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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-12
The burning of Chicago.

There was not much clamor of men, wo-
men or children. 1t is probable that the
awfulness of the situation made the mind
silent rather than noisy. Personal friends
said to me, 'The city is gone" or "No
power can save u.s." or "All is lost" but
beyond such CALCULATIONS few were the
words to be heard. Quite a stream of We
hicles and persons were moving north
ward, but the movement did not seem that
of a panic, but rather that of an orderly
retreat. The guests were issuing from the
fremont and Sherman hotels. The bang
ing of trunks was a little more violent
than usual, and the vehicles into which
trunks were going showed that the exodus
of guests was informal, and yet not much
was said by the man with the team or the
man with the trunk.
The fire was raging in the business dis
trict, and it's population at midnight was
not great. The scene was not that of fam
flies fleeing for life, with mother calling to
child and child crying to parent. The ruin
was advancing in the great commercial
blocks, whose clerks and business heads
were perhaps miles distant from their
counters and desks. 1t was common
event to see one or two mon come down
from a bank or Office and unload their
arms or a basket into either an express
wagon or a well equipped carriage and
then hasten away. Where there was dis
trust of a vault the valuable contents were
extracted and headed for some place not
yet doomed.
All beyond was a furnace, and a little
after midnight the fact that the city was
doomed, that my home was doomed, and
that tens of thousands of persons would be
homeless and penniless in few hours, was
fully realized. Before me lay in one mass
of fire district nearly mile long and
fully four squares wide, and under wind
which was almost a hurricane this red
army was advancing. At intervals, like
minute guns, came the boom of some fall
ing wall. turned to go home. The
tumbling buildings made solemn sound
like the pulsations of volcano or the
heavy artillery of some field of BATTLE
Scribner's.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-12
some biblical odditiss,

Misprints and odd sentences makes Bibles
very valuable. The "Breeches Bible' Is
80 called on account of a wrong translation
of the word "aprons" as It appears In
Genesis ill, Z, the translators In this In
stance having made 1t to read. And they
sewed fig leaves together and made them
selves breechesr' The English reformers
exiled at Geneva are responsible for this
very apparent absurdity. During Queen
Elizabeth's reign it was the regular Eng.
lish family Bible. The Vinegar Bible"
an edition of Holy Writ which appeared
from the Clarendon press in 17l7, is known
by that odd title because the words "The
parable of the vineyard in the title OF
Luke Xxx, is made to read '1The parable Of
the vinegar" Matthew's Bible, printed
In London in 1851, was nicknamed the
bug Bible" because Psalms xci, 8, was
translated so as to read, $50 that thou
shalt not nede to bee afraide Of any bugges
by nighte." The original idea of the word
terror" is still to be seen in our words
"bugbear, "bugaboo," etc.
The wicked Bible" was printed in Lon
don in 1851, and was so called from the fact
that the negation was omitted in certain
of the commandments, making them read
''thou shaltv instead Of thou shalt not, !"
Archbishop Laud ordered this edition sup
pressed and forced the printer to pay a
tine of e3O0. The ''Placemakers Bible" Is
another sacred oddity for which book collec-
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-12

them TO living fountains Of water, and
God shall wipe away all tears from Their
eyes. +"
Igo a little distance further on the same
road and meet maiden of Israel. She
has no harp, but she has cymbals. They
look as If they had rusted from sea spray,
and say to tho maiden of Israel, "Have
you no song for tired Pilgrim" And
like the clang of victors' shields the Gym
balls clap as Miriam begins to discourse,
"SiAg ye to the Lord, for he has triumphed
gloriously; the horse and the rider hath he
thrown into the sea-" And tlen / see
white ROBBED group They come bounding
toward me, and say, "Who are theyf
The happiest, and the brightest, and the
fairest in all heaven--who are theySn And
the answer comes, "These are they who
came out of great tribulations, and had
their robes washed and made white with
the blood of the Lamb"
THE TERMINUS
Ipursue this subject only one step far
Their. What is the terminusf / do not
care how fine road you may put me on,
want to know where it comes out My
text declares it, "The redeemed of the
Lord come TO Zion" You know what Zion
WASP That was the kings palace 1t was
a mountain fastness. 1t was impregnable.
And so heaven is the fastness of the uni
verse. No howitzer has long enough range
to shell those towers. Let all the bat
teries of earth and hell blaze away; they
cannot break in those gates. Gibraltar
was taken; Sebastopol was taken; Babylon
fell; but those walls of heaven shall never
surrender either to human or satanic be-
siegement. The Lord God Almighty Is
the defense of il. Great capital of the
universal Terminus OF the Kings high
wayi
DIR. Dick said that, among other things,
he thought in heaven we should study
chemistry and geometry and comic sec
tions. Southey Thought that in heaven
he would have the pleasure Of seeing
Chaucer and Shakespeare Now, DR..
Dick may have his mathematics for all
eternity, and Southey his Shakespeare
is all the heaven / want. that is heaven
enough for me. o garden of light,
whose leaves never wither, and whose
fruits never fail! o banquet of God,
whose sweetness never pals the taste, and
whose guests are kings foreveri o city
of light, whose walls are salvation, and
whose gates are praisei o palace of rest,
where God is the monarch and everlast-
ing ages the length OF his. reignl o song
louder than the surf beat of many waters,
yet soft as the whisper of cherubiml
When my last wound is healed, when
the last heartbreak is ended, when the last
tear Of earthly sorrow is wiped away, and
when the redeemed of the Lord shall come
to Zion, then let all the harpers take down
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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-12
The Poisonous OIeander.

Few people know how poisonous the ole
ender is. Children have been known to
die from sucking its flowers; whole fam
lily has been poisoned by using peat skew
ers made of oleander wood; an infusion Of
Its leaves is sure death to all forms of ip-
sect life, and It's bark powdered and ad-
ministered in flour is certainly fatal to
rats and mice. In Bermuda, where the
ers say that it poisons the grass beneath its
foliage, and that animals viii die from eat
ing heritage that grows beneath it's
branches. While 1t II possible that this
may be a mistake, and that animals die
from eating the oleander leaves which
have fallen among the grass, 1t is certain
that the plant itself Is so noxious that it
ought to be bauished from every house.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-12
why the Atmosphere Does Not Burn

II has been stated before the Royal so
ciety, of London, that the only reason the
earth has not long ago been deluged in a
sea of nitric acid is that the igniting point
of nitrogen is higher than the temperature
produced by it's combustion, and therefore
the flame is not hot enough to set fire to
the adjoining gas. Were it not for this
the first lightning flash would probably
have fired the air, seriously interfered with
the development of the world and made
things generally Observation-Disclosures
York Journal
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-12
High Priced Work,

Lady-What makes these fashion pub
LEGATIONS so oostlyP
Dealer-The plates, madam; the pic
lures you know.
Lady-Anybody can draw hats and
dresses.
Dealer-Ah, yes; but it takes great
artist to draw faces that will look well
with them,-New York Weekly.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-12
tors pay a nigh PRICE. Ii opralned rrs mama

tors pay high price. 1t obtained rrs name
from an error in Matthew v, 0, where tho
words Blessed are the peacemakersn read
as BLESSED are the placemakers." The
"Treacle Bible' has the passage In Jere-
miah, as there no balm In Gileadi" rem
dered as us there no treacle in Gilead"
The Dauay version Roman Catholic) rem
ders the same passage. ''Is there no resin
in GileadPn
In the Printers Bible." David, where
he should say "The princes have prosecuted
me without cause" is made to say 1.-THE
printers have prosecuted me-" etc.-St.
Louis Republic.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-12
HOW mGuineasn were Named.

It is not generally known, but it is
nevertheless fact, that guineas were 30
named from the fact that they were first
coined with gold brought from the coast
of Guinea.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-12
Etber,s Remnrkable Enerev.

Ether must possess more energy than
a veteran lightning rod agent. 1t has
been computed by competent authorities
that in single cubic foot Of ether there
are locked up 10000 feet of energy.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-12
The Basis of Tish stories.

The enthusiastic disciples of Izaak
Walton doubtless base their wonderful
stories Upon their knowledge of the fact
that every square mile of the sea con-
tains 100, 100000 fish of various kinds.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-12

Building now, commodious. and well fur
nished. Fine ventilation and open nree
throughout splendid table rare, and every
home comfort. Course OF Study thorough
and complete. from the Kindergarten TO the
Postgraduate. Rare advantages 10 Art,
Music, Elocution, and the Languages.
stenography and Typewriting taught.
sBrUnder the supervision OF the Tennes-
see Conference.-The only schooltn which IL
has n moDeyed interest Daughters OF ac-
Iiye Methodist ministers receive English
fuition free OF charge.
MRS. Il. @. BUFoRD. Prsncipal.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-12
TALMAGE IN EUROPE.
t4E DIscoURses REGARDING THE
GREAT KINGS HIGHWAY.

The Difference Hetween the Right ana
the Wrong Road-The Christians Prog
ress Heavenyard In the Path Of Reoti-
tude.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-13
JOHNNY STROUP DEAD.

Fad OF the Checkered Career OF q Well.
Known Pittsburger Once a Famous
Jockey and Later q Noted Host-His
Death Largely Due to disappointment
John C. Stroup died at the Mercy Hos.
pital at o'clock yesterday morning OF
paralysis of the heart. He had been sick
only three days and was taken to the
hospital on Friday. For many years he
has been a well-known character in this
city. At one time he was August Bel
mont's jockey and before the seventies rode
and won for him in one of the greatest
events of the history of the turf His career
in this city was decidedly checkered and
charity demands that little be said of that
part of his life.
For many years he had been saloon
keeper. The place kept by him in the Dia-
mond, known as the "Bandbox," was said
to be the finest saloon west of New York
City, and in it he had a mirror said to be
the largest in the country. When he
was refused a license here in 1891
he was heartbroken, the disappointment
weighing so heavily that his mind became
affected. He at that time determined to
circumvent the Brooks law by having
liquor carried from an adjoining licensed
placed and served in his handsome bar
room, but was defeated by the authorities
and his place closed.
Subsequently be secured license at
Cleveland and moved his fixtures there, but
his big mirror was broken when within a
square of the new place. While in Cleve-
land his main trouble, which had
been partially cured, returned and
he sold out and went to his mother at
Philadelphia, where he was treated and
again pronounced cured. Early in March
he returned to Pittsburg and became mans
ger of the Hotel Normandie, on Smithfield
street. On Friday his old trouble returned,
and his actions made it necessary to remove
him to the hospital. The physicians say
alcohol had considerable to do with his
death.
Stroup was 40 years of age, and leaves
grown son and daughter by his first wife,
who are at school in New York. His
second wife has been living with him at 3s4
Fifth avenue, and there his remains have
been removed. His brother, George Stroup,
is a physician at Eddington, and his mother
and sister live at Philadelphia. They have
been notified of his death, and the funeral
arrangements will be made on their arrival
here
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-13
THE LOYAL ORANGEMEN.

The National Order begins . Three Days
Convention in the American Mechanics'
Hall Tuesday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Re-
ceive Political Instructions.
The corridors of the Seventh Avenue
Hotel were thronged last night with a
sturdy looking body of men who have come
from all parts of the country to attend the
annual convention of the Independent
Order of Loyal Orangemen, which convenes
in this city during the coming week.
1t is expected the convention this year
delegates in the history of the order. The
more than five hundred Orangemen, and
this year the number is expected to exceed
that by half. Tomorrow morning the con-
vention will formally open at the American
Mechanics Hall in Allegheny at $50
o'clock, with the Royal Black knights in
session. This society is but sub-order of
the main body, and nothing of any moment
will transpire.
Tuesday morning the main body will
begin three days session and will be con-
Quoted in private. It is expected that the
delegates will receive political instruction,
although this could not be authenticated, as
the delegates refrain from discussing the
proposed business. Grand Master w. J.
H. Trainor, of Detroit, is expected to arrive
to-day and preparations will be Immediately
made for the beginning of the convention.
A reception will be rendered the delegates
by the local order Wednesday night in
Carnegie Hall, Allegheny. The Pittsburg
headquarters are at the Seventh Avenue
Hotel
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-13
NOT IN Sympathy WITH THE LAW

MRS. MARY MORRISON was arrested yester-
day afternoon on a warrant by Officer Nagel
on q charge of keeping a disorderly house in
the rear of 2l0 Ward street.
SATURDAY night a valuable sorrel horse
was either stolen from the stable OF Z. Nc
Entyre, on Kincaid street. or else the animal
broke loose and wandered of. Nothing has
been heard of it since.
EDWARD DEAN, aged 10 years, was arrested
yesterday morning at his home on Ann
street for being implicated with several
other bows in the robbery of william john
ston's residence at No. l4l Bluff street.
MARY GRAFTON, colored, and Mary Con.
nelly, an Irish woman, both of whom live
at the foot of South Thirteenth street. be-
came involved in a quarrel last night. and
were locked up in the Twenty-eight ward sta
tion house by Officer Hogerling.
ALBERT OBRIEN, a former employe at
Larch's drygoods store on CArson street,
was arrested last night by Special Officer
Corrigan. He is charged with having stolen
money belonging to his employer. When
arrested O'Brien had 81 10 in his pocket.
OTr1oER ALLEN arrested Mrs. Shay at 70
Washington street early yesterday morning
for operating u disorderly house there.
James Harrity, an visitor was also arrested,
and the oflcer alleged 1t the hearing that q
6ght took place in tho house. Mrs. Shay
was fined go and Harrity 90, in default OF
which, sentences OF 30 days were impoPed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-13
ON A RUNAWAY CAR.

Pilgrims to ST. An:hony's Shrine Have
Very Startling Experience-Within q
Few Feet of Certain Death-Saved by q
Guard Rail.
| Seventy-fve people, the majority of
whom are temporarily located at several
boarding houses in the vicinity of Father
Mollinger's residence on Troy Hill, mar
rowly escaped frightful death yesterday
afternoon about 4 o'clock. These people
represented not only a number of local WIS.,
itors who had gone to the hill to witness the
inaugural services attending the great
event of ST. Anthony's day, but number
of incurables who had come to the priest
physician from various parts of the country
to have their ailments treated
Some of them, not being able to gain ad-
mission to the crowded chapel on account of
the limited space, concluded to return to
their homes, while those who lived in the
vicinity of the chapel made up their minds
to take car ride and thus relieve the
monotony of such warm and sultry day.
They all boarded car No. LIS, of the Pleas
ant Valley line, and to say the body and
both platforms were thronged would not
describe the condition. The car had only
travelled a short distance and was turning
one of those sharp curves with which Troy
Hill abounds, when there was hitch in the
brake and the necessary apparatus would
not work. The car ran around the curve
with frighful speed, and instead of holding
to the rails it jumped the tracks and ran
distance of about 80 feet before it finally
came to a stand still
To make matters worse, at this point
there is high bluff or embankment, the
base of y shich begins in Ohio street some
400 or 500 feet below, and if the car had
gone over this hill terrible catastrophe
would have taken place.
In describing the events afterward the
passengers statements differ. Some say the
car ran to the very edge of the bluff, and if
it had not been for strong fence or guard
rail the car would certainly have gone over.
The widest excitement prevailed among the
passengers There was a mad rush for the
door, while it is alleged that some, being
unable to regain their feet, tried to crawl
through the windows Others state that the
car did not go to the edge of the embank-
ment and that the accident occurred and
was over SO quickly that the passengers had
no time to get frightened. The car was
afterward righted and continued on its way
with less people on board.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-13
HOW 1T ENDED.

A Gay Party of Sou Insiders Spend Sunday
in the Woods and Arc Deserted by the
Driver-A Days Pleasure Spoiled by a
Long Walk.
As the sun came peeping over the hills
yesterday morning gay party of we'll
known Southsiders, bound for days outing
in the woods, boarded wagon ladened with
good things for the inner man and started
on their way rejoicing. The course taken
was toward White Hail. A particularly
cool and shady nook had been selected
for stopping place and when
it was reached the wagon was unloaded,
the horses were staked out and everyone
gave themselves up to day of leisure and
quiet enjoyment.
Every thing went as merry as marriage
bell until the shades of night begin to fall,
suggesting that it was time to be home
ward bound. The driver was called for to
hitch up, but there was no response. A
hasty search failed either to discover him
or the team. Loud and deep were the NAL
edictions heaped upon his head when it
slowly dawned on the hitherto
happy crowd that they were seven
miles from home and without a conveyance.
About 1890 o'clock the rumble of wagon
was heard approaching well-known
South Side livery establishment Upon ar
irving the horses stopped of their own &C.
cord. The proprietor demanded of the
driver what he had done with his load.
"Oh," he said, 'I got tired and the horses
were tired and so came home"
'.Well, how are the people to get home?"
"Well, I guess they'll have to walk, " the
driver answered, II quit right here"
Granted" said the now thoroughly
angered proprietor, "and you had better
get away before kick you out"
Just how the liveryman will square him
self with the unlucky crowd is not known,
but there will probably be another chapter
to the story.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-13
LITTLE SNAPS OF LOCAL NEWS.

THE second of the promenade concerts
will be given in CycloGama Auditorium,
Allegheny, this evening.
THE Federal Club will give a moonlight
excursion on the j. NJ. Gusky tomorrow
evening.
RELIGIOUS services at the jail yesterday
were conducted by Robert Marshall, who
aided by the choir of the Oakland
Church.
THERE were 80 deaths in Allegheny last
week. One OF the deceased was over 80
years OF age, and four over 20 and seven
under year.
DISTRICT AGENT PorT of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul Railway. is distributing
a handsome outline map of the city of Chi
cago, showing the location of the Worlds
Fair buildings. street railway lines, hotels,
depots, etc. 1t is timely and handy guide
for all who contemplate a journey to the
Windy City.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-13
WOULDN'T HOLD THE PEOPLE
Immense Audience at the Dedication OF
tho Central Baptist Church.

Immense Audience at the Dedication of
tho Central Baptist Church
The Central Colored Baptist Church, on
Lawson street: Thirteenth ward, was dedi-
Gated yesterday afternoon. Rev. John
Pryor, pastor of the church, preached the
morning sermon. Rev. Robert Johnston,
of Washington, D. c., preached the dedica-
tion sermon at o'clock. Rev. R. S. Laws,
of the Greene Street Church, Allegheny,
conducted the evening services. 9he
church was organized at the Penn Incline
hall last September with 20 members, where
Mr.. Pryor has preached every Sabbath since
and has succeeded in increasing the men,
bership to $780,
The new church Is q frame structure
40x58 feet. The cost of the building and
turnishments was $500. Mr.. Pryor sue
ceeded in raising nearly $1,000 yesterday.
The church would not hold the people who
came to attend the afternoon services.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-13
TONY WASN'T DEAD.
But He Scared His Wife Very Badly and
Then sprinted Up Hnlside-Balked
in His AIT. mpt to strangle Himself by


But He Scared His Wife Very Badly and
| Then sprInted Up Hillside-Balked
in His Att. mpt to Strangle Himself by
Two Women.
Allegheny police are diligently looking
for Tony Cooper, who, when at home. resides
at No. q High street, Allegheny. On
Saturday night Tony wasted large sum of
money for liquor which he freely imbibed
to the great detriment of his reasoning
powers, and when he finally wound up at
his home he was cross and irascible. He
scolded his daughter and then his wife, and
they retaliated with rather harsh words.
Tony became more angry every minute,
and suddenly he demanded that his daugh-
ter bring him butcher knife This the
girl refused to do, thinking he intended
some harm to her mother and SELF Subse-
quently the angry man concluded to
get the weapon himself He went down
stairs and after getting big butcher knife
went quietly upstairs into the garrett. Here
he cut clothes line in two and, taking one
piece, he fastened one end to the wall while
the other end he tied around his neck and
proceeded to strangle himself in the most
novel style. Mrs. Cooper after time
mlSSeu HeT spouse, anu upon lHStltuLiug d
search for him found him in the garret. She
at once loudly screamed for help and was
Joined by her next door neighbor
The two women cut down the dead man,
or at least they thought he was dead, and
laid him down on the floor. He
was black in the face and his
tongue protruded several inches from
his mouth. Mrs Cooper, nearly wild with
grief at being widow, went in search of a
policeman while the frightened neighbor
ran down the street with the same object in
view.
Mrs Cooper returned with Officer Lee
and at once escorted him to the garret.
Turning away her head for fear of meeting
the awful sight for second time, she pointed
the place out to the officer where Tony had
laid. No Tony was there and the officer
thought he was dealing with crazy woman.
The policeman finally convinced the woman
that her husband was not lying there and to
say she was surprised would only give
small idea Of her feelings. On glancing
out of the window, however, she pointed
out to the officer bare-headed man running
up the hill This was Tony, and how he
recovered so quickly is mystery. He has
not been home since.