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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10


Several Of our State exchanges are
discussing the backward and almost
impossible condition of country roads.
The complaint seems louder in East
Tennessee than any other section. The
road law passed by the last Legislature
is generally spoken of as a good one,
if it were carried into effect; but its
execution was left optional with each
County Court, and it is stated that
few, if any, have given it the benefit of
trial. Hence, there is a disposition
to urge that the Law be made compul-
sorry on the counties by further legisla-
ton.
Among the rights dearest to the
free Americans heart, is the right to
be shiftless and thriftless. We do not
quite clearly see how this right can be
curtailed without imparting a SAVIOR Of
despotism to State rule. If some
counties want bad roads to drive men
and money from their borders, have
they not an inherent and inalienable
right to such roads? One of the prob
lens puzzling our statesmen, is how to
prevent the emigration of Tennesseans
to the West. We cannot think of any
better plan for keeping these nomads
among US than that of allowing
them the free indulgence of their
primitive and pioneer notions about
bride paths and bear trails being
superior to macademized roads. These
fellows are fleeing from our super-civil-
ization. If we really wish to restrain
them, we must restrain ourselves in our
mad cravings for an Appian Way to
every village and hamlet in the State.
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Boots and Shoes.

B. z. CUTTER, corner Of Broad and College 81
B. II. EATHERLY, 81 n. College street..
CHAS. B. HALL, Al y. College street
JOHN H0LAHAN, Union street..
Nancy 4 BRO, IS Church street.
TRECT & COLE, q Union street.
I. L. WINSTEAD 4 CO., \. Cherry street.
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L.H. ELDRIDGE, IS Church street.
MRS. GEO. GREIG. AZ Union street.
JUNGERMANS 4 CO.. "a Public square.
A. RANNIE. "A Broad and 100 s. Market %.
CHAS, ROBERTSON, - n. Market street.
g. II. VESSEL, 30 ". College street.
w. s. CURRIN, 2S5 South Cherry Street.
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Hotel for Rent.

HNHE CITY HOTEL, CORNER SUMMER
Il and Deaderick streets, viii be for rent after
Jan !. The house contains some "a rooms with
all modern Improvements and in first-claSS con-
dItion- The terms viii be such as to afford a
rare opening TO some enterprising man Applv
TO TURNER BROS
dec6 ii q Market street
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NASHVILLE
CITY BUSINESS LIST
Architects.

JOHN LEWIS, Res. Fatheriand ST., Edgeneld.
JOHN l.. SHIfH, Cor. Union and College street
over Third N Bank.
WIN. C. SMITH, 103 Church ST., st. Cloud Block
P. J. WILLIAMSON, Cor. Church and S1mmeI
streets, Lewis Block.
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A MAN in Springfield, Massachusetts,,
concluded to have bath, the other evening,
and IN the dark got hold of a chunk Of stove
backing for the soap. He came out pol;
ished gentleman, but not in language.
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Hats and Gents Furnishing Goods.
VAIN 4 WALKER. "a Public Square.
ISAAC WATERFIELD. q Union street.
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Telegraph College,
10. 81 CHERRY ST, NASHVILLE

THIS COLLEGE IS NOW OPEN FOR THE
Il reception of those who wish to learn the art
j. +. WILDER, Manager. once hours from .
A. NJ to * P. NJ. For particulars address the
Principal, THOMAS TONEY, Nashville or Le-
banOn. dec 1U-
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LITERATURE.

Established 1864 circulation of go
600 reached IN 1S72-3. Greatly enlarged
and iHpTOUedl Uairersdily acknowledged
the largest, cheapest, finest, and the best
pictorial paper Of its class IN the tsOrldi
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Lumber and Building Material.
NORTHERN HOWELL, 49, Cor. Broad and
High streets,
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Manufacturers of Looking Glasses, WiE-
dOto COrIsice and Frames.
FREEMAN s ORCHARB. ID North College St
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Carriage Manufacturers and Dealers.
y. N. ALLEN 4 CO., ls2 and 81 North Cherrl
W. s. HUNT, No. 10 North Cherry street
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AttOrnegs-as-Las1.

AttOraeys-ds-LdtC.
r. L. ClRUTHERS, Jr., & J. ". BONNER, No
46K n. Cherry Sc.
J. p. JEUP, Once 3K Cedar street.
WE. X. McALISTER, Jr., IS n. College street.
Block.
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Furniture Manufacturer and Dealers.
WRLKLEV q WARREN. 10 All I n. College st
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Hoop Skirt Mandatory and Ladies
Goods.
D. LOVEMAN q CO., 16 Public Square
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Contractors and Builders.
SIMMONS 4 PHILLIPS, Broad St, near Vsux-
hall.
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Plumbers, Gas and Steam Filters.
DAVID GREHAR, 81 and "a Church street.
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Music and Musical Instruments.
z. DORHAN 4 CO., 50 Church street.
J. A. MCCLURE q Bro, 2 North Cherry st.
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BALTIMORE levies tax OF one cent. a
passenger on her street railways, and out of
this fund las purchased, constructed, and
keeps in repair a magnificent public park.
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Manufacturers and DedLersia Hair Work
j. p. GRANVILLE . CO., Is n. Cherry street.
JOS. Z. LOISEAU & CO., q n. Cherry street.
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Paints, Oils and Glass.
CHAS. 3. GAUTHIER, Is N. College street.
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Real Estate A0e-ts

Plastering and CaIsonsiRiHg.
JOSEPH EMMETT, No. 50 n. cor. Public Square.
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LEGISLATIVE OFFICES.
For Comptroller.

WE are authorized TO announce DR.. j. NJ.
w SHARPE as a candidate for the Office of
Comptroller at the ensuing session of the Legis-
lature. now IA
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Gun Makers and Dealers IN Guns and
Pistols.
FL. BTTTERLICH &y.LEGLER, No. q Dead
erick street.
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Clothing and Gents Furnishing Goods.
s. POWERS 4 son, % Public Square.
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For Clerk Of tine House or RePresen.
tatfVes-
I'VE are authorized TO announce Mr.. MIL
w TON o. BROOKS, Of Williamson county,
as a candidate for Principal Clerk of the House
OF Representatives. augI te*
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Millinery and ress-Making.
MRS. J. C. BARRY, 40 Union, nesr Cherry.
MRS. TYSES, "a n. Summer street.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
"FlIflEreS.v

WE ARE PREPARED TO EXECUTE
w orders for Futures" on the New York
Cotton Exchange, and will be pleased 10 have
such business from those of our friends who
wish TO trade
nOy2O I'm q FWTNJC l. CO
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Retail Dry Goods.
THOMPSON BROS & KELLY, IA n. Summer st.
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Druggists.
A. h. COUSINS CO.. corner Broad and Chsrr1
streets.
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Mattress Manufacturer.
Ed. b. MILLER, I North College street.
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Bakers and Confsctioner,.

Auction and Commission Merchants.
WINSTEAD, SHIELDS CO., 81 Public Square.
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House and Sign Painters.
BEASLEY Ruth, 80 n. Cor. Public Square
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONGRESSIONAL.
For COngress-FOurth Distriet.

For COngress-FOurth District
I'VE are authorized 70 announce Col. THOS.
w BOYERS, OF Sumner, as a candidate for
Congress from the Fourth Congressional Dis
ulet, to NIL the vacancy OccasiOned by the death
Of Hon Jno. W. Head.
WE are authorized to announce Hon. Ed
w WARD l. GOLLADAY, OF Wilson cOun-
ty, as a candidate for Congress, to i'll the va
caney oceasiOned by the death of Hon. JnO. W.
dead- nov1s te
WE are authorized u announce Col. J. ID.
w GOODPASTURE, Of Overton county, as
candidate for Congress in the Fourth Con
gressional District, subject 70 the decision CT
Democratic Convention, should one be held
Should no convention be held, he is before the
people against the field. nov2O tee
I'VE are authorized TO announce ANDREW
w b. MARTIN, Of Wilson county, as a can
didate for Congress in the Fourth Congressional
District, composed of the counties of Clay,
FentreSS, jackson, Macon, OvertOn, Putnam,
Robertson, Smith, Sumner, TrOuSdale and VIII
son. at the special election TO be held on the 3lst
day OF December, 1874 nOvI7 dSwte
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Se,rina Mnchins Aaencsss

DtUtIsy 4HtbCIttIIo AycIsCsess
FLORENCE, Z. A. NELSON, 152 Church street.
SINGER, j. B. CARPENTER, 122 Church street.
WEED, 3. W. RANDALL, ". Summer street.
WHEELER WILSON, HOWARD s. SOULB, 40
Church street.
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ARLINGTON, FARRAR & WEAKLEY, 50 North
Collegetsueet.
THOS. CALENDER, 80 North Cherry street.
JAMES HICKMAN, No. rs Church St, Maxwell
House.
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dec3
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Christmas Toys and Holt
day Goods.

w WILL COMMENCE RECEIVING and
opening the above goods on Saturday, the 18th
inst which viii be sold cheap.
wINSTEAD, SHIELDS & co.
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Notice TO SINNERS.

CT. LOUIS AND SOUTHEASTERN RAIL
- way, Office General Freight Agent, St Louis.
MO, Dee q, 1874. On and after Dec. 1, this
Company will receive coal oil, or similar fIiumi-
mating fluids, in less quantities than r-IOads.
for transportation over its line only on SATURDAY.
OF each week, not later than O'Clock Pm. Ship
pers will please be governed accordingly.
j. A. DAHLGREN,
decS Nv General Agent and Receiver.
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WdtchnIdkers and JesCeLers.
ATKINSON 4 ALSTEAD, q n. Cherry street.
I. N. SOBEL CO., Is n. Cherry street.
B. III. STIEF, Union street.
Z. WIGGERS, 31K n. Cherry street.
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PhOtoarnph Galleries.

c, C. GIERg. IS Union street.
HUGHES BROS, corner Cherry and Ash Sta.
r. POOLE, corner Cherry and Union streets.
i. T. SALESMAN, - Union, near Cherry street.
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Trunk Manufacturer.
WM. DUNSTEAD, 81 n. College street.
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Stores, IInl1dre, Etc.
PHILLIPS, BUTTORFF CO., p n. College st.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-02-28

and he commenced begging, crying,
81 was only trying to skeer ye."
But the stern mother was not to be
softened, and Samuel had to swallow
the mustard. He was then force d
to take dose of pain-killer, and had
his back rubbed with the ''Nigor OF
Life" and his stomach with the soil
of Gladness." Then he vomited up
everything but his boots and socks.
This being over, he took seven Ayers
pills, two spoonfuls of castor oil, a
teaspoonful of salts, and a blue pill.
And now, if you want to behold the
maddest boy in Michigan, just say
''fiy-poison" to Sam Buckley.
Benton HdrbOr Pail.
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AN ORDINANCE

~
Authorizing the annexation of certain territory
lying in the township of Ashtabula, to the incor-
porated Village Of fAshtabu;a,
CEC. 1. Be it ordained BY the
OCouncil of the Incorporated Village OF Ashta-
bua that the annexation of the following describ-
ed territory to the Incorporated Village Of shta-
bula from the township Of Ashtabula Is hereby
authorized to be made.
The territory so authorized to be annexed, is
bounded and described IS follows, to-wit: All the
territory included within the following boundaries
that is not already included in the Incorporated
Village of Ashtabuls.
Beginning at the northwest corner OF the town
ship of Ashtabula, running thence southery in the
town ship line between Saybrook and Ashtabula
to point in the lot line between lots numpers one
(1) and sixteen Q6) in said township of Ashtabula
thence easterly in said tine to South street. ESQ
called) thence easterly in the centre of South ST.
to the centre of Main street; thence eastery along
the centre of the street leading to the cemetery,
known as the Gulf Road to the east line of the
lands Of the jamestown Branch of the lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Railway Company thence
southerly along the east line Of said Railway Com
pany's lands to the township line between Ply
mouth anA AshtRbula; thence following said
township line northerly and easterly TO the east
line Of the Incorporated Village of Ashtabuls II
now is thence following the line of the IncOrpO-
lated Village Of Ashtabula as it now is TO the CEN
ter OF the road known as the Warren and AshIa bu-
Ia Turnpike as said road now is thence northsrly
along the centre of said Warren and Ashtabula
Turnpike road to the centre of the road leading
easterly between lands now or formerly owned by
John Harmon and Henry Morey thence in 6 line
due north to the north line OF Ashtsbula township
thence westerly along the north line of Ashtabula
township, to the place of beginning.
? SEC. IL. That Theodore Ball, the Solicitor of
said Village is hereby directed to appear before
the Board of Commissioners of AshtabuIa county
prepare the proper petition and prosecute all the
proceedings necessary to effect such annexation.
SEC. III. That the ordinance entitled IAN or
dinance authorizing the annexation of certain ter
ritory in the township of Ashtsbula to the Incor-
porated Village OF Ashtabula" passed Oct, 14th.
1873, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. ". This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force on the 10Th day after Its first pubca-
ton. p fs'-t
Passed February 18th. 1874. a..i -.....
E. L. KING, Mayor
6t125s @ Attest. A. h. TYLER CieTk
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-02-28
DR.. Beesel,s Discovery.

The actual result, and it promises
to be very important one, of the
Polaris Expedition is only now being
made public. 1t appears from the
observations made by the scientific
officer of the expedition, DR.. Beesel,
that the tidal wave in the northern
part of Smiths Sound, comes from
the Pacific Ocean. At the most
northerly point reached by the
American Expedition, the tidal
wave always rose before it did at
Polaris Bay, further south; while
still further south, at LittletOn Is
land, the tide rushes northward from
the Atlantic. The former move
ment is taken as evidence that the
Polar Sea really exists, since the
ocean currents are arrested by ice.
From Behring's Strait, at the north
western corner Of the continent, to
Newman Bay, it is only eighteen
hundred miles in a direct line, and
the tide rushes through the Polar
gate of the Pacific at such a speed
that the depth of the Polar Sea may be
computed, from theorems laid down
and applied by the British mathema-
ticians, Airey and Whewell. The
only doubtful thing as yet is, that it
is barely possible that the tidal move
ment observed by DR.. Beesel may
come from the Atlantic ocean through
the broad and ice-free inlet between
Europe and America, passing around
Greenland from east to west. But
even iu this possibility, there would
be decisive value of Halls Expedi-
ton, as it, would then solve the
mystery whether Greenlands Icy
Mountains" are continental or insu-
lar aHal. ~ H=- sI---
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-02-28

The OLDEST TIMBER IN THE
WoRLD.-Probably the Oldest tim
Der in the world which has been sub
Jected to the use of man, is that
which is found in the ancient temple
of Egypt. 1t is found in connec-
tion with stone work which is known
to be at least four thousand years
old. This wood, and the only wood
used in the construction of the tenn
pie, is in the form of ties, holding
the end of one stone to another in its
upper surface. When two blocks
werellaid in place, then it appears
that an excavation about an inch
deep, was made in each block into
which an hour glass shaped tie was
driven 1t was therefore very diff.
cult to force any stone from its po-
sition. The ties appear to have been
the tamarisk, or shittem wood, of
which the ark was constructed, sa.
cred tree in ancient Egypt, and now
very rarely fould+ in the valley pf
1He A,r7 aeys
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-02-28

PLAGIARrsM.-The Oswego Times
has a good story totel1 in connect
ion with the literary piracy in which
the students Of our colleges and
academies indulge, The late D. P.
Page, the first principal of the Al
bany State Normal School, remarks
to the following purport He said
that a few. years previous, while
travelling tn Massachusetts, his wife,
at a hotel found an article in mag
azine, which impressed her SO favor
ably that she copied it into her scrap
book. He read it at the time, and
had not thought of it since until the
evening before, when the same arti-
Gle had been handed to him by one
of the students, for correction" a." as
an original composition. He sincere
ly regretted that among young
gentlemen and ladies, aspiring to the
honorable position of teachers, even
one should be found who would do
so dishonorable thing as to try to
pass of, as his or her own, the pro
ductions of another, and his first i'm
pulse was to expose the fraud in
open school. But he presumed it
was the first of the kind that had
occurred in that institution, and as
there might be extenuating circum-
stances, he had concluded to forgive
the offender, provided that individual
should call at his room within three
days, confess the fault, and promise
not to repeat it, In this statement
Mr.. Page gave no intimation as to
the character of the "piece," or the
personality o., the offender, and, be-
fore the expiration of three days,
more than two-thirds of the students
had called upon him, acknowledged
the offense, and apologized, "and,"
said he, while relating the oircum,
stances, 'Ethe right one did not come
at ALL" The story needs no COM
ments, and embodies its own conclu-
sions. H"1 iH "-a-ii
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-02-28
The Man who can be spared,

When trade becomes dull, and
but little work is in the factory and
not much prespect.of more coming,
employers ask themselves. Who can
be most easily spared? One or more
men must be discharged, and those
most easily spared are the ones mark
ed out for a discharge, in the knowl-
edge that those most easily spared
are the very men nwhe can be most
easily replaced. $50 The men we are
most 10th to discharge in dull times
are those who have been long in our
employ, who have always been at
tentiVe to our interests by a faithful
discharge of duty, and towards
whom we have learned, from long
association, to entertain a feeling of
interest and friendship. Such men
will be retained under any and all
circumstances, while the shiftless,
eye serving, afraid Of doing too
much class will be Shipped at the
first opportunity they can be spared.
The same result extends to all
branches of trade, and he who would
succeed in the battle of life must
make himself master of his business,
or be reckoned among those who can
be spared i7s L f'aif7" s'I o- 5a'.sH
Young man, remember that the
men who can be easily spared are
not the ones sought after when re-
sponsible positions are to be filed.
Would you like to gauge your own
fitness for a position of prominence?
Would youlhke to know the proba-
bilities of your getting such posi-
ton? Inquire within! d What are you
doing to make yourself valuable in
the position you now occupy?, If
you are doing with your might what
your hands find to do, the chances
are ten to one that you will soon be-
come SO valuable to. that position
that you can not easily be spared
ftom it; and then, singular to relate,
will be the very time when you will
be sought out for promotion to
better place, Be content to grade
among the men. who. can be easily
spared, and you may, rest assured
that nothing viii "spare" you SO GER
tainly and 50 easily as promotion. nae.
- Exchange.