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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15
CULLINGS
FROM THE PRESS AT LARGE.
How Washington City is Governed.

How Washington City Is Governed.
The governmental the District of Col
umbia has been, since 1874, in the hands
of the commission appointed by Congress
which controls also the municipal affairs
of the city of Washington. The commits.
sion, which is designated Board Of
Regents" consists of three persons, who
are appointed by the President and con-
frmed by the Senate. Their term of
office is four years, and they are removed
for good and sufficient cause only. This
board exercises the chief executive au-
thority for District and city. Under its
supervision are number of bureaus,
each controlled by board of officers.
These relate to and embrace the entire
civil service of the District, except such
as falls under the executive departments
and the courts, and are known as the
boards of health, education, police, ex-
else, public works, fire and buildings
They are all appointed by the regents,
except the board of education, part of
whose members are elected by the inhab-
itants of the district; and the board of
public works, whose controlling officer is
| appointed by the President from the en-
gineer corps of the army All these officers
have certain tenure of office, but may
be removed by the regents for cause.
There is also municipal court, which
has exclusive civil jurisdiction in matters
noncognizable by justices Of the peace,
and any judge of this court may be de.
ignatcd by the supreme court of the Dis
trict to hold term and sessions of the
police court if necessary. The taxes are
apportioned by assessors chosen by the
board of regents, and are collected under
the supervision of the collector of inter
nal revenue for the district, and by him
are paid into: the United States treasury.
All other sums collected for fines, etc,
are also paid into the United States treas.
ury, and all payments of salaries, etc, OF
for necessary municipal expenses, are
made from the United States treasury.
Each year the board Of regents makes a
report TO the President concerning their
service for the year past, the application
of public moneys, etc, and this report
must be submitted to Congress for ap
| nrOyal
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15
AT the Republican county convention

AT the Republican county convention
of Knox county held at Knoxville last
week among other resolutions adopted
were the following:
Resolved, That the political and finan-
cial disquietude everywhere, the stagna-
ton of all business, agricultural, manu-
featuring and commercial, the strikes of
the laboring men, in various sections,
caused largely by the forced reduction Of
wages, and the general suffering among
the masses of our people. all of which
calamities are directly traceable to the
ascendancy of Democratic policies and
principles, overwhelmingly demonstrate
to the satisfaction of all reasonable and
patriotic men, that the success of the
Republican party is essential to the peace,
prosperity and happiness of the Ameri-
can people.
Resolved, That this is the land of
freemen, free labor and living wages,
and the bringing of convict labor into
competition with freemen and free labor,
not only dishonors labor and reduces
wages to the starvation point, but tends
to build up few at the expense of the
many, and we denounce the policy as a
crime against the freemen of our country,
and brand that crime on the forehead of
the Democratic party; and we call upon
the freemen of Tennessee at the next
county and State elections to put the
Democratic party when its power for evil
will be forever destroyed.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15
CONGRESSIONAL.

APRIL 6.-In the Senate, executive
communications were received and pc
titions presented, some of the latter pro-
testing against the "free ship" bill. Mr..
VOORHEES, gave notice that he would call
up the library bill tomorrow An asso-
citation OF colored citizens of Kansas
prayed for assistance to emigrate 10
Africa. The labor arbitration bill was
favorably reported without amendment.
Consideration of Mr.. Logans bill to in.
crease the army was resumed. Mr.. Lo.
gan spoke at length. The Chair laid be-
fore the Senate message from the Presi-
dent on the subject of Chinse immigra-
tion.' Mr.. Hawley obtained the floor on
the army bill, but gave way for executive
session at 4;45 p. m. At $40 p. m. the
Senate adjourned. A vote will be taken
on the army bill tomorrow.
In the House communication from
the Acting Secretary of the Treasury de-
MED that the payment of silver dollars is
refused at the sub Treasury at Boston. A
resolution was adopted, calling on the
Secretary of State for copies of all cor
respondence with representatives of
France, Germany, Austria and other
European countries in relation to the cx-
clusion of American pork. Bills were
reported from committees for the issue
of small bills; providing for the construc-
ton of lighthouse supply steamer fol
the Atlantic and Gulf coast for the
establishment of a lightship at the en-.
trance to the Chesapeake Bay; to increase
the efficiency of the army; to consolidate
certain bureaus of the Navy Department
to investigate existing differences be
tween railroads and their employees; tc
prohibit the passage of local and special
laws in the Territories The postoflice
appropriation bill was taken up. Ar
amendment to increase the item for post
al clerks was lost An amendment to in.
crease the appropriation for foreign mail
service from $375, 900 to $425, 900, was los
SO 10 1906. The bill was finally passed
| and the House adjourned.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15
Grim Joke on Congressman.

When Blackburn was first running for
Congress, he happened to be present one
day at an execution in Owenton, Ken
lucky. After the preliminaries had been
arranged the Sheriff consulted his watch
and discovered that it was not quite 10
O. clock, the hour fixed for the execution.
Turning to the prisoner, he said, "You
have ten minutes yet to live; is there any
thing you desire to say in the meantime?"
The prisoner sullenly replied there was
not At this instant Blackburn sprang
from his seat, and advancing 10 the end
of the scaffold, said: "If the gentleman
will allow me ten minutes, ] will be glad
to announce mysslf aSsaidisste for your
suffrages. II elected to Congress-" At
this point the prisoner interjected: "Mr.
Sheriff, | won't stand on few minutes
when it's death or listening to one of Joe
Blackburn's speeches. Flip up the trap
and let me go,P The good-natured sheriff
obligingly clipped the trap" and the
next instant the desperate swung into
eternity.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR HISTORY.
when the Order Was Organized-WhoA Are
Eligible 10 Membership.


The organization was started on
Thanksgiving Day, 1869, in Philadelphia
by Uriah s. Stephens, garment cutter,
who had six other garment cutters asso-
ciated with him. They formed what was
afterwards known as Local Assembly No.
of the Knights of Labor. The order
was confined 10 garment cuttera, but
eventually other branches of industry
were organized under the shield of the
order.
The organization grew slowly until
January /, 1878 1t was all that. time
without recognized head. Through the
efforts of few energetic members Gen
eral Convention was held in Reading.
Penn, on January 1, 1878, when the
General Assembly was formed with Mr..
Stephens as Grand Master Workman and
Charles H. Litchman, of Marblehcad,
Mass, as Grand Secretary.
There were about 1,200 branches of the
order formed up to that time. They
worked secretly until January |, 1882,
when the existence Of the order was pub
licly proclaimed.
Since that time the growth of the
Knights Of Labor has been wonderful and
enormous. So great has been the increase
that the chief officers have decided not to
allow any more branches to be started
until April 15
To gain admission person must be
engaged at some honorable branch of
industry. Both sexes are admitted to
membership. As rule it is useless to
apply for admission, because it is q rule of
the order to select members. Thus q
person may be proposed and rejected
without ever knowing it. Men are usually
proposed by friends who judge them
worthy of fellowship.
Business men can join. In an assem-.
bly, 100 strong, seventy-iivc members
must be employees
Meetings, as a rule are held weekly
but some assemblies do not meet so often
1t is mistake to suppose that the order
favors strikes, as one of the orders fun
damcntal rules is that labor difficulties
must be settled by arbitration. If trade
orders a strike without first trying arbi
tration it will not get any financial sup
port from the order.
The order is not oath bound. Each
member takes a solemn pledge and if he
violates it he is expelled and blacklistet
all over the country. Violation of tn,
rules renders member liable to a sus
pension ranging from one month to five
years.
There are two kinds of assemblies
trade and mixed assemblies. A trade as
sembly is composed of men engaged a
one special branch of industry A mixet
assembly is composed of mechanics, la
borers, clerks, professional men and so on
liza printer is willing 10 join, and i
! the printers have an assembly convenien
to his home, he must join the printer
assembly. If not he is at liberty to joir
mixed assembly. The same rule ap
plies TO all branches of industry.
Local assemblies are governed by
district assembly which may include fiv
or 500 local assemblies The district as
sembly is in turn governed by the gener
al assembly.
The order is benevolent, protective ant
educational. The expenses of member
are very light. A man may admit tha
he is a member, but he is not allowed t
give the name of other members withou
their consent.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15

Somebody proposes to facilitate
identification at banks and elsewhere,
where Identification is necessary by means
of thumbmarks, as no two thumbs made
the same impression. A man applying
for letter of credit might be required to
furnish his thumb.mark to the bank. 1t
could be sent TO the corresponding insti-
tutions, and when application was made
for the money, u corresponding thumb
mark would be sufficient identification.
Each bank might keep book of thumb
marks of large depositors. Forgery
would be impossible where thumb.marks
are used. The thumb mark might be
added to the signature in the form of a
seal in all cases where much depends on
q signature, US in deeds, wills, or mar
riage contracts. Thumb.albums would
replace autograph albums, and would
furnish record Of more characteristic
marks than could the signature of senti-
mental friends. Charts would be prepared
of thumb-marks of great men, and books
be written on the common characteris-
tics. Season tickets to the fair, passes on
railroads, and all non.transferable tickets
could be signed with the thumb. mark.
One point in connection with the subject
does not seem to have been noticed.
Forgery, by mere manual copying,
would certainly be impossible, but forg.
cry by the camera would be easy enough
Having obtained negative from the
thumb.mark, II is no difficult matter to
ALL l-N -
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15
Progress in steam Navigation.

The first steam vessel that crossed the
Atlantic was the ship Savannah, launched
in New York in 1918. She was a sailer
as well as steamer, and therefore only
carried seventy.fvc tons of coal She
made the voyage to Liverpool in twenty
five days, and then sailed round Scotland
and visited Stockholm, Cronstadt and
other distant ports, but the investment
did not pay, and hence was discontinued.
The first British steamship was the Shan.
on, wooden vessel, launched in 1926.
John Quincy Adams was then president
and he congratulated the public on this in.
dication of progress. One day in 1888 the
New Workers were astonished at the
spectacle Of British steamship sailing
up the harbor. 1t was the Serius, a small
but wcll.built vessel, whose sole distinc.
ton is that she led the way in this grand
advance, whose extent may he inferred
from the fact that the North German line
alone has carried more than n million of
cabin passengers. Another feature in
progress is found in the vast increase in
the postal system. The Journal Of Com.
merce of Oct. IL, 1923, mentions the fact
that the ship Florida, which had just ar
rived from Liverpool, brought 2, 100 let.
ters. On the other hand, the Oregon s
mail filed 59S bags, and the number of
letters sent abroad in one day by the New
York postofllces was 100000.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15

How Sam Small's Lifo was Saved.

Some fifteen years ago when Sam Small,
the now noted revivalist and illustrious
compatriot of Sam Jones, was student
at Emory and Henry College, Emory.Va.
he was, as he himself from the pulpit de-
clares, very wild and reckless young
man. Jovial in his nature, he was much
given to the flowing bowl, and frequently
became intoxicated. 1t was upon one of
these ccasions that he came near losing
his life Having spent one afternoon in
Glade Springs for some purpose, possibly
to obtain liquor, he started that night to
return to Emory. about three miles dis
tant, and being much intoxicated soon
fell down upon the railroad track and
went to sleep. Time passed and the
down freight train became due. About
this time colored citizen of Emory, who
now lives in Bristol, CHANGED to be walk
ing along the track. The train was COM
ing now, and as it dashed along scarcely
sixty yards away, he saw within q few
feet Of him the form OF a sleeping man.
Rushing forward he dragged the slum-
berer from the track, and the ponderous
wheels rolled by, but not over the mangl-
ed body of Sam Small. For Sam was
alive, and will live to cnliven matters for
many long days yet to come we trust.
Said colored citizen conducted him TO the
college, unknown to the members Of the
faculty, who are doubtless to this day
ignorant Of that nights escapade.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15
POINTS ABOUT POKER.
The Fashionable American Game and
WHO Alone should Play II.

1t is certainly an established fact, says
writer in the Philadelphia Times, that
poker is now the fashionable American
game. 1t is conceded favorlte for various
reasons. The limit among gentlemen is
light, the sociability, the rapidity, the
possible chances of great improvement in
the draw and the probability Of bold
play winning with the weaker hand, all
lend charm and fascination to the game
that places it foremost in all the card
amusements of gentlemen. In addition,
it affords to philosophers and close OBJ
servers unbounded pleasure in the oppor.
tunities is offers for critical judgment of
the individual characteristics of the
players and exposes the latent selfishness
of men who, at all other pastimes, can
conceal their frailties under a studied
plausible demeanor. There is no place
superior to poker table for the self-con-
viction Of surly, ill.tempered, rude or
mercenary character. He may blind the
world elsewhere, but not here. Again,
you will see such an one ungenerously
criticise an opponent for his absurd SUI.
perstition and the next moment this for
getful critic will call for new deck of
cards and ask some other to exchange
seats. | would here interpolate few
words Of advice to players Don't kick.
Under the most adverse circumstances do
not forget that you are (or are presumed
to be) gentleman. If you are beaten
acknowledge it gracefully, and do not
expose the secret part of your nature by
ill.tempered or sarcastic remarks or a
refusal to show a called hand. Never
accept proposition to play unless you
have the money in your pocket TO pay
for your chips, and when that is lost, un-
less you have a personal friend at the
table whose purse is at your command,
quit the game at once, under whatever
pretext pou choose.
The writer has been poker player for
years and always holds the player who
smiles at his ill.success the most danger
GUS opponent.
Further keep cool; hold in revcrential
respect the hand that has drawn but one
card, avoid all shows Of temper, play
only with gentlemen, and the result OF
your years amusement will in all pro.
liability exhibit very small balance to
either the credit or debit side OF the ac
| count
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15

Bromley, I'm having wretched time
with my wife. We wrangled fearfully,
and she's so wordy that she overwhelms
me every time
well, Darringer, these little pleasan-
tries are not to be avoided, it seems My
wife and / have.reduced them to sci
ence. She demands but two words, and
/ good naturedly let her have them. It's
a small concession, you see.
II should think it was. / envy you
Bromley, pom my soul do. Oh, by the
way, what are the two words?"
"The first and last. ."-PittsJurg Tele.
graph.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15
In the Cevennes Mountains in cen

In the Cevennes Mountains, in cen.
trail France, there is village named La
Beage, the inhabitants of which practi.
cally live underground a large part of
the year. 1t is 4,250 feet above the sea
and in the bottom of pass where the
snow is rapidly heaped up by the winds.
AS soon as the snow begins TO fall in
large quantities says recent visitor, the
inhabitants retire indoors, and it is not
long before the low.roofed cottages are
buried, the only means by which air can
reach the interior being down the chin
ney, which in all the cottages Is built
very wide and substantial The snow
gradually mounts so high that the door
will not open, and at last the windows
are blocked up. The inhabitants lay in
n good supply of bread, cheese, and sail
pork for themselves, and of hay and
straw in the out house for their COW and
horse; and, although the men occasional
ly go out by way of the chimney, the wo
men and children live in the fetid atmos
pherc all the winter. They spend theil
time making cane chairs and baskets, do
ing little rude wood carving, and knit
ting stockings, while, If the snow doei
not melt in o month or so, the people
burrow tunnels from house to house, and
so get q little society. Should death
occur, the body Is roughly colilned and
laid upon the roof until thaw makes tho
cemetery accessible.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15

When men began to bury their dead
they did ii in the firm belief in another
life, which life was considered as the ex-
act counterpart Of this present one. The
unsophisticatcd savage, holding that in
that equal sky his faithful dog would
bear him company, naturally had him
killed and buried with him, in order that
1t might follow him to the happy hunt.
ing ground. Clearly, you can't hunt
without your arrows and tomahawk; so
the flint weapons and the trusty bow ac-
companied their owner in his new dwell
ing place. The wooden shaft, the dear
sinew bowstring, the perishable articles
of food and drink, have long since decay
ed within the damp tumulus; but the
harder stone and earthenware articles
have survived till now, to tell the story of
that crude and simple early faith, Very
crude and illogical, indeed, 1t was, how
ever, for II is quite clear that the actual
body of the dead man was thought of as
persisting to live sort Of underground
life within the barrow. A stone hut was
constructed for its use, real weapons and
implements were left by its side and
slaves and wives were ruthlessly massa-
cred, as still in Ashantee, in order that
their bodies might accompany the corpse
of the buried master in his subterranean
dwelling. In all this we have clear evi-
dence of very inconsistent savage, ma.
terialistic belief, not indeed in the i'm
mortality of the soul, but in the contin-
ued underground life of the dead body.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15

AS he sat on the steps one Sunday
evening he claimed the right to q kiss for
every shooting star. She at first demur.
red, as became modest maiden, but
finally yielded. She was even so accom-.
modating as to call his attention to flying
metcors that were about to escape his OBJ.
servation, and then got to calling him on
lightning bugs, and at last got him down
to steady work on the light of lantern
that man was swinging about the depot
In the distance where trains were switch.
ing.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15
Optical Experiment.

Select several cardsIof different colors,
and in the center Of each fasten by lit
tie mucilage small round piece of black
paper Place over the card thus prepared
u piece of thin white tissue paper. The
variety of hues which the black assumes
is very striking.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15

could secure the aid of such men as Mr..
Garland, Mr.. Harris, and Gen. Johnston,
ought to put an end to them. If there is
any reason to believe that such power is
already within the reach of the Govern
ment, without a statute, can any one
doubt that it should be removed by i'm
mediate prohibition from Congress?"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15

I'm these days he does his country the
best service who, instead Of stirring up
strife to deeper extent, cndeavors to
bring about friendly understanding and
feeling between employer and employed; I;
who speaks good word for the poor
man to the rich man, and who puts the
good deeds of the wealthy citizen in their
best light before him who tolls in power
ty. Why should there be any quarrel
upon perfect understanding mutually,
and willingness upon both sides to be
just and do rightY
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15

"A girl who had just been admonished
by her mistress to be very careful in
was hing up" the best tea things, was
overheard shortly afterwards, in the
kitchen, indulging in the following solil-
oquy, while in the act of wiping the su
gar basin: ''If was to drop this ere ba.
sin, and was to catch it, | s'pose |
shouldn't catch IL; but IL l was TO dropit,
and wasn't to catch II, reckon / just
should catch H.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15

One Of our brother journalists went
into barber shop the other day to have
his hair cut and fell asleep during the
operation. The barber, who awokc him
when he had finished, said to him: "You
are tired. understand II. It's the same
way with me when evening comes. All,
this head work is something terriblel"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15
Here" said little boy to another

Here" said little boy to another
who was humping him, II haven't done
nothin to you. What are you a-givint
10 me for?" "Hain't done nothin' hey9
! guess You go to the same school that
do. Didn't the schoolmaster lick me
yesterdays Betcher lifel And I'm goin'
to boycott that school, / am"
"A man who tried to wreck railway
train out in Michigan the other day was
arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to
twenty years Imprisonment, all within
forty eight hours. There is flavor of
promptness and enthusiasm about Michi-
gan justice which is piquant and refresh
Ing.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15

Lady TO applicanD-What wages will
you expect as nurse?
Applicant-"How old the baby mumH'
Lady-"Seven months"
Applicant-"Widout laudanum, mum,
two dollars and half wake; wild laud.
anum, two dollars "--Harpers Bazaar.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15
yc haefo

Frenchman--'1 will take drop of con-
tradiction?"
Scotchman--"Whats that?"
Frenchman-"Vell, you put in de
whiskey to make 1t strong, dc water TO
make 1t weak, de lemon to make II sour,
and de sugar to make 1t sweet. Den you
say; Here's TO youl' and you take 1t
yourself"