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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01
SHE MEANT BUSINESS.
Ths Girl Who Thought the Time Had
Come FOR Marriage.


rh- Girl Who Thought the Time Had
Come FOR Marriage.
91eophilus James bunker had been the
st ady company OF Miss Ethalinda De
Wigs for IA long time.
Tuesday night had found him ut the De
Wigs domicile as regularly as Tuesday
night arrived, and every one knows that
Tuesday night comes on strict schedule
time.
He arrived at and left at 1885, and he
had been doing this for years without once
asking the fair Ethalinda if she would be
his, or If he could be hers.
These dilatory tactics were regarded with
disfavor by Ethalinda, while the girls
parents hoped that each succeeding Tues
day night would report something decisive.
But it didn't.
No succeeding Tuesday night ever seemed
to succeed.
at ISN'T right" said Mrs. De Wigs to
her daughter. "The constant attentions
of Mr.. Hunker discourage other young
men, who no doubt think you are engaged
really think you ought to bring him to
the point"
$50 do L." nssented Ethalinda, "but how
shall do it?'
you must hint to him in some way that
unless he really means to marry you he
had better cease calling on you"
Ethalinda resolved that she would, and
she was full of that resolve last night
when Mr.. Hunker called. She had de
termined to seize the first opportunity the
conversation offered for the planting of an
effective hint, and if no opportunity
offered she had resolved to manufacture
one to order.
Fortune favored her, however, and it
was unnecessary for her to go into the OPP
portCnity making industry.
Mr.. bunker had been much interested in
the operations of the license court, and on
previous Tuesday evenings he had dropped
opinions which would have been invalua
BILE to the judges could they have had the
benefit of them.
Last night, after discussing the weather,
Mr.. Hunker remarked:
"Well, Indy, the license court is over
at last"
Eyes, Thcophilus James," the girl re
piled, and close observer could have de
tected, without the aid of chemical analy
sis, that her tone would assay 1000 pounds
of determination to the ton. Eyes, the
license court is over, but the marriage
license court is still wide open"
There was no installing her meaning
and Mr. Hunker did not pretend to.
He looked at her for "A moment or two in
IL surprised sort of way, and then re
covering his self possession he remarked,
as he clasped Ethalinda to his bosom and
imprinted three ply kiss on her lips:
''Im glad you mentioned it, my love
l'll uet one tomorrow -
"Oh, you needn't be in such hurry,
after waiting so long" replied Ethalinda
II shall need little time to prepare
Well have it in four weeks"
And they will, unless Mr.. Hunker dies
or absconds. Louisville Courier journal
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01
Some Old SiIhouottes.

1t is the custom in some colleges for
members of the graduating class to ex.
change photographs, so that each has n
complete collection of his classmates BE
fore photography was invented Autographs
were frequently exchanged but gentle.
man of New York has discovered among
some old papers belongingt Il past genera
ton very unique collection, the sill.
houcttes of the senior class of Bowdoin col
lege for 1924, including that Of Franklin
Pierce. They are not cut from black paper,
as is frequently done, but the proiiles are
cut out of white paper, which is then placed
over black. -EXchange
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01

The inefliciency of underlrains after a
few years service will often be found on
examination due to filing of the passage.
way by tree roots standing somewhere
near the line of the tile on stone Some
kinds of trees are worse in this respect
than Others, the elm and willow, both Low
ing water, being worst of all. Elm roots
especially will often run three or four rods
to IT,, vtlrain, and once obtaining an en-
trance will quickly fiji it up, Drains in
orchards are often thus injured, though if
not entirely cloggc the trees may do bet
ter for holding more moisture in the sub
soil -Christian ut Work.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01
To Mend Broken Plaster Casts.

An excellent and quick way to mend
broken plaster casts and impressions is ~
paint the brukefs surfaces over two or three
times with very thick shcllac varnish, and
M each application TO burn out the alcohol
over q flame When the shellac is sufii.
GENTLY soft press the parts together and
bold iD position till cool. 1t will be as
strong ns it was before broken -Philadel.
ehia Record
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01

Wakeman lIolberton, of New York, has
completed book that consists of single
copy chat will never be duplicated 1t is
one of lOl quarto pages of imitation parch-
ment, with every word an illustration of
the story of the authors experiences with
rod and gun on lake and in field and camp,
lone with his pen or brush. II was pre-
cared by Mr. uolheTton for his chil6zeu,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01
Chlmneys as sewer ventllators.

In Carlisle, England, tall factory chin,
neys are being utilized as sewer ventilators
with good results, twenty-nine now being
used. The velocity of the rising air has
been measured by Surveyor Mellie, and il
is found to be ZOE feet minute In ordi-
nary weather The owners of the facto.
ries make no objection to this use Of their
chimneys, and the practice seems to meet
with general approval.-San Francisco
Argonaut
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01
Coopers Live Longest.

The duration of life of coopers is SIS, of
public officers, 81; of clergymen, Sc; of ship.
wrights 50; of matters, 81; of lawyers and
ropemakers 81; of blacksmiths, 81: of mcr-
chants, calico printers and physicians 81
of butchers, 80; of carpenters, 40; of masons,
IS; of traders, 46; of tailors and jewelers.,
44-ENchange
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01
WEBSTER'S
UNABRIDGED
ANCIENT EDITION.

A s0-Called Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary" is being offered to the public
atavery low price. The body of the book,
from A to 2, is cheap reprint, page for
page, Of the edition of 1847, which was In
Its day, valuable book, but in the pro-
gress Of language for over FORTY YEARS,
has been completely superseded. Il Is
now reproduced, broken type, errors and
all, by photo Autograph process, is printed
on cheap paper and flimsily bound. A
brief comparison, page by page, between
the reprint and the latest and ENLARGED
edition, will show the great superiority
of the latter. These reprints are as out
Of date as last years almanac. No hon
orable dealer will allow the buyer Of such
to suppose that he is getting the Webster
which to-day is accepted as the Standard
and THE BEST, every copy Of which
bears our imprint as given below.
D6T If persons who have been induced 10
purchase the Ancient Edition by any
misrepresentation will advise us Of the
facts, we will undertake to see that the
seller is punished as he deserves.
G. a G. MERRIAM & co.
SPRINGFIELD. MASS.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01
AN EPISODE OF A BIG CITY.
The f.ifc Of . semi-Idiotic College Man
Ilrinrs TrnnlIe 20 Ills Mother.

UFIHWs TT0NWTV 10 TIT7 1TVVr-VT'
There Lived in Boston young man who
matriculated at Harvard and then put him
self under tutor elsewhere in order to get
all the tuition obtainable in the sciencc Of
mathematics While he studied his father
died, bis only sister died, and the delicate
ness Of his own health began TO oe all too
npparcnt. IIc was advised that he must
goto Colorado during The winter, and some
where else this summer. AT he had
nothing -cyccg, li. mathematics, His
mother. utterly poor, had taken place as
p,.',..u Iaf T..I' l,0 the 'e-ltu 90"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01
aetealf Fertilizer.

McGehee Bros. are the sole agents
here for this we'll known brand Of fer
lizer. Send them your orders,
Apr3d-tf
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01
Catarrh

IS a blood disease. Until the poison Is
expelled from the system, there can
be no cure for this loathsome and
dangerous malady. Therefore, the only
effective treatment is thorough course
of Ayers Sarsaparilla = the best of all
blood purifiers, The sooner you begin
the better delay is dangerous.
81 was troubled with catarrh for over
two years. / tried various remedies,
and was treated by number of physi-
clans, but received no benefit until /
began to take Ayers Sarsaparilla. A
few bottles of this medicine cured me of
this troublesome complaint and COM
pletely restored my health. Jesse NJ.
Boggs, Holman's Mills, N. G.
"When Ayers Sarsaparilla was rec
commended TO me for catarrh, was in
clined to doubt its efficacy. Having
tried so many remedies, with little BEN
eft, had no faith that anything would
cure me. / became emaciated from loss
OF appetite and impaired digestion.
had nearly lost the sense of smell, and
my system was badly deranged. l was
about discouraged, when a friend urged
me to try Ayers Sarsaparilla, and re-
ferred me TO persons whom it had cured
of catarrh. After taking half a dozen
bottles of this medicine, am convinced
that the only sure way of treating this
obstinate disease is through the blood"
Charles HI. Maloney, 113 River ST.,
Lowell, Mass.
Ayers SarsapariIIa,
PREPARED BIZ
Or. J. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price 81; six bottles, So Worth $5 bottle.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01

The loftiest cathedral in the world is
now claimed by Ulm, in Wurtemburs
The last stone Of the spirc has just been
laid, raising the height Of the tower to 800
feet-eigbtecn feet above those Of Cologne
The building was commenced in 1871
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01
ONE DAY OUT OF MANY.
THE WAY AN ITALIAN NEWsBoY
SPENDS HIS BUSY LIFE.

y a -
unlike the story of many other newsboys
and of six days in the week OF course
Tony has another name, but what it is not
half dozen boys Of his acquaintance
could tell and not one of them cares We
was born IN Brooklyn fourteen years ago,
and he hns never been anywhere else ex-
cept in Park row, between the bridge en-
trance and Ann street. He never saw
Central park or the Battery, and he has
never been at Coney Island Once he went
to acircus, and a few times he has sat in
the gallery of a theatre and watched very
Thrilling plays, which were as real to him
as could be.
Tony's father and mother are Italians
His father owns two fruit stands, but he
cannot speak English His mother speaks
English and so do his brother, the barber,
and his sister, who was married when she
was II years old. When the mother gets
through with her homework she sits and
knits. ''Her fingers fly; you ought to see
her." says Tony, proudly
And Tony himscf-well, he is brown
faced youngster, with big brown eyes and
% robust figure He wears No. hat and
NO 8 shoes, and is as good looking as any
boy Should be, and wholesome looking
ewithal. His clothes are pretty ragged, and
his face and hands pretty dirty, but if that
were not so he would be, perhaps, unpleas
antly conspicuous among the other boys.
HIS EARLY MORNING VENTURE.
iiis iiie' ~ nesius carry III Vhe u'S' NoU
later than o'clock every morning in the
week and every week in the year Tony's
iaohSF OF lIoCher wakes nm up toSslpy
nehso iaIner a1uep, p''e business - o''sf
NESS an" "ooy e''ii'ioV sen p''I'ers iylhS III
oeu' heIe ~ no pIeihiaSo WaiVi,B LOT
num- puC uoWh 'ic s'iee' helI Vho prluge
Ihere ~ ierVle ca,inS Iiouse "hero ne ouys
u cup Oh coliec ana ron loro Genus IhGil as
IuiShNiyfff' hc clii ny Goiles over 10 Nc"
Icff Vn q "iiuse GUT III picaS"hC "G".ncr
Inns turning 1uV ea,iy' "hoI Cno iiuSi ~ III
Cie easUeIi SNS anu 'ie Sii''C'oWS sun llnSer
III aark lI0ee5' = noV 80 poo, IhouSh
HluNea ionS SUI, ~ "non ne ooine9
1u' lnVo 'no o1'l Hll' puO ~ N'"'e' u Is
DiacH hiBi ~ oii" =, ,iI i iiueeu' -
- NV loiN nonS o'S@ ms P"Pers' nc
tpiNeS nl's nv W. VI 'HVSo' v" s,li'o VI T"ein
ny ip"NeS i'"il " oeIiV pI ono I"o-aI'uS VI
sacehT' anu OH Que io nus prom vi cehO'
i n,. nc aoea ~ syop W SiliiA " pio'lts'
nc runs W ''lc pri1Se, r,ueS over, jumps
vi sUrecU c"', Sclis " nc c''h' uroPS on
anu Jumps ol, announcer ana so WORKS MS
way w , 20 NulIoh StIgcv anu llCDus1 ave
nue.; Ihnt IS ms hgia' ana there ne stays
tili he seils ONT n "hen ms STOUT arms are
empty ne Is % Genus richer Chail Wheh nc
tu'nDiea QUIZ Oh oei' less LOT Oha' oreak-
IaSt' ALL,
a. but ohere IS Ie'u preaAl"SC waiting at
NOME anu II nc Cto,S HoV run "Ii tne way
there W ScU u II 10 pI1t'9o eNc,' ms STOUT
legs are tireu jumping on !'hu on street
ours. FoclilHb newspapers l7h amy run,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01

a queer old chap turns up about Union
square, New York, about ; o'clock in the
morning with broom and pan. In sa.
ilege of sweeping. From out of his sweep
ings he gathers up every cork. looking all
the time for coins II is said that on the
average he makes n fair days wages from
silver thus gathered up, but his sure in
come is realized from the eorks. Such of
these as are not broken he whttles down
to size that will fit the small pitfalls used
by druggists. He sells these at prices
which make it profitable to the druggists.
and the refuse, the shavings and broken
bits he disposes Of 10 men who pack bot
ties for transportation Exchange.
, 1890-03-12
WASHINGTON Notes.

WASHINGTON. March l.-Acting upon
the advice of the attorney general, Secre.
tary Window decided that Chinese mer-
chants coming to this country for the first
time, provided with the certificate pre-
scrlbed by section 6 of the act OF July 5,
1884, cannot be permitted to land in the
United States, Notwithstanding the fact
that they are not laborers.
The president sent to the senate the
nomination OF Lieut.. Col. William Smith,
deputy paymaster general, to be pay
master general, with the rank of briga-
der general.
Many thousands of the regimental
associations of surviving soldiers of the
war of the rebellion keep as nearly as
possible correct rosters of their living
comrades and to that end they revise the
list at each recurring annual meeting oil
their organic .tions. The superintendent
of the census is very DESTROYS that the
officers of these associations should for.
ward TO him the latest copies Of the
rosters referred to. which he believes tC
be efficient aid in the preliminary work
OF enumeration in connection with the
eleventh census Of the names, ~organiza'
tions and length of service of surviving
soldiers, sailors and marines and the wild
ows of such as have died.
, 1890-03-12
The Players, League Meeting.

CLEVELAND, March 1.-THE Players
League convention today adopted a
schedule without discussion. The season
opens April 81, and closes October 4
After disposing of it a resolution was
adopted allowing the home club 2 per
cent OF the total tickets sold per game
for free passes. A standing auditing
committee was appointed and a contract
tor three years was entered into with II,
j. Keefe, who is to supply balls for the
new league. 1t was resolved to uniform
the umpires in white, and the secretary
was authorized to select the time and
place for "a consultation of umpires on the
playing rules. The meeting adjourned to
meet at the call of the president. When
asked what had been done about Dunlap
and Mulvee, Secretary Brunnell said no
action was taken on Mulyee's case and re-
fused to talk about Duulap's. Its un
derstood that Dunlap Is to go to the New
York team.
The $50. 900 prizs fund will be distrib-
uted as follows: TO the club winning
the championship, Sc, $50: second place,
$4,000; third place, SO. 500; fourth place
$500; fifth place, 81. $50; sixth place,
$500; seventh place, $3.50.
, 1890-03-12
A HIGH PRICED HEART.
Miss Jennie M. Paul, a Chicago
Brunette,
Sues L. C. Wachsmuth For
Breach of Promise.
100000 Wanted to Repair
the Damage.
Breach of Promise Suit.

CHICAGO, March ia suit for 500,
600 for breach OF promise of marriage
wss commenced in the federal circuit
count today against Louis c. Wachsmuth,
senior member of the firm of Wach.
smuth 4 Co wholesale clothing. The
plaintiff is Miss Jennie NJ. Paul. a stately
brunette of 25, daughter of the late A.
w. Paul, formerly a prominent lumber
merchant. Her attorney refuses to give
any details until the action comes up.
Waohsmuth is a bachelor, 81 years OF
age, and quite a f~avorite in club circles.
He Is absent from the city at present,
and his brother didn't have much knowl-
edge of the case.
, 1890-03-12

Another class worthy of commisera-
ton are the women fakirs, as they are
called, who sell everything from shoe
laces to baby socks on the streets.
They have a hard time of it, as they
sit huddled up in a doorway or stand
on windy trying to dispose Of
their wares, which no one was ever
seen to buy. A middle aged woman,
on cold and warm days alike, sits in a
sheltered nook on Fourteenth street
knitting infants socks, while not far
away a gray haired crone crouches
alongside of the pavement grinding
out wheezy and d%iscordant music from
an ancient hurdy gurdy. A stones
throw farther on is a swarthy browed
Italian woman, her blue black hair
coitfed with a scarlet kerchief; she in,
vites the passersby in broken English
to have their fortunes told by the
pretty little green bird, who is be,
lieved by the ignorant to possess some
occult power, as he cunningly extracts
a slip of paper from a pile before him.
The sibylline prophecy is invariably
a happy one, such as, You will get a
rich husband" or some other equally
gratifying piece of intelligence New
York Letter.
, 1890-03-12
On Trial for Attempted Murder.

LONDON, March 1.-THE trial Of
Elizabeth Vincent at Richmond, on the
charge of attempting to murder Lewis
Henry lsaacs, a member of the commons,
began today. Isaacs testified that the
paper which he refused to sign, which re-
fusal led to the shooting, was a document
admitting he seduced the defendant by
violence. He expressed the wish that
the court would deal leniently with Miss
Vincent, and the jury returned a verdict
of not guilty.
, 1890-03-12
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Prof. Glldemelster, the noted ORIENT
alist, is dead.
> Jas. Scloum, the ball player, was yes
terday convicted of the murder of his
wife.
Yesterdays temperature-New York
42', New Orleans 64o. st. Louis 52o, Gin
cinnati 46', Chicago Az. Winnipeg %.
Mr.. Phelps, American minister to
Eisendecker, formerly German minister
to Washington.
AT the annual meeting of the Penn
s~ylvania railroad the directors were au.
thorized to issue 800, 900. 900 additional
stock. to be used at their discretion for
the good of the road.
Monday nights fire in the big clothing
house of Stern, Mayer 4 Co., Cincinnati,
Quilted the entire establishment. Loss on
stock, $500, 900; the building cost 5000,
600. Total insurance. 5000. QUO.
jim kennard, the St. Paul kid, and
Jack Lyman OF New York. fought last
night at the Arlington, New York athletic
club for a purse of $500. Lyman was
Knocked out in the twenty second round.
In the Quebec legislature Monday alter
noon a resolution passed IN favor of the
construction OF a railway from Quebec to
st. Charles Bay. on the Labrador coast.
his line would reduce the distance to
Europe 332 miles.
Lawyer Levy yesterday positively iden-
tihed the body of the young Jewess found
Monday in the basement of the Hebrew
school building, in New York, as that OF
Jennie G%reenburg, the divorced wife of
the pedlar, Isaac Jacobs.
The correspondence between Germany
and Great Britain relative to the scope Of
the international labor conference, has
been made public. Lord Salisbury de.
clined to favor any scheme looking to the
restriction of the hours of labor.
A Lisbon correspondent of the London
Times says: Ribiro, minister of foreign
affairs, In an interview with Director
Mcguire of the Delagoa Bay railway
plainly declared that neither England nor
America had any right to interfere in the
railway matter.
The Washington branch of the Feder-
alton of Labor last night, after discussing
Senator Stanford's resolution providing
tor loans to the people by the govern
ment at a very low rate of interest, unan
imously adopted a resolution approving
of the proposition.
Judge McComas, who signed the war
rant for the execution of John Brown,
died yesterday at Fort Scott, Kan, aged
"a years. He was Lieutenant governor of
Virginia at the time Brown was hanged.
and the signing of the warrant devolved
upon him in the absence of Governor
Wise.
A conference was held yesterday be-
tween the emperor. Herr Won TIA and
Count Won Scaperay to consider the min
l~sterial situation. IL resulted Tisza
definitely resigning the Office of prime
minister and the appointment Of Szapary
to succeed him. No other changes were
made in the cabinet
Emile Thomas, recently elected city
marshal of st. Louis at II special cleo
ton. yesterday. took forcible possession
Of the office, The incumbent, Marshal
Nelser, was defeated at the regular cleo
tion, but his opponent could not qualify
owing to legal disabilities. Neiser claims
the special election is not legal, and has
steadily refused to vacate the Office. The
trouble Is BY no means ended
, 1890-03-12
Another Amendment.

BosToN, March ia proposed
amendment to the constitution of the
United States has been drawn up by
Lawer w. A. Butler of New York. act
ing in consultation with Ex-Governor
Long of Massachusetts,, the object of
which is to prevent the use of public
money in any way for any private educa-
tional institution under the control of re.
ligious denominations. Petitions with
the proposed amendment accompanying
will be distributed throughout the states
with a preamble declaring for non union
of church and state
, 1890-03-12
THE WYOMING BILL
Considered by the House in
Committee of the Whole.
Death of Ex-Congressman W.
Preston Taulbee.
Jay Gould About to Marry
Once More.

WASHINGTON, March lin pursu
ance of the agreement made Saturday
the public building bills which that day
passed the committee of the whole came
up this morning with the previous ques-
ton ordered. The bills passed. They
provide for the erection of buildings at
various minor towns, with an aggregate
expenditure of 81, $50. 900
Baker, from the committee on terri
tories, reported a bill for the admission of
Wyoming. He asked immediate con-
sideration OF the bill. which, under the
new rules, is a PRIVILEGED measure.
Springer protested against this action.
1t had been agreed, he said, in the COM
mittee on territories, that the bill should
not be called up until consideration of
the Oklahoma bill was completed.
Baker, although not denying that such
an agreement had been made, said Per-
klns. VINO is in charge of the Oklahoma
bill. had given consent that the Wyoming
bill should be proceeded with.
Springer raised the question of con
slderation The house decided to con
slider the bill by a strict party vote. On
a point of order raised by Springer the
bill was referred to the committee OF the
whole and Baker moved that the house
go into such committee.
Springer interiected a motion to ad-
iourn, which was defeated. Bakers mo-
ton was agreed to and accordingly the
house went into a committee of the
whole. The bill having been read Baker
denied having acted in bad faith in call
ing up the matter at this time, The pur.
pose OF the gentleman from Illinois
(Springer) was to delay consideration of
the measure until he had an opportunity
TO bring in an omnibus bill.
Springer reiterated the statement that
the bill had been called up in violation of
an agreement made in committee. The
gentleman from Kansas perkins, had
told him he was much surprised when
the Wyoming bill was brought up. All
he (%opringer) asked was that a reasonable
time should be given to the minority to
prepare amendments which it desired to
offer. Pending further discussion the
committee rose and the house adjourned.