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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17
THE SILVER CLOUD.


saw q silver cloud at eventide,
At eventide little silver cloud;
with outstretched, moveless wings. paly
dove
She sailed toward the west, and thus she said
aAh, joy was minel He bathed me in his
beams,
He bathed me In his beams, and all day long
Over thousand fields, thousand groves.
My happy shadow fioated like a dream
@Kis, kiss once more my lips, my pallid lips;
Bring me once more the blush knew at
morn;
Cast thou thine arms about me, ere die,
Ere in a mist Of tears melt awayl"
While yet she spake her cloudy pallor changed,
And she became wreath of flaming fire
That did to scorn the sober evening star:
But ah she darkened visibly as she went
Slowly she darkened, slowly, till she was
Winter than ashes or the face of death.
Then came cold, low wind, and breathed on
her;
She in a mist Of tears did melt away.
John Philip Marley in The Atlantic
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17
The Size of Noah's Ark.
h yChlng

The evact size of Noah's ark has not
been determined definitely, but, accord
ing to Sir Isaac Newtons calculations,
based on his estimate of the length of a
cubit in feet and inches, the historical
barge must have been 515.62 feet long,
50. "a wide, and 81. 81 deep. The meas
ured tonnage of the ark was Is, 1872.
The Great Eastern was $50 feet long,
50 feet wide and So feet deep, and she
M assured 2S,00S tons. Although the
Great lastern was not so well proper
toned as the ark, she probably had
double the carrying capacity if her coal
and machinery were left out of her, be-
cause she was made Of iron and the ark
was a wooden ship.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17
OUR NAVY DURING The WAR.
One OF the MarveIs Of the Ags-sions,
Value Of Its Captures.

ee>~ - As' ~ePsAA1As
The growth of our navy was one of
the marvels of the age. It cost the gov
eminent, in round numbers, $3.50, 0OG, 900,
or 1900, 900 for each year of the war,
100000 900 per month, or nearly a third
of a million dollars for every day of the
war.
1t employed over 600 vessels of war
and over $4,000 men, which force greatly
exceeded that Of any other nation in the
world.
II guarded over 1000 miles of coast,
including bays, rivers, ETC., effectually
preventing the importation of arms and
munitions Of war, and so compelling the
earlier exhaustion of the Confederate
forces.
1t captured the immense number Of
1,165 blockade-runners, many of which
were fine steamers ratio of nearly 300
captures per annum, or almost one each
day during the entire war. The money
value of its captures was at least $780,
100000, or $15,000000 worth for each
year of the war and $1,250,0O0 in value
for each month of the war from first to
last.
1t co-operated with the army wherever
there was water enough to float a gun
boat, while on the high seas our navy
covered itself with glory. The river
work of the navy on the Potomac, the
York, the James and the Mississippi,
with its branches, the coast-line work
from the Chesapeake to the Mississippi,
and its work on the high seas totally
eclipse in martial valor and brilliant sue
cesses all other naval achievements of
the world. While history records
the names of Fort Henry, Fort
Donelson, Island No. 10, Vicksburg,
Port Hudson, Fort Jackson, Fort St.
Philip, Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor,
Mobile bay, Hatteras inlet, New Orleans,
Port Royal and Fort Fisher, and a score
more of such famous names, the Ameri-
can navy will be universally honored;
while such deeds as the sinking of the
Alabama in square naval battle will ever
be named among the most brilliant
victories of the age.
1t opened the harbors by the perilous
work of removing distractions, torpedoes,
ETC., and by utterly destroying the hostile
batteries which commanded them. 1t
held in check the hostile elements of
many city and rural section while a
dreaded gunboat quietly lay before it; in
short, it displayed hefoism Of the noblest
type and made our reputation on the
seas equal that Of any nation.
Porters Book.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17

SIEVE nty-fve ar hitects have voted in
The American Architect, on the ques-
ton which are the ten best buildings in
America. Those receiving the largest
number Of votes are as follows: Trinity
church, Boston, So votes; the United
States capitol, Al; house of W. X. Van
derbilt, New York, 81; Trinity church.
New York, 81; jefferson Market court
house, New York, %; Connecticuts state
capitol, Hartford, 90; city hall, Albany,
n. y, 10; sever hall, Cambridge, Mass.
II; New York state capitol, Albany, 10;
and the town hall, North Eaton, Mass.
Is.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17
Saw Him at the Very Moment,

Nine. X, who has never been outside
of Montmartre, has the innocent fault Of
trying to make her acquaintance be
lieve that she has travelled all over Eu
rope. when you were at Venice" in
quires visitor one day to whom sht
was telling the story of her travels, "diC
you see the lion of st. Marks? ?" did
see him !" replied she. What a ques
ton! Why, saw him at the very mo
ment when they were giving him hii
dinner, and I gave him piece of meal
myself Paris Figaro.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17
Singers Do Not Trust TO Luck.

Adelina Patti sang new song, called
Darling Nine" in London recently,
with extraordinary effect. The author
of the song relates that after having
tried it over and over again some time
ago, she sang it on the morning of the
concert four times through, and in the
artists room, before going on the stage,
she studied every note and foritura, as il
her fame depended on the performance.
She then turned around and asked him;
"Etes-vous content%-are you satisfied!
Thus it is that great singers do not trust
to luck.-Chicago Times.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17
Endorsed by The tlarkWils Tobacco seasa 0! Trade.

TO Uh0n Concern:
The Tobacco Board of Trade Carve takes pleasure in
giving its full endorsement and strong recommendation of Mr.
B. Ross OF Montgomery county Tenn the manufactures of the
two brands Of Tobacco "The Pipe of Peace and "Homespun
Twist gentleman of sterling integrity every statement
regard to the goods he offer for sale may be relied upon
strictly correct every particular These brands are put up with
from selected Tobacco from this Market their increasing
popularity evidence of their purity of material and
aure and Mr. Ross seeks widen the of their dis
r6uton cheeruy give expression opinion of the man.
and OF his pure grades of manufactured Tobacco
them to other sections of the country M. III. CLARK;
Secretary Tobacco Board of Trade
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17

There is hardly anything about which
families should be more careful than in
scrutinizing the source of their ice sup.
ply. I do not raean this in seasons of ex.
pected epidemic, when people are afraid
of cholera or yellow fever. Those plaques
are principally feared so much because
they are uncommon, but where they XII
one in our climate, scarlet fever diph.
iberia and those classes of disease kill
hundreds. Now, it has been shown re.
peatedly that fatal outbreaks of such dis
eases that have occurred in otherwise
healthy localities, and which at first
seemed mysterious and unaccountable,
have been due to ice taken from stag.
nant or polluted waters. Ice that seemed
as clear as crystal has been found to con-
tain disease germs, which only needed
the application of warmth to restore tc
fatal activity. Such things have been
demonstrated time and time again, and ]
repeat that too much precaution can not
be taken in ascertaining the sources Of
family ice supply.--Cor. Globe-Demo-
crat.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17
Coal Formed in the Arctic Regions.

Commenting on Lieut.. Greely's dis.
covery of coal within the Arctic Circle
in Greenland, Mr.. W. Mattieu Williams
expresses himself as dissatisfied with the
prevailing notion which demands a sub
tropical climate for the formation of
carboniferous deposits. He has himself
described the deposition of coal that is in
actual progress Ut jAe present time in
Norway, within degrees Of the Arctic
Circle, and believes that similar deposits
may be found much farther north. No
very violent alteration of climate, there
fore, need be assumed to explain the
Greenland coal.-Boston Budget.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17
transmission of Power by Electricity.

French experiments on the transmits
sion of power by electricity have resulted
less successfully than was hoped. Theo-
retically the plan is feasible, but it is
found to be more economical and practi-
cable for manufacturing purposes to use
the mower directly at the source of sup
NV Modern railway facilities make it
cheaper to transport goods than power,
18th its attendant loss of so per cent,
,,ot 10 mention rs uncertainties. -Scien.
dfic Journal
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17

In olden times ghosts were supposed to
maintain an obdurate silence till inter
rogated by the person to whom they
made their special appcarance.-Boston
Budget.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17
The City of Palatial Residences.

Washington is becoming prominently
the city of palatial residences. Fifteen
senators have erected magnificent domi-
Giles within the past twelve months. A
structure that costs less than $50, 900 is
now considered scarcely worth remark
ing in the abundance of architectural
beauty seen everywhere at the capital
New York Star.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17

The Hotel Mail says that frozen fish or
game is about as fit to eat as stewed
shingles with shaving sauce.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17
Paris Pneumatic Postal.


The pneumatic postal service in Paris,
lately completed, cost over 5000, 900, and
the length of pipes is over thirty -four
miles. The charge for transmitting q
letter 70 any place within the fortified.
lions is cents. The service covers ex.
IRENE points, about seven miles apart.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17

Dechinite, or vandate Of lead and zinc,
has been discovered in Montana. Ore of
this nature is worth $4,000 pound.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17

The sultan of Constantinople is named
Osman Bey. His twenty wives make
him sign his name - Bey.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17
BLOCH BROTHERS.

Are showing this the attractive and complete stock
exhibited by them And extend cordial invitation to the public
call and convince themselves of this fact.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-17
OUR CARPET DEPARTMENT
Dress Goods Department

the celebrated make of Presteys black English Dressabr
Silk Warp, Henrietta Drap D. Alma, and Pansy Cloth.
beautiful and prices very reasonable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-08
Ground Bone for Poultry.

Some of our farming friends appear to
be deeply imp essed with the notion that
hens need no food but corn in some of its
forms. But we ought not to forget that
food means the m iterial for everything
that comes out of the system, aud that
if any particular race takes up any special
branch of manufacture, they must have
the raw material All animals consume
more or less lime; it is one of the prin-
cipal elements entering into the compo-
sition of the bones, but the hen needs an
extra supply. The domesticated hen
also need more than wild stock of any
sort, since she is stimulated to a greater
production Of eggs. In consequence we
must give her more than is contained in
the various grains.
The most useful forms in which to give
lime are in the shape of ccarsely ground
bone and oyster shells. Feed these ar
ticles most abundantly at the time the
hens are laying most freely. and antici-
pate, if possible, by beginning early in
the season, lest your fowls eat shelless
egg, and acquire bad habits. The i'm
portance of providing liberal supply Of
ground bone and oyster shells for fowls
Is less understood. than it should be by
breeders of poult-y. Raw bone, coarsely
ground, se1 ha. as large rs grains of
'Sorn, is grt edily eaten by fowls, espe-
ciaily if they are not allowed 10 run at
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-08
The Visitor Left in O. Hurry.

A Boston 7mreller correspondent
writes from Washington of the fight be-
tween tie Willard brothers: Both are
immensely wealthy. C. G. Willard is
the proprietor of the Ebbitt House and
owns two lots on F street, one on which
the Ebbitt House stands and the other
some twenty feet distant Oh the same
side of the st eel. His brother Joseph
Willard, owns the lot between the two
pieces of property. 1t has been G. c..
Wizards aim for years to get hold Of
this lot. lie has tried all sorts of
schemes, but Up to date he has not sue
ccedcl. Not great while ago a suave,
bnsincss-like gentleman called upon Joe
vii ard and stated that he was looking
for location to establish candy manu-
factory. lie was impressed with the F
st:eer location and wanted to know if it
WAS in the market Joe Willard replied
that he would sell If he could get his
p ire. Then his vsitor asked the terms.
Looking up and catching the business
mans eye lie said: My price is $500,
OJo. You go back to c. &. Willard, who
sent you here, and tell him that" The
visitor left in hurry without any further
explanation. Joe Willard. as the boys
say. had called the turn"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-08
Grinding Corn With the Cob.

There is no little variance of opinion
as to the ACCESSIBILITY of doing this. Our
opinion is that where there are facilities
for grind ng corn AMI the cob together,
and where the ground feed is to be given
to cattle or horses, it is wise to do it.
There is really more nutriment in cob
than is generally supposed. A competent
authority says that it shows on analysis,
42.6 per cent. of carbo .hydrates, IA per
cent. of albuminolds and the same of
fat. Cobs lack nitrogenous elements;
hence, if the deficiency can be supplied
by other means, they are not so undesir-
able as a food ration wi h corn. Some
writers claim that cobs thus ground and
fed, have e-half us much value as hay.
Many object because there is an apparent
danger in feeding cracked cobs. Where
cobs and corn are ground fine in burr
mill stones, the feed is in better con-
dition to enter the animals stomach
than when corn is ground fine alone.
The Juices of the stomach can better
penetrate the food, and it is digested
better. But let no one suppose that
grinding obs separately. is here or ever
advocated.-Iniepenadsnt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-08
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Rather hunger on going to bed than
debts on rising.
If all the year were playing holidays,
to sport would be as tedious as to work.
There is no harm in b ing stupid SO
long as a man does not think hlmsei!
clever.
Though familiarity may not breed con-
tempt, it takes off the edge of admira-
ton.
The man who is good.na' ured all day
does more for the race than he who wins
battle.
There is time enough for everything in
the cou.se of the day, if you do but one
thing at once.
We know Of nothing that will test q
mans true inwardness better than to feel
like Satan, and be obliged to act like
saint.
Independence is a name for whit no
man possesses; nothing, in the animate
or inanimate world, is more dependent
than man.
Don't gossip. 1t not only iniures you
by leading you to exaggerate facts, lbut
it often Injuries those of whom you speak
when no in jury was intended. Words,
especially bad ones, are like thistle seeds
borne upon the breeze. They lodge aud
grow over the land, and when once start
ed cannot be picked up again.
The heart of man is like garden,
capable of producing. under good cul-
ture, everything beautiful in humanity; t;
while, if neglected, it is choked up with
every kind Of rank d poisonous weed.
The hand of virtuous woman is best
adapted to the task of sowing good seed
and rearing beautiful flowers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-08
First Singing of "lIome, Sweet Home.

Perhaps the most thrilling quarter Of
an hour of John Howard Payne's life
WAS that when Jenny Lind sang Home,
Sweet Home to him. The occasion
was the .'enny Lind concert in Washing
ton. the nj .ht of December 18th, 1850.
The assembly was, perhaps the mot dis
tinguished ever seen in a con;ert room
in this country. The immense National
hall, hastily constructed for the occasion
on the ruins Of the burned National
theatre, was filled to overhowing. Among
the notables present and occupying
front seats were President Fillmore,
Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, General
Scott, and John Howard PayEe. Jenny
Lind opened with the 'Casta Diva, " and
followed with the "Flute Song" lin
which her voice contested rivalry for
putty and sweetness with flute in the
duet, then the famous "Bird Song"
and next on her programme the ''Greet-
ing 10 Ameri a." All the pieces were
applauded apparently to the full
capacity of an enthusiastic audi
tnce, and Mr.. Webster, who was
in his most genial after dinner
mood. emphasi. ed the plaudit by rising
from his seat and making Jenny a pro-
found bow, as if responding for the
country of her g, recting." But when
the Swedish Nightingale" answered the
EN- ore by turning in the direction OF
John Howard Payne and giving Home.
Sweet Homc.n with all the wonderful
ter derness, purity and simplicity fitting
both the wo:ds and air of tile immortal
song the difference was at oJ:ce seen be-
tween the mechanical applause called out
by display OF fine vocalization, and that
elected by the '"ouch of nature that
makes the whole word kin Before the
first line of the scng was complete the
audi,nce was fairly "off its feet, y and
could scarcely wait fer pause to give
exprt ssion 10 its enthusiasm. People
ordinarily of the undemonstratlve sort
ca, ped stamped and shouted as If they
were mad and it seemed as # there would
be no end to the uproar Meantime all
eyes were turned upon TayEc, a snail
sized, e cgaut-inolded. gray-haired, gentle.
man. who blushed violently at finding
himself the center of so many glances.--
B7ookIfqn Mdga;ine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-08
The Cause of His Sorrow.

One OF the most pathetic sights I have
seen in long tine 1 saw the other after
noon. He stood on the corner Of a
street, with eyes cast down and look
of agony on his face. He was signing
heavily as he poked thick stick intc
cracks and breaks in tie asphaltum,
which was terribly open to such poking.
He was an oil lish man. too, and seemed
to be heart broken. I watched him fer
quite minute, and he seemed so deep
in painful thought that tile people pass
ing almo,t walked over him without
awakening him. l was studying thi:
picture when Il friend came up,
What the msttcr9"
clock at the poor old fellow. said.
"That! don't you know him2 That's
cid T, the millionaire. He owns that
block, and he s got to put down new
pavement .'-San Francisco Call.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-08
What it Costs to Run a Locomotive

Many people wonder at the animal en-:
durance o. the equine. Few understand
or are aware of the mighty performance
of the great railway horse of to-day.
Take one passenger engine on the llIi-
nois Central ailroad-No. 11G-the
engineer of which is Hugh Bailey, who
for twenty-ninc years has been holding
the reins of an iron steed on that road.
In August last Pailey, with his iron
horse, tIaveled a, 731 miles. During this
time it required twenty-seven pounds of
waste to rub down and thirty-one gall MS
of oil to lubricate the engine. To keep
it hot three cords of wood and l2O tons
of coal were used. Mr. Bailey and his
fireman in the month earned $22G.1O.
The oil and waste cost $'.9l; the wood
and coal, $170.1G. AS horse has to be
doctored once in awhile, so does an en-
CINE have to be repaired. In this month
No. 11G received repairs to the extent
of $3.50 Thus it is seen that it cost
the company S492.SG for the perform
ance of this horse in one month. The
report of the expenses Of the months
work has many other interesting feat
urcs. Itshows that pint of oil lasted while
the engine ran fraction over nineteen
miles. In little over thirty-si1 miles a
co d of wood or ton of coal was used.
1t is &c; uratcly figured that for each mile
run the oil and waste cost a fraction
ovcr = mills: the coal and wood, 3! mills;
the wages of the two men in charge,
about 4. {; for repairing nearly 2 mills:
"Was this faithful horse ridden under
the saddle or driven in harness" some
may ask. Well, he must have been
hitchcd. judging from the amount OF
hauling he did The report shows that,
on an average, within fraction OF six
cars were hauled to the mile. In one
year, ending december, 1885: this grand
old charger, guided by skilful hands,
had hauled q tran of six passenger
coaches in point of distance nearly twice
around the earth. He used 304 pounds
of waste, 355 gallons of oil, 35 cords
of wood and !, 3OG tons OF coal. The re-.
pairs cost $3.50, and the wages of the en-
gincer and fireman were 81, 33e.77. So
that it cost the company Sl,717.51 to
make the double trip with the engine
alone Chicago Nraes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-08
Thinning Fruit.

A writer says in the Michigan Horticnl.
turist: When planted in good soil, good
thrifty fruits will nearly always overload
themselves, and in order to secure the
best, smoothest, and largest fruit, con-
siderable thinning must be done; this is
especially the case with grapes and tree
fruits.
Choice apples, peac' cs, pears, ounces
in fact, the bet of all kinds of fruit
command the best p;ices, and always
sell. Ofttimes the market becomes
glutted with poor fruit and the prices
realized are really below what it costs to
produce them, and sometimes they can
not be sold at any price. while ut the
same time the cho;cc>t and best are sell
ing at profitable price.
Too many fall into the error of think
ing that by thinning they lessen the
quantity so much that they prefer to let
tre fruit all remain. This is a mistake,
as we'll as to think that by thinning they
lessen the"protit on the Iruit. When a
tree is heavily loaded the fruit must
necessarily be small, and this will lessen
the quantity; then the fruit being small
will sell for less price, and really cost
more to sell, and you really lose rather
than make by not thinning. Then in
addition, when tree or vine is allowed
to overload and mature the fruit, it is
strain upon the vitality of the tree, so
much that rest must be had, and the
next year the tree will fail to bear
Whenever tried jud;ciously thinning
fruit always pays; but it requires con-
siderable courage when the trees are
laden with young fruit to go over and
pull off and throw away a considerable
portion of the fruit. To one who has
never tried it, at first it would seem like
waste; yetit has been tested sufficient
ly to prove its value.
The work, OF course, should be done
early, as soon after the fruit has set as
possible. The long.r the fruit grows
after setting, the more waste of vitality
of the tree, that shoald 20 to the other
fruit that is left upon the tree to mature.
1t should be done rs evenly as possible
ali over the tee, thin so as to give each
specimen left rs much room as possible.
Close crowding is what often makes i'll
snapped fruit. If you have never been
in the habit of thinning try few trees
frst to see the effect, and in majority
of cases you will conclIde that it is
beneficial.