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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
A Rnre Accomplishment.

One Of the best known society women in
the city has rare and wonderful accomplish
ment 81 don't sing, or talk, or do any of the
clever things of the day." she said recently,
"but l can make more hideous faces and more
of them than any person in New York, am
certain. Just watch me-" Then she began
On the instant hideously ugly face appeared
where the pretty one had been moment be-
fore Then it was sad, then comic, then gro
tesque, old, crooked, wicked, malformed, sim
pering, everything in few moments except
its own natural, sweet self.
TITS my one accomplishment, she said
with a laugh, as her face settled into repose
81 took it up when | was young girl just for
fun, and the amusement it has been to my
friends has led me to keep it up ever since in
spteo itsla lack of dignity. New York Even
ing Sun.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
why Don't This Man Buy a rarmq

A tired man of business was going home
ward on street car the other evening, and,
moved perhaps by his fatigue and cares, said
to friend:
'The farmers are often supposed to be the
class of all others in the general community
who have a hard time and little pleasure /
think that great error of Judgment on the
part of those who study the condition of man
kind. We who live in cities may have more
amusement, and on the whole more comfort,
but we do not have the peace of mind that is
farmers most valuable possession. They
have no cares like business men; they do not
lie awake at night thinking of the business of
the next day.
"a farmer has his daily work, and after
that is finished he is free until the next day
They have hard work, with the accompani-
ments of pure air, refreshing and dreamless
sleep, and general indifference to everything
except the weather and the crops. No, in
Decd business man may have pleasure,
amusement and many comforts, bur mentally
and physically the majority of farmers have
an easier time. columbus Dispatch.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08

The sewing machine was invented by a
man, but there are machines patented by wo
men, and there are twenty-five improvements
on the sewing machine made by women.
These improvements cover every part Of the
machine, and some of them are valuable.
The best fiat irons in use today are made
by women. Miranda Fort, of Georgia, has
an improvement in plows; Jane E. Gilman,
of Connecticut, has a combination bureau
and bath tub; Augusta M. Rodgers, of New
York, has patent stove for railroad cars,
and Mary A. Holland, of New Jersey, has i'm
vented a burglar alarm. The icecream freezer
now in use was invented by Washington
woman, and before she got out her patent
every family stirred its cream with a spoon
instead Of using the crank attachment while
it was freezing, The inventor of this is Mrs.
johnson, who took out her patent for it in
1913 and who has made considerable money
out of it, Cor St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
Wages of Women Tailors.

Tailoring is the poorest paid Of all pro-
ductive industries IN which women are en-
gagged, wages ranging from 81 IS to SEA week
for certain branches of trousers making
Vest making is little more remunerative,
the wages rarely dropping below So or ex-
cecding 81 q week The lowest price paid
for trousers work is that given to children,
who press seams and do odd jobs, while the
high price of 50 is not received by more
than two or three women in workshops
employing twenty-five or thirty workers.
Probably more women are employed in
this branch of industry than in any other.
Thousands of pairs of trousers are made
every day at the rate of sixteen cents a
pair, and this sixteen cents is divided
among three or four women who do differ
ent parts of the work, and hundreds of
them are living just far enough from star
walton to make existence and labor posi-
BILE. In some grades of material the work
is expected to be done so we'll that little
difference will be noticeable between the
shop made and custom article. Pressing,
shaping and buttonholes require skilled
labor, and yet the woman who does this
frequently is obliged to ask the city for
charity, even though working constantly
until far into the night.-Cincinnati En-
nuirer
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08

A physician in charge of well known asy-
lum for the insane recently said: "There is
one infnllible test either for the approach or
the presence of lunacy. If the person whose
case is being examined is seen to make no use
Of his thumb, if he let's it stand out at right
angles from the hand, and employs it neither
in salutation, writing, nor any other manual
exercise, you may set it down as fact that
that persons mental balance is gone. He or
she may converse intellgently, may in every
respect be guarding the secret Of a mind dis
eased with the utmost care and cunning, but
the telltale thumb will infallibly betray the
lurking madness which is concealed behind
a plausible demeanor Philadelphia North
American
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
limo Water and MIX.

When the stomach is intoleraut of food 1t
is the general practice of physicians to order
lime water to be given with milk, and if they
are rightly given they are almost always well
borne. But unless duly instructed as to the
necessary proportions of each the majority Of
people are quite sure to make the mistake of
not using enough lime water 1t is of course
only of value as an antacid, and it is but very
slightly alkaline. As compared with the BIZ
carbonate of soda, an ordinary dose Of the
same is equivalent to six ounces Of lime wa
ter. So tablespoonful of the latter in cup
Of milk-the scanty proportion used by many
in sckness--is really OF no value.
To obtain an action of any moment it is
necessary in giving milk and lime water 70
have the mixture contain the latter in pro-
portion Of at least one-third. Very often
where they are in equal parts the milk is
vomited up in hard, sour curds, in which
event, if the mixture has not been given too
freely, il IL best to use a stronger antacid
Bcarbouate Of soda is good substitute, and
about a teaspoonful should be dissolved in q
large cupful Of water. and that solution be
added 10 the milk in place Of lime water
Boston Herald.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE BONNET PARTY A SUCCESS
AS A SOCIAL DIVERSION.

Glimpse Of Famous wonan-A New
Game Of oards-Infantile DOnt's and
Other hints for Iothers-sIiss Drexers
Nerve-How Woman Pays Care Fare.
There had been card parties, tea parties,
donkey parties, almost svery kind Of party
known 10 exist, and it seemed that there was
nothing new under the sun until bonnet
party was thought Of As there had never
been one in our little village, invitations
were given out. Each lady was requested to
bring an old hat or bonnet, with feathers.
flowers, ribbons and laces for trimming; the
more old fashioned and ridiculous the better.
When the evening came each lady arrived
carrying packages Of all shapes and sizes.
The gentlemen looked on IN blank amazement.
The bonnets and hats were all placed on a ia
BILE in the back parlor, and all the trimmings
on another table. Such collection The
garrets had all been ransacSed, and the re-
suit was truly amazing. When the guests
had all arrived cards were passed to the la
dies, each having on it number, and the
gentlemen also had cards with corresponding
numbers, only their cards had needle stucl,
in one corner-yery suggestive of work to
hollO0' w ieu cdCu BtllJleilihH hdu lOuIu MS
partner he went to the tcsSss and selected
hat or bonnet and trimmings and then pro
ceeded TO work, threading his own needle.
The ladies were not to help, but suggestions
now and then were in order. The rooms
were large, and each one sat off by himself
and worked for dear life.
When the bonnets were all trimmed the re-
suit was truly astonishing, and when the la
dies donned them 1t was still more so. Then
the ladies voted for the best bonnet, and the
worst trimmed one A black sailor hat real
ly trimmed very artistically, took the head
prize A bonnet with flowers ON one side,
feathers ON the other, in the most comical
arrangement and wide strings, took the
BOBBY prize, which was gentleman's black
silk hat lined with yellow silk for a cuff and
collar box. After the bonnets were all
trimmed march was played ON the piano,
and the couples marched and counter
marched, and it is safe to say that such a
procession was never seen before. Simple re.
freshments were served, and all pronounced
the party IA success. Good Housekeeping
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
A New Game of cards.

Do you ever play domino whistl 1t is the
latest game of cards extant, and is rapidly
superseding other games involving a mini
mum of science with n maximum Of luck, in
the home circle and quiet, decorous social
gatherings. -Four people play the game, and
one who is familiar with the technical names
OF cards informs us that the person who sits
at the left of the dealer-whateve that is
begins 10y playing what is called a seven spot
of some suit-spades, hearts, clubs or dia-
uionds If the player cannot show up a seven
spot he is elected TO put "A check in the pot.
Then the next person takes up the game
and plays seven spot-if he cau-and after
n seven spot is placed on the table the other
cards In sequence are placed eights spots being
placed on the right aud six spots on the left
of the seven spot. Every time person can
not play IA card on one Of the four piles in the
center OF the table, down goes check to the
bottom Of the pot. When some one plays his
last card the game is at an end, and he takes
a check FOR each card held by the other three
players when the game ceased st Louis Re
publlC
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
NIIss nrc,nI,s Nelre.

Miss Kate Drexel, who has gone into n nun
merry with her income Of $500 coo, and who
intends to devote her life aud fortune to the
welfare Of the Indians aud Africans Of
America, is a petite young woman, mild as a
dove, with n will as iron like rs Bismarcks
Her entrance TO the cloistcr revealed no hard
ship or privation with which she was not al
ready familiar.
Prior to taking the veil Of the novice she
had lived in a small room fitted up like a cell
The walls were bare the floor had no carpet,
the heat had been turned of and the register
closed only cold water and coarse soap and
towels were provided IN the bathroom nd
solning, and the only facilities for making n
toilet were II comb and brush, nail file and
A,hisk. Even the mirror was excluded with
the other Injuries to which the Young lady
had been hahittntef from childhood. For a
bel she had an iron couch furnished with q
thin mattress and an insutiiciency Of cover
ing. In imitation of some holy women whose
Ivea are a series Of self denials. Now York
World.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
The Care of the Face.

The doctor says you are only anemic, and
perhaps you rather like delicacy and pallor.
But you are only 90 Does 10 seem so very
long ago3 Believe me, the next five years
viii pass far more quickly than the last five,
and at % you will care just as much to be
fair and beautiful as you do now. If the
anmmia, which is nothing but poverty Of
blood, is allowed to persist, at % the interest
ing pallor will have become sallowness, and
all the arts of the toilet will not hide from
yourself or others the fact that your fresh
ness and bloom have departed
This need not be so. There is absolutely no
reason why you should not be as beautiful
and attractive at % as at 90 IT, as the
years slip by, they write themselves On your
face in the fine, firm lines craven by intellect
ual and moral culture, and you do not at the
same time lose your purity and beauty of
color, the maturity of rs will be found to
have a charm beyond that of early youth
Anne NJ Hale, NJ D.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
The servant Problem in a Nutshell.

In the investigation of Commissioner
Fassett some important questions were
propounded to the wage earners. First:
"Do you make more than at house
work."
The tailoress made a negative answer, the
laundress and shoefitter alternatives.
"Have you any objections to housework"
Not to the work itself, but l object to
being anybody's servant"
1t seems that the girls prefer harder TOLL
with the freedom and independence it
brings, to the cap and badge of servitude.
Then, again, the business is unsystema-
tized. A laundress who can iron shirts
well in one laundry can do the same in an
other. A tailoress who can make trousers
well in one city can make them in any and
every city in the Union. But because a
girl can do homework in one family salts
factorily, 1t does not follow that she can do
it even tolerably in another. There are al
most as many ways to do housework as
there are houses TO do it in. 1t requires
woman of more than average intelligence
to accommodate herself to the crc1Iu-
stances and meet the exigencies of even a
simple household, and the worker is wor-
thy of his hire-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
Eirhty.eight Years, Service.

| The office of the secretary of the senate con-
tains larger quota of fine looking men than
| any other office in the District Of Columbia
| or anywhere else Among those who attract
popular attention, and at whom lady visitors
look with smiling and envious visages, is a
| member of the Mcdonald family. The Nc
| Donald family has had good deal to do with
the keeping of the records Of the United
| States senate-in fact, there would not have
| been any senate records In existence prior to
the year 1914 had it not been for the vigilant
activity of the first Mcdonald who ever held
o place in the senate. That was J. G. Nc
Donald. He was appointed in 1909 as chief
clerk under Samuel Otis and served twenty
! seven years, resigning his Office just before
his death. Perhaps the most valuable service
he rendered the United States was given when
/ the British forces were marching toward this
city in 1914, intent on the destruction Of the
government buildings Mr.. McDonald's first
thought was for the senate records, and these
he packed up and carted off to the crypt Of
the little church in Rock Creek cemetery.
/ There he hid them aud there he found them
/ when the invaders had departed. The rec
/ ords of the house of representatives were de-
stroyed because there was no Mcdonald at
/ that end of the Capitol to care for them.
! The vacancy caused hay the resignation of
| J. G. Mcdonald was n prize for which there
we're many applicants, and it looked for
awhile as though the Mcdonald family might
lose its representation. 1t did not though,
for Senators Thomas II. Benton, Richard H.
| Bayard, Felix Grundy, Samuel Southard,
| Josiah Kent, William Hendricks and a num-
/ Der of others secured the appointment in the
I secretary's office Of William j. Mcdonald.
/ He became chief clerk on the death of Gen.
Hickey in 1867, and held that responsible po-
stion until June, 1878, when he died, after an
uninterrupted service of forty-two years.
Before that occurred, however Ton March 4,
/ 1873, II. r. Mcdonald, son Of William j.,
was appointed to place in the Office, and he
l is there now-the Journal clerk Of the senate.
! Eighty-eight years is the length Of the ag-
I gregate public service OF these three members
] of the Mcdonald family w ashirgton Star.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08

Rosa Bonheur, the great animal painter,
wears the Cross of the Legion of Honor, and
NJ. Rene Peyrol, her brother-in-law, now
tells us how tho distinction was gained. The
empress asked for it for the artist, but the
request could not be granted. The Cross had
never been given to u woman, and the min
listers protested against a precedent But the
empress bided her time till the following
year, when, during the absence of the EN-
peror in Algeria, she acted as regent. One
morning a servant hurriedly entered Rosa
Bouhcur's studio with the announcement that
the empress was below. In another minute
she was in the studio borrowing pin from
one Of her ladies. The empress then Kissed
the artist, who glancing down. saw the Le-
gion d 'lIouneur pinned on her breast.-New
York World
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy was in
his youth u keen sportsman and fine shot.
One day, having wandered away from his
party, be was returning by an isolated road
from a hunting expedition. He espied a
covey of cartridges in a copse near by, and,
raising his fowling piece, he killed brace
at a shot
A peasant who had been watching him
attentively now hurriedly crossed the road
and, hailing him, said:
"That was well done. Whoever you are
you know how to handle gun"
"Im glad you think so" responded the
king, laughing.
81 only wish you could shoot fox who is
robbing me- one by one, of all the fowls in
my barnyard."
"Well, perhaps can. III see what / can
do for you"
"If you kill that fox" said the peasant
impressively, "Pll give you two Ira"
Every well. Pll bring my dogs and be
here tomorrow"
"Will you give me your hand on itf" said
the farmer, extending his horny digits.
The king gave him his hand and was
punctual to the hour appointed ON the fol-
lowing day. The fox was on hand, too,
but King Victor's sure aim brought Rey-
nard's career to a sudden end.
His majesty FASTENED to the farmer with
his prize.
''SeeP' he called out, ''now you owe me
two Ira"
"You shall have it. You've earned it,
answered the delighted farmer cordially.
The king looked curiously at the coins as
they were handed to him. "Only to think, !"
he muttered to himself, that this is the
first money ever earned"
On the following day the peasants wife
received a present Of gown, necklace
and pair of earrings. Then it was that
the farmer learned who it was he had hired
to kill his fox.-Philadelphi Times.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08

A Berlin woman has given the following
directions for making rug from bits Of
wooden rags. Her plan allows much smaller
pieces to be used than in the knitted ones,
and the effect is also somewhat different:
Cut any scraps of firm wooden material
the more bright colors, blue, green, yellow,
scarlet, the better-into pieces half an inch
wide and six long Sew them, slightly over
tapping the edges. on a narrow strip of black
WOODEN till number of yards Of this fringe
has been made. Next cut piece of jute or
coffee sacking little smaller than the rug is
to be when finished, hem or bind it with
wooden braid, and sew the rag fringe firmly
around the outside edge, then continue sew
ing row after row toward the center-leav-
ing space Of three-fourths of an inch be-
tween each strip--till they meet in the mid
die, where they must be fastened little
nearer The narrow strips of cloth must fall
over each other in such way as to conceal
the sewing. louisville CourierJournal.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08

Even the baby is the victim of reform.
Methods employed twenty years ago are in
tolerable in the nursery of today.
The infantile don'ts are almost as numerous
as the etlquettical negatives.
Among the approved are;
Don't rock the baby.
Don't let him sleep in warm room.
Don't let him sleep with his head under the
cover
DON'T let him sleep with his mouth open.
Don't pat" him to sleep
Don't try to make him sleep Il he is not
sleepy.
Don't let him nap in the afternoon.
Don't let him be kissed
Don't let himwear any garment that is
tight enough to bind his throat, arms waist
or wrists.
Don't have ball buttons on the back of his
dress.
Don't have clumsy sashes on the back Of
lis dress
DON'T cool his food by blowing it.
Don't feed him with a tablespoon.
Don't use a tube nursing bottle.
Don't change the milk you started with.
Don't battle him in hot or cold water.
Don't battle him more than three times
week.
Don't allow n comb to touch his head
Don't let him eat at the family table,
Toronto Globe
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
How NINE. patti washes Her Face.

My standby has always been cold cream
made of white wax, with benzoin and very
little ottar of roses to remove the fatty odor.
With this Iclean my face, neck and hands,
and keep the skin smooth and moist. Trav-
cling, one has all sorts of water, which | care
fully avoid. II can't get rain water or dis
titled water to wash in, use a dry cloth and
the cream. Water or no water, though, / do
not believe in washing myself to death. In
the cars keep my head and face yelled On
the sea 1 never wash my face; the air is
enough and the best cosmetic in the world.
In a city with as clean and sweet an atmos-
phere as New York, should be able to keep
clean with one ablution a day.-Interview in
New York World.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
The Cost Of Suits.

The relative cost of mems and women's
clothes was never more clearly illustrated
than in the prices charged at leading tailor's
establishment in this city. Complete suits Of
cheviot, in three pieces, are made up for men
at from $50 to $35, while woman's gown
of the same material will cost SIS finished
with cheap cotton Innings; with silk Innings it
is $S5. 1t takes about twice as much material
for womans gown as for the mans suit,
but This is a small item and would not add
more than 25 per cent. to the cost. The chief
reason for the higher price charged women is
that there is very little competition among
the tailors who furnish women with dresses
New York Tribune.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
Pnre Air for Raby.

A baby needs four things to make il thrive;
Pure air, proper food, cleanliness and warmth
In summer there should always be a win
dow open in pleasant weather in the room
where baby is. When it is cold or damp q
window can be opened in the hall, or an adj
joining room, with door between. A screen
can be placed so as 10 shut Off the draught.
A child accustomed from its birth 10 fresh
air will not readily take cold, while one kept
in hot, impure atmosphere is predisposed to
catch cold upon the slightest accidental ex-
posure. ladies Home Journal
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08

tered for Ills fare she opened her bag, took
out her purse, shut the bag, opened the purse,
took ten cents therefrom, then shut the purse,
opened the bag, put the purse in it and closed
the bag By this time the conductor had
given her her change, and once more she
opened the bag, took out the purse, closed the
bag, opened the purse, dropped the nickel
therein, closed the purse, opened the bag,
laid the purse carefully in and closed the
bag, while the intent look faded from her
face, and she leaned back with the happy
look Of one of whom the world could expect
nothing further.-New York Evening Sun.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-08
Nothing i'm 1t,

The inhalation of hot air as a remedy for
phthisis, having been advocated by German
doctor, has been recently tried and reported
upon by another doctor in practice at st.
Petersburg. The cases selected were pur-
posely those in which the upper part of the
lungs or adjacent tissues were affected, it be-
ing thought that however hot the air, it must
get cooled before reaching the more remote
structures. The treatment. although tried
with every precaution, and over a period of
many weeks, was found to have no rerJedial
effect whatever. Exchange