The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-09
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The secretary OF the London Swim.
ming Club submits the theory that salt
water is cure for lunacv.
The laws of Japan require SIX
months notice to be given of intention
to publish magazine and one months
notice for publishing book.
1t is said that while a Palatka bow
was seated in a BARRIERS chair in Jack
sonyille the other day a boy rushed in
and pasted some handbills on his feet
before he knew il.
Gallipolis, o.. derived its name from
Gaul or Gallia, the ancient name of
France. The town was founded in l77O
by few French families. sent over by
an agent OF the Ohio company.
a kingsbury County (Dakota) man
has had eontrivanee so arranged that
IN the event of storm at night all he
need DO is to pull cord and his bed
VIII sink through trap door into q
cyclone cellar.
A scientist says that 150. 600. 600 tons
of matter in solution are annually
poured into the Gulf of Mexico by the
Mississippi. At this rate one foot of
land over the whole basin would be re-
removed in 1900 years.
The wall paper of the room at ST.
Helena. where Napoleon died, contin-
ues as 1t was at the time of his death.
This pattern Is preserved in France,
and new supply is manufactured and
sent over as it is required.
Wheat, now the most important ce-
real crop cultivated in all parts of the
world and one of the principal articles
of human food, was derived from wild
form of grass, and can only be i'm
proved aud maintained by careful cul-
ture.
Of birds the greenfinch is the earliest
riser. as it pipes as early as L; so in the
morning. At 2: so the black cap be-
gins, and the quail wakes up half an
hour later. The sparrow and the lark
occupy nearly the last place on the
list.
At Grantsyille, L. T., some Chinese
recently put a woman into thin-lined
box. with just room enough for her to
stand up in. and stood it in the sun,
with loose lid over the woman's head
for whole day. Next morning the
woman was dead.
The nickel, which was until quite re-
Gently looked upon with supreme, con-
tempt in San Francisco, has already
revolutionized the prices of certain
things and services in that city, and it
is believed that copper cents will soon
be as current as the nickel.
According to the Journal Of Ine5rie-
ty, of 202 Illinois physicians whose
deaths are reported by the State Board
of Health, six committed suicide, seven
were poisoned by over-doses of choral
or morphia and cover thirty were
known to use spirits to excess.
The correspondent of Western pa
per claims that in thousand New
York working girls there are to be OBJ
served as many beautiful faces of the
Lady Clara We're de We're type as in the
same number of young ladies attend
ing the fashionable Fifth avenue
churches.
w. 5. Conant, an inmate of the Con-
cord. n. H., Asylum. was made vio-
lently insane, ii is believed. by remorse
because he deserted from the army in
the war. His doctor recently wrote to
President Cleveland, asking the mans
discharge, and has just received it. 1t
is thought the news Will sayehis life
A Portland man put large spider
on floating chip in pond. After
walking all about the sides of the chip
the spider began to cast web for the
shore. He threw it as far as possible
in the air and with the wind. Itcaught
on some blades of grass. Then, turn
ing himself about, the spider began to
haul the chip toward shore.
Ants can easily be ex.erminated by
putting about two ounces of Lard oil in
small tin can without top and
burying the can about halfway in the
earth near the ants nest. Leave it un-
til the next day, and, if any ants are
seen outside of the can. pour little
more oil into it. stir it with a stick and
let it stand little longer, when the
last ant within travelling distance will
be drowned in the oil.
Colonel Richard Marsh Hoe, the in
ventor of the celebrated Hoe printing
presses, although seventy-fve years of
age, attends daily to the business af-
fairs of his great establishment in New
York City. He is possessed of very
joviai disposition. and is accustomed
to walk through the long aisles of his
workshops whistling the latest popular
operate airs and chatting pleasantly
to his employees, many of whom have
spent the best years of their lives in his
service.
A new license law before the New
III 81 fr,-
license of any qualified voter who shall
present to the authorities of his town
or city petition to that effect, signed
by majority of the qualified voters of
his town or city, the full name and adj
dress of the signers being given. The
license is to be good for two years, and
the fee to be $1,000 in every city and
every town of 5, 600 inhabitants, S700in
towns of from 1000 to $1,000. 5000 in
towns of from 5000 to 4. 900, and 800
less for each 1000 decrease in popula-
ton.
1t is a striking fact that IN their pres
ent extremity both England and Rus
sia turn to the Jewish race for help. In
England Beaconsfeld's anniversary
was celebrated with enthusiasm. The
principles which he upheld are believed
by many to be the only safety in the
present complications. The memory
of the great Hebrew is honored as no
living Englishman is to-day. Russia
in this hour of danger turns to the
Rothschilds for aid. As many soyer-
eigns have before him. the Car needs
the gold of the great Jewish bankers.
1t is proud record for any race to
~ prt /. Of ha hsc-
tory as does the Jewish.
The inventor of lawn tennis is proba-
bly, known to only a small fraction of
the host of deyotees of that game. He
is Maj. Walter Wingfeld, of her Maj
esty's body-guard. and he brought out
the game in 1874 under the outIandish
name s.Sphairistike. The first match
ever played was at Col. Naylor Ley
lands place in Denbigshire. and the
first public game was participated in
in 1875 by Maj Wingfeld, Mr. Clement
Scott, Capt. Alfred Thompson, and
Mr.. Albany Erskine. The trade offer
ed Maj. Wingfield 81. 25 set royalty
on his invention, which would have
brought him by this time more than
million dollars He declined the offer,
however. and has never realized any
thing from the game, save gold
watch and chain presented to him by
public subscription.
Mr. A b. Frost. who is one of the
best known and most popular artists
on the staff of Harper & Brothers, mar
ried few years ago one of the dangh-
tiers of the late Moro Phillips. of Phila-
delphia- Mr. Frost was young and