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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14

The other day, while the rain was
pouring down, citizen left the post
office to encounter an acquaintance
who was also sheltered by an UNI
brella.
Raining, isn4it2" queried the first.
"Hey2"
Raining, isn't it2"
''Id like to see you moment" was
the reply. Come upstairs"
The two passed np traversed the
dark hall to the darkest corner, and
then No. 2 turned to No. with:
do you take me for an internal i'd
iotq'
"Why, no, of course not"
Do you suppose ] carry an umbrella
around to Keep the sun off, this time
of year1"
'1'm carrying it to keep the rain off,
am not2"
"Of course"
''Well, then, it rains. You know it
rains Everybody in town knows it
rains. Now you go ON and let people
alone"
"But- butt
THAT'S all. You let it rain. She
knows her business. You just attend
20 your own affairs and let the
weather alone. Good day, sir"
And he went dumping downstairs
and left the other TO fellow at his leis-
ure. San Francisco Wasp.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
ALTAR OF ROSES.
How 1t Is Prepared and How American
Roses Waste Their Sweetness.

- I nm VT NflO0EOa
How 1t Is Prepared and How American
Roses Waste Their Sweetness.
"Here y'are, gentsl Here y'arei''
yelled the street fakir. *Here y'are,
gentsl The real, genuine otter of
roses, right fresh from the otter, the
only living animal besides the musk
OK that gives up perfumes for the
hankychif Here y'arel Otter of
roses, fresh from the otterl Five cents
bottlep
A young man in the crowd became
seized of an idea. He went TO the
nearest drug store.
How much is altar of roses a
bottle2" he asked of the druggist.
"ltn cost you 800 an ounce" said
the drug man. ''The genuine India
altar of roses is worth $1OO an ounce.
SCOT any9" asked his visitor.
mot today" said the druggist.
Were just out"
"What makes it cost so much2"
well, one reason is, replied the
druggist, lit takes SO, 900 roses to make
single ounce Of altar. If you can
buy 1000 roses for less than 500 then
maybe you can knock the price of at
tar down, Altar Of roses, young man,
amt MIXED out of COWS. 1t is made
in India, although if they only knew
it, they could make it just as well in
California. The same rose grows there
from which the altar is distilled in In
dia. | have seen huge hedge rows
near Samona, in California, so dense
with these roses that the odor from
them, on a warm, sultry day, caused
feeling of peculiar faintness and OPP
preston to the passer by. This is the
effect of the altar, which is distilled
by the heat and moist air, and is held
suspended, as it were, in tho atmos-
phere.
"There is money in that cause of
faintness and incidence; but in this
country not only the sweetness, but
the great value of the flower, is wasted
on tho desert air. In northern India
the roses are regularly cultivated.
They are planted in rows in fields, and
require no particular care. When
they begin to bloom they are plucked
from the bushes before midday. The
work is done by women and children,
who seem to regard it more as a pleas
ure than pursuit of labor. The rose
leaves are distilled in twice their
weight of water, which is then drawn
off into open vessels. These are
allowed to stand over night, being
covered up with cloths to protect their
contents from dirt and insects. In the
morning the surface of the water will
be covered with a thin oily film. This
is the rare altar of roses. 1t is SKINNED
off with a fine feather and dropped
into walls. This process continues
daily until the roses cease to bloom. |
don't see why any essence or oil that
requires the distilling of $4,000 roses
to till an ounce bottle hasn't right to
have good price set upon it, Don't
you think so2"-New York Sun.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
He Hired Him.

Not many weeks ago popular
young Chicagoan was welded to the
girl of his choice, and the happy pair
started off after the ceremony on their
wedding tour. Neither of them had
ever been to the capital of the nation,
and Washington was their objective
point. The happy young groom had
put aside a comfortable looking roll
for the honeymoon trip, and lie was
fully resolved to do things up in style.
He wanted to thoroughly impress his
bride with his own importance. When
they alighted from the train at the de-
pot in Washington he saw number
of Indifferent looking cabs backed up
to the curb, but he wanted something
swell, Telling his pretty bride to take
seat in the waiting room, he went
around to the other side of the depot.
There he saw fine carriage. Whis-
Ting to the driver and signaling him
to come over, he went back and got
his bride. He was about to help her
into the carriage when the big black
coachman objected. 81 hired you,"
said the young man, loftily, land /
want you to drive us to the Airing
ton" But the duslly driver shook his
head "Yo' cant hire me-" he said,
cause the president hires me, an I'm
waitin' here for him now" II was
President Harrison's carriage. The
young man hustled his bride into
quincy and made the best of it. The
next morning he read of the presi-
dents return from his hunting trip
Chicago Herald.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
william III, Seward,

Mr.. Seward was undeniably great
statesman. A prominent abolitionist, he
was never bitter against the people of the
south. He was above the littleness that
characterized so many Others on his side Of
the senate, and, though he first gave utter
ance to the sentiment that there was an ir-
repressible conflict between freedom and
slavery, and that the continent must either
become free or slave, he never counte-
nanced the excuses of speech nor the
threats which some even Of the wisest Of
the Republicans INDUCED In.
He was philosophic thinker, and as
such realized the irreconcilability of slav-
cry to the growing conditions of the re-
public. Even when civil war was inevita-
BILE Mr.. Seward was opposed to fomenting
it, and did all he could to check the pro
gress of events to hostility in q spirit of
fraternal compromise. And this feeling
remained with him throughout the con.
fiict, so that after the war he was ready to
do all he could to make a real peace by sec
ending the policy Of Mr.. johnson of resto-
ration and not reconstruction, which had
also been the declared policy of President
Lincoln. Mr.. Seward has been much over
looked in the hurry OF events since his
death, but when the history Of his time
comes to be written his figure will be an
important one in it and his abilities surely
find a conspieuous place. - Memphis Tenn
Commercial.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14

crippled osners. one afternoon, as
the performance was about to begin,
Cato broke loose from the post to
which he was chained, and began to
tear and smash things. Among the
performers was a boy of II, named
Scott. The elephant threw him from
his horse, picked him up, held him
high in the air, swung him backward
and forward, and suddenly put him
down, caressed him for moment, and
then went on with his work of de-
struction.
One of the men, knowing the nature
of elephants, threw the driving hook
to Scott, shouting: THE beast will
mind you'll"
THE boy picked up the hook, ran to
the elephant, who was tearing up the
benches, and called him off. Cato
obeyed, followed the boy to the post
and allowed himself to be again
chained to it.
From that hour the boy had to be
the elephants keeper SO attached
was Cato to Scott that the lad had to
sleep with the beast, and for three
years was never out of his sight for
four consecutive hours. He would
take food and water from the other
men, but if any one but Scott under
took to command him, he would fly
into rage
While the menagerie was going
from place to place Scott was taken
sick, and had to be left with nurse.
Cato missed him at once, and it was
with difficulty that he was driven to
the next town. During the show he
was chained by the hind feet and
sulked all the afternoon.
A suit of SCOTS clothes was placed
before him and he grew calmer; but
as soon as the menagerie moved, the
beast, not finding Scott beside him, be-
came angry, broke away, upset three
wagons, killed a horse and camel,
and then rushed into piece of woods.
All efforts to control him were fu-
tile, and after watching him for sew
eral days, during which he destroyed
much property and blockaded travel
on the highway it was determined to
kill him.
As he was very fond Of apples man
ON horseback rode as near Cato as lie
dared go, and dropped in the road
bashct of apples, several of which were
filled with poison. In five minutes
the elephant was eating them, and the
next morning he was dead and stiff;
but not for several weeks did they dare
to break the news to the sick boy
Youths Companion.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14

A cause of many of the successful
robberies by sneak thieves, said a vet
eran detective recently, is the habit
not a few New Workers have of I'M
guardedly divulging secrets to chance
acquaintance and to friends. "Would
you be kind enough to tell me the
hour, I've left my watch in my other
waistcoat pocket in my room" and
various similar remarks are common,
particularly on street cars, and sneak
thieves are always on the alert to hear
such disclosures. They even ride on
cars to overhear them. For instance,
a man might be riding downtown on a
car, and dive into his pocket for his
fare, when he would suddenly remem-
Der that he left his purse on the dress
er in his room, and would APOLOGIZE
cally tell his friend so. There might
be some thief in the car who, overhear
ing this, would follow him up, learn
his name and address, and then all
would be plain sailing. The thief
would go to the house and tell who
ever came to the door that the man
had sent him for the purse which he
left on the dresser. The wife, finding
the purse in the place described, woul
be thrown off her guard and in nine
cases out of ten would give it to him
and pay him besides for taking it.
The boldness of the plan allays all
suspicion with even the shrewdest
housewife New York Tribune.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14

A new treatment of cancer advoca-
ted by DIR. j. Mortimer Granville con-
sists in very frequent administrations
of papain and thallin and their com
bination in the form of pills. The aim
is to get absorption of the drug, not
local action on the stomach. In can
Ger of that organ DIR. Mortimer Gran
vile gives, besides the pills, papain
suspended in water with thallin and an
alkali. The patient must be fed ex-
clusively on "A vegetable diet. The
vitality of the morbid growth seems to
be depressed by saturation with the
thallin and papain, locally, and this is
effected by applying a strong paste of
the two drugs in combination. or,
where practicable, by their Injunction.
New York Telegram.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
Destruction of Dies In a Mint.

Ever since the establishment OF the
United States mint at Philadelphia the
law has required the government Of
ficials in charge of that institution to
render o strict account of all dies en-
graved, used, broken or damaged, and
a complete detailed list of every die in
their possession at the end of every
year. These dies are taken in boxes
to the FORCES below the mint, and there
every one of them, from that which
has coined the humble "copper"" to
that which has created the aristocratic
golden eagle" must, according to in
structions from the treasury depart
ment at Washington, ''be utterly de-
stroyed by forge and sledge."
This process, which involves consid-
cradle time, as all the dies used, either
at the mint in San Francisco or Phila-
delphia, must be handled separately
and all destroyed here, is watched
closely by designated officials, the SUI
perintendent, chief coiner, assayer and
chief engraver.
The dies are of steel, circular in
form and about four or five inches in
length. These are placed in the fire
at tho FORCES, and when at a white
heat are taken out, placed upon the
anvil, and then the beautifully en-
graved faces smashed into a dull, bat
tered mass by the sledge hammer
Troy Budget.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
Training of the Partisan Artisan.

In Paris the highest perfection of the
building trade Is attained. The city,
as building centre, Is the queen of
the world. Everything is artistic, from
the beginning of the building to the
last stroke of the painters brush.
Every artisan and mechanic in Paris
is an artist. He has every opportunity
to develop his taste for the beautiful
in art, for on every side he sees every
thing done with view to the artistic
and the beautiful. For the French
mans benefit and education, the state
maintains museums, art galleries and
gardens which are free to all Corners,
and the Partisan workman avails him
self to the fullest extent of these oppor-
tunities. AS a consequence he be-
comes not only better mechanic, but
an artist. American methods of build
ing compare favorably, however, with
those adopted in Europe, with the ex-
ception, perhaps, that there the solid
ity of construction is greater, and that
pains are taken to carry out the idea
of the architect, even in the smallest
detail. New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
Boy Character.

1t is the greatest delusion in the
world for boy to get the idea that his
life is of no consequence, and that the
character of it will not be noticed. A
manly truthful boy will shine like a
star in any community. A boy may
possess as much of noble character as
a man. He may SO speak and live the
truth that there shall be no discount
on his word. And there are such no
BILE, Christian boys, and wider and
deeper than they are apt to think is
their influence. They are the king
boys among their fellows, having an
immense influence for good, and
loved and respected because of the
simple fact Of living the TRUTH
Child's Paper.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14

triotic war of self defense against the
voracious packs of Russian Lapland;
SO long as their numbers were undil
unfinished they held their ground, and
even continued to do so for some time
after they had begun to be decimated
by the misguided hostility of their hui
man fellows. 1t would seem that
there then supervened a period in
which the Russian wolves assumed
willy Fabian policy, "biding their
time" until the hand of man, stimulat-
ed by government blood money, had
finished its work.
at last the ground was clear, but no
sooner had the Morse folk begun to re-
joice than a fresh incursion was re-
ported of huge hungry wolves from
beyond the frontier, which have occu-
pied the vacant hunting grounds of
the slaughtered animals, so that the
whole process of Distinguishing
must be recommended, with no better
prospect of finality than the labor of
Sisyphus. -Murray's Magazine.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
CARRIED OFF BY A GORILLA.
The Startling Adventure which BelelI an
African Woman


The Startling Adventure which BelelI an
African Woman.
'"The natives Of Africa are towards
Ia war, " said Carl Steckleman, the ex-
plorer, to a reporter. They prefer to
take prisoners, and comparatively few
of their enemies are killed outright
They are afraid to strike for fear they
will receive more damaging blow in
return. They make slaves of their
prisoners, and the captives have q
sorry time. OF all enemies they dread
the gorilla most; and lac is foe that
no man dare despise. He will fight at
sight. Numbers do not deter him. He
is so human and desperate in his de-
Tense and attack that the Africans have
long learned that to fight with go
rilla is to fight to the death.
'"This dreadful animal keeps to the
woods, as it is necessary for him to
grasp hold of the boughs as he walks
on his hind legs. A man is, therefore,
comparatively safe if he is on the
prairie. There are some extraordinary
things told of the gorilla. / will re-
late one of them. | had always heard
it said that the male gorilla would not
harm woman. This is the common
belief in some tribes.
Zone day we came to village in
which one hut had been built apart
from the rest. We inquired for the
reason of this and found that it had
been dedicated to a witch. This witch
was greatly revered She had been
the wife of gorilla. The woman had
lived in village in house which
stood on the edge of the forest. A
great tree overhung her shanty. In
the village all trees had been cut down
as a precaution against the gorillas
One night one of these animals came
out of the forest got up into the big
tree which overhung the woman's
house, climbed down ON the roof,
threw the roof off, swung down into
hut, seized the woman, climbed up
through the hole in the roof, up into
the tree, and went away into the
woods, carrying the woman with him.
''The gorilla's great strength made
this an easy thing to do. He could
hold her in one arm, and with his two
hind legs and his one free fore arm
make his way up and down trees or
through the woods. The woman was
gone for many days. The people saw
that her house roof had been torn off.
They looked carefully around the
house and saw that there were no
tracks whatever. They then knew
that the dread enemy had carried her
off.
"One day she came back. She told
a wonderful story. The gorilla had
carried her for miles into the woods,
and finally had climbed great tree
and deposited her in his home. There
lie treated her very kindly, brought
her food and drink, but would not
permit her to leave. After watching
her carefully for many days he finally
left her, probably intending to return
in short time, convinced that she
would remain The woman came
down to the ground, and, after wan
dering in the forest for several days,
made her way back to the village.
The people at first were about to kill
her, but they finally concluded that
she was possessed of extraordinary
powers. They therefore built her
house for herself, supplied her with
every comfort, and looked up to her as
a sacred person. Auckland (New
ZealanO News.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
Furniture That Is Seldom Taken Indoors.

Persons returning from places of amuse-
ment in the evening are often surprised to
see that some of the furniture dealers who
have stores on corners in the streets de
voted to the great retail establishments
keep displays of their wares ON the side
walk over night, Waterman patroling up
and down to see that nothing Is stolen.
The reasons for doing this are several In
the first place the exhibition attracts at
tention. People notice 1t, remark on it,
and the store is advertised thereby. Again,
the plan is an economical one, it being
cheaper to hire watchman than to have
the employees spend the time to put articles
on the sidewalk in the morning and take
them in again at night. The display
stretches along both sides of the building,
and includes enough articles to furnish a
big house. To carry them in and out,
therefore, is a task that takes several men
some time, and letting them stand over
night is, on the whole, good idea, espe-
cially as no little storage room is saved In
that way.
In case of rain the awnings are lowered
and tarpaulins are spread over the furni-
ture, which is thus protected. New York
Tribune
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
A Corean Superstition.

The Coreans are extremely fond of
animals, and tell endless stories about
them. Once upon a time, a courtly
lady fell in love with one of the pal
ace officials, man named Kim. The
intrigue was discovered, and she was
put TO death. But her spirit became
an oriole, and this is why to this day
the bird is always singing "Kim-pul-
lah-go, Kim pogo sip so" which
means, "Call Kim; want to see Kim. I"
And Corean women and children al
ways feel sad when they hear the ORR
ole's plaintive note.-Montreal Star.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14

Friday afternoon fountain, erected In
Victoria park by Mr.. Passmore Edwards
to the memory of John Bright, was opened
by Sir Edmund II. Currie. The audience
was thoroughly typical one, consisting
of the very poorest inhabitants Of the dis
trict. Replying to vote Of thanks. moved
by Sir E. H. Currie-whos specially referred
to the gift of 100000 to the Bethnal Green
library--Mr. Edwards announced his in
tention to establish twelve additional foun-
tains in different parts of London and the
country, one in particular being mention
ed as already decided upon in memory OF
Mr.. Fawcett, in Hackney. Mr.. Edwards
added that he hoped, within the next five
years, to form libraries in every village In
England, for the carrying out Of which
purpose he had resolved upon an outlay Of
ESQ, 000--London News.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
An Elephnnt,s Affection.

Jumbo was so much attached TO
Scott, his keeper that the man was
forced to be always within reach.
Once whena stampede of elephants be-
longing to the menagerie took place,
Jumbo caught him in his trunk, and
held him a prisoner between his fore
feet until the danger had passed; and
Just as Jumbo himself was struck by
the engine which killed him he seized
Scott with his trunk, and pushed him
to one side of the track.
Cato, an elephant belonging to a
menagerie, was noted for his bad tenn
per he had killed three keepers and
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
Photographic Records of Temperature.

A novel method of determining the
temperature of the air at great heights
has been proposed by German physi-
cist and is to be adopted by the Berlin
Society for ballooning Small balloons
are sent up at night, each provided
with thermometer arranged to give
flashes of light by the closing of an
electric circuit when certain tempera-
lures are reached A 80 called photo
theodolite" is effected by the light and
gives n Photographic record of the
temperatures, while the corresponding
attitudes are indicated in mechanical
way. A more accurate idea of the rate
of decrease of temperature with height
is expected with this method.
York Telegram.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14

A curious report was recently
brought home by traveller from Nor
way, which, if it be true, will go far
to correct the accepted ideas concern
ing the wisdom of extirpating poxious
animals in countries where they
abound. IL is said that in one of the
northern provinces the reward offered
by the government for the destruction
OF wolves lad resulted in their becom.
ing practically extinct, and thus far
there was every reason for congratula
ton. But it now appears that un.
known TO man, the Norwegian wolves
had been constantly engaged in pa
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
brother Tom DIscoucerted.

A ludicrous incident occurred at
Killarney cathedral in the presence of
Lord Keamare and all the local mag
mates. Burke was preaching for the
Presentation Brothers school, and his
sermon reached an unusual length.
. The brothers, anxious only for good
collection, began rafting the tin plates
as a hint to the preacher to~stop The
bishop, DIR. Moriarty, frowned from
his throne and the noise ceased. The
portly prior advanced from his stall
and took up his position in front of
the pulpit, full in the view of all pres
ent except Burke. The preacher was
just then expatiating on the zeal of
the brothers. He pictured forth the
pale ascetic monk, his emaciated
frame bearing evidence of his HASTINGS
and vigils. He was surprised to find
the audience was smiling. He tried
to be more impressive, and again re-
verted to the mortified and overwork-
ed monk. The audience could hardly
contain their merriment. There in
front of them was the rotund figure,
the broad jolly face of the prior, beam
ing like full moon, visible to all but
the preacher, and fully enjoying the
beautiful description of the ascetic
monk. Greatly disconnected the
preaa cher concluded as quickly as he
could, and it is but right to mention
the collection did not disappoint the
fraternity. Temple Bar.