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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19
How a Fortune Was started.

Talk OF the cholera revived among some
Of the older New Workers. the story Of the
laying of the foundation of very sub
stantial fortune through the visit Of the
scourge TO this city in the thirties Not
long before the disease appeared young
man had come here from New England to
see IL he couldn't find more promising
road to wealth in this city than was offered
In his native state. He had very little
money, but he had plenty Of grit, and al
though at first the latter did not appear to
be q very successful substitute for the for
mer. there came a time when nerve meant
big financial returns to its possessor The
cholera gave this young man his oppor-
tunity.
As soon as the death list began to mount
up there arose much difficulty.in securing
men to bury the victims. Hearse drivers
caught the panic and refused to work, and
the time soon came when any sort of suit
able vehicle was In great demand for the
sad service. Then the young man Dor
rowed or hired horse and wagon and
made it his business to carry the dead to
the grave. High prices were paid, and
while the epidemic lasted he fairly coined
money, When it was over he found him
self possessed of sum which gave him
his start, and In few years he was what
he sought to be-a rich man.--New York
Times
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19
tn a Earea Of uah,4

A business man of this city who has pc.
culiar views concerning the amenities al
language, sent for one OF his clerks recent.
ly and said:
Simpson, am told you are in the habit
Of using great many explosives In your
conversation"
"Great Scottl sir, what are they2" asked
Simpson In awestruck tones
There. have the proof from your own
lips, you see, and desire a more correct
form of speech from you In future"
"Holy Mosesp' exclaimed Simpson ex-
citsdly, "we're not running Y. M. G. A..
are we, sirp"
"No," answered his employer, "but is
there any necessity for employing such EN-
phatic language In your daily conversa-
tion?n
"Great C@sarl How can man heip--l
beg your pardon, sir, ! will set watch on
my lips-it's the force of habit, know"
Mr.. Simpson bowed himself out and his
fellow clerks at once asked him II he had
been called in by the boss to have his sal
airy raised.
jumping Jerusalemi No." he said.
Then he suddenly became mute and refused
to say another word for the rest of the
afternoon.-Detroit Free Press.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19

MILITARY RELICS OF GENERAL HOOKER.
was once the residence of the hero of
Lookout Mountain is now used for the
accommodation of farm hands. 1t is a
small building containing four small
rooms.
was allowed one day to climb up to
the loft in the old Hooker house, where
i was told would find lot of "rub-
bish" that was at one time the property
of the general. In overhauling the piles
of broken furniture and wornout farm
ing implements that l found slowed
away under the caves / came across
leather trunk battered and gnawed by
mice. On the front of the trunk was
fastened brass plate bearing in fine
script the name Joseph Hooker The
trunk was half full of musty documents,
and some of them have the signature of
Alexander Forbes under date of 1916.
There were also several letters of a pri-
vate character addressed to Lieutenant
Joseph Hooker. There was also q
pamphlet containing list of graduates
from the United States Military acade-
my at West Point from 1901 to 1871, in
elusive. This pamphlet, published in
1s41, bore the signatures of Joseph
Hooker and Irwin Mcdowell, first lieu
tenant First artillery, adjutant Military
academy.
In one corner of the loft found an
old army saddle with Hooker's name
traced In the brass trimmings of the
pommel. Rats had gnawed at the sur
cingle and stirrup straps. Near the
saddle was broken camp chair and a
lantern of primitive pattern. The chair
had been fastened together with wire,
and the initials 81. H" were cut into
the back. The lantern was cumber-
some affaig with a mica chimney. In
side was the remnant of candle.
A muslxet and horse pistol that were
once the property of Hooker had been
more carefully laid away. They were
hanging on q rack suspended from the
rafters. They were rust eaten and fes-
TONED with spiders web. A scrap Of
diary found among Hooker's private
papers in the leather trunk tells the his
tory Of the musket, which is not uninter-
esting. 1t was presented to Lieutenant
Hooker by Colonel J. w. Mckenzie,
who got possession of it in the following
manner: At the storming of the gates
of San Cosme, Mexico, Sept. 10, 1S47,
McKenzie's only piece Of artillery, a
12-pound howitzer, was moved forward
to small earthwork within 200 yards
of the Notifications.
Nearly all of McKenzie's men had
been killed or were disabled, and having
but five rounds Of grapeshot left he sent
two men-all that were able TO walk--to
the rear for ammunition. He had fred
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19
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letes he met his wife, Miss Ollie Lake.
Mr.. Lake, Ollie's father. was syidower,
who had come to California from Amster-
dam, N. Y, in 1869, when the girl was still
baby in her mothers arms. Miss Lake
was studying for school teachers position
in the state normal school when young
Jim met her An affection sprang up be-
tween the young folks, but Corbett's par
ents would not sanction EN- engagement.
The sweethearts were perforce obliged to
wait. In 1886 Jim travelled to Salt Lake
City to fight Duncan Mcdonald. There
Miss Lake Joined him, and a justice of the
peace made them one. A second ceremony
was performed when the happy pair re-
turned to San Francisco. A school teach
er's certificate to the state Normal school
awaited Miss Ollie Lake in San Francisco
while she was being married in Salt Lake
City.--New York World.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19
A Heat Generator,

An amateur electrician in Boston has
discovered new way of heating by cleo
tricity which, while it may not be prac.
teal, is certainly effective. He has bat
terry fan motor, which he operates by an
incandeseent current of 10 volts, taking
up the extra current by introducing a
thirty-two candle power lamp in series. His
original intention was to create cool
breeze, but he found that tho heat gener-
ated by the lamp was more than the fan
could take, care of. So now he hangs the
lamp In front of the fan and obtains a
strong current Of hot air. He believes that
Il is possible to create artificial heat in
tcis manner on much larger scale.--Bos-
ton Herald.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19

second election was held, and Hooker
was defeated by eight votes The rec
ords OF Sonoma county show that the
same year Joseph Hooker was appointed
road overseer in Sonoma township.
Rockers falls are located at the head
of q deep canyon in the Napa mountains.
A stream of water tumbles down the
rugged side of the ravine into broad,
deep pool, surrounded by tall redwood
trees. The trail that leads from the
valley to Hooker's falls is avery danger
Gus one to follow. 1t winds along the
side of the canyon, and in many places
it is so narrow that two persons cannot
pass ON it.
The guide tells a rather exciting story
of how one day Hooker, who was hunt
ing in the canyon, met at one of these
points in the trail q bear, and after a
vain attempt to kill the brute with a
ball from his rife no closed with it, and
fought the animal desperately with a
hunting knife. During the fight man
and bear rolled down the side of the
canyon. Hooker, wounded and bleeding
lodged In the limbs of "a redwood tree,
and was taken down few hours later
by searching party that had come out
for him. The bear was found at the bot
tom of the ravine dead.
Lieutenant Hooker was but one of q
coterie of young army officers who were
quartered in Sonoma valley in 1848, and
across Sonoma creek from the Hooker
ranch stands s"The Rendezvous" where
the young army officers were in the habit
of meeting weekly to pass an evening a.
cards, chess and other social pastimes
which were sweetened by the banquet
of the native wines that had been casked
for years in the musty cellars of Pedro
Curillo, a wrinkled Spanish miser, who
threw the doors Of his ranch house open
to visitors only when they were willing
to pay handsomely for their entertain
ment.
About-the building, which is still hab-
liable, broad limbed oak trees cast their
shadows, and tall flagstaff, erected by
Pedro Curillo at the request Of his mill
tary patrons, stands in the yard. From
this staff, when there were important
questions to be discussed on an enter
tainment to be given, the American flag
was suspended, and those of the select
coterie of habitues of 1.-THE Rendezvous"
who saw it floating in the breeze made
haste to obey its call.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19
Cnrea Of His Kleptom ania.

He was tall, sad man with an oozy tea
rose complexion and wiry neck whiskers.
He also possessed a cranberry smile and a
weakness for doughnuts. But, notwith-
standing his love for the edible In ques-
ton, and the fact that he was church
going man, he preferred to risk the de-
struction of his soul futher than squander
the filthy shekels upon his fayorite food.
This led him into the habit OF klepto-
mania.
He was in the habit Of picking dough
nut Off the shelf near the door Of a popular
Broadway restaurant which he patronized,
on his entrance and another one as he went
out. In time the attendants, TO use a
worldly phrase, ''got on to him." and de-
cided to play practical joke upon the ami
NAL, which might tend TO cure him Of his
naughty habit. They accordingly strung
something like half peck of doughnuts
upon bit Of Irvine, piled them upon a
plate and awaited results. At his usual
hour the animal passed along and grasped
the topmost doughnut and started for his
seat, when loi the entire contents OF the
plate followed him like a chain Of events. -
New York Recorder.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19
nunnlnr Boat. under water.

Submarine navigation may now be con-
ddered an accomplished fact, II the report
ed trials Of the Detroit submarine boat are
not unduly exaggerated. According 10
the published accounts Of trial recently
made on the Detroit river the boat at
tanned a speed of ten knots under water,
and steered, rose and sank under the most
perfect control. The motive power used
on the surface is steam, but under the
water the boat is driven by means Of q
powerful. electric storage battery which Is
charged by tha steam engine while rum
ming the boat On the surface. II ittsharg
Dispatch.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19

The question of fastening the stays from
the top down or vice versa is one that is
best decided by ones self, though the
French corset maker claims that stout
woman should always clasp her corset
from the top down, and slender one re-
verse this mode. The broad bone with an
under lining Of plush is most desirable in
all stays, but is really the one most seldom
seen. People write and talk against stays
without ever having tried those that are
really proper to wear.-Mrs. MGllon in La
dies Home Journal
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19

! Sonoma is an Indian term, meaning
"The Valley of the Moon," and tradi-
ton says that, in consequence of the
mountain ranges that hold back the
mists that roll in from the sea, the light
of the moon Is. never obscured in this
sheltered spot. In their early search
after fields for Christian labor the Fran
ciscan monks penetrated Sonoma valley,
and on the 18th day of July, 1928, Father
Altimira planted cross at the foot Of
Napa mountain and established mis-
sion there. Near this spot the famous
Bear flag" was flung to the breeze, and
here, too, were the headquarters of the
United States military forces during
that exciting period when California
was wrested from Mexican power and
added to the domain of the American
government. This happened in 1915,
nearly half century ago.
As early as 1910 there was built at
Aqua Caliente an adobe house that was
occupied as a Spanish inn, and in
1S49-50 this building was the home of
Lieutenant Joseph Hooker, who after
ward rose to military fame. In the
latter part of the year 1850 Lieutenant
Hooker purchased of General M. G.
Vallejo $40 acres of land a mile north
of this building, and upon high knoll,
sheltered by ancient live oaks, he built
a modest dwelling which for several
years was his home. Up and down the
valley and to the west the fields are
d.
Hooker disposed Of the property it bore
several hundred acres of splendid vine-
yard of his own planting. A portion of
this vineyard is in existence today. In
1853 Hooker sold the ranch to Mr..
George Q. Watriss, and the house that
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19
INTERESTING RELICS.
A VISIT TO GENERAL HooKER's
OLD CALIFORNIA HOME.
I'm 1850 Lieutenant Hooker Dwe1t In
the Beautiful sonomn valIey-A Cor
respondent Finds Some Interesting
'Rubbish'' in Deserted Carrot.
Special Correspondence

poPOSaAi OoiA c0hoAAChNNsl
AQUA CALIENTE, CAL, Sept. 10.--A
two hours ride northward from San
Francisco on the Santa Rosa and Car
quinez railroad takes one to the station
of Aqua Caliente, in the midst of the
picturesque and historical Sonoma val
ley. Ten miles tot the south the head
waters of San Pablo bay play in the sun
light, and ten miles to the north the
valley dwindles to o narrow pass be-
tween the high backs of the Sonoma
and the Napa mountain ranges.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19

The cotton gin which Eugene Field in
vented when in London has proved to be a
complete success at Bayou Sara, in Lou
isiana, where the preliminary trial was
given The gin has detachable fireproof
lntroom. Constitution
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19
GENERAL HooKER's CHESS TABLE.

From the county road that now runs
through the back yard of ''The Rendez-
vous' winding trail ascends the side of
Sonoma mountain, and crossing its sum-
NIT drops into deep, shadowy canyon
that is filled with the magnified roar Of
Sonoma falls, aribbon of foaming water
that leaps down a rocky steep from
height of more than 200 feet to the bot
tom of the gulch. THOMAS HOLMES.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19

The elevation of Denver being $3.50
feet--over one mile-above sea level
makes the atmosphere rare, dry and
clear, there being on an average less
than six days each year without sun
shine
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19

Building new, commodious, and we'll f1p-
nished. Fine ventilation ana open nrs
throughout. Splendid table rare, and evsy
home comfort. Course of study thorough
and complete from the kindergarten 70 the
Postgraduate, Rare advantages In An.
Music, Elocution, and the Languages.
stenography and Typewritihg Taught
BS-Under the supervision OF the TenHGD.
see Conference.-The only school In which ID
has a moneyed Interest. Daughters OF -.
tive Methodist insH.s.ers receive EnsitA
tuition free OF charge.
MRS. Il. 9. BUFoRD, ps1asGxae =
The state capital., 1892-06-04
QUINCY I'LL.

On last thursday evening, rep
resentativa of the CAPITAL visited
the Gem City of Illinois, which is
situated on the banks of the Father
of Waters, the great Mississippi.
While there he attended the enter
tainment given by the United
Brothers of Friendship, one of the
coming organizations of the North
west. For grandeur and perfec-
tion the CAPITAL scribe has not, in
a long time, witnessed it's equal.
The elite and culture of Quincy
were present and lost no time in
adding their talent and activeness
in making things agreeable to all
those present from abroad. Among
some of the officers and members of
the committee who so judiciously
managed the programme, were
Miss Rhoda Johnson, one of the
most prominent and active members
of this august organization in this
State, and a lad y who is known all
over the State for her efficient and
pleasing manner in which she
manages any trust that may be i'm
posed upon her in the interest of
woman or mankind. Rev. Jordan
Chavis, the eloquent pulpit orator,
and Mr.. G. W. Young, are two
others whose labor and influence
in behalf of making men and wom-
en- better, will be written upon the
pages OF history in tadeless letters
of gold. Mr.. w. H. Sanders, N.
Golding, Mrs. Stea- are honor
ary members and are equal aspir-
arts for the good things this body
is aiming TO accomplish. S. B.
Turner, was present and made a
brief address to the large and intel
ligent audience upon the necessity
of such organizations and the bcne
fits ACQUIRING from an honest and
patriotic intention, which was we'll
received.
Ye scribe regrets that he was so
much impressed with the intelli,
gent and progressive ladies and
gentlemen, as to prevent him
from obtaining a more lengthy and
better report.
The state capital., 1892-06-04
THE MEMORIAL STONES.

By Rev. JORDAN CHAvIs, Pastor Sth
and Elm Street Baptist Church,
Quincy, III.
What mean ye By these stones, Joshua 4G,
First-The American people have set W
monumental stones all over this land tC
commemorate an event as important as that
declared by the memorial stones that Joshua
erected at the crossing of the Jordan,
They have set up not only enduring stones
but day that, while this nation lives
| should be observed from the forests of Maine
to the golden gate, as a memorial OF thell
great deliverance.
1t is believed that the memorial erected at
the Jordan remained over fifteen hundred
years, provoking inquiry from each succeed
ing generation,
What mean We by these stones?"
1t was the duty of the elders to explain
their significance. and to declare to their
children the great event which they COM
memOrated.
So when the battles of the American people
terminated at AppOmattOX Court House, it
was determined by legislative enactments
| that not only stones, but that day be set
apart, and observed by ALL as a memorial
of this nations deliverance from destruction
The child that was born the year our civil
war closed, has grown into manhood, and SC
rapidly are its experiences fading into for
getfulness, that our children are already
asking US, what mean ye by these stones?
What mean We by this memorial day:
we snail commemorate lne uay ana nOnOl
the departed heroes most by having their
example to teach us to love God more, to love
| our country more. and to praise its dearly
purchased blessings more. In the brief time
| that remains to us, let US tell to our children
| the story of the nations perils and deliver
ance. Let US teach them to revere those who
| laid down their lives in prison pen and on
battle field, that they might transmit to theil
posterity the blessings of free and un-
| divided republic.
| A great deal is meant by memorial day
First-By looking at the stones at the head
| of the fallen heroes we are reminded of the
great conflict in which they were engaged
| and the cause for which they fell.
| Second-The purpose of God i'll the matteI
was to teach the brotherhood of man, neces-
| sary to this was the freedom of slaves
Third-The results and victory achieved
| The result of the war was the emancipation
| of more than three million slaves.
| The victory was the regaining of the seced-
| ing states. and the planting of the American
| flag over a United Republic.
The state capital., 1892-06-04
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.

Miss Lida Burfit has been pre-
sented with an elegant piano from
her mother.-Mrs James Robertson,
of Orleans, spent Tuesday with her
mother, Mrs. Jacob Duke.-Mrs. J.
W. H. Jackson spent Thursday, May
Goth, in Havana. Miss Georgia
Harden is i'll at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Elliot Barnett, on South
Clay Avenue.-Mrs. David Douglas
won a fifteen dollar dress-pattern
as first prize for guessing the
length of time large candle would
burn at Phelps and Osborne's. Mrs.
Frank Watson, of Wilmington, ILL.,,
is in the city visiting friends.-Fred
Banks, while at work Monduy, May
30th. stuck q nail in his foot which
caused him a painful wound.-Rev.
j. W. H. Jackson has eturned from
Philadelphia, Penn. where he has
been attending General Conference.
Mrs. Thomas Stanford left our
city for Peoria Sunday.-The Be-
thel A. M. E. Church Sewing Circle
met with Mrs. Washington on Ma
rion st. I thursday afternoon.---Miss
I.eonora Chapman has returned
from Nashville, Tenn. where she
has been attending Fisk Universi-
ty.-Miss Laura Barnett has re-
turned home after an extended Wis
it in Springfield. Mr.. James Muse,
of Chicago, is in the city visiting
his parents.-The Annual Sermon
ofGov. Yates Post and Relief Corps
was preached Sunday by Rev. J. W.
Fl. Jackson at Bethel A. M. e.
Church. miss Mineavia Roblnso
has returned from Omaha, Neb.
where she has been visiting friends.
Miss Birdie Boyd, graduate of the
High School, is also graduate IN
music from the Jacksonville Con.
servatory of Music-Mr. Alfred
Jackson is in the city visiting his
parents. As is probably we'll
known to many, there has been a
movement headed by A. W, Tour
gee, in favor of an OF ganization for
the attainment of equal rights all
over the country, the prime object
being to devise some means where
by the people of the South, now SO
greatly deprived OF their lawful
rights, may have some remedy. In
this place branch organization is
being attempted and a good many
have signed the necessary docu-
ments enabling them to make a
start and last night there was we'll
attended meeting at Bethel A. M.
e. Church where the matter was
discussed at more length Jonas
Brown was made Chairman and ].
H. Brown Secretary. Andrew
Jones made the most important
speech of the evening.
Mrs Nellie Finney, of Peoria, was
at home on visit to her sister and
parents. TRIxY
The state capital., 1892-06-04

The Separate Car law in the
state of Louisiana has been declared
unconstitutional, and the colored
people throughout the country are
indebted to L. A. Martinez, the able
and fearless editor of the New Or.
leans Crusader. He has rendered
more service to the race in that di.
rection than any other ten men in
Louisiana.
The case in which the decision
was given is that of the Pullman
car conductor, who several months
ago was arrested in Shreveport and
criminally charged with violation
of the infamous law in allowing q
colored passenger to ride in q
sleeper in which there were white
passengers.
In the District Court the coun
sci for the Pullman Company filed
a plea against the constitutlonality
of the law on the main ground that
the colored man was an interstate
passenger and the State court had
no jurisdiction in the premises. Tc
this plea the State demurred.
maintaining that the law was con
stitutional and the court had juris
dictlon.
Tt is this decision of the lower
court that the Supreme Court has
overruled, declaring among Other
things
"The Jurisprudence of the Su
preme Court OF the United States,
which in such matter is para
mount authority, eonclusively
shows that such a statute is regu
lation of commerce which, though
valid as applied to domestic pass
| engers, is unconstitutional as ap'
piled to interstate passengers, being
in violation of the exclusive righ1
vested in Congress to regulate
J commerce between the States"
The state capital., 1892-06-04
HeiA Coming.

William A. Joiner, a graduate OF
the Springfield Ill. High School and
Wilberforce (Ohio) University,
now holding a $1,000 position in the
War Department at Washington, is
now a full fledged lawyer, having
graduated from the Howard Uni
versity, on the 30th of May. The
Joiner family is we'll known to our
readers in Illinois and Iowa foI
their integrity and intellectual
ability. We regret very much our
inability to be present at the exer-
cises. The young man has our best
wishes in his new field of labor.