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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24
FASHIONSES.

Corsage bouquets are very large zSad wor
in the center.
White muslin parasols match the summer
white bonnets
Fashionables in Washington are learning
to play the mandolin.
Street and day house dresses are made
with very high collars fitting close in the
throat, cut on the bias, and frequently
braided or embroidered
Brown bison lace NANTES are among the
most elegant They are very small, and are
partly of brown velvet, and, like most new
things, have some watered ribbon bows to
ornament them. There are also poppy red
lace nantes, while others are of garnet
beads in passementerie, shaped to form the
entire garment.
Bonnets composed entirely of tulle and
lace on wire frame are in course of prepa-
ration for summer toilets of ceremony. The
strings are of tulle exceedingly wide, and
tied in a full bow under the chin; the frames
are very high in the crown, and the only
trimmings are lunches of fine flowers or
many loops and ends of pale or white satin
ribbon rising in a pyramid on the top of the
conical crowns.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24

But gradually his vanity asserted itself
and his old saucy. cheerful demeanor re-
turned. When there was a ring he would
listen intently, scrape his bill leisureIy, as if
TO show his Indifference, give two or three
preliminary hops, then strut across his
perch, singing his very loudest, and, with a
cunning twinkle of his little black eye, finish
with satisfied chirp,- THAT said as plain as
could be, Beat that if you cam
As the days rolled by, and he had broodel
over the subject considerably, he evidently
made up his mind that it was a new and
dangerous rival in the musical line. So.
whenever the bells rang, which was often.
he would listen, with his head turned nearly
upside down, and after going through a
polka of his own, invented for the occasion.
would sing himself almost off his perch. In
TACT, 1t became necessary to remove him if
any conversation was to be held, and his in
dlgnant chirps were very amusing
He feels it his duty, NOWADAYS, to answer
every call, and as there is but one line for
all, his responsibilities are heavy His put
lie duties as an official member of the tela-
phone company are arduous Seeds are in
danger of becoming neglected, and his NOR
ais are running down. From being a strict
. O'Clock bird he keeps up until the rest of
the busy world quiet down ere be can retire.
and of late he is frequently doing in the
bottom OF his cage, anxious to be the one to
have the last word. instead of going to bed
as he ought.
If he could appreciate it would read to
him the fable of the fly and the wheel, but it
would do no good. Like many unfeatnered
Dlpeds he thinks the company would go to
smash unless he was around to see to things
little imagining he is more of hindrance
than a help.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24
Curing Hay.
iowa STATE Register. ]


Hay half cured win not save sweet and
clean in stack or NOW, with the ordinary
surrounding Ii may keep in a tight NOW
where the air is entirely excluded, some
thing On the same principle Of the silo But
damp hay, half cured, when put in stack
or barn, win mould, spoil and become use
less. And the old and foolish idea that salt
viii aid IN preserving hay when used III the
proportion of one gallon to the ton, Is too
ridiculous to contemplate. il was one OF
Horace Greeley's impraeticable theories
published on the same page Of The Tribune
with the accommodation To sprinkle Gu
cumber and melon vines with salt pickle 70
Kill the striped bugs
The writer had hay farm exclusively for
twenty years in Indiana, where he made all
kinds Of experiments in cutting and curing
hay. And during twenty-three years on a
large farm IN Iowa, where be seldom, II
ever. cut less than 80 tons Of lay per year,
be found invariably that it was necessary to
have his hay thoroughly cured, if he would
have it come out IA winter sweet and cleal
Of must.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24
Pasture Grasses.


The butchers of my town, who are fs-
miliar with every pasture in the township
say that have the best one they have seen,
and attribute it to the fact that seeded
heavily with mixed grasses. / sowed more
timothy than my neighbors do when seeding
for meadow, then put one bushei of blue
grass seed to the acre, and on the richest
.slard sowed orchard grass, and along the
In red-top and / mixed with the timothy
rough clover seed to make three or four
Bounds TO the acre. My management of
this pasture since it was sown has been such
ythat it has grown better every year. have
always kept the stock OFF from it from the
time the ground first froze in the fail, till the
ground was well settled and the feed good IL
the spring, and while have often stocked IL
sheavily so that it has been eaten close in
June and July, have always reduced tho
stock in the latter part of the season 50 as to
have growth enough to furnish protection to
The roots through the winter. With such a
pasture as describe of mixed grasses, COW
win need no extra food while the pasture Is
good, but will give full fowo milk; but II
The pasture does not contain variety OF
grasses or Is so heavily stocked NJ TO De
hort. extra feed will be found profitable 4
mink cattle viii do better to have two pas
$,arcs. and allow one to grow up while the
rher is being depastured, as the cows viii
W. The change, and believe that the land
hGcld more grass than II grazBd CON
NV. r. Brown.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24
Chifdren,s Savings.

What prstenders most children are, The
love to impose upon themselves as well a.
upon others. Il must sit down and study
this scholar stuff, y said little boy in petit
coats who can neither read nor write. .sOh
brother, you smile like the dawn of the day =
said one infant to another, and then in al
undertone asks: Mamma, what Is the 'dawI
OF the dayFn To children the mysterious al
ways appears imposing. Willie, hearing hi
father say that Willie's grandmother had
expressed the wish to be cremated when she
dies, listened in open-mouthed wonder, and
went to a neighbours at once to communicate
the intelligence that his grandma is goine
to be cream tartered.r The same boy, aged
., though several years younger than his
sister, feels an almost manly superiority
over her. They were talking of something
when he said II knew that before You were
born. Alice, meekly indignant, said: .sWhy,
Willie, you were not born them well,
the lump of dirt was made of knew it.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24
Accommodating Railroads.

Strange as it may appear, the very rail-
roads which viii transport beeves from the
west to the Atlantic markets at so TO $40
per car viii not contract ut the same rates
to load the same cars on their return trip
with stock cattle from our eastern states.
With low rates Of transportation the western
stock feeders could afford 10 buy thousands
Of calvs-, yearlings and young stock in New
England 10 take to the corntieids Of the wesi
and fatten. However, at the present loW
prices Of western corn cur eastern feeders
can afford TO improve their feeding ratious
by the addition OF some grain, and by secur
ing manure of increased value for theil
arabic land.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24

Vaseline used in shortening pastry is in
furious to health.
Cardinal Pitri, a high dignitary at the
papal court, advises the clergy to cultivate
science.
The Monbuttus, re1-skinned race of can
nibals in Central Africa, are far superior in
tellectually and physically to the black tribes
around them who do not eat human flesh.
''The mole is more the friend of man than
his enemy" a writer in Land and Water
says. Its mission is to ventilate the soil
with many-branched tunnels, and to convert
insects, worms, etc, into fertile mold"
A man in Utica believes he has rediscov-
cred the lost art of violin making. He says
that scientific principles and sound wood is
the basis of it. A manufacturer offered him
$40 600 for the secret, which he refused
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24

Dig il up from the banks in installments,
according rs il is wanted. Dig then very
narrow trench, not more than ten inches
wide. Pack the celery into this trench, up
right, being careful that no soil Is put be-
tween tine heads. Pack closely without
bruising the stalks and draw the earth
close about the top. The trench should
be the depth OF the height of the celery
stalk. Nothing viii be left above ground
except the tips of green leaves. Thus the
celery will blanch and grow nutty. The
rows must be covered with leaves or straw
at the approach of the coolest weather to
keep the earth from freezing so that the
plants cannot be got at.
The above is the method of storing celery
for market use The best way for ordinary
family use is to pack it in boxes in
the cellar. Get narrow boxes, not quite
deep the celery is high, and fill in the
bottom with few inches of soil. Pack the
celery in these boxes upright, with only the
roots in the soil. Put the boxes in a cool
cellar and the thing is done. For use al
Christmas time, dig up and pack the plants
about Oct. %; for January, about the second
week in November, and that for early spring
about the last of November In localtie,
where the freeze-up comes early, it viii MOI
do TO risk it out later than Nov. 20. Til,
stalks must be kept dry when packed for
winter use.
And don't fail to plant it this July. Do il
now if you never did before. Celery L
palatable beyCni most garden relishe
md very healthful Tor tine nervous
ystem. Il is easy to make a whole
luncheon OF bread and butter and celery
with the salt meats and dried vegetables of
winter it rounds out the variety OF foods in
most satisfactory way
Ceery-gro wing is very profitable, TOO, in
localities where there is a market A family
that would % into its culture would make
- ,,,,s-t Of their living off it. Near one of
a. Iar-te cities. few years ago, there was
what was thought to be al irredeemable
svamp There We're several acres in it,
But one day genius bought it for a song,
the merest triie. He drained it and went
into celery culture alone In a few
years he had made comfortable fortune
The acres of hopeless swamp clear many
thousand dollars every year. The heavy,
stiff soil is Of unknown depth almost, and it
was bfst what celery needs
American celery is better than that in
Great Britain. There the attention is given
to producing giant stalks. They are rather
coarse and green Here the dwarf stalks are
the favorite, and they have a crisp, delicate,
nutty favor unknown on the other side of
the water
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24

The name ornithorhynchus is from two
Greek words, ''ornis, bird, and ''rhyncus, /"
beak-bird-beaked. We bring it in here
merely to correct the INSTRUMENTATION above
referred to. ''Platypus' is another name for
the creature, word that means fiat
footed. The platypus does not lay eggs.
1t brings forth its young like any other
quadruped. The male has a spur above the
toes of the hinder feet, to be sure, but it is
harmless.
Nevertheless, the ornithorhynchus is the
most singular animal known TO naturalists.
even when nothing but the truth is told
about it. Anatomically it appears to
be the connecting link of mammals,
birds and reptiles The nearest de
scriRtion Of it is that it has a ducks bill
and webbed paws with the body of a
giant mole. AT the same time there are pc
culiarities of its skeleton that are plainly
reptilian. 1t belongs most decidedly, how
ever, to the family of mammals, with which
it is to be classed. 1t is amphibious in its
habits, like the muskrat and other animals
living in and out of water along the
banks of pools and streams. Its nest is built
underground on the bank. at the end of a
long, burrowed-out passageway This pass
ageway has been found as long as forty-fve
feet, though its usual length is about ten 1t
4
long, narrow entrance is itself strewn with
leaves. The nest has two entrances-one be
low water, the other above. The ornithorhyn-
chus feeds on beetles and insects. 1t digs il
the mud for them. 1t is timid, wild crea-
ture, hard to find, and still harder to catch.
At rest it assumes the attitudes on the right
Of the picture, either tucked up in ball OF
lying lazily ON its back.
The ornitborhynchus belongs to the lowest
order of mammals. When first discovered
the skin of one was sent TO England. 1t was
thought TO be a good joke, this mole-skir
with ducks bill. Learned scientists would
not believe but it had been manufactured t
rap them. They had finally to give in te
1t, as they have had to so many other things
before and since. The animal is rather more
than foot and half long. and is covered
with soft, reddish-brown fur. The body Is
rather hattened, like that of beaver, and
the hind feet are turned backward.
The natives of Australia are very fond OF
platypus meat. They wait around the banks
of streams to spear it when it appears above
water.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24
Neddx and the Telenhone.

If Neddy had been brought up in the woods
he might have imagined the telephone TO be
an exaggerated specimen of an owl; but
being a canary of some experience, he was
only puzzled, and scratched his head reflect
lively while the telephone man was busy set
ting up his instrument.
But when the bells were tried he exchar -
his ''cheep" of angry defiance to a nets Of
fear and sprang wildly against the wires,
clinging desperately awhile; then he plunged
into the bottom of his cage, where he cow
cred motionless.
Thinking the worst was over, he to4 G
seed to comfort himself, and was busy bell
ing it when another''call" sent him ny ,nto
bis swing. 1t was comical to see him stretch
his neck and peer anxiously about, while his
smooth feathers rose and fell gently, anu
little shivers agitated his wings
What is it! What is it9' he seemed to
say. And all that day he regarded it as a
foe, or a hidden source # danger.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24


Joe Davi5 escaped March 3. 1855, from W H.
andrews andrews . Bro-Age 20; height 5 feet 1914 inches;
--.I,leX On brown; hair andfyes black small scar
on 5GaI Se Oa OF H s9t e eS@S G
District.
Jef. TeftlIe.,- s-eaqed 'arch 6, 1855, from J. A.
hoshlnsA g u; height feet ~ inches COM
pieHlon Wh'te; hair black eyes brown two large
moles, one on each shoulder scar on right shin
llsn' nun! of at first joint. Sentenced from Al
Jonas JaStsop. escaped March I 1855 from /. n.
.. d l. T. Rage pc; height feet "a inches
compieAlon brown; hair and eyes black scar IN
Lisht tenn pie small scar ia center toreseadi hfst
inner % III hand stiff small scar IN center PACK
scar on IN side foot; scar third finger right hand
9e.tfueeg from Tate county. 80
Adam s--ls escaped March :, 1885, from l. y o.
a l. Il. rag 20: height feet G12 iD"hes; com
pleNion brown haA aud eyes blacki scar IN rlgh'
forehead; scar on LETT forehnger and hand from
shot scar at joint little finger Of ieft hand several
sears on right leg hip; right leg neal
knee from dog bite. Sentenced from Marshall GO.
lobe Watson, escaped February y, 1850, from l.
n. o. a i. r. R.-Age %; height feet inches
complexion copper hair and eyes black; second
finger OF left hand crooked and stiff at second joint
scar from gunshot on lett hip; two black moles be
tween shoulders; two small sears right side neal
armpit Sentenced from Bolivar county.
George Doekery, escaped March ,, 1850, iron
Townsend q Hemingway-Age u; height feet
| inches; complexion copper; hair and eyes black
Sentenced from Tunica county.
Ed. Robb, escaped March 2 1850 from Townsend
& Hemingway-Age DC; height feet 81 inches
complexion brown; hair black, eyes brown; seal
IN lett eyebrow scar across nOsei wen on lei
shoulder; in left breast scar on both knees
Sentenced from Kinds county, Isl District.
Henry Williams, escaped March ,, 1855, from
Townsend & Hemingway-Age p; height feet
| inches; complexion copper; hair and eyes black
mole left corner Of mouth; mole on right
cheek; scar on each little finger; small right
knee cap. Sentenced from Scott county.
sam. Hicks, escaped March ., 1855, from Towns
end & Heminsway-Age 3S height 8 feet z 4 inches
complexion brown; hair and eyes black; on
each side forehead; mole and scar on nose; two
scars on left side from ballet; thT9e on back
Of left hand; large scar from burn on right arm.
Sentenced from Iippah county.
Jake Williams, escaped March 2 1885, from
Townsend & Hemingway-Age 81 height feet
inches; conn lexicon copper; hair and eyes black.
Sentenced from Tuniea county.
Walter Wright, escaped March 2, 1885, from
Townsend Hemingway-Age 20; height feet 81
inches; complexion nulatto; hair black; eyes dark
yellow scar left shoulder from burn scar across
back Of Lett hand. Sentenced from Coahoma co.
Alex. Ratlif. alias Essex, escaped May 6, 1855,
from W. /. Nugent-Age IS; height 5 feet 81 in
ches; complexion, hair and eyes black scar from
burn on forehead long scar in left eyebrow; scar
on left leg below knee; long scar above left knee
inside Sentenced from Ialobusha coenty.
iune17, iS5-}w.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24

White tulle and also white China siIk
dresses have been worn lately by brides in
mourning at a noon wedding. Those OF
tulle had the skirt front covered with clust-
eI's of three fiat puffs separated by a puff
doubled like ruffle The train was covered
with large puffs, and the silk basque lining
was covered with small pleats like tucks.
This bride carried a prayer-book covered
with old silver instead of white ivory The
China silk dresses had Valenciennes inser-
ton, tucks and lace for trimming. TIE
groom should wear black coat and vest. DARK
gray trousers, and if any gloves, they should
be lavender stitched with black
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24
Jerseys.

These are quite as popular as ever and
certainly prettier than they ever were be-
fore. They are now worn with dressy toilets.
1t is easy to get a skirt made of any color
and style one wishes. Then instead of the
tedious, painful, risky trying ON of dress
waists, and the aggravation of wrinkles and
a bad tit after it is done, one need only buy
a jersey to match the skirt. Pop into this
when you wish to dress up, and lol there
YOU are You have a handsome gown
good enough for the prettiest woman
alive, with infinitely less trouble
than if you had had whole suit made. The
cost is about the same-less perhaps There
are skirts sold ready made adapted for jer-
seys. Both come in all colors and styles,
from one for baby girl or boy to that for
a great grandmother. These stylish woven
waists are trimmed splendidly, in beads,
braidings tinsel laces, ribbons, embroidery
and everything that fancy can suggest.
They are of all prices, too, to fit all purses.
They make a woman look a better figure
than anything else that was ever invented.
Long live the jersey!
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24
Monday, the ed day of june. ISIS:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE
CURRENCY.
Washington. Aprif 10th 1855

WHEREAS, By satisfactory evidence presented tc
the undersigned, it has been made 10 appear thai
The First National Bank eff jackson y in the City
o. Jackson, In the county OF Kinds and State oil
Mississippi, has complied with all the provisions Of
the Revised Statues OF the United STATES required
to be complied with before an association shall be
authorized to commence the business Of Banking
Now, therefore, l HENRY W. CAxxoS Comp
troier Of the currency, do hereby certify that sThe
Eirst National Bank of Jackson" in the City of
Jackson, in the county 9k Kinds and state OF Mis-
sssippi, is authorized 10 commence the business OF
Banking as provided ia section Fiffy-one hundred
and Of the Revised Statutes Of the United
states. In testimony whereof, witness my hand
aud seal of Office this 10th day Of April, 1855.
H W. CASSoS, Comptroller OF the Currency.
Seal No 1882
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24
Swamp Lands for Sale.
Jackson, Mss, May %, 1855.

JAt Es17-s5 -IIss-f nay 70, Is.).
NOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS THE SWAMP
il Lands Of the State of Mississippi will he Of
fered for sale at 81 90 per acre-the total amount
Of being 80 00o 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, Alfalfa, Neshoba.
Winston sharkey, Yazoo aud Issaouepa. Ijsf *
the lands showing the of each county. will he
furnished the Clerks of their respective eosrt;es
shortly. List will be furnished application to
this Office p. NJ DoHERTY
1 ny29, sl-6Jd- Comsr Swamp Lands
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24
WHITE PLUME CELERY.

II is crisp, sweet and tender and best Of
all needs not the laborious banking up
that the other kinds require.
In July the celery plants are set out fol
the crop. The seeds should have beeL>l--.as-
ed earlv-as soon as the Ggdnd WIS dry
enough 4 sss sssorRed Seedlings must be
tnfnned out 10 three inches space between
them. Plants, however, can probably be
obtained by those who have not raised them
for themselves The seeds should have been
sown in a bed Of rich soil, and kept clear OF
weeds until time for setting out. 1t viii re
quire from 200 to 500 plants to supply
binary family The plants must be put out
in a strong, rich soil, thoroughly well mixed
with manure. Mark out with line rows
Lar feet apart. Set the plants six inches
The setting out is matter of care
cary The plant must be put into
lust to the depth Of the roots, other
heart will be covered with earth
kei up. Spread the r,Ut5 out and
he earth in firmly over and about
nd water them plentifully. Now keep
Ids down till September Here the
age of the White Plume celery comes
cool weather approaches it bleaches
he stalks and inner leaves turn to
ream white. If you have this sort in
tember draw the stalks together in
- IS, and hoe the soil up against them to
keep them together. That is all that is
necessary. The picture shows this variety
as it grows, ready for use, neeling only TO
be taken up, trimmed and washed. 1t is
handsome table ornament; in brief, as
pretty as it is good.
If, however You have other plants than
tie White Plume begin in September and
draw the rth up with the hoe ON each side
Of the celery around the plants Bring
the earth nearly to the top OF the plants,
and press it firmly about them till all the
stalks are covered. SO let it rest till
October or November.
For winter table use, the celery may be
put into trenches as seen in the illustra-
ton.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24

An old paragraph has been revived and
sent travelling the rounds about a wonder
ful creature that had recently been discov-
cred in Australia. 1t was a duck-mole, SC
the paragraph said. 1t had bill like q
duck, and laid eggs like bird, but sucked
its young like a mammal The male of the
species had spurs like cock, and if he
stuck them into any living creature the
blow was fatal, for the spur was poisonous.
Most of which is sheer lies
The animal i'll question is not newly dis
covered. Its picture appears in the last two
editions of Webster's pictorial dictionary.
We give here also very good illustration
of this curious creature.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24

The agricultural papers have had a great
deal to say Of late for and against the forage
plant called Johnson grass. Under favoTa-
Bile conditions il is undoubtedly an enormous
crOpper This plant seems to do particu-
larry well in California, ami win probably
succeed equally wei in some Of the southern
states. We could hardly advise trying il
except in a small and experimental way in
any Of the northern states. 1t is said 10 grow
too large and coarse to make good hay, and
when well rooted it defies dry weather
equally with the plow when trying to era1i-