Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-15
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A new lion hunter has arhen to succeed
the late Bonbonnel in Algeria, named
Gather, who invites not only men but
women to come and hunt
A tea trust has becn formed in Toxic,
Japan, for the purpose Of restoring the
declining tea trade Of that country"
A sensation has been produced in Heidel-
berg by the rumor that the government
may close the university.
The largest contingent of recruits ever
demanded by the Russian war o sice, go 600,
was fixed for the next enrolment by tho
latest ukase.
A new element, named @damaria, /" is said
10 have been discovered in the crater of an
extinct volcano in Damaraland. 1t is re
ported to have an atomic weight of only
| 05, or half that of hydrogen; and, there
fore, it is the lightcst known substance
Out in Nevada telegraph poles in low
places where water stands in winter are
said to have taken root an.l are covered
with foliage. The poles are cottonwood
and were planted with the bark on them.
4 four-in-hand race from lh,esburg to
Vienna, n distance of forty-one miles, took
place on June - Seven coaches started,
with ten minutes interval between each
The first prize of thousand llorins was
won by Baron Nicolaus Wesselenyi, in .
hrs, AZ min, SO sec, the roads being dc
scribed as bad.
Tablets for writing that can be carried
in trunks are prepared for the summer so
journing by covering "A slab of wood with
b2ize or canton. flannel and fastening on
pockets of the same material for paper,
envelopes, postal cards and stamps with
brass thumb tacks. They are very in
genious and much more convenient than
writing desks.
More than century before the Christian
era there were many beautiful cups in
China. The Portuguese, it is said intro
dueed the ware into Europe about 1873
calling it China" after the country so
long pre-emincnt in its production. The
first English mandatory of earthenware
found place at Stratford-le Bow in Eliza
beth's reign. The Shakespeare jug is the
best known of EliZabethan pottery.
Hypnotism has reached that point that
the French authorities think of creating
a superior council of medical jurs-
prudence at the ministry of justice to
trates, who will be required to give opin-
ions as to the responsibility of criminals in
connection with the questions of sugges-
ton and hypnotism and of hercdity.
Two big labor congresses will be held in
Chicago during the Worlds fair, one by
the Federation of Labor and one by the
Socialists. The latter will lay down as an
important plank in their belief: THAT abo-
lson of the wage system is imperative,
and the establishment of n cooperative
ownership and use of the means of produc-
ton a necessity"
A correspondent of Calcutta paper says
that II neem tree was recently the scene of
curious gathering. 1t appears that the
tree has number of white spots on its
trunk and branches. The people Of the
neighborhood adorned it with red powder
and offered fruits, spices and goats on the
supposition that the goddess of smallpox
had taken up her abode in it,
A New York physician says that plen-
tiful supply Of fruit denotes healthful
summer, and that it is as necessary that
people in this climate should cat fruit in
the spring and summer as that the Esqui-
maux should drink oil in the intense cold
Of the polar regions,
The engineers who arc laying oUt the
route of the proposed Mexican Pacific rail
way have discovered two mountains which
are almost solid masses of iron ore in the
district of Tonala, state of Chiapas.
One of natures strange freaks may be
seen at, the farm of Jones Stanford, four
miles north of Flora, Mo II is u colt, not
unlike other colts, except a mark in its
face. Beginning on u line 9th the lower
part of the nostrils and extending to point
just below the eyes is a perfect outline of IA
rattlesnakc, Its mouth and eyes are per
fectly formed, On its tail seven rattles
and button may be distinctly seen; and
stranger still, the outline of the snake is
raised being about as large as Il lead pencil
and not n hair on it,