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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15
N. Y. World.


81 rather think we'lI have a storm
from the South before midnight ,
said the officer in charge of the Sig
nal Service Station on top OF the
Equitable Buildings the other
night.
It was about nine o'clock, and, tc
the visitor, it seemed impossible
that storm should come OH so soon.
The night was clear and beautiful.
The heavens seemed a black dome
studded with stars, and a broad un-
dulating sheen OF si1very moon
light came dancing over the waters
OF the bay. The spire Of old Trini-
ty loomed up fading away into the
darkness long lines of light from
the adjacent cities shOne along the
waters edge. Here and there,
where the mOOnbeams touched the
quays and docks, the dark out
lines of spars and rigging were Yisi-
BILE. Only indistinct murmurs rose
from the streets. Suddenly great
mass of light rounded Governors
Island, and q moment later a shrill
whistle broke in upon the stillnes of
the night. A fair wind was blow
ing from the north; the vessels at
anchor in the harbor were lost I'm
the dusk, but their red and green
lights were seen moving up and
down with the waves. A distant
bugle-call was sounded from one of
the forts in the harbOr. A moment
later ship, with its white sails set
to the wind, passed over the sheen OF
moonlight into the darkness, like
phantom gliding silently DER the
waves.
A report as though from distant
cannon rolled sullenly across the
bay. A firery ball rose from amid
the blaze of light on one of the Co
ney Island beaches. 1t burst in mid
air, and d shower of sparks drifted
slowly seaward on the wind.
The breeze from the north was no
longer as strong as it had been half
an hour before. An hour later,
when the Signal Officer and his Wis
itOr again stepped out on the roof,
the wind had died away. The
green and red lights in the harbor
were almost motionless; the white
sheen of the moen on the water was
like broad band of solid silver
the lights from the adjacent cities
along the shores were vanishing one
by one; all was dark in the direc-
tiOn of the surf beaches; the muir
mur from the street had died away.
Suddenly strong puff of wind
came from the south. The officer
was pointing southwark. The hori-
zon there seemed fringed with a
deep, heavy black.
There was another puff. The
fringe appeared heavier and deep
er.
Another puff, and still another,
and then it began to blow hard and |
steady from the south. The moon
was already obscured; the lights in
the harbOr were rocking violently. |
ragged stread Of light |
ming flashed across the heavens, and /
then followed the low rumbling of
distant thunder. A second flash,
another peal-this time nearer.
And so it kept on, the lightning
flashing at short intervals, and the
growing louder. Suddenly
there was a noise like the rush OF
water, and a furious gust swept
around the high building.
"Come int Come in ~ shouted
the officer.
There was vivid flash Of light
ming, crash of thunder, and the
storm burst over the city.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15
Esthotlcs on the Blllows.

They were an utter-toO utter
crowd, and right back of them sat a
big, flat-footed chap on his way to
the lumber camps.
81 think this lake breeze is quite
too exhilarating for anything" OBJ
served young man who ate dim
ner with pair of green kids on.
"I've got something that beats
it all holler," chirped in the big
man. "They filed the bottle right
up for quarter. / don't want to
buck agin the saloon on board, but
if you say you've got cramps you
shall have a pull at it.
If green kids had 'em he would
not own it, and to cover his en-
barrassment another of the party,
with eyeglasses and white neck
tie remarked:
"Roll on, thou troubled waters,
roll"
"Oh, you'll get roll enough be-
fore you git across Saginaw Bay"
replied the big man. 'sTime this
breeze has been blowing an hour
you'll feel like an old dish-rag
hung up to scare the crows away"
White neck-tie gave him kill
ing stare, put it glanced off, and
one of the ladies said:
HE struggled hravely with the
storm-lashed sea.n
"Who was that ma'am. P'raps
you mean my OLD pard. Yes, he
struggled bravely, and if this old
lake wasn't just bilin' then 1
don't want cent. Jim was
good swimmer, but he had to cave
at last"
The whole group gave him a
looking over, but he was shot-proof,
and turning to Green Kidds he
asked
"Think you could save yourself
if this boat went down?o
No answer.
eyer possibly might" continued
the man. 81 went down off that
pint above us about ten years ago
and got through it, but it was
powerful tight squeak. If I'd had
on one o. them shirts as button be-
hind I'd bin a goner. What's the
style o. yours, my son ?'
They rose up as one, locked arms
and passed into the cabin, and the
big man looked after them and
whistled:
"Maybe they hain't used to trav-
cling iust class and being polite to
strangers But I'll forgive 'em.
Lands but won't the starch begin
to peel off as soon as we slid around
the pint and get to feel the sea !
Yum! yum! But it will be to
enthusiastically billowy for any,
thing ?"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15
CIarksHIIe Wholesale Market.
CORRECTED BY j. ]. cRUsMAN.


SUGAR17Cut Loaf, Crushed, Powdered and
Granulated, lG549l2c; Clarified, 91&9l01zcts
fIMOLAssESE Orleans, 45 to 55c.
CoFFEEEWe quote Rio, u to l4c; Java,
SALT -Kanawha, bushel bbls., 81 90; by
FL0uR~superiine, IS 90; Extra, s. so to
9 90; Choice or Fancy. 81 50 to GO; Patent
Process, IS so to 8 75.
STAR CANDLES-1z1z to l5c.
best brands Robertson county, 81 25 to 90.
CHEESE-Prime factory, l2@I5e.
RICE-Carolina, to &c.
SOAP-Bar, 4G7c.
OILS-Coal oil, 14c; lard oil, Coo; lin
seed oil, raw, 70ci boiled, 7Sc,
TURPENTINE-Spiri Soc.
VARNISH-Copal, 81 90; Japan, 90c.
GLAss-Window, sx1O, 81 Is per box; 1Ox
PoWDER3Ride, ,s6 SO per keg; lead, &c per
sARDINEs- 75 per doz.
MACKEREL-No. 8 per bbl., So so to IS so;
kits, Nos. /, and 8, 75c to 81 25.
BLACKING-25960 per dozen.
NAILS-S3 % to 3 30.
IRON-Kentucky PIC; Tennessee, &c.
TRACES 90 to u O6 per dozen.
COLLARS-S55 80 to II 90 per dozen.
HAMES-S5 50 to 10 90 per dozen.
AXES-Sl0 90 to u 90 per dozen.
BLUE -GRASS-SI %.
ORCHARD GRASS-S1 rs.
TIMOTHY SEED-S3 %.
CLOVER SEED-S6 so.
RED TOPIC.
SHOT-SI 80 "a 200.
CAPS-i0G50c per 900.
OYSTERS-l and H. cans, 81 307l S5.
The following are the prices paid here at
this date for country produce:
PORK-None.
BACON-Hog round, 6 cts
LARD-13.
TALLOW-
PEANUTS-40@5Oc per bushel.
GINSENG-60c to 75c.
BEES WAX-l5 to lSc.
FEATHERS-neW. 35 to 40S.
BEANS-White. None.
PEAS-75c to 81 90.
EGGS -lGc per dozen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15
mo- prernnl nlnhthnrln.

To prevent diphtheria and finally
eXterminate il, every man, woman
and child throughout our land and
the world should be brought to obey
the laws of life and health. Par
ents should regularly feed, properly
clothe, and duly restrain all child
ren before they come to the years OF
understanding and accountability.
This alone would do much. A late
prominent physician of Paris esti-
mated that 1900 children had died
in that city, during thirty years OF
his practice there, from shortsleeves,
short pants and other kindred Inn
prudence In the dressing Of child
rem. And ] am fully convinced
that so large a portion are sacrificed
in towns at least, in this country,
from the same cause-al for a wick
ed fashion. And from careful OBJ
servation, in this country aud
abroad, L am confident that at least
as many more are carried or by
improper food and irregularity in
taking 1t, together with poisonous
candies and uawholsome and indi-
gestible trash that no child or other
person should eat.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15

A marriage has other uses than
those of perpetuating the race. In
this great city there are thousands
of refined, high-strung, intelligent,
appreciative, but lone, desolate
souls, for whom it would be an
earthly paradise to rest ever 80 lit
tie in the shade of a really peaceful
household. But such peace must
be genuine. 1t must not be any
patched-up affair-any show Of af-
fectation between husband and wife
before the guests face and a snarl
behind his back. 1t is just this lack
of harmony between husband and
wife that makes so many house
holds as tomb TO visit. 1t is bad
sign when the wife's friends are hus-
tied out of the husbands presence
into another room. 1t Is bad sign
when the husbands visitors are not
the wife's visitors, and rice UerSd.
It is a bad sign If matters which in
terest the wife do moi interest the
husband, and Uice versa. 1t is bad
sign when the lord OF the manor
looks down from his lofty elevation
and speaks with "A sneer, more or
less subdued, of the "trivialities Of
fashion," and deems it beneath him
to assist her in choosing dress pat
tern.
Marriage partnership must mean
partnership in everything, or there
Is a social desert for one party or
the other to travel over pretty Of
ten. We are talking of married life
as we have seen it in the houses Of
great and little men; in the houses
of judges and generals, of lawyers
and politicians, among whom also
both great and little men are to be
found. d.-G Graphic.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15
A had year for oIrcusos.

This has been a bad season for the
employees OF circuses. Rarely has
there been a time when more of
them have come 10 grief. In May,
Elizabeth Davene, a trapeze perfOr-
mer, died ini this city from the ef-
fects of fall received I'm one Of her
performances. There have been
several railroad accidents to circus
trains, in which performers were
killed and MANNED. In Kentucky,
last week, two men were killed la
a collision, and Louisa Montague,
better known as the ''S1O, 900 beau
ty," was severely injured, her face
being badly lacerated; on Monday,
Rosina Richardson, Barnum's lat
Woman, died, and that same night,
in Tennessee, Kinkade, a famous
circus tubler, "missed his tips" In
turning a somersault, broke his
head and was killed. These are but
a few Of the many recent mishaps.
There has also been heavy loss TO
circus proprietOrs by the death OF
lions, tigers, elephants and other
animals, which have here and there
fallen victims to the hardships Incl
dental to summer on the road.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15
WHOLE NO. 2,393.


After the hattie OF arms comes
the battle OF history.
For the n0bIest man that lives
there still remains a conflict.
/ would rather be beaten in right
than succeed in wrong.
Present evil always seems greater
than those that never come
Growth is better than pertna-
nence and permanent growth Il
better than all.
Ii is one of the precious mysteries
OF sorrow that it finds solace ia the
unselfish thought.
Statemanship consists rather Ia
removing the causes than I'm pun
ishing or evading results.
Ideas are the great warriors of
the world, and a war that has no
ideas behind it is simply brutality.
Eternity alone will reveal 10 the
human race IFS debt of gratitude to
the peerless and immortal name OF
Washington.
l doubt If any man equaled Sam
uel Adams in formulating and ut
tering the fierce, clear and incxor-
able logic OF the Revolution.
Throughout the whole web Of
national existence we trace the gOl-
den thread OF human progress to-
ward the higher and better estate.
Occasion may be the bugie call
that summons an army TO battle,
but the blast of bugle can never
make soldiers win victories.
1t is as much the duty OF ali good
men to protect and defend the rep
utation Of worthy public servants
as to detect public rascals.
An act OF bad faith on the part
of a State or municipal corporation,
like poison in the blood, will trans
NIT its curse to succeeding genera
tions.
Bad faith on the part Of an indi-
a city, or even a State, Is
small evil i'm comparison with tho
which follow bad faith
ON the part Of a sovereign govern
ment.
If there be one thing upon this
earth that mankind love and ad-
mire better than any other Il Is
brave man, ii is man who dares
to look the devil the In face and tell
him he is is a devil.
We should do nothing inc0nsist-
ent with the spirit and genius of
our institutions. We should do
for revenge but everything
for security; nothing for the past,
everything for the present and fu-
lure.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15
Remarks at Weddings.

The following remarks have mostly been
said time after time at all our stony" we'd
dings, and will be said again and again on
every such occasion
Here she comeSf
Pretty, ism t Sle2
Who made her dress?
Is ii Surah silk or satin?
Is her veil real lace?
She's as white as the wall
Wonder how much he's worth?
Did he give her those diamonds?
He's scared to death
Isn't she the cool piece?
That trains horrid shape!
ISn'1 her mother dowdy?
Aren't the bridesmaids hOmely?
That's handsome usher!
Hasn't she cute little hand?
Wonder what number her gloves areE
They say her shoes are hYes.
If his hair isn't parted IL. the middle!
Wonder what on earth she married hlm
for?
For his money, of course!
Isn't he handsome?
He's as homely as hedgehog!
He looks like a circus-clowni
No, he's like a dancing-master.
Good enough for her, anyway.
She was always a Stuck-up thing.
She'll be worse than ever, now!
She Tilted Sam Somebody, didn't sheY
No, he never asked her.
He's left town, anyway.
There the ceremony has Degun.
Isn't he awkward?
White as his collar!
Why don't they hurry up?
Did she say she would "oDeyT
What precious fool
There, they are married!
Doesn't she look happy?
Pity if she wouldn't.
wish I was in her place y
What handsome couple!
She was always q sweet little thing,
How gracefully she walks!
Dear me, what airs she puts on!
wouldn't be in her place for farm!
III bet those Jewels were hired.
Well, she's off her fathers hands, Mt last
Doesn't she cling tightly to him, though!
She has mortgage on MIN now.
Hope they'll be happy.
They say she's awful smart.
Too smart for him by a jugfuI!
There, they are getting in the carriage!
That magnificent dress VIII De s1uaSheu!
The way she does look at him
bet she worships him
Worship be hanged she's only making
believe
It's a kind o. nice to get married. ism ltT
No, it's a dreadful bore.
Wasn't it a stupid wedding?
What dowdy dresses!
III never go to another
I'm Just SuffOcated
Tired to death.
Glad it's over!
Oh, dear!
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15
A wise Deacon.

s'Deacon Wilder, / want you 10
tell me how You kept yourself and
family well the past season, when
all the rest Of US have been sick So
much, aud have hild the doctors
visiting as SO 0ften."
''Bro. Taylor, the answer Is very
easy. used Hop Bitters In time
kept my family we'll and saved the
doctor bills. Three dollars worth
'of 1t kept us well and able 10 work
all the time. I'll warrant It has
cost you and the neighbofs one 70
two hundred dollars apiece ia Aesp
sick the same time."
ssDeaeon, III use your medlcinp
hereafter"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15

now, il you'll just take my arm. we
will be home in quarter Of an
hour"
"But," said she, twhy can't ] go
directly to my destination ?''
''It's middiing late, ma'am,o =
said I. "And houses don't stand
shoulder to shoulder in SwamDscot,
Ny nearest neighbor is a mile and
81 hathaway. But never fear, ma'am
I've a wife that will be sure to bid
you welcome, for the sake of her
own mother
She murmured a few words of
thanks, but she was old and weary,
and the path was rough and un-
even, in the very teeth of the keen
November bIast-and talking was
no easy task. And presently we
came to the little cottage on the
edge of the SwanlpscOt woods,
where the light glowed warmly
through the turkey-red curtains.
"Oh, Mark, dearest, how late you
are!n cried Kate, making haste to
open the door. "Come in quick,
out of the wind. Supper is all ready
and-but who is that with you ?''
In a hurried whisper / told her
all. "Did / do right, Katie 20 said
Fright! OF course you did,"
said she. "Ask her to come in at
once! And I'll put another cup
and saucer on the table ~
Tenderly l assisted the chilled
and weary old lady across the
threshold.
Here's my wife," said I. "And
here's a cup of smoking coffee and
some of Katie's own biscuits and
chicken. You'll be all right,
ma'am, when the cold is out of your
joints bit ~
"You are very welcome, ma'am,o
said Kate, brightly, as she advanc-
ed to unite our visitors veil and
loosen the folds of her cloak. But,
all of sudden, / heard a cry,
Mother, Oh, Mother ~ and look
ing around, / saw Kate and the old
lady clasped i'm each otber's arms.
"Hold on, KateI' said /, with
the coffee pot still in my hand, as / |
had been lifting it from the fire.
'tThat is never"
"But it is, Mark % cried out Kate |
DICdlilICSSIXs IL J .OAg
help me, quickly; she has tainted
away"
But she was all right again, pres
emily, sitting by the fire with her
feet on one of the rug cushions,
which Kate had knit with wooden
needles. and drinking hot coffee. 1t |
was all true. The passenger whose
pocket had been picked on the train
and to whose rescue / had come,
was no other than my Kate's moth
er, who had determined to risk the
perils of a journey to the far West,
to see her child once again And
she has been with us ever since, the
dearest old mother-in-law that ev
er man had, the comfort of our
household, and the guardian angel
OF little Kate and the baby, when
am away on my long trips.
And little Kate declares now that
she is perfectly happy" !" God
bless her-may she never be other
wise!
4
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15
stewards Remains.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.

The Globe Democrat publishes an
interview with a Secret Service
Officer, whom, it says, has nation
al reputation, and who has letters
of endorsement from Secretary Lin
coin, and, officer of the New York
Central Railroad, and others high
in authority in this city. This Off
Ger asserts that the same ring that
planned the robbery of Lincoln,
stole the body of A. Z. Stewart.
He further says he knows the five
persons who robbed Stewards
grave, that two others afterward
stole it from the first gang. He
declares he knows the parties and
their whereabouts, and that the re-
mains of A. T. Stewart can be re-
covered if there is any desire to
recover them. He has written to
Judge Hilton twice on the subject,
but received no reply, although he
inclesed the highest references. He
also attempted TO see Mrs. Stewart,
but was denied admittance by a
relative of Hilton. He believes
Judge Hilton does not want to re-
cover the body. The officer says a
woman is in the conspiracy, and
emphatically asserts stI know the
parties who stole the remains and
can give names and descriptions
and present whereabouts, and can
point out the party who knows
positively where the remains are
buried"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15

BURTON, the stage robber, who
deliberately robbed thirteen persons
aboard the coach near Almosa, is
blind in one eye has cork leg and
has no bone in his right arm. The
passengers deserve great credit for
their subdued and courteous man
ners towards the harmless fellow
while he was holding a preliminary
examination over them. There
was not an objection raised. The on
Iy thing the party raised was their
hands.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15

THERE was something singularly
pathetic in the death of Mr.. w. 4.
Horner, managing editor of the
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. He
was prostrated with over work on
the day after Gen. Garfield was
shot, and he conceived the idea that
his fate was wrapped up in that of
the President. On Monday night
he heard the bells tolling and knew
that the event which he regarded as
fatal TO himself had come. He
grew rapidly worse, and died on
Wednesday morning.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15

THE effete Thurlow Weed, an cx-
ceilent authority upon the politics
Of the antediluvian period, is sat
isfied with the harmOny IN the
ranks Of the Republicans Of New
York. From this distance II seems
TO US that the World fairly de-
scribes the situation when Il says
harmony RACES in the Republlcan
Eanks.-ADseyicopl.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15

WHEN hen lays an egg she cack-
les. When man gets in a new
stock of goods it is human nature for
him to crow over it. When she
cackles people know that she has
laid some fresh stock and feel proud
of it. When the merchant opens
his new styles and blows his trum-
pets in the newspapers, people
know that he has something on
hand that is worth advertising, and
patronize him accordingly. When
he lays still and says nothing about
il, they know that it is the same
old stock which they have often
seen. - EXCHANGE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15

VENEZUELA is Suffering greatly
from drouth. Indian mothers in
the country offer their babes for
sale, saying that they are starving
to death. The horrors OF the situa-
tion are aggravated by the presence
of myriads of dead lOcusts. whose
putrefaction ii is feared will cause
the outbreak of disease. The expor-
tation OF food has been prohibited,
and additional taxes imposed 10 re-
lieve suffering. In some districts
the people are compelled to drink
semi-saline water.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15

In Humphreys county, a deer
pursued by dogs, ran into a house
where young lady was sitting, and
before it could escape she struck it
on the head with a rock and killed
If.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15

THE best preventive of consulnp-
tive diseases of the lungs, bowels or
kidneys is Browns Iron Bitters. 1t
checks all decay.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15

Rev. John HemphiIl, OF San
Francisco, is being tried for herasy
in uphoiding the views Of Mrs. Sa-
rah b. Cooper, cousin of Robert
G. Ingers0ll, who conducts three
kindergarten schools In that city.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15

ANY one who takes possession of
a minors estate without authority
Of the law, may be held responsible
as a guardian.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15
CLARKSVILLE DISTRICT TEN
NESSEE CONFERENCE.
Fourth Round OF Quarterly Meet
inGS.

Clarksville station, Sept. "a, 25.
Palmyra circuit, ct Tarsus, Oct. l, 2.
Red River Ct at Wartrace, Oct. s. 9.
Cedar Hill ct. at Cedar Hill Oct. Is, l6.
WELLBoRN MOONEY, P. E.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15
GAINESVILLE, TENNESSEE
u. e. RICE.
Attorney at Law,

win practice in the Courts of Montgomery
and adjoining counties, and in the Supreme
Court.
Office over Settles Grocery, with entrance
from Franklin and Strawberry Streets.
jan 1, 1879. If
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-15

The following remarks have mostly been
said time after time at all our stony" we'd
dings, and will be said again and again on
every such occasion:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-07-07

The prestdents heart and missed him. Tho presi-
Ga past the man He fired again. aud tho president
let 40 foil right at tho turn Of the second row Of
sease was the first to reach him and lifted up his
bead Tho 3anitor rushed in and called tho police
hold him until Some men came aud lifted him ND.
No did not speak to me or to any ono till 4 young
vhe ! think vas his SOD came I think
On The Mattress He spoke on tho ground no
xoFds ct all. The man walked deliberately out Of
To center door where somebody headed him Of
door by policeman. I have seen the man once or
twice before-one time in particular few wear,
ego he promenaded up and down, just al he did TO-
DAY, w1plng his face and apparently as though he
waited half an hour walking up and down. There
fired. ~