The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-24
MISSING LINKS.
North Carolina has a settlement call
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North Carolina has settlement call
ed Pluck Penny.
A desolate town 10 the heart of Ar;-
zona bears the somewhat appropriate
name OF Total Wreck. +"
It is estimated that about one hundred
thousand species OF lowering plants are
now known TO botanists-
/ A medical writer in Harper declares
that life IS but = temporary victor over
the causes that produce death.
A Sydney paper AYERS that the Prince
I OF Wales gives 10 ladies diamond latch
+ KEYS which are worn as sort of deeora-
ton.
An amateur once asked Liszt how to
play the piano with soul The genia.
master replied: You must first of all
have SOUL
4 English syndicate Is negotiating
| for the purchase of 81. 900 acres of land
in Tehama county. California, for graz
ing purposes.
a Philadelphia op;ician says that
there are moro people wearing glasses
in that city that in Boston and New
York combined.
%AAA n " salbH Aitts 80 wears ftt-tr sttAit
the fishing clubs of London are taking
| steps 10 set up a statue Of him IN Win
chester Cathedral
The biggest big gun in the world
4 IS ll2-ion believer. with which Hum
| bert. Of Italy. expects TO salute lbe first
king who assaults him
a well-known oculist who has exam
1 ined the eyes of 1000 persons who work
/ bv the incandcscent electric light found
IN no case any particularly injurious ef-
feets.
A Burlington. VT. msn takes railroad
/ rails. has them painted black and the
| hAnge bored for wires. and then uses
| them FOR fence posts. The effect IS said
/ 10 be unique and striking.
The typewriter, now in such common
| use, dates back to I7l4, when Henry
Mil got 4 patent for il in England, but
ii was not really made practicable until
1867. 1t now seems Indispensable
Skunk meat is a great delicacy for the
| Cinnamon and Siwashes Indians near
False creek. British Columbia. The
animals are very plentiful in that re-
/ gion. and they are being huntcd with
| great eagernesS-
| John McGregOr, n California coacn-
| man. has by the death of an uncle in
| England fallen heir 10 q fortune OF 500.
| coo. This is better than running away
with the daughter Of millionaire with
ah irascible temper
The earth is supposed 10 lose time at
| the rate of half u second in q century.
| Therefore, saws the Boston Journal.
| If the earth ever ceases to rcvolve on lis
axis il Will be more thau 5000, 600. 600
years before it Will stop.
An oak that was cut before Shak-
| speare2s day furnished bit of timber
now in use rs bench in an Englis h
/ farmers kitchen. The timber did duty
rs a roof beam in 4 church for 364 wears.
Il is still rs sound rs can be.
Albert Fink. ting famous Commissioner
OF the trunk-line pool, and tho most
| potential railway official in the United
States, is Il German by birth. 81 years
! of age, and Il widower with one daugh-
ter in her teens. to whom he is passion
ately devoted.
Statistics, more or less accurate. show
that John Bull is by no means the beef
eater that ne is cracked up to be- En-
I
| five pounds year. while the Australians
average l5O pounds, and citizens of the
United States l30 pounds
George Hartman. a New York bow
IS years old, is a professional cracks
man, rejoices in an alias. aud has been
| several times arrested. SIX years AGO,
when only years old, he was the assis-
tant of 4 noted burglar, employed 10
conceal himself in stores and open the
doors at night
The president OF the Pttsburg, Pa.
Window-(ilass Workers federation has
Il gavel which has been used in open-
ing Knights of Labor meetings at Read
ing, Pa. in 1873; Philadelphia. 1875;
ST. Louis. 1879; Chicago. 1879; New
York. 1882; Cincinnati, 1873; Philadel-
phia, 1894; Hamilton, Canada. 1885;
Cleveland. 1886. and St Helen's. En-
gland. 1886.
A correspondent in Mexico explains
why the Mexican calls the American q
''Grlngo." She saws that when The
American army invaded Mexico q fa
voritc song in the camps was Burns
Green Grow tho Rashes. O." Ih'
Mexicans heard 1t repeated over ant
over. and finally began TO call th'
Americans by the first two words, which
they pronounced grin &c" Hence
'Gringo."
The four Ackcn brothers of Middlesel
County, New jersey, are fine men. VII
liam is cight-ihrec years old, six fee
three inches in height. and weighs 25l
pounds; Henry is eIghty-one, six fee
| atys
nine, six feet five. and weighs 225
Theodore is seyenty-three. six feet six
and weighs 230 pounds. They are il
excellent health, and vigorous beyon(
their years.
Sunset Cox and his wife one day ask
cd a Consiautinople lady Of high brit
; 10 take drive with them and she con
) scnted. As soon, however, rs the.
! drove on TO the street the driver was III
/ rested and the carriage ordered bacl
] by the police. This was owing TO tn
existence of law in Constantinopl
that no native woman of noble famli
shall be seen driving IN public with foT
: ejgnors or persons not of the MosleI
. faith
), The mother OF Paganini is said t
: have seen 4 wondrous vision respecting
a the future of her marvellous son. Sh
I related her dream to him in these terms
j. My son. you will be 4 great musician
For an angel. radiant with beauty, al
= pearcd to me IN the night and said this
! any request ] might make should b
n granted. So / asked that YOU might bC
come the greatest of all yioIinists. an
the angel promised that my reques
: | should be fulfilled -
e Walter Gordon of Atlanta is said t
Is have made three snug fortunes in 81
e wears. In Georgia Pacific he and HI
e brother. T. c. Gordon. drew out SI67
n 600 each in clear cash. one-fourth {
which Walter Gordon invested in plaI
iations In Sheffield they cleared 800
900 each, and hold large blocks Of u
stock, now six for one and rising Ju
before leaving for New York the