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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

The PREss.-As congregation
will rarely rise above its minister, SO a
religious denomination will never rise
above the standard of its press. II
there is one thing more important than
all else, IL is that Christianity should
sustain for itself a sound, vigorous,
and wcll-ballanced Journalism, for it,
power goes noisIessly through the
land, but speaks in every pulpit and in
every home, and there il no Language
nor tongue 10 pronounce the name OF
Jesus, where its voice is not heard and
ito power felt.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

SHIRT BosoMs.--A lsundrese give.
the following recipe for doing up shir,
bosoms: Take two onces of fine
gum arabic powder, put it into pitch.
err and pore on pint or more ofwater
and then having covered it, let il stand
all night. In the morning pour il
carefully from the dregs into clean
bottle, cork it and keep it for use. A
tablespoonful of gum water. tsirred
into pint of starch, made in the usu-
al manner, will give to lawns, either
white or printed a look of ncwness.
when nothing else can restore them.
after they have been Washed.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

How TO PREAcH.-It appears from
Lcifchild's own account Of his labors
in the recently published biography
that he regarded the livery and pre-
paratiou of his discourscs, and being
OF almost equal importance In the
following quaint "precept for remem-
branee, he expresses the manner in
which, in his opinion, his sermons
should be preached:
begin low,
Proceed slow;
Take fire.
Rise higher
BE self-possesscd
Whom most Impressed"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

WHY is hen immortal2 Her son
never sets. Why have chickens no
hopes in the future? They have their
next world (necks twirled) in this
Why is hen on fence like cent I?
Head on one side, tail on the other
Why don't hens lay at night? Then
they. are roosters. Why il the first
chicken Of brood like the mainmast
Of ship? 1t is a little forward of
the main hatch. A chicken Just
Matched like cows tail? Never seen
before. Why should not chicken
cross the road? 1t would be fowl
proceeding. If ship captain had no
eggs what would he do? Lay to (two9
And, to conclude, hen is poor
economist, because for every grain she
gives peck.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

ABUSE OF ANIMALs.-Why il it
that so many farmers are SO cruel to-
ward their animals? Some who are
kind to their families seem TO think it
would be undignifed in them to treat
their stock with any degree of kind
mesa. They scold and whip their hors-
es for the most trivial faults. and kick
and beat their cows, calves, hogs, and
sheep, apparently for the mere gratifi-
cation of tyrannical disposition.
The practice cannot be too strongly
condemned. 1t is not only wicked,
but is is improbable. Animals kept
in constant fear of their owner, so
much that they always run at his APP
proach, cannot grow or thrive as well
q. those that are more humanely treat
ed
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

a man from one of the rural
districts recently went to Washington
to see the sights A member of the
House, whose constituent he was, said:
Come up tomorrow and | will give
you a seat on the floor Of the House ("
No you don't" replied Jonathan: Il
always manage to have a chair to set
on at home, and | bet ] liant come to
Washington to set on the Aoorl In.
juns may do that when they come, if
they like, but | thatam civilized, don't
do II. -
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16
THE CHRONICLE.
TERMS, % 90 IN ADVANCE.
SATURDAY. ............ ..........MAncH 10. ISL

WHEN the people read the proceed
ings of Congress, teeming with dis
closures of the basel frauds, practiced
upon them, by those they have selected
to foster the prosperity of the coun-
try, guard its liberties and maintain
its honor, does no patriotic impulse
prompt them to hurl the corrupt ring
from power9 If not, they deserve TO
be slaves, and the sooner the last rivet
is fastened upon their recreant limbs
the better. When patriotism becomes
extinct, slavery IL the fitting doom of
the eowardly and degraded masses who
prefer it TO the boon of freedom once
enjoyed and basely surrendered. To
the patriot, one hour Of freedom is
worth more than all the gilded visions
which treason to liberty can present to
his mental vision. There are no Catos
in this degenerate country, nor is there
la Brutus to avenge the triumph oftyra-
ny on the field of Pharsalia, where the
liberties ofRome made the final strug-
gle against the armed hosts of the vic
torious despot. The light of the Ro-
man Republic was extinguished by a
sea of blood; ours, more ANONYMOUSLY,
is smothered in pool of moral filth.
The patriots of Rome contested every
inch of the despots advance, ours have
yielded to the love of money, and the
gilded trappings of place and power
bartering their country's freedom for
a mess of Treasury pap.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

4 LosT OppoRTuSIrY.--A Texan
tells this story Of lost opportunities
Now you see, said he, land was
cheap enough at one time in Texas
I've seen the day when | could have
bought a square league of land, cover
ed with fine grass and timber, for a
pair of boots"
And why didn't you buy ?" asked
his companion.
Didn't have the boots said the
Texan.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16
Darkness and smalI-rox.

The London Lancet says: IF a pa
tlent, in the beginning of the attack.
he put in a room from which absolute
ly all light is excluded save that of a
candle, the effect is to arrest the dis
ease in the vestage state; the skin be-
tween the vesicles is never infamed
nor swollen; the large scsbs of matter
never form over the face; there il no
intense pain, and only trifing itching.
and the smell is either very slight or
altogether wanting.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

JUDGE DAvIs.-Mr. Justice Davis,
the candidate of the Labor Reformers,
is the Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States who delivered the
opinion of that tribunal opening the
doors Of the Ohio Penitentiary to l..
7. Milligan, of Indiana, wrongfully
imprisoned, under sentence of life by
one of Stantons military courts mar
tial. Judge Davis looscned the grip
Of the petty tyrant Burnside, on the
Chicago Times, in 1863. He believes
in the Constitution, and would I'M
doubtedly make short work ofthe mil
itary of Grant at the South should the
question come before him.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

A lady school teacher in Omaha,
having an inordinatc dread Of the
small pox, sent home little girl be
cause she said her mother was sick
and had marks on her face. The next
day the girl presented herself at the
school house, with her fingers in her
mouth and her little bonnet swinging
by the strings, and said to the teacher.
We've got a leetle baby at our house,
but mother told me 70 tell you it ism I
catchin." The teacher commanded
the pupil to take her seat.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16
A algan.Ie Gomez Coming.

a great astronomer in Switzerland,
Nj. Plantamour by name, predicts the
coming of a comet more gigantic than
any heretofore observed which, with in
doscribable velocity, is heading for this
unfortunate world, and will arrive on
the 18th day of next August. The
first thing we shall notice Is that il Is
growing uncommonly hot; but this
being quite usual on the 18th of Au.
gust, it is probable that very few of
the inhabitants Of the earth will be
ready for the catastrophe which must
inevitably follow Our only chance of
escape from conclusive destruction is
that some bigger planet may cause the
comet to deviate from its regular route.
If it Doesn't, we shall be snuffed out
like tallow candle.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

A member Of the board Of supcrvis
orr, of county in Mississippi objected
IA. levy six mills on the dollar for
school purposes, because there were
only eight mills in the county, and one
of them didn't have water enough to
run half the year.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

An Ohio youth who desired TO wed
the object Of his affections, had an in
teryiew with her parental ancestor. in
which he stated. that although he had
no wealth worth speaking Of. yet he
was chuck full Of days work. he
got the girl.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

The Supreme Court Of the United
States has dee ded that 20 State court
has authority to interfere and dis
charge person enlisted in the ! United
States service on the ground that he
had enlisted when a minor, aud without
proper admission, and that such cases
belonged exclusive 20 q United States
court
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

The evidence submitted to the Clay
ton Investigating Committee goes to
show that the Arkansas Senator, and the
pet and friend of Grant, was only gull
ty Of bribery, perjury, forgery, and lar
ceny. That il rather moderate for a
carpet bag United States Senator.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

There il nothing like beginnine
life with settled economical principles
Estravagsnce is habitsasily contract
cd and goes on increasing in volume a
a snow bal doo' when rolling dow
I'm
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

John, said a cockney lawyer 10
his son, 81 zee you never will do for an
attorney-you have no henergy, y "Ex
cuse me, father" said John, what i
want is some of your chickenary"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

THE Ku-KLUX ACT.--The Ku-klux
act is shortly to be brought before the
Supreme Court of the United States,
for decision upon the points whether
under the enforcement law of May,
1870, persons can be punished for com
hitting a crime defined under the
laws of the State, and whether
the right to bear arms is a
right guaranteed by the Con.
stitution and to be protected under tho
enforcement act. With respect to
this right there is considerable differ
ence of opinion among the judiciaries
of the various States, and we believe
that no authoritative decision respect
ing the scope and limitation OF the
right has az yet been pronounced by
the supreme Court of the United
States. The two points will virtually
test the constitutionality Of the act in
question. The Ku-klux prosecutions
in South Carolina were suspended be-
cause ofthe disagreement ofthe Circuit
Judge and District Judge on the points,
the cases of being in consequence certi-
fed to the Supreme Court.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

The French language has about 3d.
600 words, the Spanish 30 000, the
Italian - 0o0 ami tho English i1001
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

TIE Nashville Union and American
Facts and Fancy man gets off the fol-
lowing;
The following is the way they call
out the figure of a reel" in Georgia /:
Dance to the gal with the yellow
shaw now down outside and up the
middle; turner to your partner, Isaac
Smach, and now to that entire strang-
er; sachez to the right and left; IA de
tan, da du de; now to Peter Schwit-
cheli's daughter; turn to your partner,
every one; set to the haring frill; bal
ance one and spin about the girl with
the hole in the heel of her stocking"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16
Unfailiug Eye praservers
LAZARUS MORRIS & co.'s
erLssRArEp yrxrrerrp
SpectacEss and Eye Glasses !


We take occasion to inform you that wo
have established AN Agency IN this locality
for the a,rle az our CELEBRATED PIN
FECTED SPECTACLEs AND EYE 0IAN,
SES, with the well-knowu h ouse AS under
In introducing these beautiful Lenses to
your notice. We take the opportunity OF
calling you. especial attention to the many
advantages to BE- derived from their use.
In the celebrated Perfected Spectasies aud
Eye Glasses of our niaBufhctrre, VIC have
embodied all the improvements which
science has discovered and art perfected.
They will be found on trial 20 assist tho
sight most brillinniiys son, easy. and
pleasant To wear, and Invariably causing
q continuous and abiding improvement IN
the eyes, besides lasting q great many
years without change being required. Our
Agents are furnished with THIS system,
solely our own, and seenred BY eopyrigktr
thus tnsurlngto our patrons not only Spec
tacles and Eye Glasses OF peculiar excel
lencc. but as well n certainty that they arc
properly adapted to the sight.
We take occasion to caution the public
against peddlers pretending TO have our
goods for sale. We never supply or employ
any peddlers, and our goods can only be
obtained in this locality OF our authorized
resident Agent.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

The Washington (TexasJ Chronicle
says that Colonel w c. McCarty. who
has for some time been making re-
searches in the northwestern portion
Of the State of Texas, known as the
Llama Estacado--'staked plains
brought with him some Of the most
interesting specimens of copper and
silver ore and coal Of superior quail.
ity from that region. Both coppcrand
silver are very valuable. The coal
bears a close resemblance TO the an
thracite of Pennsylvania.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-03-16

All of the managers of the last cleo
tion in Hill county have been indicted
in the United States District Court re
Gently in session at Austin. One of
the clerks confessed to the taking
out Of the ballot-box three hundred
Giddings tickets and putting in their
place three hundred for Clark Son
Intoaia Herald
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-04-13

The territory is covered with ruins,
which prove conclusively that 1t was
densely populated by people far IN adj
vance, in point of civilization, of most
of the Indian tribes. There is no writ
ten record of them, and 1t IS only a
matter of conjecture who and what
they We're. Occasionally a deserted
house is found sufficiently well pre-
served TO ascertain the character Of the
architecture. The walls of the Casa
Grande, situated on the ella, near San
ford, are still two stories above the
ground. In size the structure Is about
80 feet by 60; the walls are very thick
ana made of mud, which was evidently
confined and dried as it was built. 1t
is divided into small rooms, and the
partitions are also made of mud. The
floors were made by placing sticks close
together and covering them with
cement. Around and near the Casa
Grande are the ruins of many other
buildings, but by the lapse OF time the
decay of vegetation has formed earth
and nearly covered them, and all that
now marks the place where once a
stately mansion stood is the elevation OF
the ground. Near the Ancha noun
tains are ruins not so extensive, but in
far better preservation than the Casa
Grande, and near these ruins are old
arastras for the reduction of silver ores.
1t is believed that these ancient ruins
are the .vestiges Of a people who were OF
a peaccable disposition, but who were
entirely destroyed by the ApAches.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-04-13
New Outlet for Western Grain.

From the Chicago Tribune March %.
Mr.. John Harold, OF Liverpool, one
Of the heaviest of English capitalists,
has been in this city two or three days,
inspecting the ruins, and wondering at
the rapid reconstruction OF Chicago.
Mr.. Harold is the gentleman referred to
in q letter to the Tribune, from New Or
leans, few weeks ago, as the founder
OF new line of steamers soon to ply
between Liverpool and New Orleans.
The company has secured valuable
franchises in the latter city, and ex-
poets to command the principal volume
Of the cotton and beef trade of the
South, and also to make much better
bid ioi The grain traffic of the Mississippi
Valley than New Orleans has been able
to make hitherto. The policy which
the Tribune has always urged, of cult,
waiting New Orleans as a winter port for
outgoing grain and incoming merchan-
disc, Will he greatly forwarded by Mr..
Harolds arrangements, which are now
certain TO be carried out, and by the
new running arrangements of the Hi.
nois Central with Macomb's roads in
Mississippi and Louisiana. The neces-
sity of such an outlet to the Chicago
grain trade is forclbly demonstrated by
the present glut Of grain in store, and
the exceedingly poor prospects OF get
ting it started to tide water before the
middle of Nav.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-04-13
Extensive Railroad SWindling.

The arrest Of Swerineer and Goddell,
at Burlington, Iowa, for swindling the
Burlington and Missouri Railroad Com
pany, was only the beginning of very
serious affair. 1t seems that several
ticket agents along the line OF the road
were in the habit of selling tickets, in
collision with the conductors, and max
ing no returns Of the proceeds. Since
Monday three have been arrested,
Howell, the agent at Red Oak Junction,
Mcdaniel, agent at Corning, and Sny-
dam, agent at the Missouri River Sta
ton. The confessions of these men i'm
plicate seven others; who will be
brought to justice. Goddell, the first
conductor arrested, and who is evidedtly
the leading conspirator, was found to
have So 600 in bonds in his possession,
and IS known 10 own much valuable
property III the East.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-04-13
What Spring Brings With 1t.

Regarded from medical standpoint. Spring Is NOT
the defect ble season described by vernal poets On
the contrary its yield of intermittent fever bilious
attacks rheumatic pains disorders Of tn stomach
complaints and pulmonary diseases, is almost
large its crop of violes, snOwdrops and cherry
blossoms. The invisible seeds of innumerable mala-
dies rise with the morning mists. and are scattered
broadcast by the vapors of night. Who can resist
their mephtic influence? Certainly not the weak by
nature. those whose nervous energies have been
overtasked by mental physical labor unless they
tone and invgorate their systems. and thus enable
them to cope with the unhealthy influences by which
they surrounded.
The only medicinal agent by which this object can
be rapidly and safely accomplished is the great
table renovant and invigorant Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. The operation of this ce ebrated specific Is
four-fold 1t strengthens the digestive organs, regu-
laes the secretions improves the condition Of the
blood superinduces regular habit of body, and
thereby imparts such vgor and elasticity to the whole
the action of the poisonous masma, with which the
spring atmosphere is always to some extent impreg-
mated. Here. then. is ready and certain means of
escaping the disorders prevalent at this f
they already fastened upon the system) OF con-
quering them speedily and thoroughly. The flavor of
medicine is not of much consequence provided 1t
does work properly but of Hostetters Bitters it
may be fairly said, that they effect without out
raging the patients of taste.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-04-13
Apples.

With us the use of the apple, as an
article of food, is far moderated. Be
sides containing large amount OF sugar,
mucilage and other nutritive matter,
apples contain vegetable acids, aromatic
qualities, etc, which act powerfully in
the capacity of refrigerants, tonics, and
antiseptics, and when free y used at the
season Of mellow ril eness they prevent
debility, indigestion, and avert, without
doubt, many of the ellis which flesh is
heir to-" The operators of Cornwall,
England, consider ripe apples nearly AS
nourishin. ~ bread, and far moro so
than potatoes. In the Year lSOl--
which was a year Of much scarcity
APPLE, instead of being converted into
cider, were sold to the poor and the labo-
rers said that they could stand their
work" on baked apples without meat -;
whereas 4 potato diet required either
meat or some other substantial nutrl-
ment. The French and Germans use
apples extensively, 50 do the inhabi-
tauts Of all European nations. The la
horers depend upon them as an article
of food, and frequently make a dinner
of sliced apples and bread. There is
no food cooked in AS many different
ways in our country as apples, nor is
there any fruit whose value, as an arti.
Gle of nutriment. is as great and so Little
appreciated. - Water Cure journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-04-13
The Cotton Fabrics of India.

AnEnglish writer says: The marvel
GUS delicacy of touch possessed by the
Indian woman eounterbalances the in
feriority of Indian cotton in weaving
the fine and delicate cottons to which
the names of "webs of woven air."
"dews of night" running waters"
etc, are given by the natives. They
now use the spinning-wheel generally
for the ordinary fabrics, but the spindle
still holds its place in the hands of the
Hindoo women when employed in
spinning thread for the finer muslins.
For these the Hindoo woman first cards
her cotton with the jawbone of the
boalee fish; she then separates the
seeds by means of small iron roller,
worked backward and forward upon
fiat board. An equally small bow is
used for bringing it to the state of a
downy fleece, which is made up into
small rolls, to be held in the hand dur
ing the process of spinning. The APP
paratus required for this consists of a
delicate iron spindle, having a small
ball of clay attached to it in order to
give it sufficient weight in turning, and
embedded in little clay is a piece of
hard she'll, on which the spindle turns
with the least degree Of friction. Very
great attention is paid to temperature
Of the air during the process of spin
ming, and the splnners IN the dry
climate Of the northwest of India actu-
ally work underground in order to Sc
cure a moist and uniform atmosphere.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-04-13

Engineer Roebling denies that the
Brooklyn tower of the suspension bridge
over the East river has settled out of
line, and states that the tower has set
til d one-sixteenth OF an inch evenly all
round, which is less than the engineers
expected. The excavation for the New
York tower is seventy feet deep, and
but ten feet more is needed. The men
in the caisson work with two hundred
per cent. more than the normal atmos-
pheric pressure, but the casualties are
very few. Every man is vigorously ex-
amined before going below, and on COM
ing up is Immediately furnished with
hot coffee and It warm bunk to rest in.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-04-13

A little incident occurred the other
day that reflects more credit upon the
humanity of A. T. Stewart than do his
muniticent charities, which are, after
all, but drop to his accumulations of
millions. A servant who had been in
his employ long time was taken ill
with smallpox. Upon informing the
proper authorities, Mr.. Stewart said he
did not wish to send her to the hospital,
promising to isolate her in the upper
story Of his mansion, and saying he
would place the whole house at her dis
posal if necessary. Of course such a
request was Acceded to.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-04-13
4 New Industry.

A new and profitable branch Of native
industry, requiring but small capital,
has been established at Newark, N. j.
Seedy customer No. | enters "a store and
buys a paper collar. AS he is doing SO,
enter seedv customer No. > who scrnti.
nizes him closely. Exit seedy customer
No. |, as if alarmed, without paying for
or taking his collar. Seedy customer
No. 2 tells the clerk thai he is detec.
tive and has reason to believe that
seedy customer No. ! is thief. Sug-
gests, for purpose of better disguise,
that they exchange hats. Clerk, anxious
to aid in turthering the ends of justice,
does so. Exit seedy customer No. 2,
about 81 ahead