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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-10
ELEPHANTS IN HISTORY.

THE ancients we're well acquainted
with the elephant. when 'ioirva s i'.Z%
of the fighting material OF every .gret,t,
conquerors army aud shared n all
triumphal professions, bUt when home
no longer sent ont her armies toforage
the whole world for wonders as we'll us
70. plumber the elephant became to
southern Europe q mythical marvel
only.
WoxDnRFuL stories are told by an
cient writers of the feats OF trained
elephants pliny says that they would
haul javelins, + gilt with each other as
gladiators, and dance the Pyrrh c
dances. Further, that they would
walk forward and backward and even
dance on a rope. This latter feat,
though attested by such writers as
Pliny, Suetoujus. Dion, and Allan, has
never been credited by modern show
men.
In 1856 Louis IL. of France brou Int
from Egypt an African elephant, which
he sent to Henry III. Of England.
This elephant was kept in The Tower OF
London, where, we judge, he had quite
comfortable quarters, il the order
given by the King to the sheriff was
obeyed, to wit: we command you
that OF the farm of our city YOU cause,
without delay, to he built at orr Tower
of ondon one hous3 of forty feet long
and twenty feet deep for our elephant.
What became of this well-provided
beast and how long he lived the his
torian does not tell us.
Ii 1929 the King of Spain sent an
elephant and five camels to King James
|. Of England This latter monarch
was oxtravagantly fond of pet animals
and had quito a menagerie at his pal
ace, SO that it may DO imagined that he
was particularly we'll pleased with this
gift. Much better pleased, indeed,
than the Chancellor of the Exche1uer
was, for the English Treasury was at
that time sadly depleted. 10 pay the
Gl50 which the King ordered given to
the man who had brought the elephant
took away every penny in the treasury
and made it necessary to refuse 10 al
low the Queen money for a journey
which she had wished to ma to Scot
land that year. And, when an estimate
was nude OF the cost of keeping the
animal, and it was found to be .e2,5 q
year, it was no wonder that Mr.. Cham
celIor's groans were both loud and
deep. And to mako the matter worse
an additional charge was made Tor
liquors for the olifawnte." His / cep-
ers hrm that from the month OF Sep
TENDER until April he must drink. not
water, but "wyne, and from April
until September he must have "a gall
Ion OF wyne a daye." 1t is to be hoped
the Chancellor ascertained whether tue
bibu'ous propensities belonged to the
o,ifawnte or his keepers. This ele-
plant was kept very closely confined.
The King ordered that he should not
cen be led out to water, lest tho UNI
worthy populace should gaze upon
him, and none but the inmates of the
palace or his keeper were ever permit
ted to see him. This elephant did not
live long.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-10
IT REMOVED THE PIMPLFs.


ROUND MOUNTAIN, Tex, March 20, 1887.
A lady friend of mine has for several years
been troubled with bumps and pimples on he,
face and neck, for which she used various COS
metics in order to remove them aud beautify
and improve her complexion ; but these local
applications were only temporary and left her
skin in a worse condition.
recommended an internal pre- paration-
known as Botanic Blood Balm which have
been using and selling about two years. she
used three bottles and nearly all pimples have
disappeared, her skin is soft and smooth, and
her general health much improved She cx-
presses herself much gratifed, and can recon-
mend it to all who are thus affected.
Mrs s NJ WILSON
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-10
GIVES BETTER SATISFACTION.

CADfz, KY, July 9Th 1887
Please send me one box Blood Balm Catarrh
Snuff by return mail, as one of my customers
is taking B. B. B. for catarrh and wants box
of the snuff. B. b, b. gives better satisfaction
than any medicine l ever sold. have sold 10
dozen in the past 10 weeks, and it gives good
satisfaction. If don't remit all right for snuff
write me. Yours,
w. N BRANDON.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-10
Croup. A Mot,er,s Trihn,o

While IN the country last winter my littk
roy three years old, was taken i'll with croub:
K seemed as if he would die from stran0n
alton One of the family suggested the usr
Of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL. a bottle az
which was always kept in the house. This
WIS tried IN small and frequent doses, and
10 our delight in less than half an hour the
little patient was breathing easily. The doc,
tor said that the CHERRY PICTORIAL had
saved my darling's life. Can YOU wonder M
our gratitude? Sincerely yours,
Mrs. EMMA GEDNEY''
l59 West 12sth ST., New York, May 16, 1852
. have used AYERS CHERRY PEcToRAL
II my family for several years, and do nor
hesitate TO pronounce it the most effectual
remedy for coughs and colds we have ever
tried A. J. CRANE )
Lake Crystal Mimi, March 10, 1852.
8 suffered for eight years from Bronchitis.
aud after trying many remedies with no sue.
cess, was cured by the use of AYERS CHEZ
RN PICTORIAL. JOSEPH WALpEN.p
Ryhalia, Miss, April 5, 1882.
e | cannot say enough in praise of AYERS
CHERRY PICTORIAL, believing as / do that
but for its use should long since have died
from lung troubles +. BRAGDoN.n
Palestine, Texas, April %, 1ss2.
No case Of an affection of the throat or
!ings exists which eanEot be greatly relieved
by the nse of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL.
end It viii Arrays care when the disease IS
hot already beyond the control of medicine.
PREPARED BY
Or. ]. C. Ayer& Co. +, Lowell, Mass
Sold by all Druggists.
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SPLENDID FOR A SPRING TONIC.
ARLINGTON. {

ARLINGTON, GA June 30, 1887.
! suffered with malarial blood poison more
or less, all the time, ard the only medicine that
done me any good is b. =, B tits undoubtedly
the best blool medicine made, and for this
malarial country should be used by every one
in the spring Of the year, and as good in sum
mer, fall and winter as a tonic and blood puri-
fer
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-10
A Terrible Cough Cured.

" In 1861 / took a severe cold, which affected
my lunPs. had a terrible cough. and passed
night G er night without sleep The doctors
gave me up. l tried AYERS CHERRY PFC
ToRAL, which relieved my lungs, induced
sleep, and afforded me the rest necessary
Tor the recovery of my strength. BY the
continued use of the PEcToRAL a perma.
nent cure was effected. am now 81 wears
Old, hale and hearty and am satisfied yout
CHERRY PICTORIAL saved me.
HORACE FAIRBRoTHER"
Rockingham, Vt, July Is, 1850.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-10
AYERS
Cherry Pectoral.

No other complaints are so insidious in their
attack as those affecting the throat and lungs,
none so trifed with by the majority of suffer
ers. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting
perhaps from trihing or unconscious ex-
posture, is often but the beginning of fatal
sickness. AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL has
well proven its efficacy in forty years fight
with throat and lung diseases, and should be-
taken in all cases without delay.
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Anxious for. N0tOriety.

Chicago Reporter You don't deny
that you eloped with Mr.. Flash, Mrs.
Society?
Mrs. Flash-No, sir; / do not.
"Was your husband cruel to you?"
"No.
Didn't he lavish his wealth on you?"
Eyes"
Did you love this man Flash?"
"No."
"Then why did you elope?"
Il wanted to see my name in the So
ciety columns of the papers. st. Paul
Giobe.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-10

1t reQuiies clever surgeon to dres
wounded vanity
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Baltimore 1 Potomac Railroad.
NORTH. Ti%sE TABLE.
SOUTH

After Sunday, December goth, So the
trains on this road will run as follows.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
nlscovsaY o. sAoel4ARlNE.
An Interview with Dr.. Fahiberg-A Very
Fortunate Accident

An Interview with DE-. Eahiberg-A Very
Fortunate Accident.
In recent interview with DR.. Con.
stantine FahlbeFg, the discoyerer of the
new sugar extracted from coal tar, he
said concerning his relation to this new
product; II had worked long time
upon the compound radicals and substi-
tuition products of coal tar, and had
made a number OF scientific discoveries
that are, so far as / know, OF no CONNER
.cial value. One evening / was so inter
ested in my laboratory that / forgot
about supper until quite late, and then
rushed off for meal without stopping
to wash my hands. sat down, broke
piece of bread and put 1t to my lips.
It tasted unspeakably sweet. ] did not
ask why it was SO, probably because /
thought it was some cake or sweetmeat
/ rinsed my mouth with water, and dried
my mustache with my napkin, when,
to my surprise, the napkin tasted
sweeter than the bread. Then
was puzzled / again raised my
goblet, and, as fortune would have it,
applied my mouth where my fingers had
touched 1t before. The water seemed
syrup. 1t flashed upon me that was
the cause of the singular universal sweet
ness, and accordingly tasted the end of
my thumb, and found that 1t surpassed
any confectionery / had ever eaten. I
saw the whole thing at glance. had
discovered or made some coal tar sub
stance which out sugared sugar. dropped
my dinner and ran back to the laboratory.
There in my excitement, tasted the
contents Of every beaker and eyaporating
dish on the tabe. Luckily for me, none
contained any corrosive or poisonous
liquid. ..U
Zone Of them contained an impure
solution OF saccharine. On thisq worked
then ion weeks and months until had
determined its chemical composition, it's
characteristics and reactions, and the best
modes of making it scientifically and
commercially.
"When I first published my researches,
some people laughed as if it were scien-
titic joke; others, of a more skeptical turn,
doubted the discovery and the discoverer,
and still others proclaimed the work as
being Of no practical value.
"When the public first saw saccha-
rine, however, everything changed. The
entire press, European and American,
described me and my sugar in way that
may have been edifying, but was simply
amusing to me. And then came letters.
Ny mail ran as high as sixty day.
People wanting samples Of saccharine,
my autograph or my opinion on chemi-
cal problems, desiring to become my
partner, to buy my discovery, to be my
agent, TO enter my laboratory, and the
Lille. HALLS Journal of Health,
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12

SPECULATION is already rife as to
who will compose Harrison's Cabinet.
All the Republican papers agree that
Blaine will be Secretary of State if he
wants it. But number claim that
he don't want the portfolio; that he
desires to keep before the public and
therefore wants to go back to the
Senate, and that with that object in
view he is urging the claims of Sena-
tor Frye for the Secretaryship Of the
Navy. With Blaine out Of the way
the general opinion is that Sherman
will become the Premier of the Cabi-
net. New York it is said will berep-
resented in the Cabinet either by
Warner Miller or Tom Piatt, and ru-
NOR goes that Gov. Alger will be the
member from the Northwest.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
ELECTRIC POSTAL RAILROAD.

Three hundred miles an hour is the
proposed speed for the electric postal
railroad of the future. An expert
mental line has been erected at
Laurel, twenty miles from Baltimore.
A compromise between the pneuma-
tic tube and the ordinary railroad
carries miniature train of two cars,
solely for mails and light parcels,
without any attendance. The road
has three rails, one above the car for
carrying the current and two below,
which carry the cars. The cars are
built of sheet iron and are two feet
wide and twenty-one feet long. Speed
will be regulated and power or brakes
applied by electricity solely. If the
experiment at Laurel succeeds it is
stated that similar roads will be laid
between Baltimore and Washington
and elsewhere.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
Ornaments from Old corhs.

A cork, if cut into cube or small
brick, bears a close resemblance in rninia-
turo to many kinds Of stone. When o
number of these are combined they look
like old spcclzed and indentcd masonry.
They abound in brown Or brownish gray
spots and little cavities. Therefore, IL
you take number of such cork bricks
and construct from them the model of a
small house with care it will present
very pretty appearance. They arc
easily fastened together by passing wire
or small rods through them or by gluinS
them together.
1t often will be desirable to give tho
cork some other shape, or TO round the
corners. This can generally be effected
with sharp penknife and sand paper,
but artists who mako elaborate imita-
tions of buildings in cork use new keen
Gle.-Charles G. Leland in st. Nicholas.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
University Dots.

The Washington Irving Society
adjourned Friday night for the fire,
The Stewards elected the following
officers for the ensueing term:
President, w. P. Crawford, s. c.;
vice President, viii G. Johnson,
Tenn. Secretary, E. E. Reese, Fla.
Treasurer, F. H. Burns, N. c.; Su-
pervisor, Morris Mccarthy, Miss.
Sergeant, j. H. scrogin, Ky; Critic,
j. r. Wilson, Jr,, Tenn; Chaplain,
D. N. Yarbro, KY; Librarion, H. p
Hawkins, Ala.
DR.. Bardwell was present at the
meeting.
Texas cowboy Gust returned
from the fire.) "That was mighty
quare fire engine saw down there. y
His chum. "Why?"
Cowboy. "Well it a lot of Ian.
terms, buckets and such on it. ]
thought it was steam concern"
His chum. "You must have seen
the hook and ladder"
Cowboy. "Ah yes, / reckon
maybe it was"
Several of the boys attended South
GAINESVILLE church last night, in order
to hear Dir. Bardwell. He preached
very effective sermon.
Kildon leads the Y. M. G. A., this
afternoon.
Mr.. Perry's condition is still a very
critical one.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12

An intelligent physician said to me a
few days ago, II think can give you a
good item," and / replied that was al
ways on tho lookout for useful informa-
tion. He then said that he had studied
the subject very carefully and was con-
viAced that it would be well for every
house to keep its own fire extinguisher
and 1t could be easily done. 1t would
certainly be invaluable tc persons living
in the country and far removed even. from
neighbors. The doctor then told ME
that he would give me tho exact
recipe of the solution now used in
the fire extinguishcrs now being offered
for sale: Take twenty pounds of common
salt and ten pounds of sal ammoniac
(muriate Of ammonia, to be had of any
druggist and dissolve in seven gallons
Of water. Whom dissolved it can be bot
tied and kept In each room in the house,
to be used in an emergency. In case Of
fire occurring, one or two bottles should
be Immediately thrown with force into
the burning place so as to break them,
and the fire will certainly be extinguished
This is an exceeding simple process, and
certainly worth Trial. Wegive it, hop
ing it may prove successful to any who
may take the trouble to try it.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
Picturesque Clarksville."

Mrs. +. Naylor will call on the
people Of Clarksville in a few days
endeavoring to dispose of remain
ing few of our elegantly bound and
comprehensive compilation entitled
"PicturesqneC GAINESVILLE" with which
the public is already familiar. The
book is well worth the amount asked
and was issued some time ago from
the CHRONICLE Office, since which
many copies have been sold. IF you
are not supplied, now would be q
good time to purchase the book,
either for your own use or as a pres
Cnt to q friend.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
HoPKINsvKLLE.
The Contents Of Indian oraves-Fatally
Wounded at Celebration.

HoPKIEsvILLE, Nov. III. w.
Marques, wealthy farmer residing
near Rorring Springs, Trigg County,
was engaged in having an excavation
dug several days since, when the men
came across some Indian graves, one
of which contained the skeleton of a
giant. 1t was nearly eight feet long
and was well preserved only the
ankles being gone. Every tooth was
in the mouth. In the grave were
found rusty tomahawk and large
vase with the picture of woman on
it; also some copper coins five inches
in diameter with two circles, one
containing thirty and the other fifty
two hieroglyphics, supposed to corr
respond to the days in month and
weeks in year. .A
Nothing in years has created such
excitement here as the railroad cleo.
ton of yesterday. The proposition
voted upon was whether or not Chris
tan County should subscribe 5000, 900
in behalf of the Cairo & Cumberland
Gap Railroad, and the same amount
in behalf of the Ohio. Valley Road.
The majority in favor of the tax is
about 700. Work viii at once be
commenced on the Ohio Valley be-
tween this city and Princeton.
George Billiard, young man of
this city, was shot and seriously, if
not fatally wounded in the breast, by
the accidental discharge of pistol,
during the celebration that was held
last night over the railroad tax
having carried. He was taken home
and lies in critical state, with the
chances against his recovery.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
A Short and Tough lot.

Tho lot of our criminal classes seems
demonstrably to be short one and a
tough one. 1t has actually no ameliora-
tions. "Out of 10000 prisoners, more
than one-half are between the ages of II
and 3d." 1t takes but three generations
to use up stock that runs to vice. The
average life Of vicious people Is less than
one-ialf that OF people Of virtue. A
recent writer complains that science
creates o code of morals that consists in
health. Is that not precisely why we arc
so deeply indebted TO science that 1t is
charging and iengthening the span Of
life, and ut the samo time teaching US
what valuable thing life can achieved
Globe Democrat. { =. -~"vs-----=-.--s@~ =
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
Getting Something for Nothing

A short timo ago in counting up the
coin in ono Of the boxes at the exposition
in which you drop a nickel and take out
q package of gum, no less than 100 one
cent pieces were found. Now the i'm
rutable law of these devices is that
nothing goes except genuine nickel of
the realm, the inside arrangements being
such that coins of all other denonina-
tons slip through into the money box
and no gum responds. Consequently all
these one cent pieces were puro gain and
the gum box proprietor can count himself
just 50 much ahead Of tho game. This
shows quite eloqueatly the universal de-
sire Of the human race to get sonething
for nothing, and it also c-zemplifos the old
adago that ''cheaters never prosper. -
Pioneer Press ''Lstener."
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
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INFORMATION WANTED,
Much has been said of the prim,

Much has been said Of the primary
election. We would like to know
where "the poll-books or list of
votes" have been filed. In a regular
election the law requires a copy to be
filed with the County Court Clerk,
the Circuit Court Clerk and The
Sheriff. We have asked all these
officers to be permitted to see the
lists and they say they have no
copy. We would like to know
where these returns are fled for the
inspection Of the public.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
Only Three Left.

If we except Maj. General Scho-
field, now in command of the army,
and who fought the battle of Frank
lin, this State, with General Hood,
only three of the leading heroes OF
our civil war now survive, viz: w
T. sherman, Jos. f. Johnston and
G. 7. Beauregard. All of the rest of
the great leaders of either army have
crossed the river.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12

THE highest-priced singer at the
French Grand Opera is the baritone
Lasalie. He gets $17 900 for an en-
gagement Of eight months. The con-
tralto, Nine. Richard, comes next
with $4,000. Escalais, tenor; Mel
ciasedec, baritone; Jean de Reske,
tenor Ed. de Reske, bass, and Nine.
Escalais, soprano, follow in order.
Nine Mauri, the danseuse gets $4,000.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12

TT may be interesting to those who
are looking forward to positions in
the postofiice to know that there are
about 5000 different descriptions of
postage stamps in existence. The
musuem of the Berlin postofice alone
contains between 1900 and 5000 spec
linens, of which half are from Europe
and the remainder divided between
Asia, Africa, America and Australia.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
A Doctors Dellcato Charity.

As delicate charity as / remember
was the act of u gruff, taciturn old ply
sician In a Colorado mining town. A
poor, aged parson was carefully attended
by the irritable doctor. When the
preacher had sufficiently recovered to
dispense with further medical attention
he asked for his bill. s'Your bill? Hero
it is, " said the doctor, opening his pocket
book and handing the minister's wife a
$40 bilL.-America-
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
The County Wheel.
To the Chronicles.

To the Chronicle
Please allow me space to notify the
subordinate Wheels of Montgomery
county that the County Wheel has
unanimously adopted resolution to
suspend ali Wheels that do not
come forward and pay the county as
sessment Of five cents per capita, on,
or before the LIST Saturday in Deem
Der next, at which time the County
Wheel meets. All Wheels are at the
same time requested to furnish the
Secretary with the number of MEM
bers on their rolls and the name and
address oftheir recording Secretarys.
Each subordinate Wheel is requested
to appoint one Of its members to cam
va5s Its neighborhood in the interest
of the nonproduction policy, and re-
port to the Tobacco Congress which
meets in GAINESVILLE Nov. %.
Ii. p. LEFTWICH,
Sec'y. County Wheel.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER IL.

In Davidson county the Democratic
ticket is elected, except Michael
Burns for Senator, who was beaten
by VIM. Woodcock, and Tim john
son, who was beaten by John
Bierlein.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
On the Isle of Malta

The people must be very frugal and in
dust1ious; no doubt they are both ingeni-
Gus and peasevering as well, for it Is said
chat out Of every steamer Load Of pas
sengers that stops at Malta on its way to
on from India or Constantinople they
make not less than 5000, even though the
ship remains in port but six or eight
hours. They certainly seem to have the
happy faculty of casting corroding care to
the winds, as they are always ready for a
sieSta after their frugal lunch ON a crust
of black bread, or an onion, or garlic,
whenever the noontido overtakes them.
We found them asleep on the steps of
public buildings, in shaded doorways,
even on the crowded sidewalk, happily as
unconscious of the passing tlrong as are
the dogs of Constantinople. How Stun
Der thus INDUCED in can refresh one is a
mystery, but they soon awoko and cheer
fully resumed their toil.-Cor. San Fran-
cisco Chronicle.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12

II is reported that In one senatorial
district in West Tennessee where
there were two candidates, one a
Democrat the other an Independent,
the Democrat received every vote
cast, the Independent not even vot-
ing for himself.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12

The greatest events of an ege are its
best thoughts. Thought finds its way
into ectfon.-Boice.