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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12
The Best Light.

If you want a clear, bright, safe light
without smoke, use Browns FamiIv Oil,
and Browns Non Explosive Petro Oil, to
be had only at Browns Oil Depot, next
door north Of J. Green's Bank. l have
been studying and experimenting with oils
for seventeen years, and what | do not
know about oils | would be very glad 10
pay some one toinform me. / will not
sell an 0il that I donot consider as safe as
oil can be mare. | keep on hand COM
plete stock Of Lamps ard Chandeliers,
Lamp Fixtures, Choice Family Groceries,
Cigars aud Tobacco. buy for spot cash,
and will sell at low-down figures. Try
me. WIZ. J. BRowE, JR.
ian3l-daw3t.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12

A man. after eating very poor din
ner in third-class restaurant leaned
back and asked of the negro waiter how
much money was due.
"Sebenty-fi' cents. sah."
"What, for the wing of a chicken and
a piece OF corn breadp'
"Yes, sab"
sits outrageous / never heard Of
anything like it beforel"
'.Boss. femme tell yer. Yer looked
like man dat wanted de bes' an | CIV
it ter yer"
1.-THE bestp''
Eyes. sab. fur dat wuz de wing o d.
games chicken in dis country. If yel
wanted common chicken w'yn't say
sop rkdnSdw Traveller.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12

A well-known writer tell of seeing
thousands of small fish migrating across
land from one lagoon to another in
tropical America. He says they moved
as deliberately and unconcernediy as
though they had been accustomed to the
overland route all their lives.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12

We have 6rst-class Tailor IN our
employ from New York, which enables Us
TO give you a perfect in clothing Call on
rs. CAPITAL CLOTHING EMPORIUM.
The Woman's Friend for sale At Browns
Oil Depot. Uan3I-daw3t.
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UArcHEz. JACKSON 4 coLUMsUs an

F (From Dec 5. isss.l
E.srwARp-Ieeves Natchez daily al 500 p. m
arriving In Jackson at 500; connects at har
asa. .ristOn Tor Nickshurg and Memphis.
wEsTwARp--Leaves Jackson daily at 7;0O O. m,
arrives at Matches l2:25 q m. Connects At
HARRISON for New Orleans
FAKIaHT TRAIN--daily, sunday excepted. Leaves
jackson 500 9. M. arrives from hatcher al
700 p. m. -ht
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12
Opening Day.

Az am constantly receiving and sell
ing Oil. Chandeliers, Lamps and Choice
Groceries, every day is an opening day
day with me, except on Sunday, on which
day ] propose to rest.
jan3I-daw}t. VIZ. ]. BRowE, ST..
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12
Que Timts-gellufrat
NEW ORLEANS.

TIVE TINES DEMocRAr is the best paper n
the Southwest. with the largest eircuIatiDn
south Of the Ohio and Potomac. II makes q
specially OF Southern news, having a CORE.
spondent in every town OF any SIZE OF i'm.
portapce, furnishing it by telegraph sith all
news OF general aud local interest. II has
also large number of correspondents In the
leading Northern and Western cities and in
some of the European Capitals, keeping its
readers informed on the news, politics and
art of the day.
II is the only paper In the United States
having correspondents in all the countries OF
Latin America. publishing special editions In
English and spanish and 4 wing all the news
of Mexico, entral aud south America
lttmpishes in addition lhe local news OF the
day and the fullest and most complete market
reports. Its editorials are devoted to the
advancement and progress Of the south and
the Unien, and 70 the advocacy Of all ideas
that will ben, III this country.
THK SUNDAY TIMts DEdoCRAr Is one Of
the most Important litcrary publications in
t1u Sopth, clntDr;t. cunsrlh Nuag stories,
sketches and pa ms from the most eminent
American writers Ii publishes gpciety
letters from all The more important South.
eIn towns. Other interes ting features are i's
Children's ,Cplrmn for Young people, lts
Chess Cppr'n DC hest n the United Sta,eA,
and It's tr1ifs iiionf tFomtss foreign press I
DEMocE.T IS the publication OF sermons
preached on the previous day by the most
eminent American di,iueS.
The TINES DENocEAr is p inted on the
most improved mo ri peri Letting ptess. which
cuts the paper, pasies il inibook form, so as
to be rend wifh sAs, ard comfort
Daily e TO u pa eel St1 per annun
Sunday rs pller), - per annum.
The SUNDAY paper Is psrt ofthe DAILY ISSUE.
Weekly tfG ps,ss, Sc 70 persannmn =
To zach sal serihrr To- aovslf these fspe.
Tine lirFs DsFacnAT Almanac for 1870
will be melted re"
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12
woBtLg AND OHIO R. R.

North bound trains leave Meridian at las ar
o. m. and south bound trains arrive At $500 a. n
and li:S0 p. m.s
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12

Boarding With Furnished Rooms.

u1HR UNDERSIGNED HAS ROOMS. AND
Il will accommodate BOARDER5 and LODGER5
on ress0azbe terms, one squzre North Of the Capt.
tol. aijalnlng the Presbytefian ChHreh. Apply at
the residenee AZ any hour. ~
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12
YIcKsRuRa ANp MggIpIAN a 4.

afail-IAAves for Yieksbarg 1850 .. N.
Leaves for Meridian, 2;4o p IN.
Accom- iuodation-ieav for Nicksburg, IsU0 a. N
Avs IRON vieksbnrg, 1890 p, m .,
with trough Sleeper for n. o.
local Freight-Ieayes for vicksburg, 4;S5 $. IN.
a Leaves for Meridian, II rs .. m
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12

-StetSon Hats specially at the CARL
tai CLOTHING EaP0RfrM.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12
Cigars and Tobacco.

Choice Cigars and Tobacco, at Brown.
Oil Depot. GanSi.daw3t.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12

coLL4ns AsD cgTFz-A large assortmsnt Fl
Lac. KAE&a
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12
YAzoo BRANCH

no. ia-North-leaves 90 q n
No. disturbances 5:i5 p. N.
14 Except Sundays.l
r MoSrsoMERY. Tiekss AEest
]. W. CoLEMAx. A. q. 7. A.
J. NJ. TuRsKR, Div. SuPt
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NOTICE.

NJ Y. BURROUGHS, ESQ, Is APPOINTED
IN. and constituted Superintendent of the sfairs
Land and Mortgage Company, Limited, with full
pOwer 10 represent II within the state Of Missln-
sfpti
". l.. Hueent, Esq Of jackson, Mississippi, ls
appointed General Attorney for said CompaDs. and
is authorized TO accept service Of process against
the Compsny and represent II In the courts Of the
State. Nv. r. SWAN,
q Managing Director 10 the United states.
+ Janis e6-dAwfm
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12
NOTICE 70 CUSTOMERS or J
GREEN'S BANK.

zEY OFFICE HAVING BEEN BURNED.
MI have removed 70 the baildlug heretofore oecu-
pied by J. W Beatty, on Capitol street
Feb3, 's6-d2p
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12
R. J. MILLER.
DENTIST
JACKSON, MISS.

Dental Rooms. State strcet, over Le1betier's Drug
Store. lehys6-tes.
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ILLrNo1s crHrRAL RA1LRoAp.

-,Sehedale taking eject Nov. q, isSs.l-
-SOKrH BoUxD.-
Ne. -EIpres-xrrives 70 p m.
leaves $40 p.
Ne 4-Mail-arrives 12s4S q N.
leaves i2:53 3. IN.
-souTH BoUKD--
Ks. -Express-arrives ASS p. m.
leaves 1912 p
No s-MAil-aTrises l:46 a IA.
..f LEAVES as q m
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
Modern TeetotaLisnt.

The celebration of the tenth a~nniver-
sary of the accession of the reigning sui
tan, Abdul Hamid, was observed with a
patriotic devotion that showed no flag
ging, writes a correspondent of the
Hartford Courant. The Goth of May is
the 4th of July of Turkey. and the
thunder of cannon, the gayety of the
decorations, the brilliancy of the fire.
works in all the large centres were hardly
inferior to the patriotic displays in other
lands. There is, however, a certain So
briefly in oriental festivities which is in
dicative of good sense. One contrast
was especially noticeable; there was no
drunkenness. The police reports of
Beyrout for the Goth of May would not
probably contain a single case of arrest
for disorderly conduct caused by wine or
liquor. In fact, the Mohamedan world
is a teetotal world, and wine drinking
among the Moslems is extremely rare, and
WHcH pEaeeiseA hoS W oS SuiO4u0U HAsu
ali the secrecy of the baek-eellar of a
Maine grog-shop. Beyrout has a large
European population as well as many
native Christians who use wine, and a
number of wine depots are licensed.
Get / have never seen a person under
the influence of liquor in the East. Be.
fore the advent of Europeans. there was
but little wine drinking it at all at
Beyrout. Things are changing for the
worse in that particular. The Moslem
religion, however, is a vast teetotal so.
ciety, and its benficent influence will al
ways keep a check upon the customs of
the country
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
A Wav Out Of the Dtmcuttv.


Old DR.. Hewson was distinguished for
philanthropy. On one occasion the
Doctor had a case of malignant typhoid
fever. He prescribed rest and nourish-
ment for his patient.
"Give Dan plenty OF chicken. He
must have more nourishment."
''Shali l kill a chicken2n
aYes, you'd better kill u young
rooster; broil it well, and add plenty of
butter. Patients with typhoid fever like
plenty of gravy"
Dams wife killed, dressed and cooked
a fine chicken.
That's about right" said the Doctor,
who was experimenting the job, as he
enviously eyed the chicken.
"Dan, how're you feelingp
'sFirst rate, Doctor, first rate"
"Letme feel your pulsea"
Dan extended his arm and hand.
"You are more feverish than usual. ]
just ordered your wife to broil o chicken,
but you can't eat it; you're too feverish. /"
''What shall we do, Doctors" inquired
the wife.
81 see no way out of the difficulty but
to eat the chicken ourselves. I once
suffered from typhoid fever myself,
madamp
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
NeuasnEnsa.

A very simple relief for neuralgia IS tc
boil d handful Of lobelia in half d pint Of
water, till The strength is QUITO heherb,
then strain of and add q teaspoonfnl d
fine salt. Wiring cloths out of The liquid
as hot as possible, and spread them over
the part affected. Il acts like q charm.
Change the cloths as soon IS cold, til
the pain IS all gone; then " tht
place with soft, dry covering till per
SEPARATION is over, o as to prevent taking
cold.
Take two large tablespoonful OF co
logne and two teaspoonfuls Of fine salt
mir them together In . small bottle;
every time you have any acute affection
of the facial nerves, or rieuralsgsias sim,
ply breathe the fumes into your nos.
from the bottle, and you will be inne
diately relieved.
Prepare horse-radish By grating and
mixing with vinegar, the same IS fol
the table, and apply to the temple
when the face or head is affected, o
il the wrist when the pain Is III Chi
arm Or shoulder.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
PRESERVING Eqgs.

The followingis the Havana process"
for preparing eggs, the formula for
which has been kept a secret or sold to
persons who were willing to pay 80 for
it: Take twenty-four gallons of water
and put in it IL pounds Of unslaked
lime and four pounds of salt. Stir well
several times a day and then let it stand
and settle until perfectly clear. Then
draw off twenty gallons of the clear
lime and salt water. By putting a spigot
in the barrel about four inches above the
bottom you can draw of the clear water
and leave the settings. Then take five
ounce of baking soda, 1--WE unce of
cream tartar, i've ounces saltpetre, five
ounces borax and one ounce of alum;
puIverize these, mix and dissolve in a
gallon of boiling water, which s1ould be
poured into your twenty gallons of lime
water. This will fill a whisky barrel
about half full and such a barrel holds
$50 dozen eggs. Let the water stand
n inch above the eggs. Cover with
an old cloth and put d bucket Of the
settings owe it. Do not let the cloth
hang over the barrel. As the watel
evaporates add more, and the eggs must
be kept covered.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
An AMaeL,s W1asna.

The number of wings that should go
to an angel, where they should be placed,
and how, is the subject now exercising the
minds of the Royal Institute of Arch
biologists. The question of the ~osteolo-
gy of the angels is an old one, and diff
ferent schools of artists have answered it
in different ways. There is, for instance,
a stained glass window at Merton college,
Oxford, The angel on which has six wings.
Two are more common, though two pairs
of forelimbs, lone modified into arms and
the other into wings are advocated by
q distinguished authority. Perhaps of
greater interest is. the scientific objection
that the angels of the artists are not
s'built for fight The angels of Raph-
ael and Botticelli have abundance of
wings, but they are merely show wings.
il the figures were 70 attempt to fly from
their canvasses, they would come to the
ground as certainly as would the angel
Of the patomime il her strings broke
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
HIS Hnporfte Tonic.

The story is almost old enough to be
new again, in which the chief figure is
On old Baptist preacher, who never was
known to preach without dwelling on
immersion, and who wa made the sub
iect of . wager by two Of the unrighh-
eeous, one of whom undertook to furnish a
text from which the parson was 10 speak
impromptu, and In which he could find
10 basis for a sermon on immersion. BY
d little scleming il was arranged, and
The text was, ssThe voice OF the turtle is
heard in the land.n my friends said
tshe speaker, you have all heard of tur-
lies. You have often seen them. You
know that a turtle often climbs up ON a
log or d bank to sun himself. And then.
perhaps. you have heard his voice; but
did you ever notice what happens when
that turtle returns to his native element.
my brethren2 Is there any dallying
Ahsraa no, there Is none. He plungea
into the wafer be imlnerses himself in
The element; be ID covered by the INNER
sion and this brings is to i contempla-
ton, my friends, Of the fundamental
doctrine of immersion.p
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
Land Of Rc1kLah.


"Absence of noise and gnats," the
great desideratum of o summer resort,
can be found in rare perfection on the
table-lands of the Mexican state of OAK
AGA. A few miles southeast of the ex-
tinct volcano of Coleoyan begins a mesa
or airy plateau stretching south for half a
hundred miles, presenting an ever-varying
panorama of magnificent mountain seen.
cry, snowy peaks, rocky terraces, and a
park-like table-.and, sparsely inhabited
by a race OF Hdios marsos, ''tame In
dians"-as different from our Apaches as
a Hindoo peasant from a Turcoman high
way robber. They use no plows, they
keep no cattle, but follow the silent occu-
patton of banana culture, with inter.
mezzas of trout-ishing and ee-hunting.
Butterflies and a species of wingless bees
are the chief representatives of the insect
tribe, mosquitoes being unknown, at
least to the natives. The range of the
thermometer is so limited that the mini
mum of the coolest winternight isonly 81
degrees below the maximum of the warm
est summer day, the extremes being re-
spectively 81 and 81. The rocks are fes-
TONED with Towering lianas, fr~equented
by a remarkable variety of night butter
flies and very similarly colored humming.
birds. Singing birds, however, are
scarce, and after sunset the absolute ST.
lence of the mesa equals that of the Al
pine highlands.-Dr. Osaoald.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
Ruted bu superstttto,s.

/ noticed in of the papers, says
Alfred Trumble in the New York Meaos,
an account of the death, at Salt Lake
City, of eight Mormon children, of diph-
liberia, because the superstition of theii
parents forbade calling in a doctor.
They relied entirely on prayers and faith
for q cure, and the treatment failed. ]
know a community of foreigners in this
wise city of New York that, though ii
does not hold to the Mormon creed, holds
firmly to this one Of its beliefs. It has
one common cure for every mortal i'll
from consumption to corns-oil and
prayer. The oil is kerosene and is ap,
piled externally with friction. The mem
bers of this besotted band are English,
and they are part Of . considerable body
Of their kind that sprang up there some
years ago. They are working people,
thrifty and prudent, and live sober and
domestic lives. Vegetasianism is one Of
their doctrines; another is to v read
the newspapers on accounted the wicked
ness they record. This latter fact MAJ
excuse their debased intellectually and
explain the imbeeility of their medical
practice.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
Justin EeEehasGted.

s'Do you know why we celebrate
Washington's Birthdayan asked. Mr..
Hendricks Of his son Bobby; .'why his
birthday Is honored more than-than
mine, for instance2
"Oh, yea,n responded Bobby, prompt
u, George Washington never told q
lie .-Nsp Tors Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
Erect of Heat on Metal.

Everybody who has used the Brook
lyn Bridge must have noticed the over
tapping slides at the middle Of each span
that allow the structure to grow short OF
long, as the weather is cold or hot, and
the marks thereon that indicate Assistance
of several feet between the extremes OF
contraction and expansion. Yet few
suspect that the bridge contracts OF ex-
pands sideways from the heat of the sun,
though the degree is SO small as to be
almost imperceptible, and not nearly SO
great as if the bridge ran north and
south. The same phenomenon has been
noticed of late in structures of stone and
iron. The Washington Monument leans
to the east in the morning and to the
west in the afternoon. A plummet line
suspended in the interior of the dome of
the Capitol at w ashington was found by
actual measurement to swing over a
space Of four and a quarter inches, MAX
ing q total dip from the perpendicular
Of eight and a half inches. This move
ment involves the entire dome. Some
years ago a learned monk in Rome sus-
pended a plummet in this way from the
top Of the dome in st. Peters, and was
astonished to find this mysterious move
ment. He attributed it to a third and
undiscovered motion OF the earth, but it
was afterward explained as the effect of
the action Of the sun on the metal of the
1nme -2eieaf;fc A4naricnn
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
SCRAPS

DR.. G. Keller, of Zurich, finds reason
for believing that spider, destroy more
aphides and insect enemies of trees than
do all the insect-eating birds. His
views have been verified by observation
on coniferous trees, a few broad leaved
trees and apple trees.
The large number of deep wells sunk
in and about London during the thirty
years is said to have S lowered the gen.
eral level in the chalk which underlies
the district tha1 the water has fallen
about a foot q year. The supply seems
to be abundant still, however.
A remarkably brilliant meteor was
lately seen in England, and two hours
and a half later a similar phenomenon
was witnessed in India, over 5000 miles
away. It is suspected that the two OBJ
servations were of the same meteor, about
the usual speed of meteors being ipdi-
Gated.
According to observations made in
Munich on a zinc roof which had been in
use for twenty-seven years, it is estimated
that such a roof, one-forty-eighth of an
inch in thickness. would last for 1913
years. 1t was found that the rust of
zinc, instead of fastening, like iron rust,
the oxidation on the metal underneath,
really protected it.
The deepest artesian well in the world
is that now being bored at Pesth for the
purpose of supplying the public baths
and other establishments with hot water.
A depth of $3.50 feet has been reached,
and 176, 900 gallons are furnished daily
at a temperature of 176 degrees Fahren-
heit. It is proposed to carry the boring
to a greater depth and obtain a greater
supply of water at a temperature of about
176 degrees Fahrenheit.
The meteorites that fall upon the earth
are composed chiefly of iron. Signol
Bomblcci suggests an explanation of this.
The earth is a big magnet, as shown by
the proceedings of a bar of steel freely
suspended and accurately balanced On its
centre. Bombicci's idea is that this big
terrestrial magnet, when rushing through
space containing meteoric particles
exerts a selective attraction for those
which are ferruginous. The fact that SC
many masses of meteoric iron have been
found in the Arctic regions, so far as il
goes, supports this theory.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
Eptravagonoe at Harvard college.

EatFGU0gGnce at Harvard College.
All the men rooming in Holworthy
Hall, and about half of the men in the
other halls, employ the %janitor of their
building to light fires, black boots, ETC.,
at an annual expense of $25. sundries,
at $3.50, can easily be accounted for when
one considers how near Boston, with all
it's attractions, is to Cambridge. The
amount paid to Boston theatres would
alone be a very large sum. Then din
ners and money spent for liquors swell
the total. About seventy men
might be enrolled in this list of very lib
eral livers.
This leaves about forty who live
neither economically, moderately nor
literally. The only adjective left to
describe them is "extravagant." As
these are the men, unfortunately, who
give the general public their impression
of the whole institution, andhave brought
Harvard into o bad reputation for mo-
rality, they deserve special attention.
Most of them are from New York and
the West. Consequently they have few
acquaintance in the vicinity of Boston,
and run no risk of running their reputa-
ton by fast living. They are too often
the scions of families that have more
money than brains. Some have particu-
lar ways Of dissipation. One ma1 gam
bles excessively, another drinks, the next
poses as a man about town, ready for all
kinds of Ethardly innocent merriment."
Others go into society and devote their
attention chiefly to dress and dudery. A
few of them are popular men in their
class. The majority are not. AS they
have no time for study, they get through
college by means of tutors who cram
facts into their brains just before the
examinations. They are generally able
fellows when they devote their attention
to anything useful. Some, no doubt,
will make excellent citizens after leaving
college. Others are ruined. At any
rate, their influence while in college,
both on their classmates and on the rep
utation of the college, is bad and de-
moralizing, They spend all the way
from $500 to $5OO0.-Boston Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-25
II Terrific Weapon.

What Is ID q police cIub2 Usually i
il j useful piece Of locust, but 4 ser
eeans III the East Fifty-ninth Street
Station told me the other day that b
was presented with . day club which
he did not dare to carry. Il wa
meant Tor use among the gangs. Al
be twirled It 1T She end pf the leathe.
thong It WAS 4 neat looking stick, noi
easily distinguished from the ordinary
club, but e y tough took hold Of i e
wrest il away, four short, sharp, tvs
edged knife blades could be thrown
out on four sides Of the club, to Ii.
ruination of The hand of Tho tough
How mang policemen carry weapon
like Ehata-ByeohiVB Hzgle.