The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-12
G ENERAL AND PERSONAL.


Brignoli, the singer, is reported t,
have earned and spent $500, 900 sine
1856.
France appropriated for the presen
year for art purposes 5000, 900 francs
less than England.
In the bright lexicon of the averag,
restaurant, says the Syracuse Times
there is no such word as quail.
The newest basques depend for theil
variety upon garnitures and the origi
nal form of the skirt portions. Very
few are plain.
The man who blows his nose at the
theater in the middle of pathetic pass
age may have beautiful bugle, but he
has no soul for the unities.-New Or
leans Picayune.
A native of Marseilles has purchased
the right of extracting chlorate of pot
ash from the Dead Sea, and expects ia
net So a ton on an indefinite quantity OF
it delivered at London.
The fashion of finishing the foot of an
over-skirt in turret squares bound with
satin, velvet or any handsome trimming
material, is still in use, and satin and
lace are employed for filling in the open
ings.
The mule is a Disappointing animal.
One fell down a shaft in Maryland
eighty-fve feet deep. Every one said,
" That mules dead, but it was hoisted
up uniniured, and walked away, and
just as every one said, " That mules
not hurt, it laid down and died.
The English Army and Navy Gazette
says that a stranger visiting the rooms
of the cadets, at the Royal Military Col
lege, Sandhurst, would be amazed at the
luxury with which they are furnished.
to say nothing of the horses, carriages,
dogs and other establishments outside the
gates.
Torture still exists in Paris. Sworn
evidence in the Lanterne libel suit
evoked the fact that subordinate police
officials feel authorized to torture pris-
oners so as to obtain confessions. The
hgotte is most affected-tying the wrists
with wet cords which are twisted till
the blood spurts out.
On the 18th of April-bank holiday
the old banking house of Child q CO.,
London, will be shifted one door to the
east of the site it has occupied since
Neil Gwynne had her account with the
firm, then long established in the gold
smith trade. The change is owing to
the Temple Bar alterations.
The style of jewelry most in vogue in
Paris is the Etruscan. A series Of me-
dallions, linked together with gold
chains, form the necklace. Bracelets
are seen which are remembrances of the
exposition. They are of engraved gold,
on which is 6 Paris, 1873, Souvenir.
Canoes have again become fashionable,
and are especially worn by young maid
ems. Silver jewelry in Japanese style is
also very popular, some specimines of
which are very beautiful.
Willis Clarke Shelton, who was known
Is the " boy organist, and to whom
Mrs. A. I. Stewart gave a grand music
ii reception in Saratoga last Summer,
lied in New York on Sunday Ole
Bull heard the prodigy when he was
only twelve years old, and upon the
to Europe u study music. A great III
ture was predicted for him in both hem
spheres, but consumption cut short his
career at the age of twenty-four.
A considerable quantity of imitation
lace in French thread lace patterns, will
be used for trimming fine wool spring
wraps. Beads will also form a feature
Of the garniture of the next seasons
wraps. The shapes of mantles and wraps
generally will be very like those of last
season, with the back fitted by three
seams and clinging sides that drape the
arm, and are finished in square Hunga-
Ran fashion, instead of dropping in
pointed wings like dolmans.
All mode gloves are long on the wrists.
kids are favored. The
shade of the glove should not be darker
than tire evening costume. Harris gloves
are on the wane. They are fast losing
caste with bon ton dresses. An excel
lent glove for wear is the English calf
skin, heavily stitched on the back and
double-stitched throughout. This style
of glove is very soft and light in weight.
gloves are not so fashiona
bic as they were few seasons back.
"In trying j" says the Springfield (Ill.)
'to save Big Pete Au-
brey's leg, now in dangerous condition
from a wound received in the late war,
the doctors have recourse to this curious
A cat is securely mufied, as to
its head and claws, cut open, the viscera
quickly removed, and the warm, live
body wrapped around the wounded leg,
the life remaining about ten minutes.
This is rather rough on the cats, but it
may save Aubrey's leg"
English vegetarians who, like Miss
Corson, are endeavoring to introduce the
lentil as an article of food are disguised
and not unjustly-with the popular
ignorance and prejudice on the subject.
One cargo has been lying at Gloucester
for two years, waiting in vain for a pur-
chaser; another was sold at LIVERPOOL
for pig-feed, the purchaser not even ven
turing to give the lentils to his horses.
One of the richest women in England
and rich Stafordshire manufacturer
wanted the English name of lentils, both
being ignorant that i" lentile is English !;
a clergyman thought they had g become
extinct since the days of Esau and
Jacob, and lady in Dublin wanted to
know chow much water was to be put
down with each one.