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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

NATION, Ills. Aug. 9.-During a sew
ere rain and electric storm Sunday, AL
schuler & Company's large dry goods
store was discovered to be on fire and
before the blaze was extinguished, dam
age to the extent of $4,000 had beer
done to the building, stock and adjoin,
infr huildinpR
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

PoRT TOWNSEND, Wash, Aug. "a
sloop from Victoria landed Sunday aft
ernoon dozen Chinese near Point VIII
son, and thon hastily sailed away. The
customs officers arrested four of the
Chinese, and GIo TOW ON the trail Of
others
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12
VOL. XXXVII.

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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12
AIlerU0n.

DAvENPoRT. Ia, Aug 5.-The great
stallion Allerton, who finished very
lame in the third heat of his race
with LOhasca Wednesday, is 50 seri-
ously injured that he will be laid up
for the balance of the season. His
owner, G. w. Williams, of Independ-
ence, will lore 100000 as q result.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

The rumor that Direct broke down
after the hard work he received Sat
urday has been denied by Mr..
Salisbury. He should know, but
there is no denying the fact that the
little black horses legs are III Oau
shane. Sportsman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

Will Gov. buchanan get proxy, go
into the convention and move to
make Il unanimous? Or will he sP-
point Etheibert Barksdaln Wade to
perform this pleasant duty ?-Mem'
pela Commercial.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12
The nOmeliest Man in Columbia

As we'll as the handsOmost, and others
are invited To call on any druggist and
get free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs, q remedy
that is selling entirely upon its merits
and is guaranteed to relieve and cure
all Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma,
Bronchitis and Consumption.
feb26-eOw IY
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

for he will come very near getting
the lions share o. the money.
n. B. Cochran, who OWE the fas
2-year-old racing filly, Lucille s., by
Duplex 2:l7I, is reported to have de-
clined fine offer for q half interest
in the filly. Lucille S. has not been
trained but short while, but she is
awful fast, and a Duplex colt is moth
ing if not stay er. Duplex is just
about AS game as any horse that ever
pulled a sulky.-Hanover.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12
Fatnl Sunday Row,

RICHMOND, Ind, Aug. 9.-Late Sun
day night Adam Keller and Mike
Sheridan engaged in a fight, using
knives and rocks. Sheridan's skull was
gashed, and he received other injuries
that may prove fatal. In that case Kel-
lar will be held for murder.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

Itch, mango and scratches OF every
kind, on human or animals, eured In
10 minutes by NVoOIfurd's Sanitary
Lotion. This never fails. Sold by A.
i. Rains druggist. mays ~.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

BUFFALO, N. D., Aug. 0.-The North
EN- Pacific elevator was struck by light
ming Sunday, and burned to the ground
with 10000 bushels OF wheat. The loss
Ia COX OOO
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

Algona, the sire of Flying Jib,2 IA
was sired by Almont SO, dam Emma
Kinkead, by COnscript, by Cassius M
Clay, grandam, by Mambrino Chlel
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12
Summary of Races.

The races yesterday, the 5th, were
very interesting. AT Buffalo, the
great horse, Robert j., by Hartford,
broke the buffalo track record and
ruualed Hal Pointers time by going
in 2:G93{ This is also the worlds
mark iur four-year-old PAGERS. This
was done in the 2:27 class, pacing,
nurse SIS 900, in which a field OF six
started and all caught the flag on the
first heat, except flying Jib and Robert
J. Robert ]. took the first and third
heats in 2:1l, 2:0934, but Jib had the
best bottom and outfoOted him in the
other three in 2:I034, 2:12, 2:l7A
Ewing JiO will be here in October.
4 dispatch from Des MOines says
AIIerton's lameness is only slight
strain and that he will soon be all
right
At Davenport, Ia, Guy beat Mana
ger in three straight heats, 2:lS19r
2:132I, 2:126.
In the 2;16 Glass, pacing, purse
Al 800, VitellO won the three last heats
in 2:I6, 2:I6, 2:1613. Paul won the
first in 2:l5I@, and Vinette the second
in 2:13A.
The iIal Pointer-Direct race haf
not vet come off. 1t has been rain
| ing in Buffalo nearly every day
hence the track cannot be in the best
OF fix; the records above are very fast
considering that fact.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

Red Hal, by Tom Hal, can dc mile
close to 2:l5, says the Western Horse
man.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

Cuckoo, the black PAGER that has
been around in Indiana for the last
thee or four weeks, is by Ambassa-
dor 2:2l4, and out of full sister to
the much poted Temple Bar, 2:17M.
He is fast rascal. sound, good look
ing and will just do mile in 2:12 be-
fore he is turned out for the winter.
He carries his commission md will
be valuable in the stud for he is bred
right, has the size and can go fast,
SAYS the Horseman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

Hor tennis costume is SO gay,
And fits so very neatly,
The question whether she can play
Must he ignored comTletely.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all hard, soft or calloused Lumps and
Blomishes from horses, Blood SPAWN
Curbs, Splints, Ring Bone, Sweeney
STILES, Sprains, Sore and Swollen
Throat, Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use
of one bottle. Every bottle warranted
by a. B. Rains, Druggist. may6-ly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

Al last a:use sha new has found
For the stcFo amers that used to grace M
Now over her shoulders they are bound
As suspenders to embrace her,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12
WHO rs BANKS2
Said to Be of Columbia, and Robbed
of $500.

The Misdeeds of one I. II. Everett, of
the City of ROcks-FOrged Right
and Left.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

Ed Gears has christened the pneu-
matte su!ky 1.-The Ghost"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

Johnny-What did your mother whiI
You Tor, Jimmy?
Jimmy Eatin' green fruit.
Johnny-W no give ye away?
Jimmy Tho doctor,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

"Jeffie Lee, the Tennessee PAGER that
has recently been winning some races
in the North, having now record OF
2:22, IS pacing bred, says the Horse
man."
JefIie Lee Is pacing-bred but her
record OF 2:22 was made trOttlng'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

We are in receipt of letter from
Robt. M. Williams, who is now at
Lexington, experimenting the thor
oughbTed nursery "ShandOn," the
falHous farm of Judge Mulligan. Bob
saws he misses the trOtters and PAGERS
very much; the trOtters and pagers
and all OF Bob's other frienos here
miss him very much. We. wish hlm
success wherever he goes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12
FROTWOOD'S MISCELLANY

A negro in Kentucky was handling a
pistol That wAs not loaded when It wont
off entering one side of his head and
came out tho other. The dispatch
lOconIcally says "the wound is very
serious one and may result fatally"
Thus is "A life saved by wooden hOad.
#xz
Rev. Dr. FuurLhly-lIas your hus-
band kept uuspotted from the world,
Mrs. BieoZy?
Mrs. Broozy- Oh, yes; Pm the only
ono who is thoroughly onto him.-New
York Herald.
4 counLryman and his bride applied
at the box Office for tickets. Orchestra
chairs, parquetts or family circle?"
asked tho ticket solIer. "WhichIl it bc,
Marior?' said the groom. "Woll," she
ropiiod, with blush, "bein' as how
we're married now, p'r'aps il would be
proper to sit IN the family circle."-
Texas SlfJings.
! ait mas boon provcn that pound OF
coal, =" s,ays professor, contains energy
equal III amount To the force expended
| by "A man in doing q days work" II
tho man he hired darky and his boss
| is away we can readily see why 1t Is
that GOA, nuctuatcs SO.
| -
\ woman in Ulster County, Pa, who
! il nIty years old ana the mother Of
eleven children, has just oi2pod fJr the
second titne this year. What pity
! some Sloluon are So very, very siddy.
-
| ''ro 10 above fear il heaven; to bo be-
| low hope is hoil," says the Rev. DIR,
| OtLr. TiIo DIR. ought not to swear like
| that. If some common chdrch member
| had put "this hot weather" instead OF
"nope" in the first line he'd haYo been
promptl 7 accommodated.
! -
| Mars is getting further from the earth
now every day; by Aug D, sho will ho
something ovor 35,OO2OOO miles away,
or about tho same distance that Harri-
son and blaine arc now apart.
Some metaphors.
The printing press is the electric light
of the human mind.
Ships are birds of commerce; white
winged and smoko-plum9d flying
DER the doep.
The Truth under all circumstances Il
the morLaPs natural beacon light; tht
, False is mirage.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12
Notes, News and Comment.

Hal billiard now has record of
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

The following two items are from
the WesteTn Horseman: Robert j.,
the horse that beat the horses at
Cleveland last week In the 2:16 pace
and obtained a record of 2:l2Z, was
sired by the horse Hartford, son
of Harold. Hartford was last owned
by Thomas Levi, Noblesville Ind,
and was burned up about three years
ago when Mr.. Levi lost so many
horses.
The PAGER is keeping up his reputa-
tion this season as an attraction.
Boys, if you own slick fellow push
him out and don't be afraid that his
lateral way of going will depreciate
his value. More of them are wanted
for good roadsters than formerly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

Hal Pointer and Direct meet again
tomorrow evening at Grand Rapids,
Mich. The great mare Nancy Hanks
will go against her record, 2:09, at the
same place Thursday.
The Press Dispatch Gays: 1.-THE
greatest interest, however, is shown
in the Direct Hal Pointer race Wee
nesday. With good hard track u
few are predicting victory for Direct,
notwithstanding his recent defeat at
Buffalo. Both horses will be hitched
to pneumatic suIkies. Mr.. Salisbury,
Directs owner, says he was not sur
prised that Direct lost at Buffalo. He
needed o:.e race to round him to,
but he expects not only victory, but
q lowered record Wednesday il the
track remains in its present excellent
condition. The McHenry Stable, with
TObasLO, 2:38T, who gave Allel ton
such a hard race last Wednesday,
arrived to-day. TobascO's owner, Mr.
Ladd, explains the nature of Aller-
toms injuries. He says TObascO drove
Allerton to a break, and i'll jerking
him to his feet Williams wrenched
the stallion's grOini and the injury is
very serious. In McHenry's stltng
is the great stallion Delmarch, 2:1l12,
who will be exhibited.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

The day of the "whoOp-la" driver
! is on the Wane.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

AhbOt'a East Indian Corn Paint cures
alI Corns, Warts and BunIOns.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

More castra. ion G nd less regis IA
ton.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

IN. Lent, our grey-haired veteran
at the wheel, is laying low with
barn full of good ones. He is stabbed
at South Side Park, the half-mile
track, and when he cuts some OF his
machines loose, the chances are good
that the stuff, or some part OF 1t, will
come his way. Jas. P. McGaw, the
PROPRIETOR Of the stable, has pur-
chased a magnificent place near the
city, where he will carry on his es-
tablishment for producing trottert
and PAGERS. Here it Is that Red Pilot,
the grand chestnut sire, VIII make
his home. Mr.. McGAw Is elated ovel
the showing that Jeffie Lee is making
up the country. She is q daughter OF
his premier sire.-HanOver In Ameri'
can Sportsman.
Saws the Western HOrseman: Every
body in this section who Knows Gi
Curry is rejoicing over his big sue
ces go far. Gil is as clever as the.
make them, and he comes very nea
being Tennessee's star driver. Whel
il comes to plotting q PAGER, the au
burn-hAired Curry Is on the top o
the ladder. The beat wishes OF 3 hos
OF Tennessee horsemen follow him.
JIM. Leat is riding some fas
miles these days behind the horses i
his stables. They are all in goo
shape and when the veteran cut
loose, with one or two especially. h
will make you keep your eyes open
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12

Farmer Greon (mournfuliy)-No,
mann - we amt a-goin' to hoy no pun
kims this year.
Miss Bordon-Why not2 Isn't 1t a
good ysar for pumpkins?
Farmer Green-Yes, mum; but we
didn't plant any.
-"
Whom a man takes off his linen collar
and dons a negllge shirt, and a woman
ahr1gs aside her loose waist and puts
on a stiff shirt with n high collar, you
NAV know that the hot weather ha'
rome.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-12
Distress after Eating

T.. +. l..
(Pricldy Ash, Polk Root and
POtasSium.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13

Laureate material for some OF those beau
tifGl transcripts of incidents i'm peasant
life, which abound in the poets later vol
umeS.
Tennyson frequently visited an old
shopkeeper in the autumn, from whom
he often bought the cheap, sensa-
honal novels of the day, which, oddly
enough. he was very fond of reading.
About apple-time the garden in the rear of
this Shopkeeper's place was filled with ex-
cellentfr Tennyson would then appear
with the remark: slows your apples ?'
and sampled the different variety, talking
delightfully."- all the time on a number OF
subjects.
a good deal has been said of late years
about the crabbedness of Tennyson, and
mat he was unduly naughty, but most OF
lnese stories are the inventions
OF preSumDtuouS persons who failed
10 lntrude on his privacy. lie
hated autograph hunters, and even or
dered parcels from London in such Il man
ner as to avoid signing his name when
they were delivered by mail or express.
There was no trace of affectation in his
manner, and he was more democratic and
genial i'll his old age than he was in his
youth. His visits to the Queen were fire.
quent when she came to the Isle of Wight,
but he cared little for London society, al
though he was very fond of dong the pic
ture shows and theaters once every season.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13
7W0MAN5 |NFL UENCE'

p nay different. I wish we lived under
oe nu,, order of things"
"lson smiled. Il fear such order is
100 otopian ever to be realized" ho an
ferhaps, though dare say Are
you really going? Well, then 1 must
say good-oy. hope it is not necessary
I n me to repeat tho assurance that
ii'"oou always holds welcome for
80 .1ank YOU or your good wishes,
au "'sh you TO remember that | APP
p poei"te more than | have power to ex-
press the-happiness you have helped
to give mo.
NO more, said Wilson, with painful
aoruptness. My service is not worth
such mention"
"i'hout another word he pressed her
naho ana was gone, leaving her rather
surprised ut his unusual manner.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 9.-The Canadian
Pacific Navigation Conpany's steamer
Premier WAS struck by the steam collier
Willamette in dense fog off WILDLY
Island, about ten miles south of Port
Townsend, yesterday afternoon. Four
were killed, one drowned and seven
teen badly wounded. The steam tug
Goliah arrived here this morning with
three of the dead, all of the wounded
and the other passengers, after having
spent several hours in All attempt to
save from the wreck the body of an un-
known passenger.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13
AN AGGRESSIVE ACT.
United States Consul Hanna Target for
Venezuelan War Ships Guns.

venezuelan war snip uunS.
CURACAO, Oct. 7.-EXcitement runs
high at La Guayra. United States Con-
sui Philip c. Hanna has been fired at
from the guns of a Venezuelan war ship
while on visit to Macuto in a private
boat. Fortunately the United States
consular representative was not struck.
Macuto has been the scene of several
sangui nary engagements, which have
ended in the defeat of the governme Mt
forces by the Crespistas.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. The State
Department has received no official in
formation concerning the alleged firing
upon Consul Hanna by Venezuelan
war ship. Secretary Foster Is inclined
to believe the report, however. He
says ii an American consul had been
fired upon in Venezuela or anywhere
else tie offending country would
be called to strict accounta-
bility for its action. The President,
Secretary Foster said, favored an ag
gressive foreign policy, and no country.
great or small, would be allowed to i'll
suit our flag or our representatives
without being made to answer for it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13
BIG DEAL BY SHOE WORKERS.
a Combine at Boston Which Means
Death to the knights of Labor.

a Combine at Boston Which Means
Death to the knights of Labor.
DOVER, n. H., Oct. 10.-At a secret
council in this city of properly accredit-
ed representative of the Boot and Shoe
Workers international Union and of
the National Shoe Cutters Union, the
papers have been signed which
all the local unions and the
franchise of the latter body. This is
the first step in Il series which will mean
death to the Knights of Labor, as the
international Union will next absorb
the Lasters' Protective Union and then
the Shoemakers' National Assembly of
the knights of Labor, making the first
named body absolute master of the boot
and shoe trade. There are ! ZOO MEM
bers of the cutters union.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13
:. BLOWN OUT OF BED.
Homestead Strikers Perpetrate Diabol-
icnl Act-Dynamite Under u Hotel.


HOMESTEAD, Pa, Oct. IA dastardly
attempt was made last night to murder
in their beds about forty non-union
men. Dynamite was the agency re-
sorted TO, and its failure was due solely
to the fact that the force ofthe exp ,osion
was expended downward. The ex-
plosion was go severe that it was felt in
the military camp, and the front part of
the Mansion House was wrecked.
Mrs. Marion keeps a boarding estab-
iishment frequented by non-union men.
1t is located at the corner of Amity
Street and Fifth Avenue. 1t belongs to
the Coke estate, and is known as the
Mansion House. Shortly after clock
this morning, when the mill workers
were all asleep, they were suddenly
awakened by an explosion which over
turned their beds, scattering furniture
around the rooms and breaking wind
ows. They were all shocked and greatly
frightened, fearing they had been at
tackled and were going to be killed. The
air was filled with dust from plaster,
and the peculiar odor of the ex-
lhosion conveyed the impression that
the house WAS on fire. For minute
the men huddled in their rooms and
then rushed papic-stricken down stairs
One man stumbled and nearly broke
his leg. He had fallen into a hole in
the floor.
The street was deserted at the time,
but the explosion aroused the people
tor squares around, and they soon
Hocked to the scene. The deputy
sheritfs we're soon there and Sc
cured what evidence they could.
1t appears window in front
had been broken, and through this
the stick of dynamite was thrown.
There are four large window glasses in
the front, IS the room was once used
for store. These were shattered
into fragments; the door was broken,
several chairs battered, and the room
was Il complete wreck.
Had some explosive, whose force was
upward, not downward, been used
it. is probable that all the
inmates of the house would
have been killed. AS it is, the mill
workers are terrorized, and the COM
pany have to put watchmen in the
clearinghouse before they will go
back AGAIN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13
CANDLES FROM PLANTS.
Vegetables Which Bear Wax and Tallow
Facts About Camphor.

Vegetables Which Bear Wax and Tallow
Facts About Camphor.
Several very curious substances Of
an inilammable nature are produced
by plants said "a naturalist to Wash
ington Star writer. Many vegetable
species bear wax, which in the form
of minute scales on the surface Of the
plum and other stone fruit makes
what is called the "bloom." 1t eX-
lists so abundantly in the fruit Of a
Virginia mytle that the latter has
received the name Of candle berry,"
These berries are collected in great
quantities for their wax and candles
made from them burn with remarka-
bic brightness and freedom from
smoke, at the same time giving out
pleasant fragrance. A wax-bearing
tree exists in South Africa, the ber
ries of which yield Il substance which
is made into candles by the Dutch.
There are several species OF wax
palms in South America. One Of
them has its leaves covered with
scales of wax, while the trunk Of an
other kind is covered with the wax as
with Il varnish.
A substance very like tallow is
yielded by a tree in China, the seed
vessels of which are hard, brownish
husks. Each of them contains three
round white kernels, about the size and
shape of haZelnutS. These kernels
have small stones inside them, around
which the fatty matter lies. From
the pit OF the stone an oil for burn
ing in lamps is pressed. Almost all
the candles used in the south Of
China are mace from this vegetable
tallow. A tree abounds on the Nal
abar coast of India called the "piney"
which bears pulpy fruit that yields
Il great quantity OF solid tallow ap-
preaching wax in tirmness and SUI
perior to animal fat for the manu-
facture Of candles.
Another remarkable inflammable
substance secreted by plants Is cam
phor. 1t is chiefly obtained from a
species of laurel native to the East
Indies In preparing it pieces OF the
roots are put into an iron vessel
tightly covered. When the vessel Is
heated the camphor rises in the form
of vapor and is condensed on the
cover. That is the primitive method,
at all events, though / believe that
it is improved upon by newly invented
processes. In old trees the camphor
is sometimes found, when the trunks
are split open, in very pure state,
forming small concretionS or tears.
MAY-Your last sutton. Mr.. Wait,
seems very magnetic. Belle Yes, /
gave him both poles. May--What
do you meano Belle A positive
negative.