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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

AN EXTRAORDINARY SNAKES STORY.
A subscriber who resides in Mecklen-
burg, gives us the following details of
an extraordinary snake yarn, which he
assures us is true:
About a week ago, during the warm
season which prevailed at that time, our
informant's attention was attracted to
barn yard by general stampede and
clatter among the poultry, all which
were rushing with extended wings and
elongated necks toward the residence,
with the exception of favorite game
rooster that seemed to be engaged in
furious combat with some unseen foe
Drawing nigh, the gentleman discover
ed that it was large snake. bleeding
profusely about the head and striking
blindly and vehemently in every direc-
ton. The ROSTERS expertness was
such as to avoid all the strokes but
one, which fell side-long, inhicting only
partial force, but sufficiently strong to
PROSTATE the gallant ehanticler. Re-
covering his feet, he displayed admir-
able strategy in taking advantage of
his foe, and inficting with his keen
spurs two additional blows upon his
antagonist. The snake, finding that he
was becoming worsted in the contest,
attempted to the retreat, when the
gentleman dispatched him with a stick.
Upon examination, it was discovered
that the snake had five distinct gashes
upon his body, of which he would
doubtlessly have died.
As specimen of game, we think
the instance herein displayed will chal-
lenge comparison with any on record.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09
A Swfndle /:

Our farmers will do we'll to look with
a supleIOus eye on strangers. Just
now a set of men are going around the
country representing themselves to be
agents of the Changers and ofering to
sell for cash goods to arrive at very
low prices. They offer coffee, sugar
dry goods or anything else at tempting
ly low prices, and the accomplished
seamps have such a business air about
them that they are likely to deceive
the unsuspecting. They go through all
the formaIIty OF bargaining and care
fully taking down your orders in a
memorandum book, give areceipt with
business air and tell you about what
time the goods may be expected. 1t is
useless to say you will never see these
middle again and you never see the
goods. The best way is to deal with
men you know and then if there sany-
thing wrong you can go back on them
LeriRgtoR Gazette.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09
What Is a BlOOded Horse .

Heis horse having more than an
ordinary amount Of drops or pounds
of blood in his system. in proportion
to the size and weight. This large
amount of blood acts upon his system
through large heart, and correspond
ly large arteries and veins; and put in
motion, it acts to driving him to speed,
the same as an increased amount of fire
under the boiler drives off greater
amount of steam, and makes the ma
chinery go faster. This large amoun.
of blood also acts in refining the skin,
making it and the horse of less blood;
it refines and gives elasticity to the
muscles, the feet, etc.; it refnes
the entire horse, making strong the
valuable parts, and fitting the whole
system for speed and enduranee.-Lire
Sock Journal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

The reclamation of land and utiliz-
ing it, thus making waste places pro-
ductive, is one of the economical
modes a farmer has Of reducing the
proportion of his taxes to production.
Thousands ofaeres of m Ost productive
lands lie idle and taxes are paid on them
in almost every State, the net product
resultingfrom the reclamation of which
would pay the entire taxes of the far
mer. Often the best lands on the farm
are thus wasted-worse than wasted
for the want of little vim and enter
prise ON the part of the owner. 1t
should be a rule with all farmers not
to own an acre Of ground that does not
pay him a profit (either by production
or application in value) on its assested
valuation. No business man can afford
to keep such land if he has active and
profitable use of his capital.-Ameri-
rQa Patron.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09
Save the Babies.

The popular Science Monthly ha.
this item, which will be good reading
for mothers:
One of the great dangers attend
ing the use of the various sedatives
employed 10 the nursery is that they
tend to produce the opium habit.
Thesequack medicines owe their sooth-
ing and quieting effects to the action of
opium, aud the infant is bythem given
a mormid APPETITE for narcotic stimu-
lants. The Offering for sale of such
nostrums should be prohibited. as
tending to the physical and moral de-
terioration of the race. In India
mothers give to their infants pills con
tanning opium, and the result is q Ian
guild, sensual race ofhopeless debauch-
ees. In the United States the poison
Gus dose is administered under anoth-
er name, but the consequences will
probably be the same"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09
The supreme court of Tennessee

The supreme court of Tennessee
has recently made the following i'm
pOrtant decisions
First-The statutes of Tennessee
giving State aid to railroads, and Civ
ing the State lien upon the road bed,
fixtures and appointments Of the road,
do not confer upon the State any right
paramount to that of the owner Of the
land from which 1t has been taken with
out compensation and without his con
sent.
Second-When the land of the citi-
zen has been taken under the right Of
eminent domain for a railroad, without
compensation and without his consent,
and he has exhausted his remedy at
law against said company, he may
go into a court of equity and obtain an
injunction against the further opera
ton of said road over his land until
his damages are paid.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09
A New Comet.

The discovery of new bright comet
is announced by the Academy Of
Sciences, Vienna, in 2l hours and q
minutes right ascension south, 6 de-
grees Sc minutes declension. An OBJ
server at Yonkers, N. Y, states that it
is nearly globular, about two minutes
in diameter, with decided condensa-
ton toward the center In brightness
it is above the average, but it does not
in other respects present any notable
difference from objects of its class.
Its position at o'clock A. NJ, of April
IA, was approximately: Right ascen-
sion, q hours, l6 minutes, 81 seconds /;
south declination, 5degrees, 15minutes.
Its motion is toward the north and
east.
An observer in this city states,
April IL, that it rises at "a. NJ, east
one half south. Half an hour earlier
on April "a. 1t is a telescope
object.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

Mrs. ANNA NJ. FITzHUGH. who died
at her home at Alexandria, Va, a few
days ago. bestows the bulk of herprop-
perty upon the children of the late
General r. Il. Lee, relatives Of her
husband, by whom it was bequeathed
to her. She was worth two hundred
thousand dollars in bonds, stocks and
money, in addition to large landed es-
tates.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

For Pure Drugs, Chemicals
Patent Medicines, Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, Window
Glass, Pure Wines, Brandy,
Whisky, Fine Tea and Spices
call on OWEN & MOORE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

AN intelligent observer says: The
woman's crusade on whiskey saloons is
evidently about over. The epidemic
for raiding has almost spent its force.
There are a number of places where 9ai-
Twists are still made, but the raid does
not have the fervor of a revolution any
longer, and the number engaged be-
come weak from desertion aud exhaus-
ton,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

SOME unscrupulous trifer lately
copied Walt Whitman's Prayer of
Columbus and sent it to western
paper for publication. The editor de-
clineI it. with the remark !" If the
author will leave whisky alone, he may
vet rise to be the chief deck hand Of q
canal boat
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

A coLoRED Mississippi legislator
lately proposed a bill to make each
member of the legislature, present and
future, bona fde attorney and coun-
sellor at law. His reasoning was
direct: For" said he, "if we know
enough to make de laws, why, don't
We 10 practice um 2"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09
THE OLD PIONEER.
BY THEODORE o'HARA.
Written at the Grave of Daniel Boone, in
Frankfort Cemetery.l

| Written at the Grave of Daniel Boone, in
Frankfort Cemetery.]
A dirge for the brave old pioneer!
Knight-errant of the wood!
Calmly beneath the green sod here
He rests from field and flood;
The war-w hoop and the panther's screams
No more his soul shall rouse,
For well the aged hunter dreams
Beside his good old spouse.
A dirge for the brave old pioneer.
flushed now his rifles peal
The dews of many a vanished'd year
Are on his rusted steel; f
His horn and pouch lie moldering
Upon the cabin door
The elk rests by the sailed spring,
Nor fees the fierce wild boar.
A dirge for the brave old pioneer,
Old Druid of the Westi
His offering was the feet wild deer,
His shrine the mountains crest;
Within his wildwood temples space
An empires towers nod,
Where'erst, alone of all his race,
He knelt TO natures God.
dirge for the brave old pioneer,
Columbus of the land!
Who guided freedom s proud career
Beyond the conquered strand;
And gave her pilgrim sons home
No MONARCHY step profanes,
Free as the chalnless winds that roam
Upon its boundless plains.
A dirge for the brave old pioneeri
The muffled drum resoundi
A Warrior is slumbering here
Beneath the battle ground:
For not alone with beast of prev
The bloody strife he waged
Foremost W where'er the deadly fray
OF savage combat ragged.
A dirge for the brave old pioneer.
A dirge for his old spouse.
For her who blest his forest cheer
And kept his blrchen house.
Now soundly by her chieftain NAV
The brave old dame sleep on,
The red mans step Is far away,
The VOLTS dread howl is gone.
A dirge for the brave old pioneer!
His pilgrimage is done: a-
He hunts no more the grizzly bear
About tie setting sun.
Weary at last of chase andl life
He laid him here to rest,
Nor recks he now what sport or strife
Would tempt him further West.
A dirge for the brave old pineeri
The patriarch OF his tribei
He sleeps, no pompous pile marks where,
No lines his deeds describe.
They raised no stone above him here,
: Nor carved his deathless name
An Empire is his sepulchre,
His epitaph is Fame.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

The debt of Nashville is a cool
81 100000. Radical thieves did the
work. Nashville ought to have
Democratic Mayor or quit the business.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

Postal Cards are so extremely popu-
lar in this country that, although it is
not long since they were introduced.
the enormous number Of one hundred
millions have been printed and is
sued.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

The editor of New York child's
paper recently received letter from
subscriber IN which was written, "Our
Annie died last week, after reading the
last number of Jour valuable paper"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

YOU'VE wife-"George, dear, you
have taken a single ticket for mamma,
have you not?' '0f course, my dear,
whoever heard Of taking return ticket
for q mother-in-law?"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

A LADY in Indiana has died Of
trichiansis. The account says = she
was lovely lady" Without doubt.
but try to picture to yourself a pure
and lovely being swallowing raw pork.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

ILLINOIS has extended to married
women every right but that ofsuffrage
They can keep their own earnings, and
transact business with their husbands
as with strangers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

THE names of I,O53,542 persons are
registered who have died in New
York city within the last sixty-one
years.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

II SAY" said rough fellow to
fop with conspicuous boE-legs-"I
say, don't you have your pantaloons cut
with circular saw?'
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

WHEN you hear man say the world
owes him q living, don't leave any
hams lying around loose.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

NEVER dine in excitement, because
the blood is called to the brain which
ought to go 70 aid digestion.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

NEVER skedaddle," was the un-
classical text OF a COngregaI oualist
minister in Massachusetts recently,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

Depot for all Patent Medi-
cines-Simmons' Liver Reg
ulator, Vinegar Bitters, Hos
letters Bitters, Rangum
Root Liniment, Danforth' S
Sanative Dentifrice, etc. We
sell ALL PATENT MEDICINES,
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, at
manufacturers prices.
OWEN & MOORE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09
A SIGHT REVEALED ITSELF

which caused the stoutest man there
to fall back in astonishment, with his
hands over his nostrils. 1t was sight
never to forget, and an odor never to
find the equal of. No bloody remains
of mangled corpse were there, but
instead = half dozen LimbUger
cheeses.
The respectable man at the South
ern HOtel-who is brewer ora saloon
keeper on his way home-was not ar
rested.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-09

use no other.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-18

perdu in my vegetables. Why shsuld we
not pray that the dinner should be prepared
with q sufficient amount Of scienco to alb
solve US from the necessity of furtively
swallowing q ealtspeoDful of pepsine behind
agonies of indigestisnl Why should We
not piteously pray that no duns and no
bOres might call while We were ut dinner;
that our servants attention, whilo shey
were handing round the dishes, might not
he distracted by the hoarse-vOiced rufians
in the street, who drive quiet neighborhoOds
to frenzy about dinner-time. and who carry
on a detestable trade of lying and extortion
under pretense of selling the evening papers,
yelling out, "Death hOf Mr.. Disraley, hOr-
full haccident in the Ighgate-ill tunnel,
ASSASSINATION hof the Merican President,
capchure of thelBilboes, and so FORTH" And
again, why should We not pray that. If
there were any children at table, they might
behave themselves with tOlerable decency
during the repast2 One very hardened
man l heard of long since, who, ere com.
menced his dinner, used to pray not only
for himself but against his foes. "Let not
those who Gespitetully use me have any roast
duck: let not mine enemies have any lob.
ster sauce with their turbot; take away the
ice buildings of my enemies;" and the like.
This was exceedingly reprehensible; yet.
my candid friend, can you put your hand
on your heart and aver that you never, in
the cursing chamber Of your heart uttered
applications such as these (although
in no scriptural phrase), and as fierce as
any of those which shook US in the magnif-
cent outpourings of the Eastern scribes.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-18
MARKETS.
DOmestic Markets.

NRw YoRK. October 1.-THE Posts financial ar
zicle says: Wall street markets to day unusu.
being the races 1t Jerome PAX. which have with
drawn from the street large number Of those
who make up the stock market. Speculative
shares are lower than yesterday. Gold also 10 .
shade easier for buyers all sales having been at
1f00l09a. On gold loans the rates have been Dat.
and u to ! ard " cent paid by borrowers for use.
after the closing Of the MALE. The nominal rates
are 81 s5d4 ssh for prime bankers sterling with
rates tnr business 81 S4k to - s4i4 and 81 SO to
~ % =. respectively. government bonds are
siderable amounts of United States bonds are are
on their way here from Europe. particularly
from from the the German markets, bonds having
ana this 10 one reason for the advance
IN foreign exchange. 1t is TO be hoped that tho
decara,ions at the elections Tuesday the States
o. Ohio and Indiana in favor of paying Uni,ed
Stetes bonds in greenbacks will have IS little effect
IN Europe as they nave had here. State bonds
are entirely nominal rates csor all loans thus far
have been ~ 13 y, cent, with prime mercantile
paper Mt sac v cent for choice short date and 108
cent Tor four manfhs' acceptance; good namt
can still be had at Sdlo " cent. The suspension Of
y: 8. Bdgar Co. OF Burlington, Iowa. for warders
OF grain, and known to have been engaged in
speculation. involves to o limited extent several
good firms here. but. as we are informed, not to
the degree of seriously embarrassing them. The
market tor speculative shares opened i az below
Yesterdays closing. except for Telegraph and
Union Pacific. which opened higher, and for
unchanged
In the beginning Of tho week the market for
cotton on the spot OPT ned with favorable ndca.
tions of a busy week. The pressure of heavy re-.
seipts was more than the market could stand and
hefore the day closed prices were NC lower. From
thls time up to the close Of yesterday the tone OF
the market was weak, with holders anxious TO sell
The course of the market for future deliveries was
pretty much the same, and he close was weak
The total sales smOanted to 1873 Cos bales OF which
1872 100 were on contract. and tho balance for i'm.
mediate Qel'v"r-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-18
STORE PROPERTY AT THEsNEW BASIN,
SUCCESSION OF HARRIET A. JORDAN.
Second District Court for the Parish Of Orleans
No. 50 963.

Second UIstIiet Court Tor the Parish OF Orleans
No. Sc, 1858.
by HOEY 4 O'CONNOR. ArCrfoNEERs-
change place.-sATURDAY, November 7, 1874, at
twelve o'clock II at the Merchants and Auction.
GERS Exchange on Royal street. between Canal and
Customhouse streets, by virtue of an order of the
honorable the Second District Court for the parish
of Orleans, dated October S. 1874, will be sold by
public auction
part street. in the Fin district of this city, In the
square bounded by Rampant. Dryades. Julia and
feet 10 inches lines front on Rampant street. or
NV Basin. by l4z feet inch lines in depth on
one eide line: first epth OF l09 feet inches on
the 'ine Of lot No. 9. thence narrowing at right
angles feet inches, has further depth of 50
feet II inches lines to the rear. which has a width
Of ]! feet inches lines. Together with 1870, re.
duced to .: shares OF the capital stock of the
Citizens Bank Of Louisiana. secured by mortgage
thereon.
Terms Of saie--The purchaser TO assume thespay
nent III prime pal and interest Of Ia stock note OF
s 1860. due the said Citizen.' Bank, payable or 70
Movable on the frs: of April. 1875 and assn me.
over and above Eis bid, all the obligations and
liabilities of stakeholder III said Citizens Bank:
the remainder one third cash aud the balance al
one and two years credit, with interest Of eight
per cent per annnm from date @! sale until final
payment. with all the usual security clauses Of
vendors Lien and special mortgage. the penal
clause Of five per cent attorneys fees, insurance
of property and transfer of policy etc. and the as.
SUMPTION Ut payment Of ALI taxee OF 1874. pay able
in 1875
Act Of ssie at the expense Of the purchaser, be.
Oc1 II q 81 MOI
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-18
Eracc Before Dinner

Charles Lamb, as We all know, wittily
debated the question whether we sbouId
not say grace before going ont for walk
and prior to the enjoyment of very mspy
social mercies besides meat and drink, and
there may be some people inclined to 90
oven fcril>r than this, and lille asking a
blessing on the food, utter aspirations Ter
Smoothing beyond the mere solids and
liquids on the table. Remember that grace
is not only an EXPIRE ssion Of gratitude, but
supplication Tor further favOrs. We de-
sire that we shall be made truly thankful
for what We are about to receive, and that
which We receive is only SO much bone
making and flesh making sustenance, which
will make our frames active aud vigorous;
but why should We not pray that the
sock may not burn the meat, under boil
the potatoes, or send up cinders concealed
10 the spinachi l broke tooth the other
day with sn abominable small coal lying
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-18
A Stone with a History.

Moncure ID. Conway, writing entertain
Sngiy of the Congress Psychologists lately
convened in the British Museum. saws:
Professor Newton, the greatest living
master OF Greek antiquities, once related to
me personally the recent story of one of the
anscribed stones which to-day the congress
examined only with reference to its arch
biological value. This stone was once in a
Latin church, afterwards in Greek church.
and ultimately found its way into mosque
1t Rhodes. But there was also a gunpow der
magazine under the said mopane, and i'm
mediateIy under this stone. One day the
powder magazine exploded, the mosque
blown to fragments, and $50 persons killed.
No one has ever been able to explain the
cauae OF this catastrophe, which oc-
CURED in the year 1856 Tho khodeans re.
lated that an earthquake had just occurred
and LETT cleft in the stone work of the
powder magazine; that this earthuuake was
immediately followed by thunder storm
which sent q bolt Of lightning through tho
sa'd cleft into the powder. Whatever may
nave been the origin of the catastrophe. a
dreadful one it was. The authorities of the
place, possibly for fear of some further
calamity, refused even to dig out the bodies
OF those who had been buried amid the
ruins, hut the English consul begged ner.
mission to do SO. Of the $50 or thereabout
VINO had been in or near the mag zine ar
the time, only one was found to be alive.
This was very talr young Turkish girl
who had been married on the preceding
day. Her husband WAS almost dead with
grief, and when the news came that his
bride had been eaved alive from the
ruins. he FASTENED to kiss the feet of
the English consul who had rescued her.
But no sooner had the British diplomatist
done his work thus CALAMITY than the Brit
ish ssvant was close after him Out of the
debris he collected large number of in
scribed fragments of stone. These found
their way into the hands of Professor New
ton. who put together the stone bit by bit,
nntil. cementtd, it stood = good square
block five or six feet high, and completely
covered with inscriptions in Greek. The
writing indicates that it was a memorial
raised in the time of Demetrius Polio.
kratts, the first kirg Of Macedonia, whose
head appears On coins, and that it was
raised in honor Of certain persons who had
come forward with aid and contributions
In u hGGtn emergency or time OF public |
need. 1t Is rather odd that the memorial |
OF htror 10 certain eminent benefactors |
shou Id have fallen as treasure into Eng |
ilsh lands because of an English copsui's |
stepping forward at IL moment of catss,ro-
pho 10 90 generous thing which others
me- cted."