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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

The speakership has been he'd long
by men of but few States. For sixteen
years by Kentuckians, for thirteen
years by Virginians. and for ten years
by Massachusetts, men. Indiana has
habit eightyears. The States of Penn
sylyania, Maine, New Jersey and
Norsh Carolina have had it six years
each. Tennessee has had it FIVE years,
and New York and South Carolina
have had it three years each. Georgia
and Connecticut have had it two years
each. Thirteen States only have ever
been represented in it, and three States
Kentucky, Virginia and Mas ssaehu-
setts-have seen it held By some ol
their citigens for thirty-nine years.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18
Neat and Nice.

The neatest dun we ever saw is that
issued from the Office of the Insurance
Monitor, a copy of which has been fur
nished the North Texan. We pub
lish and adopt it as our sentiments:
We think we never saw so patient
set of men as some of our subscribers |!
Gifted with unusual facility for bearing
up under (other peoples annoyanees,
they stand it" with Roman firmness
month after month, while the cramps
and collapses and vacuities rattle rue
fully among the finances of this Office
The ease with which they do it comes
of the division OF labor. Each man
owes only three, six or nine dollars,
and the large sum now overdue, being
thus divided up among a couple of
thousand of philanthropic gentlemen,
is carried with 4 smile of easy cOmpla-
cency most delightful to contemplate.
The puzzle on which we are at work
is, how to get that smile on the other
side of the house We dare not send
you a photograph of our heightened
vissage as it appears when coming the
subscription list; that would throw
you into agonies of remorse, and We
have no reveugelul or injurious feeling
against even the smallest debtor who
owes ''the largest journal, etc" But
we do want to smile. We think, on
mature reflection, that we never wanted
so much to smile in all our life, and
there is only one thing that can ever
bring a grin to our lugubrious frontis-
piece again.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18
AlWays Lovers.

Married people should treat each
other like lovers all their lives-then
they would be happy. Bickering and
quarelling would soon break Oft love
affairs consequently lovers indulge in
such only toa very limitedextent. But,
some people-men and women both
when they have once got married,
think they may do just as they please.
and it will make no difference. They
make a great mistake. 1t causes all
the difference in the world. Women
should grow more devoted, ane men
more considerate after marriage, IL
they have the slightest idea of being
happy as wives aud husbands. Ii is
losiRg sight Of this Fundamental truth
which leads to hundreds OF divorces.
Yet, many a man will scold his wife
who would never think Of breathing
harsh word to his sweetheart: and
many a wife will be grum and mOrose
on her husband 8 return, who had only
smiles and words Of cheer for him
when he was suitor. How can such
people expect 10 be happy?
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

1t is said that corn loses one-6fth by
drying. and wheat one-fourteenth.
From this the estimate is made thst it
is more profitable for the farmer to
sell unshelled corn in the fall at sew
enty-6ve cents than at one dollar a
bushel in the following summer, and
that wheat at one dollar and twenty-five
in December is equal to one dollar and
fifty cents iu the succeeding June. In
cases of potatoes-taking those that
rot, and arc otherwise iost-together
with the shrinksge, there is little
doubt that between October and juno
the loss to the owners who hold them
is not less than thirty-three per cent.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18
AN AcaosrIc BoUouET.
RESPECTFULLY DEDlcArKD 70 THREE eE,
TLEMES OF NEW SaoyxDcScE.


REsPEcrFULYy DEDlcATzD 70 rHREE eES-
TLKMES OF new saoyxDEScE.
Within mile Of the toIl.eate bridge.
In sight of the Cumberland blue.
Live three colleagues. q bold trio,
Like the warriors Of old sworn true.
In The gracious warmth Or fPpon1q<eeai
Among blessings abundant ~ nee.
Majestic they dwell A. oEl1 tned in
heart =
Serenadlng and fan the& 9f<k
Mirth, merriment, wfne< hoc< and song
Is part of their duty in Hvf41 ~
Together they murder the So hours
Notwithstanding and merry j6eAs giving /;
Jolly times, awhile bach, they were having,
over cards and sundry jests tight.
How delicious those silent night hours,
None can tell but the jewellers. right
How baimy the long summer evenings,
On the pike, in the warmth ofthe sun,
With such friends gathered closely together
Ever ready for beer and for nun.
Like statues of Temperance, Worth, Dig :
nifty, they sat,
Longing for nothing better, not even a new
hat.
But. alas for the trio. the cold winds have
cone,
Ending al their street clatter, and stilling
their song.
Never mind. noble royalists, the day will
yet dawn,
Giving back the iced ttxzdies and the days.
bright and long.
Old winter won't forever hold her chill
reign.
Lest 1t does, though, pass the circus and
stay with your wives,
Do your duty. and be pious the rest ofyour
lives.
Faithfully,
HILDa
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

General Pope estimates the number
of Indians pow living in the United
States as follows Civilized, 100,0,0:
semi-eivilized, l35 900; barbarous, ST.
O00-total, $4,000.
This comparatively small number Of
aborigines, in coneequence of the sys-
tematic mismanagenent Of those ofhc-
ials having charge Of Indian affairs, is
a perpetual source of trouble TO the
Government.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

times, she bowed her head and prayed
Yes, prayed f,r pardon through the
bload of Jesus Christ-for strength 10
fulill every dutyin the future-for the
all-poweriul influence of the spirit. for
blessings on her husband eyermore.
She prayea-and not in vain.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18
What the Weed Is Worth to Tennessee.

The tobacco producing counties OF
Tennessee are Montgomery, Stewart,
Robertson, Trousdale, Smith, Clay,
Jackson, Obion, Dyer, Henry and
Weakley. 1t is estimated that 90 ,0OO
hogsheads have been cured, and that
the crop will be worth s2,a0,0OO.-
Nash. american.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

1t must lie very gratifying to the
members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, to know that the Van
derbilt University at Nashville is an
unusual success. 1t has now enrolled
400 students.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

Once in while 0 man gets the starch
50 thoroughly taken out of him that
it's no use trying. A few days ago a
prairie schooner passed eastward
through Peoria. On its canvas cover
was painted in large letters the legend,
Gong back to my wife's folks
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

The Columbia Herald and Mail al-
nounces the death Of Mrs. Rebecca
Polk, wife of Mai. VIM. Polk. She
was daughter of the late Samuel Z !,
Mayes, of Columbia, and was a famous
belle in her girlhood days.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

4 FIVE dollar note, purporting TO be
issued by the First National Bank OF
Galena, Illinois, is now in circulation.
There is no such bank in existence.
Counterfeiters betrsy themselves some
times.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

1t is computed that the amount
which the British public have lost by
foreign loans during the past six years
amounts to s30O,000,000. The Turk
ish loans arc not included 10 this.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

When a debt is due in China, if the
money does not come the mans ears
do. They do worse than that here,
saws the Colambus Times; they cut
off his credit.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

Richmond, Indiana, presents the
spectacle of man once worth $4,000
working out small fine on the streets.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

A bad habit to get into-a coat that
is not paid for.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

Waiting On three or fOar girls at
the samo time, IS said TO be a Genesal
Court.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

Pen-makers are bad lot. They
make people steel pens snd then say
they do write.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28
The Horrors of st. Bernard.

The pass is totally void of interest,
and increases in desolation as it near5
the hospice at the top. No reward but
consciousness of Christian duty, nobly
done, could induce the monks to stop
In this desolation of the clouds and
storm, to minister to the lost and worn
out traveller. At the mountain top,
where the hospice stands, it is always
cold, even in summer time cold and
dreary and desolate. The monks go up
in youth, but seldom Withstand the Sc
verify of the climate beyond few
years, when they come down to the
mild valley Of the Rhone to recuperate
or die.
The strange attractions of the hospice
are the charnel house and the dogs of
the st. Bernard. The charnel house,
or morgue, is filed with the dried-up
remains, or the bleached bones,
of poor mortals who have frozen to
death in attempting to cross the pass.
The bodies are piled into the morgue
just as they were found, and the frozen
flesh and features tell the awful strug-
gle between life and death. Some are
recognized by friends, and are taken
away 1OA Oul1etl, pIlU u1d1y VI Uu6s JILL
fortunates were wandering workmen
who, in daring the dread storm and
the desoiate pass, seeking some
thing to do, have persisted, leaving no
trace as to who they were, or whether
any friends In all the wide world would
miss them at all.
Some of the frozen figures lean against
the walls of the little stone morgue like
black statues, and retain the clenched
hands, the back bowed to the storm,
and the face of agony they bore when
yielding to pain, exhaustion and death
just when the lights of the Christian
hospice shone too late across their hope
less way. A man, cropping in the snow
and dark, stands, frozen stiff, with
bowed head and extended arms. A
mother clasps her child to her bosom in
frozen embrace of years, for both are
dead, and their stiffened bodies still
pressed together will long haunt the
memories of those who have ever en-
tered this tomb of the frozen dead
Sutherland and the ,SaUiss.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28
The history of Postage-stamps.

The introduction of the postal system,
as 1t at present exists In all countries on
the globe. has been credied to England,
when, in 1910, covers and envelopes
were devised to carry letters all over the
kingdom at one penny the single rate.
This plan was adopted through the ex-
ertions of Sir Rowland Hill, who has
been aptly termed the father of post
age-stamps 1t now appears, however,
that there is another asplrant for them
PRODUCTION of the stamp system. In
Italy, as far back as 1913, letter sheets
were prepared, duly stamped in the left
lower corner, while letters were delivered
by specially appointed carriers, on the
prepayment of the money which the
stamp represented. The early stamp
represented courier on horseback, and
was of three values. 1t was discontinued
in 1886. Whether Italy or Great
Britain first introduced postage-stamps,
other countries afterward began to avail
themselves of this method for the pre-
payment of letters, altogether they did
not move very promptly in the matter.
Great Britain enjoyed the monopoly
of stamps for three years, and, though
the first stamps were issued in 1910, she
has made fewer changes in her
stamps than any other country, and has
suffered no change at all in the main de-
sign-the portrait of Queen Victoria In
other countries, notably in our own, the
Sandwich Islands, and the Argentine
Republic. the honor of portraiture on
the stamps IS usually distributed among
various high public officers; but in Great
Britain che Queen alone figures on her
stamps, and not even the changes that
thirty-five years have made in her face
are shown on the national and colonial
postage stamps.
The next country to follow the ex-
ample of England was Brazil. In 1912
a series of three stamps were issued, con-
sisting simply of large numerals denot-
ing the value, and all printed in black.
Then came the cantons in Switzerland,
and Finland, with envelopes which to-
day are very rare, and soon after them
Bavaria, Belgium, France, Hanover,
New South Wales, Tuscany, Austria,
British Guiana, Prussia, Saxony, Schles-
wig Holstein, Spain, Denmark, Italy,
Oldenburg, Trinidad, Wurtemburg, and
the United States. Other countries fol-
lowed in the train, until, at the present
moment, there is scarcely any portion of
the globe, inhabited by civilized people,
which has not postage stamps. So.
Nicholas for November.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28
How Far win Bees Go for Honey :

The above question, says the Rural
Nea0 Yorker, we believe, has never been
satisfactorily answered. A bee-keeper
once tried the old experiment. of busting
the bees with flour as they left the hive,
then rode to heath seven miles away,
where he discovered his white bees bust
~ engaged in collecting honey.
This experiment, however, cannot be
relied on, for the simple reason that pol
len, with which bees are frequently COM
pletely covered, bears q close resemblance
TO flour, and might readily be taken for
it when bees are on the wing. It is our
belief that they seldom venture more
than three miles from home, for we have
known them to be In starving condi-
ton when another apiary only four miles
away was furnishing and gathering stores
rapidly.
It has in recent years been proved by
italian hybrids that queens have met
with drones which were known to be at
least three miles away, but this Will
scarcely apply to working bees fitting
about from flower to flower; they must
become weary before they are four OF
even three miles away from home.
Gar shows arc fho 1o%ouA focI,;o,,o IIn
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28

looked paler than ever against the scar
let background of his face. Mrs. d.
grasped the offending object, which
wholly disappeared under her camel's-
hair shawl. The gray-haired minister
reco1lected himself, and very soon
church was over.
How young Thomas reached home I
do not really know but ] have heard
that when the Dobbs family was re-
turning from church, there were seen
to protr1de from undeE the maternal
camel's hair two very large boots with
two very small hands clinging to the
straps thereof, as if in desperation. -
Work and Play. 81
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28

WMHoFr's FEVER AND AGUE Tonic
This medicine is used by construction compa-
MES for the benefit of their employees, when en-
gagged in malarial districts. The highest testi-
monials have been given by contractors and by
tle Presidents of some of the leading railroads
in the South and West When men are con-
gregated in large numbers in the neighborhood
of swamps and rivers, Wilhofts Tonic will
prove valuable addition to the stock of medi-
cines, and will amply reward the company in
the saving of time, labor and money. We rec
ommend it to all. WHEELooK, FINLAY & Co.,
Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
a Dolls wedding.

Says Ivanhoe to Mimi:
q II is our wedding day;
And will you promise, dearest,
Your husband to obey?"
And this is Minis answer:
with all my heart, my dear;
If you will never cause me
To drop single tear;
eff you viii AJAX me nothing
But what want To do
I'll be sweet. oDedient,
Delightful wife to YOU
Says AIR. Fenwick, giving
His brown mustache twist
''I shall command you, madam,
To do whate'er list"
Miss Mimi answers, frowning,
His Yeny soul to freeze:
q hen, sir, shall obey you
Only just when pleased"
Says Ivanhoe to Mimi:
s. Let us to this agree
] win not speak one word to you,
If you'll not speak to me;
''Then we shall never quarrel,
But through our uoLs-hf
I'll be MODEL husband,
And you model WIFE,"
And now all men and women
Vino make them wedding-calls,
Look on, and almost envy
The bliss of these two dolls.
They seem SO very smiling
So grateful kind, and bright!
And gaze upon each other
Quite speeches. with delight.
Never one cross word saying,
They stand up side By side,
Patterns of good behavior
o very groom and bride.
Sweethearts, it is far better
This truth they plainly t, ach-
The solid gold of silence,
Than the small change of speechi
Il,cy LGTco4Ts, az st. Nicholas for NoDembsr
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28
CONSUMPTION CAN BE cur ED.

SC6ENCh5 EULMONIC o1HUP,
SCHENcK's SEA WEED Tonic,
SCHENCKs MANDRAKE PILLS.
Are the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary Con-
sumption.
frequently medicines that will stop cough will
sion the death of the patient they lock the liver stop
the circulation of the blood henorrhage follows, and in
fact they clog the action of the that caused
the cough.
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia the causes of two
thirds of the of Consumption Many persons COM
plain of dull pain in the side, constipation, coated
tongue pain in the feelings of rowsnesS
and resessness the food lying heavily the stomach
accompanied with acidity and beching up of wind,
These symptoms usually originate from disordered
condition of the stomach torpid liver.
Persons affected if they take two heavy colds
and if the cough in these be suddenly checked will
find the stomach and liver clogged, remaining torpid
and inactive and almost before they the lungs
of and liberated the result of which is
death.
Schencks Pulnlonic Syrup is an expectorant which
does not contain opium anything calculated to check
a cough suddenly
Schencks Sea Weed Tonic dissolves the food mixes
with the gastric juices of the stomach aids Digestion
and creates a ravenous appetite
When the bowels costive, skin saliow the symp-
toms otherwise of bilious tendency, Schencks Man
drake Pills required 8afst
These medicines are prepared only by
j. III. SCHENCK Il Son,
N. e. corner Sixth and Arch Streets, Phila.
And are for sale by all druggists and dealers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28

THOUSANDS SPEAK. -Vegetine is rec
by physicians and apothecaries to be
the best purifier and cleanser of the blood yet
and thousands speak in it's praise
who have been restored to health.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28

1900 per cent. profit was realized upon
''put" on 500 shares Mo. Pacific r. r. stock
during the first week in October; then why go to
the silver mines of Colorado or the gold mines
of California, when you have mine of green
backs at home. Explanatory circular, g How
it is DONE" sent free by Buckwalter & Co.,
bankers and brokers' 10 Wall St.. n. Y.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28

A MISSIONARY, just returned, says he
regards Jofasore's Agodyae Liaainae,st as be-
yond all price, and efficacious beyond any other
medicine. It is adapted to a great variety of
special cases, and is the best pain curer in the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28

FEvERs seldom make an attack with
ont warming, and may often be thrown off by
soaking the feet in warm water, wrapping up
warm in bed, and taking two or three of Par
sons Patrgdti0e Pills.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28
The biggest Ret of the Missouri state Fair.

Five thousand dollars against two-thousand
dollar wager was offered by the Proprietors of
the Jilz Well Anger that it would bore hole
of the same size faster and easier than any
other well auger on exhibition, and we learn
that this is standing offer for one year. Who
will accept it See their advertisement in an
other column
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28
THE Sales OF WEBsTER's DIcT

The SALES OF WEBsTER's DICTIoNA-
R1Es throughout the country in 1873 were 90
times as large as the sales of any other Diction-
aries. One family of children having WEB
another not having it, the first will become
much the most intelligent men and women. Ask
your teao her or minister if it is not So then buy
the book and urge your children to use it freely.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28
The Bloom of Death.

A curious case of superstition which
was justified by subsequent events has
recently come to light in New Albany,
Ind. About nine years ago cherry tree
in the yard of Frederick Rehman bloomed
for the second time that year. Shortly
after it became in full bloom, Mr., Reh-
man was taken sick and suddenly died.
This fall the same tree bloomed the
second time this year, and Mrs. Rehman
became alarmed, thinking that some of
her family would die suddenly, though
at the time all were well and hearty.
Within week after the tree became in
full bloom very beautiful and promis-
ing daughter became suddenly I'LL and
died in spite of all the attentions that
could be given her.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28

nNI DEN; The White Chief or White Man twelve
VEu years an Indian; not Romance but Fact stran-
ger than Fiction The fascinating and best selling
n look out Agents Wanted. C. f. VENT, Cincinnati, o.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28
Origin Of the Term Brother Jonathan.

VI1Slu Ul tuC 1cIHl DIVbMC1 OuH6OndHs
The story of the origin of the above
term, as related many years ago, to the
editor of the Norwich Courier, by gen
tleman over eighty years of age, who
was all active participation in the scenes
of the Revolution, is as follows:
"When Gen. Washington, after being
appointed Commander of the Army OF
the Revolutionary War, came to Massa-
chusetts 10 organize it and make prepa-
rat1ons for the defense of the country,
he found a great want of ammunition
and other means necessary to meet the
powerful foe he had to contend with,
and great difficulty to obtain them. If
attacked in such condition, the cause at
once might be hopeless. On one occa-
sion, at that anxious period, consulta-
ton of the officers and others was held,
when it seemed no way could be devised
to make such preparation IS was neces-
sary. His Excellency, Jonathan Trum-
bull, the elder, was then Governor of
the State of Connecticut, on whose judg
ment and aid the General placed the
greatest reliance, and remarked, We
must consult Brother Jonathan on the
subject. The General did SO, and the
Governor was successful in supplying
many of the wants of the army. When
difficulties afterward arose, and the army
was spread over the country, it became
by-word, I'VE must consult Brother
Jonathan The term Yankee is still APP
piled to a portion, but Brother Jona-
than has now become designation of
the whole country, as John Bull has for
England. /" Ah7ss
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28

NT1RTmN ALL WANT TT Thousands of lives and
I'LL MlEtN Millions of property saved by it-For
IT1N N tunes made with it. Address LINING
L1U41S i ~ TON Bros, New York or Chicago
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28

FENHE WHAT is TT.-Something new. Sells at
Il sight. Big inducements to Agents. Samples, rs
cents and stamp. Agents wanted Send for Catalogue
u S. SPECIALITY Co, a and 8 Fulton-st., Boston.