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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-30
IN MENIORIANi.
To n. Bfdpe Heroes S,etpng on Vir9tnta's Soil
Whether Qt the Blue or he Gray"
excursions

HHet1cT " Ht LDtut W dtS u'ub'
oh, Gull the fair, fresh flowers Of May;
The sweetest, brightest bring to-day
And strew them where dead heroes lay
Upon Virginia's soil.
Well kneel upon the halowed ground
To breathe, beside each grassy mound,
prayer for those who sleep profound
Beneath our Mothers soil.
Carolinas sons rest side by side
with those Louisiana deemed her PRIDE
WITH equal valor thCy fought and died
On Yirginias blood. stained soil.
In Georgia toars are shed in vain
For those who twenty years have lain
In silent camp-grounds of the slain
Upon Virginia's soil.
Der Florida, that flowery glade,
Rest the dark clouds that war has made
For battle low her heroes laid
On this heroic soil.
Brave patriots who came hand in hand
From Alabama's sunny land,
tre slumbering here amid this band
Beneath this graveyard soil.
From Mississippi came hearts as brave
As God to freemen ever gave;
To-day the brave sleep by the brave
VI virginia BORy oOii'
From Rio Grande's banks afar
Brave Texans came with the lone white star
To perish in the tide ofwar
On red ManasfaS soil.
Along the ohio's jasper breast
Sweeps o dtrge. With its sad unrest
For the blue " that marched from the COLDER
west
To sleep upon our soil.
Ger the Potomacs sun-kissed shore
Our northern sisters hearts bleed sore
For sons who shall come. ah nevermore
From fair VIrginias soil.
Worn Virginia, your bravest, best,
Have found the nttest place to rest
In valor on their mothers breast,
Upon their mothers soil.
Wo read the boards above them all,
And tenderly their names we call
As we let the fragrant tributes fall
upon the sacred soil.
oh, far-on kindred, do not weep;
ViTginials daughters will mem'ry keep
And guard the Blue aud Gray" that sleep
On her sepulchral soil.
Wen weave the chaplets in your stead,
And no harsh sound, no impious tread,
Shall jar your mangled, meuldered dead,
Who rest uOon our soil.
We love them oil, we love them we'll,
Our hearts to- day with anguish swell
For those who fought, and fighting fell
On Virginias war-worn soil
But weep for those who sleep to-day
Near distant prison walls away.
Would TO GOD their bones and clay
We're on their native soil:
And those who. hagaard, SICK and sore,
Rest by the dark Lake. stormy shore,
Whose weary feet will press no more
Their childhoed's lowery SOIL
But strife Ia o'er; the dead are free.
BE they asleep by mountain or sea,
In Gray" or "Blue" the same reveille
WIN call them from the soil.
Would we could gather from far and wide
The ashes OF all the brave who died,
And tonderiy heap them side by side
III one great burial soil.
1pen deck them with lilies Of peace, To show
The dead no more can be our foe
They rost so still they lie so low
Beneath the dark, damp soil.
sleepI then, all so weary aud worn;
Sleep from battle 80 mangled and torn;
Sleepi till the trump of the last dread morn
Summon you from the soil,
Sue Cary Booker
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-30

LUNCH GOODS
Decoration Day!
CANNED MEATS.
Potted Ham.
Potted Tongue,
potted Turkey.
Potted Beef
Potted Chicken
Roast Turkey.
Roast Chicken.
Boned Turkey
Boned Chicken.
CANNED FISH.
Fresh salmon, Photograph Brand.
Fresh Salmon, Crescent Brand
Fresh Salmon, Favorite Brand
Fresh amon, st. Georges Brand.
Fresh Salmon. Thurber's Brand,
Freah Lobster Star Brand.
Finnen Hadde, b. q NJ.
Brolled MackCrel
Mackercl In Tamato Sauce.
Soused Mackerel.
Boneless Herring
BarataTia Shrlmpa
Barntara Shrimps In Tomato Sauce.
Deviled Crabs, sholls free.
Little Neck CLANS.
Billet Sardlnes, u boxes
Chancercl Sardines. Il boxes.
Auguste & Charles Sardiues, "a boxes
Auguste q Charles Sirene.
Du Lhasseur Sardlnes Ia boxes.
Eardlnes In Mustard.
sardincs In Tomato Sauce.
sardinos, splced.
sUNDRIEs.
Picked oysters in glass jars
Picked Lambs Tongues in glass jars
Boston Baked Beans
Pressed Corned Beef, Cooked.
CANNED FRUITS.
Red Plited Cherries.
White Wax Cherries
Sliced Pineapple.
Whole Pineapple.
Bartlett Pears In White Syrup.
EK. yellow Peaches in White Syrup.
Green Cages.
Egg rlums.
&c, &C., &c, &C.,
PRESERVES, JAMS, and JEIIIES.
Strawberries, glass jars.
Antwerp Strawberries, tin.
Raspberries, glass jars.
White Cherries glass jars.
Pineapple, Pompcii jars
Blackberry, Pompel Jars.
Red Cherries Pompeti jars
Peaches, large and small glass Jars.
Pears large and small glass jars
Canton Ginger pots.
large assortment Of French Fruits In Juice.
Jones, Keller q Sons Dundee Jams and Marmaade
GREEN FRUITS.
Gorden Oranges
Meslina Oranges.
Asplnwnll bananas.
Velvet Skin Lemons.
Red Currant Jelly,
Pineapple Jelly.
Peach Jelly.
HEALTHFUL NON.ALCOHOLIC DRINKS.
Roses Lime Juice
Rsleigh's Lime Juice.
Monsurats Lime Juice
MArtinique's Lime Juice.
Ross's Belfast Ginger Ale
Ross Raspberry Vinegar e. Shrub.")
Pure Raspberry syrup.
Pure strawberry syrup.
Pure Pineapple syrup.
Pure Lemon Syrup.
Sparkling HasI bsrryade-
Sparkling Strawberryade
Sparkling plnoappleade.
sparkling Lemonade.
PICKLES and SAUCE.
Crosse q Blackwelrs ohIrklns.
Mixed PiclSlea
ChOw-Chow.
Cauli1ower.
" Prince of Wales Sauce.
! So. " " Walnut Catsup.
" Mushroom Catsup.
Lee & Perrln's Worcestershire Sauce.
Annear Sauce.
Annear Salad Dressing.
| Gordon IL Dilworth's Salad Dressing.
| Durkie's Salad Dressing
Monticello PiclSlette.
| Extra Large Queen Olives,
| Crescent olives.
| French and German Mustards.
Labasca sauce. .f
White Wine Vinegar in bottles.
CHEESE.
New Cream Cheese.
| Sage Cheese.
English Dairy Cheese.
| Raqueiont Cheese.
CAKES, CRACKERS &c.
Thirty.one Different Varieties Fresh Baked al
Carefully Handled.
NUTS, RAISINs, and CANDIES.
Large Assortment of the Most Desirable varletIc
PATENT LUNCH BASKET.
CHEAl
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| BIG NEW STORE,
42S Ninth St., between D and E St
Gailurs.
| hun 1I4
Ihave now in stock q COM
plete and carefully selected
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
Hon. Andrew ]. Caldwell.
Nasl,vilIe American

The nomination of Hon. Andrew
j. Caldwell for reelection to Con-
gress from this district by the Dis
trict Dem cratic Convention we
regarded from the first a foregone
conclusion, Notwithstanding the
personal and political trength of
his several mpetitorsfor the nomi-
nation. In the result we believe
the convention came fully up to the
Democratic expectation in the dis
trict. The appropriateness of such a
nomination was patent. He bad
made an efficient aud faithful Repre-
sentative. We do not know Of a
Representative from the district
who, in his first term, had accom-
plished more for the benefit of his
constituents. The nomination was,
therefore, fitting endorsement of
faithful service. Any other nomi-
nation, while it might not, perhaps.
have involved the loss of the dis
trict to the Democracy, would GER
tainly not have enhanced the pros
pect. This much can at least with
prOpriety be said without disparage-
ment to the recognized claims and
merits of his competitors. His
nomination may be regarded as
equivalent to an election. 1t gives
strength, too, to the general ticket,
and in congratulating the nominee
upon this handsome Endorsement of
his first Congressional term, we con-
graduate the Democracy of the dis
trict in the wisdom of their choice.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
Benton,s old Homestead.
Columbia Herald.

We are writing from a little viii
lage about eight miles southwest OF
Franklin, an enterprising place
which should have been represented
in the Herald long ago. We left
Columbia, Aug. 10, on the accom-
mediation train, got to Franklin at
Yam, were met by conveyance
which broughtus 10 this place for a
months sojourn. We cannot easily
forget our drive, that delicious sum
mer day, the high state of cultiva-
ton OF the country, the farmers at
work in the sunny, broad stretched
fields, the hay-makers piling up
their fragrant load, the neat farm
houses which nestle together around
q mOss-grown church tower like
children at the knees OF fond
mother, made up q scene which
harmOnized with our feelings and
with the day.
Weare dOmicled at the home
stead ofThomas III. Benton. Twas
here the great statesman, in early
life, laid the foundation of future
greatness. In a quiet spot in the
old family burying ground, we find
two graves. Seventy-ffve summers
have scattered their wealth of
beauty and bloom, and as many
winters have sifted snowflakes over
the beloved dead mother and sister
of Thomas Benton. We could not
indeed help thinking what the old
place must have been century ago
In all the glory OF its fresh beauty,
but still rejoiced that it was reserv-
ed for us to behold it in the perfect
ed lOveliness and richer glory OF
decay. Never did we so fully COM
prehend the words OF Ruskin touch
ing that mysterioussymyAthy which
we feel in "walls that have been
washed by the passing waves of hui
manity."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
TheNewspaper.

INC ttN etuNtAt
No better invention % brighten old age.
Has ever appeared upon litaratnre's stage
Than free newspapers to vindicate truth.
The most eloquent orator can
only reach about thousond men
with the most passionate peRls of
his burning effort, and that but
once, and for one hour; while the
newspaper reaches to its tens Of
thousands of readers and is read
again and again for months, even
years, with the zeal and freshness
which marked its original publica-
ton.
The touching pathOs and finely
rounded periods Of the great orator
falls like leaden balls into water,
quick and penetrating, but sink at
once, leaving no marks or ripples-
While the carefullysprepared news
paper article, like a ragged stone,
starts ripples and wavelets that cir
Gle out wider and wider until the
whole bosom Of the lake is, more
or less, influenced by them.
The finest Orations we heard in
our boyhOOd are SO far forgotten
that we can only say, she was a
effort" but no word or idea is re-
mefnbered; while an old newspa-
per. printed forty years ago, still
impartS the same bright and happy
thoughts as at its first appearance.
The average member of congress
wiz be put TO the blush at the
knowledge and promptness in ev-
eryday affairs of a ten-year-old
news-boy. A thorough acquain-
lance with the current newspaper
literature makes one feel at home
on all the questions of everyday
affairs of men and business, and
fits him far better for the actual
duties of life than all the learning
OF the schools. A man, thoroughly
familiar with the current newspa
pers,never seems an ignoramus in
anything because he is necessarily,
to some extent, posted on the topics
OF the times. Children will not
only learn to read quicker by cur
rent newspapers, but they viii
much more readily master the def
initions Of all the words in daily
use. A newspaper is never too old
or too ragged 10 yield some item
VI luhOkCces RAOAN VI ONAhNoSAOAs
No man ever picked up an old,
ragged newspaper, looking over it
without meeting something to give
him thought, pleasure or informa-
ton. The influence of the newspa-
per has no bounds known to any
man. When the newspaper has
reached all of its subscribers, and
been read by them, though it has
accomplished much, its work is not
ended. It Is sometimes wrapped
around a package to be sent away,
and meeting the eyes awakes
thoughts that light up smile or
gladden. a heart or arouse hopes in
the most Respondent The printing
press has been called the fulcrum
that Archimedes needed for his
lever to raise the world and the
printing press has exercised the
most powerful OF all agencies in
elevating, enlightening and civili-
zing mankind, but it was never used
to more efficient purpose in any
other work than when used to pub
lish the periodical newspaper.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
Scandal.

Lebanon Register.
10 III curious an well a. diagraceful
that the Newspaper press or the
United States, at least q large ma
jority of them, devote so much of
their space to personal scandal. The
supposed personal alterations of men
IN. their youth are themes for their
best writers. Men, too, who, If they
were submitted to the inquisition OF
the Great Master, would be dumb
as oysters, and would stink away as
did the accusers of Mary Magdalene
If the press has nothing else with
which to fill their columns, they
had better be subjected to the law
prohibiting the circulation of OBJ
scene literature. Or else let the
private lives of the writer's be sub
jected to careful inquiry themselves
the main witnesses, and if their
standard of morals is equal to JOS
eph's, then let them rail against
mankind in a private way. Ifthey
are good men they will not attempt
to debauch the fireside with their
lewd accusations, whether the alleged
facts are true or false. No parent or
gentleman will retail even public or
notorious matters of this kind in
the presence of a growing family.
But, in spiteof his precautions, the
public press has become a certain
medium for the insidious poison.
The press is also highly delighted
with the hideous details of the cam
nibalism OF the Greedy party. Here
and there only is published the OBJ
servations of men who have read
the history Of the effects'of famine,
or had the. observation of it, in be-
half OF these suffering men. The
soul and mind go out of man when
he is starving; even the mother for
gets the ties of nature, and the little
child is no longer nourished, but
devoted to death and the demands
of appetite. Reason has fled and
there is no responsibility, and no
guilt that human or divine laws
can adiudicate. The accusers of the
brave but unfortunate men are COM
uniting a crime, and the sober, sec
ond thought of mankind will so re-
gard it.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
Swift Retribution.


Last Monday morning Fleet
Young, living near BeckWith, gave
bus wifea sound .thrashing. geared
ZIP his horses. took two of his little
children, boy and girl, In tie
wagon with him, and, after cursing
his wife soundly. and ordering her
to leave his house, went for barrel
of water. On his return the horses
became frightened and ran away.
Mr.. Young was thrown backward,
his feet becoming entangled in the
wagon, his head falling just Ina front
OF one or the hind wheels. The
horses ran about half mile, when
they stopped, the boy having jump
ed out, the little girl got outanI ran
to her father and asked HIM to get up,
and finding him dead began to
scream, when the team again be-
came frightened and ran about half
mile further, with Young still
dragging under the wheels. They
finally halted and the victim of the
accident was extricattd. He was
dead when found, his neck having
been dislocated and his shoulders
and arm broken. Neither of the
children were hurt.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
Numerous Blaine Boilers
Boston Advertiser.

The New York Evening Post
says that careful personal canvass
of the State by the New York Dem
ocratic Committee, shows in 1850
election districts AS many as $4,000
Republicans who WIFI not vote for
Blaine, one-half the number sup
porting Cleveland actively. The
districts canVasSed do not include
New York and Brooklyn, where
the boilers are known to be numer-
Gus and determined.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
MeteOrs by the Millions.

The earth is now passing through
the stream of August meteOrs gen.
orally seen in the northwestern sky
after midnight. A single observer,
under favorable circumstances, sees
from six to eight meteOrs an hour.
But he sees only one-fifth or one
sixth of those visible above his hor-
lion. The total number, thereof,
visible in an hour at given stations
is about thirty-five. III we should
multiply this by twenty-four we
should get oyer eight hundred as
the number visible at a givenipoint
of the earth's surface in an entire
day, provided that clouds or sun
light did not interfere with the
observation. From a single point
on the earth's surface, however,
we see only a small portion of the
atmospheric envelope, and il is
within this atmospheric envelope
that the meteOrs become visible.
The total number visible over the
whole earth in day would be up
ward of 10000 times the number
visible at single station, or 10, 600
multiplied by 500 equals 5000, 900 as
the number Of meteOrs falling every
day to the earth, which would, in
the absence of the sun, moon and
clouds, be visible TO the naked eye.
Fortunately for us. these bodies
are not very large, and a protective
atmosphere interpOseS between us
and their tumultuOus assault. Were
it otherwise everything on the
surface OF the earth would be bat
tered down 10 common level.
For the most part these bodies are
dissolved in tine upper regions OF
the atmosphere and descend i'm
perceptibly, as meteroic dust, a de-
pOsit OF Which has Sometimes been
found upon tops of mountains.
The August meteors are usually
of an-Orange color, moYe very rap
Idly and commonly leave streaks
which last for one or more seconds.
These stFeaks are highly useful i'm
enabling us To- fix the radiant point
with precision. 90
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
A New Circus Joke.
San. Francisco Post:


Three men suddenly stood on
their heads, uttering frightful
shrieks at the circus the other even
ing. The clown had actually got
ten offa brand new joke, and the
unexpected occurrence had unseated
their reason. Old circus gOers rose
from their seats and rushed about
embracing each other with emotion.
One white-headed old man was car
ried out, eXclaiming:
az always said it would happen
some day. Now L am willing to
der
Many of the audience spent the
night i'm the middle of the street,
fearing an earthquake.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
Destructive Hail.

A very damaging hail storm pas
sed through the southern and ives.
tern portion of the comfy last FRI
day and the tobacco crops in its
path were, in nearly every instance,
totally ruined. The most damage
we have heard of was done along a
line extending from WhippoOrwill
towards Adairville, the sufferers be-
ing c. Russell, who lost Is or 20
acres of fine tobacco; G. w. Bailey,
IS acres; II. f. Cornelius, 5 acres ;
]. Alexander, 10 acres and Henry
Bell, 20 acres. Mr.. Bell had very
fine crop which was entirely ruined.
His loss will be very heavy and
just at this particular time will
come quite hard on him. There
was considerable rain and hail
stones as large as partrige eggs fell.
In one or two farm houses windows
were badly smashed.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06

PAPER shirts are a new invention
The bosom of tins novel garment
consists of seven layers, of which
one can be torn off every day, on
the blOtting pad principle, expos
ing clean white surface in its
place. A still more enterprIsiug
inventor is trying to perfect a plan
for printing installments of a sensa-
tional novel OF thrilling interest
on the back of each of the layers.
He shrewdly expects that, having
once commenced the tale, the
wearer of the pad shirt will be una
bic to wait day for the next INSTALL
ment, and SO be tempted to peel off
the successive layers of his shirt
front at more frequent intervals.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
SOME youngsters who had recent

SOME youngsters who had recent
ly attended funeral attempted
yesterday to have one of their own.
Procuring some shovels they dug a
grave in large pile of sand, into
which they placed one of their little
comrades. After holding service
over the grave they proceeded to
cover him. "A gentleman passing
saw what was being done and res
cued the youngster, who would have
undoubtedly been smothered to
death, as the boys were bent on do
ing the matter as they had seen it
done. When rescued there was
only a small portion of the little fell
lows face above ground.-Utdttd-
7aOO0a Commercial.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06

THE Free Trade Club in England
publishes a phamphlet containing
this choice extract: "Let it be
understood once for all that the sal
walton of England depends upon
the destruction of American manu-
features, and the only way in which
American manufacturers can be de-
stroyed is by free trade. "-AUdL'ch
Now, free born Americans, do you
understand a plain case?e- DO you
want one-third of your entire popu-
lation turned out of employment ?
Do you want ignorance, poverty
and crimlnality to be the inheri.
tance of your children !? II so, vote
and talk free trade; if not, vote for
no man, be he Republican or Demo-
crat, who is in favor of destroying
our manufactures by free trade
Chester Citizen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
The slaughter Of the saints.

N. l. WILL ~
Southerners are not likely to suf-
fer from a further Invasion of Nor
mons. The application OF the shot
gun policy TO the Cane Creek colony
of Latter Day Saints, in Tennessee,
last Sunday morning. is warning
against Mormon migration to the
South which is likely to be effectual.
The slaughter of several Mormon
elders by a party of masked tmen
was horrible affair, but tar less
horrible than the Mountain Mead
ow massacre, which is said to have
had the sanction OF Brigam Young.
The murder of Mormons is to be
severely condemned, however, re-
gardless of human life, their
church may have been in the ac-
complishment of its purposes: but
the slaughter in Tennessee is sig
nificant, as showing the abhorrence
with which the Mormon social sys-
tenn Is regarded. The expression of
the feeling was very wrong, but the
feeling itself was right, and when
it is as intense through0utthe whole
Union as it appears. to be, in Tonnes
see, the abolition of the Mormon
infamy will be at hand.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
Mr. CInuelnnh,s nrnnnai1

Mr.. CIeveland's propositions re.
garding the laboring class are can
did, straightforward and sensible.
They will be accepted by self-re-
specting-wOrkingmen, and will be
found to be consistent with his
course in the office he now holds.
The principle that he lays down as
to immigration is practical, and
will be generally approved. lie
recognizes the generous attitude of
the country towards all who wish
the rights with the responsibility OF
citizenship, but he would not, en-
courage the immigration OF those
who "do not intend to become
Americans"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
THE people impeach the RepubIi-

THE people impeach the RepubIi.
can party and its candidate for the
Presidency for:
lf 1.-The Credit MObelier swindle.
"The Boss Shepard ring.frauds.
1.-The safe burglary iniquity.
''The whisky frauds.
"The Freedmand'S Bank swindle
"The Belknap impeachment.
-"The Robson naval frauds.
"The SanbOrn frauds.
r "The Indian Bureau frauds.
1.-The pension Bureau frauds.
"The Black Friday raScaIity.
"The Presidential steal in 1876.
"The Indian bribery in 1880.
1.-The Blaine Speakership jobbery
1.-The Star Route Frauds"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06

J. A. Tawney, Esq, a leading
attorney of Winona, Mimi, writes:
CATER using it for more. than three
years, take great pleasure in sta
ting that | regard DR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, as the
best remedy in the world for
Coughs and Colds. 1t has never
failed to cure the most severe colds
i have had, and invariably relieves
the pain IN the chest
Trial Bottles OF this sure cure for
all Throat and Lung Diseases may
he had Free at Owen d Moore's
Drug Store. Large size el.O0,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-06
Won Can Have nc.

"My dear, what would l give to
have your hair ?" is often said by
1niddie-aged ladies TO young ones
Madam, YOU may have just such
hair. Parker's Hair Balsam will
give IL TO you. 1t will stop your
hair from falling off, restore the
original color and make it long.
thick, soft and glossy. You need
not stand helplessly envying the
girls. The Balsam Is not oily, mol
a dye, but is an elegant dressing,
and ia especially recommended for
Is cleanliness and purity.