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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-09

used two OF your furnaces In curing my
crop last fall My barn is 40x46 feet. 1 as
sisted them with open fires two days, then
didly with the two. My tobacco is bright
and clean of ashes. l think they will do
all you claim, and much more if assisted
the first two days with open fires. They
are a.perfect surety from burning and very
valuable for keeping tobacco dry during
wet weather and stripping by in cold,
damp weather. 1 cheerfully recommend
them to planters, and wish you much sue
cess. Respectfully,
s. NJ. WILKINSON.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-09
n reuer scales or 1,0stpones.

Its Grand Single Number Draw
inRs take place Monthly.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
WIN FORTUNE. EIGHTH GRAND
DRAWING, CLASS ~, IN THE ACADE-
MY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUES
DAY, August 12, Iss4-I7Ist Monthly
Drawing.
B0-CAPITAL PRIZE, s75,OOO-6a
100000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each.
Fractions, in Fifths In Proportion.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-09
Louisiana State Lottery Co.

Incorporated in 1858 for % years by the
Legislature for Educational and Charitable
purposes-with capital OF Sl,OOOOOO-to
which reserve fund of over $3.50, 900 has
since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote It's
franchise was made n part of the present
State Constitution adopted December ID A.
D., 1879.
"The only lottery ever voted on and en-
dorsed by the people Of any State.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-09
FOR RENT.

A pico Coftaee with Q rooms, situated
about half way between the Cave and Idaho
Springs, with the privilege Of springs and
as the Waller place. For terms apply 10
]. w. Rice, or -. o,or
5,24-u - b. hlChs
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-09

from blaze and sparks, and believe they
VIII do all you claim for them.
Respectfully.
u. T. HERNDON.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-09

w. f. Coulter Il used the furnace you
sent me after my crop was cured-in keep
Ing 1t dry during the wet weather until l
was ready to strip. Also used them to strip
by, and know them to be perfectly safe
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-09
MARRIAGE GUIDE

geo Pages. Illustrated in cloth and gilt binding Zoo
moneyor postage. sam paoor covers &C. This book
contains all the curious doubtful inquistivo want
Health. Beauty. Happiness. ars pr.moted by Its ad
vice-who may MARI, who not why. Medical aid, when
neoesaaryb brought homo TO y0u. Sent soaled by Dr..
WHITTIER. st. Isouia. Mo-. the great specialist.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-09
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Circulars ffea .. JOHNSON a CO.. Bosions 4aaA
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-09

Office of W. F. Coulter, Jan. LIST. 1884,
GAINESVILLE. Tenn.-DEAR SIR: take pleas
ure In stating that used your Patent To-
bacco Curing Furnaces all through the past
season. am well satisfied with the result,
and am convinced that your Furnaces are
superior to anything ever invented for cur
ing tobacco without danger of burning.
LIST. They are easily adjusted and worked.
End. They save vast amount of anxiety
while firing.
3D.. One Insufficient for % to "a foot barn,
or two TO four for 80 by 40 or 40 by SO feet.
4th. If assisted with open fires until the
leaf Is half cured, then shut Off open fires 1t
Will take fewer furnaces.
9Th. They are very valuable for keeping
tobacco dry during long wet spell, and for
stripping by in cold weather.
9th. They furnish perfect safety from
blaze and sparks, need never let fires go
out at night, and yet need not stay in barn
at night, and be perfectly easy about burn
ing. for believe with proper care It is i'm
possible to burn a barn with them. l think
they will last a lifetime If kept from rust,
and would recommend them to all plan
tiers. If they all will adopt them, man Y
thousands of dollars will be saved that are
lost yearly, curing the old way with open
fires. Wishing you much success, l am
Yours very truly,
E.B. ROSS.
+. S.-They are very useful for drying out
cured tobacco when preparing IL for pricing
tSometimes we have to wait long time for
drying Spell,l r II. r.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-09

1 take pleasure In stating that 1 used the
Furnace bought of you in curing my CROP
last fall, to my entire satisfaction, and do
fully endorse what Mr.. Ross has said about
them. They will do all you claim and with
perfect surety. bought the first ono you
sold, and would not be without It for any
consideration. wish you all the success
you so richly deserve.
Respectfully,
P.COCKE.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, April 7, 1884.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-09
LIST OF PRIZES.

APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
approximation Prizes of s75O......... $3.50
do do 500 $500
do do 2j0........... $3.50
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06
Time rises and spreads ont and

Time rises and spreads out and ,,,.,
itself with splendor and wealth as
blessedness unspeakAble. As . ana
tract, an ocean, prairie, a cont;n sass
it seems a portion Of eternity, and NJ
yond all price valuable to him ,n 9e'
stands on its edge or floats On it's hos VINO
But cut up into sections, portions. Eta1'
bits of time, called hours or minm n.'le
each one of them is like an inoot
gold. and to waste them is sin and sI.neoai
worse than his who casts golden eaa1as
by the handful into the sea. For Ssles
is the solution of the problem of no 0ere
ty: Time improved wins ENOUGH 9' t-
everybody, and with here and there 4 .s
exception where circumstances cont,
the fate of individuals, he is comfortoo'
BILE who makes right use of his tima
and he who wastes it is poor.
And this takes hold on eternitr
Time ends with the letter that bea;a..
eternity. And so eternity is time in'
definitely extended. The n wastas
makes the other an infinite waste ANY
want. The one improved makes honoSa
glory, immortal life. This is the do.'
urine OF the gospels ana the epistles
and the teaching of the Apostles and
the experience Of the people in all ages
and everywhere. What a man sowetb
that shall he also reap. 1t is not hard
work to go to ruin. Only let go your
hold on eternal life, and the descent l.
easy, the fall is swift and the abyss j,
deep, dark and has no bottom. VAST
these precious hours of life in idle liz.
ing, do nothing, swing on a gate all
day while others strive 10 enter in, and
you will suffer as a thief and q mur.
derer, and perhaps will become both,
For there is no greater thief in the
world than he who robs God of time
lent him; he is q murderer who by list.
less idleness destroys his own SOUL
henpus, iw N. Y. Observer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06
Nature as q Teacher.

Just now when the husbandman has
finished pruning the vines and is care.
fully looping the fruit trees and
trimming the hedges, all sorts of les.
sons suggest themselves to the thought.
full observer. There must needs BE-
superluous growth, o%ut-croppings
which need pruning, tendrils or
tendencies which must be cut off alto.
gether in order to secure the growth
or safety of the vine. Christ Compares
Himself and His followers to a yine|
and its branches. And just a. a careful
husbandman trims and trains the climb.
ing of the trellis or wall, SO through
life's discipline the children of God se|
watched and tended. We often sigb|
and wonder at the wrench caused 6y|
the pruning process repeated over and
owe again in our lives, without realizing
that it is needed and wholesome. I
Pretty 500 the crocuses and green
tufts Of tender plants will appear I'd
gladden. the eye, which has rested Sd
long on sere lawns and snow banks. and
leatless branches. Just SO there is al
times q renewing in the human heart,
Dead doubts give place to green and
lively hopes. As nature takes on
bright and cheerful dress, the heart be,
comes toned to warmer sympathis
fresh aspirations and better impulses
The winter is severe with its needed
storms and cold and damps and trials
are hard to bear with their chilling
realities. But everything in na,uTd
awaits with passive, unresisting will
ingness the grand law of creation and
of creations God.
There is no other way. The element}
cnce at war with themselves would
soon bring Observation-Disclosures. "ShaH
we whose souls are lighted with
wisdom from on high" be less obedien3
and passive in the hands of a great and
all-wise Father than are the objects O.
His lower creation? The grand lessons
OF nature at this time are indeed we'll
worth our notice. The great earth is
patiently advancing towards new life
of bloom and blossom; why not attune
our hearts to new hope, trust and
growth, confident that He who doetl
all things we'll willthrough life's chang
ing stages, bring us at last to immoral
bloom and floweri if, like nature herself
we are always passive and trustful,-
Golden Rule.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06
Gems Of Thought.
"A good deed is never lost. -Basi

"A good deed is never lost.-Basa.
The most manifest sign of wisdom
is continued Observation-Disclosures.
Faith takes up the cross. love bind
it to the soul. patience bears it to th
end.
Honesty sometimes keeps a man
from becoming rich, and civility from
being witty. chesterfield.
In the estimate of Christina liei
is not the few exceptionally gootthins
which are reckoned. but the many Of
binary little things.
The only happiness q brave msa|
ever troubled himself with asking much
about was happiness enough to geth s|
work done.--CarSylc.
"A golden rule for a young lady \
to converse always with your fenss|
friends as if q gentleman were Of ts|
party; and with young men as if you|
female companions were present
Spraguc.
Temptation is a fearful word.
indicates the beginning Of q possiss.
series of infinite evils. 1t Is the ring1g
OF an alarm bell whose melancna!
sounds may reverberate through etc,
nifty. Like the sudden. sharp cry
Fire. in the night, it should rouse
to instantaneous activity, and DIV
every muscle to its highest tension
Golden Rule.
Try it for a day. I beseech yoa', :. y
preserve yourself in an easy and cEt IT,,
tal frame of mind. Compare the u,I
IN which you have rooted out the We" s;es
OF dissatisfaction with that on "n an
you have allowed it to grow up, AZ,
you will find your heart open TO s"I
good motive, your life strengthen soat
and your breast armed with o panv y,
against every trick of fate: tru'! N
will wonder at your own impro'eu''
Richter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06

Not long since a lady in Dem
yer received a newspaper from her hus-
band, who is in the African diamond
fields, in which were wrapped a num-
Der of small gems. She, thinking them
to be worthless bits of gravel which
5 had worked TX 9TH their tr, wa ay.i into 9Th. the paper
Presently a letter was sent telling Of
their value. She was in great distress
at her loss, when it was suggested that
possibly the chickens, thirty in number,
might have picked them up. They were
all purchased and killed, and twelve
of the diamonds found in their crops.
Another lady, who had lost an emerald
setting of her ring the day before, also
found her lost treasure in the same new
diamond feld.-Denver Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06
Religious.
MY FORTRESS.

He that has God his guardian made
Shall under the AlmIghty's shade
Secure and undistnrb'd abide;
Thus to my soul of Him I'll say:
He is my fortress and my stay.
NV God, in whom l will conf1de.
His tender love and watchful care
Shall free thee from the fowler's snare,
And from the noisesome pestilcnce;
He over thee His wings shall spread,
And cover thy unguarded head;
His truth shall be thy strong defense.
Because, with well-placed confidence,
Thou lnak'st the Lord thy sure defense,
Therefore no i'll on thee shall come,
Nor to thy Heaven-prOtected home
Shall overwhelming plaques draw nigh.
-Clristtdn Union.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06
AN IMPROMPTU THIEF.TAKER,
From the Diary Of a Bank Clerk.

From h Diary of a Bank Clerk.
l had been for several years engaged
rs clerk in the Nugget Bank, of which
fourishing institution Mr.. Justin Archer
was President. Mr.. Archer was the
father Of a girl whom l thought, at the
time, and whom / think still, one of the
best and most beautiful of womankind;
and l vas her accepted lover. On a
certain Saturday 1 had promised Emily
Archer, my afianced, that I would as
sist her in the work of preparing a lot
of books for use in the library of our
Sabbath-sohool. Said ~books-two hun
dred and more-had been neatly COW
cred with thick cartridge-paper, and we
were to place the numbers and the titles
upon this outer covering.
The Saturday came, and I made an
arrangement with my companion clerks
by which l got off for the day. Twas at
MIR. Archer's uptown dwelling by the
middle of the forenoon, and shortly after
Emily led the way to her fathers library
or study-''his sanctum sa%nctorum,h
the family called it-where the books
had been deposited. One of the win
dows of this apartment was directly
over the most luxuriant and beautiful
wistaria l yer saw. It was supported
upon a stout trellis that came up to
within two feet of the window sill, and
at the time of which I am writing-the
first week of June-it was one mass of
purple flowers. Close to this window
wesrmovcd VI work table, and before
commencing labor Emily raised the
sash and plucked two or three of the
blooming fringes, and put them in a vase
close at hand.
We numbered the books simply by
marking the figures with pen and ink
upon their backs; but in the matter of
their titles we were more particular.
We had a lot of fine adhesive paper
good, stout writing paper, with a solu-
ton Of dextrine spread upon side.
the other side being left clean to write
upon: This we cut into proper sizes,
then Emily wrote the titles in a clear,
bold hand, and | placed them upon the
covers of the books, which feat I per-
formed by moistening the paper of the
cover with a wet sponge and then ap-
plying thereon the adhesive side of the
written Slip. Our hands were soon
broken into the work, and we went on
.swimmingly.
Il wonder" said Emily, looking up
from her work with one of her quaint
smiles, IF any of our stiff-necked peo-
pie will. object to these books: Robin
son Crusoe' and The Swiss Family
RobmsonP Really, 1 think we ought
to have Baron Munchausen' to fill out
the list. And then she excused herself
for having classed the two works first
named with the last.
She had written the two titles on their
respective slips and put them over to
my side of the table as the bell rang for
luncheon, and we were hungry enough
to leave u work as it was and obey tho
welcome summons.
Our work-room-the masters sane
'tum-was on the second floor of the
house, and the lunch was served in the
room, in the font basement,
so that we had two flights of stairs to
descend.
Only a Luncheon they called it, but
as / had been reared I should have con-
sidered it a substantial dinner, only not
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06

The latest fad in crazy quilts is ito
have the squares painted. A square of
white silk has a corner spray of violets
and one of cardinal a couple of half
blown tea roses. "A stripe of white
satin ribbon is adorned with a graceful
spray of arbutus blossoms. and one of
palest blue with pink heath. Pretty
memorial blocks have tie initial OF the
donor in gilt. frosted over with diamond
dust and entwined with sprays o
flowers Chicago Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06

The fatal poisoning of Mrs. s %tvt
child in Louisville by sweet-cske ns eel
veloped the fact that glucose unool ne1s
tam conditions is very po'sl lard
Almost all the fancy syrups ana = fraa
percentage of cheap sugar is msu ~ da
1t. 1t is made from cornssstarsh = nd
solving it in warm water and u.I n,
with sulphuric acid. If the latle, u, u
pens to be in excess it is dangeivH
health, and may produce quick "
Louisville Ceuxso-stnkszaaL
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06
Sunday.School Lessons.

ECON QUARTER.
May 1s-The Uproar at Ephesus. Acts 10: 25-41
sAfD: LIZ
May 25-Liberal Giving 9: l-l5
June Christian Liberty: 81. 4; l-16 :,
June 15-The B~lessedness of Be-
levers Rom. 6: 2s-39
June &-Obedience to law. Rom. 13: ITO
June 29-Review; or Missionary, Temperance,
or other Lesson selected by the school.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06

There was to be a brtting match in
Colorado between O robust SWede and a
negro. They were to start ten feet
back from a scratch, with their heads
lowered, and rush at each other like
rams, the collision to be repeated until
n was disabled. At the last momen
somebody whispered to the Swede what
he bad never heard before-that the
African skull is generally deemed in
Vulnerable under conclusion that would
smash a white mans. This DESTROYED
his courage. and he lodged the woolly
head that came plunging viciously at
him. The negro, missing the expected
resistance, was by momentum carried a
rod against a fence. on which he was
dangerously punctured.-Demver Ta5b-
Nne.
The Malay style OF feeding ele-
plants has certainly the merit OF sim
plicity. When the days work on the
farm is done they are turned out into
the jungle to find their own food; and so
they go rambling about all night, pull
ing and tearing away at any tree or
shrub they fancy. When morning
comes the drivers, tracing them by their
W apparent marks, put the driving
hooks over their ears and lead them Of
to work. Elephants seem to Craze in a
forest quite as %contentedly as cattle in a
pasture. TheF ability to scramble up
and down apparently impossible places
is wonderful, and a recent traveller
through that land says he has seen them
g the branches off coffee trees in
order TO fan away the flies,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06

in courses. And, for . wonder, MI.
Archer himself was present to help rs
enjoy it He was to take dinner at . big
janket of some kind down town; so he
Thought he would give his family the
pleasure of his presence at lunch.
think we spent very nearly an hour
at the table. Over the fruit and the
sweetmeats we laughed and chatted and
told stories, Mr. Archer being the gay
est and most entertaining of the party.
1t was one O'Clock when Emily and I
returned to our place of work. My first
movement, when ready to resume our
occupation, was to look for the titles
last written, to put them upon their re-
spective volumes, Robinson Crusoe"
and ''The Swiss Family Robinson" but
l did not find them. l asked Emily if
she knew where they were.
why" said she, 81 left them there"
And she put her finger upon the spot
W. looked upon the floor, and pres
emily Emily uttered a cry of alarm.
"Martin!''-to me-stwhat is that:?"
looked where she pointed, and saw
upon the velvet carpet the wet track of
a large foot. 1t had rained during the
morning, and the ground outside was
still damp. The same thought was
present with US both at the same mo-
ment. We looked to the window sill,
and saw there the marks of dirty hands,
and upon looking further we saw that
the wistaria had been torn away from
the trellis in places, and that many of
the flowers had been broken off and had
fallen to the ground.
The ground beneath the window was of
q small flower garden at the back of the
house, guarded on three sides by a high
brick wall, the fourth side, Of course,
being the basement wall beneath us.
Without speaking, we drew our heads
in from the window, and looked again
at the carpet, and now we traced the
tracks to Mr.. Archer's quaint old oaken
sscretaire, which stood against the wall
opposite the windows at which we had
worked, and at the first glance we
knew that it had been tempered with.
l told Emily to run for her father while
l kept watch at the window, and while
she was gone / discovered that a fine
pocket-knife and a gold pen and pencil
case, which l had left upon the table
when l went to lunch, were gone.
Mr.. Archer came up, and as he found
the doors of he upper part of the sec
retasre ajar he asked us if we had I'M
locked them. Certainly not; we had no
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-07-17
THE SCOTT LAW.

Some time back the Legislature of
Ohio, in response to the demand Of the
people of that State, passed high Ii
cense enactment, which was known
as the Scott law from the name OF its
prOpOser. The liquor dealers to get
rid of it applied to the courts. but the
latter have just returned an evasive
decision which practically keeps the
law in force, This decision will be
worth millions of dollars to the tax
payers of that State. It must be con-
fessed that our State courts have too
often played into the hands of the
liquor dealers. They have in effect
partially nuIlified the prohibition en-
actments of the States of Kansas and
Iowa. The time has come when the
moral sentiment of the community
must array itself against the judges
who interpose legal quibhles TO protect
the infamous traffic in intoxicating
drink. This is the giant evil of our
age. Over $500. 600, 600 per annum Is
spent in this country in the purchase
of ardent spirits. The use of liquor
must cost vastly greater sum indi-
rectly, III the criminals and paupcrs il
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-07-17

Hundreds of agricuhurists are buy
ing farm machinery this summer,
which if properly cared for ought to last
at least ten years, Most of it will be
worthless in half that time simply
because the owner failed to realize the
full meaning of the adage that "a pen
ny saved is as good as a penny earned
1t is not the amount man obtains
that makes him rich, 1t is the amount
he saves. A machine that is taken
apart and properly cared for when not
in use will do good work years and
years after its counterpart has been
thrown away by the man who had the
habit of leaving it unprotected. Then
the delays caused by broken machine
~, loose bolts, rotten or twisted frams,
discovered Just at the time when the
loss of time means danger to the crop,
more than counterbalanee any time,
trouble or expense incurred in properly
putting away the machine. The prov
ident farmer will always clean and
house his implements as soon as the
harvest is ended. Whenever the paint
on an impI elneat shows signs
of wearing off it ought TO be renewed.
And when tools and implements are
housed they should be placed just
where they can readily be found when
again sought for.
If a farmer exercises more thought
fulIness and prudence in the care OF
their machinery, they will become
convinced that 1t practically represents
good round interest Oh the money
! invested. Capital.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-07-17

James G. Blaine is the architect of
his own fortunes. He began life as a
country school-tescher in Kentucky, and
was afterwards editor of weekly news
paper in Maine, He belongs to the peo-
pie, the working people, and has always
sympathized with their ideas and aspir-
ations, This is, perhaps, the. reason
why the dude newspapers and politi-
clans, the b:ue-blooded patricians, the
rersons who sport gold-rimgned eye
glasses end effect the manners and
speech of English snobs, don't like him.
Blaine and Logan are Americans
through and through. They glory in
their own country. They believe this
Republic is the greatest Nation on the
earth. They are proud of its history
and progress, and have an unfaihng
faith in its destiny. They spring from
the common people, and belong to them.
They sympathize with and have always
served the common people. And the
people are going to elect them.-[Atch-
ison Champion.