Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-25
FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK.
opps AND ENDS.
There is well known poison which pro-
uces all the effects OF scarlet fever,

There is a well known poison which pro-
duces all the effects OF scarlet fever.
Brooklyn has an irish peer, Viscount
Barrimore, member of the English Soci-
ETY. of Arts, who is a salesman for drain
the establishment.
Baron Hirsch has retorted upon the
Paris clubwhich blackbaled him last year
by buying its house, which was held on a
lease only.
Tho imports of silk goods in England
during the first ten months of 1890 have
been valued at e9,904,656 against 910, 40O,-
1888 in 1889 and go, 1870, 7S6 in 1888.
Experiments with brake shoes for the
purpose of doing away with tho disagreea-
bic noise made when train is being check
ed show that gun metal shoes are the most
satisfactory.
Marshall Pass, on the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad 1O,s51 feet above the sea
level, is the highest point crossed by any
railroad inside the limits of the United
States
A resident of Brooklyn has lately come
into possession of shrike, or butcher bird,
which was shot ON Long Island. It is said
to be a great rarity in this part Of the
country.
Saving in the kitchen tells upon the in
come and makes the bank account heavier,
but there is one saving that exceeds even
these-it is that the wife and mother save
herself.
The idea OF wearing two scarf pins in the
same scarf is one of those fallaeious ideas
that gain currency through the writings of
alleged London correspondents. Such a
scheme of arrant display would be prepos-
ferrous in its vulgatity.
To strengthen the hair dissolve an ounce
of borax and one ounce Of camphor in tive
quarts of water. Wash the hair with this
twice week. clipping the ends occasion
ally.
Representative Lanham, who has been re-
elected from the Eleventh congressional
district,of Texas probably the largest in
the countryArepresent ninety-seven coun.
ties that are said to exceed in area ten
states
Bishop Paddock, of Massachusetts,, has
announced to his clergy that he is so af-
flicted with neuralgia rheumatism that his
physician gives him no encouragement as
to his ability to attend to his winters
work.
The Pythagoreans believed that the sea
was made salty by the tears of Krono,
father of Zeus. The Hebrew explanation
is somewhat similar, though more poetic.
They believed that the saltiness was caused
by the tears Of fallen angels.
Stains or spots on engravings are caused
by dust and water or iron marks. They
may frequently be removed by repeated
hot baths, followed by pressure between
sheets of clean blotting paper. II iron
stains exist they should be treated with
tartaric acid and well washed afterward
Attached to the Kansas penitentiary are
1906 acres of coal land, and the state leases
$50 acres additional. The men who work
in the mines get 39l cents per day and an
occasional opportunity to speak to each
other. About two acres per month are
mined and the output last year was nearly
100000 bushels The vein is about 20
inches thick.
There are not too many strong wills in
the world. We should try to preserve them
and make them useful The rule of reason
and OF love is the only rule that win not
injure the person subjected to it. The OBJ
ject is not TO produce performing animal,
which promptly obeys sign, but a civilized
human being, whose sentiments as we'll as
brains are developed.