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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
DYING Jim Tiger.

Poor old Jim Tiger. While the dark
days of winter send their chill blasts
through the leafess branches of the
trees, and 8 scene of cherries desolation
scatters itself over the pretty Enclosure
of the Zoo, the winter OF his tigership'
career is rapidly gathering about him
and drawing together the shadowy cur
tains of life 5 close. Jim Tiger. he
royal Bengal, who for over nine years
has reared his proud head and darted
flashes of untamed fire out Of his great,
threatening eyebals, has slowly but
surely dropped from the foremost rank
he held, without an equal, in the rare
collection of savage animals. He has
sunk gradually, through the decrepimde
Of age, until it is doubtful if his besi
friends, who knew him in his prime and
vigor. would be able 70 recognize him
now. The once smooth. shiny coat.
with its bright and beautifully striped
rings OF black. has lost its charms. Their
brilliancy has faded. and the hair in
many places has fallen out, apparently
by the handfuls on the back and sides,
leaving ugly gray spots. This will de-
stroy what value his skin might have
after he dies. The anatomy of the beast
has been worn and wasted by age and
disease combined until the flesh seems
to have almost left it.
Jim Tiger was among the first Of the
collection Of savage beasts secured by
the Geological society. He was obtained
from the London society, and has been
in captivity altogether for period OF
twenty-five years, the longest of any
wild beast over exhibited to the public.
When he first came to the garden he
was ferocious and threatening. but by
gradual degrees he became wonderfully
susceptible of kind treatment 1t viii
probably not be many days before Jim :
cruel chains of captivity will be broken,
and the old beast viii no longer delight
the eyes of children and spectators at
the Zoo.-Phi!adeiphfa Telegram.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
Gladstone's Irish Bill.
Philadelphia NewsY

Philadelphia News.
Mr.. Gladstone's Irish bill, which he
brought forward in the Commons. an.
pears to be a sensible, moderate and lust
measure, in which the rights of both
served.
II Is In effect measure which legally
aroitrates the differences which have so
long existed and provides for settle
ment Of the disputes which have con
'iaually agitated ireland.
At preseut Ireland pays England TO-
$500 ia taxes. OF this sum e4,840.-
600 are paid back to Ireland for her civil
service and the expenses of tax collec.
ton. To effect the remainder of e.
0s5, 900 paid by ireland to England the
latter pays $1,000 900 TO support q. 600
soldiers in Ireland, which shows that
England noBs pays e9I5,000 more for
Ireland than she gets from her.
England has already authorized a new
loan Of eI80. 600 ,0G0 o. this sum Mr..
Gladstone proposes that El0 000. 600
shall be Issued next year, go 900, 900 in
1883 and the same amount in 1899.
which shall be applied TO the purchase
OF land fro il the landlords for the benefit
or the tenants al the option Of either
the STATE - put the teuant in absolute
ownership Of the land on payment Of an
annual rent charge until the rent paid
eq lals the purchase money
Ihe sum tota! eventually to be re-
qEjred for the entire purchase of land j.
estim1ted by Mr.. Gladstone to be $780,
0lO 900; but provision for only ESQ,
100000 Is made by the bill il the man
ner described above.
To meet The interest on the loan made
by England, ireland IS to pay $4,000,
O1o a year, which Is secured By % 800,
OOJ 10 rents upon which !. can levy.
i lairer scheme wonll be hard to
construct. Tie criticism made By NJ
Chamberlain hat England is made re
s2011bIe for the loan of eI80. 600 900
without security does not appear 30 b-
sound, in view Of Mr.. Gladst0ne's owe
ststemcnt OF how the money is y be
paid. As Mr. Gladstone puts il, bis
scheme will save England au annual
expense Of e9l5,000, while il Will put
the Irish peasants in possession Of their
land If they want it. This is no revolu
ti0Hary scheme, a. the Tories have
claimed it would prove 10 be. It j. fair
10 both sides
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
An Interesting Porpoise.

One of the best known characters
about Brunswick, IS a porpoise. For
twenty years be has been seen there,
and now everybody knows him as Cut
fin. This name has been given to him
because his big dorsal fin has been cut
half away in some combat with his riy-
ais in the sea or by the attack of some
human foe. But .-Cuitin' is now safe,
at least from the hand OF man. He is a
universal fasori1e and enjoys the atten-
tions which are lavislaed upon him. He
il so tame that ang fishing party that
sails near Doboy can tap few times on
their boat with an oar and he viii come
up to join them No matter where the
boat goes .-Cuttin" follows. He comes
up within few feet and thousand OPP
portunities has ne given to fishermen to
kill him. but no mans hand is ever rails
ed against this remarkable fish He is
q powerful fellow fully twelve feet long.
He has been known when accompany
ing fishing parties to swim around and
drive fish into their nets. No pilot on
that coast is better known than Gut
fin, Z and few ara more highly esfeem-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
Compression and ,bc Dog.

Among the most faithful and iniclli-
gent companions of man Is she dog. To
raise hue aud cry against bim hy 20
stupid invention II cases If rabies Is io
play the part of barbarian The man
Of fine instincts and uue courage win
not treat domestic animals. specially
the dog or horse, with unnecessary
harshness In urging ils readers to
look 10 the comfort If live stock during
the winter months the Nashville dmeri-
can say;
no higher compliment w.- ever paid
G neral jackson than fhc oua recorded
by Henr, T. N,-n who, when 20 Young
man, drove ina buggy from Nashville
To the Hurmi;ayC one cold Viutry dav.
When he reached that place be found
Genera jackson in q comfortable room
nursing mothsr'rss lamb. The same
compassionate feeling led him Co take a
live infant from the breast of dead
squaw, on the battlefield of the Horse
shoe. and have it carefully raised
Brave man are Hlled with compass
sion for The suffering of an inferior aai-
mails. One could ajm3-. point ont The
best and hraycst in ever, community los
the care and attention which they give
10 their domestic animals.
The muzzle Is irritating io tho we'll
nourished dog. and to take hiu out for
an airing with q chain io his COLLAR Is
to restrict his freedom. lie does NOT
get the exercise which hr ~heuU nave.
1t partakcs OF era .u ia muzz.e and
chain a dog when There i- ~ necessity
for doing so. Tho compass tomato feel
inc which led that ItsCaJfe tNue al aaau.
Gen. Jackson, to care Ior the mat,e-ie~s
lamb. demands that dogs as le5 re
bounded into spqc-es ~ lla Has bv
people whose fears have 10. IA excited o
an unnatural de -rce b, tbe spread Of
false stories. It also demands ,hat they
shall not be comp'l.ea to wsar mU1z.e-
when no dangerous $ H0.nl4~ are mau-
ifest. John Holm HJ1d istait.ou oi
hydrophobia Is exc alir he ..J ~ouc
years ago chat If IS "a .pa7Iiar aadB.s-
that SEXES meu aaa Snap 'aem .o dc-
stroy dog- IUJ. F.GlL 4d Pam.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
A Concession.


l ioye you, love; w.fh an my 1ni4i and being.
Ny neart acknos ietsges your reign alone.
All cther-fircsslsTs into the distance fleeing.
ny hesirt. INV isfc ard l am all your own.
Aou deem ms lore s cold, devoid Of passion
but there are thugs sometimes We can not
speak
sion.
And words, for howe IKE our. SON poor and
weak
But i your heari hath learned indeed to
doubt me
Al, measure love Of miue by strength Of
And think = what your .life viii be without
me,
And know by that. all that my heart endures-
An. was ! calm and cod when last we
partedY
You knew ne, Of ,ae pain ,hat stirred my
You saw not In NV eyes the quiek tears
To know our love vision II the p.sr.
You baie me 70 forEst hlt recollection
Is cen too strong 20 fade, tho you may bid
And mine IS not passiDuless affection
But viii not Gle. altho' il must - hid:
fet, end IL, as you viii. bat ioVe remember
Tho short the days since first our pathways
met,
Until burns low hfe's last faint d. ing enller.
love YOU. love you. and can not forget.
May Snarcs-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
PresentIme ents.

A presentiment is an impression on
the mind that something is going TO
take place, and usually such is the case
perhaps we may say without exaggera-
ton, that something always does occur,
after a presentiment Is formed; if such
were not the fact, we cannot conjecture
what would become of everybody. just
imagine for moment that something
did not take place in such q large world
as this
We are told of young lady at KIN
derhoek who was visited by an appari-
ton two years ago, at dead hour Of
night, which announced to her in solemn
accents that in two years she would be
the inhabitant of another and better
world: this circumstance had such de-
pressing influence on her mind that she
pined away by degrees and did die at
the close OF the term named and Was
buried few days after
An eminent clergyman, on parting
from another in st. Louis, said Il have
strong presentiment that we shall
never meet sgain, and within a lew
hours he perished at the Gasconade on
the Pacific Railway.
| An almost infallable cure for presentf-
ment. however violent, is good emetlc,
a grubning hoe, with q few days bread
and water diet. For ourselves, We would
omit the emetic, as We do not patronize
physic, except by proxy. The reason
we give medicine ar all is that people
are always in q hurry, not exactly toget
| we'll, bat to get able to eat; II they can
only eat. nine out of ten think they are
getting along fsmouslv.
An emetie will dissipate PRESENT.
ment in five minutes, while the vigorous
use of the grubhing hoe in the open air
would work off the extra and thick
blood.
Who ever heard Of healthy, ont.
door laborer. having 'presentiment
! in tie pursuit of his occupation The
| fact is, they have not time to be mopine
about such tomfooleries; the only pre-
sentiment that ever troubles them Is a
veritable fact, a tangible reality. Root
pig. or die is their ever living ghost
Idleness and gluttony are the great
oriyinaters of this unfortunate eondi
ton of mind, AMI its almost certain
removal follows in temperate eating
/ comb bined with physical activity. ii
unattended to, aud friendly death does
not step i'm to save him from greater
calamity, insanity winds up the history
To the rejecting we suggest faci
which dissipates the mystery which
hangs around 'presentiments. In or
dinary cases, thing is n0 baptized a,
/ a apresentiment" until the coincidencs
of the fact. Superstitious minds, in
which presentiments mostly dwell, tax,
i no note of the countless impressions tha
certain things might take place, whict
| did not afterward take place, one .uci
| coincidence NAL es an impression agains
a million non -concnrrents.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
Miss Folsom.
Philadelphia Press. I


The following personal description of
Miss Folsom, given by a young lady
y no was her sohoolmate at Aurora.
agrees with her appearance as observed
ut Miss Clevelaud's Blue Parlor recep-
ton the week following Easter Of last
year, when she stood in line with her at
Mrs. Fols0m's right: She is tall and
Juno like in outline, with soft brown
hair, neither light nor dark, which size
wears combed loosely back from her
face and coiled high on her head. She
has a steady texture of skin and a com
pexion Of ivory whiteness, all the red
on her face glowing in her full and
beautiful lips Violet blue eyes, full
round chin, well shaped nose, aud a
fine profile complete the picture of her
who was admitted to be one of the hand
soonest girls in the college, tae other
being Miss Kate Willard, of Illinois,
now in Germany studying vocal music.
The two were devoted friends, and
frankie has passed much Of the winter
with her there
Miss Folsom is not q dressy young
lady. but, in the white satin gown of
her graduating day, "she looked" says
my young lady friend, "more ike q
goddess than a woman" She was kind
10 all her schoolmates, and notably so
to the new girls, helping them to feel at
home. In this respect, and by her
general conscientiousness and deep re
ligious feeling, she vas great assistance
to her teachers, and much beloved BY
the n as well a. by all her schoolmates.
She IS in her 23d year, and was next TO
.ha vnrtnfrcsf in her class grew to
be an accepted thirg among the girls
that she was destined 20 be a White
House bride, and they thought Mr..
Cleveland would be very fortunate to get
her. A large portrait Of him always
stood on an easel in her private room,
and the girls knew it as "The Governor,
the name by which she always spoke OF
him. even after lie became President.
MANY of his New York friends continue
10 do that here 4 cabinet photograph
Of Miss Folsom adorns the Presidents
dressing case in his chamber at the
White Hnuse
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
He Knew when to stop.

Talking about lucky deals in stocks. =
said q broker the other day. Il know 0!
a ease which beats anything in the shoe
string line ever heard of. Last June 4
Young clerk on La Sale street got a tip
on ST. Paul. II was about the time Ar
rsoar went into that stock. and the way
tie clerk got it the stuff was sure to 20
up steadily to the country mark. He
had 300 in bank, and he drew it out
and put it into St. Paul through buck
et-shop. He bought 15a shares, which
gave him 3 margin. He paid %.
Sure enough. the quotations began to
creep up. and when they reached go. a
few weeks later, he was $3.50 ahead. He
drew out mis- profits, returned his sloJ
to the bank so that he couldn't lose any.
thing, and Immediately bought 125
sha IS with his $3.50 Il wasn't lone
m the price touched 20, when be sold
ou sgain and again invested his profits.
II repeated this at : ). at so, at 90, and
aeain at 95. the quotations gradually
G. eing up 10 that figure, and never
s,lls.,. sagging back enough TO wipe out
h1s ..largin. That was carly last No
vember. about four months from the
time he started in with 800 capital.
And low much money do yoa suppose
he had then? Five thousands Guess
again. Sevens More, SIR. He had more
than $4,000. and than he got scared,
drew out entirely and invested his whole
pile in real estate. And it was we'll he
did. Chicago journal.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05


said, thar Lucy aud intended 10 oe
married rs All settled.
Mr. kimhali 81 snecellIg-ss. What he
thought OF in tbe next i've minutes
could not be described His brain
worked with >pd and intensity 70
which ii was sf3lrc auaecust0ncd.
Ill hope youll be happy he
Stammersd. at last, feeling that some
thing was expected Of him. and amiably
desirous Of maintaining, as far IS he
could, the genial and happy spirit OF the
occasion.
Il N sure We VIII. said Charley II
hope you WI. too.
Pretty soon the widow came in.
The shoTs-cake's baking" she said
Lucy said she'd pick the berries and
set the table. and sent me in to play
lady and entertain the company.
Charley watched his opportunity and
slipped into the kitchen The two more
than middle-aged people were thus left
10 entertain each other The slv boy
Cupid never bad better opportunity
given him.
The farmer had made ap his mind
again IL he eouldn't have Lucy he'd
have her mother, if he could get her.
Come TO think it all over" he told
himself 'that was the best plan. by all
odds"
He wondered how he could have been
foolish enough TO think OF hayiaz gir'
OF twenty-one or two. TIE 5--8 $50
ridiculous
What's the use ofwaiting2' thought
he. 1t might as well be settled now as
any time.
Hester, he began. getting r.d
again. Charley and Lucy are going to
get married Why shouldn't we2
Mr., kmball blurtei out the question
with startling emphasis.
Why MIR Kimballr' cried the nil-
ON, blushing 50 rosily that be thought
she was prettier than her daughter
II came over on purpose to ask YOU,
he said, telling a most outra seous Eb
= hope you hdvCn { amy objections
When IHcy came In, hall 9n hour
later. to say tea was ready. the farmer
rose up bluShjug like gr', and ie-kel
his thumb toward the widow. then sa.d
in Voice that shook little
That's YOUR motber. Lucy I mean
She Mrs. kimbaH or going 10 be. IT'S
ali settled.
i s'po7e | nia} Kiss uit father, then.
said Lucy, and p)unipet q Kiss ON the
fathers lips, and he said she might give
him another for her fatber-in-law while
she was about it, ii she'd no objections
One will answer for both. said Lucy.
Then the farmer gave b.s arm tn the
woman he had meant to marry five and
twenty years ago. aud led her uat e.
tea lie has never regretted that mat
tiers turned out as they did
'Lucy can't be beat for a. daughter.
he t'li- himself; "but | don't want any
better wife than her mother makes
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
A Taxidermist Tells Some secrets.

I'VE will undertake to preserve and
fix up any kind of bird or animal. from
humming-bird to an elephant said
taxidermist to a reporter recently,
land, might just as well add, from a
bee to mammoths.'
"Are there many in this city who
pursue your art?"
''About twenty. Too many alto
gether for any OF US to do any decent
| business. 1t is not an easy trade to
learn. Sometimes a man may accom-
plish it in a few months; sometimes it
will take a much longer time. 1t de-
pends upon the natural good judgment
and dexterity of the pupil. A little
carelessness or want of skill will often
spoil job. In the preparation of our
subjects we use a large amount of
arsenic in a powdered form. During
the manipulation this powder is shaken
into the air and is inhaled by the oper-
! ator. As arsenic is an accumulative
poison IT viii remain in the system until
there is enough to cause serious results.
Very often man is compelled to quit
the business in order to save his life
Life insurance companies hesitate to
| take risks on men engaged in our busi-
ness. Arsenic is used to preserve the
skin, fur, and feathers of the birds and
animals. Several substitutes for this
poison have been tried, but none of
them have been found to be any good.
What do you most work on?''
1--WE drive a thriving business in the
canary-bird line. People bring their
| little birds here 10 have them stuffed.
The owners are mostly ladies, and you
! can imagine what a comfort il is to
have their little feathered pets preserved
in such a manner that their beauty and
form of feather can be seen and adj
mired long after thcjr sweet voices are
| hushed.
"Love-birds are preserved in great
numbers. Cardinals are somewhat rare.
and their plumage is 20 bright-colored
and beautiful that when they die they
are seldom thrown away. There is al
ways ready market for them, and we
will pay good prices for them. Love-
birds are brought to Us in pairs. Ii IS
! customary when enc of these affection
ate little things die to bring its dead
/ body and the living ma,e to US. We
kill the live bird aud preserve the two
| together.
! Gould the skin Of man be stuffed?'
Certainly: in the same manner that
a monkeys skin is. would undertake
the job, but it would cost a great deal oi
money They say that the human skin
is very much ike the skin of bog, and
that if subjected to a tanning process il
would be very thick and strong the
same as the hog leather which is used
1 for saddles and trunks. ~ T. Mai
/ md
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
1ricking John c. Calhoun.

Gen George w. Jones relates pleas
ing liJtle auecdote with reference 10 &
ruae which he perpetrated on John c.
Calhoun, when be was laboring as d
delegate to secure the admission OF Iowa
a. q territory. Calhoun would not listen
TO the proposition to adnit any such
territory. Il will" he said, make a
speech to defeat your bill, ! won't have
another abolition state in this country"
Way, Calhoun" replied the General,
there IS not a single abolitionist in the
territory of Iowa. | am opposed t.
abolitionisn, and am the owner Of sew
eral slaves in Wisconsin.
Il don't care for that / may not
live to see it, but If you live you will
see Iowa become Que of the strongest
abO 'itiOu States in the country, with the
resulC that it will destroy the Union"
Despairiug Of getting the support Of
Calhoun, whose opposition would great
ly iHjure, if it would not utterly defeat,
his bill, the General made one more
effort. One night he escorted the daugh
ter of The great Caroiiuian home from a
party. As they were about TO separate
she expressed her thanks for his courte-
So, aud said she was sure there was
nothing she could do to express her
gratitude.
"Yes, there is, said the General.
"Wheu you meet your father in the
morning, put your lovely arms about
his neck and ask him to support my
bill"
She promised - ID SO; she put her
arms as be had asked and made the
request, and was refused. TIE General
was at the end Of his resources, bat he
would not yield. He met the young
lady again.
"You must help me. I viii ask your
friend, young Cehenson, to call and
take you to the gallery in the Senate
during + he session tomorrow. When
send a card to you | wish you would
send down aud ask your father to step
on side to see you for moment She
agreed. The next day he sent up his
card to the young lady, who Immediately
sent word to the Senator to meet her in
the library. He went out. The bill
was Immediately called, says the Gen
eral, and passed in less than twenty
minutes, and Iowa was a Territory" -
Chicago Times
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
n VS. Notes

E..fL J4r,.in. uroducrl last wear
419 l03 t7laof os,.1b,te Of lime. val
ned AZ g $50 l6g.
.c.. .,;.....-. f......- f,o., .h. .,,r
il 4sO 00o.O 600 miles
,-
Atty hs- tA'es I'I !'h'y'Fe '"e'o'''z
and three ali"ay repair shops'
A Chinese ,auk note 1924 years old
i- ia the museum az st. Petersburg
A-,..1 C,,.,.;,,, flrc,a-I, called S,ntI,
49,, -, iii !, tbs kingis
'i'' -. a,4 COCO
"H-''' ''' O ''''' ''''.'
o h'7 surprise, Wisconsin minister
vas d'sn'7'eu !, rom an o'LhouoA pu'Pl ~ y
because he oyIit % h'r undef = Da'Ny
horse.
In the absence Of game laws. mockiag
birds are raD.dly disappearing from
the woods Of Florida. where they once
sbJuuded
p:...;.-.... Al. .a ,o,..4.-...,,-.
''',,- ''''' ~ ',,'' f 80,
I-as c,yI All ISh,r arc nntting MIC
ir,.r, am H.. .,srg..r cbagna- tban pitts.
I,,r,,L ,.,.
7' '''.'
The father ut the Tour Wisconsin boy
babies born the other day, rs ah Ola f2i.
der, and proposes To- name them Lincoln
,titl''' Nat"e'I anu il"ny"cS' ''e ~
Janus are III .P's""'' Ne'''"'
The "daiuo I4a" is still supposed to
be in force in Maine. vet Of .933 arrests
reported for last yeIr by The city mar
shal of Portland, II ,820 were for crimes
directly resulting from liquor.
Germany has eight schools Of forestry.
where five year} training Is required OF
those who seek positions under the gov
ernmcnt. although course of study
half AZ long may I've tqkpl by amateurs
Many of Chicago streets for distances
OF from 500 TO 1 900 feet have been al
ready entirely cleared Of telegraph
poles. and the buryinc Of the wires is
said to be progressing rapidly.
uu.hond anil ,,irs ,,,ora onnnaine, can
d,d.tes for tha nositio1 NJ Scbool ID.
rsstor at The rectr. olacfiop in Eaing
han, m Tia ',r;f. ana ont sncce.sr'1l
he a majority of t,JaIVe votes
.iat.-,.. -, ,,,fol,..-or
bas iust sbinnsd ten IF the most inn
,royad roacbinas ~ Rnssie Tnev are
consigned 10 Moscow. and it il thought
that tho Russian goverpment wants
,bon, toevper;nent in cotton cnlt,ire in
,be Black Sea Provinces
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n "CIo " .ia.i l,'.''i'"e,' = .'oI r. :,
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