest measures only
three or four inches across the top. and
tapers nearly to point below, unless it IS
necessary to have it wider to conceal the
wof parts of the basque; the buttons are
set ON the vest. For waists worn under
the arms jacket front may be added in
zouave shape, and this conceals or replaces
the shabby places. Sometimes the front OF
a worn basque may be sloped off to repre-
sent loose jacket, and new vest OF differ
ent material either pique, velvet or jersey
webbing, may be set underneath Wide
sash draperies OF ribbons or of soft silks are
now arranged over the edges of basques
that are partly worn. and are tied IN full
loops and ends behind Broad watered
ribbon VIII thus renew a beaded jersey, or
a gay Roman sash may be used instead. A
still simpler way, when the basque is de
faced about the hips and is old-fashioned in
the back, is to convert it into a stylish
round waist by fastening the belt of the
skirts over it instead of under il, and adding
a belt or sash ribbon.
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The Benbow is $50 feet long and 6S1S feet
wide. She is of 1000 horse power. and it is
..hoped' TO run her sixteen knots an hour.
Besides the cannon in the barlette towers
the vessel win carry also upon her hurri-
cane deck eight quick firing Hotchkiss guns
and four Nordenfelt machine guns. She is
msstless. The pole that rises in the center
is designed TO carry two revolving machine
guns. They are protected by the cover
seen in the illustration. On her battery
deck are ten broadside 6-inch guns There
are also upon this deck four quick firing
guns ana six machine guns. The quick-fir-
ing gun is made mEch OF in the present
notions of naval warfare.
This big ship is also designed to drop tor
peioes, if need be. as she goes along. from
hsr front, stern and middle. She can like
wise be used for rammfiig She is twin
crew vessel.
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WENTWORTH COLLEGE,
-BroOEhaven, Miss

Wy ILL reopen SEPTEMBER %, Iss5.-THE
w continued success of tfss School for Young
Ladies is one of its best recommendations Expe-
rienced teachers are engaged for next term, among
them Profs Ricketts, and Powell The Boarding
Department is bome-like, discipline good, rates
low The cost for Academic ear in College classes,
including board, washing, fuel and tuition in Eng
lish and Latin, if paid promptly, Sl54o0, in Pre-
33-5. The railroad bed is higher at Brookhayen
than at Cairo, Jackson Tenn, Oxford, Grenada,
jackson, Miss, Summit. See Catalogue, p s.
This in part accounts for the heathfuIness OF the
location For Catalogue giving all needed informa-
ton, address, III. f. JOHNSON, ID. D.,
iulvS 'S5-Snl@ President.
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The top picture shows the appear ance OF
covering rolled up, with its contents inside
The figure below shows the case open. The out
side of it is made of heavy ecru linen canvas.
the lining of red flannel The embroidery upon
the outside is worked in stem stitch. with
red cottons. Make that upon the outside
flap. as shown, and run the vine up along
the sides and across the opposite end For
the long strap TO make the cases to hold the
knives and forks in their places take strip
of the canvas thirty three inches long and
two and a half inches WIDE Line it with
red flannel. Put a strip of the canvas to
match this upon the side of the red
flannel lining of the case. Stitch the strip
already prepared upon the lining, leaving
loops as shown. about an inch apart.
Basic the outside to the lining, and slope
off the corners of the flap. Turn over four
inches to fold upon the inside, and bind the
edges with red braid along which line of
feather stitching is worked The end is tied
with red braid or ribbon strings
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12

There are $50 butter and cream factories
HI Iowa, 497 in Illinois, 100 in Wisconsin, 100
in Kansas, 100 in Minnesota, 81 in Missouri,
90 in Indiana, and 40 in Nebraska total
Of 7Ss in eight states. The value of the
dairy products Of Iowa alone III 1884 Tas
$50, 600 900. and that OF the United States
was $500, 600 600 The value OF the mich
cows Of the United States is put at 500,
600 Oo0 in excess Of the entire capital stock
of all the national banks and trust 1mpanies
of the country.
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| HE CLARION.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST =, 1885.
HOne and 7Grlll.
The Farmer. F,.h.


The world over the farmers family de-
serve the best Of everything to eat Not
rich, greasy and sweet messes that viii rot
their teeth and make them skinny and dys-
peptic, and consume all the profits from
their farm besides Not by any means. But
n varied diet OF fruits, grains, vegetables,
fish, poultry, milk, eggs and cream That,
with scientific farming, the means for
schooling and getting ON in the world that
there are in this country viii produce from
our rural population, In time the finest race
of men and women the world has yet seen
1t ought to be so, and is bound to be. If the
American farmer attends to his business.
The most serious lack TO the present
variety Of rural diet is that of fresh fish. 1t
Is safe to say there are families OF even we'll
TODD farmers who do not have meal Of it
once a year Salt mackerel and Goldfish are
the best they can do in the fish line. This
country is very big, and many Of the best
farms in it are far removed from the sea
shores and large water courses. 1t is much
to be regretted, for fish is an important con-
stituent of healthful diet.
The only way 10 remedy the defect is for
every farmer 10 have his own fish pond IL
ought to be as much a m after Of course as
the poultry yard or pig pen
And every farmer car have a fish pond.
Pisciculture has now reached such a point
in this country that this is easily possible.
Abe fish above all for the farmer TO cult
vate is the German carp. Right here it may
be remarked that young carp are distributed
free by the United States government. The
way to get them is this Write to Professor
s. f. Baird, United States fish commission,
Washington, d. C., for blank application
Fill it out as required, get your United
States senator or representative TO indorse
il, and then return It TO Professor Baird.
You viii get the carp at the proper season
for distribution
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12
HOW a Good Pear Originated.

The seckel pear originated near Phila-
Ielphia, before the revolution. A noted
sportsman known as Dutch Jacob" used TO
bring home every fall some small tut de
hcious pears declining to tell anybody
where he procured them About that period
the London Land company, which owned
some land below the city, made sale. and
Dutch Jacob purchased the lot upon
which his pear tree stood. 1t afterwards
became the property Of Mr.. Seekel, and as
he permitted nurserynnen to take gratis
and buds from trees, they gave the fruit his
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12
Mhen tn Siam Rnnninr.

The age at which running can be prac-
ticed, an eminent physician says, by a
healthy man in training is from 20 to 30.
Boys and girls also of 10 or u can run with
no apparent fatigue. In boys races, for those
under "a years no previous training should
be inflicted. No one should train for run
ming until he is IS, but 20 would be the safer
Between 20 and q is the best age for attain
ing speed in running. Between 80 and 40 a
wise man will think twice before under
going training for race running. Older
men should run on no pretense whatever.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12

on their shiTf-waists. For these a shirt has
been devised that Is very neat II Is open
In front. and has turn-down collar and
cuffs. suck as are worn upon waists. The
body and sleeves are Of white muslin the
bosom, collar and cuffs OF fine linen cam
brio Or the whole garment can be made
of some pretty percale. polka dotted on
otherwise figured 1t is to be worn with
suspenders
Fig. ? shows white cotton underwaist for
girl Z to 9 years old. IL is in two pieces,
front and back, joined under the arms
Cores are set at each side Of the 'front.' as
shown An outside strip Is stitched around
the waist, to hold the buttons.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12

man Is dying As we could not get q
doctor In time to save him, got handful
OF towels ami two buckets of water and ran
to him. | wet the towels and laid one on his
head, one on his breast, one on each wrist
and one on each ankle Then we poured
fresh water on the towels continually three
quarters Of an hour, and he then began to
breathe freely. ] then told the men to rub
him until his skin was red, and that would
keep him from taking a chill. They did 50,
and in AN hour and half be was able TO
ride home IN wagon The man is a Ger
man, and his friend told him what we had
done for him. He said to me, you have
saved me from dying.
MRS J. W. ARcHARD.
Naru Rfcbyr1,.I n
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One of the New British Ironelad..

Six war vessels have just been completed
for the British navy. They are called the
admiral" ships from being named for ia
nous admirals. One of these, just launched,
is the Benbow. 1t was built at the Thames
iron works, Blackwell The admiral ships
are all of the so-called citadel type This
class of vessels leave their ends exposed at
the water line, and armor heavily amidships.
On this account they have been bitterly
criticised.
The Benbow is, however, the most notable
vessel of her class in the British navy. She
is different from others in that she carries
the two most powerful naval guns in the
world They are 110-ton breech-loading
cannon. They are 4315 feet long, and fire
an !, 500 pound ball. To give this tremen-
dous prolectile send off requires 900 pounds
of powder 1t would be rather expensive on
the Fourth of july
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12
Merciful killing bv Electricity.

DR.. Curran writes to The Lancet concern
ing the advantages of using electricity in
killing criminals. st is pity he says,
the thing is not tried, if only by way OF
experiment, on some of our lower congeners,
whence it might be trans ported in time to
the higher regions Of Newgate and the prov
inces.n This man writes with considerable
nerve. 1.-The apparatus he continues, ''of
this fluid or force might be packed away IN
an ord mary travelling trunk"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12

cHAS L. COOKE, A. NJ General Sspeviasesdrt.
MRS. E 5. CHILDS. 4ssoeiake PriacipoL
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To Get Rid of the wheat weevil.

FtlfaI NeW fOFksf.
The true weevil that infests granaries and
wheat bins can be entirely killed By the use
Of bisulphide Of carbon. if the grauary and
bins can be shut up air tight. When the
granary has been made tight. BIZ pasting
paper or cloth over every crack or opening,
there should be placed on the grain dish
containing a qlantitY-more - less aecorI-
ing to the size Of the bin or room The
liquid is very volatile, and. being heavier
than the air, it VIII settle to the bottom Of
every grain package, and viii kill every
weevil Care should be taken in using it, as
il is both poisonous and highly infammable.
By opening the doors and windows of the
granary, the whole viii pass of without in
iuring the grain. The same treatment viii
Kill weevils in peas, or moths among cloth ng
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12
THE FASHIONS
Case for knives and Forks.

For picnics, for tenting journeys, or even
for putting away spare set Of knives and
forks at home, the case shown in this design
is very useful. The brightest steel knives
rust in damp places, and the best silver
plated ones tarnish in time if not entirely
protected from the air. The only safety is
in wrapping them neatly in flannel and
packing them away. If put each in its
proper place, in case like the one shown,
and then rolled up and tied, they will be
kept so they can neither go astray on a
picnic nor be eaten by rust spots
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12
Cinders in Your Exc,

One of the minor trials in railway travel
arises from cinders in the eye. simple
and effective cure may be found in one or
two grains of faxseed which may be placed
in the eye without pain or injury. As they
dissolve a glutinous substance is formed
which envelops any foreign body that may
be under the lid, and the whole is washed
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12
Didn't Take.

A Sunday school teacher asked little girl
of her class if she had been baptized.
Yes . said the little girl Two times"
1.-TWO times! Why, how could that beF'
exclaimed the teacher.
1T didn't take the first time said the
little Girl
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Facts of Interest.

The instructive course of articles on cook
cry in The Popular Science Monthly have
been published in book form Their au-
thor, Mr.. w. Matthew Williams, advocates
the use of pure malt as an addition to our
food. 1t would aid digestion and promote
health.
The Sanitarium says: 'Inasmuch as per-
IONS who have had cholera are not exempt
from its recurrence, we are at loss to per-
ceive how incubation, even though it be
with the true microbe, can have any prophy-
Tactic effect, however successfully inocu-
lated persons may pass through the process