The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-09-17
GENERAL AND PERSONAL.

JOHN BRowN, the right-hand man Of
Queen Victoria, has laid by $4,000 for
rainy day.
QUEEN VICTORIA once asked the Empe-
ror Napoleon Ill to stop work on the Suez
canal.
HUTCHINGs, once the famous lightning
calculator of Barnum's museum, is preach
/ ing in New York
/ THERE is n weekly newspaper in England
/ which has reached the enormous circulation
! of over 6O0,0 600.
CHUTAHsoHrIH, the North Carolina lndi-
an chief died the other day, aged some
where from l20 up.
PROFESSOR SourH, of Munich, thinks
that monument recently discovered i'm
Lower Egypt was erected by Moses.
EVE had the honor of frst introducing
the Fall fashions, but She always felt the
want Of a few frst-class dry goods estab-
lishments.
THE sword worn by the ex-Priuce Inn
perial when killed by the Zulus is shortly
To he presented 10 the Empress boy Lord
Chelmsford.
MUSICIANS in Paris say that for years
and years no voice has been heard iu Paris
concert-rooms so beautiful rs that of Emma
Ihurshy
" Dm We hear the latest fashions from
Paris, Mistress McSorIeyg "No. ma'am.'
well, sure every lady is to dress just as
She PLACES
ALPHoN 81 DAupET'- greatnovel. "Kiug-
/ in Exile. on which he has been engaged
. for more than two years, viii soon be pub
( lshed in Paris.
/ THE Philadelphia Bulletin thinks that
t,rI,.
a defalcation it must at least be "a very
narrow escape
! The way they get around the game law
in Northern Michigan is to claim that the
deer had a broken leg and was shot as an
act Of humanity.
4 AN Iri-hmau who had on. a very ragged
coat was asked Of what it was made. Be
dad, don't know; think the most Of it
is made Of fresh air"
THE Springfield Republican mentions
poor distracted old lady in Eastern Mas
sachusetts who lately announced herself
twin sister Of Queen Victoria and Henry
Ward Beechcr,'
RANAyALoSA, Queen Of Madagascar,
has issued proclamation to her subjects
commanding them TO send their children
TO school, saying that it makes her glad to
see her subjects wise
f WHEN a handsome Baltimore lady asked
a pedestrian to knock "A man down who had
, been following her ne swiftly obeyed, and
was much astonished to learn that ID was
her husband.
WHEN great big mater-melons sell in
New York for 10 cents each, the restau-
rants charge - cents for "A slice comprising
, one-tenth Of the meoR. Bankers and drug
Z gists don't pocket all the profits.
j.. u KNOW I shall 60 straight to heaven il
hung" remarked a Virginia murderer
: "but yet / would a leetle rather be pardon
e ed by the Governor" Few men would
throw away such a fine chance.
. In FEBRUARY next year there will be five
q Sundays. This facts occurs but three
times in a century. Thus, after 1880, we
, will have TO wait until 1890 before the
shortest month Of the year can again boast
of five Sundays,
/ THE Empress Of Austria often makes eE-
cursons of two or three days in the Iyrol
in sporting excursions carrying her favor
tie rife, and goes deep into the wooded
mountains and solitary valleys in search Of
v game.
A WISCONSIN Norwegian, who can not
speak English or read or write in his own
! language, has been elected a Justice Of the
/ Peace. He knows his iailngs but win
q copy after the usual fashion, Of deciding for
q the plaintiff
EURorEAN papers have a great deal OF
trouble in constantly asserting, that this OF
that Emperor visit to such a place is mere
: ly one Of courtesy or hygiene, in order to
4 keep people from smelling diplomacy pre-
. matuTely.
d A MAN who has the cheek to put up " bit
T teri" containing ninety parts cheap whisky
q and the remainder dog-button, and then adj
a vertise the stuffas "a friend of temperance
would think nothing of stealing a red-hOi
lime kiln.
THOSE English ladies who are tattooing
! their-ah hmbs-like female pirates must
{ be fond of fast cOlOrs. We suggest 20 the
] British spinster who fails to secure husband
: that she wear awedding-ring attached to her
nose.