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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

Ruskins ideal Of a newspaper is indicated
by the following paragraph in "Fors
Clavigan; "lf any journal would limit itself
10 statements Of well sifted fact, making it.
self not news paper, but an odds paper,
and giving its statements tested aud true
like old wine, as soon rs things could be
known accurately; choosing, also, Of the
many things that might be known that
which it was most vital 10 know, and sum
ming them up in few words Of pure English
i cannot say whether 1t would ever pay
well to sell it.. but ! am sure it would pay
well TO read it, and to read no other. n-Ex.
change.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02
To Aid Duck Hunters.

A boat has been invented for the use of
duck hunters which, it is claimed, is a perfect
device as regards ease Of management and
the high rate of speed attajnable. Those who
hgve sculled a boat in pursuit Of crippled
birds in the ordinary way are aware of the
great strain upon the wrist which this method
Of propulsion entails. In the craft above
mentioned the oar is thrust through the mid
die and bottom Of the boat in a contrivance
not unlike a centerboard The leverage OBJ
;ained is enormous, and the inventor claims
that a small boy, through the use of his de
vice, can beat professional oarsman in q
shelL-New York Telegram.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

When you have found poor girl who is
said to DO pretty, you have found really
pretty girl.
Women are most sensible when among wo-
men, and men are most sensible when among
men.
Some women are never pleasant to their
husbands except when there Is come other
woman around.
The man with the greatest Joy, and II
man with the heaviest sorrow, are the men
who say the least.
The man never renews his youth but once
q woman renews hers every time she puts on
a new dress Republic.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

to tell his age. 1t
is known, how
ever, that he was
born in G b ell
county, Va, was
educated in Ohio,
and began the
practice of law in
the state of his
birth. He served
as captain of in
fantry during the
war with Mexico,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

Spring brings with it the annual crop
of war rumors from Europe. BuIgarias
throne is as shaky as ever, and the situa-
ton in that principally is said to be very
menacing for the peace of the states in
the Balkan peninsula. Trouble in the Bal
kans will, of course, involve the great
powers to some degree at least, and may
lead to an ultimate appeal to arms.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02
4 Million silver Dollars.

"What is the weight of 200, 900 silver dol
larsW
The question was asked Of Chief Coin Clerk
Vassar at the sub-treasury.
"Twenty-nine tons avoirdupois," was the
reply.
How much space is required for their
storagep
~ should say about $50 cubic feet. Dos
ton Herald.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

ton at the ripe
age of 81 brings
him for the last
time, outside the
pages of perma-
nent history, into
pull lic promi-
nence. He was
born at Franklin,
o., in 1909, re-
ceived a college
education, served
in the state legis-
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

Governor L. w. McComas, who died
recently at Fort Scott, Kan, after long
and well spent life, was noted for one
peculiarity-he disliked to have anything
published regarding himself and declined
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
THE SAD STORY or A YOUNG GIRLS
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.

Trying to Manage Timber Claim in Da-
kota.-Her Young Brothers. Death IL the
Dugout-Tramping and Beating Her way
Back to Her Eastern Friends.
As the Sioux City passenger train came to
standstill in front of the Webster street
depot, bright, intelligent looking young
woman, with pretty, girlish face, surround
ed by a mass of dark clustering hair, de-
scended from the platform of the rear coach.
She was about the medium height, and rather
slight, but the natural comeliness of her form
was concealed in a sort of jacket made of I'M
tanned sheepskins, which she wore over
dress of some dark material Her head was
covered by jaunty little foxskin cap, while
her feet were incased in coarse leather moe
casins
Notwithstanding her uncouth exterior,
there was an air Of culture and refinement
a certain indescribable something about her
walk and manner-which spoke of better
days and showed she was not in harmony
with her attire A gentleman and his wife
who live on Thirteenth street CHANGED to be
in the room at the time, and to them the
stranger told this pitiful story--a tale so full
of rare dramatic incidents as to read almost
| like a romance.
Her name, she said, was Margaret Conner,
and her home was at Rockford, HIS, where
she had lived from childhood. Her father
was dead, and she had for several years sup
ported her mother, her little brother and her
self by teaching in the public schools. About
year ago her mother died, aud Miss Conner
and her brother Willie, who was now lad
of 16, finding themselves alone in the world,
sold their little homestead, and with their
worldly effects emigrated to Dakota, with a
view to taking up timber claim and going
to farming They settled ON Turtle creek, in
Sphinx county, about twenty miles south of
| Redfield.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

The white laundrymen of the east, par
ticularly New York city, have combined
for the purpose of securing the business
that now goes to their Chinese rivals.
The attempt has proved SO far success
full as to elicit letter of protest from
Shen Woon, the Chinese consul at New
York.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02
Mnrsn Than the Cats.

Hubby-Did those cats keep you awake
last night
Wife--No; but you did, sitting mp in bed
and shouting at them-HaTper's Bazaar.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

Less than a generation ago Robert
Cumming Schenck was noted as a SOL
der, a diplomat and a leader in public
affairs. His recent death at Washing
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02
A JOURNEY UNDER nIFFIcuiTIEs

"Then, collecting a few things in a little
hand bag, | babe long farewell to the home
which had been the scene of SO much sorrow,
and started on my journey for Redfield, in
the face of bowling blizzard The wind
blew against Inc and butfeted me so that |
| could hardly walk; the snow beat with blind
ing force into my eyes and ears SO that often
| could not see the road at all.
Nevertheless headed on, now plunging
| through snow drifts up to my waist, now
| falling, bruised and bleeding, on the slippery
road till about midnight | reached the house
of a neighbor of ours, known as the Weather
| bee Place / reached Redfeld at last, more
dead than alive, and told my story to the
station agent, and begged him to give me a
pass to Rockford. He gave me enough to
carry me to Sioux City, which place reached
last Friday.
81 now became desperate; | was in a
strange city at night, without money and
without friends While | was wondering
| what had better do ! noticed heavy load
ed freight train just pulling out of the depot
| for Omaha, and hungry and cold as | was, /
sprang into an empty box car and hudded
| down into a corner. The terror of that night
| | shall never forget, if / should live hundred
| wears. The dreary darkness, the monotonous
hum of the car wheels the believing of the
stock, and the biting cold, all combined to
make me supremely miserable. To increase
my terror the car next to mine was occupied
| by number of tramps, who made night hid
eous by their oaths and foul talk, and trem-
bled to think what would have been my fate
had they found my hiding place.
"When the cars stopped at little station
above here to wait for the passenger train l
could bear it no longer, and getting out from
my place of concealment ran into the depot,
where met the conductor of the train, and
he brought me 20 Omaha"
| Such was Miss Corners story, which was
interrupted many times by sobs and weep
ing
Mr. Harris, gentleman who was in the
waiting room, was deeply interested in the
girl, and succeeded, through his influence
with the railroad nen, in getting her pass
| to her eastern home.-Omaha Republican.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

alties incurred for such offenses as in
science, drunkenness, or overstaying
shore leave. The devices of a martinez
or severe officer may include tortures
never dreamed of by Dante when writ
ing his Inferno"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

have taken your Vitalia Capsules for lndi-
gestion and the result was speedy relief and
cure. They justified fully everything you
claimed for them. A. r. SMITH,
36l Produce Exchange, n Y. City.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02
puNlsHMeNrs OF sEAMEN.

rhey Are Often Illegal and Sometimes
Marked by Great Cruelty.
The trouble OH the United States
warship Enterprise, recently ventilated
in the course of the inquiry at the
Brooklyn navy yard, wherein McCalla,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

T.. NJ. Thomas Mani Co., New York.
Have the kindness 10 send me by mall one
dollars worth OF Nitalia liver Pills. Enclos-
ed find the money. From the vial sent me
am pleased with II. VIII. BROOKs.JR.,
Ontario, Cal.
For sale by McReynolds q CO.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02
DEATH IN rHr nuGour.


Going into new country and being igno-
rant of its ways they found it necessary to
buy many things the need of which they had
not anticipated, and they saw with alarm
their little stock of money dwindling rapidly
away under these repeated drains The
neighbors We're kind in their rough way, and
lent willing hands to give the young people a
start. A warm sod house for themselves and
outhousos for the stock were built, the requi-
site number of trees were planted, the stuk,
born prairie broken, and the spring sowing
done.
The story, at this point, is so full of start
ling incidents that it is best told in Miss Con
ner's own words
1.-THE crops" said She 'as every one knows,
on account of the prolonged droughts in the
south and west, were total failure, and all
that we had to show for our hard summers
work was few bushels of wheat and corn,
ha%ly enough TO furnish food for the winter
'Well, the fall dragged ON into winter, and
Christmas, the season of glad tidings and
good cheer, found us reduced to our last
bushel Of grain. What we should do when
that was gone was a problem beyond our
power to solve. Oh, the gloom and terror of
those long winter nights, without fuel and
without light For hours and hours we
would lay, hudded in each others arms, list
tening to the bowling of the wolves and the
shrieks of the tempest as it whirled about our
cabin door
"About this time" she continued, her voice
choking with sob, ''poor little Willie took
sick and died, and then it seemed as if my
cup of sorrow was full to the brim, and |
thought for time l should go mad from the
very horror of my situation. There | was,
alone with my dead brother, in the midst of
a desoate Dakota prairie, without the barest
necessities of life and not friend or neigh
Dor within ten miles. ! clearly saw that |
could no longer remain where l was, for to
do so was to perish, and my only hope was to
get to Redfield, and there, by interesting the
railroad officials in my story, obtain trans
portation to my friends in Illinois. Slowly
and sadly dug hole in the hard ground of
our cabin floor and laid poor Willie away,
and after kissing his sweet, pale face many
times l covered the body with the cold, frosty
earth and left him.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

n CENTS WANTED by an old reliable firm
n large pTofits, quick sales. sample free. A
rare Opportunity. Gee. "A Scott SO B'way,Nl.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

My wife has found more relief from your
Vitaiia than from any remedy she has ever
taken. / assure you OF my own gratitude for
so valuable medicine. j. Il. Erwin, ID. d.
Nashville, Jan. y.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

T. A. Thomas, General Agent, GAINESVILLE,
Tenn.
Dear sir-I have been suffering with dys-
pepsia in n severe form and recently com
menced taking Niialia Capsules, with such
great benefit that can commend them TO all
so afflicted. They are the best liver remedy |
ever used. L. W. BOURNE,
County Assessor.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

Human Nature Is Rich in Resources, and
Needs Only to BE Cultivated Properly
and Lifted Up-The Forces of Religion,
Philanthropy and Culture.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02

II is pleasure to me TO say 10 friends and
others suffering from Indigestion or dyspeep-
STA, that your Vitalia will cure them. ] say
this because 1 have used IL on myself and
others, one a very distressing ease, and all
have been made happy by Its cure. When
ever meet an acquaintance with indig \.
ton say TO him, Be sure o use Vitalia and
be cured cheap" IL Is the best medicine In
the world for such Affections.
TIL HYMAN, Leaf Tobacco Auctn'r.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-02
.Vitalia Cures. TT. A. Thomas.
Jno. w. Hammer, ST., DID.

After the long suffering have endured from
indigestion, feel II duty and pleasure 10
recommend your Vitalia, because Of the re-
lief and comfort II has given me, think Vi
talia Elixir and Nitalia Liver Pills invaluble
forfndigestion and cholera morbns.
MRS. MATTE STRAIN, Clarksvllle, Tenn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-15
Protection Still Advancing

The eafnestbess with which certain
In favor Of Free Trade 40 far az the "
du.tries Of the North are concerned
declare for Protection when the interests
Of their own section are under consider
alton shows that 1t makes u vast differ
enc 10 item whose OK IA gored. IL VIII
be remembered that the Mills bill was
pre- rmlnently n sectional measure. 1t
very carefully protected the exist
ing interests Of the Democratic
south, while IL WAS calculated TO prac-
ticaily auihiAtc large number Of Inter
eats IN the North. To-day that same bill
would find strong opposition in the
South Itself That section of the coun-
try Il coming very rapi lily TO see that It
has, itself. Industries to be developed,
aud that Protection means az much for
the South as it does of the North
The rapid growth Of Protection
sentiment in the South has been
very clearly shown Of late In the testi-
mony Of the leading citizens Of that see
tion who have appeared before the
Ways aud Means committee. With
scarcely an exception they have declared
strongly for Protection. The whole
country has smiled at the thorough rak-
ing down given Mr.. Mills of Texas, by
one of his own constituents "A Texas
wool grower. II II safe 10 say that the
small calitrcd statcsmanship Of Roger
was never put in closer quarters or
held up to the country in more re-
dbeuious light before. II was hard on
brother Mills but nuts for the country.
The present Sos don of Congress is yet
Young but IL has already done a vast
amount 10 show people that the scnti-
ment Of Protection Ia one that Is con
Atantly aud rapidly acquiring new ad-
hcrents aud that the party which en-
deavors to oppose 1t with maSims from
Free Trade England is sure to be left
behind In the struggle for political as
tendency
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-15

GRANGE ELECTIONS.

Officers of subordinate oranges that have
recently been elected are gwen below:
vIEssA, Bucksport NJ, A. $. Lowell
o, Benjamin Ballard l.. Mrs. Jane A
Smith s.. Robert II Bennett; Chap, Mrs.
Atbie II Smith. Treas, Mrs. Mary A.
Collins See Miss julia X. Chapman; E.,
Mrs Maria w. Lowell; l. A. s.. Miss
Matte Handy.
RuRAL, Veszie Master. G.. b. Marden ;
Overseer, N. IT, Cook; Lecturer, + +
Kent; Steward. Daniel Hathorn; Assistant
Steward, Leslie Boardmap Chaplain, G.
l.. Davis; Treasurer. J, b. Skinn,r; Sec
rotary. A. J. McPheters; Gate ke, per,
G W. Rollins; Pomona. Mrs Mary s.
uathorn Flora, Mrs. n. II. Cook; Ceres.
Mrs Sarah A. Mardtn Lady Assistant
steward, Netie Rollins; Orgsnist, Mrs
Abbie J, Winchester.
CHeRRrftrLp o + Wiley. NJ T. W.
Leighton. o.; II. W. Hook, L.; n C..
Tucker, s F.. j. White, A, $ J 7. Put
nam. Chap Jas. Steele, Treas Mrs. NJ
s. Riley, Sec. X. W. Wiley. q. X Mrs
N {. Tucker. c Miss MARY +. Leighton
+. Miss Kate Wiley, f, Mrs. b, F..
Wiley, l. A. $.
HAarpES: c. +. Lehman. WORTHY Mas
ter J. J.. Miller overseer w, + Wood
worth, Lecture, b. W. Hardy Steward /;
Albert Garland. Assistant Steward Mrs
X Packard, Chaplain; f. +. Reed, Treas
urer. Annie NJ. Treat. Secretary Daniel
Ryan. Gate Keeper; Estelle @. Smith, Po
mona; Mrs. J. l.. Miller, Flora, Miss Hat
tie Tracy, Ceres; Miss Lille Partridge, l.,
A. Steward.
CoRnossrFcosrEE, West Gardiner Mas
ter, Elijah Farr; Overseer. ----; Lee
,urer. Frank Towle; Secretary. Mrs. Celia
Davis, Treasurer, NJ. W, Plnkham Chap
lain. c. j Higgins; Steward, g. X NJ.
Wentworth; Assistant Steward, Frank
Cannon; Lady Assistant Steward. Mrs.
Alice Towle; Gate Keeper, G. William
French Flora. Mrs. Jennie Pinkhsm ;
Pomons, Lizzie French Ceres. Mrs Lettie
Pinkham.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-15
Farm News and N otes.

The Fayette Creamery Association at its
annual meeting chose the following
officers President. 4. X. French; Clerk
A. L. Wing; Treasurer. J b. French
Directors. $. b Phlbrick, c. l. Burgess
Frank Bllngion and j ;. W. Hewett.
At the present time there is being made
500 lbs. of butter per week, which will
soon he increased Ice gatherings will
now be In order, as the ice is about ere
foot thick and very clear.
The farmers who Furnished corn for Lu-
clan phinney, of Westbrook in 1883. and
who have brought suit to enforce their lien
on the cora, Are looking for a full settle
ment Of their claims Ii is claimed that
their rights have precedence and the other
creditors of phtnney are already msking
over.ures to settle. meeting of the
farmers interested was held recently in
Portland and committee of which Alonzo
Libby OF Ssccsrspps is chairman, MAS sp-
pointed to represent ali the planters in the
case.
DR.. T. II Hoskius, editor of the Yer
mont waichmsn tells of a man Who gave
up hope in Nebraska ami returned TO Yer
mont, some two years ago. his wife dying
soon after. Since thea he has, by the help
OF friends been able to establish himself in
Aroosteok county. Maine, where his first
crop, the pas, wear, has been, ''three hun
drsd barrels of splendid potatoes DR..
Hoskius SAYS that he ksowns the Wild and
Woody West" pretty we'll, and he knows
Aroosto0k and, knowing both. he does not
hesitate to prefer 100 acres Of Aroostook TO
a whole prairie in Dakota or Nebraska.
By the solvent of railroads, Northerd Maine
10 in the way of being rapidly settled, but
there is to-day, stiff unoccupied, more rich
farm land than in all Newfoundland tina,
CAB be bought cheap, too Why people
will wander 80 far abroad, when beuer
homes are near, isa problem hard to
solve. Il is likely the easily de
luded will be doomed on, of
New England for some time yet. But this
overflow 10 evidently slaekening. and by
wise efforts can soon be stopped. This
shows there is need of better knowledge of
our own superior advantages even among
our own cisizena Maine is the best State
in the Union. al things considered. 1t
wants persistent and proper advertising.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-15

There appears to be very little differ
eucc of opinion today among the most
eminent medical authorities regarding
the real nature Of the influenza epidemic.
1t IL very generally conceded to be the
result of certain cosmical agencies which
are favorable for the rapid multiplication
of II peculiar disease germ At one time
it was thought by certain New York
people that the origin of this bacterial
life had heeu found in peculiar moss
like fungus growth which made its
appearance az on the brown stone houses
of that city. 1t was an Ingenious expla-
nation, but scarcely sufficient one. 1t
did not attempt to explain the ravages
OF the disease IN the thousands OF local.
ties where "stone fronts" were unknown
and undreamcd OF. In addition to this
a certain eminent scientific authority
its strange how destructive OF pet
theories such fellows are--came
forward and pronounced the mysterious
brown stone fungi to be by no means
uncommon plant gro With, and no stran-
ger ia the metropolis Thus another great
thought was whitfield away against the
keen edge Of science.
Meanwhile another eminent authority
IA pupil of the celebrated Pasteur, WAS
pursuing Investigations in an entirely Diff
fercnt line. He started on the hypothesis
that the influenza was caused by apecu
liar disease germ which existed In the al
mosphere aud which found the eosmical
conditions peculiarly favorable 10 It's
development. Following out this idea
he has succeeded in securing a number
OF these germs and exhibits them under
a microscope. They are said to bear a
close resemblance TO those of con-
sumption although not nearly as
fully developed. They exl ihit an
astounding rapidity of movement.
This theory will undoubtedly be
seotled at by many, bat the New York
Board of Health, which ia composed of
some of the best physicians in the eoun-
try, have made q careful examination of
1t, thoroughly tested the microscopic
proofs afforded and pronounced it cor
rect. 1t is simply In line with the other
great discoveries Of modern times re
garding the nature and origin of cpl
demic diseases
In this field we may we'll believe that
medical science Is destined to achieve its
greatest triumphs. The thorough know
ledge of the nature Of the disease germs
can but be the precursor Of the discovery
OF ways to conquer them. The great
minds which are eagerly exploring this
vast and fascinating field of research.
are bringing new discoveries to the front
with ever increasing frequency, and 1t
cannot be many years before many of the
most terrible epidemic diseases will be
MS thoroughly understood and controlled
rs are number of those which TODAY
are regarded AS not at all serious.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-15
To the Stockholders
AqCHlS0N, TOPEKA { SANTA
FEE RAILROAD CO.:
FTHE-

In April last. We asked you to intrus, to us your
proxies. to be used at the annual meeting Of the
company in May. This resulted In . change Of
management. the introduction Of reforms and
economies. and financial reorgs ni.a,iop Of the
company that has met general approval.
During the progress Of this reorganization. /,
has been frequently suggested in the public pre-.
and by numerous and large holders Of the CON
panys secu' tiles that 1t would give greater stabi
ity to the recognized company II . manager s n,
committed to the successful working out Of the
plan Of reorganization. and absolutely In the In.
terest of the property, could be secured for several
years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-15
EDUCATIONAL.

The examination Of the State Norma
School at Gorham will take place Thursday
morning Jan. l6.
Business Law for Women 10 the subject
of . course of six lectures now being given
.. the Lasell Semipsry, Auburndale. Mass.
by Mary A. Greene. LII. B. Of the Bos,
ton Bar.
The report of the U. S. Commissioner Of
Education the years lss7-sS has just been
issued. 1t 10 volume of over 200 pages
filled with the most important information
upon the history. statistics and practice Of
American education.
The annual meeting of the AndToscoggin
County Educational Association will be held
in the Lewiston Grammar School Hall, on
Friday and Saturday. January II and Is.
Among those who will take part are Hon.
N. A Luce of this city and Prof. Larkin
Dunton of Boston.