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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
Advantages of Bees on a Farm.

If bees did nothing more than store
up honey and wax that alone would be
sufficient for encouraging their presence,
but they perform even greater service
in carrying pollen from one plant to
another. This has been proven by ex-
pertinent, and especially in Australia,
where red glover grows luxuriantly, but
only from imported seed. The clover
would not seed, but in every other
respect was the same as that grown in
America. Bundle bees were then in
troduced, and seed was then produced
by the clover. Our common bee does
not assist red clover, though it carries
pollen to the white variety, but the
above shows what insects which indus
triously work in the blossoms perform a
natural service of fertilization, and as
they work on but one kind at time
they do not mix up the varieties or de.
stroy them.-Exchange.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
How to Catch Whales.

What is the process of catching
whalesg inquired the reporter who saw
Mr.. Robertson yesterday.
with the harpoon. he responded.
Ito which IS attached gun containing
bomb. As soon as the harpoon strikes
the whale the gun is discharged and the
bomb explodes. its contents entering the
mammoth and sometimes instantly kill
ing it. but often wounding il SO that it
goes down. often as far as forty faith
oms, and they die under water. If it
dies on top the body remains floating
What is done when the whale dives?"
'Oh, they pay out the ine, and the
fishers await his coming TO the top. But
frequently he has to be hauled up"
lis there much danger in the business
of whale-killing?
"A great deal, sometimes The ami
naive oftener call him an animal
than a fish-is maddened by the wound
and furiously lashes the water, many
times upsetting the boats and duckine
and sometimes drowning his assail-
ants
AFTER the killing. what is done with
the animal?n
when he reaches the top. and after
he is dead, he is cut up and landed on
the deck of the vessel. There the car
cass is put through the process of being
rendered into oil and extracting the
bones"
How is that done?"
The blubber is cut into pieces about
two feet long and six inches wide; these
chunks are again sliced and put into
pots and rendered for oil. All. the bone
taken out is the jaw. This LITTER is pur-
chased by an extensive French firm,
who convert it into threads, dresses,
fans, and numerous other articles. An
immense business is carried on in whale
bones, and fortunes have been made by
those engaged in it.
What do you suppose single whale
will yield?''
'.Oh, l guess about $1,000, = Sal
Lake Herald
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
Healthy Hogs.

Pure air helps to make pure blood,
which, in the course of nature, builds up
healthful bodies. Out-of.door pigs
would not show so well at the fairs, and
would probably be passed over by judges
and people who have been taught to
admire only fat and helpless things,
which get the prizes. Such pigs are
well adapted 10 fill lard kegs, whereas
the standard of perfection should be a
pig which will make the most ham with
the least waste of fat, the longest and
deepest sides, with the most lean meat.
Ii should have done enough to stand up
and help itself TO food, and carry with
il the evidence of health and natural
development in all its parts. Pigs
which run in a range of pasture have
good appetites-the fresh air and exer-
else give them this-hence they will eat
q great.varietyof food, aud much coarser
than when confined in pens. Nothing
need 90 to waste on a farm for need of
"a market. They will consume all the
refuse fruit, root, pnmkins, and all kinds
Of vegetables, which will make them
grow. BY extending the root patch and
planting the fodder corn thinner, so
that nubbins will form on it, by putting
in a sweet variety, the number of pigs
may be increased in proportion. The
mig pasture will be ready next year for
any crop, aud'ten times the advantage
accrue to the farmer THAI if the pigs
are confined to close pens, for, as pigs
are usually managed on a farm, but
little manure is ever made from them,
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
How to Make Bretzels.

Good morning, Goetz, said young
man to q Blocker street baker who holds
a secret, yesterday.
Good morning" Then, after the
visitor had explained his object, the
baker resumed.
want to find out Something's about
bretzels, ch? Why. don yer look in
some books? | don know ven, or where,
or how dey came to be made. Guess id
vas in Chermany, pefore der foodt. y
ZelTs, Chambers. and Jonnson's die
tionaries and the American encyclope-
dias say nothing about bretzels. The
infallible Encyclopedia Britannica never
heard of the foreign stuff. No German
American dictionary contains the word
''pretzel. .'bretzel. or ''bretsel." The
Encyclopedia of Cookery knows moth
ing about such pastry. Worcester is
Ignorant of the word, and Webster,
prince of photographers, tells all he
knows in one line:
Bretzel (seD. a. [Ger.] A kind of
hard. brittle cake.
The people want to know how they
are made, MIR, Goetz." said the visitor.
"A bretzel is such curious piece of
delicatessen; such a horny, salt, hard
shelled, twisted jawbrea&er that they
want to know all about them.
III had been quite Il task to find the
baker whose shop is down an allev,
back of a store. and is surrounded by a
woodward. No sounds came from the
bakery. but through the dusty, flour
covered windows men We're seen NOV
ing about. and bright light shone out
as from an open furnace door Herr
Goetz rested his broad shoulders against
a wood pile, Strengthened his arms out
along the pile and said:
Tell der people dot | make me one
dousand fife hundred bretzels efery day
dot uses up dree quarters of a barrel
of Hour; tell dem dot one man. if he is
quick, can roll unit twist about fife hun
dred of dem in one hour; dot der dough
is put drough der kneading machine
more dan hundred times; unit dot it is
made NIT hop yeast, shust like bread
Tell dem dot der sponge stands fife
hours by der tick of der watch. Go
open der door. unit see for yourself
Tables, trays, shelves. boards, and an
old cellar door were covered with un-
baked bretzels. They were smooth and
as white as ivory. A small boy gather
ed them up on his fingers, like rings
and dropped them, like doughnuts, into
Il Kettle full of strong. boiling I've. A
baker, in white oyeralls. white apron,
and cap. tished them with perforated
ladlc like n skinner for the white
dumplings in the I've kettle Another
baker, with long-handled wooden
shovel, stood near with barrel of
coarse salt at his side. The steamng.
| wet bretzels We're laid in rows on the
shovel. We're sprinkled with salt, and
then. by a dexterous twist of the wrist.
We're landed on the brick floor at the
back end of a dutch oven.
why do you steep them in I've. Mr..
1oetz?" asked the young man. return
ing TO the wood pile.
you don't know dot. do ron. eha
Neider don'tL Ny fadder made EN-
like dot. He is dead, unit promised
never 10 give id away. Y. star.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
Farm Hints and Suggestions.

It is said that the pods of lima beans
are injurious To hogs, though they may
be fed freely to COWS.
Tie Disadvantages Of the ordinary
system of setting milk in shallow pans
for raising cream are that longer
period elapses before the skimming Is
completed, too much space IS required,
and in summer the milk becomes sour
before the whole Of the cream Is raised.
The use Of paris green on potatoes and
other things kills many bees and insects
that are useful, and destroy many small
birds.
1t is said that pyrethium, mixed with
five times its bulk Of plaster and busted
into the centre Of the leaves with pair
of bellows will destroy cabbage worms.
For the best egg production in heavy
fowls oats are as good feed rs any. They
give bulk, while the nutriment they
contain is Of the kind which goes to
make eggs rather than fat.
Horses are not fully matured until
six years of age, nor do they arrive at
their full strength until eight years old.
Immature animals are often overtaxed,
and their future usefulness injured.
Into pound of soft soap dissolve one
ounce earb0lic acid crystals, and it be-
comes an excellent remedy for lice on
animals when they are washed in warm
water with the aid of the soap.
After cutting, orchard grass springs
rapidly, and the after growth is heavy.
This should not be pastured during the
summer or fall, but be reserved for
winter grazing. 1t should be treated as
above directed in the case of tall meadow
oat grass.
slShort hay crops mean cheap cattle in
autumn. But the farmer who makes
full provision for keeping can bay and
turn his fodder to good account not only
in sales but in added value to the
manure pile.
Time inteIligently given TO bees will
pay equally well with that given to any
other kind of farm work; and where too
many are kept it may be done at such
times as not to interfere with other i'm
ortant work
1 sWhen a hoe becomes dull it retards
work because of the increased tax 1t i'm
poses on strength. Sharpen it by filing
to chisel edge When sharp it works
much more effectively, especially when
there are weeds to be cut.
In selecting a SOW for breeding, choose
one that is quiet and mild in disposition.
sShe may be the one that will lay on fat
most easily, and it will therefore be
necessary to feed sparingly, but she
will be all the better as breeder toi
this.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21

"A h1atanf. Draylng sample Of the loud
voiced. self-ccnscinus. lo0k-at-nle variety
Of men cook his seat in Philadelphia
streef-car. and called to the conductor:
Does this car 90 all the way up
Eighth p
Eyes. sir responded the conductor,
politely.
want TO get of there
Eyes. SIR was the reply
well, want You 10 tell me when
ron ret there. You'd better stick a
wafer on your nose, or put straw IN
your mouth, or tie = knot in one OF
your lips. 50 that sou won't forget It
at would not be convenient tor one
in nv position to do 50. said the con-
ductor eourteously; 'but if You VIII
kindly pin your ears around your neck
| think | will remember TO tell YOU
Amid the roar Of passengers, the man
said that he had forgotten something,
and got off at the NEXT corner.-Fron'
Puck.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
Sailing Live Stock.

Here, says the American Dairyman.
IL modern and ancient essay on salt
for live stock: "Cattle should be sailed
twice a week. Care should be taken
that they have access to water soon after
taking the salt, because salt in its crude
state is poisonous and will create fever
in the stomach unless diluted by water.
which relieves the animal from burning
thirst" That is rather bold comics.
sion. but it is nevertheless true, and
while probably ninety-nine in a hun
dred farmers believe and practice this
scientists recommendation, they are
hardly free to admit that raw salt Is i
poison and creates n burning thirst that
must be Immediately relieved with
water. How can any sane mar give a
good reason for feeding cows raw salt
when science admits that nature SUP.
plies sufficient in all pianist We have
argued this matter for years, and talked
with many Of the best posted men inthe
country on the subject, and the further
We go the more absolute We are in tbs
opinion that raw salt ii m injury q
COWS on other farm animals, being abso.
| lutte death to hogs and chickens Il
gisen in large quantities, and an activt
| purgative "a them aII Thu of coursi
| II not saying that their ration c0ntain
ing dry meal and old foofa shopld not b
6sasoned With AIT and i liftle "a Wettel
III a. rood 6ot Il ~ ~ unlimited IN
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21


From whence cefsnA the necessity Of
bathing? This question can be the best
answered by examining the cuficle OF
Tia h,,ma form divine. We End this
not simply covering to protect the IN
fernaI parts from dust. and hold them
together. but an 0rgan,a complex
one.- and performing important Offices.
1t is really system OF organs. one
within the other. the most important
one being the sweat-producing or sud-
porous glands Through these the skin
becomes the temperature regulator OF
internal heats. 10 a certain DEGREE Let
then, be inactive, for only a halEhour.
and evil effects would be feit. Ihey
are conseanently, worth n2uch attention
and care. The number of these glands
has been varfously estimated any where
from two 10 three million. So minute
are they six hundred can be placed in
square inch without any two touching
Rather fine work for human fingers.
They consist merely of a conyoluted tube
having an average length of only two
MN. (about l-20g OF an inch). yet if
placed end to end the aggregate length
woHld be about four mites. The open
ings are Of course microscopic in size.
onIV l-56 of line in diameter, and
partially closed even then by valve
ike arrangement The average daily
work which these minute glands are
called upon to do, is TO excrete two and
one-half pounds of perspiration, with
extra work whenever external heat or
violent exercise threatens to increase
the bodily temperature beyond safe
point unless counteracted by greater
evaporation from the surface, obtained
bv sweating. Considering, then, the
importance of a free exit for persplra-
ton. and the minute opening which can
be- 50 easily blocked by external intiu-
epces. it becomes at once self-evident
there can be no simpler method than
bathing, 10 not only free the glands
from accumulated matter, but also to re-
move any foreign material from the
surface.
For purposes of cleanliness only, the
tepid bath is the best adapted,-a tepid
bath meaning one having a tempera-
ture of 9S deg. or 100 deg. Fahrenheit,
VARYING only one or two degrees from
blood heat, viz, So deg. The body will
not bear continued cold from water as
well as from air; while IS deg. in the
| shade would be warm enough for COM
4
| would be decidedly cool. and if more
than plunge bath, fatal. Quantity OF
water used would OF course vary with
circumstances. The soap used should
be of best quality. The duration OF
bath viii of course vary, but If the body
| is immersed, it should never be pro-
longed over thirty minutes, seldom over
twenty. The bath should be followed
by enough friction of the surface to pro-
duce slight reaction, and faint red
ness of the skin. As to frequency, {
daily bath in summer. a weekly IL
winter will usually fulfil all require
ments for cleanliness. A bath shoulc
never be taken Immediately after {
hearty meal nor just before exposure
out doors III winter. -dnietia 4. Hhtt
| feld. W. d., az Good Housekeeping.
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Material for Leather Medals.

There are quite a number of anecdotes
about Sam Houston that have never been
published, among them the following:
In the discussions of the Texas con-
gress frequent illusions would be made
to Houston. which We're very far from
beng fiattering. His early life among
the indians was an armory from which
many poisoned arrow was drawn.
On one occasion, while Houston was
president. he asked the secretary. well.
what did yon have TO say about me to-
day?n
The secretary replied, THE same old
story, general; all about that brecch-
cloth
Il wish. retorted Houston, they
would leave that breech-closh alone /
want 10 use il myself. / want 10 have
one part OF it cut up into leather medals
for the miserable cusSes that talk so
much about it-Ieras sffft,sgs.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
Washing Made Easy.

DnAR EDIToR: To the ladies' would
give my way Of washing without much
rubbing and without the use of Kerosene.
/ take bar of good soap (six cents) and
cut il unin small pieces, and put it in a
boiler of water; when the boiler is boil
ing hard, put in my clothes, fine ones
first thaying previously soaked them for
at least one hour I'm cold water, without
any soap), aud let them boil twenty
minutes by the clock (no loDger1. /
take them out and dash them in tub
Of cold water and rinse till all soap
suds are gone. ] have stationery tubs,
which are very laandy, for / keep the
water running while / turn the clothes
over. take board and rub lightly each
piece, snd put 1t in another rinse water
and then into blue. tried this reci DC
myself and know it is good. The calicoes
yon can't boil / washed the old way. j
used I'd Get my family Washing of seven
ont before eleven in the morning, and an
not strong either
Yours, MRs. @. X.
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Acnse and garml.
MOTHERS msaDlsG BASKET

From the New York Ledger.l
over and under, and in and out,
The swift little needle flies;
For always between her and idleness
The mending basket lies;
And the patient hands, though weary,
Work lovingly on and on
Az tasks that never are finished
For mending j. never done.
She takes mp the fathers stocking,
And skiilfnlly knits in the heel,
And smooths the seam with tender touch
That be may no roughness feel
And her thoughts 10 her merry girfhood
And her early wiiehood 60,
And she smiles at the first pair OF stock
ings
She knit 50 long ago.
Then she speaks 10 the little maiden
Learning to knit AT her side,
And tells her about the stockings
Uneven and shapeless and wide
Il had to rayel them out, my dear;
Don't be discouraged, but try,
And after while you'll learn to knit
A. swift and even az :"
She takes up little white apron,
And thinks Of the woeful face
OF her darling when she came crying
"Oh, mamma I've torn my lace"
So she mended the child's pet apron
Then took up tiny shoe,
And fastened stitch that was broken,
And tied the ribbon OF blue.
The maiden has wearied Of working
And gone away 20 her play;
The sun 10 the west IL sinking
A the close of the quiet day.
Now the mothers hands are resting
Still holding a stocking Of red,
And her thoughts in Inc twilight shadow
TO the far of future have He'd.
20 where will the little feet wander
Before they have time 70 rest?
Where will the bright heads be pilloweo
When the mothers loving breast
is nnder the springs blue violets,
And under the summer grass,
When over her fall the autumn leaves,
Aud the storms Of winter pass ~
Aud prayer from her heart she uiters:
.4God bless them, my dear ones all
o may it be many, many years
Ere sorrow to them betall =
To her work frem the mending basket
She turns With a heart at rest;
For she knows that to husband and chill
dren
She Is always the first and the best.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
GILL e.

Headache, Nausea, Dizziness, and Drowsi-
ness. They stimulate the Stomach, Liver,
and Bowels, TO healthy action, assist diges-
ton, and increase the appetite. They
combine cathartie. diuretic. and tonic
properties of the greatest value, are
purely vegetable compound, and may be
taken with perfect safety, either by chill
dren or adults. f. l.. Thomas. Framing
ham, Mass, writes: For n number OF
years was subject TO violent Headaches,
arising from disordered condition of the
stomach and bowels. About a year ago /
commenced the use of Ayers Pills, and
have not had headache since" W. 2.
Hannah, Gormley p. O., York Co., Ont,
writes: Il have used Ayers Pills for the
last thirty years, and can safely say that
have never found their equal as cathartic
medicine. / am never without them in
my house" c. d. Moore, Elgin, H.,
writes: "Indigestion, Headache. and Loss
of Appetite, had 50 weakened and debili-
tated my system, that was obliged to give
up work. After being Under the doctors
care for two weeks, without getting any
relief, began taking Ayers Pills. Ny
appetite and strength returned. and / was
soon enabled to resume my work, in per-
feet health.''
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
Preserving Onions and Potatoes.

F. L. Yoaknm says, in the Texas Farm
and Ranch: Ahandfulo of lime sprinkled
over a heap of Irish potatoes before you
cover them up for the wlnter-even if
it be in the summer time when you
cover them up-will assuredly save
them. Turn your onions upside down
in a rack when you are drying them,
and they will not rot either. These two
facts are worth millions to our people.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
WE CAN SELL YOU

ALL-sILK MITTs at %. So, so, 75c.
and $1.00.
AlI-Silk Gloves, from soc to s1.25 per
pair.
Kid Gloves from 75e to $500 per pair.
Ladies Real Isle Thread Hose in Black
and ali popular shades, for 25c.
This is the cheapest lot of Hose evel
seen in Jackson.
Children and Misses Ribbed Isle Hose
% to 40c.
Gents Half Hose, from Zoe per dozer
TO $l.00 per pair.
Gents French Ribbed Half Hose, 25c.
Best British Half Hose, 25c.
Late Style Spring Jerseys, in light Blue
and Rink, Tan and Cream.
| Black Jerseys, from soc. to $500.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21

An indirect way of getting drink of
water at cheap boarding house is to ask
for third Gun of tea
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21

Imprisonment for dent has been abol-
ished il New York State
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21

ARE all going at prices that will enable
you to make your purchases for % per
cent. les than Last Season.
We Fear no Competition, our prices are
Rock Bottom.
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WASHINGTON, D. c.
Among the Northern Lakes

- Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa are hundreds ofde
~ p.ess wi,efeone I.ss te srnler month
- fess ailc fsJy inland Tt1FD snfe al the END
~ .e heated term e1lpletey reluyeeased Zach re-
sr,ihg season brings "a Je9A onosOc Waugesia, Bes
- Daih ron enae- SODli MinnetoIks White Bear
81 otlief charming localities whrona
s s,asss, snolsanes % orr bess people whose winter
~ On tt. er SIDE y Mason DyoH's line. Ee
$500 ma 7,aitprt az moderate r. readily
4 list II summer hssaeS with al uecesssrY
~ ~ Assfs q Efs ST PAU. K suwAY and VIII
- ~ rec assi af,FscaIifr rs a v II. Car
renter General P.A-..ra.-ar ! .-.nt AIissntea Wis
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THE SCHOOLS.
-HUNTSvILLE
Female College,
HUNTSvILLE. ALABAMA

u,HIRTY-sEvENTH SESSION BEGINS WE'D
L sKsDAy, SkPTEMBEz /, 1856 desiraols
school for yonr daughters in all Departments %
Female Education. Supplied with new lnstro-
menfs, fne Apparatus aud = full Faculty. SnAre@
reasonable. For Catalogues and terms aPpis 70
A. b. JONES, d. d., LII D.,
july, Sem Principal
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Roanoke College
IN the Virginia Mountains

CLASSICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COURs Fof.
I degrees. Also, Business and Preparatory
courses Special attention to English rrencn anu
German spoken. Instruction thorough ana praeu
cal Library 1900 volumes Good Literary so
ciefies- Best moral andpreligious influences,
Expenses for nine months sl49, sllo or Gus IL
Guiding tuition, board etc.) Incre asing patTonags
from Is States Indian Territory, and Mexico.
THIRTY-f oURTH SESSION BEGINS sEPfkNBkk
18TH. me.
For Catalogue with view OF grounds, oniiaihgs,
and mouutainsl, address
JULIUS ID. DREHER, President,
iulv7 SOFT SALEM, VIRGINIA
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UNDERWEAR J.
SHOES.

y II LII
We claim that we can sell you the best
Shoe in the market for the least money,
and are ready to prove what We say.
Come early while the Stock is all
Fresh, and see what We can do for you.
We will take pleasure in showing you
through whether you are ready to buy or
not. Yours, truly,
mar >. ,ss WIN. A. WHITING.