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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03
Increased Pensions for Veterans.

WASHINGTON, May 25.--Mr Sewell
did excellent service for the veterans who
were disabled by loss Of limbs In the war
by getting the Senate to-day to pass the
bill increasing their pensions. This bill
increases the rate from s24 to $50 month
for those who have lost hand or a foot
and includes in this class all those "who
have been totally or permanently disabled
in the same" The rate of $50 for ampu.
tation at or above the elbow or knee is
increased to $36 and in this class is in
cluded those who are totally or perma-
nently disabled in the arm or leg. For
an amputation at the hip joint or at the
shoulder joint the rate is increased from
S37 80 to $45. An amendment offered by
Mr. Miller was adopted to include in the
latter class those veterans whose amputa.
ton is such as to preclude the use Of an
artificial limb The Commissioner of
Pensions estimated the aggregate yearly
increase under this bill Of those now on
the rolls to be $615, ,204
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
THE HELPING HAND.
Suggestions for the Farmer and House.
hold Hints.
May Children Go Barefoot

May Children Go Barefoot?
This question is every now and again
proposed for discussion; and, when it is
SO, we are compelled to give the same an
swer. On physiological grounds it is
manifestly a sound practice to accustom
children to develop the circulatory and
muscular system of the lower exlremities.
precisely as those of the hand are devel.
oped, by free use and exposure 1t is not
supposed to be either necessary or desira-
BILE that children should wear gloves for
nygenic purposes. When the hands of
little folks are thus decorated, the parent
idea is confessedly to give them what Is
conventionally regarded as genteel an
pearance. No one thinks child ought
to be protected from the weather so far
as its hands are concerned. On the con.
trary, 1t is recognized that the upper ex.
tremities should be kept warm BY exer.
else and habitual exposure.
Precisely the same view holds good
with regard to the lower extremities.
Contact with bodies that abstract heat.
even more than the earth abstracts il, is
an almost constant condition of child
lie. In short, II is entirely in Difference
10 fashion and the usages of society that
children wear foot coverings. There is
much to be said in favor of q more natural
practice. The foot is an organ of wond.
rous complexity, regarded as bony and
muscular apparatus. 1t is moreover, pro-
yldcd with nerves and blood vessels of
especial intrcacy. The softest and most
flexible shoe. to a very great extent, and
boot almost entirely, reduces this organ
TO the character of jointed block with
littlc self movement. Obviously this re-
dnction must detract not only from the
elllciency of the foot, but of the organ.
Ism as whole. II the blood vessels of
the foot and leg are fully developed, as
they only can be when the foot is habitu.
any exposed, the quantity of blood which
the lower extremities can be made to re-
celve and, If need be, to attract for q time,
is very considerable.
We can only say that children who are
allowed to go barcfooted enjoy almost
perfect immunity from the danger of
cold by accidental chilling of the feet,
and they are altogether healthier and
happier than those who in obedience to
the usages of social life, have their lower
extrcmities permanently invalided, and,
so to say, carefully swathed and put away
IN rigid cases. AS regards the poorer
classes of children, there can be no sort
OF doubt in the mind of any one that it is
incomparably better that they should e
barcfooted than wear boots that let in the
wet and stockings that are nearly always
damp and ul.-L0nd0n Lancet.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03
The Dried Fruit Trade.

There has been no article in our mark
ct that has deterioted lin prices so much
as dried fruit. The reasons have been
because, in the first place, there is too
much dried fruit made. We take for in
stance dried apples, when the crop is
large the farmers family amuse them.
selves and keep their minds employed by
peeling apples during the evening, not
only grown persons but the children are
got to work, and of course after they are
dried they expect to find market for
them. The consequence has been that
for the last two years dried apples that
could sell from 7alOc. per lb. have been
sold this year in large lots from II to q
per lb. Unpeeled peaches that sold for
to DC. have been sold this year from 1 to
2t per pound. So many cherries have
been dried the last two years that they
have declined from 25c. to 9c. per ID.
besides dried fruits have had to contend
with canned fruits of all kinds, and bak-
ers and groccrs who used dried fruit now
use canned fruit, and the stock of old
fruit now left over in cold storage Is suf
ficient to last two years, and in view of
this fact, we would advise all dried fruit
makers, If they expect any rcnumera ior
for their labor, another season to raise DO
tatoes, beans, etc, which are always sala
BILE. We cannot depend on foreign mark
cts, especially the continent of Europe
where prunes are raised so cheaply.-
Neo York Produce Exchange.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03
Gleinings for Grnncers.

| There are over one hundred wholesale
poultry dealers in New York city and
some OF them handle daiiJ6p ,isn sels
holding 175 pounds each.
Use plenty of plaster in the foWl house
and in the stables. II is an eycelent
deodorizer and cannot be used loo freely.
The New York experiment station has
succeeded in raising cabbages from leaf
cuttings. 1t has also raised some fine
[ cabbages from seed gathered green. They
came early.
1t is better to do without fences alto
gether than to have them harbor weeds
There is nothing more important in the
minor details of farm than keeping the
fence corners clean.
A MISSOURI farmer who has been test
ing seed corn from the butt, tip and mid.
die of the ears for three years past finds
that the corn from the tips will ripen first
from the middle next and the butt last.
A handful of lnsced meal fed to each
COW or horse at least three times week
will not only regulate the system and pro-
mote health, but will also loosen the skin
and keep the animal from becoming hide
bound.
A good point to keep in view is the fact
that it is easier to keep an animal fat than
to fatten it. In other words, the stock
should always be kept in good condition,
that they can readily be prepared for
market.
Hogs give returns so quickly that even
II small profit only is made on each lot
these profits can be made so often and so
quickly that the rearing and feeding of
hogs is one of the most paying occupa.
tions on the farm.
II pays to build straw barns, for good
straw cannot 0e put in stacks without
great loss, even in the best of years. Good
straw, well saved, for feeding to fattcning
stock, which eat largely of oil meal, cot
tonseed meal, bran, etc, is worth half as
clover hay, and Is a very necessary COM
ponent Of feed.
A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
says: "Clover will not stay in as long on
very heavy soils, but to get the best re.
suits from its use it should not be cut for
hay but one year anyway. Then plow il
under and grow some paying crop on the
sod. Under some circumstances II may
be best to plow It under, and at other
times 1t will be wiser to cut it for hay, or
seed and return the manure and haulm. F"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03
TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS.
One Hundred Kegs Of Powder Let Go,
Killing Three Men and Destroying
n Locomotive and Two Cars.

killing Three Men and Destroying
Locomotive and Two Cars.
NASHVILLE, TENN. May 25.-Details
OF the terrific explosion of one hundred
kegs of powder at Soddy Coal Mines,
near Chattanooga yesterday, have been
received tonight. One Of the locomotives
OF the company was going from the rail-
road station to The mines with the powder
in charge of VIM. Lloyd and David
Harper.
The locomotive was running at a rapid
rate, when a keg of powder was overturn-
ed and the contents scattered in the car.
The next moment a spark from the en-
gine ignited the powder and the explos-
ion followed. Three seconds after the
spark fell every keg of the powder had
exploded, and three mangled human bo
dies lay fifty feet away down the en-
bankment.
The effect of the explosion was fright
ful. The locomotive and two fiat cars
were torn to atoms, and some portions of
them hurled for hundreds of Yards.
When the explosion occurred q miner
named Ike Ramsey was standing near
the track waiting for the train to pass.
He together with Lloyd and Harper, was
thrown down the embankment, and when
found all were in a dying condition.
They presented most sickening specta-
Gle; their bodies were blackened, and the
flesh, covered with dirt and blood, hung
in shreds. All the men died at midnight
last night.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03
A RINK CHRONICLE.
Mary and Her Young Man Goeth Forth l.
Learn the Art OF Rinking.

Mary and Her Young Man Goeth Forth to
Learn the Art OF Rinking.
!. And it came to pass there came a
day when the young man with the lead
pencil legs and high water pants be.
thought himself of the skating rink.
III, So he went out, and when he came
nigh unto his girl he spake unto her,
saying; Come, Mary, let us grid our.
selves up and go hence to the Rink, for
behold have been dilligent in thy alb.
sence and have embezzled two coupons. :"
SO they went, one with the other, for
they loved each other with love, the
greatness Of which was like unto death.
Ill. And when the youth and maiden
were come unto the Rink, they saw div
ers other young men and maidens waltz.
ing hither and thither, and standing upon
their necks, and. spreading themselves
upon the floor TO the four corners of the
place.
Nv. And Mary was pleased thereat, for
she saw the other maidens sticking tc
their escorts closer than boiler rivets.
And she longed for some of the same az.
ony
V. So she prevailed upon her lover to
go and do likewise. And he went with a
light heart, for he loved the sport because
he had been there before and knew the
witchness thereof.
vi. And after little while he returned
and took Mary's feet and fastened the
skates thereon. And in like manner did
he unto his own feet Then they smiled
one upon the other and went upon their
wobblv way.
VII. And 1t came to pass when they
had got out where the eyes of the multi
tude were upon them, Mary forgot her
self and looked back. Now this was a
grievious thing to do, for it was written
on the wall: Thou shalt not look back
when thou skatest, lest thy feet forsake
thee and thou treadest upon thine ear"
VIII. But Mary was full of ioy and
chocolate carmels, and remembered moi
these things.
! TX. So when she looked back her fee,
liew from under her, and went up into
the atmosphere and cut star therein
and descended with q great crash ant
Mary sat down on the floor,,wit a dul
thud, so that her hustle escaped and cam,
out at the neck of her dress. And he
fall was exceedingly hard; yea, great wa
the muchness thereof
X. SO likewise had her lover spile,
himself, but he hurt himself not, for h
had been like the seven wise skaters VIII,
had put cork soleS in the basement of thei
trousers.
II. But in an evil moment he saw Ma
rvs hustle about her neck, and he lifted
up his voice and laughed and asked hel
whence came the chaH bag.
XII. Then was Mary wroth, and she
grew red in the countenance and answer
ed, saying; Thou leadest me into slippery
paths, and when the floor riseth up and
strikcth me in grcvious place, thou
cometh not to my aid; yea, verify, thou
gurglest at my misfortune. Henceforth
we will remain together little closer of.
XIII. And from that day unto this she
passeth him by on the other side Of the
avenue.-7he Weekly Roller.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03
Wonders OF tho sea.

The sea occupies threc-fifths of the sur.
face of the earth. AT the depth Of about
$500 feet. waves are not felt The tenn.
psraturc is the same. varying only trifle
from the ice at the poles to the burning
sun OF the equator. A mile down, the
the water has pressure Of over a ton to
square inch. If box six feet deep were
filled with sea water and allowed TO evap
orate under The SUM- there Would be two
inches of salt left on the bottom. TAX.
ing the average depth Of the ocean to be
three miles, there would be layer Of
pure salt 230 feet thick on the bed of the
bed of the Atlantic. The water IL colder
at the bottom than at the surface. In the
many bays on the coast Of Norway, the
water often freezes at the bottom before
1t does above.
Waves are very deceptive. To look at
them in a storm. one would think the wa.
ter travelled. The water stays in the same
place but the motion goes on. Some.
times in storms these waves are forty feet
high, and travel fifty miles an hour
more than twice as. fast as the swiftest
steamer The distance from valley 10
valley is generally fifteen times the height.
hence wave five feet high will extend
over seyenty,fve feet Of water. The
force OF the sea dashing on Bell Rock Is
said to be seventeen tons for each square
yard. Evaporation is q wonderful power
in drawing water from the sea. Every
year layer Of the entire sea fourteen feet
is taken up into the clouds. The winds
bear their burden into the land. and The
water comes down in rain upon the fields.
to flow back at last through rivers. The
depth of the sea presents an interesting
problem. II the Atlantic were lowered
1854 feet, the distance from shore io
would be half as great, or /, 500 miles. If
lowered little more than three miles
say 1850 feet, there. would be a road of
dry land from Newfoundland to Ireland
This is the plan on which the great Al.
lantic cables were laid The Mediterra.
mean is comparatively shallow. A driving
up OF $50 feet would leave three different
seas, and Africa would be ioined with
Italy. The British Channel Is more like
pond, which accounts Tor its choppy
waves.
Prisoner. tell me, at once. In what
circumstances did you commit this thefiY;
"Oh, you honor, in---in--thc most OK.
tenuatinr circumstances >,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03

A gushing temperance lecturer, who
was divorced from his wife, took tea
with family who had young son of
the most frank and impudent type. Dur.
ing lull In the conversation, this youth,
who had heard the parents make com.
ments upon the divorce of the lecturer
IRON his wife, blurted out: "Mr. Comma,
where's your wife2" The question was
so loudly put, and so abrupt, that the man
hadn't the presence of mind to tell the
BOY that he was impudent, but flushed
and coughing, he replied: "I-really-I
don't know Divorced, mother says, :"
continued the odious young Republican.
"Er--wcll-ycs," coughed the embarass
cd Good Templar. "Shoot divorced"
shouted the son and heir; "What ef yer
don't agreeY Fight It out, the way father
and mother doesr'
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03

Wax can be taken out of carpets by
several very simple methods. Lay thick
piece OF blotting paper over the wax and
apply hot iron to it; the paper will alb
ser6 the wax that is melted by the heat.
IL, IN doing this, any dark traces should
remain on the carpet, rub little benzo-
line carfully on, drying the same with a
cloth. Another method is to drop a few
drops of boiling water Immediately on
the spots and dry after with cloth; care
must be taken that the colors in the
carpet will stand hot water. Green is the
most dangerous color to fear.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03
WASHINGTON.
COMMISSIONERS BLACKS PEN.
SION.
The Senate Discussing the circumstance
Under which IL was Obtained.


The Senate Discussing the circumstances
Under which IL was Obtained.
WASHINGTON, May 25.--While the
Senate was considering private pension
bill to-day lively debate sprang up con.
cerning Commissioner Blacks right, in
addition to his salary of 50, 900. to a pen
sion Of 800 a month The regular rate
for disabilities like those Of General
Black is $50 month. He was receiving
that rate when his friend, Senator Voor
hees, who was a member of the Commit
tee on Pensions, got through a. bill giving
Mr.. Black $1OO a month. The highest
rate paid any veteran at that time was $50
month, and even now no other veteran,
however disabled, receives over $75 o
month. The unprecedented liberality to
Commissioner Black, who has regularly
followed his profession and been a candi-
date for various public offices, has not
stopped him from applying the most rig
id rules the law will permit to applicants
for pensions. This has driven many of
them to Congress for special acts, owing
to their inability to comply with all the
requirements of the Pension Office The
Commissioner has also been active in
furnishing the President evidence on
which to veto pension bills. One of his
first acts as Commissioner was to stop q
pension to blind Kansas veteran. He
appealed to Secretary Lamar, who order
ed the name to be restored to the rolls.
This act of the Commissioner incensed
Mr.. ingalls,, and when Mr.. Cockrell, of
Missouri, today objected to bill grant
ing a pension to person whose applica-
tion had been rejected by the Pension
Office Mr.. Ingalls, declared that to be an
unreasonable objection to interpose to a
bill. He said that General Blacks actions
to-day and his position in this Govern
ment, were refutation of the statements
on which he had received his pension
and If he were man of henor-if he
were entitled to the confidence of the peo-
pie and emoluments of the office he en-
joyed-he would decline to receive that
pension, and Mr.. ingalls,, in the name of
the disabled soldiers of the Republic pro-
tested against the infamous obstacles
that were being interposed against the
claims of the wounded and disabled sol.
diers.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03
which chrisliaaily profssse.

formation which Christianity professe,
to work. transformation which wherey.
er made manifests its disinity, so that
none who behold it need any other proof
that it is of God. 1t destroys the ascen.
dency of reason in tho soul, and thus.
like similar delusions, II isself perpetual,
ing; and its natural, and II some minds,
its irresistible tendency, y 10 mental de.
rangement.
Little hope exists Of freeing those al.
ready entangled; but 1t Is highly impor.
tant to prevent others from falling into
so plausible and luxurious snare and to
show that Christianity is not to be held
responsible for alterations of the imagi-
nation which belong exclusively to no
party, creed, race, cline, or age"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03
Destructive water.snout.

ABINGDON, VA, May 25.-Yesterday
evening at 8 o'clock watcr-spout struck
the residence of David Whitaker, on
Casper Creek, this county, destroying
the dwelling and tobacco barn and
drowning Mrs. Jennie Mongle, who had
just stepped in out of the rain. Whitta-
ker had his jaw-bone broken by falling
timbers. Two horses and three mules
were drowned. The body of the young
lady was found half mile below the
house to-day.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03
One way to Catch Predatory Rodents

Martin Frey Of Marietta, Ga, tried a
new way of catching rats. He took a
kcg and filled II about half full of water
and placed cotton seed on top OF the wat.
er and which floated on the surface. He
then sprinkled meal on top of the cotton
seed and placed the keg in his barn.
Next morning he emptied the keg of 100
drowned rats.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03

New York and Pennsylvania are the
mothers Of Congressman, having forty
sons each in the present House; Ohio
comes next with thirty.four, Virginia
with twenty.three, and Kentucky with
twenty-five; Tennessee has seventeen sons
North Carolina sixteen, Massachusetts,
and Indiana each fifteen, Georgia and
Vermont each thirteen. South Carolina
twelve, Illinois and New Hampshire ten
each; Maryland and Connecticut and Ire.
land have nine each, and Michigan eight,
Missouri, Alabama and New Jersey six
each, West Virginia, Louisiana, Della.
ware, Rhode Island and England four
each; Mississippi and Scotland have
three, and Arkansas. Florida, and Wis
consin and Germany have pair; Iowa
and Texas each have son. and the Dis.
trict of Columbia, New Mexico, New
Brunswick, Ontario, Bavaria, Norway,
Hungary, Grand Duchy OF Luxembury,
Russia and the Isle Of Ulan are represent.
cd also.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03

At Sunday School In New York a
teacher asked new scholar, little girl,
what her name was. She replied: "Hel-
en- French" An urchin In an adjoining
seat sang out; what Is II In EngiishY'
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03

And how old are you, my little man,'
said the school trustee. addressing Ave
year old. I'm not old atall I'm near
ly new" was the response.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-03

prisoner, tell me, at once, in what
circumstances did you commit this theftY''
"Oh, you honor, in--in--thc most OK.
tenuatlng circumstances.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-05-11
Assessment Notice.
Ruby Hill Tunnel ami Mining Com
pany.

r oCATIoN OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
IL business, Eureka. Eureka county, Ne
vada.
Location of works. Eureka Mining District,
Eureka county, State of Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at meeting OF
the Board of Directors, held ON the 12.h day OF
April, 1886, an assessment mo. III OF one
Cent (1) per share was levied upon the capital
stock of the corporation, payable immediately
in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at
the office Of the Company, in Ryland's build
ing, Eureka, Nevada.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on
wednesday, the I2th Day of May
1856,
will be delinquent and advertised for sale at
public auction; and unless payment is made
before, will be cold on TUESDAY. the
FIFTEENTH l5th) DAY of JUNE, 1886, to
pay the delinquent assessment together with
costs of advertising and expenses OF sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
JOHN Il. JONES, secretary.
Oflce-Ryland's Building, up stairs, in ID
K. Mitcheli's Office Eureka, Nevada.
Eureka. April -, 1886. alS'to
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New York Herald Weekly iHi Form 81 a Year
ADDRESS, New York Herald,
broadway and Ann St.,
NEW YORK CITY.
Song and Dance Shoes,

r ANoAsHIRH AND OTHER CLOGS, ALL
~ sizes; Tights, Wigs. spangles. Gold and
Silver Laces. Tamborines. Banjos, FALSE
STONE JEwELRY for makeup. and evory.
thing for Minstrels and Theaters. WE SEND
by MAIL OR O. o. d. As our goods come
direct from Europe. we defy competition in
the United stAtes. Send for prices. MA.
THAN JOSEPH. 64l Clay street
In Francisco, Gal. seS.lyd&w,
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CurioSitieS,

A NOIENT OR MODERN. BOUGHT AND
n sOLp. Mineral Specimens, Old Coins,
shells. Indian Relics Of every kind, OF
NATHAN JOSEPH h CO.'S, Gal CLAY street
San Francisco. iezo-u
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P0STPnNEn-

the above sale has been postponed unit
MONDAY. MAYl7, 1886. at the same hour an.
place. VIM aTINsoN -'
By A. srrSsoN. Deputy.
Eureka. New, May 8, 1885. m7..a