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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
Drink and Travel.

Mr.. L.. j. Jennings, the London
correspondent of the New York
World, gives an account of an Eng
lish journey from London to Lands
End, in the course of which he saws:
"Efaving driven by the shores of
the river lamar for some little dis
lance, and gone five or six miles
round about Plymouth, we once
more resumed our journey towards
the Lands End. The carriage was
all ready, and before we had got far
on our way capital cup of tea was
handed TO each of US by the servant
of our host, who has the happy
faculty of thinking of everything
likely to add to the contentment of
his guests. And depend upon it,
there is nothing so refreshing on a
railway journey as cup of good
tea, wine being IA delusion, and
spirits of any kind simply fatal to
true enjoyment and good health.
Whenever / see man begin a
journey by drinking beer, or brandy
and water, or whiskey, / know that
he is not fit to be the travelling
companion of any true lover of ma
ture-he will be more or less thrown
off his balance, his nerves will be
over-excited, he will come i'm at the
end of the day with headache,
and during the journey he will be
heavy, lumpy, and stupid. A glass
of milk or a cup of tea is all the
drink anybody needs when out for
a jaunt, and many time here /
walked all day long without getting
so much as either, contenting my
self with a draught of water at
spring, or even going Oh without IA
drink Of any kind"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05

The Christian advocate, Rev. DIR.
j. NJ. Buckley, editor, deals many
blows at the liquor-traffic. In a
recent editorial to citizens who will
vote on the question of license or
no-license of the rum-traffic, it says:
"When parents talk about voting
license TO such a thing they de-
moralize their children. When
Christians or Christian ministers do
it, they throw their influence into
the hands of the worst single foe
and the strongest ally of all other
enemies that religion OF all kinds
has to encounter. When teachers
talk about it they support an insti-
tuition that cOunterworks the schools
they keep and the instruction they
give.
"Can any true man, especially
any Christian, conceding these facts
vote for license, even if he stand
alone in refusing it &? But he will
not stand alone. The most desper-
ate spot in the world has more than
one who would vote against the sale
frum ifthe opportunity were given
Care not for the dealers and their
abettors, the timid who are slaves to
their fears, the tenants of liquor
dealers, those who want their GUS
tom, scheming politicians, and
those who feel no interest in the SUBJ
ject. Be not deceived by the shall
low subteIfuge that no license means
free rum. For 3 whatsoever no
license if enacted, could not be en-
forced, there license would give ia
cility for the sale of liquor, and
make the town special partner
and sharer of the proceedes of the
wicked business.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
MarriageapIe women.

One of the great social problems
of the day is to explain why there
are so many manageable women
who never get married. Some say
that il is owing to the excess in
numbers of women over men, in
consequence of which there are not
enough husbands to go round. This,
however, is disprOved by statistics.
Take the world through, nd-the
figures show that there are as many
men in il as there are women.
Others attribute it to the expensive
ness of modern life. Men do not
marry, il il said, because they can
not afford to. But the fact is that
no man who ever truly loved
woman ever hesitated to become
engaged to her and eventually mar
nv her because of poverty. There
are cOld-blOoded men, with no plea
of feeling for woman stronger than
alanguid admiration, who may be
deferred from assuming what they
regard as a burden in the shape of
wife, unless assured of a liberal in
come, but mort are not SO calculat-
ing. Others, again, attribute the
evil to w0man's fastidiousnesS.
They expect too much in a hus-
band, and, while awaiting for an
impossible shadow, let the possible
substance slip through their fingers.
This is libel on thesex. AS rule
they are more fastidious than men
are. and are just as susceptible as
men to that enchantment of love
which invests its object with every
perfection and covers up every
fault. So far as men and women
themselves are concerned, they are
IS prone to marriage now as in any,
neriod OF the worlds history. New
ertheless. there are the women wait
mo for husbands and not getting
them. They. are pretty, they are
ACCOMPLISHED, they are sensible, ana
,,nder proper training they would
make excellent wives and mothers
hnt thew never get a chance. What
seems zee 10 be needed is a more thor,
onoh ,nethod of bringing men and
women into social contact with eacn
other.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
Chris,inn selr-sncrirIce.

Vice. Chancellor Blake, in a late
address in Montreal, referring to the
moderation" theory and the value
of abstinence, urged the importance
of the spirit of christian self-sacri-
flee as follows:
"NO man had ever determined to
be drunkard, and no one ever be-
came one, except through the mod
crate use of the glass. He contested
the common argument against the
signing of a pledge, and cited the
instance of the Rechabites in proof
that the VOW was regarded with the
divine appreciation. He did not de-
sire to place total abstinence upon
any other footing than this, that we
were unworthy of the sacred name
we bear, the name of christians, I'M
less we were prepared TO. follow in
the footsteps of Him who gave us
the name, and if there were one
thing in his character which stood
out above the rest was self-sacrifice.
If we found brother who was not
strong enough TO resist temptation,
was IT not following the footsteps of
Christ to say, Il shall begin this life
of self-sacrifice for the purpose of
helping my weak brother'?"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05

Adapted In chronic diarrhosa, constipa-
tlon, and seroIula.--Hy Latham, NJ ID, Pres't
Virginia Medical Society.
Successfully used in dyspepsia, chronic
diarrhea and scrofula.--Prof s Jackson, OF
University Pa.
Efficient in anemia excellent appetizer
and blood purifier.-H Fisher, NJ ID, Ga.
Valuable in nervous prostitution, fndiges-
ton and chlorosis.-G T. Mathews, M ID,
A fine tonic and Alternative, very valuable
in diseases peculiar to females, chronic fe-
yer and ague, bronchitis and diseases OF the
digestive organs.-J F Roughton, NJ ID, Ala.
Very beneficial in STRENGTHENING and Inn
proving a reduced SYSTEM Rev JnO w
Beckwith, Bishop of Ga.
Invaluable as nervous tonic.-Hon G
Fowler, Tenn.
rial districts.-D II Falrex, NJ ID, N o.
Restores debilitated systems TO health.-T
G Mercer, NJ ID, Ind.
and diphthersa.-S f Dupon, NJ ID, Ga.
mPrinee OF mineral tonies.-Francis Gillian,
OF great curative virtue.-Thos f Rum
bold, NJ ID, st Louis.
Beneficial I'm uterine arrangements and
malarious conditions.-G M Vail, NJ ID, Ohio.
Best remedy ever used IN diseases OF the
throat.-P A Siford, NJ ID, NC.
Tonic, Alternative, diuretic; one OF natures
greatest renedies.-Medical Association OF
Lynchburg, Va.
Adapted In certain affections OF the kid
neys and bladder; dyspepsia, lupus, chloro-
sis, scrofuous and cutaneous affections
Prof ] j Norman, NJ ID, Va.
Relieves headache, promptly, both sick
and nervous.-Rev f. g DodsOn, Va.
Sample sent free 10 every physician desir-
ing to test. Pamphlets sent free. Analysis
with each package. Water ms 10 comes from
the springs 81 per case OF gallons In glass
$3.50 for gallons, 81 for 10 gallons, 81 for 20
gallons In casks. Mass 20 cents and 81; ESQ
25S., soc and 81 package; LBS, $3.50 and 500
half doz. Sent postpaid anywhere. This
Mass and pills contain In reduced space all
the curative powers of the wntfr, and Is con-
venient, palatabIe and soluble.
Springs open for visitors June LIST. Board
$50 per month. Special rates to families and
parties. Carriages meet visitors at Forest
and Lawyers depot, each four miles from
springs, upon advice or arrival.
Address
A. M. DAVIES, Pres. Of the Co.,
Y Main ST., Lynchburg, Va.
Sold by Owen Il Moore.
June I9-S0-8m
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
Getting the worth OF His Money
Burlington Hewkeye.

They had Just the lOveliest sleigh
and young Keepitup was out enjoy
ing it all one afternoon. When he
drove into the stable, oh but the
man was mad. He rOared when he
looked at the horse, danced around,
and, as Uucle Remus says, she Gust
ne did"
"LOOk at that boss he walled.
Look at that boss Amt dry hair
on him, an he's nigh ready to drop.
That's pretty lookin' way to bring
in boss. Nice man you are, to let
a good boss to ="
Young Keepitup was fairly aston
ished. MAN alive ~ he yelled, pic
turing his amazement i'm his voice,
sand what did you expect when /
hired him ? When horse is costing
me an even 50 an hour, he's got to
keep moving you understand T?
When Pm paying out more than
eight cents per minute, i can't az
ford to let no horse lean up against
an ice-box while he figures out the
Oat crop of the United Slater for Is
so. / did my level best to keep my
whip arm warm, and then couldn't
get more than $4.25 an hour out of
him. Now, if you had charged on
ly fifteen cents an hour, / would
have had the horse fed every thirty
minutes while / was out, and
would have rocked him to sleep in
my arms, wrapped him up in blan-
kets, and laid him in the sleigh and
hauled him back to the stable N.Y.
self. That is the difference, you see,
Mr.. Silkcracker. Here's your mon
ey, and / want the same horse, or a
better one, next Saturday afternoon,
if the snow holds on
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
TEMPERANCE COLUMN


Ed. CHRONICLE: WecOnfess to a
genuine admiration of the clean, in
telligent, enterprising and moder-
ate, tho nncompromising Journals
of the city, to which all these adjec-
tives equally apply; the city OF.
whose natural beauties we never
tire, of whose social and literary adj
vantages we are justly proud and to
which, in our fond enthusiasm we
almost ready to adapt the Italian
proverb: "See GAINESVILLE and die. I"
Naples may indeed be a more POI
etic and euphonious name, but
whats in name9" We are not
obliged to contemplate the glories
of our sky, the inexhaustible charms
of our landscape through trans
parency of the eleven alphabetic
signs, that represent our locality TO
the tobacco-trading world and for
all more vague and poetic uses,
there is ever ready, the maternal
appelIation Tennessee! over which
pen and tongue finger with about
equal delight. But whittier do we
wander? when we only intended to
ask the privilege of suggesting that
well-sustained column in the in
terest of education and temperance,
respectively, would supply the only
desideratum which we can imagine
for the perfection of our local press.
Would not che able and expert
enced presidents and professors of
our literary institutions, our excel
lent teachers, indeed all, in any way
interested i'm educational affairs,
gladly assume the responsibility of
the former, and every lover of this
fair city, state and country, in short,
every lover of his kind. delight TO
contribute some little seed for future
healthy moral growth to the other.
Mr.. Editor, we are often tempted to
envy the incumbent of your official
chair. Sowing beside all waters,
who shall measure the increase of
your harvest-hOme? For instance,
with a mental "God bless you," we
read in your last issue, the story of
one rescued from the drunkard's
grave by the fond pleadings of his
wife, with your comments thereon.
A few days after, young lady
quietly passed into our hands a
folded bit of paper, saying "there
are some pretty verses" which
when we had time toOpen, we found
to bethoseyOu dthus thoughtIully
printed. Excuse the length of this
introduction, and sacrifice it all if
need be to the enclosed extracts,
which | hope you may approve.
Very respectfully, BETA.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
Trades and Professions.

Says an exchange: Tennyson can
take a worthless sheet of paper and
by writing a poem on it make it
worth So, 200. That's genius. Mr..
Vanderbilt can write fewer words
on a similar sheet and make it
worth $50,O00,0OO. That's capital.
A fellow can fight the tiger and get
skinned. That's sport. The mer-
chant can take an article worth
twenty-five cents and sell it to you
for 81. That's business. A lady
can purchase a comfortable bonnet
for SO, but prefers to pay 800 for
one, because ii is more stylish.
That's foolishness. The ditch-dig-
ger works ten hours day and SHOW
els out three or tour tons of earth for
81. That's labor. A man can work
ten times as hard as ditch-digger
and get no credit for it. That's
journalism.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
A Centemariam Dead

Miss Betsey Roat, of Greenville,
Ct, died few days ago, aged 100.
She was supposed to be the oldest
person in Eastern Connecticut. She
retained her faculties almost to the
last, and her appearance was that of
IA woman about 20 years old. She
was twenty years old when Wash
ton died, and remembered the gloom
that spread over the country at the
time. She did all her travelling by
the old-fashiOned modes, and,
though she had lived opposite the
track of the Norwich & Worcester
railroad for forty years, and had six
nephews, three conductoes and three
engineers, in its employ, she never
stepped upon a steam car.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
whatFarmers Cannot Conceal.

A poor farmer cannot conceal the
fact that he is a poor farmer. All
his surroundings proclaim the ver-
dict against him-his horses, cattle,
wagons, harness, plOws, fences,
fields seven his wife and children
bear silent but unmistakable evil
dence against him. On the other
hand, all things will testify favora-
bly.On behalf of the good farmer.
Every passer by can read the evil
dence pro or con. This fact alone
ought to stimulate the farmer TO do
his best for the sake of his own char
acter, as well as interest f; for he
may rest assured that every a-asser-
by will pronounce judgement accor-
ding to the evidence.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05

In obedience TO vshat we believe 70 oe q
growing desire OF Ah0 reading public, the
publishers beg 10 announce thnt Clo,iey y
Lady Book IN 1881 will contain
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
IS m yVORTH WHILE ?
RY IoAouIN alILLER.

is it worth while that we jostIe a brother,
Bearing his load on the rough road of life
Is il worth while that we jeer at each other,
In blackness OF heart that we war TO the
knifeg
God pity ms all in our pitiful strife.
God pity us all as we jostle each other;
God pardon us all for the trfumphs we feel
When fellow goes down meath his load on
the heather
Pierced to the heart: words are keener
than steel,
And mightier far for woe than for veal.
Were il not well in this brief little journey
On over the isthmus, down into the tide,
We give him a fish instead Of a serpent,
Ere folded the hands to be- and abide
Forever and aye at dust at his side?
Look &C the roses saluting each other:
Look at the herds all at peace on the plain,
Man. and man only, makes war on his
brother,
And laughs in his heart at his peril and
pain.
shamed by the beasts that go down on the
plain.
Is Il worth while that we battle to humble
Some poor fellow down into the dust f?
God pity us all Time oft soon will tumble
All of us together, like leaves in gust.
Humbled, indeed, down into the dust.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
Az, the last meetinr

ATT the last meeting of the
Maryland Academy of Scierces
DIR. Theobald showed species of a
beetle bOIbO cel1ts fdrcttS which was
observed by him to move a small
tray. He gave the following inter-
esting figures: Weight of beetle, 2
grains; weight moved, 81 ounce
1850 grains, or 1920 times the
weight of the beetle. A man weigh
ing $50 pounds, endowed with the
strength of this insect, should there
fore De able to move 1880 pounds,
or nearly 100 tons
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05

THOMAS JEFFERSON, the great
American statesman, after many
years of public service, uttered these
very forcible words:
"The habit of indulging in ardent
spirits by men in Office has OCCASION
ed more injury to the public than
all other causes. and were / TO COM
mence my administration again
with the experience / now have the
first question / would. ask respect
ing a candidate would be: Does he
use ardent spirits ~
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
Result OF Wrapping an snake
Around a Little GirPs Neck.
Bloomington Special to the Cincinnati
Commercial

Result ON wNNMWRMME m tMR4AAG
Around a Littie GsrPs Neck.
Special to the Cincinnati
Commercial.
About as sad a case as has lately
fallen under your correspondent
notice occurred in this (MonrOe)
and should be written VI, as
a warning to vicious boys, if that
class are supposed to ever heed war
nings. 4. j. Payne, of Salt Creek
Township, has a bright and pretty
little daughter Of seven years, who
attended the district schaOl in the
neighborhOod of her farther's farm.
On q pleasant morning about four
years ago, while on her way to
school, the girl was met by a vicious
boy, three years older than herself,
and who had a dead blacksnake,
which he carried on a stick. He
thrust the dead snake into the girls
face, and she was so terrified she
could not run away. Then he took
the snake and wrapped it around
her neck and shoulders and ran off
leaving her thus enVironed. She
shook the reptile off and fastened
OAA W G(AlOOAs AAC Cll1AO w 10 n CftAlN
agitated during the entire forenoon,
and when she returned home her
parents greatly alarmed, urged her
To tell them what had occurred, for
her Conduct was wild and strange.
She gave the story in a diSjointed
manner, shrieking out frequently,
Take the snake away" By night
her reason was a wreck, and has 50
remained ever since. For four
years she has recognized no one,
but daily sat With her little slate on
her lap, marking out the same fig
ures she had been given as a lesson
at school on the fateful day on
which the vicions boy placed the
dead snake about her, and this mo-
nOtony was only broken at times
when she would cry out, "Take the
snake away" Hoping that medi-
cal science might possibly do some
thing for the relief of his daughter,
Mr., Payne took her TO the State In
sane Asylum at indianapolis a few
v eeks ago. The physicians of the
institution last week wrote him
there was only faint hope for his
beautiful child, and she will proba-
bly, END her days an occupant of the
Asylum for the Incurable Insane.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05


The following ia one of those very
pure classical productions which
now and then, at great intervals,
are given TO the world TO enlighten,
and please, and instruct. IL imparts
. lesson which would, If generally
adopted, impose upon mankind a
system of morals which would tend
TO their advantage, their happiness
and their honor. The poem APP
peared originally in Frazer's Maga-
zine, but the authors name is not
known:
Fair the downward path is spread,
Love and light thy coming greet.
Fruit is bluShing DER thy head,
Flowers are growing meath thy feet,
NEirth and sin, with tossing hands,
Wave thee on, willing prey;
et an Instant pause-there stands
An angel in the way.
Heed the heavenly warning-know
Fairest flowers thy feet may slip;
Fruit, that like the sunset glow,
Turns 10 ashes on thy lip;
Though the joys be wild and free,
Though the path be bright and gay,
Even mortal eyes can SEE,
An angel in the way.
wilt thou drown In worldly pleasure?
wilt thou, like him OF old,
Length OF day and stores OF treasure,
Wisdom, glory, power and gold I?
Life and limbs shall sickness waste,
Want shall grind thee day by day;
still 20 win thee God hath placed
An angel IN the way.
Trusting all on things that PERISH
Shall A Hopeless faith be thine?
Earthly idol wilt thou cherish
Bow before an earthly shrine?
Meet rebuke TO mortal love,
learning for child of clay;
Death shall cross thy path and prove
An angel in the way.
When the prophet thought TO sin,
Tempted by his heather guide;
When princes grace to win,
Prophet lips would fain have lied
Even the brute the same controlled,
Found human voice TO say,
master, smite me not - Behold
An angel in the way.
So, when Vice, TO lure her slave,
WOOs him down the shining track,
Spirit hands are stretched to save,
Spirit voices warn him back.
Heart OF men to evil prone,
Chafe not at thy sins delay:
Bow thee humbIy down, and own
An angel in the way.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05

IT took eighty-six different spe-
cimeDs of the blue bird, killed and
dissected at different periods, all
summer long, to convince the sci-
entific world-thrOugh Prof. Forbes
of Illinois-that the birds would, if
let alone, have destroyed hundreds
of thousands of insect foes.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05

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