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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11
AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.

There is difference between news
item and an advertisement, which some
persons fail to appreciate, and which is
tersely stated by the Georgetown Times;
"Our country correspondence is be-
coming an interesting feature of the
Times, and while appreciating the in
tentiOns of correspondents, we have
a single suggestion to make to them.-
We hope they will distinguish between
NEWS and BUSINESS. For instance, if
John Smith breaks his neck that is
NEWS, and we want it, but If John
Smith sells cheaper cod fish than his
neighbor that is BUSINESS, and John
ought to pay for having the fact made
public, because it will bring him Gus
toners, and thereby put money in his
pocket. Again, if Farmer Jones SELLS
a choice lot of cattle, We want all of
the farmer readers of the Times TO
know the price obtained and the name
of the purchaser, and without any
charge for the information, but if Jones
has lot of cattle FOR SALE, then it
takes the nature of an advertisement,
and the publication of all such infor,
nation is charged for in every well
regulated printing Office, and finds a
place In the advertising columns of the
paper. Our correspondents will read
lily see the distinction, and recognize
the justice of it. We observe the dis
tinetion rigidly in our editorial col
umns, and must observe it in the cor
respondents column. =.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11
Home Reaiing.

One Of the most pleasant and mob
is to furnish its members good read
ing. In the times which are past it
was considered enough to clothe and
feed and shelter family. That was
the sum of parental duty. But lately
it has been found out that wives and
children have minds; and so it has
become a necessity to educate the
children and furnish reading fer the
whole household. Ii has been found
out that the mind wants its food as
well as the body, and that it wants to
be sheltered from the pitiless storms
of error and vice by the guarding and
friendly roof of intelligence and vir-
tue.
An ignorant family in our day is an
antiquated institution. Ii smells of
the musty past. 1t is a dark spot
which the light of the modern sun Of
intelligence has not yet reached.
Let good reading 90 into home and
the very atmosphere of that home
gradually changes. Itbecomes clearer,
purer, more cheerful, healthful and
happy The boys begin to grow am
bilious, to talk about men, places,
principles, books, the past and the
future. The girls begin to feel new
opening to them in knowledge, duty
and love- They see new fields Of use
fulness and pleasure And SO the
family changes, and out from its num-
Der will go intelligent men and women
to fill honorable places and useful
members of the community. Let the
torch of intelligence be lit in every
household. Let the old and young vie
with each other in Introducing new
and useful topics Of investigation and
in eherishing love of reading, study
and improvement-Rpdt World.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11
La a constrained voice she SAID !:
rs that all ~
He started abruptly and said:

In constrained voice she sand:
:" Is that all ?"s M
He started abruptly and said:
"Yes-no." M
If no, tell me more"
He frightened up, and said "Thert
is no more. 1t is story about friend
of mine, and | want to know what you
think he ought to do. He cannot pro-
pose, because it is not ehivalrous to
ask her to wait. And yet he ought not
to leave her without an explanation
An explanation would be an avowal-
proposal. Now what should he do p
With feminine perversity, she avoid
ed the question by asking another.
Does she love him?"
do not knowp'
With a sudden impulse, she said:
Has he told herr"
He was quite Disconnected by this
bold thrust, and was silent. She held her
hand over her mouth to keep her face
smooth. Tears and great Joy strug-
gled to reach the surface.
How can | tell-yet-"
Here he looked her full in the face.
Their eyes met, and he said slowly:
[ think he has,"
She rose abruptly, and began hastily
to dust the books on the table. The fight
in her heartwaxed hot. Love and maid
enly reserve struggled for the mastery.
He, with curious blindness, mistook
it all, and thinking her the most mer-
cenary and heartless girl he had ever
met, rose, took his hat, and said he
must go. aaa ID a 4
She turned upon him quickly.
Col Go where p lil :
Excuse me. Did you not know
that | intended to go West?"
mo. How should L? Do you re-
turn soon 2"
mo. Perhaps not for year."
Indeed: Oh | think | under
stand. | saw in the papers that your
employer had failed. A hard expert
ence for them. I suppose you go West
in search of new business ?"
She did not know how she said it,
for her heart seemed quite dead within
her.
hc sunny uclu Out HIS udHu dS III 10
bid her formal good-by. She took
it timidly, and said:
8 Is it good morning or good-by?"
He hesitated.
. 1t is good"
Before he could finish, she said, with
her face turned away " | wish | knew
whether that story was true or not.
: 1t is true story"
Somehow her fingers tightened round
his, and she drew near him. She pressed
back her hair from behind her ears
with her free hand, and said merrily /:
Not chiyalrous to ask her to wait. !"
Love and modesty had fought hard,
silent. Then she came to him, and,
puttinga hand on each shoulder, look
ed into his face without fear, and said !:
" Not chivalrous to ask her to wait. "
Not a word more. He looked down
upon her fair face. Tears were Turk
ing in her eyes, and her lips quivered
Love victorious. a.
Within a year they were married.
They we're engaged in all his poverty.
She was true woman, and he won the
good fight of this life through her en-
gagement Had she distained his pow
erty, he would have been a failure.
Love is ever victorious. s
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11
Capt. BEN EGAN, Of Nashville, tells
the following story:

OAPI. DEN EdAN, VI -Ndsnfilci tcilS
the following story:
Governor Alcorn, the present can
didate for Governor of Mississippi, is
a Kentucxiau, and came in fatboat
to that State from the Mouth of Smith
land. "Buz, our semi occasional ma
rine correspondent, sends US The fol-
lowing account Of desperate encoun-
ter which occurred at that town on
the 18th Of December, 1872: James
L. Alcern, the present United States
Senator from the State of Mississippi,
was at that time Sheriff of Livingston
county, Ky. The steamer Princeton,
Capt. VIM. Kays, en- route from Nash
vile to Kanawha, landed at Smith
land, and Alcorn went on board, en-
powered by subpoena, to demand pay
ment of debt due Mr.. Smedley, or
require the execution of bond. The
Captain refused to pay the claim or
give bond, but delivered up the boat
to the Sheriff, who proceeded to have
the fires in the furnaces extinguished.
The Captain, however, acting in bad
faith, went direct to the pilot house,
took the wheel himself, and COM
menced having the boat backed out
into the current. At this time Alcorn
was the only person from the shore on
board, yet, as soon as he discovered
the boat was afoat, he ran up to the
pilot house, drew bowie-knife. cut
the tiller-rope, and made a strike at
the Captains neck, which doubtless
would have proved fatal had the knife
not been stayed by the protecting folds
of large comfort. Keys then beg
ged for his life, and promised that the
boat should be landed and given up to
the Sheriff But again he proved faith
less, and having armed himself with
double -barrelled shot gun, he soon re-
turned to the roof, accompanied by
his mate and engineer. Alcorn main
tanned his position, keeping these three
men at bay until Miles, Smith and
Brewster came out to the boat in a
skiff. Miles handed Alcorn pistol,
who Immediately shot and wounded
Keys, who then fired at Alcorn, miss
ing him, however, but instantly kill
ing Brewster. Alcorn then leaped
overheard, and the Princeton proceed
ed on her voyage. The Gondola, COM
manded By j. v. Throop, was dis
patched by the citizens of Smithland
in pursuit of the flying vessel, but
having chased her about fifteen miles,
abandoned the race.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11
A MellOf Fire.

An unfortunate German, Ref By
name, and a resident of Saginaw coun-
ty, Michigan, has had most tremendous
experiences in well-digging. Calmly
and uninterruptedly he exeavated to
the depth of forty feet, aud then, as
he did not get much water, he decided
to bore. When he had drilled down
some thirty feet, things began to hap
pen. His residence was badly shaken
as by a small earthquake. Down in
the well rumbling sounds, ike the
discharge of a cannon, were heard.
The neighbocs became excited. A
bunch of ignited straw was lowered,
and up came a volume of fame rising
fifty feet above the surface. The i'll
starred Reif wanted water and he got
FIRE. The we'll coatinaed 10 go of
whenever light is applied, and We are
told that the neighbors do not feel
such sense of security as to their
hereafter as they did before the sink
ing of Refs we'll ~
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11
A New Method of Making Iron.

A new method of making wrought
iron direct from the ore now practiced
In South Shafforedshire, which is thus
described: The inventors take the
ore, grind it to powder and mix with
it powdered lime, together with pitch
or tar. When pitch is used, little
water is all that is needed to produce
a mixture having much the appearance
of dark morter. In this shape the
preparation is spread on the floor of a
close kiln, and treated pretty much
like patent fuel. Here the moisture
evapOrates, but no portion of the metel
producing ingredient is lost. In few
hours the kiln has surface of metal
coke usually four, and, if necessary,
eight inches thick. This is broken up
into sizes adaptable to heating furn-
ace of the ordinary iron works class,
where it is submitted to fire for half
an hour, at the utmost In that time
it is ready for the heave or squeezers,
which it leaves capital bloom, pro-
ducing in the rolls bar of half man
ufactured iron known, under the old
principle, as puddle bar.
Thus the use Of the blast furnace
has been altogether avoided, and the
work of converting the product of the
blast furnace into partially manufac-
tured iron, which has heretofore re-
quired the exercise of a large amount
of troublesome skilled labor, has been
effected by an operator who needs very
little practice to make him efficient.
The other stage through which the
iron has to pass in order to the COM
pleting of the bar, or sheet as the case
may be. or the same as in the old pro-
cess. The inventors who are Messrs.
Gerhard & Caddick, claim that they
require only two tons of coal to make
one ton of finished iron from the ore !;
that they can make German steel as
cheaply as cast iron and that they can
manufacture cast iron equal in purity
to charcoal iron without the use of
charcoal, and they state that they have
offers for all finished iron they can
make. The offers are, they explain,
at prices which would leave a splendid
margin of profit. The inventors are
taking steps to form a company. If
all that they claim to do is practicable,
a simplicity has been attained in the
making of iron which would go far to
reduce its price in those smaller sizes
and shapes which are most of all ap-
plicabIe to the business of the general
iron merchant.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11
LINES.
roA1ss IDA I----, OF oov1NeroN, Ky,

{ TO MISS IDA L----, OF covINGToN, KY
wearied with work and longing to play
l threw down nay books and wandered
away; fr rf
Away from the city, its hustle and strife,
To forget for awhile the vexations of life.
Away 30 the wiIdwoods, beside a bright
To cool shady places. with carpets of green,
Aud seating myself on the moss in a nook.
No companion at ali, but light charming
Half reading, half dreaming, in delicious
Forgetting the world and forgetting its
woes; t.
Suddenly before me a vision az ose-
A lovely young girl, enchantingly fair.
With halo of sunshine encirling her hair,
And light in herayeslike the light from
That Shines in its srlendor, at evening afar.
With low rip'Ing hughteTand snatches of
Like = Queen of the Gracesrshe glided
Crossing my path on that bright summer
= day.
And leaving q doubt whether woman or
fay.
I turned to my book, but no longer could
word on the page-fer between it and me.
ldCt VI tutt OuhS girl constantly came.
Iilumining the pages again and again,
With a beauty so brilliant, so real and
bright,
That it fiiIed all my soul with Its splendor
and light;
Not like q picture-the real presence was
there,
With the light in her eyes and the sun on
her hair,
And color of roses no painter could give,
For it ceases to glow when it ceases to live;
And the real effulgence of beauty and love,
Gro wned her fair brow, as if sent from
above.
AS musingly gazed on that beautiful face,
Where the shadows had passed without
leaving a trace,
saw that lovlier than roses, or the " beau
tiful star"
Was the spirit that dwelt in its purity
! there.
That vision is gone with the bright summer
day,
And will never, perchance, again gladden.
my way; l-T
But from the depths of my soul, my spirit
shall pray
That the eangels will guard her alongyoung
LIES pathway, 4 q
And in fullness OF years, when death s angel
shall come,
That she go with her . Sisters" to their
beautiful home.
T
Hot SPRINGS, ARK, SEPT. 16, '73.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11

trolling any canal on the Ohio or Ten
nessee rivers, or, any canal that may
hereafter be built by Government aid,
uniting the waters of the Tennessee or
Ohio River with the Atlantic Ocean !;
but that the Government of the United
States should own and control the
same for the free transit of the COM
merce of the Ohio, Mississippi and
Tennessee valleys" n
The meeting adjourned TO meet in
Washington, on the call of the chair
man.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11

Pray AND Pay" 1t requires con-
siderable religion to pray, but still
more to pay. There is hope for man
when it is reported, Behold, he pray
eth, but still more when it can be ad-
ded, and payeth also. The prayer
meeting is called the pulse Of the
church, the treasury is the test of its
loyalty. We are commanded to honor,
that is, to worship God with our sub
stance, to bring thithes into His house,
to give literally to lay aside of our
money on the first day of the week, as
God hath blessed us, and devote il to
the service of the gospel. This is the
most trying part of religion. Many
are delighted with the whole Of relig-
ion except it, cost. That they dislike.
They like free salvation, free preach
ing. free seats, free fires, and free lights,
and hate agents and all collectors of
money.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11

In the bill of rightsrecently report
ed to the Constitutional Commission
of Michigan there is clause which
permits the Legislature to authorize
ten Jurors to return verdict, and to
give it the same efficacy as one in which
the entire jury coucurred.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11

THE laboring man holds the same
relation TO the merchant, manufactur
er, attorney, physician and minister,
that the locomotive does to train of
elegant and well-flled cars; they
would stand still forever If the engine
did not move them.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11

"Iiye and Let Live Prices
New and Extensive FAN Stock Just
Received.
Ladies', Misses and Children's Custom
Work.
Gentlemen's very Superior ShOp-made
Boots and Shoes, both in Sewed
and Pegged Work.
Baby Shoes, i'm Great Variety, Just
Received.
CLARKsvILLE, TENN, October II, '73.
Y. L. WILLIAMS would have all to
know that he has now in store, for the
Fall Trade, his large stock of Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Caps, Valises, Umbrellas
and Gents Furnishing Goods. which
he is offering at less prices than the
same goods have ever been sold at in
this market. 1 fully appreciate the
exceeding stringency of the money
market, and hence will give you my
goods at prices commensurate with the
HARD TINES" In the selection of
my stock, great care was taken to buy
goods of best material and workman
ship, and though these goods are Of
fered you at less prices than they have
ever been sold in Clarksville, 1 can
give you a guarantee of ''GooD Quail
ITY" on nearly every pair of shoes you
get. A full stock Of Gents and Boys
Kip Boots, all grades and at bottom
prices. The best IS 90 Gents Kip
Boot in Clarksville.
Ladies Shoes, full calf vamp and
quarter, 81 30
Gents full stock calf shoes, l So
Gents !" % kip 150
Boys :" :" calf l5o
THESE ARE Coon SHOES. The best
for the money in the market, and will
guarantee them to give satisfaction.
Allother grades proportionately cheap.
The Farmers Shoe-snow and dirt
excluder. Call and see it. These
goods must be seen to be appreciated.
Call in and look at them, l will take
pleasure in showing them to you,
whether you buy or not, one look at
them with their astonishingly low
prices will convince you that We offer
greater inducements than we advertise.
1t matters not where you have bought
heretofore, nor how well they have
worn, just call in to see me this fall, if
for nothing more than to compare my
goods with others in the market, and
then buy where you can get the best
bargains. In Hats, Caps and Gents
Furnishing Goods, l have a very COM
plete stock. All the Nobby Styles of
Gents Hats, as well as the more staple
goods. Call and see HALL S ARCTIC
CAP" can be worn as four different
caps. The very thing for winter.
Don't buy your Boots, Shoes, Hats,
&C., &C., this Fall, till you have seen
mine, as l feel sure, l can save you
money. You are kindly invited to
examine my stock. My Storeroom is
No. %, corner Franklin and 1st Cross
Street. 3a1Fs g-i i-J-t tesA'-iA =
Very Respectfully,
~ rTe V. l.. WILLIAMS.
Oct. II, 1S73-tf.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11

A man out West claims stone tha.
will make mad folks sane.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-11
The ENGAGEMENT.

Hot SPRINGS, ARK, SEPT. IS, y
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-21

handkerchief marked Sarah Duffy"
were also found. The spectators will
be prohibited rom searching Tor articles
amorg the debris after to-day. The
i'll fated train bad forty-eight frst class
passengers for Boston, ten for Provi-
depce, twenty. FIVE second class for
Boston and 20O ior Providence. An
extra train from the steamer which
staru from Stouington landing .. ll:30
Q. N, bad thirty-one boat passengers,
and - many passengers sleep on the
boat, until the frst accommodation
train at 7 Q. m, departs. The loss OF
life il doubtless much less than At first
supposed. At yet all the passengers in
class passenger cars are not yet ac-
counted for. The New York list will
probably Be compared to-day with lists
Of those known TO be saved. Nine Of
the wounded are in the hospital in this
city. All except two will. the surgeons
think, be able to proceed to Boston TO-
morrow.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-21
CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, April 19.-The Pres
ident of the Pacific & Atlantic Tel
egraph Company has entered into a
contract with the Automatic Tele-
graph Company for the right to use
sheir system on his wires. The work
of arranging offices for this system
has already been commenced and
will be completed early in May. This
will increase the capacity of the Pa
cific q Atlantic's wire 8 to 10 per
cent. The rumor that the Western
Union Telegraph Company has or is
about to lease the wires of the Pacific
n Atlantic Company is officially de-
MED.
The Kellogg-Lucca italian Opera
Troupe closed brilliant and success
full week at Pixies Opera House this
afternoon. The troupe go from mere
to indianapolis, where they stay two
nights, and the balance of the week
at Louisville; then q week each at
st. Louis and Chicago. :,
A collision occurred on the Hamil-
ton & Dayton Railroad near Dayton
to-day between the Atlantic q Great
Western freight train bound south,
and the Hamilton & Dayton express
hound north. Both locomotives
we're totally ruined, that Of the pas
seneer train being thrown complete
ly on top Of the freight engine.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-21
Attractions ss .Al.baua.

The Mobile Register fears that Ala
bama has reirsiued too long from
"blowing its own horn" and to make
up in part for lost opportunities, it de-
votes an article to extrolling the State,
in the course Of which We read:
Generally speaking. the couotry is
finely watered with the purest living
springs, aud the wsterpower suited 10
the driving OF every species Of mechine-
~ is almost without limit. Timber is
OF the best quality. and many valuable
minerals, including iron and coal, are
msryelously abundant As fruit couu'
try Alabama has no superiors. All the
subuopical fruits do well here; as we'll
az most Of the fruits grown in the eI.
treme north. Figs bring three crops q
year, and grapes yield hundred and
fifty gallons OF wine to the vine. Lsnds
are extremely low. there still being a
large quantity OF public lands to be had
on homesteads-the very best lands OF
the country at that. We have excellent
railroads connecting US directly with
the tar north, thus giving US superior
advantages as a fruit and vegetable
growing region to supply the northern
markets with early products.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-21
SAN FRANCISCO.
The Modoc Trouble.

SAN Francisco, April l9.-Al'
the available troops in the city have
been ordered to the front. General
Schofield will probably go to the
front at once and assume the COM
mand in person.
It is the opinion of experienced
officers at headquarters that II the
Modocs escape from the lava oeds
other Indians will join them, requir.
ing a large force of troops in SAID
event.
Congressman Luttrell has arrived
Of Yreka from Orleans Bar. He re-
ports that the klamath and Salmon
Indians are fully posted in reference
to all movements in the Modoc war
Evidently the Modoc Indians have
visited ali the tribes in Northern
California and Southern Arizona. IL
is now reported that there is large
cave in the lava beds Elk miles from
the late Modoc stronghold in south
erly direction, which is the course
taken by the Modocs. The last cave
is harder to approach than the first
as a circuit of thirty to forty miles Is
necessary to get the guns and sup
plies to the new strong hold OF the
Modocs. The new cave is supposed
to be we'll supplied with Indian pro
visions. No official dispatches have
been received up to six this evening
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-21
atheeliua Arai5trr.
Aee,de.sal Death.

On Thursday night, something after
ten o'clock, ofRcer Straub, in com pam y
with another man, were passing up La
trobe street. Just - they got opposite
Jarvis d Reeves store, they heard the
srosps Of some one, apparently suffer
ing. On searching about in the dark
thew directly stumbled upon the body
Of q man lying near pile Of iounda-
ton stones, near the store aforesaid.
They immediately procured light and
found the man 10 an unseDsible condi.
ton, and blood oozing from bis mouth
and ears They convened him to the
bsrb-r shop OF Isasc Ednuudson and
a pbysicisn WIS called. Upon exami-
nsriop it was found that the man was
IN a state oil extreme intoxication, and
from all the circumstances It was decid
"A that be had fallen from the elevated
platform some twelve feet high in iroat
ot tho above named store into the pile
NJ rock before mentioned, and sustained
severe Injuries. ;, :,
As the man was 80 badly intoxicated
nothing could be done for him at the
ume and ne gradually sank away, and
a, two o'clock died. The u u.fortunste
man proved 10 be one Daniel Woods.
He Was raised in Randolph county,
bu, some twenty Ave years ago moved
10 Illinois, and returned to this State,
some two years sg,. Woods had been
in town for several dsvs drinking very
h ard Grafton Sentinal