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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05
ADVICE to the PRECEDENT.

The Laramie Boomerang is the
first adviser of President Arthur,
Ind closes its remark as follows:
Probably the first break you
make, Chester, will be to get mar
ried. You will feel, no doubt, as
though you wanted some one to go
to in your moments of weariness
and heart-sickness, and so you will
get wife who will assist you in
governing the country. There is no
rest like the blessed rest that comes
to the weary president who, after
prolonged cabinet session, in which
the secretary of the interior tells the
latest moral anecdote, and the sec
retary of the navy advances his the
Ory of crossing the saw-buck with
the iron-clad ram in order to get
style OF war vessel that will stand
in the short climate, goes to his
room in the solemn hush of mid
night, and falls over a glOve-fitting
corset and steps on deformed hair
pin.
You need the gentle voice of a
wife. to lead you on towards undy-
ing tame. She will tell you how to
govern the country. aud won't
charge you a cent for it. She will
readily see where you have erred in
your official capacity. and will show
yoU how you can improve upon it
next time.
She will gladly tell you what
changes to make in your cabinet,
and select some one as secretary OF
state whose complexion will match
the furniture of his office.
The chances are, Chester, that
you will revel in more kind and
thoughtful advice, and choice, ripe
suggestions from everybody than
you need. This little note is not in
tendedRso much for you to cut out
and stick over your wash-stand for
reference as to kind of put you on
your guard and make you self
reliant.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05
Standing Armies.

The standing armies of Europe
are a standing disgrace to the boast
ed civilization of the nineteenth
century. Nearly three and half
millions of soldiers under arms
keep the peace" between the six
powers-England, Russia, Ger
many, Austria, France and Italy.
Like chained mastiffs ready to fly
at each Others throats, they stand
guard over the business and the
homes of their respective countries.
What a commentary upon the act
ual relations of power professedly
friendly, yet each unable to trust
the solemnly pledged faith of the
others. And this is the developed
civilization of the present year of
grace. 1t adds to the humiliation
of this spectacle to reflect that all
this enormous waste of money, be-
yOnd what is needed for police pur-
poses, might be avoided, if the sew
eral powers would consent to mu-
tual disarmament. The burden OF
taxation, now crushing the toiling
millions of their subjects, would be
in great measure lifted, and their
waning patriotism be revived by
such an evidence of sympathy and
care on the part of their rulers, who
seem to regard their subjects as lit
tie better than food for powder. Sc
easily might this be effected that, as
q recent writer has forcibly remark
ed, ''six men in Europe" might by
agreement remove in great meas.
eure this fearful incubus. Six men,
who might become the benefactors
of their race. refuse the immortality
which such boon would assuredly
confer.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05
New York worl'

According to the returns OF the
treasury department, the enormous
number OF SO, ,452 passengers from
foreign ports were landed on our
shores during the month OF Septem-
ber. Eighty-three hundred Of these
were our own citizens returning
from abroad, and more than three
thousand were aliens who came Ell
ther on business or pleasure, intend
ing to go back. During the three
months ending September, the fig
ures stand III ,803 as against 1856, ,233
for the same period the year before.
An analysis Of the September fg-
ures is interesting. Germany Is the
largest contributor to our new popu-
httion, her quota being nearly %, 900
England and Wales come next with
over eight thousand, and Ireland
with less than six thousand.
France stands lowest on the list OF
European countries. She having
sent US only little more than six
hundred, less even than Russia,
which gave us nearly eight hundred.
There could scarcely be a better test
of the relative prosperity of the diff
ferent countries of the world than Is
furnished In these tables, since at
least 75 per cent. Of those who come
here do so because they believe
they can make a better living I'm
America than they could have done
at home. Measured by this stand
Grd, France Is the most prosperous
part of the Continent, while Canada
is being drained of its population
more rapidly than even Ireland.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05
"Our Hos.se, !"

The following pleasant reminis-
cence Of the early life of our own
distinguished congressman, Hon.
John F. House. we clip from the
Franklin Progress
Hon. John F.. House, who is a
native Of Williamson county, and a
son Of whom she is justly proud, re-
ceMed the foundation OF his educa-
tion at the old Athlophrenic Insti-
tute of this neighborhood, at that
time under the charge of that prince
Of teachers, the late Edwin Pasch-
all. The attention of the writer has
been drawn to these facts by finding
written on the fly leaf of an old Vir-
gil, which was used by John r.
House, when school boy, the
following lines with his name at
tached, (from dates in the old book
he could not have been more than
ten or twelve years old, at that
tinae)
..Virgil was buried at Naples
Oh sacred be the honored spot
That holds Asithin its womb
lie 4nA4A4OAtt Ned(it ana llttlcAllGeI5 manu.
That we'll may gface a tomb.
Naples thou art the honored spot
That holds tie bones OF one
Whose works viii be by all admired,
While heaven contains a sun.
AS long as genius hath a friend,
Or song one single charm, -
So long thy works will be preserved
From deaths destroying arm.
A q 1,,nf, ae ,,,a,,ntaf,,s a and on htoh
Or ocean heayes wave,
Thy mellow strain can never de-
No, never find O grave"
Under the above we find this
comment, "As great as Virgil was,
he died" While Col. House was a
pupil of thisschool, he, together with
several of his companions, were ar
raigned before the Trustees for vi
olation of one of the rules, which
forbade attending the neighbOring
camp meeting. The charges were
preferred, and they were told that if
they had any thing TO offer in their
defence, they were permitted to do
so. For moment all were silent.
At length. John House arose, and
entered at once upon their defence,
and although but small boy, he
entered upon the subject. with the
force and power of truth and elo-
quence, claiming that their first and
highest duty was to obey God, rath-
er than man, and that it was in 0be-
dience to sense of that higher du-
ty that they had fingered day or
two over their time at the camp
meeting. The teacher and the trus-
tees We're perfectly captivated by
his eloquent appeal, and the presi-
dent of the board, for the moment
forgot the digni4y of his position,
and said, ''he is a natural born ora7
tor" 1t is needless to say that the
boys were all acquitted. This, per-
haps, was the first attempt at a
speech that he had ever made, and
was fitting prelude to the eminence
which he has attained as an orator
and a statesman.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05

In letter written to a friend in
Terre Haute, Senator VOORHEES, de-
fends his position on the tariff at
Atlanta as follows:
"What / said there was upon ma
ture reflection. ] expected to be
criticised, and for that reason /
asked no one to share my respnnsi-
bility by consulting in advance. The
platform of 1880 was violent de-
parture on the subject of the tariff,
and has no precedent in the history
of Democratic platforms adopted in
national conventions. / have ex-
amined them all. The declaration
for "a tariff for revenue only was
never before made in National
Democratic Convention, and is a
burlesque on common sense. Every
tariff on imported goods necessarily
protects something manufactured in
the United States. TO avoid all
protection we must abolish all tariff
and resort to direct taxation. The
great question while we have tar
iff for revenue is to SO adjust it as to
afford the protection which it al
ways carries to those interests which
need and deserves protection, and
to withdraw it where it is not
needed.
This was my position at Atlanta.
No more and no less. We are COM
pelled to have a tariff for revenue,
and protection is one of its absolute
incidents, from which there is no es.
cape, and while this state of things
exist I want the West and South to
embrace the advantages which arise
from it. We lost Indiana in the
last three weeks of the campaign of
1880 on the absurd issue made by
our platform on this subject. In
our opinion that issue will never a
gain be presented in that form by
Democratic State or National con-
vention, and my purpose at Atlanta
was to aid in securing sound posi-
tion for the party hereafter. i was
warmly indorsed in the South by
leading men, who have styled them
selves Free Traders. The policy /
declare will make the South the
richest part of the Globe, and will
promote the best interests of In
diana.
"By living, moving and acting in
view of the present interests, and
not by clinging to mere theories
without any possible application,
the Democratic party has great
future, but not otherwise"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05

GOdey's Eady's Book for November
Opens with beautiful Steel Plate
engraving, "Recalled to Life" a
richly colored double-page Fashion
Illustration, with numerous engrav-
ings of various designs of the --latest
Fashions. The Diagram Pattern is
novelty in the fact that it is a
Lady's Bodice without shoulder
seams. The novelette, is a thrilling
story of land and sea, by Thomas
S. Collier, entitled beyond" "
There are numerous shorter stories
by good writers, Aunt Ruth's fun
ny sayings, and indeed the general
get-up of the magazine is worthy OF
all praise. One thing to be said of
this old favorite is, that there is
never any vuIgarity or immortality
in its pages, and, therefore, it is
worthy of a place in any refined
home. Any of our readers who do
not take the Lady's Book can be
supplied, promptly, by leaving their
orders at this office. We will fur
nish our own paper and the Lady's
Book for the low price of 81 90 per
annum. As the next issue will close
the current year, now is the time to
send in your subscription. The
publication office is 1905 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05
A Nevada Novel.
Rnno lNavA Gazaffa.

The rOmances that are put in
good shape by the novelist and
newspaper excite great interest,
while those in real life, going on all
the time, are not seen by one in a
dozen, and yet truth is stranger than
fiction. Few plays or novels have
so much real incident and so strange
chances as recently occurred to a
little family in this State. 1t con-
sisted Of the father and mother aud
bright little boy. They are well
thought of and in good society.
The father has always been a mod
ell man. He uses no tobacco, never
drinks nor swearS, and never made
his wife jealous. They were mar
ried in an Eastern State, and lived
there and here in solid comfort and
apparant happiness. Not long ago
one of those strange changes that
sometimes comes over the
wayward human heart turned the
wife's affections away from her
husband to center on a bachelor
neighbor. She asked her husband
to give her a divorce, but he refused
as he said he had no grounds. She
told him that she loved another
man better. He said, with a laugh,
that didn't amount to anything,
and the pleasant relations that had
existed between all parties re-
manned unbroken, so far as the
neighbors could see. The bachelor
was very attentive, and the lady
gave him every opportunity while
the husband manifested an utter
Indifference. The bachelor waxed
rich i'm cattle, and his trade in mer-
ehandise increased, while the hus-
band, by close attention to his busi-
ness, was providing for his family
and gathering together few head
of stock and was adding to his fru-
gal fortune. The deadlock was at
last broken, however, and just
about the time the bachelor went
out of the cattle business by dis
posing of 425 head to his rival in
the lady's affections he was granted
divorce. Whether the divorce
figured in the trade as a valuable
consideration may not be suscepti-
BILE proof, but it is freely claimed
that ii did. The husband made a
trip to the county seat and took
home the divorce and license fo1
marriage in the same pocket, and
at the wedding OF the happy couple
he danced and ate cake, but drank
no wine, as he seemed happy
enough without it. He kept the
little boy, but allows him frequent
visits to his mammals new home.
The novel might close with, land
they lived happily together forever
after,' but the oldest part of the
whole story is to follow. A little
infant appeared on the scene a few
months after the marriage, and the
new husband sent the old one q
bill for nurse and doctor fees, which
was promptly paid. Since that the
first husband has been married to
handsome young lady, and the only
drawback to her happiness Is that
her friends jokingly tell her that she
is i'm danger of being traded OF fol
team of horses. What this story
lacks In detail ii makes up in
truth.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05
CIarksViHe Wholesale Market,
ooRREcrEp BY ]. J. oRUsMAN.


SUGAR-Cut Loaf, Crushed, Powdered anc
Granulated, l0149l2c; Clarified, 914@lO1zcts
| Brown, S1z9912c.
MoLAssEs New Orleans, IS 10 55c.
CoFFEE-We quote Rio, u to lie; Java
q to 32c.
FLOuRMSuperfine IS 90; Extra. S5 so t.
| 6 90; Choice or Fancy. 81 80 to s CO., Patent
Process, SIS 50 to s 70.
STAR CANDLES-l4 to l6c.
WHISKY.Common country 81 0Ogl 20
best brands Robertson county, 81 % to 2 90.
CHEESE-Prime factory, ll1z@l619e.
RICE-Carolina, to &C.
SOAP-Bar, 447c.
OILS-Coal oil, Ice; lard oil, G0e; lin
seed OIL raw, zoe; boiled, 73c,
TURPENTINE-Spiri SEC.
VARNISH-Copal, 81 90; Japan, SOC.
Glass Window, SxlO, 81 25 per box; 1Ox
PoWDER1Rife, SO so per keg; lead,7c per
pound.
MACKEREL-No.3 per bbl., So 50 to S. 90;
BLACKING-25@60 per dozen.
NAILS-s3 D to 30.
IRON-Kentucky, 214c; Tennessee, &c.
ROPE-lI6al5c.
CESNs5O 90 to u 90 per dozen.
COLLARS 80 to Il 90 per dozen.
HAMES-S5 so to 10 90 per dozen.
AXES-SlO 90 to u 90 per dozen.
BLUE GRASS-Sl %.
ORCHARD GRASS-SI 10.
TIMOTHY SEEDS 25.
CLOVER SEED-S6 80.
RED TOP-S0c.
SHOT-SI 80 a 90.
CAPS-40ta50c per 600.
OYSTERS-l and 10. cans, 81 S0@l IS.
The following are the prices paid here at
this date for country produce:
PORK-None.
BACONzHog round, IL cts
LARD-I5
TALLOW-
PEANUTS 90 per bushel.
GINSENG-60c to 75c.
BEESWAX-l5 to lSc.
FEATHERS-new. 35 to 40c.
BEANS-White, None.
PEAS-75c to 81 90.
EGGS -l0c Der dozen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05
Thinkers Will Read and Heed
this.

When our most experienced and
practical physicians widely endorse
and recommend a medicine, know
ing from the ingredients used Il
must have an excellent general eff
feet nn the human system, and be a
true strengthener OF every organ Of
life, and recognized as Natures best
assistant in curing dyspepsia, indi-
gestion, general debility, nervous
prOstration, want Of vitality, cOnva-
iescence, fevers, chronic chills and
fever, dumb ague, female diseases,
broken down constitutions, III
health, weakness, debility, imper-
feet action Of the organs of life
and health, ect., all of which make
life miserable; then indeed should
the newspaper press of the country
call the attention Of suffering ma.
nanity to SO notorious a compound.
We refer to Browns Iron Bitters, q
remedy having the largest sale in
the East Of any medicne ever In.
vented, simply because IL has true
merit and gives permanent relief
Herald.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05
Fine BurIey crop.

The Russellville Herald-E Enter
prise says:
Our park might be utilized for the
growing of White Burley Tobacco.
1t has been demonstrated, by one of
our prominent physicians and a
business man, that the soil of Rus
sellville is well suited for that vari-
ETY. of tobacco They have the fin-
est crop of White Burley we ever
saw. They only succeeded in get
ting half their crop housed before
the frosts, however, and it is feared
they will lose the rest. They have
two plants.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05

Mr.. Edmunds sneers at the DEM
ocrats as "drawing a prize IN tho
lottery OF assassination" Only an
assassin establishes a lottery OF as
sassination. The assassin Ii a Re-
publican. Mr.. Edmunds Il too
leniently treated by Democrats.
He is a dishonored and dlshonora-
BILE man. He said In open debate.
''The electoral act will require the
electoral commission 20 90 behind
the returns" On that assurance
Democrats let Il pass. Then Mr..
Edmunds, as a member Of The COM
mission, voted not TO go behind the
returns. Cheating and mendscity
were his methods and motives He
is three-card monte man Of poll
ffRa
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05
A Nice Yonng man.

He was a nice and a very new
young man, and his employer took
kindly 10 him on the first day In
the factory, asking him to help In
"checking orr and "calling baclxD
the sizes Of certain goods. All
went we'll until the youth, in llnish-
ing up a string OF numbers, called
out: "Fifly-hve, eleven, forty-fo'-
Keno ~ A great solemn hush fell
over the rest OF the clerks as the old
man called the blushing Lad up TO
the desk and desired an explanation
and the misguided youth put his
foot In deeper ~ stamering out that
II was only ''lelce OF habit'' made
him say Il. The old gentleman eyed
him calmmly for q moment ANA
then, laying down rs cents Tor hls
days wages, sail "BOy, rake the
pot and 60 and renonnce your
sins"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05

The close confinement OF all facto-
ry work, gives the operatives pallid
faces. poor appetite, languid, mis-
erable feelings, poor blood, inactive
liver, kidneys and urinary troubles,
and all the physicians and medi-
cine in the world cannot help them
unless they get out of doors or use
Hop Bitters, the purest and best
remedy, especially for such cases,
having abundance of health, sun
shine and rosy cheeks In them.
They cost but a trifie.- Christian
Recorder.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05

Catarrh poisons the mucous men,
brane, poisons the blood and vital
fluids, poisons the lungs, liver and
kidneys. From a simple cold to
the rotting, sloughing and death of
the senses of smell, taste and hear
ing, Sanford's Radical Cure for Ca
tarrh is supreme. Complete treat
ment 81.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05
UOI1N . 4 IN EAo A1sEsl
New Providence, Tenn, Oct. 81. 1881.

THE campaign in Massachusetts
is so dull that the Springfield Union
is led to announce that "the atten-
ton of the public is called to the
fact that there is a political cam
paign going ON in Massachusetts. II
Is understood that Gov. Long is a
candidate for reelection, and one
Thompson, Democrat, expects to
run him q close race"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05
ECLIPSE
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
Corner strawberry and Second sts.,
GAINESVILLE, TENNESSEE

VENNoR looks for a continuance o
the warm wave on this continent
during the approaching winter, bro
ken by waves of low temperatures of
brief duration. He disregards the
sun or sun spot theory, and predicts
an open winter.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05

Hon. VIM. Taylor, Bosfou, II wei
again. Completely cured Of a scroi-
nlous hum0r which poisoned his
blood. covering his face n1d nee
with sores, by Cuticnrn hsNolt
internally and Cuticura and t
ra Soap externally.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-05
Talmase ON the pistol.

The gifted Talmage has said
many good things in his brilliant
sermons but none more timely and
applicable to an abominable exist.
ing evil than the following:
Another practical use of this
great national calamity is that it
has disgusted more than ever the
people with free use of firearms.
On the frontier, or if it is your busi-
ness as an officer of the law to make
an arrest of a desperado, you had bet
ter be armed (; but it is high time
that alls respectable citizens snap in
two their sword canes and unload
their deadly weapons. If you move
in respectable society in Brooklyn
or New York, or Washington, or
London, you have no need of any
more weapons than God gave YOU
two honest fists, and they are very
easily loaded. If you feel the need
of having pistol in your pocket
you are a miserable coward. If
you are afraid to go down the street
unarmed, you had better get your
grandmother with her knitting nee-
dies to go with you. A pistol is the
meanest and most Internal weapon
ever invented. 1t is the weapon of
sneak. l would as soon carry a
toad in my vest pocket.
WE clip the following notice of
the death of Rev. T. S. Cullom's lit
tie boy from the Nashville American
of Oct, %:
A son of Rev. Thomas S. Cullom,
a Methodist minister, was killed at
Bellevue, in this county, by tree
falling on him. The boy, who was
only eight years old, was out hunt
ing with SOME men, who freed pos
sum. In order to get the game they
cut down the tree, with the fatal re-
suit mentioned. Rev. Thomas Cul-
lom and wife, who were at the Ten
nessee Conference at Lebanon, ar
rived here yesterday afternoon, in
to telegram announcing
the sad event.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-16
JnSticeA Court.

Justice Allison's court was engaged mo st
of yesterday afternoon in tho hearing of
some criminal cases from the 3rd district,
which had been continued from last week.
First Mauley Pickle was ON trial charged
with stealing and killing hog belonging to
Sarah Burns. After an investigation the
defendant was discharged, the case not
being made out.
Jas. Nail, who took out the warrant in the
above case and also made the arrest OF
Pickle, as special officer, was then arrsigned
and tried for unlawfully assaulting Pickle
while under arrest. He was also dis
harged.
Pickle then swore out three moro war
rants, before Justices Allison and Brooks,
against Nail, for assault and battery, profan-
ity, etc., and Nail gave bond for appearances
next Friday. the Aats Of the trial
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-16

popular manufacturer of Syracuse, N. Y.
writes: ~ felt generally debilitsted and
my health failing me. longed and prayed
for an iron constitution, that might be nd
of the many annoyances of in-health. But
dyspepsia and urinary troubles, attended by
nervous prostration, had gotten hold of me,
and felt my time had come. Nothing
seemed to give me any permanent relief.
Finally happened to see an advertisement
of Browns Iron Bitters. Bless me, says
I, that's just the medicine for me pre-
cisely.' And so it was. By the powers Of
Ireland, it has cured me of all my troubles
and given me constitution Of iron"