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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

THE ART OF PRINTING.-It Is just
about four hundred years since books
began to be printed with movable
types. This was a wonderful i'm
provement over the method of print
ing from words cut on solid blocks. -
But your old-fashioned volume, even
when printed with movable letters,
presented very different appearance
from the modern publication. 1t was
printed on one side OF the sheet. There
was no attempt at punctuation, ex-
cept by perpendicular straight line,
which stood like post between one
sentence and another. There was no
comma, semicolon, colon, or full
point. 1t was more than two hund-
red years after printing became gem
eral that semicolons were introduced.
Shakespeare knew nothing of their
use. which is the cause Of so much OBJ
scurity in certain passages In his
works.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

REroRT COURTEOUS. "A short time
since the Rev. &. ID. Pillbury, editor
Of the Northwestern Advocate, came
near being drowned by the upsetting
Of a boat while fishing, aud In refer
ence to the accident Emma Brown,
of the Wisconsin Chief remarked
that ministers ought to learn N
swim or else fish only for men," The
reverend editor delivers the retort
courteous as follows: Learning 10
swim may be very well; but 80 far as
fishing for men IL concerned, we wish
To say we have no disposition 10 in.
terfere with wOmau's rights"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

which they can make living easier
than this; but they are the kind that
expect to get on In the world without
work. If men worked as hard here,
MS in Tennessee, they would soon be
rich.
/ sec, In your paper Of the 18th ult.,
that your "yaller dorg" is about to
get loose; don't let him come this
way until I get him n slice Of beei
cut, as think ! am due that dorg
something, In the way Of food, and
as he has bee SO kind and obedient
/ will 90 out on the prarie tomorrow
and be ready by the time the stage
goes out again.
With many wishes I remain yours
respectfully,
Sim. r. ROGERS.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19
Beautiful Myth.

In Eastern poetry they tell Of q
wondrous tree, upon which grew gol-
den apples and silver bells, and every
time u breeze went by and shook the
fragrant branches, shower of these
golden apples fell, and the living bells
chimed and tinkled forth their airy
ravishments. On the gospel tree
there grow sweet blossoms and bells
more melodious than those which
mingled with the pomegranates on
Aaron's vestment-holy feeling, heav-
Ell taught joys; and the Holy Spirit
breathes upon the evangelized 81
there are shaking down Of mellow
fruits, and the flow of healthy music,
whose gentle tones and joyous echo
ing are waited through all the recess
ses of the soul.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19
"whst Know About starving"

How starvation feels is graphically
described by Wilson, the convict
murderer of Warden Willard, who,
after his sentence, refused for over
nine days to taste food, aud only then
consented because his counsel had
moved for new trial. He has chang
ed wonderfully, losing flesh, and his
eyes growing CLASSY. He says of his
sufierings: "On the fourth and fifth
days the trial was terrible; the raw
ings Of hunger were fearful. / could
hardly stand 1t. After that, hunger
ceased. On the sixth day my thirst
was so intense that involuntarily /
brought the wash dish to my lips
and drank several swallows of water;
the dish came involuntarily to my
lips, could not help it; ,his was the
only time / drank during the nine
and q half days" With regard to
the first meal, he says: ~ was care
ful not to take much, and i selected
the mush and took fresh water. II
was sweet and good, and I took 1t
because 1t was the lightest food, and
then I only took quarter of the
ration. 1t felt hot In my stomach,
and at once 1t caused my heart to beat
in a very rapid manner, and also very
hard" Wilson proposes to publish
book of his adventures. He boasts
of having been concerned in over u
hundred burglaries, and many prison
escapes.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19


THE character OF u community de-
pends much OH the young ladies In
1t. Ii the latter are cultivated, intel
ligent and accomplished, the young
men will feel the requirement that
they themselves should she be up
right, gentlemanly and refined; but
If their female friends are frivolous
and silly the young men will be found
to be dissipated and worthless. -
But remember always that a sister IL
the best guardian Of brothers. iD'
tegrity. She is the surest iuculcatoi
of faith in female purity. AS a
daughter, she Is the true light oI
home. The pride of tho father Is Oft
ner centered In his sou, but his affcc-
ton is expended on the daughter
She should, therefore, be the sun and
centre of all.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

A laughable thing took place at re.
vival meeting somewhere In Missis-
sippi not long since. The minister
noticed seedy 10 king chap in one
Of the seats, looking as though ho
needed religion or a good square meal.
So he stepped up to him and asked
him Il he was a Christian. mo sir"
said he, al am the editor Of the Rad
ical paper in this place." "1hen In
the name ol God let US pray replied
the devoted minister. - Bay 50. Louis
Gosettc.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

A MICHIGAN farmer has had over
three hundred dollars worth Of fun
last season, by plugging watermel
ons, AMI putting tartar emetic in
them, and watching the boys steal
them and then lleacross the fence and
heave up Jonah. The boys there say
that last seasons melons were un-
healthy.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19
WHEN Won meet with men who do

WHEN you meet with men who do
not scruple to make use of woman's
name in a reckless and unprincipled
manner, shun them, for they are the
very worst members of the commu-
nifty. Many good worthy woman
has been heartbroken aud her char
acter forever ruined by an Infamous
lie, manufactured by some villain,
aud repeated where 1t should not have
been, and In the presence of those
whose little judgment could not de-
ter them from circulating the foul re-
port.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19
Democratic Doctrine.

John Quincy Adams. in recent
speech, stated the Democratic doc
trlne as follows:
"Do you ask me how to deal with
the South? The Democratic doctrine
is contained in queer, old, rusty,
and forgotten pamphlet. Let me read
1t to you. "The people of this com
monwealth have the sole and exclus-
i've right of governing themselves as
q free, sovereign and Independent
State, and do, and forever hereafter
shall exercise and enjoy every power,
and right which Is not or
may not hereafter be by them ex-
pressly delegated to the United States
Of America In Congress assem- bled."
And II that Is treason--as l suppose
u Is nowadays--why, II Is high time
that the book which contains II be
burned by the common hangman. -
It is entitled IA Declaration of the
Rights of the Inhabitants of the
of Massachusetts" I"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

any blunders that will rob him Of his
fame. But am still young, and the
chances are ninety-nine to hundred
that before die shall make such q
foolof myself that all the good things
| have done will be forgotten. am
not sure, in fact, that the blunder has
not been already madep'
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

GOVERNOR Bullock, OF Georgia,
has vetoed the bill reverting to the
State the Wild lands not given In for
taxes. lie regards II unconstltutlOn-
al, as putting "A new penalty on acts
already done. The ac. of lS6g he
thinks better. lilo means 10 direct
the Comptroller to put these lands up
g. the highG2t bidder
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

x-Governor Henry A. Wise, OF
Virginia, said In q recent letter to a
friend. "ifyour liberties are now de-
parted forever, the truth will have to
he told in the epitaphs of the Confed-
crate Soldiers-that they were the
last to fight for them" F"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

HENRY WARD BEEcHER owns n
S35, 900 house In Brooklyn, a $50, ,00C
farm IN Peekskill, and half the Chris
tian Union newspaper. Twenty-Five
years ago he had 10 wait sometimes a
week before he could pay postage on
a home letter. His salary was $50,
half payable in provisions.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

a certain Boston clergyman who,
last week, had an overc0at and um-
brella stolen from his hall, thinks
that the man who took them Is like
ly to bring up in a world where neith-
tr overcoat nor umbrella will be es
sential to comfort.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

CIDER Is said TO he 20 plenty In
New Hampshire that they pay man
tifty cents barrel TO drink II, and the
Boston Post says good, shle-bodied
labo.Crs are making from one totNv
! ldollar2 a day at the business.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

DoS'T be II loafer; n you can't 6nd
anything else to do, go 10 peddling
peanuts. II you haven't enough cap
ital 10 go into that business, beg, bor-
row or steal three cents worth oi
strychnine and wink out.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

IT is estimated that America. when
her productive power Is fully de-
velopcd, will he able 70 feed, fout
times as many persons as there arr.
now IN The face Of The earth
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

A DIsCoNsoLATE swain in Illinois
was recently shaken a" by the object
Of his affection, and, touching hi.
Tyre, warbles the following refrain;
A big. destrucktif durk I'll bi.
I'll bid farewell to every tear,
Then sadly wipe mi weaping L,
And tiny throat from year TO year
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

Widow Malowney's pig was stolen,
aud Pat was suspected of the theft
to whom comes the Priest.
pat, didyo stale the pig?"
Pat" did, yer reverence"
Priest. -" What did ye do wild it,
Pat?"
Pat.-"Ate it, yer riverence."
Priest" Oh! Pat, Pat, could We
ate the pig and not think of the dread
full judgment when all is to be known?
Son, what will you say for yoursel;
when you and the pig stand there
at the last stjudgment, with the widow
Malowney before ye?"
Pat.-(Interrupting)-"Didy yer riv.
erence say the pig 'ud be there, too ~
Priest" Sure and did, Pat"
Pat. -" Faith, then, yer riverence,
I'd know what to say, intirely! I'd
say, widow Malowney, take ger Pigr'
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19
The Ruling Passion strong In Death

EDITORS CHRONICLE "A distin-
guished physician was called to at
tend an inveterate better In his last
hours, and after a careful diagnosis,
the doctor assured him that his con-
dition was extremely critical, and
his chances Of recovery very doubt
full. Thereat the patient rallied some
what, and the following colloquy en-
sued:
"I'll bet you n hundred dollars,
doctor, that l don't die."
"My dear sir, you may not; but 1
think it proper to advise you that, in
my opinion, you will"
"Well, doctor, If l die, will I go to
heaven?"
al hope so, SIR"
"Will I be an angel ?"
Yes, SIR"
"Will / have wings ?"
81 presume so, SIR"
"Well, now doctor, when you die
will you go to heaven and he an an
gel ."
-" / trust so, SIR"
"And will you have wings, too?"
Yes, / suppose will"
"Well then, doctor, I'll bet you 6
hundred dollars I UW out flu you."
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19

Joa. Il. WEST, Prcs't.
clnrksville. June II. '70-tf.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-23
How o Boy Wakes Up.

THERE he lies in his crib, nut-brown
stub of four years. He sleeps the sleep of
healthy childhood In the same position
lie lay when he dropped off into uncon-
sciousness, one arm under his head, one
leg kicked out from under the coverlet
He is perfectly motionless. His round
cheek pillows itself on the extended arm,
and his leg seems to have been arrested in
the middle of the last restless kick, as the
curtain fell over his blue eyes and he was
asleep. You can scarcely perceive his reg
ular respiration. A train of cars thunders
by without noise--hs might be carried
across the street without awakening.
1t is morning daylight streams into the
windows, the sun shines on the hill tops.
The sounds of stirring life are beginning
to be heard about the house. Watch the
boy. Still as motionless as a figure of
marble. As you look, the gates of sleep
are suddenly unlocked. He is awake in q
twinkling-awake all over. His blue eyes
are wide open and bright-his lips part
with shout--his legs fly out in different
directions--his arms are in rapid notion
he flops over with aspring-in ten seconds
he has turned couple of summersets, and
presents before you living illustration OF
perpetual motion. There is no deliberate
| yawning, no slow stretching of indoleni
| limbs, no lazy rubbing of sleepy eyes, nc
turning over for just another snooze nc
| gradually becoming awake, about it. With
a snap like a pistol-shot he is thoroughly
alive and kicking-wide awake to the tor
end of each particular hair The wonder
full thing about it is its suddenness and
completeness.-I IdrCeLer's Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-23
About BiliOusness.

A CLERGYMAN comes in to see me a
dozen times year about his biliousness.
Biliousness is common malady. know
a great many neople who are bilious. They
have no dyspepsia; they never had a sym
tom OF dyspepsia in their lives; they are
only bilious.
Now this word biliousness is sort of
respectable cover for piggishness. Peo.
pie are not bilious when they eat as they
should
Reader, are you biliouss (Rather a hard
question after the above hard word.) Let
me prescribe for you. If you follow my
prescription, and don't get well, write me,
and in the next edition will announce my
error
First, on getting up and going to bed
drink plenty of cold water. nr
Eat for breakfast until the bilious attack
passes, q little stale bread, say one slice,
and piece as large as your hand of boiled
lean beef or mutton. If the weather is
warm, take instead little cracked wheat
or oatmeal porridge.
For dinner take about the same thing.
Go without your supper
Exercise freely in the open air, produc-
ing perspiration, once or twice a day. In
few days your biliousness is all gone
This result will come, even though the
biliousness is Of the spring sort, and one
with which you have from year to year
been much afflicted. ---li
Herb drinks, bitter drinks, lager beer
ale, whisky, and dozen other spring med
icines, are simply barbarous-Dio Leuis
Talks about Peoples St0mdehs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-23

vation of aromatic herbs; and an Italian
savant, Montegazza, has found ozone, the
great atmospheric purifier, produced In
large quantities by plants and fruits posses
sing spicy aromatic odors. 6aVin, rue,
mint, cloves, lavender, mignonette, thyme,
lemon, southern-wood, the narcissus and
hyacinthe, all generate atmospheric ozone,
even in darkness, more largely than does
the action of electricity on the air, the
potent influence of which, in purifying the
atmosphere, we all recognize.
Plants in houses therefore, so far from
being injurious, are positively beneficial,
with the two obvious restrictions, first,
that they be of such o character as not to
require temperature over CO.; second,
that they be kept alive, or removed prompt
ly when they begin to decay. Especially
in regions where animal exhalations
abound, as in schools and in the neighbor.
hood of packing or slaughter houses, house
plants should be cultivated, while in
marshy and malarious regions, the aro-
matte shrubs and flowers should be largely
grown both in doors and out--HeclM Lift
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-23
How to Cook Dried Beef

PLACE the beef nicely shaved of, in a
frying-pan, with butter enough to fry it /;
let it fry until little Drowned, then
sprinkle in dry -four, as much as you would
take were you going to mix it with water;
let it brown, but take great care not to
burn 1t. When Drowned sufficiently, add
cream or milk enough to. make gravy;
let 1t boil few moments, add little but
ter and pepper, and it is done
Some very frequently boil eggs and cut
them up lengthwise, and lay them around
on the meat after it is laid on the platter.
This makes a very pretty and very palat-
able dish, and with some nice mashed po-
tato, and sweet potatoes and tomatoes with
sugar, and just trifle of vinegar poured
over them, supplies very good breakfast
- Another way to cook dried beef is to
cut up sausage in slices and fry until
there is enough fat tried out to fry the
meat; then put in the beef and proceed
just as forfrying in butter, using water in
stead OF milk or cream for the gravy.
This gives an excellent flavor unless
sausage is disliked.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-23
The Cheapest Fruit Kiln.

j. II. JENKINS, of Wyoming, Pennsyl.
vania, writes to the American Institute
Farmers Club that he finds a great deal
said about a certain machine for drying
fruit, and its cost is only about $1,000
and another machine to dry fruit on q
cooking stove, costing only $5. He dries
fruit with machine less expensive than
either. Take one, two, three, or ten mush
meal seves of the same size, so the lower
end of the hoop of one will fit into the
top of the next like the joints of stove
pipe AS fast as the fruit is prepared, fill
the sieves and stack them Fastcn them
together with twine or wire, so that they
are easily adjusted. Set your stack on the
stove at night, make slow heat by bank
ing the coal, and remove your fruit in the
morning The top sieve should serve as a
cover. Turn the nest of sieves upside
down once an hour during the day Lay
paper over the top so as to keep out the
dust, and to let the rarifed air pass. This
caps all other ways of drying fruit.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-23

seen it, replied: "Thank you, / have
handkerchief" He might have been a
gentleman for all that, and never laugh
at him
Nor do l condemn man for making a
carrier of his knife. Many q worthy and
right honorable man does II, myself do
when my fork has but two tines.
A good many worthless fellows are ex-
ceeding dexterous in the management of q
silver fork, napkin and flnger.glass, there
by captivating silly women, who know no
better way of gauging mans worth than
by observing his attention to these trines.
For trifes they are when weighed in the
balance with that lofty integrity which
alone renders a man worthy Of woman's
devotion.
Having this sure foundation man has
all things else. Without it he is broken
reed, lacerating to the death both hand and
heart that trusted him for support and
rest
Therefore, it is not ignorance of, nor in
attention to, these minor points of table
etiquette that complain of But it is that
careless, noisy, sloppy, disgusting manner
of eating, which so many of us were per.
mitted to acquire in childhood, that / feel
called upon to denounce in no gentle
terms. s.-COr. Household.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-23
Rules for Painting.

1. LET the groundwork be carefully pre-
pared and dry
2. See that the. colors are we'll ground
and duly mixed. NJ q
3. Do not mix much more, nor any less
paint than you think will be necessary for
the present work.
4. Keep the paint we'll mixed before
using. a'lt .0'iIirt .l. "u .4.l
8. See that the paint is neither too thick
to work WELL nor too thin to cover proper
ly, and apply it evenly.
6. Do not apply succeeding coat before
the previous one is dry.
Z. Do not use lighter color over
darker.
8. Do not add driers to colors long be-
fore using.
o. Use just as little drier as will do the
work.
TO- Do not overcharge the brush with
paint. I.. -.- ... ~
II. Begin with the highest part of your
work and proceed downward.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-23
The London TINES correspondent in

The London Times correspondent in
Paris says November 1A "When, this
morning, met friend on the Boulevards,
just about breakfast time, who asked me to
come with him to Halls, as he had there
ordered rats, instead of at once running
away, or, perhaps, trying to knock him
down, l agreed to go and just look at them.
They looked very good, served up in a
Saint, with gravy and toast, and my friend
pronounced them excellent ! and so did
eat or rather taste, and am obliged to con-
fess that / should have no objection to re-
peat the experiment tomorrow. The flesh
was white and very delicate, like young
rabbit but with more flavor We curious
ly inspected the bill, to see whether the
proprietor of the restaurant would venture
to give the dish its real name, but there
was only a significant blank space, and
then If. SOC. On being demonstrated with
for this unbusiness-like method of proce-
dure, he wanted to write Sdlni du Gibier,
the word rat being quite impossible. AS
there are two rats in the sdLni, each cost
about I'd, but bought wholesale Il am told
that they are now exhibited publicly in
some of the shops, and cooked at home)
| they would, perhaps, be cheap eating,
even in time Of siege; only, unluckily the
poor people, who want them most, would
be the last to consent to touch them"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-23
Management Of Sheep.

WHATEVER plan is adopted for q sheep
barn, certain things are indispensable. 1t
should stand on, and be surrounded by dry
ground; occupy an elevated, airy position,
but one as little exposed as possible to pre-
vailing winter winds; be of easy access to
water; possess ample capacity for the
number of sheep TO be keptin it and have
means of thorough ventilation. Stmwing
or littering sheep yards in winter is mat
ter of prime Importance. If sheep are
compelled to stand or move about in water
or mud whenever out of doors, the most
liberal feeding and good management in
every other particular will hardly preserve
them in the best condition. Where sheep
are kept exclusively on hay in our North
ern States, the Merino and grade Merino
requires about one pound per diem for
every thirty pounds. of their own live
weight. Salt and sulphur should be fed
as often as once q week. Regularity in
feeding is of the utmost importance. All
experienced flock masters concur in the
opinion that sheep fed with perfect regu-
larity, as TO time and amount, will be bet
ter on rather inferior keep, than on the
best without that regularity.-Bdh Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-23

.
should not like to be without II at any SEQ
son Of the year After several years' use,
we can fully indorse IL for swine and poul
try. We have not tried II for dogs, not
fancying that kind of stock. 1t makes a
good relish for swine, and few pounds Of
Il are thrown into the trough with other
food every week. 1t is eaten with the
keenest relish 1t 1t not 80 important for
poultry that run at large in the summer,
but 1t Is indispensable In winter, If we
would have eggs. II can be fed out daily
to the flock, or, perhaps better, be left In a
barrel under shed or in the poultry-yard,
where they can help themselves. The ap-
the appetite of the fowls and help diges.
tion. At any rate, it helps the eggs SC
much wanted in winter. - Hearth ana
Home .Hr .H.r .F' .lH ttR t.