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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
TO Planters.

TO PLANTERS.
We beg leave to call your atten-
ton to the Tobacco Fertilizer,
"Anchor Brand" manufactured
by the Southern Fertilizing Com
yany of Richmond, Va. This fer
tilizer is now for sale by Messrs
Walter McComb & Co., who are the
company's agents. This fertilizer
has been prepared, after a careful
study of the peculiar chemical con-
stituents of the plant food needed
by our great staple tobacco, and it
has proved a wonderful success
wherever it has been used, and the
most profitable manure which can
be used by planters. The first
planters of Virginia and North Car
DINA have freely given their testi-
mony as to its great value, not only
producing a large yield per acre,
but tobacco of the finest kind. With
its use even the poor lands of Vir-
ginia have produced from 1000 to
/ 800 lbs. of cured tobacco Of fine
quality per acre. Our people are
now trying to dispose of large
tobacco crop Of poor quality which
is bringing prices much below their
hopes last fall. If the crop had
been fine it would now be moving
off at prices which would content
every grower, for the world, not
withstanding the large stocks, could
now use a large GAINESVILLE crop, if
of fine quality, at full prices. 1t,
therefore, behooves our people to
use every means in their power
which will improve the quality Of
their tobacco crop, and we point to
the "Anchor Brand Tobacco
Fertilizer" as one of those means.
It will also be found useful in slim
ulating the growth of their young
plants and protecting them against
the ravages of the fly. We have
not recommended this fertilizer
without careful examination of
the numerous certificates as to its
great value, from prominent plant
ers and tobacco men of Virginia and
North Carolina, many of whom are
known to US by reputation. The
company who are known by us per-
sonally to be heightened, honorable
gentlemen, act fairly, and while
they give the certificates of its al
most universal success in all that is
claimed for it, they also give the
statements of the few failures made,
which have been general from lack
of proper application of the fertilizer
(Which has had a trial of ten years
in Vlrginia) full trial, believing
that it will improve the quality of
our tobacco crop and add to the
wealth of our section.
We are truly your friends,
NJ. H. CLARK & Bro.
April 10, 1878-4w.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
A Conscientious widow.

A poor man on his death bed
made his will. He called his wife
to him and told her of its provisions.
l have left, he said, "my horse to
my parents, sell it and hand over
the money you receive. 1 leave to
yon my dog, take good care of him,
he will serve you faithfully" The
wife promised to obey, and in due
time set out for the neighboring
market with the horse and dog.
GLOW much do you want for your
hOrse?" inquired a farmer. 81
cannot sell the horse alone, but you
may have both at reasonable rates.
Give me one hundred dollars for the
dog and one dollar for the horse"
The farmer laughed, but as the
terms were low he willingly accept
ed them. The worthy woman gave
the husbands parents the dollar re-
ceived for the horse and kept the
hundred dollars for herself.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
A Rainey Day i'm April
IAtlantic MONTHLY

April 4, 1853. p. NJ. Rain, rain. To
Clematis Brook ria Lees Bridge.
Again / notice that early reddish or
purplish grass that lies fiat on the
nOots. like a warm blush sutfusing
the Youthful face of the year. A
warm, dripping rain heard on ones
umbrella as on snug roof, ana on
the leaves without,- suggests com
fort. We go abroad with a slow
but sure cOntentment, like turtles
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27

Much alarm has been created at
Moscow by the appearance of the
Siberian plague. One day a laun-
dress at the university, who was
suspected of having died from it,
was subjected to a pOst-nOrteH eX-
animation, with the result that the
suspicion of the authorities was con-
firmed. Since then several other
persons have succumbed to the same
malady, which is more disastrous
than either smallpox or cholera,
and the police are now taking ener-
getic measures to prevent the disease
from spreading. It is believed that
the seeds of the disease were brought
from Tifiis either by Turkish pris-
OnerS or Russian invalids.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
Ladies' 81 GentIemen'S
Underwear,
In Chancery at ClarksVille-State Of
Tennessee.

CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE
April 10, 1878. !
Elizabeth Hester, Complainant, VS.. J. j. G.
Mcknight, Defendant.
1t appearing from the Sherih's return of
the process issued in this cause that the
Defendant, j. j. G. Mcknight, is a nom
resident of the State of Tennessee:
It is therefore ordered that he enter his
appearance, herein, before or within the first
three days of the next term of the Chancery
Court, TO be held at GAINESVILLE, on the first
Monday in July next, 1873, and plead, answer
or demur to Compliments Bill, or the same
will be taken for confessed rs to him and set
for hearing ex parte; and that a copy of this
order be published for four consecutive
weeks in the GAINESVILLE CHRONICLE.
POLK q. JOHNSON,
Clerk and Master.
A. G. GooDLETT, Sol'r for Comp't.
April b. lS7S-4tprfs5 90.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
In Circuit Courtat GAINESVILLE State
of Tennessee.
OFFICE OF CIRCUIT COURT O.

OFFICE OF CIRCUIT COURT CLERR,(
April y, 1873. I
Edmond Gritty, Compl't., VS.. Harriet Gritty,
Deft.
It appearing from affidavit filed I'm this
cause, that the Defendant, Harriet Griffey,
is n nonresident of the State Of Tennessee (:
1t is therefore ordered that she enter her
appearance, herein, before or within the
first three days Of the next term Of the CIR
cult Court, to be held at GAINESVILLE, on the
first Monday in May next, 1873, and plead,
answer or demur TO COmplainants Bill, or
the same will be taken for confessed as 10
her and set for hearing ex parte and That a
copy Of this order be published for four con-
secutive weeks In the ClaTksyille CHRoNI-
Gle G. d. BAILEY, Clerk,
BY &. II. Bailey, ID. e.
II. G. BATS, Sol'r for Complt.
April -, lS7S-4t
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27

WHEN a man goes to the theatre
for the first time, nothing surprises
him more than the wonderful rapid
ity with which an actor writes a
letter, unless it may be the sudden
ness with which the receiver ascer-
tains its contents. One glance and
he absorbs it all and clasps his fore
head with his left hand.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
n Chaneery at ClarksViIle-State of
Tennessee.
CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE,
III N Tg-g Z

CLERK AND MAsTER's OFFICE, /
April 10, 1873.
James Rust, Complainant, VS.. Eliza Rust
Defendant.
1t appearing from affidavit filed In this
cause, that the Defendant, Eliza Rust, is
nonresident of the state of Tennessee:
1t is therefore ordered that she enter her
appearance, herein, before or within the
first three days of the next term OF the
Chancery Court, to be held at GAINESVILLE,
ON the first Monday in July next, 1873, and
plead, answer or demur to Compliments
Bill, or the same will be taken for confessed
as TO her, and set for hearing ex parte and
that a copy of this order be published for
four consecutive weeks in the GAINESVILLE
Chronicle. POLK g. JOHNSON,
Clerk and Master.
April %, lS7S-4tprfS5 90
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
A Good Chance for a Poor
Man to Buy and Pay
for a Farm.

\ tract of land in Humphreys county,
Tennessee, containing $50 acres, is offered
for sale on a credit of eight years. There is
no better farming land in the State of Ten
neSSee. Here is chance for n poor man to
buy and pay for a farm. No cash payments
required. Call on OF address
a. G.. GOODLETT,
Office in Franklin Bank, Clarksyille, Tenn.
A priI II IS7S-4t
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27

HENRY A. MCINTYRE, late Pres
ident Of the First National Bank of
Lake City, and Vice-President of
the First National Bank of Colorado
Springs, has been arrested in New
York on a charge of embezzIement,
and gone with the officers for Colo
RADIO.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
Iu Chancery at ClarksVllle-.State
OF Tennessee.
CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE, I
April 10, as78. !
w. d, Taylor ct al, COmplainants, vs.. Eliza
beth Poindexter's heirs, Defendants.

w. ID, Taylor ct al, COmplainants, vs.. Eliza
beth Poindexter's heirs, Defendants.
IL appearing from the Sherifi7s return Of
process issued In this cause that the Defend
ants Mary G. Poindexter and Bette P0in-
dexter are non-residents Of the State Of Ten
nessee:
it * therefore ordered that they enter
their apbearance, herein, before or within
the first three days OF the next term Of the
Chancery Court, 10 be held az GAINESVILLE,
on the first Monday in July next, 1873,
and plead, answer or demur 10 Complain
ants Bill, or the same viii be taken for
confessed as to them and set forihearing ex
parte and that a copy Of this order be pub
ffshed for four consecutive weeks In the
GAINESVILLE CHR0NIcLE.
POLK q. JOHNSON,
Clerk and Master.
G. G. SMITH &-W. M. DANIEL, sol'Is for
Comp'ts.
April 10, ls7s-4tprfs5 %
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27

THE steam hammer recently COM
pleted at Creusot is the largest and
most powerful instrument Of the
kind in the world. The hammer in
the workshops of Herr Krupp, at
Esen, weighs fifty tons, and descends
through a maximum space of three
meters; but the hammer Of the
Creusot engine, weighing between
seventy-five and eighty tons, has a
course of five meters. Special appa-
ratus has also been provided for the
transport and keeping in position of
blocks of steel weighing from one
hundred to one hundred and twenty
tons, which can be forged by the
new hammer, and four steam-cranes
are arranged round this latter, three
of them capable of lifting and re-
vOlving with a weight of one hun
dred tons, and one able to carry one
hundred and fifty tons. Each crane,
also, is provided with special ma
chinery for causing the weight
lifted by it to rotate about its own
axis
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
In Circuit Courta at ClarksviIle--State
of Tennessee.

OFFICE OF CIRCUIT CoUUT CLERK,l
April 18th, 1873.
Samuel Davis, Compl't, vs.. Francis Davis,
DeTt.
It appearing from affidavit filed in this
cause, that the defendant, Francis Davis, IN
a nonresident Of the State OfTennessee:
II Is therefore ordered that she enter her
appearance, herein, before or within the first
three days of the next term Of the Circuit
Court, 20 be held at GAINESVILLE, on the LIST
Monday in May next, 1873, and plead, answer
or demur 10 Complainant's BILL or the same
Will be taken for confessed as 10 her and set
for hearing ex parte and that "A copy OF this
order be published for four consecutive weeks
in the GAINESVILLE Chronicle.
G. ID. BAILEY, Clerk,
BY &. IL. Bailey, ID. q.
II. G. BATS, Sol'r Cor Comp"t.
April -, lS7S-ft
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
Tortures that Need not be Endured.
April 10, 1878-4w.


People suffer a great deal of pain unneces-
sarily. Among tOrtures that need not be
endured are those inflicted by the rheuma-
tism and govt, since the acrid element in
tae blood which produces them by contact
with the sensitive covering of the muscles
and Joints may be eliminated by the use of
that maehless depurent, Hostetter's StOIn-
ach Bitters, before the infiammatory symp-
toms are developed TO any great extent.
When it is considered what excruciating
tortures rheumatism inflicts, and what
tendency it has, when fully developed, to
attack the heart, the adviSability of an early
use of such reliable antidote becomes at
once apparent. The rheumatic virus is
expelled from the blood by the increased
action of the kidneys-which act as strain
ers-produced by the BitteTs, and the sufferer
will ind, if he uses this supreme defensive
agent, that he will be protected against a re-
turn of the agonizing complaint. DySpep-
STA, fever and ague, liver and bowel COM
plants and other maladies, are also cured
by this admirable remedy.
a AA aweel1 in your own town. s. out
" IEfit free. No risk Reader, if you
en- WANT business at which persons
~ Of either sex can make great pay
all the time they work, write for particulars
to II, HALLETT & Co., Portland, Maine.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
Blacksmithing.

have opened shop on Water street, next
door to the warehouse of T.. b. Whitfield,
where 1 am prepared to do all kinds of
Blacksmithing on short notice. Horse
shoeing a specially.
Feb. 10. '7S-3m. HENRY STRATFORD.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-27
How a Young Husband Got Wean-
ed From His Cups.

A young wife in Michigan had
just got settled in her home. All
seemed fair and promising, for she
did not know that her husband was
a drunkard. But one night he came
home at a very late hour, and much
the worse for liquor.
When he staggard into the house,
the wife, who was greatly shocked,
told him he was sick and to lie
down at once; and in a moment or
two he was comfortably settled on
the sofa in a drunken sleep. His
face was reddish purple, his breath
ing was heavy, and altogether he
was pitiable looking object.
The doctor was sent for post-haste,
and mustard applied to his feet and
felt his pulse and examined, and
found that he was only drunk he
said:
"He will be all rightin the morn
ing.n
"But the wife insisted that he
was very sick, and that the severest
remedies must be used.
"You must shave his head and
apply blisters," she urged, cor l
will send for some one who will"
The husbands head was accord
ingly shaved closely and blisters
applied. The patient lay all night
in a drunken sleep, and notwith-
standing the blisters were eating in
to the flesh, it was not till near
morning that he began to beat
about disturbed by pain.
About daylight he walked up to a
of blistered agonies.
"What does this mean ?" he said,
putting his hand to his bandaged
head.
ellie still; you mustn't STIR" said
the wife, "yOu have been very sick. u
II am not sick.'
" oh yes you are; you have brain
fever. We have been working with
you all night"
81 should think you had," groan-
ed the poor victim. "What's the
matter with my feet?
"They are blistered."
" Well [ am better now; take of
the blisters," he pleaded, piteously.
liz was III al IHOSG uHtOIllU1l tDlS
state-his head covered with sores,
and his feet and hands were still
worse.
"Dear," he said, groaning, "If
should ever get sick in this way
again, don't be alarmed and send
for a doctor, and above all, don't
blister me again."
" Oh, indeed [ will-all that saved
you were the blisters, and if you
ever should have another such spell,
| should be more frightened than
ever, for the tendency, [ am sure is
apolexy, and from the next attack
you will be very likely to die unless
there were the severest measures
used"
He made no further defense
suffice it to say he never had another
attack.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-06

shopping has hitherto been weight
ed with the sorrow Of foregoing
luncheon, or, at the best, Of snatch.
ing a hasty and unsatisfactory meal
in a public restaurant. Members
Of the Russell Club out for davis
shopping, or sightseeing, or round
of visits, may call at their own
club, and feel as much at home as
if they had been dropped at their
own doors. In point of comfort
and elegance the Russell Club will
bear comparison with the most fa-
yored homes. No expense has
been spared upon the decorations
or the appointments. Each room
is a marvel Of combined luxury and
good taste. ea
But perhaps the drawing-room
would take the prize in COMPETE
tive examination. Under the per-
sonal direction of Mr.. Birch,
Messrs. Nosotti have in this room
accomplished what they might be
content to. regard as their chef
d'ouvre in the way of room decora-
ton. The style is now familiar
Japanese, but the work is carried
out with a completeness and origi-
nality which make the drawing
room quite exceptional. An ob-
vious dlfficultyin establishing such
a club as the Russell is that of
keeping it select. This essential
point is cared for by committee,
on which are to befound the names
Of the Bishop of Aberdeen, Bishop
Jenner, the Ven. Archdeacon Dun
bar the Rev. Prebendary Morris,
tile Rev. Chancellor Tisdall, and
many other well-known gentlemen.
The club was opened yesterday
when it was stated that the con-
yenience Of such an establishment
has been recognized by the subscrip-
ton Of 500 members.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-06
COnaanguiueOus MarrIages. .

Mr.. George Darwin, after a
searching investigation, concludes
that "the widely different habits of
lie Of men and women in civilized
nations, especially among the up.
per classes, tend to counterbaIance
any evil from marriage between
healthy closely-related persons"
Mr.. Darwin's views are in a mea-
sure sustained by DR.. Vorni's In
quiry into the commune of Batz.
Batz is a rocky, secluded, ocean,
washed peninsula of the Loire In
ferieure, France, containing over
three thousand people of simple
habits, who do not drink and com
nit no crime. For generations
they have intermarried, but no cases
have occurred of deaf-mutism, al
binoism, blindness or malforma-
ton, and the number of children
born is above the average.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-06

as powerful as it is singular, and
few who have seen this magnificent
landscape will be likely to forget it.
Instead of the grape vine we see
near Seneca lake, Lake Keuks, and
elsewhere, each stem sustained by a
diminutive telegraph pole, you are
In full view Of thousands of stumps,
apparently Of well-grown trees, but
not more than six inches to foot
high, and fully six inches from
which, in diameter, spring the stem
leaves and already-f0rmed clusters
of fruit, presenting at little dis
tance, much the appearance of a
full-grown hill of potatoes. When
you come to view, from a gentle
elevation, hundred and fifty acres
of such grapes in one body, the rows.
arranged so that from any point of
view there is absolute precision, and
not a weed or spear of grass or any
vegetation to be seen intermediate,
you are impressed with the marvel
GUS bounties of nature, and pa
tience which utilized them and
achieved such a success in grape
cultuer.
The treatment Of the orange
groves seems to be a part of the
same system, for they are equally
neat and clean, and in the entire
space between the trees the pro-
prietof might safely offer a large re.
ward for the discovery of weed or
Elade OF grass. In fact, every foot
Of their fields mot less than 500
acres) presents the appearance of
having been traversed by a corn cul-
tivator within the past twenty-four
hours.
The beauty and richness of the
fruit (oranges), now just in season,
beggar description, and the promise
contained in their golden clusters
as you ride under them is more
than realized when you come to
taste them. The generous proprie-
tor insisted on filling all the avail
able space in our carriage with his
choicest wines and most delicious
fruit, and we departed without the
slightest fear of being arrested as
yagrants, for we had abundant
means of support" Orange are
not the only fruit trees, for there
are long rows of English walnut,
lime, lemon, olive aud almond
trees, all of which are very success
fully cultivated, and a great abund-
ance Of apples and pears. The
whole farm is said to embrace full
5000 acres, much of which is ad-
mirably fenced, and all of which is
utilized for stock, grain, or fruit.
Mr.. RISE is a member of firm
in New York, the point of distribu-
ton for his wines and brandies.
His mansion is unpretentious, but
spacious, neat and convenient, and
is an appropriate habitation for the
owners and occupants of this earth
ly paradise.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-06
: MEMPHIS, TENN THURSDAY EVENING JUNE 6 1875

out and for days we were without
fire; there was nothing to cat. Then
came a warrant of dispossession.
and for weeks | have not known
when my only refuge would be a
seat in Madison Park. In nv ex-
tremity, when every other hope had
disappeared, | resolved to tell the
American public of the great
wrongs that were done to a poor
and helpless girl BY few men and
women who were conspiring to
crush her. My lecture was written
for me, but when it was finished /
was too weak for lack of food to de-
liver it. | had not eaten animal
food for weeks; my voice was pow
erless and | could scarcely stand.
In this condition / went on the
stage at Steinway Hall, without a
hand. 1t was something | hated to
do, / had no desire for such pub
lieity as | might gain by the ex-
posure Of my distress. / shrank,
too, from exposing the fact that the
dramatic profession could be SO
pitiless. Besides, l was advised that
If | told the truth no manager in
New York would ever give me em.
ployment. For four years work had
been denied me, and now that I was
hungry and on the eve of being
turned into the street, was it likely
| would stop to ask whether the
truth would be palatable to those
who, without cause, had injured
me, bringing me to want and plung-
ing me into despair. But poor as |
am, | am too rich in spirit ever to
yield to any other calamity than
death" w D
A pitiful tale truly, woman
struggling, pleading, starving, suf-
fering, rebelling, huring herself
against adamantine barriers and
falling back wounded only to repeat
the effort.
The crystal walls that kill the
bird are only typical of those equally
invisible which stand between her
and success. 1r
What are they?
The lack Of ability to do some
thing for which there is a public
demand?
The actor can never struggle and
die in obscuriety to reap a reward
in posthumous crown Of glory
What he does must be done now, in
the hour Of his perfect physical
power. a & nH 1s'
If he or che has ability, there i:
always demand for it, and hand
some compensation. But, il not
there stands the crystal wall, in.
ylsloie to the eye OF misguided am.
bition, but utterly impossible.
No doubt there are countless
hundreds want to act and become
great histrionic artists. For most
OF these the same life of poverty,
suffering and imaginary wrongs is
in waiting. '.oa