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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27

The commencement sermon Of the
Methodist Institute, delivered in the
first Methodist Church. by Rev. Well
horn Mooney, of the Tennessee Con-
ference, was throughout interesting,
instructive and appropriate. The
church although the largest in the city,
was crowded to its utmost, many per-
sons having TO leave on account Of nos
securing seats. For an hour the elo-
quent and distinguished minister feast
ed the congregation on words of truth
and soberness. The advice given the
students of the Institute was practical,
and we doubt not will be long remem-
bered by them. The learned divine
held that while the intellectual faeul-
ties were being developed, that the ed
ucation of the moral faculties, the
crowning glory of all, should not be
neglected. The sermon was exactly
suited to the occasion and will doubt
less resultin accomplishing much good.
-JdckSon Herald.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27

THERE seems to be a steady drop
ping off year after year in this country
| from the raising Of tobacco, and a cor
responding increase in the cultivation
OF grains and grasses. Now. this is as
1t should be, because we don't believe
that tobacco returns anything ike an
adequate compensation for the labor,
time and money expended in its cult
yatlon- There was a time when it
paid-in the good old anti-bell,ana days
! of cheap slave labor. But these times
are past, and that character of labor is
no more. On the other hand, the cul-
tivation of cereals and other products
| does not require half of the labor,
and in the end pays better than tobae-
co. In our estimation, the cultivation
OF tobacco has been an obstacle in the
way of the dissemination of higher
order of culture and intelligence In
this country. Doubtless, to many of
our readers, this has the appearance of
being very singular assertion, and
they will wonder what in the deuce
tobacco raising has to do with the dis
semination of knowledge ?" Well, it
has just this much to do with it: Ii is
a we'll known fact that whenever our
farmers are called upon to make up
school for anything ike a reasonable
length of time, nine-tenths Of them
respond with, Il cannot spare my chill
dren from work )" and again, whenever
one of them is approached to subscribe
for a newspaper, buy a book, or any
thing of that kind, they always decline
on the grounds that they have no time
to read them. And why is it thus1
w hat is it that prevents the children
of the land from getting more than
three months of schooling in a year.
and prevents the farmer from keeping
up with the current events of the day?
1t is the cultivation of tobacco. How
is it in States where grain is the staple
and the cultivation Of tobacco is un-
known? There the farmer ranks as
high as the professional man in eul-
ture and intelligenee-there the chill
dren go to school from five to eiPht,
and the younger ones ten months in
the year-and there the farmer has
time to inform himself as to what is
going on In the world, and is the peer
Of any man in everything that consti-
tutes intelligent manhood. We are
glad that our farmers are beginning to
zee and appreciate these facts, and we
hope to see the day when this country
shall take the front rank as one of the
inest gram and sock countries in the
Union. We believe that it has the
natural resources to become SUCH
Fulton (Ky.) Gazette.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27
Orchard Grass.

"An Inquirer" writes to ask whether
orchard grass after being ploughed
down will take root and spring up
again"
This will depend very much upon
the season and manner of ploughing.
If thoroughly ploughed under in the
month of August, especially If it is a
dry season, there will be no danger of
its interfering with a crop of wheat.
If an old sod and intended for corn it
should be broken up in the fall or
winter. Although strong, vigorous
grower the difficulty of exterminating
it when desirable, should deter no one
from Its cultivation. 1t has nothing
like the tenacity of blue grass.
In many respects orchard, or cock
spur as-it is sometimes called, is the
most valuable of our grasses. Its val
liable qualities consist in its early
growth, the rapidity with which it
springs up when pastured or cut down,
the quantity it produces on light soils,
and the covering it affords soils which
are apt to suffer after moving from ex-
pOSuTe 10 the sun. w 0en cut IOr nay
it should not be suffered to become
too dry; indeed, it will stand frequent
moving, and in this respect it is un-
equalled, for no other grass to our
knowledge will yield as prolific a har-
vest. Unlike timothy or clover when
cut, its growth is one continued effort
of vegetation; it is the first to grow in
the spring and the last to fail in the
fall. 1t is excellent for sowing with
clover on all soils, especially on dry
ones, as when mown with the other it
springs up so rapidly as to preserve the
clover roots from drying up. The OBJ
lection urged against it by some of its
frequently growing in tufts is not the
fault of the grass but of the manner
of sowing. When put in thick enough
it grows no more in turfs than other
grass and spreads in the same manner.
Two bushels to the acre is usually
sown when it is intended to be mown,
but from four to five bushels would be
much better-Riohnsosd Hhig.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27
OUR TOBACCO PROSPECTS.


Our tobacco market for the pastweek
has been active, and the advance here
tofore obtained, fully sustained. Our
board of buyers being fully conversant
with the gloomy prospects existing
throughout Tennessee and Kentucky,
for setting another crop, have great
confidence in an advance at the sea-
board eventually, Notwithstanding the
persistent efforts of certain New York
commission merchants to keep down
values. We are not at all surprised
that Reggie contractors and other buy
ers at the seaboard should refuse to
believe that short crop will be the
inevitable result from the present plan
ting, when we call to mind the old adj
age, as true as Holy Writ, convince a
man against his will, and he is of the
same opinion still" Wemust confess,
however, to some surprise that factors,
whose interests are Tor at least should
be-, to work for an advance, and OBJ
tain the best possible prices for their
jein buyers in bearing the |
market by the issuance of circulars,
which but for the names appended to |
them, would at once be laid at the doors
of Messrs. Tod, Rose & Co., Chas. Du-
ling x Co., or some one else in the
same interest. We have been much
amused in the perusal of the circular
1f a certain house on Broad street,
New York, in which a great deal is
'aid about Bugs, Locusts, etc. We
imagine that this circular will give the
customers of that house very great
that the full value of their
,onsignments will be realized. =
From the most reliable information
hat can be obtained from the Clarks-
lille and Upper Cumberland Districts,
~ the most persistent effort and in
Iuiry, we are entirely satisfied that it
will be impossible in these districts to
liant over half an average crop of to-
,acco with the most favorable seasons
rom this date until July /. Much of
be land set apart in the spring for to-
'aeco has already beer planted in corn,
Serman millet, or otherwise disposed
f to secure profit that planters are
ow well satisfied they need not expect
rom a planting of tobacco.-Nash-
ilLe Commercial Reporter.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27

WASTE NO TIME.-Time lost can
never be regained. After allowing
yourself proper time for rest, don't
live a single hour of your life without
doing exactly what is to be done in it,
and going straight through it from be-
ginning to end. Work, play, study,
whatever it is, take hold at once aud
finish it up squarely and clearly; then
to the next thing, without letting any
moments drop out between. tits won
derful to see how many hours these
prompt people contrive to make Of a
day; it IS as if they picked up the mo-
ments that the dawdlers lost And if
ever you find yourself where you have
SO many things press upon you thatyou
hardly know where to begin, let us tell
you secret. Take hold of the very first
one thatcomes to hand, and you will
find the rest all fall into file, and fol-
low after, like a company of well drilled
soldiers; and though work may be
hard to meet when it charges in a
squad. it is easily vanquished if you
can bring it into line.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27

SOCIETY AND THE STAGE.-The
London Echo says: THE extreme ex-
clusiveness of the highest society in
Vienna is proverbial. 1t is natural,
therefore, that, as the Eastern Budget
observes, considerable excitement has
been produced in aristoeratie circles at
Viena and Pesth by the news that the
Emperor had bestowed a very unusual
mark of distinction on the Baroness
Edelsheim Gyulay, the wife Of the
forces in Hungary. The LADY was,
before her marriage, an actress, and
this made her position in the exclusive
society of the Austrian Court a very
difficult one. But the Emperor has
now, by his ehivalrous conduct, placed
her on level with the highest lady Of
the aristOcracy. Being present at the
races at Pesth, his Majesty requested
Count Andrassy TO take him 10 the
Baroness box, where he eonversed
with her for some time. This Impe-
rial recognition bas been received with
great satisfaction by the Austrian pub
lie and the press, and is, indeed, re-
garded with an earnest of more hu-
maniziBg Interpretation of the compass
of that magic circle good society.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27

IF your seat is too hard to sit upon.
stand up. If rock rises up before
you, roll it away or climb over it. If
YOU wish for confidence, prove your
self to be worthy of it. 1t takes long
er TO skin and elephant than mouse,
but the skin is worth something.
Don't be content with doing what an
other has done surpass it. Deserve
success, and it will come. The boy
was not born a man. The sun does
not rise like rocket, or go down like
a bullet fred from a gun; slowly but
surely it makes its round, and never
tires. 1t is as easy to be leader as a
wheel horse. If the job be long, the
pay will be greater; if the task be
hard, the more competent you must
be to do it.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27
WIND ON THE VILLAGE GRAVES.
BY MRS. ooRNrE LAWS ST. JOHN.


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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27
How to use Paris Green.

DIR. G. Richmond, of Ohio RECON-
mends the following way CT applying
this virulent bug killer. avoiding the
danger of the arsenic dust flying In
the air and entering the breath. A
hogshead of water, with q faucet Is
drawn on a wagon to the potato field as
a reservoir to draw from. Fill pail
with water and stir In It heaped ia
blespoen of pure Paris green, aud
more if impure. Dip in an old broom,
and with it sprinkle the infested
plants. Bright sunshine Is the best
Country Gentleman.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27

The Rev. w. d. Cherry writes,
Clarksville, June D: 1.-The first exer-
cises of the Clarksville Female Acad-
emy began eight days since this even
ing, with the Art Levee. The exer-
cises throughout gave unmistakable
evidence of able and earnest effort by
DIR. Wright and his Faculty to advance
those committed to their care, and that
their labor was not III vain. Eighteen
young ladies received diplomas at the
close of this term, among whom | no.
tieed Miss Blanche Mooney, daughter
of the Rev. Wellborn Mooney; also
his sister-in-law, Miss Willie DrOm-
goole, of Murfreesboro, and Miss
Mary Bell Mizell, daughter of Rev.
A. Mizell, and Miss Florie Hunter,
daughter of DIR. A. Hunter, of Arkan-
sas. But as DIR. A. w. Smith, or the
Rev. L. ]. Duncan, both of whom
were i'm attendance at the examination,
will be apt to give you concise de-
seription of the examination, | will
leave that to tell you of better things,
and things that accompany salvation"
Our brother, the Rev. Wm. NJ. Green,
is enthroned in the hearts of his peo-
pie. Indeed, who can, help loving
him? He and his beloved wife (for l
tell you she is helpmeet) are doing a
good work in Clarksville, while Broth
er John H. Reynolds, stationed in
South Clarksville, is now in the midst
of prosperity. He is conducting a
protracted meeting at his Church, and
i have been with him for five nights.
Up to last night Il persons had made
a profession of religion, and IL had
united with the Church during this
meeting, while he has added 43 to his
Church since Conference, and the work
is still in progress. brother Burr, our
time .honored Presiding Elder, is won
derfuIly beloved on the District. DIR.
J.B. West will move to MurfreesbOro
this month, to prepare to start Soule
College in September. His removal
from this locality will be deeply re-
gretted by vast number"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27
ONLY 100 TICK ETS!

the fund.- 81
Ladder Company there will 81 800 which the donors
according the following plan Each
will be entitled tketamttng gentleman and
each of which will ente the
awarded number printed said
the $500 which will be distrb
uted by committee selected by the donors.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27

Depot for all Patent Medi-
cines-Simmons' Liver Reg
ulator, Vinegar Bitters, Hos
letters Bitters, Rangum
Root Liniment, Danforth's S
Sanative Dentifrice, etc. We
sell ALL PATENT MEDICINES,
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, at
manufacturers prices.
OWEN & MOORE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27

THE New York Times claims to
have authority for saying that the
great peach counties of Maryland aud
Delaware have not been visited with
frosts, and that they promise well, and
will yield at least one quarter more
fruit than last year, sending 1,500. 600
baskets to New York aud 100000 to
Philadelphia.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27
AN EVENING OF PLEASURE +!

The c. H. and desiring sufficient to off the
become their building have determined to
this entertainment and they neither expense
make this the enjoyable given
order will
of the and provision will be
throughout the entertainment
Hall much crowded they decided
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27

THE factory girls of Lowell, Mass,
turn out 739 miles Of paper collars per
month, and weep TO think Of theeount-
less young men whose necks they win
embrace.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27
A Touching Memorial Incident.

We find the following touching in-
cident in the Lancaster (Pa.) Exami-
ner:
"An incident occurred over the grave
of Confederate soldier in New Ha-
ven, on decoration day, that reflects
credit upon those concerned. John
NJ. Pearl, who was born at Fair Haven,
and whose father was Superinten-
dent of Schools in Nashville, Tenn,
at the breaking out of the war, Joined
the rebel army, while the father con-
tinued loyal. He served through the
war, but at the close came North,
whittier his father had been driven,
and said, Father, if ever tight again,
it will be for the whole country and
not for a part of it." When the men,
bers of the post reached the GENE.
terry, they found the grave of Pearl
covered with the Confederate flag that
had once Aoated over him, and pla-
card with the words, Boys, take my
fag." The flag was taken, and the
grave was loaded with flowers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27

A man who was seen coming out of
a Texas newspaper Office with split
nose, with one eye and with one ear,
explained to a policeman that he en-
tered the Office simply TO inquire if the
editor was in. And he was in, the
victim mournfully added.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-10
NERVOUS DEn1LITY.

AdepreEsed, irritable state OF mind I,
q weak, nervous, exhausted feeling,
NO energy or nnImRtiOnJ confused
head, weak memory, often with de-
bnitating, involuntary discharges. The
Consequence Of excuses, mental oyerwurk or
indiScrgtiOnA This NERVOUS DEBILITY
finds sovereign cure in HUMPHREYS,
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC, No. as.
1t tones up the system, arrests discharges, dlspGls
the mental gloom and dependency, and reiuvee.
mates the entire system It Is perfectly harm.
!ess aud always efficient. Price IS, for package
u i've boxes and large q vial Of powder, which
important in old, serious cases; or u per single
COX Sold by ALL Druggists, or sent by mai
On receipt Of price. Address HUMPHREYS
S NJ saH hoMEopATIIIc MEDICINE CO.,
NO. Qua BROADWAY, n, Y.
- For sale by Logan, List . Co.; Z. Booking.
i; j. Fnney; james hurry; Reed, Ran 8 Co Co
Wheeling; Ghaa FGEiS. Wheeling Inland; Jane,
iebI2eod4w
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-10
The Stronghold Of Democracy In
West Virginia Penetrated a la


From the Paskersburg Times Of Saturday.
A friend Of ours who has Just returned
from the Eastern end of Wetzel county,
where Fishing Creek emergea, from some
OF the darkest and narrowest gulches in
this State, bears remarkable testimony
to the wholesome influence Of ignorance,
poverty and dirt upon the health and
growth Of the population. He mentions,
among the rest, section Of country Of
about 30 square miles, where never q
newspaper, secular orireligious, finds It's
way; where three fourths Of the houses,
II mud and log shantles may be so called,
contain from eight to ten children each,
bareiooted, bareheaded, and the rest OF
their toilet nearly 10 match, and without
any visible means Of subsistence but the
peck Of meal which is borrowed from
day to day, upon the promissory pledge
OF the head Of the house to cut hoop
poles or rive slaves, by and by, for more
thrifty neighbor. Constructively the whole
community vegetables at present upon
hoop'poles and slaves, and when the
scant supply OF meal In that section final.
ly gives out, there will be nothing left
to do but to boil and fry these l6rous
commodities in natHra. Notwithstanding
this Strengthened condition of affairs, til &
children, especially those under the age
Of puberty, are perfect models Of health,
and buoyant and active as the squirrels
which gambol upon the centenary oaks
overshadowing that benighted region. In
one family, il may be proper to add, of
Hibernian origin, our informant counted
thirteen children Of all ages from one TO
eighteen, all fresh and blooming as roses
and constituting well nigh all the turni-
ture Of the 12x16 log hut, without win.
dow, which sheltered their bare heads
and feet from the blasts Of winter. When
the patriarch OF theranch was congfatu-
lated upon such a brilliant contribution to
the wealth of the State, he proudly re-
marked; IAN faith, this isn't all; I have
married son away from home, and"
exultingly pointing to the 2buxom land
lady deity knitting in the chimney cor
ner, "don't you think the old woman ia
good for halt dozen moreH" ..lIl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-10

and its long continuance have made our
Southern territory the seat Of almost uni.
versal ignorance. This dark mass Of ig-
norance threatens destruction 10 freedom
and our material prosperity. We must
educate; and II aeems 70 US We can only
dissipate this dark cloud by o thorough
system Of compulsory and national edu.
Mr.. Hawkins adduced the following
arguments In favor Of compulsory educS.
ton:
NHt-An examination Of statistics In.
dictates that, as education increases, pau.
periSm decreases, and, as education de-
Creases pauperism increases. wide re-
port Of Commissioners Of Education for
the United States, page 696.)
Second-Government should prevent
both crime and pauperism by extirpating
the cause Of each, to-wit: ignorance.
1hird-Such education as our free
common schools afford adds, on the av-
erage, 90 per cent 70 the producing CO.
pacity Of the citizen; while Q higher train.
Ing increases II 200 or 800 per cent j.
Fourth-One can do more and better
work, from the street scavenger up to the
most skilled mechanic, with the same ex.
pendlture Of time and force, from the
mere fact Of possessing knowledge, ~ "a y I,
FWM-A well educated Common
wealth however narrow its borders or
poor Its soil, soon becomes rich and
powerful; while an ignorant one, even
under the happicst circumstances Of land
and and sEy falls prey anarchy, poverty,
SirM-Prussia and many other Ger!
man States have tried 1t for years, with
the happiest results Connecticut, Rhode
Island. and Michigan have now adopted
II. ia g"
SsuenM-The tax payers, who furnish
the money to educateGll the people, have
a right TO require that all shall be edu-
Gated, in order that crimes and paupcr-
ism, and the public burdens caused BY
the same, may be reduced to q minimum,
and the ballot wielded'only b y intelligent
voters. ia''.T.'' .F'7.,,,7
EghM-The ballot in the hands OF o
corrupt and ignorant populace, ia the
torch Of the political incendiary; but with
an intelligent people, Is the bulwsrk Of
liberty. With intelligent voters, our form
OF government Is the best yet devised,
but popular suffrage is perdition II the
voters. know not what they are voting
about. In just such proportion as they
are Ignorant, are their votes dangerous.
Mnh-The class most ID need OF
school training seldom attend school at
all, 10 wit: those whose parents, through
ignorance, poverty avarioe, or crime,
give them little or no home education.
1enh-The streets Of our large cities
would be cleared of the thousands Of
youthful Migrants from whose ranks now
an army Of criminals Is almost entirely
recruited. Go :
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-10
An Annexation Movement Over the
River.

The little village Of Etnaville, that has
sprung up within the last few months
over the river, around the EIna Rolling
Mill, Is already bone Of contention be-
tween her neighbOrs. Some months ago
q sort Of sabinian rape was attempted
upon the little,village. BY some parties
anxious 10 annex It TO Martins Ferry,
but the movement vas discovered and
frustrated iofthe time being. The village
itself is very unwilling to be annexed TO
anybody. It fears the Romans above and
the Greeks below, and, like the late
President Of the late Coniederacy, wishes
simply to be let alone. This feeling was
manifested very decidedly by the proprie,
tors Of the RLna Mill at their last annual
meeting, whereat they passed resolution
that they not only did not want 10 be an.
nexed TO any corporation, but also that
they would resist. by law any scheme got
up TO annex them agaInst their consent.
They accordingly authorized the officers
of the Company to employ counsel to re-
sist to the lsst extremity any ambitious
attempts in such b direction on the part
oil their covetous neighbors. But, not
withstanding this strongly manifested
desire 10 be let alone, We notice that Mar.