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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06

incorporated In 1858 for rs years by the Leg.
islature for Educational and Charitable Dur.
poses-wlth a capital of 81 ,0O0, 0O0-to which q
reserve fund of over S55O,000 has since been
added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote It's fran
chise was made O 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.
II neUer scales on postpones.
Has Grand single Num Der Ora winss
take place TE0mahly, and the Extra-
ordinary Drawings Regularly every
three months instead 81 Semk-Ammu-
ally as heretofore.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY 70
WIN A FORTUNE. ELEVENTH GRAND
DRAWING, CLASS l., IN THE ACADEMY
OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY,
November 9tn, Hss8 = 10sth Monthly
Drawing.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06

WE dond't like to brag so we say
come and be convinced that we have
the incest and cheapest china and glass
in GAINESVILLE. GEO. HENDR1cK.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06

When Baby was sick, we gave her cassoriA,
When she was Child, she cried for CastoriA
When she became Miss, abe chung to Castoria,
When shs had Children, she gave them csstoriA
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06
s~oAPlraL PRIZE, s7s,ooo-z=
100000 Tickets ut Five Dollars Each.
Fractions, In Fifths In Proportion.
LIST OF PRIzEs.'

Application for rates to clubs should be-
made only to the Office OF the Company In
New Orleans.
For INSTRUMENTATION write clearly giving
full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money Orders, or New York Exchange In
ordinary letter Currency by Express lat our
expense) addressed
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.
or M. A. DAUPHIN,
WaahfuUfnv n ~
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06
Advertised Letters,

The following list Of letters remain
uncalled for in the Clarksville, Tenn,
post-office up to Saturday, Nov. 6,
1886. If not called for within thirty
days they will be sent to the "dead
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-19
Men Who Wear COrsets.

'Is it really true that men wear cor
sets?" is question that has been asked
again and again. A representative OF
the New York MaI and Ezpress spent
an hour in q manufactory of surgical ap-
pliances recently, and in consequence
can answer the question intelligently.
Men do wear corsets. The reasons for
their 50 doing are, however, various.
Some have had spinal troubles in their
earlier years, have worn some sort OF an
appliance for the support of the back,
and on growing up require canvas and
whalebone corset in place of the brace.
Again, corsets are worn by men to hide
some physical defect. They are used
also to advantage by men afflicted with
obesity. Persons following out-of-door
occupations wear them as protector
against sudden changes of weather. Cor
sets of this class, however, are made OF
sheepskin. To believe that the article
is ever worn by mankind as means OF
perfecting their forms is mistake. The
contour of a mans physique cannot be
beautiied by lacing. Besides this the
discomfort of breathing to man who
wears corset for such purpose would
be such that he would gladly sacrifice
his personal appearance to else.
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Street Thieves in Mexico.

That thieves are unusually audacious
in Mexico is shown by the following ex-
tract from City of Mexico letter to the
Boston Htrald: The Raymond party here
were cautioned by somebody not to expose
their watch chains, and some OF the gen
tlemen buttoned up their cutaWays IN
the streets, and this was not an unwlse
precaution, for the local pickpocket,
when he does operate, is most ingenious.
But then their are sharp pickpockets on
Washington street or Broadway. An
elderly lady of the party had her purse
taken at Leon, but she missed it inst antly,
overlook the thief, woman, and charged
her in vigorous Saxon with the THEFT,
whereupon the woman slyly dropped the
pocketbook on the ground and innocently
pointed it out. About ten years ago the
German Ambassador, walking down the
southwestern sidewalk of the Alameda,
very much like the fremont Street Mall
of the Common, was seized at dusk, by
two men, each grasping an arm in very
finn manner. A third man came IN
front, and walking backward kept a
dagger pointed to the Ambassador s
throat, while one of the other men jabbed
poniard just far enough into the plen-
ipotentiary's side to give him sensation
of what might happen. Then the man
in front went through the Kaiser's repre-
sentative. taking all his money, his
watch and rings. The whole scene was
enacted right within twenty feet OF a
coach stand, and nothing but the bold.
ness of the rascals saved them. But, OF
course, the Ambassador did not think it
prudent to make any outcry. The
thieves were never caught.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

QUEEN VICTORIA has takeu quite fancy
to Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland's book.
Mr.. PARNELL has found time, somehow,
to write novel, entitled, Lady Drusilla-" !"
CONGRESSMAN WIN. D. KELLEY, the
"Father of the House." is seventy-two years
DID,
Mr.. FRoUDE, the English historian. has
declared against Gladstone's Home Rule
policy.
Ex-QUEEN ISABELLA still cherishes the
hope that she will one day be restored to the
throne Of Spain.
IT is now said that Senator Hawley is the
most rapid speaker in Congress. This is the
statement o. a stenographer
The Duke of Connaught is said to be the
only member of the royal family who really
favors home rule for Ireland.
COMMODORE WALKER will be Acting Sec
retary of the Navy during Secretary Wit
ney's absence from Washington.
THE Hon. Chang Yen Woon, the new Chi
uese Minister, has in his suit thirty-nine peo-
ple, and not one Of them female.
HENRY NJ. STANTEY, the explorer, has re-
covered his health, and is now in Rome lie
is said to be anxious to return to the Congo.
ACCORDING to Lord Randolph Churchill
the chances of the Gladstone Land bill pass
ing the House of Commons are about four to
five.
GENERAL DAcREs, Of the British Royal
Artillery, who has been in the service for
nearly seventy years, has been made field
marshal
EDWARD EVERETT HALE deprecates the
use of the word Knight" in modern Amerl.
can organizations, asthe term is a relic of
Feudalsm.
The widow of General j. E. B. Stuart, the
commader of the famous Virginia cavalry,
is running prosperous female seminary at
Staunton, Va.
CAPTAIN BoYcoTr, from whose name is
derived the word "boycotting," has finally
sold his property in Ireland and has removed
his family to England.
REV. SAM JONES, the Southern revivalist,
has tour laid out which runs through Oc-
tober, and takes him to Maryland, Indiana,
Michigan, New York, Missouri, Ohio and
Canada.
FREDERICK TURNER and William H.
Bailey, prominent members of the Knights OF
Labor, are foreign-born citizens. Turner
comes from Somersetshire and Bailey from
Greenwich, England
SENATOR DoLPH, of Oregon, is regarded by
the ladies the handsomest man in the Senate.
He is tall and broad-shouldered, speaks with
a rich, deep bass voice and has a magnificent
full beard, which falls to the middle of his
waitcoat. He has striking face and ma
jestic bearing, both Of which attract atten'
ton
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A Metropolitaa Opera. Box.

If any of my lady readers has influence
enough with the authorities at the Metro
politan Opera House to obtain permission
to peep into Mr.. Rockefeller's box on the
grand tier let her use it at once. The
ante-room to the box is fitted up in the
most luxurious style; crimson satin, plisse
and tufted, covers the walls and ceilings,
velvet carpet deadens the footsteps,
and magnificent lounge, with pillows,
etc., invites to repose-especially when
'Parsifal" or portions of Die Mcister-
singer" are on. In a corner is pretty
cabinet, the contents of which can only
be guessed at. There is a door separat-
ing the ante-room from the box, instead
of a portiere, and the little window is
provided with satin-covercd shutter. A
couple that desired to shun Wagnerian
noise and the observation of their neigh
bors could ask for no more secluded.
richer, or more comfortable retreat
Neu York Iown Topics.
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An Ingenious Timepiece.

A clock manufacturing firm in Calcutta
India, have lately completed very in
genious timcpicce in the shape of ar
eight day clock, which strikes the hours
on large, full-toned gong and chime:
the quarters on eight bells. In .cou
nection with the clock there is a per
petual calendar, which gives the correct
days Of all the various months, including
the twenty nine days in February in the
leap year. There is also military pro
cession worked by the clock, representing
various branches of the British army
consisting of artillery, cavalry and in
fantry, and the staff in review order
There is also sentry on duty who salute:
a drummer, who beats drum, and {
bugler. who raises bugle to his mouth
every few minutes All of these figures
are arranged at the top of the dial.-
Chla0o Herald.
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A Club for Men and Women.

From Southern exchange we take
the following description of club whose
plan seems to be somewhat of an lnno-
vation to all:
"Norfolk, Virginia, has new social
and literary club called the Northern
Club. 1t was established about three
months ago by joint stock company
composed of both Northern and South
ern men. They have two handsomely
furnished rooms in the Academy OF
Music, one large, long room fitted up
with good library and good supply
of the best magazines and newspapers
of the day; handsome crayon portraits
of Whittier, Longfellow, and Bryant
adorn the wall The ladies' room ad-
joining furnishes comfortable and re.
tired place for ladies wishing to read
and amuse themselves with games; chess,
backgammon, dominoes, and all such
games are provided for their pleasure.
Yearly members are admitted, and an
entertainment is given to the members
of the club every two weeks. The prin-
cipal object of the club, however, is the
entertainment of strangers coming to
the city. Such visitors are extended
the free use of the rooms and all the
privileges enjoyed by members. The
feature which commends this club so
strongly is that it is as much of a
woman's club as it is mans. Men are
not invited to leave their families to
spend evenings, but can take their wives
and daughters and enjoy social inter
course amid refined and elevating infu-
ences in company with them. This is
decidedly step in the right direction" "
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PROMPTLY LYNCHBD.
The Fate of Two Men in Virginia
and Louisiana.
Taken Forcibly from the Jails by
Crowds and Hanged.

A few davs since a young colored man
named Dick Walker met daughter of re-
spectacle Charlotte county farmer in the
road near Keysville, Va, and attempted to
assault her. He drew a knife and told her If
she made any noise he would kill her.
She screamed, and an old colored
man went to her assistance. Walker,
baffled in his purpose, ran off. The
old man fastened to the nearest telegraph
station and gave full description OF Walker,
who was subsequently captured near ChaSe
City. He was identified by the young lady
and the old man and committed to jail: AT
night fifty citizens surrounded the jail ana an 1
demanded the keys from the jallor. The
latter refused, but was overpowe:ed, and
Walker taken out and hanged to tree.
At about the same time of the foregoing
occurrence difficulty took place between
Major w. P. Greene, prominent sugar
planter of ST. Bernard Parish, La, and q
colored laborer named Robert Smith, IN
which Mr.. Greene was shot through the
abdomen and killed. Major Greene, armed
with pistol, had gone in search OF tne
laborer, who, in the early morning, a1ter
some words, had knocked him down with a
singletree. The Major went to an eating
house where he was informed Smith was,
and as he opened the door, Smith con
fronted him, revolver in hand With
out a word passing between them, the
laborer opened fire, hitting the MAJOR
in the abdomen. The latter returned the hre,
discharging his weapon once, but without ee,
feet The laborer then ran Off and the wounded
man was taken to his residence, where ne
fingered until twelve o'clock at night, whea a
he died. Smith wascaptured by citizens and
turned over to the Sheriff, who confined him
in the iron cage of the Jail. Major Greene
was very popular, and when the news of his
death spread in the eneightorhood, it was evl-
dent that Smith would be summarily dealt
with. The next morning mixed crowd - OF +
whites and blacks rapidly assembled at the
iaiI. determined to avenge the Majors death.
An attack was at once made upon the jail
by the crowd. The strong doors were
soon forced, the iron cage battered in: and
the next moment Smith was in the hands
of the avengers. He was taken without de-
lay to convenient tree and hanged, the mob
dispensing after he was dead. The body. was
left swinging by the roadside till cut down
by the order of the sheriff.
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One Of Dakota's ADVANTAGES.

One advantage We have in prairie
country is that it rather shuts off the
picnic. We have what we call picnics,
sort of rudimentary affairs with no thun-
der storm in the afternoon, but the gen.
uine Eastern picnic with the young man
hanging in the tallcst tree by the coat
tail while attempting to put up a swing
is unknown. At our picnics there are,
of course, the same facilities for sitting
down and making yourselfat home in the
custard pie, but our trees are so low that
the long, green worm does not get up
sufficient momentum when falling down
the back of your neck to make it inter,
esting. We hardly think that these ad
vantages in picnics are given the promi-
nence they merit in our immigration
pamphlets. -Eotelline (Dak.) Bell.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-19
LABOR TROUBLES.

The New York City Grand Jury De-
nounces Boycotting.
The New York Grand Jury has brought
indictments against the leaders of the Third
avenue horse-ca strikers, a number of boy
cotters, and others accused of conspiring to
disturb peaceful occupations. On the last
day of the Grand Jurys service, Foreman
Joseph Il. Brown, after handing some indict-
ments to the clerk, arose, faced City
Recorder Smyth, and in a loud voice
read presentment. Such papers are usually
filed and not read aloud. The presentment
charges that Police Justice Welde,
by discharging some of Mrs. Gray's
boycotters, three men accused Of carry
ing sandwich" signs before the store
of Cavanagh, Sandford & Co., and
sixteen boycotters against whom Mr..
Thesis, of Fourteenth street, made COM
plant, had caused the boycotters to have
their own way for nine days until action
was taken by the Grand Jury. Mr.. Thesis,
the Grand Jury say, was obliged not only to
employ the union men, but to pay 81 600 to
cover the expense of the boycott. The pre-
sentiment continues:
"It appears evident to the Grand Jury,
representing as they do the law-abiding citi-
zens of this county, that great derelction Of
QuGy ana SreaCer 1SnOTauCe OIL law were
manifested on the part OF this recognized
legal authority Of our police. Otherwise we
claim that our city would not have been dis
sscraced for period OF nine days after those
decisions of Justice Welde by this nefarious
conspiracy against the rights Of the people.
The Grand Jury regret to reflect upon any
officer of justice and Notwithstanding the opin-
ion of Justice Welde, a thorough examination
convinces them that this so,called boycott is
an accursed exotic, and they urge every
effort of our legislators, the bench and the
bar, the press of the land and every Ameri-
can citizen to aid in externinating this
hydra headed monster, dragging it's loathsome
length across the continent, sucking the very
life-blood Of our trade and commerce, equally
baneful to the employers and the employed
Recorder Smyth in discharging the Grand
Jurors said:
II concur with the Grand Jury and be-
ieve that the presentmeat so well prepared,
will be of great service and I shall
take pains, as far as can, that each and
every Police Justice and police captain shall
have the benefit of what the Grand Jury has
Saidn
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.

Paris is reported to have $4,000 beer
saloons.
Japan is moving to prevent the further
export of adulterated teas.
Fifty American dairy COWS were shipped
to China short time ago from San Fran
cisco.
A Kansas farmer cut the horns off from
fifty CT his cattle in order to save building
room.
IT is said that 100, 900, 600 oranges will be
gathered from the groves of California this
season.
A Northwestern writer asserts that there
are no venomous snakes in the entire State Of
Minnesota
There are IL, 600 dozens of foreign hens
eggs brought into this country every year
FREE OF duty.
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|iNEGAR BirrERBs


is the great Blood Purifier and fe-giving
Principle; Gentle Purgative and Tonic; perfect
Renovator and 1nvigorator of the system.
In Vinegar Bittcrs there Is vitality but
no alcoholic or mineral poison.
Diseases of the Skin, Of whatever name
or nature, are literally dug up and carried out Of
thesystem in short time BY the use Of the Bitters
Heves, and in time cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Gout. and similar painful diseases.
Vinegar Bitters cures Constipation and
prevents DiarrhBa.
Never before has = medicine d been com. 11n
TIERS to heal the sick.
Send for either Of our valuable reference
books for ladies, for farmers, for merchants our
on Intemperance and Tobacco, which Last should
be read by every child and youth in the land.
Any two of the above books mailed free on
receipt Of four cents for registration fees.
Ri. Mcdonald Drug Co., 5s2 Westinghouse, NY.
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FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Apples were originally brought from
the East by the Romans. The crab
apple is indigenous to Great Britain.
The finest screws used in watches have
$50 threads to the inch, but screws with
500 threads to the inch can be cut. 1t
takes IA 600 watch screws to weigh a
pound.
Music was the universal accompani-
ment at weddings in the olden time. A
wedding was considered poor affair
without the braying of trumpets, beating
of drums and clashing of cymbals.
There is nothing new under the sun.
Commercial travellers, called circitores,
were employed by certain Roman man
facturers and tradesmen to carry round
and dispose of the goods they made.
While making excavations in a ruin on
the Appian Way, near Rome, three two
prong silver forks were found, which
would indicate that the old Romans, at
least, did not eat with their fingers.
The proportions of the different colors
in eyes among the people Of Italy is
thus estimated by Prof. Martegazza: :
Black eyes, twenty-five per cent. chest
nut, sixty-four; blue, eleven, and gray
eyes, three per cent.
"Speaking of extravaganza in dress, y"
writes correspondent, "the most ex-
pensively- dressed man ever saw was an
African Chief on the Golden Coast. His
wives had anointed him thoroughly with
palm oil, and then powdered him from
head to foot with gold dust. You never
saw in your life man got up so utterly
regardless of expense"
The oldest student in Yale college is
Porter Sherman, Of the senior Glass; who
is back, after an absence of twenty years,
to finish his course. Mr.. Sherman occu-
pies the same room in house on High
Street that he did just twenty years ago.
He Is conspicuous figure about college,
and looks more like one of the old pro-
fessors than a student. He halls now
from Kansas.
From the earliest period the owl has
been considered bird of ill-omen, and
Pliny tells US how on one occasion even
Rome itself underwent lustration be-
cause an owl strayed into the capitol.
He represents it also as 8 funereal bird,
mopster of the night, the very abomina-
ton of human kind. Virgil describes its
death howl from the top of the temple
by night, circumstance introduced as
precursor of Dido's death. Ovid, too,
constantly speaks of this birds presence
as an evil omen; and, indeed, the same
notions respecting it may be found among
the writing gs of most of the ancient poets.
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Can Consumption bo Caxods
We havo 20 often seen fatal results follow
the declaration that 1t can be cured, that We
have unconsciously settled down in the belief
that this disease must necessarily prove fatal.
It is true that occasionally community has
witnessed an isolated case Of what may ap-
propriately DO termed spontaneous recovery,
but to what combination Of favorable circum
stances this result was duo mono have hitherto
been found able to determine.
We have now tho gratifying fact to announce
that the process by which nature effects this
wonderful change Is no longer a mystery to
tho medical profession, and that tho changes
brought about in the system under favorable
circumstances by intrinsic causes may be made
Is certainty and moro e1peditiously by the uso
Of the proper remedy. In other words, nature
Is initiated and assisted.
Tuberculous matter Is nothing moro or less
than nourishment imperfectly organized.
Now. II wo can procure the organization Of
this food material 50 that through the process
Of elective affinity it may take its place in the
system, we can cure the disease. This is just
what Piso's Cure for Consumption does It
arrests at once tho progress Of tho disease by
preventing tho further supply Of tuberculous
matter, for while the system is under It's in
6uence all nourishment Is organized and az
simulated. It thus controls cough. e1pectora-
ton, night-sweats, hectic fever, and all other
CHARACTERISTIC symptoms Of Consumption.
Many physicians are now uaing this mcdt-
cine and all write that 1t comes fully up to its
recommendations and makes assumption one
of tho diseases they can readily cure.
The forming stage Of q disease is always the
most auspicious for treatment. This fact ehould
induce persons to resort to the use Of Pso's Cure
when the cough is first noticed, whether it has
q consumptive diathesis for its cause or not,
for this remedy cures all kinds Of coughs with
unequalled facility and pronptness. In coughs
from 4 simple cold, two or three doses OF the
medicine have been found sufficient to remove
the trouble. So in all diseases Of the throat
and lungs. with symptoms Stimulating those
Of Consumption, PiseHs Cure Ia the only infal
uble remedy.
The following letter recommending Pisos
Cure for Consumption, Is a fair sample Of the
certificates received daily by the proprietor OF
this medicine:
ALBION, N. Y, Dec. -, 1885.
1had terrible Cough, and two physicians
said would never get well. then went to
drug stere and asked for good cough medicine.
The druggist gave mo Piso's Cure, and 1t has
done me more good than any thinEl ever used.
do not believe could 1.-Two without It.
JEONORA VRRMILYEA.
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AParis surgeon kindly set the limb OF
friends dog and his patient, some
weeks after, brought him another dog in
the same phi ght. DR.. Barnum, of Louis.
vile, reports similar case. The patient
was black -and-tan terrier. 1t resistcd q
the doctor to the utmost, but was finally
subdued and bound up. -Four days later
he came along to the office and had his
bandage arranged. After that he ap-
peared once each day and held up his leg
for examination.
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The manager of the Fort Wayne, Ind,
Gazette, Mr.. B. NJ. Holman, says he has
often read of the wonderful cures effected
by St. Jacobs Oil. Recently he sprained
his ankle, and invested in cane and a
bottle of St. Jacobs Oil. The latter proved
the better investment, as it entirely
cured his ankle