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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-19
An LNDEFATIGABLE TURTLE.
SHE CONTINUES TO LAY RIGGS THOUGH LYING on IiER
BACK-EGGs THAT GROW.

SHE CONTINUES TO LAY RIGGS THOUGH LYING ON HER
BACK-EGGs THAT GROW.
The 330-pound turtle ON Blackfords
counter IN Fulton Market is doing we'll and
insists on laying eggs under the most discouragng cir
cmstances az obstnaty ever She refuses TO be hur
red over it, however and proceeds ~ deliberately as
the goose that laid golden seldom laying more than
one or two day IT, therefore. she to fulfil all
that IL expected of her. and really purposes throwing
seven or eight hundred helpless upon the world this
seasou she make better time. At her present rate
twill take her until somewhere about next OCTOBER
tweyemonh to get through by which time the eggs will
be becoming rather confused as to what years brood
they belong TO- and II will be time for her to begin laying
again Under IL esq circumstances this datorDess must
Mainly be discouraged and 1t would be well II Mr. Black
ford could put the turtle dellcatey that the public
Is waiting
There Is however much TO be said on her SIDE In the
first place. she lying on her back and besides the
difficulty OF the task turtle might feel scrupics
as dignity of laying eggs upno In the pres
ence OF crowd Then her position Is singuiary ncom-
Portable In other ways She must be eettinga terribly
s neck from keeping her head on the ground so long,
and Ter fppers tas many as she has-whch Is only
three and she appears TO have cripple from her
birth, are all sewed together int bunch In manner
to bring serious cramps Add 10 this that
her head IL IN violent draught all day. and that gap
ing thropg surrC unds and mast be confessed that
she ia doing work under more than ordinarily tryh
conditions Perhaps abe knew wnat happenea 70 se
es she would not any nj all After being projected
mo the Air 1.-TWO feet, the men esy they have three
foot drop over the edge OF the counter on TO stone MOOR
and finally are given away TO customers as curioeues.
TIM TRIBUNE reporter however, who went TO inquire
affer the turtles health yesterday was shown even
curiosity than she Cne OF tho statesmen AT the
coYnter sad he had terrapins eggs and AFTER re
Ing inp the bs,k premises produced small tray Iu Oh
wet sswdust from which he dug up dozen or so pale
siukish- " ate eggs OF long oval form. They looked
ordinary eggs enough, Ms terTspins eggs go. woo
three OF theu indeed bruised and denied Dut ths
| salesman assured the reporter that didnt matter
They not like bird. eggs, but rather lked pe'he
brok en- and were ID all the same. little OF the al
inside he guessed had got out and that was what made
then depted the wonderful thing about THESE
eggs Is that they gran. BY what process did MOI
appears but that they mad lac Was ever -
much" and would 70 growing. Whether they woulc
In time develop head and Clippers until they D.
length evolved without any tedious process OF hatcnni
into ful-grown terrapns he uncertain. stu, tina
errapin eggs should grow and like being thrown ab"u
and broko1 ought content naturssts for the present
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-19
THE YOUNG MAN AND THE DOLL.

The scene, and 1t was rather funny one,
took place In the ladies' cabin OF Fulton ferryboat
The seats we're all taken and there sitting
side OF the among others q young man with the
sefconplacency of who has good looks and Is
rectly alfred Presently lady and little girl entered
the cabin latter carrying large handsomely dressed
doll CHANGING around the lady observed that seats
we're empty, and then fixing her eye the young man
she approached with pleasant fapoogetc express
sion asked II she might place the doll beside him
his seat which he did not completely I'LL tie young
stared and stammered hs assent and the lady and
girl passed the forward deck 10 enjoy the
The other passengers smiled but the young sat II
out until the boat reached the other aide Of tho
though his about red the checks OK the
doll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-19
The LAST MAN ABOARD.

HOW JIM Goss MADE HIS cRKw COMPLETE.
slave you ever heard tell, asked the mate
OF small schooner that lying OF pier at the foot
Of Frsnkiin-st., how Jim Goss cot his full crew
aboard Z"
The TRrBuss reporter confessed that he never md,
and said that II the mate were not too busy sitting
sstrde OF that barrel to talk he hsdpeny OF time 70
Isten. -s,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-19

Inquirer The first person to play faro-old
seng Pbarsoh-was Moses and since then they We got
the game do tine that Moses, for all he got away
with the nns would be lamb In tue hands Of prsfes
SIGNAL paysrs--iBoston Posi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-19

AT the St James Hotel last Thursday In reference
peer Herdics suit against the parties who bought bis
large properties under bankruptcy and foreclosure
Among the leading creditors Jacob Tome the STEP
uncle OF General Creswell, j. O. Red
ding and tho chemist weightman. Herdic was the
Bl Kembe OF the North not considering legislation Of
mt oh value unless he paid for It, He bought boom
bill through allowing him impose tax Of 81 per thous-
and feet upon two hundred million feet OF lumber per
annum passng wiiamsport Behind him stood respect
able men Indifferent about the methods he used they
were not exposed and could mako money. The profits
became 30 great that asserting contract made
within the concern ny Herdic, Redding and Fisher to
cut down dividends they charged so cents housand
To separate the logs when 1t did not cost 90 At the
crash of 1878 came and Herdio undertook to make
wash sales Of his property. through bankruptcy
and receive good assets back again Ia sequel
his associates would keep their word Hence
going TO contest the and at least tell the ssory.
raised wilamsport from 1000 $4,000 people. He Is
the maker of the Herdic cabs.
| was at Newport one week ago sitting with friend
the piazza OF the Ocean House, and he suddenly ex-
olamcd There Ia Kate Field IN that closed cowp$ "
Kate" said "biess my SOUL" Nineteen years ago
saw Kate. who the most stunning talker In TINS
world "a thought That IT, thought 20 until heard
Kate sprague talk Now they tell me that Miss Parsons
Cleveland talk better than either Kate Fieia OF
Kate sp-ague asked nv friend how Kate Field could
talk 90 veil and do badness so successfully He saw
glance that nothing about busaess,and went OF
to show that aud talk did not necessarily
hitch with each other He took so long 70 mako thes
things plain that the splendid eospt went By
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-19

Going down to see some friends on In the ne"ss'
Cuuard steamer, the Pavonia. was surpnssd 70 Wv
serve how small her saloon was. 10 only seated 49, ~,
100 persons, and consequently when the snip ~.
there are two series Of meals and the passenso" y.
counted OF by tables. This deficiency. however, -
sslo,u accommodation Is made up by the larger 49,
rooms which are big enough for sitt'ne-rosms -
are M uch better lighted than formerly lso thar
encer can really read in his room all day without
Inconvenience for light Particular attention - -
to giving the ladies' stting-room accommooA'o
Nevertheless, these English ship masters and
have perhaps learned little as any class OF Poop
considering their Immense experience and pron~ 1s
gestivencss, fancy, aptness, seem foreign 70 the"
construction. The shire continue to DO sffn usv'
adaptable things Tho City Of Roms. which has "cess
been chasing the Guion Lane hard seems TO % '''s
ing favor and she always was en- agreeable vessel
3 was talking TO prominent steel msnuisc'al"
PittsburE the other day. He told me that II. -
ago they had to bring from ENGLAND nearly the sn'.s
the skilled labor used In steel works. ana ro~ -.
employed mono Whatever from the other s'de u -
ocean, Tor the best skilled Labor nom England
able 70 oompsts with ~ native shllisd lases wn
| superior astnsss aaAsasd - disessa sad isvsss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-19

ladies OF the mousse cVufu vo uo"f" 's"'"se ~s~N''
over the axvings CT the feast. Those had not been
sesu by any guest although their subdned whisper
ingk had seemed, throughout tho repast provok-
lnrly near as thoy patiently awaited their turn at
the festive board.
Once moro the call'to prayer took some OF our en-
tortainsrs from society to perform their solemn
csuuHections of worship. Then we sailed forth TO
see the csty in an unwonted sspect. 1t was about
10 o'clock when We sst cut. We went down the
Hill on which stands the mosqne of the Conqucror
Of Constantincplc. passing through wide roughly
paved streets which now occupy the place where In
1896 was the great Square Of the JAnissaries, and
the scene Of the massacre of That corps Of Preto-
rians Tho streets were crowded with people. The
shops were OPEN and brilliantly lighted. the side
walks we're covered with ehairs and stools occupied
by those who pre- erred to sit and watch the throne
while comfortably smoking eating Ice cream
Every twenty or thirty ieet short stake driven
int the ground held large glass lantern 60 give
the more opportunity Of observing the passers. Ia
walk of TWO miles there was nowhere d4minu.
ton Of the crowd Of wayside revelers OF break II
the constant stream Of men. women and children
moving along tho roadway among horees. carriage.
or crowded care OF the tramway. The great bath
OF the city were all open and doing good business
for the luxury Of hot bath cannot be INDUCED II
the day time when fasting has reduced the system
Here and there. high the crowded streets were
sss hshts u tire minsrets clusters Of stars on the
bisck background Of the sky. or great shps OF
paiaeeA or towns wrought In combinations OF lamps
On ropes between the minxreta Street vendevt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-19

Judge Stone said to Do you know that this bud.
ness of interviewing Ia very odd Some time ago yoa
reported something that ssid Isadto Bradley Johnaoa
when he came to my houses don't know whether
said just that not but know that thought Just 'hAt
Wonder said TO Bradley If that fellow could Rad
nv hand before spoke -"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-29
The House of the Gr0wler.

A correspondent of a Glasgow
paper has been to Chelsea, and
finding Carlyle's old house stand,
ing empty, very dismal looking
rather dilapldated, ticketed to be
let or sold,' breaks out in the fol-
lowing exclamation: ''Will Scotch>
men allow this to continue-wlll
they allow to 60 to wreck and rum
th,s house, in which for seven and
forty years he livcd?' The manifest
answer to this is that Scotchlnen
will most likely do just that thing
Carlyle's house in Great Cheyne
row, in which he lived for seven
and forty years. was never home
for any body. Thomas worked hard
and there scolded harder. Jane
used to leave the wedges out OF the
| windows, the windows ratified and
Thomas scolded harder still. lane
seeded back and wrote mean let
tiers about Thomas to her friends
Carlvle's immortal genius Is some
thing superior to houses and wives
| The old house has few, it any, pleas
ant associations, and it might a
we'll 60 under the hammer or b
taken by people who will live III !
almost as happily as Carlyle him
self. And as for turning it into
Carlyle Club, as has been suggest
ed, why the club itself wonld dl
Of the blues
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-29
Weather.Wise and Otherwise

A very interesting volume Das
been issued according to the title
page, by the ''United States OF
America, War Department." el-
titled "Signal Service Notes NO;
8. Weather proverbs, prepared
under the direction ofGcn. Hazen,
Chief Signal Officer The volume
consists of IA pages, and consists
of weather proverbs relating 10
foretelling weather by tie action
of birds, fish, frogs, insects ana
reptiles, the condition or appear
ance of fogs, dew, rainbows,
storms, thunder and tightening,
trees and wind.
The reason for the publication
seems to be the lament that "the
ablest meteorologists of to-day,
aided by the most perfect mete'
orological Instruments, and the re-
sniff of wears of accurate instrue
mental observations, are still un-
able to give reliable forecasts OF
the weather for longer periods
than two or three days, and fire.
uuently not longer than Il hours" "
It is, therefore, thought to be poss,
| ible that more.accurate observa-
ton of the condition of plants or
the condition and action OF AMI
mails might help the signal office
out.
The following about the move
ment of.animals are fair specl-
mems of the book of weather pros
verbs:
When cats sneeze it is Il sign OF
rain.
The cardiua. point to which q
cat turns and washes her face, al
ter rain, shows the direction
from which the wind will blow.
When cats are Snortlng lou
weather follows.
Cats with their tails up and ap
parently electrified, indicate ap
preaching wind.
It1sa sign of rain if cats wasl
their heads behind the ear.--(Olt
lady on Cape Cod
When a cat scratches itself, o
scratches on a log, it indicates ap
preaching rain.
When a cat washes her fac
with her back to the fire expect
thaw, in winter.
When cats lie on their head
with mouth turned MP expect
storm.
Cats have the reputation OF be
ing weather. wise, an old nOtlol
which has given rise to an exten
siye folk lore. 1t is almost uni
yersally believed that good wea
ther may be expected when TIL
cat washes herself, but bad whe
she licks herself against the grail
or washes her face over ears, O
sits with her tail to the fire. al
too, the cat is supposed not only t
have a knowledge of the state
weather, but a certain share
the arrangement of it, it Is cor
: morning, expect a severe winte
Cattle are also said to foIeshat
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-29

ow rain when they lick their feet
or lie on their right side OF
scratch themselves moro than the,
usually do against posts or Other
objects.
Hares take to the open country
before snow storm.
Hogs, rubbing themselves In
winter, indicate an approaching
thaw.
In cold, long winters. rabbits arc
fat i'm October and November; IN
mild and pleasant winters they
sidered by sailors to be most un-
wise to provoke cat.
When a COW stops and shakes
her foot it indicates that there is
bad weather behind her.
When cattle collect near the
barn long before night, and res
main near the barn till late IN the
are poor in those months.
Rabbits seek the woods before
a severe storm.
When she spaniel sleeps it in
dicates rain.
Owls hootlng indicates rain.
If owls hoot at night expect fair
weather.
When an owl screeches or boots,
sitting on top Of house or by
the side of window, it is said to
fOretell a death.
When the r0Osters go Growing
to bed, they rise with watery
head.
If a rooster crows on the ground
it is sign of rain; if he crows on
the fence it is sign of fair wealth.
er.
The following proverbs relate to
thunder and tightening:
IF the birds be silent expect
thunder.
If cattle run around and col
Iect together in the meadow, cxs
pect thunder.
If the first thunder is In the
east, aha! the bear has stretched
his right arm, and comes forth.
and the winter is over.-Zuni In
dian.
If the first thunder is in the
north, aha! the bear has stretched
his left leg in his winter bed.
Thunder and lightning on the
nothern lakes in November, is an
indication that the lakes will re-
main open until the middle of De>
cember, or until Christmas
Said to be reliable.
If the first thunder is in the
south, aha! the bear has stretched
his right leg in his winter bed
Zuni Indians
If the first thunder is in the
west, aha! the. bear has stretched
his left arm in his winter bed
Zuni Indians.
An easy splitting log indicates
rain.
ALI in all, it is one of the most
remarkable books which the Gov
ernment has issued. In the mat
ter of int rest it is much more en-
tertaining than the handbook
published last year. Thus far it is
the champion annual of this im>
portant service.
Gen. Hazen deems it necessary
to announce in the preface that
"the weather forecasts of this
office are not based upon the
proverbs here given"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-29
RETURN OF BULL-DOZERS.
Case of Political Murder in Missis.

A Case of Political Murder in Missis.
sippi Oh Election Day.
Special to the Commercial Gazette.
Mr.. Hatton has received the fol-
lowing letter in regard to the mur-
der of j. P. Matthews, mail con-
tractor in Mississippi;
HAzLEHURsT, Miss, Nov. 8, 1883,
The Second Assistant Postmaster-General:
SIR-I write to know what shall |
do in regard to mail on Route No.
1922, from this place to Westville.
The contractor, j. p. Matthews, my
brother, was on last Tuesday MORN
lag brutally murdered. The day
previous, that is on Monday, an
armed mob came in town and gave
him orders not to vote, if he did
they would kill him. l will further
say this mob was headed by the
Chairman of the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee. On Tuesday they
came to the polls with shot-guns,
and when my brother voted and
turned from The polls, he was shot
twice with a shotgun, "a shot
taking effect in his breast, and he
died instantly. Thus you see the
effect of Southern Democracy.
will further state that our Con-
gressman, Barksdale, addressed this
mob the day before election, ard
advised them to carry the election
if they had to do it at the muzzle OF
their shot-guns. And this is not all
of their hellish work. They had be-
fore this killed several colored men
and one colored lady, and crippled
and whipped almost to death a NUNS
Der of others. With this | close,
asking will this thing continue?
Shall men of the South be shot
down like dogs (oh, God forbid that
such shall be the case) with impun>
ity, because they claim the only
right that American citizens can
boast ola right that should be
preservstive of all rights. Then shall
the Government and Congress OF
the United States set still and SEQ
their subjects butchered, simply be,
cause men do not think alike?
Respectfully,
q. E. MATTHEWS,
Postmaster.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-29
Hints for Furnishing Farm House.

Many farmers wives aud daugh>
ters have an instructive sense of
duty in regard to the adornment of
their homes, yet feel that their In
come is too limited 80 do anything.
But if they, look around for what
nature will freely supply, they will
be surprised by the transformation
which can easily be wrought in
rooms that before seemed dull and
plain. Ferns gathered in summer
and leaves in autumn, pressed, aud
pinned on the wall i'll irregular
sprays, beginning at the corniee,
| look very graceful. Let "hite
tarIeton, costing eighteen or twenty
cents yard, be cut III strips about
half Il ward wide and tackled eyer
parlor and sitting rocm windows
for lambrequins. On these PIN
some brilliant autumn leaves scat
tered hero and there careIessly,
with perhaps border of ferns, and
YOU will be astonished at the fairy
like appearance presented. [ re-
member gathering great quantities
of ferns while staying one summer
at New England rnral home, and
the satirical remark OF the farmer,
that che wished he conld turn all
tn. Philadelphia ladies loose into
his field and have them pull up all
the "brakes." But even this prac-
teal man was impressed by the ar,
ranoemcnt above descrihed.-E
Lynde, i'll Amer can Agiicnlturis'
for December.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-29
GATHERING THE FRUITS OF THE
MURDER.

MURDER.
Murders, deliberately planned
and executed with remOrseless
| malignity, were presented to the
| remote and ignorant whites of the
| valley and southwest as the una>
voidable self-defence OF these
| wolves against their lamb as
sailants. Without the means of
informing themselves of the base
ness of these falsehOods, thousands
of onr party, deluded and de-
ceived, yielded to an impulse of
generosity 80 foully played upon,
| and in the region where these
felonies were permitted, the MUIR
derers themselves paraded the
streets, armed to the teeth, un-
der the pretense of preserving orS
der, until, in the city Danville,
where Cameron received in 1881
votes numbering 7S9, and Wise in
1882 received 841 votes, and
where 1879 readjuster votes were
enrolled, but 26 votes were cast
for the coalition candidate, whose
life was threatened, and whose
coffin it is said had been actually
made and paid for by the party
of honor and intelligence. In the
counties of Halifax and Charlotte,
adjacent to Pittsylvania, the pol-
icy of purchase, as we'll as rioting,
prevailed, and, while the methods
were a little less violent, they we're
none the less corrupt. Thus it
was that Halifax, with a colored
population of 3,S14 against 3,O54
whites, after giving John s. Wise
S4S majority in 1882, gave the
bourbons 25O majority in 1888. And
Charlotte, with black voting
population of 2,O55, and a white
population of 1893, after giving
John s. Wise 726 majority in 1882,
gave a bourbon majority of 300
In 1888. That these majorities
were honest no sane man will i'm
agine.
Fellow-citizens of the readjus-
ter party, for myself, and speak
ing doubtless on behalf of thous-
ands of Virginians as true and
brave as any of our sons, while de-
ploring as much as any one the
disaster which has Oyertaken our
cause, I am thankful for this Op-
portunity to proclaim now, sur
rounded by temporary clouds and
darkness, as boldly and defiantly
as when our cause was bathed in
sunshine, that our hearts are firm
ly and forever fixed to the ,mmu-
table principles of liberty and hus
man rights, as announced by the
liberal platform; and that the fight
shall go on against the bigotry
and violence of bourbonism as
long as it shall please God to spare
our lives for the struggle. In the
effort to perpetuate caste, class,
and race rule by crushing out by
force, fraud, or otherwise, the weak
and unprotected in this state the
bourbons have made a gulf be-
tween themselves and the read
juster party which shall yawn for
ever, for they cannot bridge it,
and we will not. Let the fight
proceed.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-29
Their Qnalities.

President Arthar's Cabinet is
thus described by a writer in the
Troy Times: Brewster is the most
punctilious member, Frellnghusen
the mcst aristocratic, Lincoln the
qu.e.est, Gresham he ablest, Folgcr
the most judicial, Teller and Cham
dler are the two who keep track Of
things generally aud the hardest
workers"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-29

PATRICK WILLIAM OBrien, the Irlsh
giant, and Christiana D, Dqnz, the Gers
man ciantess, were married in Pittsburg
last week. The ceremony was perform
ed in the German Evangelical Church by
he Rev. Frederick Ruotf, and was wit
messed by an immense assembiase ai
people. The wedding cake measures
nine feet in circumference and three feet
In thickness. The combined height ol
the bridal pa is 10 feet 3 inches, and
thev tip the beam at $40 pounds. The
wedding ring weighed II pennyweights
and was tiYe INCHES in circumference
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-29
The Carroll Distillery Case.

Nashville American.
The case on trial before Judge
Kew (on information to haye for
feited about $4,000 worth OF whls-
ky and other property for an al>
legged fraud and violation of the
revenue laws by the owner, A. L.
Carroll, is being fought with more
than ordinary zeal. Many witnesses
have been examined on both sides
The evidence will be closed to>mor-
row. 1t is insisted for the owner
of the still that the drain-pipe to
draw off the whisky without pay
ing taxes was the design OF one OF
the former owners, and that Carroll
had no knowledge Of it.
The Government has retained
Judge East, while for the defense
Messrs. Colyar, Marks & Childress
apt, Wapder Of shelbyyille, and
Mr.. Aydelotte, ofTullahoma, ap'