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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-19

One OF the many radical changes of
opinion which have occurred in recent
years among teachers relates to the prac-
tlce of keeping delinquent pupils at their
desks after school hours. Twenty wears
ago there were very few schools in which
the practice did not prevail Now, the
Journal of Education informs us that the
practice is defenseless, and that call
progressive teachers, most supervisors, all
normal schools, all pedagogical literature,
all physicians, are arrayed against the
practice" 1t declares that with rare ex-
ceptions it is failure as punishment
The Current.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-19

The bill chartering the Memphis,
Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
passed the House yesterday, after an
other protracted and able discussion.
Mr.. BUEKIcr, Of Cbickasaw, led the
debate on one side, and fought for every
inch he had to yield. He was ably
assisted by Mr. GORDON, Of Pontotoc,
Mr. HADGN, Of Attala, Mr.. Rowan, Of
Copiab, Mr.. SoUrHwoRrn, Of Carroll,
Nj. HENrY, Of Lehore, Mr. GwIN, Of
Holmes Mr.. NILES, Of Attala, and Mr..
WILLIAMSON, Of Carroll. The bill, "a
originally offered, was ably defended by
Mr.. HoYLE, Ct Lee, Mr. NoGRgLL, of
Yazoo, Mr., COLLINS, of Clark, Mr..
WILLIAMSON, of Kinds, Mr. TRIGG, of
Washington, Mr.. GBBs, Of Yazoo, and
Mr. VIEWER, Of itawamba The debate
was conducted on both sides with
ability and courtesy. The bill, M finally
passea exempts the road from taxation
Cor one year after completion,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-19

Baltimore's millionaires ace "a good
second to those of Cincinnati The Pea
body institute and the Johns Hop
kins University are already known
over the land; and Mr.. Enoch Pratt's
public library, which he is building and
experimenting, has already consumed 81
900, 000.-Detroit, Michigan, Free Press.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-19

A new Mobile daily, to be called The
Mobile Press, is to be started in that city
the FIRST of February. 1t is to furnish all
the associated press dispatches and Other
news, aud the subscription price is 20 be
but ten cents a week.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-19

Sir WilliamlHart Dyke makes announce
ment that the report that he had resigned
the Chief Secretsryship for Ireland was
unauthorized.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-19

The Legislatures Of Connecticut, Iowa,
Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts,, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island,
New Mexico, Wyoming and Mississippi
are all now in SESSION.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-19

The treaty of peace between France and
Madagascar has been ratified.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-19

An act to ratify and confirm the incor-
pOIation of the Memphis, Birmingham
and Atlantic Railroad Company, and for
other purposes Railroads.
An act to change the time for holding
the circuit court OF Lincoln county /;
passed.
At 2 o'clock the Senate adjourned
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20
From Truthful Contemporaries.

The weather in Arkansaw is so hot that the
squatters bake their hoe cakes on the fences
"What you doing with this tombstoneG'
was asked of an old fellow who stood near a
large limestone slab that lay near his house
"Wall, III tell yer. Tu'ther day me an Alb
that's my son-wuz comm through grave
yard, an as this here rock didn't pear ter be
doin' no good, we fotch it along"
What service is it to your
II saves us the trouble of chopin wood" !"
"How!'
"Ding it, amt yer got no sense. We put it
out here in the sun an brile meat on it.
Handiest thing yer ever seed. We ken brile
whole middlin' at wunst. ."-Arkansaw
Traveller.
MOSQUITOES IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY.
Another veracious statement from below is
that a young man went to work for the first
time on his homestead, providing himself with
a good sand fly netting bar. The first night
he pitched tent, hung his net and went to bed.
For three days and nights he did not stir.
The mosquitoes had SO thickly covered his net
on the outside that it was perfectly dark in
side-he did not know when daylight came
Indian River Sun.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20
The EalI of I.arge Rivers.

The average pitch of large rivers, excluding
regions Of cascades, seldom exceeds twelve
inches to a mile, and is sometimes but ons
third that amount. According to Hum
phreys and Abbot, the pitch of the Mississippi
from Memphis down $50 niles is only 4. s.
inches ut low water: from Cairo, at tn.
mouth of the Ohio Il ,OSS miles,, 69I inches;
and above the Missouri, from its highest
source, only IL inches The Missouri, from.
Its highest source G, 90S miles,, descends about
6,SOO feet, or twenty-eight inches a mile; but
from Fort Benton to St. Joseph G, 16O miles,
about ll.ao inches: and below st. Joseph to
the mouth tiSi miles, 925 inches. Dana
gives the average pitch of the Amazon as a
little more than six inches mile; Of the
lower Nile, less than seven; of the lower Gan
ges, about four. The Rhone is remarkable
for its great pitch, it being eighty inches per
mile from Geneva to Lyons. and thirtv-two
inches below Lyons
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20
Strength of Brick Foundations.

Experiments and observations concerning
the strength and. utility of brick foundations
for machinery show that 4 rather soft
brick viii crush under n weight of $50 to GOO
pounds per square inch, or about 30 to 40 tons
per square foot, while a first rate machine
pressed brick will require from 500 to 400
tons per square foot But masses Of brick
work VIII crush under much smaller loads
than single bricks. In some English expert
ments small cubical masses, only nine inches
on each edge, laid in cement, crushed under
"a to 40 tons per square foot. Others, with
piers inches square and feet inches high
i'm cement, only two days after being built, re-
quired ~ to G2 tons per square foot to crush
them. Another, of pressed brick, in besi
Portland cement, is said To have withstood
2r, tons per square foot, and with common
limo mortar only one-fourth as much. The
same authority, however, is careful to add
the statement that cracking and splitting
usually commence under about one-half the
crushing loads. To be safe, he recommends
that the loads should not exceed one-eighth
or one-tenth the crushing loads, and alsc
with stone. The pressure of a brick shot
tower in Baltimore, PIG feet high, is esuirnat
ell ut g tons per square foot; and in "a bricl
chimney at Glasgow, Scotland, idS feet high
ar q tons
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20

Since the earthquake we are beginning to
suspect that the south is not as solid as repre-
sented.-Philadelphi Call.
Somebody who has nothing better to do ad-
vertises ''Clothes without buttons" We have
all had them But why parade them thus os-
tentatiously y-Washington Post.
Conductor on Vermont Observation-Disclosures,
isn't that boy old enough to pay full fare.
Lady-He wasn't when he started, but l
guess he is now.-Boston Herald.
"Auch, That horrid man stepped on my
big toe" MY dear young lady, that is I'M
possible. How can person having such n
beautiful little foot as you possess big toe!"
Berlin Times.
A magazine in New York announces that
its series of war articles will continue through
the ensuing year. The literary magazine of
the period has become n powder magazine
Chicago Times.
Young Wife (who is trying hard to be prac-
ticaD-I see eggs are firmer, according To the
market reports. Husband-Yes, my love.
Wife-That means that they are hard boiled,
doesn't its-Boston Budget.
The superiority of man TO nature is coutin-
ually illustrated. Nature needs an immense
quantity of quills to make a goose with, but
a man can make n goose of himself with one.
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
With the two biggest insurance companies
in the territory and fourteen churches in nc
tive operation. Sioux Falls ought to be able
to reduce loss or damage by fire here or here
after.-Sioux Falls ID. IT, Press.
A rural contemporary writes feelingly on
"How to Treat an Editor good rule is to
follow the example of Col. crockett's finest
gentleman-in-New-Yo York: Hand him the de-
canter and turn your back.-Buffalo Express
The captain of the British yacht Galatea is
named Hem. AhaI Henn-hatchway-lay
to-lay two; henn-hatchway-lay to-la-
IL strikes there Is pun there somewhere,
bat hanged if we can twist it into proper
shape.-Drake's Magazine.
Can you tell me, my dear" said hus-
band to his scolding wife, "the difference be
tween your mouth and court house door!"
mo, sir, can't well, then, you had bet
ter have one or the other of them closed SO
| that other people can tell the difference even
if you can't. Newman Independents
"Well, skipper, you warmed 'em nicely,
| said an enthusiastic yachtsman to one of the
| yellow-mustached crew of the Mayfiower af-
| ter the race. sure said the sailor. Der
/, British neffer vas no good py ter Yankee sail
! ors alongside, alretty.-New York Sun
A travelling theatrical company in this
| city about to take the road with a piece that
requires a red-hairad girl, not necessarily
handsome, advertised for such, and got not a
| for an auburn-haired beauty and the office
| was crowded with redheaded girls ugly
enough to scare gorilla--Exchange.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20

He-You are the only college girl l ever
liked
She-Why, how SO.
He-Oh, the others all know so much
Life
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
GOD MADE MAN AND MAN MAKES
MARVELLOUS MACHINES.

Intelligent Swine-The Red Dye of Moses.
FaIi of Rivers-Steam Machines for
Digging into Earth Banks and Excs-
waiting RafIroads-steel for Muscle.
How completely steam power Is suppressed
ing hand labor is illustrated in nothing more
strikingly than in the railroad excavators now
in use. Gangs of so and 100 laborers used to
be necessary to build railroads. They were
imported by the shipload for that very pur-
pose in the palrny days of railroad building in
America Now this work is done by a steam
excavator great iron scoop-shovel is run
into sand or gravel bank. A force behind
it drives it against the bank and scrapes it to
and fro upon it. The earth is broken Df and
falls into the shovel Then, when the scoop
is full, swinging crane and derrick move it
to one side and empty its contents upon a
dumping car which stands ready to receive
them.
Upon the tip of the shovel are sharp blade
like steel teeth. These punch into the earth
and literally bite it out. In some OF the ma
chimes the bottom of the scoop is movable, so
that instead of turning the shovel upside
down to empty it, all that is necessary is to
pull back little spring clasp and the load Is
dumped out through the bottom
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20
For Supposed Drowninr-

The following method of restoring persons
who have been in the water is recommended
in The British Sfsliical Journal:
The body of the patient is laid ON the back,
with clothes loosened, and the mouth and
nose wiped; two bystanders pass their right
hands under the body at the level of the
waist and grasp each others hand, then raise
the body until the tips of the fingers and toes
of the subject alone touch the ground: count
fifteen rapidly; then lower the body flat to the
ground, and press the elbows to the side hard
count fifteen again; then raise the body AGAIN
for the same length Of time; and so on, alteru-
ateiy raising and lowering The head, arms
and legs are TO be allowed to danglc down
freely when the body is raised.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20
EXCAVATION AND DUMPING CAR

The second illustration shows a steam Ak
cavator in the act of dumping its load upon
the gravel car beside it. Temporary railway
tracks are laid for the machines IN run upon
as fast as they dig. These inventions have
even been used for digging water pipe
trenches. Where the earth crust is very
rigid, and where there are rocky banks. a
force of blasters precede the excavator and
loosen up the material with giant powder
These machines are now in use wherever in
America railroads are to be built One Of
them made remarkable record in breaking
through a bed of blue clay on the Canadian
Pacific road. They are among the most in
teresting of recent examples of the triumph
of mans mind over matter Still, too, it Is
none the less manifest that, however much
machinery may supersede hand labor. there
is always demand for men more and more
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20

I EartEenware,
! WoOdenware.
Stone and 1'lnware.
Chandeliers,
Lamps and Brackets,
Monitor Oil Stoves.
Fruit Jars and Water Coolers,
treezers and Refrigerators,
| Show Cases, Cutlery,
Silver Plate, Hotel Goods, ana
| Gas Fixtures.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20
Not a Great Beef Eater.

Statistics, more or less accurate, show that
John Bull is by no means the beef eater that
he is cracked up to be. Engiishmen eat but
an average of forty-five pounds year, while
tho Australians average $50 pounds and citi-
zens of the United States $50 pounds
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20
j. F.Tenney &Son
FEDERAL POINT, fla.

LAVE IN STOCK ABOUT THIRTY THOU
SAND good handmade and ali-heart Cypress
mach superior TO sawed. As they
have several hands making for them they
can supply almost any demand. Price 3 so
per COO. delivered on the wharf here.
se2-6mdSw
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20
The Old Man Wasn't Right"

"That's a nice dog, little girl What's his
manner
"Uno, SIR"
IL know
"No, sir; Uno."
"Ehs Why, how's that' L don't know,
little dear. Why VIII you not tell me his
name.n
"Uno, sir sharply.
Il know why you won't tell me You're
silly little chit" (Old man strides off in
anger.)
II guess he's not quite right, may be, NUT
ters the echild.-Philadelphia Evening Call.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20

on the completion OF our large and elegant
store, now nearly ready, and known aS the
Lente Block. on Front str ct, we shall display
n large and elegant stock of
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20

The illustration shows one of these uniqus
engines at work on = clay hank Some OF
them will, il is said, load and unload seven
cubic yards a minute. They valuable
for removing railroad wreckage as well.
though it is rather shady compliment to the
safety of railway travel in America that the
invention of . wrecking train has beer.
doomed necesssI-f
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20
Fun-atic Spelling.

"Mistah Borey, what yo' t'ink of de pro
jected refo'm in spellin' dat's bein' agitateds' -
"Doan b'lieve / jis' un'erstan' de mater on
it."
"Waal, yo' see, for instance, in de place of
spellin' hoss horse, in dat roun'bout way,
yo' jes' cut it shot an spell it hos, like it
soun's 1iminatin all de silent souns."
"Ugh-hugh-seems to me dat's sensable."
-Harper's Weekly.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-20
M. W. king & CO.,
< = rY
Wholesale and Retail.

WHY it viii pay you to buy from NJ. ". /
King x Go.
BECAUSE they keep the largest stock to
select from.
BECAUSE they TIy less rent, and can af
ford TO sell cheaper
BECAUSE. where any other house buys a ]
dollars worth they buy n hundred thav-
ing a jacksonville house,. and buying
thus i'm larger quantities, get better /
prizes, ana can afford 10 sell cheaper
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-10-22
Notice to School Officers.
EXCHANGE OF Books

Arrangements having been completed
with the publishers, wheleupon the Ar
ithmetics now in use in the schools OF
the county, may be exchanged for new
Arithmetics (where the old book is of
the, same standard us the new.) free UNI
til Dec. LIST. After that date all new
books must be bought at regular rates.
1t Is very desirable that the new Aritil-
metic be introduced in all our schools,
to maintain the present uniformity.
1t IS hoped that school officers will take
pains TO inform all patrons of tile pro-
posed change. Theo. +. Kerr,
County Supt.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-10-22
j. A. Lawrence, Csshil.
COURIER, SO Per Year.
No Cnromos given as premium; but for
81: nadvance, you get the best agri-
cultural paper in the West.

N"TIcE or FINAL PRooF.-Iand Onice ntFa,gr.
~. H., sept q 1886. Notice is hereby given ii et
th' following named settler has filed notice OF Iic
intention to make final proof in support of,y
cia,'n and secure tinnl entry thereof viz: "a:
Nelson d. s. No l'.5M for the c}y nv I and NJ
lowing Us his Witnesses. viz: =. ~. Scotland.
iiaivnr @ NJ; W9nSsr"s, ,!9 VIM. IIenly. and John "
QMirk. all OF Willow. =. o.. Grggs county. ID. r.
Ille testimony of cnimnn, and viii
nessrs to be taken before Hon. Reg.
lister or receiver of IS. Land Office at Fargo j.
I on The 9tll day of Oct. y. D. 1856. at his Office.
HORACE AUSTIN. Rngist.r.
And von John Clark. who filed H. v, 40 ls4.,
on ne ls day Of Fcby. 1856 upon said lands ar,.
hereby notified to be and appear before the Reg
D.T on the 20 dny of Oct. 1886. and show ca,l.:
u any you have. why said KNIT Nelson should
I' nol nc allowed to make final proof and payment
lor slI ands HORACE AUSTIN, Register.
j. O.Oieattorney. 36 IN
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-10-22

NoTicE OF FINAL PEoor Land Office a, Fargo.
ID. r.. October 18Th. 1896
Notice If hereby given that the following named
settler mas filed notice of his intention to mnk..
final proof in support Of his claim and sccur,.
final entry thereof. viz.
Nicolas swcnson. II T.. No. $500. for the north
casf OF sec. 3., tp. IA i. 60 W.. and names
tn" following as his Witnesses viz: Anton Hal
y"rson Ecrr.t 4. Thors.nrd. Mike NJ. Sad NJ L.
Mlchnels. all OF Dazry. Bnrnes co MY. ID. II.
lhc testimony to be taken before register and
,eccver I $. land office a, Fargo. Cuss county.
ID. r.. on iAc3oth day Of November. A. d. 81,
at his Office.
HORACE AUSTIN, Register:
THOMPSON & KEoGH Aiirrnevs
First publication Scp1. :2 1856
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-10-22

NOTICE OF FINAL PRoor-Iand Office ut Fargo
d. T.. October II. 1896.
Notice is hereby gwen that the following named
final proof M in support port Of hi. claim l, and .ccnr. no ns anI
entry thereof. VIZ:
o!e johnson. II. T. No for the Sc !, Of
scc, i! p AZ H.. r. 50 wand names the following
- hls witnesses, viz: Carl f.. Sknrie. John o.
stronncr. jacob Olson and Elmer o. Stronncr all
OF looperStown, Griy.s county. ID. r.
The testimony TO be f.ken before Hon. W. N.
Francis. judge Of The Si:ith Judicial district ter
r:tnr. of D;kna in absence before Join n
Jorgensan. clerk Of district court al Coolrr-town.
Gris=> county. d. r.. on tn. 9Th day os Dcecmln
3. y. 1856 Il. h> office.
HORACE AUSTIN. Rc.istcr-
IyE2 JACOBSON. Attorney.
Fir. publication Oct. -, ,ss;.,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-10-22
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
For flour and feed don't fail to call on

For flour and feed don't fail to call on
Geo. w. Greenleese. Where you can
have all your wants supplied from the
large stock which he always keeps on
hand. Flour ofall grades; Bran, Shorts,
Mlddlngs, Chopped-feed, Barley, and
living prices.
Note change in price of flour: Dia-
mOnd Brand S225, Straight $50, a
Pat. $50, Occidcnt $500
Don't fail to call before purchasing
elsewhere.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-10-22

j: P. -Aaberg. wishes it understood.
always. All wanting work done. come
early. First come, first serve d.
The unexpected large sales we have
nad IN sewing machines the past year,
lnstlties our belief. that we are repres-
enting the three best sewing machines
in the market. The White. DAVIS. and
American. 4 full stock of machines
always OH hand. John Syverson Il Co.
III you want q good photograph. go to
Cooperstown. First class work gualan-
teed, and prices reasonable.
j. L. Aaberg.
tS For good workhorses call on G. A.
Hunter. lie always has few OF. hand.
IS Box elder, and white ash tree
seeds for sale by VIM. G. Jimeson.
cS PARTIES wanting furniture, should
bear in mind, that we have the largest,
and the only complete stock. i'm the
county. We can supply you with any
lhing from cradle. to the finest parlor
set. John SyverSon Il Co.
~ Miss Emma Henry and Mrs. .Jor-
gensen have entered INTO a partnership
and will endeavor to keep on hand tile
most stylish articles in the millinery line
and the latest stylesin dressmaking.
YOU can say what YOU think: and
think what you please; but the Coop
erstown photographers is che best work
man III the Northwest. And he is
going to leave you soon, so come, before
it is too late. j. II. Aaberg.
The photographer.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-10-22
NORsKE MEDICINE.
I,,,gl.1ntec;1.l /

Guaranteed.
The Norwegian Lightning Soreheaef.
Tie Norwegian Blood Purifier.
The Norwegian Cough Syrup.
The Norwegian Appetizer.
The Norwegian Rheumatic Oil and
Sundhccs Salt. Registered according
10 act of Congress. For sale by
u. y. CLACSEN, Cooperstown, Oak.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-10-22
Notice.
10 whom it may concern:

To whom it may concern:
The bank OF Cooperstown. Coopers-
town. ID. IT,. Stevens & Pickett propri-
etors, having made an assignment to me-
all parties holding valid claims against
above bank, are requested to file such
claims in writing with tie undersigned.
within SIX months from date. Claims
not filed witilin given limit. will not be
considered.
Tl1Eo DNAZ. Assignee.
ST. pall. Nav 10. 1856.