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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-26
The Gentleman from Coleman Texas,
Comes Again.

EDITOR HERALD:-It appears that l
put my TO 1t in ii by assuming that your
Trent C i respondent was OF the mascu-
line gende:. L beg Lesha's'pardon for
an apoIOgy:-First, gentlemen writers
frequently adopt feminine nom dc
plumes, and vice versa; ana seconuiy,
although / am not we'll up in EDglSh
etvmolOgy, L know that LeShla IS a
creek and not all English name, and
being still more rusty in the dead Ian
guages than | am in my own, the Lerml
nation escaped me. To this L may Sou
that, had l known your correspondent
TO be- of the gantler sex, would never
have criticised her letter.
The love of home aud its environs is
natural to us all, but owing to her more
exalted nature, woman remains more
devoted to it than man does. Whefe
man is more successful and prosperous
he is apt to forget the old home aLtrac-
tons, or when he thinks of them at all 4,
ii Is but to contrast them uh1aVOraDlS
with the new. When he meets old &C
quaintances who never owned u foot
OF land in the old stale and are now the
pOssessors of well-tilled farms and COM
Portable homes of their own, ne Will eX-
claim: "w hat fools men are to stay III
the OLD states and forever toll for others
" hen they might come here ana 90 az
well as these have done" That IL
natural for man, but not for woman,
whose attachment for the home OF child
hood and the thousand little assoc1a-
tons that cluster around the name, Is
Due of the many virtues that she pos
Sesse5, of which the sterner sex Is void.
With loving, devoted women, there can
he no place like home, and honor Lesh-
ia for her attachment to 1t.
1t is gratifying To find so many COM
nunicAtlons from Texas 20 the HERALD,
since my last, maintaining my position
in respect TO the advantages OF this
state. We have.some drawbacks here
no country on earth Is exempt from
them-but believe we have fewer here
than thoy have elsewhere, and when the
country settles up and we get down r'
work in earnest, we will have fewer
still.
Coleman county does not advertise a.
docs some sections, but 1t Is rapidly
-ettliug up without il, anu that by
class of ''hOme folks amongst whom
the most refined would find genial com
partnership. And although the i'll feel
ing engeudcred 10y war has long since
passed away and we are really more
united people than we ever were before,
We must admit that one feels more at
home in country settled by our own
people than in the Heterogeneous col
OnieS occupying the new territories ana
Northern Texas.
The great mass of the people here are
Southern born, and in this little town
of Coleman, not exceeding 1900 inhabi-
tants, there is an eX-COnfederate
veteran camp of 40 members, One-thlrd
of whom are Tennessans, and if you
have the good fortune to attend the
reunion at New Orleans on the Sth OF
A pril next, you will find representatives,
Of Camp John Pelham there to greet
YOU and tell you what Tennesseeans
think Of, and are doing for, Texas.
II. n. BEAKLEY.
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BEE MARTIN BIRD.
The Habits and Customs of the Bird
Plainly Pictured.

The Habits and Customs of the Bird
Plainly Pictured.
The bee martin of this country is not
a snowy bird, being of dingy black,
bordering on a slate color on the back
and sides, white under the breast and
wings, tail feathers tipped and bor-
dered with white; the bird also has
brilliant golden orange fCathered ro-
settle on the crown OF the head, which
is concealed excepting when it erects
the crown feathers, doing so at pleas
ure. The brilliancy Of this rosette
serves the purpose of attracting the
bees, they falling ar easy prey to the
bird. This popularity has been doubt
ed by some, and it was a long time be-
fore we could be Convinced of the fact,
but by close watching and subsequent
examination of the bird we became
satisfied OF such being the case, having
on several occasions found the GRAY
filled with crushed bees. 1t is well
known that bees and ether insects are
attracted to the flowers as often iy
their HIGH color as IL Their perfume;
80 also il the hUmujug bird Several
years since, while watching the bee
martin l was surprised to sc 4 bcauti-
full male bumninr bird suddenly dart
at a bee martin seated upon his usual
perch, and In an instant they separated
In different directions, and, judging
from their actions, both astonished
and alarmed-the martin in not sound
ing his invariablc note Of success, the
cumming bird, very unusually, when
In flight, except on meeting the female,
Firing his sharp salutation. ! at once
al i ,,,,r-a,,,1r4tz 4n NO
ceived by The glossy brilliancy of the
bee birds decoy.
The bee martin is rarely seen in
pairs, 1t remains south two-thirds of
the year, builds its nest in Carolina and
Georgia about the 1st of June, on some
tree difficult of access, in the midst OF
a savanna or upon tree protected by
water, selecting limb of considerable
height from the ground, and extending
some distance from the body of the
tree. Its nest IS exceedingly snug and
deep, where 1t deposits sometimes four
semi-transparent eggs, covered with
spots of deep brown and uniform in
size The male bird feeds the female
while on the nest, but does not relieve
her when absent, excepting only to
watch during the time. This seems tC
be his general PROVINCE LOT ne Cdhes
very little care or interest in feeding
the young.
Perched on a spearliJ1e limb in the
vicinity of the nest, nothing escapes
his vision; there he will sit for hours,
using frequently note sounding like
tea! tea! teakettle! teakettleH' as he
darts at passing bee, and should
hawk come near Ito the whole tribe of
which he has a furious aversion) it
"1ettlesr'him thoroughly, repeating the
call or note rapidly, bringing up its
own mate and others OF the class, and
as it is a hard bill bird they punish the
hawk severely; at all events. he ''gits!'
at once. They are the inveterate
enemy also of the buzzard, crow and
owl, and will not tolerate them in the
nefghborhood. Christi (Tex.l
Caller.
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VOL. XXXVII.

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN enectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevcrs and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy OF its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
lis action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE KY NEW YORK NV
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She Had a Long Memory.

Lady who formerly lived in this
state but is now a resident of Ohio was
riding on the East Eighth-street cable
car yesterday, casually glancing at the
houses as she passed. In one of the
yards she saw a crazy guilt hanging on
a line Instantly she got off the car,
and, going to the house, rang the door
bell and asked if Mrs. Blank lived
there On receiving an affirmative re-
ply she entered. and two old friends
were soon chatting over old times. She
said she had recognized the quilt as
one she had seen her friend make in
central Missouri eighteen years ago.
A lady had just come from the east
bringing with her crazy quilt, which
was so pretty and hard to make that
the East-side lady fashioned another
just like it. This was the one that
brought the two friends so uneXpect-
eddy together. Il knew that there
were only two quilts like that in the
world" she said, and l instantly con-
Guided that this must be yours,
although until to-day I did not know
where you lived kansas City Times.
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Rear Greek.


Last Thursday at o'clock at the resi-
donce of the brides father, MIR. Walter
Irwin and Miss Sackie Smith Were
united in the holy ties of wedlOck. The
parlOr was well arranged and beautifully
decorated by the hands of loving friends
who eviuced deep interest in the happy
occasion. When the suspicious hoU-
arrived the bride and bridegroom wer
preceded TO the parlor by Mr.. w. V.
Tankersley and Miss Johnnie Nichol-
son. Next came the groom and his
bopny bride; they advanced with meas
ured step to- the music of the wedding
march into the beautifully lighted
parlor, where they properly arrayed
themselves tor the interesting ceremony
which followed, and which WIS per-
formed with impressive grace and
eloquence by Rev. II. \. Gray. Mr..
md Mrs. Irwin have the heartiest con-
CALCULATIONS of their many admiring
friends. They were recipients of many
nice and costly presents. After the
ceremony the friends and acquaintance
of the bride and bridegroom paid their
congratulations. After many of these
were shOwered upon them, the bridal
party repaired to the home of the
groom, where an elegant reception
awaited their coming.
At 6 o'clock sharp the happy party
were invited to supper, and on entering
the dining room the hrst object that
met your correspondents eye was the
elegant and artistically arranged table,
ladened to it's fullest capacity with all
kinds of delicious Viands that the
epicurean eye could wish for.
The groom is thorough going, ener-
getic young farmer, and we hope that
the Silken letters of love will ever bind
him tenderly though fast to the fair
being who has linked her fate with his.
The Young bride is an amiable, refined
and modest young lady. She is al
gladness; no gloom in her presence, for
she casts rays of sunshine DER the dark
est heart, her bOuyant spirit shaking
off the cares of life AS the lark shakes
the beauteOus dewdrops from it's wings.
CHER raven hair plays round her neck
Like tendrils of the vine
Her cheeks red dewy rose buds deck
Her eyes like briIliants SHINE"
"Guess Who" the correspondent OF
the Marry Democrat from this place,
mixed lin her communication last eek,
or else she has introduced new way
to spell Sidney. We guess you are
eXcuseable tor the mistakes AS you are
going to launch your little barque out
on the matrimonial see of bliss the 10th
of March.
James Ashton spent several days last
week with his sister Mrs. Sam Jones,
near Santa Fe.
1T. Mitchell, of Lewisburg, spent
last Friday night with hOme-folks.
Miss Bette Mitchell returned home
last Saturday, after spending a week
very pleasantly with relatives and
friends near Carriers Creek.
The attractive and winsOme Miss
Ethel Collier, of your city, was the guest
of her no less attractive cousin, Miss
Minnie Caldwell, last week.
Ask Eugene LOckridge did he ever
have a young lady to love him vOlun-
tarily. And ask J. Ii. A. his theory for
teaching the young ladies how to love
the young men.
The Sunday school at Mt. Olivet has
gone into winter quarters for the
present. BUCKLAW.
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GETHSEMANE.
Written for the HERALI

Written for the HERALD.
There's a garden so dark and serene,
You NAV ask is it GethSemaue!
Yes il cones to u all in this life,
And il doubtless has visited thee.
Yes, we read in the depths of thy heart
Thou hast pray Ell i'll that garden at
night;
When companions and friends were
asleep,
When ali hope had shut out her bright
light.
There's a sorrow that Turks in thy heart;
In thy bosom it finds no repOsc;
Tho it's sacred and dear To thy soul,
o, too sacred to tell to thy foes.
But to him who has said unto us
All shall work for thy good il thoult
trust,
In that ear we can pour out our grief;
He can lift us from darkness and dust
We have prayed that the hour might
pass,
That the cup might be taken away;
When in sorrow our soul ia immersed,
Not Uur will. but Thine Own, Lord,
we pray! ALICE BUTLER
Spring Hill, Tenn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-26

Takes 1000 people to buy DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, at 80 cents bottle, to
make up $500. One failure to cure
would take the profit from 1000 sales.
Its makers profess to cure "cold in the
head" and even chronic catarrh, and
if they fail they pay 500 for their over
confidence
Not in newspaper words but in hard
cash! Think of what confidence 1t
takes to put that in the papers-and
mean it.
It's makers believe in the remedy:
Isn't it worth trial? Isn't any trial
preferable to catarrh?
After all, the mild agencies are the
best. Perhaps they work more slowly,
but they work surely. DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are an GctiUe agency
but quite and mild. They're sugar
coated, easy to take, never shock nor
derange the system and half their power
is the mild way in which their work Is
done. Smallest, cheapest, easiest to
take. One dose. Twenty-Five cents
a vial. OF all druggists.
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COUNTY CTLLINGS,
CuIIed by Our Correspondents.
HINTS to CORRESPONDENTS.

HInJS TO correspondents
Write on only one side OF the paper.
Do not refer TO people by their initials.
BE brief; do not abbreviate any words.
Write legibly, especially all proper
names.
Get news, the whole news and moth
ing but the news.
Do not write an item that will be I'M
derstOOd by only n few of our readers.
Always sign your name, not neces-
-arily for publication, but tor the pro
lection of the publisher.
Persons going to or from neighbOr-
hood just for one day, is not of suIfi-
cient interest to mention.
Mail your letters so AS to reach thi~
office not later than Tuesday night.
Never write to fill up; when you have
given the news, stop.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-26

WE will pay the above reward for any case
OF liver com plant, dyspepsia, sick headache,
indi geStiOn, nstipatiOn or cOStivenesS we
cannot cure with Vests Vegetable Liver
Pills wheu the directions are ririctly com
piled with. They purely vegetable, and
never fail to give satisfaction. Sugar coated.
Large boxes, containing 30 pills, - cents.
Beware of cOunterfeits and limitations. The
genuine manufactured Onlv by the John {:
West Com pany, Chicago, Ill. For sale By all
druggists. tebl9 ~.
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Some Foolish PeOnle

Allow a cough to run until it gets be-
yond the reach of medicine. They often
say, "Oh, it will wear away" but in
most cases it wears them away. Could
they be induced to try the successful
medicine called Kemp's Balsam, which
is sold on "A positive guarantee to cure,
they would immediately see the excel
liant effect after taking the first dose.
Price 80 cents and 81. Trial Size free.
At all druggists. feb 26-eOW.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-26

DIE C. VESTS nerve and brain treat
ment a specific for hysteria, dizziness, nts,
neuralgia, headache, nervous prostratlon
! caused by alcohol or tobacco, wakefulness,
mental depression, softening of the brain
lansing Insanity, misery, decay, death, pre-
nature old age, BARONESS, loss OF power IN
either sex impotency leucorrhoea and all
fsmaie weaknesses, involuntary losses, sper-
matorrhoea caused by over-eXertion OF brain,
if-abuse, over-indulgence. a months
treatment 81. 8 for IS, by mail. we gpsran a.
Gen IS will send written guarantee TO retund
ssont eured, Guarantee Issued OILY by A. 81
sRe'L VI febl0 ly,
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AS we'll as the handsomest, and others
are Invited to call on any druggist and
get free a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs, q remedy
that is selling entirely upon its merits
all Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma
Bronchitis and Consumption.
feb26-eow.
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An Important difference.

To make il apparent to thousands,
who think themselves i'll, that they are
not affected with any disease, but that
the system simply needs cleansing, Is
to bring comfort home to their hearts,
as a cositive condition is easily cured
by using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup.
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Spring Hill.
OBLIGATORY SERVICES.


on next Sunday morning the Cumber-
laud Presbyterian Church will be dedi-
Gated. Rev. Mr.. ID. Dervitt, ID. D., of
Nashville, G. b. Sanders, OF Columbia,
and 4. s. MadduX, of the G. Z. Uni
versity, Lebanon, will be present on
that day.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
on last Sunday services were held at
the Presbyterian Church by Row. Chas.
l.. Sullivan; the Methodist III the morn
ing and afternoon by the pastor Rev. h
J. Craig, and at Grace Chapel in the
morning and afternoon by the Rev.
Charles NJ. Gray.
PERSONALS.
Mrs. w. E. Martin was in Columbia
last week.
Miss Annie Barkley, of Murfreesboro,
has been visiting relatives in this place
for some days.
Mrs. SalIie Hardimsu, of franklin, is
now on a visit to her daughter Mrs.
AlonZo McKissack.
Miss Cynthia Cheairs has been visit
ing friends in Murfreesboro ana FRANK
lin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evans, of Minnesota,
were in this place looking at the STOCK
at EwelI's Farm.
Messrs. Eugene Roberts and Richard
Cook were here the first of this week.
Mrs. K. J. Craig and Miss Barkley
visited friends at Thompson Station a
MIR. EzeII Craig, of Pulaski, is ex-
pected this week. He will attend
school while here.
Miss Corinne Milan returned last
week to her home in Nashville!
Miss Florence Keep left last week fol-
her home in New York. Her many
| friends she won while in this place re-
| GREETED very much to lose her.
Miss Ida Chapman was in town on
! Monday,
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DRafh Roll.

Cardinal Gaspard Merniliod, who has
been Ill for some time, at Berne, In his
sixtyninth year.
The Right Hon. SIR Henry Cotton, late
lord justice OF appeal, In London, aged
seventy one years,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-26
How to Cure All Skin Diseases.

How to Cure All Skin Diseases.
Simply apply Swayne's Ointment. No
internal medicine required. Cures tet-
ter, eczema, itch, all eruptiOns on the
face, hands, nose, etc, leaving the skin
clear, white and healthy. Its great heal,
ing and curative powers are possessed
by no other remedy. ASK your druggist
for SwAyne's Ointment. oct9 6In
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To the Ladies.

There are thousands OF Iaqles
throughout the country whose systems
are poisoned, and whose blood is IN an
impure condition from the absorption
Of impure matter, due to menstrual IT.
re0ularities. This class are peculiarly
benefited by the wonderful tonic ana
misunderstanding properties of PrIckIy
Ash, Poke Root and Potassium L. r.
P.1 Roses and bounding health take
the place of the sickly look, the LOST
color and the general wreck OF the sys-
tenn by the use of Prickly Ash, Poke
Root and Potassium, as hosts or females
will testify, and many certlhcates arg
in possession of the Company, which
they have promised not to publish, and
all prove p. P. p. blessing to woman
kind.
CAPT. ]. d. JOHNSTON.
To all tUhOnt 1t may cOnceTR:-I take
great pleasure in testifying to the ef1-
cient Qualities of the popular reme1y
for eruptions of the skin known as I. Il
p. IPrickly Ash, Poke Root and Potas-
sium.l / suffered several years with
an unsightly and disagreeable eruption
on nv face, and tried various remedies
IN refnoye it, none of which accom-
nIisbed the object, until this valuable
ppranaration was resorted to. After tax
inc three bottle, in accordance with OIL
ractions, am now entirely cured.
J. D. JOHNSON,
oF tha arm OF johnston q Douglass
Savannah, Ga, For sale BY Rains q Sol
And ali other arugKists.
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LEMON ELIXIR.
Pleasant, Elegant, Reliable,

For billousness and constipation, take
Lemon Elixir.
For fevers, chills and malaria, take
Lemon Elixir.
For sleeplessness, nervousness and
palpitatiOn OF the heart, take Lemon
Elixir.
Forindigestiona and foul stomach, take
Lemon Elixir.
For all sick and nervous headaches,
take Lemon Elixir.
Ladies, for natural and thorough or
ganic regulation, take Lemon Elixir.
DR.. MozlcY's Lemon Elixir will not
fail you in any Of the above named dis
ca SEES, all of which arise from n torpid or
diseased liver. stomach, kidneys OF
bowels. Prepared only by In. II. MOI
ley, Atlanta, Ga. SOC. and 81 per bottle,
at druggists.
LEMON hot DROPS
Cures all coughs, colds, hOarsenesses,
sore throat, bronchitis, hemorrhage and
all throat and lung diseases. Elegant,
reliable. 25c. at druggists. Prepared
only by DR.. II. Motley, Atlanta, Ga.
aprill7Iy
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800 REWARD.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. nv
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-03-28
.A Riddla nIakinr Enoch.

There have been epochs at which rid
die making has been more especially in
vogue, and such epochs would appear to
occur at seasons of fresh intellectual
awakening. Such an epoch there was
at the first glimmering Of new intel
lectual light in the second half Of the
Seventh century. This was the age Of
Aldhelm, bishop Of Sherborne, the first
in the roll of Anglo-Latin poets. He
left considerable number of enigmas in
Latin hexameters. and they have been
repeatedly printed.
Aldhelm died in 709. Before his time
there was collection Of Latin riddles
that bore the name of Symphosius. OF
this work the date is unknown; we only
know that Aldhelm used it, and we may
infer that it was then a recent product.
The riddles of Symphosius were uniform
in shape, consisting each of three hex
ameter lines. Cornhill Magazine.
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