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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-11-30

preston left must be agreeable and pleasing.
The writer of fiction may in the main chapters
Of the work introduce the characters to all
manner OF trouble, but the concluding pages
must make all things right.
You remember that in " Uncle Toms Cabin"
Uncle Tom teaches little Eva about the Bible,
the Saviour and good life. The sweet child
dies, while Uncle Tom fingers on to old age.
saw this played ct theatre years ago.
In the distance Heaven was pictured. There
was the bright light as Of eternal day; the
glitter Of gold-paved streets; the solemn, sweet
strains of distant music. Then beneath. on
the stage. Uncle Tom lay dying. Around the
bedside we're the plantation hands-really the
Jubilee Singers-the most beautiful singers
ever heard. They sung " Gate 8 Ajar" as had
never heard it sung before and never expect to
hear 1t again. Az the song burst forth in its
rich melody the audience looked Ut the repre-
sentation OF Heaven. The pearly gates were
ajax and there stood little Eva reckoning
Uncle Tom to come. The effect WAS tremen-
dous. I do not believe there WAS dry eye in
al that vast assembly. The sentiment was
sublime: those whom we have been instru-
mental in teaching the way Of right will be the
first to greet rs at heavens gate. We can o.
ford to travel this dark and stormy road Of life,
even though the lash and the msnacle be our
portion, il when we come to the journeys end
We may find, not in fiction but in fact, Heavens
Gates Ajar for Us.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-11-30

nights cannot Ial 10 make you cneerful.
"Alas, replied the man, 81 myself am that
actor There he was making all Paris cheerful
while his own heart was as sad as the grave.
Let us initiate that actor-make others happy
while we keep our own troubles to ourselves.
3. Remember that yours is not the only sad
heart. You are not the worse situated person
in the world. While in New York l visited
Five Points. 1t was beautiful day. The
streets in the vicinity seemed filled with chill
dren, half-starved, dirty and ragged. inquired
of policeman where all those people lived
He pointed to the numerous dark alleys in the
vicinity of the place. These abound in dens.
There, in those damp, daik retreats they live.
No light can reach them there and on days
when the sun shines brightly they come out
into the streets to sun themselves like a lot OF
snakes. You who imagine that you are aban-
doned OF God and man, think OF many situated
so much worse than you are.
This suggestive story Is told OF Buddha A
young Hindoo mother informed him Of the
death OF her child and asked that il might be
restored to llfe He told her to go and find a
handful of mustard-seed IN a house where no
friend had died. She went her way. After a
weary search she returned aud said that she
could find no such home. Then Buddha said,
You thought you were the only one that
mourned the loss of a dear one, that your
heart was the only sad one but you see your
mistake. You have found that others have
felt the same pangs that you experience.
A. The final outcome Of this troubled life will
be joyful. 1t Is canon of art from the Greeks
to the present hour that while sorrow and pain
may find some part in the work the final inn
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-08-18
You'se

up my mine ter marry de gal. You'se
willin', aint yer, MaTy?"
But Mary was asleep against the door.
"well." continued the old man, vip-
ing the perspiration of with his check
cred shirt-sleeve - she sha,n't faN in de
FIRE wild dem fits while Use got de pow'r
to pull her out. y -
The old man then gave his name
Lewis Kemp, and the girls Mary Nc
Ghee, and Constable John took so cents
and procured q license. After the cere-
money BY Squire Egnew Constable John
said: -n1 =
"Haven't You got % for the Squire,
Lewis?'
He looked troubled. "Fore God. dat
hah-dollar's all Use got in dis yer world,
boss; but, sho's dere's God in heaben,
III bring yor 90 TO long"
Then he shook hands all around, and
hobbled out, with the newly made wife
following after.-Memphis Avalanche.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-08-18

His old, patched, yellow-jaundiced
pants were held up by cotton ssgalluses''
over his time-bent shoulders, and he
paused, leaning ON gnarled and twist
ed stick, as he lifted his hat respectfully.
"Dere amt no Squire bout we're, is
dere?" he asked, and then turned to a
simple-looking mulatto girl who fol-
lowed him. 81 Sit down, on the do'-sill,
Mary, an rest yerself.''
We'll, yes" replied Constable John,
"there's Squire here. What do you
want?''
"Boss. yer needn't laugh-we wants
somebody to marry us. Yer see, Boss.
l nose it looks kinder like digein' IN de
May flows and a-settin' 'em out in de
winter agin, but l thinks I'm a-doin' INV
dooty."'
"Going to marry this girl, old man ~
asked the Squire, as he came up.
"Yes, sor; is, eff you'll do it. She
IS orphan. Her old forder and me
done hoed our rows togedder in dem
July days agOne. She hes fits. an
deere ain't nobody but dis ole Lewis
ter look after her. I jes' has token her
ter my ole house, an l watches ober
her. Foxes is powerful ready ter talk.
Squire, an ter stop der tongues made
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-08-18
A Mammoth Texas Rancho.

A Mammoth Texas Rancho.
Mr.. Shaffer, in 1861, pre-empted 16O
acres of land in this county, on which
he established sheep rancho. The
war followed. He made no appreciable
progress in his condition until 1868,
when his fortune took turn. At this
time (1S65) he owned 5000 head OF
sheep, all of them improved. The
original stock of 1000 head he pur-
chased from A. Toutant Beauregard,
brother of the General. Four years
after that he purchased 1850 ewes of
the celebrated George Wilkins Kendall
flock; having, in all, introduced 800
head of ewes and bucks, costing him
$50 head. Mr.. Shaffer's income for
1876 may be summed up as follows:
Ewes sold, 2,575 at SOTO; bucks and
wethers sold, $3.50; wool sold, $1,000
pounds, SIG, 600; income for 1876, S27,-
575. To maintain his establishment
and attend to the sheep requires an out
lay of nearly 800 per month. From
% to 30 men are constantly employed.
The tlocks of sheep are divided into
1900 to each flock, under the care of a
pastore, and over every three pastores
is a jacerio. or overseer, having that
particular three under his especial care.
Over all the bdcerios is head man. Two
large mule teams are constantly en-
gagged hauling supplies, and in the store
house of the rancho is stock sufficient
to start on ordinary country store. OF
ewes, bucks and lambs he has now TO-
600 head, less about $50, valued at about
$4,000. A few years ago, forseeing
that large tract of land would soon be
necessary to maintain his rapidly grow
ing fiOcks. and afford never-failinS pas
turagc, when prices were comparatively
low he commenced the purchase of what
has since swelled into a princely do
main, composed of land admirably
adapted for his purpose, and watered
by six or seven different streams, chief
among which are the Aqua Dulce, San
Fernando and Lagarto. This tract now
10000 acres of land. With the
fence completed, which he has now I'M
der way, these acres will not be worth
less than % each. The tract measures
ID miles in length and from 10 to IL wide,
covered with aplentiful supply of timber.
Forty miles of fencing will be required
20 inclose it. His dwelling is situated
nearly in the middle, and, in addition to
! very comfortable Westinghouse, he
mas a stone warehouse for the storage of
wool, large stable, a dozen or more
for servants, etc. Three
'r four immense cisterns supply water
or the house, and near the sheep pens
5 large windmill and tank, drawing
supply from a well eighty-one feet
leep. In addition to the 5000 sheep
above, Mr.. Shaffer owns the |
stock: Between 700 and l 900 |
.oats, used exclusively for meat, and for |
hat purpose and their skins, valued at ]
q. % per head; about 100 head of horse
took, including a number of teams of
inc mules, worth in the neighborhood
t $4,000; about the same number of
attic on this rancho, valued at about
=, O0O.-Nneces (7sras) Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-08-18
10 STANDARDIZATION

All communications for this paper should be
accompanied by the name Of the autht :, not
necessarily Republication. but as evidence Of
good faith on the part of the writer. Write
only ON one side of the paper. Be particularly
careful in giving names and dates. to have
all letters or figures plain and distinct
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-08-18

Orange Ice.-The juice of 6 oranges
and grated peel of 5; the juice of 2 lem
ons. Squeeze out every drop of juice,
and let the grated peel steep in the juice
l hour; strain well through a fine cot
ton cloth; mix in one pint of sugar,
then one pint of water; freeze as you
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-08-18
Summer Diet and Disease.

There is great change from the ans
terity of former times regarding the
fproper diet for human beings during the
summer months. 1t is now generally
recognized that food during this period
of lassitude should be nourishing in the
highest degree, and, second, should be
composed in some measure of the fruits
and vegetables of the season. 1t has
been discovered that the body needs not
only substantial aliment of bread and
meat, but also that it needs food which
is sometimes characterized as ssthem
watery things" 1t is the season of the
year when water is most felt to be a
blessing, to cool the air, TO sustain veg
citation, lave the body and to partake Of
The great cooling process Of evapora-
ton all depends upon good supply of
fluids in the body, and " watery things"
60 to supply that need. The great dam
ger Of vegetables and fruits is that de-
cay may faint them, or too great age
render them tough and insoluble, in
which case they become a poisonous sb-
structiOn to the digestive system, rather
than food. u f0fsl /. - .a'.i-5
Complaints of digestion in summer
arse from TWO causes The person has
oeen exposed 70 . dra1t OF air, which
mas closed the pores OF the skin and
turned all the waste matter Of the body
Qarge portions of which. normally es-
cape in unconscious perspiration) back
into the central sewer of the system, or
else the bowels have become cloSged
with excess of food or with something
IN decay or indigestible. In either case,
the digestive system immediateiy de-
lnses itself with secretions in order to
WASH away the onendinS matter. This
aiarrnea, rs 1t Is called: 50 TAR rom be-
ing checked should often De encour-
aged until the occasion Tor It Is remov-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-08-18
Watering-Place Loves.

seemed to be SO very fond of each other
as 10 attract general attention, and the
general conclusion naturally was that
they were enjoying their honeymoon.
One of the bOarders, who declared he
could always tell by their behavior in
public just how long pair had been
married, offered to lay wager that their
wedding had taken place within three
weeks. 81 am sure of it," he added;
"no man is so studiously gallant to 4
woman after the first month. Why, he
lifts his hat to her on joining her on the
piazza, picks up her handkerchief and
returns it with bow. follows her with
his eyes, begs her pardon if he happens
to jostle her in waltzing. A man can't
keep that up, of course. It's all well
enough in the honeymoon; I've been
guilty of that sort of thing myself But
when q fellow has been husband a
year he can't afford to be regulated by
the slightest movements of his wife's
petticoats-it's simply ridiculous"
His wager was taken. Due inquiry
established the fact that the couple had
been married several years; that the
husband had fallen in love with his wife
at first sight at the United States Hotel,
and had proposed to her within As
hours, and had been accepted, the soft
infection being mutual. He was then
an officer in the regular army-he had
served honorably during the civil war
and she was the eldest of five daughters
of the cashier of country bank Nei-
Their had any thing to gain financially by
the marriage; but they were married ut
one and Che went VIII hin, to q mill.
tarv nnSt in Wrom;n~ Aftor thrao
veors an unc,e a hac6a,or who bad
hoo, j., hrs;noSs ~ CnaIand IA amJ
Ief, nor bandsore nroSertr War hns'
hand IL ras;mnad fro, p'o ~ ~. and :
now ,raIher of Z, nrnsrarnns t;ru, n
Rol,;mnro and acdor,i;ra 70 al 90
a., ' :.,,.:n " an
his Wit. a. an tha do, ~ III ,vodd;nc
We hear 81 nncb of m;serabia mi
.nceS grow;no or, of ,ra,a,.;na, ,,,aaas
directions tha7 :, = nIa.sant ~ rra,nrd
an sYcen,;onaI ;ns,.p p tn. u,a,.,;ona
waS certa;niv YER ;n,n,,,dant h,,. !, hsJ
a Fortunate ;ssnc and fnr,,,na,a ;ssnas
and bastv unions are 80 rare as 70 ,ner;,
cbronicl;ng ~ ~ - " '''''
"A man still in love with his w;fe a.
the end of seven vearso,, sars . stent;.
cal reader: :. that Is too beayy a draupbt
ON hnmon crednl;tv ,, All can ssy Is
that names and addresses will be c;yen
if treated contidentiallv- and If des;ra.
BILE. photooranbs NAV he excbanoed
Snmmer resort are ant 70 he r. Moor.
ous 70 ceI;bacv from ,he fact that vanng
neonle have no,b;ng eIse m do bnt he,
come sentimen,aIly ensnared We may
consider love ms diy;ne as we lie. faar
tb,I IL Is s,nrer,ely human hr, !,
snr;ngs venerable FROM , sunarah,nJanoa
~ le;snre Hay;r1 noth;p~ alSa w. no
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-08-18

=" Suppose, Belle" said poor but
honest youth to his girl" suppose that
a young man loved You dearly-very
dearly-but was afraid to ask you to
have him because he was very timid, or
felt too poor, or something; what would
you think Of such q case?' Think"
answered the girl, immediately; /" why.
If he was poor, I'd say he was doing just
right in keeping quite still about IT,"
The question was dropped right there.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-08-18

The Garden of Fremont, six leagues
from Paris, contains $50 acres, and more
than 6, 900 species and varieties Of vege-
tables, many Of them still new in France.
Some Of the green-houses are 1000 feet
in length, with glazed roofs, possessing
all kinds Of exposure.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-12-08
CONGRESS IN Regular SESSION.

The extra session of Congress ter
minated and the regular session
commenced on Monday, the 3rd inst.
In most respects the transition is a
mere form, but the period is marked
by single event worthy of notice,
the Presidents Message. In anOth-
er column we have given so much
of the Message as relates to resump-
ton and the silver bill; our readers
will not care to see the rest. Brief
ly, it may be noticed that the Presi-
dent comedies thus much to the pol
iticians who in former days presided
at the outrage mill, that he reads a
lecture to the Southern people, adj
monishing them to deal justly with
the colored people. He knew well
enough that the cOlored people areat
this time more orderly and contented
and better cared for, better educated
and better behaved than they were
through all the thirteen years of
carpet-bag government, but the adj
monition was penned asa concession
to those who yearn for the renewed
unfurling of the bloody shirt. On
civil service reform he frankly adj
mits that it has not been a success
yet, but hopes to carry out his views
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-12-08

by means of a special commission
to take it iE hand. This pours out
a perfect sea of hot water between
him and his Radical friends in Con-
gress, and then his resumption and
anti-silver policy cuts him off ire
trievably from the Democrats, at
least in the West and South, so that
he stands isolated from all aid and
sympathy, like the last man in
CampbelPs Ode.
On the whole, Judging from the
proceedings of the extra session, the
prospects for the beneficent legisla-
ton are gloomy. The President and
Senate, living as they do cat and
dog life together, seem to be strong
enough to resist any efforts of anne
Iteration on the part of the House,
and a dismal period of unavailing
struggle seems to be our lot for the
next three years.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-12-08
IN THE EAST.

The balance of advantage has
turned against the Russians again
within the last week Elena has
been captured and Tirnova threat
ened. If this is true, and if TirnOva
is to fall as well as Elena, it will give
the Turks two advantages 1t will
disable the Russians from cross
ing the Balkans again and invading
Roumelia, and it will enable Sulei-
man Pasha to make promising eff
forts for the relief of Plevna ; but
those are two very strong ifs.
The Earl of Derby has been MAX
ing speech from which it is inferred
that no intervention will be exer-
cised on the part of England even if
Constantinople should be threat
ened. This being the case, when
ever peace is made it will be made
according to the arbitrament of Rus
STA, Germany and Austria, which
will amount to a partition of Euro
pean Turkey exactly parallel with
that of Poland in the last century
by the same powers. Whenever
stealing is to be done, that gang OF
thieves sticks together with wonder
full tenacity.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-12-08
THE PRESIDENT ON BESUMP-
TION AND THE SILVER
QUESTION,

At the time we received the Pres
ident's Message to Congress at the
opening of the regular session we
had filled our columns too closely to
admit the whole of it. That pOr-
ton, however, which relates to the
two important measures now before
Congress we have given below.
From this it will be seen that he is
most decisive ON refusing comprOm-
Use or delay in resuming specie pay
ments, and that he only consents to
the silver bill on condition that sill
yer is refused acceptance in payment
of custom dues and liquidating the
public debt. On these terms remon-
would be worse than use
less-it would be mischievous. This
apparently portends the We
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-12-08
Another New Paper.

We add to our list of exchanges
this week the Ashland Plaindealer,
of which the first number has arrived
at our office. Its editor is Mr.. S. d.
Power, we'll known in GAINESVILLE,
whose communications to this pa
per were known and appreciated in
former days under the nom de plume
of canon" We are glad to find
that he is no longer anonymous, but
writes in his own name and prints
on his own hook. We place him
with pleasure on our list of exchan-
geS,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-12-08
EFFECTS OF ALTON
AND REWONETIZATEON PAST
AND FUTURE.

The cardinal point which we de-
sired to impress upon our readers
by the statement of facts in our last
paper was, that so long as silver was
in use as money throughout the civ
ilized world, all the unprecedented
production of silver, though accom-
panied by a decline in the prOduc-
ton Of gold still moro marked, had
not prior to 1878 produced any
change in the relative value of the
two metals, and that the panic I'M
der which silver decentralization
took place arose from a dread, not
of a fall in silver as compared with
gold, but of a depreciation of both
thecirculating metals, feltin the form
of a rise in the price of all cOmmOd-
tiles and a shrinking in the value OF
fixed incomes.
1t will, however, besome advant-
age to tabulate some of the facts es'
tablished in our last article from
which we purpose to argue in the
present paper, and with the follow
Ing table before them our reader'
will have no difficulty in following
our argument:
TABLE OF THE RELATIVE VALUl
or GOLD AND SILVER AT DIFFER
ENT PERIODS.
The figures for each year expires
the number of ounces Of silver re
quired to purchase one ounce c
gold at tine specified period.
Average value from the discover
of the South American mines I
1850, 1850.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-12-08

from an issue of silver coinage. to pass a le-
gal tender at a rate materially above itscom-
mercial value, is, am persuaded, a deiu-
sion; nor can think that there is any sub
stantial distinction between an original is
sue of silver dollars at a nominal value ma
terially above their commercial value, and
the restoration of the silver dollar at a rate
which once was, but has ceased to be, its
commercial value. Certainly, the issue of
our gold coinage reduced in weight materi-
ally below its legal-tender, would not be any
by reason of its equaling or even exceeding
in weight good coinage, which at some past
time had been commercially equal to the
legal-tender value assigned to the new issue.
/ recommend that the regulation of any
silver coinage which may be authorized
by Congress should observe these conditions
of commercial value and limited legal ten
der. / am governed by the feeling that
every possible increase should be given to
kept in circulation, and thereby every pos
sible aid afforded to the people in the process
of resuming specie payments. 1t is because
of my conviction that a disregard OF these
conditions would pr oStrate the good results
which are desired from the proposed coin
age and embarraSs with new elements of
confusion and uncertainty the business of
the country, that urge upon your attention
these considerations.
respectfully recommend to Congress that
in any legislation providing for a silver coin
1 tender, there be impressed on the measure a
! firm provision exempting the public debt
heretofore issued, and now outstanding, for
| the payment either of principal or interest
! in any coin of less value than the present
| gold coinage of the country.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-12-08
A vaIuaiIe Medical Treatise.

The edition tr 1873 of the sterling Medical
Annual, know as Hostetter's Almanac is
now ready, an may be obtained free of
cost, of druggiSs and general country dealers
in all parts of be United States and British
America, and Indeed in every civilized por-
ton OF the Western Hemisphere. 1t com
bines, with thesoundest practical advice for
the preservatitl and restoration of health a
large amounuOf interesting and amusing
light reading, ind the calendar astronomi-
cal calculates, chronological items, &c,
are prepared with great care and will be
found entirely Inaccurate. The issue of Hos
letters AlmsAac for 1873, in the English,
German, Fre4ch, Welsh, Norwegian, Swe-
dish, Holland Bohemian and Spanish Ian
guages, will ifall probability be the largest
edition of a medical work ever published in
any country. The proprietors, Messrs. Hos
letter & Smid, Pittsburgh, Pa, on receipt of
q two cent lamp will forward O copy by
mall to any frson who cannot procure one
in his neighf9rhood.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-12-08

C. L. COOKE has something new
in the way of Pocket Knives; that
is, a knife that he guarantees not to
crumble. The metal isnot soft, and
if it breaks without good and suffi-
cient cause he will give new one
in place of it. Also some very fine
Scissors, made from the best razor
steel. Call and see them.
Dec. 1, 1877-4t
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-12-08

THE time for selecting Christmas
presents is drawing near, and to that
end we call theattention of our read
ers to Owen & Moore's new adver-
tisement, whi(h appears on our first
page. They lave. one of the best
and most complete stocks we have
ever seen, and their many patrons
will have no trouble in finding pres
ents to their tastes for the holidays.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-12-08

DECEMBER 10th Mr.. Cooke will
open a very fine stock of Toys, Dolls
and Fancy Goods, and promises a
most tempting array at prices lower
than ever before. Be sure and see
them before buying elsewhere.
Dec. l, 1S77-4t