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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
The soFreNlNo TOUCH OF TIME
Doesn't Get Half q Chance to BeautIfy
the Buildings at Warrington.

Doesn't Get Half Chance to BeautIiy
the Buildings at Washington.
joaquin Mn!er's Le'ter.l
Now have made a covenant with
mine eyes, as JOB said, to not find
fault Having in previous letters per-
suaded United States senators TO keep
their big schoolboy heels down off the
desks; haEing laughed them out of the
foolish idea of going into executive
session" and clearing the galleries
merely because they wanted to smoke,
and having also hanished the ever.
present spittoon, or at least reduced the
annual bill for spittoons more than one
half, feci that have done enough for
the capitol, and that more interference
or advice might DO misunderstood But
must pronounce against this business
i this brutal custom of scraping down
our marble Buildings as soon as they
begin to take on the dignity and come
Illness Of time and color
Now, what would you think of man
who would 60 into the Dresden gallery
and giVo kaphaols Madonna q scrub
bing with soap and sand and ashesl Or
let US suppose the Greeks or komans
had scrubbed and strapped their marbles
as We do In Ameri a. How much OF
them would have been lett for us to
look upon Let me tell you, for fact,
that ii any man, or even any munici.
pality, should attempt to scrape or scrub
building or any marble of any kind in
Italy, why, the artistic and sensitive
Italian would simply mako Rome
howl"
Why can not people who have charge
of our great structures learn little
something from those ancient states
where art first took form in marble. The
Greeks and Romans always let time and
the elements soften the outlines of their
temples, and no piece of architecture
was complete that had not been rounded
down and subdued in tone and color by
the pcrfecting touch of time
Lut here at Washington the build
ings are perpetualy defaced by scat
folds; and scrape, scrape, scrape. All
the year through, and nearly every
where you lift your eyes, is is scrape,
scrape, scrape, till the noise, the dust,
the ghostly, glazing sight of the newly
scraped, and skinned, and scratched,
and mutilatod columns and walls drive
| you out of town.
Why, even England, half-civilized as
she is in many things, knows much bet.
ter than to lay profane hands on mar
bic. | have been very familiar with st.
Georges gate, Hyde park the past fif-
teee years 1t is almost black. But it
has not been touched since it was
placed there. It VIII never be touched
Nature must take care of marble after
it has found its place. And the sooner
it takes tone from the elements and the
softening touch of time, the sooner il
becomes "a thing OF beauty" For
what so oIehds the eye as this bold and
glazing and glitterins white marble'
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
A MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE.

Information reached the city to-day Of
a mysterious suicidene MurfreeSboro,
committed Monday evening and discov-
cred this morning. Monday morning
Mrs. DR.. E. L. Hall, who lives about
seven miles from Murfreesboro. LETT
home on horseback to visit neighbor-
ing family. She paid her visit and at
2 O'Clock was helped to her horse and
started home. She appeared to be in
good spirits, and nothing unusual oc-
cured. Late in the afternoon the
horse reached her home, but the saddle
was empty. 1t was thought at first that
Mrs. Hall had been thrown and was ~
ing injured by the side of the road Mr..
Hall started to look Tor her, but although
the whole route was traverSed, his wife
could not be found.
In the morning, after night OF terri
bic suspense, a large party joined Dr.
Hall in the search, and about 10 o. clock
the missing woman was found hanging
by the neck from the lowest limb OF q
tree not far from the road. She had
hung herself with small rope. There
were no indications of violence about
the body and the theory of suicide wa,
the only one accepted.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
THE CHRONICLE ABROAD.
They Want Il in The Other Side Of the
World.

There may be some people in the
world who believe that the CHRoNIcLE
does not enjoy world wide reputation
and circulates in all parts OF the globe.
In order to convince these doubling
Thomases we publish the following
which came TO us this morning on q
British postal card
To the Chronicle cf C1arksviVe, Tenn =
DEAR SIR:-I should feel very much
obliged il you would kindly send me
the CHRONICLE of the 10Th al December
last, where you speak OF the business
men OF your city. Please at the same
time, let me know the price of sub
scription and advertisement to your
esteemed paper, for | want to get
acquainted with your market Hoping
to hear soon from, you, remain, dear
sir, Yours truly,
JOHS DOTTo.
Gibraltar, Jan. Is, 1856.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
10 o, E.setrIcity in Bleaching.
rCnica-o II raid. I

Cotton manufacturers in st. Peters
burg are much interested at present in
the successful application OF electricity
for the purpose of bleaching cotton and
fax hLegs, rs well as tissues The ma
tcrial is stepped in water, which is then
decomposed by electricity, the ,ygen
which is thus set free at once acting on
the ii crs. This process has been found
to occupy very considerably less time
than tde ordinary one.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
Tho Chinese Legend of tho Creation.
chicago Tr.bdael

Chinese legends say that in the te,
ginning vast egg was divided into two
parts, and being came forth called
Foon-ko Wong. He took the upper
half of the shell from which he had
sprung and formed the heavens; out of
tho lower he made the earth. Two
clouds of vapor met and blended, and
there sprang from the union son and
a daughter, whose descendants are the
laillions of China.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
Gibraltar, Jan. IS, 1856.

An Old Story Look at human
being when under the influence OF that
terrible torture, rheumatism. Trivial
symptoms were NEGLECTED. until the
disease hecsnIe established, whereas all
the long suffering could have been pre-
vented 10y the prompt use o. Salvation
OIL, costing only = cents bottle at all
drug stores.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
Deer Houad' Hecom,ns Popular.
Iphnrd LIZ, h.a prars

Deer hounds, although still very rare
in this country, are coming into popu-
larlty among sportsmen. oen. Custer
was tho first to import them to this
country. They do not follow by scent,
hat by sight, and are, consequently, OF
little use in wooded country, but are
admirably adapted to the western plans
in running down antelopes after they
ha,o Eeen wounded.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
Criminal Court.

Col. House and Gen. Quarles spoke
Thursday morning in the Bellamy case.
The jury brought in verdict of mot
guilty" at 3.45 o'clock the same siier-
noon.
The court adjourned ill Monday.
The Ransom Morrow ease was dismissed
on a nolle PROSE-.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
studyin: t3arine Animals.
lATkansaw Travelef.

A French psychologist, Dr. Regnari,
is endea, oring to study marine animals
under their natural conditions, an APP
paratus designed by lailletet enabling
him to watch tho creatures in water
under any pressure up to that of $50
atmospheres, which corresponds with
that of the sea at the greatest depths at
which dredgings have beon made
about four miles.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
TWO TRUTHS.
[nelen Hunt .Iaclsnn.1

Darling" he said, II never msant
To hurt you;' and his eye grew wet
II would not hurt you for tho world
Am | TO blame IL forgstp
"Forgive my selfish bear r she cr.ei.
"Horgive! knew that Il was not
That you would moan to hurt me love;
knew 1t was that you forSot'
Bat, all the same, deep in her haars
Ranked this thought, and rankles yet,
When love "a at its best ono loves
80 much that he can not forget
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06

A snail brought from Egypt to Eng
land as genealogical specimen in
1880, and Immediately gummed to bit
of cardboard, was found to be alive in
1881, after laying in the British museum
for four years.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06

Isl. Paul HERALD

Gray Id gentleman to boy on 18th
birthday: vi hope you will improve in
wisdom, knowledge and virtue Boy,
politely returning compliment, totally
unconscious Of sarcasm: The same to
Won sir -
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06

The car of Russia, il is said, walks
ten miles a day and limits himself to
one meal in order to check tendency
to obesity.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06

A machine has been invented which
wraps up oranges in tissue paper moro
neatly and rapidly than it can DO done
by hand.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
THE HEADLESS HORROR.

This morning the public may read
another chapter from the history of the
Nashville mysterious headless corpse
The facts of the discovery OF the body
cut into eight parts, together with a
long coroner's inquest searching for in
formation, and the final conclusion that
the body was that of Franz; Arnold,
who was murdered by Ben Brown and
others, are all familiar. The grand jury
of the criminal conrt have for num-
Der OF days past had the matter in hand
but have as yet found no Indictment
against anybody.
The head was still missing, and as
long as this WIS concealed there could
be no positive identification. This
morning Attorney General Washington
received a visit from Gen. w. II. Jack
son, near whose farm live all OF the par
ties implicated in the murder.
"Now," said Gen. Jackson, during
the course Of the conversation, ~ want
you to make personal and rigid ex.
animation Of the negro Bill Brown,
alias Taylor, charged with completely
in the murder, believe that you can
force from him confession"
The attorney general sent for the
prisoner and began most searching
investigation. The negro appeared
somewhat frightened as Mr.. Washing
ton proceeded, and made contradictory
statements, denying most emphaticaly
any knowledge of the crime. Thi;
continued for some moments, Brown
becoming more and more confused and
! frightened.
Finally the attorney general jumped
TO his feet, and shaking his finger ir
Browns face, cried, "Bill Brown, be
Iieye you're lying TO me If | catcI
you in lie I'll hang you.
This threat fairly plral,zed the al
ready frightened negro, whose knee.
were rnuhng against one another, hi
limbs quiyering with tcrror.and tn,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06

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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06

lower jaw hanging down in most abject
fright.
"Oh, don't do that he cried; "Ill
tell you all about it"
Brown then began his narrative Of
the terrible crime lie told how on the
night OF the 9th OF November he went
on visit 10 Frank Arnold about .
o'clock Ben Brown, Simon Fox, Mel
son Joslin and Foster Joslin came by
and prevailed upon Uncle Frank" to
60 on 'possum hunt Simon Fox had
a shotgun and Ben Brown carried an
iron spike. They all we're off together
and Frank Arnold never returned.
During the night he heard the report OF
"A gun. The next morning he came up
suddenly upon these same parties, and
they were discussing the murder.
From them he learned that they had
gone down to thicket some 200 yards
from Arnold's house and there Simon
Fox shot Arnold. Ben Brown with his
iron stave then jumped upon his pros
trate body and broke his skull
They killed him for his property
which they agreed to divide equally.
The next night alterward the same par
ty brought the body in wagon to Ar
nold's stable and chopped up the re-
mains as they were subsequently found.
He heard them distinctly pound away
at the corpse. They took his clothes of
put the head in a sack and Simon Fox
took charge of it. They laid away the
other portions OF the body in wagon,
covered them with an oil cloth spread
and Ben Brown and Joslin drove them
off toward the city.
lie continued BY stating that the
head was still hid somewhere near
Frank Arnold's house.
Brown told Mr.. Washington that ii
he would send along two officers he
(Brown) would guarantee that The head
would be found in two hours.
Attorney General Washington put a
bench warrant into the hands OF Detec-
tives Caster and Whit Marshall and or
dered them to arrest at once Nelson,
Foster and Lucy Joslin, Simon Fox
and Ella Brown, vile of Ben Brown.
The warrant for the latter arrest hav-
ing been issued, he then ordered james
P. Work and VIM. Redmond, two Of
licers OF the criminal court, to take Bill
Brown, allies Taylor, and see if the head
could really be produced.
These two parties succeeded in ar
resting the three Joslins and Simon
Fox.
In the meanwhile Officer Redmond
and the prisoner had arrived at the
place which had, since Arnold's death,
been occupied by Ben Brown and fami-
y, and commenced a search fr the
missing head.
The negro walked to begun, drove
away with his axe and there was the
long-lost head OF Frank Arnold. Il
was wrapped closely in a sack, but wa.
in state Of remarkable preservation
and was readily identified
Bill Brown, during the homeward
drive, gave some more detailed state
ments in regard to the murder H.
said that Anold's body was at first bur
led by his murdcrers in High Pasture,
some 2J0 yards distant from his house
Gen. Jackson noticed the poorly con
cealed grave, and SO fearing discover!
lhey dug him up, and after cutting
him to pieces, drove him to Nashville
and consigned him to his tan bari
grave They first buried Arnold
head near the house, but afterwards dug
it up and hid it in the old begun.
THE PRINCIPAL CAUGHT.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06

Land has doubled In value in Jsrusa-
lem. The rich pilgrims did it.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
The Head Of Frank Arnold at
Last Discovered,
And Identified Beyond Any
Dispute.
Ben Brown is Captured and Con-
fesses the Crime.
The Gold Brick Swindler and
Other Nashville News.
Special to the Memphis Avalanche.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb 2.--The
gold brick swndler was indicted under
the name OF Dan Davis alias Henresy,
BY the grand jury of the criminal court.
He is charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses and with grand
larceny. His trial will probably take
place tomorrow. The prosecutor in
this case, Mr.. Oscar Il. Noel, declined
to bring the "bricks" or punches" Of
gold (?) into the court, but the State
yesterday afternoon served a writ upon
him and they will be introduced as evil
dence in the case. The prisoner APP
pears to be very little worried and says
that he is confident he will never see
the inside Of the penltentiary. He hts
disclosures to make he asserts, that
will quiet any prosecution. The attor
ney general is equally confident that
the slick artist will get the extreme
limit in the case, which is 10 years.
1t will be seen that the extract from
the indictment given below makes pub
lie another circumstance in regard to
the transaction that has heretofore not
been related.
"Dan Davis, alias Hennesy, unlaw-
fully, feloneously and fraudulently did
pretend to 0. F. Noel that he (the said
Dan Davis, alias Hennesy) was looking
for an old mining partner and friend,
named Oscar NJ. Noel; that an Indian
had four bricks or punches OF gold,
worth $50, 900, in which he (thc said
Dan Davis, alias Hennesy) was q
partner; that the said bricks or punches
were very fine gold, and that he wished
the said Noel to send the said punches
to Philadelphia to be made into gold
dollars; that the said Indian did not
wish to give up the said bricks OF
punches without an advance on them;
that if the said Noel would advance
50 GOO upon the said gold he, the said
Dan Davis, alias Hennesy, would leave
them with the said Noel to be sent to
the mint at Philadelphia, to be coined
into gold dollars; that the said gold
dollars would be divided equally be-
tween the said Noel, the said Indian
and the said Dan Davis, alias Hcnnesy
that test of the contents OF the bricks
Or punches then and there made, was 4
bona iide test to ascertain the true con.
tents of said bricks and lunches, and
that certain pieces OF metal then ant
there assayed and tested in the presence
OF the said Dan Davis, alias Nennesy
were the pieces then and there taker
out OF the said bricks and lunches, BY
means of which said false, fraudulen
and felonious pretcuses, he the saiC
Dan Davis, alias Hcnnessy, did thcr
and there unlawiully, ielonlously anC
fraudulently obtain from the SAID 0. L
Noel, six United States treasury 0
the value and denominations ETC., etc
mr. yrA rNr Y-,S
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06
THE PRINCIPAL CAUGHT.

Ben Brown, the principal in the
crime, was caught at midnight in the
immediate vicinity where the crime was
committed.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-06

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her amiable presence. Sho is the essence oil
forty-nine young women. graduates Of this years
class at Smith College. BY sitting before the
camera in an artificial light one-forty ninth part
of the time necessary for the completion Of ona
photograph, each graduate impressed her feat
ures upon the image of the whole without de-
stroyng any clearness of good photograph AS
an illustration of the new aud intricate process
of composite photography. the typical Smith
College girl is eminently successful
'WHY have given up writing for the stagei
will tell you" says NJ. Emile Au gier "Ona
day, when | was young, was III the private
room of theatrical manager. servant
brought him visiting card He read it, made &
face, and exclaimed: L can't see him; let him
leave me in peace, the old borer looked at the
card; it was Eugene Scribe's. Imagine the most
successful dramatist of his time being treated in
this fashion! I then swore to myself that such
thing should never happen to me; will not give
any manager the chance of sending his domestic
to me to say cannot see him. This is the rea.
son why my resolution not to write any mora
for the stage is irrevocable. lead very quiet.
simple life. no longer care for the theater. /
found it so when the .Aventuriere' was revived.
Rehearsals bore me, tire me, irritate me; there
fore have given up dramatic work. have no
family. l love my wife dearly, as good sex
agenarian should do, and both of us. having
reached the twilight OF life are calmly awaiting
the approach of night"
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an end, and the entire time of some people will
be taken up arranging things with the higher
noYerS.

GEN. o. o. HOWARD, major general of the
United States army, stationed at San Fran
cisco since he succeeded General Pope in the
command of that department, will be in the
Middle States next month for short time,
and has promised to visit Indianapolis on the
9th of July, and deliver his celebrated lecture
on the Battle Of Gettysburg This will be an
event of rare interest to our people There
are many Indiana soldiers who werasin that
great battle, and all will desire to hear the
story of that fight told by the distinguished
general who bore so honorable part in it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
THE LITERARY GATHERING.


That the relations between publishers and
authors should be harmonious, and that the
best understanding should exist between two
classes whose prosperity depends so largely
each upon the other, are propositions that
from the outsiders standpoint admit of no
discussion or dispute. 1t seems self-evident
that this state of interdependence must beget
a mutual confidence and trust that would for
bid anything like doubt or suspicion of each
others methods. This is the ideal situation;
but unfortunately, the sad admission must
be made that the relations actually
existing are usually of different character.
Instead of looking upon publish ers as their
warmest friends and placing the most implicit
confidence in their judgment and decisions,
writer's, as 1ule, are apt to regard them as
heartless and cruel personages, and as actuated
by almost inhuman motives in their treatment
of themselves and their contributions. This
singular and painful condition of affairs may
be accounted for in several ways; but the
most reasonable theory seems to be that the
author is being of soul and sentiment who
is constitutionally incapable of comprehend
ing the paltry and sordid details of business
which fetter the publisher to earth, and yet
which must be considered if he is to do JUS
tice to himself and to those who seek fame
and fortune through the medium of his
presses He (the publisher) recognizes the fact
that his interests and those Of the producer of
literature are identical; but being forced by
the exigencies of the situation to
look at it in practical light, he
is thereby estopped from meeting the writers
on their own lofty plane. Where is the
writer who will listen with patience to the ex-
PLANTATION that his essay or poem was crowded
out by the press Of advertising matterl To
his mind the intimation that the work of his
gifted pen is of less importance than price
list of cheap clothing or circus 'ad1 is a
gross insult. To be told that his valuable
contribution cannot appear in the periodical
selected by him until after the pressure on its
columns caused by voluminous base ball re-
ports, or even congressional proceedings has
abated, is an equal outrage upon his feelings.
He comes to look upon the publisher as man
determined to crush his aspirations, and one
who has no sympathy with budding genius.
Realizing this Misrepresentation of his true
qualities, it is but natural that the publisher
should look with some alarm upon the coming
convention of authors in this city as a gather
ing which may result in inconvenience to
himself. 1t is well known that the literary
person is not gregarious animal. He is ac-
customed to dwell in solitude and burn the
midnight oil to an unlimited extent. Never
before has he gone into convention of his
kind. This sudden agreement, then, to as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27

THE Anarchist and Communist of Chicago
goes on with his deadly work. The law
breaking striker stops trains, causes death, de-
stroys property, inficts untold miseries on
dumb brutes in transit at Chicago and through
ont Illinois. Yet the dead and universally
damned old Governor sleeps. One hour of
Jerry Rusk is worth a thousand years of the
sleeping, snoring Oglesby.