The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-21
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at w Japanese establishment in Nav-
Id IoiA Slo'Vo worth of rare ar.;cfss a',s
he ornaments in one dav. - ''si's ana
be an English firm has ba,,,,r .t,,
OF IT, OF casks and barrels Of 500
u oo,>-. Hte Agnter than wood and 20
ny course are more durable. S'no u
IN Mgr. Capel traces tho fro,,o-
~ se-eIoe IA this country to tx6 go, "a
- 80 'ueon mental forcing of the voI,,e,
ie anu 100 little moral training. 0''''s
,s hishoP William Taylor saws that -
!, alrlea the natives have only two sn;tl
I; eaGh-1lrt and paint-and that von 90
! tell Christian Raffir, because be ~ w.. an
N shirt. ''9 wears
ts A resident of Mowesville, No. has
! discovered the remains of a mastodoT
4 one OF whose teeth weighs 81 pounds
. ana whose thigh bones are 1s inches in
: diameter.
d 1t was not the dhropI had taken
I said Kerry peasant charged with be-
o ing drunk and disorderly, but had a
e shmoke out Of neighbor's pipe, and
; that leaned upon me. ."
r Germany sends France enormous
quantities of game; in 1883. $50. 900 OF
} the 2aS,oOO hares consumed in Paris.
Il
cred game innumerable.
The banking firm of Rothschild in
London employs women exclusively as
coupon counters, and experience shows
mat they are far more reliable and in
teIligent than male employees.
At ct San Shan, China, the Govern
or selected his recruits as follows: He
hrst dug trench six Chinese feet wide.
and all those that were able to lump it
We're enlisted into the corps.
There are over 10. 0.0O0. eco car-wheels
IN use in the United States. About ore
/ eighth OF this number are worn out
1 every year; hence every eight wears
there must be an entirely new supply.
Rev. Father De Mario. Of san Fran
| cisco, has an altar lamp which will
burn for long period. brightly at night
| and dimly in the daytime. The lamp
Is said to resemble small engine aud
to measure nearly four feet in height
Judge Blanford, of Georgia, saws
speculation is worse than poker. He
could not see how any man could fool
away months waiting to see stock 60
up or down when he might fill flush
and rake in jackpot in thirty sec
onds.
In the Russian town of Svsran thera
Is now living man whose are is I27. a
fact of which there is said to exist indu-
bitable proof. He was wounded in
the battle of Borodino and afterward
entered Paris with the allied army. He
is supported by charity.
About $3.50 watches are made in tho
United States each day, and the annual
output of the world is 5000. 900. The
average life of a ticker / five years.
y European hand-worker turns out 40
watches year, but the American ma
ehine-worker makes $50.
y foreign scientific journal reports
that composition of sand. cork, and
lime nodded into blocks is now on trial
in Germany for building light parti-
tons. Ii is said to have the ADVANTAGE
OF excluding sounds better than brick.
while being light and non-conduetor.
BY a most careful series of levels.
run by the United States coast survey
from Sandy Hook and the mouth of tho
Mississippi River to st. Louis. it has
been demonstrated that the Atlantic
Ocean at the first mentioned points is
forty inches lower than the Gulf of
Mexico.
y plant called the melon shrub has
been introduced into California from
Guatemala. 1t grows to the height of
three feet, bears a beautiful purple and
white flower, Is an evergreen, and pro-
duces a melon about four inches lone
by two or three in diameter, of excel
lent taste.
In the last ten years France has
launched % battle-ships, England only
lS (of which are protected cruisers).
leaving ii battle-ships. The French
have IL battle-ships and cannoner
cuirasses building, while the English
have battle-ships and one armored
cruiser.
1t is said that the export Of frozen
mutton from New Zealand to Great
Britain this year win amount to more
than half a million sheep, although the
freight charges are very high. An ef-
fort is to be made to reduce the carry
ing rates, when it is expected that the
export of frozen meats will reach large
Twenty-Five thousand men are build
ing ships in the United States. Twen-
ty-two million of dollars are the ship
builders capital; $40, 600, 900 a year is
the product And in the transportation
trade-for our railway trains are also
our ships-we employ nearly 100000
people, or half as many as in all our
manufactures.
1t is reported from Paris that exper-
iments made in the hospitals show that
ulphide of carbon is the best agent to
restore the normal action of the bowels
in cases of cholera. 1t has restored to
in thirty seconds hyster-
ical patients who, previous TO its adj
m mi frat in 70
the pricking of needles.
In recent article in the Clinical
Record Dr. Ronaldson, speaking Of the
two systems of treatment of the opium
habit, says: 1.-The immediate and total
deprivation practiced in Europe / only
mention to condemn in the strongest
terms as inhuman and barbarous. The
rapid, but gradual withdrawal is hui
name to the patient and successful to
the practitioner"
Thomas. f. Edison seys he has given
himself five years to discover the short
cut by which electricity can be gener-
ated directly from coal without the uso
of the steam engine. He SAYS: The
great system of doing away with the
intermediary furnaces, boilers, steam
engines and dynamos will be found
probably within ten years.
There are 1900 Chinese children who
will probably have to grow up without
the blessings of Christian civilization.
The State Superintendent of Public
Schools in California has just declared
''that Chinese children cannot be-
come pupils of public schools, public
education being intended under the
Constitution of the State only for those
who can become citizens"
Mrs. Mary Prayn went to China thir-
teen years ago, and since then she has
established Christian schools at Shang-
hai and Yokohama, Japan. Returning
to her native land last month, she is
now critically i'll at her old home at Al
bany, n. 7. Upon being aroused from
Inconsistencies a few days ago she re-
fused at first to believe that she was
not in China.
1t is said that the French railroad
companies are about to adopt an cleo
trio gate opener. A catch connected
with an electromagnetic keeps the gate
closed. When a train approaches it
closes the circuit, releases the catch,
and the gates fly open. The last train
as it passes through opens the circuit,
and the gates are again closed. The
same apparatus rings bell violently on
the approach of train.
Nowhere in the world is celibacv
more generally the order of the day
than among the Italian middle classes.
1t is law for the clergy, a rule of dis
cipline for the land and sea forces,
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