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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16

the same time after the speech /
the poor Juniors mind il |
far away from his books, and the der
moralization which is produced can
readily appreciated by glancingat
their reports and noting the marked
absence of perfect marks there. He
is placed in this position, that he
must either neglect his studies or
his speech, and the consequence is
he fails i'm both.
Now / ask any sane man how can
these poor Juniors and Seniors write
a good speech as long as they have
so much on their hands? How can
they help boring the public with
frequent and incessant mention of
Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar and
Washington (these are their favor
ites) so long as they have only
time to glance at history to see if
they have been rightly informed
whether their favorites ever really
existed or no? When shall we ever
cease to hear eulOgies on the Dignity
of labor, the Necessity Of Education,
while at the same time learned dis
QUESTIONS on Greek tragedy, Pro-
gress, the Science of Government,a and
Conservatism in Politics are not left
uninterrupted. How many out of the
audiences, which are wont to assem-
BILE out of pure goodness of heart to
hear the young bloods, really listen
to the speeches? 1t is hard to tell,
but I'll try and do it. Say that
there are ten speakers, that each of
these has a father and mother or
crother and sister, or say that each
one has a sweetheart, as is generally
the case, these and these alone, /
will venture to assert always pro-
vided they don't go to SLEEPY will at
all. appreciate the speeches. The
reasons which the rest have for GO
ing / would rather not give, but /
will only say that / do not think
they are at all fiattering to the young
men. But some one will say, 1--WE
know all this is trne, but the Col
lege boys like to speak" My friend,
remember the proverb, "There is a
time to learn, there is a time to
speak" The boy is at College to
learn, to lay a foundation of knowl-
edge so that he can build upon it
and add to it in after life, and make
it useful to him in whatever calling
he may follow. In short, he is to
make scholar and not a fool of
himself, and he does make enc OF
himself every time he attempts to
make a public speech on something
he knows nothing about. I think
Pve said enough, but please remem-
Der that everyone has common
right to abate common nuisance.
This is one; therefore let it be abated.
ONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
HOW GOOD MEASURES ARE
KILLED.

Local jealOusies and local scram-
bles for the profits frequently neu-
tralize the best attempts ut salutary
legislation. Thus the Texas Pacific
Railroad bill, as if it were not suffi-
GENTLY weighted with the inditfer-
ence or opposition of Northwestern
Democrats, is evidently destined to
be seriously INSTRUCTED by local
competition for its eastern terminus.
We fully agree with our contempt
rary as quoted below that Memphis
and Vicksburg are the sites pointed
out by natural advantages for ter
mini, and if ever the road is built,
termini they will be, on some terms
or other; but we regret to see the
support of the Memphis people made
dependent upon the action of the
company in that respect. The fol-
lowing is from the Memphis Ava
lanche, and we haveseen paragraphs
to the same effect from the Appeal.
No doubt there are other points on
the river the tenants of which are
equally determined to be the termin-
US, or no Il. & p. r. r. Let us become
little less provincial and more
national in our sentiments:
The Texas and Pacific Railroad is
not a Southern route, unless it be
made so by amendments, requesting
the eastern terminus to be on the
Mississippi river at Memphis and
Vicksburg. The Texas and Pacific,
as it is advocated by the Texas and
Pacific Railroad Company, is road
running from Texas through the
Territories Of New Mexico and Ari-
IONA to California, and to claim for
such line the character of a South
ern route is an insult to the people
of the South.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
EDUCATION In TENNESSEE.
Gratifying Growth of the Free
School system.
Nashville Americana


The following statistics, obtained
from State Superintendent Trous-
dale, show the wonderful progress
the public schools of Tennessee have
made within the past year. The
increase in enrolment over the year
previous was 20 per cent. average
attendance, II per cent. increase in
scholastic population, $40; increase
in number Of teachers, 694 increase
in number of schools, 694; counties
assessing supplementary property
tax, 81; do. Supplementary tax and
poll tax, 48; do. supplementary
privilege taxes, %; do. supplement
tary property, poll and privileges,
81; number of counties levying sup
Elementary tax, 80 out of 81.
The scholastic population is AL
972, against 434,13l the year pre-
vious enrolment, 233, 1913, against
1914, $50 the year previous, an in
crease ola OBS; average attendance,
lag, 66G, against 125, 1908 the year pre-
vious, an increase of 20, 556; num-
Der of schools 1851, against 1897
the year previous-an increase of
694 schools.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16

RESOLUTIONS Adopted by the Busi-
ness EEen Urging the Repeal of
the Resumption Act and
bankrupt Law.

LOUISVILLE, March 10.-The
mass-meeting of the business men
of Louisville adopted the following
resolutions:
ResolUetI, That we earnestly
petition Congress to speedily repeal
section of the specie resumption
clause of the act of the ninth day of
January, 1875, aud to equalize the
mint privileges of gold and silver
bullion, thereby affording relief to
the country and having the effect of
restoring public confidence.
ReSOlUed, That we respectfully
petition Congress to give prompt
and full effect to the act remone-
tizing silver by authorizing and re-
quiringthe Secretary of the Treasury
to issue silver certificates in denom-
inati0ns of ten dollars and multiples
thereof, on deposits of essayed silver
bullion as well as coin, in the same
manner as gold certificates are now
issued, the said certificates to be
available for all purposes for which
the standard coin may be used, and
to consider and project measures for
gradually issuing specie into the
currency without contracting the
volume thereof so as to utilize the
vast treasure productsof the country
in expanding the circulating
medium to meet the requirements
of a healthy and expanding COM
merce.
WHEREAS, The United States
bankrupt law has directly tended to
corrupt the integrity of business
men of this country, thereby de-
stroying that heightened sense of
honor which should ever character
iZe our citizens in all their business
relations, and has had the effect of
encouraging and promoting wild
and reckless speculation regardless
of its ruinous consequences, and has
promoted fraud and dishonesty to
the general damage of all fair and
honorable business men; therefore
be it
ResoIUed, That we earnestly desire
and urge the repeal of the bankrupt
law, as having in a great measure
failed in promoting its beneficent
objects, as having been so admins
tered as to almost defeat the ends
of Justice between the debtor and
the creditor classes.
Resolved, That we have no conf
dence in such bankrupt law being
passed and administered as will
prevent fraud and dishonesty, and
secure such an administration as
will promote the just objects of
such a law.
ResOLred, That our Representa-
tives in Congress, from Kentucky,
are earnestly urged to advocate the
repeal of the said law, the act to
take effect on its passage.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16

IN his reply to Garfield, Mr..
Kelly, of Penn'a, gives an amusing
testimony to the dark lantern way
in which silver was demonetized,
as follows:
As to the bill demonetizing silver,
he was, although chairman of the
Committee on Coinage, as ignorant
of decentralization of the silver
dollar as those distinguished Sena-
tors, then members of the House,
Messrs. Blaine and Voorhees, who,
INTERCEPTED each other recently
thus -
Did you know it2n said Mr..
Voorhees,.
+" No." said Blaine. Did you ?'i
mo said Mr.. Voorhees,, land l
do not think there were three men
in theHouse who knew it,"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16

speech by Senator Beck, of Ken
lucky, made in reference to the
sinking fund, ON Tuesday, March
9Th, in which he reviews the para
lying action of the tariff, the navi-
CATION laws and the contraction of
the currency upon all departments
of business in the country. To our
mind it is the speech of the session
and could only have emanated from
a statesman of the first order. We
only regret that the length of the
speech makes it impossible to print
the whole of it, and mere selections
would give a most inadequate inn
preston of its value. We trust to
see it printed in separate form and
in the hands of every business man
in the country. We will only say
one thing upon the subject at pres
ent. We have remonetized silver,
we hope to repeal the resumption
law, and perhaps we shall be able
to keep some of our greenbacks in
circulation and out of the clutches
of John Sherman; but all these
measures for the expansion of our
circulating medium, or at least for
preventing its contraction, will be
of no avail unless we are allowed to
use our money when we have got
it. While the present tariff and
navigation laws last we can have no
commerce, and without commerce
it will not signify what Sort OF
money we have or how much of it.
1t will be dead mass, of no more
use to us than the blood is to the
human body when it ceases to cir
/ asHlafn
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16


EDITORS CHRONICLE: / would
like through your columns to call
attention of teachers and Others in
terested to the fact that Superin-
tendent Carney has called meeting
of teachers and directors, to be held
here next Friday and Saturday, 22d
and 23d of March. The importance
of such meetings cannot be over
rated. They are designed to work
up the people upon school matters,
and at the same time to bring teach
ers together for the purpose of dis
cussing practical school questions.
This meeting, if understand Alright,
will be devoted almost entirely to
practical work, and is intended not
only to benefit young and inexpe-
rienced teachers, but to help old
teachers by an interchange of opin-
ions and by showing them new ideas
and methods adopted by some of
the teachers who will attend the In
stitute. The city schools will be in
session on Friday and visiting teach
ers can then see the practical work
ings of the graded system. School
directors should make it obligatory
upon their teachers to attend, for
the better the teacher the more and
better work you viii get for your
money. Directors themselves should
make it a point to attend, and not
hang back and say that they could
not tell what was being done if they
did come. / will promise that the
directors will be interested if they
attend. / suppose the teachers in
the various schools will help in this
work. J. G. B.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
Iohn sherman.s crime.

The Washington Post contains the
following very serious charge in lis
editorial columns:
g 1t may be remembered that Mr.,
f. w. StoughlOn, now de fi9cto
Minister of the United States to
Russia, discovered a clerical error
in the returns from De Soto parish,
Louisiana, in the fact that a protest,
dated November "A, was found in
closed in registered envelope
which had been sealed, registered,
pOstmarked and directed to the Re-
turning Board on November Is. 1t
is now susceptible of legal proof
that this envelope was broken open
in the New Orleans postoffice, with
the privity of a deputy postmaster,
and also of two visiting statesmen,
who. were not only privy to the
crime but advised and counseled it,
and promised immunity and reward
to the person who committed the
felony.n
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
NONRESIDENT Notice.
Montgomery County Court.

Jesse Gilbert eft ais VS., JEFF. ID. Johns0n ct
als.-petition to sell land for division.
Court that jeff ID, johnson and Forrest II.
Johnson are nan.restdents OF the State of
Tennessee, sa that the ordinary process of
law cannot he served upon them, il is Or
dered that publication be made for four suc-
eesslve weeks In the GAINESVILLE Chronicle, O
newspaper published in the city Of Clarks-
willie, Tennessee, notifying said nonresident
defendants to appear before the County
Court of said county at the May term, to be
held at the Court House, In Clarksville, on
answer or demur 10 complainants' petition,
or the same will be taken for confessed and
set for hearing ex parte.
A true copy attest:
PETER ONEAIl, Clerk
QUARLEs & DANIEL, Sol'rs. for Compts.
March I6, IS7S-4w.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
Burying a Congregation ian the
Ruins.

Burying a Congregation ian the
Ruins.
ATLANTA, GA, March 1.-THE
most terrible tornado ever known
here struck the city at IL O'Clock
yesterday. The churches were filled,
and as the storm increased the min
lister of the Episcopal church called
out to his people to get under the
benches. They had barely done SO
when the walls and roof cracked a
few times, and fell in with a terri
BILE crash, burying the whole con-
gregatiOn in the ruins. The shelter
under the benches miraculously
saved their lives, though eighteen
are badly injured. Many others are
suffering from breathing dust caus-
ed by the fall of the building. Other
churches were partly unroofed and
many other public and private
buildings in the city badly damaged.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
saturday. March 6. 1873,

house and lot in the city of GAINESVILLE,
bounded on the south by Franklin street,
east by the property of Mrs. L. b. NJ. Has
kins, north by am alley and west by the
property of w. o. McReynolds, being the
same property now occupied as home by
b. y. Herring and family.
TERMs-Six, twelve, eighteen and twenty
four months credit, with interest. Notes
with good security required and a lien re-
tanned. No redemption.
POLK @. JOHNSON,
G. q NJ. and Commissioners
March is, lS78-tdsprf 81 50.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16

co., FORNEY writes from London
that he does not anticipate gener-
al European war, because Russia
is too strong, Turkey too weak, and
England too prudent"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
DIR. G. A. Miners
CALENDAR
For. March and April.

ialist for the treatment of Catarrh, Com
sumption, Scrofnla, Epilepsy [rts), Rheu-
matfsm, Asthma, Nervous Debility, Bladder
and Kidneys, Piles, Eistnla, Female COM
plants of whatever character, etc., ETC., will
make his next yisitat
Bowling Green, KY, Morehead House, March
18th, 10Th, list, I'D and 22d.
Franklin, KY, BOisseau House, March 18th,
9th aad 9th.
Russellville, KY, FoFSt House, March 18th,
Alth and Slst.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Franklin House, April
%, Sd, 18th, 5th and 9Th.
Hopkinsville, KY. Cooper House, April Sth,
9Th, 10th and 18th.
see circulars for particulars. mchle-tf
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
Stolen !!

From my farin, in District 80; = on ius,.
gav mint OF last week, "a sornl MARI, six
wears old, with small star In forehead AM.
fresh scar on the right hip. She belonsra
10 stephen Whitlock, lcOl.) ana Mi,N lAMeiA
nom hie stable ANY one returning her, or
diving Information ns % hef whercAbouts'
viii be rewarded by me. II. CORNELL.
Feb. %, '7s-2w.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
Saturday, April 9Th, 1873,

tract of land on the east side of Red river,
near the Orphan Asylum property, and
bounded as follows: Begin ing AT the south
runs south 73o west "a poles to Manning's
southeast corner, then with his line south
l0o east 70 poles to q stake, then north 30
east "a poles to Red river then up the river
with its meanders rs poles to the beginning,
containing Al acres.
TERMs-Cash to pay costs balance ON six
and twelve months time, with interest.
Notes with good surety required and lien
retained. No redemption.
POLK q. JOHNSON,
G. Il M. and Commissioner.
March Is, ls7S-tdsprf 81 50.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
Administrators Notice.

Having qufliified as adminlsirntor 81 -, y.
Herring, deceased, al persons having Claims
against his estate are hereby nothea W ~
sent them within the time pre4cflDed ~
law and those owing the same Arr fequltea
10 come forward and make pafmenI
~ j. TILLEfi AdnAnlstrttof
III ~ u. Herring, deed.
CT,ARKsvTLIE. Tenn, Feb. n, leiA
Feb. ~, '7t-iw.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
Notice to Magistrates.

All the Justices of the county are required
to attend the quarterly Court ON the first
Monday In April, for the purpose of electing
Assessors and other officers required To be
elected by the Court.
BY order OF G. w. Tyler, Judge.
PETER ONEAL, Clerk,
March 10, lS7s-2w.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
Johnson & Mass,
FASHIONABLE TAIlORS!.

Have removed their tailor shop to First
street, west side, ground floor, between
Franklin and Commerce, where they will be
pleased to see all their friends and custonlers
and all who want good Tailoring neat fits
and well-made Clothing, for small price.
Feb Is, 7S-tf.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-16
Zephyr with Aurora-parching
As he met her once a-Marching.

Groans go up around the poet of
"Paradise Lost" "The man with
the patent snow melter has gone in
to the water cooler business" says
Coleridge, with the Mortified look
of his "Ancient Mariner" "Here
is what / must come tO:D
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-16
GEORGE M. LELAND

mastery IN thdncetY
NJ ASTlIR'S "a 4E.-Noticc Ii hereby given that
" by virtue Of decree made and entered Of record by
the Circuit Court Of In Sale county, state Of Illinois, al the
October term Of said court, S1S, in certain cause
then pending in said cosr the chancery side thereof
wherein William Clayton was complainant, and Arament
Gregory, William Gregory. Morgan Gregory Andrew }.
Gregory James Gregory, Margaret Bell Martini hvene q
Super, Matilda Ann Hunt Sarah j. Scott Lucy Is Gregory
Francis A. Gregory, Genle Gregory. Eva Gregory ana ia
cob C. Burgess Administrator OF John Gregory deceased
defendants shall, on Tuesday, the tweny'siXth
day of November A. 1875 the hour of two o'clock
the afternoon of said day. offer for sale nj the south door
of the county court house in Ottawa in said county AZ pub
lie auction, and Will then sell 10 the highest bidder the FOL
lowing described property being the sale ordered by said
decree To be sold that is say: TwentOr acres OF the
north end of the south half of the east half Of the northeast
quarter Of section nnetecn also the west half of the north
quarter of section Nineteen except ten ana oneha
of the northeast of said lot bounded rs follows
viz Com uencng a the northeast of said LOT and
running south rods thence in northwesery d.
recon point the north line of said lot seventy rods
west Of the northeast corner thereof thence due cas- seven
reds les the place of begnning also the west half of the
south half of the east half of the southwest quarter of Sec
ton eighteen all Of said lands being situated In township
thirytwO north in range two east of the third principal
meridian. in the county of La Sale and state of Illinois
The above premises will he sold subject 10 the right OF dow
or OF Araminta Gregory therein. - $500
TERMS OF SALE-thsh. GEORGE NJ. LELAND,
Dated Nov. :. lSis.-3W Master in Chanccry.
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A teacher IN New England school, to TEST
the ability of "A not overnight pupil, proposed
the following problem:
Now Thomas, if you should 90 down to
Mr.. Browns store and buy six pounds Of nails
at six cents pound, and then go over to Mr.
French's and buy SIN pounds more at five and
one-half cents "A pound, what per cent. more
would you pay for those you bought at Browns
than those at French's?" The boy worked dill
gently on the problem through school hours
occasionally reporting as the teacher called on
him to ask if he had solved it. mo, but
shall get it." At the close of school he declined
to give ii up, and proposed to take it home
with him for an evenings work. The neXtday
after school commenced the teacher and pupil
had a conversation Us follows:
Teacher-"Well, Thomas, have you done
that problem YETI"
Pupil-"No! | am not going to try it any
more"
Tcacher-"Why not?"
PupiI-"Bccause it can't be done"
Teacher-"Can't be done? Why, yes itcan."
Pupil-"No, 1t can't"
Teachcr-"Why, yes, Thomas, it can be
done"
Pupil-"But know it can't"
Teacher-"IIow do you know that?'
Pupll-"Because | went over to Mr.. French's
myself last night and can't buy Il pound of
nails in this town for five cents and a half.''~
The teacher gave il up.
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THOS. w. D. CRANE,

STATF, OF ILLINOIS, IA SALE Co.-ss-
-, Circuit Court thereof; 70 January term, A. D, 1879
Henry Bruner rs. Hans Mathias-ittGchBteHt
Public notice hereby given the said Hans Matthias that
writ attachment issued out of the office of the clerk OF
La Sale County Circuit Court dated the 18th day of Sep
TENDER 1875 at the suit of the said Henry Bruner and
against the estate of Hans Matthias for the Of Two
Hundred and Twenty Dollars directed TO the Sheriff of la
Sale county which writ has been returned executed
Now therefore unless the said Hans Matthias, shall
personally be and appear before the said La Sale County
Circuit Court before the first day of the next term
thereof to be holden the Court House, in the city Of O
wa the third Monday of January 1879 give special
bail and plead the said plaintiffs action Judgment will be
entered against and In favor of the said Henry Bruner
and much of the property attached may be sufficient 10
satisfy the said Judgment and costs Will he sold 70 satisfy the
same. ROSWELL W, HOLMES. Clerk
f. W ID. CRANE Attorney OCt26
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-16

\ middle-aged man, whose coat had seen
other if not better days, rushed breathlesslv
into Miey's saloon, the other day. and said
woman over at postoflice-iust rot letter
husband dead-fainted away-giE me-glass-
full best brandy-quick" The wholehearted
bartender passed it out, and the man, taking
a few steps from the bar, drank it off at gup.
ALI he says, II feel better now-stronger-
drawer. | never could bear to see human mis-
cry" you'll feel it if you don't travel sud
denly says the bartender. He went out pi-
ously rubbing his vest at the lower button, say
ing: II feel stronger, Drawer now"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-16

\ little Portland girl recently testified limo
Gently to the life of drudgery experienced hv
the average queen of the household who
does her own Homework Somebody asked
the child if her mothers hair was gray Il
don't know" she said she is 100 tall for me
to see the top of her head, and she never sits
down.
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Zeyal.

EINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE.-Es
L .TArE or GlNrAYE ENTZMINGRR, DBC'D.-Notice II
hereby given Ia all PERSONS Interested In said estate that the
Administrator with the will annexed of the
Estate OF SAID Gustaye Enzmnger deceased, will appear
before the County Court OF the county La Sale and state
Of Illinois AZ the County Court House In Ottawa, in said
county, on Monday, the twentieth day OF January A. D.
1879 for the purpose of rendering of his proceed
tlcmcnt.
Dated at Ottawa this 9th day of November 1873.
JOHN 4. KINDER,
Administrator with the will annexed.
ATTEST: i. W. STOCksLEGRR,
Clerk County Court, La Sale Co., H. nOvg-iw