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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-20
Berry and Logan. Senator Vest having

Berry and Logan, Senator Vest having
the floor for to omorrow.
In the House, resolution was adopted
calling upon the President Tor informa-
ton in regard to the seizure af the Adams
in Canadian waters. Debat9on the Chi
nese indemnity joint resolution was re-
sumed The morning ho.lf. exPired be-
fore vote could be takens and the meas
ure was relegated to its place on the cal
ender. The diplomatic and dsconsular ap-
preparation bill was takensup and passed.
The bill to create Department of Agri-
culture was then taken up apd consider
ed. Pending further discussion the
House adjourned.
MAY 14.-In the Senate a petition waS
presented from Iowa for the abolition of
''the American house OF Lords." Mr.
Fryes's bill sas favorably reported, lin
iting the privileges Of foreign vessels in
the ports of the United States accorded
American vessels in foreign ports. Mr..
Hoar's resolution was agreed to, requir-
ing that the committee, when reporting
the river and harbor bin to state the
facts that show the national Importance
of the several pieces Of work, and why
each item of appropriateness is advisable.
| At2 p. m. the senate took up the Mexican
pension bill After considerable debate
without action the Senate went into exc.
cutive session, and after IN hour and a
half the doors were opened and the Sen
ate adjourned.
The House refused to take up the bill
making the Department of Agriculture
an executive department md spent the
day on the private calenda.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-20
IN INDIANA, KANSAS, OHIO AND
MICHIGAN.
Water Ten Feet Deep in the Streets--Peo
pie Fleeing for their Lives.

Water Ten Feet Deep in the Streets--Peo-
pie Fleeing for their Lives.
ST. LOUIS, May IA rain and wind
storm almost approaching tornado del
uged the entire city at 6 o'clock this eve.
ning; 1900 buildings were flooded with
from two to four feet water People were
compelled to seek refuge on the top floors
of their houses.
In South st. Louis the damage was
heavy; streets were flooded for miles and
miles and residents forced to fly for their
lives. Many of the houses contained ten
feet of water while others on the lower
ground were flooded to the second floor;
other portions of the city also suffered
heavily No lives have yet been reported
lost but the loss to property is heavy.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-20

count is to be more than overbalanced
later in the season by chagrin at seeing
poorly laid schemes for future enjoyment
all come to naught.
The better plan is to strive TO secure a
neat little garden or a few beds of flowers
which can be readily managed, than to
attempt SO much that the labor involved
becomes a burden instead OF pleasure.
A few plant, in perfection look better,
and should yield the owner more pleas
ure, than many, with none perfect or well
grown. One common error, in grounds
of limited extent, is the introduction of
larger plants than are adapted to the sit
uation and surroundings. and the result
is overgrowing and crowding.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-20
Attemptinr Too Much.

1t is an almost universal failing. of both
the experienced and the inexperienced
cultivator, to attempt more than can be
readily accomplished with the means at
command, and as regularly as the seasons
come around, more work Is laid out in
the spring than can be completed during
the summer. A larger number of plants
are raised or purchased than can be prop
erly set out and cared for; more walks
are laid out than can be kept clean and
free from weeds during the summer; In
fact, II Is so easy and agreeable to plan
and to plant in spring that few persons
can forego the pleasure, even II the ac'
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-20
A Story of Kit Carson.

He was an uneducated man, and at this
time could barely write his name. Some
of his subordinates were aware of this.
In making acquisitions on the commissa-
ry of the post they got Kits name signed
to demand for several bottles of fine old
rye whiskey. BY night three fourths of
the command were drunk. Kit promptly
ordered an investigation of the offenders.
The evidence brought things down. to
the commissary, who produced Kits or
der. The old frontiersman looked at 1t
for while, obviously and doubtful,y,
and then as he saw that il was certainly
his signature, he say: 81 don't under.
stand this thing, but it seems somehow to
be the fault of my education, and the
boys can go" The prisoners were there.
upon discharged, with merely an admo
milton that the olfense should not be re-
peatcd,-N Y. Tribune.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-20
TWENTY LIVES LOST.
Whole Families Drowned and Many
Houses Washed Away.

Houses Washed Away.
XENiA, Ohio, May 13.-Clouds were
seen about 7 o'clock last evening. Vivid
lightning followed, accompanied by deaf
cniug peals of thunder. This lasted till
9o'clock, when an extraordinary clap Of
thunder seemed to open the gates and the
rain fell in torrents The people living
in Water street escaped by every way
possible. The spout seemed to vent its
fury on that portion of the city. For u
stretch of l50 yards the Little Miami
Railroad is swept away. The spout
struck the houses in Water street and
tore them to pieces as if they were shells.
a resident of the street states that within
two minutes after the clap Of thunder he
sto6G in water to his waist, he being
about twenty-five yards from the creek.
When the waters reached the house OF
Aaron Furgeson, it was swept away
with nine inmates aud LODGED against q
bridge, whore they were afterward res.
cued. The next damage was at the coal
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-20
Tho NInle.

In these days when everything on the
farm must be managed with an eye to
close margin, farmers are beginning to
see the absolute necessity for using ami
mails that are especially bred for special
purposes. That the mule is taciturn, set
in his ways and generally mischievous, is
very true; but that he kicks. runs away,
SHES, or has as many other wicked
ways as the horse, must be denied. The
horse of all work, and the general pur-
pose COW, belong to the frontier stage of
farming High priced land and rapid
transportation have forced the farmers in
thickly settled districts to centre their en-
ergy upon single occupations. In former
years the horse was expected TO plow all
the morning, bring up load Of hay in
the afternoon, take the son and daughter
TO the singing school at night, and enjoy
race home with the neighbours bay
mare The mule is not suited to such a
life; he is specially bred for plain hard
work, and with the same care throughout
his long life, he will perform third more
work than the average horse The test
of reliability in draft animal is a dead
weight. To start stalled wagon is the
crucical test. In such an emergency a
team of horses will usually make one
moderate pull at it and stop-make up
their minds slowly that something has to
be done, then they move forward togeth
er, spread their feet, arch their backs and
throwing the full power of their steel.like
muscles to the task, something has soon
to come; and if the traces hold, the lead
will move. They are also no less relia
BILE for steady. every day hard work, and
it is no cruelty to put at least fourtl
greater task upon a mule team thar
would be right to put upon team o.
horses. The farmer who has never work
ed mules will be agreeably surprised if HI
will give them trial.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-20

Tract distributors In New York city
complain that thousands Of tracts are be-
ing distributed throughout the tenement
house district printed In imitation of the
genuine religious ones, and bearing titles
such as "Be saved. Salvation for All ;"
and the like, which alter n page or two
Of religious argument, run of into clo-
quent patent medicine advertisements.
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TIE PATH TO pEiCE.

On Wednesday last there was an as
semblage at Mystic, Conn, which is
said to have numbered 1000 persons,
calling themselves collectively the
Universal Peace Union" That it
was, in large part, a gathering of i'm
practicable idealists is evident from the
fact that resolution was offered "ask-
ing the Government to pay no heed to
the advice Of the late Mr.. Tilden re-
garding appropriations for the navy
and shore fortiiications, but to expend
smaller sums in obtaining permanent
friendly relations with other nations" +"
1t is not stated that this resolution was
adopted, but judging from the general
proceedings of the cuuclays 1t may be
presumed that it was.
II would be a blessing uRlouh.elly,
If human society were 50 constituted us
10 preclude ali VARS or even he rumors
of war But unhappi'y sunn never hR,
been the fact and probably never VIII
he. In the great majority OF clses,
war has been an uupardonab,e crime,
All dynastic wars and wars Of conquest
are clearly embraced in that category.
From the time of Cyrus until 10 day
the ambition of hereditary and irre-
fpOnsible rulers or the bigory Of re-
ligious zealots has fattened upon the
blood of the people But there have
been wars righteous In themselves, and
which more than repaid their cost in
blood and treasure, awful ms that was
in many cases. Who can deny that
such was the fact concerning the long
and desperate struggle between Spain
and the United Netherlands, which re.
leased the latter from the shackles of
tyranny and started liberty upon that
march into the hearts and homes of man
kind which is not yet finished? No one
will dare affirm that our Revolutionary
War was not blessing to ourselves aud
to all the world for all time to come.
Whatever may be said or thought Of
the causes that led to 1t, there is now
a universal assent that in tsresults our
late civil war was fully worth its cost.
1t unified US as people; 1t placed the
Republic upon foundations that will
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never bo shaken. i' gave the world az.
Surancc that government of the people,
by the people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth. When II Is re
ihcmbcrcd, as every candid student OF
history must admit. that this could nave
been accomplished in no other way than
ly lillowing the South with Union
and Confederate dead. it must be con
rcssod that In It's ending the titanic
conflict was fully justified
While The peace zcalots recall these
things to memory they should remem.
her also Lconldas at the pass Of
Thermopylu, Bruce at Bannockburn,
Winkolreid in the mountain rastuess
Of Switzerland, where receiving the
Austrian spears in his breast, he made
way for liberty wherein no European
despot has dared to put his foot in all
the centuries which have since elapsed.
IL has been said that war IS bar.
barism." In itself so it is, but until
the coming Of the millennium 1t Is one
of those things which no nation can
ever be sure it will be, under all cir
cumsauccs, able to avoid. Upon the
whole, therefore, it would seem to be
wise for the Government to continue
the building Of It's war ships, establish
the "plant' at the Washington Navy.
Yard in obedience to the several acts
gf (yprtpgu op1 u1,pt p,V,n ,rguov.l
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NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Mn. Matthew ARSoLp, while in Boston,
is the guest u Mira. Bu rtou Harrison.
WILL CARLETON, the author OF "Betsy
ard | Are out" Is going to lecture and
read to English audiences this autumn.
VI. BoNArAnrH WISE, grand nephew OF
the First Napoleon, has arrived in Ottawa,
Canada. lie is wealthy capitalist, and is
interested in Canadian lands.
IlESRY Norman, one OF the assistant
editors Of the London PdH Nal gazette,
though Briton born, is Harvard grad
uatc and q well-informed man on English
politics.
REV. TowNsuESD G.. JACKSON, who has
accepted the rectorship q All Saints
Memorial Church, Baltimore, is q brother
in-law OF Mr.. Fairchlld, Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury.
BRET HARTE's new Christmas story will
be entitled "The Queen Of the Pirate Isle"
and there is enough of dime novel suggest
iveness In the name to scoop IN the whole
rising generation.
lDA LEWIS, famous for her efforts in res
cuing the drowning at Newport, is the only
woman In the world that holds the position
Of government lighthouse keeper. She is
now past middle age.
Two years ago Mr.. Henry +. Abbey was
S250060 worse of than nothing, but he has
since reiolccd the hearts Of his creditors to
the tune Of 5000 Oo0, and hopes to celebrate
Christmas with bonfire OF all his outstand-
ing obligations.
maxwell STEVENSON, the Democratic
candidate for Congressman at-large In
Pennsylvania, is Of Irish birth, 80 years OF
age, and started In life as the proprietor OF
a news stand. Afterward he graduated at
business college and was admitted to the
bar
SENATOR IIEARsT's career at Washington
was not altogether burrcn. He introduced
new cocktail from California called "tht
cowboys drcam,n which Is said to be "pe
Culially searching In It's operation on tht
internal system Of the average Congress
man."-LN. ]. Tribune.
BorERT j.. TAYLOR, the Democratic
candidate for Governor OF Tennessee, wa
Member OF Congress at the age OF 90, ant
| when only so came within three votes o
| being elected to the United States Senate
Two years ago he was Cleveland elector
| and he is still on the sunny side OF 40.
A NUMBER of our valued exchanges In
sist upon referring to Miss Rose Elizabetl
| Cleveland as the editress of LiTary Life
| If there is one particular thing that make
this gifted lady particularly mad it is to b
called au edltress. Therefore we call upol
our valued exchanges to dcsist.- Chicag
| News.
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EXECUTIVE DuPLICIrY.

The New York TrijURc, which deals
with the Matthews case no less under
standingly than courageously, and at
the same time with the utmost defer
encc to facts, quotes the following
paragraph from the message sent by
the President TO the Senate on the 1st
OF March last. I'm order TO show that
since that time 5lr Cleveland has exc.
cuted a change OF front, and, to all ap.
pearancc experienced q change Of
heart;
shall continue, as h'yr thus far done,
d, durnIn' ai ,, at ,. rg4us, I' ,.e N''.n.5 ,
Ing Il fitness OF The nominees rlIc,l ba-
fore II EN- for their action. h.th When they
be be Pr PosGu 20 ~, ,nyih9tTa G' !" ,"NC
,cfuSol 10 cout,mI s'aH ao' ps,pgs ~ tst
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for IT: but there .wa, ~, doubt about
the meaning o. wAa, DIE rlil at the
time he said H. and culv Iyi.e seycrost
strain OF terms can @ double ccnsuuc.
ion be placed upon il now.
1t was understood TO be an antithed.
cal statement of the Presidents posi-.
tion in the then pending contention be.
tween himself and the Senate. The
1,,,or bodr 1od os,,,,,,o1 u,, ,j,.r, 10
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EOR RENT
TIE NEW POST BUILDING.

Studios, Offices and Lodge or Society Rooms,
There are yet vacant in the new Post Build
ing some well-lighted rooms suitable for
lodges and societies; also several well-lghted
rooms, eligible for artists studios; also two
rooms fitted for light manufacturing, with or
without steam power; Otis elevator runs day
and night. Apply at POST COUNTING ROOM
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AUCTION SALES.
U'HusTEE'S SALE or VALUABLE
Il REAL ESTATE IN PRINCE GEORGES
COUNTY, MD.

BY virtue of deed of trust from James s.
Marsh and Frances Marsh his wife, TO Il. X.
Elliot, In which the undersigned, Charles \.
Wells, was substituted by order Of Court IN
No 1889 Equity, dated March 81, 1888 and
duly recorded in liber j. W. b., No ., folio
81, one of the land records Of Prince Georges
County, Md, the undersigned trustee will
sell at public sale, for cash, on tho premises
hereinafter mentioned, on MONDAY, AUG
UST 90, 1886, at 11;30 O'Clock n, M, all of that
valuable tract of land described in said deed
OF trust, located In Kent District, in said
county and State, adjoining the lands of
Messrs. Simpson, Philips, John II. Magrudcr
and others, containing 20s acres, more or less,
upon which certain Charles X. Marsh now
resides. This property contains fine Or
chard, good dwelling and all necessary out
buildings, and is more particularly described
in a deed from Charles A. Wells and Others to
Margaret j. Guy, dated December 5, 1873, and
duly recorded In liber II. b., No. IL, folio 212
of said land records.
Terms of sale-s5OO cash on day OF sale,
balance on final ratification thereof. Con.
veyancing at cost of purchaser.
CHARLES A. WELLS,
Trustee.
NkpION DITCK ETvr
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ron rUUL.


UOIsI OF NtpIILs DNTATINT+I z, =,
Whsi1SGToN, ID. G., Aug. q, 1856.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
this Office until II o'clock noon on WEDNES-
Day, september l. 1856, for the delivery of
eight hundred eco tons of the best White ASH
Furnace Cuai tsCreomcd) also eighty (SO
cords OF the best Oak Wood, and as much
more coal and wood as may he needed at the
House OF Representatives during the present
fiscal year, said wood and coal 20 be delivered
and stored in the vaults at the south wing OF
the Capitol on or before the 18th day of Oc-
tohcr, 1855, The coal must weigh 2,9,0 pounds
to the ton aud the oak wood be cut la three
feet 10 the cord and be corded, measured aud
cut ut tho Capitol. The right to reweigh the
coal mt the Capitol, and the right 10 reject
any uid al, BIDS r reseryed' ThG bids :, 20 , 6e
addressed 10
JOHN II. CLARK, JR.,
Clerk Of House ct Rem 4. :.
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THOSE condemned Anarchists at Chi
cogo, il will be observed, shed more
tears over their sad fate than they did
over the policemen whose bodies they
mangled with dynamite bombs.
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TT was announced by Government
Representative in the House of Com
mons last evening that II Is not in
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PROPOSALS.

yWASBINGTON. ID. c.,
w AUGUST II, 1886.
SEALED PROPOSALS are invited for work
OF Plasterlng In the new Pension Building.
Bids received will be opened ut noon on
SEPTEMBER 6, 1856
Plans and Specifications can be seen in this
Office. VI. C. MEIGS,
Superyiginr Engineer and Architect,
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THE Anarclis' who are now com.
foriab'y donirllcl in ST. Petersburg,
Vienna end Paris had better remain
where they a'r. Openings in this
country having become noo5c.shaped
are neither healthy nor desirable.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

dp1OO TO 5000 TO $40 900, AND LARGER
HIUU sums on real estate; lowest rates;
call now. WIN. +. HoLT2MAN, Attorney, 1921
y Ht. n. W.
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Ion sAIE-The North Washington

NOR SAIE-The North Washington
IL Real Estate Company have large and
choice line OF improved and unimproved prop
erty for sale, offering rare chances for invest
land Tor sale in tbe north r or n"rtheast seo
tion OF the city will find IL 10 their advantage
20 do so through this company, which gives
its whole attention and energy to the develop
mGnt Of that part Of the city, This company
has seventy thousand feet IN one tract ON New
Hampshire ave, at a bargain for investment
Also 100000 acres of improved farm lands
N NlrgnlA fOr saIe or eNchange. SO y ~ Y W.
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uOME SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
RovolutIonized and

SHORTHAND ReVolutiouiZed ana
- brought within the immediate reach of
all persons possessed of the rudiments of edu-
catit n. Sloan.Duployan possesses LEGiBlL.
1TY Hitherto unknown. A special NEANSES3
of outline and SIMPLICITY SO wonderful
that the entire system is unfailingly impaired
in u hours tuition or IL postal lessons, at u
cost much below other systems. Glasses and
private tuition daily. Books, etc. on hand.
Call or send stamp for prospectus, THE
SCHOOL, V2l Il ST N w
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HEAL. ESTATE.

EOR SALE-Ihe Following Inn
II proved properties can he bought by pay.
ing few hundred dollars down and balance
easy monthly lnstallmcntS:
lhth st, bet y and L II W, . rs, all m i,..Sl 500
19th st. above W II w, rs, all m i......, 2,IO0
L ST, bet 18th and 10th Il W, rs all IN l. 1000
W st n W, bet 18th and 18th, q rs, all m |. 5000
II st. bet 18th aud 18th II @, u rs, all m L.. 5000
Wyle 81, bet l2th and 18Th q, q rs, M j. LOCO
T'WO lots on Y c ave : o, price pcr so IT,. SOC
Lot on V II W, price PER 90 tt......,...- 500
b. q, PROCTOR & SON,
il26 L 81 W.
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EOR REKT-iouse TIO 9th st. II. W.,
Il containing rooms; rent, % per month.
IN advance. Inquire of VIM. b, Morgan, olO L
st II W, between 10 and IL m and and y m.
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EDUCATIONAL.
z zRENZEKLAW


BUSINESS COLLEGE, COR. NINTH AND ID
streets northwest practical business edu
cation that qualities young men and women
to support themselves and successfully, per
form the active duties of life. Thorough in
structon given in Rapid Writing, the English
Language, Correspondence, Rapid Caloula-
tions, Bookkeeping, Business Practice, Com
mercial Law, Political Economy, Slenography
and Type Writing. Regular day and evening
sessions resumed WEDNESDAY, SEPTEM
BER l, at o a. m. and q y. m. Olice open for ar.
rangements by the year or quarter, on and
after. MONDAY, AUGUST %. \ full corps of
teachers. Tuition fees. day sessions Regular
business course one year, $40 payable $40 on
entering and balance in monthly installments
of so each; year scholarship in full on
entering, $50; tuition per quarter of ten
weeks, $50, paid on entering. Night ses.
sions-Year scholarship, $50 on entering; 3
months, SIS. payable 81 on entering and bal
ance In monthly installments of 81 each, or
$40 in full on entering. Illustrated Circular
sent free on application.
HENRY G. SPENCER. Principal.
MRS. SARA A. SPENCER, Nice-PrinCipul
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FOR EXCHANGE,

yXTANTED-To Exchange small
w printing office Tor n typewriter. Adj
dress W. A. r., Critic Office.
(IHOICE Colonial Beach Lots viii be
- exchanged Tor horse, carriage ana mar
ness, together or separate. Apply to A. u.
UOLTXMAN 1891 Il st,
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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

BNOR RENT-stOrags Rooms, at Fur-
Il niture store 400 18th 4 II "; antique fur
MituTe bought and sold BEST'S Old stand.
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FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS,

EoR RENT-3O4 10th sc s E, Near
II herdics and cars, brown brick, in fine
order, $3.50. WRIGHT ~ BOLTON, Room
10, st, Cloud building 9th and Est,
EOR RENT-i45 q ST n w, 7-ROom
II brick, bay-window mod imps, parking;
stable on alley; rent s2G in advance. W. II,
FlSkE & co, 1870 n ave.
DOR RENT-A 1O-ROom Pressed
II brick front house; mod imps; In pleas
ant neighborhoOd; cars pass the door Ap-
ply TO JAS. G, SPhIGG, 1924 ave.
EOR REST-In Alexandria-2 Com
IL Portable brick dwellings, in good order,
to 7s N, Washington st, Alexandria, Va.