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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-28

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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-28

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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29
Am Accident ala Arouna.


A most ridiculous scene occurred
at a church In Newcastle few davs
ago. A policeman was passing the
church rs a gentleman came out.
The man jokingly accosted the p0-
llceman and said he was wanted In.
side. The stupid policeman thought
there was some trouble Ia the church
so he went In. The sexton. seeing
q policeman, was anxious fo give
him favorable seat, so he said.
s'come right in here.u and he took
him to a pew and waved his hands
as much as to say, "help YOURSELF,
There was another NAH In the pew.
a deacon with sinister expression.
as the policeman thought, and he
supposed that was the man they
wanted arrested, so he tapped tho
deacon Ousthe arm and told him TO
come along. The deacon turned
pale and edged along as though TO
get away, when the policeman took
him by the collar and Jerked him
out in the aisle.
The deacon struggled, thinking
the policeman was cfazy, and tried
to get away, but be was dragged
along. Many OF the congregation
thought the deacon had been doing
something wrong, and sOmeOf them
got behind the deacon and helped
the officer to FIRE him out. Arriv-
ing at the lookup, the policeman
saw the man who told him he was
in the church, and asked
HIM what the charge was against
the deacon, and he didn't know;
90 the sexton was appealed 10, and
finally the prisoner was asked what
Il was all about, and he didn't
know. The policeman was asked
what he arrested the man for, and
he hidn't know, and after while
he matter was explained, and the
policeman, who had to arrest some
body took the man into custody
who told him he was wanted In tho
church, and he was fined five dOl-
ars and costs. He says he will
lever try to convert a policeman
gain, and the policeman says he
will never go into a church again II
hey get to knocking each other
lown with hymbooks.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29
General Grants Lion Hunt.

1t has just leaked out that while
General Grant was travelling in Asia
he expressed a desire TO get a shot
at a lion. Not wishing to expose
him to danger, the natives secured
a stuffed lion, set it up in a jungle
and then took the iIlustriOus trav-
Ter out for hunt. When the beast
was sighted the General was nll ex-
element, and, crawling up TO fa-
vorable position, began TO blaze
away at the animal with no percep-
tible effect. After firing about twen-
ty shots he began to get mad, and
taking off his coat, he settled down
for a regular siege. Fearing his
wrath when he discovered the sell
the attendants endeavored to in
duce him to give up the attempt to
kill the beast, telling him that 1t
bore a charmed life, and that he
could not possibly injure it. He
told them TO go to thunder; thar he
was after blood, and was going to
have it. After vain fusilade of an
hour he rose to his feet, gnashing
his teeth with rage, threw his sus-
penders off his shoulder, rolled up
his sleeves and grabbed his rifle by
the barrel 50 he could use it as a
club. The attendants again begged
him to desist, but he politely,
though forcibly, informed them
that he would have that cuss or
have his honored remains strewn
promiscuously all through that jun
gle; and then with a wild cry of
"I'll fight it out on this lion If it
takes all summer :" he rushed upon
the beast, and with one well direct
ed blow laid it oyer on its side.
Then he chased the native atten-
dants for six miles, but, being lit
tie better acquainted with the coun.
try, they got away from him in
safety.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29
Joined the knights of Pythias.
Nashvilla Rannnr

A woman at Bay City, Mich, dis
guised herself as n man and clerked
in store for year, and then ap-
piled for membership in the
knights of Pythias and was initia-
ted. During the work of the third
rank they have a rubber rat and a
celluloid snake, which is run by
clock work inside, and which were
very natural indeed. The idea is to
let them run at the candidate for in
itiation to see if he will finch.
When the snake ran at the girl she
kept her nerve all right, but when
the rat tried to run up her trousers
legs she grabbed her immaginary
skirts in both hands and jumped on
to a refrigerator that was standing
near and screamed bloody murder.
The girl is member of the Order,
however, and there is no help for it.
This affair may open the eyes of
members of secret societies and
cause them to investigate. 1t is
probable that quite number of Odd
Fellows, Masons, Knights of Pythi-
as, etc, are women, and no one will
ever know if. One lodge here,
we understand, takes precaution
against the admission of women, by
examining carefully the feet of APP
plicants. If the feet are cold enough
to freeze ice cream the candidate is
blackballed. The temperature of
the feet is considered an infallible
test.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29

THE coercion act Of the last par
liamentary session. under which
Parnell was arrested, had this pro-
vision:
"Any one who is declared by
warrant of the Lord Lieutenant to
be reasonably suspected of having,
either before or after the passing Of
this act, been guilty as principal or
accessory of high treason, treason
felony or reasonable practices,
wherever committed, or of any
crime punishable by law, commit
ted in a prescribed district, being an
act of violence or intimidation, or
the melting to an act OF violence or
intimidation, and tending to inter-
fere with or disturb the mainten-
ance of law and order, may be ar
rested in any part of Ireland and
legally detained during the contin-
uance of this act In such prison in
Ireland as may from time to time
be directed by the Lord Lieutenant,
without bail or mainprize, and
shall not be discharged or tried by
any court without the direction of
the Lord Lieutenant and every
such warrant shall be conclusive ev-
idence of all matters therein con-
tanned, and of the Jurisdiction to is
sue and execute such warrant, and
of the legality of the arrest and de-
tention of the person mentioned In
such warrant"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29
TRE POLITICAL SITUATION IN
VIRGINIA.
Baltimore Gazette.

The Virginia papers TEEN with
evidences of the most viOlen polit-
ical excitement. Epithets are en-
ployed and personal collisions are
chronicled, rather startling to the
calm mind outside the limits of the
contest. VitaperatiOn has taken
the place of courteous expression in
debate; bitterness of spirit has torn
the mantle of charity into shreds,
land abuse and slanderous assertion
I have, with many of the actors, de-
throned reason and argument.
The extraordinary and aggravat-
ing character of the contest has ar
rayed the best element of her pOpu-
lation in grand struggle to save
the State from the government of a
coalition that has no respect for her
traditions and history; that would
imperil the foundations that under
ly her ancient public policy and So
cial life, and would dishOnor her
most delicate sensibilities in treat
ing of matters connected with her
plighted faith.
In times past, in view of her glO-
rious eXeriences of Virginia, stran-
ger in passing her border felt like
making some sign of respect and
reverence, and now that spirit is so
much alive that the non-partisan
sense of the whole country earnest
ly desires that the dark cloud how
ering over her historic name may
not drop like fall on her best pros
poets for the future. Time is Just
and in the long run wisdom will
rule, although it may be much OBJ
structed by the whims and manias
that sometimes for a season take
possession of men
The whole State is ablaze, fires
burn in every bush, and the smoke
of political strife is settling on ev-
cry hill and over every valley.
Above all, we see in this contest the
grand old Democratic party, in its
very birth place, contending with |
treachery and corrupt combina-
ton for its time-honored leadership |
in the affairs of the State; contend
ing with coalition and leader pro-
fessedly in the interest of men who |
have no reverence for the example
of Washington, and no faith in the
political creed of Jefferson.
These associations necessarily ag-
itate the public mind powerfully,
and we earnestly hope the result of
the elections which will terminate
in few weeks this fierce canvass,
which will show that it has fixed it
self on the best representative men
and wisest public policy for the hon
or and future prosperity of the
State.
There is much in the Yorktown
coming as it does in the
midst of all this conflict, that must
every true Virginian to
the greatest eXertion to keep the
public welfare in the safest hands
in the hands of those most deeply
interested in it, and certainly repre-
sented just now by the Democratic
party and its candidates. Names,
and deeds, and services, that would
reflect honor on any age and cline,
must be recalled to memory and
make impressions and cause refiec-
lions in the minds and hearts of her
patriot sons that will result in such :
4 powerful public opinion as will i
surely leave in the ascendant the
5est elements of the people. This,
indeed, will be true reverence for
he glorious and a wide provision
or prosperous and honorable fu-
ure.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29

Daniel De Foe wrote his famous
"Crusoe" In I7f9, by far the most
popular of all his works. Its success
was immediate, and the publisher
who had accepted Ii after all others
had refused, is said to have cleared
fl 900 by its publication, a sum that
was considerable In those days. Dc
Foe was born at London, IN 1861,
the son offs butcher named James
Foe, and our author did not add the
prehxstDe" to the family name un-
til he reached manhood. At the age
of twenty-one he began his career as
author by writing pamphlet which
contained structures on the clergy
of that day, followed In a year BY
another pamphlet, and In 1885 he
took part In the rebellion Of the
Duke of Monmouth, but escaped
punishment, and later he engaged
In trade, but misfortune moved him
to abandon Ii. His satirical poem,
"The True-born Englishman," writ
ten In vindication Of King William
and in reply to poem in which he
had been attacked, had q wonderful
success, $4,000 pirated copies being
sold on the streets of london. He
was prosecuted for a publication and
found guilty, pilloried, fined and
Imprisoned. He published various
works, and led quite a peculiar life
for some time, until "Robinson Cru
soc" appeared. De Foes fictitious
are characterized BY an
appearance Of truth.
Alexander Selkirk lived in solitude
on the Island of Juandez for four
years. from 1704 to 1708, and Il was
his story which suggested 10 Dc
Foe his "Crusoe."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29
WHOLE NO. 1895.
The following circular letter was
sent out to County Trustees by the
Comptroller last week

The following circular letter was
sent out to County Trustees by the
Comptroller last week
CoMPTRoLLER's OFFICE NASH
WILLIE, TENN, Oct. Is, 1S81.-TO
County Trustees 1t is your duty
to deliver, on the first day or No
vember, to the Constables, or to the
Sheriff, as the case may be, the GER
titled statements of uncollected
taxes for the year 1881. These off,
GERS shall proceed at once to collect
said taxes, by distraint, if neces-
sary, making TO you monthly re-
ports and payments of such taxes as
may be collected by them. On or
before the 10th day of January, 1872,
they shall return. said certified state
ments, and make final settlement
with you. The law provides, and
you should require the Sheriff and
each Constable and deputy TO ac-
company his report or return with
affidavit that he has made earnest
and diligent search and could not
find any personal property on which
he could distrain for the taxes so
Il
thereof, should accompany your re-
port of sales to the Circuit court.
On the first day of June, 1882, you
will make out a complete list of all
unpaid taxes on real estate, build
ings and Improvements, and add
to said taxes II per cent. penalty.
You will advertise all real estate to
be sold for taxes for thirty days
before the day of sale. (For form
OF advertisement, manner of publi-
cation, etc., reference is had TO sec.
68 of the Act of April z, 1881, chap.
Ill, page 262.)
On the first Monday in July, 1882,
you will proceed to sell, in accord |
ance with law, all such lands and |
real estate on which the taxes and |
penalty have not been paid, and as
soon thereafter as practicable, certi-
fy all Of said sales to the Circuit
court of your county, for confirma-
tion, at the term then in session, or
if not in session, then at the next
term after date of sale.
At the July term of the County
court (lS82) you shall present a
complete and accurate list OF the
taxes due on the assess
ments of personal property (and
Dolls) for the year 1881, giving de-
valuation, ETC., OF prop
srty, in each instance, with the
'eason assigned why the tax has not
been collected.
Each and every Trustee must, on
)r before the fourth Monday in Sep
L n n 80 To-.
With this Office of his State tax ac-
.ount for the year 1881, or the same
will be certified to the District At
orney General for motion and judg-
nent.
prompt and strict compliance
With all the provisions Of the law
n this connection will avoid much
rouble and annoyance to all con-
erned. Very Respectfully,
JAMES M. NOLAN, Comp't.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29

Heretofore the pecan crop, as O
source OF revenue, has attracted but
little attention. No care whatever
has been taken of the trees, in fnct
In many localities trees 80 to 100
years old have been cut down solely
to obtain the nuts. Before the civil
war the reports from the port OF In
dianola, Texas, alone was reported
at 500, 900; now it is estimated that
the amount annually gathered ex-
ceeds $2,000,000 in value. With
proper care of the trees and SYSTEM
attic gathering of the crop is believed
that $40, 900, ,0n0 could be realized an
nually. Millions OF bushels are lost
every year by falling on the ground
and rotting or devoured by.hogs,
squirrels, turkeys and other animals
and birds. Except in inclosed pas
lures no claim Is made by the own
ers Of the land to the fruitage Of the
trees. Mexicans and negroes are
the pecan gatherers and in some dis
tricts white children.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29
A Living Witness.
Bowling Green Gazette.

Much has been said about Pink
Cottage and its wonders. We had
the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Mary
Mansfield, formerly of this county,
last week who has been cured
through heinstrumentaIity Of faith.
Mrs. Mansfield had very nearly de-
SPARED OF all help. She has been
under the treatment OF various phy-
sicians, having been confined to her
bed for a period of ten years. She
says it had been impressed upon her
mind for a long time that If she were
ever cured 1t would be by faith.
When she went to the Cottage she
was scarcely able to sit up and she
grew worse for a time after she first
arrived there, but soon she received
the spiritual blessing and then came
the healing. Those who know Mrs.
Mansfield and Knew her serious af-
fiictions cannot doubt that there has
been a great and marvellous change.
Several letters of inquiry have been
written from this county to Mrs.
Mansfield by invalids. We are in
formed Sister Baldwin, of Pink Cot
tage, will visit Scottsville and vicin-
Ity at an early date.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29

EX-GOVERNOR SEYMOUR said re-
Gently that "the spirit of gambling
is the greatest evil a farmer has to
contend with. Take hops, for in
stance. That is an extreme case.
More men have been ruined by
holding their hops for higher prices,
when they could have sold at 80
cents a pound, than have been hurt
by selling in season when the mark
ct ruled at 10 cents per pound. So
with wheat. Farmers are always
holding out for higher prices. This
popularity seems to be confined to
the native or American farmers,
and that is the reason they are put
at a disadvantantage when they
have to compete with German and
other foreign-born farmers, who sell
whenever they can realize a fair
profit. Not until The American FAR
mer rids himself of this gambling
mania can he compete on terms of
equality with his neighbors
abroad"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29
senator u,avid Davis.

Senator David Davis, President
pro tempore of the Senate, and con-
tingent President of the United
States in event of Arthur's removal
or inability to perform the duties of
the Office, was born in Cecil county,
Maryland, March 9th, 1916. He is,
therefore, in his sixty-seventh year.
He received classical education,
graduating at Kenyon College, Ohio
in 1882. He studied law at Lenox,
Massachusetts,, and at the New Ha-
ven Law School; was admitted to
the bar and commenced to practice
in Illinois in 1885. He located at
Bloomington in 1886: was q MEM
ber of the State House of Represen-
tatlves in 1874 was delegate to
the State Constitutional Convention
in 1917 was elected in 1848 a judge
of one OF the Circuit courts of ILL
nois, and held this Office by repeat
ed elections until he resigned it in
October, 1862; was delegate to
the National Republican COnven-
tiOn at Chicago in 1860; was ap-
pointed by President Lincoln a
Judge of the Supreme court of the
United States in 1862, and served
until March 9Th, 1877, when. he re-
signed to take his seat in the United |
States Senate from Illinois, having
been elected the previous January,
by the voice of Independents and |
Democrats, to succeed John A. |
Logan.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29
CIarksViIIe Wholesale Market,
CORRECTED BY J. J. oRusMAN.

| SUGAR-Cut Loaf. Crushed, Powdered and
Granulated, I054@I2c; Clarified, 91z@lO1zcts;
| Brown, S12@91zc.
MoLAssEsENe Orleans, As to 55c.
| SYRUP-40c to 75c.
q to SIC.
.sALT-,Kanawha, bushel bbls., 81 90; by
FLOUR-Superfine So 90; Extra, So so to
8 90; Choice or Fancy. 81 50 to co; Patent
Process, IS SO to rs.
STAR CANDLES-I21z to l5c.
WHISKY.Common country, 81 00@1 20;
best brands Robertson county, 81 25 to 90.
CHEESE-Prime factory, I2(al5c.
RICE-Carolina, 6 to SC.
SOAP-Bar, 497c.
oILsss-Coal OH, lac; lard oil, 6Oc; lin
TURPENTINE- E-spirits, SIC.
XARNIsH-Copal, SlOO; Japan, soc.
GLASS Window, SxlO, 81 25 per box; lOx
POWDER Rifle, Sc so per keg; lead, &c per
SARDINES- 70 per dez.
MACKEREL-No. 8 per bbl., SO so to IS 50;
kits, Nos. !, 2 and 3, 75c to 81 25.
BLAOKING-25@60c per dozen.
NAILS-S3 25 to 50.
4RoN-Kentucky, 214c; Tennessee, &c.
ROPE-1Ml5c.
TRACESSS50 90 to u 90 per dozen.
COLLAR ARS-S5 so to u 90 per dozen.
HAMES-S5 so to 10 90 per dozen.
AXES-Sl0 90 to Y 90 per dozen.
. BLUE GRASS-Sl %.
ORCHARD GRASS-S1 rs.
TIMOTHY SEEDS 25.
CLOVER SEED-S6 50.
RED TOP-S0c.
SHOT-SI 80 a 2 90.
CAPS-406150c per 1000.
OYSTEHS-l and Id. cans, 81 3O@l IS.
The following are the prices paid here at
this date for country produce:
PORK-None.
BACON-Hog round, cts
LARD-I3.
TALLOW-
PEANUTS-975 l 90 per bushes.
GINSENG-6Oc to 75c.
BEESWAX-l5 to 1Sc.
FEATHERS-new. 35 TO 40c.
BEANS-White, None. I
PEAS-75c to 81 90.
Eggs -l0c per dozen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29


"Does it, after al, pay not be hon
est?D a disappointed young man
writes. No, my son, not IL you're
honest for pay, 1t doesn't. Not II
you are honest merely because you
think it will pay. It doesn't. Not If
you are honest merely because you
think 1t will pay; Motif you are
honest only because you are afraid
to be q rogue indeed, my dear boy
it does not pay to be honest that
way. If you can't be honest be-
cause you hate a lie and sc0rn a
mean action, you can't be honest
from principle, be a rascal, that's
what you are intended for, and you
will probably succeed at it. But
you can't make anybody believe ii
honesty that Is bought and sold like
merchandise.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29

WHEN Sargent =. Prentiss was
young man teaching school In Mis-
sissippi he boarded with a wealthy
cotton planter named Thomas Hall.
Lt was upon Saturday i'm the last
days ofOctober, when, resting from
the fatigue of a squirrel hunt, Hall,
after listening attentively to Prem
tiss for half AN hour, turned 10 him
and In an animated manner said:
"YOung man, by the eternal HAL
was jackson mani, you were new
or made for a schoolnaster. You
were born for "a lawyer. Now listen
to me. When your time is up over
at the widow'sd0 you go to NAtchez
and enter Bob Walkers Office and
study law. Bob Is not the oldest,
but he Is the sTnartest OF all the big
bugs about Natchez. He'll make a
lawyer OF you quick, and II you
haven't got the money Ia pay your
way l have and you shall have It,
and l will never ask you 70 pay il
back" lie went and read law with
that distinguished man.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29

Several of our citizens, says a
Jacksonville (Or.) paper, returned,
last week, from the great sunken
lake, situated in the Cascade Noun
tains, about Is miles northeast from
Jacksonville. The lake rivals the
famous valley of Sinbad the Sailor.
1t is thought to average 1000 feet
down to the water all around. The
depth OF the water Is unknown, and
its surface is smooth and unrufiied,
as it is so far below the surface of the
mountains that air currents do not
affect it. Its length is estimated at
twelve or fifteen miles, and its width
ten or twelve. There is a mountain
In the centre, having trees upon 1t.
1t lies still, silent and mysterious in
the bosom of the everlasting hills,
like huge well scooped out by the
hands of a giant genii of the noun
tains In the unknown ages gone by,
and around il the primeval forests
watch and ward are keeping. The
visiting party fired a rifle into the
water several times, at an angle OF
45O, and were able to note several
seconds of tiIne from the report of
the gun until the ball struck the wa
ter. Such seems incredible, but Is
vouched for by our most reliable
citizens. The lake Is certainly
most remarkable curiosity.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-10-29

SENATOR BECK, of Kentucky, in
a letter notifying the Executive
Committee that his Senatorial duties
will prevent him attending the
Mississil pi River Convention, that
was held at st. Louis on the 10Th,
says: II regard the the improve
ment of the Mississippi river from
st. Paul to the mouth, and of the
great tributaries of your great river
as one of the most important ques-
tions now before the country.
Competing highways will alone
make cheap transportation possi-
BILE, and free water ways make
railroad combinations very difficult.
/ hope to be able to be heard on
these questions there next winter,
as 1 cannot be with you now.