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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22
THE ELEETING SHOT.
some nf Its Fac and Fancies. Written for the JOURNAL AND c URIER.l
 A RIISY LIFE.

Written for the JOURNAL AND c .URIERl
 A BUSY LIFE.
 Reading short autobiographical paper published in the Woman's Jour- nal few weeks ago, it was impossible not to be impressed with it's portrayal of the ambition, energy, and unbound ed capacity for hard work that charac- terized so many of the women born in the early days of this century. Their sphere was very narrow, it is true, but they crowded it's limits with varied and almost unceasing activities. Many of their occupations are now almost unknown, and women, freed from them by the ingenuities of modern machin- cry and liberality of modern ideas, find other and broader and more attractive channels into which to turn the ener- gies of hand and brain.
 At the time this article was published Mrs. l.. A. Hutchins, the writer, was in her eightieth year. She was Green Mountain girl, brought up in the glo rious companionship and freedom of the hills At twelve years of age she was motherless, and had begun to help her father in farm work: she milked the cows, drove them to pasture, went to school, and romped and climbed trees like any lively and healthy country girl A few years later, circumstances hay ing forced her to leave her home, she worked in farmers family, doing lar lai, At seventeen she reached the pinnacle of the studious New England girls ambition, the seat behind school ma'am's desk. She "boarded round" and received the liberal salary of five shillings a week, and Yankee shil- iings" at that. Before the end of the year her salary had been increased to one dollar week. The next year she entered, as a pupil, a seminary at Mid dlebury, Vt, one that was established by Mrs. Emma Willard, and the first of the kind in American that was ex- clusively for girls. While studying there she earned her board by doing housework in a private family, getting up betimes on Monday mornings to do the washing, walked a mile to school, and during the year was late only twice-three minutes late! Think of this, ye girls who come to a late break fast elaborately dressed for school, and then hurry away, leaving your general wreckage to be picked up, and your disordered rooms to be restored to neat ness, by hands that perhaps were al- ready weary before your personal prinking was done.
 The next year she began teaching again in a school house on the top of the Green Mountain range. This occu- patton she continued, with but few in terruptions for fifty years. At twenty she was given sole charge of a school that from lack of discipline had become very disorderly. Within two weeks the wild spirits were subdued and com plete order restored. Her simple method of bringing about this change
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22
F4ISfIIUN NOTES.
A IIonelilse Trio.

The mother of youngster like the little fellow in this picture will loe pret- ty sure to be reminded to-day that there's small chance for his ever being a father of country, but to the moth CTS mind his chances for the presiden- cy are of the best, so she's content. He'll be more than content if he can be permitted to wear trousers, which this sailor rig includes. or navy blue wool en stuff, the trousers are topped by a wide belt of folded stuff, and by a blouse of the same material with plas- tron and collar of white silk, but these are made separately so as to permit a change of colors and materials. The collar is finished with blue faille bow, and the left side may have a pocket if desired.
 For the little man of three whose mother is mortified at the thought of trousers for him, a suitable rig consists of blouse open in front to show a white yoke. The opening narrows to a point well below the waist, and a sailor
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22
STILL.

Mrs. Higbee-How quiet it is in the parlor! Higbee-Yes Ethel and her fel- low are still there-Albany Journal
 Let's have game of poker" "Oh, dear, no.'' Conscientious scruples ?" No; I've just been playing Chicago Record.
 Friend--I suppose the time seems to pass very slowly. InvalidVery. The doctor has ordered me Q milk punch every three hours.-Puck.
 Cawker-The goat is an impressive looking animal. Cumso-I don't think 50. Cawker-Have you ever reflected what striking forehead he has ?-Har- per's Bazar.
 Patient-Do you think sudden fright would be likely to bring on a relapse? Doctor-Most certainly! Pa tient-Then please bear that in mind when making out your bill.-Cincinnati Anecdotique.
 You are fully informed as to the game laws in Pennsylvania, believer" asked the Horse Editor. Well, I hope SO" Then perhaps you can tell me when t is lawful to shoot oil wells''- Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
 An Embarrassing Question.-School- mistress (to new boy)-What is your father by trade? Boy (perplexed)--I haven't to tell. S.-But you must. B. (after great deal of hesitation)-- Please, sir. he's the bearded woman at the circus!-Almanach Amusant.
 Green (to Black, who is preparing for a continental trip)-EIow do you get on with your language, old fellow? Black -Capitally. Why, I've got so far now that l can think in French. Green We'll. that's a blessing, for it's more than you could ever do in English Tit-Bits.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22
KHODESfi.

It can be said for the great English colonizers, or abSorbers, that they know their business and are very eff cient in doing it. For instance MT. Cecil Rhodes, who has returned to South Africa to develop Rhodesia. One of his chief endeavors will be, it is British Johannesburg. He and the cap- italists associated with him believe that in five years, with good administration and progressive methods, the Uitlander population of Rhodesia will exceed that of the Transvaal. Recent events are thought to illustrate the advantage for Englishmen of working under the Brit ish flag, and the better opportunities of fered in Rhodesia will cause, it is be- lieved, focking of Transvaal miners into the newer gold fields. Already 6O0OO mining claims are begged out in the South Africa company's territories, and no royalty, or charge, is levied on the prospector till he has made profit. Coal exists in enormous quantities. Mining experts assert that gold in quantity is to be found in the Loma- Gaika, Balingwe and other fields. These fields are yet to be developed f,,1l s,,4 lii will put his energies and a large capi- tai during the next few years.
 As a means to the end in view the transportation problem is first to be solved in an effective way. Rhodesia is 1000 miles long by 1000 miles broad. Already it has telegraph lines through
 out it's length and part of it's breadth, but it's miles of railroad are few. With in it's area are 9 few miles of the Mafe- king -Vryburg line from the south and the Beira line from the east coast to Chinoio. The NIafeking line is to be pushed northward to Buluwayo in three years and the Beira line will be carried to Umtoli during 1896, and in a few months after to Fort Salisbury. At present the cost of transportation from the coast is almost prohibitory. From Beira to Umtoli the cost now is from $50 to S250 per ton. From Chi
 moio, the inland terminus, to Umtoli there is a distance of eighty-three miles to be covered by wagons, and in the wet season the road is difficult But on the completion of the railroad to Umtoli the entire cost for the whole 200 miles from the coast will be but $50 per ton
 This will permit the introduction of mining machinery and speed the de- velopment MT. Rhodes has in view
 It will also hasten the utilization of that magnificent plateau north of the Zambesi which has over 100000 square miles of area and an elevation of 5000 feet above the sea. The agricultural resources of this region, which is hab- itable for Englishmen, are very great and await development Sheep, goats and other stock are to be introduced
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22

His Last Resort. story of yours," said the publisher to the au- thor. T am afraid, we can't do any thing with. It lacks every essential feature os Q successful book. We can make you no offer for it, nor would advise you to have it published at your own eS9ense. for l do not think you would be able to sell half dozen cop ies,' We'll" replied the author, as he took the manuscript back, 'in that case I shall have to dramatize it."- Life.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22

Horseless carriages are not new under the sun. In voIumn IS of the Encyclo- pedia Britannica, published in Edin- burgh in 1910, there are diagrams and a description of a horseless carriage invented by MT. Richards, a physician in Rochelle. The machinery by which In a box in the rear of the carriage.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22

and grain is to be produced for the miners! The finances of the chartered company favor these enterprises, It is out of debt, it's heavy initial eXpendi- lures are ended and 1t has a large cash reserve and $4,5OO,OOO besides for rail road construction.
 Thus Englishmen make money in- crease the power and glory of England and give civilization boost.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22

Over I7,ooo Silk Badges of Washington have been asked for and delivered by us, and if a single pupil is without one it is not our fault.
 They were free, not a penny had to be spent in our stores l to obtain one. The demand for these Badges proves that the chil- dren of America love Wash-| ington!
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22

This is great time for associations of all kinds. An association has just been formed by M. Wilfrid de Fonvelle, the well known aeronaut, of the surviv- ors of the 169 persons who left Paris in balloons during the siege of the French capital by the Germans in 1870.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22

New York city has just paid $17,oOO in prizes for the best plans for a new municipal building to be erected in City Hall park. Meanwhile the legislature has passed law forbidding the erec- tion of a municipal building in the park.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22

The Sultan of Turkey is being assailed by revolutionary pamphlets. One of them recently disseminated in Constan- tinople says: What need has the Khalif of 200 wives? The law of the Sheri allows only four. Four, then, let him have, and drive out the rest. Why should he have 200 aides-de-camp- young men full of vigor held in idle ness? Leave him twenty
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22
Notice.

wecannot accept anonymous or return re- jccted communications. In all eases tho name of the writer will be requirei, not for publication, but as a guarantee Of goot taith.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22

The Canadian government has decid- ed to continue the licensing of American fishing vessels engaged in the North Atlantic fisheries, at the rate of $1.50 per registered ton. In the new licenses vessels are forbidden to buy bait in a Canadian port and sell 1t to unlicensed vessels outside the three mile limit. This clause is to compel all vessels us- ing Canadian bait to take a license. Last year but few vessels took out li- censes, and these supplied many craft outside the three-mile limit.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22

It is not very surprising to read that William H. Iarns, the man in one of the Pennsylvania militia regiments who gained considerable notoriety dur ing the Homestead riots by expressing delight at the rumored shooting of su- perintendent Prick. and who was tied up by the thumbs by order of his colo nel has just been shot, perhaps fatally, as the result of a quarrel with fellow Iodger. He came to his boarding house early in the morning, and got into row with man named Arndt, and threw him downstairs. The man returned, got a revolver from his room, and when Jams again attacked him, fired.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22

THECARRlNGTON PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22

The German government, as Herr Gosselin remarks in his report on the Cameroons, has made no report con- corning the amount of intoxicating liq- uor imported into the German spheres of influence in Africa. The members of the Evangelical mission in the Came rooms, however, in recent report throw some light on this question. They say: The German government laid out trial plantations in Victoria, and the majority of the laborers receiv- ed on Saturday as part payment bot tie of spirits, which was often consum- ed during the same night as the negro is anything but economical. The con- sequence was that they were intoxicat- ed on Sunday morning and some of them came to religious service in that state. The missionary brought this to the notice of the government official, and requested him not to supply the negroes with spirits. To this he replied that in that case he would be unable to procure Iaborers The missionary. how ever. pointed out that he had himself engaged the laborers for a whole year, and, though he had paid them much lower wages than those granted by the government, he had always had be- tween eighty and one hundred men at his disposal The official in reply de clared that the price at which the bot ties of spirits were recEoned enabled the government, when employing 200 men, to save 100 marks week.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-22

A German expert, after a careful es- tinate, has announced that the total length of telegraph lines in the world is l ,062,70O miles, of which America has 545,6OO miles; Europe, 3S0,70O; Asia, 67,- 400; Africa, 21, 300, and Australia, 47,500 miles. The United States has a greater length than any other country, 409,900 miles, and Russia comes next, although European Russia has only S1,000 miles. The other countries follow in this order:
 Germany, France, Austria Hungary, British India, Mexico, the United King dom, Canada, Italy, Turkey, the Argen- tine Republic, Spain and Chili. In point of proportion, however, Belgium leads, with 409 miles of wire for every 1000 square miles of territory; Germany comes next, with $50 miles; Holland is only slightly behind Germany, and the United Kingdom has 2S0 miles of tele- graph for every LOGO miles of country.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-09
Mckinley and Hobart Central Club.

Last Saturday nightth Republicans
of Jonesboro met in. the Court House
to take steps looking to the Organization
of a Mckinley and Hobart Club. A
goodly number were in attendance and
the preliminary movement was made
to perfect the organization. Commit.
tees were appointed to report next Sat
urday night when q club will be
formed.
Previous TO the club work, the gath.
ering was addressed by II. L. Toomev,
u colored attorney of Greeneville. He
showed that he was a diligent student.
who had learned to good purpose the
Issues before the people and in a Co
herent manner laid before his hearers
his reasons for his political faith and
affiliations.
Hon. G. Z. Collins, of Elizabethton
was present, and on invitation deliv.
cred one of his characteristic speeches.
His remarks were clear cut, forcible
and convincing, full of logical %conclu.
sions, sensible arguments and well
timed counsel. Such an appeal ID
reason, sense and augment, as Mr.. Col
Inns made, "a have no other effecl
than to uphold and strengthen the
cause to which he is unselfshly de
voting his time and talents.
When the issues before the country
are presented in such attractive and
forceful style and the position is forti
fed with the solid facts that Mr.. Col
Inns presents, great good must result
The meeting was enthusiastic and the
occasion enjoyable.
1t is hoped and expected that a large
Mckinley and Hobart club will bt
formed in this place and it is the pur
pose to organize a club in each Civil
District in the county without delay.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-09
Mckinley and Hobart Clubs.

To the Republicans of Washington
County: Having opened Mckinley
headquarters for East Tennessee at
Knoxville, call upon the Republicans
of the above named county to organ
ize Immediately q Mckinley and Ho-
bart club in every voting precinct and
forward to me without delay the names
and postofice address of the officers of
said clubs and the total membership of
the sane. desire this information in
order to furnish political literature, ar
range for speakers and in other ways
advance the interest of the Republican
party. Address, W. P. BRowNLow,
Mem. Rep. Nat. Com, Knoxville, Tenn.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-09

MARK HANNAH tr%uthfully remarks
that 'in the South the sound money
Democrats, although in a minority, are
the men Of business and affairs. They
believe in protection, just as they be-.
lieve in an honest dollar. The South
ern cotton mills and the other indue-
tries in that section, which owe their
existence to protection. have made and
are making many. These are facts
that can not be Ignored" When thu
South registers her vote in November,
the number of men who will record
their condemnation of the fallacies
that Democracy is flying from the
wings and tail of it's kite will be an
electric shock to the Altgelds, Tillmans
and organs, and a glad surprise to the
patriots who stand for the honor and
credit of the nation who are the ''plain
people," These men who have bolted
the Democratic ticket and platform are
Republicans in principle, and only o
lingering prejudice prevents their open
alignment with the party of Progress
and Sound Finance. They are the
nucleus around which will cluster the
intelligence, patriotism and aspiration
of the South, which will in time Repub-
licauize its masses. This change will
be the inevitable outcome of the present
revolution.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-09

MUM going atone time as high as | 0S.
Now, by what standard vas this pre-
MUM reckoned? Gold, of course. If
this were not so the silver dollar would
have been worth one hundred cents
and the gold dollar less. There has
never been a time in our national his
tory when a gold dollar has been worth
more or less than one hundred cents.
1t has never known the fluctuations
that have characterized other forms of
money simply because it has been the
universally recognized base and meas
ure of all other money and property
values. And yet the free ~silverites
never weary of the charge that the
Republican parry, the best and wisest
friend silver ever had, is seeking to
make gold the standard and ito immo-
late the American people on the altar
of organized greed.n Uuder Repub-
lican rule silver has been kept on a
parity with gold, as it is today, and
always will he, whilst Republicanism
is in the ascendant. The only way of
saving the white metal from debase.
ment and depreciation is to pass oveI
the management of the finances into
the hands of the Republicans.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-09
JOINT DISCUSSION.

The candidates for Governor will
open the campaign at Jonesboro Sep.
TENDER 10, next Tuesday. Every voter
in the county should be present. Mr..
Tillman, the Republican candidate,
will discuss State issues without hedg.
ing or lodging. He will deal in fact,
not fancies, and Bob will be on hands
with his fiddles and his jokes. Repub-
licans should be here en- masse to see
how high their standard can fly when
borne by such a gentleman as Tillmau.
Exclusion will be given on the rail-
roads.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-09

THE call of the extra session will he
worth 10000 votes to Tillman. 1t will
divert the minds Of our people from the
excitements of the Presidential contest
and set them to thinking seriously
about the alarming situation in their
own State. With a deficit of $685., 900
on our hands, the life and hope of the
people already pressed out of them by
the burdens of debt and taxation, it
being almost impossible for the com.
mon masses to get hold of u dollar, n
winter just in advance of us that must
DO provided for, the present is gloomy
and the future is curtained with i'm
penetrable darkness. 1t is no time for
joking, fiddling and the gayeties of
amusement. The solemnities of the
funeral occasion are more BETTING.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-09

THE Mexican silver dollar in Mexico
is worth only fifty cents. The Ameri-
can silver dollar in Mexico is worth
100cents. The Mexican dollar is heavier
and has a greater bullion value. Now,
what makes the difference? Mexico is
on q silver basis and her silver has no
redeemer. In the United States the sill
yer dollar is maintained at par with
gold and gold is the money of redemp-
ton. A Mexican belle can shop in the
city of Mexico, taking with her five
American silver dollars and purchase
five dollars worth of goods and have
five Mexican dollars in change left.
Now, this is the unnatural condition to
which the Popocrats and Populists
would reduce the people Of this oun
try by substituting silver monometal.
ism for a system that keeps all forms
Of money on a parity with each other
and makes the dollar worth 100 cents.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-09

THE opposition have a good deal to
say about Mr.. Brownlow's position on
the currency question. Everybody
ought to know just what that position
is. He defined it lucidly and elabor-
ately when he made his canvass for
the nomination. His views have under.
gone no change since he was chosen
the standard bearer of the Republican
party in this district. He carries the
American doctrine of Protection into
the financial field and would raise the
value of silver to a parity with gold by
excluding the foreign metal by q pro.
hibitory tariff and coming the product
OF the American mines as the necessi.
ties'of the country require. This would
give us a sound, honest dollar worth
100 and not SO cents.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-09

Money-The Republican party is unre-
seryedly for sound money. II caused the
enactment of the law providing for the
resumption of specie payments in 1870.
Since then every dollar has been as good
n gold. We are unalterably opposed to
every measure calculated to debase our
currency or impair the credit of our coun-
try. We rrc, therefore, opposed TO the
fire. coinage of silver except by interna-
tiob1l Agreement with the leading COM
mer"iai uations of the world, which we
pledge ourselves to promote, and until
such agreement can be obtained the exist
iUl gold standard must be preserved. All
oar silver and paper currency must be
mH,ntuiued no % parity with gold, INT we
rlF.I III measures designed to maintain
inviolably the obligations of the United
States and all our money, whether coin
or paper, Mt the present standard--the
standard ofthe most enlightened nations
of the world. Republican Platform.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-09

AMONG many other things, razor
sharp and rich in truth, Hon. 7. B.
Reed said in a recent campaign speech:
NO the 7~5,O0O,OOO of people which
make up this great Republic, the OPP.
%portunity to labor means more than to
all the world besides. 1t means the
development of sources greatly be
yond the comprehension of any NOR
tai, and the diffusion among all of
to which the glories OF the Ara
bian Nights are but the glitter Of the
and to which the sheen of
all the jewels Of this earth are but the