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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23

blankets or thick cotton conrurrars, unn
over all tuck in arubber blanket or oiicloth,
to keep the heat in Cover the legs AMI feet
up warm with straw or woolens. Restless
animals must be watched constantly. to
keep the pack in place. TYING cold wet
cloths upon the head will re1uce the fever
and have quieting influence Do not let
the cow lie down upo3 her side Pack bags
of straw up about her sijes to prevent THIS.
In half an hour the COW will be swea ing
profusely. Let her continue to do so for an
hour or more, till the SKIN bagins to get
cool Then give her a second pack IN the
same manner. Be careful that the COW does
not taxe cold while changing the cloths. In
twelve hours, sometimes half as long, sne
will be relieved Keep her ON soft Diet for
a week after wards, with a little daily exer-
else. Before applying the pack rub the
animal with fresh table mustard along the
back bone, about four inches on each sloe,
from shoulders to tail Rub with this for a
quarter OF an hour, and let it remain ontwo
GAYS. Then apply the pack. The treatment
REQUIRES thoroughness and constant care,
ard should not be left to mere hired help.
Keen the bladder emptied and the mix
drawn eff
Abortion in dairy cows is becoming more
and more common under the present high
pressure system. To prevent ii Professor
Grange re ommends black haw powder, ad-
ministered when the symptoms begin to
appear. Give two ounces of the powder
two to three times day.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23

AT their la e convention IN Sar atoga the
American scientists took up the question Of
shin railway or canal across the isthmus;
discussed 1t lengthily. and settled il, In their
minds eve An amible crank read paper
showing how an ocean steamship can be
boosted upon truck at Aspinwa.l, freight,
passengers and all, lifted like a barrel of
pork. and carted across to the Pacific side
upon a railway. 1t is going to be lifted
in % its cradle softly and sweet.y TO slow
music by means of hydraulic rams. He has
it down to the fine point, this amiable,
scientific crank. The steel rails Wi,
weigh 100 pounds to the yard. The
locomotive weight VIII net 102 Tons to the
engine exactly-not a hair more or less.
When it is wanted to change the direction
of the road, that is no trouble at all Ii Is
done by floating turntables" This fellow,
with his floating turntables, has found out
something not at ali known to mankind
heretofore 1t is that the cost of canal
transportation is five times that of carving
by rail. What thing it is to be scientific
Finally, this neat little railway, which shall
lift 500-fsot long iron steamer, laden to
her water line, into a cradle, and roll her
gently across the ist anus. is not going to
cost cent over SIS, 100000, counting in
accidents and all 1t is the merest pinch of
snuff AMI all the other amiable cranks
agreed with him
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23

Only the chicken business is good these
dull times.
Do not permit calves to suckle the COW too
late in the fall.
The United States can raise beef and hogs
cheaper than any other country.
The exports of pork this year have been
larger than those OF ear ago, up to date.
Copperas mixed with the white wash put
upon the cellar walls VIII keepvermln a way.
Ceilings that have been smoked by kero-
sene lamp should be washed off with soda
water.
Southern negroes say that melons grown
ON the ed ge of swamps give the fever to per-
sons who eat them.
The decomposition and souring of milk
are caused by the growth in it of minute
living organisms The germs of these get
into it from the air
The western cattle plains are already
stocked almost up to their liraits. Raise
and fatten few beef cattle at home for
market This makes the best beef, any how.
Try beef faitening this winter But if
you buy the cattle look out that you don't
get cheated in them. Wornout old cows in
calf are apt TO be palmed off on the unwary
about this time of year. 1t is best gener-
ally not to veal the calves ON your own
farm, but to raise them and make beef
cattle of them.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23
Seal Fisheries.

Mary Wager Fisher in Rural New Yorker
became considerably interested in a
school girl from San Francisco, who had
been ncr h for her health with her father on
seal-catching expedition Her father
owned the schC oner; they Lad left home IN
March and were now on their return. She
had greatly improved in health, and al
though she had been greatly panied by the
brutalities connected with selling, she was
ready for cruise next year. she SAID the
Indians often cut open the seas before they
were dead, and her father said be had seen
ttem, after being skinned, hold up their
heads and try to walk. The seal IS
usually stunned by a blow ON the head;
then skinned in a minute and hall
the skin some times being taken off whole
so if a vital part is not first pierced, the ami
NAL may awaken from its swoon to suf r
untold torture for brief moment before
death The moaning of the seals when
rob ed of their young is touching and pitt
full in the extreme-but what is so hard as
the heart AMI hand of mani The fur of the
seal becomes white with age, and its gray
hairs protect it from slaughter. The fur OF
the ''pups''-the young seals-is considered
very handsome when made up undyed aad
unplucked. Skins which a few years ago
sold in the salt for So, now bring but from
81 to s., and the glrl's father sad that two
years hence seal skin would be cheap enough
for servant girlst
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23
A Good Game.

Verbarium is capital game, but it re-
quires some application. Each player is
provided with paper and pencil. One hol is
watch and one dictionary. word is
chosen, say Agriculture. The one that has
the watch calls ''Tims,r and then for pre-
clsely two minute each player is to write all
the words he can from the letters in agri-
culture, beginning with A. Afterward,
two minutes are likewise occupied in writing
words beginning with the other letters of
the chosen word in turn.
At the en1 of the first two minutes time is
called, and he that has written fewest
words begins by reading the first one that
he has written All that have it say ssYes;n
all that have not say MOI and each one
that has it counts one for each one that has
not For instance. if seven are playing and
taree have the word ssargue,n and four
haven't it, each one that has it marks the
figure against the word.
At the close of the game all the figures
are added, and, of course, the one having
the greatest sum is the winner.
Somewhat like tins, bue ca sier, is a SPELL
lug gene lately introduced from England.
Inc nrst player mentions any letter of tie
atpnatet; the seconi any letter that, an
nexsd to the first, would build toward any
word; the third player adds another letter
thar, with the two already given. would
hep form any word, and so on. For N
anca, the first player NAV say s.B;" the
ext one thinks of board, and says s.o.n
Toe third, not knowing what word the
scond had n mind, thinks of BORROW.
ana s"ys Tt the fourth adds 'sn,n and
word toornl IS finished Now, the point of
e game Is not to let word stop with you,
ther by finishing it, as No. d, or By
being unable to adj any letter that would
hslp to form son longer word. OF course.
proper names, contractions and obso,ete
words are forbidden.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23
Cure for Plies.

Cure for Plies.
Piles are frequently preceded by a sense of
weight in the back, loins and lower part OF the alb
dnmen, causing the patient to suppose he has some
ELECTION of the kidneys neighboring organs. At
times, symptoms OF indigestion are present, aatu-
lcncy 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 once to
the application of DIR. Bosankos Pile Remedy
which acts directly spon the parts affected absorb
ing the Tumors, ailaying the intense itching and
e1eeting permanent cure. Price so cents. Adj
dress. The DIR. Besanko Medicine Co., Piqua, o.
Sold by Byron Lemiy, jackson, Miss
march 25 'S5-fv
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'J'ElE FASHIONS

Velvet, plush, embroidered cloth and felt
are the materials for the new bonnetS
Both plain and embroidered velvets are
used, and some striped velvets are shown
beaded velvet ami -avily beaded lace; are
usel down the center of black bonnats, with
the sides of plain black velvet, each side be-
ing in one smooth piece extending from the
front backward, meeting in point at the
end of the crown. Plush is used to trim
velvet of lighter saade, being arranged
as has been said, in thick close folds along
the edges or In box plaiting on the top
There are also bonne.s entirely of plush put
smoothly on severe snaped foundations
and ornamented with rows of wooden beads
around the edges and bunch of fancy feath-
ers directly on top. Bonnets for city streets
and for travelling are very small AMI mar
row, with high trimming directly on
top, and increasing In height toward the
paek The sides are very close to the head
and the small crown Is in horseshoe s1ape;
sometimes a horse shoe made of beads outline
this crown. but in the greater number mer :
ly the shape is copied, ana the end is slightly
curved upward, parallel to the outer edge.
Many bonnats show no defined line between
tae brlm and crown, tne material which
covers the frame being all in one piece, or
at most in two piece separated through the
middle from toe front to the enl of the
crown. 1he new fancy is to put trimming
stra ght through the top AMI down the
crown, sucn as rows of beads, rows of gilt
cord, piping folds of plush, ETC., and the
combsnatisn bonnet repeats this IDEA by
using figured fabric through the mi IL le
of tie front and the crown putting PLAIN
goods up each side, forming high fol that
rests upon the indentei middle faoric in
various ways that at last give new effects
to the small bonnets that have been worn
so long, and which, to the despair of the
mliiners, promise to take fresh lease of
favor.
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Preparing Wheat Ground.


Flowing for wheat should commence as
early as possible after harvest. Several
reasons require this early blowing First,
the ground is noa likely to be so dry and
hard as it often becomes late in August and
in September. Although the weather is
then unusually hot, vet teams will average
more ground per day than later with dryer
ground. Many farmers put Off wheat plow-
ing until dry weather compels them to
cease and wait for rains. These rains some
times come so late that seeding is neces-
sarily put off so long that the young
grain gets but a weak start before win
ter. But if the blowing is done early
the ground may then be. il neei led, har-
rowed ami rolled, thus so pulverizlng it,
that light rains would moisten it deep enough
for eading, which would not aid in break
ing up The writer recollects several sea-
sons when in his own seeding this was the
case. In one instance, by persevering under
great difficulty in preparing twenty-seven
. acres, light rains enabled him to seei in
good time, and he harvested some five
bushels per acre more than di several of his
neighboi s, who on account of drouth deferred
blowing until the late fall ralns. As wheat
was then 80 per bushel, $40 per acre well
paid for the extra labor.
Second, the soil after blowing needs the
sun and air TO pulverize and enrich it. All
experienced farmers ara familiar with this
fact If any farmers are not it is high time
they learn it.
Third. by early blowing the ground has
more time to settle and become compact, q
condition which greatly rssists the action of
the frosts In heaving it up, ami loosening
the roots Of the wheat Wheat needs level
and very mellow surface, in which it can
spread its tiny roots and where, If the
underlying soil is compect, it viii take firm
hold. In fact, ground plowed soon after
harvest can hardly be made too compact for
good wheat yield. The experiment has
been tried of having ace and driving tracks
around wheat fields either just before or
just after seeding, and invariably the best
yield wouli be ON the track, and this for the
two reasons That the body of the soil was
firmly compacted and that the surface was
very finely pulverized Ii farmers had time
to spend three or four days on every acre,
after blowing, with a roller, they would
hnd the tlme well spent A farmer not long
since told me that soon after blowing part
OF his wheat field an unusually heavy rain
fell. which fairly impacGed the ground.
Soon as il was sufficiently dry he finished
plowing. The fsId was all seeded at the
same time. But in prepar ng the first part
for the drin he had to weight the harrow
heavily, and even then tae seed was not
near all covered The other part was mel
low, and worked well. The difference in
the crops was nearly so per cent in favor
OF the compact ground. Instances OF this
character could be given without limit, and
they all teach the advantage Of early plow-
Ing, OF compacting the soil ami Of fining the
surface
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23
Telegraph wires Under Ground.

Paris has solved the problem of putting
telegraph and telephone wires under grounL
The telephone service male this necessary
in the first place. The French are given to
CAB, and they all wanted to talk over wires,
and to talk all at once. First, experimenters
began by reducing the size of telephone
wires. They made them smaller and smaller,
till at last it was found that a mere copper
thread, no more than one fiftieth of an inch
in diameter, would serve for a call. But
the wires became more and more numerous
and annoying There were hundreds of
miles of them over the housetops. Some
thing had to be done. In 1880 the different
companies fused into one, the Societe Gen
erale dies Tel phones. The city of Paris
then rented its sewers to the united tele-
phone organization. 1t rented for four
years a space twelve inches wide by four
deep at the top of the sewer arch The COM
pany affixed a frame to the arched brick
work. This bore three hooks by which thu
bundles of wire were supported The hooks.
with sections of the cables. are seen il the
illustration
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23
SECTION OF WIRES IN sgwER.

1t must be remembered that there is
nothing offensve in the Paris sewers. They
are so thoroughly disinfected, and their
contents so treated by air and chemicals,
that they are used as q promenade by
strangers. A space for walk is left along
the side. They are, in fact, practically
great tubular cellars under the Paris
streets. Along these the bundles of tele-
phone wires were placed. There was plenty
of room here for all that came. and to
spare. But there were some difficulties
The distance between any two conductors
was SO slight that the ground could not be
used for return circuit as in the ordinary
telegraph. Messages sent over one wire
coull be heard with perfect distinctness
over the one next to ii, owing to convey
ance of the escaping elect ricity by in iuc-
ton So two wires had to be employed for
each line. These were put together and
loosely wrapped with cotton Every pair
of wires hal its own color of cotton to die
tinguish the d fferent ones. Seven pairs Of
wire were wrapped with tarred Irvine and
r,rf inf ppa laadan frth
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23
FNGLIsH WALNUT.

In the ACCOMPANYING illustration we have
a superior variety OF the so-callel English
walnut. Its proper name is the Madeira
nut, or that, perhaps, is not its right name
either. since it came from Persia and the
Himalaya mountains in the first place. 1t
was transplanted into Europe more than
1000 years ago 1t used to grace the feasts
Of the old Romans.
A curious fact about this nut is that while
it is called English" walnut it will not ma
ture at all in England, except in the very
warmest parts of that country. 1t grows,
however in all districts of Great Britain as
an ornamental tree and is highly
prized for that purpose. 1t would be
interesting to know just how far north
this valuable fruit will mature in
the United States 1t is known to do adj
mirably in the middle and southern states.
There are trees that thrive well and produce
good crops in latitude Az 1t does this on
the Atlantic seaboard Whether it would
2 do so inland and ON western plains remains
to be seen. On all accounts it is desirable
that our farming population should begin to
pay serious attention to the culture of nut
bearing trees. We want to know Just what
trees of that kind will grow and thrive best
in all the various parts of this great big
country. Our common black walnut will
grow everywhere, we believe, but although
the wood Is one OF the most valuable known
the nut is inferior
A hint to those who are wise is sufficient
on the subject of nut-bsaring trees. Allen,
in his admirable Farm Book, says that wal
nut, hickory and butternut trees deserve
much more attention than they receive. con-
sidering the value Of their timber as well as
their fruit
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Boys
Don't tease girls or boys smaller than

Don't tease girls or boys smaller than
yourselves
Don't take the easiest chair in the room,
put it into the pleasantest place, and forget
to offer it to mother when she comes to sit
down.
Don't forget to treat your mother as po-
htely as if she was stranger lady who did
not spend her life in your service.
To be as kind and helpful to your sisters
as you expect your sisters to be to YOU
10 maze friends among good boys
To take pride in being a gentleman at
home.
10 take your mothers into your confidence
If you do anything wrong. and above all,
never lie about anything you have done
10 make up your minds not to learn to
smoke. chew or drink, remembering that
tn ase things cannot be unlearnei AMI that
they ara terrible drawbacks to good men
and necessities to bal ones.
To remember that there never was vaga-
bond without these haIits
Observe all these rules, and they are
sure to make you gentlemen.
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notice TWO large pipes - the SEWER Both
are for water. 1hat IN one Is for sprinkling
the streets, etc. in the other. for drinking
ana culinary purposes There are yet two
smaller pes, the larger Of which Is pneu-
matte tube. Of the Two groups Of cables,
one is the bund g Of telegraph, the other OF
telephone wires
These simple illustrations give better
idea If what the famous Paris sewers are
like than page of de icription coul1 1t
will interest the reader TO know that che in
sjds view was photographed by electric
light by the French operator, Eadar The
most practicabla way to settle the question
of pipes. gas and others. under a street win
be to construct a great hollow BRICK rk
tube under the whole length, and put al the
Dipes together into it.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23
Facts of Interest.

Instantaneous photography has developed
some interesting facts IN regard to the fig 1t
of birds
The first railway telegraph line in America
was constructed to run under ground. Ii
was butt along the line of the Baltimore
ard Ohio road.
Professor William H, Brewer, of Yale
College believes that in course of time a
srolting horse viii be evolved that will go
lis mile In two minutes.
Opinion incl.nes to the view that physicians
have a right to administer opiates and
fnasthetics TO produce painless death in
cases where death is certain ana attended
with torturing physical suffering.
The population of Europe has increased in
century from AS, 0O0, 900 to $50, 900, 000
Englishnen have multiplied fvefold, the
Russians fourfold and the Germans less
than threefoid, while Ffenchmen and Span
iards have added only abouJ fifty per cent.
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and called you grill Tie changes came
all at once Mother made the pants, and
one evening she brought home the red top
boots. Then she put the scissors into your
soft curls, cut them of. kissei taem, and
laid them away. She was sorry to see the
baby become boy; but how your soul
swelledl How You longs for the morning,
that you might wear theml How 10 fully
you cried out to little Billy Brown, &C -oss
the street. that YOU bad pants AMI bootsir
AMI Billy probably answered. sullenly, i
d~n't care,n while all the time he was filed
with envy
Dear little bootsi We revere your men,
CRY. You are TO tie boy what the sweet
heart is to the youth; what the bride is to
TO the man.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23

FOUNDED IN INCORPORATE 1851
Powers EXTENDED, 1884.
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Long scarf wells are coming in again
They are not of heavy material however,
but of tulle or tissue. They are worn over
the forehead, at the brim of the hat or bon
net, then taken behind, crossed, brought to
the front ami tied in a fluffy bow. The eff
feet is very pretty. New tissues for long
scarf wells are of fine silk threads woven in
fish-net patterns. White and plum colors
will be mos6 used for early au unn, as they
have ceen during the summer, but dark
red, blue brown and green tissues are
shown for winter wells. The more dressy
illusion wells have loops of small beals or
of tinsel threads set in them at wide inter
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23

Yon will notice the peculiar arrangement
of thu back of tie skirt at the waist. This
style of tournure promises to be very popu-
lar Fig. 2 shows the skirt alone. The
front breadth is sloped CT toward the top,
and buItonei to the back. The back
breadths are strai yht, and are about three
yards and fifts N inches arouni Two
ylfds and half of this fullness is laid into
fourteen hd.ln 5, eacI thr e AMI quar- e.
inches VIDE the inner edge of each Id
is caught in at the waistband ard sew d
firmly. This leaves the outer fold OF eae.
fiu5ing sticking out. Then with your finger
turn inward the raw GU er edge of each fo-d.
What it looks like on the inside. the wrong
size. is seen in Fps the o DIS are s1itcled
in pace firmly. Tapes saved across in two
places boil the flutings IN their right po-
sltIon. lower down.
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Plum CnrcnIIo.

To catch the curcul1o, the trees must be
Jared early in the morning or in the even
irg. for the pests are active and readily fly
away In the mid lie Of the day. The jarring
thould be sudden; mere shaking will not
do To avoid bruising the bark, it Is good
plan to saw off branch, leaving stump
several inches long on which to strike with
a heavy mailet; or a hole may be bored in
the tree into which q broad headed iron
spike should be inserted to receive the blow,
4 small tree may be Jared by hand. Elk
rept in the middle of the day or on warn
nights the curculio will not Az, but will
fold its legs close to its body, turn its snoui
under its breast, and drop to the ground,
or into the sheet that is spread to catch it
when il can be killed.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-23
silver and Glass

In the extremely fashionable world silver
tableware is taxing the pace of much of the
beautiful china and porcelain that ruled SO
long. Silver fruit and berry dishes, cake
stands, sugar dishes and sifters, cream jugs
and noyei silver cheese plates or BASKETS
are universally seen. SILVER is evidently
going to be the craze in tableware for a
while. Handsome water pitchers are of
fine cut glass set in silver rim and finished
with silver bands and handles. Eq al y
pleasing in effect are the claret cups witch
silver covers and handles and trimming
of hands of silver