Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
PRIVILEGED CHARACTERS.



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w,su,ycrov Anr o. THO 800,
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Dois u snv uip,oina.io vi az " asiliiiS-
Ton are privileged people. Iney can
Join the swagger Metropolitan club
without passing the scrutiny of the
board of governors; they can get drunk
and break show windows without ipcur-
ring punishment. and they can hang
their clothing to dry in the face Of the
public in utter disregard of the District
regulations. But thew must pay water
tax. Their limit has been discovered Inv
the District commissioners. From ordi-
nary taxation for notice protection and
other necessary expenses Of the civ gov.
eminent thew are EXEMPT: and q few
DAYS ago they coolly asked the District
Commissioners if they could not be ex-
empted from the payment of the water
tax. But after consulting legal authori-
tv the commissioners notified them that
thew received ouid pro quo in the case
of the water taxa yery distinct and
undeniable auid pro ouo-and that from
that nayment thew could not be exempt.
pa,,.r rnan rorn,.r,v
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Ing way nuonIpois Y, vno ~ III ,pioinacc
~ tho n;stI;nt - GoIr1 t;a Il I cop ptp1
81 rnv 81 ,,nS.n,,;,,oss 10 tha $1,000
It nos ~, ~ o. raa,Y voors .ao that tIera
,rora sa Ua - varv ,y;,d IRE, @
,',on eo,,noctad x,,;th tha Iaorat;a,, ha,.a
md ,,artic,,IarIv ,w;th +hs Son4h A,mor;
coz, 1a1 r Tbav ,,sad ~ n,aIa =, a,.r,,
It'll othe, ,aorIs,s Y,o,,o,+s- ~ ,,;r,i,t
onS vo;sa diet,,rhonoas T., {he r,,I 5 ~
straAts ana e +ba noI;ca a,rasted tha,,,
thav clainad +hair nr;v;iaoas as NAM, Nam
hays IF the dinIomat;c corns and tbav
,,,aro ;ynned;atajy ralaosad . Ti,a,.a , ,,,os
NO reconrse Int 70 annaaI a. thsir , ~
ernments for their removal and no
country wants to strain its relations
with another country over the mere in
cident of a broken show window So
the drunken diplomat went on his wild
career undisturbed. OF late years there
has been great improvement in this
particular. The present members of the
diplomatic corps are inoffensive gentle
men who do not make night hideous or
disturb the police. But they are also
gentlemen who are inclined to run their
households in their own way and with
out regard to the feelings Of their neigh
bors.
Washing in Front Yards.
1t was not so long ago that people liv-
ing in the neighborhod of the German
legation complained that the legation
servants were hanging freshly washed
linen on clothes lines in the front ward
of the legation grounds No attention.
was Maid to this Complaint, 80 II was re-
ported to tho police. They made an in
yestipation and found that the offense
was Committed at the instigation of the
chancellor of the legation and that fine
clothing exposed to view was his. He
declined to have it withdrawn from the
line and there 1t Haunted in the face Of
-. .,,.,, :.
:, Dirty s,aewaiks
MI; ODonneli; OF Micmgan, a mem
Der OF congress, mas had nvely contro-
Versy Win ole DIiIiSn iegallon over an
other vlolat On OF tne alstrlct regula-
moiis Whch ihoerIeIeo WIN MS coIniorC.
Inc 1iegaelon Is large pulioing racing
NJ NJ O otna Avenue, VIII 5.s sue 70
stree1 T., ana lts pack 10 Nlneteen-h
ST; osa'io,u evSDe 10 pui 1 o1
auaO ~ 1 s.ieeI MI Don1ell nveu
aoove sne iesaIi1h anu no nau 70 walk
~ Iomn V ~ .s s'iT1v soinS iiun nis
. uous1 w .ne Gals. a -, As uisIr,ee
a 10y a 10 n,aa tn az p9potsy nou
tho;, rn,,rds T,ho P,;t;sh ..;n m. "
snun s Iaoa ~ ,4ont .'n a4. minister a:g
,rolL on5 he bod no ;nterast =, oIao, Stu
~ GO oI ha a1,n1nad +ha sno,., 80 - osS s
i io %, ON I; ~ "iAo"0o 'n0 'No" W "0o'liu-
y NJ rn n Vt comn,oinoa 70 tho ne
tr;ct ,,o,;ca and +ho npm,,Io;r+ ,.,as ans
,;ad 81 tbe iasat;on o BIT tba " Psi ta
$500 Sc ~ o 49, u'1
=, ,,ti"r d;sranard of Bic ~ III anu
fort ref,,sad 70 clean his s;dswoiIr WILL
remained dirty until snrinp The Dis |
trict authorities were powerless. This |
incident occurred during the reign of |
Sackville- West, the present minister's
predecessor Sir Julian Pauncefote is a
most agreeable and obliging man, anu
no one has had to complain of his indif-
ference to the rights or comfort of |
Others
Docked His Horses Tails.
Sir Lionel Sackyille- West got into an
other difficulty with the district com
missioners and GOT ont Of II in the sauna
wav--by appeaiinp to the code of nriv-
ilege granted to the members of the d.
corps. There ia a regulation in
the district Concerning the docking Of
horses tails The British minister
locked the tails of his carriage horses
in a cruel way.
This violation of the law attracted the
attention of the citizens of the district |
and particularly Of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Com