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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-22
She Played on the PianO---Parse 1t.
Dausville Breeze.

A teacher requested a pupil to parse
the following sentence; She played on
the piano
The pupil began thusly; Sheep is a com
mon noun. third person: plural number
-"
Hold on cried the teacher. "Who
said anything about sheep: She played
on the piano was the sentence
"Oh, thought that it was Sheep laid
on the piano. and 1 was wondering what
the muttonheads wanted to lay sheep
there for"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-22
Average Yields of Wheat Per Acre.
The Milestone.


DR.. j. II. Gilbert contributes letter to
Bells Messenger in which he gives table
of the average wheat yield per acre of
various countries. Some,of them are based
upon only few years observation, and,
of course may not be so reliable as others
where the result of several years were
available. At the same time had the
result of the one year in which the average
was taken been very above or below the
general average, it would, of course, have
been ascertained and unquestionabley re-
jected as the basis of any calculation
hence we may reasonably take Dr. Gil
bert's figures as approximately correct
in all cases, as it undoubtedly is where,
as in the case of the United Kingdom.
the United States, France, Belgium,
Holland and Australasia, the period of OBJ
servation extends ten years and over.
For the United Kingdom the average yield
per acre is % bushels; for the United
States, 11.9; for France, 10;
Belgium, 22.7; Holland, 234;
Australasia, los; Norway, with three
years observation. shows an average of
% bushels; Denmark, with two years 90
7, ranking next to the United Kingdom.
Austria shows an average of 16 bushels,
from nine years observation, and Hungary
of 1871 from one; Wurtemburg, from six
years observations, shows 25.2 average.
The following are based on a single years
average; Spain, 1913; Sweden, 1913;
Prussia, III; India, IA; Egypt, 1874;
Canada, 1873; Russia DO; As compared
with observations by DR.. O. j. Brooch, and
published in French statistical journal
DR.. Gilbert's figures do not differ much
except as regards Russia, whose average
yield DR.. Brach gives az nine bushels.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-22

WHITE CAKES.

teaspoontuI SODA. Fry IN not lard ana
roll in sugar.
WHITE CAKES.
Whites of six eggs, one cupful granu-
lated sugar, one cupful sweet milk, one
half cupful -four, three-fourths eupful of
corn starch, one teaspoonful baking pow
der. Flavor to suit your taste.
LINIMEEr.
One part spirits camphor, one part tur-
pentine, one and one aalf pints coal oil.
The above lini.nent is good FOR pains and
aches. 1t has cured pneumonia and
pleurisy but should not be used instead
of doctors
Easy way of breaking glass to any re
quired figure: Make small notch by
means of file on the edge of piece of
glass. Then heat the end of a piece of
iron the same size red hot. Apply the
hot iron TO the notch and draw it slowly
along the surface of the glass in any di-
rection you please. A crack viii follow
the direction it takes.
To keep glass from breaking place the
tumblers, chimneys or vessels which you
desire TO keep from cracking in a pot fill
ed with cold water and little cooking
salt, allow the mixture TO boil we'll over a
fire, and then cool slowly. Glass cooled
in this way is said not to crack, even if
exposed to very sudden changes of tenn
perature.
Ho1dINY MUFFISs.
Two cups of fine hominy, boiled and
cold, eggs cups sour milk (if sweet is
used, add l teaspoonful cream of tartar,
p cup melted butter, , teaspoonfuls salt,
? tablespoonfuls white sugar, l large cup
-four, and l teaspoonful soda. Beat the
hominy smooth; stir in the milk, then the
butter, salt and sugar; next the eggs,
which should first be well beaten then
the soda, dissolved in hot water; lastly
the -four They are considered very deli
cious when rightly mixed, and quickly
baked.
HOMEMADE HoMINY.
Make strong lye from wood ashes,
enough 10 cover the amount of corn went
ed. Put on the stove. and boil until the
hulls slip off readily; then pour the whole
into enough cold water to keep from
burning the hands, and rub until free of
hulls. Boil and wash number of times
until clean and free from lye. Towards
the last | drain it, and filling up with
boiling water. boil until the kernels be-
come so tender that they swell and break
open Suit yourself about that, however,
have made lovely hominy from concen-
trated I've, but should never recommend
it; for unless great care is used, it will
iniure the stomach. Homemade hominy
is healthier. A cousin of ours had dys-
pepsia so bad that medicine was power
less to help him. After living on a hom-
my diet for year, he was a well man.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-22

AAA0A h''s
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Tact Is the lubricant that makes sliding
down the baluster Of life easy. She had
two odOrers, and as usual, halted between
two opinions. Henry loved her well, but
Georges head was the longer, az the Sc
quel shows.
Speaking Of memories cried Lucille
" why can remember when | used TO play
with dolls and make mud pies in the
lane"
What wonderful memory exclaimed
the foolish Henry, admiringly.
Pshaw! Wonderful 10 recall that
which occurred SO few years agoW spoke
George of the long head, and the next
time Henry spoke 10 her she snuBbed
him.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-22
Information on Temperance.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph

Have you license in Pennsylvania 2"
asked Buffalo young lady deeply inter
ested in temperance work, of Pittsburg
visitor.
"Licensew replied the latter, 81 should
just think we had Why you cant even
get married without ONE
Louisiana farmers are organizing a gen
eral movement to plant less cotton and
raise more hogs until such time as the
price of cotton advances.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-22
Useful Hints
DOuGHNU Is.

Two eggs. one eupful sugar, one cup
ful sour, milk. butter size of an egg. one
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-22

With one pound Of good yermillion
printed that can re produced with three
pounds Of cheap, inferior ink. Analysis
show that the yermillion Of commerce
sold az q low price contains red lead, chalk
and snlphate of barytes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-22

The citizens OF Northern Dakota we're
discussing the merits of the counties in
which they reside. Said one:
I'VE have always raised more wheat in
my county
" Yes"
" We have larger towns and better
class Of business mem
Yes, that's so"
" In fact. think my county has always
been ahead Of yours in everything
Sc No, sir, we can beat you in an import
ant point"
What WAS ito
When our county treasurers left on
the usual excursion ours took g. 900 more
than yours, and though they both started
at the same time ours struck the Canadian
line over two hours ahead
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-22

Whites of six eggs, one cupful granu-
lated sugar, one cupful sweet milk, one
half cupful -four, three-fourths eupful of
corn starch, one teaspoonful baking pow
der, Flavor TO suit your taste.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-24

The conductors on the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia road are wearing
their new caps. 1t is impossible to take
them for somebody else as the gold braid
ed letters are cloud enough" to give it
away. In front forming a half circle arc
the letters L. T. V. e G. while the word
conductor appears below.-RHotriNe
Chronicle.
ElizabethtOn correspondence Knoxville
Tribune; Robert Bradley has brought
suit against the East Tennessee and Yves.
tern North Carolina railroad for several
thousand dollars damages on account of
IN injury done TO his arm while in the
employment Of said company, j. w. Tip
ton, Jno. NJ, Symmetry and Hon. S. j.
Kirkpatrick have been spoken to as Ii
sci.
Knoxville Chronicle correspondence:
The Republicans of Hawkins county arc
delighted with the action of the guberna.
torial convention in giving Us Hon. A.. A.
Taylor to vote for. No man in the State
could be more acceptable to our people
than he is, ALI. will make II lively for
the Democratic nominee, whoever he may
be. We feel that the judicial convention
made a mistake in nominating a full tick.
ct, but then we may be mistaken and not
the convention, for it was composed of
wise heads.
The canvass in this judicial circuit is
progressing quietly; there has been some
dissatisfaction which seems to be dying
out. Chancellor st. John, while really
the candidate of the Democratic party
for circuit judge, claims to be running as
a peoples candidate, hoping thereby to
pick up enough d~isgruntled Republicans
to elect him, but in this he will be mis-
taken. w. p. G%illenwaters persists in
being n candidate for chancellor, what it
will amount to remains to be seen. Smith
is the nominee Of the party and will sure.
ly carry most Of the strength of the par
ty. For county officers the Republicans,
Of Hawkins have u most excellent ticket
which they will elect by n handsome ma.
iOrity.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-24

The July number Of the Eclectic Mag.
aziRe begins the forty-fourth volume of
the new series, and we find ample evi.
dences Of the fact that this string peri.
odical justiies Its high reputation. No
II who wishes to keep himself du cOur.
ant with the best current thought of Eu.
rope can dispense with this magazine.
In the present number we find q large
variety Of papers and many eminent
writers represented. Matthew Arnold
attacks Gladstonism in an article called
"The Nadir Of Liberalism and follow.
ing this paper we have one by DR.. Henry
Maudsley on "Heredity in Health and
Disease" Frederic Harrison attacks the
new pedantry of scholars In changing the
photography of wcll-cstablished names,
and Cardinal Manning contributes a pun.
gent and suggestive article under the name
OF 1.-THE Child of the English Savage"
Laurence Ollphant writes pleasantly
about some OF his own "reminiscences
C"Moss from a Rolling Stonc.") Other
striking articles are papers on ~"Longfel.
low" on 1.-THE American Montague
(Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes), "The PEG,
pie and their Friends" by q London Ar.
tisan, Criticism as an Inductive
Science by William Archer, and an
Astronomical article by Richard A.
Proctor, Whence Came the CometsS"
The short articles are bright, suggestive
and well selected This number con,
tains n fine stecl.engraving entitled
"Blind Mans Buff" copied from Myer
Won Bremen's celebrated painting, and
as II begins a new volume, II Is q good
time to begin a new subscription. Pub.
lishcd by L. r. Pelton, 25 Bond Street
New York. Terms, So per year; single
numbers, 40 cents; trial subscription for
0 months, 81. Eclectic and any "a Mag,
azinc, IS.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-24


A meeting Of the Board of Directors of
the Jonesboro Educational Society was
held on Saturday last pursuant to a call
of the president. There were present T.
II. Beeves, S. j. kirkpatrick, W. G.
Mathes, J. A, FEBRUARY, r. II. DUNCAN,
]. d. Slemons and w. P. Brownlow.'
The Board elected the following off
GERS for the ensuing year:
T. II. Reeves, president.
S. j. kirkpatrick, vice president.
j. ID. Slemons, secretary.
II. N. Dosser, treasurer.
1t was decided to that the next term of
the school begin on the 9th of September
next and continue nine months. Meridian
time was adopted as the time to be used
by the school.
A corps of teachers was selected and
arrangements made to obtain the accep.
lance of those selected. The selection is
a good one and will be made public after
the teachers signify their acceptance.
A committee was appointed to have the
buildings and the grounds put in good
order.
After some routine business the meet
ing adjourned.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-24
Give 1t u Fair Trial.

About twenty years ago I discovered a
little sore on my neck, and the doctors
pronounced it cancer | have tried q
number Of physicians, but without re-
ceiving any permanent benefit. Among
the number were one or two specialists.
The medicine they applied was like file
to the sore, causing intense pain. | saw
a statement in the papers telling what S.
S. s. had done for others similarly aflict.
ed. / procured some at once. Before |
had used the second bottle the neighbors
could notice that my cancer was healing
up. My general health had been bad for
two or three had q hacking cough
and spit blood continually, / had q SO
we're pain in my breast. After taking six
bottles Of S. s. s. my couM left me and
/ grew stouter than / had teen for sever.
al years. My cancer healed over oil but
a little spot about the size OF 0 half dime,
and 1t is rapidly disappearing, would
advise every one with cancer to give s.. 8.
s., q fair trial.
Mrs. NANCY ]. McCoNAUGHEY.
Ashe Grove, Tippecanoc, CO., Ind.
Feb. 10, 1886.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-24
RRESPONDENC
PETTIBONE.

JUNE 23.-Farmers are getting pretty
well along with their wheat harvest and
have abundant reasons for praising the
great "Giver of all Good things, for it
now appears that an abundant harvest re.
wards their labors. While the past year
has been a notably hard one in many re.
spects still it seems that our nation has
been at peace, and that there has been
plenty raised to feed the people and still
surplus. We ought to stop and think
upon what grounds we can expect God to
bless us more abundantly; seeing that
our nation has become so desperately
wicked and our people so unthankful.
EARLY sowing and a liberal use of ferti
lizers have had much to do with our
finest grain fields. The more attention
given to this matter the more satisfactory
will be the result. One of the finest fields
| have noticed was given 200 pounds of
the best fertilizer to the acre.
There were five additions to the church
at Rubush Chapel last Sabbath evening.
Brother Ketron is a good worker, and
every church on his circuit has prospered
more or less during the year.
The liberty loving people of Green Shed
propose to have a rousing fourth of July
celebration one day in advance of indie
pendence day.
Jno. B. Walker, Republican candidate
for county court clerk Of Greene county
passed through our village last week.
He says that the party spirit of their peo-
pie is being aroused to that point which
will insure the party a full ticket in
August. SO mote it be in old Washington.
Married, by Rev. A. G. Crosswhite at
his residence Mr.. John Cochran and Re-
becca j. johnson, both of Haws X roads.
Mr.. Isaac Dunn came near losing his
youngest daughter Monday morning by a
severe attack of cramp collie, occasioned
by eating too much green fruit.
There are several cases of dysentery in
our community.
Could we not have a word occasionally
from "Nestor'' and boy No. 2" of
Journdlfame?
That correspondent from Locust Mount
with such a strange name, is supposed to
be one of the gypsies who has got lost
from his fellows. INCoGNITo.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-24
PERSONAL.

Misses Lizzie Reeves and Annie
Brownlow have returned from a weeks
visit to Abingdon. The young ladies were
delighted with their trip.
Miss Katie Wilds has returned from a
months visit to relatives at johnson City
and vicinity.
Chas. E. Dosser spent a few days home
last week.
Rev. j. Converse occupied the pulpit at
the First Presbyterian church Sunday
last.
j. P. Smith, Republican nominee for
chancellor was in town Tuesday.
II. T. Campbell, II next Attorney
General, made Jonesboro a short visit the
latter part of last week.
Secretary of State Allison has been in
town of and on for a week.
Rev. z. L. Burson of Bristol was in
town Friday last visiting friends. He
made the HERALD AND TRIBUNE office q
pleasant call.
Chief Justice Deaderick and wife ar
rived last Monday and will take up a per
manent residence among us. Judge ID.
has been on the Supreme Bench 10 years
and now retires with the respect and con.
fidence of the entire bar of the State. lie
has no superior in the State rs a jurlst as
n gentleman he Is almost without a peer.
Rev. +. Allison, the new pastor of the
Baptist church, arrived Friday night last
with his family. The ladies of the church
had prepared a bounteous repast and sur
prised the good man at his place of resi-
dence. The occasion vas highly enjoy
ed by all present. We trus; the welcome
accorded him is only a forctaste OF the
good things u people have in store for
him. Mr.. Allison breaches alternately
at Jonesboro and johnson City. He will
hold services here on the second and
fourth Sundays of each month.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-24
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN
VIRGINIA.
Uneasiness of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
Republican Gains.

Republican Gains.
WASHINGTON, June 2O.-When Fitz
Hugh Lee was counted in as Governor of
Virginia last fall, together with a Demo.
cratic Legislature, the Bourbons felt sat
isfied that their control Of the State for a
term OF years was assured and that Gen
eral Malone was politically dead. They
were surprised and disturbed by the un-
toward result of the spring elections, and
their uneasincss has been greatly increas-
ed by recent symptoms of Democratic
disintegration and Republican activity.
The prospect of a Republican gain of two
or three Congressman in the State is con
coded privately by some of the shrewdest
Democratic observers in Virginia. The
Richmond District has been regarded
hitherto as n Bourbon Gibraltar, which
could not be carried by the opposition.
but now 1t is freely admitted that Wise's
chances of re election are doubtful in the
extreme. Randolph Tucker has declared
his intention not to be q candidate for re-
election in the Xth District. 1t is expect
ed that Jacob Yost, who ran against him
two years ago and came within less than
l,2OO votes of carrying the district, will
be the Republican candidate, and his
prospects of success are fair. There is
considerable Democratic dissatisfaction
in the With and IXth Districts, in both
of which the Republicans will make an
aggressive campaign. They expect to
hold tho IVth and TIA n;e+.;o,, uh;oi,
are now represented by Republicans, al
though there is some talk of John Goode
as a candidate in the I'D, which he mis-.
represented in Congress for six years, by
means which are familiar to all who
know anything of the history If Virginia
politics since the war.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-24
OUR NEIGHBORS.
johnson CITY.

Comet, 18th.
Last Wednesday while Wilson McIn.
turf, of Unicoi county. was out sheep
hunting. he found four rattlesnakes and
one coppcrhead in one den. After some
trouble he succeeded in killing all of
them. The largest rattlesnakc was five
feet long and had 12 rattles and a button.
The next one was two feet long but meas
ured s or 0 inches in circumference, and
had % rattles and a button. The other
two rattlesnakes were medium size and
had s and Z rattles respective.
Enterprise, 18th.
A pair Of twin babics-a boy and q
girl, arrived Saturday morning at Mr.. T.
II. II. Lusk's. The mother and babes are
doing well, we arc glad to learn.
W. heard it whispered some time since
that the Masons of the Johnson City
Lodge contemplated erecting a building
of extensive dimensions, the first floor TO
pc nnlshed up Tor store rooms to rent,
while the End floor to be fitted up for the
lodge room, in grand style.
The excursion and picnic last Saturday
was a grand success. Net less than 5000
souls were on the grounds at Hampton.
The day was bright and clear, and the
very best Of order prevailed, considering
the vast throng mingling together, etc.
Only one serious accident, we believe, oc-
Cured, which wa the MASKING of a little
boys ankle between the bumpers of the
cars, just about the time the crowd was
boarding the train for home. The I'M
fortunate boy was a son of Mr.. Holley,
near Elizabethton, and it is thought his
injuries will not prove very serious. Ow-
ing to the confusion, etc. the programme
for the day was not fully carried out, but
all seemed TO be well pleased with the
way everything passed off, and all are
ready and willing to try it again.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-24
IERALnsrOWN.

JUNE ell thought a few items from
the 10Th and nth districts of Greene
county might be of interest to your read
ers, and especially those who are interest.
ed in the success of the Republican ticket
in the coming election.
Our county ticket is made up of the
very best.men of the county md viii get
the full Republican vote of &c two dis.
t~ricts; besides, u great many cx-Fcderal
soldiers, who have been voting with the
Democracy, say they are going to vote
for the Federal soldiers and their friends
in August. Col. Brown and Mr.. Camp
bell will run ahead of the Republican
strength. John p. Smith will get the full
vote Of both parties. | have been over the
districts, and this is what the leading
men Of both parties tell me. AARON.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-24

Do you know Sam kirkpatrick, of
J%onesborog If you don't you are not ac-
quainted with one Of the brainiest and
most brilliant lawyers, as well as one of
the most courteous, cultured and clever
gentlemen in Tennessee. For superior
legal ability and acumen he has long en-.
joyed a well-earned and established repu.
tation. He is a long, 1.-THE limbed fellow,
measuring, we presume, over six feet.
His figure is well-proportioned and he is
what we consider a magnificent specimen
of physical manhood. He is healthy both
in body and brain, in short, he Is just the
sort Of nan now needed on the Supreme
Bench, to aid in disposing Of the numer-
Gus cases which have been piled up and
docketed year after year on the records of
the Supreme Court. Yet Notwithstanding
his eminent qualifications and superior
fitness for the position, in every particu-
lar, the Democrats, at their recent con
v%ention. coldly and cruelty crowded him
to the rear and forced him to take a seat
On an old poplar bench, so to speak,
while such a snivelling nincompoop rs
Snodgrass was cordially conducted to the
front and seated in a softly cushioned
chair. Brainless jacklegs s'pre in high
demand and commanded o premium In
the convention, while brilliant jurists
were far below par and were rudely given
the "go.by." When such men as Sam
Kirkpatrick are recklessly relegated to
the rear, and such men as S~nodgrass
forced to the front, it conclusively shows
that brass is more popular than brains
with the Democracy Of Tennessee. We
are shedding no crocodile tears over the
defeat of kirkpatrick. We are sincere in
what we say. If Democrats are to still
occupy the Supreme bench, we much pre-.
fer that they be decent and deserving
men like kirkpatrick, than dirty and dis.
graceful p~artisans like Snodgrass. Ella
a6ethtOn Mountdiaeer.