The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-02
MISSING LINKS.
It is said that there are not less than
goo American girls Studying singing N

80 -aiLtet ies-L zit4s SLY III singing N
Milan alone
Fifty American dairy cows were
shipped to China S Short time ago from
San Francisco.
A four-year-ola COW in K,ntuckv IS
the mother Of ten ealves-twins. triplets.
and quintet
Il IS said that 100000 oranges
viii be gathered from the groves of
California this season
A valuable vein OF semi-bituminous
coal Of unknown thickness. has been
struck near Snydertown. in the Shame
kin coal district.
Three boys received the remarkable
sentence Of ten years each to the states
prison Of New Jersey, for breaking into
deserted cottage al Atlantic City
Not a particle Of fruit of any kind
was found BY a Paris chemist in a eur
rant jelly" which he analysed lately,
and which had been put up expressly
for import to this country.
Rev. Edward E. Hale deprecates the
use of the term Knight in our modern
American organizations; the objection
able word Is a relic Of feudalism, and
il has no place in our American life.
A Georgia man who has Just died at
ninety-seven could lffr barrel contain
ing thirty gallons Of whisky and drink
from the bunghole. and handle a $50
pound bale Of cotton as if it were
baby.
While making excavations in ruin
on the Appear Way. near Rome, three
two-prong silver forks were found.
which would indicate that all the old
Romans, at least, did not eat with their
fingers.
Two workmen were standing in front
OF an Office of one of the transatlantic
lines when crowd of freshly-arrived
emigrants passed by. There they go, =
said one. tomorrow they'll all be out
on strike. N T. advertiser.
Mrs. Senator Mahone has presented
to the National sanse1m a rare speci-
men OF the galljHsls. very handsome
aquatic bird, which flew aboard the
steamer soon after leaving Havana and
was captured alive by the sailors.
''Chambermaids in Mexican hotels
are male Indians. termed mazos They
are def and quick, and Will hire them
selves to a stranger in the capital for
50 a week, giving their employer I'M
divided and very welcome service.
Spanish professional beggars have an
expert who teaches them how to enlarge
the tonsils of their throats till it amounts
to deformity. There are also dealers
in deformed children in Lisbon who
rent the babies out at so much per diem
In the treasury at Washington is a
rat catcher, colored man. who has
record of 600 rats killed with his bare
hands. He has the knack of grabbing
the animal by the skin between the ear
and the jaw, and by a sudden Jerk
breaking its neck.
The Brooklyn bridge has proved
serious competitor to the ferries. The
Union Ferry Company shows that its
receipts have fallen off from 81, OOO,-
600 per annum TO $500, 200. and with
the approach of mild weather the COM
pany was obliged to discharge sixty of its
hands.
The English have for many wears had
almost monopoly of the Chinese coast
ing trade, but the Germans are crowd
ing in at rate which alarms Johnny
Bull. German steamers on the coast
are becoming more numerous every
month, while n new line of steamers
from Bremen to Shanghai is sure to cut
into the traffic of the English COM
panies.
The Brooklyn Magazine contains a
series of letters on early marriages.
written by well-known women. Most
of the writers agree that the question of
the time to marry must depend upon
circumstances and individual develop
ment; q few of them believe III late
marriages, Mrs. Lucy Stone, for ex-
ample, declaring that to her the most
suitable age seems from % to 80 years.
The late Prof. E. d. Sanborn, of
Dartmouth College, married niece of
Dartmouth's most distinguished alum
nus, Daniel Webster In his lecture on
Webster, which he delivered OCCASION
ally to the college students, the pro-
fessor used to state that he was in Mr..
Webster's company great deal, and
never saw him under the influence OF
| liquor but once, and then he was not
really intoxicated.
in the past few years for the cleansing
and curing of hogs hair. the object be-
| ing thorougbness and expedition. None,
however. was satisfactory until patent
by DIR. T. NJ. O'Cleary was tested a
short time since, which, performs the
work of four months in the miraculous
time of four hours.
| A Paris surgeon kindly set the limb
of friends dog. and his patient, some
weeks after. brought him another dog
| in the same plight DIR. Barnum. of
Louisville; reports u similar case. The
patient was a black-and-tan terrier 1t
resisted the doctor to the utmost. but
was finally subdued and bound up.
-Four DAYS later he came alone to the
Office and had his bandages arranged.
After that he appeared once each day
and held up his leg for examination.
Ladies in San Francisco do not con-
| slider themselves born to blush unseen.
1t is not enough for them to look out OF
/ the windows of their houses-they must
needs sit outside them altogether. To
| this end safety seat for ladies has been
constructed, and is at present in full
vogue. The front of a San francisco
| house fitted with the new invention
must present rather curious spectacle,
but one, no doubt, which the male pop
ulation of that city regard with appre.
ciative interest.
The mocking birds of Florida are fast
approaching determination at the hands
of winter tourists. The State has nc
game laws, and has not needed then
up to the time when fashion set it
stamp upon that section as the proper
resort for escape from the rigors of tht
cold months at the North. But thC
woods are now secured every winter BY
} visitors with shotguns, and knocking
birds and cardinals are becoming 81
scarce that at Jacksonville it is stated
that this spring there is not one bird t.
be found in the city where there wer'
ten year ago.
The names eonjured up By Dickenl
are more than matched by recent sub
scribers to the New York World, from
list of which the following are selected
| Maria Pickles, Cynthia Neiderfranken
steinhauser, William F. Peterfish, JohI
j. Cowhog, Laura Loofborrow, Maggi
; Mussmaker, J. Tyranny. Minnie Bigg
/ host. Fannie Vinegar. Susie Souse. Nor
/ B. Freelove. Matte B. Toogood. Molli
: Whiteneek, Phenia Suiiieool, Eff
f Bunk, Cora Coon, Viola Eystone. Rayt
Q Shivers. Pearl Shad, frankie Sample
: John George Dingledog. O. d. Pancake
Dick Turnipseed-
Alonzo Douglass. a ripe scholar. al
accomplished musician. and an excel
! lent painter, died in Louisville recently
: aged IL For nearly half a century an
q until less than a year ago ne was
slave 10 opium. At the age of 20 year
: he was able to conquer the almost In
satiable appetite, and lived the remain
i ing short interval of his life unaided b
o the drug which had solaced him for S
Y long. For many years his customar
r, allowance was three or four ounces {
r gum opium a day. and he has bee
4 known to drink as much as gallon /,
Ie paregoric in t1Eenty-fOur hours
Il Two DAYS before he died Dennis Wi
: cox stood by the ticker" in the ofis
? of a broker with whom he had been Q
terms of social intimacy outside of Wa
: street fo4- many wears He was silent