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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10
The Internal ReNenue Reductton.

& The following dispatch from
washington gives in a summary
manner some of the important
workings of the new iawfo reduce
the internal revenue.
The act to reduce internal reve-
nue. taxation, which has just be-
come the law, provides for the re-
peal of the tax upon capital and de-
posits of all banks and bankers,
except such taxes as are now due
and payable. The tax on capital
and deposits therefore closed on
March 3. Comptroller Knox says
the passage of the act relieves nat
ional, State banks on an aver
age of about one million dollars
month. The amount of tax colle,.-
ted from national banks capital and
deposits during the last fiscal year
was 81, 95970O. The tax collected
upon deposits and capital upon all
classes OF banks during the last fis-
cal years was $l1, 208, 1916. The
amount annuity collected from two
cent check stamps is about two and
half millions. The act repeating
the use of these stamps takes effect
in July next. The law imposing a
tax upon bank capital and deposits
requires all State banks and private
bankers in the country to make
semi-annual returns to the commits
toners OF internal revenue, From
these returns the comptroller has
for years compiled the only com
plete statements ever given in ref
erence to capital and deposits, and
the amount of United States bonds
held by all classes of banks and
bankers in the country. The repeal
of this law after this date will pre-
vent the compilation of these tables,
and the only. source from which
such returns hereafter can be OBJ
tanned will be from the reports of
banks, as compiled by the officers
of the different States. AS many of
the States, particularly in the South
and West, do not require such re-
turns made, the aggregate will nee
essarily be much less complete than
heretofore. Commissioner Raum
says that after May, 1888, the tax
on manufactured tobacco and snuff
will be eight cents per pound, cigars
three dollars per thousand, cigaretts
fifty conts per thousand. A rebate
on tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigar
cites of the difference in the taxes
recently imposed and the taxes now
provided for will be allowed when
the claims amount to $40. The
claims must be presented within
forfxy hax,c, from Mny pon,,L,
tions upon the matter will be inn
mediately issued, and blanks fur
nished upon which claims shall be
made. The law provides for
large reduction of special taxes up-
on dealers commencing in May
next. The commission says ar
engagements will be Immediately
made for changing the form forithe
payment of taxes on tobacco, snuff,
cigars and cigarettes, soas TO provide
collectors with stamps in time to
meet the requirements of trade.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10
CHRONICLE LETTER BOX.

From the Rev. j. w. CuliOm.
On reaching home tonight, after
several days absence, found part
of our village in ashes, two of the
stores having burned down about
midnight last night. The news of
the fire reached me eight miles from
home, and my informant told me
the parsonage was burned. This
was a mistake, and / am certain 1
was never before SO glad to see the
dear old home looming up between
me and the twilight skies. The
burning was a fiendIsh piece of
business and is as yet wrapped in
mystery. There had been no fire
in either of the buildings for more
than twenty-four hours. Other
buildings were saved with great
effort, and owing to the fact that it
was still night.
On my way out from home last
week | spent a night in Murfrees-
boro, and as usual at Soule College.
Prof. John R. Thompson, the pres
ident, has the best school this ses-
sion that has been in the building
since the war, and he deserves the
success he has achieved. / now
have the pleasure of meeting George
McCurdy in town who is selling
drugs here, and whom l have
known about as long as | have
Montgomery county. George has
some interesting correspondents
from your section, and enjoys the
privilege. -...
Daisy pulled home full bill of
freight on this trip, consisting of a
hundred pounds of flour, two large
hams, a fine blooded pig and other
articles. And it was not in the line
of official stipends, but free gratis
gift. Brother Stock ird, who helped
to load my buggy said humorously
that the case reminded him of the
old colored man who used to get
home toward the shank Of the night
and the dame would say in answer
to his knock, "Old man, what We
got? If We amt got nothin' We can't
come in ~ This naturally made
him industrious in providing for his
family.
Those five little girl correspond
ents on the Southside, and other
folks of larger growth will please
appropriate this letter and consider |
that we are even and all out of
epistolatory debt till new account |
is opened. j. w. G.
OveralIs, Tenn. March 5, 1888.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10

Senator Tabor, of Colorado, was
married in Washington on the night
of the LIST to Mrs. Elizabeth b. Nc
Court, of apskorh, Wisconsin. The
marriage was attended by the Pres
ident, members of the cabinet, sena-
tors, members of Congress, etc. One
of the Senator's presents to his
bride was diamond necklace, val
ued at S75, 900. a sensational report
to the Cincinnati Enquirer from St.
Louis says this marriage was rep
etition of one that took place in that
city some time ago and was not
made public on account of a suit
for allimony pending against the
Senator by his dive reed wife.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10

PALMER, the newly elected Sena-
tor from Michigan, has had no eX-
perience in public life but is loaded
down with money, so to speak.
That is the kind of man that is COM
ing into fashion as material for the
Senate. The money kings of Amer
lea wish to buy themselves into
distinguished positions just as
wealthy Englishmen buy them
selves into the peerage. If the prac-
tiee becomes common the Senate
will degenerate into body Of min
compoops. A position OF honor
loses its honorable quality when 1t
goes on the market for sale.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10

Ex- DIAZ and party
were entertained in Austin, Texas,
ON the 18th. Diaz travelled in a pri-
vate car placed at his use by Jay
Gould.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10

A BILL has passed its third read
ing in the lower house of the Gener-
al Assembly which makes train
wrecking a capital crime.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10

THERE are 81 railroad compa-
MES doing business in Illinois on
{. 542 miles of track. Employment
Is given .46, 486 men, and an aggre-
gale of $25, 106, 329 is paid them in
salaries annuity.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10

The ancient church of Birdbrook,
England, which has just been re-
opened after important RESERVATIONS,
contains a monumental slab bear
ing this extraordinary record !:
"Martha Blewitt of Swan Inn, at
Baythorne- end, in this parish, bur-
led May 7, 1851. She was the wife
of nine husbands cunsecutively, but
the ninth outlived her," The entry
in the register is quaint: "Mary
Blewitt, We wife of nine husbands
successfully, buried eight of YIN,
but last of all We woman dy'd allsOe,
and was buried May z, 1881" In
the margin is written: "This was
her funeral sermon text" The same
tablet records that Robert Hogan
was the husband of seven wives
successfully"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10
COTTON mills are springing I'D in

COTTON mills are springing up in
Alabama, Georgia and South Caro-
lima, and North Carolina has learn
ed that her mountain countries grow
the finest tobacco that this country
can produce, and the great tobacco
exposition to be held in that section
next year. is expected to develop
that interest to as marked extent as
did the Cotton Exposition the inter-
ests of Atlanta and vicinity. In
South Carolina the number OF cot
ton mills has increased in the past
two years from eighteen to twenty
seven, and the number of spindles
81, 900 to 1870, 900, and still the num-
Der steadily increases.-Memphis
Ledger.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10

ALTHOUGH nearly eight years
have slipped away since the sum-
mer morning on which little Char
lie Ross was abducted from his Ger
mantown home, his father, Christ
ian K. Ross, still has hopes that he
will some day see his long-lost boy.
In recently written letter to a
friend Mr.. Ross said al am still
diligently making every effort to
unravel the mystery connected
with his continued absence. In our
family the subject is often the theme
of conversation. Charlie is often
spoken of as living, and shall
be until we know the contrary"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10

"How in the world" asked
Galveston lady of neighdor, s'can
] prevent my boy from stealing
sugar out of the ugar-bowl." II
know how you can stop his stealing
sugar out of the sugar-bowi,n was
the reply. SHOW 90 "By simply
putting the sugar in TIE milk-pitcf-
er.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10
LINZ M ENT.

This preparation is now being used by,
and has the highest endorsement of, the
leading stock dealers Of the South, many
of whom have given voluntarily, strong
certificates of its wonderful merit in the
treatment of stock to which it is specially
adapted. No farmer or owner of horses
and mules can well afford to be without
it, as the timely application of this Linz
ment will save many valuable animals,
and restore them to usefulness. In con-
junction with it should be used the
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10
IMMINENT.
HAN NJ Frs

IL your Horses or Mules are troubled
with Splints, Calls, Sprain, Bruises, Flesh
Wounds, Lameness, Swellings, Stiffness,
Bighead, Windgalls, Fistula, Poll Evil,
Ring Bone, Sprain, Mango, Cracked Heels
Callous, Sitfast, Collie, Ring Worm, and
external injuries, use Hammers ss 8
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-10
ST &C K

Powders, which are invaluable in the
They possess great tonic power, and
will give strength when other medicines
have no effect. They have for the past
twenty years effectually cured in all cases,
Founder, Hide Bound, Loss of Appetite,
Yellow Water, Indigestion, Influenza,
Coughs, Colds, etc. They produce beauti-
full, glossy hair, and should be used with
all stock occasionally, even if well.
VIM. LITTERER & CO.,
IA Sole PrOprietOrs,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24
Our Young Folks.
4 YOUNG sEAMsTREss.

II am learning how to sew" said an eager
little maid;
81 push the needle in and out, and make
the stitches strong:
I'm sewing blocks of patchwork for my olly's
pretty bed,
And mamma says, the way I work it will
not take me long.
It's over and over-do you know
How over-and-over stitches go?
n have begun a handkerchief; mamma
turned In she edge,
0And basted it with q pink thread to show me
where to sew.
It has Greenaway children on it stepping
,etaidly by a hedge;
! look at them when I get tired, or the
needle pricks, you know.
And that is the way 1 learn to hem
With hemming stitches-do you know
them?
"Next I shall learn to run, and darn, and back
stitch, too, I guess,
It wouldn't take me long, I know, if
,twasn't for the thread;
Blu the knots keep coming, n besides-I
shall have to confess
Sometimes ! slip my. thimble of, and use
my thumb instead!
When yoM thread knots, what do you
And does it turn all brownish, too?
sMy papa, he'sa great big man, as much as
He's more than forty, and his hair has
gray mixed with the black;
well, ne can't sew! he can't begin to sew as
well as 1.
If he loses off a button, mamma has to set
You mustn't think me proud, you
know,
But am seven, and I can sew!'
-Ma'y L.. b. Branch, IN st. Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24
Houses for Poultry.

Poultry houses may be either orna-
mental or useful, or both combined, &C.
cording to the taste of the builder.
| Where it is intended to continue in the
business year after year it is better to
put up substantial buildings in the first
place. A very good poultry house,
which will last for many years, can be
put up for thirty dollars by a farmer
who has a timber lot. Such a building
would accommodate from twenty-five to
thirty fowls, according to the breed.
There are many good plans for poultry
houses, but some are better than others
on account of adaptation to situation
and locality. The chicken house should
be separate from that occupied by the
adult fowls. When new there will be
little difficulty in raising chicks. It
should be kept clean and dry. The roof
should be low and glazed on the south
ern exposure. 1t is better to let the sun
light in through the roof, as then the
fowls receive the full benefit of its rays
on the back. where most required.
The chicken house should have a
ground floor of light sand and earth,
raised above the common Level and pro-
vided with good drainage. This may
be done by paving with cobble stones,
imbedded in gravel, covered afterward
with loose earth. The roof windows
must be arranged to let down from the
top for ventilation in sunny days, when
the air becomes sitting, which is weak
ening to the chicks. There should be
some method of heating a%rtificially dur
ing cloudy and stormy days. This is
best done by coal stoves. With these
appliances chickens may be Matched in
March, and if not kept too tender will
be able to run abroad when the mild
days of April come. Eight feet at the
peak is high enough. The roof should
slope from this to four. The building
should be twelve feet square on the
ground. This is sufficiently large either
for raising chicks or wintering adult
fowls, if placed in a sheltered location,
or rather partially underground on the
north side.
For spring and summer raising OF
chicks it might be lower at the peak, as
the young chicks would run out in mild
weather. The cold and stormy days o.
early spring are trying to young poul-
try, and for these some provision must
be made. There must be separate apart
ments or buildings for adult fowls and
for chicks. The greatest difficulty in
raising young chicks under glass is the
lack Of good ventilation and fresh air,
which makes them strong and robust.
OF the large breeds, or Asiatics, the
April chickens are strong and vigorous,
and less liable to the disorders that at
tack the later Matched chicks.-C. b.,
in CO1E2trv Gentleman.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24

share of sunshine. how much would
there be, do you thinkP" !,
"Why, mamma-it would reach alb
over the world!" 4.
Every nearly"
But we can't get every little boy and
girl to do it, mamma"
"I'm afraid not; but the best way to
begin is for each one faithfully to do
her wv share towards it."
Lucy thought so, too, and resolved
she wouM try to make her share of sun
shine, and to make it reach as for as she
could.
1 hope she kept her resolution. T
hope she learned the lesson taught by
the sunshine and the birds and the flow
ers and every other beautiful thing, that
every child heart should, like them, give
out brightness and music and sweet
ness, all to make light and happiness
for those whom they love.-Sydney
Dayre, IN N. Y. Observer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24
-ICHABOD TURNER'S MISSION.

"Crooked! Crooked! Crookedw rang
out the sharp, peculiar, dissonant voice,
and the tall, thin figure in seedy gar
ments and tapping hat swayed to and
fro on the stump that had been selected
for a rostrum. Cali things have gone
crooked in this world, and I've come to
set 'em straight-to undo the snarls,
give the power whereit belongs and put
men in their places. Oh-h-h my
friends! The world is topsy-turvy; the
tops at the bottom and the bottoms at
the top, and I've come to turn things
right eend up"
The six o'clock whistle had sounded
the close of another days work at the
shops, and the men, pouring out from
the various smoke. stained archways,
paused to listen. 1t was a motley group
some bedaubed with many colors
from tfa paint-rooms, some with grimy
hands and faces from foundry or ma
chine shop, while farther back on the
long platform that extended along the
track, were gathered that inevitable adj
junct of any crowd, the boys, and a
sprinkling of women-some Of the lat
ter with children in their arms. The
speakers excitement seemed to deepen
as his audience increased. The keen
eyes under the old hat dartcd lightning
like chances here and there, he gesticu-
Laced wildly and his voice rose to a still
higher pitch.
"Oh-h-h yes! Look at me! I'm
Ichabod Turner, and the mission I'm
sent on is to mend all crookedness and
turn things right eend up!"
The men seemed to find a grim pleas
ure in the harangue. They laughed as
they exchanged comments.
"Chosen a good point to begin at,
,eh, Jack?" questioned one. .
Il should say so! He'll have a tough
contract, even if he doesn't extend his
territory"
Coin to set allthings straight? tn
take a mightier than you to do that JOB:
| wish to massy he'd begin it soon!'
murmured an old woman on the plat.
form, as she picked up her bundle and
trudged on again.
The two men looked after her, and
the elder shook his grizzled head.
"Poor soul! No doubt things seem
crooked enough to her; her boy was
crushed between the cars last year.
Does seem as if somebody might invent
a way to get along with killing fewer
brakemen."
jim Barclay, sauntering down the
long walk, stopped beside a brlght
Young girl who had paused for a no
ment on the outer edge Of the crowd.
elf that fellow would begin his work
@ty altering the days and nights = LITTLE
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24

AT Be]leville, Ont. a breach Of
promise suit was to have 5een tried, but
while the Judge and jury We're getting
ready to listen to the story of love grown
cold and hearts estranged the plaintiff
and defendant adjourned to a preacAcr''
no use and were married.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24
Matrimonial Amenities.

Bill Pendergast, a rather ~impecunieus
Austin man, married for money, and Ills
wife, a widow, ugly and long-tongued,
made William repent of his culpable
avarice many and many a day. The
widow brought with her into Bills FAM
lily a son, as well as other prop
erty, and one morning sweet William
overheard the boy bowling dismally.
"Why howleth the kid?" inquired
Bill.
"He was a bad boy and I have been
whipping him. But I made him kiss
me afterward to show him that it was
more in sorrow than in anger that I
punished him."
"Did you really ask that poor child
to kiss you?" said Bill.
Eyes, answered his wife.
elbow could you be so cruel" said
Bill, "as to add new tortures to the
punishment already infictedp"-1eaa
S5ttingS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24

In England railroad fares. especiah
ly for the poorer classes, have been|
greatly reduced of late. An increase al
travel is expected.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24

"A critical observer, makes this
sensible remark: ga woman's glove is
to her what a vest is to q man." Pre-
cisely. When a man is agitated or per-
picked he at once attacks his vest but
tons, thus giving occasion for certain
very expressive slang phrase. A wo-
mans vest does not admit of this sort
of '.pulling down." but her glove is al
ways q source of inspiration and a ref
uge from any embarrassment. She
smoothes on the fingers, rearranges the
buttons, drags out the wrinkles, looks
critically at the.ft, and does a dozen
little things with her glove that betray
or allay nervousness and quite SUSTAIN
the truth of the above quotation.--M,l
z. Graphic.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24
Death.

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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-19

WANrbi', hI LEnHN'- NifLb Wokhs
w astnut young man, all ut % years OF
age, to serve three months, at weekly pay, 10
learn branch OF the business. the best paying
I'm the works. To work after the three
months by the piece.
nig.ltdK HENRY Il. bEMAN.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-19
DAWKER's TONIC.
Twists and TWingeS.

"My brethren" shouted Dr, TalnInge one
bright uutumnll sunday, hero IS a lesson
from tine COrnhCld. God has arranged that
the car and tho husk shall be parted. Every
rheumatic pain Ia but the thrust OF the husk-
ing peg, and every Heuralgic twlnBo Is only a
twist OF tho husker."
Possibly; but nobody wants to be husked,
tor all that, and nature teaches us TO resist the
process. Therefore, we accept with gratitude
whatever helps US to suppress those very
visits and twinges,
From his pleasant home, GreenmOnt nUar
Sing Sing, n. y, NJ. Alfred Baer, a French
gentleman, writes
~ have suffered almost intoleTable torments g
from Rheumatism for many years, OF the hume.
rOus remedies which tried none be nefited me
But PARKER'H TONIC gave me great satisfaction,
| certify with pleasure that IL restored my
health. You are welcome 10 publish this and
| use my name"
Messrs. HIsCoN y Co. call especial attention
| 10 the tact that this preparation, which has
| been known as PARKER's GINGER TOSIC viii
| hereafter be advertised ana sold simply under
| the name OF PARKRR's Tonic. As unprinciple(
| dealers are constantly dcceiving their custom
| er- by substituting Interior preparation
| under the name OF ginger, and as ginger Il
| really an unimportant ingredient, We drol
| the misleading word,
| There Is no change, however, IN tho prepaTR
| ton itself, and ali bottles remaining IN Tn
| PARKER's GISGER IOHlo, contain The genuin
| medicine n the iac simile signature OF IlIscO,
| 4 Co, IS al the bottom OF the outside wrapper
| nllmdeod
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-19
AnukeUnents,

"Ons Of The Finea"-Gus Williams Will de-
light his legion OF admirers this ovcntn z ut
Fulton opera house by his famous imparsonH.
tion OF John Mishier, u German policeman.
The play Is one which from It's flrst struc Z
popular fancy and sympathy, and is now seen
nightly by crowded houses The humOr In It
IL most enjoyable, and the piece itself has
plenty OF interest and no small degree of son.
sation. II is worth seeing, and there should
be big audience present this evening.
The Statutory 7rOHpe.-To morrow evening"
Madame Girard's female and speciality com.
pany Will appear ir the opera house under the
manag ement OF the Kernans, OF Baltimore
The chow advertises twenty handsome young
ladies who viii be seen in hammocks and
swings in the nrst part. The statues Will be
shown with all the frames, Dackings, etc, used
by Matt Morgan. The party includes four
comedians and Il troupe OF zigzag dancers
4 Fine Specially Company ON Thurs ,ay
evening Kernell, Wheatley TrayuOr
speciality company win appear In the opera
house. This company Is acknowledged to b,
one OF the best OF its hnd ever put out n,
people are all stars or frst.class in their bust
ness.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-19

in Cutlery, silver Plated ware, Musical In
strumcnta. Dry Goods. stationery, clocks,
JCwciry. Gents Furnishing Goods Notions.
Novelties, etc, etc.
sIIo every evening at O'Clock. store open
during tho day goods freely shown, and sold
niG.iwd No. y WEST KING ST.