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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05
HumOrs of the Day.

\ town pump-the village bore.
A go as you please raee-Indians.
A shooting star-a murderOus ac-
tor.
Meat and drink-what journalists
do.
A hare-rbush-a race between the
rabbit.
Chinese music may be celestial
but not heavenly.
1t is sad but true that a man who
once becomes deaf seldom enjoys
! happy hea r-after.
A well dressed buckwheat cake
wears a flap jacket, cut by us daily,
with syrup trimmings.
It is difficult thing for a dog with
out a tail to show mis- master how
much he thinks of him.
"Adzectly," exclaimed the car
penter, as he cut a slice out of his
foot while hewing log.
The maiden who adOrns the knee
of her lover while the gas is turned
down is "born to blush unseen"
The San Francisco Chronicle men
tions a dam nearly two miles long.
The fellow must have stammered.
An exchange says: "The only
kind of cake children don't cry after
is cake of soap" How about
stoma cake
An Indian brave i'm Montana, who
was convicted of murder, thus eulO-
gized his lawyer: Too much talk
heap fool"
If you should happen to need a
WheelbarFOw soon, and haven't
any, Just call around and wheelbar-
row one for you.
There is a young la ~ in this city
so modest that she covers the legs
of the chairs in her bed-room-{'hit-
ddelphid San.
When does a lock get ripe enough
to pick ?-LOtCeH Citizen. In the
spring. Give us harder one.-BOS-
ton Transcript.
A woman may be said to have
undressed kids on their hands when
she is putting twin babies in a bath
Boston Courier.
Passing around the hat is one way
of getting the sense of the meeting. /
-Cincinndti Saturday night. But it
is a dolIarOuS way.
Which we wish to remark" as !
the shipper said when he requested /
the return of goods which were adj /
dressed to the wrong party.
speak to me love, only speak," he moaned
As he tore his golden hair,
"Ill speak to you villain, her parent groan
ed,
And he swept him up with chair.
-KeokUk Gate city.
A new fashion is coming about
which will allow ladies to wear inn
itation pearls, and make il appear
that they have grown weary of
common diamOnds.-Ner Orleans
PicdylRe.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05
Law az our Roaralng-Hou.e.

BY N-~c. GORDON.
As fresh as a pink on the side
OF the boarding house table She sits, and
Her tea; while envy the china cup
That kisses her rosy lips.
she's a schoolgirl in her teens; her hair
She wears in plat; We are her ets-G-ris {;
And aIn briefiess Darrister-
Yet she sometimes smiles nj me.
My law professor would seowi. no doubt,
Could ne know what havoc those, eyes
with the doctrines OF law he .first instilIed-
What lessons those lips have taught.
Attachment can never come before
A declaration" he used to say;
But this little girl at our boardi ng house
Doesn't put the thing that way.
THE clerk will issue rule to plead
And pleadings always with rules must
No need for "a rule to plead" with her
And her rule days-are all the time!
That old law maxim the textbooks teach,
And the judges regard .'QHi fdcit per
Alum, gqcit per Sc is held
in ineffable scorn by her.
In her person exist together at once.
Defendant and judge and jury and clerk;
So that one would immagine TO win a cause
In this court would be an uphill work.
Yet, whenever sit at the table there.
fancy a table where only two
Are company-till / say to myself:
Though you lose the case, why sue.
Zen though she demur at nrst,-who
knows -
For the rest of your joint lives made one
life,
You may learn together thefesson taught
In respect TO Husband and Wife"
still daily In doubt; though in other
things
fiatter myself Pm resoIute
For bankrupt heart will be the result
II Pm taxed with costs I'm this suit,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05
rroa.llng q po..n.ss.er.


4 lantern jawed young man stop
ped at the postoffice last Saturday
and yelled out:
Anything for the Wattses ?"
George POteet, our polite post
master replied No, there is not. =
Anything for Jane Watts?n
NofhingN
Anything for Ann Watts?"
mo"
"Anything for Bill Watts?''
"Eo Sir"
"Anything for Tom Watts ?''
ono, nothing"
Anything for Fool Joe Watts ~
s'No, nor Dick Watts, Jim Watts,
nor Sweet Watts nor any other
Watts, dead, living or unborn, ma
tive, foreign, civilized, or unciyil-
lied, savage or barbarian, male or
female, white or black, franchised,
or naturalized or otherwise. No,
there is positively nothing for the
Wattses, either individually, sew
erely, Jointly, now and forever, one
and insenerable"
The boy looked at the postmaster
in astOnishment and said:
"Please look if these is any
thing for John Thomas Watts. " Er.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05
Casualties and Crimes.

Commenting upon the unusual
frequency of shocking casualties and
crimes during the recent summer
months, one of our daily journals
designates the period as "a summer
of horrors" TO journey by either
sea or land has become obviously
perilous, and the police and crimi-
nal records are replete with the
painful detaiIes of rampant violence
and murder. To conclude that all
these collisions, burning, and.
drownings, with the fearful loss of
life and property involved, and
that all the mnrderous violence
may be attributed to the drink evil
would doubtless be assuming too
mucn, but that, directly or indirect
ly, upon close enquiry, alcohol
would prove to have been a very
large factor and a producing cause
of most of the distressing casual
ties and crimes there is no room for
doubt. When a White Mountain
stage-driVer, skillful and trustWOr-
thy through years OF previous eX-
perience, imbibes alcohol freely up
on the mountain top, and then I'M
dertakes to make the descent with
reason and judgment for the time
dethroned, he drives recklessly,
overturns the stage, kills one of his
passengers and severely Injuries
Others. Nor do these casualties
meOfabsolute and helpless drunk
enneSs. The alcoholic subject who
is "dead drunk" is comparatively
harmless, to others at least. But
when the steamboat pilot or deck
hand on watch, or the railway en-
gilneer or switch-tender, may have
taken but a glass or two, and would
not to ordinary observation be at all
accounted "drunk," the judgement
may nevertheless be seriously inn
paired, the sense of caution paralyz-
ed, and calamity thus be deliberate
~ invited. That this would be the
solution of large proportion of the
so-called accidents" and disasters,
as Of the appalling crimes the press
is called upon to record, there is eV-
cry reason to believe.
The lesson of such state ofaffairs
is obvious. If we would lessen the
casualties and the crimes which
have made the past "a summer of
horrors" we must diminish the al
coholic drinking in which is to be
found their tap-rOot.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05

A GEAT many of the beer and
wine advocates continues to urge
the introduction of, as they term
them, Fighter drinks" to prevent
the spread of intemperance, and
point to Europe for example of the
beneficial results of this course. The
fallacy of this has BEEN repeatedly
made evident and now comes the
director of an asylum Tor drunkards
in Germany and gives statistics
showing that the Humber Of suicides
is increasing Ia every county in Eu-
rope except Norway. The decrease
in that country is attributed to the
stringent regulations against drunk
enneSs which are in force there.
Three suicides in Toledo, Ohio,
one day, the direct results of drink
ing, would seem to call for some of
the Norway stringent regulations
in that city, and the same holds true
all over the land.-NdtiORat TEN
DeFdRce Union.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05
va-l Alum = Ero.

Adapted in chronic diarrhea, constipa-
ton, and scrotnia.-Hy Latham, NJ u, Pres't
Virginia Medical Society.
Successfully used in dyspepsia, chronic
diarrhea and scrofula.-Prof $ jackson, OF
| University Pa.
Efficient in an@mia; excellent appetizer
and blood purifier.--H Fisher, M ID, Ga.
Valuable in nervous prostitution, indIges-
ton and chiorosis.-G L Mathews, NJ ID,
A fine tonic and Alternative, very valuable
in diseases peculiar TO females, chronic fe-
yer and ague, bronchitis and diseases OF the
digestive organs.--J + Roughton, NJ d, Ala.
Very beneficial in strengthening and im-
proving reduced sYstenl.-- Rev Jno w
Beckwith, Bishop of Ga.
Invaluable as a nervous tonic.-Hon G
Fowler, Tenn.
Recommended as prophyIactic in mala-
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restores debilitated systems TO health.-T
Mercer, M ID, Ind.
Used with great benefit in malariaI fever
and diphtheria.-S + Dupon, NJ ID, Ga.
syringe OF mineral tonics.-Francis Gillian,
OF great curative vIrtue.-Thos f Rum
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Beneficial in uterine deranRements and
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Best remedy ever used I'm diseases of the
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Tonic, Alternative, diurefic; one Of natures
greatest remedies.-Medical Association Of
Adapted In certain affections of the kid
neys and bladder; dyspepsia, lupus, chloro-
SIS, scrOiulOuS ana cut0neous Affections
Prof ] Norman, NJ ID, Va.
Relieves headache, promptly, both sick
and nervous.-Rev l. Dodson, Va.
Sample sent free to every physician desin-
ing to test. Pamphlets sent free Analysis
with each package. Water as il comes from
the springs "a per case OF o gallons in glass
$3.50 for gallons, 81 for 10 gallons, 81 for 20
gallons in casks. Mass 90 cents and 81 So 80
and s. for half doc. Pills, pure sugar-coated
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half doz. Sent postpaid anywhere. This
Mass and pills contain in reduced space all
the curative powers of the wat r, and is con-
venient, palatable and soluble.
Springs open for visitors June LIST. Board
$50 per month. Special rates 10 families and
parties. Carriages meet visitors az Forest
and Lawyers depot, each four miles ffom
springs, upon advice ofarrival.
Address
A. M. DAVIES, Pres. OF the Co.
y Main St., Lynehburg, Va.
Sold by Owen & MOo-e.
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05
COLUMN
sp.rlr DsnkinE.


The most iFequent cause OF this
complaint is spiritsdrinking. When
alcohol is introduced into the stoin-
at:h in the ordinary way, it nearly
all passes through the liver. Jndi-
ltlded spirits are Iuuch more iniu-
riOus than when mixed with water,
and produce greater irritation. AL
cohol consumed as wine or beer is
far less destructive to the liver than
when taken in the form OF ardent
spirits. A hot climate iniensifies
all the vicious effects ol alcohol.
The symptoms of the cirrhOsis of
the liver are in the early stages of
ten obscure, but later they are suf-
ficientlv well marked. At first the
liver gets slightly ei larged. and the
patient suffers from pain in the
right side. Indigestion, wind, and
costive bowels.s He is occasionally
feverish, his skin is hot and dry,
and he has a peculiar unhealthy
sallOw look, which he probably
fails TO notice, but which IS sufli-
GENTLY obvious to his friends.
The necessity for making change
in his habits is forced upon his at
tention, and for a week or two he is
under the DOCTORS orders, and not
feeling able to drink any more, he
consents to follow a restricted diet,
and to take a course of purgatives.
Soon the most prominent symptoms
are relieved, he fancies himself well
again, and quickly returns to his old
habits. Gradually, however, he no
tees that he is getting thinner and
weaker, and occasionally he has a
gOoN deal of pain in his side. He is
nervous and out of sorts. He has no
longer the pluck he used to have;
first his friends notice it, and then
he becomes aware of it himself. He
finds that he is not fit for business,
and he is afraid to see people. The
patient has occasional attacks of di-
arrhea, his appetite fails, and the
emaeiation and debility increase.
He tries all kinds OF treatment, but
neversticks to one for long at a time.
He would give up the drink if he
could, but he can't. His self reli-
ance is gone, the alcohol has stolen
away his will, and he II utterly -ln-
capable of giving up the dangerous
facination. He will take an oath
to-day that he will never take an
othe drop of spirit, and he will prob
ably break it tomorrow.
Sometimes he wisheSGhat some
one would lock him up in an asy-
lum, or that by some chance or 9th
or he could have six months impris
onment, but he never feels able to
put himself under restraint. After
time the liver gets smaller, and
this instead of being a good sign is a
bad one, for it is contracting. He
would willingly enough consent to
knock off drink now, but it is too
late; the mischief is done, ! he liver
is in state of cirrhosis, and no
medicine can restore it to its natu
raj condition. Is there any remedy
for this horrible complaint Yes,
one, teetotalism-absolute absti-
hence from alcoholic drinks of all
kinds. This remedy must be APP
piled early, If he waits till his liv
er has undergone serious organic
change, 1t is too late. No half meas
ures will suffice; he must give up
drink ofalI kinds. Ifhe does this
he will recover; but if he goes on
in his old plan an early and pain
full death is the inevitable conse-
quence.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05


"What's your tasteg asked Bos--
ton house painter Ola customer. I
can give you harmony in green
and white, ora symphony in lavan-
der and brown, or nocturne in yell
low and blue.
The defeated candidate is like the
old bachelor who says he once fell
in love with beautiful young Ia
dy, but abandoned all idea of mar
rying her when he found that she
and all her folks were opposed to
the match.
oysters that are slightly frozen
will make a tame stew.-NetC York
Herald. Who wants tame stew a?
Let 'em come on in all their native
savagery. We are not afraid of the
widest oyster that ever roaned his
native forest. Boston Conercidl
Bulletin.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05
The whiskey Rebellion.

In letter addressed to the SEGA
tary of the Treasury, Gated Wash
ington, Aug, 18th, General Raum,
T. 5. Commissioning of Internal
Revenue, writes:
During the past four years a
well-sustained effort has been made
to suppress the illicit manufacture
and sale of whisky and tobacco in a
number of districts in the Southern
States, where for many years these
practices has been rife. During that
period 1874 illicit stills have been
seized, 7,70S persons arrested for il
Iicit distiIling, and % officers and
have been killed and %
wounded while enforcing the laws"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05

WINTER.
Farewell, Winter, with your bleak north
winds,
1oor Ice and frost, and days OF gloom,
Staying mature life nom faI TIL spring
FIJI embleni ofthc dreaded tomb.
" thou didst not summers heat absorb.
Reproductive forces eqnaiize.
The secret treasures thou hast sowsd
We could not ever realize.
Farewell, Winter, with your mantle gray,
Your dreary days ana chilling nights,
ominous in thy wintry array
OF harvests rich not far from sight.
Farewell, Winter. with your clouds and
sleet,
Your soft, white SHOWS and crystal ice;
Under your frozen, inclehfent sheet
All nature sleeps-Giod's wise device.
Thou hast with pltiless yigor reigned.
Bur thy end is come; the law 5 liked;
Germs and ehrysalists new vigor claim,
Struggling with heat and life TO mix.
An thy ley chains must yield at last
10 springs resuscitating force;
Thy frigid scepter from thee has passed,
That genial Spring may life enforce.
SfklNG.
Halt balnly, resuscitating Spring,
Type OF the resurrection morn;
Come. and with thee vernaI dressings bring
Aud winters desolations dorm.
Winters extremes to summers you link
With sweet odOrs and zephyrs serene,
And blossoms 10 dorm with rainbow tints
Thy rich, beauteOus mantle of green.
Haiti bright Spring, with all thy verdani
charm;
Thy blessings rich pom. all bestow;
With childhood's vigor our bosoms warm,
And youths felicity again store.
HALL delightful, elysian Spring,
IIarbinger OF new hopes most dear;
The beaut'Ous charms no minstrel can sing
Nor tlly wise munifcent career.
E.o.
Jacksonville. Tenn, March /, 1881.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05

So long as governments license
trades like liquor selling, so long
such trades will flourish. When
governments stamp such trades as
crimes against the commonwealth,
then they will skulk and hide as
other crimes do, with this advanta-
geous difference, viz. that when liq-
uor is hidden there are tens of thou
sands who would drink it if offered,
who will not seek it. How long
shall it before this fountain whose
waters are liquid fire, that destroys
faith and honor and hope, and love
and peace, and the soul itself,-how
long shall it be ere this fountain
shall be stopped?
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05

CLERKS 0FPICE, February p, 1881.
Jno. J. West, admir- Of salina Rollow. col.
complainant vs.. The heirs Of Salina Rob
low, defendant.
II appearing from affidavit filed In this
cause, that the Defendants, who are UNI
known heirs ofSalina Rolioyy. col. are nom
residents of the State Of Tennessee.
IL is therefore ordered that they enter their
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Court, TO be held at GAINESVILLE, on the drst
Monday In April next, 1881, and plead, am
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tne same VIII be taken for confessed ns "a,
them and set for hearingex parte: and that n
copy OF this order be published for four con
secutive weeks in the GAINESVILLE CIronlcie
II. ID. .MOSELEY, Clerk.
BY q. II. Bailey, u. q.
yIno. ]; West, sol'rs for complt.
Feb 26, lS5l-4w
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05

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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05

a DRAG, driven by an elegantly
attired lady, with trim and neat
uy dressed colered boy perched on
the fOOtman's seat behind, was pas
sing through the street, when it was
eSpied by an old negro woman.
"Bress de Lord ~ she exclaimed
raising her hands as she spoke
EtbresS de Lord. / never 'spected to
see dat. Wonder what dat young
culled gemman pays dat white
oman for driving dat kerridge? I
knOw'd it'd come, but never spec
ned to lib to see it. Dis nigga's
ready TO go way now"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05

that you suffer with Corns, wheia
nifty cents will buy a.remedy guar
anteed to cure? Remember, no
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mch25-tf OWEN a MOORE.