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1t has been said that a parent, Civ
ing his children good instruction and
q bad example, brings them food in
one hand and poison in the other
which is likely to prevail? The old
fable is not without its lesson, even in
the present enlightened age;
"How very badly,my poor children
are walking" said q crab, IN great
distress Of mind. II scold and reason
and talk, yet | notice nothing. but
crookedness." "Ah, myFfriend, said
a listener, "if you SO earnestly WISH
ed your children to walk strait, why
have you always walked crooked Your
self?"-The Quiuer.
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ElnsnGEEr,S DISEASE.

| have been a sufferer from&idney and Blad-
der troubles for several years. | have lately
had what is termed Bright's Disease, and have
had considerable swelling of my legs and short
ness OF breath The urea has poisoned my
blood also Isccured and am using Botanic
Blood Balm, tB. b. b. and find it acts power
fully and very quickly, and am delighted witt
its effects ! had previously HSed large guam
tity of various advertised remedies and sever
al eminent physicians also waited on me, bu
b. B, b. stands NJ the top.
JOHN H. MARTIN.
Rock Creek, Ala, Maya, 1856.
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North Carolina Division.
CONNECTIONS.

AT CHATTANOOGA with railroad lines diyerg-
ing making direct close connection for all
points Northwest, West and Southwest.
AT CLEVELAND with Georgia and Alabama BIZ
vision for Atlanta Caera Montgomery, New
Orleans and all points South Southeast and
Southwest.
AT KNOXVILLE with Ohio Division and Knox
vile Railroad and Main Line trains Nos. d 4.
AT JUNCTION CITY with c., N. 0. & I. P. K. r.
North and South.
AT JELLICo with Louisville and Nashville II.
X. for Louisville and Northwestern points.
AT MoRRIsTowN with North Carolina Division
for Warm Springs, n c., and all Western and
Middle North Carolina points.
AT RoGERsvILLE JUNCTION with Rogersville
and Jefferson Railroad.
AT JOHNSON CITY with East Tennessee and
Western North Carolina Railroad.
AT BRIsToL with Norfolk and Western Rail-
road, connecting Ciosely for all Virginia aud
Eastern cities via Lynchburg, and all Eastern.
Middle and Northern States, via Roanoke aud
shenandoah Valley route.
SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE.
Nos. and have Pullman Sleepers between
Memphis and New York via Shenandoah Valley
Forth, Also Pullman Sleeping Cars betwecll
Cleveland anh New Orleans, via Calera aud
Montgomery. =
Nos and have PGll,nan Palace Sleeping
Cars between Chattanooga and New York. via
Shenandoah Valley route. Also Pullman Sleep
ing Cars between New Orleans and Washington
via Atlanta Cleveland and Lynchburg. Also
seepers between Knoxville and Louisville ON
Nos. 80 and &c.
B. W. WRENN, q. r. g. t. A.
HENRY FINK, Receiver.
FIX. HUGER, Sup't
h. G. w. DESAUSSURE, A. q. /. A.
Knoxville, Tcnn
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-09-30

Jerome Park was rather dull place
for men of sporting proclivities Satur-
day There was no public betting
whatever on the races. Two men who
announced the odds were promptly
arrested and removed. The races
came very near being moral m
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AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER.
To All Wanting Employment.

Wewant Live, Energetic and Capable Agents
in every county in the United States and Cana
da, to sell patent article of great merit, ON
ITS MERITS An article having large sale, pay
ing over 100 per cent profit, having no compe-
ttion, and on which the agent is protected in
the exclusive sale by deed given for each and
every county he may secure from u.s. With all
these advantages to our agents and the fact that
1t is an article that can be sold to every house
owner, it might not be necessary to make an
"EXrRAoRDINARY OFFER" to secure good agents
at once, but we have concluded to make it to
show, not only our confidence in the merits of
our invention, but in its stability by any agent
that will handle 1t with energy. Our agents
now at work are making from ST5o to 5000
month clear and this fact makes 1t safe for us to
make our offer to all who are out Of employ
ment Any agent that will give our business
thirty days trial and fail to clear at least SIoo
in this time, ABOVE ALL ExPENsEs, can return
all goods unsod to us and we will refund the
money paid for them. Any agent or general
agent who would like ten or more counties and
work them through gub-agents for ninety days
and fail to clear at least $50 ABOVE ALL Ex-
PENsEs, can return all unsold and get their
money back No other employer of agents ever
dared to make such Offers nor would we il we
did not know that we have agents now making
n more than double the amount we guaranteed;
and but two sales day would give profit Of
over SI2s a month, and that one of our agents
took eighteen orders in one day. Our large de-
scriptiye circulars explain our offer fully, and
these we wish to send to everyone out of en-
ployment who will send us three one cent
stamps forspostage. Send at once and secure
the agency in time forthe boom, and go to work
on the terms named in, Our extraordinary offer.
We would like to have the address Of all the
agents, sewing machine Solicitors and carpen-
tiers in the country, and ask any reader of this
paper who reads this offer, to send us at once
the name and address of all such they know.
Address at once, or you win lose the best chance
ever offered to those out of employment to make
money. RENNER MANUFACTURING CO.,
no Smithdeld ST., Pittsburg, Pa.
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DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES IN THE Y. M. O.
A. ROOM EVERY SUNDAY AT2,P. Nj.
STRANGERS MOST CORDIALLY INVITED.
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-
The New Haven Palladium, while
all the rest Of the press are extending
their sympathies to the suffering peo-
pie of Charleston, is seeking to stir up
the bitter feelings Of the war against
them. It's editor mag proudly reflect
that he is the only man in America
who has had the malicious meannees
to do it.
An Indiana tramp was seen hiding
package in qshedge, before he enter
ed Chatham on begging tour. The
package contained $40 in nickles, $400
green backs, and certificate Of depost
for $500. All the wealth was handed
over to the tramp and he was told to
move on. 4-
Burlington Free Press "Here is a
little thing | just dashed off" said a
buxon maiden as she entered the
sanctum. The editor was just about
to state that he didn't use poetry, when
the young lady produced beautiful
golden.roll Of butter It was accept
cd with thanks
Four little children, the eldest but
II years old, were gathering haze
nuts the other day near Atlanta, when
their pet terrier began Swapping Al
them, The eldest, a girl, at once con
cludot that the dog was mad, and, al
the risk oil her life, grabbed the ami
NAL by the neck and held it until hei
brother got rope and made a Sill
knot, threw it over the dogs head
and fastened it to u tree. Then the
little girl threw the dog from her ant
ran. The terri,r proved to have I
genuine case Of hydrophobia.
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The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
fellows closed its session at Boston.


BosroN, Sept. %, 1SSG.-The an
nouncement of no race to-day when
there was a good breeze blowing con-
vinces seople that there must be
something nearly like a gale before
the test will occur. In the pool rooms
the betting, which had beed largely
in favor of the MayAower, turned to-
ward'the Galatea, and odds Of three to
two were offered on her. Boston
sporting men think that Lieutenant
HEM knows what he is about and
predict that the Galatea will beat the
Mayhower if there is q heavy wind.
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There is plenty OF work to do n0lU.
Those who are wise will remember the
words of the wisest man: "Whatso-
eyer thy hand findeth to do, do 1t ocith
thy might for there is no work, nor
device, nor wisdom, nor knowledge,
in the grave where thou goest."
Work, oh work, the night is coming,
Swiftly sinks the setting sun;
Work for eventide is hasting,
Soon shall all thy work be done.
A good many people spend all their
life hunting for place in this world
that they were never intended to fill
They never settle down to anything
with any sort of restful or contented
feeling. What they are doing now is
not by any means the work that is
suited to their abilities. They have a
sunny ideal of a very noble life which
they would like to reach, in which
their powers have free scope, and
where they would make very bright
record. But in their present position
they cannot do much of anything, and
there is little use to try, Their life is
humdrum and prosy outline. and
they can accomplish nothing really
worthy and beautiful. So they go on
disconnected with their own lot, and
signing for another and while they
sigh the years glide away, and soon
they will come to Che end, to find they
have missed every opportunity Of do
ing anything worthy of a rational be-
ing on the passage to eternity. The
truth is, ones vocation is never some
far-off possibility. 1t is always the
simple round Of duty that the passing
hour brings. No day is commonplace
if we only had eyes to see its splendor
There is no duty that comes to oul
hand but brings the possibility of {
kingly SERVICE IVdtchmdn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-09-30

All who desire full information about the
cause and cure of Blood Poisons, Scrofula and
Scrofulous Swellings, Ulcers Sores, Rheuma-
tism, Kidney Complaints Catarrh etc. can Sc
cure BY mali, free, copy Of our 82-page Illus
trated Book Of Wonders, filled with the m ost
wonderfuland startling proofeyer before known.
Address, BLOOD BALM CO.,
Sept %. Atlanta, Ga.
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Report Of the Committee ON De-
VOtiOnaI Exercises.

The commitsee on Devotional Exer-
cises met and made out the following
programme for the last quarter Of this
year:
OCT, l0TH.-Are you guarding your Netions2 |
Thes. 5: %.
-" l7TH.-Word service on Love. each enc
to be ready to repeat a passage Of script
ure with the word Love in it,
24rH,-Are you bearing your cross? Matt
16: "a
Slsr,-The reward of the faithful, Rev. 2:
10. Matt "a: 10.
NOV 7TH.-Song Service,
l4TH,-Are you guarding the issues Of life?
Prov. A: 23-27. Ps. 1879; 23-2i.
2lsr.-Trials 1Peter /; 7. A; T. Heb.
IL: Sc.
" 2STH.-Boys Service. All the boys are in
vited
DEC, 5TH-Bear we one anothers burdens.
Gal. G: .. ftf
12rH.-Bible Reading. members bring
their Bbles.) 4"
l9TH.-0n what am / building my hopei
Matt. 7: 2l-27. Cor .; H. ss
26TH.-Grow in Grace. Am growing?
Peter 8; IS.
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want heart not needing
What others think or say;
want an humble spirit,
TO listen and obey:
To serve Thee without ceasing,
IT'S but little while
My strength, the Masters promise,
My joy, the Masters smile.
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-27

; tsas '0i-,:o,ts' aEll Esr homes j,.-se I1a-
, GUctiols
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-27
rrr,.-t,-cnt of Co-I IN S.,~o

l. Is net generally known that coal which
remains il store perfectly dry is rendered less
valuable on that account, yet such is the fact
-f.ost coal mines are saturated with water,
end # this is drained OF, the coal becomes
.iinty and valueless Coal stored through tbs
summer should be sprinkled and kept moist
Boston Budget.
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-27
Public Sentiment Rare IN Fra-.ce.

Public Sentiment Rare IN Er5-.ce.
Public sentiment! There's the rab. 1t is a
rarity in rance. There can be, on occasion,
plenty O. public fury, as when, in the old
days, they kept tao guillotine busy choppins
heads: and plenty Of public effervescent en-
lhusiss1n, as wien, nowadays, with much
raraiing Of military and burning Of gun
powder. they celebrate their 14th OF
July; but OF calcl, sustained, effective public
sentiment there IS dearth Lock u the
atrocious way in which, IL plain public sight,
these @cab,li.s" belaboY thsir hogs@< have
often sae--i. IS Q common thins 10 see-a
cah,nsn in q crowded tborocsAfaTs steadily
for 6is..,,l,e CT 100 Yards pound away with
tie butt end Ct bis wi}i2 upon tAe care back
of his na-. is though hs wero bent rI,o2 ne
drc:az !: 70 : Jelly; and not a Passc1-9y, no.
even policeman, f2y tas Slish;eSs ost'2nsloie
heel-rlrch les rerloaStrste c. il-eTferc
On, yes: t1ey have their Paris Society Ter
tao Prevention Of Cruelty 20 Animals; but
there nus be screw loose somewhere II i
secinr taat e fails utterly 20 prevent. Brutal
car dives, and to spare. we have Un4ueS-
t-oraLly - h0lne Bat there public se!l5t-
,aent con,-2als them 10 reserve the practical
cpplicaticl o. tacir truta,ity ic- TIE seSellslo3
Of tie 5talle.-Faris C1-. Cleveland leader.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
A Good Reason for Quitting.

II am going to quit smoking cigar
ettes," said young man who has led
more than one german in, st. Paul
whats the matter p l asked. "Well,"
he responded, 1T isn't because it's a
vile habit that is going to carry me
down to an early grave, or anything of
that sort. One placed me, or rather q
young lady, in a very embarrassing
position. There is very charming
young lady on st, Anthony Hill whom
l should like very much to make my
wife, and l know she feels as do; but
/ am not able yet to support wife, so
l have never said word to the young
lady's parents. Well, the other evening
she and took stroll. 1t was about
half past nine when we returned to the
house, so l did not go in. We stood
chatting for few moments and l
lighted cigarette. When she went
into the house, l, of course, kissed her
good night. Well. without giving it a
thought she went in, bade her mother
good night, and kissed her also. The
old lady Immediately detected the odor
of the cigarette on her daughters lips
and questioned her about it. The poor
girl had either to acknowledge that
kissed her or that she smoked cigar
cite. When the young lady told me
about it had not the courage to ask
her what course she chose. Now you
know why cigarettes and l will be
lstrangers in the future"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
An Eighty-Year.old Fraud.

The New York Legislature Of 1906
passed bill giving a Greene county
quack doctor, named John M. Crous
$1,000 in consideration Of his making
public "a perfect and infallible remedy
for the hydrophobia. The billseems to
have passed the senate, Of whichDeWitt
Clinton, Joseph 9. Yates, Ezra L'Hom-
medieu and other distinguished men
were members, unanimously, and al
though it met with some opposition in
the House, it passed that body, with
some amendments which were after
wards stricken out by the House, by
sixty-five to twenty. The council Of re-
vision, consisting of Gov. Lewis Nor
gan, Chancellor John Lancing, Jr., Am
brose Spencer, Daniel D. Tompkins and
James Kent, the great legal authority,
approved the measure, and 1t was signed
by the Governor. Crous was required
by it to give bond in $1,000 to return
the money with interest in case the
remedy proved Intellectual at any time
within four years, but no trace Of the
bond has been discovered. The pre-
scription called for such ingredients as
an ounce Of the jaw-bone OLA dog,
burned and pulverized; the false tongue
of newly foaled colt, and a scruple of
verdigris from copper Of George I. OF
II. Crous was Hessian during the
revolution, who deserted from the Brit
ish army, established himself at what is
now Athens, and grew rich upon the
credulity Of the people of that region.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
Science Teaching in English Schools.

Science Teaching in English Schools.
Judging by the scientific agitation
which has shaken England for so mary
years, one would hardly credit th
statement made by Sir John Lubbocs
in his address at the unveiling of I'll
statue of the founder of the Mason
Science college, that, in fifty-four 0.
$40 endowed schools for boys whicl
have reported, no science whateyef
is taught; in fifty, one hour is de
voted to 1t per week; in seventy-six
less than three hours; while only fifty
six devoted Us many as six hours to it.
According to the report Of the technical
commission last year, there were only
three schools in Great Britain In which
science is fully and adequately taught,
In urging the benefits Of science, Sil
John Lubbock says: In the first place
science adds immensely to the interest
and happiness of life. It Is altogether
a mistake to regard science as dry OF
prosaic. The technical works, descrip-
tions Of species, etc, bear the same re-
lations to science as dictionaries to liz
erature. ** Occasionally, indeed
it may destroy some poetical myth OF
antiquity, such as the ancient Hindoc
explanation Of rivers. that 'Indra dug
out their beds with his thunderbolts
and sent them forth by long continuoul
paths But the real causes Of nature
phenomena are far more striking, ant
contain more real poetry, than thos'
which have occurred to the unframed
imagination of mankind.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
An Unsteady Island.

Once, during heavy gale from the
east, party of spongers in an open
boat were driven off shore, and so fierce
was the hurricane that their only hope
was to keep the boat before the wind
and run out into the Gulf For four or
five hours the headlong race was kept
up; but finally the wind abated, and by
early morning the sea was as smooth
as glass, peculiarity often noticed
there after gale. They had been car
ried far out of sight of land, and were
well nigh worn out, when one of the
spongers exclaimed that they were near
ing shore, and soon the entire party
saw familiar sight that seemed to
signify a reef "a flamingo standing
mOtionless in the water. AS the boat
drew near, the bird raised its graceful
neck, Strengthened up, and stretched its
wings as II to fly; then, seeing that they
were not going to molest 1t, it resumed
its position Of security.
To their astonishment, the men soon
perceived that, instead of resting on a
reef, the bird had alighted on huge
leather turtle that was fast asleep upon
the water. Indeed, the llamingo was in
distress, like themselves, having been
blown off shore by the same storm, and
it had evidently taken refuge on the
sleeping turtle. The men did not at
tempt to disturb it, and their last view
as they pulled away to the east was OF
the ilamingo attempting to lift one leg
and go to sleep, an act which the undu.
lating motion of the floating turtle rem.
dered well nigh impossible.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
SELECT MISCELLANY.
AUSTRALIANS GOLD FIELDS.
Difficulties Under which the Precious
Metal 10 Ohtaineds

Ot0eultlee Under Whicn tuo free1ous
Metal ID Obtaineds
For some years the government Of
Western Australia has offered re-
ward of 5000 for the discovery of a
payable gold field within 800 miles of a
declared port. From recent news from
Perth, 1t would almost appear that a
profitable gold field had at last been
discovered. We learn that Messrs.
Malet and MEwen, who were sent by
the Government to explore the Kimber-
ley district, in the extreme north of
the colony, have returned, after an ex-
pedition which nearly proved disas-
trous to the explorers. They lost their
horses; and having consumed all their
provisions, only escaped starvation by
coming Unexpectedly to a settlers hut,
where they obtained assistance. The
party arrived barefooted, their boots
having fallen to pieces on the tramp of
one hundred miles. Mr.. M'Ewen nearly
succumbed to the hardships Of the
journey. A quantity Of the new gold
had already found its way to England.
According to advices from Derby, the
port of the country named after the
present Lord Derby, and situated at
the head of Kings Sound--large num-
bers of people, who were totally unfit
ted for the work, were starting for
the Kimberley gold fields. AS the roads
are rough, and provisions scarce and
dear, with an absence of water, it goes
without saying that no one need ven
ture in search Of wealth without being
supplied with plenty of money and an
ample supply of provisions. The coun-
try is described as closely resembli'"
the Park Down District in Queenslaue
The gold is much scattered, but The
gullies are numerous. 1t is expected
that so soon as the alluvial gold is
worked out, productive reefs will be
laid bare. The Kimberley district, con-
trary to what many have supposed, is a
country four and half times the size
of Scotland, with splendid rivers and
with millions of acres of pastoral
and agricultural land. The climate
has been commended by Captain Grey
and other explorers as one of tho finest
and healthiest in the tropics. Las
year the population numbered onl!
about one hundred white men; th'
blacks, who arenot numerous, ARE tract
able. Sheep, cattle and horses thriv'
well, SO that, whether or not the golC
fields fulfil the expectations Of thos
who seek their fortune at the gol,
fields, there is a fine country to develop
Derby, the capital of this district, a
the mouth Of the Fitzroy River, con
sisted lately Of but few huts ant
tents, and is the station of the govern
ment resident Should the "rush " t.
the gold fields continue, doubtless al
this will soon be changed. ta
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
A recent romantic incident, the story

A recent romantic incident, the story
Of which comes from Dakota, reverses
the usual rule. A young lady in one of
the older south countries, in packing
a barrel of eggs for New York, put her
name and address upon one of the eggs,
with the request that the finder, If eligi-
BILE for matrimony, should write her.
Asa sequel, young man named Frank
Nolan will become resident Of Dakota
and the young lady will not teach
another school.
Ata half-demolished Jesuit college
at Vienna, dog lately fell through a
assure in the pavement. The effort to
rescue the poor animal led to curious
archaeological discovery. The dog had,
1t was found, fallen into a large vault
containing ninety collins. The existence
ofsthis underground burial-place had
hitherto been quite unsupported The
inscriptions OH the collins date back to
the reign Of Maria Theresa, and. the
/ bodies are Of the monks of that period
and Of the mobiles who helped to sup
port the monastery.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-14
A Vanished City.

The decipherers of the papyri which
have been brought to Vienna from El
Fayoum have learned from one Of them
the existence of a town in Lower
Egypt, all trace of which seems to have
disappeared for the last 1900 years or
more. The document is a papyrus, a
little over4 feet long by one foot wide,
containing q marriage contract in
Greek, and is well preserved. The date
is not given, but Professors Karabacek
Wessely believe it belongs to the early
part ofsthe sixth century. The BRIDE
groom was named Theon, the bride
Maria. She had a fortuneo Of her own
amounting to one hundred gold pieces.
and the future husband engages to find
for her food and clothing, and every
thing suitable for" an ordinary legiti-
mate wife, There are witnesses and
a notarial certificate. All the parties
are described as belonging to the town
of Justianopolis. The editors declare
that they can find no mention Of thil
among any lists Of the towns, etc. o.
Lower Egypt. ~, n.r.a,,l