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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

ceiling. 1t was In my river bottom
and 1 could not NOW them, but
mashed them down this spring with
q log, and cut q ton and q half of grass
to the acre.
Mr.. Warfield, being asked about
common lime said, L have not tried
it sufficiently To give a report. 1
think we have too much neglected
its fertilizing power; a great deal of
our lands, would, If analyZed, be
found to need lime, but some of 1t
does not, as we have so much lime
stone In the soil. have on my place
spots where old lime kilns were burn
ed forty or fifty years ago, and it
shows the finest crops. Don't know
whether it Is the effect of lime, ashes
or charcoal, all of which are good
fertilizers. In Maryland, where i
came from, they ship lime from long
distances to manure land, and make
land that originally sold for five dol
lars per acre, bring fifty bushels Of
wheat to the acre. 1t Is the cheapest
manure we can get-can be burnt for
five or six cents per bushel. About
twenty-five to forty bushels to the
acre is the quantity to put on land.
Poor land ought not to have as much
lime put on AS the rich.
!. DIR. Dawson has used lime and salt
mixed on his lots, and says 1t makes
the land as rich as he wants 1t. He
raised fifty-three bushels of wheat to
the acre, and clover four feet long.
Mr.. Warfield says: have found
nothing like clover to improve land.
Its long tap root brings up the chem
ical properties from the lower regions
and the leaves and top take susten-
ance from the one, and sun and the
fine roots make the land loose, while
the soil is completely shaded from
the sun. Nine out of every ten far
mers lose the benefit of clover by
pasturing 1t too much. / think 1t
would be best never to let stock on
clover. Ifyou sow 1t for the land, let
the land have it. / have always
grazed my clover some, but have
found where the stock never went,
the land was much more benefited.
The meeting adjourned to meet
on the second Saturday in August,
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
L. B. ROSS, Asst Sec'y.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

SWEET VOICES. agree with
that poet who said n low soft voice
was an excellent thing in n woman.
Indeed we feel inclined 10 go further
than he on the subject, and call il one
of her crowning charms. How often
the spell of beauty Is rudcly broken
by coarse loud talking. How often
you are irresistahly drawn To a plain
unassumlng woman, whose soft sill
very tongue render her positively at
tractive? In the social circle how
pleasant ID Is to hear woman talk
In a low key which always charac-
terises the true lady. In the sanctu-
AIRY of home how such voice sooth-s
a frettcd child and how the weary
husband J. won 10 his home.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

JOHN BOsToN was arranged In
New Orleans for stealing chickens,
but stOutly protested his innocence.
1" And you deny having taken the
chickens, John?" asked the court.
T" Hi, boss, sartin. never TUX 'em."
But the officer says he found them
in your possession" "Sar?" "You
had them In your hands when arres-
ted" /" Yes, boss, but 1 didn't stole
them" How did you come by
them ?'' az borrowed 'em.n "The
owner says not" "Well, you see,
boss, he was asleep when 1 went to
borrow dem chickens, an didn't
like to 'sturb him so l jis TUX 'em,
an was gwine back the next day to
tell him."
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23
WHOLE NO. 2,11S.
Would sing II.

A story Is told of an old clergyman
who had the most unbounded faith
In Watts hymn book. He was fond
Of saying that he could never open to
any page without finding an appro-
pirate hymn. A mischievous son OF
his thought II would be good Joke to
test his fathers faith. SO he took an
old song and pasted It on one of the
pages of the book, over a hymn, so
nicely that 1t could not lie easily de-
tected. At church, on Sabbath
morning, the minister happened to
open at that very page, and COM
menced TO read:
"Old Grimes Is dead"
There was sensation I'm the audi
ence. He looked at the choir and
they looked at him but such was
his faith in Watts hymns that he
undertook 1t again, commencing with
the same line. There was another
sensation in the audience. Looking
at II again, and then at the congrega-
tion, and then at the choir said he,
Brethren, it Is here In the regular
order in Watts hymn book, and we
will sing it, any how
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

JACKSON, TENN, July l5.-The en-
tertainment given here last night for
the benefit the Confederate orphans
by Green Morrow, agent Of the Asy-
lum at Clarksville, was more than a
success. Nickles were showered on
the stage at Miss Kittie Rock. To
night grand moonlight promenade,
with music and ice cream, will come
off Mt Mrs. DIR. A. Jacks0n's.-
Green Morrow has received q petition
signed by seventy-fve of our best cit
izens to repeat the exercises Saturday
night. We can safely say the house
will not accommodate the crowd.-
Nashville Banner.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

G. S. Bell, the " Union scout - (car-
petbager), Of Texas, having been re-
ported riddled with rebel bullets and
his body found floating in the Gaud-
alupe river, and having turned up In
Austin in fine health, the Bonham
lTexas) News says: "Do come up to
Bonham, Sherman, Mckinney, Paris
and other towns In Northern Texas,
Mr.. Union Scout 8. G. Bell, and pay
back the money you stole from the
citizens Of these places on your news
pnper-angency' tour three years ago.
Citizens Of Bonham were losers to the
amount OF about $75 or 500 by this
pluperfectly loyal adventurer."
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23
Death OF Mrs. Ridley.

Mrs. Ridley, the amiabIe and es-
teemed widow of the late Judge
Bromficld l.. Ridley, died at 4 o'clock
yesterday morning at her home at
Murfreesboro. The death Of Mrs. Rid
ley, like that other honored husband,
which occurred but short time ago,
was sudden and unexpected, and also
like that event, will carry sorrow Ia
the hearts Of numerous circle of re-
latives and friends Union 6 ADicri.
can.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

TIE EDIToR.--" What a bully fell
Ter" an editor Is If he will only grind
you rake for you, aud let you use
his newspaper TO puff some unde-
serving person or thing, make him
the cats paw 10 pull your chesnuts
out of the fire! And what an infer
nal scoundrel he Is IL he choose 10 act
fair and independent, and don't see
matters i'm the same light that you
dol
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23
Cbancery Court.
SIXTH DIVISION.

SIXTH DIVISION.
Trousdale-First Mondays of Feb
ruary and August.
Montgomery-Fourth Mondays of
February and first Mondays of July.
Robertson Fourth Mondays of
March and October.
Cheatham-T Third Mondays of April
and October.
Sumner-Fourth Mondays of April
and September.
Stewart-Fourth Mondays Of May
and November.
Wilson--Second Mondays OF June
and December.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23
Circuit Court.
TENTH CIRCUIT.

TENTH CIRCUIT.
Montgomery county-First Mon
days of January, May and Septem-
Der.
Robertson-First Mondays Of Feb
ruary, June and October.
Cheatham-Third Mondays Of Feb
ruary, June and October.
Sumner-Fourth Mondays of Feb
ruary, June and October.
Dickson-Third Mondays of March,
July and November.
Humphreys-Fourth Mondays of
March, July, and November.
Stewart--Second Mondays Of April
August and December.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

A DUTCH woman kept q toll-gate.
One foggy day a traveller asked
Madame, how far IL II to be B?"
Shoost a leetle ways" was the reply.
Yes; but how far ?" again asked the
traveller. " Shoost a icetie way,u
more emphatically. Madame, Is II
one, t,OO, three, four, or .fpe miles ?"
The good woman ingeniously replied,
" / diiiks 10 is!n
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23
COunnlensIable.

AS will be seen from notice in our
advertising columns, Mr.. &. w.
Noyes has generously volunteered IN
give one half the gross proceeds Of his
circus exhibition of Monday after
noon for the benefit Of the Confeder-
ate Orphan Asylum at Clarksville. -
We hope that Mr.. Noyes' liberality
will be appreciated as II deserves, and
that n crowded canvass on Monday
afternoon will testify to the willing
ness Of our people 10 meet half way
any overtures looking 10 the benefit
of our orphans. Nashville Banner.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

AT recent decoration of graves a
youth in kid gloves, speaking for a
genteel party, addressed some ex-
soldiers in front: MY dear fellows,
you prevent our seeing; you are
standing up there right in front OF
u.s. A high private retorted, Yes,
sir, and we stood i'm front and covered
you all through the war; Remon-
strant subsidized.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

81 THINK" said Mr.. Bronson Al
cott, once In conversation, "that
when man lives on beef he becomes
like an OK he eats NUT
ton he begins to look sheepish, and II
he eats pork may he not grow swim
ish? "That may he, said DR.. Walk
er, of Cambridge, but when man
lives on nothing but vegetables
think he is apt to be pretty small po-
tatOes."
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23
GAINESVILLE
Boot and Shoe Mandatory.
R. q. HOWELL,
FIR 4 n KILN STR EFT,
Opposite the skating Rink1
CLARkSNII.LE, TENN.

beg leave 10 Offer my services to the
citizrns of ClarksYlllo and surrounding
Vicinity as manufacturer of first class
work from the host material the market
affords, aud at rs liberal rates rs the same
quality of work can he executed ar in the
city. Footing. hali-suling and rvpuirinn
done at the cheapest rates, and work dc-
llVercd promptly AT the time promised.
R,sp,ctmliy, II. &, HOWELL.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

"THE blessed man that preached
for us last Sunday" says Mrs. Part
ington, "served the Lord for thirty
yesrs-first as a circus-rider, and thel
as locust preacher, and last as AZ
cXhausler,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23
A JOLIET woman has original and

A JOLIET woman has original and
pronounced views on female suffrage,
which she expresses in this way:
81 don't just believe In the new
women notions. have raised six
boys--fOur of them vote now and the
Others will soon be old enough. Then
L will have six votes. Now these
good-for-nothing women who have
fooled their time away and never
raised u single boy, come round and
want every women to vote for her
self. don't believe in such nom
sencc. i have raised my six boys,
and l am going to have every one
vote for me. Those women who go
lecturing around the country instead
of raising boys have no business to
vote any way"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23
A Southern hoy who Couldn't Take
the Oath.

A case of much interest to the boys
of the South was decided by the Sec
retary of the Navy yesterday. A
youth named Baldwin Alexander,
from Pulaski county, Virginia, was
appointed cadet at the Naval Acad-
my by the Hon. Mr.. Gibson, of the
eighth district of Virginia. Alexan-
der, who is not yet seventeen years
of age, underwent u thorough exam
ination, and passed at every point
He made a favorable impression upon
the Board of Examiners as well as
the Secretary of the Navy, ard his
appointment was confirmed. But
when the ironclad or test oath was
put to him he declined to take 1t, AS
serting that, although he was n mere
child at the commencement of the
war, and but twelve years of age at
its close, yet his associations, sur
roundings, &c, had created a sympa-
thy In his mind and heart for those
around him and To swear that he
had not sympathized with, or counten-
anced the rebellion would he perjury,
and he could not do so. His honesty
and candor elected encomiums from
the naval authorities, and Senator
johnson, of Virginia, took the mat
ter in hand, and tried to have the
youth admitted by his taking the
proper constitutional oath. The law
on the subject however, seems to be
imperative, and the Secretary of the
Navy to-day informed Senator John
son that Alexander could not lie ad-
mitted TO the academy rs a cadet un.
less he subscribed TO the iron-clad
oath. Senator Johnson will ask
special Congressional legislation In
his case, and Representative P!att, n
prominent Virginia Republican mem
Der, has also stated that he would ask
the removal of his disabilities by the
House and that he be allowed to en-
ter the academy without taking the
ironclad oath.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

"SAMBo, did you ever nee the Cat
skill mmntains?" mo, sab T; but
I've seen 'em kill mice"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

AMBITION IL like n wild horse,
which prances increasingly until II
has thrown off its rider.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

PERSONS curious about the wages
of royal folks abroad, may lind it con
solatory to know that there is paid to
Alexander H.. So, 2j0,000, or S25, 900 a
day Abdul Axis, Sd,M0,0O0, or sls,-
00O day Napoleon Ill, $1,000, 900,
or Sli,2l9 a day; Francis Joseph,
81, ,000, 900, or $1,000 a day; Frederick
William l., S3,000, 900, orSS, ,2i0 IA day;
Victor Emmanuel, S2,i00,000, or S6,-
so a day; Victoria, -, 2,9O0,000, or 81, e
go n day; Leopold, S600, 900, or II ,5i3
a day. In addition To this salary,
each sovereign is furnished with "A
dozen or more first class houses 10
live m without any charge iur rent.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

THE following are the times at
which the Circuit and Chancery
Courts are to be held under the late
law:
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23
CLARKSVILLE
CANDY MANUFACT0RI.

nERUAPS 1T IL NOT GENERALLY
known that there Is such thing as a
Candy Mandatory in Clarksville; but
such II the ftct. am engaged in the man
uftcturc of the best and purest article OF
Plain and Fancy Candy, which offer 10
the trade, wholesale and retail, ut Louis
Vile prices. freight and charges added.
Cncournps Home Trade, and get The Una
ittItcrated article. RG-Country merchants
would do wei, to examine my goods be-
fore they send their orders away rom
home.
/ have on hand ~ large lot OF toys for the
Christmas holitiays-also keep Cakes ana
Bread of every description.
Dec. I, lS60.-tf.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-23

Tobacco ought to be ploughed n
n great deal, and rs long as you possi-
bly, can use the plough in it without
breaking it too badly. Mr.. Bowling
would use the whiflie tree as long rs
possible, and use a stretcher made
with short stick and trace chain
The last ploughing does more good
than any other.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-31
The Government Credit.

TIE New York Times, speaking of the
Funding bill, says:
Undoubtedly our credit has greatly
improved, rather, however, us conse-
ullence of Il series of circumstances over
which the government has exercised
slight control, than as a consequence of
wise laws or profound financial manage
ment. And the worst that can be said
against the pending bill Is, that SO FAR
from tending To improve the public
credit its tendency is to impair il"
This is not complimentary from a Re
publican newspaper to the administration
but il is undoubtedly true. The Chicago
Tribune, on yesterday morning, said, in
fact, that the credit of the government
had improved in spite OF financial mis-
management and laundering; and it pre-
sented II long array of facts and figures to
sustain the statement.
Such truthfulncss and candOr in Re
publican newspapers are cheerful prophe-
cics of an Improvement in the morals OF
tine ruling party 1t is to be feared, how
ever, that the luxury of telling the truth
plainly will not be INDUCED in by them
except at times when elections are SO far
of that "moral ideas can suffer no In
jury by such action.
Just before the elections of last fall
those two newspapers were very busy III
directing the attention OF the people tC
the alleged happy results of Grants finan
cierirr. lie had reduced the debt. HI
bad increased the revenue. He advanced
the credit of the government. Now il
appears that it WAS not HIM, "nOr any
other man - HicaqO Times
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-31

For clapped lips and hands use cam
phOr ice" or pure mutton tallow put on
warm. Candles are unsafe for this pur
pose, as they are sometimes poisoned. with
arsenic.
Cream cures sunbUrn on some complex
ions, lemon juice8 I'm others, and cold
water suits still others best.
[ To remove the black spots Enormously
known as "worms') from the face, wash
with hot water and press out the oil from
every spot with the finger-nails. Then
battle the face with cold water, and apply
a wash made of twenty drops OF tincture
of benZoin to one teacupful of water,
which is very soothing to an inflamed
skin. Observe more cleanliness and eat
palmer food.
Bruises are relieved by applying acdrn'
water.
A perscvering application of cold water
is the best remedy for common burns.
Cuts are best cured by sewing up with
needle and thread--a few stitches being
taken through the upper skin TO keep the
wound from gaping. 1t does not hurt
much if the stitches are not too deep
| III. Am Reg. Of Ru7M 1tdirs.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-31
Tennessee.

Poor Tennessee is struggling hard to
escape the doom which BrOwnlOw, But
Ter, Stokes d Co. are preparing for her.
The merchants of Nashville and Mem
phis have held meetings and passed
resolutions declaring that the reports
of disturbances in the State forwarded TO
Washington are wholly without founda-
ton, anu that Tennessee is as peaceful
and prosperous as any of her sisters. The
grand jury at Nashville have taken eff
fectual means for ascertaining the authors
of these mischievOus lies, by summonlng
before them two negroes, named Brown
and Carter, who have been prominently
identified with the revolutionary party,
and not long ago wrote a letter to Wash
ington giving startling accounts of out
| RACES" perpetrated on loyal people" OF
their complexion in Tennessee. Messrs.
Brown and Carter, when Intercepted I'M
der oath, confessed that SO far as they
knew nothing of the kind had ever trans
| PRED, and that they themselves had never
been molested. Such revelations as these
expose the dirty machinery which the ex-
tfcme Radicals are willing to use to ac-
complsh their ends. Ignorant negroes
are persuaded to send these lying stories 10
the seat of government in order to " fire
the popular heart and bring such pres
| sure to bear on Congress as to induce that
body to reconstruct Tennessee over again.
We doubt whether more cOnsummatc po-
litical villany than this was ever practiced,
and we cannot believe that it will ever
succeed Senator's and representatives
will not surely listen TO such infamous
| falsehoods, and act as though they were
true. There is, there must he, depth to
who h even Radicals will refuse to sink
| Missouri RcpuH5cdn, Murch %.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-31

seat and leave it at the barn, and walk
behind your moving machine. 1t re-
quires a little more care TO watch for
stumps, &c, but it pays well in the better
condition of ones horses. The traction
of low-wheeled heavy machine, OBJ
structed by wet grass and keeping up the
motion of the knives, is vastly increased
by putting on to it an additional weight
OF $50 to 200 pounds. | am sorry to say
the idea cannot be applied to reapers,
where the treadle is needed to be kept in
constant use"
PRESERVING HYACINTH BULBs.-Thcse
OF our readers who have been growing
hyacinths in pots in the house, will find
that by following the subloined directions,
they can use their bulbs for forcing again
next autumn. Bulbs grown in glasses
over water, however, may be thrown
away, as they are past renovation " AS
soon as the flowers wither, take the bulb
out OF the earth in which it has bloomed
wash 1t and the roots clean, and lay it on
the lid OF hamper, or on clean straw, in
an airy, shaded, but dry place Turn the
bulb frequently, and when the roots and
leaves, DC, have dried up, trim them off
remove loose scales and ripe Offsets, and
when the bulb is perfectly dry, lay it BY
in drawer, closet or basket until the fol
lowing autumn. BY this method the ex
haustiOn of the bulb, after Towering, il
saved "-HHrtL and TI),ue
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-31
Joke on Rarnum.

Quietly passed from earth last week, at
his residence in this city, one Pat Mullin.
Though possessed of many virtues, Mullin
was chiefly dear to fame as the man whom
Barnum paid for his "turn" at Tom Ifig-
einson's barber shop under the Park
Hotel The story is well known, but it
should be repeated once more in honor of
the dead and in justice to the living. One
day, few years ago, Barnum rushed into
Higginson's shop for shave and found
Pat Muliin, the deceased, just taking his
seat Tor the same operation. Barnum at
once proposed to Pat to exchange turns,
offering TO pay Pats Bill Pat, with the
quick wit OF an Irishman, assented. Bar
mum got his shave, told Higginson TO
charge Pats bill to- him, and went on his
way rejoicing. When Pats turn came he
deliberately proceeded To- take bath, a
shave and shampoo" and wound uD
by having his hair curIed and his whiskers
dyed When all was done he politely told
HigginsoD to "Charge it 10 the boss"
and departed. Barnum afterward paid
the bill, and thorght the joke was worth
the money.-Me,o York Globe.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-31
Sinking Slowly.

Diseases that progress rapidly To a crisiskarc not
the Only ones To b. dreaded. Caniscr or dry rot
does not blast tree as suddenly IA a stroke oi
lightning but unless arrested il destroys it
tainly; and in like manner chronic debility, al
though ii does not kill with the swiftness of yell
low fever, is to sap the springs OF life event
uay as any acute disease If rot checked by invig
Grating medication. There is something inezpres
sibly touching in the spectacle of premature decay
Languor, pallor, emaciatiOn depression ofsplrits,
and distaste for cxcrtion, are its ordinary symp-
toms, and they should be promptly met by tonic
treatment The best nvigorant and exhi'arant
can ne administered in a case of this kind Is Hos
letters Stomach Ritters. Tho stimulating prlnci
ple of the preparation the dormant energies
of the system and the strengthening and regulat-
ing properties give permanent and healthiul I'M
pulse to the vital forces thus brought INTO play.
The failing appetite il awakened the process OF
digestion and assimilation is quickened, the quail
ty of the blood is improved the seCretions become
more nat ura and every organ that contributes 10
the nourishmcnt of the body undergoes sanitary
change By these means the repair oil the physl-
cal structure is effected and its health and vlgor
restored. In class of diseases has the Dcnnccit
operation of the Bttcrs been more marked ana
striking than in those characterized by general de
bility and nervous pr0stration Ladles ailccted
with these ailments lind i'll this most wholesome oil
all toncs and correctivcs the safest ana surcst
means of relief Ii Is strong To restore and power
less TO nure Such is the uniform testimony OF
''cloudS of witnesses.