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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-07-08

This overskirt fs quite different -
nom any other, though very
simple and graceful; the
sash. or panier back effect
is produced by the novel
way Of dFap1ng. and. Am
though 1t has the appear III %AtS
ance of separate part,
II is al one thing, and .
one of its chief attrac-
lions Is its convenient
shape for making over
by any other pattern,
1t Is intended for any n s
kind Of goods, and k
will be great favor. ~
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the coming summer.
Paris houses are now lisa
using It for their
model In preparing
suits for the spring
season.
Price of
Pattern
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-07-08
sXgE's INSTANT DRESS ELEvAgos.

sXggEs INSTANT DRESS ELEvAyoa. IN
9his Cut shows the Upper Part Of the Skirt
(wfpnG side QutG With The y Elevator" H7EH 4HzfA
fixed In. You raise your skirt while pass TX @I
Ing muddy place, aud then let It fall. II al.
Keeps the skirt from the Filth It Loops In
NFashionable Manner. It draws all the .
fullness to the back. 1t saves more than
ten times its cost. 1t can be changed from
one dress to another. A great convenience
and saving, when used in the common
house dresses. Price, 40 cents each.
The above Pa tern with Cloth Model
complete, and One Dress Elevator, will
be sent, postpaid, in one package to any
person WI D will send Sixty Cents with
their name and address to A. BURDETTE
SMITH, GA Broadway, New York City.
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-07-08
NOTICE TO GAS CONSUMERS !

The price of Gas from this date Dune LIST,
will be Four Dollars per thousand cubic
feet. to prompt paying consumers.
Office of GAINESVILLE Gas Works
T. G. HOPPER, Proprietor.
June TO- IS76-3m.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-03
To Lone Mountain.

BORNE To HIS LONG HOME WITHOUT MoURNERs.
Coming down Market street lately, we
met little funeral procession. 1t con-
sisted only of hearse and two carriages
plodding slowly aud sadly through the
rain. There are probably many funeral
professions each week in San Francisco,
which were no longer than this one,
and which attract no more than a pass
ing glance from the crowd that fills the
sidewalks. But the popularity of this
was the entire absence of women from
the corJege. The two carriages con-
tanned only men. They were evidently
not relatives or near friends of the de-
ceased, for they were laughing and
chatting gayly, as though on some ordi-
nary errand of business or a pleasure
excursion.
The sight Jared painfully on ones
sensibilities. a funeral without mourn
ing may be common enough in coun-
try like California, but our sympathies
were keenly aroused for the silent pas
senger in the hearse, who was taking
his last journey on earth under such
dreary auspices. That scene at Algiers,
as pathetically described by Mrs. Nor
ton of the "Sodier of the Legion" who
lay dying amid his rough comrades
! " There was lack Of wOman'S nursing; there
was dearth of wOman's tears"-
rose before the mental vision as we pic
tured the closing hours of this poor
mans life, with no soft hand to cool his
fevered brow, no pitying wOman's voice
to sOOthe his dying agonies. Far from
home and kindred, his solitary life went
out in hopeless loneliness, vainly hun
gering for words of affection and SYM
pathy. Fancy dying bed lacking the
gentle presence of woman with her ten
der ministratiOns. How pitiful such an
ending of ''life's fitful fever" appears to
US all
There was something inexpressibly
sad in the sight of that lonely process
sion, and in the thought that the rough
offices of those thoughtless, unsympa-
thizing attendants were doubtless the
only care the dying man received, and
| that now there was no loving wOman's
presence to attend him to his final rest
| ing-place. But scenes like these are so
| frequent in the great city that ones sem
sibiities are likely to become blunted
and dulled, and the sight of them can sell
dom arouse even brief vein of moral
izing, such as the reporter INDUCED on
the present OccasiOn.-,S. F. Can.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-03
NUMBER 27.

more justice and less oppression than
ever before in this world, consequently
less ill-feeling and ill-temper. But it is
much more important to have heart
that can sympathize with the suffering
than to be always quiet and soft, desira-
BILE as that is. 1t is better to have a
head that can understand and manage
business successfully than to weep help
less tears over fatherless, scattered little
ones. 1t is more womanly to be able to
support ones children than to break
ones heart because they are starving;
more womanly for girl to earn an hon
orable living by her trade or profession
among men than to go down to ruin
and eternal despair for her food and raj
ment.
The most womanly woman of the fu-
ture will be the bravest, as well as the
purest; strong, as well as beautiful; the
most self-reliant, as well as the most
faithful; the most competent to manage
business, as well as the best house
nNOHSAi bhC AhiOoO BOloCu eluu luuC-
pendent, as well as the most loving, pa
tient, and sympathetic; the most intel
lectual, as well as the most spiritual;
the wisest, as we'll as the best. She will
appreciate and love women who are
worthy, without the faintest dream of
jealousy or envy, however men may
honor and admire them. Her friend
ship for them will be as deep and last
ing as it is for men. She will pity those
who have erred, and with heavenly
charity will strive to help and save
them, to lift them to her own pure
level. She will have no lord and mas
ter but the Lord Of earth and heaven,
but her chosen companion will be loved
and honored as only such a woman can
love and honor; for he will be worthy of
her-a pure, true, noble, great-souled
man, strong but tender, gentle though
great. They will bear each others bur-
dens cheerfuIly, faithfully, while they
labor unitedly for the welfare of the
race; and their children will be more
God-like than any that have walked
this earth since Jesus, the son of God.
Fort ClatsOp, January 2S, 1875.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-03
A Piece of Quaker Strategy.

In ScribneT for February, in his New
York in the Revolution" Mr.. John F.
Mines gives the following account of
the way Putnam escaped from Howe
when tue British captured the city in
August, 1776:
Neither soldier nor fugitive knew how
narrow had been the escape of Putnam's
army that day. When Sir William
Howe, accom- panied by Clinton and
Tryon, had landed at Kip's Bay with
the main body of the British army,
they struck across to the middle road,
intending to make their camp on the
heights of Inclenburg, midway between
New York ard Harlem. They reached
the road at = point just opposite to
where Putnam was stealing along, un-
der cover of the woods that skirted the
Hudson, to rejoin Washington. There
was a house near by, from whose upper
windows they might easily have discOv-
cred the dust created by the rapid march
of the "rebels," and from its cupola the
CLEAN of bayOnets would have been
plainly visible.
The Americans were not distant, in
deed, but there was another and more
insidiuus foe near at hand. Close to the
middle road, at a point now designated
by the corporation as Fifth Avenue and
Thirty-seVenth street, stood the unpre-
tentiOus but exceedingly comfortable
mansion of Robert Murray, Quaker
merchant of approved loyalty to the
crown, as well as of large wealth. For
tunately the>shrewd merchant could not
control the feelings of his household,
and his wife and daughters were ardent
patriots. When Lord Howe and his
staff reached the edge of the Quaker's
gardens, they were enraptured to find
Mrs. Murray and her beautiful daugh-
ters ready to greet them with a warm
welcome. The parties had once met in
more peaceful days.
"Wiliam," said the fair Quaker mat
ron, "will thee alight and refresh thy
| self at our hOuse?"
81 thank you, Mrs. Murray" said the
pleasure-loving commander, "but /
must first catch that rascally Yankee,
| Putnam"
The Yankee general was not to be
caught this time, if wOman's wit could
save him, even if the truth must be tor
! tured into shape that should deceive
| in order to save life. Very demurely
the lady rejoined, in that plain language
/ OF heT sect WHICH always CdIIIeS Will IL
such an emphasis of truth:
"Did'st thou not hear that Putnam
had gone? 1t is late to try to catch
him. Thee had better come in and
dine"
The invitation was seconded by the
brightest smiles of the daughters, anC
Howe wavered. Promising to pursue
the hated Yankees after he had dined
the British commander alighted and en-
tered the house, where the destinations
Of his charming hOstesses made him for
get for hours the object of his expedi
ton. Putnam meanwhile was flying uI
the Bloomingdale road, never daring tt
draw breath until he caught sight o
Washingtons tents. Thacher, in hi
military Journal" writes that it be
came a common saying among The
American officers that Mrs. Murray haC
saved Putnam's division.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-03
AYES TO GRIND.

COMPOSED BY MRS. BELLE W. COOKE FOR THE
OREGON STATE WOMAN SUFFRAGE AssOCIA-
TION.
4 young country farmer stood musing awhile,
When pretty young lady came up with a
smile
With little petition and wanted it signed,
For the ladies, like farmers, have axes to grind.
She asked farmer Hodge if an ink-stand he'd
got;
Hodge nodded and ran for the ink on the spot.
"That's right" quoth the lady, 'and now you
shall see
This AK we want sharpened as sharp as can be-"
Hodge took the petition and read it all o'er,
And said, 81 have heard Of this measure before;
You're expecting, by asking, the ballot to gain,
But fear tits a right twill be hard to obtain"
"I'll sign for the sake of my MOTHER said he;
''She wanted to vote, but it never could be:
While she lived Irefused to believe in her right;
She is dead, and see in purified light.
81 see that erjudgment is better than mine;
know she would never have voted for wine,
But would always have been for the good and
the true,
And so, I am sure, my young lady, would you.
"And now your petition is granted, my dear,
have one of my own that hope you will hear;
will whisper it low and think you will find
That farmers, like ladies, have Axes to grind.
"We'll go to the parson together and see
That pll vote for you if you'll vote for me;
And We'll go to the polls and make men under
stand
That my wife shall vote with the best in the
land"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-03

THE WASHINGTON CONVENTION
The eight semi-annual Convention of
the National Woman Suffrage Associa-
tiOn was held in Talmadge Hall, Wash
ingtOn, d. c., on Thursday and Friday,
January 9th and 2Sth. The Convention
was in all respects an unqualified sue
cess. 1t was crowded by large audi
ences at all the sessiOns-even during
the evening, when a small admission
fee was put on to exclude rOwdyism and
insure order. Among those who came
were many of the first people i'm Wash
ingtOn, and many members of Congress.
These audiences were attentive, earn
est, and in sympathy with the reform,
and as they were largely composed of
women, this falsified again in the most
gratifying manner that oft-repeated as
sertion that women do not feel any in
terest in demanding the ballot. The
Washington Republican we'll said: 'It
is evident that the female masses lend
encouragement by their presence, if they
are too timid to express their sentiments
publicly on the subject"
Another significant fact was that the
Convention was so successful, although
neither Mrs. Stanton nor Miss Anthony
were present. 1t was feared that the
unavoidable absence of these able wOm-
en- would so far distract and lessen the
attractiveness of the occasion that the
result might be failure; but the great
crowds which collected without these
well-known leaders, showed that inter
est in the cause was greater than in any
individual.
Financially, also, the Convention was
a success. After all the expenses were
paid, there remained balance of over
two hundred dollars in the treasury,
while as much more was subscribed
toward the fund for the Centennial Pro-
test Meeting next summer.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-03

Charles O'Conor has so far recovered
that he eats two good, square meals
every day, sits up about fourteen hours
each day, and is able to do some writ
ing. His doctor calls but once a week,
and considers his patient entirely out of
danger. The temperance folks will be
glad to know that Mr.. O'COnor, even
when given up by the doctors, and his
stomach would digest nothing but the
pulp of pears, refused, as he has con-
stantly, to taae stimulants of any kind,
and appears to have been sustained by
natural vitality alone.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-03

course, in the victory of the member of
the firm who owned the property, had
ordered the mare "Sal," before alluded
to, to be embarrassed from the wagon
and saddled for his convenience. Then,
to prove that he was head of the fam
lily, he had departed for The Falls; and
Mrs. Andrews, rejoicing that the fami-
ly would be rid of his presence for a few
days, at least, busted herself in fashion
ing dainty garments, the form and de-
sign of which she constantly strove to
hide.
ITO be continual
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-03

To witness the effects of the prejudice
which refuses even to consider the
question of the enfranchisement of
woman, and to think of the treatment
she receives in such nunneries as Welles-
ley College, is enough to make one
impatient with our civilization, and to
distrust the currentl Intelligence. But
there need be no discouragement. All
the undeveloped forces of the future are
on her side, and no error or wrong exists
to-day that is not doomed to extinction.
And little by little the truth will dawn
on the masculine consciousness that
only as she is permitted, with equal
freedom of step, to attend man in the
path of development, can he expect to
attain higher intellectual and moral
cOndition.-NelU Age.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-03

A romantic story is told of Cuban
woman who, with her son of fourteen
years, commands detachment of the
rebel army She leads the insurgents
in person, dressed in riding habit and
mounted on fine horse, and is as brave
as lion.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-03
The AOlaIla Maid and MatrOn.

year 1873, by Mrs. A. J. Duniway, in the office of
the Librarian of Congress at Washington Cjty.l
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-03

COMPOSED BY MRS. BELLE W. COOKE FOR THE
OREGON STATE WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSoCIA-
TION.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-11

The huge. drastic, gripping, sickening
pills, constructed of crude, course and
bulky Ingredients, are fast being super
seeded by DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purga-
tive Pellets, or Sugar-C Coated, Concen-
trated Root and Herbal Juice, Anti Bill
lous Granules-the Little iGiant" Ca
thartic or Mutton IN Prauo Physic. Mod
ern Chemical Science enables DIR. Pierce
to extract from the juices of the most
valuable roots and herbs their active
medicinal principles, which, when work
ed into little Pellets or Granules Scarcely
larger than mustard seed renders each
little Pellet as active and powerful as a
large pill, while they are much more pal
atable and pleasant in effect.
DR.. IRA A. TAHYER, OF Backonsburg,
Ohio, writes; IL regard your Pellets as
the best remedy for the condition for
which you prescribe them of anything
l have ever used, so mild and certain in
effect and leaving the bowels in an ex-
cellent condition. 1t seems to me they
must take the place of all other carthar-
tic pills and medicine.
LYON IL MAcoMBER, druggists, Vermil-
lion, ID. T., says: We think they are 60
ing to sell like hot cakes as soon as peo-
pie get acquainted with them and will
spoil the pill trade, as those who have
used them like them much better than
large pills"
The daily gazette., 1876-03-11
THE LEVY COURT.

APPOINTMENT OF CoNsTABLEs AND BRIDGE
TENDERS.
The Levy Court, at New Castle, on FRI
day, made the following appointments:
coNsTABLEs.
Wilmingtou-Wm w Pritchett, WIN E
Woodward, VIM Hickman.
Brandywine Hd-lsaac N Grubb and
David Wilson.
Christiana- Sam'l Vansant.
Now Castle-I II Fuls and John Bar
tholomew.
Mill Creek-Edmond Hammond.
White Clay Creek-John w WhitDman
and John Lemon.
Red Lions Il Scott and ] b Howe.
st. Georges-PJ J Lynch.
Pencader-Wm b Ford.
Appoquinimink-Jam C Townsend.
BRIDGE TENDERS.
Third Street Bridge, VIM Baretord /;
Eleventh Street Bridge, Eli Call Mar
ket Street Bridge, no appointment yet
made.
The following is list of the constables
appointed by the Levy Court Of Sussex
County:
Cedar Creek, VIM B Truitt; Broadkiln,
Jas d Hart Nanticoke, Noah Isaacs
peOrBcIOWD, . L DdTher lhuidn NlNeT,
VIM G Joseph L & Rehoboth John b
Hudson; Dagsboro, B Elliott and T z
Barker; Baltimore, L Hudson and r At.
kins; Gumboro, B Gordy; Broad Greek,
Thos A Allen and-Burton Little
Creek. Thos Ii Ellis, Cyrus L Bacon and
VIM Neal.
Jail Commissioners, P w Kollock, K
B WingaJe and Eli Torbert.
The Levy Court of Kent county made
the following appointments on Thursday
Attorney-James l. Wolcott.
Jail Physician-Dr f s Anderson.
Jail Commissioners-John G Pennewill
c H b Day, John Jester.
Constables-Dover hundred, q +
Hawkins Duck Creek, Nehemiah Stay.
ton; Kenton, John S Poor Little Greek
David M Clouds; North Murderkill, I
X Smith South Murderkill, Isaac ia
cobs; Mispillion, Henry N Clark anc
Elijah Sapp; Milford, Joshua Hill.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-11

The Quicksteps.-At the meeting of
the Quickstep Base Ball Association,
last evening, Manager Mullen was au-
thcrized to go to Philadelphia and SCI
cure the services of .Bushong, of the
Archers, and Reynolds, eff the Shibes,
for the coming season. Other arrange
ments for the selection of o playing
nine were also taken. Messrs. West,
Kennedy and Megarey were appinted
committee to put the grounds in
playing order. and FIX up the seats and
fences. The intention is to open the
season early in April, if the weather is
favorable.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-11
Religious.

Hanover Presbyterian Church
Preaching to morrow morning and
evening by the pastor Rev. l.. Marks.
Young peoples prayer meeting at z
o'clock.
West Presbyterian church.
ing tomorrow at 10t a. M, by the
pastor, Rev. J. N. P. Otis, and praise
meeting at II p. m. Subjects: For the
sermon, 1.-The Church-the Salt of the
earth and the Eight of the world" For
the praise.meeting, "kevival Songs"
All are cordially invited.
Second Baptist Church Fourth and
French. Preaching at 1880 A, M.
and 7:30 p. NJ. Baptism after the
evening service; subject in the morn
ing "Cboosc you this day whom yc
will Serve" evening 1.-The Three
Crosses"
Extra meetings every evening next
week except Saturday.
Preaching tomorrow at the First
Baptist church King street above
Tenth, T. M. Eastwood, pastor, ser.
vices at 1890 A. M. and 7.3O p. M.
All are cordially invited, seats free
Sunday school meets at A. M. schoo
for colored people meets in the hall or
18th street between Orange and Market
at 2 p. M. A cordial invitation il
extended.
The third lecture in the course pre-
paratory to confirmation will be de
livered in Trinity chapel on mex
Sunday evening at u o'clock.
Trinity church seryices-Sunday
March 12th-in Trinity chapel, Kinf
and Fifth streets, morning at 101 ant
evening at IT o'clock.
m Old Swedes church, Seventh ant
Church streets, morning IT o'clocl
afternoon at 8! o'clock.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-11
FIRST EDITION
DISASTROUS FIRE.
THE CONFERENCE ACADEMY, AT DOVER
ALMOST ENTIRELY DESTROYED
by FIRE


Yesterday, at noon, a fire was dis
covered in the northwest corner of the
Wilmington Conference Acadamy, at
Dover, and before assistance could be
rendered the flames gained consider
able headway.
The alarm was promptly given, and
the people of the town rendered all the
assistance in their power, but owing to
the scarcity of water, the progress Of
the fire could not be stayed, The hook
and ladder truck, the only serviccable
fire apparatus of the town, was
brought into requisition, but owing to
the height of the building, it could not
render very efficient service. The
flames continued to burn until the
building was almost entirely destroy
ed. The rear wing remained uninjured,
but only the walls of the man build
ing escaped destruction. The furni-
ture was nearly all removed, but most
Of it was badly broken in the removal.
The fire originated, it is supposed,
from defective fue.
The loss by the fire is not at present
known, but there is an insurance on
the building of $50, ,00O-$1o, 600 in the
Kent County Mutual, "a 600 in the
New Castle County Mutual, and the
balance in foreign companies.
The Wilmington Conference Acade.
my, which was opened in the fall of
1S74,is one of the finest academical in
stitutions in the State. 1t was erected
at cost of $50, 600, of which S25, ZOO
had been paid, and $4,000 mere was
to be paid next week. 1t had assumed
a paying basis, and was attended by
about seventy-five pupils. 1t will prob.
ably be rebuilt.
The financial condition of the Acade.
my was one of the subjects for consid.
Grafton at the meeting Of Conference
in this city, next week. This subject
now assumes grave Importance, and
the action of the Conference will
doubtless be in the direction of a set
tlement of present claims and the
speedy rebuilding of the burned
Academy.
The exact insurance is given by the
Dover DeiaDorean, as follows:
Kent County Mutual, $500; New
Castle County Insurance company, y,$4,
600; Farmers Mutual, of Wilmington
So, 600; North American, of Philadel
phia, $4,000; Lyconing. of Pennsyl
vania, 5000; Royal, of London, So,
600.
In its report Of the fire, the Stat
Sentinel, of Dover, says:
"The origin of the fire is not certain
When first discovered, it was burning
over the hall way above the fourth
floor, near where the west wing ant
main building join, and not far from
the south chimney, Whether it was
from defect in the fue or not, is no
known. Also, on the morning of tn,
fire, the roof was being sodered by
some men; but as the fire was not oil
the outside. it could not have origi
mated there. Another theory was, tina
il originated in one of the students
rooms from matches. There being M
engine or fire apparatus of any kind il
town, and the building being SO high
it was useless to attempt to fight tn
flames.
"The citizens of Dover kindly open
ed their houses to the teachers an,
students, and all have been provide'
with homes until permanent arrange
ments can be made"
The daily gazette., 1876-03-11

Boarding House Leased.-M. d. Lam
born, of Wilmington, has made lease
of the large boarding house on the
camp ground at Rehoboth, and will
have it open during the camp meeting;
and possibly throughout the whole
Reheboth season.
In THE DRY DocK.-The barque
Syrian Star, Of Yarmouth, Novia
Scatia, is now in the Fl. s. Ii. Co.'s
dry dock, undergoing repairs. She
was sent up from the yard of the
Jackson & Sharp company.
Tear ing out tile iStalls-The contract
or for the erection of the New Second
street Market House has commenced
tearing out the stalls in the old build
ing. Next week the old house will be
entirely tom down.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-11

STREET MARKET TRoUBLEs.-Yes-
terday afternoon, farmer who backed
his wagon up in front of l.. F. Adair's
furniture store, at Fourth and King
streets, was ordered away by Adair,
and his wagon afterwards removed by
SPECIAL officer VIM. Bacon, by gAdair's
order. The farmer sued Adair and
Bacon, and the case will be heard be-
fore Esquire Frazer this afternoon. 1t
will probably result in suit for dam
ages, by the farmer, before the Court