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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
LITERARY NOTES.

The October number of the Delinea-
tor is called the Autumn Number, and
contains choice and varied selection
of timely articles. 1t gives an authori-
tative exposition of Autumn Styles, il
lustrating variety of novel, artistic
and beautiful garments. Especially
complete and valuable is its discussion
of Mourning, Mrs. Roger A. Pryor's
paper on Etiquette of Gref's outward
showing being supplemented by an in
structve article giving patterns and de-
signs for Mourning Attire. Every
mother with the responsibilities of
household should study what is said
about Fitting Out Family, the sea-
sons costume needs of herself and her
little ones being fully treated. The
progress of Co education in Great Brit
ain is further explaind by Amy Rayson.
Bookbnding as an occupation for wo-
men is entertainingly described by
Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff. Lucia NJ.
Robbins describes new and amusing
form of Entertainment. The reopen
ing of the Schools is remembered in an
account of things suitable for the Chill
dren's Luncheon Basket, while A. B.
Longstreet contributes practical ex-
position of How to Carve. The return
of cooler weather makes timely the ad.
mirably illustrated article on Draper
les. The papers on the kindergarten
by Sara Miller Kirby, on Floral Work
for October by A. NJ. Stuart and the de-
sign for Burnt Work by Harriet Keith
Fobes fully sustain the interest felt in
these topics. Around the Tea Table
has its usual admirable variety, and
the Newest Books are sympathetically
reviewed. Further contributions are
given in Knitting, Netting, Tatting,
| pfc
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
Trains and BICYCLES COMPARED.

During the last twenty years the i'm.
provemcnts in railroads have been re-
markable, but they must be more re-
markable in the next twenty. When
we see crashing past US that enormous
weight of iron and wood called the
vestibule train we are prone to wonder
at the wide difference between the con-
struction of this train and that of a
bicycle. A twenty one and one half
pound safety" will carry one hun.
dred and fifty pound man at nearly
the same rate of speed as the train, but
for every one hundred and fifty pound
man the vestibule' train must carry a
dead weight of between three thousand
and four thousand pounds. Now, as
the bicycle is practical machine, the
train must be unnecessarily heavy; and
if there is such discrepancy in one
important point may not an equal dis
crepency exist in other important
points.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
EXPERIENCES OF PRISON LIFE.
Impressions Recorded by One Who
Ought to Know.

The most important epochs in the
life of convict are the time of his ar.
rival and the moment of his departure
from prison, writes "Debsy," in the
Saltwater Prison Mirror. Of the first
can speak intelligently, of the latter
from fancy only. When the iron door
of his six by four cell is shut and lock-
ed upon him and he is left free to ex-
plore his new home, the first sensation
is one of relief. Now it is all over. He
has found the end. He can fall no
lower, and, as | say, there is certain
feeling of relief in that very thought.
Strange as it may seem, his mind is,
to certain extent, at rest. The long
strain of the trial, the tedious days and
weeks of uncertainty and waiting are
ended, and he knows and can look for
ward to a definite life. He knows, too,
that here he will be carefully watched
and guarded, that mo THE yes break
in and steal, ""that no moss Will grow
under his footsteps" and that he will
be expected to stir" about and make
himself useful at whatever industry he
may be employed. There are no drones
in this hive; and if he does not do his
"bit" at hard labor it will not be his
fault. The first few days in his new
environment are apt to pass quickly
enough providing he be novice for
everything is so weird and strange in
his new life, and the sound of signals
are SO foreign to his other life that he
has no time nor breath to spare in idle
regrets and murmurs.
But then comes the reaction; he has
settled down to his mutton, and now
comes the strain. The deadly monot-
ony and sameness of it all, day in and
day out, drag and wear on the mind
and body, and then, if the system be
not in the finest physical condition,
the defect shows itself, and, hastened
by the rigid diet, the doctor will now
enter his life. Passing this stage sue.
cessfully, the days and weeks glide by,
and the months literally turn to years,
and soon he is beginning to count on
his fingers the months to his discharge.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
A Valuable Dime.

Whoever has dime of 1894, coined
by the San Francisco mint, has coin
for which So has already been offered,
and when all the facts are known re.
garding its scarcity it is not unlikely
that it will command a much higher
premium.
Inquiry at the mint, says the Call of
that city, elected the information that
during the fiscal year of 1894 only
twenty four dimes were coined at the
San Fransco mint. How this came
about was told by Chief Clerk Robert
Barnett:
"All undercurrent subsidiary coins
viz, those containing other than the
design now being used when received
at the subtreasury, are not again al
lowed to go into circulation, but are
sent to the mint to be recoined with the
current design. In the course of the
year 1894 we received large sum OF
these coins, but having an ample stock
of lines on hand it was not intended
to coin any of that denomination in
1904. However, when nearly all of
this subsidiary coin bullion had been
utilized, we found on our hands a
quantity that would coin to advantage
only into dimes, and into dimes it was
coined, making just twenty four OF
them.
my attention was first drawn to the
matter particularly by the receipt of q
letter from collector somew here East
requesting a set of the COINS of 1894
In filling this order found there were
no dimes of that date on hand. Sub
sequently received quite number oi
similar letters and in each case was, oi
course, unable to furnish the dime.
"Plenty of dimes were coined that
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
His Little Mistake.

A young farmer who had great con-
ceit, little discretion and scarcely any
education presented himself at Pres,
byterian conference and said he wished
to be ordained as preacher. ~ ain t
had any great leaInin'," he said frank
ly, "but | reckon I'm called to preach.
I've had vision three nights runnin ';
that's why I'm here.n "What was
your vision?" inquired one of the ell
ders. WELL" said the young man, =,
II dremt | see big, round ring in the
sky, and in the middle of 1t was two
great letters-P. c. knew that meant
Presbyterian conference, and here
am" There was an uncomfortable
pause, which was broken by an elder
who knew the young man and was we'll
acquainted with the poverty of his
family and the neglected condition of
the farm in which his father had
taken such pride. II haven't any gift
at reading visions" said the old man,
gravely, "but | like to put it to my
friend whether he doesn't think it pos.
sble those two letters may have stood
for Plant corn," Fortunately this yer.
sion was accepted by the applicant.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
General Grant and the Circus Horse.

General Grant anu the Circus Horse.
The following is an extract from a
curious japanese Life of General
Grant," portions of which are printed
in The Century:
A year and half later circus
rider entered his village. Desiring to
see the show, Gurando Kuen, on his
father S arm, entered the place. Point
ing to the horse he insisted on riding
it himself His father consequently
asked the circus rider to let his boy ride.
Gurando Kuen, showing in his face
perfect satisfaction, rode on the neck
of the horse and appeared as if he was
persuading the horse to 60. One day
when he was older, he was playing
ball by his own house, and he acci-
dentally broke glass window of his
neighbor. Having regretted what he
had done, he made up his mind and
went into the neighbor's house and ex-
cused himself to the lord of the house,
saying " accidentally broke the win
dow of thy honorable house. | have
no words to excuse myself. The only
thing l can do is to my father tell, a
new glass window buy, this loss repay.
Please excuse" This house lord, hav-
ing been much pleased with this child q
unusual thoughtfulness, without any
condition excused his sin. Indeed Gu
rando Kuen's heavenly nature is like a
serpent which has its own nature when
it is but an inch long.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18


George Winchester, who followed on
their trail; another party, under the
command of Captain William Martin,
also followed them, and went to take
their trail by nearer route; he en-.
camped near the trail, not having
found 1t; the other party, on the same
night, came on the trail, and seeing
the camp Of Martin, fired upon it and
killed William Ridley, the son of
George Ridley, now of Davidson. In
the month of May of this year, 1887, a
few days before the embodying and
marching of troops to Coldwater, the
Indians came to Richland Greek, and
in the daytime killed Mark Robertson,
near the place where Robertson 3 mill
now stands, as he was returning home
from the residence of Col. Robertson,
his brother. In few days afterwards,
shortly after the beginning of June,
one hundred and thirty men assem- mbled
from the different settlements on Cum
berland River, at Col. Robertson 8,
under his command, who being assist.
ed by Col. Robert Hays and Col. James
Ford, marched for the Indian town,
Coldwater, with two Chickasaws to
lead them to the Creeks and Cherokees.
They crossed at the mouth of South
Harper; thence they went q direct
course to the mouth of Turnbull' 8 Creek
thence up the same to the head, and
thence to Lick Creek of Duck River;
thence down the creek seven or eight
miles, leaving the creek to the right
hand; thence to an old Lick as large as
a corn field; thence to Duck River,
where the old Chickasaw trace crossed
it; thence, leaving the trace to the
right hand, they went to the head of
Swan Creek, on the south side of Duck
River; thence to creek running into
the Tennessee River, which the troops
then called Blue Water; it run into the
Tennessee about mile and half
above the lower end of the Muscle
Shoals; they left this creek on the left
hand. When within ten miles of the
river, they heard the rearing of the
falls; one of the Indian guides, with
several of the most active soldiers,
ordered to 60 to the river, but returned
about midnight, saying, the river was
too distant for them to reach that night
and return. In the morning they pur
sued the same course they had done
the day before; at 10 O'Clock they
struck the river at the lower end of the
Muscle Shoals, where it is said the
road now crosses, and concealed them.
selves in the woods till night On the
north side of the river, on bluff, was
plain path leading down the river,
which seemed to be much travelled; on
south side of the river were cabins on
the bank; six or seven of the soldiers
went down privately to the bank, and
concealed themselves in the cane, to
observe whatever could be seen on the
opposite side. After some time they
saw on the south side some Indians
looking for the troops under Colonel
Robertson; they passed into an island
near the south side, where they took
an old canoe and came half way over
the river; they then stopped, and swan
and washed themselves, and returned
to the same place with the canoe, they
had taken it from, and tied it there,
CONTINUED next week.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
AN AMERICAN TRAIT.
Whatever Is Done Is With All the
Energy Possessed.

When E. S. Martin, in his Monuments
on "This Busy World" described with
accuracy that intensity of energy and
excess of zeal which overtrained the
Cornell crew and led to their inglori-
GUS defeat, he pointed, says Harper's
Weekly, to trait of American charac-
ter which must be estimated and un.
derstood by anyone who undertakes
to set forth the existing conditions of
American life aud development AS
Mr.. Martin truthfully says: 1T has
been said of politics in this country
that it is war. In the intensity of
business competition there seems to be
growing sentiment that business is
war" This merely means that the
American pushes evary principle to its
ultimate logical conclusion, but this is
one of the keynotes of American char
acter.
1t may be good trait or bad one,
but it is essentially andiexclusively an
American trait. 1t is probably the
outcome of those conditions of freedom
under which we struggle and conquer
or fall, but it exists in no other coun-
try. In this country alone has the
principle of business competition been
pushed to its utmost Then, when the
limit of competition has been reached,
a struggle equally fierce has developed
the principle of combination. and
pools, and trusts, and syndicates, and
traffic agreements have shifted the
scene and scale and scope of the con-
test
The principle extends alike to great
things and small ones. We play the
game for all there is in it. whether the
game be politics or poker, railroad
management or college athletics. 1t
may wear us out, but it does not let us
rust cut 1t may interfere with our
growth in sweetness and light, but it is
not trait of weaklings and decadents.
Above all it is evolution, the develop
ment of natural causes lying down
deep at the roots of our national life.
1t is a movement we have entered on,
to which we are fully committed, and
which we could not check if we would.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
81 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
FOR A GREAT DITCH.
Plan to Drain Water From a Great
Underground Lake.

Underground Lake.
Irrigation projects in California have
not been brought to complete stan d.
still by the recent legal difficulties
placed in their way, although such an
unfortunate result was predicted when
Judge Ross decision as to the uncon-
stitutionality of the Wright law was
first announced. A company of San
Jose capitalists is about to construct
canal system for supplying water to
the orchards of the Santa Cara Valley,
and also for use in the city of San Jose
1t has been known for many years that
some twelve. miles south of that CITY.
on the Polhemns tract, at an elevation
or 25O feet above tide level, there is
stored underground vast quantity
of water, which covers q space of 1000
acres, and is capable of supplying from
35,OOO,OOO to 5O,OOO,OOO gallons daily, or
enough to irrigate $4,000 acres of land.
The reservoir receives its supply mainly
but not entirely, from Coyote Creek, u
small proportion coming from the
drainage basin of the Laguna Seca. 1t
is proposed to tap this underground
reservoir and make its waters av ailable
for irrigation and other purposes. The
company owns 75O acres of land and
has obtained control of the neces.
sary watercourse. The capital needed
to complete the enterprise will not be
much less than $1OO0,OOO, and for this
amount the names of nearly a score of
prominent business men of that region
stand pledged. The company's propo.
sition is to furnish 10000 gallons per
acre for 81, the water to be delivered
at the point of the subscribers land
nearest the company 'spipe line at such
an elevation as will water all the land.
An actual outlay of cents per tree
per annum is all that is asked. The
difference between this and the water
ditch proposition usually made is that
no money is demanded until the water
has been put upon the land. The re-
quired number of acres has been signed
for. The engineers are now in the field,
and work has actually been begun
New York Post.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18

year at Philadelphia and New Orleans
mints, but there are many collectors
who accumulate the coinage of each
mint, as each has its distinguishing
mark. Those coined here bear letter
IS under the eagle. New Orleans used
the letter 90 and Carson City the letter
C., while Philadelphia coins are identi.
fled by the absence of the letter.
I'VE receive each year about fifty
requests from each coin collectors for
coins, mostly for those of silver"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
Lincoln as q Lover.

Abraham Lincoln's sentimental per-
plexities are to be shown in an article
of singular interest which John Gil
mer Speed has written from unpub-
lished letters of Lincoln to Joshua
Speed, for the next issue of The Ladies
Home Journal. The article will show
that the great President was not steady
in his affairs of the heart, that he aoun-
dered in his love, and finally induced
his friend Speed to marry him Lin
coln) whether marriage was failure
or not.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
Knights of the Maccabees,

The State Commander writes us from
Lincoln, Neb., as follows: AFTER try
ing other medicines for what seemed to
be very obstinate cough in our two
children we tried DR.. Kings New Dis
covery and at the end of two days the
cough entirely left them. We will not
be without it hereafter, as our expert
ence proves that it cures where other
remedies fail" F. w. Stevens, State
Com. Why uot give this great medi-
cine trial, as it is guaranteed and
trial bottles are free at f. f. Britton 8
drug store? Regular size soc and 81.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18

On tombstone in Landau Center,
N. H., is the following: Widow Su-
sanna Brownson was born August 81,
1899, and died June 10, 1902, aged 103
years." The remarkable part of this
record is that Mrs. Brownson lived in
the seventeenth, eighteenth and nine
teenth centuries.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
A Book for Young Men,

Edward Box, the editor of The La
dies Home Journal, has written book
for young men called "Successward:
A Young Mans Book for Young Men, "
which the Revells will publish in a
fortnight. The book aims to cover all
the important phases of a young man 8
life; his business life, social life, his
amusements, religious life, dress, his
attitude toward women and the ques
ton of his marriage. This is Mr.. Box g
first book.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18

Elsie-Yes, dear, my husband is a
doctor, and lovely fellow, but he is
awfully absent minded. Ada-Indeed.
Elsie-Only fancy. During the marri-
age ceremony, when he gave me the
ring, he felt my pulse and asked me to
put out my tongue. Ada-Well, he
won't do the latter again.-Tid Bits.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
A Horse Show Story.

Mrs. Burton Harrison has written a
new novelette,, dealing in the main
with the "fashionables" of New York
at the Horse Show, which the Ladies
Home Journal is about to begin. w.
T. Smedley has illustrated the story.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
Nerves on Edge,

l was nervous, tired, irritable and
cross. Karl's Glover Root Tea made
me well and happy. For sale by
Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
Are You Mada

miserable by indigestion, constipation,
dizziness, loss of appetite, yellow skin?
Shiloh's Vitalizer is a positive cure.
For sale by Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18

"Miss Octave is beautiful player" J."
"You mean she plays beautifully"
mo, that's exactly what don't
mean. Chicago Record.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
Consumption Can BE Cured

by the use of Shiloh's Cure. This
great cough cure is the only known
remedy for that terrible disease. For
sale by Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
The Best Cough Cure

is Shiloh's Cure. A neglected cough
is dangerous. Stop it at once with
Shiloh's Cure. For sale by Mathes &
Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
Cnntnin Sweeney. u. $. A..

San Diego, CAL, says "Shiloh's
Catarrh Cure is the first medicine 1
have ever found that would do me any
good. Price SOC. at Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18

Mrs. De Goode-What did the minis
ter preach against today9 Mr.. De
Goode (wearilyl-He preached against
tims.-Ex.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
Pills Do Not Cure,

Pills do not cure consumption. They
only aggravate. Karl's Glover Root
Tea gives perfect regularity of the
bowels. For sale by Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18

She (dreamilyl-Only fancy "a month
from today we shall be married. He
(absently yl-Well, let's be happy while
we ecau.-Illustrated Bits.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
4 BAhY's Life Saved.

my baby had Group and was saved
by Shiloh's Cure writes Mrs. j. b.
Martin, of Huntsville, Ala. For sale
by Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18

Nery everyone needs good tonic at
this season. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
one true tonic and blood purifier.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
A Great Germans Prescription.

Diseased blood, constipation and kid
ney, liver and bowel troubles are cured
by Karl's Clover Root Tea. For sale
by Mathes q Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18

"A warm bath with CUTICURA
SOAP, and a single application of
CUTlCURA, the great Skin Cure,
will afford instant relief, permit rest
and sleep, and point to a Sreedy,
Economical, and permanent cure Ct
the most distressing of itching, rrr-
ing, bleeding, ,Scaly, and cruSttd skin
and scalp diseases, after physicians,
hospitals, and all other methods fail.
CUTICURA Works WONDERS, and
its cures of torturing, disfguring,
humlllating humorS are the most
wonderful ever recorded.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Asxl.a Geld Nod Akilya.ig FsA4 sss Rra&hse
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18

CuTfcunA REMEDIES arc sold throughout th1
world. POTTER DRuG AAp CHIN CuKP., B..o
Proprietors, Boston, U. s. A.
"All about,hc Blood Skin, Scalp, and Hair" free.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18

OIMPLES, bnckheads, rcd and oily skin pre-
liIl vented and cured by CUTIcURA soar.
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NOlachucky Telephone 60.

The Telephone Central Office is in f. +.
Britton's Drug Store, Jonesboro, Tenn. Tie
following are Public Telephone Stations:
Johnson City, Locust Mt, Haws X Roads,
Fall Branch, Garber's Mills, Embreville,
Jonesboro.
Charges for Messages from 10 to % Cts,
according tn distance