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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08
AN ALBUM OF CONGRESS sMEN.
How the Conspicuous Representatives at
Washington Run to Photographs.

How the Conspicuous Representatives at
Washington Run TO Photographs.
1t is curious to note how some great
men run to photographs. In the Senate
you can buy picture of John Sherman,
the president pro tenn, in several styles,
but none of them do him justice. All of
Sherman's pictures give him peculiar
foxey look, and this is also true of the
photographs of William f. Chandler.
The genial, good humorcd side of these
gentlemen's characters appears to have
been annihlated by the camera General
Logan takes good photograph. He ev-
idently prefers front view as host of
his pictures are taken in that position
An impression Of the benevolent looking
face of Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,
is not an infrequcnt sight in the windows
of the photographers, but, strange TO say,
that of his associate, Dawes, is very hard
to find. Edmunds hates the photograph
ers and seldom goes near them. His pic
lures make HIM look twenty years older
than he really is, and, of course, man
must have some pride about him, even if
he is Senator. A picture of Edmunds
can be sold any day as that of st. Jerome.
Ransom, Of North Carolina, fairly dotes
upon his own photograph. lie will have
his picture taken upon the slightest prov.
ocation, or upon no provocation at all.
Butler, of South Carolina, is another man
whose face makes good Impression.
Both these Senators are good looking, and
may, therefore, be pardoncd for any lit
tie interest which they may take in them
selves.
In the House, Speaker Carlisle heads
the list of photographs sold. He likes a
side view, because it shows his head to
the best advantage. Carlisle has q narrow
for.head-high, to be sure-and bulging
over the eyes, and therefore intellectual;
but it doesn't look so in photograph.
There are three or four different styles of
Morrison's pictures, and more than that
number of Randalls Both Randall and
Morrison are ncar.sighted, and wear
glasses almost continually, yet they are
never photographed wearing their spec
tacles. Reed of Maine, is not so fond of
his Shaksperan "phiz" that he is willing
to have n counterfeit presentmcnt of it
placed on sale.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08
A Tot who wanted to pluck a Star.

Mr., and Mrs. Graves, of Echo Tenn,
were sitting chatting pleasantly in the sit
ting-room one evening, when their little
4-year.old daughter came in and cxclam-
ed, Mamma, mamma, come and see. !"
Mrs. Graves got up and went with her
little daughter out in the yard. What
is it, my daughter?' Mamma. what is
that up yonder so bright?' she asked.
Where, my child,' "Up yonder in the
sky. Are they little gold dollars, NAM
mar asked little Fannie. "Yes, my
darling" said the good woman, laughing
ly, and went into the house, leaving her
to watch the little gold dollars, Little
Fannie climbed up on the fence and tried
to get one, and her father, seeing her,
went to her "What are you doing up
there, little pet?" he said, as he took her
down. II am trying to get me some little
gold dollars to make me some earrings :"
Couldn't you get them, baby?" mo,
papa" she said, sweetly; "please get
them for me" Little Fannie was taken
into the house and put to bed. but she
will never forget the little gold dollars. :"
--L0Uisrille Courier Journal
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08

Rev DR., Washington GLADDEN., in an
article in the April century with the
above caption, says: II have not men.
toned this demand for the entire secular
ization of our schools for the sake of OPP
posing 1t at this point in the argument,
but rather for the sake Of calling atten
ton to n manifest deterioration of public
morals which has kept even pace with
this secular tendency in education.
Twenty fysor thirty years ago most OF
our public schools were under Christian
influences. No attempt was made to in
culatc the dogmas of the Christian re.
ligion. but the teachers were free to com.
mend the preccpts Of the New Testament,
in direct, proctical way, TO the consci.
ences ofthcir pupils; and some of us re.
member, not without gratitude, the i'm
pressions made upon our lives in the
school room by the instructors of our
early days. All this has been rapidly
changing; and. contemporaneously, ii is
discovered that something is wrong with
society. Grave dangers menace its peace;
ugly evils infest its lccming populations.
Pauperism is increasing. The number
of those who lack either the power of the
will to maintain themselves, and who are
therefore thrown upon the care of the
State, is growing faster than the popula-
ton. The cure OF this alarming evil Is
engaging the study Of philanthropists in
all of our cities. Crime is increasing.
The only State in the Union that care
fully collects its moral statistics brings to
light some startling facts respecting the
increase of crime within the past thirty
years. In 1850 there was one prisoner in
Massachusetts, TO every eight hundred
and four Of the population; In 1880 there
was one to every four hundred and eigh
ty seven. The ratio Of the prisoners &c
the whole population nearly doubled In
thirty years. But II may be said thai
this increase is due to the rapid growth
of the foreign population in Massachu
sets. There would be small comfort IN
this explanation II 1t were the true one
but il Is not the true one. The native
criminals are increasing faster than tn,
foreign. born criminals. In 1850 there wa
one native prisoner to every one thou
sand two hundred and sixty seven nativ,
citizens; in 1880 there was one nativ,
/ prisoner to every six hundred and fiftcel
native citizens. The ratio Of native pri
soners to the native population more thai
doubled in thirty years.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08
CONKLING IN COURT.
An Idea of the Way the Noted Counsellor
Looks When Before the Public.

An Idea of the Way the Noted Counsellor
Looks When Before the Public.
Conkling is veritablc curiosity, so far
as his personal appearance goes. His style
of dress is, happily, unique. He comes
into court with what the susceptible wo-
men correspondents of Washington used
to call his magnificent torso enveloped
in pea. jacket which serves as an over
coat in all weathers, and the thickness of
which does not seem to incommode him
as he sits hour after hour plying witness
with questions. His trousers-at least the
pair he wore on Saturday-are what is
vulgarly called loud, light in color and
very large in check, and the partiality of
the Ex-senator for this sort of personal
adornment is emphasized by the use Of
the same striking cloth for the CATERS of
his boots. The contrast between the
heavy dark.b stuff of the a.jacket
and the light.gray checkerboard trousers
is very decided, and the combination does
not permit one to class the wearer as a
man of the highest and most refined taste
in such matters Mr.. Conkling's $ hair is
white, rather long and curly, and his Van
Dyke beard, 50 closely cropped on the
sides that the ruddy skin is plainly visi-
BILE, is of the same color. He sits at the
side of the table with his legs crossed and
a half sheet of paper in his hand, to
which he makes only occasional referenc.
es.-B0st0n TranscgiDf.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08
WASHINGTON.
THE CARRoLLToN MASSACRE.
Democratic Sympathy with tho Cl inese
Not Extended to the Negroes.

Democratic Sympathy with tho Cl inese
Not Extended to the Negroes.
WASHINGTON March 29.--One Demo,
crat in the House to-day Mr.. Belmont,
offered resolution to pay alien sufferers
from mob rule in Wyoming Territory
large sum Of money, and another Demo
crat, Mr.. Reagan, promptly objected to
resolution to investigate the causes of the
recent murder of seventeen citizens of
United States by a mob at Carrollton,
Miss. Mr.. O'Hara. of North Carolina,
who offered the resolution, is colored
man and the victims of the Mississippi
butchery were colored men. The authori-
ties of the State of Mississippi have tax
en- no steps to bring the assassins to jus
tice and the grand jury has adjourned
without any action in the matter. 1t
seems strange that the United States Con-
gress takes official cognizancc of the kill
ing and maltreatmcnt of alien Asiatics,
and refuses to listen to the appeal by a
the massacre of seventeen citizens of the
United States by mob which has the
power to persuade or overawe the State
and local authorities of Mississippi. 1t is
not understood, however, that the Presi.
dent has expressed any desire for an in
vestigation, or his approval of any reso-
luton to provide for the relief of the
widows and orphans Of the Carrollton
massacre If he had, perhaps Mr.. Rca.
gan would withdraw his objection.
In message to Congress on the mas.
sacre of Chinese laborers at Rock Springs,
Mr.. Cleveland said "The oppression of
Chinese subjects by their rivals in the
competition for labor does not differ in
violence and illegality from that applied
to other classes of native or alien labor.
All are equally under the protection of
law, and equally entitled to enjoy the
benefits of assured public order" In the
same message it was stated that 'thc Ex-
ecutive may be induced to bring the mat
ter to the benevolent consideration of the
Congress, in order that that body, In its
high discretion, may direct the bounty Of
the Government in aid of innocent and
peaceful strangers whose maltreatment
has Brought discredit upon the country"
The number of Chinese murdered at
Rock Springs was reported to be nine
teen, which is exceeded by the number
of citizens of the United States recently
killed or mortally wounded at Carrollton
by the Mississippi mob.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08

Almost Immediately upon the Rev.
Sam Small's remuneration of chewing to-
bacco comes declaration from the Rev.
Sam Jones, in these words, that hence
forth for him there shall be no tobacco of
any kind: II find have habit which is
called stumbling block to others by
good Christians in the North, and an
nounce to you tonight that you can say
Sam Jones has got no habits that will be
a stumbling block to anybody" Both
Sans have been represented as preachers
Of uncommon power, but we doubt il
they ever preached as effective a sermon
as they have enacted by thus giving up
something they were doubtless very fond
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08

When | was d boy | heard of lawyer
who was called up in the middle of q
cold winters night to draw out the will
of an old farmer who lived some three
miles away, and who was dying. The
messenger had brought cart to convey
the lawyer to the farm, and the latter in
due time arrived at his destination. When
he entered the house he was Immediately
ushered into the sick room, and he then
requested to be supplied with pen, ink
and paper. There were none in the housel
The lawyer had not brought any himself,
and what was he to do2 Any lead pencil?
he inquired. No; they had none. The
farmer was sinking fast, though quite
conscious. At last the legal gentleman
saw chalked up on the back of the bed
room door column upon column of fig
ures in chalk. These were milk "scores"
or "shots," lie Immediately asked for a
piece of chalk, and then, kneeling on the
floor, he wrote out concisely upon the
smooth hcarthstone the last will and tcs
lament of the dying man. The farmer
subsequently died. The hearthstone will
was sent to the principal registry in Lon.
don with special atlidavits and was duly
proved, the will being deposited in the
archives OF the registry. may mention
that the law does not state upon what
substance or with what instrument q will
must be ritten.-Chambers' Journal.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08

The extreme Of prohibitionist fanatic
ism has been reached in Iowa, where u
bill has been submitted in the Legislature
which provides bounty of $25 to any
man who gives information as to the
whereabouts of liquor. The measure pro-
vides that "the finding of liquor in any
private dwelling shall be deemed pre-.
sumptive evidence that 1t is kept for
sale, and shall warrant its seizure and
destruction. 1t will be interesting to see
how far this rigid. house-searching legis
lation can be carried without working a
tremendous reaction in the direction of
free whisky.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08

- w. sugar Nodi
Mr. Ivan Levinstein, the President of
the Manchester Section of the Society of
Chemical Industry, calls attention to a
new substance which is extracted from
coal tar, and possesses sweetening prop
critics far stronger than the best cane or
beet root sugar. This substance he said,
seemed likely to enter into daily con
sumption. According to Mr.. Levinstein,
part of it will give very sweet taste to
10000 parts Of water, for il is 230 times
sweeter than best sugar, and taken in the
quantities added to food as sweetening
material, has no injurious effects whatev.
cr on the human system. Patients suffer.
ing from diabetes have been treated for
the last few months in one of the princi.
pal hospitals in Berlin with saccharin
without feeling in the least inconvenience.
ed by its use. The use of saccharian
would, therefore, Mr.. Levinstein said, be
not merely aprobable substitute for su.
gar, but it might even be applied to med.
icinal purposes where sugar was not per.
missiblc.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08

Certain wine dealers Of San Francis
co, in order to bring about wine instead
of whiskey drinking, have opened an
establishment where good native wine is
sold for five cents glass. The trade is
growing, and II is said that men who
have hitherto drunk strong drinks are
patronizing the wine shop to the advant.
age OF both buyer and seller.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08
1t has been decided in the District o

1t has been decided in the District of
Columbia that barber shops shall not
keep open on Sundays, and on Tuesday
night, at meeting of the BARRIERS of the
District, it was decided to enlighten the
public after this fashion: "Whcreas the
public is desirous TO know why the bar
Der shops are closed on Sunday, therefore
resolved, first, that the shops are closed
because the Divine law says, six days
shalt thou labor, and on the seventh rest
Second, that the Church, the common
law, and the best elements of the District
desire it. Third, that all our customers
can get shaved on Saturday between the
hours OF in the morning and l2 at night
II they wish to do SO"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08

public barroom, saloon, beer hall, or
grocery in this Territory, or in any other
public place of resort or amusement" If
the bill passes it win cost man from 81
to S25 TO treat friend there, not includ-
ing the price of the drinks. Nothing is
said about cigars.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08

Washington Territory thinks. treating
Is a bad custom, and an Antitreating bill
has passed one branch of the Territorial
Legislature. 1t prohibits any person from
treating or entertaining "gratuilously
any other person or persons to or with
spirituous or malt liquors, wine or cider.
or any other beverage whatever, In any
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08

Prohibition pumps are fashionable in
Des Moines. Worked by bar-tcndcrs,
beer comes out; but let an officer Of the
law take hand at the pump and only
water comes forth.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08
SHEARINGS.
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION
Paragraphs Going the Rounds of the Press
Gathered into One Column ror
Convenient Reading.

Sullivan, the slugger, must have de
scended from the Hittites of old.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08

The Ursa Major is the new name for
the most fashionable full dress worn by
ladies. Crsa Major means Great Bare.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08

'lf dc wedder grows much worse,
and dc work harder all de time" said an
Alabama colored man, dis niger will
have call TO preach"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-08

"Moighty curious people these
Americans are, said Bridget, the frs,
time she saw celery served; ''they ate all
the stalks, and lave livery bit of the foil
nuc -
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-11
NEvg HAVEN, CONN, MONDAY MORNING. II, 1886

ten appears upon brick walls. The principal component of this frost is sulphate of mag nesia, which results from the presence of the sulphur which the bricks absorb in firing and the magnesia which is usually found in con- siderable quantities in the lime of the nor tar In laying the back courses of ordinary walls the bricks are saturated with water, and, in the process of drying out, the water carries the sulphate of magnesia through the facing bricks to the outside, where it subse- quently crystallizes. MT. Anderson recom- mends the use of less water in bricklaylng, of purer lime for the mortar, and finally the isolation of the front series of bricks from the more porous ones behind by some mate rial impervious to water.
 A novel and satisfactory use of composite photography has been made in a Philadelphia court In the settlement of an estate the question of the genuineness of the signature to number of checks arose. There was number on which the signature was known to be genuine. Composite photographs were taken first of these and then of the doubtful ones. The composites of the lat ter could not be distinguished from the com posites of the former. The judge declared the process to be a very trustworthy guide, and the doubtful signatures were on this evi- dence declared to be genuine. To make proof of it's trustwo rthiness, however, it seems that it would have been necessary for composite to be made also of confessed i'm tations of the signature, to see if this differed from the composites of the genuine and of the doubtful ones.
 The Novoe Vremya gives the following summary of the territorial losses of Turkey during the last two centuries. Since the capture of Constantinople in 1453 they had gradually seized the whole of the Balkan Peninsula excepting Montenegro, the Pelop- onnesus. the northern shore of the Black Sea and of the Sea of Azox. In I'll the Otto man empire possessed more territory in Europe than any other power except Russia, her possessions extending westward to the Adriatic and the Danube, and eastward to the Dniester, the Dnieper, the Don and the Kuban. Thus Bessarabia, the Crimea and other Mongolian regions were under the dominion of the Turks, whose possessions on the continent of Europe covered an area of 15, ,454 square miles. But from this period the decadence of Turkey commenced, and, with the exception of her temporary sue cess against Austria in 1739, she went on losing territory to such an extent that upon the eve of the war with Russia she had only 9,456 square miles of territory, of which 2,949 miles were governed by princes, who merely owed her suzerainty. The Berlin treaty deprived her of 4, ,55S miles, so that from 1700 to 1878 the Ottoman empire lost in Europe 10,666 square miles, out of which s,9O2 were conquered by Russia, who has annexed 4,916 square miles. After the war of 1S77-S Russia annexed 469 square miles in Asia Minor, and 167 in Europe, while Aus tria annexed ,073 Bosnia and the Herze- govina) and England 174 (Cyprus)
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-11
MO-, 9.

ner time to the seedman's in Ferry street and had his half-peck bag filled with choice bird seed. Then returning to the City Hall he placed the bag on his desk. Then some fel- low-clerks invited him to walk across the street, and during his absence other friendly clerks substituted buckwheat in the bag for the bird seed. When the canary sharp got home that night he opened the bag and then he was mighty angry at the old idiot at the seed store for giving him buckwheat. Next morning before he resumed his clerical du- ties he told his fellow-clerks of the mistake and impressed it upon them that when twelve o'clock came he proposed to return the buckwheat and give the seedman thun der. Then he was prevailed upon to again walk across the street and during his inter view with the man over there the bag was emptied of the buckwheat and the bird seed was returned.
 Promptly at noon the canary bird man rushed into the seed store and flung the bag down on the counter as he shouted
 ''My birds don't eat buckwheat cakes!"
 "Don't theys" replied the astonished seed man; ''of course they don'tI'
 ''Then what do you give me buckwheat for? See here,' he cried, opening the bag.
 He just took one look, glared at the seed- man, and then sat down and gasped. The bag was filled with bird seed sure enough. The seed man got on his ear and looked at his customer in pitying sort of way. Then the canary man got up and went out of the store without saying a word. When he reached the City Hall he put the bag on his desk and his head between his hands and moaned.
 Presently friends dropped in and suggest ed look across the street. The canary man got up without making 8 reply and followed them listlessly across. While he was gone the seed WAS rhanped to buckwheat apain The genial clerk came back and saying that he did not feel well and was going home to feed his birds picked up the bag and left.
 The birds were glad to see him when he got home and came futtering and chirping to the side of the cage. The owner opened the bag, but let it drop and the buckwheat scattered all over the floor. Then he put on his hat and went over and inquired uf his family doctor if he showed any indications
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-11
Beef Makes Muscle.


 In 1883 Aaron Turner's circus was per forming on route through Pennsylvania, and at Pottsville Napoleon Turner, the old man Turner's son, took fancy to a wretehed, starving looking boy, between six and seven years old, who was incoming about in the reighborhood of the show. The little fellow seemed to be a nice, intellectual sort of boy for his age, but miserably thin and weak. All his limbs were thin and shapeless as 8 spiders, except for their clumsy joints. His cheeks were sunken, and his breast seemed to have caved in Nap found the .fatler of the lad and managed to get the boy appren- ticed to him. The circus men were amazed at sight of Nap's pfotege, and free to prophe- BY that he would never amount to anything.
 "Never mind," replied Nap; ''even if he doesn't I'll save him from starving to death, any way" They found that young Whit comb could not eat meat. He had never eaten any. The smell of it made him sick The first article of faith in 6 circus ma1 B creed is that one must eat beef to be strong, and IS 1t was matter of settled determina. ton in Nap Turner's mind that young Whit. comb should be strong, and as Nap was the biggest, young Whitcomb had to eat beef He commenced lightly on 1t, little at time and gradually of his own choice increased the ration. He was not put to work at any. thing, but just allowed to loaf around the tent when the other boys were pra ctisng, ,and try to initiate them when he chess to lido so