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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
Interviews Interesting to Farmers.

Jacob Barker: II DO not ever recol-
Iect seeing the potato crop as prom
isIng as it now is. Without anOtGer
drop of rain we will make very large
crop. And do you knO~ that that
crop means at least $4,000 to Maury
County? There are ID and around
here fully 1000 acres in Irish potatoes.
They will open at about 81 L think,
though 1 learn that foreign buyers
are not offering that much. Still L
think our local buyers will offer that
much.n
ID. w. Brown: "I notice you ask
for light on the winter Oat question.
[ have been raising them for seven
years and l think they are boon to
the farmers. Come out to my place
and | will show you a field that will
make 80 to 90 bushels to the acre,
planted on the Sth day of October.
They ought to have been put in in
August or September, but the drought
prevented. They make fine winter
sod, and will stand any season that
wheat viii stand"
w. 2. Woodbridge: Eyes the patch
OF carrots which you saw in my lot
recently, as L told y"u, was planted
for winter feed for IA! horses. They
make for colts and '.v.n grown horses
one of the best nIt".tIzers in the
world. A few of tt',-ul given daily
will, with oats, keep "''y horse III the
best of condition. ] lave found them
equally as good ipr mich cows.
they should be planted in rows like
turnips-not too thick aud pulled as
they are needed. They will keep all
winter. Every horse man should
plant few, if no more"
"EIOw about the fair" we asked.
GAS fine prospect as l ever saw. l
think we will have the best fair We
have ever had. So much interest is
being manifested by every one in 1T.
This means a great deal to Maury
County as it brings people here who
buy our stock, and, having seen our
fine lands, many of them become
citizens"
J. x. Farrell: 1.-THE crop prospects
are fine and so are the prospects for
our fall fair. / think we will have as
good fair as we have ever had, if
not better. With a good crop our
people will turn out in force. We
are busy at work on our catalogue
al q will have many new features.
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SUBMARINE GUNNERY.
Commander Converse's Experiments at
the BrookIyn Navy Yard.


the brooklyn Navy Yard.
New YORK, May 23.-ESperiments
with the Destroyer's submarine gun,
which have been in contemplation for
several weeks, We're begun at the navy
yards, Brooklyn, Friday. The torpedo
board having the tests in charge con
sists of Commander c.. A. Converse and
Lieutenauts t. Q. Mclean and A. Z.
Bradbury. They obtained the use of
the timber dry dock for the trials, and
had the Destroyer hauled into the
stream close i'll front of the dock gate.
The dock was allowed to fill with water
and the gate was removed to one side.
At a distance of enc hundred
feet nets Of selling stuff = core
about the size of clothes
line - were stretched across the
dock. each being supported in the center
by two floats The DestrOyer's bow was
one hundred feet from the first net and
the exact direction up the middle OF the
dock was given by getting range on
two white flags at the further end.
Abreast of the Destroyer'S bow in the
navy ward were other white flags in lines
across the line of fire to determine how
much the explosion of the gun made the
vessel recoil.
Command az Converse, one of the lead
ing authorizes of the world on torpe-
does, in charge of the experiments, de-
cided to make the first shot with a
charge of twenty-five pounds of cocoa
brown powder in the gun. All things
being ready an assistant made an cleo
trical connection and the gun exploded:
There was u sound like a combined
monster snort and grunt in the water
under the Destroyer's nose and the
water swirled about in great agitation.
The craft kicked five feet backward an
simultaneously there was sort OF pro-
longed hum-hke whistle, similar to the
closing notes of steam siren. A pecu-
liar treInor or furrow on the surface OF
the water marked the passage of the
twenty-foot projectile until just before
it reached the first net, when 1t rose and
showed itself like a brick-red water
snake as it shot clean over the net. Then
it sank little, again came to the top and
finally plunged into the bosom OF the
second net 200 feet from the gun. There
it seemed to have a prolonged struggle
as though it was trying to jump over
the second obstacle also, but, apparently
exhausted, it gave up the fight and went
to the bottom.
The time from the discharge until the
projectile reached the first net was one
nan Oh d SCCOuIls ol1u linn OLS AON ~
the other one second more, making one
and one-half seconds as the time re-
uuired to traverse 200 feet. Further eX-
periments will be made with the De
stroyer's guns using increased charges
of powder, both cocoa brown and
| sphere hexagonal, to learn what range
can be secured without danger Of crush
ing the projectile. Also. of course,
| questions of accuracy as to directions and
/ depth will be settled and the general
| efficiency of the gun will be determined.
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TROTWOOD'S TALK.
Interesting to Farmers, Breeders and
DRiI'ymen.
Facts, Figures and Information OF
General Interest to the Country
Gentleman.
4 Ram Of Note.

Hon. J. J. Richardson, who Will,
with others of the committee, be IN
Columbia tomorrow to select Jersey
COWS for the World Fair, is Chair
man OF the American Jersey Cattle
Clubs Columbian Committee and en-
ioys the reputation Of being one OF
the hardest lighting Democrats OF the
Northwest He is the Iowa member
of the Democratic National Com
mittee, ana the Breeders Gazette
saws the Democrats of the Northwest
would not undertake Il campaign
without him. He is an enthusiastic
friend Of the Jersey COW, an editor
of a large and influential paper, and
vet has found time to travel IooO
miles, visiting herds in Iowa, Illinois,
Wisconsin, New York, Michigan, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
and, in fact, nearly every state east
of the Rockies. The Jersey breeders
are thoroughly alive and organized,
and as a paper that has not been
noted for its love of Jerseys, well
HOur only object in calling atten-
ton to the mobilization now well
advanced under the direction OF their
most resOurceful generals by the
American Jersey Cattle Club, is to
point out that it constitutes alto
gether the most complete line OF
battle as yet in process of formation
in any one direction in the entire
field covered by our livestock in
dustries 1t is not enough when such
gigantic stakes are to be played for
that the admirers of any given breed
rest easily upon the assumed supe-
riority of their stock and rely upon
"the powers above" to pull out the
plum. The ammunition must be kept
dry as well. There will be no blank
cartridges nor secondhand muskets
found in theJersey armament. Those
who are conducting the. campaign fOl
the cattle of this breed are clearly out
for 'bIOOd'D
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A DOC That Beat Them AII.

a Baltimore exchange giving re-
port of the spring meeting there says:
During the 2:45 class and 2:1S
pace, Doe the great trOtting dog
and his little driver, Willie Ketch-
um, both hailing from Brighton, On
tario, werei introduced. Doc is a
red setter, five years Old, and weighs
about fifty pounds. His driver is
bright little fellow of twelve years,
and weighs about fifteen more
pounds than his canine friend.
doc draws little circle with cush-
ion-tire wheels, the whole affair
weighing twenty-one pounds. A bet
ter-gaited trotter than this dog never
lived. The harder the whip is used
on him the faster he trots, and
through all the big trOtting circuits
that he has passed he has defeated
every pony, sprinter and bicycle
rider for quarter of 4 mile. Inc
dog and his driver were received with
showers of applause and after quiet
had been restored Willie hetchum's
father offered $25 to anybody who
could run and beat the dog. Three
candidates Jumped at the offer. Then
the dog and the three sprinters went
| to the three-quarter post for the start.
| In lust fifty-twO seconds the dog
pulled the sulky and his little driver
under the wire, and the three sprin-
ters were still trying to pass the last
furlong pole Then Tony, a colored
chap with a racing bicycle, tried con-
illusions with the dog. doc" had a
walk-over, and beat the wheel by
! thirty yards. This wonderful dog
will trOt every day during the meet
! ing of the Columbia Driving Park
! Association.
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JERSEYS at the Worlds Fair

At the annual meeting of the Amer
lean Jersey Cattle Club, held in New
York May 4th, J. J. Richardson,
Chairman of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition Committee, made the fol-
lowing report:
"The good results of the decided
policy of this Club, in the matter of
dairy exhibit, at the Columbian Ex-
position, are already felt and are
daily increasing in weight.
"When the club met last year, the
Holstein-Fresian breeders, our chief
rivals, had what appeared to be the
clear start of us. They had announced
that they would give largely to the
Exposition, that they would be there
and that they feared no rivals. To
day they are halting, divided and
discouraged, while Jersey breeders
evesywhere are confident and hope
fuP and the prospects are that the
exhibit of Jerseys at Chicago will at
tract more public interest than that
of any other breed.
'ETothe work of the Columbian Com
mittee of the Clrb--to the correspOn-
deuce, personal visits and persistent
efforts Of the members of that commit
tee, stirring breeders into activity, aud
producing harmony in this direction,
these gratifying results are mainly
due.
IA year ago many of the best MEM
bers OF the Club doubted the wisdom
of an aggressive policy and favored
inaction. To-day the Club and Jer-
sey breeders all over the country are
earnest and unanimous tin favor of
pressing the work on the line already
laid out. This is an issue on which
there should be no division; no dis
cord; no hesitation. The foundation
is laid strong and wide. Let the
work be pressed to a successful end"
An additional 5,000-($10,0 600 hav-
ing already been appropriated)-wa
placed at the disposal of the Column
bian Committee with instructions to
make the Jersey very prominent
in the dairy department at Chicago
next year.
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INCALCULABLE.
The Loss to the Cotton Crop by
the foundations.
Increased Destruction of Life
and Property.

A Government Boat Ordered to Pine
Bluff, Ark, to Aid the sUfTerinG-In st.
Louis and vicinity the Loss win BE
Over s11, 900, oOO-Thousands Home
less and Out of worIS-FIood News.
PINE BLUFF, Ark. May @3.-The de-
struction of life and property in the
Arkansas valley, north and south Of this
city, caused by the food increases in
magnitude with every new report. Six
teen negroes were drowned on Hensley's
island, forty miles north Of here, Thurs
day night, and Il hundred more families
were taken to a place of safety Friday
by government boat, which was or
dered here. Several more persons lost
their lives in the flood at Red Bluff, near
this city. The lost to the cotton crop Is
incalculable. A government boat has
been ordered here TO aid the suffering.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
'Horsemen Remember.

That your own horse cannot posi-
bly, be benefited by your disparage-
ment of your neighbors.
That you will keep your own self
respect, which will make you feel
better than money, by letting others
do the little things so unfortunately
common in horse dealing.
That you cannot possibly keep all
your colts entire nor can you train
them also sell.
That q few good mares are more
profitable than many poorer ones.
That it takes a very fast trOtting
horse to trot a mile in 2:30. Marvin
is reported as saying "they piow 2:3O
horses down in California" but that
doesn't make it true.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
WRECK ON tbs COTTON BELT.
Eight People Killed and TwentY-TUS
IrjUred.

Eight People Killed and TwentY-rvo
Irjured.
ST. LOUIS. May 23-AIeager partcu-
lars of a coll;-ion between passenge1
train and fright train near Crooked
Bayou, Ark. on the Cotton Belt rail-
way, reached this city Saturday NOR
ing.
The collision occurred at : O'Clock
Friday night. and was the result Of the
crew of the 'assenger train disobeylng
orders. Al The cars Of the passenger
train were thrown from the track and
upset.
light persons were killed and over
twenty wounded. 1t is stated that the
killed are three women and ons
man. The only body identified so far,
Is that of Mrs. Eensef. Of Arkansas
Conductor Fields and Engineer Peter
son. of the passenger train. are reported
seriously injured. No details are given.
The KILLED.
Following IS the list Of killed:
Mrs. HenseG, wife of the bridge fore
man.
Nichols. fireman.
Mrs. Anderson, Of Amorila, Tex.
Mrs. HUd2 us and son, OF Grape Vina
Texas.
Mr.. Crumpton, of Nashville.
Unknown ranchmau, OF near Waco.
Texas.
One man unknown.
Twcnty-tv'o persons We're injured
Most of the INJURIES Were OF slight chag-
acter and but two are regarded rs ser
iOuS,
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THE PLUMED KNIGHT.
indications That the Man from Maine is
in the Rnce.

HoLYoKE, Mass, May %. - The
Democrat, newspaper, on the authority
of Jesse NJ. Cove, of Boston, 1.-The
original Blaine man." says that if Harrl-
son does notreceive a denomination on
the first ballot at Minneapolis, Mr..
Blaine will accept the nomination. NJ.
Cove has Just returned from visit to
Washington, where, he says, he had a
long conference with Mr.. Blaine. He
SAYS that Blaine and Harrison are on
the most friendly terms, and that f
Harrison can get the nomination Blaine
will not seek it.
The anti-Harrison men are confident
that Harrison cannot be nominated on
either the first or second ballot. Even
the presidents friends admit that he
will lack about seventy-five votes of
enough to secure the prize, and if these
are not forthcoming before the conven-
ton meets Blaine will declare himself
candidate
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
Our Needs.

Trotwood desires his friends over
the State to send in any items of
stock or farm news they may have,
with the assurance on his part that
they will De added to his column,
which WAS conceived by him in the
hone that it might be of interest and
profit 10 the farmers and breeders OF
Middle Tennessee. Live stock breed
ing aud farming must ever be our
chief business III this section, and Tor
that purpose this section needs badly
3 live, unprejuced and unbiased
newspaper. One that will help the
small breeder as well as the largest,
will speak out against fraud and
error in whatever camp it may lodge,
shat has no axe to grind, that wants
no public office and that knows no
politics but the Democracy of the
white man of the South. Such are
our principles and in such manner
do we intend to use the space of our
columns. 1t costs you nothing to
send in such items and take little
interest in this department; whereas
you would be astouished to see how
widely even so small an item as the
birth of your colt is copied by our
largest stock journals.
Work together aud build up our
stock and farm interests, is our
motto. Help yourself and your
neighbor too; don't give up because
old Father Time has one of his
periodic spells of spasmodic collie;
this is common with the old fellow
and is nothing more than wind collie,
or if we may coin a term, boom blost.
All he needs is good crop and less
immagination; and all we need is old
Grover CIeveland; and We'll have
them both by fall. So come on with
your news and your help.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
SHE SUES UNCLE SAM,

Believing He should Have Protected
Her Family Against Redskins.
MUNC1E. Ind, May 23.-Mrs. Mary
Baker, residing in this county. has filed
q suit for 81. 200 damages against the
government Of the United States. Dur
ing the late r,bellion her family. named
Morris. left this county and settled N
Colorado, near Denver. The Cheyennez
captured the family. killed the husband
and two daughters, taking Mrs. Morris
a captive, after butchering all their cat
tie and burning their property. The
woman finally escaped, returned here
was again Il lrried. and now brings the
above suit for damages.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
COLONEL sHEPARD'S CASTLE.
A Structure That May Not BE Surpassed
Anywhere.

Anywhere.
New YORK, May 23.-Plans have been
drawn for the immense colonial man.
sion which is to be erected by Colonel
Elliot F. Shepard, of The Mail and Ex-
press, upon the Heights of Scarborough.
on the Hudson river, in West Chest-r
county, where he has recently COM
pleted the purchase OF AS acres
OF ground from Archbishop COrrigan,
William Rockefeller and seTeral lO'
estates. 1t will be nearly a year befC~e
the structure is completed, and il ne
proposed plans are carried out it will be
the finest summer estate i'll the United
States, if not III the world. AS some
thing of a novelty, the first work to be
done will be the erection of a buildiD
to be used as a library and reading
room and club house for the men
to be employed on the building opera
tons and decoration of the grounds, and
which is intended to serve also for soclf
literary and religious meetings. Colonel
Shepard will have as near neighbors
William Rockefeller. president of the
Standard Oil company. whose million
dollar mansion is now in course of COM
pletetiOn; o. B. Potter, and Sheriff
German
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Farmers Talk.

Says H. p. Figuers, Esq: II have
never seen my own wheat crop more
promising than it looked yesterday:
1t has improved wonderfully since L
last saw it, and is now fully three
feet high. Oats are the best [ have
had in four years. Corn is in good
condition, though slightly beat up by
the recent rains. Potatoes are very
fine, from every quarter that L can
hear. Yes, our crops are fully up to
an average. But the pixies are fear
full. The rain has washed them so
that in many places the gravel is all
gone. 1t will take a good deal of
money to get the pixies of Maury
County in proper fix.
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Imnortant to Jersey Men.

Mai. J. ]. Richardson, of Iowa, and
Geo. V. Green, of Kentucky, two of
the COMMITTEES to select Jerseys for
the Worlds Fair, will be in Columbia
Monday next to make selections
from the heards around here. The
American Jersey Cattle Club has APP
propria. ed $I0,O 900 to conduct Jersey
tests at the Worlds FAIR, and are
ready to give that muchCmo if nee
essary. The Jersey COW is pre-emi-
nently the dairy COW of the world ;
talk is cheap but records speak, and
when the day comes the little Jersey
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
Notes of the Flood.

At Fort Dodge, Ia, the property loss was
from 500, 900 to 10000.
In the vicinity of St. Louis alone the
flood damage is placed at Sl1,O00,0O0
At Burlington Ia, it was raining blow
ing and chilly all Friday. The river was
still rising.
Camden, AK, reports that the Ouachita
is booming with the biggest rise ever
known and a big rise is coming. All low
lands in the country are flooded.
At Omaha Friday the Missouri river fell
six inches and fears of a flood coming
down from Sioux City were allayed. 1t
showed at intervals throughout the city.
The Union Pacific bridge between Coun-
Gil Bluffs and Omaha is in frst-class con-
dition and tIains are running over it at all
hours of the day and night without the
slightest delay.
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CONVICTION, Ga, May 23.-Searborn
Smith was quietly hanged here Friday
In the Jail yard. The town was full of
people, mostly negroes, but only a few
people were admitted to the scene of the
hanging. No disturbances occurred.
Smiths neck was broken by the fall and
he died in a few moments. Smiths
crime was the criminally assaulting of
thirteen-year-old girl. He had two trials
being convicted and receiving the death
sentence each time. On the scaffold he
confessed the crime, saying he was
drunk when it was committed.
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COLLISION ON THE VANDALIA.
One Trainman Killed and Another In
jured-The Others Jumped.

One Tra1nn1an htlleu ana LII
jured-The Others Jumped.
ST. LOUIS, Inlay 23.-Passenger train
No. II. known as the Diamond Spe-
cial," on the Vandalia line, collided with
an engine of the Jacksonville South
eastern road, half mile east of Green
vile, Ills, at o'clock Saturday morn
ing. a special guard of the Adams Elk
press company was instantly killed, and
the express messenger was seriously in
jured-
None of the passengers were injured
beyond the effects of a severe shaking
up. The crews of both engines jumped
from their locomotives before the col
lision occurred and were severely hurt.
The injured were at once taken to
Greenville and placed under the care of
physicians. The accident was caused
by the crew of the Jacksonville South
eastern engine occupying the track on
the time of the Vandalia train.
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CVERESTlMATED
The Loss of Life and Destruction of

The Loss OF Lie and DtsJIItctIUH u
Property at sioux City.
SIOUX CITY, Ia. May 23.-The flood
has entirely subsidized. All the railroads
are running trains. The loss OF cattle
and hogs has been greatly overesti-
mated. The actual loss was about $50
cattle and 500 hogs.
Two bodies were recovered Friday.
The total number of bodies found Is
four; still II issing, ten.
The relief association is actively at
work relieving distress and providing
food and clothing. The citizens have
raised a fund of $4,000 to provide for
immediate necessities. Offers Of aid
from other cities have been received.
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SAN Francisco, May 23.-News has
Just been rec ived of an uprising on the
Marshall Islrnds. resulting in the death
of the native ruler. The schooner
Orion arrived Friday with the news.
The naiive chiefs reyolted and killed
the King Of Tariwa. When the vessel
left the revolt was still III progress.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24

CLEVELAND, May 23.-The Ohio grand
lodge Of of Odd Fellows decided to Is
tablish an orphan asylum for the order
in this state. and a committee was ap-
pointed to take charge Of the matter.
The officers elected last November were
installed and the lodge adjourned.
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SANFORD. Fla, May 23.-Four masked
men attempted to rob the express car on
the Key West railway near here Satur-
day morning but failed. Express Mes
senger Saunders was killed and Agent
Cox badly wounded. The bandits
escaped
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
Indiana Oil for 4 srndIcnte.

RICHMOND, Ind, May ga syndi-
cate of eastern capitalists, supposed to
be headed by Patched, the Pennsylvania
oil operator. has completed a contract
by which they become the possessor Of
about 10. 900 acres of oil land in Jay and
Adams counties, this state, and in tho
center of the Indiana oil fields. They
have already made arrangements for the
drilling of one hundred wells
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
Prominent Citizen a ssassfnated.

RALEIGH, N. c., May 23.-Friday
night Richard D. McCodler, wealthy
merchant and noted politician. of Pimli-
co county, was shot and instantly killed.
while riding on the road from his home
to his store. The assassin thus far il
unknown.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
Dcstructive storm in Indiana.

TAswELL, Ind, May ga heavy and
destructive hail and wind storm swept
over the country Immediately east Of
here Friday night. destroying a great
amount Of wheat, grass and other grow
ing crops.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
SIN Another KevoIution.

RIO JANEEo, May 23.-News from
the Rio Grande do Sal announces that
another revolution has been initiated
there by the old party Republicans, led
by Carlos Barbosa and Colonel Avanez-