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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

WHAT is A GENTLEMEN I'm the
course of an address to the Leeds
Young Men's Christian Association,
delivered lately by the Bishop OF
Manchester, his lordship said:
"Some people think "a gentleman
means u man Of independent fortune
"A man who fares sumptuously every
day; man who need not work hard
for his daily bread. None of these
thinks make gentleman not one
of them, nor all of them together. l
have known men when was brought
closer in contact with workingmen
than, from my changed position, l
am brought now, have known men
of the toughest exterior, who had
been accustomed all their lives to fol-
low the pillow and look after horses,
us thorough gentlemen In heart as
any nObleman that ever Wore "a ducal
coronet. mean have known them
as unselfish, have known them as
truthful, have known them as
sympathizing; and all these qualities
go to make what understand by the
term N gentleman 1t Is q noble
privilege which has been sadly pros
titCted, and what l want to tell you
Is that the humblest man IN Leeds
who has the lowest work to do, yet,
II his heart is tender and pure, and
true, can be, in the most emphatic
sense of the word "a gentleman
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09
THE BLESSING OF TO-DAY.

Strange, we never prize the music
TIL those sweet voiced birds have flown
strange that we should slight the vioiets
TIL the lovely flowers are gone;
Strange that summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one half 10 fair
As when winters snowy pinions
Shake the white down In the air
Lips from which the seal of silence
None but God can roll away,
Never blOssOmed of such beauty
As adorns the mouth to-day;
And sweet words that freight our memory
With their beautiful perfume,
Come to us In sweeter acceLts
Through the portals of the tomb.
Let " gather up the suubcams
Ly4E1nn1l Around. tlly. path; ..----.-.
Lea uSkecp the wheat and roses,
Casting out the thorns and chaH;
Let us find our sweetest comfort
In the blessings Of to-day,
With n patient hand removing
All the briars from our way.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

WEARING FLANNEI..--Them MAJOR
ity of people are not aware of the ben-
eficial effects Of wearing flannel next
to the body, both In cold and warm
weather. Flannel is not SO uncom-
Portable in warm weather as preju-
diced people believe. Frequent colds
and constant hacking coughs have
left me since adopting flannel gar
ments. There IL no need Of great
bulk about the waist, which condemns
the wearing Of flannel with those
who prefer wasp-waists to health, for
In that case the flannel can be cut as
loosely fitting waists, always fasten-
ing at the back. There are scarcely
any of the bad effects Of sudden
changes Of weather felt by those who
wear flannel garments, aud mothers
especially, should endeavor to secure
for their little people, Ia preference
to all those snowy outside trimmings
which fashion commends. Mrs. Q.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09
A Good One ON rhurrow weed.

Weed had about as much system IN,
keeping his accounts land his money
as Micawber. He wasa little greater
man though, and had that grain OF
good sense which suggested to him
the propriety of placing any specific
sum which he didn't want to spend
at random in the hands of some
financiering friend. 1856 '"T. Weed"
came to new York and received $685.
500 from his.Republican friends-Sl0,-
600 for the purpose Of defeating Fill
more for President, $4,000 for the use
Of the Republicans in Albany and SIS,
600 for the Evening Journal. For
safe keeping he gave the Albany Gen.
trail Committee $4,000, placed ST.
600 to the Journals credit, and re-
quested his partner, (Mr. Sinclair,
believe), to place the secret $l0, 900 Ito
be used against his old friend Fill
more( to his (Sinclair's) credit i'm
bank, which could be drawn as re-
quired. He did so. One fine morn
ing Sinclair dropped dead from heart
disease. The S10,0 stood TO his per-
sonal credit withouta word of expla-
nation. In vain ThurlOw Weed sought
shC Col Va VIC oauA oIuCttSs luCJ
could do nothing. The executors OF
the estate found the $4,000 to Mr..
Sinclair's credit. They could not,
without proof, hand it over to Mr..
Weed or his political friends. Thus
1t was swept into the mans estate
and into the hands Of his fascinating
widow. Not dollar was used to de.
feat the placid Willard Fillmore. A
year thereafter, the honorable ex.
President from Buffalo and the
charming widow of Mr.. Weeds part.
ner were attracted by that mysterious
influence presided over by Venus
A few years later they were united by
the hymeneal knot; and Weed saw
his darling $40, 900, raised to defeat Mr.
Fillmore In 1856, diverted from its or.
iginal purpose into the unsuccessful
candidates marriage portion 7" II
Is said that Thurlow Weed tells this
good joke on himself with q relish,
and Joins as heartily In the guffaw il
never fails TO inspire as he used to, in
those "halcyon days OF yore," when
he told stories on the stage coaches
between this city aud the capital OF
the Excelsior State.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09
the Cotton Ycar-AIu Told.

The following estimate of the sup
ply of cotton from all parts Of the
world for the year ending Sept. 30,
1874, is from the most reliable source:
Crop of the United States, 3, DDS, 600
bales; supply from the East Indies,
l, 800, 600; Brazil, $50, 1000; Egypt, $780,
600; other countries, 5000. Add ~
above the excess of stock In European
ports, $4,000 bales; excess In United
States ports, 1900 bales; and Ia spin
ners' hands 300, 900 bales, making the
total supply for the year 6,47O, 000
bales. Allowing that the consump-
ton for the entire year will be ut the
rate of l25, 900 bales per week, which
rate can only be reduced by extreme.
ly low prices. there would be on hand
at the end Of the year, $4,000 bales.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

SAFE TRAvELING.-For sixteen
years the life Of no passenger, while
riding In the ears, has been lost upon
the Michigan Central Railroad
Mark the contrast with other roads,
from which accidents are reported az
regularly as the months come around.
The dispatcher on this line sits In his
office, with his tally-b 'ard beside
him. Every trains time OF arrival
aud departure Is teIegraphed 10 him.
The whole track Is before his eye,
every train and Its place. What n
responsibility upon single hand!
Yet for sixteen years there has been
no fatal mistake.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

In the District Supreme Court to-
day decision was rendered In the
case of several women claiming the
right ~ vote under the first section OF
the Fourteenth amendment. The
decision embraces the following
points: That women are citizens, aud
under the constitution they have the
right to vote, but further legislation
In necessary, as they can not vote In
this district because the act creating
the new government restricts the suf-
frage to males.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

! think It looks very slatternly and
careless to see u young lady carrying
n muff with tile lining all ragged
and stringy and dingy--quite rs bad
as soiled collar, or cuffs "the worse
of the wear.r Girls seem to think
Ii a very particular job to refine and
renovate muR, but II Is not, and I
will tell them how to do 1t. When
mufis are bought they are generally
lined with cheap silk that soons wear
out. 1t hardly pays for the expense
Of buying good new silk; just take
old bonnet ties, or bows, or any kind
Of thick, good ribbons that have be-
come soiled and thrown aside, wash
them we'll In hot suds and color them
with analine. Try the dye first with
bit of silk, or string, so as to get
just the shade you desire. Lift the
ribbon often while in the dye, that
1t may air and not be spotted.
After you have done dyeing, add a
little more analine, and you can col
or the most beautiful brown, which
will be I'm better taste to line mothers
and grandmotlier's mufis. For girls
scarlet or crimson Is prettiest, be-
cause 1t Is bright, and seems warm
and cheerful and sparkling ia the
cold winter time, and the color mar
monizes well with cloth and furs and
muffiers, and the buoyant spirits of
the young.
Take a piece of soft, red flannel,
for the inside of the muff, and place
the ribbon lining on it SO that 1t will
bring it just the right length and
width when sewed In. Sew 1t up
and have all made neatly ready to
put In and sew round the edges. Use
fine silk thread the color Of the H.
ming. Put tin place before common
cling, else 1t will draw unevenly. II
the tassels are worn out and beyond
being respectable, take bits of ribbon
two inches wide, the color Of the il
ming, and make a bow with ends and
fasten on where the seam come to-
gether. If you have a little bow OF
ribbon at the other end of the mutt,
let there he no ends fluttering from
it. A knot of ribbon Is unmeaning,
unless 1t Stimulates that something
fastens there; then 1t is In good taste;
that Is the reason bow at the fast.
ening of ones collar Is pretty, and is
never Questionable.
There is no need Of furs being
sprinkled with tobacco when they
are laid away, and then brought forth
In bleak November. broken and
creased and smelling badly. Put
them away in good season, In pa
per sack, tied up closely, so that the
most minute fly cannot reach them.
Put them in dark place, and they
will come out in good condition when
needed.-Rurat Neto Yorker.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

An Illinois paper edited by Mr..
Steel, says: "a printer lpst week pro-
posed to go into partnership width US.
His name was DOolittle. The firm
name would sound very bad, either
wy you put it-Steel 4 Dooiittle, or
Doolittle Il Steel. We can't JOHN
One of us would be in the poor house
and the other in the pen.tentiary."
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

A judge in Indiana threatened 10
fine n lawyer for contempt Of court.
81 have expressed Ho contempt for
the court, "a said the lawyer; "on the
contrary, have carefully concealed
my feelings
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

The art of printing was early
abused. Ia 1854 we learn that Hugh
Singleton aud Tho-. Purioot were au-
tborizcd to search for unlicensed aud
disorlerIy woke.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

There are eight pin factories in the
United States, whose annual pgoduc.
ton is 6,7-0, OK, O0c pins.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

a little crib beside the bed.
A little face above the spread.
A little fruck behind the door,
4 little shoe upon the floor.
A little lsdswith dark brown hair,
a little bluc-eyed face and fair,
A little lane that leads to school,
A little pencil, slate and rule.
a little bilthesome, winsome maid,
A little hand within hrrs laid;
a little cottage, acres four,
A little old time fashioned store.
A little family gathering round;
a little turf heuped, tear-dewed mound
A little added 10 his soil,
A little rest from hardest toll.
Attic silver In his hair;
a little stool, an easy chair,
A little night OF cnrth-lit gloom;
A little cortege to the tomb.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

Capt. James e. Wheeler, Quarter
master Agent, las now In his hands
for Investigation, the following
claims, presented by citizens of Ten
nessee for Quaytermaster's stores,
taken by the Federal army durying
the war. Citizens of the counties re-
presented can communicate with
Capt. Wheeler with reference to
any evidence they may have concern
ing the justness of the claims or the
loyalty IF the claimants 10 the Fed
eral Government, during the rebel
lion. Capt. Wheeler's Potoffice ad-
dress Is Nashville, Tenn.
Mathew Anderson, Davidson
Ounty.-............... ............ Sl,4O0O0
Benz, r. Gleaves, Davidson
county.............................. 2,0s7 90
county $3.50. ..,............ 49,. 400 90
J. A. Bland, Davidson Co.,. LAS on
J. Donnelly, Davidson Co.,
IOr S........................... Z,O55 w
w. G.. Woodruff, Davidson
cOunty..--.:....... ......... 10000
j. ID. Horton, Davidson CO.. 200 90
M. Patterson, Davidson Co. ], 0s5 90
j. w. Parham, Davidson Co. OPT %
VIM. 9rizzard, Davidson Go. IS 90
A. G. Grizzard, Davidson co. IS 90
Is. w. Henry, Rutherford CO $4,000
Thos. J. Heneger, Warren co. 32 %
Washington Mercer, Warren
cOunnty.......... ....... ............ 100
H. M. Medley, Sumner co. 1906 90
samuel Harlan, Wilson co.. 1000 90
j. X. Thompson, Wilson Co.,. $50 90
IT. Dunn GheRtham oollntv ~
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09
CLARI<SVILLE
FEMALE ACADEMY.

'l,HE SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION OF
] this institution begins on the ith OF
september next.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09
II IL IL Nj s.:

jos, II. WESI, Prtst.
C.srAsNilc, Jane II, Tl-tl
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

of the hest quality. Come along, friends,
and will show you something that will
do To bet on.
JAMES +. JOHNSON.
Sept ., Tiff
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13
Cancer Is CurabIe.

Astonishing success in the treatment
of cancers, tumors, ulcers and scrofula,
by L. n. Grati2ny, NJ. D., of Cincinnati,
Ohio. Abundant testimony given from
persons who have beer cured of cancers,
many Of whom reside in the city and vi
cinity of Cincinnati, and can be seen at
their homes by those who may desire it.
A pamphlet treating on the above disea-
ses, containing testimonials and refer
ences from our first citizens sen free to
any address, on receipt of stamp for
postage. Special attention given to de-
formities, club-foot, knock-knee, hair
lip, bony and poly poid growths, and to
operative surgery of every description.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13
sneednH Cured.

We advise such of our readers as may
be afflicted and in need of medical aid, to
notice the advertisement with the above
heading in another column. The great
success attending the Western Medical
Institute of Cincinnati for years past. in
curing certain diseases is we'll known all
over the country. This institution. has
and is doing much to put down q~uacking
The Life-like Models of cases cured are
surprising, and they give hope to the de
spairing. 2Gosand see for yourself.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13

science, their enormous libraries, and
their profitable profession. We are
rather pleased to listen to OF read wars
of words, provided they are conducted
with due respect for the opinions and
feelings of the opponents ; but we shall
take all due p~recaution to escape both the
Gehenna of theologists, and the practices
of all the doctors. But, since health is
the most valuable of all earthly possess
siens, we would recommend to all a care
full study of whatever proposes to pre-
serve or restore it, and such are the
works of DIR, Curtis, to which the reader
&c -aC,rrod 70 I
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13
Forty Years Ago

Forty years. ago, literature meant
learning and was supported by common
sense. Refined nonsense had no advo-
Gates, and was pretty generally kicked
out of doors. @8:t&G5I -El-
> Forty years ago, there were but few
merchants in the country, or ~insolvent
debtors and they were rarely, imprisoned
for debt. 1A5A@s
Forty years ago, young ladies of the
first responsibility learned music, but it
was the music of the spinning wheel,
and learned the necessary steps of daDe-
ing in following it. Their piano forte
was a loom, their sparasel a. broom, and
their novels a Bible.
Forty years ago the young gentlemen
hoed corn, chopped wood at the door, and
went to school in the winter tt learn
reading, writing and arithmetic.
Fefty years ago., there We're no such
things as balls in the summer, and few
in the winter except NOW balls.
Forty years ago, if a mechanic pro-
posed to do your work, you might rely
on his word; it would be done.
Forty. years ago, when a mechanic fin
ished his work, he was paid for it.
Forty years ago printers were paid
and were therefore enabled to pay their
debts. 5-
What a falling off. !
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13

OILS-We quote lfhseed SO to soc.
Lard oil is in but moderate request at II
to soc. Refined petroleum is steady at
"A to zee. rct--
POULTRY-We. quote old 81 25 to
81 20 per doz., and young 50 to $3.
PoTAFoEs@The receipts of[new
were in excess of.the demand, and a fur
ther decline was established, closing at
81 20@1 % per bush. v
POWDER-We quote rifle S. 80 to
Sc per key of % lbs, and blasting So so
to "a. .an-s e-.. s' EE
81 PRoVISIoNS-Prices have advanced
about &c. per Ib. on nearly all articles,
and the market closes with a strong feel
ing, although without much activity.
Mess PoRK-The market closes firm at
SIS 80 with light offerings at this price
but not much demand. Some jobbiag
sales of summer-cured mess lave been
made at $14 80 to $14 IS.
BULK MEATs-There has beensa good
demand forsshoulders allzthe week, and
prices have advanced to &C., the market
and holders asking. &c. more. Rib sides
rave sold well, but close dull a t718c.;
clear rib would bring 7Ac., and clear
sides, SIC, all loose; but &c. more is
generally asked.
LARD-There has been an improved
most of the week, and prices
a advanced to 1O18c. for city kettle
,endered, closing with a good demand at
his price, and holders asking &c. more;
100 tierces .prime new steam sold to-day
It 938c. Country kettle is held at l0c.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13

VIZ ANTED-AGENTs-To sell the Keystone
in Ohio, Indiana and ke1tueky; The new Key Store
nfbsr machines n0win use. Took the large silver
medal at the late Industrial Exposition held in Gin
good Agents rare ind1eements, Call on or ad-
dress - SHA mtGen1 Agent,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13
onwara and upward.

- 5.Ef rrssSE zssE EER7 E4z-s"7HS
1sThis is emphatically a day of pro-
gress. Thinking men examine anew what
have long been regarded as settled prin-
iciples in science, and scan with piercing
eyes, every new proposition that intrudes
upon society. Darwin boldly questions
the separate and Independent creation of
the human species, at the risk of wound
ing our pride of ancestry, by proving us
descended from the monkeys; and the
planets are accused of wheeling wide
their mighty rounds" ny compression
instead of the Newtonian attraction.
The Judaic, and the Christian religion
are accused of being too limited in their
extent, as well as too late in their origin,
to be regarded as the only n worthy to
be received by ssan the werld,' and as
not the same to all, who cordially accept
it. AZ - -
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13

. SFEA = ATHA = q ITE|fa%&f 20
J These are the most reliable standard works on
TRUE Medical Science and Practice No family
should hesitate to procure them as life Insurance
Any Intelligent head of a family can learn in g, few
weeks, by a careful study of these books. both how
to avoid disease in general, aud how TO cure niue
tenths of all that ever afiict the human race. Iney
viii be found good, substitutes for their auIhof'
when he shall have gone to his rest.
Sent postpaid to all parts of the united sr 3 ano
Canada. on receipt OF the above prices: Or
uer Cincinnati, Ohio.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13

And so it is with medicine. Its most
devoted advocates nave discovered, in its
ancient p%retentions to an immovable
foundation, 50 many ~deeomposed and
decomposing rocks, that many of them
advise US to @escape from under,'' lest
the whole temple fall upon US, and crush
US in the ruins. Among these latter, is
our fellow citizen, DR.. Curtis, who has,
for thirty years, been sscrying aloud''
among us, and sparing not against what
he regards as medical ignorance and
quaekery; and proposing, in b books
he has published, and which he adver-
tises in this paper, to spread, through all
theland, his criticisms on and condem-
nations of the past ; and to set forth, for
adoption in its stead, a system of medi-
cal practice which "shall stand a tower
of strength unframed amidst the rude
shoals of opposition's bursting waves,
through all succeeding time.'' aJ ~ssA
So any attemptsto decide ON the merits
of such opposing questions, we prefer
presenting them to "whonl they may
concern" and advising the persons in
terested to examine and decide for them
selves, Those who have felt proud of
their Mosaic ancestry, will "pitch into"
Darwin with many and sharp tones in
their forks. Dur astronomers will be
very jealous of the theories they have set
forth, while the doctors will be stimula-
ed by the perusal of the bold and start
ing charges of DIR. Curtis, to polish up
NEW their literary scalpels, their l~ancets,
md their forceps, and sally forth to save
total. demolition their yenerated
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13

Perry Davis Pain Killer is an excel
lent regulator ofthe stomach and bowels,
and should always be kept on hand, es-
pecially at this season of the year, when
so many suffer from bowel complaints.
There is nothing SO quick to relieve In
Attacks of Cholera,
Sold at only % cents a bottle, by Mer-
chants generally.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13

WHISKY-There has been a varia-,
ton of 1c. per gallon during the week,
with sales as low as SSc., but the market
closes firm, with a good demand, and
about all offered selling at soc. per gall
lon insiron-bound cooperage. -
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13

WOOL-The demand early in the
week was quite active and a further adj
vance was established on all grades. The
Eastern agents, however. toward the
close manifested less inclination to buy,
as no further Improvement in prices is
anticipated. Western dealers have no
confidence in prices being maintained
Inc are selling as rapidly as it comes
forward. "A revised list of quotations
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13

BACoN-There has been a fair con
.sumptive demand most of the week, and
prices advanced 1 to 115c. per h., hut the
advance has checked the demand some
what, and the market. closes dull at go
to &c. for shoulders, with only moderate
offerings. Clear rib sides have SOLD up
to SAc., and clear sides to &C., all packed.
and are now held firmly at these prices.
Sugar-cured hams have been in good de-
mand, and have advanced to 15A@16c.,
canvassed and packed, for heavy and
light averages. -
RICE-We quote Carolina94 to 104c.,
and Rangoon s to-9c. ..
SUGAR-We quote New Orleans 90
12s4c. for fair to choice, and II to Is fer
clarified. Demerrara is quoted 12% to
&c.; refined is selling at r to 124c.for
Yellow ; 125Rc. for extra E.C;" 1231cLfor
"B;" BE. for "A," and 14c. for hard::49'
SEED-clover is held at lie. perlb.,
and timothy 81 to 81 % per bushef for
prime, but the demand is of the most
limited character. Flax is in fair re-
quest at 81 IS to 81 S5 per bush.
TEAS-There has been no material
change in the market. The consump-
tive demand was moderate. We quote I:
SSS o1eng 81 @9i g
Rt 5pegia dyson ,.,a ;,. 5 7Sc p e
GGS y 3 y dor IoGsg ! 81 81
Sunpo"der 1 laegi 20