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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

The current number Of the Western
Rural has an article exposing the frau
dulent transactions of firm styling
itself d. l.. Staples & Co., and oper-
ating at Allen, Mich. The head Of
the concern is scarcely more than
twenty years old, and operates at the
farm house of his father, which is sit
uated three miles from Allen Station,
on the Lake Shore Railroad, The
firm, according to the Western Rural,
employ artistic letter-heads, circulars,
ETC., which set forth that they are
wholesale and retail dealers in math-
ematical, optical and Philosophical,
goods" and advertise a wonderful mi
scroscope for small price in such
strong terms that the dupes are num-
bered by thousands, who seldom or
never get anything in the shape of
microscope. The advertisements are
are now being published in hundreds
of journals all over the country, and
the receipt of plump bushel of
mail matter per day at an obscure
hamlet off the railway indicates the
success of the swindle. The necessary
advertising is secured by means OF or
ders sent to Insert inclosed for six
months, and send us bill for payment,
which bills are never or seldom paid.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31
Signs of Madness inDogs.

The British journal calls attention
to the measures recommended by the
Council of Hygiene of Bordeaux for
the better protection of people against
the dangers of hydrophobia. 1t is
we'll understood that the madness OF
dogs has a period which is premonitory
and harmless. IF the periods were
generally known, the dogs could be
put out of the way before they became
dangerous.
On this subject the Council of Hy-
giene has issued the following in
structlons
A short time, sometimes 2 days. af-
ter madness has seized dog, it creates
symptoms in the animal which it is in
dispensable to recognize.
1. There is agitat on and restlesness,
and the dogs turns himself continual
ly in his kennel. If he be at liberty,
he goes and comes, and seems to be
seeking something; then he remains
motionless, as if waiting; then he
starts, bites the air as if he would catch a
fly, and dashes himself bowling and
barking against the wall. The voice
of his master dissipates the hallucina-
tions; the dog obeys, but slowly, with
hesitation, as if with regret.
2 He does not try to bite; he is
gentle, even affectionate, and he eats
and drinks; but gnaws the litter, the
ends of curtains, the padding of cush-
ions, the cOverlids Of the beds, the
carpets, &c.
3. By the movements of his paws
about the sides of his open mouth,
one might think he was trying to free
his throat of a bone.
4. His voice undergoes such a change
that it is impossible not to be struck
by it. J.
5. The dog begins to fight with other
dogs; this is q decidedly characteristic
sign, if the dog be generally peaceful.
The three symptoms last mentioned
Indicate an advanced period of the
disedse, and the dog may become dan
gerous at any moment, if immediate
measures are not taken. 1t is best 70
chain him up at once, or better still, to
kill him.
The Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal suggests that this advice may
be inserted at least once year In the
public papers. 1t would also seem
particularly desirable and practicable
that these rules should be printed on
the back of notices and. receipts for
dog taxes. These excellent measures
ought to be generally adopted.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31
er.1 1t will be said, will you not

teri 1t will be said, will you not
make mistakes? I should think so,
when you make mistakes in everything.
The eye is considered pretty good tes-
timony, and yet there is not one man
in hundred that sees what he looks
at. Take ten men in court who have
all looked at the same thing and see
how differently they vii describe it /;
SO to say you must trust to reason; no;
not absolutely. but it may be trusted
as much as anything.
How much we are opposed to the
Pope at Rome. If We were half as
much opposed to the Pope at home how
much better we should be. We are
all fallible, and at the best see through
a glass darkly. So when men say you
must not use the reason but must take
the Bible just as it is, / say you can
not do it; at the last resort you must
take your reason. The priest says;
Here is where we have got you; we
have the voice of the church," but /
say, with all due Difference to you,
how can take the voice of the church
WtehOub uoAuS AuJ ICdcOul W ltu the
scientific man says the Bible is not to
be relied ON, say to him the Bible
does not consist in that; | think /
might also say you might take out of it
every vestige of historic fact, and leave
in revelation and Christ and human
destiny, and it would be sufficient. 1t
does not consist in the CHRONOLOGY, or
in its letter; it lives in its spirit, and
when the scientific man says, i do not
believe in your bible" | say, Perhaps
you do, more than you think.
If lwere going to bring a scientific
experiment of Farraday,s to a test, it
would not do for me to stand and
argue priori against it; no scientific
man would accept that. / should
have to take the circumstances just as
the formula lays them: down, and so
arrive at the result. So when a man
is pretending to criticise the Bible,
unless he has put himself into the prop
er conditions he cannot fairly give an
opinion. The world will never do
There is too much sorrow,
too much suffering in the world, and
there is no book so full of hope for the |
or relief for the suffering as
this book. Takeit, therefore, in this
way, and go on your way rejoicing until |
God shall speak to youno more in signs, |
but face to face"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31
The Cotton Crop in West Tennessee.

From Memphis to Somerville the
crops are in an almost hopelessly bad
condition. Rains that fell up to the
first instant prevented the coming up
of the cotton The seed rotted in the
ground, and if it came up the cut
worms destroyed much of that which
sprouted, There is not half a stand
over the whole country, and this is
siekly and weak because Of the unu-
sual coldness of the atmosphere and
soil. There is not supply of cotton
seed to plant again, and it is already
very late-too late for crop to mature
perfectly. The oil mills have secured
and consumed much of the cotton
seed, and the rest was used to. feed
cattle through the unusually long and
harsh winter. 1t will thus be impos-
sible to plant again, and we must con-
fess that the prospects of cotton-gr
ers in this immediate vicinity are
gloomy enough.-Memphis Appeal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

A German paper contains reply
from a clergyman who was travelling.
and who stopped at a hotel much fire.
mers.' The host, not being used to
have clergymen at the table, looked at
him with surprise; the clerks used all
their artillery of wit upon him, with
out eliciting remark in self-detense.
The worthy clergyman ate his dinner
quitely without observing the )ioesi Il ana ND
at last. in despair at his forbearance,
said 70 him: We'll, / wonder at
your patience Have you not heard
ali that has been said against you 2
aOh. YES, but | am used to it. Do yon
know who / amp "No, SIR We'll,
| will inform you. | am chaplain OF a
lunatic asylum such remarks have no
effect uuon me. aH-
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31
Baptising.

If any one has any doubt of the eff
cacy of water in the matter of regene-
ration they need doubt no more, when
weinform them that our colored friends
worshippidg in this city came near
having first-class row last Sunday on
account of the minister's not pouring
enough of the limpid fluid on the era
mum of new born soul. The revival
it will be remembered has been going
on night after night for seven or eight
summers, and last week big buck ne
gro got thro' after much trouble and
tribufation. He believed that Jesus
went down into the water, and came up
out of the water, but does not believe
that he was soused under. John, he
says, "only tux him into it so he mout
have plenty on it. He expressed de-
sire to have it poured. Accordingly,
after the usual ceremonies the minister
took the pitcher, holding about half
gallon, and poured about fourteen
drops on his organ of reverence, and
set the pitcher down.
Dat amt 'nuff, says the candidate,
pour more"
The minister cautiously poured the
half gallon on his woolly Uranium, and
again set the pitcher down.
Il say, brudder JoRs, quit your
foolin. Eff you's gwine to baptize me,
pour it on; don't mind eff you do wet.
my shirt, it's paid for
But, says the minister, I'VE have
no more water handy, and besides, the
ordinance has beer complied with.
Don t care muffin bout your Ordy
and Nances; eff you's gwine to 'merse
me, do it. Send and fotch some water.n
Another darkey was dispatched in
haste to the adjoining house and re-
turned with another half gallon, all
that could befound. This was poured
on, blessing asked, and the eongrega-
ton dismissed.
The negro was stupefied for a mo-
ment with surprise, and when he real
lied the fact, he went for the whole
concern. 1f naAh-
Dat niger is a scoundrel and liar.
Here Use been comm to dis meetin
for free years and payin' him twenty
i've cents every once in a while, and
now he treats me dis way. He's done
gone and wet my clothes and not made
me feel bit better. He did not pour
till single dove come down; dat mig
gar is liar, an l can whip him in a
minute"
In vain the brethren expostulated
and assured him that he was child
of God. He could not see it.
He want no chile, but was man
'nuff to whip any niger dat would wet
his clothes day way, and not pour 'nuff
water on him to git him religion
Dresden Democrat.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31
WHOLE NO. 1854.
Tobacco, Cigars and the New Reye-
nue Law.


Druggists. grccerymen, saloon keep
ers, and all others engaged in retailing
either tobacco, cigars, or snuff, had
better take notice and call the atten-
ton of their employees to the follow
ing provisions of the internal revenue
law enacted by Congress
SEC. @. That whenever any stamp
ed box containing cigars, cheroots or
cigarettes, shall be emptied, it shall be
the duty of the person in whose hands
the same may be, to destroy utterly
the stamps theron. And any person
who shall willfully neglect or refuse
so to do shall, for each such offense,
on conviction, be fined not exceeding
fifty dollars, and be imprisoned not
less than ten days nor more than six
months; and any person who shall frau
dulently ave away or accept from an
other, or who shall sell, buy or use for
packing cigars, eheroots or cigarettes,
any such stamped box, shall for each
such offense, on conviction, be fined
not exceeding one hundred dollars,
and be imprisoned not more than one
year"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31
Arkansas.


Mornin', stranger. If it's a fair
question, what part of the country
mought you be ffom?" Me why
God bless you, I'm all the way from
Raekensack." oh, yes; nice coun-
try, I've hearn. What do you raise
mostly over there?' Wall, little
corn and Gotten, but when / left the
people generally seemed to be trying to
raise he'll" 10 rsa
This occurred several years ago but
from the following it appears that the
latter crop has not all been harvested
yet:
A dispatch from Little Rock states
that Governor Baxter remains III the
Capitol night and day, with force of
men Oh duty fully armed to protect
him against threatened raid of the
friends of Lieut.. Gov. Smith to oust
Baxter and place Smith in the guber-
natorial chair.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

THE article in the Edinburg Review
on Cookies Life of General Robert
E. Lee" occupies eighteen pages. 1t
concludes in the following manner:
The day will come when the evil
passions of the great civil strife will
Sleep in oblivion, and North and South
do justice to each others motives, and
forget each others wrongs. Then his
tory will speak with clear voice of the
deeds done on either side, and the citi
zens of the whole Union do justice to
the memories of the dead, and place
above all Others the name of the great
chief of whom we have written. In
strategy mighty, in battle terrible, in
adversely as in prosperity a hero in
deed. with the simple devotion to duty
and the rare purity of the ideal Chris
tian knight, he Joined all the kingly
qualities of leader of men. 1t is a
wondrous future, indeed, that lies be-
fore America but in her annals of
wears to come as in those of the past
there will be found few names that can
reach in unsullied lustre that of the
heroic defender Of his native Virginia,
Robert Z. Lee.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

Death from lightning is thought to
be quite painless. Owing TO the yeloc-
ity which the electric current moves,
it is believed that person struck by
lightning has no premonition Of the
blow which he receives. The nervous
system requires certain interval of
of time to become conscious Of pain.
The time of an electric discharge is but
a small fraction of this interval
hence, as a sentient apparatus, the
nervous system is destroyed before con-
sciousness can setin.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31
Beautiful Answers.

A pupil of Able SieOrd gave the
following extraordinary answers
What is gratitude I? Gratitude is
the memory of the heart.
What is hope? Hope is the blos-
som of happiness.
What is the difference between hope
and desire? Desire is tree in Leaf,
hope is a tree IN flowers, and en-
joyment is tree in fruit.
What is eternity2 A day without
yesterday and tomorrow; day with
out end. u
What is time? A line that has two
ends-a path that begins in the cradle
and ends in the grave.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

We are delighted to note the popular
itv of our nomination of Captain Jack
for President and Shack Nasty Jim for
Vice. The Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal, captious, unreasonable sheet,
objects on the ground that Captain
Jack don't run well. If theindepend-
ent press is going to act in this absurd
manner, we will have to create va
cancy by retiring from its ranks. Cap
tain Jack has all the elements neoes-
sary for popular candidate. He is
coarse, brutal, ignorant and vicious.
There is no discount On his pluck,
while his hands are stained with blood
shed directly by himself, and not by
proxy. Wedo not know as to his family,
but doubt not that it is extensive and
incapable. He viii make frst-class
soldier President if he escapes casual
ty and scalping. Itwould be bad to
have q President who had been scalp
ed, although we have had several vino
ought to have been.- Washington
Capital ii
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31
The followinO

The following anecdote has outlived
its early youth, but it still reads well:
John Phoenix tells the story that he
was one day leaving San Francisco by
steamer. Everybody else was taking
leave of friends-but he did not know
a soul in the crowd. Ashamed of his
loneliness, as the boat sheered off he
called out in loud voice Goodbye
Colonel y and to his great delight,
every man on the wharf took off his
hat aud shouted. Colonel, good
bye 70
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

THE WHEAT CRoP.-Reports from
various portions of the country, but
especially from the Northwest, repre-
sent the winter wheat as doing gener-
ally very well-that which was sown
is largely in excess of former years,
and the yield will probably be consid-
erably larger than eyer.-R9sseliUiIle
Herald.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

Jedediah Burchard, once preaching
a revival sermon, was interrupted by
the entrance of Aaron Burr. Here
comes one, say the reviyalist, against
whom even l will testify in the day Of
judgment. Yes, sir, said Burr,
in 80 years of criminal practice
| have always found the greatest rascal
turn state Is evidence
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

A city fop who was taking an airing
in the country, tried to amuse himself
by quizzing an old farmer about his
bald head, but was extinguished BY
the old man, who solemnly remarked:
Young man. when my head gets as
soft as yours, / can raise hair to sell.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

SARAH WALKER, seventy-three
years of age, reached Lowell the other
day aftera twenty mile walk, in search
Gf work in the mills. She stated that
her object was to lay up a little money
against the day when old age should
render her unable to perform hard la
Dor.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31
Ill Temper.

A single person of sour, sullen tenn
per-what dreadful thing it is to
have such one in the house There
is not myrrh and aloes and chloride of
lime enough in the world to disinfect
a single home of such a nuisance as
that; no riches, no elegance Of men,
no beauty of face can ever screen such
persons from utter vulgarity. There
is one thing which rising persons hate
the reputation of more than all others,
and that is vulgarity; but trust me, i'll
temper is the vulgarest thing that
the lowest born and illest bred can
ever bring to his home. 1t is one of
the worst forms of impiety. Peevish-
ness in a home is not only sin against
the Holy Ghost, but sin against the
Holy Ghost in the very temple of love.
Theodore Parker.
All honor to such heroism as a cor
respondent of the st. Louis Globe re-
cords: know a woman who lives
in country village. With heart
and brain alive to better things, she
stays there, and day after day, year af-
ter year, takes care of an idiot broth
er, and for her reward has only vacant
smiles and meaningless gibberish. It
is such half life, you say, it is vege-
tating; you could not live so. Well,
perhaps so. But / imagine that it is a
sort of vegetation that will hloom out
grandly in the sunshine Of q second
life" Really, anything that could be
added to a story like this would be un-
profitable, If not fat. =
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

A LEDGER used by Patrick Henryas
a store-keeper in 175S-59, and his foe
book as lawyer, beginning in 17lS,
each Just been deposited in the Viz
ginia State Library.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

THE friends Of Hon. Jas. A. Me-
Kenzie are urging that gentleman to
make the race to fill the yacancyin the
State Senate occasioned by the resig
nation of Hon. L. P. Campbell.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

The finest selection of I'M
ported Colognes, Handker-
chief Extracts, Hair Oils,
Toilet Soaps, Combs and
Brushes of all kinds for sale
by OWEN q MOORE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31
McCORMAC'S
Pictures For EyerybOdy!H

While thanking my friends and the
public generally, for the very liberal
trade extended to me heretofore, So
licit continuance of their patronage,
and do my best to deserve it by bring
ing my profession 10 level-in prices
with any of the large cities of the
north or east, and by excelling them
in the quality Of aoork My arrange
ments now for work are such that l
can make at one sitting 4, s, 10, or 32
photographs, to suit the wishes of my
customers.
Four OF the popular little Gem pie
lures made and beautifully c0lOred for
One Dollar!
Twill guarantee the best work ever
done in Clarksville. Come up and see.
Respectfully,
W. j. McCORMAC.
May 10, 1S73-tf.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31
Y. l. WILLIAMS,

". I. WILLIAMS,
Would cauyour
attention to his
new springStock
of Boots e Shoes,
Just in store. The
assort111entin ev-
cry grade is very
comp1ete. Ais o
n e w styles in
Tie S, Collars,
Cravats, Scarfs,
and Gents UNI
d e r w e a r. All
goods sold at the
v ry 10 w est
ca sh ic e s.--
Please call and
examine them at
Mo. % Franklin
Street. April s-sf.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-05-31

The State debt of Connecticut has
been reduced 80 per cent. in six years.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-05

IcoR sALE-ONE OF THE HANDSOMEsT SADDLE
Horses in New York; golden soIrel silver name and
minutes; Warranted sound and kind: Also fine road
and carriage Horses American Club Stables Thirty
ninth street and Broadway.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-05

THE GENERAL TRANSATLANTIC COMPANYs MAIL
STEAMSHIPS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND HAvRE,
CALLING AT BREST.
The splendid vessels this avorite route for the Con-
nent ,l sail from pier No. 30 North River foows:
WASHINGTON, Roussan. Saturday, Feb. g. 1873
ST LAURENT Lama, lie Saturday, Feb 22, 1873
pEREIRE Danre Saturday, March 3, 1873
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Royal Mail steamships,
York and Liverpool, calling at CORK Har