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Clarksville evening tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1890, 1890-03-07
WILD AND WOODY.
The Democrat ON the Fence and
Our Joe has the Big Head.
Houk and Taylor Send a Flood
of Light and a Thrill of Joy
to Benighted Mont
gomery.
Who Is This Fresh Republican Shell
Binder That Wants Mrs. Johnson's
Place, and Talks so Knowingly
About This Once Benighted
Land Of DemscracyP

We clip the following letter from
the National Review of March 4th,
Republican paper published in
Nashville. 1t will be news, as well
as quite amusing to our readers. q.
II. Porter, the genius whose name is
appended, must be new conner,
who is here seasoning for postoffice
appointment, and has neglected to
let his light shine in this once be-
nighted land of Democracy.
In any event Brother Neblett, OF
the Democrat, win feel called upon
10 come down off the fence, and our
Joe will feel very much 'swunk'
when he reads it, while Mr.. Daniel
will see that he has been shelved by
his sprightly son, Fount. Really it
looks as if the wild and woody
speeches of Houk and Taylor has
kindled the spirit of Republication
in old Montgomery through the only
source of light in the land-the Re-
view.
Clarksville evening tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1890, 1890-03-07
THE MYsTERY sOLVFD.

THE MYSTERY SOLVED.
There was a rattle of the door, tie white
specter again appeared, the door opened and
it stood before reporters, policemen and the
carrier. 1t was at bayl The ghost had
materiRliZedl
The specter did not wear coat or vest II
was hatless and in its stocking feet. 1t was
a short ghost with a long beard. As the
frost laden breeze skurried down Madison
street it toyed with that beard as with a
Union Jack at masthead. The ghosts teeth
chartered as it declared itself:
"Tm getting tired Of being bothered every
morning II you don't keep away from here
I'll have you arrested. What do you take
me forF
"a ghost" cried the chorus
81 amt" replied the specter.
ayes you are, cried the carrier. "Haven't
you been getting up every morning and rat
Ting the doorp
The specter looked pityingly on the argu-
mentative boy and said in an injured tone of
voice: 81 get up at 1880 every morning to let
In the newspaper carriers when they come
around"
Didn't you shake that door yesterday at
4:15G' insisted the youngster.
A chilly blast from the west struck the
specter with full force. 1t vanished, slam
ming the door behind it.
At a more seasonable hour it was again
seen. 1t was the proprietor Of the store.
"If l had known that l was taken for a
ghost this morning, l would have had some
fur" he said ~ have been in the habit of
getting up every morning just about the time
that boy comes around. l unlock the front
door to let the other carriers throw in the
different papers my sons and take. OF
course, Pm in my night shirt, and go back to
bed. This morning 1 did it as usual and saw
the crowd run. thought it was drunken
gathering and went back to bed When /
heard voices 1 got up and listened. It's an
idiot or some one walking in his Sleep l
heard somebody say. l saw policeman out
side and went out Yes, I'm sorry didn't
know what was up or l should have had some
fun" With that the ''ghost" laughed heart
iy.-Cnicago Tribune.
Clarksville evening tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1890, 1890-03-07
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
To the Reyiew.1

To the Reyiew.l
1t is a source of great pleasure,
while sitting by the fire in our home,
when the last rays of light has faded
from the Western skies, to receive
the Review, which has been source
of light, in this once benighted land
of Democracy, to drink in truths as
they flow from the lips of two of our
worthy Republican Congressman,
the Hons. HOuk and Taylor in their
speeches in Congress, showing to the
world the devilty of the Democratic
fiIlibusterers, who have tried to run
rough shod over Speaker Reeds rul
ings which the Democratic papers
would have the good people to believe
are outrageous, and the Speaker to be
a tyrant, which are all false, it Is graf
flying to know that the Republican
congressman from Tennessee are en-
dorsing him in his ruling 1t is also
gratifying to state that democracy is
on the Wane in this county. Men
who have voted the Democratic tick
ct all Of their lives are endorsing
Speaker Reed in his rulings. Even
the GAINESVILLE Democrat is on the
fence, and it is thought that another
case of la grippe will bring it over
into the Republican ranks, "Where
no storms ever beat ON that glittering
strand"
Little Joe has been trying to bring
himself into notice by fighting the
civil service. He has first-class
ase of the "big head" He thinks
because he got an appropriation of a
few hundred dollars to grade the road
to the National Cemetery at Fl, Don
elson, he can do anything with the
general government he wants to do,
but if the admin stratiOn should ap.
point a Republican postmaster at
Clarksville instead OF retaining Mrs.
Johnson, the Democratic lady, whom
he had appointed under Cleveland,
and whom he romised to save, and
by saving h,r he expects TO cause this
county to support him again for Con
gre-s, his head would shrink up as ii
he had been feeding it on alum.
Mr.. Daniel will not be candidate
for governor this time from the fact
that his son is running for Criminal
Court Clerk in this county, and i.
would be a5ksng too much OF the
people to vote for them both.
Very respectfully,
hN
Clarksville evening tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1890, 1890-03-07
STOCKS OE LEAE ToBACCO.

Held in the Markets Of the wor d, Feb. 1
'0O-S9.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11
Everybody that use it highly praise
BIG 10 FLOUR
Sold at Cash Grocery House.


MICHAEL ToRPHY, an elderly
gentleman of Barneveld, this coun-
ty, recently swallowed . darning
needle which had stuck in his gullet
SO firmly that he went to Madison
for surgical aid. DR.. Jackson got
ready to perform the operation, but
before proceeding thought he would
attempt to cause Torphy to dislodge
it by giving him something that
would make him sneeze. The old
man sneezed and coughed and
blowed for few minutes. Finally
he gave an unusually hard sneeze
and snort com bined. The needle
came up and flying across the room
with great force stuck up in the
floor. The old man, when he saw
the needle, jumped around the
room as though he had recovered
his youth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11

Cuuso (despairingly) = What on
earth made You get q divorce when
con we're in Chicago?" Mrs. Cunso
"Really. dear, they were selling
chem so cheap-in fact. they were go
mo; mo; at a bargain. and | couldn't resist
bnying one. EPOCH.
,What is your husband doing nowp'
.sted woman of one of her neigh.
hors. 20, he's specializing" "Specu.
,otincl | didn't know he had any
oanital.'' He hasn't. He just sits
down an specrlates about the tariff
md the political situation and that
sort of thing. = Washington Post.
Chicago nan who had been APP
nonted re cever we MT to lawyer and
asked: "Cat of $40, 900 passing through
bis hands how much ought receiver
10 nrofit?n We'll, about $4,000"
vas the reply. Only S19, 1000" he ex.
claimed. "Who is to get the other,
81 900, I'd like to know. "-Teras Syt
ingS.
The time may come when politics
will mean all that is noble and good
when a small boy will break an apple
in two and give his little sister the big
Ger half; when tramp will work and
stray dog won't bite; but the day
will never dawn when fly can tickle
drowsy mans nose without making
him Jump. Indianapolis RAMS Horn.
At Athens, Ga, a man on his way
home saw dog running toward him
through the darkness at full speed
Surmising that the dog was mad the
man climbed up a tree and remained
there the rest of the night, with the
doc standing guard below When
daylight came the man discovered that
the dog was his own. Slowly and
softly he began to descend and the
truth was rapidly dawning in his mind.
-. Boston Post.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11

HARD finish floor paints, all colors
at Prideaux's Drug Store.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11
''pie Who Call in Half an Hour"

s,t. man who was hurrying into the
thursday was on business.
! wanted his old hat. ''When did you
, ',g il here?' II dunno" was the
They hunted over a great
Ig. ..,'a q hats and found it, labeled
III. When he went out the natter
3.- nat man bought new hat
ss WIN When he went out said that
=. "o'!d call for it in half an hour. 1t
,r.- ~" been four weeks. We throw
rbi.a NV or 500 old hats every year, for
N ne oeners were going to call
u..'I an hour. - ewiStoa (Me.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-11
FARM NOTE

II is good time these mild days to look
the smaller apple trees over for the eggs of
the tent caterpillar moth. They are easily
detected GA the new srowth of wood, con-
seqleutly near the ends of the branches
Ensilage has come to stay As an eco
nomi al stock food il has passed its expert
mental stage and now taken its place a. one
of the stand bys. At the Vermont dairy
men. meeting recently, en.ilage received
general approval
When a superior carcass of beef IL
placed on the market i, at once attracts at
IGNITION ~ show beef" Every farmer can
produce such beef il he wilt and secure
heavier weight and better prices. The
breed ard the management are the prime
factors for producing the best
There IL much in the breed. there il much
in the feed, and there is more in the feeder
than in either. 4 good feeder Ill d. fair
IL veil with good breed and poor feec. or
with good feed and poor breed But a
COOL feeder putting gool feed into a good
breed Is the acme of perfec ion Ia tsir, ing
iroi Sanborn saws. speaking Of Farm,
sts' | stitutcs Principles iat the mimi
and no, nsre material Tor the M IN ~. il
the powerful gna} TO he accomplished The
ore -emsips hvtag ami selfsctiHg force
while the other srouses the initiative fscul-
ties unly he edneag'ans deysiopm Of
people is a measure Of Is crops PEE acre.
Secretary Mohier Ut the kaasts Aericul-
iural Department says that reports received
FROM al paris Of the State show that the
winter wheat crop Is in splendid condition.
And that never before has the outlook fer
an enormous crop been more catering than
at present lie estimates the acreage at
about t~erty por cent greater than that of
last year. Barring unforeseen misfortune,
the crop will smount To 10 900 goo bushels.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-11
ATCHlSON PHILOSOPHY.

Our lghtest pain-the window pane
\ word to the wise is not always sufficient.
Promising Is as easy as forgetting that you
promised
Give woman a sealskin, and she dreams OF
iiatuonds.
Al ~ tears i'll the world will not blot out
bad action.
Advice i, like bank check it all dependi
On who gives it.
The boy who knows most about Greek is G
poor boy to send for sugar
Many people have nothing more substan.
TIA. in this world than hope
a skunk is a very objectionable animal, but
people talk about him a good deal
To whom does an old bachelor whose mother
is dead go when he wants to grumblef
The trouble with being patient is that peo-
pie lose faith in the strength of your com
plant
Some children grow SO fast that the shoe
that fit them at night are too small in the
morning.
When Il man gets mad, he stays mad when
n woman COTS mad, she looks for some excuse
to get over ii.
A girl in society will admit that girl out
of society is very nice, but she also adds that
she is 'diiIerentn
Fashion devotes pages TO the description OF
evening dresses for children. In the good old
fashioned lays the only evening dress child
mad was night dress.
You all SPEAK lightly of the man who ride
a free horse to DEATH but you all have the
habit Every one Of you imposes on goo"
nature daily 1t is so easy to be blind 10 youi
own faults while crlticlsing the faults Of
others n Atchiscn Globe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-11

1.-TWO tens for twenty, please said a
gentleman to the cashier in the county
treasurer's office.
The cashier took the "twcnty" and
rang it on the counter. 1t had that pc
culiar duh ring that characterizes coun-
terfet coins. He rung it a second time
and then inspected it critically.
''Is that bogus?" asked the owner Of
the coin.
"Oh. no." answered the cashier; it's
good as wheat, but split"
Continuing, he said: That is the first
split twenty ever ran across. The
stamping machine at the mint some
times comes down too hard on the coins
and splits them: but it is seldom the
larger coins split. It's mostly 'tives' that
suffer. But they are very careful at the
mint and stop every split coin they de-
tect. Now, i'll the thousands of dollars
handled here every year rarely find a
split coin. don't think I've found more
than four or five in year, and, as say,
the coins were mostly 50 pieces
The split $50 piece looked perfect, and,
SO far as the eye could detect, bore no
aaw of any kind, The only fault with
it was in the ring" and the split made
it sound dead when thrown on the
counter.-San Francisco Examiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-11
OCCUPATIONS OF INDIAN WOMEN.

There are 1914 400 mercantile women in In
lila
The section devoted to lawyers includes ten
women only
Women as Officers of the national govern
rnent" number 6,352
No fewer than It 764 women figure as 'of-
flcers Of municipal ocal and village govern
ment"
Eight hundred and sixty-tve wcmen are
officers of Independent states and govern
ments
Three thousand four hundred and sixty
four women appear ms authors and literary
persons
The respectable total Of 94,25l women ap-
pear as clergy. ministers, priests, church and
temple officers
Twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and
forty-one women are employed in the con
struction Of houses and other buildings
As physicians, surgeons and druggists.
without any possibility Of "A qualification Of a
mental kind, there are 1929 women set
down.
There are 35s employed in the building OF
ships, 10, ,99 workers in precious metals and
stones, 34, 72l in stone and clay and 5, "A 200
simply classed as 'laborers 81
Five hundred and eighty-four are tabu-
lated as artists, 1851 as musicians, 4,345 as
teachers, l27 as scientific persons" and,
strangest Of all to the uninitiated, 40, 3sl as
actresses
The wives of specified occupation number
41,T4 exclusive of IS sG3, % agriculturists,,
and 'other wives" number only 1921, 500.
Where the balance Of 80, 900 90 or 40 600 COZ
appear is not 50 far discoverable.
Altogether about &c. 90 900 women aprap
rs engaged in some description Of classified
work-roughly, little less than third of
the entire female population, which Includes,
Of course. an enormous proportion Of infants
and Young girls.-St James Gazette
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-11
SOME OLD CHARMS.

For ague a very well salted herring. split
open, was applied as hot as possible to the
so.es Il the feet.
To allay hemorrhage, a toad, well dried in
re sun ami put ILtoa bag, was hung round
the neck by a string sufficiently low 70 touch
the region Of the heart.
Children were passed through the split
stem Of n tree Tor the cure of the ricketts,, but
tie fracture must be atterward bounj up
sufficiently tight TO insure cohesion
Toothache could be charmed away BY
fcw leaves Of the ''shepherd's purse, placed
the body to that in which the tooth was
aching
A preparation Of garlic and honey sneared
On the person said to act as = charm
against tine bites Of dog and reptiles or the
sung Of numerous Insects, likewise effectinR
their cure.
Tie teeth Of Old age we're fixed firmly in
the gums by an infusion Of powdered jst,
while water in which the beryI had been
stepped afforded a valuable wash for
strengthening the eyes, besides insuring the
mutual love Of a welded couple
An excellent recipe for weak or sore ~.
was the expressed juice Of the calyx Of the
red honeysucsle: provided always that ths
flowers were gathered kneelinz, repeating
nine patsrflosters in hnnor II the Trinity.
nine more TO greet Our LAdye,r and Q
creed I>-s; AMI steep ~ere acquired afN1
applfcaii7n Tie Hospital
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-11

AT Rome, in 1929, it rained dust. mixed
with blood, for three days, and when the
heavy clouds drifted away it looked as il
the sun was swimming in sea of fire.
Four years later, in 1925. a snow fell in
Syria, which presently melted and flowed
in carmine rivers of blood, or some fluid
much resembling it i'll every particular.
Many of he old writers record = three
dav shower of blood red rain in the
Island OF Rhodes and throughout South
ern Italy in 1886 A monk, writing in
1851. tells of loaf being cut out Of
which blood flowed IS freely as from .
fresh wound.
In 1913 there We're many great tenn
pests. Several towns and thousands OF
people were swallowed up and the
courses of rivers changed or stopped.
Some ch,.sms in the earth sent forth
poisonous fluids, as red as carmine ink,
rs at Nilach, in Austria. Ponderous
hailstones fell in many parts Of Germany
the same year. some of them weighing
from twenty to seventy pounds. At
Lamech it rained flesh, dust. comets and
me;eors; irebrands and coruscations
were in the air; mock suns, with fiery
tails, sailed through the skies. Soon
after these terrible scenes at Lamech it
| began at Catava, near the sea, and went
sweeping throughout southern Europe.
An igneous vapor or sulphurous fire
broke from the earth at Caahery, Asia,
and utterly consumed men, beasts,
houses AMI trees, so injecting the air
that great plague followed. Young
| serpents and millions of venomous in
sects fell from the clouds.
In 1861 Burgundy experienced the
novelty of shower of blood red rain,
| which ensanguincd everything it touch
ed; and in 1868 the Antiura reapers found
all wheat heads to he as red as blood. In
| i1SS bread put in the oven at Nuremberg
WAS taken out covered with bloody
sweat. Wurtemberg had a shower Of
birthstone and ashes in 1884. In 1895
Limerick and Tipperary, Ireland, had
many showers OF soft, fatty substance
resembling butter. 1t was of a dark
yellow color and always fell at night.
The people gathered it and used it as an
ointment, reporting many astonishing
cures St Louis Republic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-11

Talk about mathematical puzzles. Here
is one that beats out the hen-and "a half,
egg-and-ahalf algebraical nightmare. On
Rondo street car Alderman Patrick
kavanagh put quarter into the change
box in the front door An instant be-
fore young lady had deposited dime
in the same sub-treasury The driver
returned from the outside two change
packages, a blue and a white one. stimuli
taneously. With true gallantry Mr. Kav-
anagh waited for the young lady to help
herself, which she did. Inadvertently
taking out the blue one, and, by mis-
take, dropping two dimes into the Pay
Here lock box. Kavanagh demanded
his change, but the driver obIurately re-
fused to give any me e. Hard words
ensued, to the great embarrassment Of
the lady, and the alderman refused to
take the ten cent package, which re-
manned in the possession Of the com
pany. kavanagh, of course, paid no
more for his ride; the young lady paid
twenty cents, and now how much was
the company ahead on the deal?-Ches-
ter PA. Local News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-11
STRANGE TALES.

Chicago produces an everage OF about ten
suicides per week, or 81 0, in round numbers
per year,
Three eggs OF different sizcs, one inside the
ether, were deposited hy hen in Lehigh
county pa harm.
A novel flower has been found at the 18th
mus Of rehuautepec This coral chameleon
has . faculty Of changing It's colors durins
the day In the moraing It Is white, when
the sun is at is ZENITH It Is rel. and at night
II IL hlna The rel, white and blue flower
grows on tree about the $50 Of the guava
tre-. and ouly n noon dpes 1t give eut any
perfume.
A peculiar result Of the drinking q ice cold
water from spring in Stoninston. Coun., is
reported The water aows from a crack ia
. high rock. and the VEINS Of man who
1rinka from it begin 20 swell. and he looks
and feels as though he we're about to burst
for the next ten minutes The swelling grad
uAlly subsidies. and no serious effec, Is felt,
except a slight buHzine in the ears, II is the
talk Of the neiyhlorhood, ard every body 10
eager TO try the effect Of the water
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-11


Every now and then. as We journey
through this vale from the cradle to the
grave, it becomes necessary for US to
say good by Generally it is said in sad
ness and with a sigh. We wiring the
hand of the departing friend, the sor-
rowful tears are shed. then the bell rings
and the train goes around the curve.
This is the good-by that sticks in the
throat like large three cornered lump
and persistently refuses to be swallowed.
After this kind of farewell we go home
feeling that something has gone out Of
life. We are like the man who puts his
foot for another step at the top of the
dark stairway and finds suddenly that it
isn't there.
Then there is the farewell that is said
with hilarious chuckle of JOY. We say
it TO the bill collector, whom we have
with us always, or have had for long
time. We say it to the bore, the spring
poet. to the man who reads the exchanges
and to the writer who invariably refers
to a bear as bruin.
The sweetest good-by is that of the
girl at her fathers front gate, when only
you or and the girl and twinkling stars
are present. To some Of US it is only a
memory, this kind of farewell, but it
is memory that will remain fresh and
green long after we have passed that
callow age.
The saddest good-by is the one that is
said by the side of an open grave
Richard S. Graves in National Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-11
STATE NEW S
fairfield.

Fairfield
The exercises attending the presenta ion
of she Flag to School District No. |. last
THURSDAY, were pleasing sud satisfactory,
though part of the speakers were detained
at home by reason of acknowledgement
Getchell of Vassalboro, has made 4 valus
BILE report of his survey of the village for
a system of sewage and the town
will be asked at the next an
nual session to appropriate about fifteen
thousand dollars for the purpose. As the
plan conte mplates about fifty manholes to
remove tue surface water, the saving to the
town in repairs will be an item worthy of
careful consider stion. MIR. Geo. Gullifer
one of our busy lumbermen WAS
struck by falling limb,
few days ago. his skull fractured and
since has been in dangerous condition
lie is now gaining rapidly The people
Of Fairfield have but faint idea of the
business of the town that goes
and comes over the Railroad In CON-
TarisoH with other stations,
fairheld's stations, Fairfield and
Shawmut,) rank fifth being led only
by Portland Gardiner, Bangor and
Yarmouth Junction. When We consider
tue volume of business done at the station
for this town. Fairfield ranks second
Portland, Yarmouth Junction and Bangor
are billing points and consequently a large
per cent of the total footiugs simply repre-
sents merchandise rebilled or transferred
to other roads or places Gardiner alone
leads Fairfield in the amount of local
business. In 1889 there was received at
Fairfield ,904 tons, ani the earnings Of
the station were S27.sl0.l7 while there
was forwarded IL 5ls tous the freight
amounting 10 S33 $50 Is From Shawmut
three miles above Their was received ,495
tons. earning tn railroad So 233.4s while
the shipnis nts amounted 20 ,+27 tons, earn
iug Sl3,622 "a The total footings for
the,e two stations IN Fairfield being SIS
10 90 - he lecture on Manufacture and
Cses of Commercial Fertilizers at the Cen
tire FRIDAY evening, b: Mr.. W. B.
Kendall, BosdoInhsm was not only
largely attended but PROVE highly
Interesting as well as Instructive
Hon. u. W Allen hss SO far recos cred
as TO be able 20 SIT up few hours each
DAY, but will not attempt any business for
some time Rev 5 q. Davis of the Uni
yersal,sf church, Is dom with La Grippe
and was unable {, &C u2y his pulpit Sunday.