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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
See nere. Young mnn.

Many of the young men nova
days who are looking around for a
'job" want something soft and
easy. With snappy abbreviation,
they call the 'situation" they seek
a "sIt," and that is exactly the size
Of their aspirations. They speak
wiser than they know. To sit down
somewhere would of all things suit
them best. Where there IS one
honest man eager for honest and
continued labor, you will lind a
dozen who propose to give the min
imum of service for the maximum
Of pay. The dignity of drudgery,
the heroism of toiling at task, the
chivalry which prompts one to do
a mans part in the worlds work,
are conceptions that by no means
enter rs they ought into the plans
of life current among the "rising
generation
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26

OF all the qualities that combine
to form a good character, there is
not one more important than relia-
biIity. Most emphatically is this
true of the character of good busi-
ness man. The word itself embra
ces both truth and honesty, and the
reliable man must necessarily be
truthful and honest. We see SO
much all around us that exhibits
the quality, that we are tempted in
our billiOu7 moods to deny its very
existence. But there are, neverthe
less, reliable men-men to be de-
pended upon, to be trusted, in whom
Won may repOse confidence, whose
word is as good as their bond, and
whose promise is the performance.
If any one of you know such man
make him your friend. You can
only do SO, however, by assimila-
ting his character. The reliable
man is a man of good judgement.
He does not jump at conclusions.
He is not a frivolous man. He is
thoughtful. He turns over a sub
iect in his mind, and looks at it all
around. He is not a partial or one
sided man. He is apt to be very
reticent. He does not have to talk
a great deal. He is a moderate
man, not only in habits of body, but
also of mind. He is not a passion
ate man; if SO by nature, he has
overcome it by grace. He is asincere
man, not plotter or schemer.
What he says may be relied on. He
Is a trustworthy man. You feel sale
with your property or the admins
tration of affairs in his hands. He
is brave man, for his conclusions
are logically deduced from the sure
basis of truth, and he does not fear
to maintain them. He is a good
man, for no one can be thoroughly
honest and truthful without being
good. Is such a quality attainable?
Most assuredly SO. 1t is not born,
it is made. Character may he form
ed; of course, then, its component
parts may be moulded to that for
nation.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
The Solid Basis of Iron.
N. Y. Tribune.

The production of iron in the
United States is a pretty good indi-
cation of the condition of the cOun.
try's general business. During
1880, according to the figures just
made up by the American iron and
steel association, the total output of
pig iron was 4,205, ,214 tons, against
3,070,875 tons in 1879, an increase Of
l ,224, ,539 net tons. Each state where
iron is made, except West Virginia,
increased its product; and the area
of iron producing territory was ex-
tended so as to include Minnesota
and Colorado. Iron is now made in
tWenty-three states, and California
and Washington Territory are
about ready to be added to the list.
This great national industry, which
is the foundation of so many other
industries, was never before upon
SO solid and secure a basis. There
have been times when the iron
masters made money faster, but
their business was then in a fever
ish, overstimulated condition. Now
it is both heathful and profitable.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
A DepHorabue Fact.

DIR. John G. Calendar, the eff
cient superintendent Of the Tennes-
see hospital for the insane, in his
report to the legislature says:
"The fact, based on reliable statis-
tical tables, is again repeated, that
Tennessee, with more than a mil
lion and a half of population, has
not less than twelve hundred in
sane persons in her borders. Less
than four hundred of them nave
asylum accommodation, leaving
nearly or quite eight hundred who
are in jaiIs or squalid receptacles
without proper attention, or among
their families, a source of danger
and discomfort and pernIcious in
fiuence, or wandering homeless and
unsheltered on the highways. The
question remains, shall the state Of
Tennessee, Notwithstanding her
straitened financial affairs, longer
permit this condition of things to
exist?
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
WHOLE NO. 1884.
About Reporsers.

This Is reporter. You viii no.
tice how finely ne is dressed. lie
wears his best clothes every day,
because he doesn't know what Sum
| day Is. Reporters have an easy
! life. They go to work before ten
O'Clock IN the morning and are
often through with their labors by
/ twelve at night. There are many
kinds NJ reporters N society re-
porter goes to parties and weddings.
He tales down the names of the
people who have been invited,
whether they are there or not, and
prints them in the paper the next
day. Once mun started for a par
ty, but got too full for utterance be-
fore reaching there, and was locked
up. The society reporter said he
was at the party, all the same, bat
the police reporter said he was iinsd
50 for being drunk. So this man
got his name in the paper twice,
but he cut nut one of the items for
fear his wife might see them both
and think the press was making
too much OF him. Men are not
often so modest.
The sporting reporter goes TO
horse races and baseball games and
cock fights. Ii is wicked to go to
horse-races il you bet on the wrong
horse. Once there was crOquet
tournament IN large city, and the
editor OF the paper knew that sOrne-
body must write 1t up. SO he spoke
to the. sporting reporter What
have | got to do with those dizzy
croquet players ?' said the sporting
reporter; 'that's society event"
II guess you are right" replied the
editor, $50 you can go up IN the
country about two miles north of
where the street-cars run and see If
il looks like we are going to have
an early spring, and then this even
ing there are fuur land league meet
ings for you to look after" So the
sporting reporter had little some
thing To do, alter all, aud ciubbed
himself quite heartily.
A man need not have classical
education ia order 10 be good re-
porter, but he must be able To hustle
around some, and hump himself
when there il "a big fire ora murder.
Reporters can get nearer To a Ere
than any body, except the hremen,
ana the new ones do il. But the
old heads at the business know bet
ter. They stand on the corner until
tlre fire is out, aud then they get
hack and 90 TO the house OF the
man who owns the building, and
ask him how much the old she'll
was worth, and If he thinks the in
surance companies will have him
for setting it on fire. This
is when the man acts mean, and
does not open the door for them be-
cause he has just got out of bed, and
declines 10 answer questions, but If
he acts square, you bet the boys
treat him right, and in the morning
people read of him as "our estima-
Bile citizen, Mr."
Reporters seldom die early. They
are too tough. Perhaps some other
time L may tell you more about the
reporters. Many of them are mar
ried and live happily with their
wives, because they never see them
except when they come home to go
to bed. "A drowsy man can not
quarrel much.-The School Of Jour
lGtisDl, Fiyst Reader.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
A Strange BIRD.
Union City Anchor.

Some years ago Mr.. Theo. Will
liams, of this city, bought mock
ing-bird of the Gypsies and put it in
his cage. Another strange mock
ing-bird became enamored OF the
cage, and managed to kill the bird
that was purchased and took poses
sion of the cage as his home. The
bird became 50 docile and tame, that
it was permitted to range the air in
freedom where it pleased. The
cage was its home, and to it it would
return whenever it han gratified its
disposition to roam about. At the
commencement of the severe win
ter through which we have just pas
sed, it disappeared, and the cage
has been vacant until within a week
or so the same identical bird return
ed, and has taken up its lodging in
its old home. When the winters
are mild the bird remains and occu-
pies its cage through the season, but
when severe it leaves and returns
in the spring. This is the second
time it has left and returned, and
both of the winters of its absence
proved to be vigorously cold. Quer-
re-does not this bird know as much
about the seasons as Profs. Tice and
Vernon, and a great deal more than
our almanacs.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
An Unfortunate answer.
Richmond Register.

Lucien Young's noble action a
few days ago, in saving several
lives from a wrecked vessel, will be
remembered also the Kentucky
legislature in publicly recognizing
his service. A few weeks since he
was in Frankfort; and while there
visited the penitentiary, where he
met Sam Holmes, confined for the
murder of Col. Napier. Young and
Holmes were boys together at
school, and fast friends. Young
was greatly moved by Holmes un-
fortunate condition and determined
to make an effort tor his release.
To this end he called on the gov
ernor and made an earnest appeal
for pardon. Gov. Blackburn re-
Tented, and the pardon was made
out and signed. With the docu-
ment in his pocket, Young hastened
back to the prison to tell the good
news to his friend. Before telling
him, however, that he had come to
make him free man, Young quiet
ly commenced a conversation, and
after talking awhile on other sub
jects, finally said:
''San, if you were turned loose
and fully pardoned, what would be
the first thing you would do ?"
The convict very quickly re-
sponded /:
81 would go to Lancaster and kill
Judge OWsley and another scound-
rel who was a witness against me-"
Young uttered not a word, but
turned mournfully away, went out
side the prison walls, took the par
don from his pocket and tore it into
fragments.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
ohoked to Death by an Oyster.
81. Louis Post-Dlspatch.

Thomas j. Wharton, Jr., Deputy
United States Revenue Collector,
son of Judge Il. j. Wharton, enter
ed restaurant, and called for raw
oysters. Soon after the table had
been spread, Wharton, holding up
a large oyster on his forks prOngs,
good-naturedly remarked, "This Is
the kind of oyster Walter Brooks
choked TO death on" Well, Tom,
/ hope that one will not hurt you"
said his companion and scarcely
had these words escaped his lips
when, without Other converse, he
arose and walked to a back entrance.
A waiter standing near the door
cried out i'm alarm, "The gentleman
is choking ~ He died Immediate
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
How 20 stop a Newspaper.

The following concerning the
proper and gentlemanly way of
stopping newspaper, we clip from
one Of our exchanges:
"You have an undoubted right to
stop a newspaper when you feel dis
posed, upon payment Of all ar
reages. Do not hesitate to do so on
account of a tenderness Of feeling"
for the editor. Don't you suppose
he would stop buying sugar of you,
or meat, clothing, dry goods, ETC.,
if he thought he was not getting his
moneys worth, and why should you
not exercise thesame privilege with
regard to him? And when you dis
continue a paper, do so manfully.
Don't be so spiteful as to throw it
back to the postmaster with q con-
temptuous 81 don't want il any
longer!" and have "refused" written
on the margin, and have the paper
returned to the editor. No gentle
man ever stopped it in that way
no matter if his head is covered
with gray hair, that wouldn't be
honorable. If you do not longer
wish 10 receive a newspaper write
note to the editor like a man, say
ing so-and be sure that the ar
reages are paid. That is,the way to
stop newspaper"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
The Cnbbnae worm.

TO save his cabbages, and as an
experiment, Mr.. Howard tells the
Fruit Record that he mixed four
quarts Of fine salt, and a quarter Of
a pound each of red and black pep
per. When the dew was on he app
piled this mixture by means Of a
large-sized tin pepper-bOx to four
hundred cabbages, that were doubt
less as wormy lot as could be
found. He gave them but one dose,
but it did its work 50 effectually
that there has been no further
trouble on account OF these destruct-
i've pests.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
A CARD.

Owing to circumstances which have no control
have been compelled indefinitely postpone the removal
of my business Nashville. shall start East at once
repenish my stock this place. and shall my reg
uar business from this date March 81 except in certain
lines and remnants which shall continue to sell cost
less until closed shall spare efforts in future
supply the of the trade for goods my ne and
at such prices will meet their approval, and insure
prompt sales All cordially invited to give trial
Respectfully,
W Il. WThLIAN
IS Franklin ST, G1arIxsvi11e.
March 10 1ss1-f
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
There's no Hurry.
Galveston News.

There is a young man studying
law in Il Galveston lawyers office,
and the young man is not very reg
ular in his habits. Yesterday the
old lawyer said
"Why didn't / see you in court
yesterday ?"
Because / wasn't there, /
reckon, | was confined to my room
with the toothache," was the re-
sponse of the incipient Blackstone.
"Come now," said the lawyer,
good-naturedIy, stop that You
will have plenty of time to lie after
you have passed your examination
and been admitted to the bar"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
2EcENT INVESTIGATIONS

RECENT Investigations have
shown the depth of the ocean be-
tween latitudes sixty degrees North
and sixty degrees South to be near
ly three miles, or 25 fathoms. The
greatest depth which has been as
certained by sounding is five miles
and quarter, or 1920 fathoms, and
occurs in the Northwest Pacific
Ocean. This represents "a thickness
of the water layer nearly equal to
the height of the loftiest known
mountain.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26

A VERY tall, thin Highlander
said that he chad a cold in his head
originating in wet feet" She look
ed at him from head to foot and
back again, as if measuring the dis
tance the cold had to travel and
then calculated, "Gracious me !!
you must have wet your feet some
lime last year."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
ABoUr eight hundred laborers are

ABOUT eight hundred laborers are
employed in the rolling-mill, furn-
aces and founderies Of birmingham,
Ala. about 400 in the coal mines OF
CoketOn, six miles distant, and
about 100 at Oxmoor, also six miles
distant. The country surrounding
Birmingham is said to produce
more corn, cotton, wheat, oats and
potatoes, acre for acre, than the
cane-braKe.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26

THE effect ofalloying certain met
ais with certain other metals is
quite remarkable. The presence of
one-twentieth of one per cent. of
lead in standard gold will render a
bar an inch thick so brittle that it
may readily be broken by a slight
rap with a hammer.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
A HAPPY, NEW YEAR?'
NO STEPS TO CLIMB!
NO STEPS, NO STEPS,
NO STEPS TO CLIMB !.
Gallery Removed % First Floor!
March u, lSS1-tf.

Wishing to inform my friends and the
public generally, that will open my new
Photograph Gallery on the lst of January,
1881, when | will be prepared to make all
the latest styles of Photographs, Pearls,
Porcelain and Water-colored work, from
the smallest miniature to full life-siZe, Oil or
Pastill. Thanking you for your liberal pat
ronage still solicit a continuance of the
same. Pictures made in cloudy weather the
same as clear. Special attention paid in
making Pictures of Children. Come where
you have no steps to climb. Entrance on
Franklin street, opposite Fox & Smiths
hardware store.
H. DIBBLE'S ART TERRACE,
ianS-tf CIarksvilIe, Tenn.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26

HEN often jump at conclusions,
says the proverb. So do dogs. We
saw dog Jump at the conclusion OF
cat, which was sticking through
the opening of partly closed door,
and Ii made more disturbance than
a church scaudle.--O Oshkosh Adro-
cate.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
WICK -
ILLUSTRATED FLORAL GUIDE

For 1881 is an Elegant Book of I20 Pages, One
CoIored Flower Plate, and 600 illustrations,
with descriptions of the best flowers and
vegetables, and directions for growing. only
10 cents In English or German. If you
afterwards order seeds deduct the 10 cents.
ViclI's seeds are the best in the world. The
Floral Guide will tell how to get and grow
them.
Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden, Us
Pages, 6 Colored Plates, 500 Engravings. For
80 cents in paper covers; Sl.00 in elegant
cloth. In German or English.
Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine, 81
Pages, a Colored Platein every number and
many fine E,ngravings. Price Sl.25 year;
five copies for $500. Specimen numbers sent
for 10 cents; 3 trial copies for . cents.
Address JAMES WICK,
dec25, 80. Rochester, n. Y.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
Dissolution Notice.

TINHE co-partnership heretofore existing
i under the firm name of Lucas & Heggie,
in the Saw and Grist Mill business was dis
solved by mutual consent on the lst day of
Heggie from the firm Ed. t. Lucas will con-
tinue the business at the same place.
ED. T. LUCAS,
dec25. 'S)-4t l. A. HEGGIE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-26
BOOTS. Shoes,

etc, of every class. He will make to order,
or sell ready-made goods of his own make,
or supply good custom made article from
the best Eastern manufacturers. All these
he offers at a small margin of profit and
defies competition If QUALITY AND
PRICE are considered.
He has purchased this time very superior
,acc of
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-16
CREME DE La CREME.

Below we give some happy thoughts-ex-
cerp,s from various novels They are tri-
ne too good for waste basket dict-espccial-
" in the goodly Lcnten timo-ard so we
give them to tie apprcciative literary con
-titucncy of cur modest Journal:
With a laugh like hail.
never heard a sneak laugh like On hon
est man.
Eug.ishmen are stiff iamrods arc a
joke to them.
Tie capacity for happiness dies cut Of US
as we grow older
The city lying like q jewel in the lap Of
lilac tinted hills.
The self concoit Of little folks helps them
over many a stile.
lie believes in himself, which is the FIRST
principle Of courage
The hard husl. Of maHncT hil nut sound
and sweet to tie core.
His laugh Jars rPon onc jus; ike the
sound Of tearing calico.
His eyes half closed in the paltry enjoy
m snt Of a meditated stab.
Grief and pain arc bat accidents Of time
and bear US on 70 the final calm.
We are human STILL neither gods nor
devils in cur power Of endurance.
IN studying indisposition one is apt to
pick up touches Of disposition, too.
A foam bubble borne aloft for moment
on the great wave OF popular favor.
The face was marvellous in its union Of
past struggles and present triumph.
The thing you have imagined becomes
the master while You are but the slave.
Fancvinc it the Lords will when It's more
likely We can't bide 70 wait i5r His leading
The stllness is sorrowful rs If it held a
soul in pain like TIE stiffness IN the Car
den Of Gethsemane.
There was no violent disseverance; like
overripe fruit they dropped ffom the bough
and we're swept away.
Lonely as 2 cloud. lonely as a star
Frightening in its solitude and frightening
ard comforting others.
: gentleman being threatened with an
infection fever, said 70 bis little son, who in
an afectionate mood wished 70 embrace
him;
You masn'. hug ne you'll catch the
fever
Willie, standing back, looked in amaze
meat upon bis papa, who, By the way, i :
pattern Of propriety, and quietly asked
why, papa, who did you hug
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-16
LIVES FOR TIE L.lDIEs.
A niece of President Garfield is studyin
medicine in Boston.

A niece of President Garfield is studying
medicine in Boston.
Among new neck lingerie appear ker-
chiefs OF white pineapple silk embroidered
in gold
1t requires but a short time for young
lady out shopping t. learn all the counter
signs OF tie dry goods trade,
An evening dress for young lady is Of
pale blue, nuns yelling, the trimming Is OF
dull silk same color in scarf drapery.
Last years gingham5 and sateen3 are
selling for half price, and grenadines are
mIrkea down 70 less than third of their
value.
The newest piece Of economy is 10 buy
two-buttoned kid gloves and sew the partly
worn wrists Of 4 pair Of six-buttoqed gloves
upon them.
4 novelty for the throat is necklace Of
blacl; velvet. embroidered with gold thread
fastened with a gold buckle, and having
small gold pendants on the ends.
Miss Mlriaane North, a pretty English ar
tist, Is making a tour Of the world with very
high ere lentials, for the purpose Of paint
ing the distinctive Covers that grow wild.
Mrs. Thos. Logan, the divorced wife of
Joaquin Miller" the poet Of the Sierra"
is a frail brunette Of 30. Her daughter
is in . Canadian convent.
Pretty short dresses for little girls TO wear
over colorcd slips are made Of serpentine
braid, cr)ch ted into pretty open-work pat
tern.
4 cheap and pretty walking costume for
spring is 4 plaid cheyiot in shades of seal
anI lighter brown, relieved by turquoise
blue, combined with seal brown India cash
mere and trimmed with scaris Of plaid.
An exquisite imported robe IS of sheer
pink silk. The short skirt is decorated with
4 number Of narrow pleatings headed by
double puii. The daintiy arranged dra-
perry is edged with 4 wreath Of apple bios
SOM Tle froat is an exquisite apron Of
Whi.e lace
Mss Kate Field has performed a patri-
otc del IN Introducing American silks in
Paris. The great Worth approved the fab
ric and made il into 4 gown for her, and
Mr.. J. ". Mickey 50 admired it that she
ll.o ordered q quantity Of the silk. NJ.
Worth rem urked that lie didn't question
hat in few years Americans will succeed
in exceiliug the French rs makers of this
material, Tor the French silks are constantly
dc.eriorating.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-16
Trio of Trees


A magnilcen, white cak stands IN the
Quaker burying-groufd in Salem, \. J. 1t
IS more than 2o0 yeaIs old. aud Is remarka-
bic for it, amplitude Of shade IN one d.
rection its branches have a spread Of ll2
feet.
The largest chestnut tree 10 tho country
is growing On the farm Of Solomon Merkle,
al Berks, Pa, ard is nearly forty feet in
circumference at the base The top Of tho
tree is reached witboct danger by steps that
are fastened between the limbs. Il is esti-
mated that this tree contains about seven
teen cords If wood Il still yields about
three bushels Of chestnuts annually.
A russet apple tree in skowhegan, De,
was planted In 1862 II iis b.an0hes
playhouse for children Las been built fof
half century or more. The tree j. seven
feet from the ground to the branches, five
IN number, all Of which are very large and
average thiFtyiye feet in length, covering
q space OF ground sixty-three feet in diam
eter II is more than four and one-balf feet
in diameter, and has yielded an average OF
thirty bushels OF apples each year. 4 'prout
from this apple tree stands tliirty-two feet
from the pareat stem, but is ioTty-eight
years younger