The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-26
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An infant with four ears is attracting
attention at Lathrop, Cal
In Berlin statue Of Lcssing is to be
put up at a cost Of some $4,000.
New York swells are stricken sudden
ly with single eye-giass epidemic.
George Hearst, the new senator from
California. has an income of $1,000 q
day.
While the tomato is a native of South
America it takes is name from Portu-
guese word.
Twenty-four tons Of snuff were thrown
into Dublin Bay for non-payment of
duty recently.
The Pasteur fnnd in Paris now
amounts TO over $4,000 and the hos
pital is assured
One-sixth of the whole number of
prisoners in the Maine Penitentiarv are
serving life terms.
A real Indian bireh-bark canoe is to
be sent to the queen of Italy by the
Italian minister At Washin ton.
The refuse water of the paper mills is
saved in England, and the waste fibre
is manufactured by the use of alum
cake.
A boy not yet seventeen years of age,
in Pope County. Minnesota, has invent
ed "a combined hay-rake and cocker, :"
COR which he has refused an offer of S15,-
600.
Divorces are 50 easy in San Francisco
thatsin q recent case it was thought ne
cessary TO plead only that the husband
dyed his hair with offensive and bad
odored compounds"
Fans of white quill feathers are
mounted on amber handles. They have
birds heads encirclcd with marabou
feathers just above the point where the
feathers are fastened in the handle.
The new rose, Her Majesty is the
largest yet produced. 1t IS cross be-
tween Mabel Morrison, hardy perpetu-
al, and the Tea Canary. The wood is
stout and the tlesh-colored flowers are
sometimes six inches across.
Swedish papers are talking of pos
sible match between Prince Oscar
Charles. second son of the king Of Swed-
en-, and the Princess Louise of Wales
The prince, who is duke of Gothland,
VIII presently Nisu EnRIanu-
Oscar Wilde's mother, a particularly
bright woman who writes stories and
poems. and from whom Oscar derives
his little literary ability. has completed
the compilation OF what is considered
an important collection of Irish Leg
ends.
A kakota man who was running for
the magiatracy announced that if elect
ep he would charge only 81 for marry
ing any couple, and would wait until
there was christening" for his paw
ment. He left the rival candidate in the
shade.
An ingenious process for giving silver
surface TO iron is Il recent Australian in
vention. Ii consists in first covering
the iron with mercury and then deposit
ing silver by the galvanie process. By
heating to 800 degrees c. the mercury
evaporates and the silver layer is fixed.
A genius from the Wooden Nutmeg
State has invented clock in which
there is money drawer. Money can
be deposited at any time, but can only
be removed during one day in a month.
Another notion is in screwing the clock
to its shelf so that it can only be remov-
ed when the drawer is open.
Sir Henry TAYLOR. although Sc years
old, was in good health and took lunch
with his family up to the time of his un-
expected death. After that meal he re-
manned sitting at the table after the
others left the room. Presently a serv-
ant spoke TO him. but received no
answer, and approaching found him
dead.
Sarah Bernhardt is still suffering from
spraining sinew in her right leg, the
accident resulting. the Paris papers say,
from taking a false step while PLAYING
the part of Fedora" But ia the char
acter of Fedora it would seem that ''tak-
ing false step" would be bit of real
ism which would materially strengthen
the personation.
A Pennsylvania lady raised family
of twenty-four boys. Thirteen were in
the Union army and one in the Confed-
crate. Eleven out of the thirteen were
killed on the field of battle, and the one
in the Confederate army has not been
heard from. Two out of the thirteen re-
turned home, and one of them has ap-
piled for a pension.
Florence Marryat is utilizing her late
tour in this country by putting her i'm
pressions of American manners and men
into book form, and It is safe to predict
that she will write a better book about
this country than her father. the cap
tain, did fifty years ago. when it was
the fashion to follow in the train OF
Trollope and abuse and ridicule every-
thing American.
According to some recently published
statistics there have been fought in
France since 1870 no less than S47 duels,
besides many between officers and pri-
vate soldiers, which are scarcely ever
mentioned in the papers Out of these
S47 duels only nine resulted in one OF
the parties being disabled In 50 per
cent of the cases the combatants left the
field unscathed.
A collection of photographs of Ameri-
can arms has been compiled by an off,
Ger attached to the Springfield armory
for the Sultan of Turkey. This collee-
ton is made at the Sultan request, and
the photographs include the exterior ap-
pearance and details of construction OF
the rifles and pistols of every prominent
manufacturer in the country. A dupli-
cate set of the forty large photographs
viii be kept at Washington. !
The late Sir Henry Taylor was full OF
stories. some of which may not have ap-
peared previously in print Many of
them related to Charles Butler. On one
occasion an excited member OF parIia-
ment jostled Butler in the lobby, saying;
Il beg your pardon; was hurrying to
hear - speak" He has spoken -
s.Did he speak wellP He's my cousin
my dear sir. he couldn't have spoken
worse if he'd been your brother
DIR. McCosh is said to have been put
upon canvas in most life-like manner
in the new Alexander portrait The
! venerable gentleman sits in an easy at
titude in big chair. doing nothing -
| He has probably been reading. but now
he is thinking. His head is thrown
slightly forward and his eyes are fixed
on the floor Just beyond the other side ol
the frame The background is of 8
| greenish tint without any accessories
| Daniel Webster once wrote, after CON.
tinued proyocation. to the editor Of 4
newspaper which referred to his private
| affairs. and especially to his not paying
his debts He said substantially: III i
| truo that have not always paid my
debts punctnally. and that / owe money.
One cause Of this Is that l have no
| pressed those who owe me- As an in
stance Of this. I enclose your fathers
note made 70 me thirty years ago fol
money loaned TO him to educate hi.
boys ?
Nile Dudlay. of the Comedie Fran
caise. Is woman a. great pluck ant
perseverance, When she frst be0ar
aotinR ID Paris The critics complained q
: certain sibillation q the voice. whicl