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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
READING FOR THE LADIES.

A Western paper asserts that taste for
lola ) novels must be acquired. \ woman
who has made many efforts to acquire such
a taste has usually come so near to exhaust
ing her intellect that her Judgment on 9th
er topics is not worth much.
There is a man at Luray, Va, who be-
came convinced, when young, that kissing
was wicked, because Christ was betrayed
with a kiss. He resolved never to kiss any
body. He has been married twenty years,
and is the father of eleven children, but has
never kissed his wife or one of his offspring.
Ladies who wear sealskin sacks are very
liable not TO wear them, for in Belgium
rabbit skins are successfully prepared to re-
semble seaIskin, and thousands of rabbits
are annually killed in England whose pelts
90 to Belgium, and leave the country as
genuine sealskins.
Life in Paris becomes more and more eX-
pensive indeed, Paris is already as costly
as New York. The fowershops are making
fortunes, for every lady expects to receive
one or two bOquets daily. The newest fash
ion in these tributes are cushions of flowers
and fans Of flowers, both very expensive.
New York sun.
They call it a charming style of hair
dressing in Paris when lady appears with
her hair parted simply en- the forehead and
droop rather low, and rolled into a knot at
the back Decidedly, Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes
must make journey around the world next
year and let the Parisians see the lady who
set this fashion for Washington three SUM
mers ago.
\ ST. Louis young woman enters into
some interesting statistical and matrimonial
coniectures. She figures out that she
knows perhaps 100 young men, in round
numbers OF these she thinks she knows
about thirty intimately, and of these thirty
there are not more than four whom she
would consent to marry for love or money
on the spur of the moment. 1t may not be
a pleasant way of putting it, but what she
says is that, taking 100 young men as they
come and 20, only one out of every twenty
five can be set down as unobjectionable and
able to make a living for himself and a
wife
Polite society reduces its obligations to
the most machine-like system. Thus the
business Of leaving cards Is trusted entirely
to the fashionable stationer, who is furnish
ed with list of the persons to whom such
an attention is due, who have sent invita-
lions or LETT their own cards upon the lady,
and they are dispatched by man provided
for the purpose.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
Concerning Fools.

There are men in the world who are quiet
modest cities at home, but when thef are
out among strangers they make an effort to
show their smartness, and, like an elephant
attempting to climb a tree, fall. 1t is on the
Hallway cars that these men show their fail
ings most. Their principal qualification i
loud talking. Seated in the same seat with
friend, they will tell him of luckx fnan.
cal stroke or some cute thing they said to
Col. Jones IN voice which causes the engi.
neer, four cars ahead, to look back and saw
to the fireman, did you hear that tree fall
across the track %
And the first of all these fools is the
young man whom you meet on the cars.
be is fiedgling. His pin feathers have
just started, and he drank glass of beer
before setting out on his journey. He wells
IN a voice that startles the sleepers in the
rear car, that the "Old gov. Civ me fifty
dollars, an seq he, Joe go it, an you bet
your sweet life Pm goin' to. Ny girl Well,
now amt she daisy? She's a darling, she
is You bet your boots none of the bows
gifts ahead of me with her. MY eye-teeth's
cut, and don't let any such chance slip,
now you just chalk that down. Her old
dads got the stamps, an me an her Just
make the nobbiest couple in town. And
maybe she don't go heavy on me oh, no /.
guess not I'm her polly-pop, am" And
every man and woman in the car Is blnsh-
ing az painfully as if they had been caught
kissing the cook or the hired man.-Oil
City Derrick.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
NUMBER 20.
GROWING OLD.

Touch Us, Oh, Time with light hand as vog
pass,
Tempt Us to think il loving caress
Tread on our hearts. too, with revereut care
Srush net the flowers of life blooming there.
Furrow our feTeheads with care il YOU will
but let youth finger within our hearts still
Md our dark tresses are hbres Of gray
silent reminders of lfe's heetin. iav.
ana when We turn to the shadow past
On Its bright affairs lay ashes and DUST
All Its fair idols are marked with decay.
Al. lis sweet pictures are faded away.
Sadly ye look for the friends Of the past
they OF strong heart and the beautiful trust
some we md sleeping beneath sculptured
stone;
Some tolllng YEARLY onward alone:
cold
Bat one and all, save the dead growing old
on we grow weary in watching in vain
y er hopes that always but shadows remain
Weary OF counting the joys that have died:
W cary OF laying bright visions aside:
" cary Of taking but dross Tor pure gold
Weary, so weary, of hearts growing old.
Chase from US, oh, Time all shadowv fears
Lift from our lives the slow burden Of years
Shadow our toreheads and silver our HAIR:
But, oh shield our hearts from the burrows @
care:
Let not the heart Ger grow selfish or cold.
And we shall no longer fear to grow old.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
HUMOR.

Figures won't lie' is a mistake. Some
of the finest figures upon the street is moth
ing but.
A Boston ice-cart driver says that the
size of the lump left at the kitchen door de-
ponds considerably upon the looks of the
cook.
A St. Louis rich man drew up a will
which was so pathetically worded that it
moved all his relatives TO tears. 1t left all
his property to an orphan asylum,-Boston
Post.
Each cadet at West Point strenuously de-
niles having cut Whittaker's ears, but the
evidence shows that he was cut by all of
them.-Norristown Herald.
After sharp fash of lightning, the other
day, little 5-year-old Essex boy looked up
to his mother and said: Mamma, I guess
God scratched a pretty big match that time,
don't you Waterbury Times.
He was watching his neighbor's boy climb
a tree, and he had look of painful anxiety
on his countenance. care you afraid the
lad will fall and break his neck % was asked
him. NO." he replied, 81 am deucedly
afraid he won't"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
A SONG OF THE REVOLUTION

The following stirring song was written
during the period of the American Revolution
by Col Robert Muntord, OF Meeklenburq
county. Va Its patriotic sentiment neutral
ICES all lack of literary polish
Come on, NY brave boys. a. for our lives,
Wen fight for our country, our children, and
wives;
Determined we are to live happy and free;
Then join, honest fellows, in chorus with me.
Derry down, down, sc.
Well drink our liquor, our brandy from
peaches.
a fig for the English, they may kiss all our
breaches
Those blood-sucking. beer-drinking Purple:
retreat,
But our peach-brandy fellows can never be
beat
Derry down, down, sc.
4 ha for the English, and Hessians TO boot,
Who are sick hall the time with eating ofcrout
But bacon and greens, and Indian corn bread
Make buckskin jump up, tho he seemed to
be dead
Derry down, down, sc.
Magazine Of American History.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


The Democratic convention of cine county.
/ IN which Columbus, OHIO, i- located. have.
adopted resolution IustruetiuE thc dtIerafr4
10 the state convention % d1 aII hi thoir power
. 70 secure the nomination of A. O. Thurman llr
President.
Colonel L. NJ Goodwin Shot and Instantly
killed his brothor, Dr. John Is. Goodwin. ul
Rockville, Indiana. Colonel Goodwin ,ya- re-
Gently discharged from THE Indiana insane
asylum Dr. Goodwin was lly-lolegatr to
the general conference of HIe MethpdisI IpIs-
eopal church. now i'm session in Cincinnati
Bevius, a citizen of North Georgia who. ID
short time since, brutaIly outraged his twelve
year old daughter and then made lls oselre.
was ARRESTED near his OLD home while sf4fLiu..
about. The community ura su indignant and
excited that Beyius viii Doe brought 10 Allan
IA for safe keeping until his trial tnkss placr.
Murdoch. a practicing physician Of Barber
county, Ala committed suicide ou tho ltn by
blowing OUT his brains with pistol. 4 ru-
NOR prevails in that locality that Murdoch hud
INDUCED ina criminal Iutcrc1Jrse with ia Young
iady patient, and upon tine affair Icpkiug out
disgraced.
Isham Cops, colorcd, was hanged ut Fort
Worth, Texas, on the 1tb for committing 70
rape on Mrs. G. g. Thor,ou, a married woman.
AZ that place, ou the 18th OF Inst February.
Between seven and eight thousand BrlrIc
were present at the hanging Tha prisoner
neck was broken by The fall which was ten
feet.
Col John r. Price, brother Of GEN storf-
ing Price, died at Neat4crturI, Texas. thir
week: lilo was seventy years old, and n Cul-
ifornia forty-ninor.
The Board Of Health of linlo Rock ia ac-
lively engaged in cleaning up tnNt city.
r. P Reilly, the ligamist. - years OLD. ,vb,
has three wiy6s, has been sentenced Mt DaIms
Texas to three years ia Che peuitenuarv.
The trial OF Clarence Davis. noted bigami-t
which occupied three days, has ended lu n
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
TranpS.
MASSACHUSETTS, Law.
New y ork SUM-

New ork sun.
THE new Massachusetts tramp act, printed
copies Of which are now posted couspicuously
along the highways of the commonwealth, Is
of piece with the recent legislation of other
States on the same subject. Il classes as
tramps all persons who rove from place 20
place begging or living without labor vsi-
Bile means of support; women, minors under
seventeen years Of age, blind persons and per-
sons akinE charity within the limits of their
own cities and towns, alone excepted. Any
tramp upon conviction of being tramp, is to
be sent to the house of Correction State
workhOuse for not less not SIX months nor
more than two years. Ii he enters 4 house
without leave, or Injuries anybody, or threat
ems anybody, has dangerous weapon, or
threatens to damage property, he Is 10 be sent
to the house of correction for from one 70 hve
years or to the State workhouse for from one
to three years. Upon view OF any of these
offanses any sheriff deputy. constable or po-
Hceman can arrest the tramp without arrant,
and munipa district and police courts and
trial justices are given jurisdiction. Mayors
and selectmen are authorized TO appoint spe-
cial policemen to attend to the tramps exclu-
sively. Finally, any tramp escaping from the
State workhoUse renders himself liable, II cap
tured to six months extra imprisonment.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
A Romantic story from maryland
Baltimore sun. april 22.l

Baltimore sun. April %
4 few months ago q man, about 30 years
old. entered the lgw office Off. :. Rosenthal
and informed him that he was the son Of =
woman who had died shortly before. leaY-
iu.r property worth several thousand dollars
10 her children living in Baltimore. lie
said he resided Iu another state, where he
had IL wife and children, and that he had
come ou here To see II ha was not entitled
To share of his mothers estate Mr..
RA,enthal examined the dockets OF the
Orphans Court, and found the statement
trlts as ~ she death Of the mother and the
amount of her property, all Of which had
been lefl % the children of herself and her
late husband, who had died some years be-
fore the wife. They had made wills some
wears before his death, mutually devising
ro each other all of the estate OF the reSpec-
tive makers Of the wills for life, aud then 10
their children. Both wills were found. that
of the wife, which became nnecessa-
Nv. on the husband death not having been
DESTROYED by her before her death. But the
lawyer, to his surprise, learned that the
chiI,Fren who inherited under the will, and
had ALWAYS lived at home Eith their
mother. knew nothing of the claim
amt aud denied having any such broth
err Ii then came out n the story
told by the claimant that he was the
first child of his mother born before
she ever knew her husband. She had,
with wonderful art, selfcontrol and success
in the preservation of her secret. concealed
the child. putting him in care OF people who
may have suspected, but never knew the
truth. where he grew up. When about ten
or twelve years old, in one Of LeF interviews,
which, as the pretended intimate friend Of
his dead mother. Sue held with the boy she
told him for the irst time what their rela-
siouship was aud c0UEseled him with tears
never to disclose il while she lived, As 1t
would prove the ruin of both and deprive
her Of her ability. rs an honored and trusted
wife. 10 assist him, Is she had long been
doing. with means derived from her hus-
band. Young rs he was, he had implicitly
obeved and no suspicion Of their relation
ship had ever been whispered, though after
lie was grown he visited his mother As an
acuuaintance-the son Of her dead friend
stiil-and in her will she had left him 4
small legacy As her friend After hearing
this remarkable story, the lawyer put the
question 10 his client whether It was woFth
the money for under the laws of this state
an illegitimate child can inherit from the
mother, though not from the father t0
make public by suit, facts which would
bring discredit on his mother, himself and
his family. The claimant agreed it was not
worth the cost, and the proposed suit was
abandoned.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
The Girls of England.
London Truth.

LONDON Truth
When a girl has received the best educa-
ton which schools can afford when she has
Iearnedfto sing, dance, and embroider, knit !;
when she has pretty face, a taste for fnery,
and desire to have house of her own,
she soon turns restless on finding that no
eligible proposals are forthcoming for her
hand. In the nature of things, it must
needs be that the majority of girls in the
middle class are condemned to remain sin
Gle in their prime. Men cannot marry until
their prospects are well assured, and this
happens to most men only when they are
bordering on thirty.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
THE HOOD ORPHANS.
New Orleans Democrat

New Orleans Democrat
Those little orphans, whose sad story has
awakened universal iutcI-s. and Ur5V5kpI
many substantial manifestation eli yfauat...
have at length been partially separated. bul
IN manner which gives assurance tHtt their
future VIII be matter Of grateful AMI special
care. The viii Of the late Mrs fisnueu COM
United the children 10 the change % SIR. j . g.
Morris, who has himself a40D--J two of tho
boys, Duncan and John Eei Blood. Tie had
received maGy applications from persons uf
position for the Adoption W the children, and
after a careful review made l5- selections.
The two eldest daughters. Ethel and Anna,
left Sunday last Tor Europe with hrs. Hem
men, their step grandm0ther The twins, Lii
ian and Marion, have been adopted ~ Mr..
and Mrs. Thrashcr Adams, who live near New
York, and the other twins. Ollie and Ida. have
been taken in charge by Mr.. and Mrs Geo.
Niece, OF Wood vile, Miss, who declare that
the brightness shed through their home since
the advent Of those children has fan collapsed
the most brilliant achievements 0f Ellison
Oswald aged three years, was adopted by-
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey OF New York. aud Anna
Gertrude, the infant was taken by Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph, Of Columbus, Miss
Thus the little orphans have been disposed
Of, and il will carry no small measure of rrati-
fcstion to the public az large that thsv have
been provided with happy homes, whereIoviug
hands will minister TO all their wants with
the tenderness and affection OF parental
aOlioitude.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
A Kentucky Romance.
II WHICH DEATH AND DEVOTION PLAY
PROMINENT PARTS.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, May "a special to the
C0urier-JouruaI from Nj. Vernon, says: On
the 18th of December last. " IN. \. Mckinney,
a son OF W. /. Mckinney, of this county, shot
and killed Alfred Smith al the residence of the
latter. six miles from MI Vernon. Mckinney,
a young man almost beardless, has scduccd
the daughter of Smith, the evidence Of which
seduction was palpably seen in the babe which
Smith daughter. pretty girl named Mamie,
had given birth to about six weeks before the
killing. Mckinney was arrested and held 10
answer by an examining court, and was I'M
dictei by the grand jury at the present term
of the circuit court Tor wIllful murder. Yes
terday the trial began, smith wife and Nan
ME being the only witnesses Of the killing.
According TO a preponderauce of the tosu-
mouy Smith had driven Mckinney AMI Nam
ME from the house, and had attacked SIC n n
ney and stabbed him severely with knife
before Mckinney fired the shot which sent
Smith into eternity. Mamie has been living
with Mckinney since the killing, and their
former relations have been kept up. The trial
excited considerably Interest, and attracted
large crowd to the courthouse. The testimony
closed this morning, and after The jury had
been instructed by the court the arguments OF
counsel began The detc. Sc begged the jury
to turn the boy loose, and promised that as =
fitting final 90 the prosecution William and
Mamie should Join hands, and in the solennl-
ty of matrimony should pledge lifelong devo-
ton to each other. Fhe jury, after a delibera-
ton of about twenty minutes, returned a YER
diet of not guilty. Immediately afterward
William and Mamie were married. They
came in arm and arm. and halting just oppo-
site the bar in front OF the Judge seat ) udge
Mcclure stepped down, and in n few words
pronounced them man and wife The occur
renee caused considerable sensation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
MISS VAN EUaEy's ROMANCE.
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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

On the edge-of a slate quarry thrush had
made her nest. 1t was 50 close to danger
that when the rock was blasted piece of
the falling slate came almost into the nest.
At the ringing of bell the bird saw the
men run. She left her nest too, and after
heexplosion she returned. This the thrush
continued to do whenever blast was fired
The men rang the bell to hoax the bird, but
she only peeped over the nest, and as the
men did not run, settled down again.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

Mrs. Augustus w. Brooks of East Elliott,
Me, has cat thirteen years old which
walks around a room on her hind legs only,
dances, turns somersaults, goes though the
motions of holding jewsharp to her mouth
with one paw and playing on it with the
other, kisses her paw to visitors, and holds
a saucer Of milk on her fore legs while she
drinks it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

Two dogs, a bull, and a Newfoundland,
were having fierce fight in field at Hay
maker, n. z, and COW was looking on.
Neither dog getting worsted, the COW stop
ped the battle by throwing both dogs over
a bluff They returned to the fight, and
the COW hurld one of the dogs to the top of
the bluff; and the other dozen feet in an
other direction. The dogs then sneaked
away.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19
The Deed of a Brute.
~ INTOXICATED MAN ABUSES HIS FAMILY AND
MURDKRs HIS GROWN DAUGHTER.

CHICAGO, May 9.-A particularly brutal
murder was committed at l29 North Halsted
street last night James Tobin, a stevedore
by occupation, who occupies the house indica-
ted with his wife and four children, came home
last evening under the influence OF liquor. and
turned his family out OF the house, they TAX
ing refuge from the rain in an out-buiding.
Later they were told to return to the house,
but the only doing was a daughter,
Mary, seventeen years old. Tobin her
out 10 purchase n satchel, declaring his inten-
tion 10 leave the family AnEered that the
daughter brought him n satchel without key.
he threw her violently to the floor, pounded
her severity with his fists, jumped on her and
finished by beating her with chair. She
died in half hour Tobin was arrested.
but denies the killing
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

Mr.. Townsend should not forget that
he is in the presence of very great men.
He surely does not fully realize what a
great man Lieutenant in the United
States is. He should study up on Lieu.
tenants.-New York Commercial AID
vertiser.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

A Russian nobleman lay on his death
bed. One Of his curious fancies was to
have his wife robe herself in her we'd
ding dress and stand by his bedside.
1t was a very natural bit of sentiment,
and in the course of an hour the beauti-
full woman stood by his side, arrayed in
the garments of twenty years ago.
..Ah," he sighed, '.you look so beauti-
full in that dress that hoped when the
angel came he might take fancy to
YOU and carry you off instead of me-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

A Madison county (Ky.) hog that had its
nose smashed by a timber goes about with
cob, stick or stone 10 its mouth TO facilitate
breathing.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

Knives and forks are not used with
5-o'clock tea, in English style, thin
bread and butter and slices of cake moi
recurring them, where the bread is
spread before serving. American style,
which prefers to handle-its own bread
and butter, requires the addition 81
small knives.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-19

The woman caught in shower with
her new bonnet and no umbrella can
never be persuaded that the rain was
needed.