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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-11-28

10000 Bushels of Pittsburg Coal
just received by f. p. Gracey l. Bro.
Nov. 2S-2w.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-11-28
For Railroad Tax Collector.

We are authorized to announce MIR. THAD.
n. WATSON, as candidate for Railroad
Tax Collector. Election lst Monday in
January next.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-11-28
River News.

The river continues 10 rise at this
point, with about Is feet water on Har-
peth Shoals. s
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13

bit and tore each other like wild beasts.
Webster and the boy meantime watched
and kept the peace as we'll as they were
able, till at last, ON the thirty-frst day
of their ordeal, the boat was seen and
picked up by whaling vessel, which
brought the crew to Calcutta When
they were rescued they were still 900
miles from land"
The English journal justly observes
upon this wonderful story that its mos
striking feature is the distinction it estab-
fishes between the moral power of q
man like Webster and the moral impo-
tence of men like his three companions,
under precisely the same pressure of cir
cumstances. Famine and despair, which
reduced them to the level of wild beasts,
lifted Webster to the heights Of heroism.
But how much stronger is the contrast
between the moral power of such man
as this honest Scottish sailor and the
moral impotence and corruption of which
We have had 50 many fragrant examples
around US, here in America, during .he
past few weeks
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13
a Pe" Portrait

lie dresses in black. Ills clothes ar-
well made, and lit him perfectly lie
only yjewelry consists ofa plain gold watch.
worth about 5000, which he seldom dIa.
turbs from It's place in hi- vest pocket
lie loathes all unnecessary persona.
adomments. Three small, plain. Iiuou-
covered buttons appear on his shirt bosom
NO watch-chI ls visible Tie wears
black beaver hat, which weighs halIu
pound less than the heavy. gray stove.
pipes fashion ordains shall be- worn tbn
summer. His hair, Of reddish gruy. r.
neatly dressed at all times His beard.
which is more tinted with gray than h.a
hair, Is short, and trimmed regularly sU B-
to be kept at the same length ull che yoar
round. Where a cumbersome mustuchr
ought TO be, hair is never permitted tu
attain more than days growth Ile Ir
Of slender, though, compact physique
His complexion is ruddy, and be-pouk.
the best of health lie always looks na
If he had just left the toilet table This
man Is seventyiour years of age lu
conversation his keen blue eyes ara never
tor an instant taken of yours His luco
bears the impress OF prudence, discretion
seltc0nhdencc, "a calmness impossible tu
rufile, and, above all, of honesty and
lie never speaks loud
enough % be- heard ten steps from where
he stands. Euves- droppers cannot catch
even the sound of his voice He shakes
hands with you cordially nay even
warmly. lie is courtesy and pOitencw
itself His conversation is ulWuys
couched IN the refined language of tho
educated gentleman, He uses no slang
lie Is witty, and at tines vivucious.
lie is no ieetotaler; he drinks only at
meal hours his iavorite wines are Johau.
nisburg, from Prince Mettcrnich's private
the like of which D. not easily
found in this country he is fond of sher.
~ and Madeira his wineceIlar contains
probably the choicest collection of Wiue-
ia America. This mans wealth IS esu-
mated al one hundred millions, made by
him since 1894, IN New York city. lle
has no children he has not single known
relative on the face of the earth He is
the last of his race. II Is A. n. Stewart
.Correspondence New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13
The Temptations or Ministers.

An English religious paper published
some years ago Il striking article upon
the peculiar temptations Of clergymen.
The substance of it was that clergymen
were more seriously tempted than other
men because they were thrown into the
way OF women in highly emotional states
Of mind who look upon them with perfect
confidence.
A recent writer in opposition to spirit
ualism says that religious and sexual
instincts are very clio ely united-so
closely united as to be inseparable.
The lives Of priests, ecsatcs, devotees,
ana media are so many records Of sexual
arrangement 1t is the women that
crowd the churches OF christendom, and
conversion usually occurs at puberty.
A large class OF women act very fool
ishly toward favorite preacher Read
the story Of love letters received BY Mr.
Beecher, and be assured that he il not an
exceptional case. Every clergyman un-
der middle life, especially if unmarried,
is more or less annoyed by the attentions
of the females of his flock, and this Il
peculiarly true of the most pious of tham
A man like Mr.. Beecher, with his
emotional and feryant nature, his per
sonal magnetism, his liberality aud
charity, would naturally be adored by
those female parishioners whose pious
zeal overcame their reasoning powers.
The world abounds In illustrations of
tempted ministers, and many, alas have
fallen. A sneering correspondent, who
seems to have kept an account, reckons
black list of one hundred and fifty-seyen
in the last six years.
The minister's danger is greater, Of
course, if he is mated with one who is
cold and unsynpathetic; bat he can
never safely cease to keep 4 vigilant
guard overhia own feelings and conduct.
That some fall is seized upon byaskeptics
as an argument against religion, but il is
rather an argument for more religion.
ID What would Be the condition of the
world if humanoP passions Were not in
a great measure, controlled by laws, and
customs based on religion, and drawing
thence nearly all their binding force -.
FRnkthh 4aTald 40 ~ iks asiass5lGes ho'
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The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13
The oor.eret-A New Fashion.


From the London Correspondence of tle
New York Times.
1t il unsafe, as a rule, for men 10 write
about fashions. They cont0und tar.etau
with muslin, and don't know p0tat ds
cole from any other kind Of silk But,
without falling into any very gross kind
of blunder, / may, perhaps, venture t0
call attention 70 the rage now prevalent
among English ladies for tightfuing
bodies or bodices, cOrsets pr cOr-elets, oi o.
different color from the dress over which
they are worn, and of medieval cut
They remind one Of Donna Sabine, iu
Victor Hugo's beautiful ballad.
.vruiment. pres d'elle ia refine, cut cte laiIs
JuAnd vers le soir,
Ellie passait sur ID Dont de Toledo
En- corset rOir.
Tn chapelet n temps CharlemaRne.
OrnaiJ son cpu,' etc
II is not, however, in the evening on
bridges, but in the morning and aftfr-
noon Oh race-cOurses, at polo meeting, at
cricket matching and picnics that che cor.
sets or corselets- which latter b., l De.
lieve. their correct designatiOn.-are seen
in ali their glory. a corselet really
worthy of the name is made (Heaveu
knows how > 10 hook like chain armor,
either of white steel, of black steel Or of
gold and in order to render the resem-
blance to the ancient "c0at Of mai" more
complete, the chain is carried down each
arm. lis usual 10 receive every fresh
fashion in ladies dress with ridicule
but the laughter with which-from the
days Of the Spectator to those Of Punch
such innovations have always been greet
ed, is seldom genuine, and seems 10 me
that no one can. in good faith, express
ANYTHING but admiration for the newly FIJI
troduced eorselets. fancy they are e1-
pensive. They have certainly a costly
look and probably, up 70 the present
time, they are worn only by women who
pav considerable attention 10 their per
sonal appearance, and whose person
al appearance is really worthy Of some
care.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13
Stickrers for Etiquette.

These unappeasably exact folks who
must have their pound of social flesh,
and will not be put of with less than
| their precise due, are for the most part
difficult people to keep in good humor.
They know nothing of that easy going,
slip-shod good nature which gives and
takes, and never keeps any debtor or
creditor account at ALL which sends out
two invitations to their neighbor's one, or
forgets TO return his call within the
prescribed limits, and then meets him
with a beaming smile and q jocund
manner, as if he were not a sinner and
breaker of the law. That kind of
thing is abhOrrent to them-as bad as
cobwebs on the ceiling or material slip
pers down at the heel What the stick
lers for etiquette like is everything To be
done with the incest precision-invitation
for invitation, and the complimentary
card left on the exact date on which it
should be left; call returned for call
within the terms prescribed according to
the degree of intimacy; and the whole of
the social life mapped out as you would
map out the plan of an estate, with so
many acres, roods and perches assigned
to A, and so many rods of forest
growth told off to B. Sometimes, how
ever, these sticklers for etiquette are kind
people in their way-people who will lend
but not borrow, give but not ask. They
are generous in bestowing, but not
generous enough to accept. They will
load their neighbors with benefits, but
they will not carry away so much as
flower in free gift. Their house is open
to you, and you might, if you would, use
it iu their absence, and make yourself at
home with cup of afternoon tea and
lounge on the comfortable sofa; but they
would die of fatigue and inanition rather
than do the same by you; and you may talk
forever, but you cannot beat it into their
heads that there is no difference between
you and what they allow from you they
may also commit tor their own part Not
bit of it. To the end they remain
generous, hospitable, freehanded in what
they grant; and to the end, also, pre-
else, stiff sticklers for etiquette, and
tiresomely punctilious in what they ac-
cept. Sometimes they are just the con-
trary to this, and while they will acceptun-
conventional Endnesses frankly enough,
will not allow the smallest infraction of
the rhadamanthine rule of strictest eti- /
quette to themselves. They would hold
it as an objectionable liberty if their
dearest friends should enter their house
in their absence. though he or she had
come twenty miles and more to see them.
A servant who should offer cup of tea
of her own accord, event to their sister,
would receiveher dismissal before thenight
had come; and a lifelong intimacy has
beer broken of for all time for no great
er offense than that Of picking, unbidden,
q bit Of mignOnetse out Of bed choked
with its own luxurianeeu And some,
again, are at least just and logical, and
neither give nor take, but demand the
pound Of flesh with the most scrupulous
exaCtness, and pay Il just as methodicai-
ly.-t Pail Mall Gazet1s. aon q lef1 !
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13
Manner OF tbo Amason.

A correspondent Of the New York
Commercial Advertiser. who rsceBfr
made voyage down the Amazon. give.
us a glimpse Of Brazilian "mbls man.
ners:"
This Is my first experience as pre-
senger on board of Brazilian steamer
That Is, a steamer oficered by Brazilian
exclusively. Being local company. tha
passengers are nearly all natives or Pof.
tuguese; at least, / ann the only English.
speaking person on board Itis trtte a.
say there Is no better place Co study mon
than ON shipboard Certainly an
enjoying rare opportunity. We nun-
Der about fifty passenger. The ladies
take 10 the state-r0Oms as soon a- land .s
l lett behind, nor are they again seen until
the anchor drops. The Brazilian g.g.
orally very well bred, exceedingly polite
punctlliously Ohseryant of every iDrmaff,
decreed by society, and seutimeutti.v r.
gardful OF others feelings His standard
varies from ours IN many particular. il
would be unpardonabv rude as leave fha
cabin table until the captain host Iof tr.
nonce) had finished his meal and made
has extremely low bow in Indication uf
the fact 20 the company hence many "a
poor fellow swelters In the cabin long
after 'vlttels has lost their charms. vet
the same individual will take up o. di.I.
raise lt 20 his face, turn out ever u....
on 1t with hls fork, and sen DO down HIIr
an expression Of disgust, or he WiII sHud
up, reach across your face, uud. putting
hls fork INTO chop or q stake away 0u
the other side of The table. convey II
dripping 10 hls plate. lie helps himself
10 vegetables from the general dish LY
scoop OF his knife, hawks, coughs. and
Splts at the table, and make. generous
wipes at his lips with the pendant mar.iu
OF the tablecloth. Though remarkably
neat and tidy dresser at home. ho think.
shlpboard a good place to wear out hi#
soiled clothes, and talks of his desire fa
getashore To have % good wash ~pugbtV
lively, Intelligent full Of humoi aud
harmless bandnage. lac is the most uu
gagng and entertaining companion, auI
he must be morose indeed. who could L.
too severely critical when among them
lt Is singular that in country whar.
fruit abounds and vegetable are. or
should be, plentiful, among che better
classes, or, at least, at their more formal
meals, these productions of the soil. .a
highly esteemed by us, are generally
eschewed among the BmzIiaus. As au
instance ] counted nine dishes of meat-.
between fish and dessert. all of which
were partaken of, and only two dishes Uf
vegetables potatoes aud spinach; tlc
latter remained untouched Dessert wl.
composed largely Of fruit, yet several
natives seriously warned me against paHue
some of the ripe-t and most delicious.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13

She got into the street-car just before
reaching switch. She only weighed
two hundred and ten pounds, including
market basket. She hauled herself
towards the front of the car, and was
moving rapidly when it switched off.
1t was a snap-the-whip movement. A
frail-looking lady sat just where this
mass of avoirdupois was compelled to
light. 1t didn't come down like robin
for crumbs. 1t was more like a pile
driver looking for employment. The
frail woman disappeared. She went out
of sight forthwith She was painfully
submerged She might have made a
remark, but the general impression was
that the noise issued from the cracking
of the market basket beneath the ponder
Gus weight of the struggling woman.
The two-hundred-and-te ten FOUNDER was
hastily snatched away from the corner,
and search was Immediately made for
the frail little lady. She was there, but
she resembled a summer pancake on
its last legs.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13
What a Real Lady Never Does.

The woman who is more or less green
or snobbish borrows clothes, ribbons,
jewelry and bonnets with which to dress.
The genuine lady is never guilty of such
a degradation. The high-toned woman
is above having articles of dress or jewelry
IN common with another; she never will
run to borrow new gloves, new ribbons,
new cloaks, shawls and other articles of
apparel with which to cut a dash. To
dress mud lark in yellow feathers does
not make a canary, nor will dressing a
woman in borrowed plumage transform
her into a lady
Men seldom display such weakness.
The real gentleman never will appear in
borrowed articles of dress or jewelry-
Nor will the woman who has real pride of
character so cheaper herself as to appear
in goods not her own.
A gentleman friend of ours, who loves
his wife dearly, was constantly buying
for her costly and beautiful articles. He
filled her lap with such little things as he
saw from time to time which he thought
would please her. She lived in board
ing-house. One day her husband noticed
that she was without certain articles he
had bought her only short time before
lie began to inquire and learned that her
landlady had borrowed her furs to wear
to market; that her sister had borrowed
of her jewelry and other articles to wear to
a party; that lady friend had borrowed
her new bonnet to wear on the street,
and that scarcely one Of the beautiful
articles he had bought for his wife, be-
cause he loved her and wished her to
have them, was in her possession. Who
ever should see her in company even with
her own articles on her person would
think they were borrowed of those to
whom she had loaned them rather than
lose their friendship.
As the articles were returned to their
owner, some of them torn, broken, soiled
and damaged, like a sensible man he
threw them into the fire and told his wife
that if she did not love him enough to
keep for her own use such ornaments as
he bought for her alone, she might buy
for herself hereafter There is no differ
ence between a borrower and beggar,
except the borrower is the most selfish of
the two and the least entitled to respect.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13
A Beautiful Tribute.

The Introductory paragraph of the last
will and testament of the late Chief JUS
tice George Robertson, of Kentucky,
reads thus: Uniting our destinies when
she was not sixteen and | was only nine
teen years old, my devoted wife and my
self, without any patrimonial estate, ac-
quired, during happy union of more
than ffty-five years, a comfortable in
dependence, nationally enjoyed as the
fruit of our cooperating energies. After
devoting to the advancement of our child
rem at least $50, 900 in various ways, still
retaining property sufficient for the COM
fort of nv desolate old age, desire that
what shall leave behind me undisposed
of in my lifetime shall be distributed
among my descendants in such proper
tions as will as nearly as possible approach
legal equality, ana for efectuating that
end / now publish the testamentary dis
position of the residual estate which
Providence enabled my admirable wife
and myself, by habitual industry, to
earn, and by self-denying economy and
systematic prudence to save.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13
Protectlon 30 ChiIdren.

A bill has been introduced into the
British Parliament to limit the amount
of work required of children, young per-
sons, and women In factories. The bill
provides that young persons or females
shall not work in factories more than nine
and q half hours day, children not over
five and half hours; that neither of these
shall work before seven ia the morning;
that after September 1, 1876, no child
under ten shall be employed in any fac4
tory; and after this same date sagyOang
person shall not be employed ina factory
otherwise than as child may be en-
plOyed. unless he or she shall be certified
BY al inspector Of schools to have received
" certain amount Of schooling. AaIAis z
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13
A Clergyman in Comicnl Trouble,
From the Reading (Pa.) Eagle.

From the Reading (Pa.) Eagle.
At the annual meeting of the Presby-
terry of Chester, held at Phonixville on
Monday, the Rev. Joseph Porter, pastor
of the Presbyterian church at that place,
was tried. ftappears that Porter called
on Sister Spare frequently, and some
times remained for dinner. Now the fe-
male is known far and near as an excel
lent cook, and the reverend gentleman,
being lover of good things, never de-
clined an invitation to banquet with the
family. The husband found his butch
er's, bakers and grocer's bills growing
larger, and upon investigating matters
ascertained that instead of supporting
one. family he was really feeding two
Basketful of cold turkey. barbecued
chickens, and other esculents were given
to the 'spoor" almost daily, and the strain
on his purse became fearful. Finding
things growing worse and the preachers
visits more frequent, the husband ''smelt
mice, and brought the matter before the
church. As stated, the trial came off on
Monday, and after full hearing of both
parties, the Presbytery acquitted Porter
of the charge preferred against him.
The imam of God, passed through the
ordeal and escaped unscathed. His ma
ligners may now bow their heads with
shame.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13
ADVERTISING AGE0Ts.
WTTEa a NVAEER-LGLY.

see. nv darling, what 1 bring
4 wbite-wiuged blossom o: the spring:
IN the silent stream it lay.
O+ep in dreams the live-long day.
wow. if thou Hilt let il rest,
living on Thy loving breast,
asa.n its spreading leaves will hide
Ir.r a. deep and still tide.
Da,cpron-. dangerous, it's TO dream
n HE deep lakes silent stream
Sivirs hide within its bed,
Wi.h Iilie- floating overhead.
Dear thine heart, too, Is stream
Whe.e It's Gangerous to dream
Nfvies hide within its bed,
WI, lilies fOAting overhead.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13

Dad" said hopeful sprig, how
many fowls are there on the table ?"
" Why" said the old gentleman, as he
looked complacently on pair of finely
roasted chickens that were smoking on
the dinner table, fswhy, my son, there
are two." ''Two!" replied the smartness,
.'there are three, sir, and I'll prove it. I"
"Threel" replied the old gentleman, who
was a plain matter-of-fact man, and un-
derstood things as he saw them. "Pd
like to see you prove that" Easily
done sir-easily done. Amt that one p
laying his knife on the first. g Yes,
that's certain, said dad. "And amt that
two?" pointing to the second; 'sand don't
one and two make three2" Really" said
the father, turning to the old lady, who
was in amazement at the immense learn
ing of her son, s'really, wife, this boy is
a genius and deserves to be encouraged
for it. Here, old lady, do you take one
fowl, and I'll take the second, and John
NAV have the third for his learning,
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13

A pretty Swiss muslin is the daintiest
dress young girl can wear. This season
they are made with skirt and basque,
and trimmed with the material. With
careful usage, and now and then the
freshening effect of awarm smoothing-iron
and little picking out of the puffs with
the fingers, it can be kept a long time
without washing The Ulster, is becom-
ing one of the seasons indispensable arti-
Tcles. It 10 used ofiinen, frieze, waterproof
Turkish toweling, cheyiot, and various
other fabrics both thick and thin. A
heavy military braid Is occasionally
selected to border the bottom and
elesyes. butthey are generally left un.
trimmed.
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13

A venerable horse, forty-One years of
bge, was exhibited at the late state fair
Al Erie, Pa, and in vigorous health.
He is owned By Hon. NJ. b. Lowry, Of
Erie. and has been in his possession
nearly all that time. He is BLACK AZ d
raven with head as white az an old man
of twice his age. He has never been
sick single day, but was operated on
by skillful dentist ten years ago, and
now carries a good mouth, and eats corn
like colt
The weekly clarion., 1874-08-13

FTEE PEAcHEs.-We saw fine lot
of peaches ON the market few days ago,
which in size and quality we're equal to
the best in market at any stage OF the
season. They were grown By Mr.. 7.
Pierce Of State Lima, Miss. and sold
readily ct % per third-bushel box. ~
St. Louis Rural World. bsibbss a
New-York tribune., 1874-05-13
SALES FROM - O CLOCK r. VI. 10 CLOSE OF BUsi
NESS. 3 O'CLOCK B
Norih. Western
TUESDAY, Nav Io-p NJ

The general railway share spocula;ion has been
again tame and unnteresting, The movement having
been light in ali direction and without any specific
tone. No decided feature was apparent at any time
though 50 thoroughly apprehensivc are the bulls of
the market Just now that it is difficult to infuse any
courage into them, and so prices lag. At the start
quotations were weak. and the leading shares
were crowded down materially. better feel
ing. accompanied by fractional reaction. set in
Later in the day: but this in turn gave way TO hcayi
ness the market closing about steady at prices gene
rally belOw.the opening quotations Hannibal and
ST. Joseph was exceptionally strong and closed per
cent above the opening prlcc, fact which may per
haps be attributed to an arrangement for a new
trunk line to the Pacific, Of which the Hannibal and
ST. Joseph forms part. Connecting with the Union
Pacific at Fort Kearney, the line runs via the ST.
Joseph and Denver City Road. now under lease to
the Hannibal and St. Joseph, to the Missouri
River at the city of ST. Joseph; thence
over the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railway TO the
Mississippi at Quincy; thence by short line on the
east shore OF the Mississippi River 70 Louisiana:
thence by the Chicago and Alton Railroad to Chi
cago, and by the Michigan Central &c. TO Buffalo.
Ii was the desire of the managers Of the Hannibal
and st. Joseph Railroad to make a connection with
the Toledo and Wabash, and Chicago darlington
and Quincy, at Quincy; but the C.. B. aud q.
manapers refused TO pro-rate with them and
the Hannibal and ST. Joseph were driven 10 make
tic pTeseut arrangement The lOrHr the .b"',est