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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
KNOW VERY LITTLE,
With the Exception That the Robbers
Rode Horseback.


ST. LOUIS, Dec. 5.-But little has de-
veloped in regard to the robbery OF the
Frisco express train at Glendale Monday
night. Rumors are thick, but real facts
are scarce.
The police and the detectives can find
no tangible evidence, although every
thing that looks like a clew is at once
investigated A story is ahoat that the
robbers went to Kansas City, taking the
Missouri Pacific train at Webster, few
miles from Glendale, after the robbery.
A dispatch from Webster states that
no tickets were sold there for Kansas
City Monday night, and that no one
boarded the train. The men gndoubted-
ly had saddle horses awaiting them i'll
the grove near the scene of the robbery,
as the ground showed where horses had
been hitched.
1t is more than likly that they mount
ed horses, separated and fastened to st.
Louis arriving before the jubilee torch
light parade was over. Once in the city
they could easily cover all traces of
themselves, and leave, one by one, over
any of the railroads without attracting
the least suspicion.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The bureau of
American republics is informed that the
work of installing the Jewish emigrants,
sent to the Argentine Republic by the
munifcence Of Baron Hirsch, is being
actively carried on A branch railroad
has been constructed from the main line
to what is Rnown as the Maurice colo,y,
in which the Hebrews are being estaD-
lished and 200 families are now alreedy
comfortably settled and engaged in me
cultivation of the soil one thousand
additional famihe are reported TO be IN
their way from Europe. nd il is pro
posed to bring them 1e. ..ter dL the rate
Of coo families per month.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
Driven to Suicide by Riches.

TRENTON, Dec. 5.--John T. Stapler, q
cracker manufacturer and prominent To-
cal business man, has shot himself and
is dead His wife was packing the
trunks preparatory to trip with him to
Bermuda, when the fatal shot was fired.
Mr.. stapler had recently purchased an
elegant mansion ON West State street,
and had fitted it up in grand style. Pre-
viously he had lived very plainly and ii
is believed that his new responsibilities
and increased cost of living affected his
mind. He had an estate worth $i50, 900.
but thought that he was becoming iW-
noYerished.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
PENNY POSTAGE
Recommended by Postmaster
General Wanamaker.
Favors Free Delivery in Towns
of 5000 or Over.

He Also Advocates the Adoption of the
Telephone and Telegraph to the Mail
Service at Greatly Reduced Rates-,rhe
$6,OOO,OOO Postal Deficiency Gradually
Disappearing.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The postmas-
ter generals annual report shows that
81 900, 900 of lottery revenue has been
lost during the past year, but that the
$4,000, 900 postal deficit is gradually dis
appearing.
Mr., Wanamaker recommends private
indemnity for lost registered mail; wants
a branch of the dead letter office estab-
lished in San Francisco declares in ia
vor of one-cent letter postage, three-ceAt
telephone messages and ten-cent tele-
grams in connection with the service.
He favors free delivery places of over
5000 inhabitants.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
GREAT CHARITY SCHEME.
A Shipload of Flour to BE Sent to Starv-
ing Rmssinn Peasnnts.

MINNBAPoLIs, Dec. 5.-The first at
tempt in the history of this country to
afford relief to the famine-stricken peas
ants of Russia has originated in Mime
apolis. The scheme is to send a ship
load of -four to Russia by the middle Of
next January, and the 5000 merchant
millers of America are to be asked to
help. The cargo will be 5000 tons, or
100000 pounds, or 10000 to $4,000
barrels, worth 100000 to $t25,0O0.
The Russian minister at Washington
has been communicated with, and in his
absence the charge d'affairs at New
York wires that he has laid the matter
before his country.
The idea at first was to make the gift
one from Minnesota alone, but it was
thought best to give it a national scope.
Railroads are willing to give the trans
portation, and the deal will be closed rs
soon as the Russian minister hears from
home. Minneapolis millers will give
twenty-five carloads of the cargo.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
The Rntcherx Goes ON.

LONDON, Dec. 5.--The Chronicles cor
respondent at Tien-Tsin telegraphs;
1t is reported that band of rebels
have murdered a Mong golian prince.
Ten more villages have been sacked
and looted and all the native Christian
residents and foreigners have been found
massacred.
The mandarins are not attempting to
stop the butchery, which is being exc
cuted by an association called temper
ance league, the object Of which is the
determination of foreigners and Christ
ians.
The senior British officer here has re-
ceived an official message from MIN
chang, stating that the revolt here has
been suppressed and the rebels dis
persed.
A number of rebels have been sum
marily beheaded.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
Rlnmed whisky for His Death.

MOUNT, VERNON, Mo, Dec. Charles
Melvin Seaton was hanged here at It. %
Friday morning for the murder of Lev is
Channel, a mining engineer at JOPLIN,
Mo, about year ago. Seaton made a
farewell address from the scaffold. in
which he warned his listeners to avoid
the use of whisky and the company of
bad women. He said if he had done so
he would not have died. The drop II
at 1910, and in fifteen minutes he was
pronounced dead.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
REBELS DEFEATED
Chinese Imperial Troops Worst
the Insurgents.
Their Leader and Over Six
Hundred Men Killed.

Ten Villages Looted by n SO-Called Tenn
perance League, and the Native Christ
ians and Foreign Residents Massacred.
Mandarins Make No Effort 60 Stop the
Slaughter.
PEKN, Dec. 5.---The Chinese govern
ment has received an official report from
Brigadier General Mich, Aommanding
the troops in the Kinchow district, an
nouncing that he engaged and defeated
the rebels ON Nov. ~ and 90, killing
their leader and over 900 men. The
general command in the imperial forces
at Jeho also announces a successful en-
gagement with the rebels.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
THREE TRAINS WRECKED.
Triple Accident at Webster, Mass.-Fire
Has "a Part,

HAS "a fafUs
WORCESTER, Mass, Dec. Especial
dispatches to The Gazette from Webster
say that a terrible wreck occurred On
the New York and New England rail
road at East Thompson at o'clock Fri
day mornirg, baused by collision of
the Southbridge freight with an east
bound freight going over the westbound
track. The Long Island express was
passing ON the other track at the time
and all three trains are piled up %
gether. Engineer Tabor, of the Boston
train, and his fireman are repor, d
killed, one passenger on the Pullman is
reported b rned to death and many are
injured. The cars almost Immediately
took fire and engines and doctors have
been summoned from all adjacent points.
The accident is said to have been caused
by an open switch.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
nnnhle stnhhIng atnDance.

LITTLE Rock, Dac. ga fatal stab
bing affray occurred at England, Ark.
Sibe Martin and Jim Reeves attended a
dance at that place. Both were n
amored of a young lady in attendance,
and quarrel arose between the men
over the disputed right to a walrz, re-
sulting in Reeves stabbing his rival
twice in the back and plunging the
knife into the bosom of the girl. Both
will die
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05

UlUns ne IS a director. Mr. Sage was for
many years closely connected with the
Union Pacific road, of which he was di-
rector. He has been a director and vice
president of the Importers and Traders
National bank for the last twenty years;
also, director in the Merchants Trust
company and in the Fifth Avenue bank,
of New York city.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
CHEAP FUEL GAS.


Gents Per Thousand F6et.
CoNNERsvILLE, Ind, Dec. 5.--Articles
of incorporation were drawn up here
Thursday and the preliminary part Of
organization completed for the Indiana
Fuel Gas company, which proposes to
revolutionize the fuel gas business in
the northern states. The capital stock
of the company is 100000, with Will
lam Newkirk, president; Huston Ferris,
treasurer, ard Joseph Huston, secretary.
The system of manufacture is called the
Harris patent" with an experimental
plant at Maysville, KY. 1t is said that
gas, with three-fourths the heating
power, per cubic foot of natural gas,
can be manufactured at the rate Of
about three cents per thousand feet.
Ex-Treasurer ]. N. Huston is largely
interested in the experimental static
here, and those who have succeeded In
getting stock are in great expectation OF
growing suddenly wealthy
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05

PITTsBTRG, Dec. 8, - Early Friday
morning the coffee roasting establish
ment belonging to Haworth & Dew
hurst, on Seventh street, was badly
damaged by fire of mysterious origin
Loss about So, 1000 well covered by in
s1Irnnrn
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
A RUSH FOR LIFE.
An Express Train Successfully Dashes
Through a Burning Tunnel.

~
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 5.--Passengers on
the st, Louis express, over the Air line,
due here early Thursday morning, had
a thrilling experience in Pallon Hill
tunnel, west of New Albany. The
woodwork of the tunnel had become
ignited, and it was not discovered until
the train had entered 1t was too la.e
to reverse, and the engineer drove the
train through, the smoke rolling into
the coaches. The open air was gained
in time to prevent any catastrophe. A
special train with the New Albany fire
department was sent TO the tunnel, and
all day the fremen battled with the
flames. This tunnel was almost de-
stroyed year ago by the burning of the
wooden supports which held up the
rocks and earth
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
Great Gifts for Yale.

NEW HAVEN, Dec, 5.--The annual re-
port of w. w. Farnan, treasurer of
Yale university for the year ending July
81, 1891, shows that the university here
received $343 934 in gifts during the
past year.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05

PARIS, Dec. 5.-The Belgian legisla-
ture has passed a bill making public
exhibition Of hypnotism illegal and al
lowing only medical men to practice it
priyatelR
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
The Death Roll.

Mrs. Elizabeth Lodge, of Damariscotta,
Me. She was over a hundred.
Signor Cadorna, Of the Italian senate, Ia
dead lie was a brother Of General ca,
dorna
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30
came Close to II.

They begin the classes in some sf che
public s,hoo's nowadays in the rudi-
ments o. civil government at very
early ag., and 1t seems that the young
people get, on the whole, pretty cor
rect idea of the way we are governed. A
teacher, who, by the way, is rather fond
OF EnEli'h things, was orally instructing
class the other Cay in the found tions
OF political science She had given her
pupils very interesting lecture about
the British system of government. And
then sht asked the boy at the head Of
the class:
sand now, Johnny, what are the men
called who govern or rule over us in this
country"
"Ktngs!" said John promptly.
"Oh, nol Tell me, the next one, by
whom We are governed
"Queeas!"
"No! Next boy"
sJacks!" said the next boy.
And lie was not promoted to the head
Of the class.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30
SHILon's
C0NSU N PTI0N
CURE.

The success Of this Great Cough Cure 3
without parallel in the history Of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on pos
tive guarantee, atest that no other cure can sue.
cessfully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are
placing Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. If you have
q Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, for
It will cure you. If your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief
is sure. If you dread that insidious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist fos
SHI.OH'S CURE, Price 10 cts. 50 cts. and
tI.oo. If your Lungs are sore or Back Lama.
1se Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price IS ctA
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30
!, Ill the African Elephant Work?

In modern times, we have only to
took to India to be convinced of the
great usefulness of the elephant. To
the agriculturist, who uses him be-
fore his wagon or his pillow, he is in
dispensable, and for the transporta-
tion of heavy articles, he has no
equal. We see him carrying i'm
mense tree-trunks out of the Indian
forest, and by his indefatigable in
dustry, in picking up and carrying of
large stones, aiding the construction
of roads and railways. For labor of
this kind coolie receives from four
to eight annas, while five and six
rupees are paid for the daily work OF
an elephant. From this fact, we con-
clude that one elephant performs the
work of from twelve to twenty-five
coolies.
From the record of the British ex-
petition against King Theodore Of
Abyssinia in 1868. we learn that
forty-four elephants were shipped
from Bombay to use in the campaign.
Each animal was in charge Of two
men. OF this number five succumbed
during the campaign. The remain
ing thirty-nine rendered valuable SER
vices, being intrusted with the trans
portation, through a mountainous
country, of cannon, ammunition and
supplies. 1t was frequently very diff
fcult to procure proper food for them,
and as it was often necessary to
traverse great distances to reach the
watering places, the death of the five
animals is ascribed to these hard
ships. Although elephants move
slowly through mountainous coun-
try and soon become foot-sore, they
performed their task with admirable
faithfulness. Without them it would
have been necessary to await the
building of wagon roads. = Gold
thwaite's Geographical Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30
Eighteen Hundred to an Inch.

1t will not, perhaps, be remembered
that in the great exhibition of 1851 a
specimen of iron paper was exhibited.
Immediately a lively competition en-
sued among iron-masters as to the
thinness to which iron could be rolled.
One ironmaker rolled sheets the aver
age thickness of which was the l-18oo
mart of an inch. In other words, 1880
sheets of this iron, piled one upon
the other, would only measure one
inch in thickness.
The wonderful flneness of this work
NAV be more readily understood when
f. is remembered that 1900 sheets OF
thinnest tissue paper measure frac,
tion over an inch. These wonderful
iron sheets we're perfectly smooth and
easy to write upon, notwithstanding
the fact that they were porous When
held up in strong light.-London
Paper Maker.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30

II, otie Woiu implies.
ne plays the most difficult compost
tlons on the piano and organ with "a
Lluch ease as trained musician could.
Inc nrst time he attracted attention
TO his great natural talent was when
ne was about three years of age. and
shortly after his parents had mr.
CHASED an organ. His mother, upon
entering the room one day, was sur
prlsed at seeing the youthful musician
standing at the organ, working the
pedal with one foot and executing, as
well as his baby fingers would per-
NIT, one of the familiar re-
ilglous hymns which she herself
had been playing. The little fell
low was encouraged and made rapid
progress. Shortly after the discovery
a local pianist happened to be at Mr..
simpsons house, and the childs play
ing struck her as being so remarkable
that she offered to instruct it in all
the branches, but the parents would
not consent, preferring to wait until
Walter was more matured. At the
teachers advice, however, they ex-
changed the organ for piano, and
the new instrument seems to suit the
youngster much better than the 9TH
er. Another remarkable thing about
the boy is his memory for tunes. He
goes to church with his parents, hears
a hymn entirely new to him, and with
a few hours practice reproduces it
upon his piano. He enjoys his talent
very much and is never happier than
when perched upon a piano stool and
playing some of the bright, catchy
airs that he hears on the streets.
His surroundings also conduce to his
spending much of his time at the
piano. His home is situated within
the inclosure Of the deaf and dumb
institute, and Walters playmates are
only the little victims of an unkind
nature. Walter says they cant talk
wifi their moufs," and that he prefers
playing his piano to playing with his
afflicted neighbors. He is wonder
fully bright intellectually, and is a
very handsome child, having almost a
classical face, surmounted by dark
brown locks. His sparkling blue eyes
light up his striking face, and his
robust frame and general healthy
appearance indicate the making of a
strong man. His only pet is beau
tifully marked shepherd dog that he
calls "Quiz." He and "Quiz" are al
most inseparable, and when his mas
ter is playing the dog seems to enjoy
the music as much if net more than
does Walter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30
why Leave. Change Color.

Probably not one person in z thousand
knows why leaves change their color in
the autumn. Stated briefly the causes
are these; The green matter in the
tissue Of leaf is composed OF two colors
red and blue. When the sap ceases
to flow in the autumn, and the natural
growth Of the tree stops, oxidation of
the tissue takes place. Under certain
conditions it takes on yellow brown
tint. Why one of two trees growing
side BY side, of the same age. and hav-
ing the same exposure, should take on a
brilliant red in the autumn and the
other should turn yellow, or why one
6ranch Of tree should be highly colored
and the rest of the tree have only yell
low tint are questions that ale as Inn
possible to answer as why one member
Of family should be perfectly healthy
and another sickly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30
She Flow.

=, DEAR said Mrs. Popperman II
My hand, 81 was looking over a bun.
l' oId letters to day, and found this
so l.sirh you wrote to me before wa
carried, when you were young and
.i!1' does it say?"
l ,sp ,e idol of my lonely heart II
ell, place thy hand In mine. and
gu dsar love, I'll be thy bride, we'll flv
uS 10 some far realm-we'll fly to
~. Ir Italy, aud meath soft, ccrulean
E a.. we'll bask and sing and dream Of
sbt but love. Rich and costly paint-
INV nv old masters shall adorn the " ais
ks ,he castle I'll give thee Thy bath
1 ~ "" be- of milk. A box at She ouora
E,'i BE- at thy command. and ROYALTY
E EsIi he thy daily visitor. Sweet strains
I I' nusic shall lull thee at eventide. and
hing birds shall wake thee from thv
:, '',ning slumber Say yes. and ny, oh,
r.1nd few" said Mrs. Popperman.
u.t If / had been as fly as l am now. I
OO,ldn't have flown. "-Boston Herald,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30
Come TO stav.

The terribly aggravated form Of influenza,
which physicians on the continent Of Europe
designate az -la grippe, seems to have effected
a permanent lodgment this side the Atlantic.
1t makei its temperance as soon as the cool
weather sets in, and not infrequently during the
summer months. In the spring it is rampant.
Nothing checks its first attack, or so efectually
counteracts it's subsequent ravages, as Hostel
tors Stomach Bitters. The fortifying. invigor-
ating influence of that beneficent tonic protects
the system against the dangers which beset a
feeble physique and a weakly constitution con-
ature. 1t viffuees genial warmth through the
diaphragm, which is the best corrective or pre-
ventive Of chilli and is q means of neutraliz-
Msahe In =, liver
iveness, rheumatism, malarial and kidney
troubles 1t is never resorted to without good
results.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30
HHNNY llnnvH

because he is healthy. There isuo babv
,. but in health. There is no babv
beauty but in health. '"'S
All MS comfort is from fat. and most Of
ms ms beauty. Fat is almost everything to
MIN. That is why babies are fat. II is
oaoy,s wealth, his surplus laid by. What
ne does not need for Immediate use he
tucks under his velvet skin to cushion him
out and keep the hard world from touching
him. w
This makes curves and dimples. Nature
is iond OF turning use into beauty.
All life inside; all fat outside. He has
nothing to do but to sleep and grow.
~, You know all this-at least YOU feel IT,
when baby is plump you are as happy as
he is. Keep him So pp'
But what If the fat is not there? Poor
Dany! we must get it there. To be thin for
baby is to lose what belongs to him. Whv
should the little mortal begin his life with
sutferng 'o-
90 to your doctor. Don't be dosing your
oaoy when all he needs is little manage
ment.
little book on CAREFUL LIVING, of infin-
ite value. will be sent free IL you write for
II to Scott & Bovine. Chemists, 1872 South
tl1th Avenue. New York,
SCOTS Emulsion Of cod-liver oil at anv
drug store, 81.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30

IT gives us pleasure to refer to the adj
vertlsement of DR.. W. II. Tut which ap-
pears in our columns. For over twenty five
years TUFTS Pills have been before the
public, and each succeeding year their val
liable properties become better appreci-
ated. They now stand second to none for
the relief Of that much abused and over
taxed organ, the liver, and for the removal
OF that cause of so many ills, constipation.
They are used in every civilized country,
and carry with them voluminous testimo-
mails of their safety and efficacy. TUFTS
Liver Pills should have a place in every
household,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30

RICHES do not seem to lengthen life.
The man who is so rich he can 60 north
in summer and south in winter does not
live any longer than the poor fellow
who has to stay at home and shiver or
sweat with every change of weather.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30
TOURISTS,

Whether on pleasure bent OF business
should take on every trip bottle of Syrup
of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and eff
fectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels,
preventing fevers, headaches and other
forms of sickness. For sale in soc and S1.OO
bottles by all leading druggists.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-30

W IVA WA u
Simpson, the five
year-old son of w.
Q. Simpson, Su-
perrin t endent of
the Mechanical
Department of the
State Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, To-
Gated at Danyille,
Ky. He is a nlu-
steal pro(ligyin all