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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
Wanted the Best Seat.

"The coolest man | ever saw" said the
conductor as the car rolled northward
twas on this car last night on the last trip
He was big fellow. When he went tC
sleep in corner made up my mind that
l was going to have trouble with him, and
put off waking him up until the last min.
ute.
"Finally shook him and told him to
wake up. He sighed, stretched himself a
little and asked:
"Where am II"
an the barn." / replied
"He opened his eyes, looked around, hic-
coughed and instead of getting mad, as ]
had expected, he said with IL yawn:
Give me a box stall and plenty of clean
straw"
''Then he tried to go to sleep again, but
managed to get him out, "-ChicagoT rib-
une
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21

Judge Davis was one day in his private
Office when he was president of the senate
and acting vice-president. A woman came
into the room to see him. He turned and
said, "Well, madam, what can l do for
your" She was neatly dressed in black,
with an air of extreme poverty. She told
wretched tale of sorrow and suffering,
winding up with the climax that she and
her little family were actually starving
and had not tasted food for two days. The
Judge seemed deeply moved. He excused
himself for not attending to the case for
the moment, as the senate was nearly ready
to open.
He looked at his watch with an air of
vexation, as if it were not going, and said,
"can any one tell me what time it is?"
His visitor pulled out a gold watch and
told him the time. The judge said, Can
it be true that your children have been
without food for two days VIII en- you have
u gold watch in the houseW The woman
saw the point of the judges question and
called out, "You are IA hateful old thing"
and hounced out of the room. She was a
professional dead beat.-San Francisco
Argonant.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
working or Three Cent Pieces.

"The banks always work off their silver
three cent pieces just as soon as they can"
says u Springfield bank man. 1--WE took
in twenty-one dollars in three cent pieces
one day over four months ago from an in
surance agent who took them in payment
for n life insurance premium, and we have
only just got rid of them. The man who
paid them for his life insurance had col
lected them in the course Of trade" As
the three cent piece is legal tender only for
five dollars, the bank was not obliged to
accept so large II sum in such small de-
nomination. The coinage of the three
cent piece began in 1851 and ceased in 1873,
after l,2S2, 0S720 had been issued in this
Springfield (Mass,) Homestead.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
MEETING OF BAPTISTS.
National Convention ofshe Missionaries


In Cincinnati,
CINCINNATI, May 2l.-The National
convention of the Baptist missionaries
convened in this city Wednesday.
Report of the executive board was
given by Rev, II, l.. Morohouse of New
York, corresponding secretary. This re-
port showed the general fund receipts,
outside the contribution for church cdi-
fees of over 100000, a gratifying in
crease over last year.
The statistical report evidenced n
healthy numerical growth rs to missions
and the wide spreading influence i'll the
work.
The report earnestly cntrcated the
equipment of greater CVangrlistc forces
in the western countries to care for that
increasing population due to the influx
of foreign people,
II was given rs the strong conviction
of the Baptist society that the people
should demand that the worlds fair in
Chicago in 1898 should be closed ON Sun
day.
Tuesday night a meeting of the Wom-
ans Baptist Home Mission society was
held in the Ninth Street Baptist church,
ut which it was regarded MS mscriptural
to raise money by means of amusements
in churches. A number Of addresses
were made by missionaries and dele
UotpS
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
A NYcyIran Drink.

The humble but inspiring mescal is de-
xiyed from such imposing scientific terms
as thu aguave Americana, magney and
American aloe In his report to Agricult-
ural Secretary Rusk, Special Agent Pos
ton, of this city, says the plant Is species
of the numerous family of caeti indigenous
~ Arizona, southern California, Texas,
New Mexico and Mexico. The Aztecs,
when found by the Suaniards, used the
plant for cordage, mating, hrooms, brush
es, shoes, bedding and>various domestic
purposes They roasted the pulp for food
and fermented the juice into ''pulque.' ~
The latter has been improved 10y modern
civilization into that strong but not repnl-
sive drink called mescaL
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21

me maguey plant natures in seven
years, becoming cabbage headed In shape,
with prickly guards. It weighs from
twenty-five to fifty pounds. The various
layers as roasted by the natives are nu-
tritious and purgative The pulp is fer.
mented in n rawhide vat. The City Of
Mexico drinks $4,000 pints of pulque daily,
or pint per capita, which ratio prevails
generally throughout Mexico, pulqne be-
Ing the national beverage, like wine in
France, beer in Germany or "budge" in
Yankeedom.
Mescal flowers make excellent honey
Deer and antelope seek them eagerly. The
stalk of the plant grows twelve to twenty
feet high, and is used in Mexican domestic
architecture Mescal distilleries are very
simple, and more secret than any moon
sinners still. Maguey has been immemo-
rally cultivated in old Mexico, but is not
raised north of the line. In Arizona for
twenty-five years past mescal has averaged
S. so per gallon new, with one dollar added
for each year of maturity. A higher grade
article is called tequila, and is worth over
ten dollars per gallon.-Phenix "a. ~
Herald.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
An Adent at Begging.

D., four years DID, has a little bank for
his spare pennies. BY some curious ar
rangement a monkey pops out and receives
the coin, and the child considers it great
fun to deposit all the change he can get.
One day he asked his grandfather for a
penny, which of course was given to him
In moment he returned and demanded
another. His grandfather laughingly de
INJURED at such a raid upon his purse, but
the little man came off victorious by say
ing, Grandpa, just take that handful out
of your pocket again, and PIl show you
some money that you'll be delighted to
give me. New York Tribune.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
THE HERR-SNooks POISONING.


LOUISVILLE, May 2t.-The cause of the
poisoning which caused six deaths at the
Herr. Snooks wedding several weeks since
has at last been settled, 1t is the
ptomaine of chicken cholera, fowls in
fected having been used at the wedding.
Such is the decision of committee from
the medical college Oh the University of
Louisville.
At the beginning of the investigation
it was ascertaincd that the chickens and
turkeys on the Herr farm were suffering
with cholera about the time of the we'd
ding.
On the day before the wedding several
fowls had died of the disease. The
servant was on this day instructed to
kill turkey gobbler and prepare it for
the feast of the following day. When
the servant went to the barnyard she
found that the gobbler was dead She
then took turkey hen which showed
evidence of being affected by the dis
ease. The fowl was killed, picked and
placed in pot Several were then
served in Il similar manner. After clean
ing one of the chickens the servant dis
covered that the flesh of one of its legs
was black, and also that other parts of
the body showed signs of disease, In
stead of throwing the evidently diseased
chickens away the cook simply cut off
the leg and the other discolored parts Of
the chicken and placed the rest in. the
pot. This fact gave the Investigators a
,CleN
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
Stoves More Common Than Furnaces.


A comparatively very small proportion
of the homes in the country are supplied,
or ever will be supplied, with furnaces.
The work of heating must be done with
stoves. They are less expensive, they heat
u single room, while there is no economy
in furnace unless it is used to heat the
entire house. And then there is some
thing in the homeless, wandering tenant
character Of our population that will for
many years insure permanency to an arti-
Gle of furniture that can be moved from
house to house or from room to room.
Never in the history of artificial heating
has the condition of equable temperature
been 80 near perfection as in the heating
stoves of the present day. And never has
the price, stated in the purchasing power
Of money and the labor required to pro
duce it, been so low.
And as the brazier and stove of the an
clients could at times be used for cooking,
the development of this implement took Il
twofold direction. While the furnace and
parlor heater provide warmth, the range
discharges all duties in regard to cooking,
Fine as were the roaSts prepared in the
chimney of the baronial hall, savory as
was the baking done in the old fashioned
Dutch oven, both are equaled or exceeded
in the kitchen range of today. With the
smallest possible expenditure of room, the
greatest saving of fuel and the most per-
feet arriving at results, Americans may
well assure themselves they cannot hope
to be better served than now.-Chicago
Herald
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
Addressing a Woman.

in manifestly feminine hand signed by a
stranger, say, IN. l.. Jones" Is he to re
ply to Mr.. NJ. l.. Jones, or to Miss or to
Mrs. Is it to be Dear Sir, or Dear Madam,
or whatY Suppose it is Mary l.. Jones' He
knows then that he mustn't say Mr., but
that is all he knows. Shall he address her
as Mrs. or Miss Mary L. Jones? That he
cannot tell, The chances are that he will
make a wrong guess, and that she, on get
ting the letter, will laugh at his stupidity
London TitrBits
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21

hOJ water at IWenly-HVe Cents Cup.
A man who had every appearance of be-
ing well fed and in good health sauntered
into a fashionable up town cafe few morn
ings ago and, after deliberately divesting
himself of hat, coat and gloves, seated him
self i'll a cozy corner and began to read a
newspaper A polite waiter put a napkin
and IA glass of water on the table and
waited for an order. He must have known
his customer for he waited patiently for
nearly ten minutes. Then the deliberate
man quietly ordered a cup of hot water.
"Have it boiling hot" said he. The hot
water was soon brought, and the gentle
man slipped it as rapidly as possible When
the cup was empty he said, Bring me
another one and some celery"
The second cup of hot water was slipped
more leisurely, and the eating of the celery
occupied about half an hours time, the
guest reading his paper meanwhile. When
the check was brought it read 1.-TWO cups
hot water, fifty cents; one portion celery,
forty cents" 1t was paid without muir
muir, and after the man had departed the
waiter communicated to a curious observer
Mt the next table the fact that "a good
many gentlemans come here and breakfast
just that way. New York Times.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
Mon in Conference.

PITTsBURG, May 21,-Representatives
of the tin-plate manufactures of this
country are in conference here for the
purpose of completing permanent or
ganization. A report was presented 10y
a committee appointed at the April
meeting held in New York, and which
provides for strong organization for
mutual benefit The manufacturers
represented contemplate the erection of
mills which will produce 10000 net tons
of tin plate per cnnum
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21

Cholly Cholmondeley-That coat doesn't
seem to fit you, deah boy, about the neck.
Harold Harrington-It does. 1t is called
a good collar button encouragah, doncher-
know.
Cholly Cholmondeley - Queer. And
wherefore, deah boyg
Harold Harrington-Th collah button
shows at the back, doncherknow, and a
gold collar button looks bettah than a
blooming bone one, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ers' Circular.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21

Ladies need a tonic, or children
who want building up, should take
Browns Iron Bitters. 1t is pleasant
to take, cures malaria, indigestion,
biliOusncss and liver complaints,
makes the blood rich and pure.
l2,90,3,eod
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
$500 Reward +!

WE will pay tho above reward for nry case CT tive
Complaint Dyspepsia, Sick Headache lndilse ton Con
stlpation COstivcness VIC cannot euro wth Vest
Vegetable Liver Pills when the directions e~o rTct9
complied with They are purely Vegetable and EeN
fail TO give satisfaction. Sugar Coated Large boNc5
containing 80 Pills, IS cents beware OF coUnterfs!'
and limitations The genuine manufactured only by
THE John C. WEST COMPANY. CHICAGO, ILL
FOR SALE by r. A, Thomas Drug Co, ll9
Franklin street, GAINESVILLE, Tenn. ap6dw,y
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21

A Boston reporter interviewed over 100
bank officials to find that of all well off
men those engaged in banks carry the least
amount of ready money in their wallets.
A pickpocket might gobble thirty purses,
and not find enough in all combined to pay
his board for three months.-Detrot Free
Press
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
Health is Wealth.

DR.. +. G. Vests Nerve and Brain Treat.
ment, n guarantt ed specific for Hysteria
Dizziness, Commissions, Fits, Nervous Neu.
ralgia, Headache, Nervous Prostitution caused
by the use of alcohol or tobacco, Wakeful-
ness, Mental Depression, Soitening OF the
Brain resulting Ia insanity and leading 10
misery, decay and death, Premature Old Age,
BaTrenness, Loss OF Power in either sex. In
voluntary Losses and Spermatorrh0a caused
by over-exertlon OF the brain, self.abuse or
oveT.iudulgence. Each box contains one
months treatment. sl.00 box, or six boxes
for $500, sent by mall prepaid on receipt OF
price.
WE GUARANTEE six BOXES
To cure anv case with each order received
by us for six boxes, accompanied with s. CO.
we will send the purchaser our written
guarantee to refund the money IL the treat
n..ut does not effect a cure Guarantees
issued only by r. A. Thomas Drug company,
sole agents, ll9 franklin street, Clarksvllie
Tenn.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
THIS IS A NOTICE

THAT GeO.R wood has returned
to this city to live and let live" His bust
ness is Painting and Paper Hanging. He
will hang paper for seven cents per bolt on
the wall ten cents on the ceiling. Give him
n trial.
shop cor, Franklin University avenue.
fahp0 dlVr
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21

MIN week or two 1ater2 An itemized bin
-one item:
TO consultation at sea, five dollarsp"
Although no one has ever seen. that bill
the story clings to the doctors name to
this day, after the lapse of many years.
Youths Companion.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
EVERY BOTTLE WARRANTED.

Is Bottles, $126. Trial Size is cents
SOLD RETAIL by
Owen Moore, GAINESVILLE Tenn. V. w. Smith, New Provide
nce Tenn E. RBogad Lafayette KY Booth Bros ST. bethe
hem Tenn w. n Thomas Cumberland City, Tenn. Ross Co..
Guthrie, KY Sold at Wholesale only by Owen Moore GAINESVILLE
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
Goth day of May, 1891,

offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash
the property above described, and will sell
same on the premises at 10 o'clock a. IN. on
said day, ana will az provided in said mort
gage, make n decd To the purchaser. said
mortgage is registered In trust deed book No.
H. pages II and 49, Registers Office, Mont
goInery county, Tennessee.
This the Goth dpy of April, 1891.
M.SAVAGE,
President The Equitable Building a Loan
Association.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
ENRAGED MINERS.
An Outbreak In the Coke Region
Narrowly Ayerted.
Two Deputies Severely Beaten
and Trampled Under Foot.

They Attempt to Show authority over a
Maddened Crowd and Barely Escape
with Their Liyes-In Convention the
Strikers Unanimously Vote to ProIong
the struggle-0ther Labor News.
ScoTTDALE, Pa, May 2l.-The miners
Of the region demonstrated their inten-
ton to remain ont more than one way
Tuesday. Every effort was made by
operators TO form tho men in convention
to vote to return to work. but the work
of the leaders in an opposite direction
was too powerful, and they voted to re-
main out to man. Every district
represented, and each delegate is sup
posed to have voted the sentiments of
his district After y stormy session
a resolution was presented and unani-
mously adopted the convention pledging
itself to stand by the committee in what
ever it did and to remain out.
A good-sized fight seems to be brew
ing. The operators say they do not care
what action the convention takes. There
are now 6,0G1 Of the rs, 1874 ovens of the
region in blast, and Gll5 men working.
Decline to "nlackIeg."
Several delegations Of Italians who had
been brought here came to the head
quarters Tuesday morning and asked to
be sent away, as they refused to "black-
Leg"
Riots.
Several riots occurred Tuesday even
ing. One man, u striker, was shot
through the shoulder. The first dis
turbance was caused by negro named
St Clair, who had threatened TO shoot
p. A. Wise, the labor leader, and was
chased into a shed, only to be rescued
by the police under a hard fight.
Then Ike Croalaud, another deserter,
hailed the crowd OF strikers, and was
driven into tie ScOttdale house by a mob
of fully / 900 men, that was finally dis
persed by having an enormous hose
turned on them by tho fire department
Not twenty minutes after this the
ugliest event of the day occurred. Two
deputies from the Valley works tried to
exert their authority over the thoroughly
maddened mob, A rush was made for
the deputies, who backed against al
fence. The next moment a shot was
fired by a deputy, and striker, Peter
Ghost, fell sho5 through the shoulder
The deputies We're tranpled under foot
in n moment, only to be picked up and
carried away by the town policemen,
covered with bruises, while the mob fled
before the deluge from the valorous fire
department.
Another rush was made by the mob,
and the deputies were taken from the
police and pounded and kicked until
covered with blood, presenting fright
full sight, The deputies, who refuse to
give their names. bpgpcd for mercy and |
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21

Mrs. Ella A. Bratton, of New Ross, Ind,
says: 81 can not express how much l owe
to the Nervine Tonic. My system was com
pietely shattered, appetite. gone, was
was in the first stages of consumption, an
Inheritance handed down through several
erer tions. i began taking. the Nervino
Pnc and continued its use for about six
konths, and am entirely cured. 1t is the
Eandest remedy for nerves, stomach and
lungs have ever SEEM"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21

Ed j. Brown, Druggist, of Edna, Mo,
writes: "My health had been very poor for
years, was coughing severely / weighed
only ITO pounds when 1 commenced using
south American Nervlne. have used two
bottl~s and now weigh 100 pounds, and am
much -tronger and better than have been
for five years. Am sure l would not have
this remedy. My customers see what IL has
done for mo and buy 1t eagerly. 1t gives
great satisfaction"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
CRAwFoRpsv1IIE, IND, Aug. 90, '86.


40 the Great South American Medicine Co..:
DEAR GENTS Il desire to say to You that /
have suffered for many years with very sari-
Gus disease of the stomach and nerves. ! tried
every medicine / could hear Of but nothing
done me any appreciable good until was adj
Vised to try your Great South American Ncrvin1
Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure, and since
using several bottles of it must say that am
surprised at its wonderful powers to cure the
stomach and general nervous system. If every"
one knew the value of this remedy as do, yJu
would not be able to supply the demand,
/ A u AHnrE
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
INDIGEsTION AND DYSPEPSIA.
The Great South American Nepvine Tonic

The Great South American Nervne Tonic
Which offer YOU ste only absolutely unng remedy dscov.
cred for the of Indigestion dyspepsia and the vast train OF symptoms
and which the result Of disease and debility of the human
ach No person afford pass by jewel value who
affected disease of the Stomach the experience and testimony Of
thousands 90 prove this the and great the
world this universal destroyer There unmagnan disease
stomach which resist the wonderful curative the South
American Nerv.ne Tonic
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21

Harriet f. Halt, of waynetown, Ind, says:
81 owe my life to The Great South American
Nervine. had been in ed for i've months
from the effects of an exhausted stomach,
indigestion, nervous prostration and a gen.
eral shattered condition of my whole sys-
tenn. Had given up all hopes of getting well.
Had tried three doctors with no relief. The
first bottle of the Nervine Tonic improved
me so much that was able to walk about,
and a few bottles cured me entirely. l be-
lievc 1t is the best medicine In tho world. l
can not recommend it too highly"
Mrs. M. Russell, Sugar Greek Valley, Ind,
writes: 81 have used several bottles of The
south American NervIne Tonic, and Will say
| consider it the best medicine In the world
l believe IL saved the lives of two of my
children. They were down and nothing ap:
peared to do them any good until procured
this remedy. II was very surprising how
rapidly they both improved on its use. /
recommend the medicine to oil my neigh
bors"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
Mortgage Sale
Oh
City = Property
Saturday, May 80, 1891.

WHEREAS, on the Bra day of June, 1882
w MEREDITH GORHAM executed 10
The Equitable Building and Loan Associa-
ton mortgage on the following described
real-estate In Clarksville Tennessee, and
bounded as follows: Begins on corner OF
Commerce and Hitter streets aud runs west
with Commerce street l3h feet; thence south
wardly parallel with Hitter street 100 feet TO
an alley; thence eastwardly 1879 feet to Hitter
street; thence northwardly 100 feet 10 the be-
ginning deed of Church trustees 20 Gorham,
deed book 81, May 2S, 1881 TO secure the said
Association In loan of that day and where
as IL Is provided in said mortgage and the
charter OF said association in case OF nom
payment of installments or of interest by
said M Gorham for period of six months
said mortgage may be fOreclosed and where
rs the said NJ. Gorham has failed for more
than six months TO pay the installments
and the interest as provided by said
mortgage, and is In arrears to said Asaocia-
ton for more than six months, now there.
fore, by virtue of the power and authority
given me as president OF said Association by
said mortgage, and in obedience 10 a resolu-
ton of the board of directors of said Associa-
ton, will, on the
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
NERVolg3 DISEASES.

AS every class Nervous Diseases remedy has been able
with the Nervno Ioq which pleasant and harmless
ua Nnetenh of all the ailments which tie family
dependent exhaustion and impaired digestion When there isan
sufficient supply Of food in the blood general debility
the BRAIN marrow and is the result Starved nerves. like
starved muscles become strong when the right Kind OF food is supplied and
evous system must supply all lie by which the vital forces of the
Body carried it is the first to suffer for of perfect nutrition
Ordinary food does contain sufficient quantity of tho Kind
necessary to repair the present mode living and labor imposes
the For this becomes that food be
supplied This production of American Continent has been
found by analysis contain tho essential elements which
formed This accounts for its magic power all forms Of
arrangements.