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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-17

Harrison's buggies and other vehicles
are made on approved patterns and are
comfortable, durable and stylish. It'd
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A KITCHEN TREASURE.
She Wanted to Live With Good
Looking Folks

<tHEcamel leisure.
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The SULTAN'S hAREM.
How Girls Who DO Not Please His Majesty
are Disposed OBJ.


Are Disposed OF
To train girls for hareus their educa-
ton is begun at a very early age, chill
dren from seven to ten years being usu-
ally chosen for the purpose. The girls
are then sent to a regular harem school,
where they are educated and taught
various accomplishments
Those intended for the Sultan's harem
are taught music and French. If, how
ever, as they grow older, they are found
to be stupid or wanting in good looks.
they are sold as slaves to the lower
nobility. Girls from Persia and AZ
ghanistan are in great demand. particu-
larly from the latter country.
Circassians generally supply the
Turkish slave market not only with
their own children, but with girls who
have been stolen in their infancy from
Russia and the ROumanian provinces
of Hungary. The gypsies. it is stated,
up to the present time, entice young
children away from their homes and
travel with them to the market of Top
Home, where there is a constant de-
mand for good-looking girls.
Some few years ago these thefts be
came so common that the Hungarian
Government instituted an inquiry iuto
the subject. and since then the trade
has decreased, but it is still carried on
secretly to a certain extent
One of the rules of the Sultanic
harem is that when a slave has reached
the age of twenty-five and does not
meet with the approval of the Sultan
she is Immediately removed and mar
ried to one of the court officials, whose
taste is not consulted, but who ac-
quiesces in the inevitable with truely
Oriental Indifference. Baltimore
News
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The Fashion in Hair-Dyeing.

FasL ion in hair-dyeing has, it seems,
declared at last against the auburn
and bright-gold tresses with which we
have been lately familiar. These tints,
as well as the pale ''bleached" straw
hue, are no longer to be worn, and a
much darker shade, called in the secret
circles of the trade itself by the I'M
poetical term mahogany" is the latest
decree. 1t is produced by a subtle
mixture in which henna plays leading
part but the dyeing process is long and
tedious However, that can not much
matter to the ladies who once embark
upon hair-dyeing, since they have con-
tinually to submit themselves to its
repetition as fresh hair grows. The
prophets Of these mysteries assure us
that the lime is coming when ''natur-
al brown" will be the favo,ite tone. IL
il be true, therefore, that real blonde
hair Is becoming extinct this will in
sure fashion to every one.-London
Daily Graphic.
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The Antinnitr of Gloves.

The antiquity of gloves is very great
They doubtless antedate history, for the
earliest literature alludes TO them. They
have been known and worn from the re-
mote ages of the world. Homer. in the
Odyssey, describes Laertes. the farmer
King, the father of Ulysses, in his re-
tirement: while gloves secured his
hands to shield them from the thorns. :"
Xenophon jeers az the Persians for
wearing gloves as protection from the
cold. Not only did they have umbrellas
borne over them in the summer" he
says, but in winter il is not sufficient
for them to clothe their heads and their
5oIies and their feet but they have
coverings made of hair for their hands
and their fingers" The Romans scorned
such effeminacy at that time, but we
are told that at about the time of Christ
the amanuensis of Pliny, the historian.
wore gloves 10 keep his fingers nimble
in cold weather.-St Louis Republic.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
CLEANING OUT STREAMS.
Here, Too, Is an Important Matter for
Your Consideration.


Here, Too, Is Important Matter for
Your Consideration.
All natural water courses run
through the lowest land; and yet it is
often true that the banks of streams
are higher than much of the land "
ing al little distance from them. In
the case of large rivers care is taken to
keep the stream from overlooking the
banks, but we know of small creeks
running through valuable land WAere
short-sighted farmers, instead OF trying
to keep the water in the stream, direct
it to their neighbours lind. We do not
think their intention is to injure their
neighbors. They verify think they are
drying their own land. And, in special
instances, such is the case. We know
two large farmers, A and Il. The farms
are adjacent, and both are on the same
creek; but the creek runs for quite a
distance through AS farm, and in fact
through three or four other farms be-
fore il reaches BIS farm. Il cut a ditch
several hundred rods long, in hopes of
draining his land. a, instead of drain
ing into the creek. runs his water into
Rs ditch, and though his house is not
"
has constructed a sewer from his house
to BIS ditch, and turns all his sewage
into il. claims that the land falls as
it recedes from the creek, and that he
has right to let the water run where
it will. ''But not into a ditch dug for
my own use" says A. And he filled up
portion of his ditch and constructed
another one on higher land into which
he turns AS sewage, and uses it to
irrigate his meadow.
Is il fact then. that natural creek
does not run through the lowest land?
Certainly not; the trouble in the case
alluded to is simply that the creek is
fall of implements. 1t is very crooked,
and there are numerous logs, roots and
branches in the stream. and for quite
distance on AS farm the creek in sum-
mer is almost damned up with water
cress. This is the reason why the creek
looks higher than the land few rods
back. The water in the creek is damned
mp and wherever it has chance it over
flows its banks, and several farmers on
this same creek are unwlse enough to
cut bitches to carry the water from the
creek on to their neighbors' land. The
presen. year four or five Industrious
small farmers who raise garden crops on
mucky land had all their crops de.
stroyed by water which a neighbor
above them had diverted from the
creek. This is not only illegal, but it is
foolish. The only remedy is to clean out
the creek by removing the logs and other
impediments, and cutting off the sharp
,,yf4h IN
to deepen and widen the creek where it
is specially needed. The water, if con-
fined to the creek, will, during the
floods of spring, do much toward clean
ing and deepening the creek. As it is
now, comparatively little water runs
through the creek The water has been
diverted from the creek, and floods many
acres of good laad, and converts it into
an unhealthy and profitless swamp
American Agriculturist.
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at The meaning. Il was love-lctter.
beginning: My darlin' Susan Marier."
TIE writer went on 70 offer his heart
and hand To Aunt Susan. concluding
thus: Il kiss your lily-Wite hand and
hep YOU will max up your mind to rite
soon Fer ever and ever your own
l0vln' ;. TibbS"
Aunt Susan was twisting the corner of
her apron. with very conscious express
sion on her face, when / finished read
ing.
why, Aunt Susan" said, ''you can't
be thinking of marrying again-you
with half dozen grandchildren
What il | has half a dozen gram
chillen," exclaimed Aunt Susan, indig-
nantiy. y amt SO berry ageable. Some
people dis own DER age. woula'n' dis
own my age. but nv folks Is all dead.
so l cayn't fin my age; but Mr. Tibbs
he's right smart of man, he is, m
low / en- keep dem chilren er his
look'n' better'n' dey cher did yet"
How many children has he Aunt
Susan?'
.Reckin' dey's half dozen OBJ dem
ter home n free, four dat's married n
gone of. "
It was evident that Aunt Susan
viewed 5. Tibbs' proposal with favor,
and seeing that it was quite useless for
me TO raise any objections, l held my
peace. For several months l wrote
Aunt Susan's letters to her youthful
swain, of seventy, and read to her his
replies, and then the wedding day was
fixed. Aunt Susan was determined to
be married in white satin. and nothing
that l could say would induce her to
select any other material.
Il dOan' eber 'xpect ter be married
agin. she declared, IN Mr.. Tibbs he
likes white satin, too. n I'm goin' ter
nab it" And have il she did
The wedding was to take place in the
little church in the village, and Aunt
Susan would nave felt aggrieved had
we not been there. so. of course, we
went. The church was full to overflow
ing when we got there. but seats had
been reserved for us. seats of honor. evil
IDENTIFY. as they were directly behind
the bridal party and just in front of the
pulpit Brother White. the minister,
whose name was decidedly misnomer.
presently began the regular Sunday
service, although it was not Sunday,
announcing as his text: And de valley
was fun Of de dri-l-ed bones" prolong-
ing and dwelling upon the word dried.
IL was a queer text for marriage SER
vice and quite as queer was the sermon
preached from it. Beginning with
Adam and Eve in the Garden, he went
on through all the prominent events in
the Old Testament, prefacing each fresh
item with a repetition of the text:
And de valley was full of de dri-i-ed
bones and at each repetition one and
another old woman in the congregation
would sway back and forth. half-hum-
ming, half-chanting: ''O-o-m-oo-oo-O-
om-O-om," while from he brethren
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PAINTED HIS wHIsKe RS.



Mamma" said the six-year-old young
stcr in loud whisper so that every one
in the car could hear him, look at the
aiaB."
"Yes, dea.." answered his mother.
who was reading.
Tho train dashed around curve and
sent the boys feet into one corner and
his head against his mother.
Yes, dear" she answered gently,
still reading
The train shot into a tunnel. plunged
through the darkness and drove outinto
the sunlight
Yes, DEAR" she said, turning a page.
Hes got red whiskers, said the loud
whisper.
''Yes, dear"
They're awful red"
"Yes, DEAR" and people began TO re-
alize that the mother was not listening
to what her darling said. Those who
were fathers and mothers smiled in an
ticipatiOn. The administered man
studied his paper carefully.
They're fiery red"
''Yes. dear" sweetly.
They're redder n my fathers"
"Yes, dear" Another page was
turned.
as he any relation to my father"
''Yes. dear"
as he any relation to me"
"Yes, dear"
They're awful red"
"Yes, dear" quietly.
"Will l have red whiskers like that
when I'm man?'
'Yes, dear"
but | don't want EN-" whimpering.
There, dear. don't talk SO much.
Mamma is reading"
do you like 'em so red?'
''Yos, dear" soothingly
Il don't May be he paints EN-. Does
ne paint emp"
"Yes, dear"
Il won't have to paint mine, will I?''
"Yes. dear" fondly.
but / don't want to. Does papa
paint his?''
"Yes, dear"
''oh, won't paint mine"
Mamma begins on a new page.
when viii have to paint emp"
Mamma does not hear him.
"Will l have to paint EN- as red as
his?'
~Yes, dear"
Mamma, look at him. He's mad"
'Ies, dear"
His face is redder'n his whiskers"
"Yes, dear"
"IIe's going out of the car"
"Yes, dear"
Mamma, how often does he have to
paint emp"
Paint what, dear?" asked mamma.
dropping the book in her lap and look
ing at the child.
Ills whiskers. You SAID he painted
EN- and he got mad and went away"
But mammals face looked as if it were
painted scarlet, and she read steadily
for one hour without answering a single
luestion.-N. \. Tribune.
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THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
Europe Was Then in a State of Cimmerian
Darkness

Darkness.
In the year 900 after Christ, what was
the state of Europe? The Goths, the
Vandals. the Franks. the Huns, the
Norman'. the Turks and other barbaric
hordes had invaded and overthrow
the Roman empire and had es-
tablished various kingdoms upon
it's ruins. Reading, writing and cipher
ing were separate and distinct trades.
The masses of the poor and the rich
alike were wholly unacc tainted with
the mysteries of the alphabet and the
pen. A few men known as clerks, e"
who belonged to the priesthood, monop-
olized all the learning and set them
selves up as special artists. Kings did
not know how to even sign their names.
When they wanted to sign a written
contract law or treaty, which some
clerk" had drawn up for them, they
would smear the right hand with ink,
and slap it down on the parchment say
ing; Witness my hand" At a later
date. some genius devised the substi-
tute of the seal. which was impressed
instead of the hand. but oftener beside
the hand: hence the law phrase: wit
ness my hand and seal" At the date
of which We write, every gentleman
had seal with peculiar device there
on. There were no chimnevs in use;
the fire was built in the center OF the
house, smoke escaping through hole
in the roof Chairs were unknown.
knives and forks we're unknown Even
the nobility sat on boxes and blocks
and eat meet with their fingers.
Louis Republic.
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There seems to be little going on
in musical circles of late, but there
is much talk, among musical people,
of the marvellous cure of Miss B,
the high contralto singer, who has
long suffered from severe throat
or bronchial affection, superinduced.
by Catarrh in the Head, and who
has been perfectly cured by the
use of DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy,
coupled with the use of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. For
all bronchial, throat and lung affec-
tions, and lingering coughs, it IS an
unequaled remedy. When compii-
Gated with Chronic Nasal Catarrh,
its use should be coupled with the
use of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
OF all druggists.
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nghtness, all the longer ones may pass
through stiffening bar, so that all
thus connected may support each other;
that is, each one will then have the
strength of the five held by the bar
Iron points at the lower ends will pre-
vent the ladder from slipping, and the
point at the upper, thrust in among the
branches, or into q fork, will retain its
place. The same form may be used in
making a ladder short or tall-only
eight or ten feet, or else fifteen or
twenty.
Another modification is represented by
Fig 8, where wooden hook is placed
at the upper end, which may be hooked
on limb. and will thus be firmly held,
and requiring less breadth at the bot
tom for bracing. The hook is made of
wood. broad and padded to proven
bruising, and is secured to the ladder
with screw-b bolts.
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MRS. CHERRY'S POCKET.
A Dom este Exploration Expedition Bar
ron of All Results.

a Domes Exploration Expedition Bar
ron of All Results.
MY dear" called out Mrs. CHEEKY to
her husband when they were about
ready to start out to make a short call
the Other evening, won't you please
step to the closet in our room and get
my gloYe-buttoner out of the pocket of
nv blue,satteen dress and bring it tc
me when you come down stairs?"
IAN right!' replied Mr.. CHEEKY.
obligingly.
Ten minutes later Mrs. Cheery's voice
again ascends the staircase:
why don't you hurry down, Albert?
I'm all ready"
I'm locking for that glove buttoner,"
replies Mr.. Cherry from the hot, dark
depths of the closet.
"Oh, yes" responds Mrs. CHEEKY.
''It's ght there in that blue satteep
dress pocket"
Five minutes pass, and Mrs. CHEEKY
says little sharply:
What are you doing, Albert? It's
most eight o'clock.
Trying to find that internal pocketw
my dear!'
Il
the darned dressr"
albert, if you can't do little thing
for me without swearing about it, you
need not do it at all"
Il don't care, | can't find any sign OF
a pocket in the dress You sure there's
one in it?'
why, of course | am. It's on the
right side of the skirt and-Albert, are
you swearing?"
"I'll DO something worse than swea,
If that internal pocket doesn't show up
pretty soon"
"oh, well, / s'pose can come up ard
get it myself; you never can -"
"You needn't come up, I've set ont
to find that pocket, and I'll do it or tear
the dress into rags in the attempt"
Two minutes pass. There is queas
grinding, painting noise in the closes
Mrs. CHEEKY hears it and says:
I'm coming up myself. You nev&
can find any thing!"
"Well, I'd like to know where in tar
nation you women hang your pockets!"
snorts CHEEKY. bursting from the closet
red and furious. 1--WE turned the skirt
wrong side out and back again fifty
times; I've felt over every inch of it and
held it wrong end up. and hanged if
see any sign of pocket I'll just
be"
albert hushl"
Poor CHEEKY! know just how he felt
I've often been baffled in that way my
self I've been married ten years and
| I've trial apaiu and auaiu IN ii nd m "
wife's dress pockets for various pur-
poses but mostly when I've been trying
to filch from her pocketbook, and hanged
il Icould ever find that pocket.-De-
troit Free Press.
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GOOD FRUIT LADDER.
1t Is E,sily Made. Costs But Lite an
Looks Like Good Thing.

IL Is Eisily Made. Costs But Lite and
Looks Like a Good Thing.
The report of the pomologist depart
ment of Agricultural for. the year 1889,
contains a figure and description of a
fruit ladder recommended as the best
for this use. 1t is shown in Fig. /, and
is made by procuring straight and
slender round pole three or four inches
in diameter), dividing it as shown, with
a rip-saw, leaving several feet at the
top, with smooth iron band at the top
of the split; then crowd the two legs
five or six feet asunder, with tempo
rary brace nailed to them. Then bore
holes and insert the rounds, and it is
done
There is one defect. part of the
rounds will be five or six feet long, and
they must be either thick and heavy
for strength, or they will be liable to
give way under the weight of the man
who uses it. To give them the neces-
sary strength, and yet retain their
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THE TABLES TURNED,

Z" Fnir RosalIe, Be- mine = ! cried.
BE mire--I love but thert
Tie guileless fairy straight replied
Thou Grst must answer RE.
And say am I the onlY maid
Fer whom thy fancies pines
And was thy tickle heart c'cr laid
Al any other shrines
" Men yeer and change from day % day;
Wilt thou be mine aionef
q. tell me canst thou truly say
Thy heart i all my own
Tell me that falsehO0d nnds 10 place
In thee. from head 70 feet;
Tell me there stands before my face
4 man without deceitr'
Ther broke forth; %. fairest maid.
Before answer you
So many questions I'm afraid
I'll have 20 ask few.
or mans deceitful ways you spoke;
Tel me. did you e'er flirts
Did voa Ger steal a heart in joke,
Unmindful o. its hurts
Those golden iOclgs-excuse the hint
But are they yours aiOn-s
Your pearIy teeth, your cheeks bright tin
- are they all your oWnf
Tel me that faIsehood finds no place
In you. from head 20 feet;
Tell me there stands before my face
A maid without deeeit-'
Richard H. Tithe-ington- il West Shore.
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~ - 49, 800
Moo. dat ain no missus er mine.
ain got no sech a-looIin' missus as dat;
but il she good loOk'n' own her ebery
time and at this point Aunt Susan
eyed me over" so critically that l in
wardly ~Ondered whether she really
wOald ''own me" or not
AS the weeks went by | rejOiced in
.sar and trembling over our kitchen
treasure Well I knew that this bliss
full state Of things was too good TO last,
but nothing was farther from my
thoughts than what actually occurred.
One day aunt Susan came 10 me with a
queer expression on her face. and in a
hesitating way, most unlike her usual
manner. said:
Miss Nellie, cayn't yer les read dis
yere letter fer me? Yer know ! cayn't
read writin'"
took the sOilei. crumpled half-sheei
OF letter paper that she held out and
thOeght AZ first that IL the serawls upon
IL were ''wTitin'" I couldn't read j;
either, but after much study and some
lngeRiogs gueSs-wOEk ] managed to get
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Lionel-Deah boy. did old Hodges
WEAKLY forbid you the house?
Archy-Yes, sir. And when / call III
again, don't you know, he had me at.
rested at the door
Lionel-Great heavens. you know
sw,
Archy-But by Jawve, I've a terwib-
bic wevenge for him, y knaw.
Lionel-Aw -wbat-aw?
Arch-Why. you see, deah boy, don't
you know, he has putt in me po'ger-aw
to aw- iilt his dauhgter-aH.-H as
per's Bazaar,
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No Need of Brad.treet.

Seaside Hotel Proprietor see you
nave given our finest suite of rooms TO a
nan named Bilkins. Are you sure he
IAN pay the rates?
Clerk Yes; he's immensely rich.
Proprietor-How do you know?
Clerk-Hs IS old and ugly. and his
wife is young and pretty, IN. y, Weekly.
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When you were reading the large pros
pectus Of THE YOUTHS COMPANION, pub
iished last week in our columns, did you
stop to consider what a wealth of talent was
engaged in producing this remarkable pa
pera Its success is phenomenal, and 1t Is
read in 450, 600 families because it is the bes1
of its kind Now is the time to SEND
your subscription. S175 sent at once will
secure you the rest of this year free, includ
ing all the Holiday Numbers. The YOUTH:
COMPANION, Boston.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY q Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j.
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West a. Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials free.
Price, 75c per bottle Sold by all Druggists.
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An Expensive Omission.

Maddox-what's that! A gas bill for
sl9.l2?
Collector-Yes, sir.
But the house has been shut up and
my family has been away all summer.
"You neglected TO inform the meter,
probably. That's your lookout
sy's Weekly.
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or for stamps any single r'iee at the price.
II you have occasion TO use Naseline in any
form be careful TO accept only genuine goods
MANY druggists are trying to persuade buyers
to take NASELINE put up by them Never
WELD TO such persuasion, as the article is an
imitation wiz. out value, and Will not give you
the result you expect. A bottle of Blue Seal
Vaseline is sold by all druggists at ten cents
ChesebrOugh Wig. Co.. - State ST.. New York
sarNAME THIS PAFER srsy you
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% Rose Mithont 49,.

Mrs. Watts-Did you enjoy your SUM-
lner trip very much?
Mrs. Potts-o. just moderately. I
might have enjoyed it better if the city
papers had not come every day and made
me realize that l was $50 miles away
from a bargain counser.-Terre Haute
Express.
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GOFF'S
BRAID.

Whenever you visit
the shops i'm town,
Looking for Braid
to bind your gown,
Secure the Clasp,
wherever found,
That holds the Roll
on which is wound
The Braid that is known
the world around.