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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01

Once Tom Corwin, who was pitted
against Shannon, was in stage riding to
some point where he was to prosecute his
canvass. On the way lady, who, by the
way, was none other than Mrs. Shannon,
entered the stage She did not know
Corwin when she saw him. Mrs. Shan.
non carried baby in her arms and Cor
win took the child from her as she was
about to step into the stage. He placed
the little one on his lap and retained 1t
there, amusing it in gentle, kindly
manner until the lady reached her home.
Corwin got out, and, entering the house,
carried the little fellow to bed and laid
him down on the flat of his back. AS he
turned to the lady TO bow his farewell
she asked him to whom was she indebted
for so much kindness and courtesy.
Thomas Corwin, at your service, mad
ame," was the reply, "and | intend to lay
your husband ont at the next election as
Hat as have just laid your son on his
back"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01
Concerning Manitoba.

OF the 1000, 900 acres which comprise
the Canadian Province of Manitoba.
there have been surveyed about sixteen
and helf millions of acres. There are
100000 acres of swamp lands within
the Province, and the remainder consists
OF the timbered and rocky region lying
around Lakes Winnepeg, Manitoba and
the Lake of the Woods. The portion un.
der cultivation is little over one million
of acres, hitherto chiefly devoted to the
cultivation of wheat, and up TO the 31st
of last October, the Department of the
Interior reported about 1O,93O, ,045 acres
as having been taken up within the Pro.
vince for homesteads and pre.emptions
BY recent arrangement made with the
Province, the Dominion Government
have ceded to the Province the swamp
lands, and 150, 900 acres of good lands
for University purposes
The remarkable fertility Of the soil on
the prairie section, especially that in the
Valley of the Red River, is so well known
that 1t is unnecessary that should refer
to 1t here. The winter climate, though
generally severe In the latter part of
December and throughout January, is a
subject of much disparagement by those
who prefer the thirty five degrees and the
forty degrees, but there are redeeming
features about this severity, which the
settler-the grain raiser-knows how to
appreciate, even If the denizen of the
metropolis, and Of the town, would pre-.
fer to see fewer minus records, and more
frequent thaws in the winter months than
now happens. The incomparably hard
wheat for which Manitoba Is famous
could not be raised were the winter eli.
mate more variable and less severe than
1t is. The same remark applies to North
ern Minnesota and Dakota, where the
winter climate possesses the same char
acteristics as those of Manitoba, and
which districts produce quality of
wheat similar to that raised in'the Cana
dian prairie provinces.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01
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Why are Skins Tanned?

If fresh animal skin is laid in damp
and warm place, 1t will, in time, decay.
Skin consists largely Of gelatine or glue;
there is more or less fat adhcring to the
lower side, and some kind of hair upon
the upper surface. After the skin has
been deprived of fat and hairby lime.wa.
ter and scraping, it is placed in watts Of
tan.liquor. This is usually made from
oak bark. The active principle in the
oak bark is tannin, or tannic acid, which
abounds in gall nuts and other vegetable
substances that have an astringent or
puckery taste. II you add solution of
tannic acid to one Of glue (gelatine) that
will turn cloudy, and In time will deposit
a substance which is the tannate of gela.
tine-or leather. The skins In the tan.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01
Drinking Water.

The leading medical Journal of France
has published pamphlet protesting
against the cxtravagant use Of artificial
mineral waters, which, it sets forth, do
the double damage of chilling the stom-
ach, thus laying foundation for gastric
catarrh, while the limestone held in de-
posit in the carbonated waters finds its
way to the kidneys and eventually pro.
duces Bright's disease. The pamphlet
also protests against ice-water as q pro.
vocative OF catarrh in the stomach. 1t
further says: water should be drank
cool, but not iced, with the Juice of a
quarter or half lemon in it. Mineral
water should also be drank with dash
OF lemon. Water should always be
swallowed slowly. 1t is not the stomach
which is dry, but the mouth and throat.
If you toss of drink of water you throw
1t through. your mouth and throat into
your stomach, without doing the former
any good, while you injure the latter by
loading it with what it does not require.
Drink slowly, and keep the water in your
mouth for moment when you begin. If
you work in hot room in hot weather,
tie a damp cloth around your temples,
and you will not experience half the
craving for drink as you otherwise
would.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01
Rats.

Charles and James Culbertson, of
Vandalia, Mo-, killed 5000 field mice
while plowing 100 acres of ground. They
think there is now some hope of raising a
crop of corn.
A package of yeast cakes was eaten one
night by rats in freight house at Mid.
dletown, n. Y. The yeast soon began 10
work, and people waiting for the train
next day were interested in watching rats
run out from under the freight.house, go
up like rockets and explode in the air
with sharp report
Charles Wicks, Of Northport, L. l., has
q tub Of water in his barn for watering
horses. lie placed seven or eight big
bullhcads in IT, The barn is full Of rats,
which, when they are thirsty, climb up
on the edge to drink. No sooner does a
rat dip his nose under water than the
bullheqds grab him, pull him down,
drown him and eat him at their leisure.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01
curlous Enect OF Alrtlc Cold.

A person who has never been in the po-
lar regions can probably have no idea of
what cold really is; but by reading the
terrible experiences Of Arctic travellers in
that icy region some notion can be form.
ed of the extreme cold that prevails
there. When we have the temperature
down to zero out.of. doors we think II bit
tcrly cold, and If our houses were not as
warm as, at least, 60 degrees above zero,
we should begin to talk of freezing to
death. Think, then, of living where the
thermometer goes down to 80 degrees be-
low zero in the house in spite of the
stove. OF course In such case tho fur
garments are piled on until man looks
like great bundle Of skins. DR.. Moss,
of the English polar expedition Of 1875
and 1876, among other odd things, tells
of the effect Of cold on wax candle
which he burned theie. The temperature
was 35 degrees below zero, and the doc
tor must have been considerably discour-
aged when, upon looking at his candle,
he discovered that the flame had all it
could do TO keep warm. 1t was so cold
that the flame could not melt all the wax
of the candle, but was forced to eat its
way down the candle, leaving sort of
skeleton of the candle standing There
was heat enough, however, % melt oddly
shaped holes in the thin walls of wax,
and the result was beautiful lace-like
cylinder of white, with tongue of vel.
low flame burning inside it, and sending
out into the darkness many streaks of
light This is not only curious effect
of extreme cold, but it shows how difficult
1t must be to find anything like warmth
in place where even fire itself almost
gets cold. The wonder is that any man
can have the courage to willingly return
to such bitter region after having. g.once
got safely away from it, aud yet the
truth Is that the spirit of adventure is so
strong in some men that it Is the very
hardship and danger which attract them.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01
Remnrkable House cleanIng.

Talking about cyclones, said pas
senger from Kansas, you folks ought to
go out there and see one. Iwon't tell
you any cyclone stories, because you
wouldn't believe me If l did, and hate
to be thought liar by men who daresn't
tell me what they think. I'll just tell
you something about our common every
day winds out there. When | first went
West stopped at ST. Joseph, Mo-, and
of all the places for dust ever saw that
was the worst Below the town was a
stretch of the Missouri River bottom, and
at low water it was big sand bar. Over
that sand bar southwestern winds came,
and tell you the honest truth when
say I've seen dust flying so thick in the
steets of st. Joseph that business was
suspended, the front doors locked and
the street lamps lit. Whenever one of
those sou'westers came along the St.
Joseph folks used to shut their houses
up as tight as they could get'em and live
in the cellars. / told my friend that l
didn't want to go any further West than
this, but he urged me to oat-Qn the Kan.
sas prairie and said it was nice and clean
and quiet there. 49
"Well, | went out, took homestead
and put me up q little house. Had It
nearly finished, all but the clapboarding
or the north and east sides, when one of
those sou western howlers come along,
1t wasn't cyclone-just good, stiff,
common wind-but when l went out to
that house next morning, what dye sup
pose found2 She was packed full of
sand from cellar to garret. couldn't
get inside, and couldn't see the ceiling
through the winders-it was sand all the
way up. The wind was all calm then,
and ! got shovel and startecdigging the
dirt otit of my house, when a neighbor
came along and saw what was at.
"That amt the way to do it, you
darned fool, he said; rip OF the clap.
boards on the north and east sides, and
walt for another breeze. It'll clean your
house out as slick as whistle in fifteen
minutes. Nobody but tenderfoot
wouldn't go and clapboard the north and
east sides of his house first, anyhow he
growled as he moved off.
81 followed his advice, waited twenty
four hours for a wind, and in half an
hour found the house alls clean That
amt all, either The inside woodwork
was polished up SO smooth and pretty
that it fairly glistencd, and my wife said
she'd have me take them clapboards off
every house cleaning"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01
WASHINGTON.
SHALLOW DEMOCRATIC TRICK.
Proposing an Income Tax-Deoeiving
Needy and Disabled Union Soldiers.

Needy and Disabled Union Soldiers.
WASHINGTON, June 20.--The ex- Con-
federate Democrats, who control the ma
1ority in the House, are pretty sly some
times. Just now they are chuckling over
scheme by which they expect either to
check the disabled veterans of the Union
Army and Navy or to force upon the
country law which was repealed many
years ago on account Of its inquisitorial
nature and the difficulty of executing it.
The Committee on Invalid Pensions held
a meeting to-day and agreed to unite the
Senate Pension bill, known as the blair
BILL" and the bill readjusting and fixing
the rates Of pension to be paid on account
of the loss of an arm or a leg, and to fast
en- thereon rider" In the form of bill
to impose graduated tax on incomes,
the revenues from which shall be applied
to the payment of pensions. When the
same income tax was proposed by Gener-
al Ewing, of Ohio, several years ago, it
was estimated that it would yield some
$65, 600 900 year. In other words, the
same party which is trying to prevent the
piling up of q Surplus" next year by re.
ducing the revenues from customs by
$4,000, 900 to $35, 900, 900, proposes eth
er to add double that sum to the income
OF the Government or to defeat pending
measures for the benefit of disabled and
needy ex-soldiers and sailors of the Union.
OF course the Committee on Invalid Pen.
sions has no jurisdiction of the subject Of
taxation, and under the rules of the House
q bill to raise revenue must be sent to the
Committee on Ways and Means. The ad-
vocates OF the proposed measure hope to
obtain favorable ruling, however, and to
force Republicans to vote against the bill
in the expectation that it will injure their
political prospects.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01
MISCELLANY.
LAW FOR MoTHERs-IN-LAw.
The Notice Man May Serve on His wife's
Mother.


Mother.
A recent decision Of the supreme court
Of Vermont deals directly with the moth
er.in.law question. 1t seems that after
his mother-in-law' death person, whose
identity it will be charitable TO conceal
under the letter A, sued his executor for
board and lodging furnished to her when
she visited AS wife, her daughter. These
visits extended over space of five years
were made at four different times, and
comprised in all twenty six and one half
weeks. The testimony showed that they
were made sometimes without invitation
and sometimes at the invitation of AS
wife. 1t did not appear A. himself solicit.
ed her company. There was no mutual
understanding between them as to wheth.
er she was guest or a "boarder" during
the twenty six and one.half weeks that
she spent under his roof. Therefore the
court held that A was not entitled to
compensation. AS understanding on this
point was perfectly clear, for he produc-
ed at the trial an account book in which
his wife had entered, under his direction,
the date of his mother-in laws arrival at
his house on the occasion of her visits
and the date of her departure. 1t came
out, however, that A had never ventured
to show the book to his mother.in- law,
and that She had no knowledge OF it, but
had made her visits under the impression
that she was welcome guest. In order
to be perfectly safe a man need only
serve a written notice upon his mother
in-law when she first crosses his threshold
to the effect that she will be charged so
much per day or per week.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01


JUNE 24.-In the Senate a bill was pass
ed providing for the appointment of U.
s. District Judge for the Southern Dis.
trict of Alabama. 1t was first amended
by fixing all District Judges salaries at
$4,000 year, and prohibiting the ap-
pointment by Judges of relatives to Of
flee, The bill repeating the pre- -emption
and timber culture laws was passed. The
Fitz John Porter bill was taken up, and
Mr.. Sewsll spoke in favor of Its passage.
Mr.. Logan took the floor to reply, when
the Senate adjourned.
In the House the morning hour was
dispensed with, and the sundry civil bill
taken up. An amendment was incorpor-
ated, requiring the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue certificates of the de-
nominations of one, two and five dollars
on all surplus silver dollars in the Treas.
nry in payment of appropriations made
in this bill, and for other expenditures of
the Government. Mr.. Ryan, of Kansas,
criticised the bill, and Mr.. Herbert, of
Alabama, spoke on Coast Survey features
until adjournment.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01

liquor absorb it. and the gelasine slowly
unites with the tannic acid in the liquor,
and the whole skin is CHANGED to leather.
1t will not now purify, nor dissolve in
hot water, and has become avery differ
ent substance. Skins are also preserved
without the use Of oak bark, OF pny other
substance containing tannsn. Such skins
are not properly tanned, butarc "lawed.
In this operation, alum. salt and other
like substances are used TO preserve the
gelatine of the skin Still another
method of preserving skins is by oil,
which is used in some kinds of leather.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01
Pack the Lungs With Air.

Deep breathing and holding of the
breath is an item of Importance. Per-
sons of weak vitility find an uninterrupt
ed succession of deep and rapid respira.
tion, so distressing that they are discour-
aged from perservering in the exercise.
Let such persons take into the lungs as
much air as they can at a breath and hold
il as long as they can, and they will find
a grateful sense In the whole abdominal
region. Practice will increase ability to
hold the breath and the capacity of the
lungs. After time the art may be
learned of packing The lungs. This is
done by taking and holding the long
breath and then forcing more air down
the trach@ by swallows of air. The op-
Grafton may be described by that of
fish's mouth in the water. To those who
have never learned it it will be surprising
to what extent the lungs may be packed.
Caution at first is needful, but later prac.
tice will warrant large use of the treat
ment The whole thoracic and abdomin.
al cavities will receive immediate benefit,
and continuance and temperance in eating,
good air and right exercise, will bring
welcome improvement Herald Of
Health.
1t is reported that there will be good
peach crop in the mountains of Western
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01
The Buiifrog,s Victory.

One the best of Sam Snall,s war stories
is this: when things were hot around
Atlanta Captain Even Howell received
an order to reconnoiter across the Chat
tahoochee River and ascertain II the Fed
eral troops had retired. The night was
black as ink. Heread the order to his
men, but was surprised to find them all
disqualified for the risky job. One
couldn't swim, another had rheumatism,
sti another always took cramps In the
water and so 1t went downthe whole line.
But the order had to be obeyed. So Ho.
well plunged into the river and made for
the other side. He was remarkably
good swimmer and fen sure lie was MAX
ing no noise, yet he became 50 frightened
that each stroke seemed to him 10 arouse
the whole Federal camp. Now and then
a alightning-bug appeared, and, confident
that it was Yankee musket, he ducked
under watep. BY and by he got so near
the shore that he could wade, and he was
creeping along as cautiously as possible,
his teeth chattering with fear, when of a
sudden he struck against an old tree that
had fallen into the river just then q
huge bull.frog gave sonorous blurt and
jumped into the river. Unable to retain
his self.possession longer Howell threw
up both hands and yelled in terror, i
surrender, surrender When he finally
reached the camp not Yankee could be
seen, but smouldering fire gave evidence
that they had recently decamped."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01

Contemptuous Zach and the Britishcr.
Senator Zach Chandler had no love for
Great Britain. Soon after the civil war
he was one day convorsing with an Eng.
lishman about American affairs, and he
quite shocked Mr.. Bull by the irreverent
manner in which he alluded to interna.
tional affairs. "How? You don't mean
that the sword of England would not
have turned the scale?" cried the amazed
Mr.. Bull. "Why, look here" retorted
the Senator, chow large an army has
England got, anyhow? How many troops
could England put into the field2' per
haps 10000 regulars Sixty thousand
Why General Grant in one battle at the
Wilderness killed 10000 men in four
days, sir, and in week we filed the
ranks full again. If the whole British
army had been there they would have
hindered one of our half dozen armies
just four days; that's ALL sir."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-01


remarkable babies. One is sixteen months
old, Elmer Heetcr of Trenton, Ohio, who
weighs 6S pounds, measures IS inches
around the chest, 33 around the waist,
and 20 around the thigh. The other ba.
by hasn't been named, but it belongs to
Mrs. Steve Boyer of East Hill, Pa, and
was born in the middle of June. 1t hasn't [
been measured, but it weighs 10 ounces
Rattlesnake Jim of Wooster, Ohio,
says that the only reliable cure for the
bite of rattlesnake is turpentine. He
says that bottle Of turpentine held over
the bitten spot, the uncorked mouth
down, will draw out the poison, which
can be seen as it enters the turpentine in
sort OF blue flame. Although he has
never been bitten, he has tried this cure
on his dogs, always with success.
Superintendent Schmitt, of the Cleve.
land police, has in his possession quite a
curiosity. 1t is a standing collar. well
starched, and in the back, near the but.
ton-hole, bullet has entered the collar
and stuck there. The man who owns the
collar was standing in Euclid Avenue,
near the park when the bullet struck the
collar No report was heard, and it is
believed to have beenfired from an airgun.
Munday, the Georgia revivalist, who is
trying to convert Nashville, is reformed
gambler, circus juggler, and variety ac
tor. He is 80 years old, straight as an
arrow, and good looking. At a recent
meeting in Nashville it is reported that
"two gray-haired sinners, with both of
whom the preacher had previously play
ed poker professed conversion and wept
bitterly at the memory of their errors"
Fred and Willie Gerster, aged and II,
tired of their home in Cincinnati, so they
packed a big basket with provisions, stole
$3 and pistol from their father, and set
out to see the world. And they saw it
for three weeks, sleeping in barns, selling
newspapers, and backing boots in Day.
ton and Toledo, and were in q fair way
to become thorough tramps when the
advertisements Of their frantic father led
to their apprehension and return to the
parental roof. They say that they have
had all the tramping they want.
In the famous manufactory of Gobelin
tapestry, which belongs to the French
Government, are produced large and beau
tiful woven pictures, and the great merit
of the work is that it is done entirely by
hand, no machinery being used. The
operation is very slow, each workman
putting one thread at time in its place,
and faithfully copying a painting in oil
or water colors which stands near him as
a model If in day he covers a space
as large as his hand he considers that he
has done very good days work.
1t was announced that the Thoma,
Paine Society of Frederick county, Md.
would celebrate the seventy y-sevcnth an
niversary of Tom Paine's death at tn,
house of Aaron Davis, near Frederick
but not celebratGr appeared. Mr.. Davi
himself observed the day by not working
He said that, while there were only abou
a dozen members of the society, ther,
were three or four hundred believers o.
the Paine doctrines in the county, bu
fear of social ostracism or injury to theil
business caused them to make q secret Oi
their views.