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Year: 1874

LOCAL ENTERPRIsE.-NO town ever vet
prospered without local enterprise, any
more than an individual can prosper
without personal enterprise. The nni-
versal laws CT political economy apply
to communities as to individuals. One
man will prosper and become rich where
sterile and unproductive portions of the
country are, as general rule, the most
prosperous, while those most endowed
by the bounties of nature fall into decay
through the inertness of the inhabit-
snts, upon the same principle that those
individuals who inherit fortunes and are
habituated to idleness. forfeit their pos
sessions and advantages to the sons of
poverty Injured to toll as necessity of
their being. There is no natural adyan-
tage which ever has made, or ever can
make prosperous town, without an in
dustrious, enterprlsing, and public spir-
tied population. Some oae' has prop
erly said: As some people cannot fatt ON
the meaning of the term ''local enter
prise" we define it for them. For the
benefit of certain class here as well as
elsewhere, we reproduce the definition.
1t is this: If you can think of anything
that Car be done to beautity or build up
your town, go and do it; don't fight the
laying down Of new sidewalk because
you have to pay share of the expense;
keep your capital at home; patronize
home industry; help your merchants to
sell more, SO that they will sell cheaper;
always get your work done in your own
town if possible; subscribe and pay for
your local paper, don't steal or borrow
it. If you follow these suggestions. and
your town does not improve and build
up, it will not be your fault.
Year: 1874

r. In French industrial establish
ment. employing six hundred and thirty
men, chiefly vegetarians. the sick fund
was constantly in debt. The director Of
the establishment took measures for the
introduction of butchers meat into the
food of the men, and the effect was suuh
that the average loss of time per man,
on account of illness or fatigue. was re-
duced from fifteen to three days per an
mum. Thus the animal food eaved II
days work year per man.
Year: 1874

II The Pennsylvania Senate has be-
fore it proposition to appropriate one
million dollars for the construction Of
what is to be called Centennial
Memorial Hail." This building is to
be used during the centennial exhibition
Of 1876 as the art gallery of the exhibi-
ton. and thereafter to be used perma-
nently as q National Art Museum, in
which will be stored and preserved, OBJ
iects of interest in relation to the coun-
try and the State.
Year: 1874

T A bachelor says if you hand a
lady a newspaper with paragraph cut
out of it, no. line of it will be read, but
every bit of interest felt in the paper by
the lady will center in finding out what
ihe missing paragraph contained.
Year: 1874

PLAINTIFF.


A suit was brought in the Court of Common
Pleas time ago, by Leon Furnss ono OF the heirs
Of the late William p Furnss against the executors OF
the estate. The action to compel them to make
partion that he should receive the full Income from
oneseyenth Of bis fathers estate after making certain
deductions prescribed by the WILL This Is one of class
OF controversies very frequent at this e and which,


they could be oreseen by the testtors would 90 far
to effect the framing Of wills n such as to save
litigation aud expense after their DEATH The executors
had reserved the estate and thereby reduced the In
como OF the plaintiff he claimed, to one-ffth Of the
proper amount. had his share been made productive.
This action defended by claiming discretionary
powers under the WILL and any adjustment was refused
except the terms made by the executors and to
which the plaintiff could not assent. The case
was tried before Judge Van Brunt, who decided
In favor Of the plaintiff On the trial It was shown that


partition OF the estate could be made and that the
property involved. portion OF could be sold SO IA
to make the plaintiffs interest fully productive It was
also proved that tho executors had loaned large sum
OF money on call at ordinary rates OF interest at time
when money commanded better price IN the market
aud when safer investment could have been had Tne
Court found that CLAUSE In the will dreotlng division
Of the estate was not ambiguous and that IL was the
duty OF the executors TO make partition and that as
they had neglected and refused TO discharge their duty
In that particular the plaintiff. L3ou Furniss was en-,
titled to aJudgment compelling the executors 20 divide
tne estate ana IN case an actual partition could not DO
made without prejudice 10 tho rights the heirs that
the property should DO sold and tho proceeds divided
ana the Income pail as prescribed The Court, there
lore, made decree, aud Judgment has been
entered TO forthwith make u division OF all
9t tno rosidnary estate of the lato William
4, furhlss Into seven equal shares, quantity,
quality aud value ratabY considered and that such
shares Do assigned by lot 10 the trustees OF the several


us estates Tor each OF tho heirs as directed by tho
Mu; ~ ~ also required that tho property In Broad,
wall ana Eghths be- sold aud the proceeds divided
as specified. The Court further ordered that II tho ek
ecutors should not mako tho division and allotment
within eight weeks from April ~. that the piaintln
should apply 10 the for tho appointment OF ref
eree 10 make such don and Tor auy other reuof that
Year: 1874

Among the cases coming up before the Cen
era Term OF the Supreme Court Judges Davis, Brady
and Danels) during the May Term is that furnished
ground yesterday for considerable discussion regarding
the law OF amony, to put 1t more specifically, re-
garding the right of who has been thrice mar
ried to demand alimonv from former husband while
living with another The appellant in the is Thos
c. Shepherd, and the respondent Jeannette Shepherd
the counsel for the former being g. W. Sandford
and for the respondent WIN. f. Shepherd
From the arguments OF these gentlemen the story
developed that the respondent at the time OF her
marriage with Shepherd divorced wife, receiving
s62 yearly as aiimony This second marriage proving
similarly unfortunate second divorce followed and APP
peal to tho courts resulted in her obtaining 5000 year
aimony from Shepherd. The lady third time changes
her name, and appears the wife OF @. L. Ander-
and little later comes again before the public gaze
to answer Shepherds application to the Special Term to
be relieved from paying any more almony, or at least
to reduce the amount Of It, The motion Of Mr.. Shepherd
was denied. aud 1t was this judgment which came up
Yesterday before the General Term.


Mr SANFORD, on Mr. Shepherds behalf, argued long
and earnestly, insisting that there wasor, least
ought to be-no reason IN law why should sup
port another mans wife, that the moral and legal duty
OF this support was imposed upon the husband;
that it is Illogical to say there can be two hus-
bands, both assuming this obligation II there could
dozen or an unlimited number In the present
case there three men contributing each no nsg
nacant mite the pecuniary comfort and enjoyment
OF this fortunate respondent 1t was certainly enough
for Mrs. Anderson. formerly Mrs. Shepherd formerly
Mrs Somebody else to have the option OF retaining this
alimony or abandoning proposed new marriage, and
ought not to be granted the society and protection of


third husband at the expense OF the second The
sells closing observation that, he Informed,
the lady had not been so deeply in lovc not TO take
advice as TO the effect Of new husband on the ALI
mony question.


In reply the counsel for the respondent cited nuer
Gus legal decisions and opinions taken from the court
records Of this country and England all showing that
allowance is fixed In view or all the circumstances.
She not punished for the fault of her husband
by being prohibited from marrying through fear OF poy
erty. Decision reserved.
Year: 1874

Thomas Hamilton brought suit yesterday in
the Superior Court before Judge sDeir, against tho
Third ave- Railroad Company FOR damages, laid at 800
consequent on hls ejectment from car belonging 70
that Company His story that 10 August 1863 ne got
into car at Nine y-rst ST. and at ixtyfourt II. was
obliged TO change cars He was told by the conductor
Of the he LETT and Of the car In which pc started
on reaching Fifty sIhst he vas elected for not repay
ing his fare The Company claims that they cannot ma
The case was previously tried and small amount gwen
in favor ot the plaintiff Upon appeal new ira was
ordered the result OF which Yesterday was an award 10
favor OF the plaintiff 0f $500.
Year: 1874

Those we love truly never die.
Though year by year the sad memorial
wreath,
A ring and flowers, types of life ard death,
Are laid upon their graves
For death the pure life saves,
And life all pure is love; and love can reach
From heaven TO earth, and nober lessons
teach


Than those by mortals read.
Well blest is he that has a dear one dead.
A friend he has whose face will never
change
dear communion that will not grow
strange:


An anchor of love is death.
The blessed sweetness of loving breath
Will reach our cheek all fresh thro' weary
years.
For.her who died long since, ah waste not
tears:
She's thine unto the end.
Thank God for one dead friend
With face still radiant with the light of
truth,
Who loves the gray beard as be loved the
youth,


Through twenty years of death.


-LippsneottS Magazine.
Year: 1874

DANDRIDGE, TENN, June 10, "a.


EDITORS CHRONICLE People are
preparing to cut their wheat. They re-
port better crop than they have had
for many years, though some are COM
planning of smut" but don't think
here is enough to seriously damage it,.
If it should prove TO be good yield,
there will be vast amount to sell in
our county, for there was large crop
sowed. If we can but have a good
market it will be great blessing to our
people, for which they should be very
thankful. Our oat crop is about to
prove failure, owing to the dry wealth
er. Corn. looks moderately well-a
great many OF our farmers had to plant
over. We are needing rain now very
bad. Our fruit crop is abundant, and
of all kinds.


Judge Houk's friends are scattering
broadcast over our county papers con-
tanning Mr.. Nelson's reply TO Thorn
burgh.


The people of our county when they
do think about the election-for it's but
little they dot is about our county
L
something about our county candi-
dates. We only have thirty.seven
now for the various offices, and sever
al more piping Seventeen of these
live in town. All five of the candi-
dates for Circurt Court Clerk live here.
Rather a strange occurrence, indeed.
There is something remarkable about
them: three of them are merchants,
one sn old school teacher and a first
class scholar, the other young lawyer
of promise aud the only one who serv-
ed his country in the late struggle and
one whom we know to be eminently
qualified to fill the place, but they are
all well qualified to make good clerks.
We have three candidates for County
Court Clerk, one of them is lawyer.
So you see some of our men are seeking
office. We have some seven or eight
for Sheriff, one of those is a preacher,
very fine man and one an elder in
ibe church at this place. Our candi-
Gates for Revenue are about the same
in number, the old one being on the
track who you know always has the
long end OF the single tree. Several
of our candidates served our country
and acquitted themselves with honor.
Eureka flourstill commands the high
est market prices at this place, nothing
but what Is due to its eneretic owner
who is using every effort to make it
first class mill. / presume he will
have it in perfect running order when
the new wheat comes in.


Old Uncle David Tiller died few
days ago. He was painter by occupa-
tion and died from the effects of his
calling. He was somewhat advanced in
years, a good painter and understood
the theory of mixing paints.


The weather is exceedingly hot and
dry here. More Anon. EUREKA.
Year: 1874

STRAWBERRY PLAINS,
June 12-P. M.-lS74


Dan Price, bright, intelligent
mulatto who left this neighborhood the
23d day of last November, in company
with thirty-two others for Liberia, ar
rived in our town on the 10 o'clock
train this morning on his return from
| old Africa, the native country of his
race across the deep blue sea. Dan
tells us very distressing story of his
trip and of the fate of many of his
relatives and friends and, believing
that it will be of interest to many
readers of the CHRONICLE, ! send it to
you for publication.


He says they had not been in Lii
IBERIA a month till they had buried nine
of their little party, all of whom died
of fever, including his wife, mother.
grandmother and his oldest child.
He brought two of his little children
back with him who were fortunate
enough to escape the fatal disease.


The remainder of the party are near
ly all sick and anxious to get back to
America, but as Il trip this way costs
fifty dollars, none of them can get the
luuuS 10 return on. OuG rev OF Jlem
have been able to do days work since
they arrived in Liberia, and when
they can work they only get twenty
five cents per day.


He says the agents of the Colonial
tion Society grossly misrepresented
the country to them or they would
never have thought of leaving East
Tenn Ssee. The natives with but few
exceptions are of the rudest type ard
nearly all of them live upon roots,
frogs, snakes, scorpions, Lizards and
insects Of various kinds. Bacon being
fifty cents per pound, and -four from
twelve to fifteen dollars per. hundred,
of course can only be used by tae rich.
Corn, wheat, oats and other staple pro-
ductions of this country can not be
grown there to any advantage.


He never saw a team Of horses,
mules or oxen from the time he left
New York till he returned, the soil
being principally cultivated with the
hoe. No one ever thinks OF going out
without an umbrella or something to
protect them from the intense heat of
the sun.


Settlers are often overrun by the
Year: 1874

The Old Church in It's New Dress-Ser-
mon by DIR. Robinson on ssThe Over
coming Power of Faith in Jesus
Christi


Plymouth church was reOpened yesterday MORN
ing alter the painting and cleaning OF the last
three weeks. The services were conducted by Dr.
Robinson. who preached a short sermon on ''the
power OF aith from the following text:-''who Is
ne that overcometh the world but lie that beieveth
that Jesus is the Son OF God.n God saw that moth
ing but the giving oil the life Of HIS would in-
sure victory over sln The foes which He had to
contend with were very numerous, but are here
summed up under the one head OF "the world"
We must not suppose tnat the world Is only an
armed antagonist and nothing more. The world
Is in reality an enemy in the dark: it cnarms, al
lures. deceives and satisfies. and so stealthly
steals our affections and sympathies for ITSELF But
there Is victory which overcomes this enemy, and
ONLY one, ana that Is iound In the over coming power
or aith In the love OF Jesus Christ Culture may
take bad worldly man and make him appear as
perfect gentleman but the inner thoughts OF his
soul are untouched, so tnat really he is wicked
as ever and, consequently, has no faith IN himself.
WHAT gives the INNER such perseverlng courage
iaitn In the treasure that lies hidden In the heart
OF The mountain. But we need not go lar Tor Illus
trauons OF faith; look at the Plymouth church,
what has kept 1t and made 1t what IL is all these
months and years of caiumny and slander but
faith IN God and in the pastor, through whose low
ing energy the people have been brought together
IN union and fellowship. Men are strengthened





man has ben saved from the tolls OF the charmer
by the pure, spiritual love of his little Child. Now,
when man bears in his mind that God loves him,
and has His name engraven on His heart, he has
operating within him the strongest possible power
tnat he can have gwen HIM. He feels the
tide Of the love Of Jesus rushing through his
soul, and though it is a real blessing
still 1t inevitably makes him feel very unworthy;
but by this very unworthlness Will he try to rise up
and live In His likeness. There Is, too, respons
i've love. ST. Paul in his prison was made happy
by his Joyful anticipation OF heaven and the love OF
the Father. Faith IN Jesus is liberated and gives
us faith In the world All things are mine ii / am
Christs. All things are ours that are beautiful and
enchanting II we are Cnrlsts. Robertson says tnat
We are to have the world, and not let inc world
have us. We must overcome or be overcome. 1t
Is easier to go down with the stream than to breast
up against IL, Dut the battle Is only Or a short
time. All the way down the road to destruction
there are saving hands held FORTH IL we will only
let them help u.s. VIII you give up the struggle
and allow your immortal soul to be lost? 1t Is
strange that there is not something more in the
victory to allure men on to believe.
Year: 1874

walton Is al your door and at your hands siuirly
look to Him as your saviour and lie and peace
doing what YOU can Tor yourselves anc what yon
can Tor Others The Church depends upon the
spirituality offts members and how they work for
their salvation by bringing others to II. You come
here as Christian men and Christian women 10 be


instructed; not to learn the Gospel; YOU have


tDis already. but to be instructed as TO the work
anu service which lie before you. Your business
grace. Whatever side you came from, your obga-
ton as christian is TO instruct others, bring
ing them with you, Keeping them here when you
otners you VIII yourselves be wiser ana more
comiorted. You Will then be shining lights and
songs OF thanks viii be offered throughout eternity
ior you who led the ignorant In the way of peace.
Year: 1874

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HKRALD:-


The account copied from q san Franciaco paper
about two weeks since of the death OF W. y.
Brown BY suicide has since been proved to be In
correct. l have received . telegram from my
son, who Is a nephew and member Of the family,
stating that second inquest had been held ON tho
l6tn inst, and verdict OF death by accident reE-
dered. win you oplige the family By making tns
correction through the columns Of your valuable
papery
Year: 1874

A call siguCd by sixty.four taxpayers
Of Marion county and vicinity appears in
our columns this morning in favor of q
convention at Grafton in May to desig-
nate a location for the permanent Capital
Of the State. This call looks more like
business than any movement yet made,
and II responded to in like manner by the
various counties Of the FirSt and Second
Districts OF the State, and also by such
counties Of the Third District ss teel dis.
posed to participate, may succeed in def.
nitelY and satisfactorily settling the vexed
question at an carly day, and thus remov.
Ing bone of contention out Of our State
politics.


The programme OF the proposed Con.
ventlon will be to decide upon location
at Grafton, and then to nominate candi-
dates for the Legislature in each county
pledged to carry out the decision Of the
Convention. The basis OF representation
in this Convention will be, we presume,
the same as in the House Of Delegates.
Year: 1874

IT will be seen in our report Of Council
proceedings last night that an important
resolution was introduced and favorably
acted upon looking to large expenditures
In the way Of street improvements.
Year: 1874

Mrs. S. NJ. Pollard, young milliner Of
BinghamptOn, Y. Y, is in luck. Her
fathers brother and her uncle, was wild,
and wandered of to California in the early
days Of the golden State, when he was a
young man and his niece little girl. The
wanderers family would have nothing
more to do with him, and never got any
news from the far-off land in which he had
thrown himself away. They thought and
spoke of him as gone to the dOgs, and q
disgrace to the honorable name Of Pollard.
Little Miss Pollard remembered her uncle.
He had been good and kind and gentle to
her, and she never thought he was so bad a
man. When she grew little, she made
efforts to ascertain her uncie's whereabouts,
and succeeded. She wrote TO him, in her
little pratliDg way, and he became inter-
ested in the correspondence, and answered
her letters regularly. Thus, Miss Pollard
kept up constant communication with her
uncle. Who knows but that correspondence
with ali innocent girl may have saved him,
and induced him TO change his wild ways?


The other day Miss Pollard received a
letter from San Francisco stating that her
uncle had recently died, leaving her sole
heir to his property, consistingof S1O5, 900 in
cash and 100000 in houses and lands. 50
Uncle Pollard was not so bad man after
all. He was certainly good enough for the
paper and postage expended in keeping
up a correspondence with him.
Little girls should always low
ingly remember their uncles in India or
California 1t does not cost much, and the
investment, without any very great risk Of
loss, sometimes pays. 1t did in Miss Pol
lard's case. She will now buy her bonnets
aud other fine fixings at the old stand, and
bless Uncle Pollarfs memory as long as
she lives
Year: 1874

The Republican party must not
count, however, upon Democratic ex-
cesses. That party has now a strong
hope of national success. 1t is on its
good behavior. If it has any tact or
shrewdness it will scrupulously avoid
those measures by which public opinion
at the North would be again sharply
drawn to its past misdeeds. The Re
publicans must set themselves to cor.
rect their own errors, to purify their
own party, and to give it a wise, hon
orable and consistent policy, if they
mean to make successful resistance in
1876 to Democratic reaction.
Year: 1874

A DISCOVERY FOR WHICH WE ARE m
DEBTED TO THE PRINCIPALrrY OF
WALES.


Sands, the circus proprietor, was the
first to clip horses in this country, in
1874. There was opposition to the
practice at first, but experience proved
that clipped horses escaped many
maladies.to whichlthc animal Is subject,
such, for example, as the colds that
are taken from the congealing Of per-
spiration under thick coat of hair.
The clipped horse does not perspire SO
freely as the animal whose hair is slf-
fered to grow: he is, therefore, less
likely to catch cold after heating
drive in a freezing atmosphere. More
over, the clipped horses skin Is more
easily kept clean. This is the time of
clipping for the winter, and at two
establishments in this city the work Is
done. A knife is made to revolve over
a comb, cutting off the hair evenly as
| it projects above the teeth. Thus rap
idity and evenness of clipping is secpr-
ed, and there is no danger of cutting
the skin. A horse can be clipped in
this way with one machine in two or
three hours, but several machines may
be operated at once on the SAM
animal, thus greatly expediting I he
operation. The price varies and the
operation is usually repeated later in
the season. Horses used in running
races are not often clipped, because
they are not used in winter, and be-
cause their fine coats are not benefited


by the shortening of the hair.


The custom of clipping is believe ed
to have originated in Wales, where
rough-coated ponies are in use.-Er.
Year: 1874

The time of the year has now
come when fires are to be re-kindled
Old cracked stoves will be brought
out suddenly and put up the frst
cold snap. Unsafe and soot-flled
chimneys are crowded with two OF
three stove pipes. The consequen.
ces to some body will be disastrous
The house, store or shop will take
fire some day and burn up before
you are aware of it. And theI
some one will find when too late
they had no Insurance. Be wise be.
fore the fire. Look to your stoves
know they arc whole. Examine
your stove pipes, clean your chin.
ney. See that all cracks and holes
therein are securely plastered up
Put up your stoves well, and then
come to


T. NJ KELLER.


and get an Insurance Policy on
your building and all its contents
1 have splendid line of Companies
There are none better. Many rep
resented in this city will not stand
the test. Look at the following: