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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
The Silver Question

has been 'the bone of contention" for
long time, but how few there are
who understand it, or who know any
thing about how or where the silver
itself is obtained, or how it is handled
before it is made into money! To these,
indeed to everyone, the excellent arti-
Gle on ''Silver, from Mine to Mint"
handsomely illustrated, which is pub.
lished in Demorest's Family Magazine
for October, will be especially inteles-
ting as well as instructive. Another
article, THE Silver Secret" gives in a
familiar and easily comprehended style
all the important points about the
vexed silver question, and the story
I'm The Silver Threat" tells one of
those romantic incidents in the expert
ence of an owner of silver mine that
seem too wonderful to be true, yet
happen more frequently than they are
recorded. The story of 1.-The Captain 8
Daughter. at the International Cup
Race" is embellished with illustrations
of the cup defenders for the "America" !"
cup, in previous races as we'll as that
of 1898, and one of the Valkyrie, ac-
companied by a portrait of Lord Dun
raven. All interested in yachting
should have these fine pictures Of
yachts. "The Diary of an Athletic
Girl" increases in interest there are
several excellent stories all those in
terested in Horticulture in winter should
read winter House Flowers" before
selecting their house plants for the
coming season. The designs for lamp
shades are especially apropos just now
and all the departments are replete
with novelties and valuable informa-
ton. This typical Family Magazine is
published for only SO year, by w.
Jennings Demorest, 10 East 14th St.,
New York.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
The Supreme Wish of the East.

To keep up the house and not let the
family name be extinguished is the su-
preme wish in Japan. This in the i'm.
mortality of the east. The house lives
on; the individuals are but fragments
of the house.
If there be no natural heir, adoption
readily supplies the deficiency. The
magnificent scale on which adoption
is practiced shows foreigner at once
that the words father" ''sou," can
hardly have the same depth of meaning
they have in the English language.
why did Washington let his house
die out?" was once asked me by a
Japanese gentleman who couldn t con-
ceive any reason for such neglect. He
thought our great general might have
adopted some one to keep his house and
name from perishing.
"How long has he lived therep" l
asked once concerning certain person.
AS "he" is one of the pronOuns that
had TO be translated into the mental
contents of my pupils brain, he took
it to mean "house" and replied, "Oh.
he has been there 25O years"
How long have you lived hereP" l
asked a merchant.
'Three hundred years." was the
prompt reply, with look of satisfac-
tion at the thought of his house having
passed through ten generations.--"Eth-
les of Confucius."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
Extraordinary Bookkeeping.

Talking about bookkeeping said
old Milt Brisbine, whom everybody
knows, to Press and Dakotan reporter
yesterday afternoon, "There used to be
a man in Yankton whose system of
keeping accounts was wonderfully eff
cient. He kept a hotel and he could
neither read nor write. He did not
know how to spell his own name, but
he did thriving business and collect
ed every dollar of his accounts. Once,
years ago, when | first came to this
country, went to his hotel and stop
ped there two weeks. When | left he
presented me with a statement of what
l owed him, and it was curiosity.
He had copied it from his ledger At
the top of the sheet there was a rude
picture of soldier on the march, and
after it three straight marks. Then
there was a scene showing a man at
table eating. Then appeared a bed
with man in it. In the amount col
umn there was picture of a doll and
after it the two letters RS. After the
picture of the man eating there were
forty two marks. After the view of
the man in bed there were fourteen
marks. looked at the account, then
at the proprietor, and told him it twould
take me week to answer that conun-
drum. l was completely stumped, and
when that hotel man deciphered the
account for me it was this:
THE picture of the soldier walking
meant March, and the three marks sup
piled the date, March 8, when | began
boarding. The man at the table with
forty two marks after it indicated that
l had eaten forty two meals. The man
in bed with fourteen marks showed
that / had slept in the house fourteen
nights. The doll with RS after it meant
dollars, and 10 the figure columns ap-
peared the figures ID, which was the
amount l owed him, and it was true
BILL"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
Simply a Lie.

The South pays annually $4,000, 900
for pensions to men who served in the
Union army, and gets back $4,000, ,OOO'
that sum being paid to men who now
live in the eleven States which COM
posed the Confederacy. No won der
money is scarce here, with an annual
drainage of $34,OOO,OOO more than is
received. d.-Greeneville Democrat.
Comment on the above misstate ment
is hardly necessary, but for the infor-
nation of those who may know no bet
ter we simply print the following:
From the report of the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, Mr.. Picker OBJ
tained the respective amounts of inter
nal revenue, the only form of taxation
paid directly to the National Govern
ment derived from the several States.
He compared these with the amounts
of pensions which go to the various
States. Texas paid SSO8,8 of internal
taxes in the the federal Treasury during
the past fiscal year and drew out in pen
sion 1905, 400; Illinois, on the other
hand, Northern State, paid $3.50, $685.
1888 of the internal tax and drew out
only $9,343, 1906 in the form of pensions
to her citizens. South Carolina, the
implacable foe of Union veterans, paid
only $71 ,812 of the tax and drew in pen
sions Still while New York paid
$l7,670,96S and received only S11,782,-
800. Tennessee contributed 81, ,278, 862
and received Ss, ,434. sos; Nebraska and
the two Dakotas paid "a, 1893, ,5SS and re.
cieved 80, 391 ,059. Alabama's tax was
$lO6,77l. Her pension receipts were
S500,729. Arkansas contributed $685.
81S.86 to the internal revenue and re-
ceived 81 ,470, ,90S n in pension payment.
West Virginia paid 1907 ,5S8. SO in in
ternal revenue taxes and received $2,-
1853, 703. 12 in pensions. Louisiana and
Mississippi paid together $7S4, ,S32. 2s and
received $S47, ,352.45. Maryland, Della
ware and the Districtof Columbia paid
S3, ,2SS, ,873.77 in taxes and received a.
220, ,S9O.13 in pensions.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
House Culture Of Geraninms.

At the head of the list of plants for
winter use place the geranium, be-
canse, with proper care, it will give
more flowers than any other plant, and
the care required is very ordinary and
very slight. 1t will grow well in al
most any soil that is not heavy, like
clay. One of equal parts of loan, leaf
mold, or turfy matter, and sand, suits it
perfectly, Care must be taken to give
only enough water to keep the soil
moist. Never keepit wet. Ageranium
will not do well if it is obliged to stand
with its feet in the mud. For year old
plants and these are best for winter
Towering seven or eight inch pot is
quiet large enough. Those who give
these plants large pots make great
mistake. A plant in o large pot will
make great growth of top, but will
produce few flowers. If the roots are
somewhat cramped, there will be few.
er leaves, but more flowers. 1t is quite
important that this should be borne in
mind.
Another important item is, never try
to make winter Towering plant of one
that has been allowed to bloom through
the summer, If you do this your
attempt will be very sure to prove
failure, because you are asking too
much for the plant. 1t can not bloom
the year around. 1t must have period
of rest. For plants intended for winter
Towering, this resting spell should be
in summer. All buds should be nipped
off as soon as seen. The branches
should be pinched back from time to
time, to make the plant compact and
shapely, and encourge the production
of other branches. The QUANTITY of
flowers geranium gives during the
season depends largely on the humber
of branches the plant has. If they are
few, they can not be many trusses of
flowers at any one time. If they are
many, the plant will sport so many
clusters, at times, as to be a little flower
garden in itself. A geranium that is
not bushy and compact is not what it
ought to be. Most geraniums are long
legged, scraggy, awkward things, simp-
ly because they have not been trained
properly. Give them the proper train
ing, which consists largely in persistent
pinching back, and there is no reason
why your plants need not be shapely
specimens.
There are many fine scarlet and GRIM
;son varieties, and one cluster of their
vivid flowers will light up window
beautifully when seen against back
ground of green leaves. Half dozen
clusters will make the window a little
flower SHOW; and when you add to
these colors the soft, bright pinks and
delicate salmons and pure whites, and
other varieties in which the colors
named are blended, the possibilities of
the geranium as adeeoratiye plant for
the window, garden in winter Just begin
to be- understood. Insects seldom at
tack it. 1t withstandsithe effects of dry
air betterthan almost any other plant,
and dust does not seem to discourageit.
Give it a weekly application of Food
| for Flowers, and'it will surprise and
delight you with its Righteousness.
From "Winter House-Flowers, in
Demorest's Family Magazine for Oc-
tober.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
Quarantine and Immigration.

In consequence of the prevalence of
cholera in the ports of southern Italy,
the quarantine laws have come into
operation in such way, at American
ports, that the steerage immigration of
Italians into this country has been
practically stopped.
Aconsiderable number of immigrants
suffering from Asiatic cholera were
brought to New York on steamships
from the Mediterranean. They were
detained at the quarantine station, to-
gether with the other steerage passen-
gers who came ON the same steamers,
and the steamers themselves were not
allowed to proceed to their docks.
1t is this detention, and not special
order or discrimination: which has had
the effect to suspend Italian immigra-
tion.
Under the operation of the present
system of quarantine detention, immi-
grafton is soon stopped from any coun-
try in which an epidemic is raging. At
the rates of passage which prevail,
steamship companies can not afford to
support steerage passengers, as they
must do, during period of even few
days of quarantine detention.
Under the orders of the Treasury De-
partment,. to whose jurisdiction these
matters belong, twenty days deten
tion of an infected steamer, with all it's
passengers, is possible. A single de-
tention of so long a period as this in
wolves SO great an expense that the
steamship companies refuse to receive
more immigrants from the ports against
which the quarantine regula lions are
likely to be enforced.
The restriction is, very desirable
thing, not only from a sanitary, but
also from a social and economic point
of view. 1t lessons by many thousands
the number of foreigners. pouring into
the country at time when no little
difficulty is found in providing employ
ment for native and naturalized work
men.
The end of the summer has found
great many manufactures closed
throughout the country. Many impor-
tantconstruction enterprises, have been
suspended or postponed until the finan-
cial situation is clearer or the supply of
currency greater.
Western silver mines have been
closed, and miners and other working
men whose employment has depended
upon the mining industries have been
| flocking eastward, in the hope of OBJ
tanning work in market hich appears
to be already over supplied with labor.
In the face of this fact, immigrants,
continued to arrive in the country in
numbers which were not perceptibly
diminished until the epidemic of chol.
era in Italy compelled an application
of quarantine regulations to such an
extent that it did not pay steamship
companies to import immigrants from
that quarter.
No way has yet been found to effect
such reduction in immigration for
any other reason than the jeopardizing
of the public health. BY our laws we
are able to protect the bodily health
against dangers which threaten il
from abroad; but up to the present
time we have been unable to protect
the social and moral health of our
people against equally serious dangers
from the same quarter.
1t is possible that we might restrict
immigration effectually by an applica
tion of a somewhat similar principle
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
DIRECTORY.
COUNTY OFFICERS:

Sheriff. Hawkins.
Circuit Court Clerks III |, Cooper
Chairman County Court-H G Hart.
County Court Clerk-Jacob Leah.
Clerk and Master-W + Young.
Trustee-J A T Bacon.
Register-A M Stewart
County Surveyer-T I Young.
SuPt. Public SehOOls-F T Watts.
Tax Assess0r-J A Bradshaw.
THE COURTS: ,.r F
Circuit Court Judge, A ] Brown; At.
torney General, II 7 Campbell; Clerk, S II /.
Cooper. Meets first Mondays in April,
August and December.
Shancery Court = Chancellor, John p
Smith; Clerk and Master, VIZ Young.
Meets hrst Mondaysin January and July.
County Court Chairman, H G Hart;
Clerk, Jacob Leah. Meets first Monday in
each month.
Law Court, johnson City-Same officers
as the Circuit Court, and meets -
Chancery Court at johnson City meets
hrst Mondays in June and December.
JoNESBORO TAXING DISTRICT:
Mayor-James H Epps.
Recorders .B Keefaufer,
Marshall NJ Campbell
Aldermen-J II Epps, + e Britton and
A b Cummings.
Council and Court meet when there is any
business to transact.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
81 A YEAR in ADVANCE

the fact that its benefits have been dis
tributed in marked degree among
those engaged in the gairful occupa-
TONS 1t is matter of sincere regret
that the demagogues were in SO many
instances last year able to unsettle the
minds OF employees in manufacturing
towns on the tariff question and there
by secure their votes for the Democrat
ic ticket.
The economic picture" we have lust
now in some of those places is a pain
fnl one, and yet the greatest sufferers
from the changes has been themselves
largely responsible for the result
New York Press.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20

to that which operates in the quaran-
tine-that is to say, by the imposition
of tax which would make it unprofit-
able for vessels owners to bring in i'm
migrants when he did not want them,
the same to be repealed or suspended if
for any reason more laborers from
abroad were desirable?
Possibly it would not be practicable;
but it is at least clear that moral, econ
omic and social reasons have claim
to consideration in this highly impor-
tant matter of immigration, as well as
sanitary reasons. Youth g Companion.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
his idea of revision. On closing Nc.

his idea of revision. On closing Nc
Kinley said:
u do not appeal for a party triumph
merely, but for cause which is the
peoples cause. I rest my appeal upon
the principles and policies for which
the Republican party stands-protec-
tion and reciprocity, honest money and
an honest ballot. These, secured and
continued, will insure the best inter-
ests of the people, advance the general
welfare, promote our industrial devel-
opment, encourage the true American
sentiment and establish confidence in
the future, and lift the clouds which
have settled upon the labor and enter
prises of the people,"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
Specimen Cases.

s. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with neuralgia and rheuma-
tism, his stomach was disordered, his
liver was affected to an alarming de-
gree, appetite fell away, and he was
terrible reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured
him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had running sore on his leg of eight
years standing Used three bottles of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and his leg is
sound and we'll. John Speaker, Cataw-
ba, o., had FIVE large fever sores on his
leg, doctors said he was incurable. One
bottle Electric Bitters and one box
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him en-
tirely. Sold by F. E. Britton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
CHURCH DIRECTORY

Baptist Church-Rev. Jasper Howell astor.
/; Preaching every Sunday at l0.45 q. III, and
-V:80 p!m.S Sunday school every Sunday at 8 9:l5
a. m. and at chapel at 2 p. m. Prayer and
m. Young peoples prayer service every
Sunday evening one hour before church
service. Ladies' Missionary Meeting every
first Friday In each month at 8 p. m.
Chnrch South-Rev Z b Robertson,
pastor. Sunday school 8 a. m. Preaching
= l0SQ a. m. Prayer and social service We'd
nesduys $50 p. IN. Young mems prayer
meeting Sunday p. m. Juvenile Mission
afy SoGiety first Sabbath Of each month 3
3p. M. Ladies' Missionary Society first
Friday OF each month B p. m. Union serv-
Ice third Sabbath of each month $50 u. m.
+ Church-E II Mclaughlin pastor;
gfeaehing every first Sunday in the First
Presbyterian Church at 1890 am. ..i
The First Presbyterian Church-Rev p
Doggett pastor. Preaching every second
and fourth Sundays at 1880 q. m. Sunday
school every Sunday morning at o'clock.
e. Union service every second Sunday at 7.30
p. m. Prayer, meeting every Wednesday
% at 8:SOp. m. ,.' ", :
The Second Presbyterian 'Church-Rev G
II. Polhemus, A. NJ, pastor in charge.
Preaching every Sunday 1880 a. m. Sun
day school ga. m, Y. T. $. c. +. every sun
day $50 p. m. Junior Y, Pcs: @. Il. first
Sabbath of each month 4p. m. Special
prayer. meeting every Sabbath at 1915 a. m.
weekly prayer meeting Wednesday $3.50 p.
m. Ladies'. prayer meeting Friday p m.
Union service fourth Sabbath evening of
e, each month at 7.30.
THEi-M. ~. I. u, meets every Thursday in
each month, at 2 o'clock p. M, In the Tenn
perence Hall. Visitors arealways welcome.
Auniontemperance serviceheld every, fifth
The Jonesboro Loyal Temperance Legion
meets the second and fourth Sunday, at 3
4 p IN, In Temperance Hall.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20

tween the friends and opponents of the
bill is to begin next week. The silver
men still express confidence of their
ability to prevent vote, and their op.
ponents are not so confident of winning
as they were.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
SECRET SOCIETIES

Washington Chapter, No. 2, II A M
- Meets" First Friday In each month. ID. c.
Aiken, II. p; NJ. II. p. Panhorst, Sec. 49,,
RHEA LODGE, No. At, F. AND A. M.-Meets
Monday on or before each Full Moon. A.
y. Deaderick, w. M; ID. C.. Aiken, Sec.
Grand Army oft;the Republic-Post No.
S5: 7 p Britton, Commander; H M Slagle,
AdJutant; J A FEBRUARY, Quartermaster.
Meets first Saturday in each month.
Knights of Honor-Frankland Lodge No.
5S5: s II Anderson, Dictator; A NJ Stuart,
Reporter; II Peoples, Financial Report
er. Meets every Thursday night.
Knights and Ladies of Honor j M
40. Fink, Protector; $ ii j. Cooper, Secretary.
Meets FIRST and third Friday nights in each
month In Knights of Honor Hall.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20

HOSS Il MCCALL,
Will buy your wheat and sell you
goods at cash prices. Come and
see us.
THE RED FRONT For BARGAINS.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-20
A Gentleman

VINO formerly resided in Connecticut but
VINO now resides In Honolulu, writes: "For
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
In The Star of last Saturday (September
z. 1851 i md an article under the above
title republished from The Philadelphia
Press, wherein the old zoological myth of
the so-called glass snake" is revived in
glowing colors Presented as 1t is in a
manner calculated to have the un scieu tffic
reader believe the story. and being assured
snat Ihe star would not willingly misin-
form its readers in any matter, / desire to
say here few words In REPUTATION Of the
account in The Press
In the first place the glass snake
lOpheosaurus ventralis, more properly
Ophisaurus) is not a snake at an but ia q
lizard without external limbs. So long ago
as ISL published an account of the skel-
eton OF this lizard in The Proceedings of
tne United states National Museum and
pointed out there that 1t had r,Idirnentarv
hind legs which never appeared on the out
side surface of the body. The SPECIES and
It's habits are now well known to natural
ISIS secondly, when the creature break 3
up into fragments 1t is always the result
of some violence done Ii. and what Is EQUAL
ly true and important is that the fractures
are invariably back of the vent or in the
lizards true tail. They never occur through
the body of the animal. That the pieces
will w-iggle about on the ground after the
tail is broken there Is no question but ~
must be carefully borne in mind that that
also occurs in the true lizards. An example
is seen in our little American Chameleon OF
the southern states. where from slight vio-
lence the tail will break up in that way,
and eventually a new one. without true
bony vertebrate. will grow out to take the
place of the one thus lost. Sometimes a
double one grows out. and specimens of
that kind are in the National Museum.
Finally, these fractured portions Of the
tail both in the glass snake as in other
lizards. invariably die, and do not seek the
animals body again to there attach them
selves in place and grow as before. Such
a statement is but fabulous myth and not
worthy of serious consideration on the part
of anyone. Dr. r w SHCFEIDT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09

riot. Think of wearing a light blue satin
sash, with a heliotrope gown spotted and
splashed with cherry velvet rosettes and
finished with torrents of deep yellow lace.
Yet that Is what a Frenchman put upon q
poor creature who risked her looks In his
hands. and no doubt felt that he deserved
well of the republican who could not find
a dressmaker In all America with whom
she fancied she might trust her wardrobe.
She has come straight from Paris bringing
word that the rage for green and purple
IL there quite undated. In fact, tones of
the two colors that are well known to swear
at each other-such for example, as emf
nence purple and rife green-are seen togeth-
er in gowns. in wraps. even In hats and
bonnets. Especially in felt, the hat itself
shows the double tint, one In the crown, the
other as facing or maybe a whole brim.
Both hues appear In the trimming, for
which new heavy corded ribbon Is a big
favorite. caprice of the moment Is to
trim early fall hats with the very full lace
edged net ruching that is sold in the shops
for boas, fichus and dress trimming An
other caprice is to use silk, cut on the cross
and deeply pinked. 1t is plated very full.
In treble box plaits. which are SO caught
down at intervals as to give the quilting the
look of wreath of stemless roses.
None Of these harmless things does my
lady Of the wings affect. The front OF yore
Is not more daring than her hat brim-her
feathers almost discount the glory of a
drum major. She has the new stole cape
to lie over her swelling heart-the newer
and uglier epauiette ruffies to stand rigidly
out over her firmly gathered sleeve top.
The puffs Of them stand out as though they
meant to try and be each a balloon that
should bear their wearer to a heaven higher
even than her seventh heaven of delight in
this truly gorgeous outfit. For the gown is
of green satin with rufiies of mauve silk
null and bows and daglets OF green velvet
and big buttons OF glittering green crystal
Truly may she be writ a daughter Of the
revolution-the revolution against harmo-
NOUS lines.