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would surprise Ferguson, ( he could
hear it. ! was glad that Maude slept
through the most exciting parts of the
story because she YVES nervous enough
already, poor little girl. Ferguson's in
! juries have been getting more serious
! during the last ten years, so that it re-
qpires really bloodthirsty person to
| lear about them with any degree of
! pleasure. But she walked up toward
the last of 1t. and began to tell me her
story over again. Her sufferings this
time were even more terrible than they
had been by the previous narration.
Her precautions against any error re-
garding the denomination of that bill
were more elaborate, and her repartee
with the salesgirl more damaging to the
/ latter's sentiments. character and pros
poets. !, in my turn, secured little
repose during this recital, and dreamed
that was behind counter selling the
mangled corpsos of foorwalkers to
ladies whose change was never right
On the following day we went over to
Fennessy's store. ] had decided Just
what to do, and had prepared many
biting sarcasms, any one of which
should have been enough to drive SEN
sitive man out of business. Just
young fellow, and when he turned his
back / saw that his name was Nc
Dougall. / asked him in a stern, I'M
yielding tone to direct me to the Office
l said that my business was too serious
to intrust to fioorwalkers. That. L
thought, would make him feel dis
agreeable. But he only said: Ser
tainly, sir, quite right. Office up two
flights. Take the elevator. We have
two very nice elevators and should be
happy to have you take them both.
Right this way, sir"
We assembled to the office Oh the third
floor, and at the door we were met by
very courteous old gentleman, who
asked what we required.
81 have come" said J, "to make a
complaint"
Yes, sir; certainly" he replied 81
wish l could accommodate you, but 1
am not the superintendent. He is on
the first floor. If there is anything 1
can do, why"
l intimated to him that I had come to
kick the head off somebody, and he re-
piled that he was sorry that he was not
the proper person. 1t would be much
more satisfactory to me, he was sure, to
kick Mr.. Jackson's head off. Mr. Jack
son was the superintendent, and he al
ways aimed to please. Should he show
us to the elevator? He would be only
too happy to do SO.
''Maude,' I said, as we went down.
''how did you manage to get yourself
in this place."
She did not reply, for she was looking
at a hole in bundle which another
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-07

SEEKING REDRESS.
Fielding Goes to Big Dry Goods
Store to Make q Kick.
While He Is Getting Back S3.o2 Change
Due Maude, She Spent That Sum and
All the Rest of the Money He
Had With Him.
COPYRIGHT. 1879

In every one of us there survives q
trace of the old chivalric feeling, an in,
heritance from the days when hard.
hitting heavyweights of the table
round went forth to redress fair ladies'
wrongs upon second-rate caitiffs in the
one hundred and eighteen-pound class.
This knightly sentiment has come down
70 me from some nickel-plated medieval
ancestor; and when Maude told me how
she had been defrauded of three dollars
and two cents in New York dry goods
store, through the Vaccinations of a
walking churl, 1 Immediately
asked how big he was
''He is little monkey" said Maude,
"and he wears patent leather shoes in
the daytime"
men like that said I, ''are my
natural food. We will go over there
Tomorrow forenoon, and we will have
that foorwaller fried a la Maryland
FOR lunch
The details of this gross outrage. as
obtained them from Maude, were as
followS-at least, they were sometimes
that way and sometimes different. as
would happen in the case of any woman
telling a story three or four hundred
times, so that her husband would be
kept awake till half-past three O'Clock,
in the morning; but, on the average,
and stripped of those aggravating cir
cumstances which did not appear in the
early editions, they ran thus:
Maude bought two pairs of silk stock
1ngs which looked very cheap at ninety
nine cents pair when at some other
store they charged a dollar for the very
same thing, but in reality the stockings
are practically worthless, being No. SIS
IN length, because she made the girl
measure them, and told her then that
she strongly suspected that all was not
well with those hose; and when she got
them home and tried them on. sure
enough, it was just as she thought, for
they were plenty long enough, but SO
small around the instep that you could
Mt get them onto d lead pencil, and she
1T was shame that people
should be allowed to sell such goods.
Why, only the other day
''Maude," said /. '.will YOU kindly
bite off that introduction and tell me
now they got your money!"
1t appeared that she had agreed to
take the stockings, and the salesgirl
had prepared to give them to the cash
girl when Maude had discovered another
pair Of stockings at the same price. but
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but 1t evidently came down Maudes
way, for the boss floorwa1ker returned
and told her to come in next day for
her money.
This story aroused in me all my fero-
cious instincts. Il wish I'd come into
that store when they were teasing you,
Maudie," said I. you'd have seen the
cutters of Sixth avenue run red with
the blood of fOorwalkers.
Then told her the story of how 1
thrashed Jim Ferguson. a Boston tough,
who dared to insult lady in my pres
ence. 1t makes a really thrilling mar
rative-as tell it-and it always sur
prises my friends; but not so much as it
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just the other WAY.

AJonis Theirs one thing couldn't
stand. and that's ! wife who xould be
eternally putting her hair in eur! pa
pers.
Matronly Friend-Have 10 fears, Mr.
Adonis. Girls don't 50 - any Suea
trouble after they ere raarriesl---De
Noines Argouaus
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-07
FIGHTING OFF CHOLERA.
Science and sta,esmanship Must Go Hand
ID Hand for This Purpose.

I'D iIIn iof A MS 4 ulpoet
If only cholera can be kept fairly in
check during the worlds fair year, 1898.
1t will be great victory for science and
craftsmanship. Science is concerning
itself with effective methods Of isola,-
ing the disease, with quarantine de-
tails, with public and private santa
ton, apd-not least-with experimental
;noculation as a preventive, says the
Review of Reviews.
The measures of craftsmanship tha.
are under consideration il this country
for protection against the cholera are
the establishment of full national con-
troll Of quarantine regulations, the cs-
Enlistment Of an elaborate national
health bureau and the temporary sus-
pension Of immigration. The control of
quarantine should uDquestionabIy be
assumed as a direct function of the fed
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lady was carrying and trying to guess
what was inside of it. BY her express
sion judged that she thought the lady
discourteous because she hadn't made a
larger rent in the paper. We reached
the lower floor and struggled for a few
minutes with the crowd of women who
with faces wearing the calm but firm
expression of a siX-inch rifed cannon,
were walking over one another to their
respective destinations. This was the
sort of spectacle | needed. An iron
hardness came TO my soul. Mrs, Jack
son, thought I, is no better than a
widow at this moment. ! accosteG 4
foorwall1er.
Where is that man, Jackson?" said 1,
coldly. II want his ear for a moment"
Yes, sir; certainly" said he. WAIT
right here moment Lizzie" he
he continued, addressing one Of the
cash girls, tell Mr.. jackson that there's
gentleman in the dress goods depart
ment who wants one of his ears"
Mr.. Jackson appeared with prompt
ness that amazed me. / had been led
TO believe by Maude's story that it took
hours TO get glimpse of anybody AZ
Fennessy's.
''Sir." said I. fixing my better eve on
Mr. Jackson. my wife had a most
painful experience here Yesterday. ana
somebody must suffer for IL
'-leS, sir: certainly" said he, some
body must suffer FOR IT, will see that
somebody suffers for IT. Can do any
thing more for youF7
She was defrau6ed Of three dollars
and two cents" ! continued, by q.
Young woman who sells stockings.
aidai ana ahsttaa he 8 rsan vri,s
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state. The average husband couldn't
q ppreciate them.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13
CHERRY GROVE.

Nature now presents a picturesque
scene, the green wheat fields and grassy
medows and the hill tops decora-
ted with the peach and apple blooms
which fill the air with sweet fragrance,
inspires new life in us and makes us
feel that there is a higher power than
man who augbt to be reverenced for
the grand and glorious pleasure which
we enjoy. 1t is his omnipotent power
that babe hoary winter to depart and
says to us, his creatures, welcome the
beautiful and lovely spring with all
her verdure and her flowers and her
sweet spring birds that fill the air with
their warbling notes of praise to Him
who says not one sparrow shall fall
without his notice. Those very song
STEERS should cheer up the respondent
and encourage us IN to higher aims in
life.
Who is it that can look into the face
OF nature when she is spreading down
her soft and velvet carpet of green, and
clothing her forests in beautiful foliage
and fragrant blooms, and remain in a
respondent state or can say there is no
Omnipotent Being who sways the
sceptre over the planatorial system of
worldsY
There's beauty in this world of ours,
Lingering in every theme;
There's beauty in the mighty falls,
And in the murmuring stream.
l learned to look in childhood,
On natures beauties bright,
And now old age is creeping on,
l see that did right.
There's beauty in the forest leaves.
Famed by the summer air;
There's beauty in the Wild Rose,
And fragrant are its blossoms fair.
Ahrougn al lie SScenes II we but look,
Upon the sunny side.
And ever plead that happiness,
May in u hearts abide.
Mrs. John Cochran is very sick at
this writing.
j. q. Cantrell who has been visiting
his sick son in law, H. N. Hartman, at
this place, left for his home at Tenn
pie Ca, April 1.
j. S. Howard and daughter Miss
Virgie, were visiting Ham Howard
at Limestone the second inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Good, and Mr..
and Mrs. s. l.. Ferguson, VIM. Lewis
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13

WHILE there is an earnest, honest
desire on the part of thousands of
our people that wholesome immi-
grafton may be directed to this
State, all persons are forced to ad-
init that our law makers seem deter
mined to not only prevent such a
thing, but act as if it was their de-
sire to drive out of our State all
men of moderate means by a sys-
tenn of taxation that is idiotic. It
is not only proposed to tax chur,
ches and church property but even
our schools are to be bled in order
that Doodle may accrue for the en-
hancement of the few into whose
hands State funds fall. Abolish the
Legislature, and sell the State house
rather than allow it to be used as a
roosting place for such birds of evil
as are gathered there periodically.
Give Tennessee o chance and she
will come to the front in a short
time.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13

a sick bed I would read the finest liter
airy and theological works to HIM and
enable him to pass away the hours
amid the chatting of his restless nature.
At the close of the war, as per
agreement, we were to go north to.
gether. When leaving, we missed con-
nection and he remained at home. At
ter spending ten years, during which
time | was in correspondence with him,
l returned home, when he soon wentto
California, where he lived and died. It
is one of the most interesting acts of my
lite to offer this humble tribute to the
memory of such a worthy specimen OF
East Tennessee manhood.
w. r, MURPHY.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13

sually severe on johnson, and said that
when Andy was in the Legislature he
was 30 stingy that he lived with the
butcher and skinned for his board
On election day Andy was at the Fall
Branch precinct, and put in some good
personal work for himself. Ed Harris,
then a candidate for the Legislature,
was also there, and said that a
wood chopper from Embreville on his
way to Sullivan County came along.
johnson asked him if he could reach
Sullivan County in time to vote. The
fellow said that he did not know; if he
had a new pair OF shoes he thought he
could. Andy pulled out two silver dol
lars, and handing them to the fellow
said, "Now, dam you, go!" And the
fellow went running.
Haynes spent the election day down
at Mauk's district, and staid all night
with Esq. j. F. Broyles, now of this
place, but then living where ]. E. Des.
kins now lives. Next morning he came
by McKee's School House, and enquir.
ed of the teacher, Jas. G. B. Patton,
for the news. Patton told him all he
had heard and Haynes at once oonced.
ed Andy's election, and turning to the
right, went up Cherokee to his home
out from John ON City, where Sewer
and Upton had foughttheir battle over
the little State of Franklin il the long
ago, and did not venture into Jones
boro for about a month. J. Z. M.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13

The secondary school at Leesburg
closed last Wednesday with an enter
tainment. Everything went off very
nicely and we think the crowd was
very well entertained.
A number of young folks had a very
enjoyable time at Thos. Fetter's last
Wednesday night.
A Sabbath school was organized ut
Leesburg on the first Sunday. Let
everybody come and make the Sabbath
school as interesting this summe as it
was last.
w. NJ. Diehl, j. d. Rice and N. s..
Bacon started for Iowa last Monday.
Mrs. E. s. Morrell was visiting rela.
tives in this section last Saturday and
Sunday.
Rev. S. d. Bowman preached an in
teresting sermon at New Hope last
Saturday night.
The patrons of this vicinity met and
fenced in the Fair View school house
last Saturday.
j. B. Long and ]. Fl. Smith will
start for Lexington, KY, next Friday.
Funeral of Catharine Allen will be
preached at New Hope on the second
Sunday in June.
There will be preaching at Maple
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13

The REVIEW OF Reviews, that most
valuable adjunct to an editors libra
ny, has placed upon our table an in
dex to volume 6, from August, 1892,
to January, 1898, inclusive. A pc
rusal of this index gives an idea of
the scope and value Of the publliica-
ton that is not easily obtained from
any other source. The magazine is
the sole and worthy occupant of a
field rich in all that goes to aid the
busy man of affairs in keeping up
with current happenings, and to the
student of passing history it is sim
ply indispensable. The person who
has a file of The Review of Reviews
possesses a library not surpassed
and scarcely equalled.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13
NOTES FROM T E HILL.

One of the students in the ninth
grade had on a stand up collar and
white shirt Monday morning. What
is going to happen l wonderl
Some of the students will be very
sorry when school closes, and some
will not care as the weather is getting
80 warm.
Several members of the 7th, 9Th and
9th, grades have entered the essay
medal contest for commencement.
The young men OF the graduating
class have chosen Eugene Shipley to
deliver their society diplomas.
Most of the classes are beginning to
review. This is the very important
part of the years work.
One of the young men made a'start''
the other night from the wedding. He
says it is his first trip. Look out girls.
Miss Minnie May says she is going
to be all smiles from now until com.
mencement. You can guess why.
We are expecting the best com.
mencement this year we have ever had.
Let every one attend.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13

some time in March we published
a communication from a reputable
citizen of Boon Creek, in which the
schools and teachers of that district
were well spoken of. But it seems
that one of the teachers mentioned
took exceptions to what was said in
regard to him and his school. He
called on the editor of this paper
and made complaint, and asked if he
could reply to the reference made to
him and his school and what it would
cost. He was told it would not cost
him anything, and he was asked to
make a statement. In o short time
a letter was received and published
in answer to the remarks complained
OF, and we supposed that was the
end OF the matter. A few days ago
we received another communication
from a perfectly reliable party re-
hashing the affair, which we do not
think right to publish, as it will only
serve to magnify what was at first a
very trivial thing, as there was moth
ing in the first publication that was
in any sense injurious to any one.
1t is our intention to be fair to all,
and nothing that can harm any will
be admitted to these columns, if we
know il.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13
Death Of q Distinguished Feast Ten.
nesSeean.

The wires announced the sad news
to surrounding relatives and friends a
few mornings ago, of the death of Rev.
Jonathan l.. Mann, of California. He
was formerly a resident of East len
nessee and a pastor of Knoxville. He
was my worthy chaplain during the
war, having held that position in the
Ninth Tennessee cavalry of the Union
army. His memory deserves more
than a passing notice. l was very
intimate with him and always enjoyed
his confidence and esteem. Hence l
am in a position to say something
about him that but few, if any others
IA say.
In his magnificent parsonage he was
a striking figure, being tall in body
with long silken hair and keen, pene-
trating eye. His tent and bunk were
the very best specimens of cleanliness
and neatness. He dressed in the very
finest officers cloth uniform and his
person was as clean as il he had
emerged from the costliest toilet room.
AS a preacher, he was eloquent, posi-
tive and direct in every utterance. He
hated sin with an intense passion. He
despised every form of hypocrisy. He
loved truth, righteousness and Justice
with all the ardor of a devoted Chris
tian. He loved his Government, his
country and his blessed flag as dearly
as he loved his W precious life. When
he took a stand for the right as he
understood it, all the powers of earth
could not have moved him. He be-
lieved in the preservation and per-
petuation of the union of the States,
and for this, he would have yielded his
life blood at any hour. He would not
entertain any compromise with wrong
for a moment. He believed that the
rebellion should be put down at any
and every cost, and he worked toward
this end with all the energy of his
nature till the deed was fully accom-
plished. He was a warm friend, but a
dangerous foe. His d~enunciation of
what he considered was wrong, was al
ways scathing and whitening. His
greatestfault, if fault he ever possessed,
was going somewhat to the extreme.
But if he ever erred at all, it was on
the side Of right. He was one of the
grand products of the mountains of
North Carolina and East Tennessee,
and it is to be regretted that his re-
mains a not sleep amid the silent
grandeur of her majestic mountains
and peaceful vallies. When sick in
camp he would secure quarters at some
elegant mansion ear by where he
could receive attention, and. unsolici-
ted, and would make a requisition on
Col. Parsons that my official duties
might be discharged by another officer
and be detailed to stay with him.
l would write out his sermons and his
literary productions, at his dictation;
when physically he was Frustrated on
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13
THE THREE CTS.
The Probable Early Completion OF the
Road.

The Probable Early Completion OF the
Road.
PHILADELPHIA, April Tt was today
learned that there is a strong proba-
bllity of the early completion of the
Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago rail
road.
A syndicate has been formed for that
purpose and a definite offer has been
made to the present owners of the
company's securities, chief among
whom are the Finance Company of
Pennsylvania, and the Investment
Company Of Philadelphia. The offer
made to the Finance Company was ac-
cepted today at a meeting of the board
of directors, and will be acted upon by
the board of directors of the Invest
ment Company within a few days. The
terms of the proposition have not yet
been made public, but they are said to
be very favorable to the security hold
ers.
The scheme is understood to include
the formation of a new company to
complete the road, the capital for this
purpose to be furnished by the syndi-
cate. The securities of the Three C's
will be surrendered by the present own
ers, who will receive in turn securities
of the new corporation. Certain guar
sntees will, it is stated, be given to the
Investment and Finance Companies,
and they will be amply secured from
all possibility of loss other than has
already been incurred.
The immediate effect of the change
of securities will be the transformation
of what have always been unavailable
and almost valueless assets into an in
vestment which at least promises fu-
ture returns.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13
and Charles Holmes gave us a pleas
ant call the end inst.

and Charles Holmes gave us a pleas
ant call the End inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Stafford were
visiting the later's grandmother Leah
at Buffalo Ridge the 1st and end inst.
W. G. Hale gave us a call the other
day, his arm is improving from its
paralized state.
Mrs. Ellen Jinkens, of Buffalo
Ridge, was visiting H. N. Hartman
who is very low, the 4th inst.
Landon Hale, father of James E.
Hale Esq, is very low and is not expec-
ted to live.
Ell Chase, of Cedar Lane, Greene
County, paid us a pleasant visit last
Wednesday
Miss Virgie Howard, one of our char
ming girls, gave us call the 9Th inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson who have been
visiting their daughter, Mrs. W. s. Cole,
have returned to their home in John.
son City.
James E. Hale, ESQ.,, planted corn
the 9th inst. He is first to begin in this
section.
Nc Wagner was around to see us in
this part of the moral VINEYARD the
past week. He is tax assessor for this
district. Nc is a splendid good fellow,
and we enjoy his social ~loquacity.
They say that Thad Shipley, since
his return from Unaka View, wear a
smile that far outshines the tint of
the beautiful Wild Rose, he is often
heard singing;
Come in beautiful dreams, love,
Oh come to me oft,
When the light wings of sleep,
On my bosom lie soft"
Mrs. John Hartman AID little Julia
were visiting in this section the past
week, the gusts of your scribe.
Died, at the residence of j. C. Hart
man, the 18th inst, of consumption, II.
N. Hartman aged 30 years. He leaves
a wife and n little boy, and many
friends to mourn the loss of a friend.
But their loss is his eternal gain. He
left all evidence that he was at peace
with his God and mankind. His re-
mains were inferred at Pleasant Grove
cemetery the 9th inst. KEN.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13

From the action of the majority in
the State Senate on the bill to pre-
vent the purchase and sale of regis
tration certificates, it seems that the
dominant party have faith in the re-
mark of Senator Bullock when he
declared that Sin some counties in
West Tennessee the purchase of reg
istration certificates was an absolute
political necessity"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13

The Nashville Banner has quit
boarding and has gone to housekeep-
ing again. It's new spring dress is
a handsome one, and the paper is
truly a thing of beauty, and we trust
it may be a joy forever.