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The Republican journal., 1877-08-16
Leached Ashes.

The Toronto Globe gives the following
plan of treating leached wood ashes,
which is new to us. What benefit is to
be gained by the composing we do not
see. Why not apply it directly to the
soil. The loss from the melting of snow
is probably mainly imaginary: "The best
way to treat the ashes is to compost them
with barn-yard manure. If you want to
make tirst-class manure add about twenty
pounds Of plaster to each load OF barn
yard manure, and some salt. Then draw
out the manure and turn it under as
quickly as possible. 1t would not be best
to spread the ashes on the snow, because
when the snow goes away it may carry
off great deal of the most valuable part
of the ashes. This objection does not ap-
ply with such great force in case of
leached ashes as it would in the case Of
unleached ashes. Applying them in the
spring would be better. From one to two
hundred bushels of leached ashes would
be good amount to apply, though twice
the amount would be made use of by the
crops. To an orchard ashes are especial
ly valuable, as they supply many of the
elements which the fruit and trees are
constantly removing"
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16
How Rats Came Near Destroying a Steam
shin
| From the San Francisco Chronicle

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
At 34 o'clock in the morning, as the
Pacific Mail steamship Granada was beat
ing against Il heavy wind and running to
sea about forty miles of Point Concep-
ton, some Chinese sailors, who were
asleep in their hammocks over the for
ward hatch, were awakened by smoke.
At the same time the watch on deck dis
covered dense smoke issuing from the
hatch. An agile Mongol ran abaft and
informed First Officer Hart that the ship
was on fire. simultaneously, the boats
swain, also AIongol, violently rang the
fire bell
First Officer Hart is afraid of fire. He
has been burned out several times, and
was Oh the Japan when that steamer was
burned Off the Chinese coast about two
wears ago. He has made it his habit to
have the hose placed on the deck every
night at 5 o'clock. Rushing forward he
found that the ship was indeed on fire.
The captain was instantly notified and
Hart, seizing an axe, chopped a hole in
the hatch and called for small-sized
volunteer. A Chinaman, stark naked,
sprang forward, and Hart ordered him to
ldkC tllc llOSc tlutt ~ DClON dllu tALlll-
guish the fire. The almond eyed tar bound
a wet towel over his face and obeyed
with alacrity, and Hart, who is large
man, enlarged the aperture and followed.
Seven Cinnamon went down after him like
monkeys, and the pumps were manned.
The engine was stopped, and, ceasing its
task OF driving wheels, commenced fore
ing water. By this time the passengers,
alarmed by the unwonted tumult and the
changing fire bell, were huddled, halt
naked, on the deck in a panic. The wo-
men shrieked and the sterner sex felt de-
cidedly shaky. The exploring squad be-
low decks groped their way through the
sutfocating smoke to the storeroom in the
forehold, where they found the fire. The
pumps were already working, and in
three and half minutes after the alarm
water was playing Oh the flames, and in
three and a half minutes more the blaze
was extinguished.
The origin of the fire was curious. In
the store-room was Il barrel of matches
in paper boxes Rats are remarkably
fond of phosphorus. This Oattre taste
caused the fire. 1t was found that rats
had gnawed their way through the walls
OF the storeroom and into the matches,
and in their nibblings at the lucifers had
| ignited them and created the blaze. In
surance men say that the majority of in
stances of fire 10y spontaneous combus-
ton" are really caused by rats nibbline
at matches
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16

At the meeting of the Eighth Regiment
Association at Pittstield, Col. Low spoke
of the we'll known hard tack marked '.B.
c." the first hard bread which the Gov
ernment furnished the soldiers The
letters meant ''bread condensed" but the
soldiers took them to refer to it's date
The colonel brought home one, and, af-
ter 1t had been kept in his fathers house
three years, the house burned down and
the remains of the cracker were found
and recognized in the cellar.
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16

OF late the matutinal pouring of ker-
osene on the kitchen fire to expedite com
bustion has apparently become one of the
customs Of the past. But a plan fully as
effective and deadly, and one that is sure
to meet the approval Of the Undertakers'
Union, has been discovered by the Balti-
more man who inspected a leaky gas ma
chine with lighted candle. Com'l Adv
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16
Geese.

On the advantage OF keeping geese, a
writer in the Maine Farmer Il few years
ago said: "I once knew Il couple Of in
dustrious sisters, who lived near a never
falling brook, and they generally kept
through the winter thirty geese, male and
female, They had erected some suitable
but not expensive sheds, in which they
had apartments for them to lay, sit and
hatch Their food in the winter was
meal of various kinds to some extent, but
principally apples and roots In the sum-
mer they had a pasture enclosed with IL
stone wall, which embraced the water.
They kept their wings so clipped that
they could not fly over such Il fence.
Their owners knew what we all know,
that live geese feathers arc a cash article
at fair price, They picked off their
feathers three times in a season. Those
thirty geese wintered would raise seven
ty-tiye goslings, or young geese, and of
course they had that number to dispose
of every fan, OF in the beginning Of winter,
when they are sent to market and again
picked, making four times they obtained
feathers from those they wintered and
twice from the young oney that they had
killed"
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16
As late as last summer, Fort Lee, on

As late as last summer, Fort Lee, on
Sundays, was given up to the possession
Of roughs from New York city, who in
suited women, broke down fences, and
made themselves terror. If any man
interfered to protect a woman, he was
beaten nearly to death. This is all a vio
lation of law, but nobody thought to ap-
ply the remedy, until the Widow Parrise
took it up last fall. She began by prose
cutting the liquor dealers for keeping their
shops open on Sunday, and the stages for
plying on that day, contrary to the
statute. She has encountered much op-
position. On the evening Of July 4th, a
drunken stage driver assaulted her on
her own premises, and choked and beat
her until a neighbor came to the rescue
and knocked the coward down. He
has since disappeared, and there is q
warrant waiting for him. But they have
quiet Sundays at Fort Lee. The liquor
dealers have been compelled to close
their shops, and the roughs go elsewhere.
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16
"Sun Cholera MIXTURE"

About forty years ago when the cholera
was threatening New York, a recipe
recommended by the most eminent ply
sicians of London and New York, as q
preventive, was published in the New
York sun. 1t proved of wonderful eff
cheney then, and experience has also
proved it to be almost a sure specific for
cholera morbus, and all summer diseases
of the bowels when taken at the appear
ance Of the first premonitory symptoms.
The prescription is:
Tinct. 0pli.
Capsici.
Rhei co.
Menth pip.
Campho.
Mix equal parts OF each.
DOSE For q child from 3 to 10 drops,
according to the age; for an adult from
10 to 30 drops, according to the serious
ness of the attack. In severe cases take
twenty drops every hour until relief is OBJ
tanned.
In English, the prescription is equal
parts of the tinctures of opium, red pep
per- rhubard peppermint and camphor.
1t can be put up by any druggist and is
not expensive. 1t should be kept in every
family and will prevent, if judciously
used, Il great deal of suffering, sickness
and death We have used it and recon-
mended it to others for many years, and
our own experience confirms the lnvarla-
ble testimony of others, that if promptly
used when bowel troubles first appear, it
is specific and unfailing preventive and
..lI
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16

4 Fox STORY. The Somerset Repor-
ter is moved to publish this story as 4
tribute to the cunning Of the fox.
The fox which Mr.. Fairgreves now
has, occupies a ward back of the store,
to which Mr.. F's dog has free access.
The dog and fox are great friends. They
frolic together play no end of jokes on
each other, and live in the most perfect
harmony save at ''meal time" The dis
cusson that choice bit will call forth is
sometimes most interesting. Mr. f. gave
the fox Il bone the other day. The dog
had been taught by experience that it
was no use for him to try and capture it,
so he retired into the store to watch the
proceedings, doubtless hoping something
would turn up in his favor. The fox ate
what he wanted Of the bone and preferred
to lay it away for future use The dog
pricked up his ears, but yawncd and be
trayed no especial interest. The fox dug
deep hole, placed the juicy bone in the
bottom. and covering it over with earth
'patted' it down. lie then went into his
kennel, brought out an old dry bone that
he had kept away from the dog for sever
al days ''out of pure cussedness," placed
it in the hole over the sweet One covered
it up with apparent care and retired to
his keunel to watch operations. The dog
saw the fox safely housed, and, as he had
done before, stealthily approached the
treasure, resurrected the dry bone and
trotted off.
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16

AFFLUENCE TO POVERTY The New
York Sun states that the body Of Henry
Hill, which had been found in a tenement
at 81 West Third Street, was in the
Morgue Friday. Two men who did not
give their names, asked permission to see
it, and afterward made arrangements for
its burial. Gle shall not be buried in
Potter's field" said one. Twenty years
ago Hill was prosperous merchant in
Boston, but by bad management he be-
came almost q bankrupt; then he went
to New York, to meet with no better sue
cess, and was reduced to extreme poverty.
He abandoned his wife and two children.
The wife worked hard .Ur u while, and
then, discouraged by harsh experience,
took to drink Her daughter became a
ballet girl and supported her father. The
cause of his death was heart disease.
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16

The other day, when Admiral Rous, of
the English Navy, was taken fatally i'll,
the docter coming to attend him said,
"Well, Admiral, what's the matter ?"
eighty I" said Rous. "That's what's
the matter"
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16
"Then ais.

When he returned to his home ana
treasures at tea-time. Il few days since,
fondly anticipating the clad shouts ot The
olive branches and the WinSome Sm'ir Of
his better half, he was surprised to find
the former strangely silent, and his wifi.
standing in the middle of the sitting room
with Il steely CLEAN in her eyes, as they
rested on dress from which depended
several yards of drag braid and the gath
ers We're torn from the waist. "My dear,
has any rulian dared, in my absence"
but he stopped us she transferred her
gaze to him. 1t was evident they hadn't.
Softly the rosy lips parted, and she said
with suppressed vehemence, This, Mr.
-, is the result Of leaving those nails
sticking up on the sidewalks, that spoke
to you about two weeks ago" But, my
dear the council"-''Thcre, there, don't
want to hear about the council. If You
haven't influence enough there to get Il
few nails driven down in the walk, al the
request Of your wife, I'd like to know
what I've been getting up at midnight for
every Monday night for Il year, to let You
in? Why did | marry you?" He didn't
know; he was sure he had offered Il rcso-
luton in regard to nail-heads, and it
passed. sob, you, did z! Well, hunt up
that resolutionneXt Monday night, and if
you don't bring a paper to show that it
will take effect next Tuesday morning,
you'll stay on the steps all night. That's
all" And now he is ut work on Il mon
ster petition, and may be seen ut all hours
soliciting signers. He has already 500,
and a ray of hopefulness that he will get
through that door has as last brought
peace to his troubled mind
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16

that appropriately named town, Hazard
vile, Conn. This lady has lost five hus-
bands by powder-mill explosions Is she
alarmed Z? Is she discouraged! Not at
all. She is about to be joined to the
sixth, and he is a powder miller also.
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16

The distinguishing feature of righteousness in
God is the desire to communicate righteousness,
and not to exact penalties. Thomas Erskine
The Republican journal., 1877-08-16

An Albany man lived on ten cents day and had
the satisfaction Of dying rich
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
Hot SPRINGS Commission.

The Commissioners appointed to
take charge of the Hot Springs reser-
walton in Arka nsas, consisting of ex-
Senator Cragin, of New Hampshire,
ex-Representatiye Coburn, of Indi-
ana, and ex-Gov. Stearus, of Florida,
are required by the act authorizing
their appointment, to meet TT the Hot
Springs within thirty days after their
appointment, and proceed to lay out
the reservation into squares, streets,
lots, etc; adj Indicate the claims of per-
sons to tracts of land claimed by rea-
son of improvements made thereon,
and to determine the right of each &C.
cupant to purchase the land at an ap-
praised value. The tract of land en-
bracing all the Warm or Hot Springs,
or what is known as Hot Spring
Mountain, is to be reserved by the
Government and placed in charge of a
superintendent to be appointed by the
Secre tary of the Interior, and this Of
fcer is also authorized to fix a special
tax on water taken from the springs,
sufficient to pay for the protection and
necessary improvement of the same.
The Commissioners are to hold their
Office one year, and receive a compen-
sation of SO day.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
MR.. TILDEN.
Says that Suit Against the President
would Disturb the Nations
Tranquility.

A New York dispatch to the Phila-
delphia Times says that a gentlemen
fully in the confidence of Gov. Tilden,
and fresh from an interview with
him, aver that the institution of legal
proceedings to GUST President Hayes
has been strongly advocated by David
Dudley Field, and freely discussed by
the friends of Mr.. Tilden, but that
Mr. Tilden himself has never thought
of such thing. Mr.. Tilden said to-
day that he had never directly advised
such proceeding or encouraged it. Mr..
Field urged that the evidence is GER
tainly attainable by the overthrow of
the Chamberlain and Packard govern
ments, which would establish Mr.. Til
den's claim beyond a doubt before
any judicia! triabunal Mr.. Tilden,
however, stadily discountenances the
the idea, and Of course nothing will be
done against has protest. He says in
so many words that any attempt to
question Mr.. Hayes right, in view of
the present situation, would be an as
sault upon the tranquility of the cOun-
try.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
MI. WhitthOrne on Hayes and the
Democratic Partys


A synopsis of the speech recently
delivered at Columbia by Gen. Whit
thurne is given in the Herald and Mail
of last week. We make the following
extract:
Gen. Whitthorne, in conclusion,
said A careful study of the situa-
alton as it exists now will convince
you, fellow citizens, that the safety of
your government and its laws, the pre-
servation of the Constitution aud the
rights of the people, lies in the main
tenance of the organization ana integ-
rity of the Democratic party. With
its maintenance, good may come from
Mr.. Hayes; and if so, let US, unpur-
chased by Office or other consideration
save that of the good of the country,
support him therein. With your or
ganization demoralized and divided, he
may-nay, it is to be feared, WILDE
come powerful for evil. Then stand
by your faith and your guns, remem-
bering that within the last ten years it
is the Democratic party that has resist
ed the force bill has resisted senti-
mental social rights; has lifted the
foot of the oppressors from the States
of Virginia, North Carolina. Georgia,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and
Texas has brought economy and in
tegrity back again into the public ser
vice; has within two years, with
mere vestige of power in the National
Government, reduced the expenses of
the Government over sixty millions of
dollars has now majority of the
House of Representative and almost
a majority of the Senate, and will have
it in two years; has a majority of the
voters of the United States. Stand
united and you will secure ultimately
the restoration of constitutional lib
erty throughout the broad limits of
your Union. Be you firm and stead
fast in your faith, because yours is
the cause of truth and justice I'M
tainted by fraud, and the victory of
popular right is near to hand"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14

An net to amend an act passed March .,
1875, entitled IAN act more cheaply to
collect the state, county ann municipal
revenue"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
SCRIPTURAL ACROSTICS

Who was the first man? Adam.
Who denied Christ Peter.
What sea did the Israelites cross on Cry
land Red.
Who was Jacobs father? Isaac.
Who lay at the rich mans gate? Lazarus.
Who says in his heart, there is no God E?
Fool.
OF what did Methusaleh die2 Old age.
On which side of Egypt is the wilderness
through which the children OF Israel wan
dered forty years ? Outside.
What caused the death Of Ananias and
Sapphira ? Lying.
Note-Please explain how Methusaleh
could be the oldest man that ever lived
when the Bible plainly states that he died
and was buried long before his father.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
he WHO DIED AT AIM.


Hewho died at Aim sends this to COM
ort all his frends:-
Faithful friends it lies, IKnow,
Pale and white and cold as snow;
And We say, . Abdallah's dead ~
Weeping at the feet and head.
can see your falling tears,
can hear your signs and prayers;
Yet ] smile and whisper this
+" am not the thing yon kiss
Cease your tears, and let IL lie;
IT was mine, IL is not ]. !"
Sweet friendsl what the women lave,
For the last sleep OF the grave,
Is a hut which / am quitting,
Is a garment no more lifting,
is cage from which, at last
Like bird, my soul hath passed.
Love the inmate, not the room
The wearer, not the garb-the plume
OF the eagle, not the bars
That kept him from those splendid stars.
Loving friends. be wise and dry
StTaightway every weeping eye;
What ye lift upon the bier
Is not worth q single tear,
FIis an empty sea-shelI-One
Out of which the pearl has gone:
The shell Is broken. il lies there,
The pearl, the all. the soul, is here.
IT'S an earthen jar, whose lid
Allah sealed, the while il hid
That treasure of his treasury,
A mind that loved him; let IL liel
Let the shard be earth's once more,
Since the soul is I'm his store!
Allah glorious Allah good
Now thy world is understood;
Now the long, long wonder ends;
Yet We weep, my foolish friends,
While the man whom ye call dead,
In unsDoken bliss, instead,
Lives and loves you lost I is true,
For the light that shines for you;
But in the light We can not see
OF uldisturbed felicity
In "a perfect paradise,
And life that never dies.
Farewell, friends but not farewell;
Where / am, ye, too, shall dwell.
/ am gone before yOur face,
a moments worth, a little space.
When We come where have stepped,
He will wonder why ye wept;
Ne will know, by true love taught,
That here is all, and there is naught.
Weep awhile, If ye are fain-
Sunshine still must follow rain;
Only not at death-for death,
Now we know, is that first breath
Which our souls draw when we enter
Life, which is Of all life centre.
Viewed from Allah's throne above:
Be We stout of heart, and come
Bravely onward to your home!
La-il Allah Allah Ia
o love divine o love Away
He who died at Aim gave
This 10 those who made his grave.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
Execnf0r,s N0tice.

All persons indebted to the estate of Mrs.
Sarah =. Slaughter, deceased, will please
come Toward aud make settlement of the
same. All persons having claims are re-
quested 10 present them, properly authenti-
Gated, to the undersigned, fis early as prae-
ticable. G.. II. SLAUGHTER, Elk r.
ST. Bethlehem. Tenn. April z, lS7I-lw
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
Pembroke, Ky, april !, 1877.

Who was the father of Solomon?
Who said, "Paul, thou art beside thyself ;
much learning doth make thee mad ?"
On what trees did the Jews hang their
harps
What wicked king reigned in Jerusalem
seventeen years?
Who said, Behold the fire and the wood,
but where is the lamb for a burnt offering ?
What was Elisha's servant named?
To what king did Solomon send for cedars
to build his temple?
To what place did Jonah fee from the
presence ofthe Lord?
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
Sixth Division of the Chancery Court.

The Cnancery Court for this, the Sixth
Division, Hon. Fl. II. LURToS, presiding, is
held at the following times and places:
GALLATIN, Sumner county, LIST Mondays
of January and June.
HARrsvILLE, Trousdale county, 4th Mon
days of January and June.
GAINESVILLE, Montgomery county, 1st
Mondays of February and July.
ARLINGTON, Houston county, I'd Mon
day in March and 1st Monday in August.
DOVER. Stewart county, LIST Monday in
March and 4th Monday in July.
ASHLAND CITY, Cheathaln county, 3rd
Monday in March and Sd Monday in Octo-
Der.
LEBANON, Wilson county, 4th Monday
of April and 4th Monday of October.
SPRINGFIELD, Robertson county, 3rd
Monday of May and 3rd Monday of No
vember-
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
TO CONSERVATIVES.

The advertiser, having been permanently
cured of that dread disease. Consum ption.
by simple remedy, is anxious to make
known to his fellow sufferers the means of
cure. To all who desire it, he will send
copy of the prescription used free of
CHARGE, with the directions for preparing
and using the same, which they will find a
sure cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bron-
cnitis, &c. Parties wishing the prescription
will please address, REV. E. A. WILSON,
1914 Penn ST., W1lliamsburgh, N. Y. jal3 6m
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
Administering Notice.

on the estate of Jacob Rudolph, deceased,
/ hereby give notice to all creditors eff said
estate to present their claims for collection
within the time prescribed by law, or they
will be forever barred; and also to all debtors
of the estate to come forward and settle.
w. II. CROUCH,
April z iS77-4W Administrator.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
TUFTS PILLS

A distinguished physician of New
York says:
"Itis astonishing how universally DR..
TUFTS Pills are used. In my daily
rounds, / hear of them not only among
the poor but their virtues are heralded
from the mansions of The wealthy and
refined Knowing the inventor from
his lorg connection with the medical
profession, / have great confidence in
their merits, and of late have often pre-
seribed them with the happiest results
in cases where l desired to make a de-
cided impression on the liver"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
Tenth Judicial Circuit.

The Circuit Court of this, the 10th Judi
cial Circuit, Hon. J. f. RICE presiding, are
held at the following times and places:
CLARKsvILLE, Montgomery county, n
Ist Mondays in January, May and Septefs
Der. c. ID. Bailey, clerk.
SPRINGFIELD, Robertson county, the lst
Mondays in February, June and October
John Y. Hutchings, clerk.
ASHLAND CITY. Cheatham county, tie
3rd Mondays in February, June and Oeto-
Der. W. B. Nichols. clerk.
CHARLoTT7. Dickson county, the 3rd
Mondays in March. July and November
]. A. Dodson, clerk.
WAvERLY, Humphreys county, the 4th
Mondays in March, JUN and November
II. NJ. Little, clerk
DOVER, Stewart county, 2nd Mo 1days in
April, August and December. w. J. Hag-
Ter. clerk