The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-04-11
CLARION.
g. Of Popular Phrases.

I'm Of Popular Phrases.
wtpow.-A name first applied,
aid fever in California, to a
Y husband had immigrated
~ 10 that State. Since given
= General whose husbands have
for the purpose of looking up
!. or for adventure, remaining
4 protracted period.
R.cKs.-The branding of tales
- be false in political contests
bseks" owes its origin to a publi-
tbe Albany Evening Journal,
sed by the late Thurlow Weed.
vas the Democratic candidate
dent. and was owner of a small
a slaves, as was also Henry
opponent. To show how bad
ala master Mr.. Polk was, the
Iournal published a lengthy ex-
8 the tray els of Herr Roorback,
mi German professor, in the
tates. in which he gave a scene
itnessed early one morning, of
If slaves chained each to the
essing Duck River, and on the
,nldors of each were branded
4 iron the initials, -. K. Pa
Polk. As Mr.. Polk lived near
er, and as these were the in
his name, it was charged that
was the owner of these chat
hat the branding was to show
b the property. Soon after this
bn some Democrats, turning to
travels in the United States
eatherstonehaugh, an English
discovered the same pen pic
aye-driving, save that the loca-
different, being on New, not
yer, and that there was no,
with a hot iron on the shout
her part of the chattels. Pub
by side, the forgery was APP
No Roorback had published a
avels in the United States, and
build be found who had ever
him. The Evening Journal
} to confess the forgery, and,
claimed that it had been inn
b by some rascally Democrat,
er gave his name, and hence
\ Evening Journal and Thur
got the full credit for the
gerry, and for the injury it did
candidate. Since that day
alsehoods are called ''Roor-
so common is it that the term
ice in Webster's Unabridged
where it is defined as "a for
ctitious story, published for
political intrigue"
MESS Is NEXT TO GOODNESS.
tence first made its appear
Faitha as the last Mishua of
Ter tx. Mishua Instruction.
pplied by the Jews to the oral
Is divided into six parts. The
mud is a commentary on the
The references to that are:
rus, Spakalun, chapter ill.,,
lmud babl. Alb. Sarah, page
ket, sn. Isaiah, No. 263; and
Sarah, ibidloc. Here it reads
"Puinchas ben Tair says:
mes of religion are resolved
next toy carefulness; care
nervousness; nervousness
ssness; guiltlessness into alb
IS; abstemiousness into clean
nliness into goodness (equal
etc, etc. No translation
4 it exactly; it is literally
next to Cor akin to- godli-
this saying is older than the
i which some have enormously
is origin.
EE'vE BEEN THERE TEN
YEARS, ETC.-These lines,
pr to all who were acquainted
psalmody fifty years ago, can
d in any modern books, and
Z have often been inquired for.
ON the eighth verse of one
Chickering'S of an old Latin
ch has been translated in
tyersions. This was by Eek
in hymn 1856 in a collection
during the latter part of the
81 For the benefit of the re
ers of this column, we pre-
erein contained;
II " happy home!
ng for theel
n by sorrows have an end ?
hen shall / see?
Il all Of precious stone,
y, Jus to behold;
richly set with pearl,
are paved with gold.
nd Thy pleasant walks,
ong have been;
i ass views by human sight
yet been seen.
~ thus glorious, Lord,
Z stray from thence?
rs that should dread
,s,i 30 from hence?
0 Lord, Thy arm of grace,
me to ascend
IN egatons ne'r break up,
Az shs never end.
N. q, to glOry's gone,
wv go and see;
rethren here below
pme after me.
bid you all adieu,
IN Gods care;
more see you,
n meet you there.
een there ten thousand years
ISL ing as the sun,
days 70 sing Gods praise
We first begun.
AL
onnr This word moro used II