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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
HOME OF ROBINSON cRusoe.
How Il Looks To-Day-whsre Defoe Cot
the Asstsrisl for His etosy.


che MstsTizl fos His stosy.
[ChaI Cor. New YoFk sunl
Across the harbor OF Valparaiso IL an
island which possess an interest for
every one who has been a boy. ooca-
sionally an excursion goes over there
from this city, and the Englishmen,
who constitute 3 large fraction of the
population, with what few Americans
there are, 20 over to spend day Of two,
and renew their youth.
IL il the island of Juan Fernandez,
where Robinson Crusoe and his man
Friday, who kept things tidy" had
the experience that had given the world
Of boys as much enjoyment as any that
was ever written in a book. There was
a Robinson Crnsoe-thore isn't a doubt
of it, and there was q man Friday, too,
and the island stands to-day exactly as
it is described In the book; but the sur
prising adventures of Mr.. Crusoe as
therein related do not correspond eK-
actly with the local traditions OF the
story. AS tho yarn goes here, man of
the name of Alexander Selcraig, who
afterward called himself Selkirk, was
put ashore by the commander of tho
Spanish ship Cirque Ports, as punish
ment for mutiny.
This island was a fayorite stopping
place for vessels in the south seas, as It
has good bridge timber, plenty Of ex-
cellent water, abounds in fruits, goats,
rabbits and other flesh for food, and the
rocks on the coast are covered with
Holsters, shrimps, and crayfsh. 1t was
popular resort for buccaneers also, who
ran into Unprotected harbor to re
pair damages and get provisions Juan
fernandez, famous Spanish naviga-
tor, discovered it in 1858, and the king
Of Spain gave him patent TO the isl
and; but as he never occupied it his title
lapsed, In 1909 the Scotchman, .Selkirl
or Selcraig, became mutinous on board
the Cinque Ports, and had to choose be-
tween being hung at the yardarm or
put ashore at Juan Fernandez alone.
He took the latter alternative, and was
left on the rocks with his sailors kit
and small supply of provisions.
To his surprise, after he had been on
the island few days, he found com
Danion in an Indian from the Mosquito
| coast of Central America, who some
years before had come down on the ship
of the pirate Damphier, and, going
ashore on hunting expedition, had
become lost and was abandoned by his
comrades. This was the man Friday.
Some years after Selhirk and the Indian
were rescued by Capt. Rogers of al
nglish merchant ship and taken tC
southampton, whore the Scotchmar
told his story to Daniel Defoe, and il
got into print with some romantic
exaggeration.
Great care has been taken to preserve
the relics of Alexander Selkirks stay
upon tho island, and his cave and huts
remain just as be left them. In 1855
the officers of the British man-of-wal
Topaz erected marble tablet to mark
the famous lookout from which Mr.
rusoe, like the Ancient Mariner, used
to watch for sail, land yet no sal
from day TO day."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
CHILDREN OF ouroAsTs.
The Most Painful Figure in the Crowded
Ldfe Of q Largo City.
Joe Howard in Philadelphia press.l

Ldfe Of q Largo City.
Joe Howard in Philadelphia Press.l
AS decent men, we can not look upon
this great multitude Of unhappy, de-
serted and degraded boys and girls
without feeling our responsibility to God
for them.
Thus far almshouses and prisons have
done little TO affect the 6pil. But a
small part of the vagrant population
can be shut up In our asylums, and
Judges and magistrates are reluctant to
convict children so young and ignorant
that they hardly seem able to distin.
guish good and evil. The class increases.
immigration is pouring in its multitude
of poor foreigners, who leave these
young outcasts everywhere abandoned in
our midst.
For the most part the boys grow ur
utterly by themselves. No one cares
for them and they care for no one Some
live by begging, by petty pilfering, by
bold robbery; some earn an honest sup
port by peddling matches, or apples
or newspapers; others gather bones and
rags in the streets to sell. They sleeI
on steps, in cellars, in old barns and in
markets, or they hire bed in filthy and
low lodging houses. They can not read
they do not go to school or attend q
church. Many Of them have never seen
the Bible. Every cunning faculty is in
tensely stimulated They are shrewd
and old in vice, when other children
are in leading-strings Few influences
which are kind and good ever reach the
vagrant boy, and yet among themselves
they show generous and honest traits
Kindness can always touch them.
The girls, too, often grow up even
more pitiable and deserted. Till Of late
no one has ever cared for them. They
are the crosswalk sweepers, the little
apple peddlers and candy sellers of oul
city, or by more questionable means
they earn their scanty, bread. They
traverse the low, vile streets alone, end
| live without mother or friends or any
share in what we call a home. They
grow up passionate, ungoverned, witt
no love or kindness even to soften the
heart. We all know their short, wilC
life, and the sad end.
These boys and girls, it should DO re
membered, will soon form the great
lower class of our city. They will in
fuence elections; they may shape the
| policy of the city; they will, assuredly
If unreclaimed, poison society all aroun(
them. They will help to form the grea
multitude of robbers, thieves, vagrant,
and prostitutes who are now such I
burden upon the law-respecting com
munity A large multitude of children
live IN the city who cannot be placed il
asylums and yet who are uncared for
and ignorant and vagrant. They hay
no settled home and live on the out
skirts of society, their hand agains
every mans pocket, and every mai
looking on them as natural enemies
their wits sharpened like those Q
savages, and their principles often n
better. Christianity rears its temple
over them and civilization is carrying
on its great work, while they, happ
race of little heathens and barbarians
plumber or frolic, or lead their rovin
life far beneath.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
THE PARTNER OF RALsroN.
His Success as Railroad Builder in South
America.
Icor. Philadelphia Press ]

lCor. Philadelphia Press.
According to one of the monuments
of the spirit of American energy and
enterprise, albeit embodied in man of
doubtful reputation, is the railroad that
connects Mollendo, port of Peru, with
Lake Titicaca. This lake is the highest
body OF water in the world, lying in a
great basin between two ranges of the
Continental Cordilleras, $4,000 feet
above the sea.
On the bosom of this wonderful lake
is the island-the Eden of the western
world-where tradition says Nance
Capac and Mama Capac, the Adam and
Eve of the Inca race, were born. From
this little garden sprang race that has
never been surpassed in industry and
will always furnish the most interesting
topic Of study antiquarians and philoso-
pliers have ever known. Here are the
magnificent temples and palaces which
Prescott describes with such vivid pen
and which Pizarro stripped of their
treasurer.
The man who built the railroad was
Harry Meiggs, the partner of Ralston,
the California banker, who drowned
himself in the Golden Gate; the friend
of Flood, O'Brien, Mackay, Sharon, and
one of the princes of the golden era of
40. Bret Harte has written of him,
and Mark Twain has used him as text
He committed forgeries in San Francisco
years ago, and when his crime was dis
covered, took boat and rowed out into
the bay, as Ralston did twenty years
afterward, but, instead of jumping over
board, he climbed upon the deck of &
schooner, purchased her, and sailed
away from the scene of his remarkable
career.
He went to Chill first, and then came
to Peru, bringing much of his wealth
and all of his irresistible energy which
he applied to the difficulties that hac
staggered this country, and overcamt
them. From Ecuador to Patagonia
through Peru, Bolivia and Chill, his en-
terprise extended, and the result is {
series of railroads at right angles will
the coast, connecting the interior of thu
country with the seaports, and giying
the estates and the mines in the noun
tains, the sugar haciendas and the nj
trate beds, easy outlets to the ocean
He sent back money to California, t.
reimburse those who had lost by hi
forgeries, with good interest, but re
manned there till he died, one of tn
richest, most influential and famou
men on the coast.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
Labor and Intellect.
Holm Ruskip.

We are always in these days trying to
separate the two; we want one man to
always be working, and we call one a
gentleman and the other an operative;
whereas the workman ought often to be
thinking, and the thinker often to be
working, and both should be gentlemen
in the best sense. AS it is we make
both ungentle, the one envying, the
other despising his brother, and the
mass of society is made of morbid think
ers and miserable workers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
The Faultless Blue Blood.

[Col. Hggnsou in Harper's Bazar.l
remember having long talk dozen
years ago with an English lady, thor,
ough Liberal in politics, who stoutly
maintained the absolute necessity of a
hereditary aristocracy to keep up the
standard of good manners. l counted
over to her, one by one, the noblemen |
had happened to meet-it did not take
long-not one of whom, asserted, had
what would be called in America good
manners. In each case she admitted it,
but found each case an exception. This
one was notorious oddly, and his
father before him; that one was "a re-
cent creation" the other was law
lord" Cite whom / might, the real
blue blood was never at fault. AT last
/ said: ''Can the stream rise above it,
sourcel / hear of very rude things as
done by the royal princes" "Oh," she
said, ''they are not Englishmen; they
are Germansp'
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
The Darwin gtstue.

The statue of Darwin in the Natural
History museum, London, is grand
piece of sculpture, the marble spotlessly
white, the pose easy, the resemblance
striking. The great theorist is de-
picted, in heroic size, seated in large
arm chair, his legs crossed and light
overcoat thrown carelessly across his
knees. The massive brow, the pensive
eyes, the thoughtful lines above the
lips, all betray the mask of boundless
knowledge. In glass case near by
the Darwinan theory is shown at a
single glance. The skeleton of man
and that of monkey are suspended
side by side.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
Keep Out of Washington.
New York Commercial Advertiser

NEW YORK OoIhmeFclaI AuFefLIserI
There is nothing like a good statist
ical table to overthrow preconceived no
tons. Ask anybody what state, terri
tory, or other division of the country il
the most unhealthy, as indicated by
death rate, and the answer is pretty
sure to be wrong Nobody thinks Of
the District of Columbia as more pesti
lential in its climate and surrounding;
than South Carolina or Mississippi with
their swamp miasma and epidemic
fevers; and yet census tables Just pub
lished show that the death rate is greater
in the District of Columbia than in AM
state or territory in the Union.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
A MoNARcH's DAUGHTER.
From Hp,na.l

from HOias.l
OF this daughter OF monarch dream
fondly as | go;
She has tresses like the night clouds, and her
cheeks arc white as snow;
Sat we often meath tho linden in the moons
disorsst eclipse
Souls Astounding ecstatic at the
marriage OF the lips
"Crown or scepter OF thy father crave not,
nor gauay thrsns,
But to win thee, and TO wed thee and to
make thee all mine ownr
@What thou dTVAmsst cannot happen, fer
I'm nam bsrsd 'moag the dead,
And tits emily IN the midnight | can love
the, bard" she said.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
Endorsed by The t!aTkNlle Tobacco Board Of Trade.

To Whom 1t mag Concern:
The Tobacco Board of Trade of GAINESVILLE takes pleasure
giving its full endorsement and strong recommendation of Mr. E.
Ross Montgomery county, Tenn the manufacturer the
Twist gentleman of sterling integrity whose every
regard the goods he may offer for sale may be relied upon
strictly every partu These brands are put up with
from selected Tobaccos from this market increasing
popularity evidence of their purity of material and
cture Mr. Ross seeks widen the their
buton cheery give expression opinion of the man.
and of his pure grades of manufactured Tobacco,
them to other sections of the country M. II. CLARK;
Secretary Tobacco Board of Trade
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
Our Cutlery supply.
tChica-o Herald

One.fourth of our cutlery supply
comes from England, one-fourth from
Germany, and the remaining half is
made at home. A high authority predicts
that in ten years time four-ffths of the
supply will be made here. Much is ex-
pected from some of the new steel pro-
cesses now coming into use.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
The EdeIWeias.

The edelweiss, that Alpine flower
which has been the desire of tourists
and the frequent cause of accidents,
will no longer be the symbol of hardy
adventure, since it now tamely grows
in common garden earth mixed with
a little lime.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
Fnur Elevated Cities.

The four American cities Of above
10000 inhabitants having the highest
natural sites above the level of the sea
are LeadFille, Denver, Omaha, and At
ianta, in the order named.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08

A wealthy Cuban has fitted out a
steam vessel for the sole purpose of
catching sharks. His object is to make
bloody war on the creatures, and he ex-
poets to kill at least 5000 per year.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08
The Druggists r."

The letter "R," with tail flourish,
as employed by physicians in prescrip-
tons, is the symbol of Jupiter, under
whose special protection all medicines
were placed. The letter itself Recipe,
take) and its flourish may DO thus para
phrased; Under the good auspices of
Jove, the patron of medicines, take the
following drugs in the proportions set
down.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-08

What is my opinion OF temptatioul
The man who steps over the banana
peel on the pavement won't slip omit.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-05-23
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.Thc maxwcli--PrelIer case.


ST. LOUIS, May 1s.-The anticiHa-
st,on that the Maxwell trial would be
begun in earnest yesterday attracted Il.
large crowd Of spectators to the Grim.
mai courtroom yesterday morning.
Yhe work OF the morning was to have
been the selection OF the jury from the
panel of forty-seven who were selected
last week from those nmmcned to
submit themselves to'the examination
as to their ability to imparaai'y Try
shecase. All but one OF the panei OF
forty seven were present .#When s'he
.conrt opened but theabssnce of this one
Iaslayed The proceedings. The court
issued a writ commanding his presence
hand it was placed in the hands OF
deputy who Immediately went in
saascr of the delinquent. AT noon ne
lhad not been found.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-05-23
BAsrnor, La, January q, 1885.

Editor Morehouse Clarion
Dear SIT said to you some time since
ming a lot Of The nPeterkin Cotton" have
ginned 81. 600 lbs seed cotton, weighed in lots
Of from 900 to 1900 lbs, which turned out;
a $500 per cent of lint cotton.
This cotton was planted from LIST to 10th
of May. Had the usual cultivation OH the
share system. No rain after lst of July.
Stands more hot, dry weather than any
other cotton grown. Hands claim they can
pick one-third more Of it than the common
cotton. Can also gin at least one-third
moro of it in the same length of tilno than
any other cotton.
i know my seed to be pure, as there was
no other cotton planted on my Line planta,
ton in 1884 except the Peterkin.
by at least 35 per cent in planting the Peter
kin than any other cotton.
Yours Respectfully,
GEO. A. PETERKIN.
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Sineletc rs T.. o., S. G.
Ter "a, 1851:
Please allow metz say your seed has in,
every way far exceeded my expectations.
The plant will stand more droutR than any
of the green seed varieties that have ever,
planted; will make asimuctn seed cotton per
acre he staple is better, and then your
seed Cotton will turn out 4O2s lbs Int per
100. l congratulate You on promoting the
interest of the cotton planters. and feel isat-
istied that with your seed, higher Inanuring
and economy. they will grow jolly and in
dependent.
Fort NOTE, Dec. 2, 1884.
Capt. j. A. Peterkins
3 i planted two other varieties, of cotton be-
sides yours. Treated them all alike in
every respect. Yours stood the drouth
made more seed cotton per acre, and turn.
ed out 80 per cent Of lint. want seed
enough OF you this coming year 70 plant my !.
have paid you five dollars per bushel this
year and planted my crop of It:
s ~ -. Yours Respectfully,
J.. G. DAIRY,
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BEAD what Mr.. Tx. Legare, merchant
and planter, writes from Fort Motto, >. Us
q, 1884
Capt. j. A.. Peterkin. Fort Motto, s. c.:
Dear Ssr-You ask me to give You my
experience with Your improved cotton SEED,
and as i have no interest in the matter ex-s
cent the good of the farmers. will give you
nv experiences. 7 planted acres Of your
seed this year and the cotton grew OF rap.
.iily. stood the dry weather we'll and Kept
green aud bearing long after other ct.tan
near it had dried up and ceased prod ucinss;
r pinned ont three bales, and 1000 Pc units o.
seed cotton made 400 pounds Of lint. or 20
ner cent lint, while it took 1850 ponnds 81
other cotton ginned same day on same gin
tn make 400 pounds lint. know of many
other parties who also had IA turn out OF AZ Y
and even AZ per cent, while The tt'z.er seea
oniy made SO to SO per cent.
| As D merchant, shipped to Charies.oI
about 100 bales ofyour socd for two parties;
and without my factor Knowing 1t, they an
\ sold for the top Of tho market, and most OF
! tbem X cent over the market, as the staple
\ is very line and beautiful It's virtues axe
4 that Il grows well, stands drouth, bears
heayil 81 and makes beautiful lint Wnlcn
4 selis Tor top Of the market. i CONSIDER II
| the Eest cotton have ever known, supe'
1 rior to Dicksons and Oilers.
Yours, very respectfully.
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Fort motifs, s. G., Nov. i, 1884

Fort MOTIFS, S. c., Nov. /, 1854.
Capt. j. A. Peterkin:
I planted ten acres OF cotton with your
seed. Had two other varieties--the Jones
and the Dixon Cluster. All the land was
alike and fertilized and cultivated the same;
your seed stood the dronth, made more seed
cotton per aero and turned out Az per
l consider your cotton a blessing to our
country.
Yours Respectfully, N.CAROL.
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COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

we. the rdorsigned, James H: Hamilton,
John Milien and P. Blanks do hereby Ger
tifY that we were present and did assist ntd IN
the ginning and weighing Of lot OF co seed
cotton, 1870 lbs; yield of lint 574 lbs, or 4o Z
ms To 100 lbs seed cotton. Also that 1867 IDS
seed cotton OF She samo lot tinted l GSn IDS
~, n Fl Morals Field Gin, without taking
any extra care in ginning; also, that Inc
above mentioned cotton was raised py Caps,.
o. A. Wylie on his plantation At WIVES
t NJ, ~ so J. II. HAMILTON,
! so''' JOHN MULLEN,
p. NJ. BLANKS,
| Certified and subscribed before me- I'm
| 2dth day of October, 1884.
JOHN G. MAGILL, Notary Public.
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srArEsBuRe, s. G., Dec. !, AS!

Capt. J. A. Peterkin;
this wear planted the seed bought of you
and am pleased with them. 1t has IN ad
more seed cotton per acre than any other
cotton, stood drouth bettor, and turned on ~
NV neighborhood for you.
Yours respectfully.
DESSUMORE BULL.
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CAMDEN. S. c.. Dec. 10, 1884

------- 100000 CAMDENs 1oe7-]<''-
Capt. J. A. Peterkin;
planted your seed on two acres OF poor
sandy land, after cutting oats from same
on the first day of June. It was Wen ierem,
ar",,,th which 1t stood remarkably well.
Made two bales, weighing $50 each, with
the bagging included. 1t turned out ~ per
cent Of lint Yours respectful
49, ~ " w. A. ANKKOM.
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An INKY REVoLuTIoNl

we DELIVER FREE anywhere, all
eharges positively prepaid. one or more ore,
o,,aSfs Of the very finest BLACK, NioLl Ell
RrIfS. GREEN orSGARLEr Writing Ink,
of brilliant, unchansipg coiors, non Oh,
,ef.eipt Of only % cents per quart. stamps
accepted. o,,;s Nro
The company and ITS INKS are ensife'y
Observation-Disclosures Telegraph.
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All the spelling reforms OF all the
3orthographis,s in the world will not
succeed in lesseniag the intensity OF
that schoolboy's affection, who scra-
Wis on his slate with pencil, 81 Inv
yuD and hands it across the aisle.
With a big apple 70 the Dlue Eye e.,
little girl who reads In the secoh.'
reader.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-05-23

--uHelio! CharlcS, what IRE You
doing nowgs' saNothing. You see Sou
we had Gre down at our store
aDid you're .Yes. I was fred
I--Nesc Hdce,s Noes.
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Hound ever.

LouIsvls.nE, May Is la the test
case Of The Law md Order club against
Emile Bouiier. charged viii seliing
pools on tas rares in viasassa of a
recent iesisi Aitve cnectnent S4oge
Thoinpsnn. TGs sdaS honua bao1iea
over 10 answer before the grasd luiy'