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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30
Quietins a Horse with Hymns.

A minister named M. G., who has
since passed into state of innocuous
desuetude" e"by falling from grace, had
q circuit in Southern Indiana. The
horse he rode was spirited animal,
and would not let blacksmith shoe
him. The preacher was a great revival
ist and singer of revival songs-noted
for his "power Of song" in fact. A
smith in the country-seat, the centre of
the circuit, learning that the preachers
horse would not be shod, meeting the
divine one day, said. q If you bring
That horse to my shop tomorrow, and
follow my instructions, III shoe him
all round, and itshan't cost you a cent"
Accordingly the preacher was on time
at the smiths shop with his refractory
steed, and after the animal had been
divested Of saddle, blankets, and all
but the bride, the smith said, "Now
hold your horse by the rein, close to
the bridle-bit. and sing one Of your
liveliest camp-meeting songs, and when
that is ended, strike up another, and
keep on singing until / finish shoeing
the horse" The preacher obeyed, and,
to the astonishment Of all, the animal
was passive until the work was COM
pleted. AS the blacksmith clinked the
last nail he dropped the animals foot,
and exclaimed: I" There, Ifknew you
could sing religion into the horse" 4,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30
SOME CURIOUS THINGS.


A traveller gives a pretty description
of the graceful egg dance which was
performed for his amusement in the
Court Of Bhopal, India. 1t shows that
our sword-dancers and our young ladies'
of the ballet are not quite up to the
standard of the Bhopal girl. He tells
that slender girl, arrayed in an en-
broidered bodice and short skirts like
those worn by the peasant women in
this part of India, came forward very
fascinatingly to him with wreathed
smiles and dainty steps, and also in
steps that were very sweetly modelled.
"She seemed to me as if she wanted me
to buy her basket of eggs along with
herself, and that the eggs were real
eggs. She did not dance on them,
however. She wore on her head a
large wheel of wickerwork, and around
this, at equal distances, were placed
threads with slip-knots at the ends,
in each knot glass bead to keep it
from closing. The music begins. 1t is
quick, jerking movement, rather
monotonous, and the dancer spins
around in time with the measure, which
grows faster and faster. AS she turns
she seizes an egg from the basket,
which is held ON her left arm and
rapidly inserts it in one of the knots.
Her circular motion causes the threads
to stretch out like the spokes of a
wheel. She keeps on doing this till
every knot has its egg and her head is
surrounded by sort of aureole When
she has succeeded in placing all the
eggs she spins around so fast that her
features can hardly be seen. A false
step and Humpty Dumpty would have
had fall indeed. She has now the
most dainty and most difficult part OF
her dance to execute, for the dance is
not done till every egg is taken from
its thread and laid safely back in the
empty basket. One by one the Indian
girl accomplishes this, never crushing
shell or displacing single egg. Wher
all are restored she stops her dizz,
whirl, curtsies with grace and offer
her basket to the lookers-on who oftel
break the eggs to prove that no juggl
er's trick has been used to change them
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30
Calico No Longer Popular.

The calico made years ago would
wear twice as long without washing
as the modern calico. More substance
in actual fibre is what is wanted to
regain popularity. Another reason Is
the low price that wool, has ruled at
for several years past enabling our
manufacturers to make woOlen dress
goods at a very low figure, and these
goods do not require washing. Some
may think they absorb just as much
dirt without showing 1t, but they do
not. Cotton warp goods with combed
wool filling can now be sold just as
cheap as calico used to be sold for. But
let clean wool again run up to 81 and
over and calico would again be more
in demand. It might be In Its new
form and under the more fascinating
name Of sateen, which is but the same
fabric with the same material and pro-
cess of printing, only 1t is woven on
three, four or five harness which en-
ables the manufacturer to make what
we call warp or satin face. Sateen is,
in weaving parlance, "quarter satin" "
both these fabrics take their name
from the method or manner Of weav-
ing. Satin is wove on sixteen harness,
with fifteen threads up every time a
filling pick is thrownin; while a sateen
is wove on four harness usually with
four warp threads up every time a fill.
ing pick goes in. All observers will
have noticed that satin will not hold
dust, and will repel all kinds of dirt
| although silk in other weaves, such al
gros-grains; will catch and hold moi
only dust, but any foreign substance
Cotton does not have the repellinl
power of silk, because it Is not SO dense
.ors rslustrous, but is o quick absorber Of
moisture and has an equal affinity fol
| dirt
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30
Singular Cure for Neuralgia.

The following story is told as coming
from Senator German himself, and
giving his experience in securing q
cure for neuralgia: For many years
he has been sufferer from regular at
sltacks Of neuralgia. On some occasions
be has been confined to his home
day or two, SO intense was the pain.
An old lady friend once called upon
him while he was suffering from one
of his attacks. She displayed so much
sympathy that she almost forgot to
name the request she had to make-but
she did not. Upon learning that the
Senator was troubled with neuralgia
she volunteered to give him an infalli-
BILE remedy, provided he would promise
not to laugh at her or accuse her Of
being a believer in conjurations, spells,
etc. The Senator, in a good-natured
way informed her that he was under
treatment from an eminent physician,
who sometimes afforded him temporary
relief. The old lady finally prevailed
upon the Senator to give her remedy q
fair trial, whereupon she suggested
| that he should get an ordinary nutmeg,
such as is used in cooking, drill hole
through 1t, attach 1t toa piece of string,
or ribbon and wear it around his neck
continually. The Senator, while suffer
ing one day. determined to give the
nutmeg remedy trial. He followed
the old lady's directions, and in few
hours felt greatly relieved. He has
consulted several physicians on the
subject, and they state that the nutmeg
| possesses certain virtues which may
have effect on netiralgic pains. Ia
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30
Women as Legislators.

Women on an average have little
sense ofsjustice, and hardly any sense
whatever Of awarding to others q
freedom for which they do not care
themselves. The course of all modern
legislation Is Its tendency to make by
laws, fretting and vexatious laws
trenching unjustifably on the personal
liberty of the individual. II women
were admitted to political power these
laws would be multiplied indefinitely
and necessarily. Such meddling legis-
lation as the Sunday closing act in
England, and the Maine liquor laws in
the United States would be the joy and
aim Of the mass Of female voters.
Women cannot understand that you
can make no nation virtuous by act of
parliament; they would construct their
acts of parliament on purpose to make
people virtuous whether they choose or
not and would not see that this would
be a form of tyranny as bad as any
other. y The average man is not an
intellectual nor noble being; neither
is the average woman. But there are
certain solid qualities in the male
creature which are lacking from the
female; such. qualities as liberation
and calmness in Judgment which are
of infinite value, and in which the
female character Is almost invariably
deficient; lack in her which makes
the prophecy Of Dumas that she will
one day I'll judicial and forensic duties
a most alarming prospect, as alarming
as the prediction of Goldwin Smitl
that the negro population will event
ually outnumber and extinguish thu
Aryan race in the United States.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30
How wolves Existed.

: Ancient chronicles state that King
Edgar attempted to aextripate the
wolves in England by committing the
punishment for certain offences into
the receptance of certain number of
wolves tongues from each criminal;
and in Wales, by converting the taxof
gold and silver into an annual tribute
of three hundred wolves heads. In
subsequent times, their destruction
was promoted by certain rewards,
and some lands were held on condition
Of destroying the wolves which infested
the parts of the kingdom in which they
were situated. In 1881 these animals
troubled several of the English coun-
ties, but after that period the records
made no mention of them. The last
wolf known in Scotland was killed in
1880; and in Ireland one was killed in
170l. Very fearful accounts are on
record of the ravages committed by
wolves when in hard weather they
associate in immense fiocks. So lately
as 1850 such terror is said to have been
excited in France by ravages Of wolves
that public prayers were offered for
their destruction. Since India became
so much the country Of Europeans the
race of tigers has been much thinned.
The wolf in these islands was hunted
by an animal known under various
appellations, as the Irish wolf dog, the
Irish greyhound, the Highland deer
hound and the Scotch greyhound.
There appears to be no doubt thatall
the dogs thus denominated were essen
TALLY Of the same breed. Its original
home is supposed to have been Ireland,
whence, during the proud days Of
ancient Rome it was frequently con-
veyed in iron cages to assist in the
sports of the city on the Tiber. Button
observes: "The Irish greyhounds are
of very ancient race and still exist
Ghough their number is smalD in their
original climate. They were called by
the ancients dogs of Epirus and Alban-
ian dogs" Holinshed, in his I" Descrip-
tion OF Ireland and the Irish," written
in 1886, says:-"They are not without
wolves and greyhounds to hunt them
bigger of bone and limb than colt.
In Anglo.Saxon times a nobleman
never went out unaccompanied by
some of these dogs and his hawk, ant
SO highly were they esteemed that b.
the forest laws of Canute it wa
ordered that no person under the ranl
of a gentleman should keep one.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Lawyers in Congress.

A<oW JUS ~ S0heACoos
I have heard it said that Senator
Edmund's law fees amount to $4,000 q
year, and Evarts has the reputation of
making salary as large as that of the
Presidents out, of his law practice.
None of the lawyers of the present,
however, pretend to take fees for argu-s
ing bills in the Senate, and it is said
that some of the great men Of the past 4
did this. Reverdy Johnston took fees
as senatorial lawyer, and United
States Senator told me the other day
that Daniel Webster used to 60 out
into the lobbies and get his fee for
speaking in favor Of bill and then 60
in upon the floor and make the speech.
Henry Clay argued many cases before
the Supreme Court while he was in the
United States Senate, and Roscoe
Conkling does big business now aided
by the great influence he acquired
while he was politician. Matt Car
penter was one Of the ablest lawyers
this country has ever known, and he
had a big Supreme Court practice. He
made fortune, but he only left $780,
600 when he died. Joe Brown, the
Georgia millionaire, is good lawyer,
but he does not practice before The
Supreme Court. The bulk Of his for
tune has been made by investments,
and he believes. that mines and lands
pay better than law business.
Alexander Stephens was admitted
to the bar when he was 81, and his first
year netted him $400 He got single
fees of $4,000 before he died, and was
considered one of the greatest lawyers
Of the South. Thomas Jefferson was
making 5000 year at the bar when
he first began to dip into politics, and
had he stuck to it he would probably
have died a very rich man. Politics
ruined him and he died bankrupt
Alexander Hamilton was lawyer,
and he went back to New York to
practice law after he left the Treasury.
Aaron Burr was one of the most money
making of the lawyers of his day, and
he made as high as $4,000 in single
case. Hamilton made $4,000 a year
on an average, it is said, and William
Writ thought he was doing well when
his yearly fee ran as high as $4,000
There is hardly big lawyer of to-day
who is satisfied with less than $4,000
or $4,000 a year, and the fees of many
I lawyers amount to more than thu
Presidents salary. Isaw Ben Butler il
the streets of Washington recently il
new clothes, and am told that his pro
fessional incomeis not less than 800,
600 a year. Bob Toombs made $1,000
in tho first five years of his experience
and John Sherman thought he wa
doing well when he started out as
young lawyer and earned $500 yeal
Daniel Webster got big fees, but h
always spent more than he made an
he was constantly in debt. Abe Lin
coin did well at the law, and Jane
Buchanan made S93S in the first yea
Of his practice and increased thl
amount in the fifth year to cover $5
900. In 1921 he made $1,000, but afte
he got into politics his practice droppe
off to an alarming extent.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30
A Fruitful Region.

The region extending from Vacayille
to Winters, California, a distance of
twelve miles, is the most valuable
agricultural section In the United
States. 1t produces every deciduous
and citrus fruit and the choicest table
grapes in the most prodigal abundance,
and with the uiifailing regularity Of
the recurring seasons. But in addition
to this nature has given this section
precedence in the time Of ripening its
produce, and thereby at least doubled
its market value Think of manu-
facturer whose faculties for produc-
tion are as good as any Of his compe-
titors, and in q addition can realize
double the price for his commodity
that any Of his rivals can obtain for
the same goods. This is just the situa-
tion of the Vacaville fruit farmer as
compared with the producer in any
other section of the United States.
Because the peach first blushes and the
grape puppies and the apricot turns to
gold two or three weeks sooner upon
the hillsides of this section, every
dealer from San Francisco to New
York Is willing to pay double price for
the Vacaville fruit This enormous
advantage In the market has made
this section one of the wealthiest In
the state. aeNo advertising has at
tracted immigration, no mining OF
mercantile wealth accumulated else,
where has assisted, in developing this
section; but, wherever q fine residence
or o comfortable home Is seen, II is
monument Of the successful struggle
with fortune Of some penniless man
who commenced on that spot as Q
market gardener and day laborer.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30
Up In a Balloon.

than mile high, and all sounds from
the earth had ceased. There was a
death-like silence which was simply
awful 1t seemed to my overstrained
nerves to forbode disaster. The ticking
Of the watch in my pocket sounded like I
a trip-hammer. ! could feel the blood
as it shot through the veins of my head
and arms. My straw hat and the will
low car snapped and cracked, being |
contracted by the evaporation of the |
moisture in them and by the fast-cool-
ing temperature. was compelled to
breathe little quicker than usual on
account Of the rarity of the atmos-
phere. 1 became sensible of loud,
monotonous hum in my ears, pitched
about on middle G of the piano, which
seemed to bore into my head from each
side, meeting in the centre with pop;
then. for instant my head would be
clear, when the same experience would
be repeated. BY throwing out small
pieces of tissue paper / saw that the
balloon was still rapidly ascending.
While debating with myself as to the
advisibility of pulling the valve-rope q
was AFRAID 70 touch ~ ior lear IL wouid
preak) ana discharging some gas tne
earth was iost slght OIL anu the conVic-
-. a.. llxnA ot
tion was iorced upon me tiia' 'iiis iius'
be the clouds! IL MADE me dizzy 10
thlnK Oh IL. ABOVE pelow anu upon ail
SIDES was Dense damp, chihy log.
upon looking closer, large drops ol ram
coudDe seen, silently iiailnig uown GUY
OF sight lnto Wnat seemeu po'eoMiess
space sa 3su o..
was alone, a mile from the earth'
in the midst OF a raln-cloud ana the
silenceof the grave. Moreover, mad
sole charge OF the balloon; IL IL had not
been for this fact lcould have taken a
little comfort, as had no cohlldence
IL my ABILITY 10 manage IL. A ram
storm upon earth Is accompanied by
noise; the patter OF the ram upon the
houses, trees and walks always ATTENDS
the storm, while here, although the
drops were large, they could not be
heard falling upon the balloon or It's
belongings. Silence reigned supreme
The quiet spoken or by Dr. Kane and
other Artic explorers as existing IN the
northern regions was hupbup peside
this place. More tissue paper was
thrown out; seeing that IL seemed to
ascend, knew that the apparatus was
slowly descending, belng prought dowi
pY the weighe Oh ram upon H. oooh lh'
earth was III view HOW peaceiui ah'
quiet tl9okedl lmmeoiateiy the WHIST
ing Oh railroad Trans could Do neare
NOW mountains couia oe distlh
gulsned from Valleys ana the Gavin
OF fnghtened crows ana theshouthg 9
men couia DC heard. passed immed
ateiy over Iallcott mountain towe
where there were some ~ people el
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30

A shocking disaster--an earthquake.
A girl may have plenty of hustle and
still be very lazy.
A lady whose husband frequents
saloons does not usually admire full
beered.
It's pretty hard luck. In summer
we have horsefiies, and then again in
winter snowllies.
"There's very little change in mems
trousers this FALL" remarked @ tailor
as he failed to collect bill.
"Wisdom am not in knowing such
powerful sight," says Brother Gardner,
"but in keepin' shet on what you doan'
know"
After much research and investiga-
tion we are convinced that the board
ing-house chickens are Matched from
hard-boiled eggs.
A young man absent on trip to
Paris, writes that he had been all
through the capital of France and con-
siderable Of his own.
When Mrs. Cleveland caught her first
fish, she exclaimed with enthusiasm:
"Oh, put him back and give him
another term"
A boy, describing kitten, said: "a
kitten is remarkable for rushing like
mad at nothing whatever and stopping
before it gets there"
To be comfortably cremated in Paris
costs with all extras S3. 1t is the only
inexpensive way you can have red-hot
good time In Paris.
A Yankee editor wishes no CbodiIv
harm to his subscribers, but he hopes
that some OF them III arrears will be
seized with remittent fever.
An Ohio factory farms opt 57oooooo
matches n day And vet many man
has barked his shin on Il rocking-chair
because he didn't have one OF them.
An Enolish nbvsicion has inauour.
ated crusade AGAINST baby carriaSes
What's baby going ia doY Berin life
ON go as you please walking
match!
Restaurant Matron-"I want YOU
girls to fix IN n little extra and look ne
pretty as YOU can" Waiter pirls~ais
the butter bad again ?" mo, the meats
tough.
avon are making vourseIf ratber
oaicions in tbis crowd" said n bnrlv
policeman to n notorious pickpockef
~ am only trying to disperse them"
SAID the thlef. WIS
"That's what call hush money
remarked the daddy when he nlanl;ed
down the cash for a bottle of paregoric
:
to take home for use in the infantile
portion OF the family,
.Do Won think I'm n s;mnleton s,rn
|. thundered n fiery Scotch laird to he
: new footman aye see sir )" renlied
the canny Scot, I'm no lang here, an
I ulnna Ken YET. t 9H
: Herr MISUNDERSTANDING ano--aVal,
. mees vot vo, fink nj INV FUNERAL ma rci,
> in b fiat minory" Miss l;adabout~aIt's
- lust lovely and wouldn't II be snlendid
: 70 waltz TORI
aWbat and when to Eato is tbe titIe
G of an exchange The iVwbenW never
! gave no anv tronhle in our eat;ng bnt
we have been comnlled to do n siSht of
skirmishing after The awhat." -
! "Lie still. Brjdoet - said PAT IN b;s
! wife when the bnrclars pot into his
house: "an If the spalpeens foind anv.
3 thing he iabhers lwfIl cet mn and tafa
5 II away from ,em.n @. =. ,N
-s", .,.,
mon who sava na . and m. an3 wnas.
, stand.up collars and tioht bonts' are are
! The onea who suoirn c;a3rs thot ,r,alI
{ worsa than q rnhhor Nine covar
n l''' ~
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30

The real difference between men is
energy. A strong win, q settled pur-
pose and invincible determination can
accomplish almost anything; and on
this lies the distinction between great
men and little men. -.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30

The great thing. in labor lis mot so
doing It. and why One may gain. in
the end, In self-culture, so much by
brick-making as by book-making.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-30
HUMOROUS.
SOME DASHEs OF WIT AND BITS
OF HUMOR.
The fall came early in Eden.

Inc rail- came carry Ill Euen'
A shocking disaster earthquake.
A girl may have plenty of hustle and
still be very lazy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-29
EUROPEAN PRODUCE MARKErs

LIVERPOOL Nov 27-Provisons-BAcon. Cumberland ca.
40s Od. Long Mddles J7s 81; short Clear Mddes
ssa g Snort Hios 40s I'd shoulders 1901 per cv bes
3D. for Extra India Ness Prime Ness. 52a d. PORK
Prime Ness ola % per Dbl; Prime Mess. Eastern
63aCd 02a I'd Lard-Amercau S5A Prime West
ern, 3D.; Lard OH. 32A I'd Hams-Long Cut 45S Id
Shoulders 36s Buer-eOs tior nnest nited
6tateA Cheeso-American Choice 62A Cd Mheat-hed
Western Spring. Be- ID. 6s l0d. Red Winter ea lod
IA Cd per centak New No Winter. IS. Obi do No =
Spring 6s Id New Mixed Western A. ADJ Car9rnA Bro o
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duce-spiritsof rurpenus 2ss Oh DO az Loaaoa zS e
perovL. Refined Petroleum 3-l0d per gauoh S.ovo
Fine American 25s 3D. Prime CITY Jos "a pc. MI w,
Rosin-Lommon 81. Pale. lis 0L SVa % LlasooA
Ella 3D. per ewL Provtsons-Amercan heisik Sos peo
anArters I'd, quarters al yer ID hops A. Lon
donNew.Yok IS ox ID 24S los ID S"''"aseea o'
Liverpool make. l1s ID IA. soo p. a., 4. m
LosDos Nov 27-Prodaee-l @ on ~ IN
seed Caka as i0a Od per ton: Refined Petroleum sd
sos.d per gallon spirits Of Turpenrlno. 2Oa 81 per
cwt sperm on $50 per tqn Rosln-common S. III per
ewL; Pale d. 0d la Oh Provlsions-Lard ia OIL per
cwt tor Amercan sugar-l2s Cd cwt FOR Cuba Cen
rfaa poarizng e6s and la Sd l2< yd Tor Muscovado
refining anoaL Australian r1ow-Bcef LA Id aSSs
I'd, Mutton. 27a OIL e2sA 3D. Cocoanut oii-Ceylon xso
6s; Cochin. 1855 American Refrigerated Beef IS 81 or
hind quarters Is Id Tor tore quarters per % " ns
carcass - A.,
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