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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-10
Go TO Work.

Under this caption, the Sunny South
has the following well-sa;d and sensible
article:
The great curse of the South is
idlers, white and black. In all our
towns and cities there are hundreds of
strong, healthy and fne-loOking men
of all colors standing or strolling
about the streets from day 10 day and
from week to week with no occupa-
ton, and Of course no money and yet
the white ones dress well, look fat, and
seem happy. The universal excuse,
There's nothing to do"
What an ideal When we have here
iu the South the grandest opportuni-
ties that were ever presented to any
people to accumulate fortunes a land
teeming with resources, and which
should literally how with milk and
honey. This is no time for idlers.
If you can't get work in one depart
ment, get it in another. Leave the
cities and get out on little farms.
Get few acres of ground. make 10
rich, plant no cotton. and in a few
years you will be comfortable, inde-
pendent, and on the high road to for
tune. Don't try to be merchants. law
yers, preachers nor teachers. Every
body cannot belong TO these profess
sions.
Be farmers be producers, and not
consumers. In other words, go to
work. There is work, and hard work,
too, aud plenty of it to do.
The vineyard is large. the lab0rers
few, and id!ers crowd the market pla-
ces. The fields are white, the harvest
Is great and there is work enough for
all. ReapiBg Is work for the strongest
man, who fills his bosom with grain at
one sweep of the sickle; the weakest
man can reap little, and nos aud
then can gather a sheaf. Boar can go
forth among the reapers aud direct
them in their toll; and even timid
Ruth can fellow after to CLEAN the
shattered stalks, and end some hand
fuls dropped to encourage her in her
work.
| There Is work to debut who will
doit? 1t is not forming resolutions.
| joining societies. or making 4 great
ado; but il IS putting your shoulder TO
/ the wheel yourself. Ifyou want any
/ thing done, do il yourself. Lex every
man begin at hcme, build against his
Iowp dwelling, and live in humble de-
penlence on the Lord. and stand
ready to do all his blessed will.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-10
Country Produce Taken in Exchange for Boots,
Shoes, Hats, &C.. &c.
11SPRING, 1873"
OF INTEREST TO ALL.

GAINESVILLE TENNESSEE, April. 1875.
the
ing material changes business and changes to the
all easily themselves with Boots Shoes Hats
when they did twelve eighteen months ago
plentiful To accomplish this, have first bought
goods erey Second have had shoes made OF
best material and workmanship peat and handsome IN MT dispensing with
which greatly adds the OF
Shoe but none selling short profits; when
do believe right charge full
big profits when fyxths the people the county have not made
have adopted through policy
and from of general for BY this course
popularity house and then by fair dealings good goods and low
future hope to merit the OF tn f G
consideration people, both Prices My stock mems
and bows rogan the best being
durability and the prices ranging e~ mans
and durable Mems and boys POE Shoes mems d PST &
calf shoes from 2 up the finest snoss Ia b Ladies
Ciarke in all styles side lace front lace
the thing Ladies Boz 4ed Shoes neat new and
Call ladies and these goods,
will ike them The made English Lasting Shoe in the
United States 81 fully warranted and
90 50 50 shoe Garkve l and etd
lowest prices heard Of Mems full stock ssd cay
Shoes Cloth Alexis Gentlemen call goods
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-10
CHAPTER II.

"Thy sun shall no more go down,
Neither shall thy moon withdraw itself"
Commencement day dawned bright
and beautiful. Hills, valleys, meadows
and forest were all brightly bathed in
Gods golden smiles. Laughing little
rills sparkled lucid in his glance. Great
rushing rivers mirrored back to his
smile a sheen of silver. The witch
elm and willows bowed their green fo-
liage gracefully in the morning breeze
as if in acknowledgment. Nature ap-
peared to be holding carnival, so glee-
full seemed her votaries. But her joy
business was poorly in unison with the
frightened, beating hearts within the
Seminary. All was confusion, jostle
and hurry there. Packing trunks,
paying hasty visits, and bidding adieu
to loved spots endeared by association.
For to-day is the last of school. How
strangely different those words sound
to some. To one perhaps, who is
home-sick and weary it has ring of
gladness in it that no other words
could have. To another whose parents
have long slept where the myrtle twi-
meth, those words have bitterness, re-
gret. Yes, her thoughts fly back to
the time, far back in the dim past. when
she too could have returned to parent
al embraces, and home enjoyments, be-
fore death, the desolator, came. But
now she stands on the battlements
alone, with so many near, and yet so
far. This q Ia Willis Waters.
She was as the moon, save its satel-
lites. "She shons from her pedestal
frigid and fair" and the night-bird
speeding its journey thousand years,
would be no nearer its goal than when
it started. So it was with Willis Wa
ters, and the throng among which she
moved. The examination began at 10
o'clock. At an early hour the old hall
was filled with the relations and friends
of the pupils, some restless with vague
fear lest their representatives should
fail to acquit themselves creditably
First came the examination Of the pri-
mary departments, and in the evening
came the struggle of the graduates
As the long row of girls arranged
themselves on the rostrum, murmer
of admiration passed over the audi.
ence. Seventeen girl-women were
there, eager to leave the kind old wall.
that had sheltered them so long. They
were weary of this silent retreat o.
|. learning, in fancied dreams the wOrlC
they were to enter held all radiance, NJ
thorns. Twas sun-bright isle, wher,
no hint ef gloom or anguish dared en-
! ter. They had almost reached the en-
, chauted pinnacle for which they haC
toiled for years; were fairly in view o
the Utopia of bliss for which they hat
longed. and pined and sighed. Foolisf
! girls, did you butknow the heart-aehe
) that must surely visit that hopeful hos
, en- Ia the life you now pronounce en
E chanted; could you but lift futurity'
r veil and behold the rugged paths thos
E tender feet must tread could you Sc
: beneath your now fresh laurels tn
$ crown Of thorns that the white bro,
a must wear uncomplainingly, the gla
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-10
The Religion We Want.

We want a religion that bears heav-
lily, not only on the exceeding sinful
ness of sin, but on the exceeding ras-
eality of lying and stealing; religion
that banishes small measures from the
counters, small measures from the
stalls, pebbles from the cotton bags,
clay from the sugar, chiekory from the
coffee, alum from the bread, and water
from the milk-eans. Thereligion that
is to save the world will rot put all
the big wberries at the top and all
the little ones at the bottom. Ii will
not make one-half a pair of shoes of
good leather, so that the first shall re-
dound to the makers credit and the
second to his cash. 1t will not put
Jouvin's stamp on Jenkins kid gloves;
nor make Paris bonnets in the back
room of Boston milliner-shOp nor
let piece OF velvet that processes to
measure twelve yards come to an un-
timely end in the tenth nor a spool of
sewing silk that vouches for twenty
yards be nipped in the bud at fourteen
and half; nor all-wOOl. delaines and
all-linen handkerchiefs be amalga
mated with clandestine cotton; nor
coats made of old rags pressed togeth-
er to be sold to the unsuspecting pub
lie for real broad-clOt 1t does not
put bricks at FIVE dollars a thousand
into chimneys it contracts to build with
seven dollar material; nor sniuggle
white pine into floors that have
paid for hard pine; nor leave
yawning cracks in closets where boards
ought to join; nor daub the ceilings
that ought to be smoothly plastered !;
nor make window blinds of stats that
cannot stand the wind, and paint that
cannot stand the sun, and fastenings
that may be looked at but on no account
touched. The religion that is going to
sanctily the world pays its debts. 1t
does not consider that forty cents re-
turned from one hundred cents given
is according to the Gospel, though it
may be according to law. Ii looks on
a man who has failed in trade, and who
continues to live in luxury, as a thief.
The Christian.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-10
vor the CHRONICLE.
~ gd SORROW.

I've sought among the gray and old,
I've sought among the brave and bold,
I've sought among the young and gay,
I've sought forever and a day,
Among the lowest novels of the ditch,
Among the highest palaces of the rich,
Among purple robes and golden crowns,
Among rosy smiles and adamantine frown
But there is none, no not one,
Upon whose head has shone the sun,
Who will long fail to find
A cup of bitterness to his lot assigned.
1t may be little, 1t may be much,
But tits thing you needs must touch,
And that bitter cup. 1t must be drunk,
Even though to death the body is sunk.
TIME.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-10

Under this caption, the Sunny South
has the following well-sa;d and sensible
article
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-10
CHAPTER III.

"On thy fair bosom, silver lake,
The white swan spreads his snowy sail;
And round his breast the ripples break,
As down he bears before the gale"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-10
HATS! HATS! HATS! HATS!

have the piest old and
men Of all think we have peer
cheaper goods only the rest
town and yourself above statement not true
had compliments passed present stock
Please them Straw Hats Ventilated Straw Hats broad BIN
% hats for Bows 10 cents each need of above goods
always remembering show goods with pleasure whether buy
the hard times will take exchange
for goods Country Produce Butter Eggs Chickens Dried
willing all to assist and all my
goods at lowest
and then produce market price My
Franklin look for handsome Banner across e
Mammoth Store Wishing all
remain very respectfully, --....
ApiIlO uH ASH ~ AAAAe~A~>~'-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-11-12

How gracious We are to grant to the dead
These wide, vague lands in the foreign
sky,
Reserving the world for ourselves instead
For we must live though others must
die!
And what is the world that we keep, i
pray!
True il has glimpses OF dews and how-
Then youth and love are here and away,
Like mated birds--but nothing is ours.
Alb, nothing indeed, but we cling to IL all.
IL Is nothing TO hear ones own heart
beat,
1t Is nothing to see ones own tears fall;
Yet surely the breath Of our life is sweet.
Yes, the breath of our life is so SWEET t, l fear
We were lOath 10 give 1t for all We know
" that charmed country we hold 20 dear,
Far into whose beauty the breaIhless
go.
Yet certain we are, when we see them
lnue
Out Of The pleasant light of the sun,
or the sands Of gold in the palm-leaI's
shade,
And the strange high Jewels all these
have "'n.
You dare not Doubt IL. o soul OF mine!
And yet, ii tneDs, Vacant eyes could see
One, only one, from that voyage divine,
With something, any thing, sure for me !.
All, blow me the scent Of one lilly, to tell
That IL grew outside of the world, at
most;
All, show me plume t. touch or u shell
That whispers Of come unearthly coast!
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-11-12

Kossuth is living in comfort at
Barraconne, a village between Turin
and Rivoli, and was 75 wears sid on
the 10th of September.
The king of Holland is not a
miser. The other day when la
borer stopped the royal carriage
from going into the river, the king
handed him forty cents, and SMILED
smile worth thirtY-five cents more.
One. third of the vessels of the
italian navy are offered for sale at
auction. Their Original cost was
ten millions of dollars ; the price
now asked for the whole lot is only
one million. Dealers in firewood
and old iron are afforded an excel
lent opportunity.
Egypt proposes to exhibit in our
forthcoming centennial. This is a
gratifying announcement. Egypt is
the land of wonders. and has an I'M
definsble charm about her. 1t would
add greatly to the attractiveness of
the centennial were she to send over
pyramid or two.
At the funeral of his favorite
daughter the Khedive distributed
among the crowd 100000 pieces of
silver coin, from one to five pastries
each Upon the lid of the coffin the
jewelry of the diseased, valued at
100000 forms, was exhibited.
Twenty-four buffalos were killed by
the priests before the Mosque Rilah
at Cairo, raised and eaten, and then
5000 priests said prayers by the
tomb for seven days.
A gigantic hotel is about to be
erected in London, with American
capital, by an American architect,
with American speed, after an
American plan, and to be managed
on the American system. A site not
far from the house of commons, and
close to st. James park, has been
purchased, aud it is said that a year
hence the first visitors may take up
their abode in the new establish
ment. This hotel will make up one
thousand beds; the dining-room
will accommodate seven hundred
persons at the same time, and a staff
of four hundred servants will be re
quired to carry on the duties of the
| house,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-11-12
HOW TO woo AND WIN
BY J. 6. SAKE.

"Would you play the manly loyer?"
Said gray beard 10 his son,
"List, my lad, while discover
How a maiden should be Won.
wv 90 her not with boastful praises,
Lest you teach her lip to sneer;
Still a suit0r's warmest phases
In his conduct should appear.
"WoO her not with senseless signing,
Maidens love laughing eye;
Tell her not that you are dying
Lest she, laughing, bid you die.
"Woo her not with weakly whining
Der your poverty of pelf.
Lest she answers by declining
Both your SORROWS and yourself.
wv 90 her with manly wOoimg,
Give hostages TO Fate,
All the hearts devotion showing
BY its strength to work and wait.
woo her not with idle prattIe,
hon " on fain would m AXE your wifi
But with frUnfS that in lite'S battle
You are equal to the strife.
Like the knight whose simple suing
W on the lady, (says the tale)
VI hen, despite their woi dy woOing,
All the +, st were doomed TO fall.
Lady" quoth the bold knight-errant,
'BFiel the story l shall tell.
l would wed thee; here's the warrant
l shall love and serve thee WELL
"And, behold, his dexter fingers
Crush horseshoe like a reed;
And within her lap there fingers,
All the gold the twain can need"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-11-12
The idea beng to have the ~, %opt

The idea beng to have the p, @0ptt
construct, Otca,i and control .'ht
road. After all the stock has been
sold TO private parties that can be,
let the cities, townships and coun-
ties take the balance. Let'all bonds
thus issued b. sold, b. the author
tiles Issuing them, for cash, then
issue them stock the same as to in
dividuals. PaJ cash for every
thing as fast as work progresses,
and require frequent, full and item
lied reports OF every dollar expen-
ded, and thus let every man know
exactly what is being done. Re-
ceive pay ment for stock, in labor,
or material al cash prices. Eudeav-
or, by fair and honest dealing, to
make every man along the line feel
that it is his road. and that he has
direct personal interest in it's well
being.
Let every part of the work be
done in the very best manner, and
of the best material, because it will
be for service, and not for sale to
the bond holders. Ii | have succee-
ded in proving that such a road
will pay good dividends OIL the
amount of capital necessary TO build
it, at least after the first year,
counties and towns will not hes
itate to- take all the stock necessary.
1t will be in the people 9 power
to charge high rates, and receive
high dividends, or to. charge low
rates, and receive lower dividends.
l would require all transactions of
the company to be published in
full, in the papers along the line.
Do sway with all that mystery,
silence aud humbuggery which
usually surrounds railroad enter
prises, and always breeds disIrust
and suspicion. In this way the
road can be built, and have no
debt hanging over it, bonded or
otherwise. lis stock would be
sought after, and if the municipal
tiles saw fit to sell, it wonld COM
mand par or premium. Counties
and towns should bear the loss of
the discount on their bonds. But
for such stock as this will be, they
should make the time shorter and
the interest higher, so that the dis
count would be slight. If this
mode of subscription is illegal,
which ia a question, then these
municipalities should agree to sell
their stock to the company ON de-
mand, at a sufficient discount to
balance the loss.
In my next article l will give
some of the reasons in detail, why
narrow gauge road can be op-
Grated so much cheaper than the
tandard gauge.-B.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-11-12
Religious Intelligence.

The Methodists of the country
number 100000. The Baptists
number l,76I,17I.
The In dian name for Brother
Moody would be young Man
Not-Afraid-of-the-D
The average human will chase
dozen miles to discover bad
deed, and not raise his eyes to
see good act.
"Why did you name your dog
Back?' because he was always
running away from home, and we
couldn't help calling him back. F"
There is nothing more danger
Gus than telling moral truths it
is like handling rusty pistol
you never can tell which of your
friends it will hit.
''The first step towards wealth, "
says an exchange, us the choice
of good wife" "And the first
step toward securing a good wife
Is the possession of good wealth, "
says another. Here we have one
of those good rules which work
PRETTY both ways
Mr.. Sankey's popularity as a
singer has had one remarkable
effect. 1t has stimulated a geuer-
al thirst for gamuts and quavers
amongst our prominent theolo-
gians, not one in twenty of whOme
can ever hope to sing any better
than frog does with a fly in his
throat.
The federation of any religion
in Madrid but the Catholic is de-
nounced from Rome. The funda-
mental principle of religious free
dom would very soon cease to be
either recognized or tolerated by
people educated in sectarian
schools.
A Railroad Praying Band
has been organized. A meeting
of the band was recently held in
the library of the Boston and
Albany road in the city of Boston.
The band will consist engineers,
conductors, freight clerks, shop
men and agents.
Rev. Mr.. Nobtes is a Portage
wis. Free Methodist preacher,
who is running his business by
steam. He has punched a steam
boat, and with it travels up and
down the Wisconsin river, holding
revivals and blowing the Gospel
trumpet at every landing.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-11-12
RnIiRfers.


IT'S said the world grows wiser day by day
That mind Is climbing to pcrfection'S peak
Yet, alter all. tits but a childish play
Mans chief dependence seems 70 be his
check
Isn't It strange that while Nature
clothes the trees with thick foliage
in the summer, she makes them go
bare in the winter2
The fragrant mint ard the amber
straw have given place to The hot
Scotch and and little sugar. Once
more the sling Stays giants.
Don't be discouraged, man, if you
are not appreciated. Remember
that Shakespeare used to be laughed
at and called ''old limpy."
Mr.. Murray said at a Connecticut
fair that he learned his first lessons
of industry and patience behind the
plow handles. There is where the
latest chickens pick up the worms.
The Detroit Tribune asserts that q
lawyer in that city is troubled with
q conscience SO large that when he
makes mistake that entails q loss
on his client, he pays it out of his
own pocket.
"Ef county fairs is going to do
agricuItur' any good,n says Long
Island farmer, keep out the wimen.
Them air puIlbacks gets & mans
eyes so sot that he can't see nothiu'
eIse."
1t is q popular belief that light
ming will not strike beech tree.
In a recent thunder storm at Gosh
en-, Mass, s beech and maple, stand
ing near together, with branches in
terl0cking each other, received the
electric bolt, which shattered the
maple and passed into the earth
through q PROSTATE hemlock tree
living near, which was stripped oil
lie bark nearly the whole length.
No trace Of the lightning was lefi
upon the beech.
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and Immediately before wife No. l
returned 10 the East, she insisted
upon staying few days in San
Francisco. Miller was very anxious
to hasten her departure, but still he
had to give In and take her TO San
Francisco. They put up at the
Lick House. Fortunately wife No.
l did not like San Francisco, so TO
Miller's great relief she cut her stay
short. Before going he took her to
dry goods store and bot gbt her
81, 500 worth of goods. Suisse
quently the bill was sent TO MiIler's
house, and fell into the hands OF
wife No. 2, to whom it was cause
of alarm. But Miller qnieted her
by saying that be had ouly ordered
the gOoils for the wife of friend OF
his in Portland, Oregon, and the
bill was made out in his name by
mistake.
And so Miller struggled TO main
tain his position. His fall was a
terrible blow TO the pride of Stan
ford, Huntington, Hopkins, and the
rest of the Central Pacific ring.
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The Women.

A philosopher observes "Try-
ing to run house hold without love
is like running a railroad train
without grease"
Young men are Taught TO believe
they cannot afford to marry, and
the widowers have an opportunity
to get all the best girls.
"Babies are the coupons of the
bonds of matrimony," says Smarty.
He should have added "And every
fool may be bOndhOlder."
This is not bad definition of a
baby: ga palpitating bunch OF
nothing rolled up in flannel, with
the one faculty of almost automatic
suction"
When Mrs. Selkreg complained
that he occupied too much lime in
looking at the pin-back dresses, he
piously replied that he was absent
minded and thought he was in the
Garden of Eden.
A Detroit mother can't under
stand how it is that her girls can
play croQuet for half day and not
asked to wash the dishes she reaches
for the camphor bottle.
The census takers of Winchendon,
Mass have come across the case of
woman twenty-five years old,
married at twelve years of age. who
has had ten children, the oldest be-
ing now thirteen years old.
The woman who shuffies around
in cloth slippers, broken down at
the heel, and wipes her nose on d
fat iron holder, is the one who
leaves gristle in her mince pies and
runs a hair pin in her bread 10 see
if it is done.
Married women gain much by
jOurneying alone. For instance :
When she travels accompanied by
her husband she is obliged to wait
on herself; whereas, if she is alone
she cannot be shown too much at
tention or too many courtesies.
A Marion girl had beau the
other night, and the next morning
she told her sister confidentially
that he tried to kiss her. "What
did you do 2" was the inquiry. "Sat
still as could, so that he would not
be scared" was the reply.
In the San Francisco Jail is a girl
only 16 years old. She is excessive
~ shy and demure, bushes when
looked at by visitors, and faints
when drunkards are brought bleed
ing and yelling into the prison.
Her face is delicate and expressive
of retiring mOdesty and gentleness.
Her name is Annette GiiIard, and
she is awaiting trial for stabbing a
man four times with a big butcher
knife, and then smashing his skull
| with a brick.