The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-17


ed to IS, 240
Man, " says Sir Thomas Browne, is
noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pom
pous in the grave"
g. can't do it, neverdid anything. al
will try, has worked wonders and g / viii
do it, " has performed miracles.
A Berks county farmer has moved with
the same scythe for thirty-fye years, it is
said, and he expects to use it until he is no
mower.
To know a man, observe how he wins his
object rather than how he loses it, for when
we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed,
it betrays us.
The first Christian newspaper ever pub
lished in Japan has just been issued at
Kobe. 1t is in Kama characters, which all
the people can read.
opinion that =" the Lord will protect his
own. That is why he wears lightning
rod over his chimney.
Topic Geological discussion. Princi-
pal" Was it colder or warmer a hundred
years ago than at present? Pupil (hon-
| estly) - really don't recollect, sir."
A shrewd old Yankee said he didn't be-
Iieye there was any downright cure for lazi-
/ Il,
known a second wife to hurry it some"
Bows are not to wear out their knuckles
| hereafter in g knuckling down" a patent
has been granted for pistol which Is de-
signed to shoot marbles by the and OF a
spring.
It Is still the fashion for the ladies to let
their hair fall in Il cobwebby mess over
the left eye 1t looks cOquettish, and IN
some instances is very alluring to the poor
flies of men,
A girl, twelve years of age, has just been
tried in France for having smothered two
children who were confided to her care. One
of the victims was years and the other Is
months old.
The Centennial banner given by the wo-
men of the citv of New York to the Wo-
mems Pavilion Of the international Exhl-
bition Is now on exhibition at Chickering
Hall, New York.
An exhibition of pictures aad statues IL
Illustrating the history of art from the eAt-
liest known date to the end ofthe eighteenth
century will be opened in Cologne on INC
first day Of July.
What a mother lacks in skill she makes VI
in enthusiasm when she cuts her boys hair
Fhe back of his head may look like thunder
but every scoiiog is 4 bright vison of devoted
affection to the understanding mind.
An AGRICULTURAL journal adyertises'a new
washing machine under the heading
I" Every man his own wRsherWOmen, ane
in its culinary department says that" pota
toes should always be boiled IN colo
water"
1t is estimated that there are now 240, OO(
Anoora goats on the Pacific coast and quite
an industry is anticipated in breeding them
as theif skins make excellent lap-robes anc
r gloves, yhiie their wool is very valua
bic.
Elderly agriculturist to season ticket
holder in the train: " You don't have n
ticket? ?" +" No, travel on my good looks I
2 % Then, " after looking him over, Z" proba
, bly, you amt goin' very far - Genera
smile.
The unique library of Franz HardingeI
, tho great Vienna book collector, who die
recently, is to be sold 1t contains p ,OO'
volumes, and is fieb in German plays OF tn
sixteenth century, and in the tieFman elias
sizes, every edition of which it contains
Some people seem to be extremely sens
1 tive. AT one of the churches on Sunday tn
q minister read the prayer for person in dee
e affection, and man who had just been MAJ
g | rjed got up and went out. lie said he dIdn
: want public sympathy obtruded on him il
that way.
5 To give brilliancy to the eyes, shut thep
early at night, and open them early in tn
! morning let the mind be constantly inten
on the acquisition of human knowledge, OF
the exercise of benevolent feelings. Thi
: | will scarcely ever fail to impart to the eye
D an intelligent and amiable expression.
+ An American dentist Ia Paris is accuse,
of accepting large fees to poison certain r1ci
+, patients whose heirs wanted them out of tn
a way. He can claim that their deaths wer
! cci-dental-Philadelph Bulletin. b.
; gum that's good; but no doubt the DENTS
Q looks down in the mouth more thai
q ever.
: A rare old law book is in the possession o
I gentleman in Toledo, Ohio. 1t is diges
I the laws Of England, published in 1887
: 1t begins with Magma Charta, and come
= down to the 9th year of the reign Of Queer
/. Elizabeth. The first part is printed in Latin
t and the remainder in Morman-French anC
a English. }-
g 4 letter was received the other day a
: Keokuk without stamp. The face of thu
envelope was covered all over with direc
! tions, so that there was no room for a stamp
, but on one corner of the envelope the sender
had written g There is a stamp inside tt
pay postage anu When the letter was openet
: the stamp was found.
A policeman at Troy, New York, severa
days ago, threw his ~ife's old shoes into the
street and soon after missed his pocket-book
Having searched the house thoroughly, but
without avail, he at last remembered The
shoe, and after finding it discovered in thu
f toe the pocketbOok, which contained more
: than two hundred dollars.
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Gems of Thought.