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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04
Tho Prompt Payment of Bulls.
Industrial Gazette.


The advantages to be derived
from the prompt payment of bills
are not sufficiently recognized by
many business men. That defer
ring payment of bills beyond the
time of their maturity is an act of
injustice towards the payee is clear
ly seen, but the injury suffered by
the payer, in case OF delay, is not so
noted. When a firm
pays its bills tardily, Investigations
into its credit and suspicious of the
of its financial standing
naturally arise, causing loss of busi-
ness and vexation to the firm, even
when it Inay be perfectly able to
pay all claims against if. On the
when a firm pays its bills
promptly, it is the best guarantee
that its financial standing is good,
and confidence in its stability is 80
great that no questions are asked.
Moreover, the prompt payer of bills
can always buy goods cheaper than
a negligent payer, whose trade is
often Stunned by the best firms. 1t
would be well for tardy payers,
even if they are too selfish to con-
slider the just claims of payees, to
spend little time i'm rejecting on
the great injury to themselves which
results from delay in settling their
bills.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04
pERKER'S DOG MARIA.
wby Mrs. Brown Has Gone Back to Her
Mother lrf


why Mrs. Brown Has Gone Back to Her
Mother. l-t
"Who is Maria ?" was the ques-
ton that startled Mr.. BrowE (who
talks in his sleep) as he walked the
either Inorning and found Mrs.
Brown sitting up in bed with an
interrogation point in one eye and
an exclamation point in the other.
"Maria? Maria who?
"That's Just what / want to know;
YOU repeated the name over and
over again last night"
"Let me see-oh, yes; that's Par
ker's dog4-a splendid animal. I've
been trying to buy her." it
"You ought to own her, certainly
YOU'RE so excessively fond of her.
You asked Parker's dog to put her
arms around your neck and kiss
you. You even went so far as to
tell Parker's dog that you loved
her with all your heart, and that
when you came to die If you could
only lay your head on Parker's
dogs bosom, you could breathe
your life out sWeetly there. Then you
asked Parker's dog to have another
plate of ice cream, and il the watch
you had given her kept good time.
During the night you kissed Par
ker's dog a dozen times, called her
all the pet names known, and prov
ed to, me conclusively that you
ought to live with Parker's dog,
and not with me-" .lt ..l.
Mrs. B.own has gone to her
mother.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04

of sold sledge,' with now and then q
drink from Black Bette the
name of the black bottle that
stood on the table, and / supervised
the game.
"'Well, you see,' Mr.. Lincoln
continued, my education in this
line having been entirely neglected,
was alone and felt lonesome. /
spread my blanket on the floor and
stretched out, and could not help
thinking that the girls were about
right when they used to say, ABE
is long for this world / looked up
and there, hanging on one of the
.joists, | beheld what appeared 4
mighty good streak of luck. 1t was
a file of forgotten newspapers. I
reached for them and they came.
1t was the Kaskaskia Gazette. The
first paper that attracted my atten-
ton contained speech ofthe prom
ising young lawyer, Mr.. (now
Judge) G., my opponent, in which,
as | now recollect it, he took strong
grounds in favor of the old Federal
party
"At this point we all cried, False!
false Lincoln continued: 'It has
been u long while ago, but i don't
think i am mistaken when / tell
you that in that speech the Judge
gave the Democracy an awful
thrashing. He held them up before
the world in all their sinfulness;
said they were standing proof ofthe
truth of the doctrine of total deprav-
ity. He actually accused them of
dishonesty, and, / am sorry to say,
proved it. AT this point the noise
and confusion were so great that it
was impossible to hear anything
further. Our. anger was kindled.
We were ready to fight at the drop
of the hat and drop Yourselves.
Things looked mighty squally for
a few minutes when Lincoln
stretched out his long, bony arm
and, pointing his finger at the en-
ragged audience, said, in his irresist-
ible voice: Hold on; believe
have got the speech with me now,
and if there is Democrat. in
the house that can read, let
him come forward and read it for
yOu.' A reader was soon found, but
] don't think he had got half
through before the 'hurrahing COM
menced,' while most of the dyed
in-wool' Democrats adjourned, fully
satisfied that he had been terribly
scoOped." .-..
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04
THE NAUGHTY PARSONS.

The Tennessee Conference, at its
recent session at Franklin, had d
committee on temperance, and
passed some very vigorous temper
perance resolutions. Nothing
wrong in that am sure, since the
Holy Scriptures condemn drunk
ards and drunkard-makers but the
Readjusters hereabout are sup
porting a man for Governor who is
very tender-footed on the whisky
question, and they object to having
that subject mooted at this particu-
lar time. This august body of min
listers and laymen got to themselves
no credit from the Bate men for pro-
nouncing against whisky and the
whisky traffic, i'll the region where
they assembled. / have it from a
Bate man that there was a great
deal of dissatisfaction in the ranks
to which he belonged, on account
of the action of the conference.
Fight whisky and you insult the
,Readjusters. $50
Now it strikes me as a very sig
nificant fact that the great body of
the Tennessee ministry, as / have
reason to believe, are for State-cred-
it and temperance. Not that they
have become politicians, but the
politicians have projected moral
questions, involving the conscience,
into the arena of party antagonisms,
and the preachers, called OF God to
eXpound the great code of right
eousness, feel constrained to be obe-
dient to the scriptural injunctions
in regard to sobriety and the settle
ment of debt. These are questions
ofmOrals, which, in the fear of God,
they are compelled to regard.
That Gen. Bate is the liquor deal
ers' candidate, and that he has su-
preme contempt for the temperance
movement, are facts which no en-
and unprejudieed man
will deny. Though not a drunkard
himself, he is in sympathy with
the whisky traffic, having recently
openly declared that the temper
ance legislation of the State was
oppressive, and therefore wrong.
That he will attempt to undo it
there is no doubt in my mind. The
platform upon which he stands is
in violation of the law of God. The
Readjusters, having encroached up
on the moral law, of course they are
to be withstood by all Christian
ministers who have not sold them
selves into party bondage. .yf taI
On principle the Bate men that /
have heard talk are entirely whip
ped out, and they are just swinging
to the ticket just because they don't
like some of the prominent Fussell
men. 1t is absolutely ..sickening to
hear them belch out their inveterate
spleen against Wright, Cooper,
Cheatham and Others, as though
these men, whether duly sober at all
times or not, are incompetent to use
their influence against whisky and
the whisky traffic. | know not, but
if they are dram-drinkers, all honor
ought to be accorded to them for CO.
operating with the temperance
forces. Many honorable men, who
yielded to the vice ofdram,drinking,
are most anxious to drive. whisky
out of the land. Just because these
men are connected with the Fussell
Democracy, l heard Low-tax
Good Templar say the other day
that he would vote for Bate, even if
ne was whisky.head. Alas for
such Temperance as this!
.. f.E sr... ...- FRANKLIN.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04

Col. Sam. P. WINS, of the Athens
Post, is announced in the last issue
of his paper as the Democratic can
didate to torepresent McMinn county
in the lower house of the next Gen
eral Assembly. We would like
very much to hear Of the election of
Brother WINS. He is a State Cred
it man and would do all he could to
remove this debt question perma-
nently from the politics of the
State, .a'
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04

Messrs. Howard. Dugan & Co.,
the enterprising and skilled car
riage and wagon manufacturers,
turned out on Thursday, for Capt.
Crusman's Evergreen Lodge" !"
one of the most substantial and
handsome delivery wagons we have
ever seen in the city. 1t is an ex-
cellent piece of workmanship, and
reflects much credit on this young
firm
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04

IT is now a settled fact that a
State Credit Legislature will be
elected. The people are determined
that the State debt settlement shall
not be disturbed andi thrown back
into the politics Of tfeState, to dis
turb and injure its material pros
perity and the happiness of society.
To this end let every good citizen
bend his energy on the 9Th prox-'
imO. 3=.-sEE -. -st --+fE
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04

THE Hopkmsville fire could be
plainly seen from tliis city, and du-
ring the early part of the night a
large crowd of our citizens congre-
gated on lst Cross and Franklin
streets, from which point, looking
directly north, it was vividly out
lined on the horizon, lighting up
the northern heavens. The distance
through is about twenty-five miles.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04
Reasons Uby the 60-3-4-5-6 Settlement of
TenHeSsee'S Debt Should Stand.

/. 1t is honorable, just and right.
2. 1t is compromise contract en-
tered into by the representatives of
the bOndholders ON the one side and
the constituted and legally author
lied agents of the State on the
other.
3. Because it is a settlement based
upon the best terms that could be
obtained as the results of negOtia-
ton with the creditors of the State,
who have a right to Il voice in the
matter.
4. Because the Democratic party,
founded upon honesty and justice
the administration of public affairs,
in Its platform of 1880 pledged the
Legislature to settle the debt on the
best terms that could be obtained,
rs the result of negotiation. ...
5. Because it would cost the Stale
millions upon millions of dollars to
unsettle it.
6. Because to unsettle it would be
violation of the Constitution of the
United States and also of the State
of Tennessee.
7. 1t would bring confusion and
disaster upon Tennessee.
8. 1t would destroy the Democrat
lc party and establish Reputation.
8. 1t would consume the time OF
the Legislature, by useless wrang-
ling to no good.
10. 1t would destroy the credit Of
the State at home and abroad, and
.retard her growth and prosperity.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04

WHY is it that the colored voters
of Montgomery county are threat
ened with the penitentiary if they
vote for the principles of their par
ty. Such is the insinuation of the
bull-dozing Readjusters organ. Is
it penitentiary otfense for acOlored
man to vote his convictions
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04
What rs Coming.
Philadelphia Times.

Ohio simply starts the tide of Re
publican defeat that willsweep over
Pennsylvania, New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana,
and Illinois may be greatly bent il
not brok en- in the storm. The les
son of Ohio is the lesson OF Republi-
can disintegratiOn. , d. s-
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04
How il was Done.

G. @How do you manage said a lady
to her friend, @to appear SO happy and
good natured all the time?" al. al.
ways have Parker's Ginger Tonic han
dy," was the reply, and thus easily
keep myself and family in good health
When 1 am well | always feel good
n l1tura1
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04

VoTE for Rhodes and Alternately,
they are pledged to maintain the
settled law of the land and keep
this hurtful question out of the pol
itics of the State. =. --..sH. -r
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04

IT was a proud day for Tennessee
when Senator Harris arose in his
place in the United States Senate
and hurled back with courtly scorn
the charge of the readjuster Malone
that all the Southern States had
scaled their debts, among them Ten
nessee. Harris proudly and def
antly reminded the Virginia de-
faulter that Tennessee had Just set
tied her debt dollar for dollar with
3 per cent. interest. The pleased
Senate listened and applauded the
Tennessee Senator, and the Demo.
cratic Senators thought how well
Harris name would look occupying
the second place on the presidential
ticket of 1884. Alas ! How are the
mighty fallen = Memphis Ard-
LdUche.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04
Wbaf',T You Take?

Young Glucky, of the Union Club,
had been up in Marion county
shooting for a week, when he re-
ceived a dispatch calling him home.
"My dear boy" said his partner,
taking him aside, "have you the
courage to bear up under a terrible
blow ?'' a.
"W-w-h-h.at is it?" gasped
Glucky. .t .
"Your wife has eloped."
"Great Scott !" said the deserted
husband "with whom"' -''a s.-
"With your tailor"
y"You don't say So" replied the
bereaved man, with a beaming
smile. Why, / owed him 5000.
What'll you take" Heaven does
indeed temper the wind to the
shorn lamb. 1.. aauf .|.. Il
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04

The Leavenw0rth sugar factory
will consume 400 bushels of corn
per day, or 100000 bushels during
the wear.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04

1t is estimated that Georgia win
have IA, 600, 900 bushels Of sweet POI
tatoes for sale this fall and winter.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04

Victims to Constipation and its uh-
told miseries can keep in good condi-
ton, by moderate use of Ayers Pills
the surest, safest and most reliable
Cathartic,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04
cohOred Republicans Teaching Public Honesty
10 tennessee Democrats.

Jack Lecch, (colOred,) OF Will
hanson, was interviewed ON the
campaign by a prominent Demo
crat, to-wit:
"Well, Jack, are all the colored
men in your neighborhood going TO
vote for Hawkins?" b.. ..
"YEs, SIR, all of them are going
TO vote for Hawkins. Hawkins will
get more votes here this year than
he did two years ago"
care none of them going to vote
Tor Bate or FusSell 2" ......
"No, sir-well some of them may
vote for this man Fussell."
"Why WiIlthey vote for Fussell ?
"Fussell will pay the State debt
and Hawkins will pay the State
debt, but this man Bate won't pay
nothing. The man that won't pay
his debts amt worth damn" ."ll'
Woman.-A Kennedy For Her OnIy
Cheaper than physicians bills, and
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is prepared for them only, and is spe-
cially adapted to cases where the
womb is disordered, and will, cure all
irregularities OF the amenses," or
@monthly courses" whether acute or
chronic, by restoring the discharge.
This great boon is DIR. Bradfeld's
Female Regulator, and known and
recognized as @Woman's Best Friend"
Prepared by DIR. ]. 3radfeld, Atlanta,
Ga. Price: trial size, 75c; large size,
$50. For sale by all druggists. Ia1
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-04

Hurrah, hurrah, for the hickory tree,
The tough and slaunch old tree
Its branches cover all the ground,
1t roots in Tennessee.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-12-30

The following from the Albu-
querque Democrat is every word
true, as we know from actual OBJ
servation, having tramped and
mingled with these men for nearly
three years in the mountains, and
sat around their camp fires through
the long winter evenings.
"There lisa general impression
among the people that prospectors
are a shiftless, drunken class Of
men, with no respect for law and
order. We will admit that there
are some such among the boys, but
the average prospector has an hon
orable object in view and fights
manfully with pick and shovel to
fulfill it. Some Of the best mechan-
les in the land are to-day rowing
over the mountains and valleys,
and enduring hardships, that peo-
pie living in houses seldom dream
of, or can imagine. Men of such a
high character and standing can be
found among this class Of workers,
that, were they to return to their
native homes, they would be re-
ceived in the best society and with
open arms. Don'tjudge man by
his clothes and don't put a man
down as a lawless, careless citizen
because he wears his pants III his
boots, and looks to the mountains
for his fortune"
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-12-30
NUMBER II.

come to the public bccr-halls tho
same as men. A New York ruflian
would find himself in the lookup in
an instant. lie would be regarded
here as a sort of wild beast, and
the estimation put upon him would
be very correct.
When l say everybody drinks
beer | mean everybody. Young
girls, old women, babies in arms,
all drink it. a mother in arms
brings her child into the beer gar
den, and takes it from the broast to
put to its lips the heavy beer she is
drinking; and the little infant9pulls
at it with afervor that proves its
liking. They have a curious habit
Of drinking out Of one glass. At a
table where family is sitting, two
little girls will have Il glass between
them, at which they take alternate
pulls and very friendly people
drink from the same glass. 1t is
one Of the most touching sights in
nature to see young fellow with
his sweetheart at a table under
tree. They invariably drink out Of
one glass, and the tender solicitudo
with wich he insists that she shall
drink, and the sweetness with which
she pushes it back to him that he
may have his full share are very
pretty indeed. However, none of
it is ever left in the glass, except
i'll rare instances.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-12-30

The Albuquerque Democrat very
truthfully says:
The coal mines of New Mexico are
the largest outside of Pennsylvania
and as they have been but little de
velopcd, it is impossible to accu-
rately figure on the future Of these
beds. All the work performed in
the Nacimiento district gives good
returns, and the different claims in
the Sandals promise to become
large producers. The Ratonmincs
hold out well, and are good for
many years to come. The same
can be said oftho mines on the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad, and
many other districts"
We wish to add that the White
Oaks coal fields viii be found mex
haustible, and the quality cannot
be cXceIied anywhere in the United
States, as every cne knows here
who has to build fires those cold
mornings.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-12-30
FREAKS OP FANCY.

Mr.. Redundancy has noticed;
That the boy who is most afraid
of the girls is the first to be corral
ed into matrimony.
That the little boys prefer boys
to girls. That they soon change,
never to go back to their early
love.
That the little girls love the girls
best. That they don't get over
their preference as soon rs the boys
do-some OF them never.
That the women love the men
because they love everything they
have to take care Of.
That men love women because
they can't help it.
That the wife loves her husband
50 well that she has no thoughts
for other men.
That the husband so loves hi,
wife that he loves all women fol
her sake.
That the married man is apt tC
think himself all-killing among the
fair sex, simply because he has
found the woman fool enough tC
marry him
That honely husbands are the
best They never forget the com
pliment paid them by their wive.
in accepting them.
That homely wives are the tru
est. They know how to make the
most Of what they have.
That the man who marries late
in life does well.
That the man who marrios young
does better.
That the man who never marriet
is to be pitied.
That the woman who marie
does well.
That the woman who does no
marry does better nine times ou
Of ten.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-12-30
Maligners Of Good Mining Properties

The depression that has so long
rcigned over the Mining Industry,
is not likely to receive much aid to
its removal, when so-called Mining
newspapers lend themselves to still
further impair confidence in it, by
permitting to appear in their col
umns the rabid effusions of some
evil minded scribbler, who, for
want Of better occupation, vamps
up some vague rumor, and dresses
it in the garb ofimportant "nows, "
which if due considerations had
been givcn it, would to most con
servatiyc minds, have been sufici-
cnt reason to have consigned it to
tie waste basket. Especially should
this have been the fate to Il recent
announcement about one particular
property, which, conversant a We
are with some facts about its char
Gcter and location, seems TO have
been made the object Of 4 most
libcllous misrepresentation Of its
roal merits. Whether the indiyid
ual who furnished the statement.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-12-30
KATIE's REPLY.

Och Katie's a rogue. it is true,
But her eyes, like the sky, are so blue,
An her ,iimplcs so swate,
An her figure so nate,
She dazcd mn she bothered nc, too
Till one momin' we wint for a ride,
Nhin demurc as bride, by my side,
The darlint, she sat
With the wickcdest hat,
Meath purity girls chin iyer tied
An 1 said "IfT dared to do SO,
I'd let 90 ov the baste, an I'd throw
Both arms round your waist
An be stain taste
w them lips that are coaXin' me so
Then she blushcd more illigant red,
An she said, without raisin her head,
An her eyes lookin' down,
Meath her lashcs 50 brown,
Would ye like me to dhrive, Misthc
Ted?
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-12-30
Beer.

Nasty in Exile in Toledo Blade.
Their drinking customs are com
plicated. You salute every man at
the table you sit down at, whether
yon know him or not and, if you
are in a party Of friends every one
must touch glasses with every one
else, with the salutation "Prosit Z"
which is, "God help you! !" when
ever You put the glass to your lips.
On arising from the table you must
salute every remaining sitter with
"Adicu,' which also includes the
girl who has waited upon you, the
woman who draws the beer, and
the proprietor, who is doing the
heavy standing around,
They are very jolly over their
beer in quiet and rather heavy
way, but never specially noisy.
Rowdyism is something entirely
unknown, as women and children
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-12-30

A Mincis a developed property
with ore in paying quantities, and
has a real determined value. A
prospect IS a location, with the
possibility or perhaps probability,
Of some day being developed into
anime, and is worth just what you
can get for it. Men are apt to
think they have the first when in
reality they have only the second,
and put on a price accordingly. a
mine is big thing: prospects are
plenty, and few people in this
country are to poor to be without
one or more. .-RocIy Nomtain
Mining R6@elo.