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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
Gen. sickles. Residence.

Since Gen. Sickles had his famous quarrel
with gas company over a bill for gas
charged for while his house was closed and
he was away in Europe the general has kept
bis eye on his meter, and now one of the most
conspicuous ornaments in his handsomely fur
nished house ON Fifth avenue is gilded and
snowy gas meter, which stands in an alcove
in his front hall. 1t IS an unusually elabor-
ate and intricate, and presumably vigilant,
piece of mechanism, which combines with its
functions of a measure also the qualities of a
Hawkshaw, to detect and prevent the surrep-
titious entrance into Gen. Sickles' house of
any unlimited and unnecessary supply of the
insidious and costly fluid.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
In an ELECTRIC Storm.

Messrs. Walsh and Tweedy, of the United
States geological survey, were caught out in
an electric storm while sketching from a
high peak, near Dixie Butte, Ore. recently.
First there was buzzing sound, apparently
coming from under the drawing table that
Mr.. Walsh was using. He put his hand
under the drawing sheet and received a
severe shock Tweedy, who was lying down,
was disturbed, and jumped TO his feet, but
went down again quickly, for where he stood
the electric fluid entered in such quantities as
to produce an almost unbearable pricking
sensation Both men felt tremendous shocks,
their hair stood up like bristles, their muscles
twitched, and in all respects they felt as if
connected to a powerful electric battery
Through it all the projecting rocks gave
forth musical, humming sound York
SIM
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
Joke on Editor Pulitzer.

Joseph Pulitzer. editor of The New York
World, wandered into fashionable res
taurant in that city, one evening recently, to
eat his supper. He haCthardly been in there
a minute when one of party of English
gentlemen, who had arrived but the day
before, beckoned vigorously to him, with the
exclamation of "Here, waitah; a glass of
sherryl" There was roar of laughter from
those who witnessed the incident, and readily
coInprehended the Englishnans mistake
while Mr.. Pulitzer's face turned all the colors
shown through the spectrum, and he lost no
time in hiding his confusion by hasty and
undignifed exit. "Confound i'll" said the
Englishman, when the cause of the laughter
was explained to him, II didn't know but
the fellow was waiter. He looks like
one, and how could tell!s-Chicago Times.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
Tho Freeze in Florida.

In regard to the freeze of last winter,
thought to be so DISASTROUS Editor Graves, of
The Jacksonville Herald, said: 1t has done
Florida great good. 1t has proved the hardi-
ness of the orange tree. We thought when it
occurred that every tree was killed. 1t turns
out that the very fewest We're killed. Groves
that were thought to be killed are now I'M
usually luxuriant and thrifty. This has re
assured the investors and given the orange
tree a steady character and fixed value
ElOridn Latter
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27

President Grevy, of France, contradicts the
report recently circulated concerning his
health He sas that the -fainting spells at
tributed to him are pure inventions. He goes
around hisfarrn at Mant-sous- yaudrey every
day and talks with the laborers. while gov
erpmeut messengers are obliged TO wait for
his convenience. When his days work il
over he sits by the fire with exasperafing bon
homie while the crowd IS waiting for him
ousside-Paris Letter.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27

1t is curious how people viii persist in look
ing upon writers as impractical people, nc
matter what their previous experience has
been. AS matter of fact the literary people
of to-day are as a rule excellent business men
and women Look at Mr.. Stedman, for in
stance. l myself am called dreamer, an
idealist and don't know what else. Yet !
have been q sailor in all parts of the world, q
compositor, newspaper man and now pub
Usher. One would think l ought to have
some knowledge of everyday affairs by this
tiIna-New York Tribune Interview
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
The Point of The Lnke.

A stranger in Wheeling went into a saloon
and found lot of young fellows playing at q
new game. A bit of paper was fastened to
the wall, each player in turn was blindfolded
and turned about three times, and then tried
to walk up and touch the paper. The man
who touched furthest from the paper was to
pay for the drinks. The stranger joined the
game. and, when he had jabbed at the paper
and pulled off the bandage, found that the
other players had fled. He couldn't see the
joke until later, when he discovered that his
r,ocket had been nicked-New York Sun
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27

Succi, the Italian faster, receives letters
daily from all parts, asking for his secret OF
living without food. The other day the chief
telegrapher of the Mediterranean railway ut
Grassano-Scnlo sent him the following dis
patch: @Being suspended from my functions
for month beg you to se:id me little bot
tie Of your elixir, 50 that / may not starve be-
fore resl1ming work. But Sacci refuses to
reveal the secret which would solve the social
problem which has caused so many revolu-
tons Foreign Letter
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
The Napoleonic Outlook Hopeless

Ex-Empress Eugene of France has with
drawn the pensions which she hitherto
paid to the supporters of the Bonaparte
dynasty. Several persons who were accus
toned TO call at the Paris postofiice and draw
their money orders on her majesty at Chisel
hurst are now missed. The reason alleged for
the withdrawalof the allowances is that her
majesty sees that the Napoleonic outlook in
France is hopeless, and that there is nothing
to be gained by sustaining the cause of i'm
periali0p against the republic. Chicago
Trilar
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
The Snail Harvest In France.

The snail harvest has just begun in
France. The poor mans oyster is so
appreciated that Paris alone consumes
some forty-nine tons daily, the best kind
coming from Grenoble or Bergundy.
The finest specimens are carefully reared
in an escargotiere, or snail park, such as
the poor Capuchin monks planned in by.
gone days at Colmar and Weinbach.
when they had no money to buy food,
and so cultivated snails. But the ma
jority are collected by the vine-dressers
in the evening from the stone heaps
where the snails have assembled to en-
ioy the dew.-Chicago Herald.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
The Gods of Ancient Rome.

The early Christians and fathers of the
church did not look upon the heather
deities as mere fables and shadows; they
believed that they really existed, but
were devils, and they taught that the
gods of Rome and all other nations must
be utterly renounced. Thus Christianity
in ancient Rome came to be looked on as
dangerous to the existing order of things
and TO the empire.-Boston Budget
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
Mrs. Jaime. brown Potter.

Mrs. James Brown Potter produced such
an impression upon the poet Browning dur
ing her recent visit to London that he is
writing poem especially for her, which viii
be as dramatic as he can possibly make it. 1t
is not to printed at all, and her recitation of
it is expected TO be great feature of her
dramatic appearances in New York this
winter--The Argonaut-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
LOVE OR NOTHING.

II she heard about It arter a while she'd
give me pity; and arter cTavin' love and
thinl1in' I'd got it the thought Of pity curdles
-Obhvion-
PITY is akin to love- the say
But If thou can'st not love pray
That thou witt do what else thou may,
But pity not. For pity seems
As far below my golden dreams
OF love as the worlds success
To that we hoped once 10 posses
And 50 the truth l would be told,
That / may keep my dream of gold
Pure and unspotted in my heart,
And let it from me never part,
Lest in the world it rudely fall
And ] would lose my love, my all
-FIavel s. Mines
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
A CoIonv In Cashmere.

IL is reported that the government Of India
has scheme in hand for colonizing a part
OF Cashmere by the aid of Europeans The
land, 1t Is said, could produce, with care and
attention, abundant crops, and the climate Is
excellent, though natives of this country
could not at all times do manual labor. How
ever, the government in the first instance ainis
at inducing retired officers to select Cashmere
as residence. - Chicago Times.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
Value of Crops in England.

In the list of realized sales per acre Of
cultivated land in England, mushrooms
lead with 500 pounds sterling as the
average produced. Following come fiji
berts, 200 pounds sterling; onions, 10!
pounds sterling; black currants, los
pounds sterling; Strawberries, $50 pounds
sterling; gooseberries, plums, early let
tuce and early potatoes, 100 pounds ster'
ling each.-Boston Budget.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27

Bonanza Mackay hopes to create out of the
Postal Telegraph company a system extern
sive as the Western Union, and predicts that
in doing so he viii reduce rates 10 such an
extent as to do away with business letter
writing inside of three years
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
Heavier Than Ever.

1t is said that, notwithstanding Dr. Wards
advice that he fish and shoot industriously
while in the woods, in order to reduce his
flesh, President Cleveland took it easy, ate
very heartily, took nap each afternoon and
thus came out of the woods ten pounds
heavier than when he went in, and has never
weighed so much as now
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
The King and the Doctor.

On the spot in Sternberg lake where the
body of the late King Ludwig was found
there now stands cross with beautiful
wreath of mountain flowers, while the place
where DIR. Won Gudden's body was found is
simply marked by pole
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
Queer Phase of Insanity.

Nashville has a citizen who in dress and
general conduct appears to be perfectly sane,
but each morning he gets up early, fills small
bag with food, little tobacco and some
stones, goes to the river and throws it in
Asked why he does this, he says: Brother
can't get anything to eat under the water "
One Of his brothers was drowned York
Sun
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27

Mrs Custer i at work on her book. taking
notes from an old colored woman who lived
with her In camp. on the plains and in Kan
IS, and who IS blessed with an exceptionally
me memory. She remembers things her mis-
TRES had forgotten, but which her vivid de-
szirtion brings to mind again Detroit Free
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
An Eagle Released.

| A big eagle that measured nine feet from
| tip TO tip, captured last spring near Binghanl-
| ton, n. Y, was released the other day. On
| its leg is brass tag giving the date of its
liberation, and offering cash prizes for the re.
turn Of the bird Cleveland Leader
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
In TIE Circuit Court OF the Ur,ted States for
the Southern District OF Mississippi.

NJ s. BALDWIN EFT AL
No. 447l IOrtginal Bhh
n. T. BURROUGHS EFT Al.
CALaooS & GREEN
No. 447l VS.. tSup'lerneDtaJ Bin
n. L. BUBRoU6Hs Ell AL
rl'HIS DAY CAME ON TO BE HEARD THE
i motion Of Calboon q Green for process BY
publication for h. II. Evers, defendant herein in
The original and supplemental bills aud thsreu pom
it is oTaered that b. d. Eyers do enter his appear
ance thereto at Rules to be holden the Office OF
the Clerk OF this Court at Jackson, Mississippi on
the FIRST MoNDsY or NOVEMBER, 1856 and
plead, answer demur to satd original and sup
Elemental bills, or the will be taken Tor con
iesseJ and that publication Of this Order be made
once week Tor four successive weeks in THE
Weekly Clarion" newspaper published in Jack
sou. Mississippi. aud that the Clerk of this Court
transmit 10 said Evers directed to his DO fl ,e
adde's, No. li0 M.rcer's Road Tuffneli Park, Lon
don, certified copy OF this Order.
Ordered, adiadged and decreeo, this 10th day OF
September, A u. 1886. K A. HILL. Judge
true copy from the record. latest:
Seal JAS. NJ MCKEE Clerk
sept p, Sow.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
A Place for IT.

A man has invented machine which
will make 10000 revolutions per second.
He ought to find ready sale for it in
Mexico.-P Philadelphia Call.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
One Every Five DAYS.

Mr.. Webb, Of the London and northwestern
railway, England, stated in recent speech in
London that new locomotive is placed on
| that road on the average every five days, to
repair the loss caused by ordinary akprecia-
firsv1
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
A Beccar's Gratitude.

A rich banker gave a beggar shil-
ling, when the latter said, with gratitude:
MAY heaven reward you a thousand
times :" well, what would that amount
to?-oniy fifty pounds y answered the
rich man, smiling.-Exchange.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
Lieut.. Gorrinre.s Grave

The monument that is to be unveiled this
month over the grave of Lieut.. Gorringe at
Sparkhill, on the west bank of the Hudson,
overlooking Tappan Zee, is an obelisk of
granite, an exact copy OF the Cleopatra's
Needle on a reduced scale. the proportions of
that work being carefully preserved
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
A Long Wire Rope.

A manufacturer in France has just
made a wire rope over three miles long,
weighing sixteen tons. 1t is two and
three-quarter inches in circumference,
and has a breaking strain of thirty-nins
fnnG
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
MIR. ConkIinr,s Dinney

AT the Carlton club, New York ex-senator
Conkling ordered for dinner bunch of white
grapes and cup of iced tea, when his break
fast had been glass of milk and some toast
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27
Night Lie and Character

One night often destroys whole life.
The leakage Of the night keeps the day
forever empty. Night is sins harvest
time. More sin and crime are COM
mitted in one night than in all the days
of the week. This is more emphatically
true in the city than the country. The
street lamps, like file of soldiers with
torch in hand. stretch away In long lines
on either sidewalk; the gay colored
transparencies are ablaze with attrac.
tions; the saloon and billiard halls are
brilliantly illuminated music sends
forth its enchantment; the gay company
begins to gather to the haunts and
houses of pleasure; the gambling dens
are afiame with palatial splendor; the
theatres are wide open; the mills of de
struction are grinding health, honor,
happiness and hope out of thousand
lives.
Make record of the nights of one
week. Put in the morning papers the
names of all young men, their habits
and haunts. that are on the streets fol-
sinful spleasure. Would there not be
shame and confusion? Some would not
dare to go to their places of business;
some would not dare to come home al
night; some would leave the city; some
would commit suicide. The Watchman.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-27

The frequency with which. after
slight investigation. ! am called upon
to investigate cases of death with medi-
cal attendance" which turn out to be
suicide, leads me to remark that the law
in regard to the sale of poisons stands
in serious need of amendment. Such
deadly drugs as morphia or strychnia
are hard to purchase, and druggists are
wary about the sale of such articles as
Paris green or any of the well-known
corrosives. Yet my records fairly bristle
with instances of death. the result of
cheap rat and other vermin destroyers
seIf-administered These preparations
can be purchased by any body at grocery
stores or drug stores. without question.
This reminds me that the general in
PRODUCTION Of soap powder in various
forms has almost caused cessation of .
familiar inquest; thai of the death OF
small children from drinking concen-
trated I've. The old-fims solution being
coiorloss was carelessly left ON the floor
in vessels. small children crawled TO it,
drank it for water, and then the coroner
was sent for Coroner Ia Globe Demo
crnk
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-06-24
COOL SOLDIERS.
Acts OF Bravery Performed by Two veter'
ans In the War Against El.AIahdl.

Acts OF Bravery Performed by Two veter'
ans in the War Against Ei.AIahdl.
1t takes many months of drill and Of
active service in the field to give sol
der such a command of himself that he
can resist the temptation to run when
he meets sudden danger. Some men
can never be trained to that point, but
the nerves of good soldier become as
steady as steel wires, and he is never
guilty of yielding to panic.
When the Arabs made their brilliant
charge upon General McNeirs zareba,
few miles from Suakin, a Captain,
while forming his men, was carried
bodily away by the rush of stampeded
camels, mules and camp-followers
His sergeant major, an old soldier, with
a self-control that no danger could de-
stroy, stuck close by his Captain.
When he found that they were hemmed
in and borne away by the crowd of
frightened men and beasts, he said, in
deep, sepulchral tones;
1--WE shall be in Suakin presently at
this rate, sir. l think it is time for mo
to make a little clearing"
Pulling out his saber, he began prod
ding with it at the rear of men and
beasts, accompanying each prod with a
growli Just make a little room there,
will you, herer With each ''herev' the
point of his sword conveyed a sharp and
stern admonition, so effectual that a
road was soon cleared for himself and
his Captain to struggle out of the ruck
and gain the za;eba.
Another soldier, finding himself GER
tain to be speared by the pursuing
Arabs, threw himself down under a
bush and pretended to be dead. An
Arab turned him over with the spear;
but as the man did not vince when its
point touched him, the Arab thought
him dead and passed on. = TouMS Com
Edllio1.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-06-24
THE COMMONWEALTH.
LouI.vIIio Leaf Tobacco Market.

Dark and heavy types have either held
their own or improved slightly Common
grades do not appear TO have any friends
just now, and sell sluggishly on the very
low basis to which they had been reduced
some time back. Medium leaf has been
steady, and the better grades of medium,
as also good leaf et reggie types, have been
in sellers favor. Wrappers and long leaf
remain firm. Planting interests have been
more extensively favored by the weather,
and planting seasons are reported from
nearly all sections. The Clarksville and
Western districts, the Upper Green river
district, the Ohio river district and a goodly
proportion Of the Eastern districts, and lat
terly Indiana, which until now had been
denied any share in the current pluvial IA
vors, have been enabled TO put in good
part of the intended planting. Some sec
tions, probably the GAINESVILLE, Western
and Green river districts, have probably
about finished. On the whole, about 20 to
so per cent of the intended area is covered.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-06-24
euried rrea.uries in siIesia.

Some laborcrs digging out sand lately
near Sacran, in the oels district, in ST.
lesia, found, about six feet below the
surface, in space hemmed around by
large stones, a quantity of valuable OBJ
jects, including many gold, silver and
copper ornaments, with some porcelain,
glass and bronze. There was bronze
stand over meter high, adorned with
numerous figures. apparently suited for
hanging kettle or pot; with il some
exquisitively polished and engraved
glass plates and some quite rude barbar-
e gold ornaments. Most probably it
was plumber taken in war, hidden
away by some one who could never re-
turn for il. Some precious articles dis
appeared during the first few hours
after discovery, but the rest has been
taken possession of for the Silesian
Archaeological museum at Breslau.-
London Times.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-06-24
Not Dead But Departed.

Ii is said that in the Scottish High
lands they never speak of the departed
as dead A Highlander once gave
great ofIenseto the daughter of a friend
by asking her: "Cuin bhasarch urn
athairpn ('When did your father
die?') ,'Brutes alone,n she angrily
exclaimed, Idle, and, when they die,
arc dead Human beings men, wo-
men and children-do not die, and are
not to be spoken of as dead. They de-
part, they 90, they change, they sleep,
if you like, or are gathered unto their
fathers The phraseology in which the
death of human beings, as distinct from
brutcs, is expressedin Gaelic, invariably
implies continued existence. DR.. Stet0-
arts Highland Sketches.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-06-24
One of Tho most interesting Of The

One OF the most interesting Of the
whales taken in the Poetic is the sperm
whale, that differs from the whalebone
whale in having teeth. and in many
other particulars. These animals run
in schools of from ten to one hundred
in number, and give the whaler more
trouble than any. When lancedor har-
pooncd they sometimes lie perfectly
still, and again, as in the case Of the ship
Essex. they make desperate resistance.
This ship was struck twice, head on, by
an enraged sperm whale, its huge, blunt
head battering in her hull like paste
board. making hole that sank her in
midocean in twelve minutes. An old
sperm will frequently attack boat after
boat, dcmolishing them as fast as they
come within reach.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-06-24

j. e. Barnes recently took out q
marriage license in the probate court at
Youngstown, o, On his way home he
met a few conyiyial friends and INDUCED
in several eye-openers. One Of the
friends, who h; 4 a penchant to, practi-
cal Jokes, waited until Barnes was
somewhat limpy and then distracted
the marriage license from his inside
coat pocket and erasing Barnes name
from the license substituted his own.
Barnes failed to discover the trick until
he presented the permit to the clergy
man who was to perform the marriage
ceremony. Then he started on hunt for
the joker. threatening dlre. vengeance.
The fun-lovcr. eluded him, however. -
CHICAGO Times.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-06-24
Storm signals.

As the coming OF great storm Is heraidcd
by the display of cautionary signals, SO Is
the'approach OF that dread and fatal dis
ease, Consumption of tho Lungs, usually
eruptions, ulcers glnndular swellings, and
kindred oRtnird manifestations of the in
ternal blood poison, which, IL not prompt
ly expelled from tho system, attacks the
delicate tissues of the lungs, causing them
TO ulcerate and break down. Dr. Pierce,s
remedy for this as fnr All 3iseS.s WI Ergas
their origin in bad blood. IL improves tho
appetite and digestion increases nutrition
and builds up the wasted system.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-06-24

When n stomach is abused with
superintendent food, it will, without
failure, manifest disapproyal Of the i'll
treatment in dose of dyspepsia, head.
ache, slccplcssness or constipation
JYestert, PlotCndR.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-06-24

A GUSHING young lady calls flirting The
"mashn-i onal game. Some OF the young
men who engage in it often go 'out on
Ayr II the girls father witnesses the game
~. T. Mad
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-06-24

YouSd or middle-aged men, suffering
from nervous debility or kindred alice
tions, should address with 10 cents in
stamps for large treatise, Worlds Dfspen-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.