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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
Unclaim.,i Comsols.

One curious result of the conversion OF
British consols was the discovery of large
amount upon which interest was unclaimed,
and some for the principal of which there
were no owners at all. Out Of 6S,SO0 notices
posted there were returned, through the dead
letter office, owing to defective addresses,
II, 700, of which only about 200 admitted OF
being reposte1 to fresh addresses. Many OF
the letters so returned were marked de
ceased" and from this and other sources the
bank learned for the first time that hundreds
of stockholders were dead
Many persons were reminded by the notices
that they were owners of stock which they
had been too careless to claim for many years,
while Others were made aware, for the first
time, that they had money in the funds, and
In some instances the stock in question, about
which there was this agreeable surprise,
amounted to as much as 81 900, with many
back dividends accrued.
The redemption operations were continued
till the end of September, 1899, and when
they were concluded there remained at the
Bank Of England a sum of e., $40, 755 due to
stockholders, but unclaimed. This sum was
credited 10 0,900 accounts, which included
more than forty holdings of over el0,0OO the
holding of one individual in consols and re-
dueed threes amounting together to GlS7 ,59S.
In addition there were unclaimed stocks in
the hands of the national debt commissioners
amounting to 9576,3G6, so that the total
amount of stock for which no owners could
be'found was ~, 246, l4l.-Montreal Star.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
GARFIELD's REMAINS

Quietly Removed to the Crypt in the
Monument Late at Night.
CHICAGO, May "a special to The
[nter-O Ocean from Cleveland, says; The
remains of the late President James A.
Garfield were quietly removed from the
public vault i'll Lake View cemetery to
the crypt in Garfield monument shortly
after midnight The secret removal of
the remains was i'll accordance with the
wishes of Mrs. Garfield. who was OPP
posed to any demonstration or show.
1t was after II o'clock midnight when
a party of gentlemen consisting of the
Hon. Amos Townsend, chairman of the
committee of arrangements for the dedi
cation on May 30, Gen. James Barnett,
and Harry A. Garfield, son of the late
president, took a carriage from a down
town hotel and drove along the famed
Euclid avenue to the cemetery. The
party drove direct to the public vault,
and the heavy doors were thrown open
and the bronze casket, containing the
remains of the late president. could be
seen in the Pickering light shed by the
laterns. 1t had remained undisturbed
in the vault since 1881.
Four stalwart men carried the re-
mains to hearse outside which was in
readiness and the casket was conveyed
to the monument and deposited in the
crypt The new sepulchre of the
maityred president is accessible to all,
A strong railing will be erected around
the casket to prevent any one approach
ing nearer TO it than ten feet.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21

"Fine, plump ducksl' is good market cry;
but what II the plumpness vonishes at the
first touch Of fork or skewer! A pouterer
In Birmingham, who had been in the habit of
Offering fine, plump ducks" at couple of
shillings apiece, has been induced to confess
that her bargains would not stand the tests
to which we have referred On the contrary,
they were little better than skin and bone,
their plump appearance being entirely due to
fraudulent practice known among the I'M
tiated as "blowing" By way of excuse it
was pleaded that the defendant was poor,
unlettered widow, who didn't know the law;
that ducks when "blown" were no heavier
than when they are not blown so that the
purchaser was at all events not defrauded in
the weight, and, lastly, that "blowing" ducks
was very old and also very common prac-
tice. The magistrate appears TO have been
inclined to exclaim with the young Prince of
Denmark AYE, madam, it is common" As
to the practice being old, he seems clearly to
have been of opinion That it was quite old
enough, since he inhcted fine Of ten shil-
lings and costs London News.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21

"a conduit pipe for perurer and
liar" that is what Mr.. Bynum, of
Indiana, called Mr.. Bayne, of Penn
sylvania, when he assumed the re-
sponsibilily of the Campbell letter,
and this. is what the Republican
House censured Mr.. Bynum for.
When all the Democrats stood up
with him before the bar of the House
sharing the censure, Mr.. Bynum
accepted the censure as "decora-
ton Of honor" 1t was one of the
most exciting events that has oc-
Cured in Congress, and the Demo
Gratis got the best of the row.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21

There is well authenticated account Of an
English barber who trained startling to say,
"Gentleman wants 10 be shaved and hung
the bird in his Ter room to warn him Of the
coming Of customers
The same Bird the story goes, soon learned
to call out, "Gelltlemen, pay your money!
when the BARRIERS work was done, and never
got the two speeches mixed.
A milliner of Paris has, according to a
French journal, put parrot to a much bet
ter use even than this English barber made Of
his startling She has trained the bird to call
out whenever customer enters her shop:
"Oh, isn't she pretty!"
1t is asserted that the millner'S business
was very SOON doubled y outh's Companion,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21


There Is to be convention at jack
son, West Tenn, June II, to take
action relative to building canal to
connect the Tennessee riy er with the
headwaters of the Forked Deer. The
proposed canal will be less than
twenty miles in length and would
shorten the distance between the
Tennessee and Mississippi rivers by
over 800 miles.
Verify, Editor Brooks of the Jack
son Wing has lived ten years or
more ahead of the times. The press
and people ridiculed the idea when
he commenced the agitation, but the
world progresses.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21

happened to witness a street scene the
other day which I endeavored to lay 70
heart as lesson in patience. An old Ital-
ian rag picker was slowly making his way
along the sidewalk with huge bundle on
his back--a bundle SO big in fact that
scarcely anything was visible beneath it
except a pair of snuff colored, shabby
trousers, moving forward with a simulta-
neous lateral motion. just as the old man
lunged around corner a heavy wagon
came up, and the hub Of one wheel struck
the bundle with such force that the bearer
was thrown violently to the ground. He
got up, with some assistance, in a dazed
manner, the blood streaming down his
face from a cut in his forehead.
But now comes the strange part of the
affair. Instead of swearing and cursing,
or at least bemoaning his fate, the old fell
low smiled a gentle, well bred smile, quiet
ly wiped his face, reshouldered his load,
being helped by the teamster, who was
duly apologize, and went on his way with
the philosophie air of man who had sim
ply encountered one of those inevitable an
noyances which human life entails. Would
any Anglo-Saxon person have behaved SO
we'll under similar circumstancesS-Bost
Post
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21

In Central America travel is generally
undertaken at night to avoid the heat and
glare of the day, and twelve hours at a stretch
in the saddle are not thought excessive, The
traveller, therefore, who would see very much
of the interior must expect to encounter many
petty Inconvenience, annoyances and hard
ships.
Though peril is not always added to priva-
ton, vet it will be well to wear cnnspicuously
a revolver. This little mouthpiece of iron
will secure its possessor proper attention and
freedom from insult He may not need TO
use it, but its known presence is potent force,
Your pocket will he safer when guarded by
this silent watchdog. The pistol Is a Cerberus
that accepts no sops Chicago Herald.
a sIeight of Hand Boy Wonder.
The youngest magician and prestidigita-
teur in the world is Eddie Abbott, and he
Is just years old. II. J. Abbott, by trade
a glass cutter, and resident Of Pbiladel-
phia, the young nccromancer's father. de
tected strong evidences of manual dexter
ity in his son when he was not more than
years Of age, and he Immediately procured
teacher aud put the infant prodigy ;i,,'slf
his care. Since that time Eddie has been
constantly in practice, and he has now a.
rived at such proficiency that he competes
with Hermann and kellar. His first pro
fessional tour was OF the interior towns
near Philadelphia, Then he played 20
crowded houses az the Academy Of Music
and the CarncToss theatre in Philadelphia,
and gave several performances in private
houses, notably in John Wanamaker's and
George w. Childs'. The Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Children would
not permit him TO play in New York His
next exhibitions were given In Canada,
where he WAS not we'll received because he
did not speak French. In two weeks time,
however, he mastered enough of that tongue
to enable him to converse rapidly, and
thereafter achieved great suecess.-Chiesgo
Herald
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
r tdLL NLLIvkN BACK QUIT
-. MN r,..f.,.< -, frg..I,
Peter Jackson.

Peter jackson.
san FRAScisoo, May 2l.--President
Fulda, Of the California Athletic club.
and his brother officials are greatly wor
ried at the reiteration of the report that
John l.. Sullivan is TO meet Joe Nc
Auliffe, the California giant, in finish
contest in Virginia. When asked if the
club had any assurance that Sullivan
would meet Peter jackson in the Cali
fornia club rooms for the $4,000 purse
offered, Mr.. Fulda said
Merely the word of Mr.. Clark, OF
Boston, who is the confidential friend
and adviser of Sullivan. You must real
izc that the managers want finger IN
this match, and 50 long as we have any
thing to do with it they will not. Nat
urally, then, they will try to have Sulli-
van and jackson meet elsewhere, or
break up the match. This talk about a
fight between Sullivan and McAuliffe is
only the first step taken by these mana
gers.
"Of course Sullivan may change his
mind, but | hardly think so. No, we
have no assurance over his signature.
There is considerable in the proposed
Sullivan McAuliffe match, after all. In
the first place, Sulliyans hatred of the
colored race is well known, as his tele-
gram to the effect that he would charge
the club double price for fighting ne
gro goes to prove.
"For years John L. stuck to it that he
would not fight a colored man at all,
but jackson became so famous, and the
California club was willing to put NJ
such a princeiy purse for a meeting be-
tween Sullivan and the Antipodean,
that John l.. thought this his best
chance to make heavy haul of gold.
But lately the big fellow has seen
Jackson spar, and while he has an
nounced to newspaper reporters that he
could whip Peter easily, John knows
and has acknowledged to his intimates
that jackson is hard nut for anyone to
crack.
Nov big Joe McAuliffe springs up in
the east and Sullivan, seeing him box
is satisfied that there is chance for him
to win neat fortune in match III
an easier way than by tackling the Aus
tralian.
"The California club has nothing tc
hold Sullivan TO a match with Jack
son. and in Virginia he can meet Nc
Auliffe and have nothing to fear from
the law. But no man has any license tC
whip the giant Californian in canter
as since jackson conquered Joe, the Mis-
sion boy has improved wonderfully.
"His easy defeat of Pat. Killen and
Tom Lees shows that 1t took Peter
Jackson thirty rounds to whip Lees for
the championship of Australia. Nc
Auliffe whipped him in eight rounds
and came out Of the contest without q
mark
Pat. Killen succumbed in seven
rounds. While Corbett is CALIFORNIA;
best boxer, McAuliffe is the states rep
resentative heavyweight fighter beyond
peradventure.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
Out Of jail. but Not Reformed.

II have been in state prison five years, in
the house Of correction two years and at
the island eighteen months"
The speaker was big, healthy Vermont
Yankee. His eyes were clear and brown
and his breath was as sweet as new mown
hay He was and still is the night engi-
neer at Brigham's big milk delivery place
on fremont street, at the corner of Castle
street. Night in and night out for year in
and year out he has worked there, giving
perfect satisfaction to everybody. No one
would suspect that he had ever been in the
places he named.
care you a reformed criminals" asked a
sympathetic bystander.
"No, guess not. have all the crimes
ever had and think will stick to them /"
what were you sent to the prison and
house of correction for, them"
ITO get a living"
"And your tradeP
81 have always been an engineer. got
good pay there, so worked Perhaps I'll
do it again. Boston Globe.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
Thought She Saw a Tarantula.

The other night Mrs Harrington, of Al
bany, Ga, was peeling a banana, and felt
something grasp the forefnger of her right
hand. On looking down she saw great
big tarantula holding on by his two front
legs to her finger, and endeavoring to get
hold with the Others, so as to be able to bite
her She shook her hand and heard him
slam up against the pantry wall She said
nothing about it until next morning, when
a thorough search was made for it, and the
pantry swept out. But no tarantula could
be found, although Mrs. Harrington, who
was reared in Louisiana, where tarantulas
are common, was positive that it was reg
ular double breasted tarantula that she
had seen.-Atlanta Constitution.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
Shutting Off the Light That Illumines
Patterson's Record.

The Pattersonians seem to be
growing desperate. The Ledger
wants to shut off the light that illu-
mines Mr.. Patterson's record, that the
Memphis people seeing, may not see
their Uncle Josiah in the light that
other people see him. The Ledger
commands: "Let there be no Jug
Cling, paltering or introducing OF
side issues. Let the Memphis press
cease the quoting of outsiders and
speak their own minds. Lucius
Clapp and Josiah Patterson should
be better known here than else
where, and we need no opinions
from the Nashville Herald, the Ban
ner, the GAINESVILLE TOBACCO LEAF
CHRONICLE, or any other outside
journal in regard to these gentle
men," The Ledger wants the cam
paign conducted according to its own
sweet will, but would not object to
copying good things said about
Patterson by outside papers" Now,
so far as this paper is concerned,
II Mr.. Patterson was a candidate
for governor of Memphis alone, the
LEAF-CHRoNICLE would not have a
word to say. But the Ledger is pro-
posing to make him governor OF the
whole State, and the people up here
being citizens of the State also, this
paper conceives that it is entitled to
as much say in the matter as the
Ledger. If Memphis must have the
next governor, the people of this
part of the State want her to present
a man whom they can heartily sup
port with good conscience, and the
people of Memphis have a right to
know this much if they expect their
man to be nominated and elected.
The Ledger may as well understand
that il can't run Josiah Patterson
down the Threats of Tennesseans by
this kind of tactics, or any other wild
and woody way commonly practiced
by the Patterson followers.
The LEAF-CHR0NICLE has said
nothing harsh about Mr.. Patterson.
1t has simply reproduced his Legis-
lative record from the Journal OF the
House, and any great statesman
ought to be proud Of his record, at
least he should not object to it being
published. Doubtless Mr.. Patterson
is proud of it, and expects it to do
him good with that class OF people
whom he represented on the floor OF
the House. At least he makes no
denial or explanation of his actions.
Is he hiding from his own record,
and desires to shut off the light from
the good people of his own city, that
he may carry the Shelby county en-
dorsement and rely on the influence
of the penitentiary ring, the whole
sale whisky ring and the Pullman
Palace Car Co. in the balance OF the
State for his nomination and cleo
ton? Memphis should know what
other people think of Mr.. Patterson
before forcing him on the convention.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21

The huge number of synonyms for money
illustrates remarkably well the variety OF
sources from which our slang words are re.
cruited and the remarkable appositeness OF
some of them We may talk of our money
in scores of ways; among which are, for in
stance, "the actual" 1.-THE needful," OF
''the wherewithal;" "beans," "blunt, y
"tin" or "brass;" "chips," "dibs" OF
''pieces;" "dust," chinck" or "shot;
"shekels," "spondulics" or "dollars;''
stamps" feathers" or palm dip
which last is such an obviously appropriate
name for it that "shinplaster" seems feeble
by comparison, and the young but widely
popular "oof," "oof bird" and "oof tishN
imbecile and inane.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
STATE CONVENTION.
Call Of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee For Tuesday, J1iy 10.


NASHVILLE, April IA convention Of the
Democratic party OF Tennessee Is hereby
called on Tuesday, the 18th day of July, 1890,
ut u O'Clock M, for the purpose OF nominate
ng candidate for Governor, and the trans
action o. such other business as may be
brought before 1t. The State Democratic
Executive Committee recommend that the
respective counties in the State appoint no
greater number OF delegates than they are
entitled 10 vot Ia the convention, the basis
being one vote for every 100 Democratic votes
and fraction over filCy cast at the November
election, 1888.
pone'at the city Of Nashville by authority
OF the state Democratic Executive Commit
tee, the Sd day of April, 1890.
THos. l.. WILLIAMS, Chm.
j. d. McLIN, Sec'y.
Mr.. Williams being temporarily
absent, Mr.. Savage was called to the
chair, when Mr.. Crunk offered the
following resolution, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That this committee
recommend thorough organization OF
the Democratic party in all the coun-
ties of the State, and that cOnven-
tions or primary elections be held
wherever necessary to secure the
success of the party.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
when potentato Is by himself.

The doors being closed upon any poten-
tate, he becomes aware at once that he is
but human. No matter how great he may
be--a Napoleon, Nicholas a William II
of Germany-as soon as he sits down in
the solitude of his own room something
happens to him which corresponds to the
transformation of the Grand Monarch in
Mr.. Thackeray's famous sketches. The wig
comes off, the buckram gives out, the lofty
heels sink into slippers; the king is but a
man, and he is conscious of it. How much
OF change there is depends, of course, upon
how much of man the prince may be au
fond and what his sense of his natural in
lirmities.- Contemporary Review.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21

1t is well known that singers rarely suf-
fer from serious lung troubles, because the
constant exercising of their lungs keeps
them in good condition. Playing on wind
instruments seems to have a similar effect,
if one may Judge from an item stating that
Mr.. Antoine died in London at the age of
20. He had been trombone player at the
opera for forty-two years.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
STORM BEATEN BIRDS.
Singular Occurrence Resulting in the
Capture of Rare Specimens.

Capture of Rare Specimens.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May PA mi
grating bird wave which was passing
north over here Saturday night encount-
cred terrible rain and thunder storm,
and attracted by the electric lights,
gathered about them on the streets and
attempted to fly into the stores, and rs a
consequence over 1000 birds fell dead
in the streets from coming in contact
with the wires and glass fronts.
a great majority Of these birds do not
inhabit this region, and some very rare
specimens were captured alive and
Gagged Among them was red poll
warbler, one of the rarest birds in the
United States. This bird nests in Mani
toba and Alaska in the summer time,
and in the winter goes as far south as
the Caribbean sea, the only place it is
found during the winter season being
along the lower Rio Grande and Eagle
Canon, Tex. Over fifty different species
were found.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
UnnsuaI suicide.

Boston, May 2l.-Tuesday forenoon
.wo police officers went to the house,
No. 80 Kirkland street. to search for
stolen property. Their ring at the door
was responded to by a man supposed to
be William Grossman, who upon learn
ing the errend of the officers, placed n
revolver to his head and blew out his
brains. In his pockets were found TWEEN
ty-four bank books, not one represent
ing less than $500.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
birmingham stiII Hanging Murderers.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 21.-In the
criminal court ALI. Cooper, for the muir
der of jeff. Gouger, and Joe Griffin, for
the murder Of Bill Garrett, both having
been convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, were sentenced to hang on July II.
If they swing as sentenced this will
make six for six months for Birming
ham, and the good work goes ON.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21

workmen ripped off the clapboards
from William Williams house on Water
street in the salt borough of Stonington,
Conn, which had been nailed with house
studs before the British bombardment Of
the town in 1914, and a two ounce British
bullet dropped out of board. Many OF
the clapboards had been pierced by British
bullets
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21

Mrs. Garfield, of Kansas, who is so
anxious to see "black heels on white
necks," was candidate for school
director at her home, a few days
ago, and was defeated by a negro
washerwoman. An exchange sug-
gests that this is clearly a case of
chickens coming home to roOst.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
Wheelers Kicking Against Bro. Nc
Dowell's Tyranny.


Brother Mcdowell set out by an
nouncing that the good Toiler was
not IA political paper and would have
nothing to do with politics beyond
discussing the measures affecting the
order he represented that members
of the order were under no obliga-
tions to support President Buchanan
because he was member of the or
der. but that he was running solely
on his merits rs a Democrat. The
Teller favored him because he was a
farmer, and would support any good
Republican farmer just the same If
the brethren bring out one. We
knew at the time that Brother Nc
I Dowell had no intention of sticking
10 this platform, for il he is not a
wheeler for politics, he is nothing.
d No,x Brother Mcdowell is using the
q lash freely, vociferating loudly
AGAINST those who refuse TO support
hss candidate as wenk-kneed, faith
les members and traitors. The
ssnickson Press says the members are
a-asting very sore over this. "They
I !. slanv his right 70 use their organ, the
tq1oiler. in the interest ofnny Politi-
cal aspirant or political party. They
believe that II mas no authority "''''
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
Italians are the most cunning counter

Italians are the most cunning counter
feiters among the foreigners who are en-
gagged in the business in the United States.
During the year 1889 1856 foreigners were
arrested for counterfeiting, and of these 70
were Italians. In all there were 437 coun-
feiters arrested, and 2O6, or not quite half
of these, were of American birth, 20 were
Germans, IS were negroes. 2 were Greeks
and was Chinaman.