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Washington Letter
FROM OUR REGULAR CoRREsroNDENT.

FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, AUG, Goth, 1855.
Senator Allison says the Treasury
surplus is gone, at least that for the
current year is. 1t has been wiped out
by the unusually large appropriations
made by the present Congress. This
discovery is likely to prove somewhat
awkward for the tariff reformers, and
has created vertable sensation here.
An inquiSitive genius, noticing the
heavy appropriations for pensions, pub
lie buildings, the river and harbor bill
and other things, started in to do Il lit,
tie figuring. First, he got the estIma-
ties of the Treasury Department for
the receipts of the current fiscal year.
Then he footed. up the appropriations
already made and those certain to be
made by Congress. The startling re
suit was that there was no surplus for
this year, or such small one as not to
be worth noting. 1t seems strange
that such all important matter should
have been overlooked until this time,
1t is likely to have a very important
bearing on many things.
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I'HE CA1o,7IN CLARION.
CHAS. f. CASSELL.
Editor and Publisher.
Thursday, Aug. %, 1888.
Newspaper Law Decisions.

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Sponsiblc for the payment.
If any person orders his paper discontinued he
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may continue to send it until payment Is made
ana collect the whole amount, whether the paper IS
taken from the office not.
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AUCTION
II bIIC SILE.


III McvhHNiCatOWn, on
FRIDII, SEPTEMBER If, 1883,
It1O Oc!och, 4. W.
The following personal property,
4 hcdstcads and bcdjin@, secretary, beds
! wardrobe, > set, chairs, 3 rockers, , desks
stands, sink, 3 tables, one large dining
table, 4 lamps, ! corner cupboard, l side
boards 10 king gjaeoos, 3 clocks, cookstoyc
ANA fixtures, 2 template stoves and pipe, )
smoothing irons, quccnswarc, cutlery, clutch
ovens, pans, pots, crooks, fruit Jars and cans,
lard cans, good large copper kettle, . iron
do, 3 tubs, barrels, haIt.bushcI, pccks meas
urc, buckets, mattocks, shoycIs, rakcs, brirr
hooks axes, hammers l single shovel pillow,
2 double do, ladders, grirdstouc, . sets OF
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EssgEEsasEc NOTICE.

The IND cr,igncd and other citizens of
Ilauyers district. frederick county, Md,
hereby give notice that they intend to peti
tiun the County Commissioners Of Frederick
county, at their next meeting Thirty days
after the publications. this notice, TO erect
Il Bridge over Owens Greek on the road
leading from Kinna's Mil TO Mount Zion
said crossing being one much Travelled and
u Bridge seems to be "A necessity,
Levi Blown,
Edward * m,
mavG5 JOS b, Brown.
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For the Red Flag SIGN on East Main Street
and take Il bee line for il and You will find a
little place in the corner that k"rps..Oystcrs
and if yO, have cot The sand to call for Il
stew YOU will be surprised to find such oys-
tiers in the place, they are large and fat. We
do not tack ON tOOur oysters any fancy or fIc-
titious names 10 order to deceive the trade
and sell them, they are simply known rs
Chances Fall Moon Brand and lhcir superior
quality sesth Good oysters is what you
want TO hold your trade and YOU can get
thcni from US. Our oysters are always fresh
and do not require injurious prcs"rvalivcs in
ordcr 10 keep them as is the case with many
oysters now shipped from baltimore We
handle no bloatcd stock nor trashy cUls, but
PRIME oysters and sclld meat.
We have connected to our Oyster Depart
mCnt this season,
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Baltimore c1}'a'he'';

We give IN the following table Of prices
the ratings of Tuesday prcyious to our
issue, as likewise that of the Tuesday a-Nr'h
previous. by This method we inform "ur
readers at n glance, ofthc c2"&e q Me MH'-
ku which is rs essential as knowledge OF
the present week.
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FREDERICK, Mn, JUN 10, 1888
The Tax Books for 1858 are now ready
and the Collector would call the attention of
the Tan Payers Of lSSS, to Section 45, Artl-
Gle II, Revised Code of Maryland:
"All persons who shall pay their State
Taxes on or before the first day of Scptcm-
Der ofthc year for which they are levied,
shall be entitled to deduction Of five per
ccntum on the amount of said taxes. All
that shall ply the sumo on or before the first
day of October of the said year, SHALL be en-
titled to deduction Of four per ccntum and
all that shall pay the same ON or before the
first day of November of said ycrr, shall he
entitled to u deduction OF lrec per ccntum
CHARLES i. ROWE.
iu)v I3.dt Collector
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The village campmeetNg commenced
ar La Plata on Saturday afternoon last.
Peaches are coming Baltimorewards
from Calvert county in large quantities.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-08-23

The Blue Mountain House has 800
guests, many OF whom are from New
York.
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Tramps go through EIkton daily in
DOZENS They are looking for peaches
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-08-23

Bass fishing in the Potomac aud Shcn.
andoah rivers has never been better.
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.Ebl.acsSssesItEa Tools.

lot new and old iron, pairs OF scales Turn
pike Stock and other articles in large mum
bcrs not necessary to name.
Also at the same time, Will DC sold Mr. J.
w Snfnu'g
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HENRY MMpPESy
- LREpA1RER OF -
Watches, Clocks. JcWclry, &c.,
Mechanicstown, MD.

MUSICAL 80 NES,
that cannot be repaired elsewhere,
CYLINDERS REFIILED!
TEETH REPLACED IN COMBS!
and Satisfaction Guaranteed.
| have references to prove that the work
taat do in musical boxes is of character
that caauot be as acN done anywhere else in
tins country Parties reporting to me the
trouble with their musical boxes, ! will be
able to tell them in advance the cost Of the
repairs.
aUg2ly
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Il Sure Cure for ali FEMALE WEAK
NES=ES. lncinuing Ecuc1nhTn, Ire
REGULAR and i'ninfui .tICnstruution,
Inflammation and liberation Of
the Womb, Flooding, pro-
LtPSIS ITERi, &c
sT"Plccsnnt TO the taste, c:lcucioUs oud Immediate
in iJsot TT. ltaH great hulpi pregnancy, and
lirvc~ pain earring labor and at regular I,IioG5
+nysICIASsIsErr AND PRESCRIBE II rEliLN.
Cs.eFuR All WEAESEssrs Of the ronerativn orrGns
Of either sen it j. second To- remedy that la# owe"
lcrn cforc the puh.iri and for al diseases Of tho
lIDNIy8 it Is the Gi,dftSt Ecm,iH IN the HVrh
KIDNEY COMPLAINTS Gr Either Sex
Find Circuit EclUfin KS Use.
TYpIA T.. pINkIAM'@ HLU1D PURIFIER
Cil trr.HIaqtr every Nr-tlrc Of HumuIs IRON the
Blood ut the sumo time VIII give tone aud strength t.
thya;s, i-lnlrTtouS in results AZ the Compound
. Epth the Compound and r. cd Purifier arc pre-
pared at "@ and -, Western avenue, Lynn, Mas.
lroa Of either 81. six bottle s.. The Compound
synt Us ac IN the form of pills or of loArnses, on
receipt Of price, 81 per box for either. Mrs. Ifnklm
freely Grsw,Is all letters OF inquiry Enclose 8 cent
,iap2. send for pamphlet. Mention this Paper.
tgrIrn., Z. IrvEHt,r's rTrR TTTIs euro CuDst pa
~,'., - 81 and f.''r.,'''tr ''' '"'' i-'"
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Fortunes in Frogs.

FROM TIE BOSTON JOURNAL.
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National Republican., 1888-02-12

was not elected. They could do no less than
that because the record showed that Captain
White had beaten him by $500 votes The
Democrats of the committee then decided
that Captain White was Ineligible to the
scat, because he had never been naturalizcd,
refusing TO take his own and the oaths and
the witnesses who saw him naturalized as
evidence of the fact, and holding to the un-
tenable position that no evidence could be
accepted except that of the record itself.
Such position is absolutely and unqualified
opposed TO all the prccedents, to all the de-
cisions of all the courts of this or any other
country. and the committee must have
known that or its ignorance is as massive as
the Egyptian pyramids. The Democrats of
the committee, in coming to this conclusion,
were only carrying out the conspiracy which
began i'm Indiana prior to the election that
is, the conspiracy to steal from the Repubi-
cans the vote of that State of Indiana, and
thus deprive them of the power to elect
President in the House of Representative
should such an emergency occur.
Fortunately some of the Democrats of the
the House would not lend themselves to this
conspiracy, though II is intimated that par
ties very high in authority in the Democratic
party were cognizant of and parties to the
attempt, Among those prominent in rclus
ing to follow the partisan action of the com
mittcc was Mr.. Bourke Cochran of New York
himself a naturalzcd citizen, Mr.. Cochran
eth instant, made most eloquent and eff
fective appeol for the rights of the people
and against the infamous attempts to de-
prive them of representation. From that
speech we extract the following!
Other Democrats of ability took the same
position with these gentlemen, and when
the vote was taken as to the eligibility of
Captain White, the conspiracy was defeated
by vote of one hundred and eighty-six to
one hundred and five, Forty-siX of the ma
iorty voters being Democrats who would
not dcbase themselves by entering into so
foul a conspiracy rs that conCoctcd in the
committee room of the Committee on Elec-
tons.
Captain White stands vindcatcd before his
constituents rs man of integrity and honor
the only men hurt by the conspiracy being its
cuncoctors in Indiana and the Democrats of
the House who aided them. The Rdt,rdiizm
citizens Of Mc IHiied Stdies WW probrbiy re-
membcr his dastdrdly Democratic onst,tUghi
UpOH their righis.
National Republican., 1888-02-12

moral Education" Mrs. Elizabeth Lisle
Saxon ofTennessec. DiscuSsiun--Nlrs. G. NJ.
s. Frazar delegate of National Moral Educa-
ton Society; DIR. Caroline H. Winslow, prcsi-
dent of District of Columbia Moral Education
Society; Mrs. Lucinda b. Chandler, Mrs. II.
II. Shattuck, Mrs. Clara Is Hoffman. Miss
Frances r.. Willard, Zereldn G. Wallace.
"Dress" Annie Jenness Miller.
Friday, 7:45 p. m.: Political Conditions
Mrs NJ Mcclellan Brown, Mrs. Isabella
Beecher Hooker, Madame Clara Neumnnn.
Discussion-NIrs Matilda Joslyn Gage, Fran
ces Il. Willard, Mrs. II. Robinson, Mrs. Mary
Lvermore, Mrs. Laura NJ. Johns.
Saturday, March 81, 10 q. IN, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, presiding: Pioneers Confer
ence--Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone.
Frederick Douglass, Matilda Joslyn Gage,
Susan B. Anthony, Robert Purvis, An
toinette Brown Blackwell and Others
Saturday, 7:45 p. M: Political Conditions
lcontinued)-Miss Helen Taylor, Miss Helen
NJ. Cougar
Sunday, April 1, 23O p. M, Susan b. An
thony presiding: Religious Symposium
Rev, Antoinette b. Blackwell Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker,
Mrs. Matilda Joslyn Gage, Mrs Mary A. Liv-
ermore Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Miss
Frances Willard, Mrs. Il. Boynten Harbert,
Mrs. Zerelda g. Wallace.
Sunday, 7:45 p. m: Close of the Council
Rev. Olympia Brown, Mrs. Ierelda G. Wal
lace, Moral Force of the ballot" Closing
Address-Mrs. Cady Stanton.
National Republican., 1888-02-12
a LOADED CAKE OF SOAP,
Three thousand Dollars Worth of Pre-
cious stones Concealed In II.
Jewclrrs' WeeLIv

a customs Hawkshaw "Smugglers must
lieawake nights trying TO evovene schemes
to evade the payment of duties. AT least, !
imagine they must, from the number of new
schemes l am constantly obliged to be on
the lookout for. No sooner do we begin to
watch for passengers with the thick-soled
shoes made by European shoemakcrs to ac-
commodatc the diamond smugglcrs, than we
have TO keep our eyes open to detect the
woman with bonnctful of jewelry. We
seize enough, heaven knows, but not fifticth
part of the COntraband goods brought into
this country are ever detected.
"Thc articles which seem to be most fa-
vored by the smugglers are diamonds jew
clry, and watches, although silks and costly
dress goods are by no means despiscd. Dia-
their portability and the small space which
they occupy. Search in the most unlikely
places has often revealed a mine of wealth.
Only few days ago, in the travelling bag of
u tourist Just arrived was Il very innocent
looking piece OF toilet soap, which would
never have been given second glance by
the inspector if il had not been for the evil
dent anxiety displayed by the owner of the
bag to get 1t back
almost ashamed of himself, the officer
pulled out his pocket knife and attempted
to pierce that cake of soap. The travellers
jaw fell, and the officers knife blade met an
obstruction ut about the same time. There
were just $1,000 worth of rubles and dia-
mond9 inside of that partly-used cake.
National Republican., 1888-02-12
HOUSE DOCUMENT ROOMS.


III
all members of the House of Represent
tives only went about their work with the
vigOr which characterizcs the actions of the
employees of the House document room while
engaged at their diurnal task there would be
no ground for the complaints that are now
so generally heard as TO the inability or dis
inclination of Congress to pass necessary leg
islation.
OF all the various departments at the Cap
itol which are controlled by Doorkeeper
Hurt none is more important than the doc
ument room. In no place would incompe-
tence show itself quicker and failure to keep
everything in perfect order would do almost
us much to obstruct legislation as would the
dilatory actions of the Public Printer.
From this room are issued the thousands
of bills, documents, reports, and publica-
tions required by members. To this room
come the Government officials who need
legislative printed matter, and here may be
found, in unnumbered abundance, the claim
ants and the claim attorneys, all watching
anXiously the progress of matters of interest
to them Year after year the same old pc
titioncrs cull and get the ever-recurrng " ia
vorable report" and to see il printed once
more seems to bring the elusive prize nearer
than il ever was. In this narrow, semi-cir-
of the day, a number of newspaper men, for
here, in tall array of pigeon-poes (each
box allotted to some ncwspaper), is a copy
of every bill introduced, and the boys
make daily visits to siit the wheat from the
chatf
There is often considerable difficulty in
supplying applicants with as many of II par
ticular document as they would like to have,
and just there the diplomacy of the super
intendent, Mr. John Hannay is put into
operation
Mr. Hannay can talk for two minutes to
anoisy claimant who wants ten reports and
then send him away rejoicing with only two,
at the same time convincing him that he
House of Representatives. In this peculiarly
trying position he is ably seconded by Mr..
c. r. Money, the file clerk, to whose amia-
bility the legitimate visitor is much in
debted; no matter what document or bill is
needed he knows just where to find it.
The assistant superintendent Col. Will
Jams, keeps the record of all bills and docu-
ments received, and round his desk those in
dividuals cluster who know that n certain
bill has been introduced but who cannot tell
its number. The Colonel is Il mine of inior-
nation.
There are six other employees in the room,
and they are busX all day long sorting out
rcccntly-arrived bills or procuring Others ON
a members reauisiton. The character" of
the room is Mr.. McCloskey, and he answers
just as readily when he is called major or
general" as he does when he is addressed as
Judge" or doctor" He Is evidently the
balance wheel of the institution and it Is
only too apparent that without his fostering
care the whole place would soon go to ruin.
Long may he wave
National Republican., 1888-02-12

most unhcalthful places on the Red Sea coast
and where hundreds of Italians have died
At last accounts General San Mazano, their
commandcr-in-chcf had reconnoitrcd as far
as Saati This place is about eighteen miles
inland on the road from Massowah to As
mara, thirty miles further ON, where the
Abyssinians are reported to be massng in
great numbers A portrait is given of the
man entrusted by his government with the
hard task of conquering the hardy ai',l fierce
mOuntnineers of Abyssinia. General San
Marzano is native of Piedmont and about
iifty-cight years of age. lie passed through
the Military Academy of Turin, served in
cavalry regiment, passed into the Etat Major,
and went through the campaign of 1866 with
the grade of colonel in General BiXios di-
vision General Marzano has represented the
College of Nizza Alontierrato in the chamber
of IDENTITIES
National Republican., 1888-02-12
THE ORDNANCE YARD.
The RoKing Mill Soon to be in Full
An Blast.

~
The 4sRweok has been very active one
in the Ordnance Yard. Among the rumors
put in circulation by the workmen of that
place was one to the effect that the Secretary
of the Navy has determined shortly to start
the rolling mill in the yard in full blast
some go so far as to say by the 10Th instant.
The reasons assigned for the opening of the
mill is that the copper furnished the Gov
ernment under contract has failed to come
up with the tests made, and that the best
copper the Government has ever obtained
was that turned out mt therolling mill at the
yard. Denials are heard of the rumor, while
others have it that the intention is only to
keep the mill going for II couple of months,
in order TO get out the supply Of material
wanted for the Government. The talk OF
the workmen has ring about ii that gives
some plausibility to the report.
About fifteen men will be employed at the
mill when it opens II Is understood that IN
the early part of March Captain Mccormick
will be assigned to the Ordnance Bureau,
Navy Department.
Work ON the new shop is progressing very
slowly. There are only now about ten men
employed there and they are engaged in dig
ging q shrinkage pit. This would have been
completed but for the frost which caused the
surrounding earth to cave in, and the labor
ers are now throwing that out
When the weather opens up faVOrably
about five hundred mechanics and labOrers
will again be put to work on the construction
of the shop.
No new work has been sent in as yet to
the ordinance shops, and the Goo men EN-
ployed there now are busy finishing up what
they have on had. The disabled ten-inch
gun still lays in its place. Efforts are to he
made soon to remove the breeCh plug which
is twelve inches in diameter. A ten-inch
hole will be bored, and the plug will then be
heated, and by the use of water and not
moved. There is fear however, that the
thread in the breech Of the gun may be dam.
aged by the process, in that the chamber
which receives the plug may have its thread
bored out three or four inches larger and the
steel cylinder spread In this event new
thread will have To be made.
National Republican., 1888-02-12
wAsHINGToN's NEW HOTEL.
To Occupy n Prominent Place on Penn
sylynuia Avenue,


1t is stated on good authority that Wash
ington is soon to have frst-class hotel, to
be located on the site now occupied by the
Quartermaster Generals office, Fifteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue, and on the
adjoining sites between that place. and the
.CdpitH Office. The Government is vacating
the building at the southeast corner of Eff
tccnth street and Pennsylvania avenue, and
the entire property is in charge of Commits
sioncr Webb, who is the trustee for the
estates interested in the project The plans
for the hotel calls for a magnificent struc-
ture, which is to be five stories in height. 1t
will front about 100 feet on Pennsylvania
avenue, and fully 100 feet on Fifteenth street.
II will be fitted up with the very latest inn
provements, and in appearance is expected
To surpass any structure of its kind in the
city. The work of tearing down the present
buildings will begin very soon. The cost of
the proposed structure could not be learned,
but il is believed that il will run up into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars. The matter
is being kept quiet until everything is in read
mess when the full facts will be given pub
lipity
National Republican., 1888-02-12
TRAVELLERS, GUIDE.
EpMoNT Air LIVE. E

DIBDMONT AIR LINE.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECr JAN 10. 1883.
Trains leave B. Il L. station, Sixth aud u
streets
30 A. NJ Fast Tennessee malt daily for
Wdrrenton, GUrdunsville, Charlottos-
vlie, LynuhbutR, and stations urtwcpn
Alexandria aud LyuuhbupR. Rnuukc.
Bristol, Knoxville. Rumu CAlcrn. Mont
Rnmury, ana New Orleans Pullman
sleeper Washington TO New Orlruus.
ll2l a. M,-Fdst mail daily for warrentnn,
CnNrOttosvillu, Cor iuusvillu. stations
,heMpeaKo aud ONO r1ute, Lynch
burg, tocky Mount, punvlliu, and
stations he wccu iyuchuurH aud Dan
vic, Greensboro, Raleigh, Charlotte,
COLUMBIA, AuJusti, AtHuiH. Birmiug.
hum. Montgomery. Now orleans JuX-
Us. nnl california Pullman sleeper
New York TO Atlnuta ~ connection
with Pullman Sieppurs Atlanta To New
OrlcansHud Mann liHuduir SiCCpurs Tor
birmingham, Vicksburg, and >hretu-
port Pullman sleeper DauVillu to Co
lumba Hhd Charleston Solid truius
Washington 10 Atlanta. DOCS not COM
meet for Z. a o. route points On sun
day,
2.35 p, M'-Daily. except sunday. for Manas-
sas, strnsburg, aud intermediate sta
tons
$50 p. N Western express daily for War
rentOn, GordOnsVillv. Chnrlottcsvtllc,
Louisville, Cincinnati, ana ~ Louis.
pnllman slcepcrs anl solid trans
Washington tO Louisville; also for
LynChOurg, Bristol ,ChuttuuOOgA. Menu
phis, Little Rock, and nil southwestern
pNitilS iniOuHn -luilluu GlttUcfh
Washington to Memphis without
change.
IL 90 = M.-Southcrn cNpr rs daily for Lynch
burg, Dunville, RalCigh, Ashevule,
Charlotte, Columbia. Aiken, Augusta,
Atlanta. Montgomery, New Orleans,
Texas, and California. Pullman sleep
ers Washington to New Orleans, wa
Atlanta and Montgomery Pullman
scCpers Washington 10 Aiken, 5. o.,
without change,
TRAINS ON WASHINGTON AND OHIO
DIVISION.
Leave Washington - ~ u m. daily, except
sunday, and AS p IN. daily, arriving at Round
Hill las u IN. and 72l p, M; returning,
leave Round Hill 800 H. M. daily aud l.2O p.
IN. daily except Sunday, arriving uJ Wnshing'
ton $50 a. m aud 800 p. III.
Through truus from the South via Char
lotto, Danvilu, aud Lynchuurg, arrive, in
Washington $40 u m, % y. m, Via East
Tennessee, Bristol, and Lyuchburg at 10 10 n.
IN. and % 10 p. M, via chesapeake ana ONO
route. aud charlottesville n $40 p III. Stras-
burg local at 0.i7 a. IN.
rickcts, sleeping car reservation, and in
formation furnished and baggage checked at
Office, 1900 Pennsylvania avenue, and nt pas
sonEer station, Pennsy ylvauia liailrond, sixth
and Is streets. JAS l. IAYLOR,
General Passenger Agent.