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RAILROADS.

The official reports of the railroads
show that there were 7S,477 ,902 pounds
Of freight shipped from Johnson City
in the past few months, or an average
of twenty-five cars for each working
day. This includes iron ore and lum.
Der.
johnson City is destined to become
a railroad as we'll as a manufacturing
and commercial centre The Charles
ton, Cincinnanti and Chicago railroad
is being built as rapidly as possible,
the Yadkin Valley railroad is being
pushed in this direction, the Unaka
railroad will be built, the Teegarden-
Finney road will be constructed to
Carter's Depot, but five miles distant,
and it is highly probable that the Car
oliua CentralIailroad will be built to
Cranberry, and the narrow gauge road
will thus be made a through line.
There is every reason to believe that
the vast mineral resources of this sec
ton will attract several more rail
roads when its advantages are fully
REALIZED.
The engineer corps Of the Charles
ton, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad
which will be the principal trunk line
from the North to The South, are now
at Johnson City and are working both
ways until the road will have beer
completed. This line will, as before
stated, traverse the iron and coal re
gions mentioned, giving unsurpassed
transportation facilities.
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Great Rattle

Iscontinually going on in the human
system. The demon of impure blood
strives to gain victory over the con.
sttution, to ruin health, to drag vic
Tins to the grave. A good reliable
medicine like Hoods Sarsaparilla is
the weapon with which to defend
ones self drive the desperate enemy
from the field, and restore peace and
bodily health for many years. Try
this peculiar medicine.
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Persnnal.

Mr.. N. II. Frohlichstein, of Mobile
Ala, writes take great pleasure in
recommending DR.. Kings New Dis
coyery for Consumption. having used
it for severe attack Of Bronchitis and
Catarrh It gave me Instant relief and
entirely cured me and have not been
afflicted since. Ialso beg to state that
| had tried other remedies with no
good result. Have also used Electric
BitterS and Dr. Kings New Life Pills,
both Of which can recommend.
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption, Coughs and Colds, is sold
on positive guarantee. Trial bottles
free at J. B. McFerrin's Drug Store.
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Its Deliacacy Of Flavor

And the efficacy Of it's action have rem.
dered the famous Calfornia liquid
fruit remedy. Syrup Of Figs, i'm.
mensely popular. IL cleanses and
tones up the clogged and feverish Sys.
TEN, and dispels Headaches, Colds,
and Fevers. For sale by M. A. Nc
Farland. S0S21Q,
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The new Baptist Church at Knox.
vile was dedicated last Sunday. Rev.
J. S. Felix, Of Owensboro, KY, preac.
ed the dedicatory, sermon. The
Church is one of the finest in East
Tennessee and cost 100000. half Of
which amount was given by Knox.
vllle's leading hardware merchant, W,
w. Woodruff.
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Within year Johnson City will
have two blast furnaces under way
anG another large taElSry. The Mag
netic Iron Company, recently organ
lied with capital of 100000, will
build the former work to commence
at once.
The Johnson City Belt Railroad
Company has organized with capital
of 81, 100000, and will not only con-
meet all present and future factories
with the lines of railroad, hut will also
be an important factor in the city's
development by furnishing transpor-
tation to suburban residence sites
among the beautiful hills that sur
round Johhnson City.
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SILVER ORE.

What promises to be an important
discovery has been made upon the
farm of Mr.. G, ,'E. swadley, near Rose
Hill, abp% eight miles from Johnson
City. In prospecting for magnetic
iron ore, which is known to exist in
that section, an ore was found that
upon examination proved to contain a
large amount OF silver. In appear
ance it is very similar to the famous
Leadville ore and hopes are entertain
I'd that the essay will show it to be
possessed ofthe same qualities that
render that celebrated ore so valuable.
The find will be tested, and if it is in
paying quantities company will be
formed at once in Johnson City to
work the mine.
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Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine for
NAV.

Is valuable and interesting num-
Der of this favorable family monthly.
Both solid and light reading, grave
and gay, prose and verse, are found in
its pages, and the many beautiful H.
lustrations add to the interest and val.
ue of the text. Luxurious Railroad
ing," by Arthur Vaughan Abbot, is
very entertainingly written, and con.
veys an immense amount of iniorma-
ton, which is enhanced by the many
illustrations accompanying it. An ar
ticle on Heidelberg" by NJ. Wilcox,
will attract attention, for many Amer
ican scholars have been educated in
this famous University in that city
and "a Pembrokshire Parson," by
George Huntington, is a most enter.
tanning account ofan eccentric clergy
man of the Church OF England.
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ITOId YOu So.

Mr.. E. A. Ireland, of Breen Phil
lips & Co, Nashville, Tenn, says: ~
was afflicted with Piles for twenty
years, and tried every remedy offer
ed me; finally used the Ethiopian
Pile Ointment. 1t gave me instant
relief, and has effected permanent
cure Sold by M. A. Mcfarland.
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varieties Of tinlbers are. the different
kinds Of oak, yellow and blue poplar,
pine, hickory, walnut, ash, chestnut,
hemlock, cherry, cedar, maple, beach,
etc. In many localities these forests
have never been drawn upon other
than for local use. But few localities
are entirely exhausted rs to their val
liable timber. Outside of a few local-
ties timber in these sections has had
but little valve attached to it until re-
cent years, but it is now becoming
source of great value. One of the
most prominent engineers nf the cuun'
try while out inspecting the survey OF
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chica-
60 Railway said if there were no 9TH
er consideration the timber alone
which is on either side of Johnson's
would Justify the building Of this great
system of railroad tbrough this APP
parently inexhaustible region of for
ests, With the present facilities Of
transportation, over 100000 feet Of
lumber is shipped, annually from this
point by one firm alone.
IRON ORE FIELDS.
The Unaka region, directly to the
south of Johnson Citv, is vast store.
house of iron ore OF the best variety
These ores are found in q series Of
ridges along the entire length of the
Unaka chain of mountains.
The Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago Railroad is projected through
the richest portions Of this district Of
magnetic ores. The East Tennessee
and Western North Carolina Railroad
extends from Johnson City to the fa
nous Cranberry mines, which produce
the best steel making ores in the
South A writer has this to say
about the famous Cranberry mine
"This mine now has working ca.
pacity of 500 tons day it has six
breasts OF so feet high and a width oi
2S6 feet, marked against the solid ore
and, in addition, shows solid crop
ping of 100, bringing the dimensions
of the deposit 400 feet wide, 300 feet
high and 1900 feet long; the lowest
working of which is 80 feet above the
water level and where the river cross
es the valley.
by mining over 100000 tons
find thati requires from Z to 8 cubic
feet in place to make ton, which
readily shows that upward of 10000.
600 tons of GRE are now in sight Thi'
ore is a
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-~ MINZ;;s

JACKSON, TENN, April 18th, 1887 :
! have suffered from dyspepsia for
years. l lived OH bread alone for
many months, and life was a burden.
| took everything which able physi-
clans could prescribe, but / obtained
no relief until / began the use Of
Warmers Safe Cure" and warmers
Tippecanoe the Best l now can
eat anything and weigh more than at
any previous time. l cannot praise
Warmers Tippecapoe the Best
enough.
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Manufacturing Interests.

johnson City has a manufacturing
nucleus which speaks well for so
young city, and all are paying.
There is no selfish feeling that they
have good things" and want to keep
it quiet The Yeople realize that their,
present establishment cannot make an
appreciable mark on the quantity OF
raw material at hand, and also that
ten times the number OF industries
can find a market for goods. The fol-
lowing list would be credit to city
of 25, 900 people, and speaks volumes
for the 3000 people of Johnson City.
FoUNDRIEs.
There are two foundries, the John
son City Foundry and Machine Com
pany being the largest. 1t employs
an average OF about fifty hands, and
under the careful and enterprising
management OF Messrs. Simcox, Bor-
ing and Reeves proprietors and Hodge
aud DeGrsate as foremen, it has built
up a large business throughout this
section Of country. Miller Bros es-
tablishment is smaller, but they are
good business men, and their place is
credit to the city Jacob McNees
and ALI Hyder do some iron work.
TANNERIEs.
The tannery of Horton, YOcum &
Co. is very large one, making over
100000 pounds OF leather year, and
employing from seventy-five to 4OC
men. The Swadley tannery is small
Ter, but is a we'll established institu.
ton.
wooD-woRKING ESTABLISHMENTS.
In woodworking establishments
there are the johnson City Furniture
Company, employing fifty men anG
turning out an immense amount O.
the very best work the Frank Evans
Furniture Factory, large concern
now nearing completion, and tht
plxring mill OF Stratton e. Stratton
which has been running but a shor
time, but is now full of orders. Th,
machinery of this plant is of the lates
improved pattern and none are capa
BILE of doing better work. Sanders
mill and Cloyd Bros mill, Will
smslIer, are run by capable, energeti,
business men and adj greatly to tn
woodworking interests. In this cor
nection it can be said that there ar
' three large lumber buying firms a
this point, StrattOn & Stratton, Jaco
Crumley and James g. Abbott. Nj
: S. w Leach's mattress factory and "
NJ. Landreth, furniture manufacture
> complete the list of woodworking ei
, tablishments. These two factories al
. dong good business, and Will
. they do not employ large number
, hands, they are important factors i
! the city's growth.
4 TOBACCO INTERESTS.
& The Crandall-Ha tobacco factor
d just completed, will employ larg
d number OF hands and will soon
3, ready for work, being the first to d
A. velop the advantages of Johnson Gil
"a as a tobacco centre. There is or
is good warehouse here, that of Reed
is & Harr, and A.. J. Barnes does a goC
d business as a tobacco buyer.
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M.-% dNz1ov

TRENTON, TEEN, Jan. 31st, 1887
Seven bottles OF Warmers Safe Dia-
betes Cure" were enough 70 eradicate
from my system an attack of diabetes
OF a very severe character.
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"0ur Bob" takes care OF che odds and
ends, especially the latter. johnson
and Shelby are for him.
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COAL SUPPLY.

The Big Stone Gap ccal fields prom
ise rich results, which will benefit
johnson City as much as any point,
when railroad connection will have
been made, but it now has the Po-
cahontas to depend on. The coal
fields which the Charleston, Cincin-
natl and Chicago railroad will open
up and bring to within 100 miles OF
Cranberry are thus described
There are five veins of coal in the
mountains. The valleys are very mar
row, being little more than deep chan
nels cut by the turbulent mountain
streams that run through the soft
sandstone which forms their banks
and beds. Their fall is but five feet
to the mile, althosgh the streams flow
much faster than this would indicate
owing to the pressure at their sources
Upon a level with these streams i,
found four-foot vein of good Goa |
with some sulphur however. On,
hundred and fifty feet above this weir
is found Il four and half foot vein o
excellent coking coal $50 feet abov,
this vein is found 4 seven.iout vein
sometimes running to nine feet
These are identical with the celebrate,
Pocahontas veins, and the best cokini
Goals known and the most easily mine,
They run even with the streams am
can be mined with very short tunnel.
and veins cropping out on the noun
tain sides and running in regular STRAIT
through the mountains. The vein
unlike the Pocshontas mines in thi
region, owing to their accessibility an
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CLEAR BEssEMER ORE.

fact that has been demonstrated by
the making Of 10000 tons in the fur
mace ut Cranberry, ~ c., 10000 tons
at Allpnstown, Pa, and 50,0n0 at Rock
wood, Tenn, the latter by the Roane
Iron Company OF Chattanooga, which
has used the product in their Besse-
mer plant at that place with unpar-
alleled success"
The magnetic ores Of the Cranberry
or Unaka districts do not embrace all
the iron ores of this section. Sullivan
county, just to the north of Johnson
City, is rich in red fossil ores and red
hematite ores. In almost every local
ity the limonite ores are found, and
have heretofore been most generally
used. The hematite ores are found in
Green and Sullivan counties, as well
as Carter and Washington counties
In the past it has been used in inrges
and made good iron. In some local
tiles are magnetic ores unknown tC
the outside world, and, really, from
the present outlook, it may be sale
that the Cranberry mines are but {
mole Hill to what will be developed
within the next five years. The fact
are becoming known. The iron ore
of this section are attracting no littI,
attention. Capital is flowing in from
many parts of the country. These
ends OF the earth are coming int
market.
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JOHNSON CITY, TENN, THURSDAY, APRIL 19. lSH8

the ease with which the coal can be
mined. One hundred feet above this
is a 1875 foot vein, twenty-five inches
in thickness. Camel coal veins lie low
and are only found where the streams
are the lowest, as in Lee county, Va.
The POcahontas vein is found
throughout this section and is covered
with good layer of slate. 1t is un-
usually free from all foreign sub
stances and is said to be the most val
liable vein of coking coal ever discov-
cred.
Its area is from Sandy Ridge to the
Cumberland Mountain, about forty
miles in width, and from Big Stone
Gap to Pocahontas, about 120 miles.
In the Hanging Rock district there
is an area Of 160 miles of coking coal
in Kentucky. In this district there
are forty-six stacks now built. The
coal is identical with the Connellsyille
and Kanawha coais.
MARBLE BEDS.
A few miles south of johnson City
and in many other localities easily ac-
ceSsible are immense beds OF white
and variegated marble, which are
firm and can be easily dressed and
brought to higher finish and polish
shan the usual Tennessee article. 1t
is recent discovery CT, rather, only
lately have the people awakened to a
realization OF their value, This prom.
ises another profitable industry to
Johnson City.
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JOHNSON CITY.
THE GATEWAY TOTHE MINERAL AND
TIMBER.LADEN ALLEGHANlES.

IN THE HEART OF THE MAGNETIC
ORE DISTRICT.
The Great Coal Fields of Virginia, Ken
lucky and Tennessee Close at Hand
Vast Forests of Finest Tim
Der Still Untouched Marble
Beds of the Finest Quail
ity--Silver Ore Re-
Gently Discov-
cred.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-29
ABOUT FAVORITISM.
One of the Most Crushing Forces In
Life OF Child.

One of the Most Crushing Forces In the
Life OF a Child.
One of the most unfortunate things
that can happen in the life of a child
is to be exposed to the injustice which
arises from favoritism. and yet it is.
perhaps, one of the most common.
The nurses, the teachers in school,
even parents themselves, are constantly
likely to be led away by the natural
fondness which some children are so
much more likely to excite than others,
or by the less dispensable motives of
prejudice or of interest. Perfect fair
ness in the treatment of a collection Of
children is, perhaps not to be expected,
impartiality being more GOdlike at
tribute than is often attained to by
mere humanity; but in its palmer man.
ifestations favoritism is an evil which
should be most vigorously observed.
The hopelessness of children under a
sense of injustice is one of the most
crushing forces that can work to MAIN
and distort a childs mind. He is not
able to see beyond the obvious and in
slant features of the situation, and the
feeling that some favoritis-n, some arbi-
trdry expression of prejudice is work.
ing against him, convinces despairingly
that effort is useless and that he is be-
ing cruelty wronged. The childish
nature becomes warped, and embittered
and there is perhaps no other single
factor which can come into young
life with so disastrous effect as this.
The teacher who allows herself to
crafty personal likes and dislikes IS
doing an injury to his pupils which
can only be called incalculable. 1t
must be recognized, moreover, that
children are likely to misunderstood,
so that an appearance of fayoritism is
to be avoided. This is one of the con-
siderations which make the training Of
children a matter of so much delicacy
and intricacy. 1t is necessary not only
to treat children with scrupulous hon
esty, but make them feel that they are
so.
1t may be said, also, that children
who are always suspecting Partially
and favoritisE are not to be en-"
couraged in TAX. bg this view OF things,
Whether they are right or wrong, they
should be trained as far as is pos
sible not to see, and above all
things, not to look for injustice on
the part OF their instructors. The
child who, by injudicious parents,
has been encouraged to believe that
his instructors are partial, is terror
to those who have to deal with him,
and in the end is not unlikely to become
n burden to himself. He goes through
life sour and suspicious, and it is doubt
full if the result of allowing himself to
feel that he is improperly treated are
not, on the whole, worse than those of
subjecting him to the injustice in the
first place. The whole subject is one
of great Importance and intricacy, but
it is one in which little common sense
goes far toward solving all difficulties.
Boston Courier. . $500
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-29
ABOUT SHOP LIFTING.
How n Detroit Merchant Treats Persons
Caught at Pilfering Goods.

How Detroit Merchant Treats Persons
Caught at Pilfering Goods.
ado you have much trouble with
shop-lifter5?" asked a reporter of a
Detroit dry goods merchant.
VERY little" he answered. "Ihave
been in business a great many years
and have probably had as good a
chance to know as any one in De-
troit. We have had very little stolen
from u.s."
"How do you account for that?"
''In several ways. One is that we
do not leave our goods lying round at
loose ends or thrown promiscuously
upon the counter. Then if some one
is caught stealing pair of gloves or d
yard of lace or a pOchet-handkerchief,
we first assure ourselves Of the fact
that it is a theft, and then ask for q
return of the goods and let the parties
off with reprimand. l have no time
to attend police courts and can not
make myself see the necessity Of ar
resting people for trivial O1f5nse5. !
have faith enough in human nature to
believe that the parties themselves will
do better by me, with such treatment"
yes" said one of the partners,
''that has always been our firms policy
and l think it is good one. lremem-
Der stranger who was passing our
old store, nabbed man and brought
him in by the collar. i caught this
man stealing he said. He had taken
some trivial thing from outside. My
brother looked ut him a moment, then
he asked sternly:
"What did you do that for?"
The man shivered and shook and OK
pected to be sent to Jail, but my part
nor just looked him over and said:
''Get out OF this! Don't let mo ever
hear OF your stealing again"
How about the rich kloptomaniacs
who purloin fine goods which you
charge in your bills?"
"All nonsense. There arc no such
people, or if there are, they do not
patronize me. All this talk about
systematic stealing and shoplifting is
nonsense. There are professional shop
lifters-we should probably know them
at u glance. At all events [ would
rather lose n few dollars in that way
than to expend it in convicting some
poor wretch in the courts. "-Detroy
Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-29
Origin of Electrical Terms.

The technical terms used in regard
to electricity refer to units of various
nature. Thus the unit of capacity is
one farad; the unit of activity, one
watt; the unit of work, one joule; tho
unit of quantity, one coulomb; the unit
of current, one ampore; the unit of re-
sistance, one ohm; the unit of mag
netic field, one gauss; the unit of pres
sure, one volt; the unit of force, ono
dyne. These names are mostly de-
rived from the names of men who have
been famous in the field of electrical
research. Thus Michael Faraday,
james Watt, and James p. Joule,
famous English discoverers, give their
names to the first three units mem
toned; Charles A. Coulomb and andre
NJ. Ampore, French inventors, to the
two units following; G. S. Ohm and
Carl +. Gauss, Germans, name two
more units; and the volt is named from
the Italian discovcrer, Volta. The
dvne is derived from the root word Of
dynamo, itself meaning force. Chicago
Inter OceAA.