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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15

He looks like blonde Salvini. Ills mo-
tions and style and the sJyacery of his
tragic and passionate expression are cx-
actly those of the great actor. He is a good
natured, jolly, happy hearted fellow, who
looks his audience in the eyes, accepts their
homage as the greatest pleasure, responds
with enthusiasm and grace, hugs the great
bouquets that are thrown him, drags back
his companions in song with every recall,
as though he could well afford to be gener-
GUS, and is more like Il great, happy, blonde
school boy than a three thousand dollar a
night singer. He looks more like a German
than an Italian; would seem so quiet, in
deed, save for the eyes being placed closer
together, indicating the ideality of his ma
ton, and the slight point to his beard, sug-
costing the finesse. In singing he has n
way Of ilinging his gestures and his tones
into the audience and he has way of fiirt-
ing with his voice in the higher passages
that thrills one through and through and
keeps a lump in ones throat the whole
time.-Cor. Pittsburg Press.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
Cold Thread.

The base of the "gold thread" of com
merce is silver, which is brought from the
Bank of England in cakes weighing about
1000 ounces Gold leaf is carefully incor-
porated with the silver by hammering, and
afterward the whole is subjected to a char
coal fire The bar is now ready for CONVEX
sion into wire This is accomplished by
drawing it from 100 to $50 times through
ever diminishing holes in steel plates; and,
finally, when the capabilities of this metal
have been exhausted, through apertures in
diamonds, rubies or sapphires
The delicate wire thus obtained must now
be passed through the steel rollers of one of
Herr Krupp's little ''fatting mills" This
brings us to the final process-the spinning
of the flattened wire round silk to form
the golden thread of commerce. These
spinning machines are worked by water,
although two steam engines are to be found
in the factory; for water power is consid
cred to be more regular and even in its
action. New York Commercial Advertiser
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15

Standing upright in his boat the expert
bass fisherman grasps the rod firmly be-
low the reel-which must be one that runs
with tho least possible friction, and holds
300 or 400 feet of line and whirls the squid
about his head, with several feet of line
flying free. When the whirling squid is
brought to certain velocity, which the
feeling and instinct of the angler must de-
termine to nicely, the fisherman quickly
~thrusts the rod forward with a movement
whose effect and grace can only be appre-
ciated and understood by seeing it done
The whirling squid responds instantly to
the movement. 1t starts out with amazing
velocity, as straight as flying bullet. The
whizzing reel pays out the unrcsisting
line, and If the cast has been made by an
expert hundred and fifty feet of line will
have left the reel before the squid drops in
the water at the spot IL was launched TO
reach. It will not he long before some big
bass will show his appreciation of the an
gler's skill by swooping upon the attract
i've lure, and then will come struggle that
may last m hour, and perhaps two, before
one or the other of the colabatants con.
quors.s-New York Evening Sun.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
STATE CONVENTION.
Call Of the Democratic Executive Conn
mittee For Tuesday, July Is.

NASHVILLE, April IA convention OF the
Democratic party OF Tennessee is hereby
called on Tuesday, the 10Th day OF July, 1890,
4 Of ~ O'Clock m, for the purpose OF nominal
ng q candidate for Governor, and the trans
action o. such other business as may be
brought before It. The State Democratic
Executive Committee recommend that the
respective counties In the State appoint no
greater number of delegates than they are
entitled to votes la the convention, the basis
being ono vote for every LOO Democratic votes
and fraction over fifty cast at the November
election, 1888.
Done .at.the city of Nashville by authority
OF the state Democratic Executive Commit
tee, the 3D. day OF April, 1890.
THos. L. WILLIAMS, Chm.
j. ID. MoLrN, Sec'y.
Mr.. Williams being temporarily
absent, Mr.. Savage was called to the
chair, when Mr.. Crunk offered the
following resolution, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That this committee
recommend thorough organization OF
the Democratic party in all the coun-
ties Of the State, and that conven-
lions or primary elections be held
wherever necessary to secure the
success Of the party.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
nrothsr Mopowsn and Cousin Jere.

Brother McDowell's paper says
Cousin Jere stands no earthly chance
for the nomination, or something to
that effect; yet the Toiler, though
not a political paper by any means,
takes occasion to 90 for Cousin Jere
and his syndicate of papers without
gloves. The Toiler seems to think
that Uncle Josiah is the man their
candidate has got to beat, in which
II Is probably correct, because Uncle
Josiah has mighty strong, well
organized combination behind him.
But the strange part of 1t is that
Brother Mcdowell abuses Cousin
Jere so much and never has a hard
word against Uncle Josiah, the man
most In his way. No, sir, never a
harsh word in the good old Toiler
for Uncle Josiah. Brother Mcdowell
is mighy hard man on trusts, rings,
lobbiests, lawyers, spectators and
combinations especially hard on the
whisky ring, and while Uncle Josiah
stands charged with being the candi.
date of the Tennessee, Coal & Iron
Co.. the penitentiary ring, the Ten
uessee bank dapositors' ring, and all
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
wages and work Of ohio mattresses

NteeSNH e~AAA psSAAh va OAAA1 N0AhASbSGAe
Restaurant girls usually divide their time
between the restaurants and the hospitals
The work initseH is, perhaps, no more than
any other, but their hours are longer, and
girls are continually at the mercy of their
employer. When he is man Of principle
the restaurant girl fares as well, perhaps,
as any of her sister laborers. OF course,
there are proprietors who are extremely
abusive and extortionate. A case given
was that Of a young girl OF Is who was told
to lift IA tub of water from the floor to the
table. She strained every nerve, and had
nearly succeeded when the tub struck
against the edge of the table, and the con.
tents flooded the kitchen. The proprietor
poured forth flood Of oaths, and would
have struck her but for the Intervention of
others, and the girl left only to enter hos
pital.
Restaurant girls make from st.50 to SO
week, and work from twelve to fifteen
hours day. The system of filming for
broken dishes, mistakes, etc, reduces this
materially. All restaurants allow tho girls
their meals: The better class places give
them lunch at IL o'clock and dinner at
8, but in others they lunch only on the
scraps left over from meals. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15

other rings in the State, except
Cousin Jere's bull rings, the good
old Toiler, 'the only paper fit for
farmers to read" never mentions
your Uncle Josiah in connection with
any Of these bad things. Why is
this? Is it because Uncle Josiah is
its second choice, and Brother
Mcdowell would rather hand
over the pie to him and have
no crow to eat? Will he an
swer this? Many people believe
the fight is between Cousin Jere and
Uncle Josiah, and would like for
Brother Mcdowell to explain his po-
sition in this respect, since the ques-
ton OF second choice is up. The fol-
lowing from the Toiler shows how
Brother Mcdowell can talk with the
bark on about Cousin Jere:
Col. Baxter gave the Toller his
"Shetland pony, Maplewood Farm
advertisement, but it didn't control
our editorial sentiments. The great
est evil OF the day is the influence of
money over the average political
newspaper. We don't say that
every newspaper in Tennessee that
spoke kindly of Jere Baxter was
bought, or its utterances paid for; but
Just think of 1t (; here is man that
never made public speech on polit-
ical questions in his life, and UNI
known as far as experience in the
great economic questions of the dag
are concerned comes home from
Wall street specializing, enters the
race for governor and in six or eight
weeks has fifty newspapers putting
him as the greatest statesman to be
found in Tennessee when half ofthem
never saw the man until the can
vass opened, and some OF them until
this day have only seen, as Bro. Hall
OF the Tennessee Globe, says, his
travelling agents who, that paper
says, "offer so much per line for puff
ing notices" to deceive people into
supporting him. If money can con-
troll the editorial sentiments of news
papers, the sooner people find it out
the better. Then they will begin to
think and investigate for themselves
instead of depending on subsidized
press. The power and influence of
money, with all of its corrupting in
fluences, seems to be getting worse
eN cry day.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15

Ten years ago a good buffalo head sold for
from SIS to $40. The price now ranges from
SIS to $500. There has not been green
buffalo head in Denver for three years
But it is expected that Buffalo Jones' do
nestle buffalo herd in Kansas will occa
sionally add new head to the market,
Rocky mountain sheep are not very nu
merous, and the handsome head of that
animal brings from $35 to 500. Mountain
sheep are sold in pairs when the taxider-
mist has saved the whole animal, and they
sell for $350a pair. Elk heads sell from $35
to $500 each A grizzly bear rug brings
from s35 to $500 each; black bear as high as
SIS. The cinnamon and brown bear are
common, and notso desirable, and the best
willnotsell for over $50.-Kansas City jour-
nal
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
Crnsade Agalnst ChInnmen onened.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.-The first ar
rest was made Tuesday under the new
city ordinance requiring the removal Of
all the Chinese to district ON the out
skirts Of the city. The person arrested
was Chae Yuen, member of the firm
of lchy, Lung & Company. Shortly
after the arrest the consul. ON behalf Of
the prisoner, applied TO the United States
circuit court for writ of habeas corpus,
setting forth that the prisoner was a sub
ject of the emperor Of China. The writ
was granted, and the prisoner was re-
lie ased on bail.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
A Iinftnn In His Hash.

A Marietta (O.) gentleman swallowed an
ogercoat button which no found In dish
of hash The button closed the cardiac
orifiee of the stomach completely, and the
case puzzled the physicians, as emetics
were useless, because the medicine could
not reach the stomach. After three days
of terrible suffering, and when death was
momentarily expected, he swalloweda but
tonhole tied to string and fished out the
cause of the trouble, Philadelphia In
ul1irpr
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
w. M. Daniel and the County Conven-
ton.

w. M. Daniel and the County Conven-
ton.
The county convention will meet
at the courthouse in GAINESVILLE Sat
urday week, May "a, to select dele
gates to the gubernatOrial conven-
tion at Nashville June 10. Every
district in tho county will be largely
represented, and we anticipate one
of the largest and most harmonious
conventions ever held in the county.
We have met prominent Democrats
from all parts of the county in the
past few days, and also number
from Stewart county. They all give
expression to one prevailing senti-
ment, and that is that w. M. Daniel
is the unanimous choice of the peo-
Pile for governor, and that unless he
absolutely forbids the use of his
name the convention will instruct
for him unanimously. or course In
such an event no choice will be adj
missible, and Ii will be useless for
any booming aspirant to attempt to
work his rabbits foot on the citizens
OF Montgomery county. So far
most OF the counties that have held
conventions send uninstructed dele
cations. Several have instructed for
first and second choice, all of which
goes to show that the people are not
fully pleased with any candidate
seeking the nomination. There is
no enthusiasm or unity of feeling or
sentiment for any one. Our people
know that Mr.. Daniel possesses all
the qualifications in the highest de-
gree and believe that he will meet
the demands of the people in the
fullest measure. While he is not a
candidate, they believe, even at this
late date, his name will inspire conf
dence and enthusiasm sufficient to
draw solid support and secure his
nomination. Such action has been
heretofore required to bring him be-
fore the public, and when so called
out by his county people he has
never failed to respond, and they be-
lieve he will not now. He has rep
resented this district two terms in
the State Senate with distinguished
ability, associated with the best in
tellects of the State, and no man in
Tennessee has left for himself on the
legislative journals of the State a
brighter and purer record. This Is
what inspires confidence and the out
burst OF sentiment expressed above.
No citizen has ever commanded the
confidence of the people of this Sec
ton to higher degree or exercised a
greater influence. They know ex-
actly where to place him every time
and In every emergency. lie is "a
strong man In every sense, and In
the event his name should go before
the convention and he should receive
the nomination, he will make the
best old fashioned campaign that
Tennessee has witnessed In many a
day, and will give the State live
and vigorous administration. Our
county convention will express one
choice only or no choice at all, and
no candidate need count on anything
else.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
LABOR THE Law or lire.

Labor the law Of life, = chat IS your creed.
Once IL was true that art meant only grace.
"a pretty flower this is, . "a glorious face, "
Men said and so interpreting, did heed
No higher call than came from sheEerd's reed;
The brawny arm was for the warriors mace,
The supple limb was for the champions race,
But higher, better things were lost indeedl
Now, in this newer day, what change Is wrought
We know the law of life is labor, SO
The hand and mind in unison are taught,
With each the others ready servant Iao.
What a grand world win swing beneath the sun
When heart ard hand, and mind are all in onel
indianapolis News
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15

Cousin Jere, they say, is suffering
from stone-bruise on one heel and
is hobbling around in slippers and
will not likely put in his appearance
down here as soon as anticipated.
This all comes of blowing his garden
every morning before breakfast
harefnnted.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15

GAINESVILLE DISTRICT.


Ashland City, at Walton's, April II,
10.
Palmyra, at Palmyra, April 10, 20.
GAINESVILLE, April 27.
Pleasant View and Mallory's, at
Pleasant View, May 3, 4.
Red River, at Wartrace May 10, II.
Springfield, May II, Is.
Cedar Hill, at Turnersville, May "a,
rs.
Sadlersville and Adams, at Salem,
May 81, June /.
Asbury, at Grants, June 7, s.
New Providence and Bethel, at
Bethel, June IA, Is.
Antioch, at Chapel Hill, June q, o.
w. II. PEERLES.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
Clearly Dennea.

Waiter Gnsinuatinglyl-So o. these
fool newspapers is sayin' tibet tn custom o.
tipping walters is un-American.
Guest Nonsensel There's nothing un-
American ia Offering tip.
mo; course Their amt"
'No, indeed. It's only the accepting of
a tip that's un-American. - New York
Weekly.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
Wasn't Saying Anything.

At u shoe factory in Lynn a. thief entered
room at noonday 10 steal Aothing He
got caught in shaft and was whirled
around at the rate of ninety times per min
ute for II quarter of an hour before being
discovered. When released he looked lit
tie out of plumb, but had nothing to say
and was permitted to go.-Eet-oit Free
Press.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
1t pepends on VINO Goes.

Englishman-Patrick, what do you think
of emigration as a cure for the ills of Ire.
land?
Patrick-Emigration be all roight, sor,
but tn landlords must be tn vans to emf
Grate.-New York Weekly.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15

American Fire Engines Worthy of Imitation
A cable dispatch from Berlin announces
that, in accordance with the recommenda-
ton of the officials of that city, who recent
ly visited the United States, and investi-
gated our system of extinguishing fires, IL
has been decided to supply the Berlin fire
department with steam fire engines "of an
American pattern"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
One for Tnmmx.

lis began Tommy, when his teacher
interrupted him.
That is wrong; you should say I am. I"
"All right" said Tommy. Il ara the
ninth letter Of the alphabet. Harper
Bazaar.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15
beautiful. In Fnot.

Gilroy--That's a very plain looking girl
in the nearest box.
Larkin-That girl worth $4,000 in her
own right.
Gilroy-Ahl now look at her again ]
see she is really handsome. Epoch.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-15

Chawley-Gawge is an awful smart fell
lah.
Fweddie--So they say.
Chawley-Oh, he is. He went to Eng
land and caught the accent in less than q
month. Yankee Blade.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-25
Literature in schools.

The notion that literature can be taken
up Us Il branch of education and learned at
the proper time and when other Studies
permit. ia one of the most fGrcical in our
scheme of education II is only matched
in absurdity by the other current idea that
literature is something separate and apart
from general knowledge.
Here IS the whole body of accumulated
thought and experience Of all the ages
which indeed forms oW present life and
explains ii, existing partly in tradition
and training, but more largely in books
and most teachers think, and most pupils
are led TO believe, that the most important
former Of the mind, maker of character
and guide to action can be acquired in a
certain number of lessons out of text
book.
Because this is so young men and young
women come up to college almost abso
lutrly ignorant of the history of their race
and OF the ideas that have made our civil
laatiOn. Some of them have never read a
book, except the text books on the special
ties in which they have prepared them
selves for examination.
We have a saying concerning people
whose minds appear to be made up Of dry
isolated facts, that they have no atmos
phera. Well, literature is the atmosphere
In it we live aud move and have our be
ing, intellectually. The first lesson reat
to or by the child should begin to put hin
in relations With the world and the thought
Of the world.-Atlantlc Monthly
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-25

The French possessions on the slave coast
have All ocean frontage Of about 100 kilo-
moters, and are bounded westward By the
German settlement Of Togo and eastward
by the English one Of Lagos. Having &C
quired prOtectorate over some inland
tribes, the French expect to find outlets
for their commerce toward the middle
course Of the Niger. The entire coast lie
but a low sand bank. broken by nothing
taller than some coco palms and by the
low tower Of the Church OF A9oue Be
tween bhis sand bank and tbs mainland is
a series Of lagoons, the chief of which are
thOso OF Agouo and Grand Pope, both en-
tering the sea at the Eouche du Roi, and
those Sf Porto Novo and Lake Denham,
which enter The yea by the Kotonou chan
mel. The Oueme, or Wheni, forms the
boundary between Porto Novo and Daho-
meE--AeW York Ipdenendent.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-25

WEAKNESS, but on the other side Of il we
shall be without fatigue. On this side we
bleed with the warriors wounds, on the
other side we shah wave the victor's
palm. When you think of dying what
makes your brow contract what makes
you breathe SO deep and sighP What makes
you gloomy In passing graveyardS Fol
lower of Christ, you have been thinking
that death is something terrible, the meas
uring of lances with n powerful antago-
mist, the closing in of n conflict which may
be your everlasting defeat. You do not
want much so think OF dying. The step
beyond this life seems SO mysterious you
dread the taking of it. Why, who taught
you this lesson of horrors? Heavens door
IL wide open, and you step out of your sick
room into those portals.
Not as long ne Il minute will elapse be-
tween your departure and your arrival
there Not half so long as the twinkling
Of an eye Not the millonth part of an
instant, There is no stumbling into dark
ness. There is no plunging down into
mysterious depths. The dooris open This
instant you are here, the next you are
there. When vessel struck the rocks Of
the French coast, while the crew were
clamboring up the beach cage Of birds
sing most sweetly, and when the last man
left the vessel they were singing yet. Even
SO in the last hour Of our dissolution, when
driven on the coast of the other world, may
our Decentralization from this rough, toss
ing life he amid the eternal singing of
thousand promises of deliverance and vic
toryi
ALL, ALL ARE WELCOME.
For all repcntinE and believing souls the
door of heaven is now wide open, the door
of mercy the door OF comfort, for The poor
est as we'll as the veal hest, for the out
law as we'll as for the moralist, for Chinese
coulio az well as his emperor, for the Rus
| sian boUr as well rs the car, for the Turk
as well as the sultan. Richer than all
wealth, more refreshing than all fountains
deeper than all depths, higher than all
| heights, and broader than all breadths is
/ the salvation of Jesus Christ which press
! upon your consideration. Come all We trav-
| elcrs of the desert under these palm trees
/ On, if could gather before you that ire
mendOus future upon which you are
invited to enter-dominiJns and princ-
paities, day without night, martyrs
under the throne and the fouraLd-
twenty elders falling before it, stretch
/ ing off in great distances the hun
bred and forty and four thousand and
thousands OF thousands, host beside
host, rank beyond rank, in infinite dis
tancc, nations of the saved beyond nations
/ of the saved, unit. angelic visions cease to
catch anything more than the faint out
line Of whole empires ycc outstrctching be
yond the capacity Of any vision save the
eye of God Almighty. Then, after had
finished the sketch / would like to asl,
IL Min i. mot Il ON Il