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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

now to raise your dear eyes to mine
Monsieur Verlais is dead, and you are
mine forever, in life, or in death; but
hark footsteps approach; we are lost
beloved, but at least We will die to-
gether.
No no." painted Violetta, this
altar is movable, and beneath it are
stairs which lead to subterranean
vaults below; help me to push this
stone aside, and we are safe.
He did so; the altar slowly swung
aside, revealing dark stone stairway
they descended, touched spring which
caused the altar above to return to its
place, and, afelyclasped in each others
arms, heard the angry mob rage above
their heads, until they went howling
on, seeking other victims. Then, when
all was still, Violetta told Edgar how,
when her husband found that she low
ed him not, he had brought her to the
convent of La St. Vierge, yowing that
she should take the veil; and that de-
spite her tears and supplications, she
had already entered upon ber novitiate,
when now freedom had come to her,
and she wept tears of joy on her lovers
breast. To tell how they stole from
the convent under cover of the friend
ly night, and finally made their way to
England, is needless, for that they did
so is all told in the fact that, under
another name, they are living in Eng
land to-day, as happy couple as the
sun ever shone upon, or sorrow and
trials rendered content to accept with
thankfulness the goods the gods
promise" and ask no more.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
Cholera at Nashville in 1866.

There was fatal case of cholera in
Nashville on the 9th of August, 1866,
being that of a negro woman who ar
rived there from Cincinnati, where
cholera was raging in epidemic form.
No other case occurred until the 3lst
of August, when the disease broke out
and ragged with great violence. from
the middle to the close of September,
at which time it begun to abate and to
lose its fatal character, but did not to-
tally disappear from the city until the
9th of October. The number of deaths
from the pestilence during this period
was 80; the highest number in any
one day 20, which was the 24th of
September.
The first appearance of cholera in
Nashville was in 1888, during which
year IVA deaths occurred from the de-
sease. 1t appeared again in 1895,
when Go persons fell victims to it. In
1849, it swept off 81 persons. In
1850 it revisited the city, when there
were 316 deaths from the disease. 1t
again appeared in 1854. The statistics
for that year are not reliable, but ii is
believed caused from $50 to 200 Deaths
The city was exempt from cholera from
the last mentioned date until 1866,
when it reappeared with the result
stated above.
We find these facts embodied in
carefully prepared article, which ap-
peared in the Nashville Dispatch, of
Oct. 18th, 1866. What is to be the sum
total of the present visitation remains
to be seen. Why Nashville should be
visited so often by this scourge, and
with such marked mortality, is per-
haps beyond present explanation. Is
the solution to be found in defective
sewerage, or some other predisposing
cause of strictly local character,
which the city authorities have crimi-
nally overlooked and should hasten to
remedy?
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
A Clowns Sermon.

The Virginia papers report that du-
ring the exhibition Of a travelling me-
nagerie and circus in a town in that
State, where there was at the time
some religious eonvocatiOn in session,
the painted jester of the equestrian
ring illustrated his own serious capae-
ity and greatly affected an audience,
in which many church members were
present, by delivering the following
homOlty:
My FRIENDS: We have taken in
six hundred dollars here to-day; more
money, | venture to say, than any min
ister of the gospel in this community
would receive for a whole years SER
vices. A large portion of this money
was given by church members, and a
large portion of this audience is made
up of members of the church. And
yet, when your preacher asks you to
aid in supporting the gospel, you are
too poor to give anything. Yet you
come here and pay dollars to hear me
talk nonsense. am a fool because L
am paid for it l make my living by
1t. You profess to be wise, and yet
you support me in my folly. Bat per-
haps you say you did not come TO see
the circus, but the animals. If you
came to see the animals, why did you
not simply look ct them and leave?
Now, is this not a pretty place for
Christians to be in2 Do you not feel
ashamed of yourselves2 You ought
to blush in such place as this"
The sensation following a speech
like this, in such place, from such n
speaker, may be immagined. The To-
cal clergy availed themselves of the
spirit thus produced, and collec ton
for foreign missions resulted in four
dollars and half.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
Willing to Help Him Out of the World.

The South Bend Tribune has the
following story of wife who was not
disposed to thwart her husbands de-
sire to commit suicide: "A few'weeks
ago a farmer in Madison township
quarrellcd with his wife and left home.
he returned in short time, and the
quarrel was resumed and continued to
an extent that he expressed desire to
be out of the world His wife init
mated that nothing would please her
better. and offered to do her part if
the rife we're only loaded. He went
into the house, got the rifle and anu
milton, loaded it in the presence of
his wife, but was very careful, when
she was not looking, to slip the ball
down his sleeve After the gun had
been capped he handed it TO her and
went into the yard, she following as
far as the door, when she took delib-
crate aim and fired. The husband
dropped in the grass, to all appear
ances dead, and laid there a short time
before his wife came to him. Ii did
not take her long to discover that he
was playing possum, and grasplng
an ax-handle she attacked him so
fiercely that but for the interference
of some of the children she would
have crushed his skull. 1t is need
less 10 add that there will be divorce. !"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
Gov. Jn0. c. Brown.

We cannot suppress our surprise and
regret that some OF the journals of
Tennessee have, as we think, done
great injustice to Gov. Brown in the
very severe criticisms they have full
minated against him and his relation
to the funding bill, as we'll as other
measures passed by the Legislature.
We have no desire to shield him from
any just blame that may attach to his
official conduct during his administra-
ton. But simple justice we do ask
for him and every official. 1t will be
remembered that in the last canvass
there was no issue between Brown and
Freeman as to the policy of funding
act, while nospeeial features of such an
act were indicated in the canvass
They both told the people that the
public debt must be provided for, and
Brown specially favored funding the
debt, referring the details of the plan
to the representatives of the people.
When the present funding bill passed
both houses by fair majority late in
the season, should Gov. Brown have
nIerpOScu HIS NelO, anu tuc puDllc
debt have been left without any pro-
vision for its future payment; then
from every quarter of the State we
would have heard loud denunciations
of Brown for having vetoed the bill.
We do not knnw how far Gov. Brown
endorsed the bill in its details, but to
have interposed his veto, at the time
and under the circumstances, would
have been an assumption of a fearful
responsibility, while by giving his sig
nature, the responsibility was shared
by the representatives of the people.
Without an intention Of shielding
Brown from his just share of respOn-
sibility, we ask for him simple justice.
We honestly believe that it has been
the constant aim of Gov. Brown to
serve the people of Tennessee to the
best Of his abilities, and to aid the
representatives of the people in pla-
cling the State in healthy and pros
porous cOndition.-Pdriis Lntelligen-
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
Patrick Henry.

"reminiscences of our country 3
great and good men Of past genera
tiOns must be interesting and instruc-
tive; and they might afford profitable
study to some Of the great men of to-
day.
Patrick Henry. in his boyhood, went
with his mother to hear tie Scotch
Presbyterian preacher, Samuel Da-
vies, and the wonderful eloquence of
that man produced an effect upon the
boys mind, which never lost its eleva-
ting power. Henry, through his man.
hoods life in the after years, often
spoke of him in terms Of reverence and
admiration, and declared that any sue
cess which he himself had achieved
was due in a large measure to the in
spring example Of the pure minded
orator of the Presbyterian church.
Patrick Henrys was a busy and
stirring life. Once launched upon the
sea of national affairs he became a
great political chief and guide, and
there were clouds as well as sunshine
about his path. Whatever may have
been the outward show, from contact
with trying circumstances, we know
that in his heart the faith was always
kept.
When near the close Of life, and in
feeble health, he laid his hand upon
the Bible, and addressing a young
friend, said, Here is a book worth
more than all others ever printed :;
yet it is my misfortune never to have
read it with proper care and attention
until recently"
About the same time he wrote to his
daughter, Il hear it said the Deists
have claimed mel The thought gives
me far more pain than does the appel
latiOn of Tory; for l consider true
religion of infinitely higher Importance
than politics and L lind much cause
to reproach myself that l have lived
so long and have not stamped in my
life an unquestionable proof to all
men of my being a Christian.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

THE Nashville Banner publishes the
following advice to the citizens of that
cholera-ridden city. tits good for any
locality where the prevailing disor-
der may occur:
Bodies must be buried as soon as
possible and in graves not less than
FIVE feet deep. Persons should never
sleep In the same room with corpse,
nor occupy the same room where ehol-
era has been until well disinfected.
BY proclamation of the Mayor, every
privy must be disinfected at least once
a day, by pouring copperas dissolved
in water into it. The copperas will be
furnished by the city at the work
house.
Clothing bedding, etc., of cholera
patients should, In all cases, be disin-
fected by boiling in hot water. Chol-
era does not come from touch, but from
foul air and exerements; so keep the
air of the sick rooms pure by ventila-
ton and the use of chloride of lime
placed in various places. Remove
at once anything that is unclean,
and disinfect. Pour filth into the
privy and put copperas water or lime
on it.
The medical profession, generally,
regard the use of vegetables at this
time dangerous, and the same is inter-
dicted by the Mayor.
In case person is attacked no time
is to be lost. Send at once for
physician. Till he comes, the most
of the medical profession recommend
the use of laudanum and camphor,
ten to twenty drops each, repeated
every time there is discharge from
the bowels. Each family should have
some medicine of this kind to use, but
only till physicians can be got to.
Good nursing is one-half in cholera,
and none but coward will leave fell
low being to suffer for lack Of care.
Let neighbors see to neighbors. Es-
pecially look after the poor in your vi
cinity. See that your premises and
that of your neighbor is free from filth.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
Educating Girls.

Educating girls for household duties
ought to be considered as necessary as
instruction in reading, writing and
arithmetic, and as universal. We are
in our houses more than half our exis-
tence, and it is the household sur
roundings which effect most largely the
happiness or misery of domestic life. If
the wife knows how to " keep house, I"
if she understands how to "set a ta-
ble," if she has learned how things
ought to be cooked, how beds should be
made, how carpets should be swept,
how furniture should be busted how
the clothes should be repaired, and
turned, and altered, and renovated if
she knows how purchases can be made
to the Disadvantage, and understands
the laying In of provisions, how to
make them go farthest and last long
est if she appreciates the Importance
ofsystem, order, tidiness, and the quiet
management of children and servants,
then she knows how to make little
heaven of home-how to keep her hus-
band from the clubhouse, the gaming
table and the wine-cup. Such fami-
ly will be trained to social respectable
ity, to business success and to effici-
ency and usefulness in whatever posi-
ton may be allotted to them.
1t may be safe that not one girl in
ten in our large towns and cities enters
into married life, who has learned to
bake loaf of bread, to purchase a
roast, to dust a painting-to sweep a
carpet, or to cut and fit and make her
own dress. How much the perfect
knowledge of these things bears upon
the thrift, the comfort and health of
families, may be conjectured, but not
calculated by figures. 1t would be an
immeasurable advantage 70 make be-
ginning by attaching kitchen to every
girls school in the nation, and have
lessons given daily in the preparation
of all the ordinary articles of food and
drink for the table, and how to pur-
chase them in the market to the best
advantage, with the result of large
saving of money, and increase of COM
fort, and higher health in every fami-
ly in the land.-HaHs Journal
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
"Paragraphieal.-

Under this caption the Nashville
Union and american frequently gets
off a good thing. Witness the follow
ing. There are other places, besides
Clarksville, which act in the same
way, and yet if the local papers fail to
glorify their Commencement exer-
cises, they think it very singular:
There is nothing like building up
home institutions and encouraging
home enterprise. The Stewart Col
lege folks, Of Clarksville, have their
annual catalogue printed at Louisville,
Notwithstanding the fact that Clarks-
VILE boasts of several printing Offices
of her own.-Jacksoa Whig 6 Tri-
bWRe.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

OLD women have recently been crop
ping out very extensively. The latest
discovery of antiquated humanity has
been made in North Carolina, as fol-
lows: There is an old negro woman
near Ridgeway, formerly belonging to
the late Hon. f. G. Palmer, who is
110 years old Her birth is recorded
in the old family chronicle, and bears
date 1853. She still retains her faeul-
ties, and is now able TO hoe quarter
of an acre of cotton per day"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
HOME.


Home is where affection binds
Gentle hearts in union,
Where the voices all are kind.
Holding sweet eoramunioni
Home is where the heart can rest
Safe from darlzening sorrow;
Where the friends we love the best
Brighten every morrow.
Home iswhere the friends that love
To our hearts are given;
Where the blessings from above
Make It seem q heaven.
Home is where the sun will shine
In the skies above us;
Peeping brightly through the vine
Trained by those who love us!
Yes, it's home where smiles of cheer
Wreathe the brows thai greet us
And the one of all most dear
Ever comes to meet u.s.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

ONE watch set right will do to try
many by; but on the other hard, one
that goes wrong may be the means of
misleading a whole neighborbood.-
And the same may be said Of an ex-
ample.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

We hear a great deal about labor re-
form, but there seems to be a greater
need of reforming some of those fell
lows who don't labor.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

1T was wittily said Of a beautiful
French literary lady, that she had but
one fault-her husband.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

TRUTHFULNEss is a cornerstone in
character; and if it be not firmly laid
in youth, will ever after be weak spot
in the foundation.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

JOSH BILLINGS says, very truly:
You'd better not know so much. than
to know so many things thatain't 50,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
ROOMS FOR RENT.

A small family can be accommodated
with two large rooms and hall between,
centrally located, by applying at this office.
March -, '73-tf.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

Monsieur and Madame Verlais were
settled in their chateau near Rouen.
The honeymoon was ended, and Vio-
letta congratulated herself that now
She would be in measure released
from the odious presence Of her hus-
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

1allS inward Win mighty crash, ana
as it falls, the crowd, foremost among
whom is tall, fair-h haired youth, rush.
es forward with shouts of triumph.
But quicker even than they, a solitary
man springs before them, and stand
ing in the doorway, faces them with
drawn sword uplifted, crying
" Back back, | say, / say She is
here, and you enter not; begoBe!"
The mob thought the words address
ed to them; they knew not that they
were meant but for the handsome. pale
youth at their front; laugh of derl-
sion answered the speaker score of
shouts rang out-and the sole Opposer
of their entry fell dead upon the stones.
Over his body they dashed, and into
the sacred retreats of the convent; and
many fair young head was laid low,
many a cry for mercy stifed on trem-
bling lips, as they rapidly stiffened in
death.
The young man of whom we have
before made mention was Edgar
Thompson, who, being once more in
Paris, was accidentally caught in the
enraged crowd, and knowing it to be
borne along as the passion-swayed
mass willed, They pressed him on un-
til hektood.within the very walls ofthe
convent; then, as they spread them
selves through the building, he con-
trived to separate himself from them,
and stole into an apartment which
they had not yet deseerated with their
presence as he entered, he caught a
glimpse Of female form, in the garb
of novice, crouching behind an al
tar; he advanced to. reassure the
frightened woman. but at his touch
she recoiled, and throwing herself al
his feet, gasped, Mercy Mercy 7
and TO Edgar1s horror and surprise he
beheld in the pallid, terror-stricken
woman his beloved Violetta.
Raising her to her feet, he embraced
her fondly, crying
Found, found, and all mine own a
last, Look up, darling, it is no sir
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-03

kind. 1t is dhsrdly creiitable to be-
liete, yet lhh class, of persons does ex-
lot. But rnnhy Of them try to hide
their real Se1timents behind ,vafious
pretended rsssons, none Of which are
tensble. sA
Its not my intention to pay my re-
spects to either of the above classes;
but only to make some suggestions to
the friends OF free schools who are
parts Of that combination OF wisdom,
down at Charleston, that is running the
legislative machinery OF this State.
The first suggestion that / would
make is, do as little as possible 50 as, to
conform the present law to the consti-
tuition. But 10 you find any difficulty
in that, then look at the following sug-
gestions: -
Let the school fund be q county fund,
and not have any township fund. as
heretofore. Wipe out the Township
Boards Of Education, and let.the trus-
tees of each school district and the
county Superintendent have full control
Of the schools, defining their separate
duties clearly. 50 ~ 81. f...Ha'
l cannst see that the county Super
intendent's duties need extend further
than making out An annual report (this
he can make from the teachers regis
tiers, .these could be sent direct to him,
or through the trustees to him and the
examination OF teachers. For the first
he should be paid sufficiently (not e1-
trsysgantly) out Of the county fund,
and for the latter his fees should be sui.
fcient. sr .5r.s..ae- .... "a.
The levy for school purposes should
be laid BY the County Court or by a
board elected for that purpose, one from
each election district, Of which board
the county Superintendent might be
President.
When the funds are collected they
should be placed in the hands OF some
responsible party. taking good security,
and any unused money in his hands
might be loaned out to responsible par
ties, taking real estate security, the rate
of interest being fixed by law. ~
There are large amounts now in the
hands OF the sherifs not being used,
which might just as well be drawing
interest, or be used for the purpose OF
buying Libraries, or something else that
would be useful.
The writer of the above suggestions
submits them very respectfully to the
honorable body, the Legislature of West
Virginia, and the public generally,
hoping they will assist some and offend
none. 80. ,...a.r en- ~ .... M.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-03

liz June last Hon. B. H CowAN and
two associates commenced q search
after the Teton Sioux Indians, Tor
whose benefit $4,000 had been appro-
pristed by Congress. The Boston Post
says: 1.-THE search was complicated
somewhat at its commencement BY the
discovery that intermarriage had go
destroyed identities that the name Teton
was seldom found. But these slight
discouragements seemed by no means
formidable to commission with duties
90 we'll defined, and at Fort Peck, Mon
tans, they found over four hundred
lodges, comprising nearly three thou
sand Indians, Of which two-thirds were
children under fourteen. These Indians
had not the remotest idea that they
we're Teton Sioux, which showed their
acquaintance with genealogies TO be
painfully deficient, and therefore it was
all the more q thing divine to extend
to them money and missionary in
fiuences. Though obstinstely denying
their identity, they were finally Induced
10 yield when informed of the purpose
Of their visitors, and con fessed to being
rood enough Teton Sioux until the last
isrtbing Of the appropriation or its
.suiyslent had been given them"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-03

MKMBHRs of our State Legislature
should take notice that whilst their
msnd and Receive f pay s shsR ahs 70 t ss
payers for services not rendered, yet
that the taxpayers themselves univer
sally take different view of the mat
ter. Just think of i'll A servant or
employe (Which these legislators are)
voluntarily suspends work upon the
weeks; he then resumes, and when he
comes to settle, because he has the
might, claims the right and enforces it,
of receiving his per diem pay tor the
three weeks he did not work. Who
would hesitate to declare such one nc
better than a thief2 Let all such be
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-03

ws have reports from Charleston In
GLIDING Tuesday, January %. At that
time the Supreme Court was still en-
gagged in the consideration OF cases
coming from the Greenbrier Circuit.
The lawyers Of the State knowing the
position occupied on the docket by the
eases in which they are severally inter
ested. may judge. from this when they
are likely to be reached. By the way,
we would. suggest to Charleston CORE
spondents that they would reDder a
service to the legal fraternity if they
would mention in their letters the case
upon which the Supreme Court was en-"
gagged at the time OF writing.