Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-05
WHOLE, NO. $3.50.

over your FlarhyuerinlfAnS b'de and
drugs Into vel prniounder ~lnmher
your superaumlissi conshiienrr. Bv
the bear. of lhs. prafrb'fT it...,yeald
L ne lmlrd lines fOr the belieytrs n
VI they had i0 believe all that the
/. shiek tell them. at slal. .li ntf
IL y"u sought to he a clerk In the
Dooths of the merchants hf Efletl-pl-
tina, You would earn 81 day ~
hours work. if yun we're n scribe
al the desk uf Al rernrtur, yutI woaIld
labor Is hours each day, nnd Your
ability would caro- for YOU slOut
% per week, at Your real value. IL
yOn Jourfscyed with the cara vans 81
the railroad $50 month you would
get, and DC glad 10 get II. YOu aro
nm average $l0,a-wcck nIan. But
you 40 10 the Legislature and YOU
can pay yourself out OF the Treas-
ury Of the State $40 Il day for rcstInp.
1t Is wonderful. But as you 10 less
harm while you rest than Won are
sure to accomplish when YOU work.
IL h better for the State that von
spend all the days of your term iD
resting. When you bind yourself
10 DO nothing Whatever, sou are
cheap at $40 a ninuIc IL YOU can le
got for no less.
Reform IL ever q good thing De.
fore election. The tFili-oC tie x
in pronouncing ii Is most readily
acquired by closing the left eye at
the moment OF .uttcring the word.
This also adds great emphasis. aud
deeply intensiiics tho meaning ,f
the word, which is Il latin con-.
pound OF res, n thing, and fOrmale,
to form; that is, to form and shape
things, 10 fix things. See? You
don't? Then you are no truo re-
former IL you can't SEQ that. 4o.
form, Ben Ibrahim, is like nD
''echo" valve. II works wcll--in a
horn. tfW
Ever bo on the defensive. and re.
gard every constituent ~ your SO.
cret foe. Pat him ON the head with
one hand, and hold him hy ibe
throat with tho other. Tho world
OF politics In one vast camp, so 4,
the average politician. Bau Ib,a-
MN, you Will not be much worse
than the Franks and iullCls; Won
viii make for y0ursclf a name and
reputation that your children win
be ashamed To remember, aud, hv
the by, the people you have pll.n-
deru will lay you far hack on q
high and lonely shelf, from whence
you will never be taken down until
the bone man cOnIca around luuk iieE
for muminies. ar4.,. .
ll rr--t. '.'-~rvrr- -
Our Own Abuse,l rongur. 8
Chicago Telegram. hH.
Somebody ought tn write a h,ine,
and print IL large, un the wrnnis,
inflicted 0n the Ioor, dcspiscd lfa-
gIi5h Iangmgc. Why English
speaking people shuuI1 I,ui such
aflronls us they do on their nicthcr
tongue II ii hard to say, bnl IA II
ono Of the most fitahiun,lhlc among
tho many shnmS which ppryAdn
that artificial cpneionicriilrii ciife,I
society tu affect to ,it'lpisn The nmh.
or tongnC, and ito petty Vaniiy
which lCltls A mCricaGa tn Crlll a gii
Of faro II menu, nr ~ ttrila ~. u. ~
Il. on the corner ~ their invita-
tons pcrvadcs everything: that is
fhshiOmhic. liui, perhaps, ir the
evil were kept chsCly roItineI
within tho circles Of GlshInIahIc
frivOlitic5 II Woull not disturb -pu
siblc people much, and II H. elise.
where that tlic worst phases az lhis
for the mother tongue
comes in. Tho French craze is the
most harmless, as It ~ mu4lly con.
fined to tho dudes nnd dudInes.
But tho Italian craze Is tho one
which is Liable t0 annoy all sensible
people with cara.
Frequently, M u concert, whcrt'
not nnc in twenty perhaps under
stands my hnIguagc but the native
a full programme is given
In which not one word 0f ihG moth
or tongue il heard. Why F? BE.
rausc of amy lack of power IN our
languige To express power, pathts,
love, tenderness or any OF the vari-
Dus passions of the human mind?
This will hardly he claimed Of The
tongue of Shakespeare, Milton.
Patrick Henry and Daniel Webster.
Many Of the vocal numbers sung ia
italian have been set 10 English
words, and yet the tongue which II
yibhrish to the audience Ii prefer.
red. The only rc;ison which il
seems possible TO assign for this Il
Inc tardincss of the traditional Tnui
killer TO attend properly 10 his bus
mess.
The Latin craze Is another slight
which Is put on our dcspise,l tongue.
1t Is not the dudes who impose This
IpOn us, hut the pedants. Why the
lOctors can not write "chalk nnd
water" In plain English on their
prescriptions II is har,l tO say. I'Os-
IDLY tf they did tho drug clerk
would never iuake the mistake nf
,utting strychnino In place Of the
:haik. The lawyers have 10 tW,,
)ut not so badly. A year or two
lgo one of the best Judges in the
West wns listening TO the "A Tgu.
nent OF an attorney of ability who
cad from an authority tO The
'ourt. In the course Of the chapter
which he read was a solid pagcOf
/ quotation from a Latin author.
You need not read Tint RrothcT
~ said the Judge, "Ior don't
II word 0f H." "Nci-
her do /, Your Honor" answered
no lawyer. And there nre many
II tho most succcsaful lawyers who
10 not understand n language v hich
'OnirOnts them pages aL a lime and
by u translation, in
learly all Of their tcXt-hoks.
There should bc a society for The
prevention of cruelty 10 The I'm
,lish language. ThOnsands Of suf-
nring and groauing victims nf glib
'eri;'h would hail lis cslnbislrncnt
viii delight.
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Another Poor Man Struck by FortuHe.
The man who has u prIz" tn Il tpi-
cry l. feirnrflntl ~ tic hnnllt.ei .tf