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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19

The United States furnished, in 1890,
20 per cent. or nearly one third of the
total amount of gold produced by the
world. Its leading competitors are
Australia and Russia, the former in
the same year producing about $50, OOO..
600 and the latter producing about'S2l,-
600. 900.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19

In 1880 Colorado was the leading sill
yer State, the output of the Colorado
mines in that year being $24,O00 900;
Montana was second, with the produc-
ton of 800, 000. 900, while the mines of
Nevada had almost ceased to yield, the
total output of that State being but
S. 700, 900. r-u i.dl f-sli r.s
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19

The United States produced almost
one third of the total product of coal
mined in the whole world during the
year 1891. The total amount produced
by all the coal mining nations was
over half a billion short tons.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19

Col. lngersoll seems to have enjoyed
his first visit to New Orleans, and, of
course, was much interviewed. He said
to a reporter who asked his opinion of
the effects of emancipation on the me-
gro: The problem of slavery is to do
the least work in the poorest way in
the longest space of time; while the
problem of the free man, working for
wife and children, is to do the most
work in the best way in the shortest
space of time" The Colonel added
that the South is progressing rapidly
and has a great future.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19
All Recommend II.

Ask your physician, your druggist
and your friends about Shiloh's CuIe
for consumption. They will recon-
mend it. Sold by Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19

When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gavethem Castoria.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19
The Ills of Women.

Constipation causes more than half
the ills of women. Karl's Clover Root
Tea is a pleasant cure for constipation.
Sold by Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19

q. Hoods Pills become the favorite ca
thartic with every one who try them.
% cents per box.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19

In time of war France puts 270 out of
every 1000 of her population in the
field; Germany, $40; Russia, 2lO.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19
Heart Disease 3OYrs!
Short Breath, Palpitation.

Mr.. G. W. McKinsey, postmaster Of
Kokomo, Ind, and brave ex-soldier,
says: 81 had been severely troubled
with heart disease ever since leaving
the army at the close of the late war.
l was troubled with palpitation and
shortness Of breath. l could not
sleep on my left side, and had pain
around my heart. l became so i'll
that l was much alarmed, and for
tunately my attention was called to
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19

DR.. Pierce's Pellets cure permanently
constipation, indigestion and head
aches. All dealers.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19

Thousands of cases OF consumption,
asthma, coughs, colds and Group are
cured every day by Shiloh's Cure. Sold
by Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19

Eyes, SIR" said the Georgia land
agent to the Northern prospector, you
kin pillow up a peck of the bullets here
every week"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19

You bet they are. Don't buy 'em
an plant 'em myself? An right whar
you're a standing is a bumbshell that l
traded a cow for, an it's gittin' jest as
rusty as if it was throwed there by the
war"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19
DR.. Miles Heart Cure

1 decided to try it. The first bottle
made a decided improvement in my
condition, and five bottles have com
pletely cured me-"
G. W. MoKINsEY, P. NJ, Kokomo, Ind
Dr.. Miles Heart Cure Is sold on q positive
guarantee that the first bottle will benefit.
All druggists sell 1t at 81, 6 bottles for IS. or
&c will be sent prepaid. on receipt OF price
by the DR.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart. Ind.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
GRASS ON A HOG.
Here is Piece of News That Will Interest
Our Agricultural Readers.

For the Insignificant sum of 10 cents
the curiously inclined might have had
the privilege of seeing during any day OF
last month in a little museum way down
in the French quarter no less curio
than hog sporting complete and bona
fide crop of grass all over his body "in
de place whar de hair ought to grow. y
writes New Orleans correspondent OF
the Philadelphia Times with an air OF
perfect seriousness.
This sounds like the most preposterous
thing on record, and SO your correspon-
dent conceived it to be until he came tc
the point of sacrificing a dime on the
altar of his incredulity, aud beheld with
his own eyes the wonder. The animal
appeared to be well-grown 9 or 1(
months shoat OF the Essex breed, with
the usual broad back, chubby neck and
short legs, but from the tip of his nose
to the end of his tail he was bristline
with as perfect fresh green grass as the
finest lawn mixture is warranted to pro-
duce.
The exhibitor from time to time clipped
stray bit of grass from the hogs abun-
dant crop and passed it around for in
spection. am willing to testify on oath
that was the genuine article and no mis-
take, and the more gazed the more the
wonder grew that one short hog should
wear SO strange a hue, till finally my
curiosity got the better of my purse
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

strings and I Clipped in with some other
fellows and got the man to let us ON to
the fake
Easy enough explained, "said the exhi-
hitor, as he began to spray the animated
grass plot with small rubber bulb
which he held constantly in his hand.
"Just step behind here and take close
look at the hog. Mind how you .handle
him, though, or you may break him all
up. Seems to be pretty good thickness
of earth tw'iXt him and the grass, don't
there. Ye-. Well, that's just it. Grass
grows in dirt and nowhere else, so all
you've got to do is to get enough of it to
stickto hog and hel'l make you about
as good lawn as you'd find anywhere
almost.
That's straight so far ms it goes, but,
of course, there is good deal more to it
before you can work up such an article
as this here. In this first place you have
got to get the right kind of hog. gem
orally use Berkshire or an Essex, be-
cause they are good and broad and you
can feed 'eni up to be pretty lazy. This
is necessary, of course, as frisky hog is
not liable to hold mud or water either
for long time. The next step is to get
the right kind of soil.
snow l always use dirt collected from
ant hills, but this is an old dodge bor-
rowed from the East Indian jugglers. who
can make mango sprout and grow six
| or seven feet in as many minutes. Scien-
lists say that it is the formic acid in
earth which causes seed to burst and the
germ to develop when placed therein,
and this acid is freely generated by the
ant. Pour cupfufof hot water over u
handful of the insects and it will become
as sour as vinegar. Well' that's the scien-
tifc part of the business, and Ipdon't pre-
tend to know much about it, but do
know that I obtain the best.results from
ant hill dirt. and that's all want.
"Of course it is easy enough to get a
layer of soil about an inch thick scaked
up on hog, and little training wifi
teach him to keep it there all right. I
put ring in this fellows nose aid. 3tis
him up short so that he can skirmish
around, and that's about'all. l plantsmy
seed, which spreut and come up IN about
weeks time, for 1 haven't quite gotten
up to the jugglers' minute performances
yet. So there's your hog as big as life
and as green rs grass.
81 have several hogs, which 1 ure at
different times, as it would not DO to
keep one with his pores stopped up to
long. Sometimes, too vary the monosony
by planting small, low-growing fiewers
instead of grass, ard once riggsa up a
vagary with strig of smilax for the
tail, little coleus plants making Stars
and Stripes on either side, and razor
back of pansies running between. But
that did not go very we'll. The fksze was
too obvious, and lost trade by it. Since
then I have confined myself almost en-
tirely to grass, it seems to go, somehow
perhaps owing to the. general greenness of
the public"
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

parently Standing toward the north point
OIL 'the roadstead, I headed ner lof the
south point, giving her full steam. 20
ihaeH on the qui vive were the to"hspeopie
lhat we had scarcely moveo twenty safus
"hen SHOUT rent tie air, ana thefe was
confused inurmur of voices as II baoel hau
peeh let loose. AS we neafeu the hfeHch
steamer ofswar Acher on signals were inaue
10 the enemy by means OF blue lights from
one OF the 'Yankeee scboonefs IN port. Fer-
celvlng which, and knowing that the slgnais
were SO arranged as to designate our dlrec-
ton, after running few hunafeo yaros
further doubled and came back under
cover of the land, where stopped once or
twice to assure myself that the enemy was
continuing his course in the opposite dlrec-
tion liz obedience 10 his signals. when. as
soon as The engineer could do so-for he had
to cool his bearings, and this was truly an
anxious moment for mel gave hef al
steam and stood for the north end of the
island. As we approached IL the lates.
which before had seemed unpropltlous TO
us, bagan to smile. and IAN squali Wnlch
had come up quite unexpectedly began 10
envelope us in its friendly 1old, shutting IN
our dense clouds of black smoke, which
were really the worst tel!tales we had to
dread. The first half-hour's S run was very
anxious one for us, but as we began to lose
sight of the lights OF the town and TO draw
away Fl ON the land we knew that the enc
my had been caught in his own trap and
that we had successfully eluded him. had
warned the French authorities that their
Leutrility would lie disregarded and that
these signals would be made, but they took
nc steps that could learn to prevent it.
The comma nder Of tie 1roquois had been
guilty of shameful violation of good faith
toward the French neavl officer, TO whom
he made promise that he would respect the
neutrality Of the port by sending bis pilot
on shore and arranging these signals with
the Yankee shippers. Yankee faith and
Punic faith seems to be on par.
After this experience, learning from pa
pers found on board his prizes that several
United States war ships were seeking him,
and finding that he had driven the COM
lnerce of the United States from that part
of the seas.S emmes turned the sumter to-
ward Europe. 1t Was hazardous trip. For
days the Sumter struggled with head winds.
Here is IN entry.
"Wednesday, Dec. 25.-Cbristmas Day!
bringing With it away here in mid-ocean
all the kindly recolections OF the season
and home and church and friends. Alas.
how great the contrast between these things
ard our Irasents condition. A leaky ship.
filled with prisoners of war, striving to
make a port through the almost constantly
recurring gales of the north Atlantic, in
mid-winter."
1t was not till the Sd of January, 1862. that
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

the loan of an anchor, having but one, and
the Captain promised to supply me with
one, if there should 5e no objection on the
part of the law officer of the Crown.
Walked IRON the Captains little oasis,
soooped out, as it were, from the surface
of tie rock, with nice garden plot and
trees and shrubbery. &c., down into the
town. and called on Lieut-Gen. Sir Will
liam j. Codrington, X. G.. b.. the Governor.
an agreeable type of an English gentleman,
of about so to 55 years of age. The Gov
ernor rendered me .he facilities OF the
market. &C., and in the course OF his con-
versation said he should object to my max
ing Gibraltar station at which to lie at
anchor for the purpose of sallying out into
the straight and selling prey. told him
that this had been settled as contrary 10
law by his own distinguished Judge, sir
William Scott. sixty years ago, and that
he might rely upon my taking no step what
ever yiolatiye of the ne utrality of England
SO long as remained in her port"
The Sumter, under the British guns of
Gibraltar. underwent a complete overhaul
ing, But when she was supposed to be
ready fer sea duty it was discovered that
her boilers were little better than useless.
Under instructions from the Confederate
authorities in London. the further opera
tion OF the priyateer was abandoned, and
Semnles ard his followers took passage to
Great Britain TO get out the Alabama, then
nearing completion.
One of the last entries in the diary is this:
"a board of survey to-day condemned the
biolers, and so the poor old Sumter is to
he In i'll mn Well we have done the country
some service, having cost the United States
at least Sl,000.000 in one way or another
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

divldually well inclined, seeming fearfui o.
| committing themselves in some way
| With keen enjoyment Semmes writes OF
| the trick by which lie gave the nifed
States war vessel, the Ir6quois, the slip al
Martinique. lat 2.30 p. m.." the diary en-
| Try for Nov. i says: ''The steam sloop IL
| oquols of the enemy made her appearance
coming around the north end of the island
She had at first Danish colors flying, but
soon changed them for her own. She
steamed ahead of us very slowly. and, tax
| ing up position some half or three-fourths
OF nile from us stood off and on during
the afternoon and night. Visited i'll the
afternoon by the mayor of the city and some
gentlemen, who assured me- of the sympathy
of the citizens and of the colony gen orally
At l.50 IN was called by the officer OF
the deck and informed that the 1roquois
was standing in for us and approaching US
very close. Called all hands to quarters and
made all preparations to receive the enemy
| in case he should attempt to run US on
board. He sheered off. however, when he
came within 800 or 400 yards. He repeated
this operation several times during the mid
watch. imposing on us as often the neces-
sity of calling the men to quarters. Indeed
from about 2.30 they slept at their guns.
Great excitement pervades the entire city.
The market square, the quays, nd the win,
dows OF the houses are thronged by an
eagar and curious multitude, expecting
every moment to see a combat. The enemy
approached MS at one time within q ships
length
SemiDes protested against this action OF
ha Trnrnnia win LOT .,f III -
The French Governor warned the Iroaros
and required her commanders to choose be-
tween leaving harbor twenty-four hours he
TO the Sumter and remaining twenty four
hours rthe Sumter bad gone. The rom
mander chose to so first and stood out to
sea. stopping just beyond the neutral dis
tance and prepariung to attack as soon as
the Sumter should appear. For ten days
the Sumter watched her OPP rortnnities .Inas-
ing repeated false starts. only to find the
Iroquois watching. Beautiful. clear morn
ing" Semmes wrote on Nov. %. with
every appearance of settled weather. Fine
starlit nights with clear settled days.
though worry pleasant to the lover Of nature
are not quite such weather as we require
for running blockade by ship which
keeps herself in plain sight of US. But We
must have patience and hide our time. To-
ward noon it began to cloud up. and wo
had some rain, and had strong hopes that
we should have a cloudy dark night. The
moon would not rise until ll.07. and if we
could he aided by a few clouds we shauld
have sufficient darkness, for he. it known
that in these tropical region climates,
where almost every star is moon, there is
no such thing as darkness when the irma
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

The Duke Of Bedford has imported g.
GOO frogs from AmeritR a to free his estate
from parasites.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-09-05
THE WATERMELON NET.
A Convenient Contrivancc for Carrying
 Home the Massive Fruit.

A Convenient Contrivancc for Carrying
 Home the Massive Fruit.
 The invention of the watermelon net was due primarily to a change in the shape of watermelons. Years ago the great majority of watermelons were much longer than they were thick. Then when a man carried home the watermelon which ne had bought the dealer took turn around one end of it with a stout cord, carried the cord along to the other end, and took an- other turn there, and the connecting length of cord between the loops served as handle, while the shape of the melon kept the loops from slipping of. But with the change of the melon to the shorter, chubbier shape now prevailing this plan was no longer pos sible, and so the net came in six or eight years ago.
 The watermelon nets, says the New York Sun, are made of a jute twine called melon twine. They are of one size. They are big enough for any melon, and with small melon in net it is easy to take up the slack. They are made altogether by hand, at odd times, by people accustomed to net making. They are sold at wholesale at two dollars a hundred. The melon dealer used to charge five cents for 6 net, but now most dealers glve the nets away.
 Notwithstanding their bulk many melons are carried home by the pur- chaser. The suburban resident may spot particularly fine melon and take it right along with him in net; a man living in the city may do the same thing. Whatever the circumstances under which a man wants to take a melon with him the net is great con- venience; it beats carrying the water melon under the arm out of sight.
 But while many melons are thus car ried in the course of the season, still the great majority of watermelons are sent home just like other things, and so after all the sale of watermelon nets amounts to only few thousands an- nually.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-09-05
SILK FROM WOOD PULP.
A New Industry to Ee Started In Thi
 

 A New Industry to Be Started In This
 Country.
 Reference has already been made to the method of making silk from wood pulp, the discovery of Dr. Lehner, of Switzerland. Companies have been re- gently formed in England and Mont real and factories will be erected to manufacture the silk, says the New York World.
 In the process of manufacturing the new fabric the principal ingredients used are spruce wood pulp, cotton or jute waste, etc., combined with large quantity of alcohol. The use of the substantial or solid materials men, toned creates market for what was hitherto of no use whatever, being burned in factory furnaces to get it out of the way.
 Spruce sawdust now has a market value, for this, as well as the other ma- terials, are digested by chemical proc ess, in which alcohol plays an impor- tant part. The material thus digested is so much like the cocoon spun by the silkworm that when the two are placed side by side in finished state it takes an expert to determine which is which.
 The artificial material at one state is liquid, and of a density about equal to the ordinary sirup of commerce. When in this state machine of Dr. Lehner's invention, which may be called an artificial silkworm, comes into play. This machine, which is very sim pie in construction, requiring so little attention that it can be kept at work with about as much labor as is devoted to a twenty-four-hour clock, performs exactly the same mechanical work that a silkworm does. It draws from the liquid continuous, unbrolxen thread of even diameter and unlimited length. As this thread is spun, another portion of the machine takes it up and twists it into any desired thickness of yarn with perfect regularity.
 Thus the fabric can be made of any desired weight or thickness, so that it will be seasonable at all times.
 This artificial silk has been spun in Bradford, England. and worked up into large variety of fabrics. In the dye ing, weaving and finishing of these no special treatment has been found neces. sary. It has been dyed in all imagin- able shades and colors and, owing to the peculiar qualities of the material, it takes dye more readily and gives more brilliant effect than the natural article. In texture it is equal to the best of Chinese and Indian silks, being soft and silken to the touch. It is ex- pected that it will be used largely in com bination with natural silk and cotton for producing brocaded effects. These latter have been so expensive lately as to be out of reach of all but the fattest purses. The invention will greatly reduce the cost.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-09-05
Terrible Torture in Morocco.

A charge has been laid at Mulai Omar's door-that of having ordered the music of the drums and flies to cease on the occasion of the announce ment of Mulai Abdul Aziz's succession to the throne. On the players refus- ing, his highness sent slave, who en- forced silence by splitting up the drums with e dagger. For this act of treason he was afterwards punished by having the flesh of his hand sliced, the wound filled with salt, and the whole hand sewn up in leather. It is a common belief that this punishment causes mortifca- ton to set in and that the hand decom- poses; but such is not the case, for by the time the leather wears off the wound is healed, the result being that the hand is rendered useless and re- mains closed forever. It is a punish ment not often in use, but is sometimes done in cases of murder or constant theft, as, without in any way injurlng the health of the man, it prevents his committing the crime a second time, or for the hundredth time, as the case may be. It is punishment that cannot be applied except by the sultan's orders.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-09-05
FORTUNES EASILY MADE.
Some Men Acquire Riches Without Any
 Serious Struggle.

Some Men Acquire Riches Without Any
 Serious Struggle.
 The three principal matters which have all to do with the increase of wealth in society as at present consti- tuted are the natural bounties upon which man constantly exercises his fac ulties, and everything which enables him to use them to better advantage; the means of transporting the products of his labor to all parts of the earth with ease and cheapness, and the me- dium which facilitates exchange of commodities between men - money. The study of these three principal sources of wealth to community will reveal two facts-that the people have been as indifferent to them as the money-makers have been attentive; and that while the indifference of the one accounts for their ever-diminishing wages, the attention of the other ac- counts for their immense fortunes.
 It is from the natural bounties that all the wealth of any community springs, writes Edward McGlynn, D. D., in Donahoe's Magazine. The land and it's resources, the forest and it's riches, the rivers, seas and oceans with their teeming life are the first and only sources of real wealth, and upon them depend the artificial values which so- ciety gives to the beginning of all so- cial wealth. He is the unit of value. It is his exertioh which creates all val ues, and the object of his eXertions is the support of his own life, the accom- plishment of his own destiny, here and hereafter, as his Creator ordained. The natural bounties must always, there fore, be open to him in every society, no matter how complex its organiza- tion. The necessity implies right the right of getting at the natural bounties with ease and without serious hindrance; the right of using these bounties without tax to any power save society, directly or-to its agents. Now, at this point we get our first glimpse of the manner in which enormous fortunes are made.
 We take possession of these natural bounties, to monopolize them under cover of law and custom, and to make all men who would use them pay be- forehand for the privilege, have been the aim of the moneY-mal1ers since time began; by getting hold of the natural bounties, which really belong to the community, and should never leave its jurisdiction except in the most prudent fashion, and then only to revert reg ularly to the same community, the builders of great fortunes have been able to enrich themselves at pleasure without any labor worthy of the inn mense prizes they win.