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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-09
Reliability.

The very best possible test of the
reliability of any article Is its pop
ularity. 1t is an old and trite say
ing that "a burnt child breads the
fire." and nowhere is this maxim
more appropriate than in the case
of persons suffering from some NAL
ady which many preparations have
failed to relieve. No one continues
to take medicine which does him
no good, and certainly no one would
testify to the beneficial qualities of
o remedy which had not benefited
him. 1t Is an easy matter TO claim
numerous virtues for an article, but
unless those claims are backed up
by testimony, they ''go," sls the
French say, without saying.pbr.
Browns Iron Bitters, Inanufac-
tured by the Brown Chemical Com
pany, Of Baltimore, Md, Is an ar
ticIe for which the manufacturers
claim many virtues, and they have
thoroughly substantiated their
claims by giving below mum erous
testimonials 10 its worth from oiti-
zens OF our own State who. have
been benefited by its use. ff.y r.,..
Mr.. VIM, Tyner, Big Springs,
Bradley county, says: "Brown's
Iron Bitters entirely cured me Of
chills and lever" s#
Mr.. Joseph Woods, of Bear Creek,
Carol county, says: "Bfown's
Iron Dittcrs relieved me speedily
and permanently Of loss Of appetite
and weakness" H.t rTf3fTf u~r
Mr.. w NJ. Green, of Alum Wells,
Hawkins county, says: Browns
Iron Bittcr5 cured me of chronic
chilIs and debility of q months STAN
ding, when'all the other remedies
failed" .-s. % .--......
Messrs. Spencer & Brown, Green's
vile, Green county, Tenn, say:
"The constantly increasing demand
for Browns Iron Bitters Is an evi-
dence OF its merit and popularity.
1t is favorablysspoken Of by those TO
whom we have sold it."
Rev. ID. f. Manly, Tampico.
Granger county, Tenn, says: AZ
was suffering from nervous prostra-
tion followed by Indigestion, with a
tendency to congestion OF the brain.
i used Browns Iron Bittens as di-
rected, and began to improve after
taking the first dose" .l,,,-t.
MIR. Jesse ElmOre, of Messy Creek,
Jefferson county, says: 81 have
used Browns Iron Bitters and most
heartily recommend 1t TO the public
for dyspepsia, indigestion and ner-
vous prostration-" ..-.t 49,
Browns Iron Bitters will relieve
intermittent fevers, dyspepsia, In
digestion, malaria, and all diseases
entailing loss Of appetite, lack Of
strength and energy. 1t Is univers-
ally pronounced an invaluable tom
ic,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-09
Then / stood up.

ACn SbOO0
THAT boy" said I, "wretched,
homeless outcast that he once was,
now stands before your
She turned ashen white, arose,
and staggered toward the door.
told her to stop, l had something to
say to her.
"Let mego," said she; "I showed
no mercy to you and l expect
none."
Then my heart was touched.
"Mrs. st. John," | said, 81 will
pardon your husband, but on one
condition only"
She eagerly asked me to name it.
sit is this" said I, ''that you will
teach your children the folly and
the evil consequences of pride that
you will guard them against its
wicked and nefarious influences
through life, and that your husband
will likewise reclaim and lead diff
ferent life." :
She readily consented to my re-
quirements, and in few moments
more she was on her way home,
bearing the joyful tidings to her
little children.
The lesson that I taught her 1 hope
may be benefit 10 them through
life. h E.r
She and her husband moved to a
distant city, where he reformed and
became a useful aud respectable
citizen, and often speaks of me, /
understand, with profound graft
tude.
l am bachelor yet, and there is
but one woman to whose memory l
ever drop a tear. And that is to the
memory of my mother.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-09
Death on the STAGE.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 30.-1This af-
ternoon, at the Coliseum Theatre.
in the fourth act of the play, 81 Slo.
cum, Crank Frayne) In shooting
the apple off the head of Luch Slo.
cum, personated by Miss Annie Won
Behren, missed and shot Miss Won
Behren in the head. She died in
fifteen minutes. Frayne was ar
rested immediately. The curtain
fell and the play Was stopped. The
audience supposed the victim was
only slightly hurt. Frayne used a
Stephens rifle, % calibre, and was
executing backward shot. The
catch-snap Of the rifle was imperfect
and slipped just as the hammer fell
and blew the cartridge out back.
ward. ni' h-'f ElA
When the curtain went down af-
ter the fatal shot, the excitement
behind the scenes was so great as TO
create alarm lest a panic might en-
sue among the audience Of $500.
Frayne's cries and lamentations
were so violent that he was heard
before the curtain. Manager Fen
messy was too excited TO say any
thing, but he sent a friend to the
front to say the accident was slight,
but the play'would not proceed
further. The audience then retired
in order, though one lady tainted.
Manager FenGessy took charge of
Frayne, and though the latter de-
manded to be locked up, he got Mr..
III. Heuk to go before Judge Hig-
ley, of the Police Court, and give
bond for his release from arrest.
The bond was fixed. at $4,000.
Frayne's mental condition was such
that one or two OF his friends kept
close watch over him at the hotel.
The theatre is closed for tonight,
and probably will not be opened
this week. The Coroner viewed the
body of Miss Won Behren, and IL
was then removed TO Undertaken
Habig's, where 1t will be until word
is received from her friends In
Brooklyn. 1t is said that she was
engaged to be married shortly to
Frayne. The cause OF the accident
was the lowering of the barrel by a
fault in the spring catch. Frayne's
shirt was burned by the powder,
and a part OF the shell was driven
backward. .f
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-09
WHOLE NO. 2,452.
Frank James Turned Pnrsos,
Chicago Tinas Kansas citv a,,a,sa,

chicago Times Kansas City Special,
In an interview with Frank
James reference was made TO In
gersoll, who, when here last week,
said the criminal ought to be hung.
The prisoner denounced the colonel
as Dlasphemer and a hypOcrite.
"Ingersoll," continued Frank.
''goes abroad denouncing the Bible
the most sacred of all books, He
ridicules It's teachings and the Sa-
vlour, and yet, amid all this, he
has hearers to the number OF 1000.
while man for using an indecent
word while drunk, will be confined
thirty days. NY God! how can
such a state of affairs be? Any man
who would assail the sacred book
would dare to do anything. The
Lord Is my helper. care not what
men do or say against me. Inger-
soil is doing unspeakable f1jury to
the nation. He is sowing The seeds
of iniquity in the minds OF our
youth" A visitor replied :"He Is
causing them to think. He advo-
Gates adherence TO no doctrine. He
Is a lover and helper OF his fellow
men" James said, speaking to
the visitor; "Even i'm YOU we have
an illustration of evil influence up
on the youth. You are young
man, and one, suppose whose
mother endeavored to rear in the
light of Christian truth, but in your
advocacy of Ingersoll you are on
the downward path, and unless you
turn frOm-the evil way you will 90
to hell.n The visitor. endeavoring
to retrieve, said he did not indorse
Ingersoll, but believed in free
thinking that God never made
man to damn him.. To this Mr..
James replied "In man there is
an intuition which tells him there
is God, and any man who says
to the contrary is a hypocrite. He
deceives himself. God does live,
and he will sometime strike Inger-
soil to the earth for his bIasphemy.
How any man can live and have
his being in this universe and say
there is no God, L don't KNOW
Turning to the visitor, who said he
would have to retire, he said: "If
you follow Ingersoll you some day
may be where am now-in jail
and l know finally in he'll. SO turn
aside. There is no one more leni-
ent than the Creator, aud you may
yet escape the torments Of hades."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-09
Harper's Bazar.l
"sAFE ~ MoTHER'S ARMS Again.

Lizzie Selden was stolen from the
sidewalk of her home in Brooklyn,
August 80, and was restored to her
parents August 81.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-09
Taking WITH the Retgh6ors.
GaIlatin Examiner.

The Telephone Exchange will
soon be in operation in Gallatin.
The lines to Bowling Green and
the upper Cumberland will be built,
and then we can talk to all our
neighbors. To the people up the
river it will be a great advantage
as they have no telegraph wires.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-09
Improvement for Mind and Body.

There is more strength-restoring
power in a bottle Of Parker's Ginger
Tonic than in a bushel OF malt or a
gallon of milk. AS an appetizer,
Blood purifier and kidney .corrector,
there Is nothing like 1t, and iilvalics
consequently find it a wonderful in
vigordnt for mind and body.-OmD-
nlercidi
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-09

Miss RAMABEL Is a. y0Qng lady
of twenty, anda n native of India.
She can read, write, and talk In
twelve. different languages, and
knows all about mathematics, AS
tronomy, and historys She Is said
to be the most learned rwomanl in
the world. Such q woman as that
is handy to have about for purpos-
es OF reference, like q dictionary.
What q wife she would make for
country editorl ri ~ % lffra
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-09

hiZZic IOCIuCu was otOiSh HUH tiiS
sidewalk of her home in Brooklyn,
August %, and was restored to her
parents August 81.
Stolen! A dean little child of four,
Lured away from her fathers door.
FLASHED the tidings through cities three.
Where, oh, where could the darling be?
Who had stopped to a dastard's deed
Where would the craven footsteps lead?
With anger and pity we paled and burn
And over the lost one all hearts yearned.
Slow and silent came evening down.
Bringing peace to country and town;
Little children in nurseries dim
Sweatly lifted the evening hymn;
Little cherubS in robes OF white
Lowly knelt in the fading light;
Mothers dropped on the shining hair
Kisses to finish the goodnight prayer.
Where was Lizzie? Whose couch should
hold
The rified lamb of a sheltered fold?
Haply in some dark haunt of sin,
Where tolls of evil the tempters spin;
There-a terror to drive one wild
There might be this innocent child.
HAPPY some vile and poiSnous brew
A fiend might press to her lips of dew;
Curses might ring in the baby ear,
Used to q fathers careSses dear;
Blows on the quivering flesh might fall-
The sternest well might the thought ap-
pail.
Two days crept, mid suspense distilled
Hour by hour, hope glowed and chilled
Then there came with an awe profound,
Fear lest she might never be found.
Better to close the violet eyes,
Better the bed where the grave-wind signs
Than to part with her thus. Could par
ent bear
That horror of anguish and long despair
With anger and pity we paled and burn
ed,
And stiil DER the lost one grieved and
yearned.
Flashed a message along the wires,
Thrilling the joy the word inspires,
Through three great cities, and thence
afar, -
Wherever parents and children are:
Traced and found, TO her heme restored
Oh, the rapture of thanks outpoured!
Ended the anguish, the gnawing pain;
She is safe in her mothers arms again"
One moment supreme,.when the mothers
grasp
Gathered the child in the passionate clasp,
When strong men shook with their fierce
heart-throbS,
And hid their faces and smothered their
SobS;
When the father, white with the ordeal
past,
Forgot the woe in the joy at last;
When the little one, laughing, cooling,
Was covered with kisses from head to
feet.
" Safe safe in her mothers arms again )!
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-09
For Farm Boys to Learn.

From western paper we extract
the following practical remarks /;
they will be useful to every one on
a farm: How many of the boys
who read this paper could "lay OFF,
an acre of ground exactly, providing
one of the dimensions was given
them? Now "Hoe Handle" likes
to be useful, and l have taken some
pains to make out a table, and |
would like to have every one of the
farm boys learn it. There are 100
square rods in an acre, and there are
30f square yards in one rod.
This gives you 4,Sl0 square yarls in
one acre.
10 yards wide by 4Si yards long is
/ acre. t.....
% yards wide by 2i2 yards long is
l acre.
40 yards wide by 12l yards long is
l acre. Ers
80 yards wide by 601 yards long is
/ acre. sa er.. t
20 yards wide by 694 yards long is
/ acre. e.t
so yards wide by 500 yards long is
/ acre. ri .. cd
Again, allowing nine square feet
to the yard, 272t square feet to the
rod, 43, $50 square feet to the acre,
and we have another table: r4
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-30
Feats at Cricket.

The Home .Nsps says-"Murdoch, the Aus
tralian cricketer, has totalled upwards of 1000
runs in IL matches. Once he made zoo and not
ont, and once 107 not out; his average is now
over AZ. Massie has done we'll, so has Banner
man, all with the bat. Palmer and Spofforth
have done well with the ball; the first named
having nearly 80 wickets to his credit, and the
latter upwards of 40. The only batsman that
has approached Murdoch's total from English
players is Mr.. c.. t. Studd, and he is fast APP
preaching the 1000 runs for some l6 matches.
Mr.. Studd. it will be reeollected, is the only
man who has made two century scores against
any Australian team visiting this country. Thtse
were the 118 made at Cambridge in May, aud
the ia made at Lords for M.C.C. He is the
only ENGLISH batsman who has made a century
against them this visit.-Sydney Morning
Herald.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-30
The Maori Chiefs in London.

1t appears that the Maoris are greatly disap-
pointed by their reception in London. They did
not count the cost of the expedition, thinking
they would be made welcome by fellow-Chris-
tians on their arrival. But they have learned
that Christianity here does not embrace a cordial
hospitality to strangers seeking what they con-
ceive to be their rights. The New Zealanders
are men of rank, and are much hurt by the rude
ness of the populace when they take their walks
abroad. One of them is very much tattooed, and
finds it necessary on that account to remain most
of his time indoors to escape the impertinent
curiosity of the crowd who stare at him Us If he
were a lusus nqtura from the Royal aquarium.
On Sunday while proceeding along "a West End
thoroughfare, they were attracted by a crowd
around a street preacher, and, impressed by the
preachers rhetoric, the English-speaking chief
-Hirini Taiwhanga-begged to be allowed to
mount the box which the preacher had converted
into a temporary platform. Certainly. let my
dark-skinned brother come up said the civil
but amazed exponent of the Gospel and his
f'dark=skinned br Their went up, and astonished
q crowd of languid Londoners in the heart OF the
West End by a spirited panegyric on the bles-
sings of Christianity and the good effects which
it had produced among the oborigines OF New
Zealand.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-30
Hilo Notes.

Saturday morning last good Father Cozu was
Frustrated by a stroke of a~poplexy followed by a
partial paralysis of his right side. Am glad to say
he Is slowly recovering.
On Sunday morning a fire was discovered in the
nre room of the Waiakea mills, and as ii had got
under fierce Roadway before seen. 1t we'll nigh de
stroyed the shed adjoining. If the mill building
had not been built of corrugated iron the probA-
olhty Is, 1t too, would have been burnt. Steam was
fortunately At 40 pounds in one of the boilers from
the night before and the force pump was put ON
and soon extinguished the flames. A close shave
Loss about $500.
Hitchcock Il Co. plantation are busily putting
IN q larger smoke stack close TO their boiler, and
expect to get a much larger amount of steam
thereby.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-30
Kohala Notes.

Mr.. a. L. sheldon is now located in our midst
for the purpose of practising law. We are glad TO
welcome him as il Is rather hard for a person that
cannot speak Hawaiian to be obliged TO bring his
case before a judge that cannot speak English
Mr.. Ewert, manager of Star mill was struck in
the hand and quite severely injured by a Portu-
guese who had an unchristianlike feeling for him.
The prospect for q few weeks on the reef must be
pleasant to said Portuguese.
Mr.. johnson Wood and Joaquin Fabian have
their store at Puehuehu about ready TO open, and
we bespeak for them a big trade as they are pleas
ant and ~obliging, and claim that that they viii
sell rs cheap as anyone.
Quite a number of families of Portuguese ex-
traction arrived on Wednesday last for kohals
plantation. They are splendid looking people and
will be a great addition 20 the labor of the district,
Weather fine and cane growing, with. a prospect
of much better yields than last crop which did not
add anything to the glory of Kohala.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-30
Il. w. SEVERANCE,

"AwAuAN CONSUL AND Co COMMISSION
III MERCHANT. JIG California Street, san frsneiseo.
caIIlornia- ~ Rem No. olo ~
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-30

- You can hut a most beautiful straw hats,
for only 81 at s,cHAs. ]. FISHES POPULAR
The National tribune., 1882-03-18
SENATOR EpMuNps,s ARMY e,,I

A bill was introduced in the Senate on Tue..
day by Mr.. Edmunds to promote fhe efficiency
OF the army by the retirement of officers. vol
untsry or otherwise, after certain periods OF
service. 1t provides that hereafter all officers
Of the army who by reason of reduction Of
the army, or who at their own request, or BY
direction of the President NAV be retired. shall
be entitled to the following compensation for
their services: After ten years service bonus
Of one years full pay of their rank: after Az
teen years service, n bonus of two wears fnlI
pay; after twenty years service, pension or
one-half full pay of their rank; after twenty
FIVE years service, pension of two-thirds' full
pay; sfter thirty years service, pension OF
three-fourths full pay; after thirty-ffve year,'
service, pension of four-fif,hs' full pay; after
forty years service pension Of fall pay.
Officers who have served as such during tb.
war of the rebellion, either as officers or enlisted
men in the volunteer or regular forces of III.
United States and who may now be serving in
tAe regular army, shall be entitled to count
thfir regular and volunteer service toward re-
tirement.
The bill further provides that no officer be-
low the grade Of a general officer shall be al
lowed to serve after having attained the age of
sixty-two years. General officers may be con-
tinued in the service after the age of sixty-two
at the pleasure of the President.
The bill also provides that all officer, who
may hereafter be retired on account of disabil
Fly of wounds reteiVcd in action or disease CON.
tracted in the line Of duty shall be entitled to
pension, which shall be fixed by board of Off
GERS convened for that purpose, the pensions
thus allowed to be determined according to the
amount and degree Of disability and without
reference to length of service.
1t is also provided that hereafter there
shall be no fixed number of officers on the re-
tired list of the army.
The National tribune., 1882-03-18
MISMANAGEMENT OF THE SOLDIERS,
HOME,

General Sturgis Governor of the Soldiers
Home near this city, has made an official
exposure of a disgraceful scandal in connection
with the management of the institution The
Home is supported by moneys deducted from
the small pay of soldiers, and is in every sense
their property. General Sturgis recommends
the building of hall for intellectual exercises,
and also the construction of bowling alleys and
billiard rooms.
Among The category of abuses in connection
with the management, he states that the choic-
est products of the vegetable and fruit gardens
are regularly delivered three times week to
two members Of the Board of Commissioners at
their residences in this city; dairy products
are delivered to one member of the board the
hot houses and fower-garden appear to be
maintained for the sole benefit of two members
of tho board, none of the flowers being dfstrib-
uted in the Home or hospital. Mechanics en-
ployed At the institution were frequently di-
rected TO perform other work not connected
with the Home, and other abuses were de-
scribed, showing an urgent necessity for re.
form The two Commissioners alluded to by
General Sturgis as having been guilty of the
abuses mentioned, are Surgeon -General Barnes
and Commi%ary General Macfeely. General
Barnes is President of the Board.
The National tribune., 1882-03-18

during the voyage to Lima the ex-senator
treated Mrs. Christiancy with cruelty. Ohjec
tion has been urged by counsel for defense Il
the dispositions on the ground of alleged undu,
intimacy between Haight and the complainant
Mrs. Secretary Hunt, aided by Miss Hunt
and Miss McCook, (the Secretary being indis
posed, gave reception to the diplomatic corp.
and other prominent persenages on Wednes
day evening There was quite brilliant
assernblage.
Guiteau continues to pass his time enter.
tanning callers. Among his visitors recently
was one of his numerous creditors. The assas.
sin received him quietly but indicated no dis
position to adjust his long standing indebted
! ness.
Hon. Willis r. Austin, president of the State
Board of Charities of Connecticut, is spending
few weeks in Washington.
| During the debate in the House on the Chi
nese bill Mfr. Page sent to the clerks desk and
had read the celebrated Morey" letter and
| President Garfie1d's letter Of denial While he
said it WAS impossible for Garfield to have ever
written such an infamous letter, yet it enbod-
led the sentiments expressed by the advocates
of Chinese immigration.
The Commissioners for the District of Colu1n-
bia have directed an inspection to be made into
the condition of all buildings used for public
assemblies, hotels, asylums, and other institu-
mons not exclusively used by the United States
A correspondent suggests that a one.cent
subscription be started for the benefit of Ser
seant Mason's family, who are said to bo with
az
this would, it is believed, yield large sum in
the aggregate.
Saint Patricks' day was celebrated at the
National Capital by parade of the variou.
Irish societies in full uniform. Each oraani-
zatfon was headed by mounted officers and
band of music and the display was very
credltable one. In the evening a grand ban
qust was held. Instead of the snow and sleet
that usually characterizes the weather on St.
Patricks day, the sun shone brightly, and the
temperature was IKE that of May
The Senate Post Office Committee has agreed
to report bill appropriasing $2,50O,G0O per
annum to pay for fast ocean mail service in
iron steamships built in America and owned
and manned by Americans. One.fifth of the
amount is to be paid to vessels sailing from the
Pacific coast, and the remainder divided equally
between vessels sailing from Baltimore and
Philadelphia.
Hon. Alex. n. Stephens entertained a num-
Der of friends at dinner party on Thursday
evening, among them Hon. David Davis and
Attorney General Brewster Mr. Stephens is
In the enjoyment of excellent heslth.
General and Mrs. Grant will arrive at the
White House next week. Their sons Ulysses
and Jesse, and SON in law, Mr. Sartori. are now |
in this city, and Mrs. sartoris NEE Nelly Grant,
is expected here Also
Senator and Mrs Edmunds expect soon to |
take their daughter on southern tour for the |
benefit of her health.