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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
WORK OF THE AMERICAN HEN.
HER VALUE IS NOT LESS THAN $3.50. .OOO..
900 A YEAR. A
Worth More Than the Entire Wheat Crop Of
the Country--Not So Far Behind the
Earnings Of the Railroads
Could Easily Buy Sew
States of the
Union.

II. W. Colfingwood, of the Rural
New Yorker, says in the New York
World III
Mrs. American Business Hen is one
of our most useful citizens. She is a
shrinking, unassuming creature, too
modest at times even to cackle over
the birth of her own egg. leaving that
celebration to her husband; and yet
Mrs. American Hen has been quietly
paying off mortgages, driving wolves
from the door and Matching out nest
eggs for thousands of featherless BIZ
peds.
In 1890 there were in this country
25S, S71, 1875 chickens and 28,73S, 315
other fowls. In that year the Ameri.
can hens laid 9,S36, ,674, ,992 eggs, There
are now S5O,OOO,OOO chickens, which
will lay this year 1876, 100000 eggs.
These eggs are worth $165, 900 900, and
the poultry meat sold during the year
will bring $195,OOO, 900 which gives
$500, 100000 as very low estimate of
the earnings of Mrs. American Hen
for one year of the great depression.
The 350,0O0,0 900 hens are worth $lO5.
100000 of any mans money, but we
will not consider that, but take. simply
the earnings of the hen. The average
length of an egg is two and one half
inches. The 75O,OOO,OOO eggs will,
therefore, make chain 54S,21s miles
long, while the total weight of this
production of hen fruit is least 1885,
1875 tons.
Does any reader Of the World realize
what this immense production of eggs
and meat means to the country9 Here
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08

rious other craft have been chartered
to take special parties. Probably eight
or ten thousand men in all have been
carried as far as the Alaska coast.
Most of them are taking the overland
route from Dyea, instead Of making
the long detour by way of the Yukon
River. But the overland road is an ex-:
ceedingly hard one to travel, and the
number of would be prospectors is
vastly in excess of the means for con ;
veyiug outfits. The consequence is
thata great many men have made a
start on the fearful trail, with little
prospect Of getting over the Chilcoot
Pass TO the mining district before winter
sets in. 1t is to be feared that the lack
of sufficient supplies may entail serious
sufferings 1t is a great mistake for
any one to startfor the Klondy he dis
trict (which lies practically on the arc,
tic circle without being well supplied
with everything that he will need. es
pecially with money. Juneau. the
capital OF the Territory OF Alaska, will
be crowded this winter with disap-
pointed me l.who must wait until next
summer to find the road passable to
the Eldorado of their hopes. On the
eve Of the adjournment of Congress
there was created the new Office of Sur.
veyor General of Alaska. Hardly any
surveying at all has been done in that
vast region. Next spring there will be
an enormous rush of American pros
pectors, and it is believed that the gold
bearing gravel beds of the streams on
the American side OF the boundary line
may prove to be as rich as those on the
Canadian de.-From t'The Progress
Of the World, y in American Monthly
Review of Reviews for September.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08

is addicted to is that of profane swear
ing. Some fellows swear because they
think 1t impresses the hearer with the
idea that they are bad and dangerous
men. This is especially true of the
high tempered man. Others do so, as
they think, to give emphasis to their
expression, while still others do so be.
cause they just naturally like to hear
Themselves "cuss," or because their
vocabulary is limited. Something
might be said In extenuation OF the
man who cusses when he mashes his
finger, OF when things 60 wrong, but
even then 1t is evidence of lack of
self control, and the cardinal virtue of
patience. Pulaski Record.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
The Major and Bob.


Major, if you don't punish that boy
l will"
The words fell sternly from the lips
of Mrs. Domo, who was ruefully sur.
.veying the wreck of her best reading
lamp.
"Bob," said the Major, severely,
come here. Maria, leave the room"
Mrs. Domo went into the dining
room and shut the door to keep out the
horrid sounds, if possible.
Whack! Whack Whackl from the
Major.
"Wowl o waw! won 7 do it again. /"
Whackl Whack! Whackl
Now, will you break lamp shades
again, you young scoundrel?'
mol No-o!" sobbed Bob.
Whackl Whack Whackl
Mrs. Domo's ire was by this time
quite evaported.
Again the dreadful slipper fell and
again the air was rent with piercing
yells of tortured innocence.
"Oh, Major, stopl'
mot by jugful! We're having a
splendid time in here"
Whackl Whack! Whackl
Mrs. Domo could stand it no longer.
"Stop it, you big brutel's she exclaim-
ed, rushing into the room.
Then she grew madder than ever.
There onjhis hands and knees was the
Major, galloping around on the car.
part, while Bobby was larruping a
slipper and giving vent to terrified
cries of woe. Tit Bits.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
Thou Shalt Not steal.p

They were evidently from the coun.
try, and this was the first time she had
watched a ball game. george, " she
said; George, dear, what Is that man
who just hit the ball trying to doY"
''Steal base" replied George. "ls 1t
right to steal baseY" asked the
maiden. who had diligently studied
the Ten Commandments. "otcourse, :"
somewhat scornfully. answered. her
beau, who was undoubtedly something
Of rooster. well, II doesn't sound
right" she said, as she nestled closer.
New York Mall and Express.
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are a few figures for comparison:

/
American. mines in 1895 was S46,610,,
900, and all silver $72, ,O51 900. The
vaiae OF at, minerals, including iron,
gold and silver, taken out of American
mines in 1904 was S2OS, 16S,78S.. Ameri,
cans are given to Dragging about. our
immense mineral resources, and yet
you will notice that the hens paid for
it all one year and had enought left
to just about pay the interest on all
mortgages.
Mrs. Hen will earn enough this year
to pay the entire State and county tax
(which in 1890 was S14S, 1885, ,OO7,) and
have enough left for every cent OF pen
sions that are paid to old soldiers.
The average COW weighs 1870 times as
much as the average hen, and yet all
the milch cows in the country have a
total value of but $3.50 955, ,545. Mrs
Hen in one year will earn enough to
buy every COW, and put the entire to.
bacco crop in her pocket as we'll She
could pay out Of her years earnings
for all the tea and coffee imported in
one year and all the petroleum pro.
ducts, and have enough left to buy all
the tobacco grown in 1896. The to.
tai assessed valuation of the following
States fall below the hens yearly earn.
ings: New Hampshire, Vermont, Della
ware, Arizona, Nebraska, Alabama,
Mississippi, Idaho, West Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah,
Florida, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Nevada, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mon.
tana, Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado,
New Mexico.
In other words, Mrs. American Hen
conld buy any Of these States from one
years egg and chicken money. She
could buy in this way New Mexico,
Araizona, Wyoming, North Dakota,
Idaho and Montana all put together.
The total cost Of conducting the Post.
office Department last year was s9O,.
626,s96 81. We can pick out 80, 900 900
of our best hens that will cover every
dollar of this outlay In one year.
The next earnings of the railroads In
1895 were 1898, ,l98, ,454. The railroad
dividends paid amounted to Ss1, 1916, TIA.
The American Hen paid nearly twice
the profits earned by American rail.
roads.
The total earning from passenger
traffic amounted to .$261 $40, ,59S, or
less than that of the hens. It cost In
1895 slightly over two cents to carry
one passenger one mile, .OiS4 Of a cent
to carry one ton of freight one mile,
and ninety one cents to run the aver
aga train one mile. One single hen,
laying 100 eggsper year, could have
215 days of vacation, and would still
be able to pay for carrying ono pas
senger 100 miles, or Tor hauling ten
tons OF freight 10000 miles, or for run
ming an ordinary train two miles. One
hundred and forty such hens would
pay the salary Of the average teacher
employed in the public schoola, while
seventy five hens would pay. the aver
age pension to old soldiers. =. A
.
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. The KIondyke.

If the Klondyke gold fields had been
located under -hospitable skies, with
easy means Of transportation, the rush
of eager adventures would have been
unparalleled In history. As matters
stand. the exodus Of. prospectors to
Alaska has only been limited by the
means Of transit. All the steamships
regularly sailing from points on the
Pacific coast to Alaskan ports have
been crowded to their utmost, and va
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08

Fol. the most part all these mil have
been closed down for many weeks or
months. To say that by the opening
of the Amoskeag mills at Manchester,
N. H., 800 employees will be given work
is TO tell but little. The real me an ing
Is thatnearly 800 BONES in the world
will have brighter look. The spirit
of independence has come again. The
feeling Is there that the work of their
hands is. wanted.
The conditions In New Hampshire
are well shown by the report from
Manchester. The evidences of pros
perity at haud are. unmistakable. The
Amory corporation, employing 1900
hands, has resumed work after two
weeks shut down, and the doors of the
Amoskeag mill will open. TO 800 people
a week from tomorrow afterfour weeks
OF idleness. -
Ia Massachusetts,. the indications are
no less emphatic. The agents through.
out the city predict that in another
fortnight there will not be an idle
spindle or loom in the great textile
factories that are centered there. In
Worcester and vicinity manufacturers
are busily preparing for lively season
and find business improving with every
day. In Clinton the worsted company
has for three weeks been running its
spinning department night and day.
The wire cloth company finds business
betterthan ever before at this season
and the carpet company went on to
full time on August /. In Taunton
owners and agents are very careful. In
New Bedford prosperity increases with
each day.
In Rhode Island all the mills In and
about Providence are running on full
time. and olneyville has risen from
stagnation to activity and new build
ings are going up. "
Bellows, Falls reports that business
in Vermont is decidedly better, and
men are preparing to extend old in.
dustries and to inaugurate new ones.
Drew, Conn, is not tagging. In Hart.
ford the big Colt works begin Mondny
to run on full time. The Brown silk
works at Middleton, the largest In the
country, will run evenings to catch up
with foods Of orders. The same story
comes fiom every industry in the Nut,
meg State. Maine is happy, too. In
the great mills at Biddeford and Lewis
ton splndles are whizzing aud looms
are blinking as never before. The
Lewiston mills have increased their
force Of operators twenty per cent. in
four weeks. The outlook at Bidderord
Is bright. Several mills that have been
running half time are preparing to run
on full time. and about two hundred
additional hands will find EN- ployment.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
Everybody SAYS So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartlc, tire most won.
derful medical discovery OF the age, pleas.
ant ahd refreshing to the taste, act gelitiy
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing. the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual consolidation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
ofU. @. G. to-day; 10, %, 30 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druegists..
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
The victories of Hoods
Sarsaparilla over all
Forms of disease

COnCIuslv1Iy prove
That 10 is an unequaled
Blood purifier. 1t conquers
The demon scrofula,
Relieves the itching and burning Of
salt rheum, cures running sores, ulcers,
boils, pimples, and every other form
of humor or disease originating in i'm
pure blood. The cures bv Hood's Sar.
saparilla are cures-absolute. perma-
nent, perfect cures. They are based
upon its great power to purify and en-
rich the blood.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
n WAS Snll.

I A thoughtful Baffalo paper editori-
ally regrets that. Convict Willis did
not live long enough to serve out his
life sentence."e Too badl--- Chicago
Times-Herald. :.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
Don't robacco suit and sr,o, yonr M. Av,v

To quit tobacco easilysand forever, be niag
netic, iuil OF life, nerve and vlgor, take NoTo.
bac, the wonder.worlSer, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 500 or 81. Cure guaran,
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, ChIcago OF New York
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
4 Brief criticism.

s"Ihave only one fault to find with
this poem, ''said the .soulless editor.
And what is that inquired the.
author. +
"It's no good Washington Star,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
No AstrOlOger Needed.

He-The astrologer described you ex-
actly, and said that I would marry
you.
She-Don't you think II was waste
OF money to consult himp
He-Why?
Shell could have told you the same !
thing myself.-Brooklyn Life.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08

"Only nervous" is a sure indication
that the blood is not pure Hoods
Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and
cures nervousness.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08

We've got Hamlet fixed up 30 it
will create furore this fall"
What have you done to itY"
I'm the grave digger's scene the old
fellow shoyeling in the hole is to throw
out gold nuggets as big as hickory
nuts. - Chicago Record.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08

One Of the most useless and unheces-
sary habits that weak and faIlible man
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08

Release is at hand for all sufferers
from coughs and colds or diseases of
the throat, bronchial tubes or nasal
cavities, who will resort to the right
remedy. DR.. Bells's Pine Tar Honey
cures all disorders and sickness Of this
kind. Thousands have testified to this
fact. 1t is made of simple and harm
less ingredients Of pine tar and honey
scientifically combined. 1t never fails.
There is nothing ''just as good" Take
no substitute from any druggist.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
THE HUM OF INDUSTRY
Is sHeardAgaininthe Land.
How the Wave Of Prosperity has
Affected the Mills and Shops.

o. rlf ~
Lawrence, Mass; August 80. Opera.
.tions, were resumel at the Atlantic
mills today, after shut down Of four
weeks This will give employment to
about1 200 hands. Work was also re-
sumed In, the weaving department Of
Methuen Company 8 mills at Methuen.
Nearly all Of the $50 operatives EN-
ployed in thse mills are now at work.
/. Lowell, Mass, Aus gust 80, The Law
renee Cotton Mills i, this city started
this morning after a shut down Of fopr
weeks. .All are nov running with or.
defa sufficient to Insure a prosperous
season. s - !,
Providence. R.. l., August 3O.- The
Harris Mills started today, after shut
down of two. weeks The mills employ
about 800 hands.
Sonersworth, N. H., August.8O. : The
Great Falls Cotton Manufacturing
Mills here resumed operations on full
time today, after having been run forty
hours week since May.
Boston, Aug. SO.-The Journal pub
lishes q review. of the industrial field
OF New England, showing how the In. !.
coming wave Of prosperity has affected
the mills and shops OF ave States. The
following table conveys at a glance a
practical idea of the changes wrought,
telling OF cotton mills that have start
up. or are soon to do 80, after having
been actually shut down.
Following are the names Of the'mills,
city or town, date Of resumption and
number of employees affected. -
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08

To euro Constipation Forever.
:, Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 100 or 2bc.
II O. G. G. fail 10 cure, druggists refund money
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
Very Dangerous,

A man pointed an unloaded gun at a
friend and pulled the trigger.
"See," he cried, gleefully, 81 have
exploded a superstition; there is no
danger in an unloaded gun."
And straightway the friend struck
him on the head with all his might.
ut seems to.be dangerous weapon
for fool to pIpy with, after ALL" was
the consolation he offered, as the man
bound up his wound. Chicago Record.
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No-ro- Bac for Fifty Cents.
A Theatrical HIT.

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC, o.. All druggists.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
Statistical.

Before a man is thirty he falls in love
with every pretty girl he looks at. y
"Yes?"
'And after he is thirty he falls In
love with every pretty girl that looks
at him, ~ Chicago Record.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08

AtlantIc,. Lawrence, Aug. .9..y.....s..,.. 800
Everett, Lawrence, Sept. T.. 100
Millbury; Cot. Miiibnry, VT, Aug. 25. lilo
GnaPel, Cnerry alley, v T., Aug. %. ..... $50
Enfield, Georgiaville, r. l., Aug. 81. 900
Amory, Manchester, N. H., Aug. 30. 800
Anioskeag, Manchester, N. H., Sept. 0 :. 400
Hlllsboro, HillsborO, N. H.. Aug. 8. 80. 200
Briggsville and Brayton, Mass, Aug. 30. i, 900
OOuQurQS, TX. L.. Sent.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-11
circumstances Alter Cases.


AS he crept up the front steps of his
house his heart sank. Through an un-
curtained window he had caught sight of
light in the back parlor. Well, he knew
what that meant! The cuckoo called the
hour of as sheepishly he entered the pres
ence of his wife. She had not gone to bed.
Silently she pointed to the clock on the
mantel and looked him straight in the eye.
"FrankP' she said. Her voice was of
Ice He quailed. r
Frank" she continued, "what does
this mean?''
He vouchsafed no reply.
"You'ue been gambling againW
In guilty assent he inclined his head.
ooh, Frank, how could you'll"
There was a tremor in her voice. She
burst into tears.
"How could you, Frankp' she went on.
"You know the rent is due and the gas
bill unpaid. oh, where will we find money
with which to buy the children's winter
clothes? And to think you would squan-
der your money at the gaming table when
your family is actually suffering for the
necessaries Of life Oh, it is Shameful
We're it not for the children, would go
home to mother this instant Oh, this
curse of gambling-this awful vice that is
Rlling our poorhouses and our lunatic asy-
lums! If l had foreseen this day, if had
known l was to be the miserable wife of q
wretched gambler,1 would have cut off
my finger before I would have permitted
you to place the wedding ring upon it.
Oh, Frank, Frankp'
The wretched man drew 800 bill from
his vest pocket and threw it on the table.
II won ith' he said gloomily.
Have you ever seen the sun disperse the
morning mist?
"Oh, Frankr' she said as she twined
her arms about his neck. "Now l can
have that tailor made costume, can't I?'
New York Sunday journal.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-11

THE threatened extra session of
Congress by the incoming Republican
administration is doing more to injure
business and augment the unsettled
and restless condition of all trade
than any other one thing. There is
absolutely no use of an extra session
of fCongress, outside of awarding cam
paign contributors and keeping the
pledge made rich corporations and
monopolies, in which they were to
have high protection and munificent
bounties, in return for their millions
contributed to the fund to elect a Re-
publican president. The prosperity
of the people is to be sacrificed to
satisfy Republican political heelers
and the greed of high proted indus
tries!
The people will hold the Mckinley
administration to a strict account
ability for an extra session of Con-
gres called for this purpose.
What the people want is a larger
volume of the circulating medium of
money, not increased taxation in the
way of high protection and bounties
to certain industries, and by the eter-
nal they are going to have it.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-11
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill a bottle or common glass with
urine and let IL stand tweuT, -four
hours; sediment or settling indi-
Gates a diseased condition OF fne kid
news. When urine stains linen IT, is
positive evidence OF kidney trouble.
Too frequent desire 70 urinat- or
pain in the back, is also convincing
proof that the kidneys and bladder
are out OF order.
WHAT To DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge
so often expressed; that DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, the great kidney
remedy, fulfills every wish in reliey-
ing pain in the back, kidneys, liver,
bladder and every part OF the urinary
passages. 1t corrects inability to
hold urine and sealding pain in pass
ing it, or bad effect following use of
liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes
that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to get up many times dur
ing the night to urinate. The mild
and the extraordinary effect OF
Swamp Root is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful
cures Of the most distressing cases.
Ii you need a medicine you should
have the best. Sold by druggists
price fifty cents and one dollar. For
a sample bottle and pamphlet, both
sent free by mail, mention The
NORTHWEST and send your full post
Office address to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y. The proprietors
OF this paper guarantee the genuine
ness of the offer. feb41y.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-11
LATEST RAILROAD SCHEME.
LIMA NORTHERN TO BE Elk
TENDED TO LAKE MICHI-
GAN.
And the c., j. Il M. to Enter De
trOit-Cal Brice Behind the
Movement.

If the deals which are now pending
go through there will be material
change in the maps of the c., J. & NJ.
and Lima Northern. There has
always been some doubt as to
whether Senator Brice is interested
in the Lima Northern or not, but, in
this deal, there is not the least doubt
that Mr. Brice is interested. The
scheme is nothing more or less than
converting the c., j. g. NJ. into a line
from Cincinnati to Detroit and the
Lima Northern into line from the
coal fields to Lake Michigan. In the
reorganization of the Ohio Southern
and c., j. & M. the part of the Michi-
gan division of the c., J. & M. is to
be annexed to the Lima Northern.
Then it is to be extended to the lake.
From here the Lima Northern is to
operate car ferries across the lake
like the f. & p. NJ. and the Ann
Arbor.
Some time ago Brlce closed q deal
by which he obtained control of the
Fayette branch of the Lake Shore.
This, in connection with part of the
Lima Northern, will let the c., J. &
NJ. into Detroit.
The change would put the c., J. &
NJ. into the market for Detroit bust
ness. The Fayette branch strikes
the c., J. 81 M. nearer to Toledo than
does the Wabash over which the c.,
j. ~ M. sends its business into De-
trolt at present. The Fayette branch
does not have an entrance into De-
troit, but it is understood that ter.
minals have been secured at that
point. Blade.