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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-12-29
THE LANDSLIDE.
Chairman Carter Gives His Opinion az to
It's Cause.

Chairman Carter Gives His Opinion az to
Its Cause.
Chairman Carter has broken his long silence,
and given Denver reporter his opinion of the
cause of the great political landslide:
1.-THE laboring people of the country evil
IDENTIFY have concluded that the labor organi-
cations maintained the price of wages and
that the tariff operated solely for the interests
OF the manufacturers. It is apparent, on the
other hand, that the manufacturers have evil
IDENTIFY concluded that wages could only be
reduced by bringing about an era of free trade,
and in consequence large manufacturing insti-
buttons determined deliberately to contribute
to free trade victory for the purpose of bring
ing down wages and at the same time annihi-
lating the struggling manufacturing interests
which had become an annoying source of COM
petition.
Before any question arose concerning his
denomination or reelection" said the Chair
man, President Harrison said to me he had
two special purposes in view, and would be
satisfied with their accomplishment during his
Administration. The first was the securing of
full constitutional right of suffrage to every
American citizen, North South, East and West,
aud the second was the free coinage of silver
on permanent basis in this country"
Mr.. Carter says the Brussels conference will
prove of value to the silver cause by bringing
the question of bimetallism up in England and
throughout Europe.
Mr. Carter says that the Republican party
will continue in favor of protection and will
gain strength.
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The Opening of the Worlds Fair.

The Committee in charge has completed the
program for the opening of the Exposition.
Grover Cleveland. who will be President of
the United States when the Fair is opened,
May j, is to deliver the only address and start
the machinery. No other orator will be heard.
A poem. perhaps, by Oliver Wendell Holmes
and some music will precede Mr.. Cleveand'a
address After the wheels are buzzing and the
crowds are rushing through the buildings it is
proposed that President Cleveland and his party
shall drive through the grounds and pay their
respects to foreign Commissioners to the Fair,
who will be waiting in the official headquarters
to receive the Presidential party. Later in the
evening Mr.. Cleveland's carriage will stop in
front of Festival Hail. and the President will
hold public reception for two hours, from 4
to 6.
The public will not have an opportunity to
attend the exercises of formally inaugurating
the great Exposition. Festival Hall seats but
5000 persons. One thousand tickets will be
reserved for officials of the Fair, members OF
Congress. and Others The remaining 1000
seats will be sold at IS each, tickets being paid
on Invitation.
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and he would walk the streets until his stock
was sold. In shop over there you might
have seen great a number of wooden bowls
with wooden spoons beside them. Each bowl
was as large around as a common tin wash
basin, and it would hold about quart of
liquid. These were eating dishes of the
peasants and they were turned out by them
In connection with them were wooden spoons
which We're also made by the peasants. and
In the back part Of the store were the pots
used for cooking by the poorer classes.
There are some districts where the peasants
make a speciality of this pottery, and where
there are hundreds of men engaged in mold
ing it. They consider themselves well paid
if they make $50 year at it, and in one
Government, where 500 peasants are work
ing in potteries, they get their food and rs
cents for every thousand crooks which they
turn out. At this rate they can make just
about $25 year Along the Volga there are
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a IoUPLE WHO LIVE on $2 MONTH.
month. He is a big, broad shouldered, large
boned man. His head is as good as yours or
mine, and lie has skin as clear and clean as
that of a butcher who lives on nothing but
meat. His clothes are ragged and rough but
they hide a skin as white as that of John l..
Sullivan, and his eyes are blue and kindly
Cut his hair, shave his beard and put him in
a dress suit, and, if it were not for the awk-
wardness and newness of the costume, he
would not be out Of place i'll any assembly of
scientific Americans; yet he lives on five
cents day. What does he eat? His muscle
is made up Of cabbage soup and black bread
He seldom eats meat, and cabbage and buck
wheat and rye with milk and eggs have built
up nearly every atom of his big frame All
his life he has slept on the stone ledge at the
top OF his oven-like stove, OF has sprawled
out on no other clothing than that which he
has worn in the daytime on the board or mud
floor of his hut. He has been toughened by
as severe Winters as those of the Dakotas and
his whole life has been spent in hard work.
Talk to this man and you will find him
good-natured and kindly, though suspicious
and ignorant. He is easily moved and easily
led, but he entirely lacks the ambition and
selfshness which leads man to strike out on
his own hook and fight for fortune. Ifyou
talk to him You will find that either himself
or his father was practically slave 30 years
ago, and he is an exception if he has any
thing Of an education.
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there are certain days on which certain kinds
OF pottery and wooden ware are sold, and
you can buy in the bazaars beautiful lace
made by the peasants. The peasants use a
great deal of cotton lace of bright colors for
the trimming of their clothes, and this is
all made by hand. There is great deal of cut
lery which is turned out in the peasants
houses, and some of the finest knives of Rus
STA are handmade.
I wish you could have taken walk with
me along one of these Russian streets and seen
the curious manufactures of these people.
There on the corner stood man whose Shout
ders breast, and waist were hung around
with locks of all shapes and sizes. He had
made these locks at his home, and he had
years work on his person. He was now
peddling them out to whoever would buy,
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Proportion of Sexes.
fGIobe Democrat

Over the whole world the proportion OF tho
sexes is about equal; but in separate parts OF
the world it varies greatly. For instance, in
this country there are IS women to every 100
men; in Europe there are rather more than 100
women to 100 mon. Canada has 95 women to
100 men.
In uncivlized countries the men are believed
largely to outnumber the women, this on ac-
count OF the fact that more men are needed to
carry OH the wars in which such people are con.
stantly engaged, and because OF the roughcr
ways ofliving.
But so long as there can be no census Of Africa
and Asia, SO long statisticians can only guess at
the proportion Of tho two sexes
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A Brave Young Bugier.
[Terre Hal,ie Express. |

The erection of monuments In memory OF
military heroes is as much of craze in France
as it ever was. The latest man to be thus hon
ored is Andre. He it WAS who distinguished
himself at Arcola Bonaparte hesitated to
storm the bridge in the face of hot and steady
fire from the Austrians the opposite side of
the river. Andre, young bugler, leaped I'M o
the water swan to the other bank, rushed into
the enemy's ranks and began blowing his
bugle The Austrians were so astopished and
excited that for a moment they believed them
selves surrounded, and taking instant advan-
tage of their situation, Napoleon stormed the
bridge and captured it. The intrepid bugler
seems Ell titled to monument.
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The Commentators Harvest.

Thomas b. Carter, the Chicago Chief Of the
Secret Service Bureau has predicted one of tho
most gigantic aud successful counterfeiting
schemes in the country's history at Chicago
next year. He believes that the souvenir coins
will be counterfeitcd and find ready sale. and
he will not be surprised if as many bogus as
genuine coins will be in circulation. Chief
Carter said the metal from which the genuine
souvenirs are made can be easily secured and
nodded at cost OF 40 cents each. They will
be sold for III, atfording profit of SO cents to
the makers
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Marked One Hundred for This.
Detroit Free Press.

In small class of children the teacher de-
sired, by illustration, to obtain the word favor
tie. She said after several fruitless attempts,
"WeI.s children, if there was someone you
loved more than anybody else in the world,
and wished always to keep her with you, what
wonld you say she was-what name would you
give herr" A small hoy held up his hand. and
when told to answer, responded promptly,
my mother"
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Knights Ia Defend Dempsey.

1T is reported that the General Executive
Board of the knights of Labor had determined
to actively interest itself In the defense of
Master Workman Dempsey, WHO is charged
with completely in the Homestead poisoning
and to that end member of the Board will
visit Pttsburg this week, and make a thorough
investigation to report to the legal adviser of
the Order
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-12-29
Diamonds in idaho.

An expert hos been examining the diamond
fields in Idaho, and he says that the geology of
tho country thereabouts is precisely the same
as in South African fields and not unlike those
Of Brazil. The only difference is that these
are not as much broken up. In his opinion
these diamond fields will be larger than either
those of Africa Brazil, the blowouts. shafts,
being great deal larger and moro clearly de-
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man often has several trades. The peasants
OF Russia are a Nation of manufacturers as
well as one of farmers. Many Of them have
s"nie trade which they work at during the
" integ, and the country has vast house in
dlistry. Some families have Cor generations
turned out certain kinds of goods, and many
men make little things and peddle them
about the country.
In every city you will find markets where
thc peasants bring in their wares TO ell, and
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-12-29

LACE street. in the shade Of these you see
peasant women knitting while they watch
their shockzheaded babies playing on the
grass, and on the branches overhead will be
hung Russian cradles made Of boxes, with
ropes tied to the ends Of them and so fastened
that that the baby is rocked to and fro by the
breeze.
About each village there is large tract Of
land which belongs to it, and the greater part
of the land farmed by the peasants is owned
by the villages and not by individuals. 1t is
only the fewest of the peasants who have any
land of their own, and this Russian country
is the only one in the world where the COM
munal system exists on such grand scale
Before serfdom was abolished the greater
part of the land of Russia belonged to the
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-12-29

mobiles and to the Car. The Car gave u,
millions Of acres, and he freed over 20, GOO, OO(
serfs who were working on his domain H,
made the mobiles free their serfs, and ht
| bought their land from them and gave then
| some money and some bonds which bore
| good rate of interest When the land was
| given to the peasants, however it was divided
| up among them as villages and not separately
| and so it comes that each village has a large
tract of land which belongs to it as a town,
| and which its town assembly controls. This
assembly is made up of the working popula-
ton of the village, and it meets at fixed
periods and apportions the land among the
| citizens. Each family has so much of pasture
| and farm lands, and each family is expected
to pay Just SO much taxes every year.
The Car holds the villages responsible for
the taxes of the land belonging to them, and
the assembly divides up its property in such a
way that each man who works can pay his
share of the taxes. Where the land is poor
and the taxes are high, the peasants do not
want large amount of it and they object to
being given more than their share. Where
the land is rich they get all they can and each
man has what he can make out of the land
above his taxes. The peasants, however, pay,
all told, something like $50, 600, 900 Of taxes
every year, and their direct taxes amount to
about 81 head for every man in the
country. They have to pay tax for the
running Of their villages and to the State as
well as to the Gar and the result is that few
of them are ever able to buy land for them
selves.
This mode of owning land has made the
Russian people a vast collection Of socialists.
Thau do h;prr IN ,,Io
their crops at the same time, and the heads of
the villages decide just when and how the
harvest shall begin. Each town is divided
up into gangs Of workmen, and the people
always work together in the field / did not
find man working in a field by himself
unless he was shepherd or was watching the
cattle. Both men and women start for work
together, and labor together until they stop
with the going down of the sun, and come
home at the same time. They are cheerful
workers and are contented with little They
work very hard, though the mobiles say they
are lazy, and if sweat and heavy loads are
any sign of work, these Russians are good
laborers
They have no idea of accumulation, and
few of them get ahead. If they earn little
more than they need they give a feast or
spend the surplus in vodkha, the Russian
brandy. They have no idea of providing for
the future, and at the beginning of the famine
relief supplies, some villages which were fur
nished enough food for month had grand
feast and ate 1T up in week, saying that
God and the Car would not let them starve.
1t is estimated by the famine commissioners
that two cents day would keep man alive
during the famine, and if one would know OF
Just how little man can exist, he should
come to Russia.
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GEN. S. W. CRAWFORD.
A Gallant Career, Begun at Fort
Sumter, Ended at tho Beginning
Of November last.
II o. p. BRIGHAM, WASHINGTON, D. O.
EN-. SAMUEL ",

EN-. SAMUEL ".
Crawford died In
Philadelphia on tho Sd
day Of November. His
fame Is imperishably
connected with the
heroic defense Of Fort
Sumter. OF that gsrri-
son at that memorable
time there now re-
main but two-Gen.
Abner Doubleday and
Mr. Seymour. who, il
alive, lives abroad, an
artist. At the time of
the action Crawford
was Surgeon of the
garrison nevertheless,
he on that occasion
commanded a battery,
and in many ways per-
formed deeds of valoy
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Special Correspondence THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
BERLIN, GERMANY, Dec. %.

My 10 cents q day fol
IL hours work. Less
than one cent an hour.
These are the wages
W hioh q gang OF
women get for digging
in the fields In Russia.
They % to work at 4
O'Clock in the morn
ing, and they do not
a. A~-r 4haiy,
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RUSSIAN WORK
AND WAGES
The Peasants Slave for q Shilling
Day In the Land of the Gar.

women who Work Fourteen Hours for Six
Gents and Board per Day, and Skilled
Laborers at rs Cents-Farm Wages and
she Fsetories-The House Industries of
Russia A Land of villages - How the
lands are Divided and Taxed-The Typi-
cal Peasant.
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A vast amount Of work is done outside OF
The big factories, and here, as in Germany one
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-04-14
MMoN IN MANJRE.

The prevalent idea that II con
tains much ammonia is pronounced by
an English authority as without foun-
dalton. 1t is explained that the ele-
ments of which ammonia is formed
during decomposition, viz, nitrogen
and hydrogen are to be found in ma
nure, but as decomposition is a very
slow process the ammonia is very slow
ly evolved. AS it is produced it is in
the form of gas, which is dissolved in
the water existing in the manure, or it
combines with the abundant carbonic
acid evolved during the decomposition
and forms carbonate of ammonia. 1t
is very rare that any ammonia can be
detected escaping from a manure heap.
The fetid odor of a II pile is not
caused by ammonia, but by COM
pounds of sulphur and carbon, the
same as those evolved by decaying
eggs and rotten cabbage. The am
monla of manure is very slowly disen-
gagged, requiring a year or more before
it is all produced and evolved, and as
the soil absorbs it freely there is scarce
ly any danger of any loss of this valu-
able part of the I'M as it is COM
monty used. The pungent odor of a
horse stable is caused ty the escaping
of ammonia, and farmers lose more of
this element OF manure in this way in
one warn night from IN unclean horse
stable than from their manur heaps
in a year. A pound of ammonia in
manur is worth seventeen cents, and
a ton of manure produces in all only
twelve pounds of it, according to the
authority quoted.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-04-14
CONKLING.

Farmers were delighted with the
warm rain of last week. They are all
preparing to plant corn.
Some M broke into Ed. Phillips
smoke house and stole some meat.
We think the Herald and Tribune
will get plenty of subscribers as the
people take great interest in reading it.
John Dillow, who has been confined
to his room for some time, is reported
better at this time.
1t has been said that Andy Kyker
has quit running and gone to stepping.
The farmers are pleased with their
wheat; it is looking SO we'll.
j. j. Rowe said he knew Easter was
close at hand as the hcns are laying
colored eggs.
Be sure to attend Sunday school al
Mt. Wesley. II is a Gee
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-04-14

S. Fl. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and rheu-
matism, his stomach was disordered. his
liver was affected to an alarming
degree, appetite tell away, and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles of Electric Bitters ctIed
him.
Edwerd Sh pherd. Harrisburg. ILL.,, had
a running sore on his leg of eight years,
standing Used three bottles Of Electric
biiters and seven boxes of Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and
well. John Speaker, Catawba, O., had
five large fever sores on his leg; doctors
said he was iucurable. One bottle Elec-
trio Bitters and one box Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold
at F. E. Britton's Drug store. 3
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-04-14
The Parting of the WAYS.

Wilkins and Watkins were college
chums aGd close friends. They had been
hard students and had taken little out
door exercise, When they shook hands
and said goodbye, at the end of their
college career, they were in impaired
heath. Both had dyspepsia, liver
troubles and troublesome coughs. viii
kins had plenty of money, and decided to
travel for his health. Watkins was poor
II must go to work for my living" said
he, "but III try the remedy that Robinson
talks so much about-Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery
In less than two years, wilkins came
home in his coffin. Watkins, now in the
prime of life, isa bank president, rich and
respected, and weighs 200 pounds, THE
Golden Medical Discovery saved my
life at a critical time" he often says.
"Oh. if poor wilkins had only tried ill.,
For weak lungs splitting of blood, all
lingering coughs, and consumption in
its early stages, ii is an ~unequaled remedy.
One of the most persistent forces in
nature is the needle, which always ar
ries its point and always has an eye out
for business. -Lowell Courier.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-04-14
FEBRUARY.

The farmers are preparing to plant
corn.
Rev. A. M. Ferguson preached al
Union Church Sunday last.
Miss Alice Hill, who has been sick
for some time, is improving.
Prof. Watts school closed last Fri.
day.
Charley CAREERS dog was killed by
the cars recently.
Miss Daisy Boring is visiting rela.
tives and friends near Telford.
The debating society meets at the
seminary Saturday night.
Tom Price and his family have beer
visiting home folks recently.
John A. Bowman, of Knob Creek,
has been in Garbertown for the last
few days. | guess calico attracts him.
The health of our community is very
good at present. B. V. S.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-04-14
ELEVENTH

Master James Barlow contemplates
putting out a large popcorn crop on
Rabbit Mountain.
Tower & Hair are doing good work
in their shop in Hairtown.
Grandpa Brummitt, the oldest man
in Hairtown, is able to go about with
out a cane. He says he is one hundred
and two years of age.
A. b. Cummings, of Jonesboro, and
|. N. Baily were the guests of ]. F.
Beals last Sunday.
Kim McCurry and wife and sister,
Miss Nora, and James Huffine, were the
guests of Mr.. Susong and family last
Sunday. X. Y. z.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-04-14
EXPERIMENTS IN soILING.

At the Ohio Station, where a careful
soiling experiment has been conducted
by Director Williams, these conclusions
have been arrived at
That the average cow will eat about
seventy five pounds of green feed a
day, kept in the station with grain ra-
ton added.
That COWS fed on oats ard peas, clo-
yer and corn, fed green in the stable in
midsummer will give more milk than
when feeding on a good blue grass pas
ture.
That a COW fed on green feed in a
stable darkened and ventilated will
gain in weight more than she will in q
well shaded pasture.
That the COW responds as promptly
to a well balanced ration of grain
while eating green feed as she does on
dry feed.
An acre of peas cut green weighed
1875 tons.
An acre of peas and oats cut green
weighed "a tons.
An acre of corn cut green weighed
1886 tons.
The second cut of clover in a drouth
WIS., 81 tons.
1t is not necessary to cut green feed
oftener than twice a week if it is spread
to avoid heating.
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7'ELFORD.

Misses Leila and Pearl Biddle, Of
G~reeneville, spent a few daysat Mrs. j.
ID. Biddle's S, of this place.
Miss Clara Stonebarger, a teacher in
Washington College, spent a few days
with Miss Ada Lingenfelter last week.
Miss Fannie Carson gave a grand
party one night last week in honor of
Gus Broderick, who expects to leave
shortly.
Mrs. Bolton, who was thrown from q
horse some time ago, is seriously i'll
from the INJURIES sustained.
DIR. Lyon is trying to get up singing
school. He is a fine singer, and we
hope he will be successful.
Master Cal. Propst, of Limestone,
spent the day here last Monday.
Miss Laura Brown says she is going
into the chicken business this summer.
She is a dear lover of them, and we
think she will make a success.
l.. s. Bayless, n of our energetic
farmers, has gone IN with Mat Barron
this summer.
W. G. Propst spent a day or two last
week in Johnson City.
j. d. Fipp, u depot agent, while
hunting last week, got into a nest of
read birds. He tried to get one for a
pet, but the old one, not willing to part
with her young one, logged him off.
Mr.. Angel, of Johnson City. recently
moved to this place, in the property
formerly owned by DR.. Patton.
John Foster says he has quit going
to prayer meeting at Liberty Chapel as
the hour of meeting does not suit him.