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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-11-15
INVOCATION TO PATIENCE.
ny DIR. L. L. LURToN.


Sweet Patience, come to me,
And calm my troubled heart;
long thy gentle face to see.
And never from thee part.
mourn and am disturbed,
That no conquest gain;
Still sorrowing and sore oppressed.
50 ready to complain.
When life moves gently on,
No crosses in my way,
No lowering clouds or darkening storm
O'ershadowing the day;
think myself secure,
And with thy presence blessed,
Nothing my soul from thee shall lure,
Nothing my heart oppress.
Quick as the nghtning's flash,
Quick as q passing thought,
NY sea of rest in tempests lashed
My sinful anger wrought.
Some little word or deed,
Someact of negligence,
A word, or act, should not heed,
Or think them an offense.
know its pride of heart.
Impatient of rebuke;
A stubborn will no peace imparts,
Or brothers counsels brook.
The little things of life,
A child might well endure,
Stir up within me such strife
Ny prayers, and tears, can't cure.
Ny petuiance feel;
mourn my waywardness;
Low in tie dust to thee kneei,
And tell my helplessness.
Spirit of Patience, come,
And sanctify my heart;
Give me the spirit of thy son,
His holiness impart.
know thou nearest prayer,
Patience to me shall come.
Affections cup thou dost prepare.
Through this the yictory's won.
Patience is sorrows child,
Born of an humble race,
With features calm, and sweet, and mild
By tears and suffering traced.
II Patience only comes
Through suffering and distress,
Dear Lord, thy gracious will be done,
My troubled heart shall rest.
Clarksville, Nov. 9Th, 1873.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-11-15

You are sure you'll never regret
this, Wiz"
Lena lifted her eyes to her lovers
face as he leaned over her invalid chair,
toying with loose curl on her neck.
Lena, darling how dare you ask
me such a question ?"
He stole kiss as he spoke.
Il was so certain you'd be disguised
because | was lame Oh, vii, don't
you wish | could walk, and dance like
Annie-like other folks?"
He felt pang of pity for her. but
he answered her very cheerily
For your sake, dear, I'd give ten
years off my life to have you as you so
naturally long to be. For myself, /
could not love you more we're you the
queen of walkers and dancers"
Ten years off you life, Viii! as if |
could spare it. And now that | kno,o
how you love me, for myself alone, L
am going to"
Instead of finishing her sentence
Lena lightly from her chair, dashed
away her crutch, and waltzed down the
room and back, fiinging herself in
Wills arms, half laughing, half cry
ing.
Il wanted to prove you and win you
if l could | loved you so long before
you knew me
Who could have resisted that? Ger
tainly not vii Renton, who, in almost
a panic of astonishmet, tried to realize
she was not lame at all, and had never
been.
1t was a glorious surprise, and Viii
was prouder than Pompey when Lena
and he had jolly galop in the parlor,
played by Annie fingers.
Shall we go to uncle Asa's library,
vii? He wants you, you know"
Lena s eyes were shining like stars,
and she linked her arm in Wills as
they entered the room.
Mr.. Lisle looked up and smiled
dryly. -,
II told you she never could be bur
den," rojoined vii gayly.
Mr.. Lisle's eyes were twinking in
the peculiar way Viii had often noticed
when he was interested. Now he quick
ly handed vii slip of paper.
I'll sign that on your wedding, day,
my boy. And now | knowyo will be
right sort of husband for my little
Lena. Annie'l ddcirst- too; She S
engaged to DR.. Warner. There, young
ones, scamper; want to read.
And vii saw a check in his favor
for twenty-fiye thousand dollars, while
| Lena, with her laughing eyes-Wil had
/ long since discovered their color, size
and shape-full of tears, informed him
that she and her cousin were co-heir-
esses. -, N -,
So VIII didn't do so i'll, after all, did
/ he?
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01
Learn to Listen.

But first learn what listening is-fOr 1t
is not merely the exercise of the sense OF
hearing. The stupidest of us all can keep
ears open and mouth shut. To listen
properly means to make other people
talk properly. That is definition, If tits
not a Websterian one. The good listener
is a cause of talking in others, and by a
proper exercise of this valuable and too
scarce gift, makes the diffident say what
they think, and the verbose think what
they say. For the greatest takers are
careful when they find they have good
listener. They know that they may not
often be so fortunate, and they talk their
best. The adept in, listening may some
times hear more pressing than he likes, but
if he be skillful this will not often happen.
When it is impossible to get anything in
teresting or useful out of man, he need
be listened to no longer Every one of
sense will agree to that. But it Is aston
ishing how many good things some very
unpromising persons will say If they be
properly and conscientiously listened to.
To be sure it is very hard for some per-
sons to listen. They have a gift for talk
ing. and they like to exercise it. But
these are the very persons who should do
great deal of listening. They know
what a luxury it is to talk, and they
should give their family and friends a
chance to learn the art. Besides, like
farmers, they will often find much advan-
tage in a rotation of crops. A season of
listening is often most excellent prepar-
alive for season OF talk. Haf,.f''.f
1t is often supposed that if man has a
good thing to say, he will say 1t, but
this is not necessarily the case. Very Of
ten he never says it, because no one will
give him a chance. He don't want to
waste his speech on tools, and the smart
folks want him to content himself with
hearing what they have to say. This hap
pens-not in connection with very good
things, perhaps, but with things that
might lead to very good things-every
day and every hour. in thousands of fami-
lies, all over the land-to say nothing
of society.
There are those who so seldom have a
chance to speak to interested ears, that
they gradually withdraw themselves into
themselves, where, not generally finding
much, they intellectually pine away.
To be sure, we should not fail to become
good takers, If we can; but, do what we
NAV, we can only make one talker Of our
selves, whereas, BY proper listening, we
may make dozen takers of other peo-
ple.-Dr. Holland.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01

THE SUPREME QUEsrIoN.-Health is
the most important of earthly blessings,
and therefore the nervous anxiety of the
sick to ascertain the relative merits of the
various medicines in use Is not surprising.
Within the last two years many thousands
of invalids have abandoned the prepare
tons of the pharmacopolist for the remedy
introduced by DIR. Walker, Of California,
under the somewhat eccentric name OF
VINEGAR BITTERs. That this new vegeta-
BILE medicine is "winning golden opinions
of all sorts of people, Is beyond doubt.
The accounts we hear of its extraordinary
effects in cases of chronic dyspepsia, rheu-
matism, liver complaints, malarious fe-
vers, nervous prostration and many 9TH
er distressing diseases, certainly justify
the popularity which it has everywhere
acquired.
DR.. Walker claims for his specific re-
medal power over all disorders that do
not involve an irreparable destruction OF
bone and fiber, and results so far appear
to have justified the claim. In this age OF
wonders we are not disposed to deny the
possibility of any phenomena not directly
at variance with the laws of nature, and as
it is held by many Psychologists that all
maladies proceed from the same generic
cause, we see no reason for the incredulity
with which some people regard the idea OF
a Universal Medicine. DIR. Walkers prep
aration seems destined to be universally
approved.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01
Hints for Young Mothers.

The three Requisites for babies are plen-
ty Of sleep, plenty Of food, plenty of fan
Hel. The saying that man Is bundle OF
habits is as true of babies as 1t is of grown
children. If an infant is accustomed from
its birth to sleep from o'clock at night
until daylight, the habit of early sleep will
be formed, and the mother may have all
her evenings to herself. If the baby sleep
all night, long morning nap will natur-
ally come about dinner time, after which
the child, except when very young, should
be kept awake until O'Clock. Perserver-
ance in this routine will soon result in Sc
curing quiet evenings for both the child
and parent. Some methers have a long
season every morning and every night in
getting the baby asleep. They rock them
and sing them till Morpheus enfolds
them. With most children this Is entire
" unnecessary. An infant can be accus-
toned, by a few days training, to go to
sleep itself for morning nap as well as
for the longer rest at night.-JousnaI Of
Chemistry. 49, e. t--@-..-a'@-
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01

WHAT a vast change has come over the
system of medical treatment in the last few
years! A short time ago and depletion
seemed to be the only method-bleeding,
blistering, cupping, purging, etc.--but now
how different. The system of depletion has
almost disappeared, and we find tonics and
strengtheners taking its place. Build up,
instead of pull down still further, the dilapi-
dated constitution. OF all the array Of re-
storatives none surpasses PARKER's COM
POUND FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU in its invig-
Grating properties. 1t will restore the shat
tered constitution, invigorate the mind and
impart zest to life.which the poor invalid
had thought departed forever. Sold by al
druggists, everywhere,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01
Marshal Bazaine.

The French have an ingenious system
for compelling a prisoner, by a process
akin to that whereby stone is gradually
worn away by the constant dripping OF
water upon it, to prove himself guilty be-
fore trial. Their criminal procedure be
gins with an inquisltion, of which the in
qusitor is an official called the JUICE TN
styuction. This parsonage is unknown to
other than, French Jurisprudence, and Is
only 70 be compared with the men who,
amid the solitude of dungeon-walls, adj
ministered the rack and the thumb-screw
in olden Spain. A man, accused OF any
Offense, however innocent he may be, is
subjected to the mental torture inflicted
by the JUICE instruction, and is not sell
dom worried, out Of mere WEAKNESS and
pain, into statements which afterward ap-
pear to accuse him on the public trial.
This inouisition is of SO democratic a ma
ture that it is undergone by distinguished
and obscure prisoners alike. For the past
four or five months Marshal BaZaine has
been the victim of this persistent, tireless,
pitiless dripping of close interrogatOry
and vigilant cross-examination and it is
no wonder that, as those who have been
admitted to see him allege, his hair has
thinned and whitened, his color has gone,
and he has the aspect of feeble and dis
heartened old man. Day after day he
takes his seat at a desk in his prison.
house; the cold and stern minister Of the
law confronts him; no one else is by ex-
cept the judges clerk, not even the priso-
ner's counsel; and, amid the solitude of
locked doors and carefully-guarded CORR
doris, question after question, searching
into the minutest events of his life, into
the innermost springs of motive, and the
most hidden impulses of the heart, falls
upon him until the passage of hours thus
employed forces him to sink back dumb
and exhausted. Every answer Is noted,
word for word; a mis-statement, an as
sertion made when off his guard, a feebly-
uttered "no" or "yes," when he is so
wearied that he knows not what Is asked,
are placed on irrevocable record, and will
enter into the Indictment when the judy
ment-day arrives. Otherwise, the lot of
the capitulator of Metz, even surprising
him guilty of the worst that Is chsrged
against him, Is deserving of commisera-
ton. Few criminals are the victims of
more severity.-Appleton's Journal. 81
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01
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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01
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shaken Consultations.

General debility, and the dependency by which
1t is invariably accompanied, are often regarded
as the symptoms Of incurable physical decay. OF
persons thus acted It is often said that their
situations are undermined; that they have nothing
left to fall back upon; that they hopeless
This in at least eight instances out Of ten, 10 false
conclusion. A constitution may be shaken without
being undermined; and even II undermined may
be propped and strengthened; and in many So
called hopeless there reserves of vitality
and latent vigor in the system that only require
stimulating and developing to render them equal
to the work of repair. The best and surest stimu-
LIANT and inviRorant that can be given Is . remedy
for decay of the vital powers, whether natural or
casual, is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. II the fall
terng physique can be reused into healthy activity
by any human means, this regenerating vegetable
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and fluids Of the body, but indirectly upon the
constitution ITSELF Persons1eft BY lever in such
deplorably helpless condition that It would seem
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built up-it might almost be said, rs-6uib-by this
mighty. this wel-nigh infaible. vegetable restor-
alive. At this season ofinclement winds and chill
ing damps the Bitters should be taken protect
i've medicine. .4Tlis
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01

r OUR IMpRupENcE THE CAUSE OF Con-
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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01

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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01

sMEEr me at the gate, love-" has been
changed to ''Meet me at the CRATE, love-"
The cool weather has necessitated the
change.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01
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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01

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remedy so sure prompt and thorough as DR..
Jayne's Expectorant can be readily found.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-23

Plea OF Guilty Of Fel0niOus Assnult-A
Put UP Job and Narrow Escape-Error
In an Indictmcnt-Killing Man
There was the usual crowd in this Court yester-
day-Judge Davis on the Bench-but the cases
tried embraced no features Of special public inter.
est.
Richard Hurley saved the county the trouble and
expense Of trial. Having made felonious as
saut upon Charles Tilson, he pleaded guilty to the
Indictment. He was sentenced for six years to
State Prison.
Patrick Mckinney was tried on charge ofbreak.
ing into cigar store and stealing some sixty dol
lars worth OF cigars and tobacco. Although some
OF the stolen goods were found In his room, his
counsel, Mr.. William +. Knitting, showed through
the ingenious cross-examination OF q witness for
the prosecution very clearly that he was innocent
OF the charge, and the jury rendered verdict Of
not guilty.
James 'Byrnes was Indicted for an assault. with
intent to kill upon Louis Lockwood. II was shown,
however, that the name of the person Committed
was Louis LOckwe. An attempt was made to
secure his acquittal on this ground, but the Judge
ordered him TO be remanded till new indictment
could be made against him.
Robert Smith was next tried on charge OF
nlahsiaughter In killing Edward Doran, in April
last, at Q liquor saloon In Greenwich street. The
evidence showed that there was difficulty be-.
tween two other parties, all being pretty well
under the influence OF liquor at the time, when
Smith went to strike one OF them, and, by mistake,
hit the deceased njuring him so that he died nine
days afterwards. Mr.. William f. Howe, his counsel,
urged that the only possible conviction could be
manslaughter In the fourth degree, and this ver-
dict was rendered by the jury. Judge Davis said
sentence, and sentenced him for one year to The
Penltentlary.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-23
CUSTODY OF A CHILD.

Efforts OF Father to Obtain Possession
OF His Child-A Religious Question In
volvcd-How Judge Fanchcr Views the
Case.
An interesting case, and particularly taken In
connection with the action Of the Judge in the
matter, having reference to the custody OF Child
which the father seeks to obtain, came up yester-
day, before Judge Fancher, In Supreme Court,
Chambers. The name OF the child is Mary Elizabeth
small and her age thirteen years. The case came
up on an application on q writ of habeas corpus
asking the discharge OF the girl from the ST. Barna-
bas Home, which Is, as Is well known, branch OF
the Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society.
In obedience to the writ clergyman, protesting
to represent the st. Barnabas Home, produced the
young girl in Court. The statement was that the
mother OF the child brought her to the institution
and requested that good place be found for her.
placed with family named Stevens, and at the
time OF the service OF the writ was living with this
family The father OF the girl Patrick Small, swore
on afndayit that the girls mother had been an
habtual drunkard for twenty years; that he had
A. v she e s { the girl away from home that It
was some time before he could ascer.
tain where she had taken her that
Barnabas Home, but they would give him no infor-
nation about his child and that, therefore, he ap-
he was Catholic, and objected to his child living
under Protestant influences, and his affidavit
closed with stating tnat he was foreman In q
DdkeTy, anu dDuuudHbly uuc w tShc ColC VI MS
child, as he did Of his other children. other AMI
davits were submitted confirmatory OF the state
ment as to Mrs. Small being an habitual drunkard
"Is the child well taken care of where she isS"
asked Judge Fancher
"She is very kindly cared for,n answered the
clergyman. "She could not possibly have o better
home.o ss s.se 5, -
~ win give no consideration pursued the Judge,
ITO the question OF the chds father being Catho-
lie and she under Protestant influence. The father
can see the child, but he must not interfere with
her. The writ Is dismissed.n
The child was taken away by the clergyman.
When asked where Mr.. Stevens lived, he could give
no more definite answer than on Eighth avenue.
The father was too bewildered to say any thing and
evidently greatly wondered that the fanciIul idea
should ever have suggested itself to his mind that
father had any rights as to the care and custody
OF his children. II Is understood that the matter
will not end here, but that application viii be
made to ssme other Judge for another writ.