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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

A young fellow who worked in the same
office with me and was generally liked by all
of us unhappily fell into evil courses, and at
last the law got hold of him. He was tried
and convicted, but sentence was deferred for
a few days. In the interval i went to see
the Judge and told him all the good could
about the young man. | laid particular
stress upon his brightness and ability and the
promising career which his crime had blasted
The Judge listened to all | had to say pa
tiently. Then he asked me: HE is an intel
ligent, we'll educated fellow, is hel" l as
sented.
81 am very glad you have told me this"
the Judge remarked; Every glad. was go
ing to give him four years. >"
So | went away we'll satisfied The pris-
oner was brought up for sentence, and the
Judge, after a few remarks about the prison
er's evident intelligence and ability to tell
right from wrong, sentenced him to six years
in the penitentiary, the limit of the law.
Since that day my services as an interces-
sor with the Judiciary have not been in de-
mand, strange to say.-Interview in Pitts
burg Dispatch.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
A shark That Was Hungry.

The funniest thing out happened to me on
the last passage TO Honolulu. 1t happened
this way: We have patent self registering
log The register is attached to the taffra1l
and the propeller is towed astern. We had
about 500 feet of line out. 1t was just about
seven bells and the Bessie was going about
six knots. Presently the log line became as
taut as a wire stay and there was terrible
furry near the propeller. l happened TO be
on deck and, seeing the trouble, ran to the
taffrail. What do you think | SAVE Why,
I'm blamed if great big blue shark hadn't
swallowed the propeller Icalled some hands
aft and we started to haul in the line.
There were seven hands pulling on the line
beside myself, and yet we had a hard time
pulling the fish in. But, by thunder, sir, we
hauled $50 feet of that line in until the shark
was right under our counter. He was quite
thirty feet long and in terrible rage, lash
ing the water into foam. We were just be-
ginning to think that we could get him on
board when the line snapped, being bitten
through by the shark just think of 1t, how
ever, pulling shark in 2S0 feet on log line,
and he did not bite it through until within
twenty feet of the taffrail. OF course, by
losing the shark we also lost the propeller,
but it must have been pretty hard fare tc
digest, and his inside must have been pretty
sore from the strain.
The funniest part Of the thing was the &C
ton of the register When the weight OF
the shark got onto the line the blamed regis
ter showed a speed of sixty miles an hour
with only six knot breeze. Well, sir, when
the mate looked at the register first and then
at the sails, he nearly tainted. 1t was not
fc1se HC a Ia
so much dead weight on the line-San Fran
ciSco Attn
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
He soueIohed the Young NJ. d.

For many years he had been the sole dis
penser of pills in town, but in the height OF
his fame rival in the shape of an immature
hedgling from medical school appeared on
the scene. The young chap had just received
his diploma and was one of those perambu'
latory encyclopedias of universal knowledge
that one often sees in these days of liberal
education.
The old doctor paid no attention to the
young sspirant for medical fame One day,
however, the two were brought together at
a consultation, and on this occasion the young
M. D. essayed to squelch the old man with
his preponderosity of knowledge. He ac-
cordingly began to rattle off Latin phrases
and French idioms in manner that startled
the old man.
eyes unused the old doctor, meditatively,
as he rubbed his chin, "that's SO, that's SO.
But what do you think of a cataplasm for
this case?n
GA what" calculated the new doctor,
completely dumfounded.
"A cataplasm,n was the reply.
''Well, / am not familiar with that mode
of treatment, though I've seen it advertised,
It's something new, isn't it9n
"New9 Great heavens, no,n exclaimed the
old physician, thoroughly enjoying the joke,
"a cataplasm means simply a poultice. 1t
always has meant poultice and probably
always will
The young doctor straightway subsidized
Lewiston journal.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

Some medicines are very expensive. AT a
recent exhibition Of the American Public
Health association in Brooklyn one manufac-
turing chemist exhibited a case of bottles,
about enough TO fill an ordinary barrel, the
total value of which was over $780, 900. The
most costly drug in the case was labeled
"Homatropine hydrobromate, cryst." 1t
was all in one bottle, containing six pounds,
and was valued at 1000, or at the rate of
ST. 100 pound. This drug is an alkaloid,
artificially prepared from atropine. Its eff
fects are similar to those of atropine, but not
so lasting. 1t is preparation Of belladonna
and is chiefly used in the treatment of the
eyes, and always in minute quantities II
expands the pupils of the eye.-American
ANALYST
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

A sad eyed man walked into n store in Be
lott the other day and, planking down a $40
note, tearfully said: "Just four years ago to-
day stole "A "a pair of shoes from your store
The matter has been proving on my mind
but my pride prevented me from confessing
can stand it no longer, Take your pay out
of this $40 bill.n The merchant, of course,
was delighted to meet such penitent, CON
trite soul and gave the man 50, and he de
parted with light heart. The $40 bin was
avery finely executed counterfeit, The next
conscience stricken individual TINT presents
himself at that store will be thrown into the
river with neatness and dispatch. GAINESVILLE
Gazette
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
rhe AZ Of LIthogrnphy.

That oil repels water would not seem to be
a very promising fact for an inventor to be-
gin with. Yet it enabled Senefelder to give
the world TYPOGRAPHY. He found that
writing executed in oily ink could be trans
ferred to stone 50 that he could print from
the impression. When ink from a roller was
applied to it the oily lines received the ink /;
as all the rest of the stone was washed with
water, the ink lodged nowhere else. Several
beautiful printing processes based on photog-
raphy depend on principle as simple as
enefelder's-namely that certain gelatine
compounds, are rendered insoluble by the
action of light. A picture taken on com
pound of this kind is carefully washed, leav-
ing in relief every line on which light has
fallen; from this it is easy to take electro
types for use on an ordinary printing press.
New York Sun.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

An interesting addition has been made to
the collection in the department of biblical
archaeology in the national museum in the
form of a cast Of Greek Inscriptions from
the temple Of Jerusalem. The original is in
the imperial museum, Constantinopo, Tur-
key The stone was discovered by the French
archeologist Clermont-Gauneau May 90,
1921. The inscription reads: mo stranger
is to enter within the balustrades round the
temple and inclosure Whoever is caught
will be responsible to himself for his death. "
In the description of Herod's temple given
by JoSephus there is described an inscription
which forbade ANY foreigner TO enter the
inclosure on pain Of death. w ashlngton
Star,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

81 can generally locate a gentleman's place
of residence by the color of the mud on his
shoes, From the Back Bay we get a brown,
mixed with sand which comes off with very
little rubbing; from the Roxbury district
we obtain a slate colored composition that
looks as if it was made of ground stone,
while Charlestown smears with an article
that is as black as your hat. Down in the
business part Of the city I find dark brab
that requires considerable elbow grease be-
fore it will yield. can also tell when a man
lives on street that has been recently re-
paired, as his shoes are covered with kind
of straw colored decoration which hangs to
the leather as if it was part of it, Boston
Herald
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
War AVerted.

'If you iab that umbrella in my eye again,
as you have done twice already said the
man in the brown overcoat, fiercely, you'll
get a broken headm
at was as much your fault as mine, re-
torted the man in the gray ulster. eff you
want to kick up any fuss about it, just sail
inl I'm insured for 500 a week in the Scrap
pers' Self Protective Mutual association, and
I'm aching for broken head"
The man in the brown overcoat looked fix
eddy at the other Evidences of n severe
mental conflict were visible in his face, AT
last he spoke.
"You're safe, +" he said "Im an agent for
that company. Chicago Tribune,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

A Viennese bank clerk was recently robbed
of package of $4,000 forms that had been
intrusted to his care The clerks employer
decided to advertise the loss in what Vienna
paper calls the american system" In other
words, he promised to ask no questions if the
thief would return 10000 forms, keeping the
balance for his trouble The offer was &C
cepted and the money returned, but unfor-
tunately the clerk was not notified of the
efforts made to recover the money, and about
the time tho banker received it the clerk blew
out his brains not in the American style,
however. San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
He Knew Him,

The old negro who recognized Chief Justice
Chase as Old Greenbaclls had a counterpart
in the Confederate army, according to story
in The Baltimore American:
A cavalryman who had never seen Jeffer-
son Davis met him face to face in Richmond,
and recognized him at once from his portrait
upon the Confederate postage stamps,
He stopped him, therefore, and in silly,
intoxicated manner said:
Are you Mr.. Davis"
IL am, sir was the dignifed reply.
"The president Of the Southern Confed-
eracy"
II have that honor, sir"
II thought SO, you look so much like a
postage stamp
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

1t is not always judicious, says Scottish
paper to use Scotch idioms A Scottish gen
tleman was down in England visiting some
old friends, and while with them was invited
to dinner party. The worthy Scot made
himself as agreeable as he could, and after
dinner, over the wine and walnuts, grew
quite confidential with his neighbor This
gentleman was suffering from a severe cold
and Mr. Mcintyre the Scotchman), to show
his sympathy, said: "Man, it's an awful host
cough you've got" The host overheard the
remark and naturally took it to himself, and
there was decided GOODNESS between the par
ties till the Scotchmans friend explained the
meaning of host.-Chicago Herald,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

A woman was Frustrated with incurable
consumption. Her infant occupied the same
bed with her almost constantly day and
night. The mother fingered for months on
the verge Of the grave-her demise being
hourly expected. Still she fingered on, daily
disproving the predictions of her medical at
PENDANTS. The child, meanwhile, pinned with
out amy apparent disease. Its once fat little
cheeks fell away with singular rapidity till
every bone in its face was visible Finally
it had impaired to the mother its last spark
of vitality and simultaneously both died
Halls Journal Of Health.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
The Misery of Happiness.

Wrat is a pessimist, my SOM Well, if the
spring opened unusually early, and there was
an increase of % per cent. in the acreage OF
cereals sown, and the weather was so neal
perfection all summer that nobody cared tc
go to California, and the harvest showed
yield that fairly lifted the roof off the barr
and r2ade the sides of the elevator bulge, and
prices have gone down 10 and wages increased
IS per cent. the national debt paid, taxes re
duced Saturday made a legal holiday and
ten hours pay for eight hours work estab
lished by constitutional amendment, all the
almshouses closed for lack of patronage and
the prisons sold to the hotel trust-if in the
midst of all this dawning millennium you CONT
across a man sitting on fire plug on a windy
corner, pouring dust on his head and weeping
because all this prosperity is apt to develop
luxurious and wasteful habits among the
nIasses-hes pessimst "And what is your
duty as a Christian man to such a sorrowful
brother?o Kill him, my SON. kill him. Don't
use violence; just tie him to a man who is
having good time, and he won't last two
hours-Robert j. Burdette in Brooklyn
Eagle
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
You'll Find Most Newsboys Honest.

1.-THE other day as l was going over South
Division street. said a gentleman to some
companions, 81 CHANGED to want paper and
whistled to a newsboy on Washington street
and gave him a quarter to pay for it, The
boy told me he had no change and asked me
to wait for him while he went into store tc
change it, watched him as he disappeared
in the doorway and after abou4 five minutes
time had elapsed started to walk slowly to,
ward Main street, and as | went by the store
that supposed the boy went in noticed that
a pair of stairs led up from the same entrance
and an exit was furnished from the upper
floor by another stairway leading into an
alley in the rear of the building 'Good-by
to that boy muttered as passed on. As
stood on the corner waiting for an approach
ing car l felt some one Juggling at my coat
and as | turned childish voice exclaimed.
Here's your change, mister, the Teller in de
store wouldn't wait on me or I'd have been
back sooner. buffalo Express.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

"Underwear9 That's how keep from catch.
ing cold; / wear the same quantity at all
times, on and off the stage, and SO when am
in low bodice draughts do not trouble me,
and when am in a high one | am not too
warm never wear one stitch ON the stage
that do off It, and oven my handkerchiefs
yes, those pretty ones with the lace border,
belong TO my stage wardrobe. am not Mrs
Grmston when | so on the stage and do not
want her clothes; | am Mrs. Kendall, the
actress, and prefer to put ON hers. Mrs
Kendall in New York Herald.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

George Sevingle, Of Stoverton, o, is the
owner of a rare specimen Of the sheep kind.
1t has the nose aud feet of dog, but is in all
other respects sheep Instead of having the
ordinary teeth of the sheep species, the ami
mails mouth, both upper and lower jaws, is
filled with long aad sharp, wolf like fangs,
rendering it extremely difficult for it TO pick
grass like other sheep, 1t gets its chief sub
sistence from twigs aud young shrubs, the
bark and tender wood of which 1t devours
Ireedily.-St Louis Republic.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

Two InOubtnO heaFs Jne
To the east of and adjoining the colony
farm La Logia lies a Mayo Indian settlement,
Mayocoba, where live on tract of perhaps
1900 acres some 300 descendants of the
branch of the Aztecs called Mayos, now in
termixed with a considerable percentage Of
Spanish blood. Most of the land is uncleared,
a few acres being all the land required for
cultivation by the natives, and being all they
can till with the ancient means and methods
employed by them.
These people are quiet, docile, honest, UNI
learned, and, though more industrious than
the northern Indians, are by no means enter
prising. Their needs are few, their surround
ings the most primitive Their carts, their
cooking utensils, their plows, their OK yokes,
their contrivances for spinning and weaving,
their water jars-everything about them is
as in the time of Christ. The native civiliza-
ton here is like Palestine's 1000 years ago.
Credit Foncier.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
Cleaning Sidewalks in Canada.

a gentleman from Ottawa was speaking of
the system Of cleaning sidewalks by that city.
The proprietors of lots or buildings are
charged tax Of two cents per foot frontage,
making a sixty foot lot cost only 81 GOA year
for keeping the sidewalk clear of snow and
ice. The city subjects the contract to differ
ent contractors for different wards, and the
ctl makes about one-quarter of a cent a foot
profit. The system has worked very salts
iactorily Montreal Witness
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
Thrilling Adventure of the Pig.

Mr.. Enoch w. Jordan, prominent farmer
of Albany, Ga, tells the following snak.
story: lie was walking over his plantation
when he came to IA SOW which had fine litter
of pigs. He found one of them absent. Go
ing a short distance further he overlook a
huge rattlesnaRe, which he promptly dis
patched. He noticed that it seemed very
large, and was apparently gorged. Cutting
it open, out jumped the missing pig, which,
as soon as released from its close quarters,
took TO its heels and ran home. Con.
etitutiau
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
Proposed Bridge Over the Hudson.

Its central span would rise and fall eight
feet owing to changes of temperature. The
anchorages would be half as large as the
Capitol at Washington, and each would con
tain 30 per cent more masonry than the
largest of the Egyptian pyramids. The ca
BILE would be four feet in diameter (tht
Brooklyn bridge cables are fifteen inches),
and the towers would he 800 feet high. The
bridge proper would accommodate ten rail
way tracks. Foot passengers could be lifted
up TO its level by elevators in the anchorages
but if it was desired to provide for the pass
age of vehicles they would have to ascend the
palisades to reach its level. New Y York Times
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
ooNsTANcY.

II Age should sit his finger on her brow
And write November on her May day face;
Should rob her form of all its lovely grace.
And turn to silver locks so raven now;
Should dim her lustrous eyes and disallow
Her ears all hearing should destroy, efface
All things that in her memNy have place
And so with life alone her frame endOw
] still would love her, stili her servant be,
And strive 10 merit by my constancy
The place she gives me in her heart today;
TO there abide in such perfect way
A life of changeless love would leave TO me
A debt to her which could never pay,
Chicago Tribune
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
A bright Young Man in England

An English bishop lately ordained young
gentleman as deacon, and felt it necessary to
send for the clergyman who had recommend
ed him.
"What may your lordship want with mei'
~ wish, sir, to speak about that young
man.
what young man, your lordship"
"The young man, sir, whom ordained. l
want you to keep him in check. had great
difficulty, sir, in keeping him from examin-
ing me. n-Clothier and Furuisher.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
Seieuiutll.

Selonium is "A comparatively rare mineral
with the exceedingly curious property that
the electric current which it conveys is most
sensitive to the play OF light ON the mineral.
by employing selenium in his photophone
Professor Andrew Graham Bell achieved the
wonderful result of sending am audible mes
sage with no other messenger shan the solar
eam--New York Sun.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

From thirty-iive returns Of cases of old
age, the average time of going to bed was
O'Clock: but one retired at r., and one at II;
five at :; seven are bcdrldden. The average
time If rising was about soclock, but six rose
at q o'clock. one at ,, nine at 10, one at IL,
and one at ! p. m-&rofessor Humphrey
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

Alabama papers are calling attention to
the wanton destruction of hooking birds in
that state. Large numbers of them are shot
every spring and summer Chicago Tunes,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
FOR REGISTER.

lanes A. Grant to en aEs SSsA iaasa
A. Grant q candidate for Register for Mont
gomery county, at the ensuing August cleo
ton.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
Sick H headache

S complaint from which many suffer
and few are entirely free. Its cause
is indigestion and sluggish liver, the
cure for which is readily found in the
use of Ayers Pills.
81 have found that for sick headache,
caused by disordered condition of the
stomach, Ayers Pills are the most re-
liable remedy. samuel 9. Bradburn,
Worthington, Mass
"After the use of Ayers Pills for
many years, in my practice and family,
am justified in saying that they are am
excellent cathartic and liver medicine
sustaining all the claims made for them"
w. A. Westfall, M. D., V. p. Austin
& N. W. Railway Co., Burnett, Texas.
ayers Pills are the best medicine
known to me for regulating the bowels,
and for all diseases caused by dis
ordered stomach and liver. I suffered
for over three years from headache, in
digestion, and constipation. l had no
appetite and was weak and nervous
most Of the time. By using three boxes
of Ayers Pills, and at the same time
dieting myself, l was completely cured"
- Philip Lockwood, Topeka, Kansas.
81 was troubled for years with indi-
gestion, constipation, and headache. A
few boxes of Ayers Pills, used in small
daily doses, restored me to health.
They are prompt and effective. wv. II,
Strout, Meadville, Pa,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16

Parties wishing nice, comfortable
offices or bedrooms can find them by
applying to August Michel at his bak-
cry on Second street, near Arlington
Hotel. mch19d,tf
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
Metcalf Ferlilizer.

McGehee Bros. are the sole agents
here for this we'll known brand of fer
tilizer. Send them your orders.
AprSd-tf,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

FOR CIRCUIT COURT CLERK.
F D. DanieIzWe, are authorized nsS is to "a an =
candidate for reelection for Circuit Court
Clerk at the ensuing August e'ection.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-16
EoR SALE!
MONDAY, APRIL esth. $3.50

at ~ O'Clock, on the premises, will offer my
Double Two-Story Dwelling House, situated
on the west side of Greenwood Avenue, tor
sale at public auction. This property fronts
94H feet on Greenwood Avenue and runs
back 2S7 feet, and will be divided into three
per plat below
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-11
Cool and Light and Airy.

Passengers that 60 to the Pennsylvania
Station. on Canal street, to take the IA
nous Pennsylvania Limited, now find the
regal train bedecked in white and garland
ed with flowers. The cushioned seats Of
the sleeping cars are upholstered in white
mohair, as are also the light rattan chairs
of the smokino room and the observation
car. The white SEATS tina dainty white of
the table-cloths and napkins, the white
aprons of the walters, the white vest and
boutonniere of the steward. and the exquis-
itely decorated white china, together with
the enameled finish of the ceiling, the gl.s-
tening walls and shining mirrors make the
dining car palace Of delight. The menu,
with its array of delicious summer dishes,
is that of a meal so excellent that it has
been declared superior to that of many OF
he most prominent hotels in the country
The limited leaves Chicago from the Penn
sylvania station at o'clock every after
noon, reaches Pittsburg in the morning,
and, after daylight ride through the Ale
gheny mountains, arrives in Baltimore.
Washington, Philadelphia and New York
the next afternoon and evening. For res
ervations apply to c. w. Adams, Asst. Gen.
Pass. Agent, G5 Clark street, Chicago.