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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-18

Miss Lillian Whiting, on the editorial
staff Of the Cincinnati Commercial, stays
at her post until eleven o'clock at night,
and is then accompanied to a horse-car
which passes the door aud leaves her at
her own home. Miss Whiting looks
the picture Of strong, healthy, fresh
young life. She enjoys her intellectual
work, and has proved that woman can
do well on a daily paper
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-18

Mrs. Theresa Gueck died recently in
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, under
circumstances that rendered necessary
theimpaneiing ofa coroner's Jury. Mary
G. Graham, Elsie H. COnroy, Lizzie a.
Abney, Isabella Wolfard, Augusta
Hufschmidt and Sarah Casper were
summoned aud sworn. They listened
to the testimony, and rendered a verdict
In accordance with the facts. This is
the first instance in history Of cor
oner's jury composed exclusively Of
women.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-18

y singular movement in the theatri-
cal world has been com menced at PhiIa-
delphia-a dramatic crusade, so to speak,
IN favor OF the cause of temperance
Ihe managers of this enterprise are
Henry &. Jarrett and L. b. Pugh, aud
they began their work Monday, No
vembeT 24 at the philadelphia Acad-
emy Of Music. Mr. George Fawcett
Rowe has written drama, in five acts
aud six tableaus, entitled Ruth, OF the
Curse of Rum" and this piece was then
acted for the first time.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-18

Miss Mary Emory, Of Bellefonlaine,
o., last election day went out with her
own horse aud wagon, and drove Re-
publican voters to the polls. A number
Of young Republicans manifested their
appreciation Of her services by present
ing her with handsome toilet set in
the evening.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-18

Madame Carla Serena is the first
woman who has ever been elected to
membership in the Imperial Royal So
eiety Of Austria. THIS honor was re-
Gently paid to her upon her return from
long travels in the Caucasus and Persia.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-18

The wife Of the Surgeon General of
Germany is skillful dentist in Berlin,
having large aud paying pratiee. She
works in part for the Emperor's family.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-18

The Blue Ribbon Club at Eugene City
is fiOurishing.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
A Literary Character.
Oil City Derrick.

When Simpkins was invited TO
attend literary party, a few nights
ago, he began studying the promi-
nent quotations and familiar say
ings in order to make a good impress
sion on several ladies whom he eX-
pected to be present, as well as the
general company. He had his route
all laid out, as the shOWmen say,
and knew just where he was going
to put in the phrases, which he had
iOtted down in a note book, in case
his memory should fail. He was
late on pdrpose, and as his host well
coined him, he said;
Gas Shakespeare remarks, it's bet
ter late than-than-not to get
around at all, you know" and then
he dropped down with very red
face in the corner and took a peep
at his book to see what it was he in
tended to say.
He was soon seated beside a fair
lady, who began con nyersation by
remarking that "The present age of
poetry seems to appeal to the senti-
ments less than the passions and
the future, we should hope, would
bring a more aesthetic taste"
"Yes, yes," said Simpkins. "Un-
doubtedly the future will; for you
know the-the saying is, Never too
late-or-too late to put in a stitch
in time saves nine. No, that is MT
what / mean to say, either; it's
never too late to fix anything, you
see."
Then Simpkins crawled behind
the stove and read all his phrases
over again. When he emerged and
Joined circle at a table he was
caught between two young ladies,
each of whom came in for share OF
his attention, until he said, How
happy could / be with either, II
t'other dear charmer was-was-if
she'd go home"
And then Sinpkins broke for the
door as a Mortified expression came
over the young ladies' faces, and
grasping his hat he rushed from the
house and down the street, mur-
muring: "How sharper than a
toothless child it is to have a--a-''
and then he tainted dead away.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
Arc t,e NEGROES Abused ?

Are Nhe Ne&fOe AOuSeds
The following from the New York
Herald is so timely, so thoughtful,
and yet withal so sensible, that we
give it entire:
Elsewhere we print a communica-
ton whose signature will be recOg-
nized as that of one of the foremost
experts in the cotton trade in this
country. The writer, Mr.. Edward
Atkinson, of Boston, points out the
remarkable facts that the cotton crop
of the current year was the largest
ever raised in the South that the
ten crops of IS70-79, both years in
cluded, were nearly six and a half
million bales greater than the ten
crops of 1852-61, the largest ever
raised by slave labor; and that the
increase is progressive, the last five
crops being nearly four million bales
greater than the last five crops be-
fore the war. He remarks that as
the negroes supplied almost all the
labor which planted, tended and
saved these great crops, Southern
white men ought to see that this
labor, the cheapest and for its pur-
poses the best in the world, is a
force they cannot ignore. The South
ern States cannot, he thinks, afford
to permit these colored laborers to
be abused or cheated.
He is right, but we are inclined
to go somewhat further than he. 1t
seems to us that population which
produces so constant and SO great
crop is not abused. If the negroes
of the South were really in the sad
condition which it pleases some of
our Northern politicians to repre-
sent them, if they were murdered,
oppressed, robbed and cheated ev-
erywhere, it is not possible that they
would produce now larger cotton
crop than the largest under slavery;
that the crop should be increasing
steadily year by year, and that, be-
sides the cotton, they should pro-
duce also, as they do, a larger amount
than ever before of their own food
supplies.
In short, the statistics which Mr..
Atkinson sends us go far to disprove
the accusations brought against the
South of general oppression and
ABUSE Ol IilO DidChSs w z OO uOt, Vi
course, doubt that there are in5tan-
ces, probably numerous cases, in
which the negro cultivator is cheat
ed, or robbed, or unjustly dealt with.
Northern papers are full of COM
plants of Northern and white la
borers who are also wronged, often
in ways, which it is difficult to pre-
vent, and the ignorance and, more
t than that, the wasteful and unthrif-
ty habits of the Southern negro ex-
pose him pecuniarily to become the
prey of the sharpers. But in the
| fact of the immense and continually
and steadily increasing cotton crop,
it is nonsense to assert that there is
general terrorism, oppression or
cheating Of the blacks. We advise
| the Republicans to give up that
point in their argument.
But we advise the Southern whites
also to pass laws for the more strin-
gent protection of the black laborers
against men who cheat them out OF
their earnings. If they neglect that,
they may some day see real exodus
of the blacks, which would be a very
embarrassing event for them.
-~0-~
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
Founder of the K nights of PythIas.
New York World.


The visit to New York of Justus
III. Rathbone, the founder of the
order of the knights OF Pythlas and
Senior Past Supreme Chancellor OF
the order, has awakened much in
terest among the officers and MEM
bers for this section. Mr.. Rathbone
has not yet reached the prime of
life, being just 80. He was born at
Deerfoot, n. Y; is tall but not too
stout, and likely to live to a good
old age. He tells many stories about
his tours in the West, where the
lodges he visited looked for a patri-
arch, and hardly believed the young
man before them was the originator
of their order. Concerning the
founding of the order, Mr.. Rath-
bone says that when he was nine
teen years old he was teachingschool
in Michigan. The boys were anx-
ious to get up a sort of dramatic en-
tertainment, but lacked ladies to
take the female parts. To overcome
this they wrote TO dramatic agen-
cy in New York to send them plays
with as few female characters as
possible. One of those sent hap
pened to be "Damon and Pythias,"
and while reading il over young
Rathbone thought he saw good
chance for a secret brotherly organ
ization. He Immediately wrote out
the ritual, which he carried in his
pocket for some years. During 1874
he was stationed in Washington as
a military attache to the War De
partment. He gathered few clerks
of the different departments togeth-
er on the evening Of Feb. 10, and
after binding them to secrecy, read |
the ritural of Il .e knights Of Pyth- /
las, which pleased them SO much !
that they Immediately began To
found lodge. Then came Jealous
les and contentious, which threat
ened at times to sap the growth of |
the body. Mr.. Rathbone fought
against odds, and finally succeeded |
in overcoming his opponents. Now |
the order numbers 10000 members |
and has 81 grand lodges, besides a
lodge. The initials of the
order are r. G. B.-meaning "friend-
ship, charity, benevOlence."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
OF Jas. ). wheeler.
HopkinsviIie New Era, Oct. IL.

A telegram was received here last
Monday morning announcing thai
Mr.. James j. Wheeler, editor Of the
Paris, Texas, Banner, was shot and
instantly killed in the streets OF
Paris that morning.
1t seems that a policeman named
Tom Clark had assaulted citizens
without excuse and defied the law
generally. Charges were preferred
| against. him by large number of
citizens and he was tried and releas-
ed. In this trial Clark was repre-
sented by young attorney named
nj. b. Bonner, who seems to have
taken offense at an article written
by Mr.. Wheeler, in which he re-
quested the city council to remove
Clark and put a law-abiding citizen
in his place. There was nothing in
the article which reflected on or re-
ferred to Bonner. Yet without ex-
cuse and without word ofwafning
to Wheeler, he drew a shotgun and
killed him.
james Wheeler was a son of DIR.
Jane Wheeler of this county. He
moved to Texas about three years
ago and engaged in the practice of
law. He subsequently became the
editor of the Paris Banner, which
by his brilliant talents and enter
prise was soon made to take rank
among the best weeklies in the
State.
Mr.. Wheeler's remains reached
.Hopkinsville yesterday and were
inferred in the city cemetery. The
funeral services took place at Grace |
church.
The bereaved family have the
sympathy of our whole community. |
LATER Mr.. Z. w. Harri- /
son, who came with James Wheel
er's remains from Paris, TaXas, we
have obtained an accurate account
of the particulars of the sad tragedy.
Bonner, in course of a speech in
Clark's defense, applied an epithet
to Mr.. Wheeler, which caused the
latter to call upon the former for an
Bonner, when ap-
behaved in a very cow
ardly way and the high spirited
young Kentuckian turned away
and refused to take further notice of
lim. This occurred ON last Friday.
On Monday morning, when Mr..
Wheeler was going from his board
ng house to his Office, unconscious
hat he was in danger, Bonner ap-
)roached him from behind and
,mptied the contents of shotgun
ntO his body. A lady saw Bonner
n pursuit of Wheeler, and, antici-
,ating his purpose, called the latter
o give him warming. He was just
q the act of turning to see what
vas wanted when ne was shot. A ]
nore cowardly or unprovoked mur-
er was never committed. If there
e law and justice in Texas the
neck will be made to kiss
rope on the gallOws.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
WHOLE NO. 2,292.
Mr.. JOHN 3. HAsKIN Is one :

f. g
Mr.. JOHN B. HAsKIN Is one Of
the travelling retinue of Mr.. John
Kelly, and has made several
speeches in praise of Tammany
Hall and of the necessity of puri-
flying the party by defeating Gov
ernor Robinson" Almost one year
ago Mr.. Haskin made a speech at a
political meeting in the Cooper In
stitute, during which-according to
all the reports in the dailies ofOcto-
Der 81, 1868-he observed: "The
municipal governments of London
and Paris were administered in a
more thoroughly republican man
ner than that of New York under
the dictatorship of John Kelly.
Mr.. Haskin also adjured young men
to cast aside and then trample upon
the the despotism of Tammany
Hall" The seeming mystery of
this somewhat complete change of
front is really no mystery at all.
Mr.. HaskiR was interested in GER
tain costs which Mr.. Justice Flana-
gan, OF the suburban civil district
court, recovered against the people,
and to the item inserted in a supply
bill providing for these costs to be
paid to Justice Flanagan. Governor |
in 1878, objected IN these !
words Opp. SO and 81 of published |
vetoes of 1879:
"This item is objected to and not |
approved for the reason that anoth-
er provision of this bill appropriates
S48l to John b. Haskin on account
Of the same judgement. An affida-
Wit presented to me shows that the
s4S1 was allowed to John B. Hass1in
Oy the Board of Audit for this same
Judgement. This being so the pres
mt appropriation to Flanagan is
simply a second payment by the
State of the same claim, and for a
private claim which has never been
lllowed by the Board of Audit"
When in 1879 the question of re-
lecting this Governor who objects
0 moneys being twice paid out of a
'ublic treasury came up, the "de-
rauded' Mr.. Haskin naturally
ushed with enthusiasm into the
ending game of personal politics
7hich Tammany Hall is playing
Z y. World.
Even so; we have never yet fall
n in with a red-hot devotee of |
ammany, from the Tweed days 7
ownwards, whose burning zeal
'as not directly estimable in dol J
lrs and cents. $4S1 of stealage /
estopped by Gov. Rob a
lson, is the moving principle Of =
present adhesion to Tam J
lany. d
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
wenderful Inren,lons.

There is noting like inventions In
these days. A man out West has
invented medicine which enables
deaf people 10 hear as well ~
Watchdog. The funuieet part Of
the thing is, however, that Ii has no
affect az all upon the aural tube. IL
so acts that "A man hears with his
teeth. This IL what makes IL
charming beyond description, as Il
will enable deaf people to go TO the
opera. OF course il will look a little
odd to see the auditorium crowded
with people whose mouths are vide
open, with clOthe5-pins inserted TO
keep them from closing. But sup
pose q man had artificial teeth, then
how will the audophone Work? In
that case il will be necessary to get
up machine by which man can
hear with his nails. or with hi3 boot
heels. Then again il a mans teeth
happen to fall out, would II not be
81 good idea to have an invention
which will enable him TO eat with
his eyes, or If he should lose leg
would it not be a great boon 10 him
to be enabled to walk on his lungs;
or If he should lose his eyes, how
nice 1t would be for him 70 be able
to see and wink at girls with his
kidneys through eyeglasses. There
is no use talking, Edison ought 20
be employed by the government to
keep up a continual flow Of inven-
tiOns.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25


Judge Miller, of Iowa. one Of IN
ablest Justices Of the United State
Supreme Court, and one Of Ga
members of the Electoral C0mfnls
| sion of 1877 that awarded the Presi
dency to its present tenant, has re
Gently given an explanation OF tha
extraordinary award. 1t is not
1 formal public statement IL is OnlXl
a conversational one, hut IL may yCI
accepted as the authorized vindical
tion Of the decision. Judge Millell
deals only with the vote Of Isoais,
lana. He is reported as saying thatI
''it was generally understood and
believed that on the popular vote
as returned in Louisiana the DemO-l
cratic Electors were chosen by from
5000 to 10000 majority. II wss
matter Of common report, and en-
titled to all the belief that such
statements usually receive. 'Wheth-
er this Democratic majority WIS se-
cured by intimidation or not is a
question edoes not consider, as it
did not enter into the case before
the commission. But the Louisiana
Returning Board, acting under q
law which the State, acting under
its sovereign right," (" had authority
TO enact, reduced the popular vote.
Whether this was fair and honest or
not Is another question, which the
Electoral Commission had nothing
to do with; il WAS sufficient that it
was lawful. "That such authority
should be conferred npon q board Of /
five men alone concerns the State Of
says Judge Miller. cit
might, by its Legislative enactment,
have given it to two, or tc one nan,
and such an act would have re-
unchallenged under the
and the laws. Having
given it Returning Board, their
decision was final as any act limit
ed in the rights Of the State.
the trust was honestly or
lishonestly discharged, from their
iecision there was no appeal, and
neither under the Constitution nor
he laws of Louisiana was there any
'emedy for alleged venality. The
lct of the Louisiana Returning
Board was a States right act in the
sense. The decisions
VI the Electoral Commission were
Dased upon the sovereign right of
! State to legislate as IL chooses ON
III matters expressly declared by
d by the majority was that the
Iecision Of the State authority i'm
he selection of Presidential electors
;, under the Constitution and laws,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

The language Of postage stamps,
fsstead of flowers, has Just been In
vented. Thus, when postage
stamp has been placed upside down
on the left corner Of tho letter, II
means, 81 love you :" IN the same
crosswise, "My heart Is anOther's;"
straight up and down, "GoOd-bye,
sweetheart, good-bye;" upside
down i'm the right-hand corner,
"Wrlte no more !" in the centre az
the top, ayes :" opposite vt the
bottom, "No;" on the right-hand
corner at right-ilngle, "Do you
love ?p i'm the left-hand corner,
"I hate you :" top corner on the
right, 81 wish your friendship :"
bottom corner on the left, 81 seek
your acquaintance" ON line with
the surname, "aecept my lOve;"
the same upside down, 81 am en-
gagged :" at a right-angle In the
same place, "I long 10 see yOu;" In
the middle at the right-hand edge,
"Write Immediately"
While this is all very good as II
goes, those who put a postage
stamp on any but the upper-rlght-
hand corner OF an envelope, must
hold themselves responsible for all
the swearing OF the post Office
clerks.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

ONCE in travelling the Rev. DIR.
Bledsoe was exceedingly annoyed
by a pedantic bore who forced him
self upon him, and made a great
parade of his shallow learning. The
doctor bore it as long as he could,
and at length, looking at him grave
ly, said: "My friend, you and l
know all that is to be known"
"How is sthat ?'' said the man, pleas
ed with what he thought a very
complimentary association. why
said the doctor, you know every
thing except that you are a fool,
and [ know that"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

THE total number of children en-
rolled in public schools in the Uni
ted States and Territories Is S,954,-
4TS; and the average daily atten-
dance 4,9I9, ,40s. The amount and
quality of the moral instruction re-
ceived by these young Americans Is
a question OF transcendent interest.
But who takes time to think Of IL
-AdUOc0Le.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

A GEORGIA paper tells this one:
The chase lasted for eight or ten
hours, and every dog was entirely
exhausted but one, and he held on
until both he and the fox were run
down, when they positively lay
down close to each other, and every
time the fox would moved or attempt
to get up the dog would move to-
ward it, but could not quite get
hold of Reynard, who, by the as
sistanee Of the hunters, was cap
tured.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

THERE is good reading In the an
nexed paragraph from the Philadel-
phia Times; "New England, with
all her bOasted devotion to decorum
in politics and morality in all
things, has reason to blush for the
disclosures that have been made as
to the way elections are conducted
in Rhode Island and Massachusetts,
particularly in the former State Of
vaunted integrity. At Newport, on
Saturday, tile Republican poll
ticians made confessions before the
Butler committee which we would
be glad to accept as the first fruits
of repentance, but which, from the
CHEEKY manner in which the dirty
truth was told, lead us TO the fear
that they rather glory in their
shame. Rarely in this country has
the ballot box been SO recklessly
polluted by money. One man went
so far as to say that the man who
has not seen money used at all cleo
tons in Rhode Island must be blind,
and for his part he considered il
legitimate. He had never sold his
vote, but only the fear of criminal
lug niilStiA PftNtntth btN ndNAuE
whether he had bought any. Other
witnesses described the Ingenious
devices by which the voters were
paid off without the discovery Of
the payee by the payer. In some
cases checks are given out to voters,
who upon presenting them in q
dark hall or in rum shops receive
the money, and a fellow who had
actually been candidate for Gov
ernor, although not much Of u can
didate, contested 20 receiving ten
dollars in an envelope handed down
to him through a drop-doOr as the
price of his vote. No comment can
increase the force of these facts In
exciting indignation. Dislranchise-
ment would be a light penalty for
the men, whether Generals or plain
citizens, who acquire oiiice by such
means. Hereafter Rhode Island
ought to take back seat and her
representatives hold their tongues"
--@oe--
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

Hartford Comm Courant.
A Neport "swell," who has been
liberal in ordering bouquets but
slow in paying for them, has receiv-
ed the following note:
Sir: AS it appears TO be useless to
try to collect my bill from you, j
would say that l always keep a list
of the ladies to whom bouquets are
sent, so that, as in twoor three cases
in my experience, when the gentle
men forgot to settle, l may have
somebody to go to. / have done so
In your case, and give you this no.
tice. that should you fail To settle mp
before going away this time, will
certainly present bills to the several
ladies to whom you sent bouquets,
and have no doubt that they will
pay for theIa.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
OF COURSE! !!

You wish to trade where you can get the BEST GOODS
for the LEAST MONEY. And we positively assert that
V. L. WILLIAMS is that place. Now when you are in
need OF Boots Shoes, Hats Caps, Notions etc. don't fail
to try L. Williams, the shoe man. prove what he
says large stock Of new Fall and Winter goods Just
received at his store, No. 25 Franklin First street