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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
Those Telephones.

EDITOR HERALD AND TRIBUNE: In
last weeks issue of the johnson City
Staff the following item appeared:
what is the reason that none OF our
county officials have a telephone in the
court house at Jonesboro? Are they
too poor to pay for one, or are they
waiting for the County Court to pay
for itpn
1t may be that the county officials
are too poor topay for a telephone now
yet they have not asked the county
to paw for n for them, but they are
and have been entirely able to pay
their taxes, particularly when they
have amounted to but SO 9S, including
poll tax, which go to aid the public
schools OF the county.
S. II. L. COOPER,
JACOB LEAH.
The other county officials can speak
for themselves.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05

Hon. W. p. BRowNLow has framed
a bill relating to pensions, which has
been referred to the committe on In
valid Pensions, which possesses some
features of general interest to all
claimants, and for the benefit of such
as come under its provisions we shall
publish it next week.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05

ALL the Nashville papers got out
special editions on the occasion of
the opening of the Centennial Expo
sition' The Banner had forty pages
of interesting matter, enclosed in a
beautiful colored cover.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
The anti-cigarette law went into eff.
feet in this State last Saturday.

THE comparative statement Of Gov.
eminent receipts and expenditures for
the month of April show a surplus of
$5,74O, O8S, as compared with a deficit
for the same month last year of S4,-
704, 04S.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05

THE following were appointed and
confirmed as railroad commissioners
for this State, last week: Earnest Bul.
lock, of Jackson, Newt White, of Pu.
laski, Frank NJ. Thompson, of Chatta.
nooga.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
Farm for Sale.

A farm containing IS acres in 14th
District of Washington County, near
Morning Star, joining the lands OF w.
A. Sheriey and John Martin. There
is about G5 acres cleared. balance in
timber. Good buildings, orchard,
spring apd cistern. Any n wishing
to purchase call on or address w. A.
Sberfey or S. E. Keebler, Morning Star,
Tenn.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05

HIGH waters are proving disastrous
to the planters on the lower Mississippi,
and the acreage of cotton for this year
will be greatly restricted thereby. For
the first time in weeks dry land is visi.
BILE west of Memphis.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.
In the Chancery Court at Jonesboro,
Washington County, Tennessee
N. j. Dunn and wife vs.. w. H. Perry
and wife ct al.

and wife ct al.
In this case it appearing from the
allegations Of complainants's bill,
which is sworn to; that the defendant
Charles Francis is a non resident OF
the State of Tennessee: 1t is ordered by
me that publication be made for 4 sue.
cessive weeks as required by law, in the
Herald and Tribune, q newspaper pub
lished in said county, notifying said
non resident defendant to appear be.
fore our said Chancery Court, at the
Court House in Jonpsboro, on the Fret
Monday of June, 1897. being a rule
day of said court. and make defense to
said bill or the allegations thereof will
be taken for confessed and this cause
set for hearing ex psrte as to him.
W. F. YOUNG. G & NJ.
This April II. 1897. pfS6
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
University of Tennessee ..Commencomen
June 6 To o.

June y To y.
The one hundred and third session of
the University, at Knoxville, will close
June Q, and the program is now being
arranged for Commencement week,
which begins on the evening Of June 0,
with the BaccslaureRte Sermon, by
the Rev, John s. Watkins, d. D., Of
S~partpnburg, s. G.
DR., Watkins lisa Virginian by family,
birth, and education. He was educated
at Hampden Sidney College and then
at the University OF Virginia. His
stand Mt the latter institution was a
high one, proclaiming the intellectual
tendencies that have dominated his
entire career.
Deciding to enter upon the ministry
of the Presbyterian Church, he took
the course at the Theological Seminary
at H%ampden Sidney, Va, becoming
yet further the close and thoughtful
student OF the subjects that interested
him. For many years he was the
pastoral the First Presbyterian Church
at Raleigh, North Carolina, at the
same time l%ecturing IN topics from his
chosen subjects, philosophy and liter
allure, before the students of Peace In.
stltute, a widely known institution for
young ladies. A few years age he
moved, chiefly in regard to his health,
to the prosperous and growing little
city of S~partanburg, s. c., having ac-
cepted the pastorship of an unusully
strong and intelligent and well to. do
congregation. DR.. Watkins is recog.
nized as a writer and lecturer and
preacher of a high order of thinking.
The University and Knoxville will
look forward in anticipation to his
coming.
The annual address before the gradu.
ating classes will be delivered on Tues.
day, June s, by the Rev. DR.. /. S. Hop.
kins, of Atlanta.
DR., Hopkins was at one time a pro.
fessor at Emory College, Oxford, Ga,
and afterwards became President OF
the same institution. While occupy.
ing the latter position he was a strong
advocate of the introduction of tech
meal education into Southern institu.
tions of learning, and established a
department at Emory College, which
has proved very successful. On &C.
count of his work at Oxford in this
direction he was called to the presi.
dency of the Georgia Institute of Tech.
nology, at Atlanta, where he remained
for about ten years. Under his guidence
this Institution was built up to O
high degree of usefulness and pros.
perity.
DR.. Hopkins has for many years
been a minister in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South, and has lately
had charge of Trinity Church, At.
lanta, the most prosperous in the de.
nomination. He is a man of dis
tinguishcd presence and great reputs-
ton as an orator, and is looked upon
as one Of the coming bishops of the
Methodist Church, South. The Uni.
versity is to be congratulated upon se.
curing his services as Commencement
orator.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
r i 70 e

The iron grasp of scrofula has no
mercy upon its victims. This demon
of the blood is often not satisfied with
causing dreadful sores, but racks the
body with the pains of rheumatism
until Hoods Sarsaparilla cures.
"Nearly four years ago l became af-
flicted with scroiula and rheumatism.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05

The c. H. & D. Ry., have been
granted permission by the Central
Passenger Committee to sell excursion
tickets to Detroit, Mich, to members
of the National Association of Stove
manufacturers, May 18th to 10Th; also
to Cleveland and return. on account Of
the Ohio State Medical Association.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
vi q G

Running sores broke out on my thighs.
Pieces of bone came out and an operation
was contemplated. / had rheumatism in
my legs, drawn up out Of shape. lost APP
petite, could not sleep. / was a perfect
wreck. / continued to grow worse and
finally gave up the DOCTORS treatment to
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
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take Hoods sarsaparilla. Soon appetite
csme back; the sores commenced to heal.
My limbs Strengthened out and ! threw
away my crutches. / am now stout and
hearty and am farming, whereas four
Ommend Hoods S~arsaparilla." URBAN
HAMMOND, Table Grove, Illinois.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
Ioods
Sars aparina

Isthe One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 81.
Prepared only by C.I l. Hood& Co., Lowell, Mass.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26
Golden Words.

The devil smiles whenever he sue
ceeds in raising a church row,
The road which leads to heaven
passes through trials and tribula-
tiOns.
The works by which faith is made
perfect are those commanded by Je-
hovah.
The man without self-respect
usually thinks that everybody else
is bad man.
If you feel sure that God has a
worse estimate of you than the
people, you are hypocrite.
The pratice of some Christians
nullifies some of the strongest argu-
ments that are made for Christianity.
The man has made considerable
progress in the Christian life who
can allow people to perscute him
and not talk back.
Those who will be lost in this
Bible land will be lost not because
they could not know the truth, but
because they had no love for truth.
IT God cares for the grass of the
field and the birds of the air, how
much more for immortal souls
His providence is over all, and not
just a chosen few.
If you will hold your tongue when
some one Is seeking quarrel with
you, the other fellow will get
ashamed of himself and quit. II
takes two to keep up a fuss.-GospeI
| Advocate.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26

Arbor vit9s, to make "A permanent
hedge, should not be placed nearer
than three feet apart, with plants
not over l8 inches high, and should
be kept trimmed down to that height
until the bottom is we'll filled in.
The beauty of Il hedge is its base,
and, except for "a screen, it should
never be over three feet high.
1t will be easily noticeable by the
buds what trees will bear this year,
and manuring these can be no mis-
take, as the fertilizer will mostly 90
to the perfecting of the fruit, vet
leaving energy enough to form buds
for the next year; but if an apple
tree is MANFRED when no blossoms
are forming the growth of the tree
will be so stimulated that it may be
year or two for it to get into bear.
| ing again.
Soil is seldom made too rich fol-
strawberries, and probably the
whole secret is in proper stimula.
ton and restriction. High feeding
and restraining, by cutting off al
but few runners, are sure to pro
duce a good crop of berries.
There are dealers who buy CHEAP
imperfectly sorted berries anC
fruits, carelessly packed, then care
fully sort and grade them, that the,
may sell the best grades at a pric,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26

returns for ali the care he can be-
stow upon them.
The good dairy COW makes a profit
on each dollars worth of feed, and
the more OF suitable food we can get
her to eat the more profit are we
certain to get.
Improved dairy breeds, the i'm
proved methods of making cheese
and butter with improved dairy
machinery and appliances, all con-
splre to bring prosperity out of the
cattle industry.
Highest grades of butter can not
be made from heavy feeding OF
either beets or potatoes but a good
grade Of butter, of fine color and
good keeping qualities, follows the
feeding of about 20 pounds of beets
a day. Cows are fond Of beets, and
will eat them as long as offered.
High feeding, carried to its utmost
extreme, will force the capacity of a
cow far above her normal condition,
and it is difficult to believe that this
does not have some detrimental in
tiuence sooner or later. The average
man will succeed along the line of
good feeding much better.
There has never been a need for q
panick feeling over the Tuberculosis
question. 1t deserves Intelligent
and prompt measures, however, fol
it's location and suppression.
The willing man will make a sure
way to success with a dairy. lie
the conditions by which the dairy
happens to be surrounded govern a,
to the method of procedure in every
case.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26

Mixed potato seed should not be
planted, as the habits of each are
likely TO be quite different, and UNI
satisfactory results are sure to fol-
low. A rich, fertile soil will grow a
fair crop from single eye, but in q
thin soil the cuttings should be
larger.
The farmer with a silo is indie
pendent of the weather when il
comes to harvesting, as nothing
need interrupt him; if once in the
silo all danger of imperfect curing is
past. The land is cleared earlier,
and often vegetation of a later
growth may be ripened and added.
The ability of the farmer to trans
act his business in business like
manner is increasing in proportion
to the increased knowledge of his
business details, and in the same
proportion are his profits increased
Too often is loss a result of careless
ness i'll keeping accounts of outlay
and productions.
A heap of manure left in the barn
yard all summer will waste on the
outside because it gets too much air
within, where there are proper CON
ditions for nitrificatIon, the solution
of nitrates will be washed away by
the rains. For this reason, as well
as tor others, manure heap should
be well covered.
A diversity of crops is insurance
against total failure, and it renders
the farmer very nearly independent
producing everything needed for his
own sustenance and enabling him
TO avoid the expenditures of the
zone man CROP" and yet, with all
this, 1t is often well to give his
especial attention to one money cror
to which his land is best suited, and
with which he has become mos
familiar.
Much of the winter killing O
clover is due to the fact the field,
are too closely cropped by live stool
late In the fall, and there is no tor
left to protect the roots. If left t
grow up after the first of October
there would be less cause for com
plant.
There is no better manure for per
manent pastures than a top dress
ing of ground bone. From twelv
to fifteen hundred pounds an acr
will show permanent effects 70
seven or eight years following. |
contains just the nutriment gras
needs.
Ills said that painstaking FreneI
farmers frequently select the fines
heads of,gTain from which to rails
what they call mother plants a
sources of future seed. OF course
the heaviest and most perfect head
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26
Items Of Interest TO Farmers and
HOrSemen,

Farmers are making big mistake
by not raising one or two strictly
first-class colts every year.
The horses Of some people are al
ways sick or out Of condition and
you will usually find that the cause
is carelessness.
There is, of course a good, deal in
the breed and constitution of a
horse, but the best cannot stand up
against neglect and abuse.
Where the peach tree is not prun-
ed, long, slender branches form, and
these produce fruit mainly at their
outer ends. The tree will carry
much more fruit if properly distribu-
ted, and will produce more perfect
fruit. The cutting will not be at
tended with injury if done while the
tree is dormant. That the peach
trees should be left to grow at will
is at OutgrOwn idea.
Habits formed during the first sea-
son of her milking are sure to cling
to the COW as she grows older; there
fore, much depends on how the
heifer is treated. This is notably
true of the habit of a continuance of
the flow Of milk.
Where Intelligent labor is honor
ed, where laboratories, colleges, ex-
pertinent stations, newspapers and
the active brains Of farmers them
selves are constantly moving hus.
bandry to a5hfgher plane, surely
farming is worthy the name of pro.
fession, and ohe Of such Importance
and such possibilities asto stand al
the top.
Ed Geers is working Il 3-year-
by Heir-at-Law at Selma that paceC
a quarter in 3l24 seconds the othel
day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26
Poultry.

"In other days the poets lays
Where objects of the highest praise:
To-day, the lays that most do please
All those that grow in henneries."
If you have many chickens, divide
your flock. Do not try to keep too
many together. More dollars will
be got from IA flock of 80 well kept
than from 100 crowded
Pound for pound, chickens can be
grown more cheaply than polk, and
who will say that a dish Of nicely
prepared chicken is not more CRATE
full ana healthy than salt polk or
corned beef, everlastingly found on
the farmers table?
Hens over a year old seldom lay
in winter. The great secret in hav-
ing winter eggs is to have pullets
early Matched, at least in March or
April, that they may be fully grown
and feathered before winter.
Few realize what and how much
they lose when they neglect the
saving of their chicken manure. 1t
is wasteful and unthrifty to allow
poultry of any kind to roOst at night
in trees, on fences or anywhere, eX-
cept over a compost heap or a tight
board floor.
All fowls are so constituted that
water, of which most of them drink
great deal, passes off through the
skin and breath to a large extent.
and not through the kidneys. The
manure of fowls, therefore, contains
their urine as a solid eXcrement
and is recognized by its white color
The flooring under the hen roost
should be smooth and close. Dry
earth or sand mixed with land plas.
ter, now and then sprinkled with 8
solution of copperas, should be
spread over this floor every day
and the whole cleaned off at leas
weekly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26
Stock.

Whatever kind of stock Is kept,
whether swine, sheep, cattle or
horses, to make lots of good manure
they should be kept fat, and the
richer the feed the better the fer
tilizer returned for fattening the
soil.
One Of the advantages of the base
,ment barn is that it makes easy the
construction of a cistern to take the
water from the roof and place il
convenient for the stock stabbed in it.
1t IS not always wisest to trust to
wells for watering stock.
Whether or not "miXed farming
is uniformly successful and profit
able depends almost altogether upon
what the mixture is like. Good
imethods on the farm, with good
blood in the live stock, must be the
ingredients of the mixture.
1t is never with preference, but of
necessity, that farmers sell their
corn at - or 20 cents a bushel.
Even if it could be produced for
that, a great deal more can be got
out it by feeding it to good stock
even at the present low prices of
meat products.
The horses on a farm are a part of
its capital; if they are idle they are
dead capital Good management
should find employment for them of
some sort almost daily; and they
will do better if not put to hard
work after long rest. No farmer
can stand much dead investment.
Although the low prices made for
Australian and South American
goods have practically barred can.
ned goods from the foreign markets,
this food is more than holding Its
own in this country. The demand
is still growing, because Of the ex.
cellency of the goods turned out by
our packers.
Every pound of flesh lost between
now and spring will have to be made
up again when the pastures supply
FOOD; but with growing stock this
means too often more than loss o.
flesh; 1T means loss of growth.
At this season there is more neeC
of variety and a care in feeding
than at any other time, largely fol
the reason that the stock has beer
fed on dry feed so long, aud becaus,
there is less opportunity for making
a good variety.
A barn large enough to hold ha,
and other provender for larg,
number of stock will furnish waite
from the rain which falls on its roo
for all the stock which can be fet
from it. A barn yard will soon be
come foul through filtration, and
source of danger.
Ii the barn basement is a deep on
the water in basement cistern will
never freeze over in winter; more
over, it will help to keep frost out
1t is certainly great convenience
not to have to turn the cattle out i
bitter weather for water.
The power of fixing the characte
of the offspring is largely depender
upon the strength and vigor of tn
sire, and this required strength an
ylgor immature animals do nc
have. Especially when trying
develop some particular point Us
the mature animal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26

to pay for all outlay, while the in
feriOr grades they have as profit.
Why should not the grower do ali
this and have the profit?
A bed of strawberries three or
four feet wide and 80 feet long, if
highly cultivated, will produce a
large quantity of fruit for a small
family. In the family garden the
narrow bed is the best. If but three
or four feet wide, have three rows
of plants to the bed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26
Agricultural and Live Stock Department.
ire laid aside for this purpose.

are laid aside for this purpose.
On large aud we'll stocked farm
hand and team can be employed
with profit the year around in col
Letting material for manure, making
compost and hauling the same to
the fields. One industrious hand
thus employed would do more good
on a farm in twelve-mOnths than
any two men otherwise engaged.
If from day to day the bones
about the house and farm be thrown
into vessel of lye, a valuable sup
ply of phosphate of potash can be
accumulated. This will be the
finest of fertilizing material, and
will be found especially valuable
about the vegetable garden.
While one farmer in some shape
gets in 80 or 60 acres of wheat bis
neighbor will put in half as much
and get as many bushels. There i.
not only the lesson of profit in this
but we must remember that wei
titled land is constantly improving
while that which is half titled is
growing poorer every day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26
INsOLXENT NnTICE.

Having this day suggested the insolvency
Of the esthte of George Stockard (cOlored)
deceased, this is to notify all persons hold
ing claims against said estate to file them
with the Clerk of the County Court of
Maury County, duly authenticated. on or
before the 18th day Of July, 1897, or the same
will be forever barred. This the 18th day
OF January, 1897. W. q. GORDON.
jan22 1t Administrators.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26

Some people do not take their
worthlessuess to heart enough to do
them any good.
The Mississippi river, at the point
where it flows out Of Lake Itaska, is
only ten feet wide and eighteen
inches deep.
Little Brother-"I love to have
you come to see sister, Mr.. Temp
kins." "Why Dickie?" "Cause
she never likes that candy you bring
her, an gives it to me-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26
Dairy.

" The liberal feeder, who looks to
the comfort of his COWS and sees
that they are well sheltered and
watered, is sure to procure liberal
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26

Cuba has population about half
that of the State of Iowa and materi-
al resources of less magnitude. The
debt charged now by Spain against
Cuba is $40, 100000, or about $400 to
every inhabitant.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26

"Beginnin' at de bottom O. de lad
der an wu'kin' up said Uncle
Eben, Fam er good Ting ter do oncet
er twicet. But dah's some dat make
de mistake er doin' muffin but dat,
ovuh an ovuh ag'in."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26
MELANGE.

Nonsense and News, Odds and Ends
Wise and Otherwise.
His hand lay on her hair,
Her face so fair,
Upturned to his,
Bespoke the truth;
And he, with subtle care
Her thought did share.
A shriek--a whiZZ!
He had the tooth!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26

The school of adversely is a HARD
one. but in it we learn many useful
lessons.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26

The department of agriculture has
estimated the corn crop of this coun-
try for the last year at 2,2S3, 100000
bushels.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26

There is nothing that would cause
a woman greater secret satisfaction
than to fall over in a faint when her
husband is scolding her.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26

The salvation army of Lawrence,
Kas., hanged the devil in ettigy the
other day, after rejecting as irrele-
want the proposition to burn him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26

whats the first step toward the
digestion of food2" asked the
teacher. Up went the hand of IA
black haired little fellow, who eX-
claimed with eagerness: Bite itoff!
Bite it off,