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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

A Michigan man thinks that by drain
ing certain Tennessee bog lands he can
make fortune raising celery. He has
Just bought 1000 acres near Chatta-
nooga for this purpose.
In excavating for cellar at st. Angus
tine, Fla, workman disinterred an i'm
mense iron crowbar, which must have
been used by the unknown aborigines. 1t
Is ten feet long, tapering at each end to a
sharp point, and weighs 100 pounds.
An earthquake occurred in Iceland in
October last. The shock seems to have
been confined to the southern part of the
island, and was very severe. The rock
at Cape Relkiavik, on which the light
house stands, has been rent asunder, and
the house considerable damaged.
The old treaty oak on Mrs. Thompson's
plantation in Oglethorpe county, Ga. has
been cut and killed. This famous white
oak was the tree under which the first
settlers made the treaty with the Chero-
kee Indians for all the land in that sec
ton Of the state.
The immigration of children to Canada
is attracting much attention in Great
Britain. Large numbers of pauper chill
dren have been sent over, and inspectors
have been appointed by the government
to visit the children once or twice a year
to see that they are properly provided
for.
The manufacture of bicycles and tri.
cycles is the latest development of Ger
man competition with hitherto specii-
cally English industry. The splendid
roads of the Black Forest and Switzer-
land have this year been more throngsd
than ever before with velocipedists. There
is now hardly town in Germany with
out its velocipede club.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

In the recent national couyentin e
barbers at Buffalo the question At -
tuting some other sign for the red aN
white striped barber pole was discu
ard L has been engaging the aftenfio
gentlemen Of the t0nsWid profd
ever since. Il Is sid that IN early IS
harbes served the public IN the @
q surgeons also, and that the pole =
bclized an arm wound with RIB icy
ious to the lifting a hood s was
George II. Of England, who decl tha.
hencef0rth the trade If the barb. Ssould
be foreign to and independws< q tbs
practice Of surgery Dspie The tact
that the striped pole Is IT, symbol q
blood letting. Il seems toe the opinion
Of conservative baxberp enefAlly that nc
other sign would be1o edective--NsN
York Sun.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

Hhvc you hoard u the moquctte bootIoi
mol Wei. was introduced 10 him the
49, ins local icw1ry store ON Elm
ph- y Mcxicau animal and ho
hvea on Soi uood lie Is Of the sizo
and shape IA peanut shell. has the same
culor except for few minute black
sucks CA tn yellowish white ground.
lie has two black horns and eix blacl.
kgs, Ike those ~ o. cricket. and no
chng- very tight 90 anything he gets hold
on, Tor 10 wears spikes IL his boots and
USES them with great freedom. For a
long time nobody Ia Mexico knew pro
cisely What The moquctte beetle was
CREATED Tor but The year before last some
gcnius discovered that be- was mnde 10
walk upon tho neclls II society bellies.
Tho women N Paris took him Ia hand
nt that timo and had 1iim harnessed with
very minute gold chains 81 about sig
inches in length A belle gives the bcetle
one end uf The chain and fastens the
other by tiny hook % that part OF her
dress which b. cut dcoollete. Then sbe
lcts him nam at viii. No BROOKLYN
woman las an yet been found 10 COW
ans lntst French craze. but the fact that
u b. flvrch utcuwcs ala the ladies' who
look nc the beotle and contemplate Il IA
an ornament They have not been able
20 brace their courage up sufficiently 10
permit NJ their wearing the moquctte
yet, but They have looked him over in
The lowelry store and pronounced him
pvrlcctly lovely. Brooklyn Eagle.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

The honey crop is a poor one
Manitoba boasts Of big potato crop.
Professor Beal advises skilIful greer
manuring for sitting sandy soils.
F. d. Curtis, New York, says blue gras:
ought TO be mixed in all pastures.
Joe Harris regards clover as the great
renovating crop Of American agriculture
All experienced poultrynen aver that
provisions for dust baths are a necessity
TO fowls.
p. II. Springer asserts that nothing on
the farm can be raised with greater profit
than swine.
Professor Budd, of Iowa, advises plant.
ing tie south side Of all trees I'm this eli.
mate TO the south.
w. ID. Philbrick, of Massachusetts. saw,
that potatoes and roots Of all kinds keen
best in pits out Of doors. -
To dispute the excellence OF milk made
from good ensilage is TO fly I'm the face OF
facts, says John Gould.
Attention is called to the dairy school
opened at Houghton farm, Mountainville.
n. j., by Mr.. Valentine. Il is a benevo.
lent undertaking, and the first Of its kind
in this country.
Mr.. Cushman, Of the Ohio Horticultural
society, says: There is no other berry
that can be planted in our section of coun.
try that viii bring as much money 10 the
grower as the early harvest blackberry"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

A Philadelphia saw a club footed man
under the influence of liquor, and kindly
assisted him to the house where he said
be lived and rang the door bell. When
the door opened two young women, who
had evidently been expecting him, caught
him without ceremony, threw him down
IN the entry and, while the elder sat on
him, the younger deliberately set about
lnscrewing the only leg that appeared to
be sound, but which proved to be arti-
dcial. After detaching it she marched
0f with it. with the remark: There
you fool; III put this away where .yoV
won't get it in hurry, and may be you'll
stay sober when you have to stay in ths
house. 1t turned out that the only
means Of preventing an over indulgence
IN liquor was to deprive him Of his ari
6cial leg, which was q substitute for ;
natural malformation. Chicago Herald
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11
I HE CLARION.
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY n. Isss-
An EXPERIMENTAL AppucATloa
Eieetrisity as = Motive Power Oh ms
street Maiiways-A Trial Trip.


Eieetrisity - . Motive Powsr on shs
streat naiiways-A Trial Trip.
A ytreat car moving smoothly and al
most noisoieasly along Fourth and Madi-
con avenues without the ordinary motive
power q horses has attracted no little at
tsntion az different times within the Last
thres months There was no cable at
tachmont % give Il motion, and whatever
power caused ~ propulsion was con-
tanned within itself Il was the experi-
mental Application u the Julien electric
storage battery system with a view 10
substituting i entirely FOR tho use q
hUrrea.
An oliiror d the railroad company said
today "fea, ~ aro and have been for
poms time making experiments with an
elsctris motor on cur street cars, and We
arr bound - adopt II n we can find IL
Practicable and economical The car that
haa been ssan along our lines lately 10
fitted up with tbs Julien motor and stOr.
age battery. and h. only In experimental
use 81 present. So far, we arc very much
pleased with its working; there are many
things b. d. considered before the final
adoption n a new syNtem like that We
must learn W actual use what the wear
and tear on The mechanism h likely 10 be-
ne well o. the strength and power Of tho
battery under an circumstance that il Is
likely b. meet
owe must also be suro Of The approx
innate coet n charging tho battery. You
80 The Tie lnttery las b. DC charged
from "a dynamo. which has 10 b. run by
an engine Up b. this time we have
charged % from our ordinary electric
h.,ht dynamo. and have used an engine
utat IA in constant service for many pur-
+. fs~sa-.ro we have had no opportunity 10
calculate the proinllle cost Tor charging
the battery. but vc are establishing a
plant, consisting ~ an engine and
dynamo. which We shiu use IN connec-
ton with tho Julien Ialtery and motor
during iho winter Tor The cole purpose q
arriving ni sumo definite idea n the cost
in caso we should equip the road with
electric motor power. Then, too, we
must ASCERTAIN how everything will work
in winter whom The conditions are ~ diff
frcut n The experiment. turns out sat-
nfactoriIy during ~ winter there Is lit
tlc doubt hut Zfhall use electricity on
our rial ZSalculated by the owners
o. 4tiJEf 90 least 80 per cent. in our
opcrIdg expenses. Now York Com
~ hal Advertiser
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11
I Paris, Picture Market.


Never, probably, in the history of Paris
has the picture market been in so de-
pressed a states it is at this moment.
A few great IS, like Bougureau,
Meisonier, IJamin Constant, find
ready pure > for their work at verv
high prio But the rank and file have
the grf st difficulty in making both
ends meet. II the import duty on pict-
tres for the United States were removed
American amateurs would probably come
forward in increased numbers, but until
then there seems little hope Of any i'm
provement. AS an illustration of the ex-
sting depression may be mentioned the
result Of the sale, after death, Of the
works belonging to NJ. Jacquinot, the
artist expert, which has just come to an
md at the Hotel Drout. Two thousand
pictures put up to auction only produced
q, 900 francs, or e840, being an average
of sixteen shillings per picture. In some
sases two or three canvases together were
'old for five francs, and not singlew
realized e20.-Gaignani' Messepe
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11
Items of All Sorts.

A German carp weighing more than
ten pounds was caught in a mill dam
near Oringsburg, Pa.
Much alarm exists among coffee plant
ers in Brazil owing to a new disease hav-
ing broken out in the coffee shrubs.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

DY VIRTUE OF A DECREE RENDERED N
ID the above cause in the Chancery Court, First
district Of Kinds County, the 24th DAY ef Sep
tprnhar 1851 will within l~wai hnurx an
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

Ahttle 10-yaar-Old g1rl IN Latrota. Pa,
rs alone at home when q vicious Oak-
ing tramp came to the door and asked fsv
something to eat. Although frightened,
the child told him he could not have any
think, as everything had been eaten up.
at this the tramp stepped into the hall,
saying that she guessed he would stay
awhile :" The quick witted child calmly
said: s'WeI. wen see; IN ask my papa, "
and went into the back room for minute
as if to speak with him. Returning. she
found that the tramp had stepped outside
again and was standing looking In. She
walked boldly up to the door and said:
Ny papa says you can't stay and must
go SO go" and she slammed the door in
bis face and locked chicago Herald.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11
The Jananese Cnn.t suear.

Col. George P. Bissen, of Hartford,
Conn.,, spent last summer in Japan The
most remarkable feature Of that country,
be says, lies in the fact that its Language
contains no profane or blasphemous
words. Il can readily understand, - he
remarks, why the practice of 'hari-kari
Is 50 common in Japan. When man is
abused or loses his collar button and i
mad all the way through, so mad that
his very soul boils within him, if at such
time he IS the victim Of language which
viii not let him vent his rage even in the
mildest epithets, why then l can readily
see how suicide might be a soothing re.
lief. New York World.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

Tho development Of the telegraph sys-
tenn in this country is one Of the marvols
81 modern civilization. From a mere cx-
pertinent on = single wire between Wash
ington and Baltimore in 1874. within tho
memory OF many persons yet living it
has grown 10 be bns Of the governing
forces In our philosophy Of material and
social progress. The Western Union
company alone now has $50 900 miles Of
wires, and the messages which IL handled
during the year ending June 80. 1857,
reached total OF 1884 $50. Thcss
nCirVs indicate al a glance tho practica
value % tho invention, and the close ro
lation which Il bears 90 the daily affair
Of life In ovory direction. Bankers
MONTHLY
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

mites OF
is
otton as
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

The alkalies for sale az the stores viii
make a very fair soap with less trouble
than the old lime method with lye from
wood ashes, bat the product Of the latter
is much stronger and in every way more
satisfactOry. The ashes from hickory Is
the very best Of all for soap making pur-
poses, although ashes Of any hard wood
make excellent soap. In sections, there
fore, whsre wood ashes are plentiful it
viii pay 10 make soap from their lye, as
the leached ashes will sim be Of value for
fertilizing purposes and all refuse grease
utilized that would otherwise be wasted.
When saving ashes for the leach be care
ful not 10 burn any decayed or unsound
wood. Old barrels may be placed ON an
inclined platform for the leach or one can
be cheaply made for the purpose.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

The experience Of T. s. Gould, secre-
tary Of the Connecticut Board Of Agricul-
ture, In shipping apples to England is not
very encouraging to small shippers. The
first cost Of barrels, freight 10 New York
and trucking expenses across the city, ana
The injury 10 the condition Of the fruit in
consequence OF rough handling, are liable
70 consume the amount Of sales in a mar
ket so fluctuating. The export trade may
prove profitable to large shippers with
good judgment slp-.be selection OF fruit
and Of the time rket t. Small ship
pers, however, Nh Gould says, had better
not engage in this rather venturesome
business.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11
Superior t.. crematIo
j. g. Meyers a.
has nv

has NV
Tsses to be sur
JtIf1a1, on any other L.,
method of treating ...e dead bodies. =
new mausoleum and safe deposit for
he dead'' is the name of this new con-
rivance. Mr.. Meyers plan may be re-
garded us a compromise between the two
extremes of interment and cremation. In
lfireproof building spaces viii be provided
Just large enough to hold a single coffin.
When a coffin with dead body is placed
n one of these the door of the apartment
s Theoretically sealed. Running from
;hese apartments are tubes which bring
lir into the dead rooms, and also carry
downward by forced draft to CEN
raj furnace below, where are consumed
Ill gases and fluids escaping from the
bodies. Dead bodies treated in this man.
1er, will in a short time, it is claimed
become naturally preserved, on dried
md so remain. Chicago News.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

The fine variety OF tuberous begonia
shown in the accompanying illustration is
one which, as window plant, the wen
known New York florist, Wick, thinks
VIII soon be cultivated. II bloomed on
his grounds at Rochester this spring for
the first time, and proved very attractive.
The plants are about n foot in height.
quite bushy and neat IN habit and the
flowers are borne In great abundance, on
long, slender stems, by which they are
usually pendant. The staminate flowers
are double, while the female ones are
single. The color Is a bright scarlet.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11
Trapsplantinr rar..,.


The count Of Monte Cristo was the fir.
10 suggest the practicability of trans
planting full grown forest trees. He
has followers now in Indianapolis. A
primeval forest east Of the city is being
removed-boughs, trunks, roots and an.
Col johnson last summer erected 4
dwelling on the open ground near his
garden, this side Of Irvington; the sum
rays beat down on that house blisteringly.
and the colonel concluded to protect II
with trees. One BunneH was found who
declared he could transplant an adjacent
forest to the colonel's yard. The trees
vary from ten to eighteen inches in
diameter. Bunnell rugged up a stout
wagon, fastening to the hind wheels an
immense lever, forty to fifty feet long,
thick and strong. This was dashed at
one end to the wagon. Around a tree to
be removed he dug a trench, the radii
being three or four feet. On one side he
dug twelve inch trench close to the
tree, and into this trench he backed his
wagon wheels with the erect lever. The
lever then stood parallel with the trunk
Of the tree, and the two were dashed to-
gether, boom fashion. As far up as the
tree truD sSyas stiff the lever would be
tightly -, Esd, giving one solid, un-
y1eldiIg - n From the top of the
logs thu, 8 rope was run around
pulley ~ lat the surface Of the
ground 10 more from the tree.
Teams hitcl the end of the rope
could then W se uproot the tree with
large quaint earth and roots at
tached. WI Ius uprooted it would
be On I'D easily movable, held
steadI bots to tip. The success
Of the y the johnson place has led
o the rem of many large trees ON the
north side. N1rhe process is believed to
be of no harri 20 the trees life. How
ever, spring wills eveal the sequel. In
annapolis News.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11
NOTICE-GUARDIAN SALE

i.a4.'s-s ..s''s' . : : P. .. vsissa. Ss--
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

About 5000 Pro,0stants Of the Co
venues recently celebrated. on the top Of
one " The mountains whore their an
csstop ussd - inset ON sunday, thu CEN
tsnary " the sdict ~ liberation signed
in 1881 by Louis XVI. Tho ceremony
is described by an ere witness as having
been sinGularly impressive A rustic
pulpit haa been erected ON tho summit Of
the wid mountain which forms thero a
plateau. Thirty pastors, In black silk
gowna. were seated in front and on a
ridge bshind the congregation. A com
memorauyo Stone was unveiled By q
pefriarch ~ Cevonncs. and Pastor Viguo
efthe faculty VI Protestant theology OF
Paris preached a sermon. Boston Tran
script
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

In the Colorado desert, near Idaho,
there Is large bed Of rock salt, and the
Southern Pacific railroad. in laying the
track 70 the salt bed. has been Obliged "a
grade the road for ! 200 feet with blocks
Of these CRYSTALS. This Is the only in
stance where the roa6bed Is laid and bal.
lasted on salt The sea. which oncs
rolled over this place. dried up and lefI
. vast bed Of salt nearly fifty miles long.
The supply is inexhausfihla and he ouaI.
- excelent- Scientific American.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

INVENTION g: $50: 8. J: e: 8: : Sc;
Cd and system q work thaf czn1 = -uerloru.ed
al over The c0uDtF, without Separating tie worker
from their homes. Pay liberal any one ca Do The
EcFks either sex yourg q Cd no special abIIIty
required Capital not needed. yea 1fs rr1rfei frr-
Cut this oet and return 70 ~ and Ne viii nsnd you
free. something d great Ealne and lmporirucr 70
you that viii slart yOu in busineas, Hhieh vii
bring you IN more money right away. fhan say
thing else tn TIE world Grad osfGf frer Addrsas
TEUE Co. Augusta Maine fdec7. Sly
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

A female surphcOd choir is an innova-
ton in an English church that is creating
something 81 sensation. The singers
wear SUPPLIES not unlike an III. A. gown,
and purple velvet caps. There is a choir
of tho same Kind IN Melbourne. Australia,
whence tho freak was imported to Eng
land. Canon Liddon heartily disapproves
ot h. and pronounccs It irreverent and
grotosQue. An unprediudiced locker on,
howetcr. finds IL difficult 70 ses why
there should not b. girl choristers, and
wherein lies the objection 10 their wear
ing SUPPLIES any more than boys.-Chi-
cage Nows.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11
Crows Versus sparrows.

A flock of about 100 crows passing
over Cumminsville, O., were attacked
the other afternoon by thrice their num-
Der Of English sparrows, who completely
routed the big birds. Several crows
were disabled, and one was found with
both eyes pecked out.-New York Sun.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

A journal published in Rome gives an
account u recent discovery which has
especial interest. In the course Of ex-
cavations bcnsath the church Of the
Apostles 81. John and sc. Paul the work
men discovered two apartments Of a
Roman house Of the Fourth century, ono
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

In The Mater q the GuzraiznshIp Of BErTTk
CoMsAxH. RoHEKr CoMBASH and CHARLIE
RoBKRrSoS.
ny VIRTUE OF DECREE or THE CHAN
10 cEzr CouRT, First District 81 Binds County,
rendered "a the 18th. day of September, 1SSs, IN
the ahoFe cause, Sili, On
SATURDAY, 2sTH DAY OF JAxUAHx, ISIS,
prooeed 70 SELL in frout Of the City Han door in
the Civ Of Jackson. Al pukic oulcry, 70 the high
esq bidder that portion q lots and :, In square
number s. In North jackson, on the east side Of
President street forEeTiy belonging 70 The estate
Of Betsy Chrisman. ased.-Which lies lsoath 81
dian 10 Jane l. Broun, on the 7th day Of Nay,
1857. said sale 10 Be for cash. or one-third cash
and the balance in one and tgO years.
SMITH ROBERrSON,
dec9S NHw Guardian
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

Palamodos Of Argos = said 20 have
bcon tho flrst commander who ranged an
army la a regular line Of hattie, placed
ssntinels round camp and excited the
soldisrs' vigilance by giving him a watch
word llustun nudret
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE.

ny VIRTUE OF The POWER VESTED N
10 NE b. he last vii and iessamsat q Dr. c.
4 Walden. yin, En-
Tuesday. the Tth Day Of February, lsss,
in tie t1un of Koseinsko. sell Tie following de-
sfhsd prppSrxy situated In the iown Of kaeea
in At1aln CouBfF, Mississippi. to-vit- Pear brick
siure-hSases and the lots which they are sltns-
ted. belongfn - the estate q sid Dr. Z n VAL
den. xtaaied n west side q Court HOUSE y aAFes
cosaneneinr Al north West corner q sid sauare
R.R HAWKES.
Exeentar Dr. C ~. VAlde1's Estaea,
fan4sss P O. Taiden. Ma
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tny IA
mental
that th
the cny
space
and 80,
nium, 49, ii. be told
something a. It it. All the 1 lture it
seems 10 require is propagation like
dahlias. The begonia Louis Bouchet has
gained in England at the Royal Botanic
shows first class certificates as striking
novelty, and connoisseurs, both abroad
and at home, are encouraging tho cultiva-
ton Of begOnias with monstrous bloom,
having grown tired of the ordinary bios
soma
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

Procure a horseshoe with long heel
calks 70 catch on the edge Of the tire; az
ter putting the tire on as far as possible
with the hands, then put a strong stick or
iron rod through the horseshoe and under
the felloe Of the wheel. BY prying down
ward the tire Is drawn on.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11
FARM ND GARDEN. =
a GRAM CHEST FoR PoU ~ THAT
PREVENTS WASTE.

a DOubis Bessnia That PrsmIses = Bss
erout@PspuIar-Fsr and Against shos-
ing Farm Hsrsss-A Clever csnsrfynues
for Tishtsnins Wagon Tires
The extreme drought and heat Of lat
summer caused much trouble with wagon
tires, which would often get clear on the
wheel before the driver suspected that
they were loose In the cut Is represent
cd a convenient device for replacing tire
when any amount Of pounding with a
stone or AZ would fan This device,
which was originally illustrated IN Rural
New Yorker, may be made as follows:
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

rsrnor5f tho time, such as
tcnpi, festal scono4 and
ksno,l Doo.< iations, there wero other
p,ru..l Of 4, r1i..inn -she;factcr. One
49,. ,h..k IS taking OF his sandals
-. hinountain and receive the
eefltf stone. = design similar TO that
found 40 Sc. Calliste. Tho second is a
woman in the attitude OF prayer, clothed
in long robe, a veil on her head, a
collar OF pearls around her neck This
Is tho first time that there have been
found in Roman house. In its "noblo"
part, paintings in tho Christian senti-
msnt paintings which up to tho present
time have been met with only in the
catacombs. Public Opinion.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

An effort is being made to reach the
Films, Of whom there are about 2,900,-
900, who are said % be in q state Of dense
spiritual darkness