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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08

Of IL costume may Be. Tney ere wsrn
either with or without ribbon bows Thess
low-cut dress shoes were never more beau
tfully or extensively ornamented than they
are at present Undresed kid is perhaps
the most fashionable material from which
they are made, though satin is seen nearly as
often Bronze dressed kid is also popular The
slippers are deliberately decorated with bead
embroidery, jet, steel and iridescent-acros
the toes. They are also adorned with
dainty hand painting. We have seen q
very pretty red satin slipper with delicate
blossoms in green, white and pink painted
upon it, Slippers also come in the common
sense shape.
Fig. 2, in the center Of the illustration
shows the favorite house shoe. It is pointed
and has the Louis XIV heel A pretty, brigh,
bronze is favorite color Take this, witt
a pale peacock blue silk stocking, and there
isn't ANYTHING much prettier can go upon 6
pretty foot. Alligator leather, both buh
and black, is also popular material for tbs
house shoe. This shoe, likewise, is decorated
fancifully with ribbon bows or with stitch
ing.
Fig. 3, on the right, shows French dancins
shoe. 1t has the advantage of being easy t.
keep upon the foot, which dancers vii
appreciate. The leather extends high upor
the heel Besides this, the ornamental braid
ing of silk cord over the instep gives still
greater security
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08
A California Girl.

The editor of The Marysville Cali Appeal
made summer trip of few weeks through
n portion of that beautiful state. He
stopped at farm house which showed evil
dences of luxury and refinement, like rich
mans home. He says: Among the members
of the family was daughter Is or 10 years
old. In the morning we were invited to see
the work in which the young lady was en-
gagged. We found a complete and successful
fowl-raisirg establishment. A number of
small Enclosures, with capacity of forty
fowls each, had been made. There was
little house in the center of each inclosure.
The whole cost of the Enclosures and houses
could not have been more than 5000 With
this she was raising 900 chickens,
and perfect swarm of ducks and turkeys
all In perfect health.
A breeder of fancy fowls had sent out 200
of his choice chicks to be reared, for which
this young lady is to receive 81 so apiece, or
$500. Without any unforeseen accident this
little establishment will net its brave owner
from $3.50 to 81 900 this season. This is
better than competing with a Chinaman in
hot kitchen over burning bacon and cab
bage. 1t is better than to struggle with the
needle for q fashionable living in field al
ready overfull and it is thousand times
better than idleness in shabby gentility
What this energetic young lady is doing
thousands of others can do. A beginning
can be made in a small way, and additions
can be made to the buildings and Enclosures
as the profits will pay for Them Here is a
pleasant and profitable business for hundreds
of idle people who are wishing for something
TO do. little energy, enterprise and
courage is the principal capital required
for a start. With industry, success will re
suit
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Firing a Line From a Gun.

As mankind becomes more crowded, and
build houses up into the air, the danger from
fire and other accidents increases. There
are apartment and other houses in New
York city which are thirteen and fourteen
these buildings is something fearful to con-
template.
Various plans for making them fireproof
have been devised. 1t is claimed for most
of them that they are fireproof, but few are
really SO when it comes to the test 1t is
the custom in the better lass of apartment
houses to fill in the space between joists with
some substance to deaden sound, so that
noise from one floor may not go through the
ceiling of the people below, and annoy
them 1t has been proposed to make this
filling of concrete, instead of the combustible
rubbish at present used Walls and ceilings
of large warehouses have much woodwork
about them, which increases the risk An
additional safety precaution is to have a
| lining of asbestos felt under the wood work
Thus the wood might take fire and burn out
all around the room, and leave the asbestos
shell intact A combination of corrugated
| iron and asbestos makes the best fireproof
door. The larger the building the greater
the danger of fire.
:. Besides these precautions in construction,
new devices are being studied to facilitate
the escape of unfortunate people who are
caught in burning house. An interesting
series of experiments was lately tried in
testing machines for shooting ropes to the
top of burning buildings.
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Things To Do and To Know

IhInES 10 DO anu hnOw.
New York state has l, 5000 COWS used in
diaries.
Prime beef cattle average considerably
lower in price than they did year ago in
the eastern markets.
Extensive experiments in Michigan prove
that the Early Amber cane is valuable as q
forage crop in light, sandy soils. Many
farmers prefer it to corn fodder.
For full information about silk culture
write to the Womans Silk Culture associa-
ton, Philadelphia. They issue free cir
cular. The agricultural department at
Washington will make free distribution of
silk worm eggs in December.
About the first of June ''straw berry trains
begin to arrive In New York and Boston
trom the south. The first train to Boston
contained ten cars, and 1 772 crates of Der.
ries. Much of this great quantity of fruit
had begun to be stale and soft. however.
A heap of stones, after lying two or three
years, viii leave the soil beneath much
richer than before. This is probably in
some cases due to disintegration of the stone
which is the mode in which all soils are
formed. But the greater part of the effect
is due to the action of the stones a mulch
allowing the soil beneath to disintegrate.
The faculty OF the Michigan Agricultural
college have been trapping some seedsmen il
neat way. They bought packages of seed
put up by different gardeners and nursery
men and planted them out, marking the
plots, to test their terminating qualities
Now they publish in a bulletin the result
which is amusing and instructive enough
Exactly the per cent. of each kind of seed
that failed to sprout, with the name of the
scotsman who put it up. is given in a table
The native American hard maple is tbs
handsomest and most desirable shade tree Of
all. 1t will thrive the country over, anc
when properly treated is a rapid grower
Nursery grown trees do better when trans
planted than those dug from the forest gen
orally. They may also be raised from seed
In the fall scatter the seed thinly over
piece of hard, dry ground, and cover then
with several inches of leaves Put boards
over the leaves to keep the water out. Sow
them in the spring.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08

Experts belonging to the New York fire
department. went ON a tugboat to the foot of
the Palisades, some distance up the Hudson.
aud their designs for shooting ropes. IL
the projectile could be aimed regularly, and
the ropes end made to fly into given win
| dow, so much the better.
! Firemen's ladders have been used hereto
| fore with more or less success to assist the
escape of persons from house on fire. But
with the changing conditions of civilization,
the vast number of telegraph and telephone
| lines now in use have made an almost i'm
penetrable network opposite the front win
| lows of city houses, and made ii impossible
to set up the ladders against them. This
was the cause Of the lamentable loss Of life
at the late factory fire in Cincinnati.
| 1t is plain that some other means of escape
must be devised If small ropes can be sho.
| from guns or tubes upon the roofs of houses,
it will be easy to draw them into windows,
| attach heavier ropes to them and make fast
the heavy ropes to something in the room,
and by that means descend to the ground
At least il will not be easy, but it viii be
possible.
/ The illustration shows the inventors shoot
ing ropes to the top Of the Palisades. Al
the point where they landed the bluffs are
perhaps 800 feet high. II was interesting &c
watch the marksmen. None of them failed
entirely. the rope whizzsc through the air
and landed over the top, leaving the long,
trailing end hanging down the side of ths
great bald-faced cliff, as you soc.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08

has harrS thrss md onehalf fssl long,
with bore large enough to admit rocket
It rests upon adjustable tripod legs 30 that
it can be easily moved and aimed in any
direction, or at any height. The rope is
fastened TO short length Of wire, and that
is attached TO the rocket In all the designs
A cap placed about the middle of the barrel
discharges the rocket The coil of rope is
inside the slanting box.
If the air in the chamber gives out, it is
arranged to connect with the ordinary ex-
tinguishers carried by all hook and ladder
gangs. From these it can be recharged
with sufficient pressure.
Any of the inventions might work in case
of need. The tallest buildings are rarely
over 100 high. A thoroughly approved de-
vice of the kind would also be valuable at
our coast life-saving stations, thus preserving
men from destruction by water as well a.
by fire It is not uncommon to shoot ropes
from small cannon on shore TO a wrecked
vessel By this means passageway can be
made for the crossing of the brooches buoy
or lifeboat
But there were some objections to all the
plans shown that day at the foot of the Pail
sades. The perfect rope-shooting apparatus
has not yet been invented, it seems. There
Is still an opening for competitors.
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Il
The very unfavorable report from the
agricultural bureau concerning the con-
dition and prospects of the growing crop of
winter wheat would, under other circum-
stances, be quite alarming. Twenty years
ago, in 1865. the growing winter wheat in
middle ATTITUDES was blasted in the bloom
by the very hot weather of April in that
year, and the yield was hardly worth har-
vesting. Prices were then as now, unusually
low in this as well as in British markets.
and people were slow to believe that
any serious advance could take place. But
before the next crop could be made avail
able-that lis, in the summer Of 1S66-wheat
sold rs high as "a bushel in this market,
and flour at from SIS to So per barrel, and
we were compelled to bring wheat from
Liverpool to supply our needs, besides
diverting shipments from the Pacific coast
10 this market With large surplus Of
wheat left over from last year, the area Of
spring wheat growing greatly EXTENDED,
there Is probably no danger now of such a
deficiency n then existed. Besides, the
condition OF winter wheat has greatly inn
proved since the compilation OF the data
upon which the bureaus report Is based In
Texas harvesting has already bsgun-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08

Either clover or green corn will founder
animals. They are so greedy that they eat
more than can be digested. The food sours
in their stomachs and develops gases which
so swell the animal up that the natural
passages are INSTRUCTED and it dies. There
is hardly any curing bad case of founder.
The best thing to do is to start the saliva
flowing and make the animal swallow it.
The saliva contains substances which COM
bine chemically with the acids in the sour
food of the stomach and stop the formation
of gas. For this purpose it is recommended
to put stick about as large as hoe handle
through the animals mouth and tie it back
to the horns. The stick rubbing against the
salivary glands irritates them and causes
the fluid to flow. In hoven or founder
the mouth is dry of saliva If,
however, the case is too far gone for
this kind of relief, the animals paunch must
be opened and the gas let out. 1t is done
with a lancet, or pocket knife, plunged int
Irshe animal between the last rib and the
launch bone. The gas escapes sometimes
with a Kissing sound. The knife must &C
through skin, muscular wall and paunch.
After the gas escapes the edges may be re-
united and held together with strips of sur.
geon's plaster Some skiliful veterinary sur
geons cut the hole in the side large enough
to not only discharge the offensive gas, but
to dip out the sour food which is generating
the gas Then they sew up with a few
stitches the paunch, the walls of the belly
and the skin. This operation could only be-
undertaken by scientific man, with the
necessary instruments.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08
Cremation of Refuse.

The final way of getting rid of refuse and
garbage must be by fire, advanced santa
rians claim The present disposal of sewage
in our advanced stage of civilization is a
blot and a disgrace. 1t engenders disease
and fills our water courses with deadly
poison. Therefore burn all refuse. Says
Mr.. ]. NJ. Heating: The next step in the
line of progress is cremation, and it has al
ready been taken by thousands of house
hol.s, * who cremate all of their house
hold wastes and kitchen garbage, greatly to
their comfort and relief. The kitchen stove
| is found to be convenient furnace, and into
| this everything but excreta is dumped, to be
utterly consumed, and thus put beyond the
process of fermentation and slow decay
| An establishment has been erected in London
for the cremation of city refuse on large
| scale. Mr.. George Shaw is at the head. We
| shall therefore shortly see what can be done
| in this line 1t may contain the solution of
| the most yexed problem of modern SANTA
| 6oO
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08

The train that took Gen Grant in his re-
cent trip from New York to 'Oany averaged
trif1e less than forty-eight miles an hour
The capacity of the earth to purify sew
age from organic matters by oxidation is
| supposed to be dependent on the presence of
millions of small living organisms. A soil
fermentation takes place through the agency
of a micrococcus that acts most efficiently
at about the temperature of the blood.
| A canary bird has been taught to sing
I'VE won't go home till morning" The all
| was played to it every day from the time il
was fiedgling till it was full grown, and
it was never allowed to hear any other tune
| In case of the man who taught it one may
| hope that virtue was its own reward
The Pail Mall Gazette advocates the idet
! that the vast standing armies of continents
| Europe will weed out the warlike and fight
| ing members of society. The peaceful ant
| those devoted to quiet industrial occupation
will marry and populate the lands, and il
| time the whole race will become less warlik
and turbulent.
DIR. Laborde reports some recent observa
lions upon the heads of decapitated persons
| He found the reflex action of the pupil t
exist for twenty eight minutes after the necl
was fully severed, and even after this tim
had elapsed slight excitation of the mem
branous lining of the skull produced cortrac
| tions OF the eyelids ami some of the muscle
| of the jaw.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08
Petition for Liquor 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 of one ~ year from the 18th day of July
A. D., 1885, to the firm of Burnet Beauehamp,
composed of J. t. BURNET & n. L. BEAU
CHAMP, upon their paying the State and County
License taxes, the said petitioners Burnet Beau
champ, obligate themselves and agree to pa
to the Town of Terry the sum of One Hun
bred Dollars for Corporation purposes, and a
Corporation fund without to law to
or collect said amount from the corporation. We
further recommend the said Burnet d Beauehamp
persons of good reputation, and sober and suit
able persons to receive such license: b. P. Hern-
don, Robt. Henry, W. NJ. Bracey, w. E. Barrenger,
Peter Nelson, w A. Braeey, Jno. W. Barber, Chas.
Clark, w. ]. Davis, T. J. Bush, Frank Berry John
Bracey, q. III. Wilson, Clinton Hall, Wesley Berry,
William Grayson, Henry Terry, G. B. Downing,
John Butler, Peter Collins, David Smals, George
p Young, X. G. Terry, W. H Tribette, L. p. Head,
F. W. Hall, Wesley Mcdaniel, J. b. Terry, John
Wilson, Armistead Adams, Eug. Simpson, William
Bingham, John Taylor, Henry Lathey, Taylor John
son, Geo. NJ Burnet, Aaron Mitchell, solomon
Powell c. J. Hester. ljune24, 's5-30d.
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NEARING Mourning

The long Grape wells still sweep almost to
the feet in full mourning. But happily, they
are not worn over the face Grape is I'M
healthy and depressing. So are black clothes
in general Light shades are much healthier
and more cheerful. 1t is almost pity that
black is SO becoming to most women. They
viii not give it up for that reason 1t i
pleasant to observe, however, that the ten
dency is to high ter second mourning. Polka
dots, grays and puppies brighten up the sad
tints If one must wear mourning to show
respect to the departed, out OF consideration
for our own health it should be made as lit
tie sombre as possible. 1t is sad enough al
hast
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08
Sliding Down a Rnpe.

1t Is sassy to talk about sliding down rope
in case Of fire, and escaping to the ground,
but in actual practice how many of our
readers ever tried it? Perhaps a few boys
may have done it, when their hands were
tough. For grown person. especially fat
one, it would be no such light matter. By
the time the distance of, say twenty feet had
been traversed the hands would be lacerated
past endurance. and perhaps before he
reached the ground the person would
be forced to let go and drop. Here is
the way to do it. Make a note: Catch
the rope with your foot, and give
it turn around your leg near the ankle, a
hitch" the sailors call it. Then press your
| feet together against it, so as to grasp it as
nearly as possible and give you something
like foot rest. Go as slowly as you can.
| If in your haste and fright you can remem-
| Der to snatch wooden cloth or leather some
| thing else, to catch hold of the rope with,
| it will save your hands And first last,
and above all, don't lose your head. Try this
| way of shining" down a rope next tins
your house gets on fire. 1t is the sailor:
| way.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08

The Old Standard and Celebrated
Meriden Silver Plate Co., aud ii.
Middletown Silver Plate Compsnv
(every visitor will recollect their gorgeOu.
Exhibits at the Great Philadelphia Cz,.,
nial,) Manufacture Strictly Quadrupls
Plate Silverware, mot triple), Of IN.
surpassed Elegance, Tasts and D.raBTis
They are represented in JACKSON, MIS-
by f. V. SEUTTER only; and who nos
offers during the dull Summer months II.
contents of his Showcases, oyercrosds3
with this Superior Silver-Ware-
LISTEN Regardless of profits.
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STRING TOOTH HARROW

of an approved model. 1t is one of the best
plain harrows in use.
Spring-tooth cultivators are now also
made We give below a cut of eombina-
ton harrow and cultivator. Complete, it
has three sections of teeth. When the three
are all in place, it forms harrow cultiva-
tor. For working between rows, the middle
section OF teeth is removed and the blank
place skips the row There are fifteen teeth
altogether in a double row. The outside
ones run behind the wheel. There are
shields at the sides, so that the cultivator
may be run close to the plant, cutting out
the weeds near it without covering it up.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08

Polonaises and casaques are worn both foT
out and indoor toiless- We saw some
pretty models for girls of or 10 years, tc
be worn in the house with pulled and
pleated plastrons; they were made very
long WASTED and with pleated skirts. and
had either a sash or belt starting from un
der the arms or going quite round the waist
and tied at the side or in front below the
plastron.
Charming walking dresses of delicats-col-
ored silk, cashmere, mousseline-de-lainea nd
new soft kind of beige of two shades of one
color-dark and hght-are worn by little
girls of 5 or 8 years, with large, trimmed
white or cream capotes. Two colors art
also allowed if they harmonic well
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08
RIue Grass.

June or Kentucky blue grass, is another
splendid grass, that will flourish wherever
tsnothy or clover will. and will even stand
a wetter soil. There is nothing better for
beef, and it does not lack in butter and
heese-producing qualities. 1t makes SUI
perb pasture. For hay, cut it early, before
blossom. Indeed, ali our grasses are prefer
able for hay when cut early, and there is
this additional value in early cutting, that
the roots are not 50 much affected by
drought and the young shoots start up more
quickly and thrive more luxurantly.
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Stockings.

Two centuries ago not one person in a
thousand, probably, wore stockings, and
now scarcely one person in a thousand is
without them. The honor of inventing tbs
first stocking machine belongs to William
Lee, an English clergyman, who made pain
Of hose by the frame in the presence of King
James l. But such was the prejudice OF
those times that his invention was frownesi
upon, and he went to France. Here he met
with no better success, and died in Paris, in
great poverty, of a broken heart His
machine, however, won its way, and was il
general use for two and a half centuries II
is now superseded by a beautiful piece o.
mechanism, called the circular hosiery ma
chine. One girl attending upon its revolu
lions can produce material in q single day
for 240 pairs of stockings.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-08
Cure for a Kicking Horse.

1t was nothing but an old wheat sack
filed with hay, and suspended by rope
from the ceiling, so that the sack hung just
at the heels OF a vicious horse as he stood in
his stall. When the sack was first placed IN
position the kicking equine let fly both feet
at it as soon as it touched him, but after ten
OF twenty minutes of that kind of work he
came to the conclusion that the sack would
return as often as he struck it, and he final
" gave up trying to knock it out" This
same horse, which has a reputation as a
kicker can now be hitched to any vehicle,
and he will not kcx at anything that hap
pens to strike his heels. 1t is said that any
horse can be cured by it One good feature
about it Is its cheapness.
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Cure for Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by sense oil
weight in the back loins and lower part OF the alb
tlomen causing the patient to suppose he has some
election OF the kidneys neighboring organs Al
times, symptoms OF indigestion are present. fatu-
like perspiration, producing a very diszgreeabls
itching. after getting warm, 4 common att ldant
Blind Bleeding and Itching Piles, yield al nee &c
the application of DR.. Bcsanko.s Pile Remedy
ing the Tumors ailaying the intense itching, and
edectfng permanent cure. Price so cents. Ad
dress The DIR. Bosanko Medicine Co., Piqua, O
sold by Byron Lernly, jackson, Miss
march D ISL
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RELIABLE
nE1Ne ovERsrocKEp WITH

BEING OVERLOOKED WITH
20
Waltham, Elgin, Rockford, and
other best grades of Gold and Silver
Watches; Diamonds, and other
Solid Gold Jewelry, ROLLED GOLD
JFwELRY, Solid Silver Ware,
Clocks, etc. will sell the above dur
ing the Summer at prices toecer than can
be had at any other time, or dnytchert
else.
Seutter's is, as always, headquar
tiers for the Best Spectacles anG
Eye Glasses, and Largest Stock il
in this State.