Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-10

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The wife of Robert Murray, after whom
Murray hill, New York. was named, never
has received proper credit for OBTAINING at
a very rich luncheon the officers OF the OPP
posing army until Washington and his
army could escape. Mrs. Murray saved
American independence. How the wrong
men and the wrong women get credit that
does not belong to them, while Gods
heroes and Gods heroines go upgarlandedl
You have heard of the brave words OF
dying chieftains, but you probably never
heard of what private soldier said, fallen
at Resaca and bleeding under shell
wound in his mouth, and who, though suf-
ferinq dreadfully from thirst, when cup
of water was offered him declined to
drink, sayings "My mouth is all bloody,
sir. and it nia2hb sAaka k,s~ Nm enp hsaa -fns
| others. - The world knows little or nothing
of the bravest words and the oravest
| deeds.
In one of the last letters which Column
| bus sent to his son, he wrote this lamentac
ton: ~ receive nothing OF the revenue
! due me. live by borrowing. Little have
| pfOIlU6u ny IWbuOy ySoAS VI SSA'AS
| such tolls and perils, since at present do
not own a roof in Spain. If desire to eat
! or sleep, have no recourse but the inn, and
| for the most times have not wherewithal
to pay my bill" Be not surprised, my
| nearer, if you suffer injustice. You are
| in the best of company-the men and
| women who wrought nightly for God
and the worlds improvement, and got for
| It chiefly Misrepresentation and abuse
while they lived, although afterward they
NAV have had long row of carriages at
the obsequies and gilt edged set OF reso-
lutions unanimously adopted for the con
ISOLATION of the bereft household DO your
full duty, expecting no appreciation In
this world, but full reward in the world to
come. .,.
illustrious ship captain of Genoa, let me
bespeak higher appreciation for the snip
CAPTAINS now in SERVICE many of them this
moment on the sea, the lives of tens OF
| thousands of passengers in their keeping,
What an awful responsibility is theirs
They 90 out through the Narrows or start
from Queenstown or Southampton OF
Glasgow not knowing what cyclone OF
collisions or midnight perils are waiting
for them. 1t requires bravery to face al
army of men, but far more bravery to face
an army of Atlantic surges led on by
hurricanes.
A more stupendous scene is not to b'
, witnessed than that of q ship captain walk
ing the bridge OF a steamer in the midst o.
a cyclonei Remember those heroes II
, your prayers, and when worn out In The
service, and they have to command IN
ferior craft or return to the land and g
U 40 fY1n honor w
they once were. Let the ship companies
award them pensions worthy of what the!
= endured until they start on their last voy
!, ass from this wosfd to the next. Aye, tha
= voyage we must all take, landsmen as wei
: as seafarers.
!, Let us be sure that we have the RICH
pilot. and the right chart, and the RICH
y CAPTAIN and that we start in the right di
u rection. 1t will be to each of us who low
= the Lord a voyage more wonderful for dis
ooyery than that which Columbus took
for after all we have heard about tina
> | other world we know not where 1t is 0
how it looks, and it will be as new as Sa
Salvador was to the glorious captain c
. the Santa Maria. eye hath not seen no
IL ear heard. neither have entered into tn
"a heart of man."
= May the light from that golden beac
y fash on the darkness, and we be able t
~ step ashore amid groves and orchards an
aromas such as this worlds atmospher
never ripened or breathedI Aye, fello'
- marners, over the rough sea OF this lif
=, through the fogs and mists of earth, sc
u YOU not already the outline of the bette
Is country? Land aheadl Land ahea'
u Nearer and nearer we come to heavenl
"a wharfage. Throw out the planks, an
~ stem ashore into the arms of your kindre'
Y who have been waiting and watching fl
"a the hour of your Decentralization. Throug
.. the rich grace of Christ, our Lord, may v
all have such blssful arrival