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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
OVERWORK AND WANT OF SLEEP.

OverwOrk causes a great deal of i'll
health in farming communities. Very
many farmers, in their efforts to avoid
idleness, which they consider sin anda
shame, go to the other extreme and
lose both health aud happiness there
by While industry tends TO health.
overwork breaks down the constitu-
ton and shortens life. 1t Injuries both
the body and mind, and if long con-
tinued results either in death or pre-
mature old age. For this sin, and sin
il is to everwOrk, there is not nearly
the excuse on the part of farmers
which there was twenty years ago.
Now one has machines to take, in a
great degree, the place of hand labor,
and the farmer who will use them need
not break down. his health by working
too hard. But it is not the farmer
who is most liable to Overwork. The
farmers wife is generally the greatest
sufferer. Every day in the year, Sun
days not excepted, she has much to do.
Often there is as much required of her
as two women ought to perform. As
the result of her Overwork, health is
lost, and she either dies long before
her time or lives only to suffer the
the penalties of the law she has trans
crossed For this course there is no
justification. No woman ought to
work herself to death, and no
man Is justified in requiring or allow
ing his wife to do so. He ought to fur
nish her with the household machines,
and if her health is poor either help
her himself or hire a girl to help her.
This killing himselfand his wife, which
so many farmers do, for the sake of
laying up a few dollars which they
never expect to use, and which they
connot carry with them when they die,
is a miserable speculation as far as
profit and loss are concerned, and a
sinful, shameful thing for any man to
do.
Want of sleep is one of the chief
causes of much of the physical and
mental trouble of farmers and their
families. During the busy season,
when the farmer rises at four in the
morning and works until six or seven
in the evening, then eats his suT5er.
does his chores, and sits up an hour or
TWO ldtSE 10 Itdu MS paper OF C1l3J Win
4 neighbor, he does not obtain sleep
enough to keep either body or mind
in perfect. health and vigor. The evil
consequences of his course may not be
apparent for many years, but sooner or |
later they will come. The waste of
the brain is not fully made up. Little
by little it decays and insanity or in
durable disease is. the final result of
using the hours which should be de-
voted to sleep for other purposes. |
Farmers wives, who are often kept |
awake at night by the exhaustion
caused by overwork or by the CRYING
and fretting of children, are the great |
est sufferers, and year by year a vast
number of this class go to the insane |
asylum or the grave IL is slow but
certain suicide to curtail the hours of |
sleep, and no man, woman or child |
need expect to long continue in good |
health without taking the fullest
amount of quiet rest HorkiRg Ear |
meT.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
PATENTED HUmBUes.


What a blessed faculty is that which
enables man or woman to say no,
and then to stick to i'll OF course,
one who practises the positive, must
also learn to think before he speaks,
else he will be unjust to himself as
well as others. No one class of our
people need to acquire this habit more
than farmers, and when they have be-
come accustomed to use the word more
frequently and emphatically than they
do at present, itinerant peddlars and
agents will find their occupation gone,
or at least slightly less remuneratiye.
The patent gate or beehive man
calls on the farmer and asks him to
purchase his wares, or the right to use
them; the farmer, knowing that he
does not actually need them, says no;
but the smooth, oily tongue of the
agent soon gets decision in his favor,
and there are two sales effected in
stead of one-for the farmer is sold
and the agent sells his ware. When
we glance over the list of patent gates,
bee-hives, oxyokes, fences, and thou
sand and one other worthless things
that have been sold to farmers, and
are at the present time being hawked
about the country, we cannot help ur-
ging every man to acquire the habit OF
saying no!
There may be one or two better
churns than the old-fashioned one
used by our grand fathers, but how
many thousands of worse than useless
things have been sold under the name
of improved patent churns y The
same is true of nearly all of the smaller
implements used about the household
and farm; the inventors, manufac-
.urers and peddlers of the same having
fourished amazingly, simply because
farmers could not or did not say no.
All the vile nostrums that are distribu-
ted throughthe country were sent there
by the manufacturers simply because
they know the weakness of the masses;
and swindlers of all kinds, from wine
plant peddlers down to counterfeit
money dealers, who send boxes of saw
dust to their dupes, flourish for the
same reason.
It is passing strange that men and
women who possess any intelligence,
can for a moment suppose that any
country quack or city quack doctor
possesses opportunities of the brains to
concoct medicine of more value or
potency than the thousands of learned
men who grace the professions. The
same is true In regard to plants; and
if farmers will remember this one
thing, that no travelling agent ever did
introduce new plant, fruit or vegeta-
BILE, they will be duped less often
When any one calls on you and pre-
tends that he has something new, that
our regular nurserymen or florists do
not know all about, set him down as a
swindler, and not only say so, but
hasten his departure from your prem
Uses. If our farmers had served the
peddlers of Alkakengi, or strawberry
tomato, wine-plant, coffee-plant, and
hundreds of other such wonders, they
would not only have saved many thous-
ands of dollars, but have had a far
better opinion of mankind in general.
Rural Neao Yorker.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14

In 1864, Charles Fox wealthy and
excentric shoe-dealer, who lived on
Third avenue, New York, made will
in whichhe bequeathed all of his prop
erty, real and personal, valued at about
$4,000, to the Government of the
United States to pay part of the Ma
tional debt. The will was contested
about two years ago in the Surrogate's
Court by the nephew and nieces of the
testator, who are very poor. and live in
tenement houses in Brooklyn, on the
ground that he was not OF sound mind
and memory, and that the Government
could not accept a bequest of real es-
tate. Surrogate Hutchings decided
that the testator was of sound mind
and memory, but that the Government
could not accept bequest of real es-
tate. The case was taken TO the Court
of Appeals, aud the Surrogate's decis-
ion was there affirmed.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
Too Many Rabbits.

An unfortunate snake in Tennessee
recently swallowed rabbit and then
attempted to crawl through fence.
but was stopped by the internal rabbit
when about half way through; while
in this quandary another rabbit was.
as one of our contemporaries would
say, convenient, and the snake swal-
lowed him likewise; so with a swal-
lowed rabbit on each side of the hole
he was crawling through he stuck, and
was killed during the process of di-
geStion. This snake reminds one of
the Radical party just now, with the
salary grab of Grant on one side of the
fence and the eloquent denunciation of
that grand larceny on the other, the
reptile seems doomed to die with its
belly full of thievery.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
Dress Goods
PARASoLS

Ladies, don't fail to call for Club Stock
Parasols. as they are the newest and most
stylish that are out this season; also full
lines of Black and Brown Silk Umbrellas,
and full stock of Misses lined and unlin ed
Parasols, good stock of Colored and Black
Cotton Umbrellas bought direct from the
manufacturer and will be sold cheap for
cash. RICE, BROADDUS Il co.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14

THE Richmond Wing says: 1T is
too early to predict with any degree of
certainty what may be anticipated from
the growing crop of wheat. We are
glad TO learn, however, from nearly all
sections of the State that the improve
ment in its appearance within the last
few weeks has been wonderful"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
Help TO Pay the Salary Steal.

After July LIST, the subscribers to
county papers will be called upon to
pay twenty cents year as postage.
The memory of men who are not gray
headed runneth not back to the time
when papers were not carried free
within the county of publication. But
subscribers should not cherish hard
feelings against the noble army of Con-
gressmen; but remember that it is
sweet to bleed for ones country. That
twenty cents a year will go short way
towards paying the salary steal. 1t
will also help to enrich President
Grant with ahundred thousand dollars
more than he agreed to serve another
term for. To help pay it is one of the
favors Granted them. And it will do
something towards doubling Congress
ional salaries in the future. Let the
people remember these things, and not
growl that they are required
"To party give up what was meant for man.
kind"
HtelIigencer.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
Tribute to StoneMan Jackon.s

Lancaster MteUigeacer.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
White Goods, Hosiery, Notions

These three departments we have made
a speciality this season, as IL is larger and
more varied than ever.
Handsome Lace Sets and Collars.
Handsome Linen Sets and Collars.
Very large and handsome.stock of Met
ropolitan Ruffs and Fishues for the neck,
ali new and desirable,
= Embroidered Linen and Jaconet Bands
and Sleeves.
Elegant stock of Linen and Jaconet Edg-
ings and Insertings.
Real Val. Lace Collars, Sets and Hendker-
chiefs.
Ladies' nice white hemmed Handker-
chiefs for 81 per dozen.
Ladies' all linen III. S. Handkerchiefs for
81 75per dozen.
Ladies' nice Balbrigan Cotton Hose for
IS 90 per dozen.
Full line of Ladies' Misses Gents and
Boys Hosiery and Notions, cheap for cash.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-31
TRANSFERS.

Whenever voter changes his residence
he may get from the registrar of the dis
trict from which he moves certificate
that he was there duly registered, and
that on his removal his name had been
erased from the registration books. Such a
certificate is what is known as transfer.
This transfer may be presented to the
registrar Of the district to which
The voter has moved at any time even on
the day Of election in the country. But in
cities or towns containing over two thou
sand inhabitants, it must be presented on the
tenth day preceding the election, or if the
registrars sit SO long on the two following
days above named. preceding the election.
1t is believed that the above contains all
the information needed for the most care
less voter f5sr
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usgsas IT HI Lszans--slzss,,..
STATE JOURNAL FOR 1873

We call the attention of our friends
throughout the State to the very liberal
terms upon which the STATE JOUR
NAL is offered for 1878. and the extraor-
binary inducements to form clubs, espe-
cially for our Semi-Weekly and Week
ly editions.
Clubs can be made up from as many
different postoffices as there are names,
which can he sent in. with the cash, as
fast as obtained. AID when completed the
extra copy will be forwarded to any ad-
dress named. iH1atl
Make up Club at once, or send in your
name. Remember that So will pay for
six COPIES Of the Weekly for one year,
and $40 will pay tor ten copies Of the
Weekly and one copy Of the Semi
Weekly for one year, and for every ten
subscribers for one year to SEsiI-W EEK
LY or twenty subscribers for one year to
WEEKLY, we will give q copy Of the
Great Industries OF the United
States worth $3.50. 5ai
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BANKRUPT NOTICES.
1 4D4l
| TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
| j TED STATES for The Eastern District of vir-


TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
TED STATES for The Eastern District of Vir-
glnia.
In the matter OF Jane L. Hardy bank
rupt-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, on the 9th day of Oct, a. d..
1873.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that a petition
has been, to wit on the 27th day of Ocrber,
1873, filed In said District court by Jane i.
Hardy, of Mecklenbnrg county in said district,
who has been heretofore duly declared bankrupt
under act of Congress entitled An act TO establish
a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States,' approved March I'd. 1857, for u
dischargeand certificate thereof from all her debts
and other claims provable under said act, and
that the 10Th day of Nov'r, a. d , 1873, AT 10
o'clock q. M, before W. W. Forbes, one of the
registers of said court in bankruptcy, at his
office, in Richmond in said district, is the
time and place assigned Tor the hearing of
the same when and where you may attend
and show cause, ii any you have, why the
prayer of the said petition should not be granted,
You are also hereby notified, thar the second
and third meetings of the creditors of the said
bankrupt will be held at the same time and
place. W. w. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for the
oc 2S-Tu2w 3rd Cong'l Dist. of Va.
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THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il TEn STATES for Tho Eaetprn hi4trint nf


T THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
i. TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
In the matter of Kyran A. Murphy, bankrupt
lin bankruptcy.
At Richmond. this oath DAY OF October, 1873
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please TO take notice hereby, that petition
has been, to wit: on the Gath day of October,
a. d 1873 filed in said District Court, by X. A
Murphy, of Richmond city, Virginia, in said
district, who has been heretofore duly declared
bankrupt under the act of Congress entitled
Gan Act to establish uniform system of bank
rnptcy throughout the United States" approved
March I'd, 1867 for II dischai ge and certificate
thereof from all his debts AND other claims
provable under said act. and that the 9TH day
of November, a. d., 1875 al 10 O'Clock a M,
before w. w. Forbes, one of the registers of
said court in bankruptcy, at his Office in Rich
mond in said district, is the time and place
assigned for the hearing of the same, when
and where you may attend and show cause, it
any you have, why the prayer of the said peti
tion should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified that the second
and third meetings of the creditors OF the said
bankrupt will be held at the same time and
place. w. W. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy
oc 25-S2w for the Sd Cong'l Dist. OF Va.
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
il TED STATES for the Eastern District OF


TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.
il TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
In the matter of James L Bray, a Bankrupt
in bankruptcy. sss
At Richmond, on the 9th day of Oct, a. d. 1873.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
Please to take notice hereby, that a petition has
been, to wit on the Path day of Oct, 1873, filed
In said District Court by James l.. Bray ,of
Richmond city in said district, who has been
heretofore duly declared bankrupt under
the act of Congress, entitled San act to establish
a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States" approved March ., 1867, for
discharge and certificate thereof from all his
debts and other claims provable under said act,
and that the 10th day of Eoy'ber 1873, at 10
o'clock, u. m. before w. w. Forbes, one of
the registers of said court in bankruptcy. at his
office in Richmond, Va, in said district,
is the time and pace assigned for the hearing of
the same, when and where you may attend and
show cause, if any you have why the prayer
of the said petitioner should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meetings of the creditors OF the said
bankrupt will be held at the said time and place.
W. w. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for
oc 2S-Tu2w Sd Cone'l Dist. of Va
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INFORMATION TO VOTERS.
DAY OF ELECTION.

4f1-s-5.4 la II Of ItLrCiloN.
The election occurs on the 4th day OF
November, it being the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in the month.
VOTERS ~
must be male citizens, twenty-one years
of age, resident in the state twelve months,
in the election district three months, and
dulyregistered. The following persons only
are disqualified. FIRST. Idiots and lunatics.
Second. Persons convicted of bribery in
any election, embezzlement OF public funds,
treason, or felony. Third. All persons
who have sent or accepted challenge to
fight duel, or aided or assisted in any
manner in fighting duel, since the adop-
ton of the present constitution
Polls are opened at sunrise and closed at
sunset.
The ballot must be one white paper
ticket, and contain on its face the names OF
the candidates, written or printed, for
whom the elector wishes to vote, and des-
ignating the Office for which the eleetor
wishes them chosen. If vote be chal.
lenged, the voter is required to swear that
he has the qualifications stated above
that he is duly registered in his own pro-
per name; that he is the person he repre-
sents himself to be, and that he has not
already voted at the present election.
REGISTRATION.
The above are all the points needed to be
observed, except the vitality important re-
quirements of Registration and Transfer
which however are few and simple. Every
voter on coming of age, or completing thu
required term of residence in his state ant
voting precinct, should go to the Registrar
There is one at every voting place. ant
see to it personally that he is regularl.
registered, giving under oath his nam age
occupation and the length of time of hi
residence in the state, county, city o
town; if in a city, giving the name Of tn
street and number of the house where h
resides. This may be done on th
second Tuesday in May of each yea
tevery voting precinct in the state, an
any day previous to ten days before tn
election In November in the country. In tn
cities and towns of over two thousand in
habitants the registrars may sit three day
for purposes of registration ten days befor
each election. But the voter to be sal
ought to perfect his registration on the frs
day of the sitting of the registrars. whic
they are required by law to advertise fc
ten days, by posting written or printed M
tees at ten or more public places in eac
precinct before each sitting. -.
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ished state. They will also contain the provl-
sion that, in case of any default on the part of
the contractor, causing the Postmaster General
to annul the contract, all locks and keys finished
or unfinished, and all such patterns, drawings,
gauges and dies. In possession Of the contractor,
as may enable others to make or successfully
counterfeit such locks and keys. shail, forge or
on such annnlment Of the contract, become the
property of the United States, for the use of the
Post Office Department; and, thereupon, the
Postmaster General shall have the right, besides
resort to the remedy of the boEd, to demand
and receive the same from the contractor, who
shall promptly surrender the same, on the
order, in writing, of the Postmaster General,
without compensation. or any claim TO compen-
sation whatever for the same also, that the
Postmaster General shall, in that case, have the
full and absolute right to employ any other per-
son or persons to make and furnish similar locks
and keys. without any charge or claim whatever
for the use, thereby Involved. Of any patent Of
the defaulting contractor.
Every proposal must specify, Internationally,
the price of each Lock and Key offered to be
furnished, and must be accompanied with bond
in the penalty Of two thousand dollars, executed
by the bidder and two sufficient sureties, (certi-
fed bv the postmaster of the place where they
reside.) conditioned for the bidders entering into
contract, with bond and security, as hereinto.
fore specified, in case his proposal shall be ac-
cepted by the Postmaster General.
Blank forms of proposals and accompanying
bond and certificate will be furnished ON appli.
cation to the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen.
sral. and all bidders are requested to conform
thereto in submitting proposals under this adj
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
lTED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-
gnia.
In the matter Of J. s. Van HORT. bankrupt
in bankruptcy.
To Whom it May Concern-The undersigned,
Jacob Cohn. of Richmond city, Virginia,
hereby gives notice of his appointment as
assignee OF the estate of J. s. Van Horn,
of Henrico county in said district who was, to-
wit ON the 3Oth day of August, d., 1873,
adjudged bankrupt upon the petition of him.
self by the District court of the United States
for said District.
Dated at Richmond the 9Th day of Oct. 1873.
JACOB COHN,
oe l4--Tu3w Assignee.
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THIS IL TO GIVE NOTICE--That ON the
J. 10Th day Of October, Il. d., 1873, war
rant in Bankruptcy has been issued out OF
the District Court of the United States for the
Eastern District OF Virginia, against the estate
OF William Z. Hicks, of Matthews coun-
ty and State of Virginia, who has
been adjudged bankrupt on his own
petition: that the payment of any debts, and
the delivery of any property belonging to said
bankrupt TO him for his use, and the transfer Of
any property by him, are forbidden by law; that q
meeting the creditors of said bankrupt, to prove
their debts and choose one or more assignees OF
his estate, will be held at court of bankruptcy
to be holden at Richmond Virginia, before
w. w. Forbes, esq, register, on the LIST day
IN - DAVID D. PARKER,
oc ls-S2w ". =. Marshal
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BANKRUPT NOTICES.


TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.
i TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
In the matter of Alfred Duke. a bank
rupt--in bankruptcy.
To Whom 1t May Concern-The undersigned,
Jacob Coin, of Richmond, Virginia, hereby
gives notice of his appointment as assignee Of
the estate of Alfred Duke, of the county of
Hanover in said district, who was, on the
10th day OF August, a. d., 1878, adiudged bank.
rupt upon the petition Of himself, by the Dis
trict Court Of the United States for said district
Dated Richmond. October 9, 1873.
JACOB C0HN,
oc 14-Tu3w aaf Assignee
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TN THE DISTRICT s, COURT or THE UNI


TN THE DISTRICT COURT or THE UNI
i TED STATES for the Eastern District OF
Virginia.
In the matter of A. r. Stands, bankrupt
lin bankruptcy
At Richmond, Va, this 18th day Octr, 1873,
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby that petition
has been, to-wit: on the 18th day of Octr, n
d. 1873, filed in said District Court by A. r.
Stands, of Prince Edward county in said district.
who has been heretofore duly declared bankrupt
Hnder the act of Congress entitled ''An act to
tablish uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States approved March
I'd, 1867 for discharge and certificate thereof
from all his debts and other claims provable I'M
der said act, and that the 9th day OF November,
n. d., 1873, ut 10 o'clock a. m before W. w
Forbes, one of the registers of said court
in bankruptcy, at his office in Richmond,
in said district is the time and place
assigned for the hearing OF the same, when and
where you may attend and show cause, if any
you have, why the prayer of the said petition
should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meetings of the creditors of the said
bankrupts will be held at the same time and
place. w. w. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for
oc 17-F2w the Sd Cengl Dist. of Va.