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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-07-24
INDIANS SLIDING DOWN HILL.
A Streak OF Copper Lightning--squaw
Mothers and Pappooses-Fun.

A Streak OF Copper LAghtning-squaw-
Mothers and Pappooses-Fun.
Twenty-Five years ago, in Minnesota, ]
used to watch the Sioux boys and girls
in their winter village up the Minnesota
river. Their arrangements were simple.
First, strip Of bark from four TO six
feet long, and not over twelve inches
wide, was peeled from a living tree.
One end was cut to point. small hole
bored through, and string tied in. Then
the little Indian, taking his piece OF bark
TO the top Of hill, placed it ON the
crusted snow smooth side down, bent up
the pointed front by pulling at the string,
and, placing one foot about in the mid.
die Of this crude sled, gave hard pusIi
with the other, and went scooting like
streak Of copper lightning. He stood
erect, and sometimes with both feet on
the bark--one behind the other, but usu-
ally the hind leg was struck out as sort
Of balance and rudder combined.
The dash down the hill was all right
and so was the arrival at the foot If the
crust Of the snow wasn't broken; but the
fun for the spectators began when use
wore out the hard surface, and this
striking Of a toboggan into soft spol
sent the bark's nose into the snow ant
the Indian flying In somersets. Hi
proboscis might plow the snow too, bu
usually not until he had taken header
of about fifteen feet; and he didn't stoI
at that, but usually did two or three flip
flaps before coming to q rest. Hurt 'em
Bless your heart, no. Why, I have seer
squaws OF sixteen to eighteen-lithe
graceful young things-take the ride anC
the tumble shrieking with glee; and, i
one happened 10 have her papoose along
didn't bother about the baby bit 70,
know, they carry them on their backs
held in place by blanket, which i
belted around the waist.
To see girlish squaw-mother shoe
through the air head foremost, while ne
babe went rolling end over end, woult
have stirred Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to children; but the pappoos
seemed always TO come out all right
being so swaddled In rabbit-ftIr, thistle
down, and blanket that it hadn't TIL
remotest idea Of the mercury dropping t.
90 degrees below. Now, for real, soil,
fun that kind of sliding down hill beat
the luxurious toboganning that has com
into New York fashion, out and out
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-07-24

Silence is vocal if We listen we'll
Holland.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-07-24
PAT Y NTS

obtained, and all other business in the u S
Patent ONCE attended to for MODERATE
FEES.
Our ONCE is opposite the U. S. Patent
Office, and we can obtain Patents IN less
time than those remote from Washington,
Send Model or Drawing. We advise as to
patentability free of charge; and we make
NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PAT
ENT.
When PATENTS granted drawing of your
invention, with claims, your name and adj
dress, viii be published in the United States
Paint Office Gazette, a paper of immense
circulation, AND THE ONLY ONE THAT
PUBLISHES THIS FREE.
We refer, here, TO the Post Master, the
Snpt of the Money Order DIV, and to of
ciRls Of the q. s. Patent ONCE. For circular,
advice, terms, and reference TO actual clients
ia your own State. or county, address
9. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent 0filne,
WAsHrScToN, d. O.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-07-24
Endorsed by The GAINESVILLE Tobacco soart Of Trade.

To ohon 1t may Concern:
The Tobacco Board of Trade of GAINESVILLE takes pleasure in
giving its full endorsement and strong recommendation Of Mr.
Ross of Montgomery county Tenn the manufacturer of the
Twist gentleman Of sterling integrity whose every statement
regard the goods he may offer fer sale may be relied upon
strictly correct in every particular These brands put up
from selected Tobaccos from this market their increasing
popularity evidence Of their purity of material and
acture and Mr. Ross seeks widen the
rbuton cheeruy give expression opinion the man.
and of his pure grades of manufactured
them to other sections of the country. M H. CLARK;
Secretary Tobacco Board of Trade.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-07-24
peenllarl,Ies Of ! eeorrLa srlaer.

Georgia's latest oddity is spider as
big as hickory-nut, the long, curved
back whereof shows the human face in
profile. The face is like that of man
of the Malay type, the brow, the eyes,
the nose, the mouth, and the chin being
initiated with a precision quite startling
in its way. Chicago Tribune.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-07-24
Dldn,t Care to Go Abroad.

Lady visitor-I suppose, Mr.. Swipe,
you will soon go abroad to study the old
masters
Mr.. Swipe-Well, really, am afraid
that in the study of the old masters /
should forget my own individuality, and
come to paint like one of them.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-07-24

Lean beefsteak and hot water for sew
enteen weeks" is the latest diet that such
of the worlds fat people who wish to
get thin are trying.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06
GROWING BETS.
Hints for Those DESTROYS of Raising
Summer and Winter Supply.


The beet is highly priced and cult
rated in nearly all gardens, for use
during the summer and winter. 1t is
also vegetable that can be used in all
stages of its growth. 1t requires but
little skill to grow it successfully, but
in order to obtain roots of the finest
quality the growing crop should be
properly attended to. The beet should
be given rich, deep, mellow soil; one
that has been heavily MANFRED broad
cast and deeply dug or plowed to
previous season is preferable. If the
manure is to be applied in the spring
have it well pulverized, and have the
soil made fine by narrowing or raking
We thus obtain well-formed, moderate
sized roots, which arc the most de-
sirable. The next consideration is the
sowing of the seed, which for the early
crop should be done as early in the
spring as the ground can be properly
prepared, and in order to have a
proper succession of suitable-sized
roots sowing should be made every
two weeks until the middle of July.
Sow in drills eighteen inches apart,
covering the seeds one inch in depth.
During dry weather soak the seed in
tepid water for some twenty-four
hours, and firm the ground well after
the seed has been sown, in order to in
sure its quick termination Sow at
the rate of one ounce of seed to one
hundred feet of row. The winter crop
should be sown about the end of June.
When the young plants have attained
a height of two or three inches, thin
out, leaving the plants standing from
four to six inches apart. The young
beets pulled in thinning are excellent
for spinach. After thinning keep the
ground well cultivated and free from
weeds; towards the end of October take
up the roots, cut the leaves off about
two inches from the crowns, and store
in pits secure from frost, or place in a
cool cellar, and cover with earth or
sand. Do not permit them to wilt or
they will never recover their brittle
texture. When pulling be careful not
to injure the roots as this causes bleed
ing.-Cor. american Garden.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06
SMALL FRUITS.
Why They Should BE Found on Every
Farm in America.

why They Should BE Found on Every
Farm i'm America.
That the mere setting out and occa.
sional hoeing of a few strawberry
plants where formerly corn, potatoes
or other staple crops have grown
would insure for the following year
enough of this luxury for family use is
true, but acceptance of the fact re-
quires faith possessed by comparatively
few of the farming public. If only one
variety is wanted the Cumberland, all
things considered, will be found most
desirable kind, though to extend the
season it is well to plant one of the
favorite later sorts. That choice black
cap raspberries can be planted and
cared for the first season with about
the same labor and skill necessary for
an equal number of hills of corn or po-
tatoes is yet to be learned by a vast
number; and that to insure successive
years of fruitfulness ordinary care and
culture is all that seems to be required;
of course, condition of soil as regards
fertility and drainage having much to
do with quality and quantity.
Grapes also should be found on every
farm. To economic space the vines
may be planted and trained alongside
of outbuildings, thus affording con-
slant source of enjoyment during the
fruitlng season. A large Brighton on
my grounds, trained to the side of the
carriage house, is regularly yielding
delicious fruit, and by being allowed
to reach off into the branches of near
by sugar maple still greater results are
looked for. In view of these facts,
should we as farmers continue to de-
prive our families of these luxuries so
healthful; so easily prepared for the
table; and always so highly appreci-
ated by the ladies of the household.
whose duty it is to prepare palatable,
inviting and healthful food each day
the year round? Let us avail ourselves
of all means so easily at hand to allevi-
ate their manifold cares and anxieties
often more numerous than the stern
er sex are aware of.-Irving D. Cook,
81 n. ]. Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

"A little whole grain scattered
among straw will make poultry scratch
for what they get and conduce to their
healthfulness. america Cultirdtor.
The great secret of getting along
pleasantly, both in the family and in
society, is to remember that lit takes
two to make quarrel. IN Y. Eram-
iner.
-Soused Pigs Feet: To two pounds
OF feet add one tablespoonful of cloves,
one OF allspice, use pepper and salt to
taste. Boil them in vinegar and wa
ter, half and half; reduce almost to
Jelly and eat hot or cold. Exchange.
Clean cane chairs by saturating
the cane well with sponge and hot
water, using soap if necessary; then
put 1T in the open air or in a good cur
rent OF air, and as it dries it will tight
en- and become as firm as when new
Toledo Blade.
German Biscuits: Mix the yelks OF
five eggs thoroughly with eight ounces
OF sugar and five ounces of -four into
the mixture. Add the whites of five
eggs beaten to a stiff froth, put into
buttered pan and bake slowly. GIN
cinnati Times.
Try this remedy for ear-ache: Take
bit of cotton batting, put upon it a
pinch of black pepper, gather it up
and tie it; dip it in sweet oil and insert
it in the ear. Put flannel bandage
over the head to keep it warm. 1t gives
immediate relief. Pittsburgh Post.
"A writer in the Rural New Yorke,
says: Horseshoes may be made to do
duty in number Of ways after they
have outlived their usefulness on the
animals hoofs. For instance, when
discover a fence-post which has split,
draw it up with chain and stout
stick, and nail IN old shoe on to hold
it together.
In planting a new bed of aspara-
gus the first and most requisite thing is
the selection of suitable soil, which
should be a light, sandy loan OF clear
sand, without stones or gravel. Seed
should be carefully selected from the
largest and most productive roots, and
planted as early in the spring as pos
sible, in heavily-manured, clean land,
in drills about one foot apart and eight
or ten seeds to the foot. N Y Teie.
gram.
The cleanest and most polished
floors have no water used on them al
all. They are simply rubbed off every
morning with a large flannel clotl
which is stepped in kerosene oil once
in two or three weeks. Shake clear
of dust, and with a rubbing brush OF
stubby broom 60 rapidly up and dowr
the planks mot across). In few rub
bings the floor assumes polished APP
pearance that is not easily dcfaced by
dirt or footprints. Scientific Anleri
| can.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06
ARCHITECTURE.
Some Reasons why Peculiarly American
Style Should BE Developed.

Style should BE Developed.
No model of the classic age, no re.
production of the architectural ideas of
effete monarchies, will fifty stand for a
new race on the free soil of America.
We have ideas and principles of our
own which must be built iii the brick
and stone, and emphasized in arch and
column. Though we are perforce
copyists in detail, it does not follow
that the first principle in effect, must
not be a studied adoption to the genius
of our soil, our institutions and our
people. Our latest buildings for bust
ness uses seem to sufficiently emphasize
all that is required of them in this con-
nection. There is indeed somewhat of
a National spirit called for in this class
of structures. 1t is to our public build
ings when fifty reared that the traveller
of the future should turn to read the
history and the lesson of the people
that builded on new and yet final prin-
ciples. Surely the Republic has in its
keeping no more serious interest than
this: the conserving of a truly repre-
sentative character in its great build
ings.
Representative as this country is to-
day; singular as are its institutions, and
the course of its growth; great beyond
all precedent as she must become,
surely the temples of her institutions,
the halls of her orscles, should fifty in
terpret in iron and in bronze the story
of her birth and development. Our
monuments are beginning to as
sumo in earnest a National character;
it remains for us to cease to blindly
copy meaningless designs for our pub
lie edifices, and to regard indeed as lit
tie less than crime the appropriation
of vast sums of money for structures
which would be filter homes for .nsti-
tutions with which fundamentally we
have no community of interest or feel
ing L. French. IN Chicago CRrrs'at
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06
THE BURIED RATCHET.

Nay, fear me not, lone wandering chief
Seek not thy people in terror and grief
To bid them arise and flee;
Fear not Old-man- afraid of-the-jrouth;
Fear not, wa.hee-wIth-hi s-pipe-in his-mouth,
Or whatever thy name may be.
The days are gone when. with painted face,
A warrior bold, hunted thy race
In the neighboring woods and caves;
The DAYS are past when, with war-like jumps,
buried my Ratchet in logs and stumps
And called them treacherous braves.
OF well remember the last bold raid
A rescuing band OF rangers made
Far back in the da, OF yore-
The last grand rally they made to save
The weeping maid that an Indian brave
Away on his mustang bore.
The brave was big one, stuffed with chat,
AND they tied him fast TO the back OF calf
That was tethered over the way;
And they tied in his arms the maiden fair
With the beautiful form and the flowing hair,
And the maiden was made OF hay.
How flauntingly floated the feathers and yarn
AS they led the calf out back of the barn
And started 1t up the lane!
How fiercely the hatchets and arrows new
Till the maiden was saved and the fieetinR
Sioux
Was finally caught and slain!
1t cost their good sires 'three an half
To pay for the way they crippled the calf
IN their rescuing raid that day;
And the birch played some OF its merriest
tunes
On the following part of the pantaloons
Of the principal scouts in the fray.
Those days are vanished. lone, wandering Lo;
blurred the Ratchet long ago
With the bow and the belt wore;
have washed the paint from my warrior
brow:
am meek as lamb and gentle now
My Indian raids are DER.
So HE thee away, Brave-st-on-the-ground
To where thy kindred and tribes are found,
And bear them message from me;
&C tell thy people. Bold grunt.ln-the-fall,
That am the friend of the red men all,
Wherever their tents may be.
B. +. Murray, in Detroit Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06

shouted roughly, and Patsy slowly
closed his eyes. As he did so the IA
miliar vision came back of the hospital
hall and cheerful fireplace, with the
dormitory of white, restful beds.
And the play went on, the mourners
chanting and grooming their Irish
songs, while the moist atmosphere
slowly settled into chill. drizzling
rain. With the lowering cloud gray
shadow fell and rested on Patsy's face.
Was it only the rain that made his brow
SO damp and coldp The boy did not
know, for he was wandering still
among those downy beds. Here was
one softer and whittier and warmer than
any; into this he would plunge and
sink away to sleep, yes, to sleep, for he
was tired, and it would be so good to
rest
The children did not mind the rain,
and were playing still half an hour
afterward when noise in the street
attracted them.
"The ingines," they cried, 't's a
fire" and with whoop every mour-
ner rushed away, leaving the corpse to
follow.
But Patsy lay still, sleeping now il
the softest and whitest of his beds and
the gray shadow which was not the
rain nor the mist fell heavier across the
shut eyes and touched the pale lips
with purple tingc. The engines rat
tied by in the next street, but the
mourners did not come back, for they
were in hot pursuit
Big Granny had drank only one por-
ton of beer yet, and restless as usual
under so light dose, it happened tina t
she opened the door of her room and
stumbled through the dark passage
way into the yard while Patsy still lay
there alone. She saw the child on the
flags asleep with his face upturned in
the rain.
Something in the still, pale features
startled the half-drunken creature and
stitied the harsh speech which trembled
on her lips. She tottered forward and
fell down by Patsy's side. She touched
the cold and stitl'ening hand and called
his name in low entreating tone,
Then as the truth forced its way to hel
drink besotted brain, some emotion
long dormant in her woman's heart
was stirred, and out from her misera,
BILE degradation and rcmorse there wen
up wall so shrill and piercing and Sc
freighted with human agony that the
inmates of the rooms looking out upor
the court hurried to their windows tC
finds its cause.
And when they looked they knew
that Big Granny was bereaved, ant
that one of the children of Pearl alley
had gone away-M Y. Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06
EMPRESS WOO.
The Discreet Reign of the Only Empress
China Ever Had.

hO OioOfCOt hciSh VI tho ohiy
China Ever Had.
At the age of fourteen the strong
willed Princess Woo became one of the
wives of the great Emperor Tai. And
she proved so gracious and acceptable
stepmother to young Prince Kaou
that, as the records tell us, he grew
very fond of the girl Queen, and, with
in year from the death of his great
father, when BE himself had succeeded
to the Yellow Throne, as Emperor Su-
preme, he recalled the Queen Woo
from her retirement in the HISTORIAN
mission-house at Tung Chow and made
her one of his royal wives. And when
in the year 6SS, Kaou-tsung died, she
boldly assumed the direction of the
Government, and, ascending the throne,
declared herself Woo How Tsih-tien-
Woo, the Empress Supreme and Sow
ereign Divine!
History records that this Zenobia of
China proved equal 70 the great task.
She governed the Empire with discre-
tion," extended its borders, and was
acknowledged as Empress from the
shores of the Pacific to the borders of
Persia, of India and of the Caspian
| sea.
Her reign was one of the longest and
most successful in that period known
in history as the Golden Age of China.
Because of the native prejudice against
woman, Chinese historians have en-
deavored to blacken her character and
undervalue her services. But later
scholars now see that she was a power
full and successful Queen, who did
great good to her native land and
strove to maintain its power and glory,
She never forgot her good friends
and protectors the HISTORIAN priests.
During her long reign of almost fifty
years, Christianity strengthened in the
kingdom and obtained footing that
only the great Mohammedan conquests
of five centuries later entirely de-
stroyed; and the Empress Woo, so the
chronicles declare, herself "offered
sacrifices to the great God of all. "
When, hundreds of years after, the
Jesuit missionaries penetrated into this
most exclusive of all the nations of the
earth, they found near the palace at
Chang-an the ruins of the HISTORIAN
mission church with the cross still
standing and, preserved through all
the changes OF dynastics, an abstract
in Syriac characters of the Christian
law, and with it the names of seventy
two attendant priests who had served
the church established by O-lo-pun.-
e. S. Brooks. In 81. Nicholas.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06

EYES; shall break the engagement"
she said, folding her arms and looking de-
faint; sit is really too much trouble to con-
verse with him; he's as deaf as post, and
talks like he had mouthful of mush. Be-
sides, the way he hawks and spits is dis
gushing" "Don't break the engagement
for that; tell him to take DR.. Sage's. Ca
ly." swell, I'll tell him. do hate to
break it off, for in all other respects he's
quite too charming" OF course, it cured
his catarrh.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06

If you are pale, emaciated, have hack
ing cough, with night-sweats, splitting of
blood and shortness of breath, you have no
time to lose Do not hesitate too long
till you are past cure; for, saken in its ear
ly stages, consumption can be cured by the
use of DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discov-
cry, as thousands can testify. By druggists.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06
Apples without Cores.
[Rne (Pa.) Herald.I

A nurseryman of Warren County, 1t Is
said, claims to be able to grow apples with
out cores His theory is to bend the twig
when the size of a small elder and insert
the top in the ground. When the top takes
root sufficient, cut off near the butt and
stake it up perpendicularly. The result
will be tree growing butt end up, which
so demoraiizes nature that baroness of core
and seed ensues.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06
THE law has many members. Who hal
not heard of the limbs of the lawa

FooD makes Blood and Blood makes
Beauty. Improper digestion of food neces-
sarily produces bad blood, resulting in a
feeling of fullness in the stomach, acidity,
heartburn, sick-headache, and other dys-
peptic symptoms. A closely confined life
causes indigestion, constipation, biliousness
and loss of appetite. To remove these trou-
bles there is no remedy equal to Prickly
Ash Bitters. 1t has been tried and proven
to be specific.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06

In the United States Ser ste, during re-
cent debate, Senator Vest, of Missouri, paid
high tribute to the merits of st. Jacobs Oil.
Boards of Health endorse Red Star Cough
Cure as free from poison. Prompt and
sure, and only twenty-five cents bottle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06

Colon the whiskers handsome brown or
black with Buckingham's Dye for the
Whiskers.
If the liver is disordered, the whole sys-
tenn suffers. Ayers Pills correct this trouble.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06
The Good Souls Have Both.

TMargery Deane, in Boston Beacon.
John Boyle O'Reilly says "Women have
more wit than humor,n and almost on the
same day Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote
that women have more humor than
wit" Between the two, what is poor
woman to believe that she has, or has
not?
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06

Why is winter storm like child with a
bad coldl 1t blows, it SHOWS Gt blows its
Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen.
Walter A. Taylor, Proprietor, Atlanta, Ga.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06
Justice.

Tor 25 years | was
Afflicted with catarrh.
For two months at q
time confined TO my
room. / tried Ely's
cream Balm. from the
first | found relief. II
Il the best remedy !
ever tried.-W. C. Ma.
THTws, Justice Of the
Peace, Shenandoah. la.
l have improved
greatly since using
Ely's Cream Balm fol
cstarrh. l feel like q
new man. 1t is a bless
Tag TO humanity
u. FARRELL, Hartford,
Conn.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06

"JUsT my luck" muttered the criminal
who was about to be lynched at the jail
door II never could stay anywhere.
was suspended from school, suspended from
college and now Pm to be suspended from
Jail. "-Rdnbler.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-06

WHAT this country needs is scientist
who will invent placid smile to be worn
by women when they enter street-car and
can't find seat.-New HdUen Meas.