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The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
The Kew to Success.

There is only one way to success and
that is by thorough mastery of ones
business in all its details. This is we'll
illustrated in the following extract:
One of Wellington's chief sources of
success was his thorough master of de-
tails. While in Spain he gave precise
directions how the soldiers should pre-
pare their food; in India, the miles per
day the bullocks should be driven that
were provided for the army. The equip
ments of his troops were cared for in all
their minuti. The same exactness he
introduced into his administration of civil
affairs. From his earliest school days,
in every transaction, the trait of thor
oughness appears. The confidence and
unfaltering devotion he thus inspired
unquestionably secured him his many
and decisive victories. No great com
mander leaves anything to chance, but
seeks to anticipate every emergency and
to provide for it. Gray spent seven
years perfecting his "Elegy," " which you
can readily read in seven minutes. Into
it he generously poured the very ripest
scholarship, an intimate acquaintance
with the rules of rhythmn, and an ex-
of English and Latin classes. Every
syllable was submitted to closest scruti-
ny, the cadence of the voice was suited
to the character of the thought, every
outline was vivid, every tint toned, eve
ry picture perfect before he suffered his
poem to pass into print. This palace of
thought was no single nights work of
slave-genii obeying the behest of one
holding some magical lamp of Aladdin,
but was built up like coral reef, particle
by particle, and this complete mastery of
detail was secured only by the most pro-
tracted concentration of efforts. By
resolutely claiming his thoughts to his
theme, completely surrendering himself
to its guidance, the inexorable laws of
suggestion irresistibly led him back
through the past's faded and forgotten
scenes in the humble lives of the sleep
ing cottagers until the scenery and per-
sonages of every picture at last bright
ened and breathed before his mental vis-
ion with all the sharply outlined vivid
ness of real life.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
Fifteen Missionaries for India.

Services preliminary to the departure
of fifteen missionaries to India, sent out
to-day by the American Baptist Mission
ary Union, were held last evening at
the Central Baptist Church in Forty
second street. The exercises were con
Quoted by the Rev DR.. J. d. Herr,
pastor of the Central Church. Among
others on the platform were the Rev
Dr. Armitage, the Rev. DR.. Murdock,
of Boston, and the Rev. j. A. Spur
geon of England. There were short
addresses by several of the missionaries.
Two of the number, Miss L. E. Mitch
ell and Miss A. NJ. Barkley, are going
to open hospital in the town of Ma
nulmain. This is considered a new
departure" for the Union, but it was
necessary to open the way for spiritual
work, Dr. Murdock said, by taking care
of the body, and by breaking up the
superstitions connected with the science
of medicine in heather countries. The
Rev. Dr. Armitage warned the mission
aries against encouragement The Rev.
j.. A. Spurgeon said that they should
always have the greatest hope of win
ming those who offered the greatest re-
sistance at first. The man who said
yes to Everything never could be reached;
but the man who swore at you showed
he had heart enough to get angry.-N,
Y. Times.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
ELECTRICAL JEwELRY.
A Power that May be Concealed in
the Hair.
Galignani's Messenger. I

| GallgnanIs Messenger.
Every one is more or less acquainted
| with the advance made in the use of
electricity, particularly in the way of
| lightning and as a motive power, but
| few would ever have suspected that it
was likely to be applied to purposes of
personal adornment Such however, is
the case, for NJ. Trouve has found the
means of applying it in a most ingeni-
Gus manner to certain articles of fjewelry.
The applications of it are comparatively
unlimited, but description of a few
articles will suffice to give the reader
an idea of this invention. Take, first
of all, a breastpin, consisting of a deaths
head enameled, with movable eyes of
diamonds or rubies, and the lower jaw
articulated. At the pleasure of the
wearer, by means to be described pres
emily. it can be made to roll its eyes
and chatter its gumless teeth. Another
fpin is surmounted by a small golden
drum, on which is seated on its tail
little rabbit holding in its fore paws
two drumsticks, with which it beats
tattoo when the electric current is
applied. A third is an ornament for
lady's hair consisting of bird covered
all over with diamond points, which on
completing the circuit, futters its wings
and produces a curious effect. One of
these was made for the Princess de Met
ternich. But the curious part of the in
vention is the battery by which these
objects are put In motion. Each of
them is attacked to an invisible wire,
easily concealed in the garments or the
hair, the other end of which is connected
with minure battery. This apparatus
is not bigger than a pencil case, and can
be easily carried unseen in the waist
coat pocket. 1t consists of tube her
metically sealed, containing in the up
per half a pile composed of zinc and
carbon inclosed in case of hardened
india-rubber (ebonite). The zinc and
the carbon only occupy the upper por-
ton of the tube, the lower containing
the exciting liquid. So long as the
tube is kept in perpendicular position,
the pile is not reached by the liquid,
and consequently no action takes place.
But the moment it is placed horizontal
| ly, the acid acts on the.pile, and cir
cult is established which sets the nova
bic parts IN action. Thus the wearer
has only to vary the position of the
tube to produce the motion or stop it at
pleasure
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
NUMBER 43.
LOVE S LIGHT

On western hills the dav declines,
The sun sinks low beneath the pines.
And where the last ray lingering shines
lis softly fading into night
The tender cleaning, shade on shade
Comes darkling down, on gleu.aud glade
What time, in beauty bright arrayed.
The stars bloom into sight:
Then love takes up TIE evening song.
And memory, kindlin- warm and strong
Recalls dead hopes in ybiokenin- throus.
And paints the past in mellow hight
On eastern slopes the sunbeams wake.
The soft rays lighting lawn aud lake
On kindlug earth and heaven break
In radiance touched with mornings dew.
The dSwns young beauties. fresh and sweet.
In blisSful union move and meet
What time the passing shadows fleet.
OF night depart from view.
And love sings soft the matin song.
And hope surveys, on pinious strong
The futures blessings rich and long.
And paints their dawn with prescionce true
Morning and noon and set OF sun
Through all the hours of the dav that run
The light from heaven AT dawn begun
The waiting earth with beauty fills
And nature smiles in all her moods
Through lawn and lake and wilds and woods.
What time the heavenly lustre floods,
And all her pulses thrills:
And love takes up her joyous song,
And hope and memory, true and strong,
Present and past with raptures throng,
And light which heavens own love distills
E. 5 Gregory
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
The Finest Sapphire in the World
DESCRIPTION OF A SPLENDID RUSSIAN
JEWEL.

DESCRIPTION OF A SPLENDID RUSSIAN
| JEWEL.
Paris Letter in Philadelphia Telegraph
l have recently been favored with the
sight of one of the famous jewels of the
world-a stone that has its history and
| its pedigree, and is celebrated in the
annals of the noted gems of Europe /;
| have held in my hand and admired
beneath the rays of the sunlight the
finest sapphire that is known to exist
This beautiful and well-nigh priceless
stone combines in a singularly perfect
degree the leading qualifications Of size,
shape, color and water. In form il is a
fiat oval, being about two inches long
by an inch and a half wide. 1t is cut
slightly en- cabochon ON top and into a
multitude of small facets beneath. Its
hue Is perfect, being warm, lustrous
Marie Louise blue, not so dark as to
show black beneath the gaslight, but
having all the velvety softness and
purity of tint that is required in a
really fine gem of this description. Its
weight is 800 carats, and it belongs to
a noble and wealthy Russian family, in
whose possession it has been for the past
two centuries; and it has been placed
by its owner in the hands of one of the
great diamond merchants of Paris for
sate-keeping. One of the Rothschild /
family has offered for it no less a .
sum than $500 900, but the offer has I
been refused. | asked the courteous gen
tleman in whose care it has been left as
to the actual value OF the stone. He told /
me that, being as it was, perfectly unique, /
no precise valuation could be set upon /
it, but that he was inclined to estimate .
it at some S400, 900. He also showed .
me a string of enormous graduated .
pearls of extreme purity and tineness
(the center one was as large rs small .
cherry and he told me that the neck
lace belonging to the noble Russian
was composed of six similar strings of
equal beauty and exceptional size. The
great sapphire was mounted to be worn
as a brooch, being surmounted with
large diamonds Of some twenty carats
each. Its guardian informed me that
the pendant belonging to this brooch was
OF large pear-shaped sap 4
phire, weighing sixty carats, and set i'll
diamonds The whole collection Of
Jewels belonging to this one family is
worth over S2,000,000. "There is no
such sapphire as that largest one" con
tinued my Informant, even among the
crown jewels of Russia. | furnished
myself two very fine ones to the En-
press, each weighing six carats, but
they do not compare with this magniti-
cent gem" The gentleman who spoke
was well qualified to give an opinion,
Is he is one Of the few diamond mer-
chants Of the world, and is, morever,
noted expert. He twas who was recently
sent for by the Russian Government to
20 to St. Petersburg to make full es-
innate of the value of crown jewels,
md he furnishes whatever ornaments in
precious stones are purchased by the
members of the imperial family.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
Cleopatra's Needle.

n. L. WOrlu
The gigantic frame work which is to
be used to raise the obelisk of Alexan-
dria from its present vertical position,
throw it into horizontal position and
carry it down to the vessel which is to
bring it to its new site, was yesterday
shipped for Liverpool on board the
Guion steamer Nevada. The total
weight of the whole construction is
128, 900 pounds, but it is in such heavy
parcels that great tronble was met with
in the efforts to ship it. By great
efforts, however, the last parcel was
deposited in the hold of the steamer in
time for her regular departure. bills of
lading were signed and the voyage
began. When the Nevada reaches
Liverpool the construction will be tran
shipped to Alexandria, in Egypt, where
work will be begun under the super
vision of Lieutenant Commander Cor
ringe, Z. S. N, for the removal of the
monolith.
The description of the obelisk as used
by Mr.. Roebling to make his calculation
is as follows: 81 feet 2 inches high,
feet q inches by feet 81 inches wide
at base, 5 feet 2 inches by 5 feet wide
at top. Substance, granite centre of
gravity distant from base, 26 feet
surrounding Character of soil-sand.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
"IOrona.p
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. !

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.1
The words Of the old song of ''Lore
ma, once so popular, are said to have
been written by the Rev. NJ. ID. L.
Webster Of Neenah, Wisconsin. Mr.
Webster in his young days, so the
story goes, fell very much in love with
a young lady of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, who
reciprocated his passion, but whose
family strongly objected to her choice
The result was Il separation, painful
but final. The lady wrote him letter,
in which she used the words, eff we
try we may forget afterward employ
cd in the song, coming in at the close OF
n sianZa
For "If we try we may forget"
We're words of thine long years ago.
The last verse is rs follows:
Yes, these were words Of thine Lorena,
They burn within my memory yet,
They touch some tender cords, Lorena,
Which thrill and tremb!e with regret.
There is a future Oh thank God,
or life this is small part
'Tis dust to dust beneath the sod,
But there up there, tbs heart to heart.
Both parties are married now, and
no doubt happy; but the curious story
of one of the most popular songs ever
published in this country Will interest
thousands to whom it was once so tami-
liar
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
Mammals TWO LITTLE ANGELS
BY JUDGE f. SIMMONS.

BY JUDGE J. F. SIMMONS.
Mamma, you have told me often,
In your teachings, day by day,
When my feelings you would soften,
or Heaven far away.
'Tis the home-you told me, mamma
Of the angels pure and fair,
Tell me, now, has little brother,
Gone to be an angel there ?"
''Yes, my darling, Jesus took him,
He who ever loved him here,
And through sickness no'er forsook him,
Now has taken him up there,
Little brother is an angel,
Free from sickness and from pain,
Neither these, nor care nor sorrow,
He will ever know again"
Mamma, I viii go to see him,
In the shadows of tonight,
And / shall not fear the darkness,
For You said the way was bright.
No, will not wait for evening,
But while daylight lumes my brow,
Kiss me goodbye, darling mamma,
i viii 90 to see him now.
Twill be sweet with little brother,
Whom we both so fondly love
Where there will be no scarlet fever
Through the how'ry wales 80 rove.
We shall give the Lord no trouble;
But will have his loving care,
And you'll have two little angels,
Waiting, mamma, for you there
SARDIs, Miss, oct. II, 1879.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
Northern Morals.
Louisville Courier Journal

LOuISNllle courier journal.
The altogether startling state of society
i'm Ohio may well call forth the ceusure Of
the world. There seems to be mo- improve
meut whatever i'm the morals Of the Ohio
ans, Notwithstanding the great outlay every
year for churches and schools An Ohio pa-
per, which reached the Courier Journal office
yesterday, publishes the following startling
report from the little village of Vaudalia
Ohio:
"a young and respectable. looking couple
brother and sister named Fred and Louise
Rauakmann son and daughter ofquite "a res-
pectablc farmer, residing in Lore Grove
township, about twenty miles from this city
boarded the train few days ago, went 10
St. Louis and were made husband and wife
They remained ia the city n day or two,
then returned hOmcWard, getting off the
train at BrowustOwn, a station eight miles
from this place, and for fear Of being deteC-
ted, wandered out i'm the woods near the
town, and remained there until found and
arrested tu-day by Constable Joseph Cone
land, The man is about twcuty-une ycarI
of age, and of good appearance, and his sis-
ter nineteen, and rather cook looking.
When asked why he was induced % commit
such an act h6 said My sister loved me SD
well we thought the best thing we could do
would be to get married. lie was further
asked if he did not know il was wrong and
against the law TO do so, and also why they
hid themselves in the woods and kept away
from their parents. This he answered by
saying We did not know il was wrong,
and only hid in the woods for fear Of being
discovered by our folks, as they were very
much opposed TO our marrying Their pa
rents are very respectable people, and are
sadly grieved over the unparalleled act of
their children. They were tried this after
noon, found guilty and bound over, the
>. l.. i l.. q ] 1..N a.
mans at $500, in default Of which they were
committed to the county Jail. The affair
has created great excitement in THIS city"
That such barbarism can exist In a State
which has furnished the country President,
General Of the army, Secretary Of the Treas
ury, etc, is truly astonishing not to mention
that this is the Nineteenth century.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
A. the Bath.
From Travels in Japan.

From Travels III Japan
tt was with some curiosity tsays a 1IaVei'
ar1 that we first entered a japanese patn'
bonse. We entered low porch, frst Put5l
ting aside hanging screen OF mating to auu
nassed into a spacious room dlyiaed ln'o
ttbree commandments. On the right was q
dark division. with benches around Tor rest
ing or smoking upon. A youth sat upon
small table with cash-box before MIN ior
the receipt of bath-money, the priee Ior
each bath being.fve copper cash. on tne
left the apartment retired far back, the moor
gradually incIining downward for about SIX
Fact. and again ascending toward screen
behind which some good people were ENJOY
inc the luxury of warm bath. cnan, !
mel passed through the room TO carry on
the water. Near the screened apartment
but exposed to public view, was oroao
and shallow path of cold water IN the angie
Of the double inclined floor; Here men
women and children squatted down on Il,
sning from the hot bath, and spiasned Ine
cold water over their bodies; they use y
nnsparingly. They were perfectly nakeo,
hnt not at all abashed by the presence q
STRANGERS. On leaving the baths they scruI
Themselves with dry, coarse towels tnen
dress and leave the establishment, or reSrs
to 4 small room, where they can be PROVIDED
with refreshing cup of tea
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
Richelieu's Relaxation.
From Chambers Journal

From OnamDers JOurnAI.
Cardinal Richelieu, we are told, spent
his hour of relaxation in leaping over
the furniture, and on one occasion he
was discovered dumping with his servant,
to try which could reach the high side
of a wall. De Grammont, knowing the
cardinal to be jealous of his powers,
offered to jump him for wager-a
proposal which shows the courage, as
much as the event showed the diplomacy,
of the courtier. The offer was accepted, !,
but De Grammont took care that his
leaps should never quite reach those OF
his eminence, and thus he lost few
louis, but gained speedy and high
promotion by the favor of his trium-
phant and gratifed opponent.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
Going to Meet Her Brother.

Evansville Journal
A sad and touching incident of the scarlet
fever epidemic occurred on Thursday A IjttIe
sister and brother lay sick, and on WEDNESDAYS
night the little boy died. The next morning
rLe little sister WIS informed oft and AZ her
request was carried into the adjoining chamber
q look for the last time at her brother
alas be gone 10 heaven ?" She asked
aGrsr answered the mother with Il sob.
-WeI, then, remarked the little sufferer with
f deep sign, Il guess viii 20 to see him to-
night"
She prsttled on for few minutes longer. and
suddenly cried, "No, I guess / won't wait till
tonight; / feel like / was going now"
She laid her head against her mothers
shoulder, told her goodbye, and died in her
arms
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
A Colored Barber's Trouble.
r-nr, 4hn Rnstnr Transcrinf ]

We were in the tonsorial establish
ment of an American citizen of African
descent the other day, when there pre-
sently entered another American citizen,
likewise of African descent, having
with him his little boy. Raising his razor
from the face that it had been scarify-
ing. said the barber to his raeeman,
ssWhat dye want, sab :" Il want to
hey der chile's har cut, was the reply.
Said the Knight of the lather-brush, de-
capitating a pimple on the helpless face
before him, 1--WE don't cut cullud folk
ses har, sab! As the bewildered man
and brother passed out with his boy,
the barber continued, confidently, FsDel
fax am dat we's trubbled ter def wild
desc brack peoples. Our customers
dont't want ter 'sochate wild 'em, and,
tell der trut', dey are. disrumgreeable-
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
Curious Way Of Choosing Husband.
From the India Times

The Wagaris of India are distinguished
for trutnfulness, and apparently great
kindness to the weaker sex. A woman
of the Wagari tribe, it is said, Is not
required to labor, and she possesses,
moreover, the curious right, by long
established usage, Of choosing man
for her husband. The choice Is exer-
clsed by her in a novel manner. She
sends q hair-pin to the man on whom
She has at her affections, with the re-
Quest that he will pin handkerchief to
his can should re reciprocate her at
tachment, he is only to pleased to carry y
out her wishes, and wien ooihg 50
names the woman who has SEN the plh'
whom he is OBLIGED to marry forth Nlth.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
Captain Kidd's Treasure once More.

From the Augusta lMe.) JOurnaLI
1t is reported that on Saturday the work
men employed in digging reservoir on the
east side Of the river unearthed an iron
chest about three feet long, eighteen inches
high, and about the same depth. IL is re-
ported also that the chest contained a large
sum Of money The treasure is supposed
to belong to Mr. Charles V. d. Granger,
formerly of Augusta. Mr.. Granger claims
that his grandfather and Captain Robert
Kidd, he of piratical fame, were great
cronies, and says that when Captain Robert
died he left with Grandpa Granger maps,
charts, &c, telling him where several
millions of treasure were buried. Mr.
Granger still holds these papers in his
possession, and without doubt the treasure
found belongs to him.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22

EDITORS CLARION A few weeks ago, |
clipped The article appended from THE CLARI-
oy and laid it away. Last night / came upon
it among other clippings and wrote the lines
below which | send to THE CLARION because
from its columns I clipped the article which
suggested them. Very respectfully,
j. F. SIMMONS
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22

A WITTY chap across the way wants
to know why newspapers are not called
the Moon just as well as Stars and Suns
1t is doubtless because that while the
moon turns on its axis it is without
journals. Logic therefore requires that
since the moon has no journals the
journals shall have no moons. This act
of retaliation was passed unanimously
at the last Editorial Convention.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22

SHE held firmly on 70 the ropes and
payly warbled, 'fOh, George, isn't this
Just nice Now, really, / think this
Just too exquisite for anything, with the
cool breezes blowing silveFy foam
around in little fairy goblets, and
THE dash denotes the moment she swal
lowed the billoW.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
The Army.
St. Louis Republican, !

st. Louis Republican,
The Atlanta Constitution wants to know
why 80 much Of the army is kept east Of the
Mississippi where it isn't wanted, and so
little out West where it is all the time need
ed. It is not so very hard a conundrum
suppose the political wing Of the war depart
msnt takes guess at 1t,
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22

A FRENCH newspaper, the other day,
had the following heading In its police
intelligence; Suicide of two persons
statement ofthe one that survived"
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22

ONE of the disagreeab1e features
about being near-sighted is that man
is In danger of mistaking his wife for
another woman, and being polite to
her.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22

A NEW ORLEANS man about to fail
in business was asked: 'How many
cents do you intend to pay on the
dollar :" "Just as many as / can bor-
row. was the reply.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22

D4rrcH girls make the best wives.
zinc William has been married ffty
years, and he is not as Da,o-neaoe1, = q
some Americans who have been welded
only that many months,
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22

TIE Individual who called tight boots
comfortable defended his position BY
saving they made q man forget all bis
other miaeries.
The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22

A BOOK agent was knocked down by
q street car the other day, and two
wheels passed over his cheek. The car
ia laid up pending repairs.