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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1891-08-20

Bass-That was a most remarkable
thing that happened to Jones.
Cass-7 What was thatp
Bass-Why, he was as gray as a
badger, you know, and, seeing the
advertisement of some hair restorer or
other, he bought bottle, and in a
months time he hadn't gray hair
in his head.
Cass-- You don't mean it. Remark
able cure, that.
Bass-No, sir, not gray hair in his
head. He was perfectly bald.-Bos-
ton Transcript
She-Darling, go and getthat beauti-
full bit Of sea weed for me, won't your
He-My dearest, I'd get my feet
wet.
She-And yet before marriage you
said you'd go through fire for me.
He-But ! honestly leave it TO you,
did l ever say anything about water?-
Philadelphia Times.
Gx.h....,l.a ~ Al ..
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1891-08-20

my son, define ambition
"Well, it's always ceiling that you
want to do something that you know
you can't
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1891-08-20

"A fresh lot of Darby's Candies just
received by John 8. Mathes.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1891-08-20

The largest amount of jewelry known
to be in single grave is said to have
been buried several years ago in Brook
lyn Cemetery, in Brooklyn, N. Y. The
undertaken who had charge of the
funeral protested against it, but was
severely snubbed for his interference.
The family had its way, and in that
grave are fully $4,000 worth of diamonds
with which the body was decked when
prepared for burial. Sometimes fami-
lies who desire to bury their dead in
the clothing worn in life-in evening
or wedding dresses, for instance-sub
stitute less costly limitations for the
jewelry worn in life, partly from motives
of thrift and partly from superstitious
fear that anything taken off body
when it is ready for the tomb will bring
i'll luck to future wearers.- Jewellers
Weekly.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1891-08-20

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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09
THE GREAT, EXPOSITION.
Some Late Information Regarding
the Worlds Fair.
What the Government VIII Do to Make
II Grand Success - Two Unique
Structures Described by
Their Designers.

The governments exhibit ut the
worlds fsir in 1898 promises to be one
Of the most interesting features of the
exposition. The naval exhibit will GER
tainly be so. James H. Windrim, SUI
pervising architect of the treasury,
presented an alternate plan for a
government building last February.
This was offeIed at the invitation of
some of the authorities, who believed
that the plans already regarded us
final were not sufficiently striking, and
the new plans were made to show q
structure of greater central elevation
Of polygonal form, retaining the origi-
nal outer lines, covering the space of
40 by $50 feet allotted to the uses of
the government. The first plans were
designed to provide a building within
the cost of s40O, authorized by the
congress. AS the later, or alternate"
plan contemplated an expenditure of
$500, 900, and the congress was opposed
to extending the appropriation, the first
plans were retained, and will be used
In the construction of the building.
There are as yet no plans of the de-
tails of the interior, either to show
location of exhibits or style. A
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09

says the framework Is of steel truss
construction, forming huge cantilever
of enormous strength and rigidity,
which combines for support a sub
structure of metal. The tower frame
and substructure as n whole resem-
bles the letter L, making In principle
an immense unyieldiug L Of which the
lower part acts as a foot or Offset to
counter the lean of superstructure. The
depth of the substructure is as feet, area
1875 by 115 feet. The construction of
the foundation is chiefly Of plate-riv-
eted iron girder work, imbedded In con-
crete, which forms solid bed about 1S
feet deep. This girder-concrete founda-
ton has the characteristic of being con-
tinuous in structure and rigid through
out and is especially designed for
building on yielding substrata, such as
the deep clay of Chicago On
the girder work there are bolted
steel-bearing plates, and on these
plates the massive truss foot
of the cantilever rests. This
foot at the left side will be attached to
the metal parts of the bed by large
steel pins and eye bars, but these con-
nections will not be brought into play
unless the tower is heavily loaded. In
the superstructure three lines of trusses
constitute the main supports; two form
sides of the tower, the third has mid
die position and lateral truss system
braces them together. Pin connections
are used for truss members. The walls
of the tower are comparatively light,
being simply framing of small-sized
angle iron attached to the trusswork
and having facing of embossed sheet
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09

THE CANTnEvER, OR LEANING TOWER
western worlds respectively, and they
might be painted on the outside to rep
resent ordinary terrestrial globes. Near
the bottom of each globe would be
doors of ingress and egress, through
which passengers would pass when ono
of the globes touched the ground.
When one of the globes was loaded,
which would take but a few seconds,
the beam would be set in motion to tho
reverse position, starting very slowly
and acceleratipg to rapid motion in
the middle of its course and gradually
slowing again toward the end, thus
making the motion perfectly eaay, but
raising the passengers to height Of
LOO feet in three or four seconds, In
stead of thirty or forty minutes that
were required to ascend the Eifrel
tower. The height attained would also
be greater, In addition this tower
would have the advantage of a capa-
city many times as great as the
Eiffel tower, for while one load of pas
sengers was at the top enjoying the
scenery another load could be taken
lhlO UllO B1OOS blldU was uOWh OIL UIl6
ground. These globes would remain
with their floors horizontal by being
ballasted at the bottom, but if addition
al security was thought desirable sys-
tenn of wire rope cables, extending from
one globe to the other, inside the beam,
could easily be arranged to keep their
vertical axes in absolute parallelism
with the vertical axis of the tower.
The beam would probably be moved by
two rows of hydraulic cylinders, in
side and near the top of the tower, their
pistons either pulling by means of wire
ropes upon drum mounted upon the
axis of the beam, or by racks upon
their pistons meshing into spur gears
upon the same. The machinery re-
quired would thus be very much more
simple than in the three systems of
elevators used in the Eiffel tower, and
the motion of the beam would be en-
tirely controlled by one or two valves
in a water pipe running from the
ground up to the cylinders. 1t could be
made to work automatically, so as to
prevent any undue speed being at
tanned by the beam. If it was thought
best to make the tower and statue only
the permanent part of the structure,
the beam could be SO designed as to be
taken down at proper interval after
the close of the exposition and sold, to
be put together again as a pair of
bridge trusses in some appropriate situ-
alton, where they would make a bridge
of beautiful design.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09
BURNED OUT.
twenty Acres of ChRttspooga Property
Destroyed-The Loss Reaches n QuarteH
of n Million Dollars.

twenty Acres of Chattapooga Property
Destroyed-The Loss Reaches n Quarter
of Million Dollars.
There was terrible conhagration In
Chattanooga, Tenn, Wednesday. Tho
loss Is fully quarter of million dol
lars. Insurance over S150,000. The
fire commenced at a, M, in Campbell
& Co.'S furniture factory, on King
street The fire soon got beyond the
control of the fire department.,
and rapidly took in every thing in the
near neighborhood. 1t was Z q. m.
before the flames were pnder control,
and the field of destruction covered
twenty acres. The loss is about as fol.
lows: Campbell Sc Co., furniture fac
tory, loss 1000, insurance, $50, 600;
g. g. Lilly, two-story brick, just COM
pleted, not occupied, loss $40, 900; Peaks
warehouse, loss $4,000, insurance $t3,s
900; the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad Company freight de-
pot, complete loss on building about $685.
900; contents estimated at $25, 900. There
were also about seventy-hve freight
cars destroyed, about fifty of them be-
ing filed with miscellaneous freight
The loss on the destruction of these cars
will not fall short of $75, 900, making a
total loss to the railroad company of
S125,000. The amount of insurance Is
not known. There were several small
buildings destroyed, which may ag-
gregate $4,000 in loss By he
roic efforts the New Mountain
City FIGURING Mill, just completed
at cost of nearly $500, 600 was saved.
The Morrison Lumber Co. incurred
only q small loss, on account of the de-
struction of some lumber in the yard
A large quantity of lumber in the vicin-
ity of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia depot was destroyed. The fire
ragged furiously for four hours. Sew
eral carloads of combustibles were
burned, among others carload of fire.
works, creating great panic in the
crowd witnessing and working about
the fire. The three engines of the fire
department were of little use, owing to
the great field covered. While this fire
was raging in the greatest fury another
broke out on East Montgomery avenue,
near the Grand View hotel, and two.
story brick and eight frame cottages
were destroyed, involving loss Of
about $4,000, fully covered by insur-
anCe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09
UNITED STATES COAST LINE BATTLE SHIP.

battle-ship that will cost So, 900, 600.
The materials of construction will be
brick, iron and wood, and plaster will
be combined with paint in effective
imitation of iron and steel. Upon this
model ship there will be mounted fifty
guns of all calibers, from the great 49,
inch monster, that carries projectile
weighing l, 100 pounds, to the 1-pounder
rapid-tire guns and the gatlings.
Everything appertaining to the fully
equipped battle-ship will be seen in its
proper place. Turrets, torpedo-boats,
torpedo nets and booms, boats, anchors,
chain-cables, davits, awnings, deck
fittings, and the appliances for working
all of these things, will be shown. The
l3-inch guns, of which there are four,
will be models, as the zeal gun and
carriage weighs lis tons, and would
require building of great strength for
support Officers and seamen and
marines will be detailed to illustrate
the discipline and mode of life on ship
board The super structure will show
the cabins, staterooms, messrooms,
galley, mess-tables for the crew,
lockers and other fittings. There will
be opportunity to exhibit on the berth
deck the machinery by which the ship
will be ope rated, charts, and instru-
ments of navigation, ordnance imple-
ments, including electrical devices,
gun-carriage, motors, range-fnders,
models of type ships, and samples of
provisions, clothing, bunting, signals
and flags. There will also pe portraits
of naval heroes from the time of Paul
Jones to Farragut, Foote and Porter,
and the costumes of the navy from 1774
to the present time will be worn by the
attendants.
The directors of the exposition con-
tinue TO receive hundreds of plans for
extraordinary buildings, some of
which will be erected by private enter
prise. They will add materially to the
interest of the great show and become
permanent attractions.
Among other clever ideas Mr.. j. B.
Hclpenny, of Chicago, has submitted
plan for u huge leaning cantilever
tower, 2o5 feet in height and 70 feet
square, TO be built of steel, weighing
500 tons and costing $500, OOO The
tower, according to his statement, will
support 100000 pounds in weight on the
top story, which will lean 100 feet from
the perpendicular This tower, he
claims, could be built in eight months,
including the shop work and erection.
The plan is for the tower to be in the
form of gigantic letter l., of which the
lower part acts as foot to counteract
the lean OF the superstructure. He
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09
GOLD NERVE.
Man Who Has Enough of It to Supply
the Whole Country and Have Plenty
oFA

Man Who Has Enough of 1t to Supply
the Whole Country and Have Plenty
Left.
A man by the name of A. T. Stein is
badly wanted by the authorities at
Keokuk, la. He presented himself at
the office of the City hotel, and claimed
to have purchased the entire business
and had come to take charge. He
demanded the keys to the money
drawer, which were turned over to
him. He ran things for three or four
hours, helping himself to the liquors
at the bar and treating all the guests.
He suddenly disappeared with all the
ready cash. A special from Hamilton,
just across the river, says he presented
himself at the post-office there as a
special post-office inspector and made
an investigation and said the Office was
Sc, 900 short On the strength of his
representation he borrowed sum and
disappeared.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09

tentative plan, by which to in
dicate that the departments of
the government, except the navy, will
be provided for under one roof, has
been made. These departments, to-
gether with the Smithsonian institu-
ton and the fish commission, will be
grouped about a central court of oc-
tagonal form, with the main entrance
on the lake front. The appropriation
for the building is not large enough to
permit of elaborate architecture or the
indulgence in taste for much orna-
mentation.
The most popular feature of the eX-
hibition will be the exhibit of the navy
department. Capt R. w. Meade, U. S.
N, suggested some time ago that as
the navy would have large and very
interesting contribution to make to the
exposition it would be desirable to pre-
sent it as an object lesson in a structure
resembling as closely as possible one of
the latest designs of the constructors of
our navy for a powerful man-of-war.
The suggestion met with prompt ap-
proval, both for it's novelty and practi-
cability. Instead of arranging the ex-
hibit of the navy department in hall
it will be put in a structure bling
in every detail a ten-thousand-ton coast
line battle ship, like the Indiana, the
Massachusetts or the Oregon, now
building. 1t is considered desirable by
the inventor of this design that the
building should be erected at the lake
front.
The model is thus described by Harp
er's Weekly: 1t will be S4s feet in
length and 60 feet in width, and to all
appearances will be identical with the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09
FOSTER CoRREoTs LEEoH
BY Chasing Silver Bullion as a Trust
Fund-The Undoubted Available Cash ia
&7O,OOO,OOO.

BY Chasing Silver Bullion as Trust
Fund-The Undoubted Available Cash il
100000.
Secretary Foster Wednesday took oc-
casion to differ with the director of the
mint as to the available cash in the
treasury to the extent of $50, 900, 900. He
also expressed himself with becoming
emphasis against the astounding propo-
sition that the silver in the treasury
against which silver notes have been
issued, could itself be used as available
cash. The secretary is inclined to treat
the $10O,000,00O of coin making the re-
serve for U. S. notes as available cash,
AS the law is mandatory upon him NOT
to allow this gold reserve to fall
below 800, 900, 900, it is not likely, after
he has had time to examine the law
which regulates this reserve, and the
debate attending its passage, explain
ing that its purpose was to place that
sum beyond the power of any secretary
to use it, that he will decide to treat it
as available cash. 1t would be correct
to say that about S70 900, 900 is unques-
tionably available cash-that is, about
e2S, ,0O0, 900 in the banks, $21, 900, 900 of
subsidiary coin $4, 1000, 600 in trade dollar
bullion, $12, 600, 900 of current cash and
S., 000,0 in silver against which no
certificates have been issued.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09
NAPOLEON AS A SCIENTIST.
One OF the Great Soldiers Favor.tc Hob
bieS.

bies.
Napoleon was fond OF the society Of
scientists, and rewarded will. prizes
and honors the most noteworthy of
scientific discoveries. Although at war
with 'periide Albion" as he was wont
to call England, he drew the line ut
scientists, and pardoned English pris.
oners at the simple request of Joseph
Priestley after all other means had
been exhausted, and acccded to the
award of three thoi sand francs by
the first class of the institute To navy
for his celebrated memoir of 1896 IL
was Bonaparta who proposed to award
gold medal to Volta, after reading hia
memoir on galvanics; and later in
duccd Volta, by emolumcnts and titles,
to surrender his Italian professorship
for residence in Paris. When the
memorable expedition TO Egypt set sail,
Bonapart', took with him many savants
and acaIlemicians. After the wager OF
battle had turned against the great
soldier, and he was transported to thr
lonely ST. Helena, he must have felt
that the last tie to France had bccil
severed when, in 1917, he felt forced to
resign his chair in the Academy Of Sci
ences.- c. Cahall, NJ. D., in Popular
Science Monthly,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09

metal. The exterior will be painted a
dark terra Gotta color. Electric hoist
elevators and easy stairways will con-
veniently lead from the entrance to the
upper stories. Above the first story
there are five floors. They are inclined
and consist of series of broad steps ex-
tending across the tower. Numerous
windows light the interior, balconies
provide interesting outlooks for visit
ors, and at the top of the tower an ex-
tensive view of the surroundings and a
mid-air realization may be had. A
spacious buffet, serving light refresh
ments, will be in the top story, and
about midway will be the tower Curl
osity shop. The visitor can also reach
the foundation and view its construc-
tion. In building the cantilever or L
tower for exhibition purposes it will
make the greatest leaning structure in
the world, and be unique in many par
ticulars Besides affording an attrac-
tive sight for visitors it will present
novel display of the application of metal
to all building purposes.
Scarcely less interesting is the sug-
gestion offered by Oberlin Smith, of
Bridgeton, n. j., who has submitted
designs for one of the most unique
structures ever proposed, 1t is for a
mammoth tower, with huge oscillat-
ing beam, from the ends of which
would be suspended two big globes, in
which visitors would be admitted and
raised eleven hundred feet above the
ground. The beam would be on the
principle of a see-saw, and would be,
beyond question, the biggest thing of
the kind ever devised. Mr.. Smith is an
engineer of great reputation.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09
GREAT FOREST FIRES
Working Tremendous Destruction
in New Jersey.
Tho Country Lighted Up for Miles Around,
and One Village Has been
DESTROYED.


The fercest aud most disastrous fire
on record in Atlantic county, N. j., for
thirty years was raging Thursday in the
vicinity of Convertown and Port Re-
public, and the heavens were illumi.
mated like MONDAY. Thursday morn
ing the pines in the neighborhood
of the places mentioned took fire
from a spark from an engine.
The heavy westerly wind which was
blowing at the time famed the blaze,
and the flames soon spread to the large
pines and in short time the whole for
est south of Pomona was like a raging
furnace. The air was filed with sparks,
and amid the roaring of the rushing
flames could be heard the thunder of
the falling pines and oaks.
The path of the fire steadily
widened, and the flames spread
in several directions, completely
enveloping the cedar swamps. By a
change of the wind the town of Absecon
was saved from destruction, but the fire
was guided from its old path into the
midst of some of the most valuable
young timber in that section. Gradu-
ally UnO udInSS WOThcu bllSlr way
toward Conovertown, and by 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon had reached the
outskirts of the town. What few
men there were about in the fields
and in the streets seized branches,
sticks or shovels and hurried into
the woods, hardly knowing where they
were going or what they were going
for. A panic had ensued among the
women in the town. They rushed
about, madly asking each other what
they should do. The fire had driven
the men who were fighting it back al
most to their own doors. Finding
their efforts to get the fire under
control useless, the men turned
their attention 4 to their homes. The
flames at this time were not over a
quarter of mile distant. 1t did not
take long to remove half of their house
hold goods across the street and down
into the open fields. None too soon was
this accomplished, as the fire burst out
of the woods and ignited the houses,
which were soon reduced to ashes A
strong westerly wind aided in the de-
struction. All the wooded land in the
direction of the shore road was burned
over
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09
cold Hutch" Disannaars.

B. P. Hutchinson, "Old Hutch" erst-
while the most powerful grain opera
tor in the western country, and at one
time the possessor of a fortune esti-
mated at $15, 900, OOO left Chicago sud-
denly for Florida Tuesday night, and
Wednesday all his trades were closed
out on the board of trade. 1t is not be-
iieved he will be seen alive again. OF
his once mighty fortune nothing Is left.
The old man is practically penniless,
having dropped about 81, 800, 900 since
the beginning of the present year.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09
The President Homewnrd Bound

President Harrison and party, after
visiting several public institutions at
San Francisco Wednesday, left for San
Jose. The reception was enthusiastic,
the president responding in short
speech, as did Postmaster G eneral
Wanamaker and Secretary Rusk. The
schedule interfered with the presidents
acceptance of an invitation from the
governor of Nevada to visit that state.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09

"The general idea OF the scheme"
said Mr.. Smith to a newspaper man,
sis to make a permanent octagonal
tower of severely plain contour, about
six hundred feet high, and surmount it
with sheet metal statue of Columbus
about one hundred and twenty-five feet
high. Thi1 statue should look west
ward The dome-shaped top would be
about a hundred feet in diameter, rivet-
ed together from plate steel. The
posts at each angle of the octagon
would be shells of steel plate ten or
twelve feet in diameter, riveted up like
boiler shell and tapering somewhat
toward the top by placing each section
inside of the one below. The cross
pieces and braces would prob
ably be of channel iron, tee
iron, etc. An interior skeleton
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09
Not So Rad as Renorted

While the relatives of 'Old Hutch,"
the Chicago speculator, say they are
sure the old man is in Florida and safe,
they betray a good deal of anxiety
nevertheless, and have sent detective
to hunt the head of the family up One
of his sons says he is in Pensacola. He
also says the old man is solvent and has
plenty of money to spare.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-09
Thev carried tha r1nr

Over 100 Italians employed on the
new railroad at Drifton, Pa, having
heard that they would be assailed on
account of Malta tendencies should
they visit the town of Hazleton, Pa,
dressed themselves in patriotic bunting
and carried American flags. They
walked into town, had little spree,
and returned to work unmolested.