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being made" How then does he sup
pose that his predecessor was to prevent
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pose that his predecessor was to prevent
such entriesY
There is a similar state of affairs in the
Indian Office. An increased appropria-
ton Of $397, ,050is asked for the Indian
service. The estimates for the Pension
Office are astonishing. That physical
wreck" Commissioner Black, in his re-
port stated that the office had been scan
dalously used for partisan purposes. But
he wants $50, 900 more for his contingent
expenses, and ten more messengers,
while he presents list of sixty-one
clerks, chiefs of divisions, etc., who are,
in his opinion. under-paid. The Patent
Office needs nothing, apparently, so badly
as more clerks and higher salaries, for
which purpose an increased appropria-
ton of $116,7 100 is asked. Twenty-Five
more messengers alone are asked for in
this bureau The Labor Bureau asks for
an increased appropriation OF $36, 600.
Altogether Secretary Lamar wants $249,-
ITO more than his Republican predecessor
had for salaries and expenses in the In
terror Department.
Postmaster General Villas makes a
considerable reduction for gas, plumbing,
and such non partisan expenses in his
department, but he asks for consider
able increase in salaries and contingent
expenses, so that the total estimate for
his department building exceeds that
allowed his Republican predecessor by
| $14, 1870. 1t has been customary Tor
Democrats to ridicule the Department of
Agriculture and yet an increased appro-
priation of $71 ,0S5 is asked for that de-
partment, of which $18,510 is for an in
crease in salaries. For the distribution
of seeds 100000 is wanted, the same as
this year, while $25 900 is asked for q
new purpose, "the study of the interre'
lation of birds and agriculture" The
Attorney General asks for only $3,S4O
more for his office than was allowed this
year. For printing, the Administration
asks an increase of $184,653, and $685..
552 more for the District Government
The total increase in the estimates for
1887 over the entire sum, including de
ficiences, appropriated for the last fisca
year of the Republican Administration il
| $75, 1859, ,708; but for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1885, there was an appropriation
of about $15, 600, 900 for rivers and har
bors, which is 81, 900, 600 more than tht
estimate for next year. Deducting thu
appropriation for the Navy Department
for six months of the last fiscal year
which is included in the appropriations TO
the current year, and the actual increase
asked for the next year over the appro
priations for the current year is $57 600,
900.
1t may be that all this money is needed
to administer the affairs of the Govern
ment; but what comment it furnishe
on Democratic falsehoods in the cum
paign Of 1884!
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A Curious Calculation,

The New York Times makes this curl.
Gus calculation as to the bulk of the Van
dcrbilt fortune:
Mr.. Vanderbilt was worth 5000, 000, 900.
If we say that he was worth $500, 900, 900,
or 81, 900, 900, 900, do we get perceptibly
different impression aboutthe bulk of his
fortune? Most people do not. To the
average mind the conception of enormous
wealth is much the same whether it be
reckoned in hundreds Of millions or in
viginitillions. The human mind cannot
grasp these great sums or clearly appreci-
ate the difference between one hundred
millions and two hundred millions.
Let us try and describe Mr.. Vanderbilt s
great fortune in terms of linear, square
and cubic measurement and Of weight
Everybody understands these terms, and
they make definite impression on mems s
minds.
II this sum of 5000, O,OOO,O 900 we're in
standard silver dollars it would present
such features as this:
| Put lengthwise, dollar after dollar, II
would stretch distance of 2,672 miles
making silver streak from New York
across the ocean to Liverpool.
Piled up, dollar on dollar, it would
reach height Of 1855 miles
Laid fiat on tho ground the dolar
would cover space OF nearly sixty acres
The weight OF this mass of silver woulC
be 7160 tons.
To transport it would require 1858 cars
carrying twenty tons each, (his is tn
capacity of the strongest freight cars)
and making train just about two ant
one-half miles long.
On ordinary grades it would requir
twelve locomotives to haul this train. Ol
roads of steep grades and sharp curves
fifteen or twenty locomotives would b.
needed.
In one.dollar bills this 5000, 200, O0
fortune would assume such shapes a
this
The bills stretched lengthwise woul
extend 1854 miles, or nearly the circum
ference of the earth at the equator.
Piled up one on another, close as leave
in new book, they would reach a heigl
of twelve miles.
Spread out on the ground they woul
cover 746 acres, or nearly the whole sur.
ace of Central Park, including ponds an
reservoirs.
A safe deposit vault to contain thes
bills would require to lie twenty-five
feet long, twenty two feet wide an
twenty feet high,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24

Christmas was first observed rs fes-
tai day about the year 1877, by order of
Pope Telcsphorus, and has been kept as
such ever since, During about two CEN
turies it was the most movable OF Chris
tian festive occasions, being often con.
founded with the Epiphany, festival Of
the Christian church now held on Janua-
ry 8, commcmorating the appearance of
Christ to the wise men of the East, who
came 10 bring him presents, which wa,
celebrated by the Eastern churches in the
months of April and May. During the
fourth century, Pope julius l., at the ur.
gent requested Of st, CYRIL, of Jerusalem
ordered an investigation to be made con
cerning the day of the nativity. The re
suit CT the inquiry by eminent theologian'
of the East and West was an agreemen
upon the 25th of December. The chic
grounds of the decision were the table
of the censors in the archives Of Rome
This date was uniformly accepted, and i
celebrated throughout the Christian
world.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24

The Lynchburg (Va,) Nsrs says that
although the lynching of Henry Mason,
colored, recently, for the murder of Mr..
Mammersley Is the first occurrence of the
kind in Campbell county, the very name
Of lynch law" was derived from native
of that county-old Col. Lynch, who was
in the habit of administering summary
punishment to marauders and miscreants
of every description without paying any
attention TO the ordinary processes OF law.
Hence he was called Judge Lynch, "
and this. 1t is said, is the true origin of
the terms "lynching" and "lynch law" )"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24
His Money in a Secret Pocket.

In opening car Of wheat that reached
Duluth from Fargo few days ago, the
body Of a man, bloody and mangled, was
found. and in a secret pocket were SAFE
in bills Yesterday it was found that the
victim was Andrew Kopf, who had sold
his farm near Fargo for 1876, and had
started for Germany, 1t is supposed he
was induced to enter car Of wheat fol
a free ride, and was then murdered fol
his money. The murderer failed to fine
the secret pocket.
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II. Gratz Brown.

ST. LOUIS, Dec 13.-ExGovernor i.
Gratz Brown, died suddenly at his home
in this city at o'clock this morning. He
had been suffering from pneumonia for
week, but heart disease is said to be the
cause of his death He was fifty mine
years of age, and was originally a Free
Soil Democrat. He was elected to the
United States Senate in 1868, and in 1870
was elected Governor OF this State by the
Liberal Republicans, and in 1872 was
nominated for the Vice Presidency on the
ticket with Mr.. Greeley. Since then he
has confined his attention 10 the law, in
which he made an enviable reputation
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yintnrx for Prohibition.

ATLANTA, GA, Dec. 17.--Judgc Mccoy
in the United States circuit court this
morning. after three days argument by
counsel, refused to grant the application
of certain liquor dealers to restrain the
ordinary from counting, consolidating
and announcing the vote In the recent 10.
cal option election This is a great vic.
tory for the prohibitionists and they are
correspondingly jubilant. The law will
70 into effect July LIST.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24
No Third Party Wanted.

Maud and her George were in the par
lor, and Maud's father-who by the way,
is down on the mugwumps-was laying
down his political tenets to Maud's George:
II tell YOU" he exclaimed, "the Dem.
ocratic and Republican parties embody all
there is of wisdom in party management.
We don't want any third party here
"That is it precisely, papa" replied
Maud; "a third party is nuisance any
where"
Maud's father counted noses, concluded
he was the mugwump and withdrew
from the field.
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charles Foster.

BosToN, Dec. 1e.--Charles Foster, the
once noted spiritualistic medium, who
ten years ago made such n furo-e in this
country and Europe, appearing before
scientific men here and crowned heads OF
Europe, died yesterday afternoon at the
residence Of his aunt Mrs. Call, In Salem,
Of softcning of the brain.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24
Chopped House to Pieces for Revenge.

DALLAS, Dec. 15.-Last night two
white men called at the house Of Mrs.
Nina Netherton in the suburbs Of this
town, at late hour, and demanded a
drink of water. She refused to get up TO
get it, whereupon the men procured two
axes from woodpile and deliberately
chopped the house, which was small
onestory building, TO pieces. The night
was terribly cold, and 1t is thought that
Mrs. Netherton and her two children will
die from exposure. The house is total
wreck, the men having hacked at it for
three hours.
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1t Made Her Tired.

Young lady (who has just returned
from the summer resort)-oh, Clara, I've
had such delightful time; and con.
quests! you wouldn't believe me II were
to tell you Of the number | have made.
Clara-Oh, yes would, but some other
time, dear. ! have just been listening TO
your brother Jack tell of his success at
fishing, and I'm trihc tired.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24
IA snciniv nnner in anscrihinr 1

"A society paper In describing the
order in which bridal party passed
down the church aisle, says "The bride
walked on the arm Of her father" This
may be all right, but 1t seems TO US that
a church was hardly the place for her
10 display her acrobatic accomplishments.
-.Chiedao Rambler.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24
A Disastrous Railway Wreck in Georgia.

ATLANTA, Dec. 15.--At midnight last
night, on the Georgia Pacific road, sew
entecn miles from this city, the Georgia
Pacific train was wrecked by the East
Tennessee train. Ten persons were killed
instantly and six seriously wounded OF
whom one has since died and the death
Of one other Is expected. Many were
slightly hurt.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24
A bad Case Of blood and Thundor.

A number Of small boys OF Saulk
Rapids, having desire to become ban
dts and outlaws, dug hole in u side
hill near the village in which to hide
stolen property. etc. One of the infant
gang confessed that they had determined
TO burn the courthouse and schoolhouse.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24

A prominent physician who was Mr..
Hendricks friend and attendant for a
longer period than any other physician,
says that Mr.. Hendricks did not die Of
heart paralysis, Several years ago Mr..
Hendricks was stricken with paralysis,
from which he never fully recovered,
and, as Is usual in cases Of partial paraly.
sis, a clot formed that eventually reached
the brain and caused death.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24

--Customer--"H you some good
imported cigars?" New clerk--"Noi
Just now; but we will have In about IN
hour. The printer around the corner
is ut work on the labels now."-C Chicago
Neics.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24

What has the spade doncf" ia the
subject discussed lately by a teachers
convention, II has often filled flush
which otherwise would have been use.
less. Boston Post.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24

"A down-east fire company, in reso.
luton on deceased member, says "He
has responded TO his last alarm" II Is
o wonder they didn't add that he "has
gone TO his last fire.--Lopen Times.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24
Four Serious Accidents on the East Ten
nessec. Virginia & Georgia.


CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 1.-THE East
Tennessee, Virginia e. Georgia system
seems to have been fatal in the past few
days. On Monday occurred the terrible
collision with Georgia Pacific train in
which twelve people were killed. To-day
two freight trains collided a few miles
above Morristown, Tenn, on the main
stem of the road. Zone Of the sections
was at n water tank and the hind section
crashed into it. Eight loaded freight cars
were entirely smashed, and three cars
loaded with cotton caught fire and several
hundred bales were burned.
An hour afterward the south bound ex-
press on the came road ran over and kill
ed a man who was walking on the track
at a station few miles below the scene
Of the accident.
Last night the north-bound express on
the Georgia division stem of the same
system was wrecked near the scene OF
Monday nights collision by spread
track, and two cars were badly demolish-
ed and fell on either side OF high em-
bankment. The mail messenger was
slightly injured, but no one else was hurt.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24
CURRENT EVENTS.
TO KILL RICH MEN.
ters Arrested-A List of San Fran
cisco Men Who Were Mark


ed as Victims.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 16,-A plot fer
the assassination of some Of the most
prominent men in this city came to light
last night. Some time ago the police OBJ
tanned information Of the. existence Of an
organization called the ''Socialistic ReYo.
lutionary Association" which, it was as
serted, was composed of ultra socialistic
members. A close watch was kept on
their movements, and the police finally
succeeded in obtaining the minutes of
one Of their meetings held on Nov. 90.
1t was learned that the intention was to
put about twenty men out of the way by
assassination, including w. T. Coleman,
Congressman w. w. Morrow, Gen w.
II. L. Barnes, Mayor Bartlett, United
States Judge Lorenzo Sawyer, Leland
Stanford Charles Crocker, Gov. Stone
man, and the principal police officials.
These names were put on ''proscriptive
list" and placed in the hands of the Exc
cutive Committee. The committee were
considering the best means of accom-
plishing the murders when their work
was brought to sudden termination by
the discovery of their headquarters al 900
Montgomery street
The police arrested four men found in
the rooms. Their names are Julius c.
Koosher, Henry Weiscman, Charles Nit
telstadt and Oscar Eggers. The officers
found in the headquarters complete lab
oratory for the manufacture of Internal
machines. The men were taken to the
city prison, where they boldly asserted
that they were dynamiters, and that they
proposed to get rid of the citizens named
and then raze Chinatown. The prisoners
are also members Of the German branch
of the Anti .Coolie League.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24

Good morning, Mistress Gilligan;
how is Patrick this mornings
Sure he's no better, sir.
Why don't you send him to tho hospi
tai to be treatedi
To be treated, is III Faith an it's the
delarium trimmins he has already
Boston Beacon
, 1885-07-11


A citizen of Trinidad, Colo, ar.
rived in Chicago the other day with a
carload of Colorado bunch cacti. The
cacti were spread out for inspection in
the yard of a Washington boulevard
,orist. There were about $50 lunches
left. The punches had the appearance
OF little mounds, composed of from lfty
to 100 littlo greenish balls, studded
thickly with small spines or prickles
Those prickles are a great protection
in shipping" said the speculator. SAT
every depot along the route some one
tries to steal n bunch, but they have to
be handled with pitchforks, and no one
was thus provided"
Did you find much demand for cacti
in Chicagol'
"When | reached the depot everybody
wanted a bunch, and for three or four
DAYS after they were unloaded they
sold rapidly. When | arrived they were
all in blossom, and hat is what sold
them. A bunch when in blossom Is
covered with about 800 flowers about
the size of a silver dollar, and of a dark
reddish hue. AT a distance they re-
semble a prettily arranged bunch of red
velvet. They are n rarity in Chicago.
lut1 Will DlOsSOm ucIt 10 Iohuil 10 ~
Colorado, and will endure the winter.
Water, given too freely, will kill them.
When not disturbed during the blossom
ing period they will remain in bloom
from April until August. The long dis
lance these were brought injured the
blossoms, and in three or four days they
fell or"
Have you many varietiesl'
81 brought but one with me, but there
are several in Colorado. We have the
prickly pear; the cane cactus, which
grows like a currant bush and out OF
which canes are made; the barrel cactus,
in the shape of a barrel, and n that
grows about twelve feet high and ten
inches in diameter. All of these have
very fine blossoms. l shall endeayor to
bring some of them to Chicago another
YEAR
, 1885-07-11
A Remarkable Feat in PhonoEraphy.



Iremember photographic feat which
would still be considered very remark
able-indeed. | do not think it has ever
been repeated or paralleled. The late
Theron c. Leland announced a lecture
at Clinton hall, on the novelty of phonog-
raphy, and during his address Mr.. c.
Edwards Lester, whose figure was ia
miliar, appeared on the platform and
said; 1T is well enough known that |
am the New York correspondent of The
London Times. Mr.. Leland is my
amanuensis. l will now dictate TO him,
in your presence, my regular weekly
letter. He will take it down as fast as
l utter it, put his Photographic notes in
an envelope without reading over, and
seal it in your presence, post it tonight
and it will go abroad by the morning
steamer, and DO set up by n eompositor
in The London Times office who under
stands photography, and it will be
printed as you hear it spoken
The programme was exactly followed
out, and Lester letters appeared in The
''Thunderer' without being revised OF
read over either by the author or re-
porter. This extraordinary triumph of
the mysterious art gave Leland great
prestige, and his classes were filled with
pupils who caught his own enthusiasm.
He was one Of the most industrious,
faithful, sincere, humane, brave and
earnest of men.
, 1885-07-11

lNAANlhhaAA IN NToAAial
Bob Ingersoll gave the initiative 10
an expression that is becoming the pop.
ular slang" In the east. In delivering
a lecture to the Young Mems Literary
association he was dwelling on the i'm
p~ortance of young men remaining at
homo and attending to bushes, if they
had a business, instead of going
west to take chances. said he: "A
good many eastern people-young PEG
ple-put the western folks down
as ignorant and unprogressiye. They
think there is great need for bank presi-
dents and railroad managers and ma
terial for members of congress-"
Then Bobproceeded to explain that the
western people were pretty well up in
the ways of the world. said he: They
organize and manage their banks and
other institutions with ability and dis.
erection, they build railroads and"-then
he paused, and with that peculiar ex-
preston by which he give force to a
point he added, they are not afraid OF
the cars" And so it comes to be un.
derstood that the person who is not SC
very green lis not afraid of the cars
, 1885-07-11


Those who adopt Sir John Lubbock's
theories on the question of marriage by
capture need not wander into savage
lands for proofs and instances. The
popular resorts on a bank holiday fur
nish ample illustration of the perpetual
ton of the symbol at least, If the actual
custom is no longer maintained. Among
the younger and more tumultuous OF
the masses who come together for q
holiday a degenerate form Of kiss-in-
the-ring is vastly popular, and one strik-
ing feature Of the game is the rapid
rush from the circle Of the girl, followed
in hot haste by her cavalier. For a
minute the former seems likely TO es-
cape, so impetuous is her pace, but she
is speedily captured, and at once resist
ance is abandoned, and she is led back
to be duly saluted in the ring, a fine
point being the raising Of the youths
cap or hat while giving the kiss. The
recreation presents a strange mixture OF
savagory and gallantry.
, 1885-07-11

IN annie Is. Marn 3 MFAltn LttteFl
The chinampas, or floating gardens,
are generally disappointing at first sight
to the tourist who has read much of
Prescott. But, although the soil is
mostly solicited, time was when it
actually fioated, and in that condition
lore crops. To this day expenses are
found with four feet of water under
them, which are kept in place only by
stakes, yet strong enough to sustain
grazing cattle. Further on one meets
wandering strips of Yerdure, appropri-
ately called oiutas ribbons, drifting
about wherever the current carries
them. We are told that in earlier times
these floating fields, with their cargoes
of fruit and vegetables, were sometimes
wrecked, like vessels, by humping to-
gether in gales of wind, or by driving
violently ashore; and that robbers and
political refugees have been known to
escape pursuit by diving under the il
lusive area, to bob up s%erenely' else
where.
The gardens Of to-day, which literally
supply the markets Of Mexico, are
formed by the division of what was
once all water, but is now made earth,
into small square patches, interseoted
by narrow canals. The patches are so
tiny that the owner, padding around
the borders in his canoe, can irrigate
his entire estate by tossing water upon
it with a gOurd.
, 1885-07-11

Ah~F tANA 49, "NA - 49,
There are two mistaken ideas about
grindstones in the public mind, said a
dealer in those articles, whose place
was visited by Il reporter. One is that
they are going out of use and the other
that they explode. Instead of going
oct OF use, Just the contrary is The fact,
for more are used now than ever before.
Why is this Because of improved cut.
ting machinery that requires the aid of
grindstones TO keep 1t in perfect tondi-
ton. As for their exploding, as you
read about every once in "a while, that's
all nonsense. They do not explode. But
thoy do break, scattering themselves
about some and hurting people. But
this is due TO their being mounted
wrongly, not to anything of an explo-
sive nature about them.
Where do most OF the grindstones
come from was asked.
Prom France and Germany chiefly.
Some come from England and some
from the western part Of this country.
They are found in ohio, but not ut all
in the east. The Ohio stones are good
for rough grinding. but the French and
German ones are the best. because they
can DO used for finer work-for fiat sur.
iatt kAlAAAhb anu lOA AutNii1 a
great many of them are sent to people
in the far west, even to Nebraska and
California. They are also shipped to
Central America. The largest grind
stone we ever sold was hfty-four inches
in diameter and had an eight-inch face.
The 81 most generally sold is a twenty
four inch diameter with a three to four
inch face"
"What do grindstone's costf'
THE smallest is n three-inch dame
ter, two inches thick. A single one of
these costs 80 cents, and $2.75 n dozen.
Cne ton inches in diameter, two inches
thick, costs 30 cents. One thirty inches
in diameter, four inches thick, costs
$3.50. One thirty-seven inches in di-
ameter, seven inches thick, costs $is. so.
A g~rindstone forty eight inches in diam
eter, eight inches thick, which is the
largest in the regular lists, costs $40