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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26
oscar wilde and Jefferson Davis.

The Atlanta Constitution reporter inter
/ viewed Oscar Wilde ON his arrival in that
I city, with the following result:
You have been to see Mr. Jefferson
Davis lately. Tell me something about
your visit to him."
''He lives in a very beautiful house by
the sea, amid lovely trees. He impressed
me very much as a man of the keenest in
teiiect, and man fairly to be leader Of
men on account of personality that is as
slmpie as it Is strong, and an enthusiasm
that Is as fervent as it is faultless. We in
Ireland are fighting for the principle of au-
tonomy against empire, for independence
against Capitalization, for the principles for
which the South fought. So it was a mat
ter of immense interest and pleasure 20 me
to meet the leader Of such a great cause. Be
cause, although there may be a failure in
fact, in idea there is no failure possible.
The principles for which SIR. Davis and the
South went TO war cannot suffer defeat. I
had read Mr. Davis book, which is mas
terpiece, although to US in Europe the elab-
crate detail of military maneuvre is at
times little burdensome. But there are
passages in which he dwells on thaprinciples
of the Southern Confederacy that were read
by US with the keenest interest and delight.
1t is impossible not to think nobly of
country that has produced Patrick Henry,
Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and
Jefferson Davis. Besides its great men, / |
admire in the South the wonderful beauty |
Of its vegetation. I have seen no forests |
in Europe more wonderful, no flowers more
exquisite in perfume or in color. It is worth /
while to come over here merely to see the |
magnolia fin full blossom. 1t should be
the South-the home of art in America, be- |
cause it possesses the most perfect surround
ings; and now that it is recovering from
the hideous ruin of the war, have no doubt
that all these beautiful arts, in whose cause
will spend my youth in pleading, will
.pring up among you. The South has pro-
iuced the best poet of America-Edgar
Allen Poe; and with all its splendid tradi-
ions it would be impossible not to believe
hat she will continue to perfect what she
las begun 50 nobly. The very physique of
he people in the South is far finer than that
n the North, and a temperament infinitely
more susceptible TO the Influences of beauty.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26

Chemisettes or gulmpes OF plated
white null are worn with surplice waists
of dark lawn or foulard dresses.
Large oval-topped folding japanese
fans three-fourths of a yard long are
put in front Of fire places Of country
houses.
Pale yellowish pipk shades are much
used in fine miilinary and for neck
ribbons and bows on white morning
dresses.
Partisan laced shoes with pointed per-
forated toes of patent leather on French
kid tops, are rapidly taking the place of
buttoned boots.
A new fancy for plated skirts Of fine
wooden dresses is to put wide box-plaits
alternating with group of knife-plaiis
the whole length of the skirt.
Striped lawn-tennis cottons for the
skirts and white lawn-tennis cloth for
aprons are worn with white or bright wool
Jerseys for lawn-tennis suits.
The new Grenada blonde has the
figures Of Spanish lace on a very thin
grenadine ground. 1t is made up of
over-colored satin of contrasting color
such as black over red or white over yel-
Iow.
Blue with brown is fashionable con-
trast ofcolors in imported dress. A pale
blue foulard with dark brown figures,
trimmed with bows Of brown velvet
ribbon, is one of the prettiest of the
season.
Muslin round hats are made of
polka-dotted white and ecru muslins
the trimmings are fancy muslin hand
kerchiefs and artificial daisies, butter
cups, and white and pink Scotch
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26
ACHMET ARABI PASHA.
From Fellah to be Minister of War
and Ruler Of Egypt.

Achmet Arab Pasha is undoubtedly
the strongest man in Egypt, By birth
he is fellah or peasant. He entered
the army as private and worked his
way to the front against jelousies and
all the unprincipled schemes envious
people could throw in his way. He was
dismissed from the army on dubious
charge of corruption by a jealous War
Minister. Subsequently he was rein
stated, and still later on account of his
boldness III thought and utterance and
great popularity, he was made Sub
Minister of War in the hope of silencing
him. 1t proved failure, however, and
he has been constantly growing in power.
As soon as he entered the War Office
he rousted the Christian, Jews and
Coptish clerks. He is ambitious, rest
less, contentious, and his Unbalanced
zeal blinds his judgement. The Egyp-
tians are all with Arab Pasha in what
ever he undertakes. His unfaltering
eonstancy to Mohammedanism has made
the priests his warmest allies and has
gained for him perfect control over the
people Arab is looked upon by the
Egyptians as the savior of the country.
His last triumph was when on the 18th
of June he was made Minister Of war in
the new Ministry, principally on account
of the popular clamor for him, although
he was bitterly opposed to the Khedive's
party
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26
Mr.. WaIton's Lost Collar Button,
From the Eatonton Chronicle,l

From the Eatonton Chronicle
Several yerrs ago, Mr.. P. W. Walton Of
Eatonton, Ga, lost a gold collar button.
Its absence was accounted for in different
ways, when in about two years it returned
to its owner, after journey fraught with
many weary apprehension. Mr.. Walton
had fattened pet COW, and upon butcher
ing the animal was surprised to find his
companion of gold snugly and to all appear
ances happily resting in the fat of the di-
gestiye organs. He at once recognized the
button as the one he lost two years before,
renewed the pleasant association which was
so wantonly terminated, and is to-day in
daily companionship with the button. It
appeared that while feeding the COW the
button dropped into the feed, and in that
way started on historic journey.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26
Scene During the Confirmation OF
Gov. Blackburn.

The Louisville Courier-Journal says;
At Christ Church yesterday the rite Of con-
firmation was administered by Bishop Dud-
lev to his Excellency Luke p Blackburn,
Governor of Kentucky. There was about
the ceremony nothing of an unusual char
acter, and the interest that attaches to it Is
merely that which pertains to a public
avowal of a belief in the faith and an ac-
ceptance of the tenets of a religious asso-
citation on the part of one who has been SO
long and so well known as a non-professor
of religion. After that portion of the ritual
which precedes the singing of the first
hymn had been read, notice was given that
the candidates for confirmation would take
their places at the altar-rail during the rem
dition of this part of the service. While
the choir and congregation we're singing
"Accept, my Lord, my heart this day,
And keep il always Thine,
That from Thee may never stray,
Nor from Thy way decline,
Governor Blackburn passed out of his pew
and advanced into the chaueel, where he
was met by Bishop Dudley. At the close
of the hymn the usual services prepared for
the admission of persons into the church
was read. and the Chief Executive OF Ken
tucky was made member of the Protestant
Episcopal church.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26
The Young Men of the South.

A correspondent of the Detroit Free
Press has the following to say about
the young men of the Sonth:
One who has visited the principal
cities and towns of Alabama, Georgia,
South and North Carolina, must have
a fair idea of what the young men are
doing. According to some Northern
writer's, they spend their time in drink
ing, card playing, horse racing and
loafng. Let me say that in Atlanta,
Augusta, Macon, Charleston, Savan-
nah, Montgomery, ETC., the number of
young men in stores, shops and law
Offices is fully equal to the number in
any of the Northern cities you may
name, taking population into account.
In four weeks trip in the South I did
not see one young man drunk. I did
not see game of cards or a horse race.
| did not hear dispute I found them
everywhere. I talked with hundreds,
and in every case I found them study
ing law or medicine-keeping books,
behind counters, or out in the fields
with their coats off, They not only
work, but they are ambitious. The
young men of the South are not only
doing fully as well as the young men of
the North, but in many cases they are
doing far better. I found scores of
them making money hand over hand
by their unaided efforts, and scores more
with bright prospects ahead. He who
asserts that they shirk labor wrongs
them. He who asserts that they drink
or gamble more than the same number
of young men in the North, Is reckless
of facts. There may be black sheep
among them. but taken as a whole,
they are genteel, courteous, hard work
ing and anxious to secure places Of high
standing.
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THE RUINED CITY.
A Sketch of Alexandr:a-Its Ancient
Renown and Modorn Importance.

Alexander the Great sought to found g
| city after the destruction Tyre, and in 33Z
| B. c., selected the site Of Alexandria be-
cause of its excellent position for trade, II
| Is twelve miles west OF the western Nile and
between the Mediterranean Sea and Lake
Mareotis. The city grew rapidly, and soon
| became the great center of Eastern COM
merce. The Ptoemies succeeded Alexander
and under them the city contained 300, 900
| free inhabitants and as many slaves. 1t be-
came the centre Of learning, and schools
of Grecian philosophy hourished there.
Magnificent monuments were erected,
among them the Pharos, the Museum, and
the Temple of Scraps, and there were many
gorgeous palaces and public buildings.
Julius Caesar besieged and took the city
in 43 B. C., and eighteen years later Angus
tus made it an imperial CITY. 1t now be-
gan a new season Of prosperity, continuing
till the establish ment of he seat of empir.
at Constantinople. The catAcombs, public
baths, and Pompey's pillar, with the RO-
man city wall were erected during this pc
riod. In the year 2lj the Roman Emperor
Caracalla visited the city aud ordered a
general massacre, and under the rule of
Gallienus famine swept off half of the
population. In 273 an insurrection resulted
in the destruction of the great library of
the museum. In 296 another revolt ended
in general slaughter and in 365 an earth
quake destroyed $4,000 persons. The Per-
slams captured the city in GIG, and yielded
it to the Arabs in GIL. 1t then contained
400 palaces, 400 theatres, 1000 public baths
and $4,000 gardens.
From this time on it rapidly decayed, and
its population and trade diminished. Cairo
took its place as the chief city of Egypt. 1t
finally sank so low that in 1777 its popula
tion was only 5000.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26
Plenty of Salmon and to Spare,
From the Territorial Enterprise.]

From the Territorial Enterprise
An Eastern paper sneers at the story that
a horse found difficulty in fording creek
in Washington Territory on account of the
crush of salmon going up stream coming
with such force and so thick as to interfere
with its footing. There is no exaggeration
about this. In some of the smaller streams
tributary to the Snake and Columbia, the
salmon, when going up, are so numerous
that the weaker fish are crowded out onto
the banks, and for miles the banks are
streYn with dead fish thus thrown up. Less
than fifteen years ago the Mormons used to
dig salmon out of the streams with shovels
in Idaho, and ship SO much of the salted fish
to the Utah settlements that the article was
as much of drug on the market as the
sorghum-cured grass-hoppers, which were
the cheapest and most plentiful.
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TnE Natchez Democrat gives the


THE Natchez Democrat gives the
following statement showing state
ment in regard to the transaction
whereby the Directory of the n. j. &
c. Railroad Company negotiated for an
amount of money sufficient to enable
them to complete the road to- jackson.
1t is from a member of the Directory,
and one who has taken an active inter-
estin the enterprise, is given to US as the
facts in regard to the negotiation
The Company found itself, after the COM
peti0n Of the road to a certain point, with
out funds the bonds of the county of Kinds
were not available, except as the road was
completed through the county; the bonds
of the Company owing to slight errors in
their preparation were not negotiable in the
northern money markets there was no lon
ger a chance to raise a temporary loan by
mortgage on the road, and there was no
other collateral upon which to base a loan
but the stock Of the Company. In this sit
uation, application was made to some of the
capitalists of our community for tempo
rary loan until the bonds Of the Company
could be placed and the money raised to
pay off the Indebtedness Of the Company
The amount required was finally
advanced by some of our ewn capitalists
on the following terms: Stock of the Com
pauy to the amount of one million and |
half dollars was issued to these capitalists, /
for which they were TO loan, for the period |
Of twelve months, to the company, one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars. This stock +
is to be held by the syndicate and voted by /
them in stockholders meetings during the /
time it is held by them. 1t is, however,
understood that if the company within /
twelve months can pay off this amount
the stock is to be returned to the Company
If there is failure OF the part Of the Com
pany to pay off this loan or to make salts
factory arrangement for its extension after
the expiration of twelve months, the stock
issued 10 the syndicate shall be put up for
sale to the highest bidder, and the proceeds
devoted to the payment Of the loan. Il
To redeem this stock the company rely
upon the earnings of the road, and the sale
Of the bonds Of the company, which they {
hope to negotiate in a Northern market {
when they are put in proper shape to be !
placed in the market. Whilst this stock is
hus hypOtheeatsd for a sum that is a very
ow figure for the large amount of stock, it
) understood that it shall be offered if the :
Company fail to redeem it within twelve !
months, in the public market to the highest :
bidder.
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a FREE AND rsDEeEEDEET wIDow

Her husband died and left small
And ili-stocked farm, which vas her ALL
Hard was her lot, as hard could be;
A widow, with her children three.
Instead of sitting down to weep,
She titled her land and sheared her sheep;
With her own hand she held the plow;
She chopped the wood and MIXED the COW.
Fences she built, bitches she dug.
And Tanquished the potato bng
Then in her little sitting room
Her busy fingers fed the loom.
Once when large bear. bent on theft,
Entered her barn, bis skull she cleft
In twain. with one tremendous blow
From her sharp ak, and laid him low
Her bravery filed all the land
And many suitOrs sought her hand
But married she refused TO be,
Preferring to live always free.
From the New York dger
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26
Some characteristics OF New England
Life.
Rev. Thomas (. Reecher. ]

Rev. Thomas <, Beecher.1
Ingenious, thrifty new England en-,
slaved her water-courses, and has gone
free from the sacrament of labor. Long
headed she has become small hearted
She has learned the laws of trade and
finance" and forgotten the law of love.
She exults in the power Of capital, and
has forgotten the power Of God. Watch
ing for dividends she has forgotten prayer.
Her venerable churches retain the form
Of Godliness, without the power. Lack
ing the conversation and hereditary in
stitutions Of old England-the throne
the church and ruling class New En-
gland rushes whittier old England fol-
lows with slower steps.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26
The Levoes-speoial Session.
Greenrille Times.l

Greenville Times.
JACKSON, Mss, July 10, 1882.
Could your Levee Board not suspend
action for a few days? am greatly EN-
barrassed by petitions and counter petitions
from the Delta in regard to extra session.
am in communication with delegation ct
Washington in regard to probable necessity
of legislation to confer jurisdiction on gen.
erai government to meet Congressional en-
acfment. All desire to act for the public
good. and none more heartily than mysel.
RoBERr Lowry.
To this the following reply was sent,
eve win try to take care of ourselves,
and will not press for q special session ct
present. =
We regard this as the end Of the Especial
session. question. Although i Is disap-
pointing. We have no feeling Of blame Or
censurs to express toward Governor Lowry.
Such expressions would Be unjust. no one
endorses more than ourself the closing ~
tfranees Of his telegram.
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! JtAO 1a11iG
The oldest editors in Mississippi
Thomas Grafton of the Natchez !
crat, J. S. Mason of the Port 6
Reveille, and Geo. w. Harper,
Raymond Gazette-constituting t
nous triumvirate.
The first is native of the Sta
a prominent family here since ST
times, and is held in universal es
by all classes and colors, as frien,
counsellor. He is capable of dis
ing any subject and his pen 'ador
THAT it touches
The second is from the little G
cock State of Delaware, State
has given more talent and states
ship to the Union than some othe
much larger dimensions, and to W
We are indebted for some Of our
eminent citizens. Mr.. Mason bro
with him the conservative princi
the stern integrity, and lofty senE
honor, that constitute the charact
tics Of his native State. His edito
exhibit these traits. Lenient, ch
able and forgiving, he has no con
mise to make with fraud and delibe
wrong. No paper in this country n
fests more frmness, fearlessness, i
pendence and practical statesmans
than the Port Gibson Reveille.
Geo. W. Harper was born in Ale,
dria, Va, but brought up in Whee
among the stalwart sons of the me
tain and the mine. At 13 years Of q
in compliance with an irrepressible
cIination, he was setting type in
Office of the Wheeling Gazette, VIII
proprietor, S. Fl. Davis, had beef
pupil with Gales & Seaton, of the
nowned National Intelligencer.
Wheeling he frequently saw and he,
Henry Clay. on his trips to and fir
Washington, and, of course, learned
regard him as the beau ideal of stat
man and patriot. When little o.
seventeen young Harper was made fo
man of the Office, and often editor I
tenn. He warmly went in for Tip
canoe and Tyler too, in the memoraI
'coon-skin, hard cider, log cabin and l
paper canvass of 1910, and in his
thusiasm crossed the river into Ohio a
established the Palladium, at New L
bon. He then returned to Wheelil
and with a partner purchased the c
zette, but not succeeding to his exp
tations, he came South in 1874, a
pitched his tent in Raymond. He fou
employment on the South Western F,
mer, then conducted by n. g. Nor
and DIR. II. W. Phillips. 1t was CO
Quoted with marked ability, but, owl
to the system of receiving subscriptio
on credit, and the losses on collection
the paper was discontinued. Soon aft
Sam. T. King and Geo. w. Harp
the Kinds County Gazette
a success from the very outset. 1t v
decidedly Wing in politics, maintain,
all the issues of the party, struck ha
blows for it, but in all otEer matte
guarded the public interest
and was universally recognized as
honest. able journal. Mr.. Harper vi
soon elected Mayor, and likewise Mai
Of the county militia. He was delega
to the Convention of 1848 that nomi
ated Old Zaek for the Presidency; al
while tarrying at Wheeling was press,
I've should now say buIldozed- -by /
Old friends IN Ohio, to 60 there and co
duct 8 campaign paper. He yielded
their opportunities, and the SteubenviI
Journal, campaign paper of extrao
dinaTy cogeneY and efficiency, was I'll
result. The ensuing winter be returns
to Raymond and to the Gazette, and
1860 became is sole proprietor. In Il
ggest contest of so and 81 "a the eor
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26

Leisure IS sweet to those who have
earned it, but burdensome to those Who
get It for nothing.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26

Every unpleasant feeling Is sion
that I have become untrue to M reso.
IuIionn Richter,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26

He who has filed the measure of
his days has only learned how 10 begin
to live.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26

Hope is like the sun, which, as We
journey toward it, casts the shadow Of
our burden behind rs.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26

We are glad to learn that Capt.
Dufin, the energetic contractor, has
engaged to bring the Natchez Road
through to this city by the 1st of Sep
tember.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26

Two Indiana farmers quarrelled about q
wrench, and went to Law. The costs Of
court and counsel fees have reached S1,708.
both litigants have mortgaged their prop
erty to raise the money, and the case is
continued.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-10
. $4,000 REWAl,D!'


VIII be paid for the detection and conviction
Of any person selling or dealing in any DO
gus, counterfeit or imitation IIor BlrrEEs
especially Bitters or preparations with the
word Hor or Hors in their name or connected
Herewith, that is intended to misead und
cheat the public, or for my preparation pu,
In any form, pretending TO be the same as
Hor Bl7TEEs. The genuine have cluster Of
GREEN Hors (notice this printed on the white
label, and are the purest and best medicine
on earth, especially for Kidney, Liver and
Nervous Diseases. Beware OF all others, and
Of all pretended formulas or recipes Of Hol
B.rrEHs published in papers or for sale, as
they are frauds and swindlers. Whoeve,
deals in any but the genuine will be prose
cutcd. Hop BIrTEEs MFd. Co,
scl2.TThstw !, Ia Rochester, n. y.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-10
The Iec,na:iri,l Extension.


The following telegram appears in tho
Pittsburgh Dispatch OF yesterday: tJ
WASHINGTON, Pa, October .S.-Coloncl
Boyd, Of the Baltimore l. Ohio railroad
was in town yesterday.sT 10 your reporter
be stated that he is obtaining rights OF way
at Greenfield, this county, and between
Greenfield and this PLACE, for the extension
Of the Ilep,pticld. AS SOON rs lie gets a
deed for right Of way the owner OF the pro-
perty receives check ior tho amount
agreed upon. There has been talk Of this
extension, making a short route between
tho East and West, for years, and consider.
able york has been done in places. The
work has beenE abandoned SO many times
that our pehad become Disguised with
the whole thing. From present appear.
anses, however, it is very evident TINT
President Garrett is beginning 10 realize
that il this short cut Is 70 be accomplished
by the baltimore and Ohio, that company
must act pow, us the outlet is being rapid:
" closed by, other rpatls. i Colonel boyd
states that GarTett secs the lrlft Of things
md has made up his mind to proceed With
this most important link between Wash
ington md Connelsyille at once.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-10
: Why VIII Ynu

Allow cold 10 advance in your system and
thus encourage more seginns Haladies, such
as Pneumonia, Hemorrages and Lung
troubles when an immediate relief can be- SO
readily attained BoscuxE's GERMAN SYEur
has gained the largest salcin the world for the
cure OF Coughs, Colds and the scyercst Lung
Diseases. 1tis Dr.. Boschee's famous German
prescription, and is prepared with the greatest
care, and he fear need be entertained in nd.
ministering It 10 the youngest child, as per
directions. The sale Of this medicine is i'm.
precedented. Since first introduced there has
oeen aconstant increasing demand and with.
auta single report Of failure 10 do its work in
bny case. Ask your Druggist as 10 the trr th
Of these remarks Large sl=as rs cauts. Try
itand be convinced. = sDf4. 3, 1rhsay :