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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
Fish and Fishing.

The publishers of The American
Angler, now in its Fourth volume,
announce that the illustrated series
of essays on The Game Fishes of
America which have been issued each
week by them during the year 1883,
will be continued into 1884. These
essays on Angling are exhaustive,
embracing oyer seventy-fve en-
cravings drawn from nature of the
representative fish of American Wa
ters, with copious letter press Civ
ing the habits and habitat; popular
and scientific description, coloratiop
etc., of each fish; also, the tackle u.s.
ed and. when, where and how to
capture them. These articles are
written by the best Angling writer's
in America and form complete text
book for Anglers, a want not filed,
by any other existing publica.
ton. The twenty pages of tbs
American Angler are issued weekly,
and in addition to these valuable es-
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tributions and editorial articles on
fish, fishing and fish culture; notes
and queries as to the habits and
modes of capture of game fish; re,
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parts of the country, ETC., etc. It is
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20

The Commercial Gazette IS the
Leading Republican Newspaper
of the Central States, and the only
Republican paper in Cincinnati.
1t gives the news with every de-
sirahle detail decently, and it has no
superior as family newspaper.
The Financial and Commercial
Reports are full and reliable, With
letters telegraphed every day from
New York and Chicago, giving the
bottom facts as to the markets.
The Agricultural Department Is
carefully edited, and this alone is OF
more value to the farmer than
many times the yearly cost OF the
paper. :, r.,
zette is a complete newspaper, sutl-
able to the Merchant, Manufac,
turer, Mechanic, Farmer, and Pro-
fessional Man.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
Sweet William Walter.
aington Cor. y. Y. World.

Washington Cor. y. \. World.
Phelps Is called the dade mem
Der. The story was started on the
floor this morning that he was
coming up to the House wearing a
white velvet coat and some of the
new members believed it. Phelps
has done Keifer q real kindness.
His freshness in coming to the
front at the time he did, DISCUS
ted the older members.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
Prolific People.

An exchange with a penchant for
interesting matters and things, has
discovered some big families, as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Houston, of Portland, Me-,
boasts of four pairs of twins born
within a period of seven years.
= Chris. Mann, of Independence,
Mo-, has been married twice, and is
the father of twenty~six children.
Mrs. Mary P. Jones, of Steven
son, Ala, has just celebrated her
Tooth birthday, has 216 lineal de-
scendants.
From statistics complied in Prus =
sia it is learned that twins occur
once in SO births, triplets once in
1910, and quadruplets once in 371,-
1875.
The funeral of Lucy Fish Curtis,
who died at West Randolph, VT,
at the age of about 100 years, was
attended by all her six children, the
Youngest being IS and the oldest SO
years of age.
Wiley Moors, of South Washing
ton, Bender county, N. c., took an
inventory of his descendants the
other day, and found the number
up to that date to be 384, including
children, grandchildren, and great,
great grandchildren.
Eliza Baggs, native of Scriven
county, Ca, went to Florida at 6
years of age, married at Ii, and her
first child was born when she was
only IA. She is now 81, and has IS
children Twins twice., 13 of whom
are living.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
Fun Auead
Bristol Courier.

Circuit Court convened at Blount-
vile last Monday, Judge Hacker
presiding. The number OF people in
town was very large-estimated at
thousand. Among the number we
noticed Hons. r. r. Butler and a.
A. Taylor. These gentlemen are on
the war,path. A seat in Congress is
the goal. It is understood that Pet
tibone will not object to a re-elec-
tioa, while Judge Hacker and oth-
ers are hoping the lightning will
strike them. We will have warm
time in the year 1884.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
successful Treatment of Cholera.

The American Consul at Port
Lewis Mauritus sends to the state
d epar.ment an account Of the sues
cessful treatment Of cholera there
by II. IG. Eyers, who although not
a physician saved by the following
simple treatment 149 pensions out
of $50, who were attacked, On thu
first appearance Of an attack there
was administered an emetic of thirty
grains Of tartar emetic. After the
emetic had acted copious doses of
warm water were given. If vomi-
ting or purging continued the usual
doses of diluted sulphuric acid were
sure to stop it.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
Asserting Itself

y. Y. Tribune.
1t is plain enough that hereafter
the democratic party in the north
will be the tail to be wagged by the
democratic party in the south. The
selection of Mr.. Carlisle, south
erner, as speaker, is supplemented
by the selection of two other south>
erners, one as clerk of the House
and one as doorkeeper. Both OF
these gentlemen served on the derne
ocratic side of the rebellion, and
one Of them enjoys the proud dis.
tinction 1--WE suppose 1t is proud OF
having been one OF John Morgan S
men. The south is no longer only
solid; it is dominant-in the demo>
cratic party, at least.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
JONES
A STORY OF SLAVE LIFE.
Not so Very Old, but it Already has
q Strange Sound.

| Not so Very Old, but it Already has
q Strange Sound.
Boston Traveller.
Ny attention has often been
brought to the colored messenger
of the Attorney-General's office,
and the other day questioned him
about his history.
Said he: ~ was born In Forkhill
county, Virginia, on the old planta-
tion of the Lee family. I don't
know exactly how old | am, but
think ] will be sixty-three some
time in next March. In 1S48 Mr..
Lee, my master, sent me to Rich
mond to be sold, as he had to raise
some money, and l was carried
away from my wife, handcuffed and
put in freight car, That night 1
lodged in the Jail, but the next
morning was led out to the block.
Years before | had been kicked in
the head by a horse, which left the
ugly-looking scar which you see on
my forehead. That night in Jail I
rubbed the scar with my hands un-
til it looked very sore, and on auc>
tion day, when the traders came
around, they asked me if I ever felt
any effects of the wound. I told
them that if I had a good master 1
could get along we'll enough, but
that 1 was subject to attacks Of fits
| was appraised at a high figure,
but the fits story cut 1T down con-
siderably. The day when | was led
out to the auction block, there were
oyer 500 other slaves sold. A
Frenchman named Brant bought
me at a private sale for $500, and I
was his valet at the old Exchange
Hotel in Richmond,now the Ballard
House, for seven years, and at the
end of that time [ had some S2,-
$50, with which l bought freedom
for myself and wife. | used tv
make a great deal of money at the
Exchange, and | remember that
some weeks I laid by as much as
500 in a single week, but this, of
course, did not happen often.
Mr.. Brant. when he found that I
was a married man, told me that he
had a lot Of 'yaller' girls on his
plantation, and that I could easily
find another wife. but he liked me
so well that he bought my wife. In
1859 | bought my wife's sister, and
paid $3.50 for her, as she was sickly.
She hadn't been With us long before
she died at an expense of $50. l
had three sisters somewhere in
Louisiana or Mississippi, and after
the war was over 1 sent letters to
the various churches in that section,
to be read from the pulpits, with
the hope that could get some in
formation as to whether they wert
dead or alive. One day my letters
were read in "a small town in Mis-
sissippi, when a colored woman
jumped up and said that she was one
Of the sisters. l brought her here,
and she is with me now. My res
naming two sisters died during the
war, or some time previous. I was
messenger by Attorney
General Speed,who was in President
Cabinet, and I haye served
at this door ever since.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
The Foolish Man Permitteth Himself
to Bile Over.

]. C. Sheppard In Winchester Journal.
The PuritaEs were set of unde-
scribe fanatics, who left England
for England's good; and, who, not
finding room in Holland, for their
pestiferous heresies, sailed for the
bleak coasts Of New England. !,
If the ship thai bore them had
gone down in mii-ocean it would
have saved America from number>
less woes-Daniel Webster to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
| am not thankful for anything
the Puritans ever did. And l pro-
test against having a eplogy on
them crammed down me when &c
to a thanksgiving service. 1t spollS
ny turkey.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
How the Old Thing Works

The violaters of the small offence
laws, get off on the best terms
possible. Among this class are
frail, erring women, who ale some-
times more erred against than err
ring, and through pity, are turned
loose to go and err again. 1t would
te we'll for the Taxpayers if these
small o fife ee cases never
reached court, for the property
holders generally have to foot the
bill, and thess men and women, of
loose morals get a frs trate advel-
tisement by the trial of their case.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
ELI PERKINS BOOK AGENT.
A Short Narrative Embracing Re
markable Chain of Circum-
stances,

Il AA0A Aa0AO ShoAA OA SAhS>~AAA
| stances.
New York Star.
| A Philadelphia book agent im
portuned James Watson, a rich and
close New York man, living out al
Elizabeth, until he bought booE
1.-The early Christian Martyrs.
| Mr.. Watson didn't want the book
but he bought it to get rid of the
agent; then taking it under his arm
he started for the train which takes
him to his New York Office.
| Mr.. Watson hadn't been gone
long before Mrs. Watson came home
from neighbor's. The book agent
saw her, and went in and persuaded
The wife to buy another copy of the
same book. She was ignorant OF
the fact that her husband had
bought the same book in the NOR
ming. When Mr.. Watson came
back from New York at night
Mrs. Watson showed him the book
| Il don't want to see lt,,said Wat
son, frowning terribly.
why, husband p asked his wife.
Because the rascally book agent
sold me the same book this NOR
ming. Now we've got two copies of
the same book-two copies OF the
Early Christian Martyrs, and
But husband, we car-'
No, we can't, either!s interrupted
Mr.. Watson. That man is off on
the train before this. Confound it!
I could kill the fellow, Il
why, there he goes.to the depot
now. said Mrs. Watson, pointing
out. of the window at the retreating
form Of the book agent making for
the train.
But it's too late to catch him,
and Pm not dressed. I've taken off
my boots and
Just then Mr.. Stevens, a neigh
Dor of Mr.. Watson, drove by, when
Watson pounded on the window
pane in a frantic manner, almost
frightening the horse.
Here, Steyens!' he shouted,
you're hitched up; won't you run
your horse down to The train and
hold that book agent till | come?
Run! Catch i'm now
'All right SAID Mr.. Stevens,
whipping up his horse and tearing
down the road.
Mr.. Stevens reached the train
just as the conductor shouted "all
aboardp
Book agentr he yelled, as the
book agent stepped on the traln.-
Book agent! hold on! Mr.. Watson
wants to see you.'
watson? Watson wants to see
me?' repeated the seemingly puzzled
book agent. 'Oh, | know what he
wants; he wants to buy one of my
books; but l can't miss the train to
sell it to him.
IF that is all he wants, SAID MIR,
Stevens, driving up to the car VIM
dow, I can pay for it and take it
back to him. How much is it 2
Two dollars for the- early Chris
tiar Martyrs saii tke book agent,
as ne, ie,-r-essslfeea d fof the monty and
passed the book cut through the
car window.
Just then Mr.. Watson arrived,
putting and blowing, in his shirt
sleeves. AS he saw the train pull
out he was tco full for utte-ance.
We'll, got it for you,' said Ste>
vens: eiust got it, and that's ALL
SCOT what?' yelled Watson.
'Why, got the book-.'Early Chris
tian Martyrs and
By-the-great-guns! moaned
Watson, as he placed his hand to his
brow and swooned right in the mid
die of the street.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
Josie Mansfield Married in Europe.

The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes
well-known actress now in that city
a. saving: ''After Fisk was killed
and Stokes was sent to prison Josie
Mansfield went to Europe. There
she attracted the attention Of rich
lace-maker, who married her. A
couple of years ago | was over in
France, and one day while walking
through the gardens of st. Cloud
who should l encounter but Josie
leaning on the arm of her husband.
He was stout, portly man, much
the build of Fisk, and looked to ME
like a Russian rather than a French
man. Josie was elegantly and most
richly dressed, but in plain black
and laces. She had grown thinner,
had lost the flesh that for awhile
made her look gross and sensual,
and was radlantly beautiful. Her
husband is enormously wealthy I am
told, and is devoted to her."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
They Command Confidence.

Standing advertisements In a pa
per command confidence. The man
who for years resides in commu-
nifty and lives reputable life, even
though he be of moderate ability,
will grow in the confidence and
esteem Of his fellows. On the same
principle newspaper ADVERTISE
ment becomes familiar to the eyes
of the reader. 1t may seldom be
carefully read, still it makes the
name and business of man fa-
miliar, and its continued presence
in the columns of paper inspires
confidence in the. stability Of the
advertiser,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20

Sergeant Bates, the peri patetic
flag bearer, was in Murfreesboro last
week, accompanied by his son.
Bates made an an address and took
up collection,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
GAMBLING FOR WIVES.
Instances of the Horrible Practice.

instances OF the HOrrlbie Pract1ces
Horrible as the idea may seem n
this age of the world, instances ard
by no means uncommon in history
of men gambling off their wives.
During the London plague Of 1865
Captain Desbrowe lost large SUN
of money by bully, Sir Paul Par>
ravicin, whereupon the latter made
an indecent allusion to his wife, and
then, picking up the, diee-box, said:
You are a ruined man and have lost
all your property. I Will stake IL
yes, double the amount, against
your wife. You have . key Of your
house. Ii I win, that key shall be
mine. Do you now understand
meg
4 do said the young man, with
concentrated fury. You robbed me
of my money, now you would have
my honor a ,aa
Harsh words, but let them pass
We will play first, fight afterwsrd.
You refuse my challenger -
i accept it, and throw the key
upon the table. My life is set on the
die, and if lose I will not survive
my shame.'
Desbrowe seized the box and
threw twelve, crying: 'Huzza! My
honor IS saved! iaa.s
Hold! not so fast. It is tie; ]
have thrown twelve
Another decided it. The young
man threw six. s'I
.Tenl' said Parravisin. ns5'
sHorriblep cried the 20 ung man
INV wife entrusted to this villain.
Parravicin took up the key, and
Desbrowe, seizing his sword, made
q rush at his asssilant, but fortans
again favored the villain and the
youth was disarned:
The winner visited the house.
One sight was enough and he fed.
AS he issued from the street door
his throat was grasped and the
point of a sword placed at his
breast.
You shall not escape my venge-
ance now villain
you are already avenged; your
wife has the plague! JEE
senator Butler on SectiOnallsln.
Senator M. C. Butler, of South
Carolina, is one of the few south
ern democrats who speaks right
out in meeting. In conversation
with The American correspondent
to-day he remarked that he was
by no means pleased with the rea-
son given by Mr.. Hendricks, of
Indiana, for supporting Mr..
Cox in the speakership fight. Mr..
Butler was for Carlisle, and he had
no objection to a1J one else pre-
ferring Cox, but he did object to
any democrat Of Mr.. Hendricks
national prominence giving as his
excuse for SO doing that Mr.. Cox
was a northern man. sIf,' said Mr..
Butler, "this sectional cry is to be
raised every time there is pOliti-.
cal contest, think Southern DEM
ocrats had better withdraw from
all conventions and let the North.
run them to suit themselves, re- T
serving, Of course, our right to
vote for such nominees as will best
serve our interests" He also as.
serted that these cries Of sectional
ism were always made through
coWardIce or desire for spells, and
he cited the fact that In the ap>
pointments thus far made under
the new administration in the
House, the cotton states had been 70
entirely forgotten. Those who
know Senator Butler will believe
that he is perfectly sincere in his
EXPRESSED adherence of sectional
ism. and his views on the subject
will. no doubt, attract wide atten-
tiOn
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
A Ticket and Platform for Then.

N I. IrIDUle.
AS fitting supplement to the
outcome of the speakership contest,
some enterprising democratic news
paper would do well to rush into
the field with this ticket for 1884:
For President: John Griffin Car
Isle, of Kentucky.
For Vice President: Samnel Sui
livan Sunset Cox, of New York.
Platform: American industries
must go. 1 shisGoA, IS <
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
"Somebody Stole That Money,

Somebody Stole That Money"
Colonel Boudinot, the Washing
ton agent of the Cherokee nation
has addressed an open letter to
Secretary Teller, with reference to
charges recently made respecting
a mlsappropriation of the Chero-
kee Indian award made last win
ter. In this letter Colonel BOudl-
not says he will prove, if the op,
portunity be afforded him, that
the treasurer of the Cherokee mas
ton paid out S22, 500 of the award
of $500, 900 in fulfillment of a con-
tract made by the Cherokee dele
cation with ex-congressman
Phillips, of Kansas, and that Phil
lips received the money; also that
Phillips and the Cherokee delega-
tien represented to the Cherokee
counsel that the said S22, 800, al
though contracted to be paid to
William A.Phillips, was not for
his benefit, but was to pay certain
high officials in Washington for
their influence in procuring the
appropriation Of said $500, 900,
sand that Philips when asked who
these high officials were, gave his
interrogatorist-to to understand that
such high officials were Secretary
Teller and Senator Dawes. Col
onel Boudinot also says 'Some-
body stole that money. [ know
neither you nor Senator Dawes
ever got dollar of it. L believe
William A. Phillips did get it,
and probably shared it with oth-
ORC
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
Glass For Flo0rin g.

In many of the business houses
in Paris, and especially in those
of which the cellars are used as
offices, glass is now being extern
sively employed, instead ofboards,
for flooring. At the headquarters
of the Credit Lyonnais, on the
Boulevard des Italiens, the whole
of the ground floor is paved with
large squares of roughened glass
i'm bedded in a strong iron frame,
and in the cellars beneath there
is, even on dull days, sufficient
light to enable the clerks to work
without gass. The large central
hall at the offices of the, Compton
d 'Escompte has lately been pro-
vided with similar flooring; and
it is said. that, although its primo
cost is considerable greater than
that of boards, glass in the long run
is far cheaper, owing to it's almost
unlimited durability. The material
is cast in slabs about eighteen
inches square by an inch and a
half thick and transmits blush
light.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
CARLISLE IN A DILEMMA.
The Trouble the Free Trade Speaker
is Having over an Important
Eora if&ae

Committee.
Washington Cor. Baltimore American.
It has been learned from a relia-
BILE source that Mr.. Carlisle has
run against snag in the blocking
out of the Committee on Ways and
Means. He determined to place
the Craftsmanship in the hands of
Mr.. Morrison, of illinois, leaving
it to the chairman to select his as,
sociates upon that all-important
committee. This Mr.. Morrison set
about doing. His only lnstruc-
tions we're to find able men who
were in sympathy with the Speak
er's tariff views. He supposed, of
course, that Randolph Tucker
would serve; but it appears that
the Vlrginian prefers not to be
ON the committee, Ostensibly bes
cause he hopes to be more useful
elsewhere, but presumably because
he does not care to play second fid-
die to Mr. Morrison in the tariff
orchestra. Mr.. Morrison then be-.
gan to look elsewhere, but the
more he looked the more he did not
find the men he wanted. He need
ed eight men, and they must be
men of decided ability, too, to suc-
cessfully override the five Repub-
licans who would constitute the
minority: With Kelly, Kasson,
Keifer, Calkins and Haskell, or
such men, in the opposition, there
must needs be formidable ma
jority, but where was such a MAJ
jority to come froms There has
not yet been found New Eng
lander, a Middle States man or a |
Pacific Sloper who is sufficiently
prominent, and, at the same time
is of the right stripe. Hence
dilemma, and there seems to be but
one way out of it, and that is to
have a decidedly mixed commit
tee, the result of which will be
very moderate tearing up of the |
tariff, and q great deal of conse-
quent dissatisfaction in all quar-
ters. This sort of thing is just |
what the Randall faction have
hoped for. They have claimed all
along that while Carlisle had the |
mum bers, he did not have the |
weight, and hence the Speakers |
escape from his dilemma will be |
watched for. The
of the Randall men was
evident to-day in the |
very large number Of bills intro> |
duced for the abolition of the in~
ternai revenue, and it is whispered
about tonight that there is very
tair prospect of Randall Repub-
lican combination for this purpose,
and also for the purpose, by this
means, of preventing any distur-
bance of the tariff. aGf
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
LIMESTONE LIVERY STABLE.
5. <. BARKLEY, Proprietor

Good-vehichles, careful drivers. gentle
horses and terms reasonable. My aim shall
be to give entire satisfaction. Horses Will
be groomed and well taken care of at
reasonable rates. Give me call.
S. K. BKLEY, RALimestone, Tenn
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