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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-15
FLAGMAKER BETsEY ROSS.
The Woman of Genius Who De.
signed the American Flag.

Now that the modern Penelope is
stabbing her white fingers with the point
of cruel needle and getting the aesthetic
bulrush in faithful Kensington colors on
screens aud panels it is interesting, says
the Washington Post, to recall the
achievements of our grandmothers in
that direction. In the quiet old days be-
fore the sewing machine, noisy and ag-
gressive, forced dainty and womanly
handicrafts from the field, they did some
work that was greatly to their credit,
and one of them at least has been en-
balmed in the amber of history by means
of her needlework. She was the genius
of the scissors, and with that good blade
EXcalibur she cut her way to fame and
fortune. Gen. Washington himself was
lroused to enthusiasm by the deftness
with which Mrs. Betsey Ross, of Phila-
delphia, folded and cut, at one fell stroke,
white satin star. For forty-six years
she made flags for the Army and Navy.
At the request of DIR. franklin, Mr..
George Morris and Colonel George Ross,
she made the first flag of the United
Estates, and Thomas Paine, who seems to
have had finger in every pie in those
good old times, showed her how to set
the stars on the flag.
1t was at one time proposed to put on
it the eagle from the Navy flag, but
against this Paul Jones protested. Be-
sides being fagmaker extraordinary to
the general Government, she was an ar
tistic upholsterer, and furnished parlors,
theaters and hotels. She not only
worked herself, but gave employment to
all her relatives and friends. She up
holstered the ocean steamers that piled
between the new England and the old.
For all these purposes she imported the
richest fabrics, and nothing, says the
sketch of her life which has come down
to us, could be more bright and beautiful
than the draperies which she designed.
Probably she did not say designed"
She would have been much more likely,
in the sensible phraseology of the day,
to say that "she cut them out" and "made
them up" She would look with scant
admiration on the colors and half and
quarter shades of modern panels. For
herself she liked something bright and
decided, and always combined with pri-
mary colors. Her proudest victories
were won by that solid phalanx of the
seven uncompromising shades.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-15
HOW MYTHS ORIGINATE.
An Incident Which illustrates the
Origin Of Many Popular Legends.
Popular Science Monthly.

tlOpukhr oCltiCe MOuullyI
No doubt many legends of the ancient
world. though not really history, are
myths which have arisen by reasoning
OF actual events as definite as that which
some four years ago was terrifying the
peasant mind in North Germany, and
especially in Posen. The report had
spread far and wide that all Catholic
children with black hair and blue ewes
were to be sent out of the country, some
said to Russia, while others declared it
was the King of Prussia who had been
playing cards with the Sultan of Turkey
and had staked and lost forty thousand
fair-haired, blue-eyed children; and there
were Moors travelling about in covered
carts to collect them, and the school
masters were helping, for they were
to have $5 for every child they handed
over.
For time the popular excitement was
quite serious; the parents kept the chill
dren away from school and hid them, and
when they appeared in the streets of the
market town the little ones clung to
them with terrified looks. DIR. Schwartze,
the well-known mythologist, took the
Fpains to trace the rumor TO its sources.
One thing was quite plain, that its prime
cause was that grave and learned body,
the Anthropological Society of Berlin,
who, without thought of the commo-
tion they were stirring up, had, in order
to class the population as to race, in
duced the authorities to have a census
made throughout the local schools TO as
certain the color of the children's skin,
hair and eyes. Had it been only the
boys, to the Government inspection of
whom for military conscription the Ger
man peasants are only too well accus-
toned, nothing would have been thought
of it; but why should the officials want
to know about the little girls hair and
eyes?
The whole group of stories which sud-
denly sprang up were myths created to
answer this question, and even the details
which became embodied with them could
all be traced to their sources, such as the
memories of German princes selling reg
iments of their people to pay their debts,
the late political negotiations between
Germany and Russia, etc. The fact that
a caravan of Moors had been travelling
about as show accounted for the cov-
cred carts with which they were to fetch
the children, while the schoolmasters
were naturally implicated as having
drawn up the census. One schoolmaster,
who evidently knew his people, assured
the terrified parents that it was only the
children with blue hair and green eyes
that were wanted-an explanation which
sent them home quite comforted.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-15
LEARNING THE BALLET.
How Young Girls Are Trained fer
the Stage.
London Truth. I

To learn how to dance on the stage re-
quires considerable time. A girl is first
taught to turn her feet out by standing
with the toe of each foot to the heel of
the other. The next thing is to give her
"point." This is done by seating her
on form with one leg strapped to it at
the knee joint, while a,person presses the
toe down so as to arch the instep. Then
she is told to hold on to a bar and throw
each leg successively as high as possible
without bending the knee. The exercise
loosens the joints and renders them sup
pie. After daily work of this kind dur
ing some months, and sometimes years,
the girl is taught steps and learns how to
walk upon her toes. This, which, when
well done, always elicits applause, is by
no means so difficult as it appears. In
reality the dancer walks on her big toes,
and the others do not touch the ground.
The big toe is bent slightly toward the
others, so that the pressure is as much on
the side as on the end. But it is far
more difficult to use the arms gracefully
than the legs ON the stage. In order to
find this out, person has only to take
stick and to endeavor to wave it after
the manner of stage fairy. There must
be no angles, and the movements must
be made very slowly in order to be etfec-
tive. Miss Kate Vaughan is the most
graceful dancer on the English Stage.
This is because she knows how to hin
der her body from following the move
ments of her arms or her legs. What
ever steps she may be taking with her
feet, or whatever curves she may make
with her arms, her body is in repose, as
though her limbs were unconnected with
it. To realize the effect of graceful
movement, let any one observe the
movements of bad dancer on the stage.
Instead of only dancing from her waist,
her body is twisted this way and that
with every step that she takes, and thus
she produces the impression Of young
heifer indulging in gambols. a.. D.,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-15

more practice, and is more difficult, to
play we'll on string instruments than on
the piano. A man who has, by disease
or injury, lost the faculty of talking, is
generally also unable to write; and it is
only in exceptional cases that one of
these functions persists while the other
is in abeyance.
Cases of this latter kind show, how
ever, that there are really two separate
centers for the two faculties which are
lying very close together, and therefore
generally suffer at the same time. If
the disease affecting them be still more
extensive, the faculty of intelligent pam
temime or gesticulation is likewise abol-
ished. Persons who have entirely lost
their language may still be able to play
chess, backgammon and whist; and they
have been observed to cheat at cards
with some ingenuity. They may also be
sharp in business matters-facts. tending
to show that speech and intellect do not
run in identical grooves.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-15
That Duel Between a Poet and q
King,
London Telegraph.

A correspondent writes: "Friends in
Norway have asked me to reduce the ex-
traordinary story of the Morse poet,
Bjornstgerne Bjornsen, having chal-
lenged his sovereign to duel and hav-
ing had to flee the country in conse-
quence to its proper insignificance. /
will only add That l don't know Mr..
Bjornsen, that have no sympathy with
his politics and exceedingly little with
his late writings; his Germanizing ten
tendencies / utterly abhor, but fair
plays jewel, and the following is his
account of theincident: Mr.. Bjornsen had
been repeatedly told by persons in whom
he placed credence that at large party at
the palace at Stockholm, His Majesty
Oscar II had, with some vehemence
and in very audible voice, spoken of
him in a manner which contrasted 50
much.with previous kindly expressions
of the monarch as deeply to wound the
poet. He wrote to one of the Morse Min.
isters in Christiana detailing the matter
to him, and in the most respectful terms
asking for an explanation. He added
that unfair influences had probably been
at work, and that he should be we'll con.
tented by the smallest possible expression
| of regret from his Majesty's side.' twill
surprise no one who is aware how party
politics and literary squabbles get mixed
up in the North, to an extent utterly
uncomfortable here, that this letter, com
ing q know not how to the knowledge
of Mr.. Bjornsen's political opponents wal
carefully worked up into a challenge tt
mortal combat, in which shape the story
reached England" ="
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-15
SAMARITAN'S GIFT.
SAMARlTAN'S GIFT!

The only positive cure. No Balsam Co
pabia; no Mercury; no exposure; used in
in the U. S. Hospitals
"PosT HOSPITAL, Fort MARsHtLL,
BALTIMORE, Nd. Feb. Goth. 1864.
II have great satisfaction in stating that
have used The Samaritan Remedies for
venereal diseases in its most customary
forms; that l have used them with judg-
ment, discretion and properly, and have
found them respond to my anticipations
promptly and effectually. Knowing their
composition, have the fullest confidence
in their efficacy, and as far as my use of
them extends l recommend them strongly.
ALFRED c. BOWER,
"Asst. Surgeon, 9Th N. Y. Vols"
Many who are drugged by the quack for
months could be cured in from two to four
days by one package of Samaritan's Gift
Male package 81, female 81. Sold by ERNST
WILFERT, Fourth and Walnut and by
druggists.
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-15

If you are subject to the ague you must be
| sure to keep your liver, bowels and kid
news in good free condition. When 80, you
will be safe from all attacks. The remedy
to use is Kidney-Wort 1t is the best pre-
ventation of all malarial diseases that you
can take. See large advertisement
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-15

The only vegetable substitute for calo-
mel is Maguire's Cundursngo Bitters,
which cures all complaints OF the liver,
blood and stomach, and keeps the bowels
open.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-15
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04

parts of Lady Deadlock and Hor-
tense, making the wonderful con-
trast between the proud but quiet
lady and the voluble, spiteful lady's
maid. 1t is a consummate piece Of
acting, but the novel has not been
satisfactorily dramatized. nor in
deed does ii admit of satisfactory
dramatization
The supporting company is very
far above the average of such COM
binations. Messrs. Cotter and Wes-
sells and the three ladies, Mtsdames
Creese, Fletcher and Carhardt,
would do honor to any company.
Why do we not always have in
teilectual entertainments like this,
instead of the vulgar, senseless bur-
lesque that forms the staple of our
amusements Alas, we fear that
the moral and religious classes, who
have withdrawn their patronage
from theatrical representations, are
responsible. AS the audience is, SO
will be the entertainments, and il
the intellectual, the moral and re-
ligious absent themselves, and the
ignorant and licentious constitute
the audience, then the performance
vii! adapt itself to gross and sensual
tastes, and to those only.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04


party shall be in such a minority as
to induce listless despair, or open
the flood-gates of naughty reckless
ness to the other. May God grant
US however a contention for the
helm of state freer from fraud and
violence than that which has of late
years characterized our elections.
Thanksgiving Day was more gem
orally observed by the churches
here than IN former years.
New industries are constantly
springing up, and our people care
shippingssome of their wares to the
mightiestEcities of the north.
Nashville is already a Igreat edu-
cational centre. She will compare
favorably withsany citygnorth or
south. Thousands of young men
and women, white and colored, are
training in her universities, colleges
and high schools. We are literally
begirt administrations of learning.
These are signs of prosperity true
and lasting. May our prospects
never be darkened.s Philanthropic,
honest and enterprising newspaper
men have much to do with our
future as nation. Success to them.
r.. K. BROWN.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04

their operations in that direction in
which extension Is by experience
shown to be possible.
We cannot refrain Though the
subject has recently been worn
threadbare1 from at least mention
ing that all the facilities for manu-
features which we have been point
ing out would be indefinitely in
creased by an extension of our pres
ent railroad system such as to render
more accessible not only the coal,
wood and iron we require bat the
markets in which we can dispose of
the products of our industry; but
our readers have come to such a pass
that when they see the words
Princeton Tdiirodd' i'm an article,
they lay down the paper, so we alb
stain from writing them till we
arrive at the close of our article.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04
rne Tennessee senntorshin.

Washington special to the Chicargo Times.
Col J. G. Burch, secretary of the
senate, has been interviewed con-
corning the contest for the senator
ship in Tennessee. 1.-THE democrats
said he, "have a majority of six
over all, and will elect democratic
senator"
'sHas Mr.. Maynard any chances p"
"None in the world. Why, If
the legislature was republican, there
are fifteen or twenty republicans in
Tennessee who would have a better
chance than Maynard. The fact
that Mr.. Maynard is postmaster
general raises hope in certain repub-
lican circles that he can, by giving
certain democrats cross roads post
offices, induce some of them To- vote
for him. In this view republicans
seem to measure democratic corn
with their own half-bushel. They
are so used to reaching results
through official patronage that it is
considered a lever to accomplish al
most anything but it will not
avail in Tennessee"
"Who will be senator ?''
"Well / think Senator Bailey will
succeed himself. This for two rea-
sohs. If the democrats caucus for a
candidate he is sure to be nominal
ted. If they refuse to caucus for a
selection, and the contest is an open
one, republicans would vote for
Bailey rather than have him beaten
by a democrat. His chances of
election are Internationally bet
ter-than any candidate know OF"
"Will Malone act with the dem
ocrats ?'' asked the reporter.
81 feel assured" said Col. Burch,
''that he will. Malone is in a posi-
ton to except favors at the hands of
the democrats, and if he is treated
with consideration he will act with
his party"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04
A BOND-HOLOERs. MANIFESTO.

We have before us a paper adj
dressed to the holders of Tennessee
bonds by the committee of bankers
and brokers who have been man
aging their interests. 1t reads omi-
nolsly for the settlement of the
debt by the coming Tennessee legis-
lature. Encouraged by the result of
ur-recent state election, this COM
mittee have come to the conclusion
that the compromise Of the debt at
sixty cents on the dollar, with six
per cent. interest, did very well for
1878, but is inadmissible now and
they advise holders of Tennessee
bonds to continue to hold them.
We have already come to two
conclusions, that the republicans do
not desire an immediate settlement
of the debt, and that they intend, if
possible, to throw the blame of fail
ure 30 do so on the democratic party.
The5r intended method, as indi-
Gated by demonstrations in their
journals, is to put something into
the bill for settlement which the
democrats are prevented by specific
pledges from voting for, and .then
saying, at is not our fault; you see
we voted unanimously for a settle
ment, but it was defeated by the
democratic members" The indi-
gestible element they proposed pre-
senting to the democracy was the
coupon clause, which they know
that the democrats are pledged to
oppose. But this manifesto will
suit their purpose still better; they
will bring in a dollar for dollar set
Element, which will he voted down
and still leave the democracy di-
vided and themselves las they hope)
in power.
We cannot help thinking that all
parties are playing a dangerous
game as regards the debt, and GER
tainly must include the bOnd-hold-
ers' committee in that category.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04
nothers, mothers,. rrolhers II

Are you disturbed at night and
broken Of your rest by sick child
suffering aud crying with the ex-
cruciating pain of cutting teeth :?
If so, go at once and get u bottle of
MRS. WINSI.OW'S SOOTHING
SYRUP. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer irnmediately-depend
upon it; there is no mistake about
it. There is not a mother on earth
who has ever used it, who will not
tell you at once that it will regulate
the bowels, and give rest TO the
mother, and relief and health TO the
child, operating like magic. 1t is
perfectly safe to use in all cases,
and pleasant to the taste, and is the
prescription of one of the oldest and
best female physicians and nurses
in the United States. Sold every
where. % cents a bottle.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04

should be stopped. Neglect fire.
quently results in an incurable lung
disease or consumption. Browns
BRONCHIAL TROCHES are GER
tain to give relief in Asthma, BrOn-
chitis, Coughs, Ctttdrrh, Conson1p-
tire and Throat Diseases. For thirty
years the Troches have been rec
commended by physicians, and al
ways give perfect satisfaction. They
are not new or untried, but having
been tested by wide and constant
use for nearly an entire generation,
they have attained well-merited
rank among the few staple RENE
dies of the age. Public Speakers
and Singers use them to clear and
strengthen the voice. Sold at 25c.
a box everywhere.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04

A LONG-needed want.-a Cloth
ing house who make Specially OF
Youths, Boys, and Children's
Clothing. j. g. Joseph, the Star
Clothier, next door to Franklin
Bank, has now supplied said want
by having the largest and best Sc
Iected stock ever brought TO the
city. oct9-tf.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04

NEXT week j. G. Joseph & Bro,
corner 1st. and Franklin Sts., will
open their special Bargain counters.
Ladies' can purchase goods at their
own price by waiting until then.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04

Best spices cinnamon, cloves,
mace, nutInegs, allspice, black pep
per, cayenne pepper, celery seed,
mustard seed, Coleman's mustard,
Lexington mustard, Jamaica gin
ger. None but the purest kept in
stock. For convenience of our GUS
TONERS, will grind them in our
spice mill as they are needed, insur-
ing freshness and purify Prices as
low as asked for inferior quality
OWEN q MOORE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04

Largest and best assortment of
toilet goods ever offered in this mar
ket; full lines of Lubins, Atkinson
d Lows handkerchief extracts, all
kinds OF soap, tooth-brushes, cloth
brushes, hair-brushes, all kinds of
brushes at all sorts of prices, hand
mirrors, combs, face-powders, etc.,
etc., ETC., at Owen q Moore's drug
store.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04

Pursuant to a decree of the Chancery
court at its September special term, 1850,
win sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, at the door of my office; on
Wednesday, 10Th day of December,
1880,
I60 acres of land, bounded on the north and
east, by lands formerly owned by Z. ID.
Briley, on the west by the lands of c, 3.
Bryan, and on the south, by Cumberland
river.
TERMS OF SALE: l, and9 years time,
with interest, notes with good personal Sc
curity. and lien retained. No redemption.
p. q. JOHNSON, G. d NJ.
Dec. LIT prf s. 30.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04

Go TO J. G. Joseph & Bro. cor. 1st,
and Franklin SITS. for Bargains in
Dress Goods, Notions &c. They
have Just received an invoice of
Fifty cases direct from a Bankrupt
Stock east, and will be sold at what
they will bring.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04
Presbyterian Mutual Assurance
Fund, Louisville, ky.

A mutual insurance, costing you
81 90 as initiation fee. Insurance
$4,000. Accident or Sick Benefits
50 90 per week. 81 90 quarterly
dues. Assessments according to age
at the death of a member. For fur
ther information apply to r. d.
Moseley. local agent at GAINESVILLE,
or j. III. Jones agent at New Provi-
dence, Tenn. sep42m.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-12-04
GEORGE s. THROOP.
CHAs. w. FUHRER, JAS. L. JAMES, Clerks.
.CHANCERY SALES
FOR
Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1890.
James E. Bailey vs.. I. N. Riley.

James f. Bailey VS.. I. NJ. Riley.
Pursuant to a decree of the ChancerY
court at its September special term, 1880,
will sell mt public auction, to the highest
bidder, at the door of my office, on
Wednesday, 29th day Of December,
1880,
$50 acres of land bounded as follows: On
the north by Cumberland river, on the
souBh and west by the lands formerly own
ed by II. II. Smith, and on the east by
Joshua Elders tract
TERMS OF SALE: One, two and three
years time with interest, notes with good
personal security and lien retained. No
redemption.
POLK G. JOHNSON C. & NJ,
Dec. ?, 1880 pr. $50,