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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-10

this paragraph; Robbed. without
justice and without equity, by oct of
Congress"
The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
a hard money paper, Of February 18th,
forty-eight days after the policy Of
public robbery was set to work, says:
"Although many scores Of tons of
among the poor, the books show the
names of not less than sixty appllcsnts
who are biding their time to be helped
as did the inyalids around the pool Of
Bethesda.
A few years ago many of these people
lived in their own houses"
This is bare reference to the rec
erds Of two cities, Toledo and Phila-
delphia. But this condition Of affairs
can be duplicated in every city and
hamlet In the land, from Portland,
Maine, to San Francisco, and from
Saginaw to New Orleans. Everywhere
tho rich are getting richer and the poor
are getting poorer. Everywhere the
property of the industrious poor is be-
ing taken ander the Sheriff's hammer,
and bought with the usury money Of
tho shylock and the public robber.
THE INCREASE OF CRIME.
Everywhere the jails and peniten-
tiaries and Insane Asylums and Pauper
houses are full to overhowing ; every
where prostitution and crime are ON
the increase.
Everywhere taxes are increasing.
National, State. county and municipal,
while untaxed bonded aristocracy,
heartless, grasping and devilish in self
ishnsss aud greed 10 eating out the
vitals of tho body polite and in tho
sacred name of Liberty are sapping the
foundations Of free government.
PRESENT CONDITION oflAFFAIRs II
WITHOUT EXCUSE.
In the most boundless land Of gen.
erous plenty under the eye of Almighty
God, with the ballot in the hands Of
the masses, like sheep. are led to the
slaughter pens, and many kiss the
knife that is raised to cut their own
throats.
We SHALL NOT DESPAIR.
But let MS not despond. We have
men of character, intellect and power
thank God, who have hearts to feel for
wrongs of the outraged, laboring poor
and heads to think nd plan for their
relief. We have men, too. in public
life who dare defy the attacks of . ye-
nal and subsidized press and the hsw1s
of the Shylocks and public robbers
who sustain them.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-10

A JUVENILE CONUNDRUM.
With face plump up to window pane,
Intently watching the falling snow
Chat turned to slush in the after.rain).
Young Tom let this conundrum 60 :
"Do you know what that white stuff
is, mamma,
That's comm down from the sky up
tkere2
Do you give it up? Well, 1 guess it are
r Tho dandruff out Of the Angels hair.
-Yonkers Gazette.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-10
THE HOmEsTEAD OF JEFFERSON
SOLD.

RICHMOND, VA, March M.-The sale
of Monticello, the homestead of Thom-
as Jefferson, last month, and its pur-
chase by'a New York lawyer named
Jefferson Madison Levy for $1O, 500,
has excited considerablea attention here.
Mr.. Levy is one Of the heirs of old
Captain Uriah p. Levy. who purchas-
ed the Jefferson property many years
before the war and lived on it In
1862 it was confiscated by tho Confed-
crate government, and the captain died
in this city tho same year. In his will
he directed that the property be given
to the United States government for
an Industrial School, but tho will was
contested by his heirs and carried up
through all the courts. In 1866 de-
cree in their favor was granted by the
Court of Appeals, and in a friendly
suit for the division of the property
"Monticello" was's0ld. Mr.. Levy in
tends making it . summer residence,
and restoring it as far as possible to
the appearance of Jefferson's time.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-10
RESUMPTION AND RUIN
Let the .Ghouls of Ruin Read.

Let Those who Live BY Others
Ruin, 8ead.-HOV tho Promised
Era OF Coed Times Fails to be Re.
all8Od.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-10

HAVE you seen him? He stands in
the room with his back to tho stove.
and tells how he could run . news
paper, how he could be as independ-
ent as hog on ice, and call things by
their right names; how he would
write good, common sense, and none
of your rivolous,try-to-be-funny stuff.
Then he criticises other peoples meth
DDS of conducting newspapers, and
just wishes some one would give him
q chance to show his Journalistic abil-
ity. The way to cure one of these
chaps is to get him to agree to write
sensible article every day for week.
Before the week is out he is sure to
be pumped dry, and will gap worse
for an idea than a chicken with pip.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-10

JOSH BILLINGS ON Marriages.
Sum marry bekase they they think
wimmin will be scarce next year, and
live to wonder how the crop holds
out. -
Sum marry to get rid of themselves
and discover that the game was one
that two could play at, and neither
win.
Sum marry for love without cent
in their pocket, nor friend in the
world, nor drop Of pedigree. This
looks desperate, but is the strength of
the game. -......t +.
Sum marry in haste, and then set
down and think it carefully over
Sum think it over carefully fust and
then set down and marry.
No man kan tell jist exactly whar he
will fetch up when he touches calico.
No man kan tell jist exactly what
calico has made up her mind tew do.
Calico don't know herself. Dry goods
of all kinds il the child of circumstan-
cia.
Marriage is q safe way tew gamble
IF you win. you win a pile, and il
you don't lose everything.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-10

A VERY simple relief for neuralgia Is
to boil small handful of lobelia in
half pint of water till the strength is
out of the herb, then strain it of and
add a teaspoonful of fine salt. Wiring
cloths out Of the liquid as hot as pos
sible, and spread over the part affect
ed. 1t acts like q charm. Change tho
cloths as soon rs cold till the pain is'
all gone then cover the place with q
soft dry covering till perspiration~ Is
over,t to prevent taking cold. Rheuma-
tism can often be relieved by applica-
ton to the painful parts, of wet cloths
in . weak solution Of sal soda water.
If there is Inflammation in the joints
tho cure in very quick. The Wash
should be luke swarm.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-10
Rates of Advertising
Business Cards.

FRANCIS L. CLARK,
Ascnanioa1 and Architectural Draughts-
man. Patent ONCE Drawing . Speciality,
No. ~ Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
June6, 1879. 1857.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-10

A traveller througha dusty road strewsd acorn,
And one took root and sprouted up, and grew
into tree.
Love sought its shade. at evening time. to breath
its early vows;
And age was pleased, in heats Of noon, 70 bask
beneath its boughs;
The dornouse lovsd it, dangling twigs, the birds
sweet music bore;
It stood glory In Its place, blessing evermore.
A little spring had lost its way amid the grass
and fern,'
A passing stranger scooped we'll. where weary
men might turn;
He walled it in and hung with care . ladle at its
brink;
He thought not the deed he did. but judged
that toll might drink;
He passed again, and 10 the we'll by summers
never dried.
Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues. and
saved life beside.
A dreamer dropped . random thought; twas
old. and yet twas new;
A simple fancy OF the brain. but strong In being
true.
It shone upon genial mind. and lol its light
became
A lamp of light, . beacon ray. monitsry fame.
The thought was snaan; its issue great; . watch
IRE on the hill;
1t sheds Its radiance far adown, and cheers the
valley still
A nameless man, amid . crowd that thronged
the daily mart.
Let fall . word Of Hope and Love, unstudied
from the heart;
A whisper on tho tumult thrown-a transitory
It raised brother from the dust; II saved . soul
from death.
o germI o founti word Of loveI thought at
random casti
Ye were but little At the nrst. but mighty 1t the
last.
SCOTLAND. 1873.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
WOOing by Proxy.

A naughty nephew has swindled
his uncle, a foolish Kentucky far
mer, out of bride. The old man
was well-tO-dO, and his nephew
lived with him on Green river, n
charming country lass in the neigh
b0rhoOd was very poor land yet dis
inclined to marry wealth when il
was handicapped by old age. The
old mans enIreaiies did not CEASE,
and finally in his despair he enlisted
the services of his nephew, who
was prevailed upon to argue the
case with the charmer. The contid-
ing old farmer never suspeC ted any
thing, when his nephew sugz ested
the prOpriety of capturing the young
lady with presents, and giving her
an earnest of what she might eX-
pect after marriage. The sugges-
tion was received favorably, and
the old man thinking the younger
the better judge in such points,
gave him Si50 for the purchase of
the gifts. The nephew went down
to Evansville few days ago, and
bought some handsome dresses, Jew
elry and other brides, and took them
back to his Green river home. Tie
old man presented them TO the lady
freely as token of regard, hintil g
that if she would only become his
wife she could have as many dupli-
Gates of the lot as she pleased. The
young lady went TO work and made
up the dresses, and then ran away
with the nephew.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20

THE sale Of liquor in Carr0lltAn,
Ga, was prohibited BY law in 1876.
The Wesleyan Christian Advocate
says that before that time $50, 600
worth of whisky was sold i'm the
town each year. sNOw, says that
paper, "this $50, 600 is expended in
paying taxes supporting schools
and churches, draining lands, build
ing houses and improving farms.
Trade has Increased fifty per cent.
New Improvements are constantly
going on. First class people are be-
ing attracted to the county from
other sections. The farmers are
nearly all out of debt. The courts
have comparatively little to do.
The Solicitor Of this Judicial circuit
says there is less crime in Carroll
than in any other county in the cir
cult. In a moral point of view, the
, results are more wonderful still.
/ The town has been almost complete
/ ly transformed. Nearly everybody
has Joined the church. Profanity is
almost unknown. On the train
that comes daily into Carrollt0n,
not an officer or train hand on it ev.
er sWears an oath. The sobernesS
and quiet that prevail here strike
visitors as being wonderful. Col
ThOs. Hardeman and Maj. Charles
Ii. Smith, Bill Arp" were here a
a barbecue in the summer, and they
remarked that they had rarely Steel
three or four thousand people to
gether before without seeing some
body drunk"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
weather Pret;c.,on.


G. G Blake, Of Decatur, Ill, -.-
gained sonie celebrity or accuracy
as a weather calculator. His moro
scope for December, and from
thence to March, 1880, is as follow:
December, ls79-Will be like NJ
vember, "Only more So" 1t wi
be warm, wet and disagreeable
cold snaps will be short aud sharp.
January, 1SS0-Will be rather
warm, wet and muddy part of the
time. There will be some cold
weather, but no steady cold
weather.
February, ISS0-Will be much
like .Ianuary-cOnsiderable amount
of rain and snow and moderate
amount of cold weather.
March, 1SS0-Will be changeable;
rather wet, especially in the middle
of the month, and only moderately
cold.
The winter of 1880 will be
warm and wet, with a few cold
snaps OF limited duration but it
will be colder than the winter of
lS77-7S. 1t win be changeable, pc
culiar, and rather disagreeable win
for
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
"HandsOme BiIIF"-A Romantic
story.

STORY.
Wellsville, Allegheny County
n. ", lately developed rural re-
nance out of the usual way. VIII
liam Freeman had worked as boy
several years for farmers in the
vicinity of Wellsville. He was a
good boy, and the people called mIn
Handsome Billy" on account OF
his fine face. He finally rented a
small farm, engaged a widow d.
hOusekeeper and her nephew as
farm land, There were several
burglaries and Fobberies in Wells
Vile, and some Of the goods stolen
were found I'm Freeman's house. He
stoutly denied the robberies, but the
grand Jury found a bill Of indict-
ment; at the trial he pleaded guilty,
and was sent to the Penitentiary for
fg months. But after all the people
of WellsVille did not believe that
Freeman did the crime to which he
pleaded guilty and for which he
was suffering imprisonment. The
actions uf his hOusekeeper's nephew
had opened their eyes, and Gov.
Robinson was appealed to for a par
don, which was finally granted, and
William Freeman was set free. He
Immediately disappeared, and there
came to WellsYlIle handsome
woman, who knew all the people
very well, although they did not
at first know her. 1t was "Hand-
some Billy" in petticOats, and she
now introduced herself as Mary
Ann Shafer. She gave her history
previous to her appearing among
them as a boy. She was the daughi-
er of German immigrants; her faith
er died soon after they landed; her
mother married againI her step-fath-
er would not support her, and AT III
years of age she dOnned n boys suit
and left home to seek her fortune.
She was then 23-and for twelve
years she had concealed her sex, and
run on canal boats and worked on
farms for a livelihood. In regard
to the rObberies, for which she wa,
sent to prison, she said they were
committed by the hOusekt eper's
nephew, who visited her In JaIi anu
declared that if she did not plead
guilty he would kill her, and she
believed he would carry out his
threat, and that the safest place for
her was the penitentiary. That was
the cause of her pleading. When
she was pardoned and released she
thought the safest refuge would be
her own proper woman's apparel.
And she madeas Handsome Billy"
had been a boy. The WeI4Sviiie
merchant, whose store she was
charged with robbing, and who had
been the cause of her wrongful inn
pris0Rment, made her all the re-
paratiOn in his power, He mel her,
apologized, loved, proposed anu
married her.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
The smaller OF Babies.

Mrs. George Fromm, Of New
York, has just become the mother
nf a boy baby which weighed al its
birth eleven ounces and three-quar-
tiers. The head of the child, although
smaller than small apple, is COW
cred with an extraordinary growth
of light brown hair. The features
are regular, the eyes bright and
clear, and the skin is fine and deli
cate. The arms are the thickness of
an ordinary little finger, and the
fingers are the size of extra large
pencil leads. The nails, although
not much bigger than g0Od-sized
pin-head, are perfectly formed. An
,IdInary luncheon basket is an ann
pie Grady for the baby. His height
at birth was five inches, and breadth
across the shoulders two and one
half.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

Reader, have you caught cold? Are you un-
able to raise the phlegm7 Have You an irrita-
ton in the throat7 sense of oppression on
the lungs, with short breath7 Do you have q
ft Of coughing ON lying down A sharp pain
now and then in the region Of the heart, shoul-
ders and backf II SO, car Advice Is take a.
once dose Of TUFTS Expectorant; you viii soon
be able to raise the phlegm. In an hour repeat
the Expec;orant, pl &c ah0t iron TO the feet take
two Of TUFTS Pills. You viii soon fan into a
pleasant sleep and wake up in the morning.
cough gone, lungs working freely; easy breath
ing, and the bowels moving in natural manner.
70 prevent return of these symptoms use the
Expectorant several days.
Office as Murray Street. M. n.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
0. M. Blackman,
Real Estate Agent,

ONCE In Elders Opera House Building, left
hand room, at top OF main stairway.
offer my services 10 the public in attend
Ing 10 the sale. purchase, renting and leas-
ing Of real estate In GAINESVILLE and Mont
gomery county. ! propose 70 do general
Real Estate agency business, VIII also attend
to- the writing and preparing deeds OF con-
veyanee, mortgages. leases and contracts,
and viii furnish ON application complete
abstracts Of titles TO lands, town lots, etc,
on short notice. Ny Office viii be supplied
with maps and plais Of the county and city
property, which viii enable me 20 find any
property either In city or county.
Nov. 3. ls79-tf o. NJ. BLACKMAN.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
PORTRAIT PAINTING.
PROF. w. s. sHACKELFORD

4 AtOI W % NE4t'-7th = TT NIHtAFl
after an absence Of sixteen years, has re-
turned 10 his old home and has opened a
Studio In Alwells building, next door 10
vi. Williams shoe store He has In his
Studio large collection Of oil Paintings, all
OF his own work, q which he invites the
tally. He will be glad to receive a visit from
all lovers OF art that they may Judge fui
themselves OF his work Persons wanting
portraits OF themselves or friends, life size
or cabinet size. either nom life or from pho.
tograph, or from any small pictures, he cat
raise them TO life size. and paint them Al
anv manner or style desired, ~ prices greatly
reduced. Give him an cilfiy cfili.
Nov. ~ l47o~11
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
4 Generous Man.

\ certain old gentleman, very
-ich and still more sti gy, is in the
habit of wearing his clothes to-tht
last thread. One of his friends
meeting him, exclaimed "TheS
told me- that you had a new hat
md I'll be hanged if you haven't y
oh, yeS," said the miser, looking
is if he were a trifle ashamed O
himself, ''yOu see my wife kept tell
ing me that the old one was a good
deal worn out. Well, yesterday WAS
NY wife's birthday, and | got my.
SELF new hat for her birthday pres
ent.'S
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20

CINCINNATI was the first place in
the West where shoe manufacturing
by machinery was engagedin, which
was begun IN 1862. There are now
about thirty-tiVe shoe manufactur-
ing establishments there and almost
every kind and grade of goods
known To the trade are produced.
From So, 500,0 600 to 81 800, 900 worth
Of goods are produced annually.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
Dissolution of Partnership.

The partnership existing between q. y.
Wilson, !. +. y, Whitfield and Henry Frech,
aiaer t BE- name o. y ~ wilson g So' Sc
be dissolved, by Limitation, January /, 1851,
Mr. j. Y. Whitfield retiring from the
same style ofG. b. Wilson q Co.. by e. q
Wilson and Henry Frech, who will assuine
all liabilities and collect all debts due the
firm, which must be settled by the LIST of
January, 1880. O.. B. WILSON & CO.
Dec. ~, 4S79-4t
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20

A CHEAP and simple piece of
machinery has just been invented
and is iii operation at Winchester,
s. O., which spins seed cotton into
thread. lit is claimed that this in
vention will add 100 per cent. to
the planter. as it saves him the ex-
pense of ginning, baling, bagging
and ties.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
Dividends and Rebates.
OFFICE OF GRANGE WAREHOUSE, /
lsIAHE-.rFrFR Ilea Afh I4~a

Ut TT. OF DaAANE " ANEIIOpaE7
CLABEsv1LL1z, Dec. 9th, 1873.
Notice is hereby given that the Grange
Warehouse Association has declared Rn 4il-
pual dividen of Ten per cent, on itg stock,
and seventy-flve cents on each hogsEaeaG of
tobacco sold for the account of each MEM
Der OF the order, for the business year end
Ing Oct. 3ist, 1873. payable tn cash ON dee
mand, with presentation of certificates.
dec iS-79-tf. Y. M. ATKINS, soee'y.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20

BE certain to call ats E. Clicks
store. before purchasing your Dry
! Gods, Clothing, etc., where you
2 can get good bargains. Come and
ee for yourself. f. Click, No. l
Z rankin street, GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
EranA
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
nad terrInie MIGHT swEArs.

DR. TUT: Sir-I have been suffering Tor nearly two
years wl6h a severe cough. When commenced Ca
king your ExpectorAnt was reduced to one hundred
and sixteen pounds in weight / had tried almost
everything: had terrible nighe sweats lhaye taken
half dozen bottles The night sweats have left me,
the cough has disappeared, and III We gained fifteen
pounds ia aeah recommend iJ to all my friends.
With great respect, OLIVER RICE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
pR. ). 3. HAYWOOD,
of New York, voluntarily indorses IL.
1GAr RAsnAr nE &MNG

DR.. TUT. New 70 / Sept. -, 1871
Dear Sir-During this year 1 v ed ne hundred
cases OF lang seases. In the ! W rds or the
city the ses we're of very severe t. e. 1t was
there my ten ion W called to Tutt Expectorant,
and CONFESS ny Prise at its wonderInl power.
During pr stlce OF twenty years. have never
known medicine 70 act as promptly, and with such
happy effects. ll instantly Hubdued the most Vloene
fits Of cou hing, and invariably cured the disease in
q few days cheerfuIly indorse IL as the best lung
medicine I ever used. = -
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
''''-'N'''' - j. FRANCIS HAYWOOD. NJ D.
a MEWsPAPER Pul. WRlTEs,

Office, Evening News. Augusta, Ca
DR. TUT: Dear Sir-My little son, was attacked
with pneumonia last winter, which lett him with .
violent cough, that lasted till within a month since,
for the cure OF which indebted toyour valuable
Expectorant had tried most every ting recon-
rnended, but did any good until used your Ex-
pectcrant, one bottle OF which removed the cough
entirely With many thanks, am yours truly
JOHN AT. WEIGLE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
BOOTS, Shoes,
aides Shoes
state of Tennessee--Montgomery Co.
In Circuit Court for Said County.
Cephalie Burgess vs.. Geo. E. Burgess-A

Cephalie Burgess IS. Geo. +. Burgess-A
Bill, for Divorce.
1t appearing from the allegations In the
bill and the affidavit filed in this cause, thai
the defendant, Geo. Z. Burgess, j. non.
resident OF the State of Tennessee, and the
ordinary process OF law cannot be served on
him;
1t is therefore ordered that publication be
made for four successive weeks in the
GAINESVILLE Chronicle, "a newspaper published
in Montgomery county, for the said Geo. r,
Burgess to appear before said CT cult Court,
al its next term, TO be held for Montgomery
county, at the Court House ia ClarksY lie,
on the first Monday in January next, 1880,
to plead, answer or drmur to mplainant' +
bill, or the same will be taken for confessed
and set down for hearing eX parfe,
4 copy, {, y. BAILEf, Clerk
Nov 20, lS79-4t
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20

THE monument to be raised to
the late Gen. Cotton, of California,
is TO he a small chapel in carved
marble and granite. 1t will cost
$500
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20

can purchase from me cheaper work, and
equal in quality to any In the United States.
Having engagements with manufacturers
in Scotland, and two of the best Marble
studios In Carrara, Italy, and importing
my work direct, give me great advantage
over marble dealers who buy in this coun-
try. | have a large and splendid stock of
desif ms and work to select from. Have re-
ceived invoices for thirty cases of Marble
and Granite per steamships "Glasgow" and
"tastaiia," which will be in stock soon.
Call and see my work and prices before
purchasing, and satisfy yourselves.
Respectfully,
Nov. 8, lS7e-tf SAMUEL HODGSON.