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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

A prominent Republican of Wash
ington, talking to New York Herald
correspondent, paid the new Demo
cratic administration the following
handsome compliment
Il have occasion, by the nature OF
my work, to know what is being done
in the Treasury and by the admins
tration in the way of reforming long
standing and very grave abuses; and |
say TO you that, in the important mat
ters which / ann necessarily familiar
with, this Democratic administration
has done more in three months than
has been done in fifteen years before.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

For once, at all events, Mr.. P. I. Bar
mum fulfilled his promise of @the great
est show on earth" in his street parade
in Worcester, Mass, where his process
sion was followed in the rear by mile
length of baby wagons with baby
and at intervals two in every wagon.
Worcester is incidentally mentioned
in Massachusetts statistics as a manu-
featuring town-baby wagons being
specialty.-New York World
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20
better shnn She expected.

@Your letter received In reply /
am happy to say that Parker's Hair
Balsam did much more for me than
you said it would, or than | expected.
My hair has not only stopped falling
out, but the bald spots are all covered,
and all my hair has grown thicker,
softer and more lively than it was be-
fore my sickness year ago Thank
you again and again" Extract from
letters of Mr.. r w. T., West Fifty
third street, New York.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

True diplomacy is the art OF hiding
your money where your wife cannot
find it, and then to lie in bed pretend
ing to be asleep as you watch her go
through your clothes in an unproduct-
i've hunt.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20
Important Bond Decision.
Dradcfroafga

A decision of some interest in rela-
ton to the redemption of United States
bonds has been rendered by First Con-
troller of the Treasury Durham. A
citizen of Belgium lately presented for
redemption three mutilated coupon
bonds Of $1,000 each, which he said he
had found in Brussels in 1884. The
First Controller refused to consent to
their redemption on the ground that
the finder of the notes had only quail
flied interest in them, and simply held
possession OF them as against all per-
sons except the rlghtful owner. Judge
Durham holds that the finder of bonds
acquires no title therein as against the
owner or the government by which
they are issued, and cannot maintain
an action for their redemption. lie
further holds that the mutilated bonds
cannot lie redeemed unless the Treas
ury Department is satisfied that the
parts presented are all that remain OF
the bonds. or. in other words, that the
unproiused paris must be satisfactorily
accounted for.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

The posImaster-genenil is going to
have new names for such post offices
as "U Bet" Tennessee. This is right.
We once saw n mail agent who was
paraIized by seeing bundle Of Sun
day-school papers in the Iaail for that
Office On one side OF the bundle was
printed "t1e Died For Allp and right
below was III Bet" The two inscrip-
iion~ harmonized beautifally--Fsy-
ftteraie cypress,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20
r. S. BROADDUb'.
WHAT AN old SMOKER SAYS.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. %, 1884

NASHVILLE, TENN., Oct q I064
Mr. W. S. Jones, City:
The sample of Smoking Tobacco received of you labeled
''PIPE PEACE" is the BEST Smoking Tobacco have
had in Years. 1t is deliciousy favored, is plenty
other as long get this, and want 10 lbs to lay
away for a rainy day. Your friend GEO. E. PURvIs
Manufactured by E. B. ROSS, Rossview, Tenn, and
put up in attractive style. Orders from obbers and whole
sale dealers solicited.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

There are signs that the day of the
gambling is fast closing. Whether
IL will dawn a.ain, or whether the
reformation will be complete, time
will have to decide. Vigorous warfare
Ill various portions Of the country,
Even in New York, where the attempt
would seem to be useless, the tigers
claws have been closely clipped and the
silyery voice OF the pool-seller has sunk
below whisper. In Philadelphia the
battle is raging, with indications that
the gambling forces will have to leave
the field or give up their nefarious call
ing. Chicago, where the profession
ruled politics for years, has Withdrawn
her protection, and issued an cdict
that the houses must close. In Louis
vile the opposing forces are massing
fer the struggle The Louisville Cou
rier-Journal starts "A lengthy editorial
with the following:
The movement to suppress the faro banks,
Wll1ch has taken AN organized form and re-
sponsi Bile clIarac er, commands our entire
approval aud respect, and shall receive our
support.
For long time the impression pre-
vailed in interior towns that when
Knights of the green" were allowed to
ply their profession, it was Il sign that
the place was becoming metropolitan.
1t would seem that ideas have chang
ed, and now it is decidedly unihshion-
able in the great cities to project and
encourage the vice. The anti gamb
ling era will be welcome throughout
the country.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

II regard the use OF beer as the true
temperance principle. When 1 work
all day and am exhausted nothing
helps me like glass Of beer. IL assists
nature, you understand" Aft makes II
regular fool of me- tlis' friend rc-
piled. @That's what | say. II assists
nature
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

a Lexington cat forsook her kittens
and took up a puppy lately. Lexing-
ton is the place where they raise tack
eating dorgs.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

punch and Judy" is contraction
from Pontius and Judas. 1t is relic
Of an old "niracle play" in which the
actors were Pontius PLATE and Judas
Iscariot.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

1t is estimated that the permanent
population OF New Orleans. l17,O0l, or
about one half the total have not visit
ed the exposition.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

1t must be gratifying to every Ten
.nessean to know what high position
Gov. Porter has taken at Washington.
] He has never lost the warm friendship
OF Tennesseans even when so many
differed with him as TO public policy
and now he stands firm. in the conf
dence of the democrats OF Tennessee
and in the respect OF everybody Mem
21lis ApfLanche.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

you Stock of the --latest Style Silk and WOOen
Goods
An Immense Broaes Pas Striped and Phin White Dress
varied stock Of New Swiss EnbrodeeS with "over
Ebrodees Egyptian love Enbroderies to MATCH
Walls and other Lces great profSlon
The Best lO White in fine White
and Colored match Call er as the
low prices quality beauty these goods will make them sell
rapidly.
The Cheapest and best Napkins be found
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

End Everything think either Ladies' Misses Chldrea
Opera Slippers Newport Ties Newpo
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

s The largest and most complete
IN Carksvil IN all Sizes widths shapes and grades
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

3D. Our Mems Fine Shoes in Hand Machine
La aandP Peh hhle(1na {
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

4h Just arrived in
the Shapes This Shoe the
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20
The War on Gambling.

June ., 1885.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08

Mr.. Cleveland President. and the
probabilities are that they can re-
elect him if.their vote is held togeth-
er. It was the vote of the Indepen-
dents that gave him New York, and
if this can be retained l,y yielding to
their demand for the continuance of
Mr.. Pearson in the Postoffice, 1t was
certainly good policy to make tho
appointment. Moreover, New York
elects a Governor and full State
ticket this coming fall, and the In
dependents will probably hold the
balance of power, and it would have
been midsummer madness to have
risked the loss of their vote, by re-
fusing them SO cheap a price.
Mr.. Cleveland knows also that the
disappointed Democrats. will howl
and shrek, and kick, and prance for
a season, and take their cruel with
many wry faces, but that they will
march up to the polls, and vote the
solid ticket every time. On the
whole we conclude therefore, that
Parsons reappointment is good
politics" on the part of the President.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08

JUST now it is a matter of some
interest to Republicans to remem-
Der that, in the words of George
William Curtis at the Chicago Con-
vention. June 3, "we are confronted
with the Democratic party, very
hungry-and you may well believe
very thirsty-a party without a
single definite principle, a party
without any distinct national pol
icy which it dares to present to the
country, a party which fell from
power as a conspiracy against hu-
man rights, and now attempts to
sneak back to power as conspir-
acy for plunder and spoils."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08

IT will be remembered that dur
ing the last political campaign the
Democratic orators, and conspicu-
ously Mr.. Randall. went up and
down in the land, proclair1ing that
the Republican rascals should be
turned out because, among other
things, they had accumulated a
surplus of more than 100000, 600
In the Treasury, which ought to be
employed in paying the National
debt. Now comes the first finan-
cial statement for the first month OF
the new Administration, and il
shows that during March there was
paid s4SS,747 OF the public debt,
and there is remaining in the Treas
ury only s22, 2,259.025. 1t is now in
order to inquire whether the Dem.
ocrats lied when they asserted that
the surplus in the treasury was
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08
Admiral Jouett Instructed.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-The follow
ing telegram, embodying the instruc.
tons of Secretary Whitney in regard
TO the restoration of uninterrupted
transit across the isthmus, was sent
from the navy department to-
night:
Rear Admiral James E. Jouea, y. S,
N
Tennessee, Pensacola. Fla:
In addition to the force under
your command in the steamships
Tennessee, Swatara, Alliance and
Galena (all of which should be at As
pinwall upon your arrival you will
be reinforced by about 200 marines
dispatched to-day From New York
by the steamship City of Para, with
tents and camp equipment, and to
provide for contingencies further
supplies will be sent at once.
The duty you are called upon to
perform calls for the exercise of
great discretion. The object of the
expedition is the performance by
the United States of the agreement
to preserve the neutrality of and
keep open the transit from Colon to
Panama and further, to protect the
lives and property of American citi-
zens.
The circumstances as understoo d
from which the necessity for the ex-
pedition has arisen are, in general,
that a steamship belonging to Ameri-
cans has been seized at Colon by an
armed force, and goods in transit TAX
en- from her, her officers and the
transit across the Isthmus interrup.
ted. With the consequences involv'
ed in these past acts you are not con
cerned. Your sole duty is confined
to seeing that free and uninterrup
ted transit across the Isthmus is re-
stored and maintained, and that tht
lives and property OF American citi
zens are protected.
If, On your arrival, at the isthmus
order shall have been restored anC
the Columbian authorities are ade
quate to the protection of life ant
property and the maintenance o
the free transit, you will interfere il
no respect with the constituted au
thorities, but report and await or
ders. You have no part to perform
in the political or social disorders o
Columbia, and it will be your dut,
to see that no irrelation or unfriend
illness shall arise from your presenc
at the isthmus.
The exercise of humanity toward
; American citizens in exigent distres
must be left to your sound discre
ton.
w. C. WHITNEY,
| r Al
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08

wEDNEsDAY......... APRIL s, 1855
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08
Cure for Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by
a sense of weight in the back, loins
and lower part ofthe abdomen, caus-
ing the patient to suppose he has
some affection of the kidneys or
neighboring organs At times,
symptoms of indigestion are present,
as fatulency, uneasiness of the stom-
ach, ect. A moisture, like perspira-
tion, producing very disagreeable
itching, after getting warm, is a COM
mon attendant. Blind, Bleeding and
Itching Piles yield at once to the ap-
plication OF DR.. Bosanko's Pile Rem
edy. which acts directly upon the
parts affected absorbing the Tumors,
allaying the intense itching, and ef-
fecting permanent cure. Price so
cents. Address, The DR.. Bosanko
Medicine Co., Piqua, 0. Sold by
c. N. BOYD, Druggist, Somerset,
Pa. dec.3-1y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08
w. C. WHITNEY,
Secretary of the Navy.


CLEVELAND, April "A statement
published in Pittsburgh and tele-
graphed here to the evening papers
Yesterday announced that Mrs. Gar
field, widow of the murdered Presi-
dent, was soon to be married to a
clergyman named Taylor, residing
in a Pennsylvania city. Mr.. H. S.
Rhodes, who has been a warm per-
sonal friend of the Garfields for
many years, when asked last evening
as to the authenticity of the report
declared that there was nothing in
it.
A reporter called upon Mrs. Gar.
field this evening and drew her at
tention to the article. She refused
to affirm or deny the story, simply
saying that she considered it an in
suit. Those who are in a position
to know, say that the whole thing is
a cruel canard,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08

AsPINwALL or Colon, that has
Just been destroyed by insurgents.
is city of 10000 inhabitants and
a free port on the northern coast of
Panama. 1t is built on the we'll
wooded coral island of Manzanilla.
and owes its origin to the Panama
Railway Company, who founded
the city in 1850 for the convenience
of their traffic. 1t derives its more
usual name from the late w. 81. As-
pin~all, who was one of the largest
Of the railroad stockheld ep. II il
now the centre of considerable
local trade. The banana is largely
cultivated and extensively exported
to New York. The population,
which approaches 10000, is princi-
pally celored.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08

SECRETARY of the Treasury Man
ring has an easy, but rather trans
parent, method of circumventing
the declaration of the administra-
ton that no removals viii be made
except for cause. He writes to the
present office holders and requests"
their resignation; this request being
equivalent to a demand, is, of course
complied with, and the announce
ment is published that the new
appointments are made to fill va
cancies occasioned by designations.
There are more ways of killing a
dog than by choking HIM with but
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08

APART from politics, the reap
pointment of DR.. Higbee as Super
intendent of Schools is one emil
nently fit to be made, and will
command the appreciation of the
friends of our common schools
throughout the State. His capacity
is unquestioned, and his admins
tration has been thoroughly success.
full and satisfactory. Being a Re-
publican, his reappointment by
Governor Pattison is a bitter pill for
the Democratic politicians to swal-
low, but apart from this they can
bring no charge against him. Men
of every political hue will agree
that politics should be rigidly ex-
cluded from our public schools,
and Governor Pattison is worthy OF
commendation in this instance, for
bowling to public sentiment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08

One Southern Brigadier came to
grief in the expiring hours of the
Senate's session. Gen. Alexander
Il. Lauton, of Georgia, who was ed
ucated at West Point and resigned
his commission to join the rebels,
was nominated by the President as
Minister to Russia. Investigation
by the Senate showed that, although
he had been pardoned by Andrew
johnson, his political disabilities
had not been removed by Congress,
and, in fact. he is not now citizen
of the United States. Finding that
the Senate would refuse his confir-
nation on this ground, the Presi-
dent. at the last moment withdrew
his nomination, and General Lauton
missed the nice little plumb of s17,-
500 per annum, which his mouth
had opened to receive. 1t now re-
mains to be seen whether the Pres
ident has in reserve another Briga-
dier qualified to fill this position, or
whether, now that the Senate has
adjourned, he will reappoint this
foreign gentleman.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08
CANADA'S REBELLION.
The Insurrection Spreading Among
the Indians and Halfbreeds.

WINNIPEG. Man., April 3.-The kill
ing of two scouts at Battleford by the
Indians is the most serious news re-
ceived from the Northwest to-day.
Those scouts were believed to have
been sent by Colonel Irving to Bat
tleford with important news from
Prince Albert. Taylor settlement,
near Battleford, was raided by H.
dams and everything destroyed. A
large body of Indians are encamped
near Battleford waiting movement
on the part of those in the barracks,
who telegraphed that troops are ear
nestly needed at once. The party
in the barracks, seeing the half
breeds carrying off goods with a
blackboard, sailed out under cover
of cannon 20 capture them. The
fight followed, in which some half
breeds were wounded
A despatch from Port Arthur, at
the head of Lake Superior, states
that A andd B batteries have reach
ed this side of the railroad gap and
expect to reach Nepigon tomorrow
and this point perhaps on Friday.
They were in excellent spirits.
General Superintendent Egan has
a special train of seventeen cars and
one Pullman at Nepigon to bring
them to this point, a distance of 500
miles, and to take them hence to
Qu'Appelle, distance of 325 miles.
A local company of sharpshooters
has been organized to act as scouts.
They have had long experience on
the plains and are awaiting the ac-
ceptance of their services by Gener-
al Middleton. The troops cannot
arrive too soon, as at least, all the
Indians in the Saskatchewan Valley
are, or shortly will be in arms. No
news has been received from Prince
Albert, and it is assumed that the
rebels are in complete possession OF
all the means of communication.
Over 600 volunteers arrived last
evening at Dog Lake, on the division
line between Ross and Agbott's con-
tracts, $50 miles East of Nepigon.
The American Government has in
formed the military authorities that
proper precautions have been taken
to prevent Fenians or Indians from
crossing the boundary or supplies
and ammunition being sent to the
repels from the States. Five hun
dred men placed at Fort Smelling
500 at Fort Assiniboine and 200 al
Fort Penbima,all under General Ter
ry, are designed for the purpose nam.
al
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08

THE rebellion in the Canadian
provinces is assuming large proper
tions and the situation is daily
growing more serious. The half
breeds are being joined by the In
dian tribes of Manitoba and the far
Northwest, and the following OF
Riel, the chief of the insurgents,
now amounts to several thousand
men. The Colonial government is
hurrying all the forces it can raise
to the seat of the disturbance, and
is moreover, disturbed with the
fears of a Fenian uprising nearer
home. 1t is said that Fenian agents
are at work among the Irishmen in
our lake cities, trying to incite them
into active participation with the
rebels.
That the insurgents will eventual
ly be crushed hardly admits of a
doubt, but the Canadian govern
ment may have an Indian war Of
large proportions on its hands,
which will take many months with
large expenditure Of treasure to
subdue. Meanwhile, it behooves
this government to use every pre-
caution to prevent the United States
from being embroiled with Great
Britain, through Fenian intrigues
on this side of the line.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08
The Independents are shouting

THE Independents are shouting
with delight over the appointment
of Pearson as postmaster Of New
York, while the rank and file Of the
Democracy are denonncing the Pres
ident for thus recognizing the mug
wumps. Our view Of the matter is
that by this appointment the Presi-
dent fulfills the contract on part OF
his friends, which secured the vote
of the Independents of New York,
and elected him to the position he
now occupies Apart from this
however, Mr.. Pearson's appointment
ID . most polite one from q Demo-
cratic standpoint. The solid south
with New York and Indiana made
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08

A standing matter for ridicule by
Democratic journalists, for years
past, has been the "old tubs" of our
navy, which Democratic statesmen
refused to have replaced with bet
ter and more powerful vessels. The
interruption of the isthmus route,
which this government is specifically
bound to keep open, has compelled
the President to forward troops to
Aspinwall, and order all the "old
tubs" in the Navy to that point, for
the protection of American citizens,
and the enforcement of our treaty
stipulations. Fortunately for us
we will not meet any foreign navy
there to "buck against" or our
Democratic brethren, now respon.
sible for the honor and credit of the
Nation, would feel like laughing on
the other side of their mouths.
That our Navy is contemplate, as
compared with that of other first
class powers, is undeniable. but the
responsibility for it rests solely
with the Democratic representatives
in Congress, who have resisted all
appropriations for its improvement
This little speck of trouble shows
the folly of letting partisanship
stand in the way of discretion. "In
times of peace prepare for war" is Q
sound axiom.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-08
Movement Of Troops.

OTTAWA, April 2.-Despatch of
troops to the Northwest continues
with unabated industry. Four
companies Of the 35th Battalion,
Simcoe Foresters, 200 men each. left
Barrie, Ont, for Toronto to-day to
join like number of York Rangers,
the whole to be under the command
of Lieutenant-colonel O'Brien. The
65th Battalion will leave Montreal
on Saturday.
The Toronto University students
are moving to form party of scouts
to go to the front. Twenty-Five
names have already been enrolled,
all from tho University, majority
having traversed the Northwest as
surveyors. They are all picked
men, trained athletes and capital
shots. Gordon, one of the leaders
of the movement, served in the
Abyssinian war as an independent
volunteer and afterward as scout
in Indian wars in the United States.