The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
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The old fashion OF wearing a roseite
OF natural flowers on the slipper IS re-
viyed.
Mr.. Edison fortune is said 10 have
grown ike the traditional SNOWFALL in
TO 100000 lump.
Since 1898, as a statistieian learns.
wars among civilized nations have cost
the lives of 4.47000 men.
= proposition has been made in Cey-
Ion for the systematic observation of the
singular migration Of butterflies in that
island
Edward Atkinson. the political econo-
mist, while delivering his lectures on
cheap living, wears an eight dollar suit
of clothes.
Bismarck wife Is described as tall,
aristocratic-looking woman, with de-
cided but pleasing features. aud of ele-
CANT, but simple taste in dress
Senator Ben Hills life was insured
for $4,000. and at his death that sum
was paid to his wife. who invested it in
four houses that now pay her hand
some return.
How short sighted hunter. passing
through an East Indian jungle. came 10
mistake hornets nest for sunffower
may be understood from this bit of de-
scription that follows: The 'sunfiower'
was no other than a fine nest of hor-
nets. The species, large bright yellow
insect with a ferocious sting, constructs
! its nest. which is large and Of the size
/ and shape of good, big sunilower. on
| some strong projecting twig of an ever
! green bush, and, when the nest is COM
/ pleted, the whole community dispose
themselves in regular circles ON it, with
| all their heads to the center; thus they
look like the spokes of yellow wheel,
or, as my unlucky friend said, like a
! sunfiower."
The movement for purifying the Ger
man language from foreign words
which are used unnecessarily has Sc
cured a good advocate in the Grand
| Duke of Weimar, who has issued to all
! his officials an index expurgatorius, to
which careful attention is enjoined
| The prescribed words comprise we'll
nigh all foreign intruders for which
proper German equivalents exist and
as the Grand Dukes order extends to |
the official language. the court, and the |
theatre, it may be expected that it will |
90 far towards effectiug its purpose so |
| far as the sphere of Weimar's influence |
goes. Weimar, too, has lately estab- |
lished German Language Associa-
ton, whose roll of members includes |
all sorts and conditions of educated |
| men-professors. clergymen, teachers. |
officers, and so forth-the Grand Duke |
giving his especial protection. 1t is |
gratifying that this movement for Ger
manizing German is making such good |
progress.
Judge Terrence told me the other day |
that the longer he lived the more he |
looked back with pleasure and pride
upon his service during the war. He
was the son Of a clergyman who went |
out as the chaplain of regiment, fol- /
lowed by his seven sons. while the wife |
and mother, with patriotism and hero |
ism worthy to rank with that Of any of /
the women Of ths revolutionary period, |
remained at home and carried ON the
farm. Judge JaCccncr recitc>, with
pardonablc pride. how the seven sons
We're gathered few wears AGO about |
the deathhcd o5 that mother; nov she /
took into her own Voru and withercd |
hand. while lie still fingered his own
left hand, felt 81 IL; and then said: |
Give me Tire other hand my son
and as she felt of II with the two short
ened finger, shot away in battle she
murmured. That i the one | want"
raised it to hor lips. kissed it fondlv. |
and soon after sank away 70 rest. - 81
Paul PioHc PRESS
Congressman Tim Campbell OF New
York. who succeeded Sunset Cox. had /
penetrated 20 Mr.. Villas inner sanctuary |
in spite OF the guards. and stood at the |
cabinet officer elbow watching him as
he wrote furiously and persstenuy with
out looking up. Finally Campbell spoke
up: ''Oi am Congressman Campbell of
New York, Mr.. Villas. and Oi have i'm
portant business with yez Talk |
away, talk away" was the impatient
response of the postmaster general as
he went on with his writing. Camp
bell looked the Wisconsin man all over
and then bristled up like hen whose
feathers are stroked the wrong way
'Indade and Oi'll not spake with yez
until yez stop wroiting and invoite me
to sit down and give me yer attintion.
Oi am used to being trated as a gintle-
man, scr. and Oi have important busi-
ness with yez. and - But before he
could get any farther Villas had &in
down his pen, and before Campbell left
AN -Ot " Atlt nc ~ tailCo-
One of the most curionsIy original
collections of books in any library is
1aid to be a botanical collection at
Warsens.> n. in Germany. At first
sight the volumes appear like rough
blocks of wood; but on closer examina-
ton it is found that each Is complete
history of the particular tree which it
represents At the back OF the book /
,,4-
space large enough to admit the scicn-
titic and the common name of the tree
as title. One side is formed from the |
split wood of the tree. showing its grain
and natural fracture; the other shows |
the wood when worked smooth and var
nished. One end shows the grain as /
left by the saw, and the other the finely /
polished wood. On opening the book |
one finds the fruit. seeds, leaves, and |
other products of the trees. the moss
which usually grows upon It's trunk, and |
the insects which feed upon the various |
parts of the tree. To all this is added a /
! well printed description of the habits, !
usual location. and manner of growth of /
the tree.
The chief roadmaster to the French |
| government railways has made the dis |
| covery that the best plant yet found for |
! consolidating the loose soil of newly |
made embankment by the interlacing |
of its roots is the double poppy. The |
ordinary grasses or clovers employed |
for the purpose require, he saws. several |
months for the development of their |
comparatively feeble roots. while the !
double poppy terminates in a few days, |
and at the end of three or four months I
its roots are foot long, and tightly in /
terlaced. The plant is an annual. but if |
sows itself after the first year. In France /
it is among the hardest of the common |
plants, and if it is so with us also we /
hope the authorities will not neglect |
| this discovery, as the brilliant hue of |
| the poppy in great masses would be !
delightful as one flew By it for miles and |
miles. Perhaps, too, It would impreg-
nate the air with odors bringing sleep !
to the restless traveller. And next some !
one will discover an equally scientific |
use for the daisy and the camellia, and |
even for the orchid
| Morrison and Randall, writes Cleve- |
land Lender correspondent. are widely |
| different in their characters. Randall |
| reminds one of a pugilist- He has
heavy jaw, bulldog expression, and he |
strikes straight from the shoulder Nor
rison is a diplomatic. He walks around |
| like a cat, with his soft felt hat pulled |
down over his eyes. He gives you his
hearty shake of the hand and his friend |
ly and seemingly honest eve smiles for
/ evervoua Ha works in Sacref He |