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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04
A Novel SwindIing Device.

The fertility and ingenuity of the pro-
fessional swindler has received another
illustration. Superintendent Kelso re-
ceived, on Saturday, from resident OF
Mattoon, ILL.,, aletter inclosing litho-
graphic circular which had been mailed
to him, and which is said to have been
successfully circulated among. country
folks. The circular states that its author
bought 1900 yards of fine silk stolen
during the Boston fire; that he borrowed
S1O0 upon it from q pawnbroker, and
that his brother in Cuba had sent him
that amount to redeem the silk:
but as he is sick and afraid to
sell it in this city, he wants some
man to buy it at % cents yard and pay
for it at $50 per month. The circular,
which is accompanied by fictitious
pawn-ticket, is signed by David w. En-
gle of No. 100 Fourth avenue, whose pur-
pose appears in postscript. Therein he
adds that his wife has just brought q
sample of the silk from the pawnbroker's
which he incloses, and that $40 will be
required as interest. This amount he
cannot obtain, and the person receiving
the circular is requested to forward 1t and
deduct it from the first $50 paid
for the silk. Captain Irving and
Detective Dilks were detailed to
| investigate the case, and upon going
to No. 109 Fourth avenue they
learned that the basement of that build
ing was hired some time ago by man
who only came there once week to get
letters deposited by the postman in the
box. The detectives are now searching
for this many. Y. Tribune.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04
BY JOSH BILLINGS.

The poodle il a small dog, with sore
eyes, and hid amungst good deal OF pro-
miskuss hair.
They are sumtimes white for color, and
their hair il tangled all over them, like
the he'd ov yung darkey.
They are kept az pets, and, like all
other pets, are az stubborn az setting
hen.
A poodle iz a woman's pet, and that
makes them kind ov sakred, for whatever
a woman luvs she worships.
Thare il but phew things on the face
ov this earth more utterly worthless than
a noodle, and yet am glad thare liz poo
dies, for if thare want thare IL some
people who wouldn't hav emmy objekt in
living, and have nothing tew luv.
Thare iz nothing in this world made in
vain, and poodles are good for fleas.
Fleas are also good for poodles, for
they keep their minds employed scratch
ing, and almost everybody else's, too,
about the house.
never knew man tew keep poodle.
Mans natur IL too koarse for poodles. n
poodle would soon fade and and die IL
man waz tew nuss him.
don't except emmy poodle, but II emmy
boldly duZ Civ me one hemustmaKeu up nI1
mind tew be tied onto long stick every
Saturday, and be used for washlng inc
windows on the outside.
This kind ov missing would prop,apIy ts
make the poodle mad, and probaoiy ne
would QUIT, bat kant help y.
III have got tew keep poodle, ne haA
cot few help wash the windows eVsggy
Saturday. ! an sold on This piREs~fl
J, RfehR
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04
The Airless Moon.

| Among the illusions swept away by
modern science was the pleasant fancy
| that the moon was habitable globe, like
the earth, its surface diversified with seas,
lakes, continents and islands, and varied
forms of vegetation. Theologians and
savans gravely discussed the probabilities
| of its being inhabited by race of sentient
beings with forms and faculties like our
own, and even propounded schemes for
opening communication with them, in
case they existed. One of these was to
construct on the broad highlands of Asia
series of geometrical figures on a
scale so gigantic as to be visible from our
planetary neighbor, on the supposition
| that the moon people would recognize the
object, and Immediately construct similar
| figures in reply. Extravagant and alb
surd as it may appear in the light of mod
ern knowledge, the establishment of this
Terrestrial and Lunar Signal Service Bu-
reau was treated as feasible scheme,
although practical difficulties, which so
often keep men from making fools of
themselves, stood in the way of actual
experiments; but the discussion was kept
up at intervals, until it was discovered
that if there were people in the moon, they
must be able to live without breathing, or
eating, or drinking. Then it ceased.
There can be no life without air. Beau
tlful to the eye of the distant observer,
the moon is a sepulchral orb-a
world of death and silence. No vegeta-
tion clothes its vast plains of stony
desolation, traversed by monstrous crew
asses, broken by enormous peaks that
rise like gigantic tol,bstones into space;
no lovely forms of cloud float in the
blackness of its sky. There daytime is only
night lighted by rayless sun. There is
no rosy dawn in the morning, no twilight
in the evening. The nights are pitch
dark. In daytime the solar beams are
lost against the jagged ridges, the sharp
points of the rocks, or the steep sides of
profound abysses, and the eye sees only
grotesques shapes relieved against fantas.
tic shadows black as ink, with none of
that pleasant gradation and diffusion of
light, none of the subtle blending of light
and shadow which make the charm of q
terrestrial landscape. A faint conception
of the horrors of lunar day may be
formed from an illustration representing
a landscape taken in the moon in the CEN
ter of the mountainous region Of Aristar-
chus. There is no color, nothing but
dead white and black. The rocks reflect
passively the light of the sun; the orators
and abysses remain wrapped in shade;
fantastic peaks rise like phantoms in their
glacial cemetery; the stars appear like
spots in the blackness of space. The
moon is a dead world; she has no atmo-
sphere. -"EarM and Air." s. s. Con0nt,
Gf1 Ha7.peT'S Monthly.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04
NUMBER 80.

They evaporate the solutions, which
are sent TO them, until a per-
fectly dry and somewhat charred
residue has been obtained. This is plac'
ed in retorts and distilled very much in
the same manner that coal is distilled at
gas works; and the result is that while
much gas is evolved which can be used
for Illuminating the factory, and much
ammonia is expelled which can be col
lected and utilized in many ways, there
remains residue, which chiefly consists
of carbonate, sulphate, and chloride Of
potassium. These three salts are separat-
ed by the usual method, and then pass
into commerce. Curiously enough, they
are remarkably free from soda. The
wool manufacturers of Rheims. Elbeuf
and Fourmies annually wash the fieeces
of 6,750,000 sheep; and the amount of
potash reckoned as carbonate, which
these feeces would yield, if all subjected
to the new process, represents q value of
$4,000 But NM. Maumene and Roge-
let calculate that there are seven times as
many sheep in France as are included in
the above estimate; and this will enable
us to Judge of the enormous loss in po-
tassic constituents which the soil OF an
agricultural district has to suffer- v
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04
To Render Clothing Waterproof.

1t is very desirable to understand how
to make cvercoats, horse blankets, hay
caps, grain bags, and anything else water
proof, by incurring little expense. We
herewith give recipe which has often
been sold for hundreds of dollars to I'M
SOPHISTICATED clothiers: To about ten
quarts of rain water add half pound OF
powdered alum; stir this at intervals until
it becomes clear; then pour it OFF into
another bucket and put the garment
therein; let it remain for twenty-four
hours, then hang it out TO dry without
wringing it. A lady who has tested this
recipe thoroughly writes that when they
were travelling, they wore garments thus
treated in the widest storms of wind and
rain without getting wet. The rain would
hang upon the cloth in globules; in short,
the garments were really waterproof. The
gentleman walked nine miles in storm
of wind and rain such as you rarely see
in the South, ard when he slipped off his
overcoat his underclothes were as dry as
when he put them on. This is, we think,
a secret worth knowing; for if cloth can
be made to keep out wet, it is in every
way better than waterproofs.-N T..
Herald
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04
New Source of Potash.

On perusal of the following article,
from the Quarterly ReUaeao, Western farm
ers will see the great advantage OF saving
the waters of tub-washed wool for ap-
plication to their land:
Sheep draw from the land on which
they Craze, considerable quantity OF
potash. much of which is ultimately ex-
creted from the skin with the sweat. 1t
was pointed out by Chevreuel, that this
peculiar potash compound ("suint') forms
no less than one-third of the weight OF
raw merino wool; while OF ordinary
wool it constitutes about fifteen per cent.
of the weight of the fresh fleece. AS the
s'suint' may be extracted by mere INNER.
sion in cold water, it is easy for wool
manufacturers to produce more or less
concentrated solutions from which the
potash may be recovered by appropriate
treatment. The development of the new
industry is principally due to NM. Mau-
meme and Rpgelet, and their process il
probably - operation at most Of the
great seats OF the wool manufacture In
France. The plan adopted by Fhose
gentlemen Is 4 very simple one
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04
Capture of Strange Beast in the Mid
die Pacific.

While the steamship Nevada was
about eighty miles off one of the minor
isles of Micronesia, on its way up from
Australia to this port, at about six O'Clock
in the morning, strange animal OF
dark figure was observed to light on the
highest peak of the forward mast. At
tracted by it's peculiar appearance, the
officer of the deck, Mr.. Burnt, the second
mate, offered one of the sailors small
bonus to secure it. The man clambered
up the mast with heavy cloth in his
hand, and, after slight struggle in which
he was severely bitten on the hand, it
was secured. Bringing it to the deck, on
examination the beast proved to be t1ne
specimen of a species of the vampire
tribe. This animal closely resembles the
terrodactyl of the antediluvian ages. In
appearance it is like huge bat, on hasty
examination. 1t is in the head of the
animal, however, that the. main distinc-
ton is found. That of the present one is
perfect counterpart of the black and
| tan terrier dog. Its teeth are over halt
an inch in length, and are called in
constant requisition to discoun'
tenance all attempts at familiarity
When flying the wings of this i'll
omened beast stretch, from tip to tip, at
least five times the diameter OF the body.
1t is of deep jet black color, the body
being covered with a heavy fur. 1t is
very savage, being constantly on the
alert to attack any person approachingit it.
Whether this animal is full and perfect
vampire, whose feats Of lulling man to
sleep with the waving fan motions of its
wing, while sucking in the victims very
heart blood, is yeta question, for, as yet,
it has not been examined by any scientific
man. Its appearance is, however
enough to suggest the truth of such a
horrible surmise. Be it as it may, the
little Micronasian island has always
borne weird and frightful reputation
among the native inhabitants of the ad
joining ones. Strange stories of cannibal
ism, tales of savage idolatrous practices,
poison valleys, ETC., are constantly con
nected in their minds with its name, ano
in the small matter of being possessed Of
blood-imbibing vampires in addition tc
all the other horrors, few of them would
think the matter extraordinary or the
least doubtful. ul.-Sd7a Francisco Alta.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04
1DoDeEv1ILE. WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1878.

citemens in Barcelona, aad reprisa!s were
threatened against the clergy and known
Carlist sympathizers. Ten thousand armed
citizens maintain order in the city of Malaga,
but refuse to admit regular troops or gov
ernment customs officers, nor will they al
low vessels conveying soldiers to other
points to remain in the port. They provide
for their expenses by taxing the wealthy
residents.
The Marquis Dechasseloup Lambat, an
eminent French statesman, is dead. He
was 6S years of age.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04
Miscellaneous Reading.
SHUT THE DOOR.

GODFREY GORDON GUsTAvUs GORE
No doubt you have heard the name before-
Was a boy who never would shut door!
The wind might whistle, the wind might roar,
And teeth be aching and throats be sore,
But still he never would shut the door.
His father would beg his mother implore,
'GOdfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore
w really do wish you would shut the door"
Their hands they wrung, their hair they tore,
But Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore
Was deaf as the buoy out at the More
When he walked forth the folks would roar,
ssGodfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore, rs r-s
Why don't you think to shut the door,"
They rugged out shutter with sail and oar
And threatened to pack off Gustavus Gore
On a voyage Of penance to Singapore.
But he begged for mercy, and said, mo more
Pray do not send me to Singapore
On q shutter, and then will shut the doorl'
You will" said his parents; 'then keep on shore
Bnt mind you do For the plague is sore
OF a fellow that will never shut the door,
Godfrey Gordon Gustayus Gorel"
GOOD Things.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04
.tWHEN r AM DEAD AND BURIED. >

L,
WHEN am dead and buried, then
There will be mourning among men.
hear one musing on my dust:
"How hard he fou ght to win his crust
And one ''He was too sensitive
In this cold-wintered world to live."
Another, weeping, 'Ah how few
SO gentle-hearted and so true
81 met him only once, and yet
think never shall forget
The strange sad look in his young eyes,
One other says, and then with wise
And sOIemn-shaking head-'No doubt
The hot heart burnt that frail frame out.
Good friends, discount on your griefi
A little present help were worth
More than sorrow stricken earth
When am but withered leaf.s
An outstretched hand were better to me
Than your glib graveyard sympathy.
You need not pity and rhyme and paint me,
You need not weep for, and sigh for, and saint me
After you've starved me1driven me dead
Sayl do you hear? What want is breadl
-ScTi6DeT'S Monthly.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04

Mrs. Van Cott, the well-known Meth
odist revivalist, has during the past year
held 976 meetings, preached 391 sermons,
and spent 2,OS5 hours in churches in
which she has labored. She has made
2. 382 converts, of whom $40 have Joined
the Methodist Church, while 376 have re-
ceived the ordinance of baptism. She
has travelled during the year 14,o11 miles
and has written 9S5letters.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04

Nor to be behind-hand, Muncy, Pa,
produces a ghost in the shape OF beau
!!iful young lady, who goes from house to
house, never gpeaking TO any one, and
only nnymuTing, " cann0t find lt~-s
cannot faud yt.i
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04

alt Is net true that Mr. Rergh hes lad
a woman sygested for beating 90 egg
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-11-01
fioLntN Wosns -Tbe b.h;, ),

GOLDEN WoRDs.-The habit of
looking on the best side is Invaluable.
Men and women who are evermore
reckoning up what they want, rather
than what they have-counting the
difficulties in this way, instead of con-
irving means to overcome them-are
almost certain TO live on corn bread.
fat pork and salt fish, and sink to un
marked graves. The world is sure to
smile upon a man who seems to be
successful; but let him go about with
crest-fallen air, and the very dogs in
the street will set upon him. We must
all have losses Late frosts will nip
the fruit, the bad banks will break.
investments prove worthless, valuable
horses die, china vases will break but
all these calamities do not come to-
sether The wise course to pursue.
when one plan fails, is to form another:
when one prop is knocked from under
us. to fill its place with a substitute,
and even more, count what is left
rather than what is taken. When the
final reckoning is made, if it appears
that We have not lostt consciousness
Of intentional rectitude if. by the
various discipline of life, we have beer
freed from follies and confirmed in
virtue, whatever we have lost, the
great balance sheet will be in oul
favor.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-11-01
What is Moderate Drinking !,

Answer.-It is the great deceiver of
nations, promising health and long
life, yet destroying more by its tenden-
cies than war, famine or the plague.
1t is sweet morsel in the mouth,
but gravel in the stomach.
1t is the A. B. c. of drinking the
picture book before the young and
thoughtless to the worst of intemper-
ance.
1t is a regular quack medicine, ma
king splendid promises, but perform
ing no cures and yet demanding enor-
nous pay.
1t is the starting point to the work
house, the prison, the asylum, and the
gallows.
1t is the light-fngered gentlemen
who feels every corner of the drawer,
and to the very bottom of your purse.
1t is the first step in an inclined
plane of rapid descent, smooth as glass
and slippery as ice, ending in an abyss
of ruin.
1t is beautiful serpent, whose fangs
aud deadly venom are concealed by
the dazzling of its coils.
1t is hypocrisy personified, an affect
ed sobriety, while all is agitation and
uncleanliness within.
1t is the landlords birdline, by
which he secures its victims, and fast
ems them in a cage.
1t is the entrance to a delightful av-
enue, lined with deceitful flowers,
charmed with bewitching sounds, but
ending in the caverns of the dead.
1t is an ignis fatuus, temptingits ia
ted followers over trembling boys, and
tumbling them down a frightfuf prec-
ipice.
1t is the whirlpool of ruin in which
thousands have sunk to rise no more.
1t appears as an angel of light, as
Stunning a smiling countenance, but in
reality demon of the bottOmless pit.
1t is a perpetual dropping, injuring
man $ constitution, far more than oc-
casional drunkenness.
1t is the birth day and birth place
of all drunkenness we have in the
land.
1t provides an army of reserve to re-
cruit the ranks of the 10000 who an
nually die by strong drink.
1t is the body of union betwixt the
drunken politicians, little drops min
listers, and all enemies to temperance.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-11-01
How to Buy a Horse.

From the advance sheets of the Rev.
W. H. Murray's new book on 1.-THE
Horse, we extract the following:
Be sure that the horse YOU pur-
chase has symmetry, viz: is well pro-
portlOned throughout. Never pur-
chase horse because he has splen-
did development of one part of his
organization, if he be lacking in any
other. Above all, keep we'll in mind
what you are buying for, and buy the
horse best adapted to the work you
will require of him; and when such
an animal is yours, be content Never
jockey. An occasional exchange may
be allowable; but this daily swap
ping of horses advertises a mans
incompetency for anything higher
Another caution is this: never pur-
chase horse until you have seen him
move, and under the same conditions
to which he will be exposed in the
service you will expect of him. If for
a draft, see him draw, back, and turn
round in both directions if for the
road, see how he handles himself, not
merely on level ground, but going up
sharp declivities and above all, in
descending these. In this way you
will ascertain the faults or excellencies
of both his temper and structure.
In these exercises drive him your
self. The reins in a skillful hand,
aided by the whip or mouth, can be
made to conceal grave defects. Let
him move with loose rein, so that he
may take his natural gait, and not his
artificial; for, by so doing, you will
detect any mistake of judgment you
may have made when looking him over
in a state of activity. Many time
uusOundness will appear in motion,
which no inspection of the eye and
! finger, however close, can ascertain
When you have walked him and jog
ged him, if he is to serve any other
than mere draft purposes, put him to
his speed, and keep him at it for a sufh-
| cient distance to test his breathing ca
pacity, then pull him up; jump from
the wagon and look at his tanks; in
spect his nostrils, and put your ear
close to the side of his chest, in order
4 to ascertain if the action of the heart
is normal. If this exercise has caused
him to perspire freely, all the better
/ for you can then see when you take
him back to the stable, whether he
dries off quickly, as all horses do in
perfect health. "
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-11-01
4 Sure Cure for BOils.

DIR. Simon, a physician of Lorraine,
states that, as soon as the Characters
tic eliminating point of boil makes
it, appearance, he puts in a saucer a
fhimbleful of camphorated alcohol,
and, dipping the ends of his middle
fingers with the liquid, rubs the in
famed surface, especially the central
portion, repeating the operation eight
or ten times, continuing the rubbing
at each time for about half a minute.
He then allows the surface to dry,
placing slight coating of camphora-
ted olive oil over the infamed surface.
lie states that one such application
will. in most all cases, cause boils to
dry up aud disappear. The applica
ton should be made morning, noon,
and IN the evening. He AYERS that the
same treatment will cure whitlows,
and all injuries of the tips of the fing-
ers. As soon as pain and redness APP
pear, the fingers should be soaked foI
ten minutes in camphorated sweet oil
The relief is said to be immediate
and three applications are generally
enough TO effect cure.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-11-01
STEWART COLLEGE,
GAINESVILLE, TENN.
Session of 1874, begins Sept. l, 1873.
FACUITY:

Rev. J. b. SHEARER, ID. D., President and
Professor OF Metaphysics, &c.
JAMES DINwIDDIE, y. NJ, Professor OF
Mathematics.
ID. NJ. QUARLEs, Grad. of University of
Va, Professor of Latin, DC.
w. W. LEGARE, 4. NJ. Professor of Greek.
Natural Philosophy, &c.
=. j. COFEMA\, Grad. of University of Va.
Professor of French, German and English.
w. NJ. STEWART, 4. NJ, Professor (emer-
titus, of Geology, &c.
Professor of Chemistry. &c. ito be cleo
ted Class now taught by Judge LEGARE.
Biblical Course now taught hy Rev. j. b.
SHEAREE, ID. II.
TERMS.-MonieS all payable half-yearly
in advance, except y pparatuS and Inciden-
tai fees wholly i'm advance. Forty weeks
make the scholastic year.
Tuition per annum in Collegiate De-
parlmtnt......... so 90
Tuition per annum IN Classical sub
collegiate, including Higher Eng
il>ll ..... 90 On
Tuition, per annunl. in English Sub
collegiate, embracing the Lower
fnSll>il ~ %
Tuition per annum i'll Modern Lam
guages' extra 20 90
APP ratuS and laboratory fee for Jul
Nor and Senior ClaSSeS-................... , 90
Incidental expense ~ Gymnasium fee , 90
Board, including all charges except
washing. Ct 70 per week, per year lS0 90
Washing 81 ~ per month. ........... > %
Pupils enter for the gear. Prompt en-
trance most important.
The total expense for any pupil in the
regular classes will range from 800 To $3.50,
according 10 grade and style of boarding.
send for IA Catalogue. Address the PrcSi-
dent. Rev j. b. SHEARER, ID. d..
June y, lS15-tf Clarksyille, Tenn.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-11-01
The COUNTY Paper.

The Shelbyville Commercial says,
'one who knows whereof he speaketh
says, the little county paper is the
best read paper in the world. No
other contains the marriages and
deaths no other relates the accidents
happening before the door of the vii
layers; no other gives the time for the
next ball. pic mic or political meeting
no other discusses the affairs of the
town and county, the arrival of new
goods on the merchants counter, or a
new hat on the editors desk. With
out a paper the town that has ever en-
ioycd a well-managed one, feels indeed
lost And yet how few of the coun-
try papers ever attain to more than a
mere begcarly subsistence