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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
Mortality of Clergymen.

Among much curious information on the
subject of ministers it is shown that Of 2030
who died 1876 lost their lives from infectious
disease, the largest number, 1877, being from
abdominal typhus," that is, gastric and
nervous fevers. Constitutional maladies car
ried off 1853 pastors, of whom 1872 succumbed
to 'new malignant forms Of disease" that is,
to troubles of IA cancerous character.
Diseases of the nervous system proved fatal
in 1l3 cases, 81 dying from brain disease and
SO from affections of the spine. As many as
ga died from throat and lung troubles, of
whom 1876 yielded to pneumonia and bronchi-
tbs and 1856 to consumption. Heart disease
was the cause of death in 2O4 instances; 300
died from apoplexy and 223 are said to have
died from old age. Only IA out of 2,030 com
mitted suicide; IL persisted through accident,
l being murdered 0were described as insane
Medical Journal
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

The Royal Charter is the most notable
modern instance of the wreck of Treasure"
ship She left Australia with g350, 900 in her
OF this sum, says Charles Dickens in his chap
ter on this dreadful shipwreck in "The I'm
commercial Traveller" $500 900 were recov-
cred at the time of the novelist's visit to the
spot where she had driven ashore. Mean
while how much gold and silver, minted and
otherwise, is annually afloat9 How many
millions are annually borne over the deep to
and from India, America Australia, China
and South Africa by English steamers alonel
There should be no difficulty in making the
calculation, which, when arrived at, must
surely yield fine idea of the treasure over
which the red flag flies, and an excellent no
tion of the trust that is reposed in the British
shipmaster and of the high qualities which
go to the fulfllment Of it.-Sydney Herald.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
The Woes of AN Office Holder.

An office holder says: 1.-The rack upon
which the most popular man in political life
will split is to have the disposition of patron
age You have twenty-five offices to fill, For
each one after election you will have twenty
five applications, and all from men who have
done you good service and are deserving of
recognition. The one MAN you appoint does
not think that he got any more than he de-
served; the remaining four-and-twenty de-
nounce you from the Chain of Rocks to the
foot of Elwood street as no good, and an
nuunce that they have it in for you am
often reminded Of the sad declaration that
Talleyrand is said to have engraved upon a
plate on the top Of his desk; For each APP
pointment have made have made ninety
nine enemies and one in CRATE New York
Telegram
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

A very good and true story is reported with
Professor Marsh in the title role. While
walking on Prospect street near his home not
long ago he remarked horse attached to n
dilapidatel ash wagon, driven by an aged
negro, wGich animal had on its leg a queer
bone formation. The professor stopped the
team, made Il cursory examination of the
protuberance, aud concluded the interview
by saying in a half joking way that when the
horse died he would like that leg for scientific
examination, and would give 81 for the same
delivered TO his house. \ couple of hours later,
on his return home, he found long, awkward
bundle mt his front door on the veranda, and
it required no careful examination to reveal
the les of horse You see, sah' the
owner of the ash wagon remarked, with Il
peculiar look in his eye de old horse he
died New Haven Palladium.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

How deity he punctured Wordsworths
sublime conceit, on his limiting that 'other
poets might have equaled Shakespeare If they
cared" ooh, here's Wordsworth says he
could have written Hamlet if he'd had the
mind. 1t is clear that nothing is wanting
but the mind" Wordsworth got into state
of mind when Lamb with friendly frank
ness, rated the Lyrical Ballads" little
lower than did their author, and wrote four
sweating pages to inspire Lamb with a
greater range of sensibility;" and the tor
mented critic bursts out: after ones been
reading Shakespeare for twenty of the best
years of ones life, to have a fellow start up
and pirate about some unknown quality pos
sessed by Shakespeare less than by Milton
and William Wordsworth What am | to do
with such people2 ! shall certainly write en
very merry letter" | wish we might read
it,--Benjamin Ellis Martin, in Scribner
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

Notuch w Afta9uH9 6VPatEhtA0AAt4
There are greater number OF clerks EN-
ployed in the treasury than in any other de-
partment, and more women are ut work there
than elsewhere Miss Douglass was the
first woman 70 be given a position. This was
ia 1851, Secretary Chase, during Mr.. Lin
coins administration, having been the first
officer to suggest the appointment of women
Miss Douglass was put to cutting money, and
handled the scissors so well that regular APP
pointments Of women were made in 1862
while Gen. Spinner was treasurer. Miss
Keller, who entered at that time, still holds
a position in the department
1t was in the redemption division where
Miss Douglass scissors became famous and
opened the way for women's work in the
treasury Ladies were first employed in cut
ting notes at salaries of 5000. In 1854 con
gress passed bill raising the amount to $780,
But soon after this machine was invented
for cutting the money, which made it I'M
necessary to employ manual labor. Then the
lades were given the work of counting
money, and 1870 were employed in this way
until the fractional currency was discon-
tinued, and these women were gradually dis
charged until only about forty now remain,
Cor New York Press.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

The Paris trade in glass eyes must be a very
rich one, for every week there are nearly a
thousand enamel eyes made in Paris. The
manufacturers generally select a one eyed
servant, replacing the organ of which he Is
deficient with one of the best articles of their
manufacture.
When a client, little frightened, perhaps,
at the prospect of an operation. hesltates
about conlding an eyelid to the instruments
of the operator, the latter rings n bell and
Jean roIyphemus makes his appearance,
"What do you think of this fellow" asks
the operator of his client STUDY his fea-
lures, and tell me frankly what you think"
Gle looks well enough" answers the other,
a little hesitatingly.
"Wel, Jean, reveal your secreat to this
gentleman.
Whercupon Jean Introduces a knitting nee
die under his eyelid removes his eye, and
places it in the hand of the astoniShed spec
tator as unconcernedly AS though it were a
shirt stud.-Chatter.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

1t is indeed a hard task to instill the latest
fads of fashion into the every day life of the
old timer who likes the old ideas best and who
hates to break away from them. 1t was a
Michigan boulevard millionaire who sat
down to his dinner table not long ago and no
tced the absence of the good old silver castor
that had graced the center of the board for
years and years. He could not see it any
where and he asked his eldest daughter what
had become of it, "Why, papa" she said,
"you know that casters are not used at all
nowadays Small bottles are placed about
the table instead" For few moments the
old gentlemen regarded his stylish daughter
sternly Then he said: "You just ring the
bell there and order up the castor I've been
used to "A castor all my life and I'm too old to
make a fashionable change now.n The daugh-
ter saw that there was no help for it, so she
ordered the servant to shy the castor into the
ring again. Chicago Herald.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

Every day such of the men as were able to
get about searched the forest for fungus
''There was no nourishment in this stuff, 7"
said Nelson, "but it would ill our stomachs
and silence for the time the pangs of hunger
Being without food increases hunger much as
being without water intensiies thirst. We
seemed to be always hungry Though our
food in those memorable days was not fatten
ing, we often hattered ourselves ON the ar
tistic blending of colors. The fungus that
the ren brought in was like Joseph's coat
of many colors We used to call it rainbow
stew. We often had red, yellow, blue, purple,
white, black, orange fungus, and every shade
between these colors in the pot together It
was horrible mess, and We expected to be
poisoned every time we ate. How we ever
pulled through on such stuff is a marvel. p
Cor. New York World.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

They were visitors for a few days at a
country house, and ON being shown into their
room the lady, who was nearer 40 years of
age than 80, prepared TO take off her bonnet
Now. be il observed that looking glasses vary
much in quality soma disto.t and some fiat
ter the counteuance.
These different qualities in glass making
are no new things Tor We may remember
that when Queen Elizabeth was dying she
asked for n true glass, into which she had
not allowed herself 10 look Tor twenty years,
The glass that was on the dressing table on
the occasion 10 which we refer was delight
full one-that is 10 say "ilattering' one
and as the lady saw herself reflected IN it she
merriy exclaimed: "Oh. what a charming
glass | look about is IN III 1t is just
like my eyes them the husband promptly
replied -- Chicago Tribune.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

1t is said that Marcus Wilson, the author
Of Wilson's series of readers which were SO
popular ten years ago, was paid $4,000 for
his copyrights. Swinton, whose Outlines of
History" created such a contention IN the
Boston school board, received large income
from mis- copyrights, the sales for a single half
year recently yielding him SIS, 900 in royal
ties The author Of Greenleaf's arithmetics,
too, accumulated a handsome property, as has
also Professor Patterson, Of Brooklyn, the
author of the spelling book and grammar
which bear his Iame. L. J. Campbell, the
author of the Franklin series Of readers, also
receives an excellent income from the sale Of
his books.-Boston Advertiser.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
HIGHER THAN ORDERS.
The Conductor Tells why He Has in His
Heart n Soft Spot for Tramps.

The Conductor Tells why He Has in His
Heart Soft Spot for Tramps.
mo, we don't bounce the tramps who ride
on the bumpers Of our freight train,n said a
freight conductor who has a run to the west
II presume that we carry an average Of a
dozen each trip, but if they remain between
the cars we pretend not to see Them
"But it is against orders, was urged
sob, yes; but there is higher power than
general orders, even for railroad men Five
or six years ago used to be hard on the rail-
road tramp. I'd have the train looked over
at every stop, and if we caught a chap he got
handled pretty lively. Nowadays | throw
out hint to the brakemen to shut both eyes,
and II the tramp don't presume too much on
my good nature, no one will disturb him.
"What happened to change your mindn
"Oh little incident of no interest to the
public, but great deal to me. was married
in December three years ago. On the third
night got an order to run out with an extra.
There was cold rain, which froze as it fell
and one Of my crew got hurt at our very first
stop. This left us short handed, and as we
could not supply his place | had TO act for
him. We were back in the mountains, run
ming strong to make time, when the engineer
whistled brakes for a grade. climbed out
of the caboose with the brakemen, and had
set two brakes and was after the third
when lurch of the cars threw me down and
/ fell between two of them. | had just one
glimpse of the red checked bride at home,
just one swift thought of her in widows weeds
and her heart breaking, when a hand grabbed
me. ] was going down head first, but the
strong clutch turned me over and my feet
struck the bumpers I'd have gone then, only
some one put my hands ON the ladder, flung
his arms around me from behind to hold me
there, and said:
"You are ell right, old man. Your nerve
will come back pretty soon.n
"And it was tramp, eh?"
at was, and he held me there until the
train reached its stop, and then helped me
down, for the sudden fright had taken all
my strength and nerve away. But for him
/ should have been ground up under the
wheels This is the reason | keep soft spot
in my heart for the genus tramp, and why,
when sometimes walk the length of every
train and find every bumper occupied,
look skyward and pretend not to see as
much as an old fur cap. New York Sun.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

Every creature has the kind Of legs and
feet best suited to it. Birds living In marshes
have long, slender legs like stills and some Of
them are called ''stilt birds" The large body
of the elephant stands upon four thick pillars
the stag has supports of a lighter and nlmbler
quality. Animals that get some Of their liv-
ING in the water, as the beavers, offers, swans,
ducks and geese, are born with paddles on
their feet. The mole, again, is born with
spades on his forelegs, so that he may dig hi;
way through the ground, and the camel has
his feet carefully padded and his legs of suf
ficient length to lift his head high above the
sand waves SO that his eyes may be protected
from glare and dust. Detroit Free Press.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

A noted medical author observed: ''No
doubt much of la grippe comes through the
feet. Thin soled shoes, or thick soles, stand
ing OH ice or snow or cold wood until the
sole attains the same degree of cold as
that on which it rests; then cold feet, cold
legs, cold abdomen, cold lungs, cold in the
throat, in the head; the eyes, the nose, the
mouth speaking witnesses, testifying to the
body resting on the feet and the brain resting
on the body that plain violation of every
reasonable rule Of health has been permitted,
to be paid in penalty of suffering and pain;
of lost time, of care and anxiety of friends, it
may be of DEATHS not this and this result
sufficient warning7'-Machias Union
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
Popping the Question.

No two. men probably ever pop the ques-
tion" in the same way, and no girl, probably,
receives it in the form which she had pictured
to herself. A group of benedicts in Chicago
amused themselves by telling how they
crossed the Rubicon" of courtship. One
confessed to successfully putting the moment
Gus question while leading his horse over a
stretch OF ground encountered while sleigh
riding, another was accepted while sitting in
snow drift after being tipped from the rear
of four seated sleigh, a third proposed while
without coat and waistcoat, and while per-
spring freely from two mile row under a
burning sun, and still another was refused in
a romantic nook only to be accepted little
later by the same girl under the most com
monplace conditions. philadelphia Ledger
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
BlOOdhounds and Ropes.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 1O.-While
standing in his own doorway, near
Henry Ellen, Ala, Monday night, David
Hunnicut, a rich and prominent rail
road contractor, was shot from ambush
with a Winchester rifle and instantly
killed by an unknown assassin. He was
sho. through tine neck, the jugular vein
being severed. His wife was in an adj
joining room. The murderer is believed
to be colored man whom the murdered
man had discharged. Men and blood
hounds are securing the surrounding
country for him, and if caught the fugi-
tive will swing.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
AcRoss THE YEARS.

a hand Cf love at length appears,
A hand reached out across the years.
To bring nie youthful treasure green
Unmindfyl Of the graves between
Alasl it cannot be. The past
Its wrecks around our feet has cast
OF these whose paths together led,
Ere youthful hopes and dreams were sad.
Some wander far in lands unknown,
Where they have learned TO live alone;
Some lie at rest, with cold hands pressed
Above the quiet of their breast
Is life the sameY Can we forgetl
viii youths sun rise when it has setf
Lies lesson then can we unlearn.
Aud to the eastern glory turn?
Will buried love arise at length
Again rejoicing in his strength
ALI, no, my friend Yet thee greet
With pleasant memories and sweet;
We clasp our hands in peace at last
Across the gulf of sorrows past,
And, looking upward through our tears
We gain a glimpse of heavenly years.
Boston True Flag
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
Eat Refnre SIeenInR.

Man, by long practice, will train himself to
sleep on an empty stomach, but it is more the
sleep Of exhaustion than the sleep Of refresh
ment. He wakes up after such a troubled
sleep feeling utterly mis"ra''ie until he has
had a cup of coffee or some other stimulant,
and he has so injured the tone Of his stomach
that he has little appetite for breakfast
Whereas, one who allows himself TO sleep
after a comfortable meal awakes strength
ened, and his appetite has been quickened by
that preceding indulgence. -American An
siTstt
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

A paper piano has lately been exhibited in
Paris. The entire case is made of compressed
paper, to which is given a hard surface, a
cream white brilliant polish The legs and
sides are ornamented with arabesques and
floral designs. The exterior, and as much of
the interior as can be seen when the instru-
ment is open, are covered with wreaths and
medallions painted in miniature. An Italian
monk has succeeded in constructing an organ
where the pipes are made of paper pulp. 1t
has 400 pipes of various sizes. st. Louis
Stntinnnr
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
THE pRoPHETsToWN STORM


Greatly Elk ggerated- considerable Dana
age Dane-No Lives Lost.
DENRocK, ILL.,, April 10. Greatly ex.
aggerated reports have been sent out
about the wind storm at Prophetstown,
three miles east of here. The wind did
its work at 1880 Monday evening, coming
from the north Clark Reynolds house
was blown in on two sides and Ollnstead
and Matthews elevator was considerably
damaged. Several other houses wers
damaged. Nobody was killed, and only
four or five were injured, and these not
seriously. During the storm about an
inch of hail stones the size Of marbles
fell.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
Roses in China.

In no other part of the world has the Guilt
yation of roses been brought SO nearly to per
lection AS in China. The rose gardens of the
emperor Of the Flowery Kingdom are gor-
geouS in the extreme. The revenue obtained
yearly from the oil Of roses and rose water is
enormous and great addition TO the imperial
Golfers Only the members of the royal fam
ily and the mobility, high military officials,
mandarins, etc, are allowed to have any Of
the altar ofroses in their dwellings.
Very severe punishment is meted out to the
ordinary citizen in whose possession even a
drop Of the precious essence is found.-Phila-
dephia Times.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

The waters of Scotland were productive of
"a large revenue in 1888. The value of the
cured fish is put down by the fishery board
at Ell 324, 372: while the fresh fish sold for use
brought e7l7,O57; shell fish produced a re-
turn of Ell ,72S-making gross total of
60, l13, l57 The value of salmon is estimated
at e24O,OlS, making the grand total of the
sea and salmon fisheries of Scotland GO, 1853,
l75 In the sea fisheries total, cured her
rings are credited with 81, l74,Sl and fresh
paddock with e333, 1874 The number OLIVES
lost at sea was SO, against 1856 in 1887; and
the loss sustained in boats and fishing ma
teria amounted to the sum of e49, S26-Mon-
treal Star
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

France has about 100000 inhabitants
She has debt twice as great as that of the
United States, and it is constantly increasing
Every year she has to raise as much as $780,,
600, 600 to ran the different departments and
keep the country up generally, never
heard Frenchmen complain of their taxes,
and yet every man, woman and child has to
pay as much as $25 annually into the hands
of the government. Cor New Orleans Plea
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
An Amazing Suggestion.

In Westminster Abbey the other day one
Of Il solemn factotums told me that a very
wealthy but very singular American gen
tleman from Chicago named Eden offered to
give him a Is note if he would clip off one
of Henry Wits mustaches for him. What
did you say to him" | asked. "Wot did /
soygn echoed tine man. "Why, sir, the wer-
ry thought of such a lawful thing made me
so hill thai couldn't soy nuthink. Eugene
riAld's London Letter.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
Indians Think They We're Cheated

ST. LOUIS, April 1.-TWO very heavy
suits were filed, Tuesday, in the United
States court for the western district of
Arkansas one for S;70,32j and the
other for Sl9l, 1894 The suits are brought
by citizens of the Creek and Seminole
nations against S. j. CaIpelter, of To-
peka, Kan, the agent of the Creek and
Seminole nations, and a number of
other parties. 1t is another phase of the
old fight over legal fees to Carpenter.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10


The most extensive, select and valuable pri-
vate collection of orchids in this country is
that of Mr.. f. l.. Ames, of North Easton
Mass. it is worth about 100000. Mr.. w. S.
Einball, of Rochester, has collection worth
about $l25 GOO, and the collection of Mr..
Erastus Corning, Of Albany, is probably
worth nearly as much. Among other gentle
men who have large and choice collections OF
orchids are Professor Marsh, of New Haven
Mr. John Eyornan, Easton, Pa. Mr.. Charles
Drissell, Philadelphia; Mr.. d. Brown, st.
Louis; Mr. B. Oronato, New Orleans; Mr.. f.
7. McFadden, Cincinnati; Mr. w. II. Chat.
Tc.,, Chicago; Mr. De Witt Smith, Lee
Mass, and Mr. Hicks Arnold, Of New York
city. Besides these, however, almost every
one who has a greenhouse grows orchids more
or less
Among commercial florists, Pitcher & Man
da, of Short Hills, II. j. have the largest and
most valuable collection III the country; it is
worth considerably over 500, OO0. New York
SIM.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
Asia Craving Calder.

The climate of Asia is becoming colder than
it formerly was, and its tropical animals and
plants are retreating southwark at slow
rate. This is true of China, and it is also the
case in western Asia. Formerly, when China
was well wooded and the people few in num-
bert wild animals would abound. New China
Herald
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10

The native African is noted for his fine
white teeth, but, although cleanliness is pre-
sumably a virtue of civilization, the African
does not keep his ''iyoriesn clean without an
effort. He uses a short stick OF fibrous wood,
which is chewed until the fibers Of one end
separate and resemble bristles, and spends
considerable time rubbing the end Of this
little stick over his teeth. York Journal
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-10
Clothing in Siam.

The old fashioned Siamese dress is very
simple, and may or may not be very nexpen-
sive. For men and married women the only
absolutely essential garment is the panung, or
waist cloth, which is piece of cloth nearly
three yards long and two yards wide. A
native woman belonging to the well-to-do
middle classes would not need to spend more
than $40 per year for clothing, -Demorest's