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, 1874-12-19

Dos1oH, Dec l8.-Tho Boston l. Lowell and
Eastern Raroad Companies aro looking for por-
aons who aro stealing their passenger tickets.
Tho former estimate their Losses within tho past
few months at e56, 900. Ono man Inns boen fined
for receiving tiekols from conductors.
, 1874-12-19

Special Dispatch to The Chteaao Tribune.
DLurFToN, Ind, Dec. 18.-l1enry shit!cman,
who shot and killed Levi Forman two or throo
aya sinco; Is still at argo, oil efforts for his ap-
doubt however, that tho officers will finally auc-
coed III securing his arrost.
, 1874-12-19

6pecias Dispatch to The chcaac Tribune.
INprAsAroL1s, Ind, Dec. 18.-Tho loarng OF
the appeal il tho Alorton-Ray c1tradtton case
took place this afternoon before the Supreme
Court. Tho attorneys for Morton attempted to
Dolby tho caso but 1t was finally submitted With
out argument, tho Court taking tho citation Of
tho authoritioe from tho Heveral attorneya. AT
tor an hour Or two of doliberation the Court,
through Justice DoWnoy, rendered tho following
decision:
This ia IN appeal from tho Judgment of tho Circuit
custody by virtue Of WARRANT !ssled by thu Governor
Of tho stato upon raquibon by tile Governor Of tho
Circuit Court, tho appellant was rcmandel to tho
custody Of tho officer having him IL chatgc. The
tne appe)lant Is charged III Illinois with o
mstcmeanor puniahabo by no not exceeding Il ooo,
apnean app @ tbs ' u Is coming within bo
Constitution aud laws Of tho unitol States relative 10
ho surrender Or ss'radon Of 1ugxes as from 5teS
IN tho Constitution & sho United States, AIt
thus presented With such care tas time
and crcunst Rnccs alloW, mud hayo como to the COIL
auson that he oct ffhatFgsa M WITHIN M S
Suites.
4 number of authorities are cited in support
Of tho decision, and tho Judgment Of tho Lafay-
etto Court IL affirmed, with costs.
Tho parties started for Chicago tonight.
The Supreme Court has nd journed until aftor
Spec,dl Dispatch to 7'he caicaau Tribune
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Deo. IL. This oyoning
Messenger Ray received tAo following telegram
from Gov. Hondrlcks:
Isn1ASAroL1s, Dec. 19.
2s ssfsms May sstas GSr :.taus Judge vnons aees
ion, Tiora ia no further restraint upon you in
| eotting tho process.
, 1874-12-19
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.

New York, Dec. Notwithstanding
Peraia, from Havrc.
LospoN, Dec. 1a.-Steamshsps City Of Ant
worp aud Italy, from New York, hayo arrived out.
, 1874-12-19
ASIA MINOR.


CoSsrAS11SorIE, Dec. 18.--Ths Leuant Herald
publfshes accounts of tho famine in Asia Minor,
and Bays the prospect is appalling.
, 1874-12-19
WILL RESUME OPERATIONS.

TAIL H1yEn, Alasa. Dec. 18.-It is expected
that tho mills viii start up again on full time on
tho lat OF January, but OH further reduction Of
10 per cent in tho wages OF the operatives.
, 1874-12-19

Morguo, and al sosts Of dovlcoa woro
rcaortcd to for tho pnrposo Of ginning
an entrance, At o'clock 10 tho after
noon woman about 15 yoara Of ngo,
OF fH!! fentureB md ttroasod In n cotAploto
aale q black, mado application to sco tho bodies;
bho lad child months old In hor ar1nB, mud
and tall, thln man wonri,ls black m,,stncho..
Keeper aaconito. from tho description given by
tho dotectives recognized tho woman III black nB
tho WHO Of hloslier Tho vfaitors Noro admitted
~ once. Moshera widow, for such she proTod
o1oitott. After entering tho building uho passed.
tho bahy to llor Hiatel~ll-aw, an askad in neYy-
ous WY to be show ntllo bodiaa lilo uufurtllnata
woman waa IN all probability morally conyiucod
al,o was evidently hoping ngainst homo that thoro
might havo beon Bomo mistake. Bho wna tnllon
down stairs, md tho cover was removed from
Mosltoss Taco. At tho first glance Of tho tload
aud, th.owiug horaelf Gu tho body kissei It
paaafonately. The agony Of tho grlet~atricken
wife moved tho fcolltiEs Of tho attendants oyou,
who aro almost daily witnoaeoa Of ainlaar acenea,
With difficulty tho poor woman "aB removed
from tho body. and led up.stai,s to tlo Keepers
Office. Up to this timo no questions had bcon
aakod her, but when NIr. AIcGuiro inquired as to
lior relationship to tho dead lnan sho admitted
tint Hllo was hloHl1cra wlfo md declared hcr i'll
tonton OF giving lin a decent burial. Other
questions Hho was prevented from answering BY
the tall nnnwho accompanied hor, lIo said thai
aiiy questions It might be noceAHnry for hor to
answer. ho would answor (if he answered at al
to tho Coroner. Mono of tho Now York or Brook
visit, and sho refused. by tho adyloe OF tho maI
who accompanied her, TO gny whore slle lived
Bho askca If she cond SEQ tho body nGa'n to.day
md was informed that Hho could. Shortly afte
tho riAlt OF Mrs. 11osher. u man aakea for nd
,nlttance to the A1orguo, who boro such stsont
resemblance to the olor Of tho two dead burg
lars tint Kocpor Mcclure at onco recognizc<
linn as a brother Of N1oshcr Tho nan at tlrA
denied bis relationship, but aftorward admitte!
| that lo waa Nloslicra brother. He was nucl
| affected when shown tho remains OF tho dea'
man, but. beyond statiug hiB relationship, 70
iuHed to QnaWor any gueetfona Nhatoyer.
, 1874-12-19

Special D.spatch te 1he Ch'cano Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 18.-Tho Woise araon
trial ia Increasing In interest. all the Insurance.
agents concerned testified to-day. Thc prosecu-
ton will close tomorrow.
, 1874-12-19

HAMILTON, Ont, Dec. 18.-BNrglaEs entered
tho residence Of ANDREW Pattis. fAyaacr, near
Port Nelson, Inst night, aud stolo $1,000.
, 1874-12-19

rfTrsnuna, pa., Doc 13.--Last ovoning about
6o'olocis, as James Crnfs, peddlor Of produce,
was returning homo from markot, and wltle
driving along tho perrysvie road. noar the
piacr whoro Wahi rms recently murdered, he
was act upon by tl,reo highwaymon, robbed. and
budly t,oatcn. Mo Glow yet to the perpetrators
Of tho decd.
, 1874-12-19

Special Uis|Mtth 10 The CH!rt'10 Tribune.
Das Mo1NEa H., Doc 18.-Tho Coronora it,
ouaat naA resumed to-slay on tho hauglng Of
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14
The Temnerance League.

The ladies of Dayton, Ohio, recently
met in session, and formed themselve:
into an association to be known as the
'Woman's Temperance Praying League
of Dayton" After a debate o.
some length, they adopted the follow
ing pledge, thirty-eight ladies affixine
their signatures thereto:
I'VE, the women of Dayton, seeing
the growing evils of intemperance il
our midst and the need of active en-
ergetic work to counteract these evils
hereby pledge ourselves to unite oul
labors without regard to church OF
creed to do everything in our power
to extermiDate them. Among the va
rious means that we believe may be
used to benefit, we recognize:
lst. The power of God as the dis
poser of all events and the hearer oi
prayer.
2nd. Private influence in our fami-
lies and among our friends, discoun-
tenaneing the making or using of do
mestic wines or the use of any intOxi-
eating liquors in our families unless
presented by reliable or competent
physician.
Bird. BY using our influence as be-
comes Christian wives, mothers, or
daughters in all practicable ways for
the election of such men to our pub
lie Offices as will justly and faithfully
administer the laws, and by aiding in
meeting fund to forward the inter-
ests of the Temperance movement.
4th. BY standing by and encouraging
any woman who shall prosecute the
liquor dealer for selling to her hus-
band, son, or relative.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14
Resist the Beginning.

The Arabs have fable of miller
who was one day startled by camel's
nose thrust in the window where he
was sleeping.
1T is very cold outside" said the
camel; II only want to get my nose
in"
The nose was let in and then the
neck, and finally the whole body
Presently the miller became incon.
venienced by the ungainly companion
he had obtained, in room certainly
not large enough for both.
IF you are Inconvenience you may
leave" said the camel; as for myself
| shall stay where am"
The moral of the fable concerns all
When temptation occurs, We must not
yield to it. We must not allow Sc
much as its nose" to come in. Every.
thing like sin is TO be turned away
from. He who yields even the smallest
degree will soon be entirely overcome
and the last state of that man is worst
than tie first.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14
Frozen Kindness.

The world is full Of kindness that
never was spoken and not much better
than no kindness at all The fuel in
the stove makes the room warm, but
there are great piles Of fallen trees ly-
ing among rocks and ON the tops of the
hills where nobody can get them; these
do not make anybody warm. You
might freeze to death for want of wood
10 plain sight of all these fallen trees
if you had 40 means OF getting the
wood home and making fire with it.
Just so in q family; love is what
makes the parents and children, the
brothers and sisters happy; but ifthey
care never 10 say a word about tit
they keep it profound secret, as il 10
were crime, they will not be much
happier than if there was not any love
among them; the hoSse willseenl cold
even in summer, and if you live there
you may envy the dog when any one
calls him poor fellow"
Nothing on earth can smile but hu-
man beings. Gems may fash reflected
light, but what is diamond fash
compared with an eye fash and q
mirth fash2 A face that can Rot
smile is like bud that can not blos-
som, and dries up in the Ssalk. Laugh
ter is day, and sObriety is night, and
smile is the twilight that hoyers gen
tly between both, and more bewitching
than either,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14
A Disheartened Insurance Agent.

A family named Kemper moved into
house in our row last week, writes
Max Adler, and Benjamin =. Gum,
the life insurance agent, who lives in
the same-row, was the first caller He
dropped in to see if be could not take
out policy for Mr.. Kenlper. Mrs.
Kemper came down to she parlor to
see him.
Il suppose, said Gum, that Mr..
Kemper has no insurance on his life.'
No. said Mrs. Kempe-.
We'll, I'd like to get him to take
out policy in our company. It's the
safest in the world; the largest capital,
smallest rates and biggest dividends.
"Mr. Kemper don't take much in
terest in such things now, said Mrs.
X.
We'll, madam, but he ought to, in
common justice to you. No man knows
when he will die, and by paying a ridic-
alously small sum now, Mr.. Kemper
can leave his family in affiuenee. I'd
like to hand you for him few
pamphlets containing statistics upon
the subject; may I?' Fe
"Of course, if you wish to.
Don't you think he can be induced
to insure q asked Gum.
II hardly think so" replied Mrs.
Kemper.
He is in good health, / suppose2
Has he complained lately of being
siek?"
Not lately"
May ask if he has any eonsidera-
bic wealth p
''Nota cent.
Then, of course, he must insure.
No poor man can afford to neglect
such an opportunity. | suppose he
travels sometimes; goes about in rail-
road cars and other dangerous places"
No, he keeps very quiet.
MAN of steady habits, 1 'spOse? ?"
Very steady"
HE is just the very man / want"
said Gum, Il know | can sell him
policy.
Il don't think you can" replied
Mrs. Kemper. lll
why? When will he be home?
I'll call on him. / don't know any
reason why | shouldn't insure him.
Il know, replied Mrs. X.
"Why?"
He has been dead q years' said
the widow. Then Gum left all OF a
Sudden. He will not insure any of the
kempers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14
A Good Old Age-Oldest Preacher in
America.

The Jonesboro Herald and Tribune
of the 18th inst, has the following
items:
There is a widow lady, living near
St. Clair, Hawkins county, Tenn,
named Mrs. Rachel Headerick, whose
age links together the three last past
generations. She was born in PittSyl-
vania county, Virginia, October 1lth,
1879, and has therefore attained the re-
markable longevity of ninety-fye years.
Her maiden name was Barnard and she
married j ohm Headerick, Dec. n, 1901
Ten children blessed this union the
eldest now Peggy Phillips and still liv-
ing, was born in 1902 and is now sew
enty-twO years old. Elijah III. Head
eriCk was born July II, 1904, and is
seventy and still living. The youngest
child was born Dec "A, 1924. All the
children are a sprightly group of hope
full scions, whose locks are whitening
unto the final harvest of death. But
it is of the central figure of this fam
lily circle we wish to speak more par
ticularly, Mrs. Headerick, herself. She
has sixty-two grand children, sixty
three great grand children, and six
great-great grand children. She never
drank cup of coffee in Eer life, using
milk aud chocolate in its place. Her
sight is unimpaired, and she reads a
great deal. Her mind is active and
vigorous. and she vividly recollects the
scenes and events of her early child
hood, and recounts them in the. clear
est and most entertaining style. She
has been a member of the Baptist
Church since 1905. The infirmities of
age bear lightly upon this relic of the
Revolutionary era, and she performs a
considerable amount of manual labor,
but her chief employment is spinning
fine fax sewing thread. Mrs. Head
erick is certainly the oldest as we'll as
the most remarkable inhaDitant in our
section of the country.
Rev. Thomas Smith, of the Baptist
Church, who lives at Parrottsville, in
Cooke county, Tenn, is one hundred
and one years old He still breaches
and rides horseback to his appoint
ments. He was the pastor of one
church forty-four years, remembers
the battle of Brandywine quotes
scripture rapidly; memory unim-
paired never missed a meal on ac-
count Of sickness; never took but
three doses OF medicine; was always
temperate; enjoys good health; eats
heartily, and reads without glasses and
never did use them. He is probably
the oldest preacher in America.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14
Alphabet Of Requisites far a Wife By
an Elderly Bachelor.

A wife should be amiable, affection
ate, artless, afEable, accomplished,
beautiful, benign, benevolent, chaste,
charming, candid, cheerful, complais-
ant, charitable, civil, constant, dutiful,
dignifed, elegant. easy, engaging, en-
tertaining, faithful, fond, faultless, free,
good, graceful, generoas, sovernable,
gopd-humored, handsome, harmless,
healthy: heaVsnlymiDded' 1.l;ohs i;ntelligent'
just, kind. lively. liberal, lovely, mod
est, merciful, mannerly, neat, obedi-
ent, obliging, pretty, pleasing, pure,
peaceable, quiet, righteous. sociahle,
submissive, sensible, temperate, true,
yirtuous, wsll-formed and young,
When I meet with woman possessed
of all these requisites | will marry.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14
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A CAVE AND A CORPS.

Buckingham county has sensation
A wonderful cave has been discovered
there, which writer in the Farmyill,
Mercury tells about. After describine
several chambers, the account contin.
ues: r.-
"We had satisfied our curiosity and
were about to leave the cave, when be.
hind a large rock. Or rather spur Of
the main rock which formed the bot
tom, my son discovered a larger pass.
age than any we had before seen. This
we entered, and after following some
six or seven feet merged into an apart
ment of immense size. The light OF
our torches. falling upon the stalactites
revealed scene of beauty which was
fairly dazzling. The size of this apart
ment | cannot tell, as the roof and
sides were lost in darkness. We pene-
trated to a considerable distance, keep
ing close to one of the sides so that we
might easily find our way back, and
would have gone farther but for find
ing in a recess, some seventy feet from
where we entered, lying directly under
a a'shelving rock, the body of man
wrapped in some dingy cloth-like sub
stance. We did not know it was the
body of man at FIRST, and were not
positive it was until we had gotten it
outside of the cave.
Mr.. Boyd discovered the body, and
when we moved it from under rock my
son found several large and beautiful
pebbles where the body had lain, and
a small round vessel some four inches
in diameter and about two inches in
hight, shaped very much like an ink
stand with handle; this and the
stones or pebbles he put in his pocket.
We took the body and at once went out
of the cave. The clothes with which
it was wrapped were very rotten, and
when we had laid the body down after
leaving the cave, they had nearly all
been rubbed from it. What were left
crumbled like burnt paper.
I'VE brushed the body clean and
found it to be the dried up remains of
a man who had evidently been of more
than ordinary size, for l found it to be
by actual measurement five feet nine
inches in length. 1t is dried and with
cred something like dried meat, only
the skin is tightly drawn over it. 1t is
hard to the touch, and wherever there
is a wrinkle it is hard like parch-
ment. ..t
1T is impossible TO form any idea of
what color the man was or what his
features were like. The body now is
a sort of smoky color, and the hair,
though there is very little of it, is in
tensely black. On the second finger of
each hand and on the thumb of the
right were large square rings, round on
the inside to fit the finger. These
rings and the small vessel l have re-
terred to were evidently composed of
gold, with a large quantity of some
kind of alloy which gave them a very
peculiar appearance.
I'VE took the body to my house,
where it is now. When we arrived
with it there, my son bethought him
of the pebbles he had found, and show
ed them to us. There are seven in all;
five are richly colored and unlike any
thing else l haye seen. The other two
| think, are diamonds; they possess in
a very high degree the powers of re-
Election and refraction, and are about
the size of a cornfeld pea."-Lynch-
burg Virginian.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14
BOrax for Colds.

A writer in the The Medical Record
cites number of cases in which boraz
has proved most effective remedy In
certain forms of colds. He states that
in sudden hoarseness or loss of voice
in public speakers or singers, from
colds, relief for an hour or SO, as BY
magic, may be often obtained by slow
ly dissolving, and partially swallowing
a lump of borax. the size of garden
pea, or about three or four grains, held
in the mouth for ten minutes before
speaking or singing. This produces a
profuse secretion Of saliva, or . water
ing" of the mouth and throat, proba-
bly, restoring the voice or tone to the
dried vocal cords. just as wethng brings
back the missing notes to flute when
it is too dry. fasu 3
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14
Bad for the Candidates.

The Indiana correspondent of the
Courier-J Journal writes:
The candidates for Office this fall are
going to have hard time of it between
the temperance movement and the
Grange movement. They will find it
no easy matter to occupy an independ-
ent position, and, if they attempt it,
the chances are they will be beaten
and if they take sides they are beaten
certain. The fact is. they will be
damned if they do, and they will be
damned if they don't" We have
paid bat little attention to the candi-
dates struggle which is now going on
in this county, but, from the general
observation, we are satisfied that our
candidates are having a rough time Of
it, and don't know in the morning but
what they will be wrecked before night
on the temperance or Grange plat
form.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14
Foote'S Duel with Prentiss.

The Paris Kentuckian is reminded
by the recent wordy duel between
Henry S. Foote and Jefferson Davis,
Of the account which the late Sargent
s. Prentiss gave of the causes of the
two duels between him and Foote-
A friend of Prentiss was at the point
Of death from an attack Of aaa1aia-G-
pOtH For week his physicians had
esslyed every known remedy to put
their patient to sleep, but in vain
Prentiss knew that Foote had made a
visit to Texas. He was visiting his
sick friend, when a consultation of the
doctors was held, and they announced
that the case was hopeless, unless the
patient could be put to sleep, but that
they would exhaust all means known
to the profession. Prentice sprang
from his seat, and said to the doctors,
Dammit, give him Foote's book on
Texas to read, and | will insure its
soporifc effect" The remark of Prem
tiss was too good a joke to be kept,
and it reached the ears of Foote, who
challenged, and Prentiss was too much
of a southern cavalier to decline, and
they met, and Foote was wounded and
the parties made friends.
1t happened that the meeting was so
notorious that very large collection
crossed the river at Vicksburg to wit
ness it, and among them a number of
boys, who were so anxious to get full
sight, that they climbed up many of
the trees about the grounds. When
the seconds had planted the parties,
Prentiss looked around and saw the
boys in the trees, and jestingly re-
marked: Boys, you had better take
care Foote shoots mighty wild. y
This remark was published in the pa
pers, and annoyed Foote to such de-
gree that he again challenged Prentiss,
who met him a second time as a gem
tlemanly solace to Foote'S wounded
spirit. At the meeting Foote fired
and missed, and Prentiss fired his pis-
tOl in the air, and the parties were
again reconciled.
Foote's Texas dropped still-born
from the press, and it is believed it
would be hard to find copy. valuable
as it might prove as narcotic.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14
an INJURED WIFE.
The Folly of Writing Love Letters.

4 .;rad brsb.nd von, bo,no 60
his worl last n;gbt and taking ofF h;s
cot roo,,asta5 6;s vv;fa 70 ,ueS,a : va,t
IN tba sIsava than sant mon tbs sS,f, \
hab;nd tba eyen;ng ~ nans~ W;es-,;Ia
She tool mn he e.st Ton,,n-l;Ee sIa
d;vad into tbe nooIets Fro,, tbe in
side noetet sha drew forsb ! Litter IL
rectad In d,.l;cata ,.b;rao-aTbv 40. hsr
/ husband With darLen,ng brow she
m;ckIv took the snsn;c;ons rTooL;ns
m;ss;ve from the enveIone and Win
ont noticing the ats beean 70
read
aDEAR GEoRGR Tam Ionalv ob
so lonely s;nce Won left me ls.st Tbnrs,
dav night
aAh haI that was Iodge p;Ob. be
told me" said the now thoroushIv in
terested woman. as she glanced vc-
iouslv over M her husband who an
neared 10 he inst falling asleep. AOh-
how can Won sleep with the weigh. Of
| this deem sin upop YOU? Bus III see
! what more the brazen huzzv has tosay,
| If II kills me With one hand press
ed To her tbrohbinr heart She read
on.
Il know / am foolish. darling. but
when Won are away there seems Ia he a
barrier between me and an that Is
bright and lovely. The sun does not
shine half so bright the moon is hut
n white snot in the slv and the stars
stare coldly down when Won are not
with me. lord of INV life and heart"
Was II for this ? was II for thisp''
moaned the unhappy wife
sFortnne sDeed the dav whom we
NAV be united in those iudissoluble
bonds that are sacred in the ewes of
Heaven and earth"
What moekeryl Does he or she
consider that his vows made 10 me are
not sacrad2 Wbat are thav going 20
do with me ANYWAY I wonder5 Poison
nerhans On false false nerfd;ons
man oh wicked heIl;sb designinc
wan,onr - Sill the suffering woman
read the letter thouoh each word burn-
Ell 10 ashes a thousand homes and ioys.
..u hon wa need no moro meet Clan
dest;nalv and trembla in each others
embrace
ia waLa vo,, troublo ;fTb.d ror
in INV embrace minute"
when INV head NAV he n;llowed IN
safety upon vour breast
"The f;endess -
sand vonr arms twine in loving nres-
sure about me
"Furies ~
..aud our lips smother the tender
words that vould escane between
them"
"Ob. the sirenie sbe-devil ~ bissed
the woman. as She tried 20 keen down
the hoiI;nc rage within ber She crnsb-
ed the letter in her hands then threw
II upon the ioor and spran0 upon il
with her heels as though f were
snake and gronnd II info the Garnet
Then with eIepehed hands and com
messed Iins She strode ranidlv baek
and forth across the room ever and
anon making n move as n 10 spring
like furv npon her husband who
with \ ma nor nvar his face mas snn.r'