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Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
Beauty OF the Baltic.
tCor. Temple Bari


One great charm of the Baltic sea Is
the limpidity of the water. So clear are
these quiet waves that even at twilight,
when the light is subdued, we can dis
Germ every stone, every tangle, and
patch of sand, as if it were noon. A
passing sail makes the loveliest refeo-
lions. There are two little boats sail.
ing past, but one belongs 30 the world
of fact, the other to that of fancy, and
that is fairest. was at first indeed
skeptical as to the picturesqueness Of
Rugen from an artists point of view,
but the twilight of several successive
days convinced me. tits not so much
the sunsets, although these are gorgeous
and beautiful, as the afterglow which
would delight and enrich painter.
One night the sun went down in q
clear sky, and we had one of those long,
lovely. twilights peculiar to our island.
The heavens and sea were of one pure
pale rose color that faded into violet
and looking seward not an object broke
these quiet harmonies except fishing
brig at anchor, deep orange in color,
and one far-off white sail. The water
was smooth as lake, and all was still
except for the most musical little ripple
in the world as the quiet tide FLASHED on
the shore. This scene was all the more
beautiful as we beheld it from under
bowers of natural greenery, fragrant
flowers growing close to hand, twilight,
wood, sea and sky, all making up O.
scene fairylike and understandable.
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
The Hair Question.


With that strange inconsistency which
at rare intervals marks the gentler sex,
the women Of France and England are
now said to be tearing their false
hair over the fact that China
has ceased to export hair to Marseilles.
For how can Paris and London danes
get along without a liberal supply OF
wigs and bangs3 According to a German
paper, the Marseilles ARTISTS In hair"
use annually eighty tons Of hair. OF
these forty tons come from China, while
twenty-five tons are supplied by Italy,
thirteen tons and ten hundred weight
by Cochin China. twenty tons by British
India, five tons by Japan, four tons and
six hundred weight by Algeria, and 80
on. Three tons are used in Marseilles
alone. OF these bali ton is for mems
wigs, and two tons ten hundred weight
for ladies' chignons, plaits, curls and the
other artificial parts of womens head
gear. 1t makes little or no difference
how many Cinnamon NJ Ferry slaugh-
tiers, but nature pity the premier thaa
touches French woman's chignon-
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
PORTABLE STRAWBERRY BIDS.
An Aged Negroes Invention, and the
Success Of His Plan.

ATLANTA Constitution.l .,t......
Portable strawberry beds are the latest
in the long list of inventions of the nine
teenth century, and in a few years
every citizen who has a little patch of
garden or sunny spot on the roof OF
his house can raise Strawberries all the
year round. These beds have three or
four advantages over the old fashioned
style, which cannot be overesti-
mated. All the disadvantage of
wind, rain, and drought are done
away with. Between Branford and
Guilford is back road that is little
travelled and on one of the loneliest,
rockiest and most generally forlorn
cleariugs lives the man who is destined
to revolutionize the market gardening
of the future. He is an aged negro,
rejoicing in the appellation of Caesar
johnson. A reporter, with taste for
the wild and beautiful in nature,
CHANGED to drive past the habita-
ton of Caesar day or two ago, and was
surprised to see the old man sitting In
front of his house, regarding with an
air of pride three or four fine. specimens
of Strawberries. .-.... .....
'Where in the world did you get
thoseF' he asked, as he drew up his an
mated quadruped. 49,. ~.
81 growed 'em," said Caesar, as be
calmly devoured berry that would
bring 25 cents in the New York mar
ket. ~ ,t.@
"You growed 'em1 How2
Eyes, .sar, growed them in buckets.
You jess come and see.
The reporter followed, and sure
enough, back of the howell on a bench,
stood twenty or thirty pals, each with a
fourishing strawberry plant. Some of
the plants were'coVered with blossoms,
and on others the deep red and deli
cately greenish white of the ripe and UNI
ripe fruit, peeped from under the luxu-
RANT leaves -
''You see dem pals is mighty handy
to take round" explained Caesar, as he
held one in each hand for the news
gatherer's inspection. Il done made a
lot of them pals, and fill 'em up wild de
BLACKLIST kind Of wood dirt Den once
a week outs ru nner, off an old plant,
and puts in fresh pail, and that way
keeps fresh stock These old plants
can stand de cold, so leave em out
until late in the afternoon, but the
young 'uns they looks kinder peaked il
let's dem be out except in de middle OBJ
de day" ... ......,.,.,.. r.
The roof of the house was mostly com
posed of old sashes neatly glazed, and in
the center Of the garrett floor stood an
old wood stove, which kept the temper
ature at summer heat, There were
more pals, each containing plants of
differeut ages, which Caesar explained
would bear all winter if he did not for
get and let the fire go out,
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05


Some weeks ego o family consisting OF
husband, wife, and baby about 3 years
old, reached Detroit from some eastern
point in destitute condition, and fin
ally got a room in house on Catherine
street with citizen whose sympathies
had been aroused. For q time both
parents were i'll, and the man had
scarcely recovered when the wife died.
Unable TO work, and equally UNI
able to care for the child, he
permitted woman living near by to
take il home. A day or two ago, having
vainly searched for work in Detroit, the
man decided to go farther west. Three
or four different families offered to take
the baby and adopt it, and he was
forced to realize that he must part with
1t. Poor, destitute, friendleSs, and
with only money enough to take him to
Chicago, what could he dol When the
the time came to make decision there
WAS y crowd of women appealing to him
and promising TO be mother to the
little wait. He took the child in his
arms and wept over it, and said in a
broken voice. E tAtt&A.
"Poor Billy! I'm putting you AVA
forever"
The child chung fast 70 his neck with
one arm, and with the free hand wiped
away his tears and said
PAS crying pas crying Is pa
sickf'
The man pressed the boy to his heart,
kissed him again and again, and to the
woman who was to take him he said:
Its tearing my heart out, but it must
be done! He'll grow up to forget his
dead mother and me, and never to hear
our names spoken, but I've got to let
him go. One more kiss, Billy"
Papa doin' away1"
yes; good-byop
Goodbye. Hurry homep'
The women sobbed and the men shed
tears, and all Of sudden the father
rushed from the house and hurried from
the neighborhood without one glance
behind him, doubtless fearing that if he
tarried moment longer his love would
prove stronger than his pledge.
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
IChicago Journal

The chief feature of proceedings in
the horse ring at the great Canadian
fair at Toronto, the other day, were the
field trials Of the collie dogs. The
collie field trials took place between
and 2, at which hour there was not a
vacant seat on the grand stand, while
an enormous multitude surrounded the
remaining portions of the ring. Two
pens were constructed in front of the
grand stand, and half dozen sheep
were placed in each. These were
liberated alternately with each dog, who
had to drive them down the field
between two fences and then bring them
back to the pen. The first dog to take
the field was T. Telfer's Speed, imported
aged years. He drove the shoep
splendidly and penned them in ak
minutes, in an easy, quiet way, which
competent judges thought ID would be
difficult TO beat. Speed turned out to
be the best dog tried during the after
noon.
Mr.. MoKenzie's Sly was next given q
trial, but he only did his work noder.
ately we'll. He rushed the sheep too
much, the consequence being that they
broke the flock, and time was lost in
getting them together again. Eventually
Sly penned them, his time being eleven
minutes. MY. Shane's Jack followed,
and began his work we'll He had only
been at it few minutes, however, when
two or three Of the other dogs, tired,
doubtless, at having looked on so long
broke away from their owners and dashed
after the 1ock, which scattered In all
directions. When the dogs had been re-
called, Jack had to recommence his work,
which took him eleven minutes to com
plete. Two other dogs, Hero and Bob,
were given the field, but they did not
prove competent.
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
A NeapOIitan Den.
IRON, Cor. London Tines


Imagine the doorway of cave,
where, on entering, you must descend.
Not ray Of light penetrates into it ex-
cept by the one aperture you have
passed through; and there, between four
black battered walls and upon layer Of
filth mixed with putrid straw, two, three
and four families vegetate together.
The best side Of Che cave, namely: that
through which humidity fltrates the
least is occupied by a rack and a manger
10 which animals of various kinds are
tied; horse it may be, or an ass, a calf
or a pig. On the opposite, a heap of
boards and rags represent the beds. In
one corner is the fireplace and the house
hold utensils lie about the floor. THIS
atrocious scene is animated by swarm
of half-naked, disheVelled women; Of
children entirely naked rolling about In
the dirt, and OF men stretched on the
ground in the sleep Ut idiocy.
Such is Neapolitan fcndaoho.
Multiply it by thousands. Remember that
100, 900 beings at least have no other
shelter; that they only live on fruit and
vegetables, on snails and onions, with
out even changing their rags once in a
year; without water, except such as
flows in dense, impure rivulet wind
ing through those lanes. Remember that
over those fondachi rise houses of four
and five floors, where another popula-
ton, scarcely less poor less dirty or
less crowded and ill-fed, lies huddled
together. Houses whore the suns rays
never penetrate, where the sea breeze
never reaches, where all instinct Of
modesty Is dead, aid animal humanity
alone predominates. This is the Naples
which has need Of being disemboweled-
the gangrsne it Is necessary to burn out.
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
TThe CurreDtl

Among journalists, lawyers, doctors,
and among the artists who struggle with
brush and pencil, the Bohemian" no
longer survives. His day Is utterly
passed. The world demands Of profess
siOnal men hard, earnest, honest work,
and careful conservation of their physi-
cal and mental energies. It no longer
toierates the genius" who is only oapa-
BILE Of effort in the interval between per-
sonal excsssea Under this new order
thrift and honor, and rewards obtain.
The ohophouss is no longer the college
Of art, and the ale mug no longer the
fountain Of inspiration.
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
Queen Ylctorla,. Joke.
London Letter. ]

Queen Victoria rarely INDUCES In 9
joke, but she once gave good hit at
Sir Charles Dixie, who had little sympa-
thy for the royal family. Some one
spoke disparagingly of Sir Charles
bikes criticism of the civil list, where
upon the queen remarked; 1T Is
strange, for | remember having him
as a 10y on my knee and stroking his
hair, suppose" added her majesty,
after moments pause, Il must have
stroked it tho wrong w6y"
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
Dr. hollands Grave.
YCor. Chicago Tnbunal

The grave of DR.. Josiah Gilbert Hol-
land al Springfield, Mass, has boon
kept covered with fresh flowers al sum
mer and this fall by his admirers
throughout the state. The first flowers
laid there were arbutus, and then wind
flowers and violets; and now the mound
is covered with gentians and heliotropes
and the late bloom of the honeysuckle,
with sprays Of goldsn-rod and glowing
clusters of asters.
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
I'm. mirror UP % N-su-s.
rPhliadelphla Photograph. !

The scensry of tho Vienna theatre Is
described by q correspondent ~ being
as near nature % art can make it At
an opera by Wagner birds Huttered
across the stage among the trees; In
''Lohengrin" the swan drawing his nat
Ia intellectually iife-like, drag ION
comes out to find Siegfried; the branches
and eayes Of the trees are pendent,
and at times moved he II by breeze;
the sky scenery at the time of a sun4ge
or q sunset could not DO excelled; d8d,
IN fact, everything seems so real that,
at the end, II Ia hard TO throw of the
spell and return to real life.
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
II-or. London Eiald.

A new way Of obviating the effect Of
Q side wind on rife-shooting amused the
grim old Turkish sanjak. Musketry
officer on arrival at range finds strong
wind blowing from the right. He moves
his squad six PAGES to the right, and sits
down to mark with q calm superiority
over technical detail that earthquakes
could not rutfle.
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
Glad Tidings.
IChicago JournaLl

kChIChKU JUuFnhhI
A machine has been invented 10 obvh 4,
ate the necessity of boating carpets. 10
ia q polygonal drum, formed OF wooden
bars, and fixed on shaft revolving. hoR
isontally. It is twelve feet in dimatey.
six feet In length, and Is inclosed in .
chamber and driven by an Otto gas on,
CINE OF twelve-horse power, which also
drives fan Cor drawing the dust from
the chamber. The carpets are placed In
the drum, which u fitted with internal
rollers, and these turn the carpet over
as the drum revolyes. At twenty-five
revolutions minute, from 400 TO 800
square yards Of carpet are cleaned in an
houy
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
why His SALARY was Reduced.
CNaw York Rtar.l

81 shall be compelled to reduce your
salary, Mr.. Johnson, until cold
weather sets In" said mean employer
to his bald-headed book keeper.
"WhyP asked the old fellow with q
sinking heart.
because | notice that large portion
CT the time which should be devoted 20
my service is spent by you IN fighting
aies of the top Of your head"
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
ysfoston Dud1et.l

We bow down before men or women
because they are reputed to be rich,
when in reality they are no better II 50
well of a. ourselves We take the
shadow for the Substance 30 often that
We are incapable Of distinguishing the
one from the other, and We make our
salaams to . bejeweled and bediSened
madame or sir, who may be but one day
removed from tine common jail.
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05

Detroit Free Press: Tho dude did not
last long in this country. 1t is some
tines more trouble to play fool than the
stakes ere worth
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05

Every time the sheep bleats 10 loses q
nouthful, and every time We complain
We miss o blessing,
- - -eP~
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05
0afeo Likely.

The Glasgow Herald thinks that II
Americans would substitute oatmeal for
pies and hot cakes, they would be
calmer, less lively, less speculative, less
bombastic, and happier
Clarksville daily chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1884-11-05

Death and your dog are the only
friends that yon may DO sure will never
deceive To,h
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-01
COLONEL SAMUEL CoURrRIGHr.
sorrowful Scenes at the Hospital.

CINCINNATI, o., March 3l.-The belief
prevails that the Public Library will be
used temporarily as place for holding
court A committee of fifteen have been
appointed at meeting of business men,
Mayor Stephens presiding, to secure suit
able quarters. There are sorrowful
scenes at the hospital. Weeping women
ask after wounded relatives and friends.
The doctors and surgeons are dressing
wounds and amputating limbs. Kind la
dies are ministerlng at the cots of wound
ed men, some of whom are unconscious,
and others moaning, but the most bear
ing the pain bravely. Seven have died at
the hospital since noon yesterday. At the
morgue all the bodies were identified but
one, noble looking fellow, about twen-
ty-tour, who wears smile that conquers
death and deties the grave, with firm,
strong beard and broad brow, fit for a
leader of men.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-01
For Three Long Days and Nights,
Finds Time For Pause and
Reflection.
A Summing Up of the Cost Of the DEM
onstration-The Motive Approved,
But the Methods Condemned.
Incidents and Accidents Of the Great
Riot-The Killed and Wounded
Locked Up-The Mob Prao-
tically Disbanded.
The Work of the Flames.

CiNCfNNATI, o., March 3l.-The feeling
at noon is one Of relief. No further riot
is apprchcndcd. The crowds at the bar
ricades are diminishing The Courthouse
and jail swarm with soldiers on guard and
sleeping, The guards have been doubled
at the ruins to protect the fragments of
records which escaped. The two first
books OF the County Commissioners rec
ords A. d. 1871 to 1920 are saved. The
confession Of Palmer and Berner as
also the weapons used by them were
saved; also the gallows made for the
hanging of McEiugh, the wife murderer.
Original wills and bonds in the Probate
Court are the only things saved there,
and two framed s.of rules are the only
things left OF the second best law library
of the country. The destruction of
records, indictments and other legal mat
tiers will cause the most of the pending
suits to be recommended,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-01
Crowding the Dead Lines.

CINCINNATI, o., March 3l.-There is
considerable complaint by the citizens
that the riot act was not read before the
militia fired. The streets leading to the
burnt Courthouse and jail are barricaded
with overturned wagons, planking, bar
relS OF salt, etc, and guarded by veterans
Of Cincinnati, three regiments Of the
Governors Guards and two cOlored com
panieS, two Calling guns and four field
pieces. Eight hundred additional troops
arrived last night Five companies
are stationed at the city buildings where
two batteries of artillery and two Calling
guns are detailed, Three companies pa
troll the streets, two are stationed at the
Music Hall, and others are distributed in
the suburbs and police stations.
This morning Adjutant General Finley
orders detailed reports from field and
staff officers of the number of men in
each command. The Sixteenth regiment,
of Toledo, 400 strong; the Fifth regiment,
100 men, and 2j0 others arrived this morn
ing, making $500 troops in the city. The
streets are quiet except IN the vicinity Of
the Ourt-hOuse, where crowds are stand
ing at the dead lines looking at the barri-
cades and marks of bullets in the adjacent
houses.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-01
smoking out the prisoners in the jail, and

smoking out the prisoners in the jail, and
their guards. 1t Is a mistake to talk
about the mob at the jail night before last
as toughs and roughs. The men active
and earnest in the movement were not as
a rule of the vicious classes"
THE ENQUIRER.
The Enq,iirer says; "The situation Is
one which cripples any attempt to de-
scribe it. 1t is past the point OF moral
ization or argument, and nothing but APP
peal suggests itself. 1t is difficult to con-
slider it calmly, but calmness, delibera.
ton, judgment, are qualities for which
there is pressing need"
NEWS-JOURNAL.
The NepS-JOurnal says: "The object
for which the movement was organized
has been lost sight of and what was In.
tended as a power to punish crime has de-
generated into an almless, unmanageable
mob; but as troops are now pouring into
the city in sufficient numbers to quell the
disturbance, law and order will again be
supreme in very few hours"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-01
Opinions of the Press,

CINCINNATI, O., March 3l.-The Com
mercial Gazette says; Throughout the
city yesterday there was strangely
unanimous sentiment of regret that the
riot of the night before had not resulted
in the execution of some of the most OBJ
noxious of the crowd of murderers in the
jail. That would have made peace. 1t
was felt that the public indignation
was just, though the methods Of
its execution had caused only death
and suffering among honest men, and
there was no compensation for the mis-
fortune. The mistake has been made
throughout the unhappy excitement in this
city, which has had such terrible results,
of undertaking the force of the public in
dignation. The long continued malad-
ministration of the laws, and the defiant
attitude of the evil-doers, with the appar-
ent hopelessness of speedy remedies,
have produced sense of resentment
stronger than those who have not had es-
pecial occasion to familiarize them
selves with the prevalent feeling
could have conjectured. The Music
Hal Indignation meeting was called
and managed by those who were
not aware of the innammability of the
material around them, and even after the
experience of Friday night the enormous
crowd that assembled last evening and
the desperate spirit of many in 1t was
still surprise There has been in addi-
ton series of deplorable mistakes Lead
ing on to the supreme disaster that is upV
on us. There is u large amount of per-
sonal responsibility to settle, but this Is
no time for that. First we must have
order and peace. The destruction of the
Courthouse by fire last night is of itself a
great public misfortune, and the loss
of records will make confusion for many
year. For long time before the house
was fired there were many threats that 1t
should be destroyed and these seemed to
grow rather out of the theory that 1t was
temple of injustice than from any idea
Of the savage stratagem Of burning and