The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-18
GLEANINGS.

Young swells in New York anxious
to have white skins have themselves
bled or use cosmetics.
Since 1S9othe acreage of crops in the
British Kingdom has decreased aim ,st
two million acres. English agriculture
IS thus shown to be far from prospect
Gus.
Mr.. adirondack" w. II. III. Murray
says he is only running his esthetic
sporting restaurant in Montreal for re-
creation and rest, and will presently
return TO the lecture platform.
When house is TO be let in Mexico
the owner sticks an old newspaper in
the window. 1t isn't very tasteful and
seldom improves the appearance of the
house, but it is economical and is un-
derstood by the community.
An observer says one of the ways by
which hotel chambermaids make extra
money is by collecting the tooth
brushes which are left in the rooms by
forgetful guests and then selling them
to regular dealers. who rejuvenaie them
for the market again.
There is the authority of the editor
of the San Francisco Christian Adrocdte
for the charge that no pure California
wine IS put on the market He believes
that adulteration is the invariable rule
Some OF the vineyard men retort that
he a reckless faisifer.
An Arizona paper of recent date con-
tains the following paragraph: Larry
Chugwhistie, the popular aud gentle
manly baker of Sun Up Corners, de-
parted for the great majority Y sterday.
We trust that he has gone to the land
where baking is unknown"
The age OF an elm has been estimat-
ed at 335 years; that of so palms at
from GOO to 700 years; that of an olive
tree at 700 years; of plane tree at
/ 720; of cedar at 80 OF an oak at
/ l,500; of a yew at ?. $50: of a taxodium
at 1000, and OF baobab tree at 5000
years.
The whale feeds by opening its ca
! pacious mouth and allowing the sea
water, with its muititudinous tenants,
to fill the oval cavity. NThen it shuts
its lower jaws upon its horny plates,
and, s;rdining ont the water through
them, swallows the prey stranded upon
its vast tongue.
The largest bridge in the world
/ CiO>ScS I<dAc OilCiltf tIditl, tI New Ut
! leans. and is twenty-five mites in length.
4 1t is trestle-work, on piles, and is made
/ of cypress wood which was first satur-
ated with creosote oil, which renders it
/ impervious to moisture and proof
against the attack of barnacles.
Patti told the Boston Herald that she
| had worn diamonds worth $780, 600 the
/ last time she sang in LA Traviata'' in
! New York, but thet she supposed the
/ audience thought her dress was fronted
/ with glass beads instead of gems. She
! had left most of the collection in a safe
| deposit vault during her tour.
When vessels or timber sink to great
] depths in the ocean the pressure is so
| great that water is forced into the pores
/ of the wood and it becomes too heavy
| to rise again. Even when ship is
broken up the detached portions sink
| like lead. L is pressure makes it i'm
possible for divers to descend to any
! great depths.
The late David Lydig Suydam is said
/ to have been the only rich New York
merchant who retired from business in
/ his thirty-first year. He was absolute
I ly out OF business for forty years after
ward. lie standard of wealth, how
1 ever, has been greatly raised since 1914,
and the late John Jacob Astor laughed
/ at Stephen Whitney for deeming So
600, 900 sufficient to entitle its possessor
to be considered rich enough to retire.
The University of Pennsylvania has
started department of physical cul-
ture.n DR.. j. w. White, who will pre-
side over 1t, states that his duties will
| be to examine each student. note
wherein he needs physical development
and recommend the proper mode of ex-
ercise to induce it, If his back is weak,
the rowing machine or boat is advised;
if the chest is flat. parallel bars are in
order. J he ordinary trainer generally
picks out for the boat man who does
not need it.
The husband of a woman living ia
Highland Falls died insoivent and
hea, lily in debt twenty-three years ago.
and ever since his widow has been
striving 10 pay of these bills. As fast
as sic could accumulate funds she
would make payment, and last Satur-
day laid down in 50 and so gold
pieces and bank bills the last cent of
this Indebtedness. She remarked at the
time that she .'could never think of
meeting her God with that and other
debts unpaid. y Aeao6urg On -
Journal.
A medal has been struck in COM
memoration of the hundredth anniver-
sary of Methodism in this country, and
is sold in duplicate by authority of the
Bishops. The case opens like book.
and in the central portion, surrounded
by velvet, the medal is so fixed that
both its sides are exposed when the
cover is opened A pastor regrets that
he lately found convert kneeling be-
fore it in alteration, usingit for an idol.
He has heard that such perversion of
the object is common among the ne
groes of tine South, where the medals
are held in awe as possessing supernat-
ural qualities.
A citizen of West Chester, Pa, is
wearing pair of boots made from
leather that was tanned in West Ches-
ter county sixty years ago. The leath-
er is very fine calfskin and the owner
has worn the boots on great many
occasions during the last fifteen years
For about forty-five years after the
leather had been tanned and dressed it
was allowed to hang in the garret of
the present owners father residence,
and about fifteen years ago a shoe
maker of West Chester made from it
. the boots that are now worn by the
owner.
The ugly fashion lately adopted by
New York fashionable men of wear
ing colored shirt and cuffs and white
collar is directly traceable to the Prince
of Wales. The story, as it runs, says
that he ran up to London from his coun-
try seat at the hight of the season. His
trunks were delayed by railway col
ision. and. on running through his
wardrobe, he found only a colored
. shirt and white collar. He donned
them hastily. and went to his club to
luncheon. Fashionable men saw him,
the style was copied, and it has now
caught on in New York
1t is now said that the Rev. d. Bur
chard. so widely known on account
: of his famous and foolish rum, roman.
) ism, and rebellion" utterance, is des-
cendant of the DR.. Burchard who many
/ years ago was so effectually snubbed by
) Aaron Burr. As the story goes, DIR.
l Barchard was annoyed because Col
: Barr came late to service in squeakins
boots. One Sunday the doctor publicly
J reproyed the offender, saying: "Yol
have been guilty Of criminal offenss
-I against the Almighty, sir, and on tn,
last great day | shall appear at the bar
of God as your accuser. This wa.
i very impressive. but Burr was equa
2 to the occasion Pansing at the dool
D of his pew. he smilingly said: I'm the
course of a large and varied crimina
2 practice. doctor. have observed thal
r the greatest criminals are always tn,
: irst to turn states evidence All tn,
Burchards seem to have q talent fol