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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
The Original Blowout.

You have often heard the expires
sion we had a great blowout last night
used in connection with a dance or
some sort of amusement" said a gen.
tleman yesterday. do you know the
origin of the word blowout No?
Well, I'll tell you of it. Away back in
the thirties the cotton mills of Lowell,
Mass, were furnished with operatives
from the families of the farmers living
about the town. The sons and daugh-
tiers of the sturdy farmers held positions
in the mills, and coming from such
good old stock there was a sort of social
spirit developed among the employees
which is not found in factories in these
days. From the factories of Lowell
some prominent people have come.
Helen Hunt Jackson was employed
there at one time.
THE hours were long, and in winter
time lamps had to be provided to give
light to the workers. 1t was before the
days of kerosene, or. as they used to
pronounce it when it did come out,
kerosen, with the accent on the o.
Whale oil lamps were burned. They
were lighted on November 1 regularly
every year, and their use was dispensed
with on May 1. 1t was the operation
on this latter date that originated this
word blowout When the bell sounded
on this day to quit work, all lamps
were blown out simultaneously, not to
be lighted again until November. This
was called the blowout, and after this
a dance or supper would be given, which
at first was called the blowout dance
or blowout supper until finally any
festivity attending the extipguishing
of the lamps for the year was called
the blowout So the word blowout
was originated. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
THE CHILDREN GET THE GRAVY.
But the Father Of the Family Gets the
Fun Of Giving 1t to Them.

you know" said the father of a
family, lit makes me laugh whenever
l think of the children 8 absolute nerve
about gravy. mean that when we
have a steak or a roast beat, or any
thing that has gravy with it, the child.
rem take it all, down to the last drop,
without leaving n speck for their mother
and father. And they're perfectly
sound hearted, wholesome children,
who would do anything they could for
their parents. But about some things
they have a selfishness that appears to
be perfectly natural to children and
that suppose is bred in indulgence.
They have all their lives been accus
toned to having everything that their
parents could give them, and so they
come to expect it.
but | smile again as recall the
fact that when l was a boy | got all
the gravy. Time and again l have
seen my father tip the dish so that he
might get for mi the last drop, while
he had none for himself. He was very
fond of gravy, too, but he never said
so, with grave courtesy he gave it all
to me as though l were entitled to it.
When | grew a little older | reproach.
ed myself sometimes for having
taken it all; when Igrew older still and
came to know him as man to man, and
came to know how gentle, and affection
ate, and forebearing, and generous he
was, came to know that he wouldn't
Tor the world have marred my pleasure
by so much as a word-that the simple
fact was that it was a far greater pleas
'ure to him to give me the gravy than it
would have been to eat it himself.
And now when the children pass
their plates | gravely dish out the gravy
down to the last drop, and say nothing
for fear that they will rob me of the
selfish pleaure of giving it all to them.
But smile to myself once more when
think Of what will happen when they
come to have children of their own. |
know that they Il do then; they'll give
1t all to the children, down to the last
drop. New York Sun.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

the cieam. When it is sour, churn it;
The scales will tell, both with milk and
butter, whether a COW is kept at q profit
or not. Remember that it costs at
least 1856 to keep a COW for a year. If
she does not return this in milk and
butter she is kept at a loss. If all such
lows were discovered and slaughtered,
the number of COWS at the present time
would be considerably reduced, and at
a great profit to their owners. Hardly
one man in twenty knows whether he
is keeping his cows at a profit or a loss.
They think it is too much bother to
find out. They do not realize the i'm
portance of the subject. 1t means dol
lars and cents, but they do not realize
it, and go on wondering where the profit
goes. -Colman's Rural World.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
Very CheaD Iron.

Eugene Davis, of the La Toilette Coal
and Iron Company, has been criticised
for his statement that pig iron can be
made in East Tennessee for So q ton, in
fact for "a N a ton. He adheres, how
ever, to his statement and asks for a re-
futation Of it, The recently published
statement of S. S. Curry, to the Metrop-
olitan Iron Company, to the effect that
the Lake Superior iron region has lost
800, 900 900 by the recent cheapening of
iron production in the South, also at
tracts attention. The argument is
made that the cheap ores of the lake re-
gion do not necessarily mean cheap pig
iron because they are too far from the
coke region. Cheap ore, like cheap
coke, becomes expensive after it is
hauled several hundred miles. Hence
the conclusion that the place for the
cheapest pig iron is the place where
the ore lies close to the coal seam, and
that region is in Virginia, East Tennes-
see and Alabama. The struggle of the
ironmasters of Pennsylvania to main
tain their supremacy is bound to fall,
it is said because the bottom factors of
production are against them.
Germany produces cheaper iron han
England makes, producing some of it
at So a ton. England has lost her lead
and begins to get iron from Germany.
The time is coming, it is asserted, when
Europe will get its supply of iron from
the South.-Baltimore Sun.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
Free Pills.

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These pills are easy in action and are
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by their action, but by giving tone to
stomach and bowels greatly invigorate
the system. Regular size 25c. per box.
Sold at Britton s drug store.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
The Kind of Cows 10 Keen.

A few years of grading up by means
of using a thoroughbred bull will give
any farmer a herd of cow which will
be q great improvement upon those of
their mothers and grandmothers. 1t is
well to test cows and know just what
they are doing. The churn is perhaps
the most satisfactory way of doing this.
Keep a cows milk separate for one or
more days, being careful to get out all
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
COLUMN.
EDITED BY JoNEsBoRo W. G. t. U.


Inc w. IT. U. meets every Thursday
In the Temerance Hall, at 2:30 PM.
The first Thursday is a meeting for
reports of local superintendent of
work done in the month. The second
Thursday isthe notify bible reading.
The third, we have the responsive
readings on the different departments
of work. Fourth Thursday, the moth
ers' meeting. The public are cordially
invited to attend any of these meet
ings. The Loyal Temperance Legion
meets Immediately after the ladies'
meeting, every Thursday.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
CIGARETTE DEATH.

Boys who indulge in the very filthy
and unmanly habit of cigarette smok.
ing should draw a lesson from a Rock
ford young man, who is said to be dy.
ing from excessive cigarette smoking,
No opium fend, no man suffering from
delirium tremens, ever saw such hide
BUS visions as this dying boy sees. 1t
takes three muscular men TO hold him
when the paroxysms are on.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
THE AMERICAN
FARM NEWS
For the Farmer
and his Family.

This Monthlyha s gained its immense
circulation solely on it's merits as a
journal for the practical farmer. 1t
aims to present to it's readers such
articles rs will be of practical assist
ance to them in their daily work on
the farm. Every department of the
farm is represented orchard, field
and garden ; barn, granary and the
parlor-it is prominently the paper
for the farmer and his family.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

Patrick asked, AN how II we know,
Jenny, when ye're dead-ye're after
waking me every timer" Bring me a
glass O. whisky, an say here's till ye,
Jenny an if I don't rise up an drink
then bury me-"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
Generous Miss Gould.

There are 81 900 women in New York
who support their husbands. Miss
Gould, therefore, entered n large and
popular circle when she married the
French Count.-Chicago Inler. Ocean.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

Through Pullman S%leepers on Wash
ington and Chattanooga Limited for
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York. And Pullman Sleeper
to Radford, Va, on afternoon train.
Close connection at Roanoke for Lynch.
burg, Petersburg Norfolk & Richmond.
j. L. MILAN, 7. p. A., Knoxville; G. A.
~BENscoTER, A. q. p. A., Knoxville.
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

"Why do you paint?" asked q violin
ist of his daughter. For the same
reason that you use rosin, papa"
what is that"
why, to help me draw my beau"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
rheumatism Curpd.

Rheumatism is caused by Tactic acid
in the blood attacking the fibrous It's
sue of the joints. Keep your blood
pure and healthy and you will not have
rheumatism. Hoods Sarsaparilla gives
the blood vitality and richness and
tones the whole body, n~eutralizes the
acidity of the blood, and thus cures
rheumatism.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

Are you ill?" asked the physician;
'let me see your tongue, please. " "It's
no use, DOCTOR" replied the patient /;
mo tongue can tell how bad | feel.n
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

Are you all tired out, do you have
that tired feeling or sick headacheY
You can be relieved of all these by ia.
king Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

The little fishes have an extensive
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES everybody
drops a line to them.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

Dreamy Novelist-"What q change
woman a make in a mans life."
Victim-"Exactly, and what a lot of
change she requires doing it,"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

Seivant-"Please ma'am, there's a
poor man at the door with wooden
legs,
Young Mistress-'WelI, what a we
do with wooden legs? Tell him we
don't want any,"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20
Right Arm Paralyzed!
Saved from st. Vitus Dance.
DR.. Miles Nervine
Cures.

DIR, Miles Nervine is sold on a positive
gparantee that the hrst bottle will benefit.
All druggists sell it ut 81, 6 bottles for s.. or
10 will be sent, prepaid, IN receipt of price
by the DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

Pa" said BERTHE, why do they call
a ship : she?"
Because, my son, she is always on
the lookout for some of the buoys.n
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

Hoods Pills are the best after dinner
pills, assist digestion; cure headache.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-20

Farm Journal is the neatest agricultural pa
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ments of farm work.
Farm journal is Endorsed by all our leading
agriculturalist and dairymen.
Sample copies can be seen at The Herald and
Tribune Office.
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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05

Montgomery county as the officia
returns show, did herself proud giving
Hardin a Democratic majority of 237
Hardin led the ticket by A. From
the result of Tuesday Democrats O.
Montgomery and the State as wei
should learn the lesson, that TO be q
Democrat is to stand by their ticket
First the Democrats as a party should
select their purest and strongest men
Men who are strictly Democrats who
work tor and stand by their party not
with the hope Of personal reward but
because their knowledge leads them
TO believe that our party connections
are for the betterment of the country.
We say Montgomery county did her.
self proud. In the race for Railroad
Commissioners, some of John c..
Woods Democratic friends compli-
mented him by their votes but not
withstanding this, in his.home county,
where he has grown to manhood
he was turned down by $50
votes. Tabor, of Menefee, Repub-
lican candidate for the Legislature,
ran ahead of Wood and carried
his own county, which is Democratic
by 2S majority. Horton made fine
race, overcoming the influence of the
money question in his own county and
the popularity of Mr.. Tabor in Meme
fee county. The vote result in this
county is attributable to the work oil
the young Democracy in their organ
lied efforts.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05
The Earth Trembled.

Three distinct shocks of earthquake
are reported as occurring Thursday
morning. The earthquake was felt
all over the South and in the Ohio
valley. No lives are reported lost any
where In the country. The shocks in
Kentucky were severest around Gov
ington and Newport. Shocks were
felt from Louisiana to Michigan and
as far West as Kansas City. but the re-
ports do not show that theye~ere no.
ticeable east of the Alleghenies. In
some portions of Ohio the violence
Of the earthquake shocks tumbled
some of the sleepers out of bed. In
Cleveland and Cincinnati tall build
ings swayed. One man was knocked
down and rendered senseless by the
fall at Newport, Ky. Mississippi's
Capital building at Jackson is in dan
ger of falling as the result of damage
done. The shock here was not so no.
ticable as to be felt by more than a
very few at this point
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05

Frank Horton runs ahead of Tabor
by 1877 votes, but in Menefee Ia
Dor returns the compliment by
leading Horton %, leaving Hor-
tons majority in the district 100.
Wood loses his home county by
$50 votes.
The Democrats elect five out of
eight Councilman in the city. The
Republicans elect two Councilman,
a. L. Wood and Jesse Nelson, and
the "Citizens' Ticket" elects one,
j. w. Burton.
Menefee county gives the State
ticket over 200 majority.
Bourbon gives State ticket 227.
Hinton Democrat, for Represen
tative, 127 majority.
We lose the State by from 5000
to $4,000 votes.
The Legislature is in great
doubt.
John Wood is no doubt elected
Railroad Commissioner of this dis
trict.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05

In the enthusiasm at a late hour
Tuesday night and in the pulling and
frisking some how little Harry Thomas
received cutfrom knife which went
TO his ribs and glanced outward. 1t is
believed by those near the scnflle that
the knife was in the hand of young Clay
Thomas, brother of the wounded boy
and that the cut was purely acciden-
tai. The wound though painful is
not considered dangerous.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05
City For Councilmen.

The city gave the following vote by
wards for Councimen:
FIRST WARD.
G, III Bryan, (Dem. )--l26.
w. a. Sutton, (Dem)--l26.
VIM. VanAntwerp, (Citizens)---75
James O'Connell, (Citizens)--73.
SECOND WARD.
j. M. IsoIa, (Dem. )--92.
j w. Burroughs, (Dem. )--95.
Cliff Schooler, (Cltizens)--91.
J.W. Burton, (Citizens)-9S.
THIRD WARD.
10. Lsngston, (Dem )-67.
p. L. Reese, (0em.) --59.
A. t. Wood, (Rep.)-171.
Jesse Nelson, (Rep. ITO.
FOURTH WARD.
G. G. Glover, (Dem. IA.
10. M. Conroy, (Dem.) ID.
w. p. Schroeder (Citizens)--38.
Fred Senieur, (Citizens)-44.
-
Mr.. r. G. Patrick, formerly of the
Maysville Baptist church, has accept
ed the pastorate of the Baptist church
At Marion, Ala, and will commence
work there next Sunday.
Albert Bush hanged himself in Clay
because his third wife refused to live
with him.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05
HEATTTGDU
AAAN A ~ OA 4
NnEC
REpHRI ,IGAN
ooo
JOHN WOOD WINS.

The election Tuesday proved a
Democratic Waterloo and it is diff
ficult to tell which is the more sur
prised, the Republicans at winning,
or the Democrats in losing.
The Courier-J journal of Wednes-
day morning in summing up the
result says:
Democrats of Kentucky are ask
ing where they stand to-day. 1t
was an avalanche. The Governors
race is in doubt. Democratic ma
jorities in Democratic stron gholds
have been shaven to almost nothing.
As it stands, with reports from
about eighty counties, Bradley has
u lead of about 1000 vores for
Governor. There may be better
news to come from the unreported
counties, but the same ratio Of Dem
ocratic loses would land Mr.. Brad
lev in the Executive mansion at
Frankfort. At present it is i'm
possible to tell whether Mr.. Nc
Creary or Senator Blackburn has
the best of it En- the Legislative
race"
Hardin loses Louisville and JEFF
ferson county by over 5000 votes.
All the Democratic candidates in
that city and county are defeated
except two or three school trustees
and ''Tony' Carroll for the Legis-
Nature. Almost every where the
DemOcraticvote is decreased and the
Republican vote cOrrespondingly
increased. A telegram from Trey
WOodson, of the Greensboro Mess
Scnger and a member of the State
Campaign Commute, says: THE
Pennyrile played smash. The Re-
cary the Second Dis
tFict. Greensboro Democratic.
In New York the Republicans
have elected the State officers by
10000, but Tammany has carried
New York by $4,000 over the Fus-
ion ticket.
New York City and Brooklyn
polled an unusually heavy vote.
Tie Tammany local ticket wins,
but the Republicans have elected
their State ticket.
Germans candidates were swept
away by a Republican lanslide in
Maryland of from 10000 to $4,000. |
Lowders (Rep.) is elected Govern
or by a safe majority.
In Ohio where it was confidently |
expected that Campbell Dem. |
would run Bushnell (Rep. close
race for. Governor, the whole Re
publican State ticket is elected by |
greater majorities than Mckinley |
received in 1898.
Massachusetts remains Republi-
can by the usual vote.
Iowa is Republican by an in
creased vote.
New Jersey goes Republican by |
10000. This Is naturally Demo
cratic state.
Republican majorities prevailed
IN Michigan.
In this montgomery county !
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05

We are very sorry to see the old
Rooster tuck tail and run, but the will
Of The majority is supreme, and, we
in Kentucky, want no such monkeying
with that wish, as expressed at the
polls, as they had in Tennessee.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05

Mr.. Clarence Turner has sold his
jewelry establishment in Paris, ILL.,,
and is here visiting his brother Har-
Ian end other relatives and friends.
He will be here several days.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05
A Great Germans Prescription

Diseased blood, constipation, and
kidney, liver and bowel troubles are
CURED by Karl's Glover Root Tea, for
sale by Thomas Kennedy ~
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05

II is feared that many whalers in the
Arctic Ocean have been caught in the
Ice without supplies to carry them
through the winter.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05
Fire.

Tuesday night tobacco barn and
contents, the property of Barney Car
er, not far from Howard's Mill,
burned Loss $1,000; insured for
500. The fire it is thought was the
work of an incendiarY or that some
thieves, were after chickens which
roasted in the barn, and had dropped
/, match causing the fire
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05

Somebody please go aud battle 10.
SCOTS aching head.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05

Hardin ran ahead OF tie ticket but
not enough to get in.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05

We haven't a word to say,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05
LET it go sttbat."

The boys are all sick.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05

Albert Bush hanged himself in Clay
because his third wife refused to live
with him.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-15
Rsckln,s TroIIor RaIIrondIng

There is a lesson in tho fright!ul troll.
ley car disaster in Pittsburgh, The
trolley company is trying to compete
with tho Pennsylvania company for
suburban business and thinks it neco,.
sary to make the highest possible speed.
The trolley road is not equipped for
such service.
The casualty which has filed so many
homes w..h grief was caused by the fail.
ure Of the brake to hold on dangerous
grade, ard wkOn the car got to going
down mill it slipped the trolley and
there was no way to reverse tho motor.
Th mishap is duo primarily to Lheambi.
tioD OF tho company TO make speed.
Wheeling's trolley cars have no long
list OF dead aud manned charged up
against them. The policy OF the CON.
pany seams to have been safety before
speed. Inspired with this idea the en-
ploysS have operated their cars in the
main wit. great caro- and with good re.
suits. In these respects Wheeling and
the surrounding towns are fortunate
above most communities ulinE the
trolley,