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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29
Points of a Coed Fewt.

For general use q hen should be a
good layer, setter and mother She
must be good feeder, too, bright,
clear eyed, quick in her motion, but
not scaTy, and with these points she
will pay to keep. Besides sheshould
he large, well feathered, with small
short legs, with a small head, broad
shoulders, and a deep body. The
cock should be thicker in the leg,
broader across the shoulders, fully a
third heavier. He should have a gal
lsnt strut, be first out in the morning,
first to go rO0st, inclined to take. on
flesh easily, generous in picking out
tit-bits for the hens, and not quarrel
soae. We do not associate large eyes
with great hardness. They are. o
great beauty and indicate hiGa
breeding; hence, with perfection i'll
feather and other points, they are.de-
sirable in fancy fowls. in very lErge
breeds, quick growth is desirable
while early maturity is not. Each
of the different breeds has its eharac-
teristic points, and the fowl should,
in addition to the above general
marks, show them distinctly.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29
The Potato.

From planting to cooking, and in
all processes between and including,
potatoes are uDquestionably the most
= abused things cultivated for human
use, and in the long catalogue of err
rors peculiar to this excellent esculent,
one of the most outrageous is neglect
ing to harvest them as soon as they
are ripe. No other crop is fully mall
treated in this way. When any
other crop is fully matured, the far
mer secures it at once, lest it wastes
and decays. But potatoes being out
of sight, are out of mind, until a con-
venient season. When the farmer
can find nothing else to do, he digs
them, and then perhaps, complains
of them for being of bad character.
Any other crop would be as tad OF
worse if treated in simiisE manner.
Potatoes are not unfre9 ~ sRtly left in
the ground several weeks after being
ripe, as though, they were dead stones
and ndamageable, instead of living,
perishablle organisms, subject to all
the conditions, transformations and
diseases that pertain to all vital
structures.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29
FARMERS COLUMN.
How to Have Early Tomatoes.

A. d. Compton, of, Hawley, Penn
sylvania writes to the American
Institute Farmers Club as follows;
do not forget to tell your agricul-
tural friends that tomatoes on heavy
soil may be obtained from four to five
weeks earlier than usually by setting
the plants on the top of sharp hills.
The hills should be fifteen inches
high and three feet diamater base.
Water the plants only when first set,
and dust the plant and whole hill
frequently with plaster. The tomato,
coming from hot and dry country,
will endure drouth that would
prove fatal to less hardy plants.
What it needs most is heat, and
this secured by planting on steep
hills on which the SUMS rays strike
more obliquely than on fiat surfaces.
Land should not be over rich for
the tomato, very fertile soils produ-
cling too great growth of vine. The
vines should be pinched in, and the
blossom removed after the first set
tings have attained the size of mar
bles. But in any case the vines
should be permitted to fall directly
on the ground that the fruit may
have the full benefit of the sun and
the warmth refracted from the earth.
By saving the first well formed to.
mato for seed for severel successive
years, a variety may be obtained
that for earliness will be far superior
to the original stock"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29
PERFUMERIES I.
EXTRACTS and SYRUPS..
Celebrated Chill Toni /!
A Few Unyarnished Facts About
Sewing Machines.

Why the New Wheeler 4 wilson Is tine
best the world has ever produced:
1t is the only machine that makes the
lockstitch with a rotating hook. thus
avoiding the annoyance OF a shuttle and
threading and breaking the same.
IL has much less machinery than any 9TH
er, and Is constructed on the most scientific
principles. Each joint is adjustable by
fempering screws; hence its durability.
1t Is the most silent and rapid sewing ma
chine and also the lightest running in the
world, and unlike other machines, which
make the more noise the longer they run
1t has no Oil above its cloth surface; thus
the impOsSibility of getting the work oiled.
1t has the French priced glass foot i'm
prOvement, and new style combination
hemmef. performing with ease and rapid
ity broad and harrow henlming. telling
and binding. The glass feet enablethe OPP
crater to see every stitch and to ran az
close to the edge as dezired all If which
are attached by slide, thus avoiding the
old process. used by other machines of
1t has the broad, silent draw feed ants
feeds the goods from each side OF the nee
die, ihusavoiding the twisting of the work
so troubl esOtDe with other machines.
IL has but one tension 10 regulate and
but two slitS and the needle. eye to thread
Other machines have from eight to four
teen.
1t will sew from the heaviest kerseys and
fslts to 4, down 10 gossamer OF tsSsue pa
per with equal facility.
Each machine is furnished with CON-
pIete set of attachments for doing all kinds
of plain and ornamental work. Other
companies charge extra for them.
1t has a convenient little knife for cut
ting thread and goods, thus saving time amt
trouble of hunting for scissors.
IL Is the most beautiful machine in the
market, fitted up on a handsome braeed
iron frame and the wood work OF the best
seasoned black walnut, rosewood and ma
hogany. The case. when open presents n,
beautiful worksfand fitted up with conve-
nient drawers and when closed and locked
protects il from the dust and meddlesome
fingers.
The liberal terms ON which these ma
chine are sold puts them within the reach
of every family aud as a saver Of time, ia
Dor, health. eyesight and thread, there Is
not its equal in the world. There is no in
vestment which pays a better Interest or
brings more relief 70 q household.
Husbands and fathers. do You love your
wives and daughters? Do you wish to pre-
serve their health and beauty, and keep
them the happy companions of your de-
cling wears? If so. make no delay. but or
der one Immediately Satisfaction Is guar
anteed. Delivered TO your house and In
strucfion given In its use Tree of charge.
Each ma shine insured three years
The public are also Invited to call at c.
w. Hiliman's furniture store, No. 81 Frank
lin st, where have my Office, and exam-
inc for yourselves, or address
7. r. BURGIE. Agent.
Box 2o6, GAINESVILLE, Tenn
Feb. l, is7s.tk
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29
Temperance Alphabet.


A is the young mans first glass of
ale.
B is. tha beer, which next will pre-
vail.
9~bS the ciderso simple TT first, eaus-
ing in future unquestiopable thirst.
ID is the dram taken mora, noon
and night.
E is the extra one, at eleven, / be-
lieve,.
F is the flip thought so good fos a
cold.
G is the gin not'so' pure as of old.
III is the hotel where often he goes.
/ is the inner room he so well
knows.
J is thej jug he there fills to the
brim.
X is the knocking of the conscience
within.
L is the landlord who smiles as yes;
drink.
NJ is your money he's getting
think.
\ is the nightmare which visits
your brain.
| o is the orgies of the midnight
/ train.
Is the poor, pennies paupeT you
| become.
Qis tnequarrel, the product efrnm.
X is the ruin rum brings so your
door.
S is the suffering meier known be-
| fore
/ e Is the tremens, and mark this as
trae.. they make few calls ere death
z4ast ensue., -
7 U is the undertaken who comes tC
your aid.
Y is the valley where your body is
laid.
w is wretchedness, wall and woe
N ecrable tlrunkards alone can
! know.
\ is the yearning for misspent time
u is the zenith of the drunkard's
cline.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

BIG GRAIN TRANsACTIoN.-The
San Francisco Commercial Bulletin
reports the following as the largest
bona fide transaction in grain ever
made in. California, if not in the
United States. The wheat was all in
the city warehouse, was OF uniform,
good shipping quality, and was the
property of Scholle Brothers, having
been purchased by them in lots .du-
ring the fall, at low prices. The sale
consisted of 1900 tons, valued at
$40 600
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The activity of love is goodness.
True genius is being able to bring
your thoughts to point.
I'll health is often not only a sin,
but prolific mother of sins.
Too much gravity argues a shallow
mind.
To be proud of learning is the
greatest ignorance.
The morning has gold in in its
mouth.
Make men intelligent and they be-
come inventive.
The best words are those which
have the fewest syllables.
Towering expectations generally
lead to disappointments.
A pleasant writer beautifully calls
moonlight the old age of day."
God who made the world SO wisely,
as wisely governs it.
Entertain no thought which you
would blush to speak.
There is a manner of presenting
that gives value to anything.
Look not upon sin lest it tempt
thee; touch it not lest it kill thee.
He that pryeth into the cloud may
get struck by the thunderbOlt.
Luxury increases the luggage OF
life, and thereby impedes the march.
Poetry accommodates the show of
things TO the desires of the mind.
From observing the errors of 9TH
ers, wise man corrects his own.
Manners are but the happy ways
of doing things.
We may think foolish thoughts,
but should never express them.
/ Employment is natures physic-
ian, and is essential to human happi-
ness.
He that too much refines his deli
cacy, will always endanger hisquiet.
/ The grand safe guard for doing
right, is to hate all that is wrong.
People who make no effort to at
tract regard, have no reason to COM
plain if they are neglected.
Even if your enemy is small as q
fly, fancy him as large as an ele-
plant.
Sinners with reckless prodigality
squander the immortal riches where
with they are lowered.
The best wealth is of the heart, an
enlightened mind, loyal conscience,
and pure affections.
There are promises in scripture to
help our weakness, but none to over
come our wilfulness.
Faith, not sight, must be our guide.
We cannot do without such a cDm-
pass.
Blessed is the day whose morning
is awakened by the patter of little
feet.
To speak aloud and alone, has the
effect of dialogue with the God one
has within ones self.
1t costs great deal to live an earn
est, manly life, but it costs a great
deal more not to do SD.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

A widow lady sitting beside cheer
ful fire in a neditative mood, shortly
after her husbands decase, sighed out,
Poor fellow, how he did like a good
FIRE! hope he has gone where they
always keep fires"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

Wife, do you know that l have got
the pneumonia w New monia, in
decd! Such Extravaganza! you're
the spendthriftlest man ever did see,
to go and bay out money for such
trash, when L need a new bonnet so
much"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

Work is to be begun at once on the
enlargement of the Welland canal, and
the construction of the Bate Verte ca
nal. Ground will be broken on the st.
Lawrence canal next spring, and these
three great works viii thus be COM
pleted at the same time.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

The latest patent has been taken
out 10y a railway restuaranteur. 1t
is for n patent reversible gutta-pur-
cha beefsteak, which can be fried and
served up four times day for year,
before it requires renewal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

A French woman once said that
she never loved anything. You
loved your children ?" suggested a
! friend. When they were little"
she replied. "And you loye dia-
monds ~ When they are large"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

The exports of Boston since the first
of January have been a million and a
quarter larger than for the same pc
Rod last year, and the imports nearly
two and a quarter millions larger.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

The single effort by which we stop
short in the downward path to perdi-
ton is itself greater exertion of vir-
tue than a hundred acts of Justice.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

All you have to do to raise oats is to
plough the land deep, then manure
it well, then sprinkle the oats all over
the ground, one in place, then worry
up the ground with a drag all over,
then set up mites to keep the chickens
and woodchucks out Of them, then
kradle them together with kradle,
then rake them together with a rake,
then bind them together with band,
then stack them up with n stack,
then thrash them out with a fail,
then clean them up with a mill, then
sharpen both ends of them with a
knife, then stow them away in a
grannary, then spend wet days and
Sundays tramping for rats and mice
1t amt nothing but fun to raise oats
Try it.-Josh Billings.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

France last year sent $1,000 tons OF
rails TO other countries. With us the
boot is on the other leg, notwithstand-
ing our great wealth of iron and coal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

Canada has sc, 900 seamen, and ranks
third in the countries of the world in
the extent of her tonnage-England
being first and the United States Sec
ond.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

The North German Lloyd Company,
which already has feet of 65 steam
ships, intends to establish new line
direct from Havre to the West Indies.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29

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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29
DISS OLU TION,

The partnership heretofore existing be-
tween Neblett, Grant & Co. is this day, 21th
February, 1873, dissolved by mutual con-
sent, ]. Baldwin retiring from the firm
]. s. Neblett and ]. A. Grant are alone au-
thnriaed To settle the business of the firm.
they having assumed all Liabilities, all as
sets having been transferred to them.
J, $. NEBLETT,
]. A. Ora Mt,
J. BALDWIN.
From and after the above date, the style
OF firm Will be SEBLETT & GRANT.
March /, lS65-4w
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-29
Ayers Ague Cure,

yer, Chill Fever, Remittent Fever,
Dumb Ague, Periodical or Bilious Fee
yer, &C., and indeed all the affections
which arise from nalarious, marsh, or
miasmatic poiSons.
The sun., 1873-10-15

Those senators AMI Representatives who
took plrt in the sllary-st"ll legislation OF
the last corrupt Congress, and who are
members Of the next, have been adopting
every sort of eXpedient to escape the popu-
lar Indignation.
The few who returned the back pay TO
the Treasury, and thus washed their hands
at once Of all connection with this plum
der, are OF course free from all anxiety on
the subject, so far as that part Of the act is
concerned.
At this time the class most exercised con-
si,ts OF members who have LETT their back
pay in the hands Of the discussing officers,
where it stands TO their personal credit
and can only be reached by their order
The Treasury has no more control over IL
than over the private deposits in any bank.
This money was drawn ont OF the Treas
ury by the Secretary of the senate aud the
Sergcant-at-Arms of the House. They hold
It subject to the draft ut any moment of
The interested Senators and Representa-
lives.
Mr., WNpoM Of Minnesota has written a
| letter in winch he soehs to mislead the pub
! lc lie says hc intends to leave his pay in
the hands Of the disburslng officer until
the meeting Of Congress, and then intro
luce n bill for covering all such balances
into the Treasury, which he assures his
constituents will pass promptly.
Mn who mean to deal uprightly are
direct in their conduct Evasion is not
consistent with integrity. If Mr.. WINDoM
meant to return this money he would have
returned IT at once, as Mr.. THURMAN, Mr.
SCHURz, Mr. FESToS, and other senator,
lid, before any discussion arose at all; OF
even rs Mr.. MORTON and Mr.. SHERMAN did
after they were driven to it, That wa'
the short way and il averted all suspicion
! No legislation is necessary for Mr.. WIN
The sun., 1873-10-15


DOM or any other Senator 20 restore this
money. The process is simple, if the dis
position exists. All that is required ~ To
give it back.
Everybody knows that the salary law
Will not he repealed by the next Congress,
because the Republicans have tWo-thirds
and more in both branches ErerU member
ot HG Form third Congress- attn single
crcc1 ifop has drdUH the increased TuB
since ne an Of Ndrch. Consequently
every member ia thus committed in adj
vance To viudicato his own action.
The comedy of introducing bills by Mr..
WINDOW and others for repeal will Of
course be performed; but they will be re-
ferred to committees with the intention Of
being buried out of sight, or, il reported,
Of being crushed Ivy parliamentary tac-
ties.
How is the forward pay which both sides
have drawn at the rate OF SG2j month,
and that too before the Congress is organ
lied OF members are sworn in, TO be got
hnok2 A repeal to exclude this part of the
Job would be no repeal at all, and they
who are striving to throw dust in the eyes
tho existing pay. L. there any event
which can make them dsgorge the sj,d25
that each member will have swallowed
when Congress meets in Dcccmbcr2
II the was any intention to be fair in
thus matter, the law as 1t stands provides "A
method. By II strange oversight the grab
bcrs tail, Il TO repeal the old salary in Their
closing efforts to get in the new. There
uIr t"W si',,to, "~.i i.~tinCt HppropI1t,-
tions for the President, the Cabinet, the
Supreme Court, Congress, and other OIL
cals The option to choose rests with the
individual. There is no shadow or manner
of Obligation.
The President aud every member of
Congress could elect TO draw the former
pay, for ii is carefully provided for in the
"Act making appropriations for the leg
islative, executive nud judicial expenses
of the Government for the year ending
June 30, ls54." Whoever accepts the in
creased compensation, to that extent ut
least sanctions the wrong which has been
SO universally reprobatcd.
II will not do to preteud that this is
obedience TO the law and therefore to beck
cuscd. The same law says the Presidents s
salary is $25,C00 and that OF Congressman
1000 and the money IL appropriated for
those rates as clearly and cmphaticaly-
IN tact even more sous for the increase.
Why not obey that part of the law with
the same zeal which is shown for the other
Why wait for repeating act TO become
honesf Why postpone virtue for the
meeting of Congress?
The sun., 1873-10-15
Wa, Mount sinai Nolcnnot

II Is a noteworthy fact that At this late
epoch in the worlds history the locality Of
Mount Sinai remain, mystery. We have
discovered, or think we have discovered,
the source, Of the NIle, vt the idoutiAya-
tion Of the Mount of God in llorcb, where
was del yercl in IRE, in darkness an
tempest that divine law Wi.,h TO ,Al, da!
forms the basis Of the legislation Of aI
civilized nations, and the rule of their re
l.gious and social conduct still remain
uncertain and involved in the EraNcst
doubt. As We write an expedition i,
preparing in England, under the leader
chip Of distinguished traveller aud
scholar, to determine the true position Of
tins famous mountain.
The northern extremity Of the Red sea
ls frlk->hapcd, separating into two
branches, thu Gulf Of Sucz on the west and
the Gulf Of Akaba on the east. Between
these aults IS the triangular peninsula Of
hkahl. In the southern poi ton of this
peninsula rises the group OF mountains 10
which the name of Sinai is usually given.
Although tradition places Mount Sinai in
tins region, biblical scholars have been
unable to agree upon any particular sum
h'A ~ ll'lA " l'l' Nl''-'T ~ ''lN'fl lllf lttM
At least four diNorrnt peaks OF the group
have been lcgarded by respectable author
itics ~ the true "Mount Of God" II
should be noted that the traditional lOca-
tion of Mount Sinai m the Akaba peninsula
involves the assumption that the Gulf ol
Suez was the Red Sea of the Bible, through
which the lsrac,itvs made their miraou u,ous
escape from the army Of PHARAOH.
A strong argument has lately been add
yanocd by DR.. CHARI rs r. BEKE, the Eng
lish gcographcr and eAplorcY OF Abyssinia.
oproyc that Mount Sinai il nowhere with
in the peninsula to which student. Of the
B.hlr have hitherto assigned IT, but is in
IeAAlN volcano, now extinct, situated
Tar 10 tn" eastward, near the Great Ara
ban Desert. lie believes it win be found
IN rugged tract of lGurous origin, lying
at no great distance Gust Of the head OF
the Guar oi Akaba. II his theory is cor.
rect, II was tins branch and not the Gul.
OF Suez that the lsraclites passed throupl
in their exodus from the laud of bondnpr
The reasons offered by Or. BEKE in sun
port OF his views are interesting and wor
thy OF consideration, and his sincerity