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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
WHOLE NO. 1900.
Requisites for a Newspaper Man.


Curtis Guild, In lecture before
the Boston newspaper men, said
What, then, some one may inquire,
are the requisites for the-newspapeF
business ? An answer to this sug-
gests itself to my mind in a reply,
in somewhat powerful terms, /
will admit, that / made to a pale,
hollow-chested young man of twen-
ty-two or three, who once wait
ed upon me with an inquiry of a
similar nature. He had few thou
sand dollars, and had just graduated
from college, and wanted to ioin
with somebody to 'start a paperl''
Start al paper! This is thought
by almost every one outside of
the business one of the easie
and pleasantest thing in the world
to do-and so it is, if you have plen-
ty of money to start with; but it is
not the starting, but the keeping of
1t going at "A profit, that calls for
brains. recall now the reply,
probably prompted by a days severe
and eXhausting work, when, after
listening as patiently as possible to
the young mans crude notions re-
specting a business in which he had
no experience, he begged / would
tell him, in as few words as possible,
the qualifications necessary to pros
secute the business successfully. He
was somewhat startled by the asser-
tiOn that they were as follows:
A brain as fiexibel and elastic as STEEL
A memory as tenacious as iron.
A temper even as that OF a saint.
n digestion equal to that of an ostrich,
And the endurance OF adamant.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
A.mnrrYIng Gorernor.

ClaibOrn f. Jackson, "A native of
Kentucky, was once Governor of
Missouri. The most remarkable
fact connected with his life is per-
haps that he married five sisters i'm
one of the most respectable, veal
thy and distinguished families i'm
Missouri. As soon as one wife would
die, he would marry her sister i'm a
reasonable time. In connection
with the marriages there is a stand
ing joke told at the expense of the
Governor, namely, that when he
went to ask his father-in-law's con-
sent to marry the last daughter, the
venerable man replied: eyes Claib,
you can have her. You have got
them all. For goodness sake, don't
ask me for the old woman. ."-Nei0
York EUe1ling Post.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
Language of the Turks.

The Turks are of Tartar origin,
and their language is a Tartar dia-
lect, and while the language Is very
regular in its grammatical cOnstruc-
tiOn, 1t Is poor in words. To remedy
this defect the Turks have drawn
from the Arabic and Persian Ian
guage to such an extent that thor
Ough knowledge of the Turkish can
not be acquired without a knowledge
of the other. The Turks use the
Arabic characters, and write, after
the manner of the Jews and Arabi-
ans, from right to left. Like the
French in Europe, the Turkish Ian
guage is, in greater part of Asia
and on the Northern coast of Africa,
the common medium of communi-
cations between nations speaking.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

We copy from Josh Billings new
book, Trump Kards, a few of the
philosophers remarks, and com.
mend them to our readers;
/ hav never known a second wife
but waz boss ov the situashun.
! Wiskee is a hard thing to con-
vince, therefore never argy with a
drunken man.
After a man gifts to be thirty-eight
years old he kant form emmy habits
mutch, the best heca do is too steer
his old ones.
luv a rooster for two things.
One iz the crow that liz in him, and
the other liz the spurs that liz on him
to back up the crow with.
Emmy man who can swap horses
or ketch fish, and not lie about it, liz
! just about az pious as men ever get
to be in this world.
The sasyest man ever met, liz q
henpeckt husband, when he IL away
from home.
An enthusiast liz an individual
who beleaves about four times az
mutch az he kan prove, and who
kan prove about four times az mutch
az ennybody else beleaves.
The dog that will follow every
boldly amt worth kuss.
Thoz people who are trieing to git
to heaven on their Kreed will find
out at last that they didn't have a
thru ticket.
The greatest mistake emmy woman
kan make, IL just az soon az her hus-
ban haz been eleckted capting ov
malisha company to be krazy to APP
pear in his uniform.
Too long courtships are not alwuss
judiciOus, the party often out of
skoring before the trot begins.
Natur seldom makes a phOOl, she
simply furnish the raw materials,
and lets the fellow finish the job to
suit himself.
Young man, learn to wait, if you
undertake to sett hen before she is
reddy, you will lose your time and
confuse the hen besides.
One of the best trades emmy man
kan make IL to sell out his religious
kreed and invest the proceeds in
charity.
One quart of cheap whiskey, the
cheaper the better, JudlcOuSly ap- |
piled, will do more biZzness for the |
devil than the smartest deakon he |
haz got.
Be mersiphull to dunn animals
no man kan ride into heaven on a
sore-backed horse.
Prudes alIwus seem to have more
property on hands than they kno
what to do with.
When men retire from the world .
they go into the kroaking business,
and it amounts tu as mutch as the |
croaking of a retired bullfrog.
There iz two things about the devil |
whitch admire, and whitch are
worthy of limitation, he is alwuss
bizzy and never was known to break
an engagement.
When, yu hav borel the bulls eye,
set down and keep still; folks will
think then that yu kan hit emmy
time yu hav mind to.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
AFRrcAN EXPLORATION.
The Practical importance of Stan
Iey's DiscOyeries-The Congo
River, Etc, Etc.

A&ANCEs LANSs
A new country can be tapped only
by its natural watercourses. The
explorations of Livingstone, Burton,
| Speke, Cameron, Baker, and others,
from the eastern coast during a
course of years showed only that the
country they explored was rich in
products of many kinds, but that
the difficulties CT land transportation
were so great as to discourage COM
mercial adventures except near the
coast. Stanley's discovery, however,
one point by Livingstone, is identi-
cal with the Congo, and that it is a
great and navigable stream, reach
ing eastward beyond the centre of
the continent, changes all the inn
portant features Of the African prob
lem. Africa has of late become the
subject of practical commercial spec
ulations. While Stanley was fl ight-
ing for his life on the upper Congo,
the king of the Belgians became
president. of an African exploration
society, which has for its object the
extension of commerce to those un-
known regions. In England enter
prising men have of late begun to
talk of telegraph lines, of CONNER
cial settlements, of explorations in
the interest Of commerce in Africa,
and before Stanley emerged ON the
west coast with his great discovery,
projects had been formed which that
discovery, though it will change
their direction, will very greatly fa-
cilitate. The Congo is, il fact, the
Mississippi or the Amazon of Africa.
1t opens the continent it is the key
to the commerce of a vast region.
Its navigation is, to be sure, not un-
obstructed, but tie falls and rapids
where it breaks through the coast
range, and the other falls near the
equator-the principal breaks in its
course, so far as we yet knOw-will
prove but light obstacles to enter
prising traders provided with COM
petent capital. tits certain that the
course of exploration in Central Af-
rica will henceforth be from the
western coast eastward, and it is
highly probable that within a year
one or more thoroughly fitted COM
mercial exploring parties willascend
the Congo. The lower falls prOba-
bly, make the limits of the unhealthy
region; above that comes an eleva-
ted table-land, in which Europeans
may expect to live without difficult
ty. The heart of Africa may thus
undoubtedly be reached by steam
boats, and as Stanley reports that
the upper Congo drains denSely
wooded country gives additional
promise of a naturally fertile region,
which may be expected to make
impOrtanta additions to the commerce
of the world within very few years.
.NeaC York Herald.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
A Female Market.

A suspected servant was arrested
in Boston the other day just as she
was leaving the house where she
had been living. Around her waist
was ingeniously fastened bag con-
tanning about fifteen pounds of -four,
fastened to her right hip, by means
of a string, was large iron spider,
while the left hip was ornamented
with a kerosene lamp, also fastened
by a string. A little below this, on
her left leg, a can of Kerosene oil
was discovered. Fastened to both
legs were pieces of beef and ham,
cut in slices already to be cooked.
Suspended to her right knee by Il
stout string was bag containing a
quantity of Irish potatoes on the
other knee was a similar bag con-
tanning sweet potatoes. She had
probably been taking supplies away
from the house i'm this manner for
some time.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
PIoWinR in The FnII.

Mr.. Harris, i'm the American Ag-
riculturist says: / am convinced
that we shall find it to our interest
to work our land more and more i'm
the fall, and the earlier the better.
Our springs are short, and we are i'm
a hurry to get in the seed; the land
is wet if plOwed in this condition,
we do more harm than good. If we
wait unlil it gets dry, it is apt to
turn up lump, and much narrowing,
cultivating and rolling is required
to get it in anything like good con-
ditiOn. And as everything is crowd
ing us, we are often obliged to put
in the crop with some Of the land
so hard that, unless we have an un-
usually wet spring, the seed is a
long time in coming up, and the
crops are "spotty." And IL is these
poor spots that pull down the aver
age to such a low figure. / have i'm
my own barley field to-day portions
that will probably give fifty bushels
per acre, and spots where the yield
will not be ten bushels. And yet
these latter are naturally the strong
est and richest land in the field.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

At the meeting of stove manufac-
turers of the county of Detroit,
Michigan, the President denounced
the ineffective and expensive adver-
tising that had been indulged in by
the trade, the tawdry Autographs
and other sensation machinery, and
recommended instead the more ex-
elusive use Of the best newspapers.
eff we would make the best use of
our money!" he continued, "we
should patronize ably conducted and
responsible newspapers. The news
paper is immeaSurable the best me-
dunn open to our trade; the most
liberal and expert advertisers testify
as to its value, and in the employ
ment of its columns we should find
a means of escape from wasteful, un-
dignified and ineffective methods,
to which so many resort in their
eagerness to secure attention and
patronage"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

A railroad man says there Is
scarcely any limit TO the amount of
tobacco raised i'm West Tennessee,
and that the shipment of the weed
over the Northwestern road will be
greater than ever before known.
As it will bring not less than six or
seven cents and probably more, ac-
cording to the estimate Of Col. Kill
Hebrew, Tennessee is likely to realize
a good revenue from that product. -
NdshciLLe american.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

AS freely as the armament em-
braces the world, NO mercy must en-.
circle friend and foes The sun pours
forth impartiallyhis beams through
all the regions Of infnity heaven
bestows the dew equally ON every
thirsty plant. Whatever is good
and comes from on high II univer-
sal and without reserve; but In the
hearts recesses darkness dwells.
Schiller.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

AN old detective says: "If de-
sired to train my son for a detective,
/ would make him u newspaper re-
porter; that, beyond any other busi-
ness that makes stupid men smart,
ordinary men able, and capable men
brilliant; and what an experienced
reporter cannnt detect is not worth
detecting"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
A Wife's Convoy.
A very old clergyman thus wrote
on the death of his wife:

A very old clergyman thus wrote
on the death of his wife:
''In looking back upon the long
years during which it was given to
me to lead onward in the way of
life her continding spirit, / seem to
have been to her what ship of war
is to some vessel engaged in COM
merce-her convoy over waters in
tested with the enemy's craft, and
full of sunken rocks, and shoals. /
saw her at length pass within the
harbOr's mouth to which she was
bound; whereas had expected to
enter first. But, when / saw her
anchor dropped in smooth waters,
while was left outside the bar upon
the pitching sea, and in rough wealth
er, gave way to deeply-disappoint-
ed feelings; but, while l wept for
grief, a signal was made by the
HarbOr-master that | should stand
off, and be on the lookout for other
ships in need of convoy. Then l
wakened up to my present duty; and
desire to abide still in His high SER
vice, trusting for strength as my
days shall be, and cheered by the
assurance that, when my ship shall
be seawOrthy no longer, it also be ta-
ken into the harbOr, and laid up in
honorable rest"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

IT is sad, very sad, to notice the
look of disappointment which comOs
into the face of the overburdened
clerk, when he picks up the morn
ing newspaper, his eye alighting up-
on the financial column, which 10
eagerly devours for a few minutes
and then drops, with the remark /.
"Drat It; them iiggers made that
column look like base ball news.n
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

TIE first telegraph line I'm China
is at work, and, most wonderful Of
all, has been erected by a Chinaman.
1t Is six miles long, and connects the
official residence Of the Niceroy OF
Pechili with the Tientsin arsenal.
As it was projected by native, no
attempts at interference were made
by the people.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

TIE Fat Contributor gives a gen
tie hint to delinquent subscribers Ia
his paper i'm this wise: "There are
people, we imagine, who, reading
that the subscription TO Saturday
Night Is two dollars a year in adj
vance, suppose that we are 20 adj
vance the money ourselves. Hence
they neglect to do ii. This is a mis-
take ~
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

WHEN the first newspaper was
started in Japan, the editor asked n
japanese gentlemen II he wished t0
have the paper sent regularly. "NO,
i thank you, he replied, 81 have "A
copy" The gentleman Of the old
school had no idea that n newspaper
contained fresh matter every issue.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

HERE is how Judge Key happened
to get into the cabinet, according to
a Washington telegram to the Gin
cinnati Enquirer:
During the excitement following
the immediate work of the Electoral
Commission and the Inauguration
of Hayes, one fact in connection
with the organization of the cabi-
net has never yet seen the light of
print. / have it from a most trust
worthy source that when Hayes
originally made out his cabinet slate
it stood as it now does, except that
the name of John M. Harlan, of
Kentucky, occupied the place sub
sequently substituted by that of Key.
The list was submitted to certain
leading Republicans, most of whom
were Senators, and each wrote tap
proved" and signed his name. 1t
was then submitted to certain lead
ing Democrats, and John c. Brown,
Ex-Governor Of Tennessee, substitu-
ted Keys name for that of Harlan.
The proposition now is to make
Harlan POstmaster-Genera give
Key Judge Emmon's place, and fill
the Supreme Bench vacancy with a
Southern man from the cotton States.
1t is not at all probable that Her
schel V. Johnson, of Georgia, will
beselected, as hisappOintmentwOuld
pacify any elements which might be
disturbed by Keys retirement.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

Col. JOHN W. FoRNEY has sold
his Philadelphia Press to Capt. w.
w. Nevin, and retires from the bus
iness. The new publisher, i'm his
card TO the public, says the Press
will be conducted as a thoroughly
independent Journal; that there r.
not dollar Of political, corporate
or ecclesiastical control in the entire
ownership.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

SOME individuals are hard 20 come
to the scratch, but there are two
things to our knowledge that will
bring them TO IL soOnerOr later. One
is the innocent fea-the other, Is old
Scratch himself, when he tackles
them for deadbeating a newspaper
man out Of his paper on the face OF
fair promises 10 pay for the same.
MOrY'iStOtcR Gdzette.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

LEBANON Tenn. AHerald: w. NJ.
WOodcock, Esq, the newly appoint
ed revenue collector for this district,
has made his bond and is now ready
to be submitted to the powers that
be. The amount is one hundred
thousand dollars, the sureties being
required to justify i'm double that
sum. 1t is a gratifying fact,
and one of which Mr.. WOodcOcl1
may well be proud, that the bond
was entirely made up in his own
county.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

"NY DEAR Roy" said mother Ia
her son, as he handed round his plate
for more turkey; "this Is the fourth
time you've been helped" ~
know, mother" replied the boy,
"but that turkey pecked az me once,
and want TO get square with him.
He got his turkey.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

THE unprincipled scientist who
has discovered a new variety Of cock
roach in Florida, probably would
not have expended any labor la
such research If he had ever been IN
newspaper office, and seen one Of
the old standard kind rise up over
the top Of a mueilage bottle and In
quire If there were any new discov-
cries ut MycerR.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

THE father of tall Howard fam
lily living somewhere In Kentucky,
IS six feet four inches in length the
mother is six feet. one inch, the six
teen sons range from six feet three
to six feet eleven, and the ten
daughters average six feet two.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

SOME years ago q well-knOwn
American humorest entered into an
engagement to write funny articles
for a newspaper, but before long he
discovered that to be really funny
every day was quite too much for
any man, and that he must either
be content to fall very much below
his own standard or to resign his
post. He chose the latter.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

THE young woman who, being
engaged, sighed in sentimental
rhythm, "Oh for some new-found
name by which to call him ~ mar
ried her lover about six months ago,
and has now decided to call him
"Old Beeswax."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

DEPRAVITY.--A sure sign of de-
praved morals with both young and
aged men is to hear them using Oaths
in the presence Of small children.
No gentleman viii swearin the pres
ence of females-wife, daughter, sis
ter or acquaintance. In fact do not
swear at all. The Bible warns you
against it, and common decency and
common sense should wage an un-
relenting war OF determination
against this vicious and ungOdly
habit.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

AN Oakland huckster bought q
fine mule at auction on California
street last week. lie paid Si50 for
it, and christened it Martin Luther.
After trying three days TO put the
harness on from a second-stOry win
dow, the owner re-s0ld it for $li 90,
on long time, under the style and
title of Sara" 1t was purchased
by the city government, and will
henceforth be used TO suppress riots.
1t is calculated that when hacked
gently but firmly into mob the
business end of this faithful animal
will be equal to four gatling guns
and q howitzer.-F. y. Piper.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

MNE. THIERs is negotiating for
the house in tire Rue Petits Peres,
Marseilles, in which her deceased
husband was born, and will make
IL free museum. Among It's con-
tents will be many objects OF art
possessed. by NJ. Thiers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
sVILLE, TENN., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1877

have been enrolled for twenty years
its heart and brain are honest; tenn.
porarily it has been led astray time
and chastening will bring it back tC
/ principles. No Republican should
compromise himself by voting the
Democratic ticket, for the platform oi
| that party, so far as the Southern
policy of the President is concerned,
is no better, and indeed no worse,
than that adopted by the Cleveland
Convention.
The candidates nominated by that
Convention are gentlemen whom
we have long known and for whom
we entertain great respect; some of
them are personal friends whom we
would be glad to serve, but unfortu-
nately for them, for ourselves, and
the country, if they are elected it
will be claimed that the abandon
ment of principle and duty by the
President was indorsed by the Con-
vention and sustained by the Re
publican voters at the polls, and
would be justly regarded as the end
of the controversy, and an abandon
ment by the Republican party of
the principle of equality, of rights
under the law for which we contend.
"There are defeats that are victO-
ries, and victories that are defeats.
A victory won at the expense of
principle is an irretrievable defeat"
The necessity which impels us to
the step we propose to take is not of
our seeking it has been thrust upon
us, and a decision can not be avoid
eel. We are conscious that our mo-
tiVes will be misrepresented our
acts misconstrued the bitter ma
ignancy of party hacks and truck
ling placemen will be poured upon
us +; every conceivable falsehood viii
be employed to annoy and iniure by
the the supple tools "who fawn and
seek for power by doctrines fash
Toned to the varying hour" But
we are certain that we would be un-
true to our own manhood, false to
our convictions of duty, recreant to
a great principle and to what we
conceive to be the highest interest
of the nation, if we neglect to de-
nOunce the treachery of the Admin
istration of Rutherford B. Hayes, or
omitted to use all honorable means
to procure its condemnation, and, at
the same time, resent the insult
which the Cleveland Convention de
liberately flung in our faces.
We therefore unfurl the standard
of the independent, nOn-office hold |
ing, nOn-Office seeking Republicans
of Ohio, and urge all honest men to
rally around it, and fight for the old
faith of the party until a vile treach-
cry is condemned and the right vim
dicated.
[Signedl F. w. WOOD,
q. b. FERRELL,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

THE greatest loss of time is delay
and expectation, which depends
upon the future. We let go the
present, which we have in our pow
er, and look forward to that which
depends upon chance-and so relin-
quish certainty for an uncertainty.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

If Mr.. Hayes Is right now, where
In was Andy johnson wrong ten
years ago? We shall be greatly
obliged for a satisfactory answer 70
this conundrum. Before We pro-
ceed any further with the indorse-
ment of Hayes, let us do penance
for the wrong done t0 poor Andy.
Hayes seems to as very much like a
copy of A. J.; with the drinks omit
mited and a goodiy part OF the
brains scooped out.-,H. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

IT Is lying awake nights trying TO
determine whether to leave your
fortune To an orphan asylum or a
home for old men that makes the
newspaper business 50 wearing.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

There is a very thin man employ
ed at one of our leading dry goods
stores. They use him AZ lay figure
TO show Otfthe various styles Of UNI
brella covers.