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WOMEN AS TRADERS.
Mrs. COrnythe's Importance in the Affairs
of Bismarck Archipelago.

Mrs. Cornythe's Importance in the Affairs
of Bismarck Archipelago.
The Suffrage Journal of Manchester
contains, among other items of interest,
an account of the marvellous success as
a land owner and trader on an extensive
scale of Mrs. Cornythe, lady of some
what mixed nationality, being the half
caste daughter of a former American
Consul at Samoa, and having been mar
ried to an Englishman. After his death
she settled in New Britain, one of the
largest of the group of islands
now known as the Bismarck Archi-
pelago, and there effected lasge
purchases of land about ten years ago.
She holds collectively more than the
whole number of traders and land own
ers settled on the island, her property
and that of the firm of which she is the
head amounting to 100000 acres, while
that POSSESSED by German merchants is
only %. 900 acres, and by other foreign
ers s, 300. She owns the only steamer
trading among the islands of the Archi-
pelago, and exports large quantities of
copra, pearl she'll, beche-de-rDar, and
South Sea Island cotton grown on her own
plantations. She employs fifty Euro
peans and several hundred natives. The
trade with the natives is all carried on
by barter; and the imports consists OF
tobacco, pipes, axes, hammers, knives,
nails; also kerosene, lamps, beads, cot
ton goods, timed salmon, sugar. -four
and salt. Now Britain in about 500 miles
long and thirty or forty broad, situated
in the cast of New Guinea, is aboUt six
degrees south. The interior is noun
famous, but the soil on the Slopes of
the mountains is described as being one
of the richest in the world and capable
of growing any kind of tropical product
Timber ire, are plentiful, and there Is
good supply OF water. The native in
habitants are chiefly of Papuan origin,
and follow a curious custom also found
in New Guinea of shutting up their
daughters in cages till they are mar
ried- They are ilthy in their habits,
cruel and treacherous, and practice the
loves vices of savagery, infanticide and
cannibalism. The Archipelago. of which
New Britain and New Ireland are the
chief islands, with a rEultitude of
smaller islands, nominally belong to
Germany; but the trade carried on with
them is far more in the hands of En-
glish and Americans than of Germans.
-Woman's Cycle.
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GUINNESS WATER EEAsr.


FroIicsome Behavior of Men and women
On New Years Day.
The Sianese are SO near the equator
that they have about the same hot
weather the year round. Every man..
woman and child in Bangkok takes =
plunge into the river at least three
times day. OF the 700. 600 people in
the city at least SOC. eeo live in floating
houses, and inasnAnch as the summer
costume ofsthe lower classes consists OF
garment about the size of a Turkish
towel, it is not much trouble for them
to go in bathing. They battle on the
steps of their houses and stand up to
the waist in the water. granting delight
teddy as they pour bucketful after
bucketful over themselves and their
neighbors. The Burmese man and wo-
man take bath every night after din
ner. This bath ismerely pouring water
over the person. Soap is never used
and particular care is taken not to wet
the hair.
At New Years, when the weather is
as hot as our summer, these people
have what they call a water feast, and
at this time tho whole nation throws
water upon one another. All the pretty
girls go out with buckets, and the boys
have squirt guns, and for three days
there is nothing but water-spaashing.
The foreigners of Rangoon also en-
gagged in this, and the Chinese celebrate
the feast with the rest. One Chknaman
rugged up a hydrant with q tWo-inch
pipe during the last feast, and as his
house was on the main street, he had
the bulge, as it were. on every one else
He engaged a coolie to work the ma
chine all day, and, as he was selling
water-works, he had a good advertise
ment in addition to his fun
A swell Englishman arrived in Bur-
man last year during this feast He
went to cali on one of the leading men
of Rangoon in tall silk hat and black
clothes and was met at the door by
girl with a bucket of water. The girl
asked him in Burmese whether he was
observing the water feast and he, sup
posing that she wanted to know whether
he had come to see her father, nodded
his head, and with that nod this whole
bucket of water went over his silk hat
and down the back of his collar, COM
pletely drenching him.
During the same time another party
of Englishmen were told that some girls
were coming to throw water on them.
They had the servants bring out the
bath-tub and put it on the verandah, and
when the girls came they got possession
of the bath-tub and splashed the En-
| glishmen until one of them, rushing in.
seized one of the maidens and, lifting
her up, dropped her into the tub. This
was considered very impolite, and the
Dung man who did it suffered by re-
ceiving no further attention from the
Burmese beauties.-Philadelp Press
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"A singular wrinkle. which will

"A singular wrinkle, which will be
appreciated by electricians. is given in
an. Australian electrical journal. A cor
respondent describes the visit of the
telegraph inspector to his station. and
says that after a battery which had got
out of order had been fixed up. the in
spector asked for little sugar. After
some demur the apparently queer re-
quest was granted The inspector then
began to wash his hands in the usual
way with soap and water. but after rub
bling on the>soap he added the sugar.
and q good lather was Immediately pro-
duced. He said this was an excellent
plan when working with magnesia or
copper solutions. and completely pre-
vented the disagreeable dry feeling ex-
perienced in battery work. The oper-
ator confirmed this. having .ound that
after washing. the hands came out clean
and soft
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ALBANY, N. Y. Sept 9.-The mystery
attending the apprehension of John
Reed, who was detained in Superin-
tendent BisselPs Office all day on sus-
picion of being one of the Central train
wreckers, was partly explained by the
arrest of John Herman, a West Albany
freight brakeman, and John Corder, a
freight conductor. both married and
striking Knights, belonging to local as
sembly No. 1914. These men were ar
rested at their homes after thorough
search of the city for them by dozen
detectives
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TERRIFIC COLLISION.
Two North shore Trains Meet on the Gem
trail Track.


LoCKPoRT, N. Y, Sept. Sat five
minutes past five o'clock this morning
two North Shore Limited trains, one
going east and the other west, collided
with terrific forco on the Central track
near the station in this city.
The engine of the train going east,
was telescoped by the engine of the
western train and they now stand locked
together with their smol1estacks nearly
touching each other.
BY the force of the collision the ten
der of the engineer of the eastbound
train was forced back over half its
length into Wagner buffet car and the
baggageman. w. A Fielder, of New
York, Instantly killed. The tender of
the other engine was also driven in like
manner into the buffet car behind it
The eng neer of this engine, Edison
Bradley. OF Syracuse. sustained COM
pound fracture of both legs and the fire.
man, William Houston, also of SYRIA
cuse, received bad flesh wound on one
thigh and severe cut on the head.
No other injuries of any account were
reported, although the passengers OF
both trains were badly shocked by the
force of the collision.
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rhE MAINE ELECTION.
The state Republican BY an Increased AEa-
Jority-speaker Reeds Plurality Largely
Increased.

The state RspubIicsn By an Increased IA
Iority-speaier Reeds Plurality Largely
Increased
AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept 9.-Chairman
Manley, of the Republican State Com
mittee, sent at midnight the following
dispatch to President Harrison: MAINE
gives the largest Republican ma ority.
though an of year, since 1886. and q
larger majority than given in Presi-
Dental contest since 1868, with the
single exceptions of 1884 and 1888 Gov
ernor Burleigh is reelected by major
ity exceeding Is, 600. Speaker Reed is
reelected by the largest majority he
ever received. exceeding 4.5O0. Repre-
sentatives Dingley. Boutelle and Mil
liken are reelected by majorities rang
ing from 8. 900 to 5000"
PORTLAND, Me-, Sept a-The total
vote of Portland is:
For Governor Burleigh 8, SIC. Thomp-
son 2, 127, Clark 142-
For Congressman-Reed 8, Gas, Frank
2, 169. Hessey (Pro.) IT.
Four Republican legislators are elected
and one Democrat. the latter on account
of local dissatisfaction There was
great enthusiasm in the city over the
result of Reeds election, and big meet
ing was held in the city hall with an ad-
dress by Reed under the auspices of the
Young Mems Republican Club.
Forty-three of fifty-five towns in the
First district give Reed 1902. Frank
10. $50, scattering As, Reeds plurality
or. The same towns in 1888 gave
Reed 10, Sill, Emory IA, S7s, scattering $50,
Reeds plurality 2. 1873.
LEWISTON. Me-, Sept Q. -Returns from
large portion of the cities and towns
in the Second district show that ex
Governor Dingley is reelected to Con
gress by nearly 1000 majority oVel
Allen, Democrat
BANGOR, Me. Sept 9.-In Bangor the
lightest vote for years was polled and
there was great scratching of tickets
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New York and Keclprocliy.

New YORK, Sept AT meeting of
the Produce Exchange, with about If
teen hundred members and merchants
present rec procity was advocated
by Consul-General Williams, of Ha-
vana At the close of his remarks
resolution was adopted that the New
York Produce Exchange as a body
sought Congress to urge such acts of
legislation or diplomatic negotiations as
would ensure the enlargement of these
foreign markets to American products.
1t was resolved to telegraph the resolu-
ton to Senators Evarts and Hiscock at
Washington at once
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Neeroes.

JACKSON, Tenn, Sept 9.-Negroes for
some time have been cutting the wire
fences around the pasture of ]. R
Young, planter. He threatened them,
and about two weeks ago four or
five negroes drew their guns on him,
when he had them arrested and they
were placed under bond. Last night
mob of nearly fifty negroes went to
Young's house and fired forty or fifty
shots into the house. Believing they
had killed the family, they began shoot
ing the hogs and cattle. Young has
secured posse of friends, and If they
meet resistance they are going to ex-
terminate the negroes Serious trouble
is feared
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Escape Prevented

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Sept. "a bold
attempt was made yesterday afternoon
by number of prisoners confined in
the county Jail in this city to overpower
the keeper and effect wholesale Jail
delivery. James Bennett who had just
been sentenced to two years in the PEN
itentiary, knocked down one of the
keepers and made his escape. Before
any of the other prisoners had got out
the keeper was joined by the sheriff
and several deputies and the mob was
suppressed and the ringleaders hand
cuffed and placed in dungeons BEN
nett has not yet been rscaptured
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KiIIed on the TracII.

A. Kazee. aged thirty-foar years. was
struck and instantly killed by an east
bound passenger train on the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe road yesterday
morning at eleven o'clock. The acct
dent occurred near Turner. q small sta
ton three miles west of Argentine.
The Santa Fe has double tracks at this
point and Kazee. who was walking along
the tracks in the direction of Turner,
stepped from one track 70 avoid q train
coming from the east and was struck By
one coming from the opposite directioa-
He lived in Kansas City. No
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Copyright, 1880.

a departure
from ordinary methods has long
been adopted by the makers of Dr..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
They know what it can do-and
they guarantee it. Your money
is promptly returned, if it fails to
benefit or cure in all diseases arising
from torpid liver or impure blood.
No better terms could be asked for.
No better remedy can be had.
Nothing else that claims to be a
blood-purifier is sold in this way
because nothing else is like the
sc. N D."
So positively certain is it in its
curative effects as to soarrant its
makers in selling it, as they are do
ing, through druggists, on trial.
It's especially potent in curing
letter, Salt-rheum, Eczema, Fry
sipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore
Eyes, Goitre, or Thick Neck, and
Enlarged Glands, Tumors and
Swellings. Great Eating Ulcers
rapidly heal under its benign in
fuepce. Worlds Dispensary Med
zeal Association, 66s Main Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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Taxable values in Texas increased
from SS11, 900. 600 in 1880 20 S765. 000. Geo
in 1890. gain Of las par cent in ten
years And yet the State has scarcely
one protected industry Texas man
ufactures nothing. and all manufactured
goods 60 into the State free and at
much less cost than Texas could make
them herself And all this flood of
cheap goods" has not ruined Texasl On
the contrary, she has much more than
doubled her wealth in ten yearsi And
githoat tariff to keep out cheap goodst
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He Mixed HIS Prorerhs.

"a seclusion and dare" said young
Malapropos. as he kissed her under the
friendly seclusion of big tree.
But he says he'll never get that quota
ton wrong again; it's "a delusion and q
snare" and he can prove it-Detroit
Free Press
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An Accomplished Girl.

Mrs. Smith-So your daughter has
graduated with honors.
Mrs. Jones-Yes, she understands
painting. and astronomy. and piano
playing, and Lord knows what all.
You ought to be very proud.
/ suppose so. I expect she will be
very happy in her married life if she
finds husband who knows how to cook,
sew on buttons and dress children
Texas Siftings-
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States has enough telegraph wire in use
to encircle the earth forty times
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Helm tired I've had TO play
tennis all afternoon" She-'Tm tired,
too. I've had to listen to your tennis
jokes all a noon."-MunseYAs Weekly
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-03
TIE M1NERAn RAILROAD.
How Tho Work is Progressing ana The
Prospect Of Reaching Florence, Ala.

Messrs. Munday & McTighe, con-
tractors on the Mineral road, were in
the city this morning on business
They are pushing the work Of con
struction with all possible energy.
They have $50 teams and 500 men
employed on the Dickson end, work
ing this way, and $50 teams and 400
men on this end.
The grading on the Dickson end
will he completed to Cumberland
Furnace in about twenty days, when
all the force will be brought TO this
end. The ties and rails will be laid
on the far end and the cars running
to Cumberland Furnace by the FIRST
of January, hauling out ore from the
Cumberland Furnaee banks for the
Southern Iron Co al Nashville, The
road will be finished from this end to
Louisa by the first of April and to
the county line by the first of May.
BY that time the Gracey- Woodward
furnace will be ready to receive ore
and commence operations,
The Tennessee & Tuscaloosa road
south of Dickson has been extended
twenty miles the past simmer to Buff
falo, where new furnace is going
up, making three furnaces on that
line, including the Etna and Warner
furnaces. This, when the Mineral
roan is completed, will leave gap of
only thirty miles between Clarksville
and Florence. By filling this gap
and connecting the G. & P. road with
the Ohio Valley at Princeton Will
make a continuous line from Evans
vile to Florence, Ala, just what we
commenced working for twenty
years ago. At these two points con
nections are cured with all leading
markets of the South and Northwest
and GAINESVILLE will be the central
grain market, toba"co market, a
grand point for the conversion
Of the latent wealth : in our
hills and forests into iron and steel
and all kinds Of vehicles and wooden
ware, the development Of quarries Of
marble and stone. Also manufactur-
ing tobacco and other articles of
home production, because.of the con
venience and cheapness Of the raw
material. The old slow coaches
wi | wake up some fine morning and
find that GAINESVILLE has already got
| there,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-03
me Hoplslnsnlle Market.

Ben Thompson's monthly circular
for Nov. reports the Hopkinsville
market:
The sales for the past month have
been so light as to prevent any com
ment. The light offerings largely
dine to the poor quality Of the stock
on hand The prices are nominal,
buyers holding off in view Of the
new crop. The crop is now in the
barn, and while the lateIains washed
the gum from the plants to some ex
tent, yet in the main we have a good
crop, leafy, good color and length,
and free from worm cut, especially
suited for Reggie aud working pur-
poses, but showing some good wrap
pers, and rich german style. Iauote
prices for old stock, viz:
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-03
A booming sermon.


DR.. Sears may be called an old
man, now upwards Of eighty-six
years, but he has more young blood
in his veins than any man in town
He electrified his audience yester
day, preaching grand missionary
sermon from the 9Th of Acts, 4th
verse; "They that were scattered
abroad went everywhere preaching
the word.o After travelling over he
field, showing what had been accom-
plished in spreading the gospel by
earnest, devout Christians that the
spirit Of Christianity was mission
airy spirit and that the world has
daily progressed in Christianity, the
opople getting better and nearer to
God; he brought the question home
to the young men Of his own church.
Speaking of the rapid growth and
prosperity of GAINESVILLE, the increase
of population and the wonderful de.
velopment which the near future
promised, and referring to the growth
Of the church, the increase in mum.
bers, wealth and working members,
he urged the young men of the
church to organize missionary 81
ciety to go out and gather in the
strangers as they come in into the
the church and interest them in the
cause Of Christianity.
The audience seemed thrilled, and
at the close Of the sermon two gen
tlemen, who have lately located il
the city. united with the church and
at once the missionary association
was organized, w. ]. Ely gave =
lot in the suburbs for a mission sta
ton, on which church will be built
GAINESVILLE can just do anything
and with such preachers, by the hell
of the Lord to lead the way, we viii
all get to heaven.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-03
Let Us Have q Park.

Now is the time to take necessary
steps to secure permanent grounds
for city park. 1t is one of the ne
cessities to the rapid growth and
prosperity of GAINESVILLE. Ever,
city of the wealth aud husin IS ca
pacity of this place is providing for
the recreation of its citizens and the
accommodation of large public gath
erings. No man who observes the
signs of the times, the enterprises on
f'ot backed by solid wealth and al
the material resources necessary for
grand industrial achievements, doubts
hat G arksville will have a popua-
ton of 10000 pc pie in the next ten
years, when a park, which is now
needed, will become an absolute ne
cessity as a grand pleasure resort for
the city, and now is the time to secure
suitable grounds conveniently loca
ted while land is yet comparatively
cheap and not all taken up in town
lo's, for not many such places are t.
be had,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-03
Port Royal ana Adams station.


Mrs. e. A. Fort and daughter,
Miss Lizzie, of Sadlersville, Wis
tied Mrs. M. G. Norfieet few days
ago. Mrs. VIM. Atkins went to
Springfield Monday and had her lit
tie girls picture taken George
Keel, who has been on the sick list,
is able to be up again.--T. F. Nor
Ellington is also improving. I'm
last weeks communicable we stated
that G. H. Fort, of Sadlersville, was
recovering from la grippe he after
wards relapsed and was quite sick.
His aunt, Mrs. /. M. Fort, nursed
hind. G. Elliott is having a
new single roof put on his pretty
Elm Spring residence, the first since
it was built, eighteen or twenty years
ago. Mrs. p II. Grizzard has a fine
selection of beautiful chrysanthe.
NUNS, which she dispenses liberal
ly among her fower-loving friends.
ADAMS STATION NEWS.
j. G. Murphy has been in Nash
vile several days prospecting. DR.,
Jas. Moody, taking an opposite di-
rection, turned towards picturesque
GAINESVILLE, where he spent several
days hunting a location. DR.. Moody
is popular physician and polished
gentleman, and will find friends anG
patronage wherever he locates
&C. Bailey Bell has gone to Dan
vile, Va, on a business trip
Miss Minnie Carlisle is progressing
nicely with her school at Mud Cat
Miss Matte Jones, Of Dayton
Ala, is spending several weeks witt
Mrs. W. S. Miller. Misses Ruth
and Linda Miller have good schoo
at Adams Station.
The good Methodists are wei
pleased with their new preacher
Rev. John Wesley Smith.
On the night Of the 10Th band o
thieves entered the depot at Adams
Station, plundered Mr.. Murphy
safe and ticket ease, but nothing was
taken from either. A valuable pack
age Of jewelry iy ng in conspicuous
place in the ticket Office wos undIs-
turbed. Two boxes of cigars in ar
adjoining room We're the only miss
ing articles. On the following nigh
raid was also made on the bushes,
house OF Jimmie Suge and good:
valued betwt en- $50 and $75 stolen
A reward of $50 has been offered
and it is hoped the marauders will
be apprehended.
The lovely October leaf has beer
torn from the calendar; jolly big
fir st has scared the face of the vege
tation, and the festive squirrel gath
ereth in its winter store from forest
depths. l.. w.
Nov. 3, 1890.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-03
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Rev. F. B Flaniken closed the
protrac'ed meeting at the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church last night,
preaching an eloquent sermon from
Romans, in defense of the gospel,
protrayipg the wonderful character
Of Paul and the ministry, and illus
trating the motive power of the
church and the gr at moving powe'
Of the gospel as 1t swayed the minds
of the people, making The world bet
ter, showing that it has grown better
and that there Was less wick ednese
in proportion to the increase of pP0-
pie, and sin of a less malignant
char cter than in the days Of Christ.
1t WAS pronounced the finest sermon
preached 10y Mr.. Flaniken during
the protracted meeting, and was
animating all through. The preach +
and his estimabe wife, who proved
an effirent helper in the good work
greatly endeared themselves to the
pc pie Of GAINESVILLE. They left this
morning, going from here to Auburn,
Ky. The result of the meeting vs.
twenty-six conventions and twenty
six accessions to the church. A society
of Oh istian Endeavor and a Ladies
Missionary Society were organized.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-03
Nov. 8, 1890.

Harper's Young people will enter
upon its twelfth volume with the
number to be published November 4.
Among the attractions announced for
the new volume are serial stories by
Sophie Sweet, Howard Pyle, and
other "Travel Notes" by Sophie b.
Herrick a series of articles on our
principal colleges written by recent
graduates, and tempting variety of
short stories and practical articles.