Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-12
epna AND ENDS.


Old Peter, q well digger, living in Talbot.
tom, Ca. was hired last week to clean out
a well When he came out of the well in
the evening 1t was noticed that his je, black
hair had changed its color from bl.cs 70 a
bright yellow or golden shade
An average of e5O0,0ol in mutilated cur
rency is received weekly at the sub-trcasary
in Now York for redemption. Judging by
the character of the small bills in circalrs
ton the amount ought to be four times as
great
1t is estimated that the regular insurance
companies of the United States will dis
burse during 1860 the sum of 1888 000,0 900 in
death, endowment and dividend claims 1t
Is an average of 81 900 for every minute in
the year.
Postage stamp dealers are in all large
cities on the earth j. b. Mocus, of Brus-
sells, Belgium, is acknowledged to be the
leading dealer and philatelist of the day
He has an immense establishment in the
Galerie Borti~re of the Arcade Madelaine
and his investment in the business must
be upward of a million francs
In a water telephone recently patented
in England the apparatus employed for the
collection of sound transmitted through
water between ships has been improved by
constructing the apparatus 50 that any
pressure caused by the increased density of
the water has no effect upon it.
OF the q ,432 men and 8, 55j women under
the supervision of the prison division of
the Prussian ministry of justice, IA, $50
men and arg women are employed by
manufacturers under contract with the
prison authorities. Their average daily
wages are about nine cents each.
Since the order went forth that all dogs
in England should be muzzled in conse-
quence of many outbreaks Of rabies the
number of cases of the disorder reported
has fallen from eighty-one in the last quar-
ter of 1899 10 thirty -niue in the first quarter
of the present year, and the decrease is
still going on.
The shawl dress, which was popular
twenty years ago, is once more in vogue;
the fashion is SO old rs to be a novelty, per
haps, to the present generation. This
dress is made, as its name implies, of n
shawl or of shawls OF the soft checked or
plaid woo-en sort, fringed at the edge.
The regular running of trains between
Baku and T'ifis on the Transcaucasian
line was stopped for over an hour on May
10 because immense masses of locusts COW
cred the tracks. A large gang of laborers
was required to clear the way. Now there
is a sweeping machine attached to each
train.
The imperial medical council is now at
work on II plan for the practice of dentistry
1t is proposed not to allow any person to
practice as u dentist unless he possesses n
thorough medical education and is grad
uate of the sixth class of gymnasium.
The sixth is the highest class but one in
Russian high schools.
Architects find peculiar difficulty with
plans drawn to scale upon oiled tracing
paper. This paper is peculiarly sensitive
TO atmospheric changes, and plan drawn
to scale Gt night will be found next day
enlarged or contracted according to the
condition Of the atmosphere. The change
is often sufficient to make the plans UNI
trustworthy.
The friction of millions of shoes has
worn the original smoothness from The
flooring Of the Brooklyn bridge promenade.
The boards of which the walk is made are
of Virginia pine, and from their thickness
were calculated to wear for many more
years than their present condition would
indicate.
There are over 1J0newspapcrs in Kansas.
Of these AZ are HeIaids, AZ Republicans, 80
News, 30 Times, 36 Democrats, 81 Journals,
20 Tribuncs, Is Sentinels, Is Gazettes, II
Enterprises, Is Registers, II Records, IL
Stars, 10 Suns, 10 Cauriers, 10 Graphics, s
Independents, o Advocates 7 Eagles, 7 Dis
patches, Free Presses, 6 Headlights, q
Messengers s Globes, 3 Kansans, . Capitals
and Reflector,