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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-15
FRENCH CUsTOM-HOUsE FRAUDS

Paris Correspondence London STANDARD.
We are perpetually hearing Of frauds up
on the CustOm-hOuse, in which the ingenui-
~ Of unPolitical FUenchmen finds Just
now Ifs favOrite field of exercise. The last
case reported shows mastery skin. Two
men have been going about with samples
of UntaXed brandy, which they mysterious
sy offered at very low price to such per
sons as they thought lirely to buy. If the
samples and price were accept ed-Which
tley always were, say the pOlice,-they
brought ffty-litre cask, with all secrecy.
The cG5GTGtier, suspicious, Of course, with
such sellers, had full liberty to tap it where
lie pleased, and he did so. Each hole Of
the gimlet brought forth c0gnaC equal to
sample, the men received their price, and
lhe cO0dr6tier, n high delight, carried of
the Cask for bottling, All went well for
Tie first few litTes; then the run of brandy
stepped. On shaking the cask a sound
was heard Of gurgling liquid, but nothing
would come through the bUnghOe. After
much trial and tTiBulatiOn the secret was
discovered. In the ffty-litre cask,
smaller one, holding fOrty-eighJ litTes, was
suspended, full Of water. Only as much
brandy had been provided rs would fill the
space between the barrels. These clever
gentlemen took care not to make them
selves too well known IN one quarter, but
the other day victim spied them lust de-
iiVcTing a cask, and they were taken red
handed. On reflection, however, the pros
eCulOr thought it best TO vanish, and the
prisoners declare that their cOgnac has du-
~ paid its lawful tax. As to the suspi-
cious barrel, they say that they kept it and
carried il about as a curiosity.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-15
NEW YORK.
An AbscOnding Dry Goods Firm.
Arrival of ErOOdyIand sankey.
Disastrous Rain aud Han Storm.
AhsoondIng Hend of n FIrm.

New YORK, Aug. 14-E. S. Jsffrey &
Co, dry goods dealers, have lost $4,000
by the defalcation Of G. A. Church, the
head Of their ribbon department. Church
has left the CITY. ..
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-15

1t has been sagely stated here by the
showing ones that if an appointment
should be made from East Tennessee,
The Hon. 9. NJ. McGhee viii be the
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16

of these roads, foreseeing the ineyita-
bic advantages to be derived from the
success Of our direct trade movement,
have shown laudable disposition to
do their share of the good work. The
report respecting the sdaptability Of
the roads and of the points on each
suitable for the operations Of the COM
pany. as also respecting suitable banks.
l Will make as soon as possible. after |
have been able to visit the remainder.
In conclusion, | would respectfully
call the attention of the board to the
territory over which the operations of
the company are expected to extend,
and suggest that it will be impossible
for the managing director to visit one
hundreth part Of the places where his
presence is asked for.
Each director may do much in his
own State, but it is clear that agents
should be appointed to canvass each
district, under the direction of the
board or managing director; and I
would suggest that small commission
on the amount of subscriptions would
be ample compensation for such
services. and that such arrangement
would be likely to give more satisfac-
tioa than the payment of fixed salaries.
In compliances with the resolution of
the board at its August meeting, |
have continued the services of Mr..
John X. Cleayeland as secretary Of
the company. He is doing good work,
and is competent and reliable, and i
would respectfully ask for confrma-
tion of the appointment and the fixing
of his salary.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
Tuos. d. WoRRALL. 1
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16
Is Spiritualism Insanity

The Ward will case is now before the
courts in Detroit, and is exciting wide
attention. The author ofthe will Capt.
Il. B. Ward, left an estate valued at
&, 600 600, He had been married twice,
having been divorced from his first
wife who had become paralytic. Six
ty days after the divorce he married
again. Soon after this his first wife
died, leaving five children, all but one
of whom are ofage. There were sew
eral young children by the second wife,
He left the greater part of his property
to the second wife and her children,
and the children Of the first wife are
now contesting the will. They place
their hope of breaking the will on the
charge that Mr.. Ward made il under
the influence ofspiritualistic deluslons.
lie was a strong believer in Spiritual
ism, and the contestants claim this as
proof that he was not IN hls night
mind. II the court shall decide that
Spiritualim is a form Of insanity, there
will be lively times among the beiiev-
ers in the shadowy faith
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16
English Holders Of Alabama Bonds.

Ats recent meeting Of the holders
of Alabama bonds, in London. the fol-
low ug resolutions were adopted:
|. That in the opinion of this meet
ing the holders of the s per cent. gold
bonds, issued by the State of Alabama
in 1870, are not unmindful of, and are
disposed to make due allowance for,
the difficulties and embarrassments un-
der which the state has for some years
labored. aud are willing to meet the
Executive of that State, in fair and
equitable spirit, with 4 view to an ar
rangement by way of settlement of the
principle and interest due in respect OF
the bonds.
2, That this meeting entirely ap-
proves the course taken Ly the coun-
Gil of foreign bondholders, and the com.
mittee of Alabama bOndholders, act
ing in conjunction with them, IN de-
Gliding to authorize the Commissioner
who is about to proceed to the United
States under instructions from the
council, to deal with the Executive o.
the State of Alabama. aud to endeayOl
to negotiate and mature such scheme
for settlement of the claims of the hold
ers of gold bonds Of 1870 as might lead
to final adjustment of their long
pending debt.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16
Causes Of the Degsneraey Of the Teeth.

Prof Chase asserts that fifty years
ago. when be was boy, the profession
of dentistry was unknown in America,
and there were not more than half q
dozen dentists in the United States.
Toothache was not commou, and sound
teeth, even very aged people. was the
rule and not the exception. The rea-
sons for the change In the character of
the teeth of the present generation he
asserts are to be found in the nature OF
the food we eat, particularly in the
bread, which popular prejudice de-
mands should be perfectly white. and
to secure this, the millers are forced
to carefully bolt out the gluten cells Of
the wheat, the great magazines of
phosphates for the grain. The point
is one of such Importance that we
quote from the article as follows:
To supply the daily loss of the lime
salts from an adult body weighing one
hundred and forty pounds, fifty grains
OF the salts Of lime would be required.
This is found in about twenty ounces
ofunbolted wheat flour. From twenty
to thirty ounces of unbolSed wheat
may be taken as a representative of
the value of the food which is daily
eaten by healthful person of one hun
dred and forty pounds weight. 1t is
simply ridiculous to suppose person
of that weight could eat and digest
one hundred ounces of hourl CoDse-
quently. those who do make superfue
wheat -four an important factor in the
nutrition Of their bodies, fail ip get
ting the necessary amount ofiime salts.
Now, this is true of thousands aud
hundreds of thousands in the United
States. The teeth of these fine fonr
eaters are defective; their children in
herit their defective dental organiza-
tion, and so the mischief spreads. !
Irish girls who come to this country |
for service, usually have good teeth,
but In two or three years their teeth |
decay surprisingly. This is easily ae-
counted for, when it is notorious that
they eat large quaptities Of food made
from superfne -four. of which they rare
ly tasted In their native country. An i
American dentist who visited Germa-
ny, said that he visited a ehildren's
school where there were over two hun
dred pupils, and made an examination
Of their teeth, and moreover failed to
fiad even one decayed. These children
use black bread. The first settlers of
Ohio, Kentucky and Vermont gave
good teeth to the generation succeed
ing them, because their food consisted Of
meats, vegetables, beans, peas aud
maize in large proportion. Super6ne
-four was luxury unknown to them.
They were glad to get wheat pounded
in mortars, or coarsely ground between
stones, without bolting. [ very well !
that the people of Vermont,
even thirty years ago, did not average
,ne barrel of superfine -four for every
'ix persons. Thus not more than one
twelfth of their food was made up of
his -four.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16
A Veteran Tennessee Editor.

From st. Louis Republican, Sept. II
Mr.. w. w. Gates, the veteran edi-
tor of the Henderson West Tennes-
see) Advocate, is stopping at the La
clede. Mr.. Gates is the oldest editor
in his State, and has with him gold
headed walking stick made from the
wood of the platen taken from the first
X image press used at Nashville.
Mr.. Gates started his FIRST paper
forty-six years ago, on the 9TH Of JAN
uary, 1880, called the West Tennessee
an, published at Paris, Tenn. His as
sociate in the paper was Gen. Zolli-
Golfer. 1t was the first Henry Clay
paper issued in the State, and MIR.
Gates says be is a Clay Whig yet.
At that time there were only three
papers published in the division known
as West Tennessee; to-wit: At Paris,
Memphis, and Jackson; now there are
tifty-fye newspapers publishedin that
division Of the State.
In 1916 he issued the West Tennes-
seean at jackson, Tenn, aud is now
running it at Henderson, as stated.
The present trip is the seventy-ffth
made in che interest Of his printing
business.
He first came to st. Louis in 1855,
stopped with Mr. Theron Barnum, and
met here with Willis l.. Williams, a
lawyer, aud Henry T. Blow, then pres
ident of the Chamber of Commerce,
both of which gentlemen. went round
with him and introduced him to their
business friends. Mr.. Gates was a
personal friend of the celebrated Davy
Crockett, aud is flush with interesting
"reminiscences of that noted humorist,
bear hunter and politician. Mr.. Gates
while boy first saw Crockett at Paris.
on stumping campaign. A ginger
bread peddler came into town, and
Crockett bought up his whole load aud
distributed it to the crowd. He car
rieq nearly every vote, and made life
long friend of every barefooted boy
in that whole region, besides beating
his competitor for Congress, Judge
Fitzgerald.
Crockett next ran for Congress
against John w. Cook, and the cam
paign degenerated into bitter person
al contest. Both candidates took the
stump, and Crockett won the race by a
humorous sally against his opponent.
Both sides raked up tough yarns against
each other. Crockett, not to be out
done. told big one on Cook. They
met before large crowd. Cook read
depositions showing the falsity of the
charges against him.
Crockett 10 his inimitable way rose
up and said. Judge Cook, when We
entered on this race | thought you
would tote fair, but as you didn't tote
fair told a whopper on you. The
audience shouted andapplauded Crock
EFT.
Cook said If the crowd believed in
whoppers he did not want their vote,
and he abandoned the field to his Op-
ponent, who was elected. The next
time Crockett ran was against Adam
Huntsman, a Democrat, and was de-
feated. 1t was then Crockett's turn to
get good disgust on him, and he VOW
ed he would leave the country. He
went to Texas, and was killed in the
Alamo.
Mr.. Gates then took the hero's son,
John w. Crockett, and got him elect
ed to Congress, beating the Democratic
candidate Pavott in 1899.
Mr. Gates reports that the crops IN
West Tennessee are more bountIiul
this year than they have been for for
ty five years.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16
Touching Story.

A drunkard, who had run through
his property, returned one night to hi:
unfinished home. He entered hi:
empty hall. Anguish was gnawing al
his heart-strings, aud language was in.
adquate to express his agony as he en-.
tered his wife's apartment, and there
behele the victims of his Appetite
loving wife and darling child. Mo-
rose and sullen he seated himself, with
out word. He could not speak-he
could not look upon them. The mother
said to the little girl at her side:
Come, my dear, ii is time to 90 to
bed, and the little baby, as usual,
knelt by her lap, and gazing wistfuIly
into the face Of her suffering parent
like piece ofchiseled staruary, slowly
repeated her nightly orison. When
she had finished, the child but four
years old, said to her mother: Dear
mother, may L offer one more prayer?'
Yes, yes. my sweet pet, pray"
"0h, God. spare, oh, spare my dear
papa !"
That prayer was lifted to the throne
of God. 1t was heard on high; it
was heard on earth. The response
Amenl" burst from the father, and
his.heart of stone became a heart OF
flesh. Wife and child were both
clasped to his bosom, and in penitence
he said:
My child, you have saved your
father ircm drunkard's grave"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16

GENERAL BUTLER has been talking
to a Philadelphia Times reporter. lie
told him that he expected William
Allen to be reelected Governor of
Ohio by 10000 majority, and among
other things, said:
-Four months ago the Government
borrowed $4,000, 900 for the purpose
of purchasing a metal substitute for
the fractional currency, which can not
possibly answer the purpose as well As
the currency does. The borrowed
money has lain idle since then at an in-
terest expense to the people of nearly
a third of million Of dollars. And
when the substitution Is made what
will be the consequence? The metal
currency will have TO be considerably
debased, or else every old woman 10
the country will fill her stockings with
il and bury it. Ii will be boarded, sir,
boarded to the extent OF removing
millions from the working currency Of
the country. The people who talk
about doing away 9Th the convenient
fractional currency are mad. Ii does
seem to me sometimes as If judicial
blindness had struck the financial
management Of the entire country.
And vet there is not word Of this IN
the papers-nOt a word.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16

The following from the pen Of Mrs. +. G.
DeFontaine, OF Charleston, south Carolina.
will touch tender chord In every Southern

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In de- litfie cabin do
NV Sam wax tlar wild his fiddle.
POI Sam-befs gone done dead!
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16
Truths and Triiies.

An Indiana infant coughed up a
brass paddock the other day. The rest
Of the tools are still in its chest.
Every man has in himself conti-
nent of undiscovered character. Hap
py is he who acts the Columbus to his
own soul,
Many miss their mark from lettering
on the road that leads to it. The day
of all days is to-day; the hour of all
hours is the present.
1t is said that Brigham Young has
acquired the title of General from hav-
ing been called Briggy dear r" so Of
ten by his numerous wives.
Some sermonizers," said Sydney
Smith, preach as if sin were to be
taken from men as Eve was from
Adam-by casting them into deep
sleep"
There are many who say more than
the truth on some occasions, and bal
ance the account with their conscien-
ces by saying less than the truth on
others.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16
Seed Wheat.

A careful selection Of the most ap-
proved varieties as seed. and a certain;
ty that it is free from smut and foul
seeds, is very important IN the effort to
grow good wheat crop. If seed is
old or has been heated in the NOW or
bin. the germ may be injured or de-
stroyed. and in that case will fail TO
produce n full and vigorous growth OF
plants.
is. the small kernels should be sepa-
rated from the large and perfect onea,
and only the best sown. This may be
done by raising up the front end OF the
tanning mill. thus slanting the sieves
in the direction Of the blast Of wind,
and feeding the machine slowly. turn
ing fast and blowing hard, driving hall
or more Of the grain over the sieyes
and allowing only the plump, heavy
kernels to come forward Of the mill for
seed.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16
Crop Productions Last Year.

The following summary is from the
report of the department Of agricul-
ture
The product Of wheat for 1874 was
greater IN the aggregate than in any
previous year, exceeding 3O0.O00,OOO
bushels. There was an increase OF
acreage Of fully 2 100000
Rye gave a product of 1881 900
bushels, being So per cent. of the pre-
vious crop.
Oats, 2l0, ,0O0 600 bushels, being de-
cline of nearly 10000, 900 bushels.
Barley, 32,703, 600 bushels, being an
increase OF per cent.
Potatoes, -l06, ,000.00 bushels, being
about the same n the previous year.
Hay, $500, 900 tons, an increase Of
500, 600 tons.
OF corn, the following statement en-
bodies the crops Of the past six or seven
years:
In 1868, 06,0O0,OO0 bushels, valued
at 81 cents per bushel
In 1869, 874, 1900 bushels, va lued
at 70 cents per bushel.
1870, 1913, ,000, 600 bushels, valued
at 81 cents per bushel.
In 1871, 99l 100000 bushels, valued
at 4S cents per bushel.
In1872, l ,092 900, 900 bushels, valued
at 35 cents per bushel.
In 1873, 932,0O0,0O0 bushel, valued
ut 4S cents per bushel.
In 1874, 854.00000O bushels, valued
at 65 cents per bushel.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16
The AttrecIous Crime Of fAber,lon.

Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto has
pronounced most unequivieally on the
unnatural and horrible crime of abOr-
tion. Recently in ST. Michaers Ca
thedral his Grace made this cruel aud
cold-blooded vicesthe subject OF an ell
Oquent and forcible sermon, from
which the following is an extract:
The dreadful crime of the murder
of the innoeents before their birth is
the foul blot of the character of the
Christians of this country. At the
moment of conception an immortal
soul is infused into the creature, and
it reflects the image aud likeness Of
God. To destroy this is murder, and
the blood OF that being cries to heaven
for vengeance against .he assassin. In
the New England States an ungodly
people are exterminating themselves
from the face of the earth, and aehaste
and God fearing Irish people are sue
ceeding to their inheritance, as stltis-
ties of birth published by the New
York Herald and the principal jour
nails of the United States show. This
crime of murder in the first degree, or
in the first stage Of life. is also spread
ing into Canada Is eoptagion. The
answer OF the unfortunate fallen wo-
man to the suggestions % hiding her
shame by abortion is not often ROw
heard. The crime of bringing child
into the world outside Of matrimony Is
bad enough without adding 10 il that
of murder your drugs OF yoar instru-
ments shall not destroy youE innocent
one. The pagan Chinese expose, sell
and too often drown their offspring
when they become too numerous and
too burdeusome for their poverty to
rear; but TO the shame ofthose calling
themselves Christians, we have to say
that they murder in cold blood their
own children and in too many cases
destroy the mother. Thus two lives
are forfeited. The father OF the un-
fortunate illegitimate offspring is the
greatest culprit. The mother next, it
she had not been opposed and forced to
the crime Then, as hired assassin,
the abortionist.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16
WHOLE No. AL.
A Few Accurate Paragraphs on an
Important Subject. -
The Cincinnati Gazette says some
thing about advertising that will repay
perusal. We give it in full:

The Cincinnati Gazette says some
thing about advertising that will repay
perusal. We give it in full:
The propensity to seek irregular
mediums for advertising is one Of the
queer things in this business. The
prices that some business men will pay
for sticking their advertisements in ir-
regular places. where no one looks for
business advertisements, is unaccount-
able, especially when compared with
their unwillingness to pay anything for
advertising in the regular channels.
They will pay large sums for inserting
their business cards in section Of :
frame in hotel, bar-room, street-eaf,
railway stations, or in a hotel register,
or an almanac, or guide book, or an
annual of one sort or another, or in q
theatre programme, or in special adj
vertising sheet, issued when it can
get enough to pay.
The by-ways they seek, or that suo-
cessfully solicit them, are innumerable.
Likewise they spend large SUNS in
printing special circulars, and in post
age to send them. In this way they
ignore the most essential condition in
advertising, namely, that it has char
acter aud effect from the mediums
through which it is given TO the read
er. Advertisements thrust into irreg-
ular and unbusiness places impress the
general mind that the concern is Of
similar character. On the other hand,
an advertisement in general news
paper of first-rate standing, carries
the impression that the advertiser has
standing In his own community which
he is not afraid 10 show to his neigh
bors, and that he does not shrink from
competition with the best of them.
These are the different impressions
that are made on all minds by adyer-
tisements in a journal of high charac-
ter and of general circulation among
the reputable classes, and the same
when seen in by-places and irregular
or low channels. Every one finds this
in his own feelings If he will but think
on the subject II any one is going
to place to buy, whether be be ira
der or buying for use, and has to seek
the dealers through advertisements,
where will he look for them? Toreg-
listers, almanaes, theatre bills, frames
in railway stations, occasional advcr-
tising sheets, or circulars? On the
contrary, he looks the most reputable
of the place, and he thinks
that advertisements in these give an
Of the good standing OF the
end of his business enter
prise, and the sufhciency Of his stock.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16

The United States Senate in Deeem-
her will consist of 43 Republicans. 81
Democrats ard 2 Independents. The
House Of Representatives stands, III
Democrats, lg Republicans, = indie
pendents, and 6 to be elected in Missis-
sippi.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16

A DELICATE TEA CAKE. = The
whites of three eggs beaten to froth,
one cup of pulverized white sugar, halt
cup of sweet milk. one teaspoOniul
cream Of tartar. half teaspoonful OF
soda, two and half cups Of -four, half
cup Of butter.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16

Nashville American: The Louisville,
Nashville and Great Southern Rail-
road Company are now selling round
trip tickets to Jacksonville, Florida.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16

Lafayette Lane, son OF General 10
Lane. is a Democratic candidate for
Congress in Oregon.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16

The leather business Of the United
States represents a working capital Of
S7OO00 ON