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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-22

"What is right for one may be wrong
for another. 1t is right for lame man
to walk with a crutch. 1t would be
wrong for you to walk with crutehes II
you have two sound legs. 1t may be
right for your neighbor to drink wine
and wrong for you to taste it" says
DIR. Otis.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-22

"If we were as careful to polish our
manners as our teeth; to make our
temper as sweet as our breath; to cut
off our "peculiarities" as to pare our
nails; to be as upright in character as In
person; to save our souls as to save our
chins-what an immaculate race we
would become" says Chatfleld.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-22

Our physical and mental structures
are, unquestionably, the product OF past
ancestors. What we do with them is
purely question for US to decide. And
the parent, who may, and yet fails to put
every tool possible in the hands of the
Young worker that will enable him to
build wiser or better, fails to do his duty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-22

~Ifa man has got any religion worth
having he will do his duty and not make
n tuss aboutit," says DIR. Johnson, and he
never made a truer remark. Therefore
we have noticed that those who do the
most "'sputin'" about their rellgion
haven't really got enough to save IL
when thew step on banana-peel.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-22

How wonderful. is death,
Death and his brother sleep!
One pale as yonder waning moon
With lips OF lurid blue;
The other, rosy as the nom
When, throned on oceans waVe'
1t bushes DER the world;
Yet both so passing wonderful!
Shelley.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-22

1t is a great thing for us that we are
not judged by one act, but by all our acts
The man, who in the frenzy of passion
has killed his fellow man, is better
man than the cOwardly eur who carries
his heart full of murder all the time.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-22

4who shoots at the midday sum-
though he be sure he shall never hit ms
mark. vet as sure he is that he shall
sboot higher than he who aims at a
bush," says Sir Phillip Sidney. Ihat Is
pretty, Sir Phillip, but not strictly true;
for we have seen men aim at a bush ana
come nearer hitting the midday sun
We have!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-22

A boy was asked if he ever prayed IN
church. "Oh, yes, 1 always pray what
the others do just before the preacher
begins" "What is that" said his quer-
list? "Now 1 lay me down to sleep" he
answered.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-22

Thought was planted in the mind OF
man when he was created. Like a
flower seed in the ground it gradually
burst from out its dark environments
till language, the flower, came forth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-22

The world may say what it pleases
about "luck," and opportunity" ana
fortunate circumstances" and "wealth
and influence" but there is always
something besides any or all OF THESE
in the man who has succeeded.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21
PA, MA AND SON.
Their First Experience With Life Pre-
servers.

Their First Experience With Life Pre-
servers.
Any one could see that they were ''pa,
ma and SON." and that this was their
first ferry boat trip. They walked just
ahead of me going up the steps. The
first thing they did was to go all over
the boat asking questions of every
body. kept them in sight When at
last they took seats on the rear guard I
sat down near them. BY that time we
were halfway across the bay.
LANDS! What err stream" exclaimed
ma, looking at the stretch of water
between us and Oakland.
Wouldn't be much fun eff we upset."
remarked son.
Gracious! never thought NV that"
exclaimed ma, in a startled voice.
Ever hev accidents?" asked pa, look
ing toward me.
Not often" l said, ''and if there
should be they are always there" l
pointed to the life preservers that were
hanging above u.s.
They all three looked.
"What air they?" asked ma, curl
ously.
Iexplained, The trio arose to get a
nearer view. Pa took one of the life
prcscrvers down.
"Well, now" exclaimed ma, chow on
airth do you git inter it?"
Pa read the printed directions pasted
on the outside very slowly.
Lets jist try her on" suggested ma,
eagerly. Here, son, you turn around
here"
There was a feeble remonstrance on
the part of the son, to which not the
slightest attention was paid. In few
moments he was arrayed in a life pre-
server, to his parents intense satisfac-
ton.
''Jist git down another one, pa" said
ma, "I'll see if can put it on.
After good many struggles she sue
ceeded in doing so, "Now, pa" she
said complacently, you try one"
Nothing loath pa obeyed, and soon he
stood proudly beside her.
"'Sposc we jist keep 'em on till we
Ian, suggested ma.
This they agreed to do.
mo KNOWN what'll happen, pa said,
significantly,
And there they sat until the ferry
landed, totally oblivious of everything
but their own satisfaction-so glad
that they were prepared for anything
that might happen.
As left the ferry they were helping
each other take off the life preservers.
N. O. Picayune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21
OLD PAPER is NEVER WASTED.
Not White Paper ut All Events-What
Old Metals Are Worth.

Not White Paper ut All Events-What
Old Metals Are Worth.
"There is no such thing as waste
paper said the junk dealer. Hardly
scrap of white paper is ever wasted.
Every bit of it that is thrown away is
carefully gathered up and finds its way
eventually to the mill again, to be made
over. The notebook in your hand may
furnish material for the pages on which
you will write letter six months
hence, and perhaps a year later you
will unlnowingly find it incorporated
in summer novel with yellow covers.
Thus the stock of paper that supplies
the world is used over and over again
indefinitely through the medium of the
scavengers the dealers in junk, and the
factories, which are continually en-
gagged in transforming the discarded
material into fresh and clean sheets.
"Brown paper, however, is different.
Because it is composed of nothing more
valuable than straw it is mostly thrown
away and never used again. / would
not pay you twenty-five cents for ton
of it, A few years ago old newspapers
were worth four cents pound, being
made of rags, Now they are manu-
featured out of wood pulp and straw
and their market value is only n quar-
ter of cent a pound. Office papers,
such as old bills and such scraps, are
worth the same price as newspapers,
while what we call office sweepings,'
composed largely of envelopes, are
quotable at fifteen cents hundred
weight.
1.-The kind of paper for which l pay
the highest price is such stuff as ledgers
with the covers torn off and other fine
writing paper. For that kind of ma
terial | will give one dollar and twenty
five cents a hundredweight Reading
books are worth fifty cents hundred
pounds. Ordinary mixed white paper
has value of fifteen cents hundred.
Old metals purchase just as do waste
paper For old iron pay twenty-five
cents a hundrcdweight and for old lead
three and one-half cents pound by
the quantity. Old copper is worth
seven cents a pound, and old brass
fetches from five to six cents. There
are people who deal in second
hand machinery, but | only buy it as
old iron. Safes, wheels and dumbbells
buy and sell as such when they are in
good condition. Chicago Tribune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21
a Drunken Parrot.

At the Mercy hospital in Pittsburgh
is a largo green parrot of evil temper
and stridcnt voice, which is generally
confined in the drug room near the en-
trance hall. The parrots cage is fire.
qucntly open, and one day the parrot
slipped out for ramble. After inves-
tigating some papers and pens on the
desk, and missing up small articles
generally, Polls attention was directed
to n cup containing alcohol on the
counter. Polly was thirsty, and hero
was something drinkablc. Therefore
Polly drank, and, although she couldn't
have found the beverage palatablc, she
pcrScvcred until she was completely
fuddicd. Then cnsued remarkable
series of antics. Polly leaped and flew,
cacklcd and laughed, and was by turns
very gay and worry ferocious. Physicians
and nurses tried in vain to quiet the
parrot, and it was only by surrounding
her and practically smothcring her
with a sheet that she was captured and
locked up in her cage to recover her
customary good sense. - Golden Days.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21
NUMBER 3.
DoN'TS FOR FARMERS.
Avoid disappointment by Paying Heed
to These Suggestions.


Do not feed rotten or affected pota'
toes to your cows this fall unless you
want them to yield milk of like charac.
ter. AS intelligent dairymen you must
see the force of this truth, and yet we
have known men highly capable on
other subjects whose judgments were
painfully warped about feeding rotten
trash to milch cows.
They seem to have thought that it
was economy to save decaying vege-
tables in this way, and forgot that ~
cow was not sausage machine
through which could be ground with
profit the odds and ends of the prem
iScs
Do not be satisfied with your work
when filling your silo this season until
you have it rs nearly alright as posi-
Bile. We have seen silagc come out
splendidly where no stamping down
was done, but the fodder was packed in
firmly and closely and settled by its
own weight, the silo walls of course
being impervious. A well-constructc
silo has more to do with the good keep
ing qualities of its contents than does
the artistic packing of the fodder.
Do not put more cows onto your hired
mems hands than they can milk with
out physical discomfort 1t is not for
your financial interests to do so. Some
men can milk twelve cows comfortably
where others would have tired hands
and arms at the eighth animal. Tired
human muscles cannot properly drain
the milk from the cows udder
Do not allow yourself to be so short
sighted and poor breeder as TO always
Some dairymen think it very funny and
also money. making scheme to have a
yearling bull to fatten and kill every
fall after he has done service in the
herd. Then it is argued these year
lings are seldom ugly, and do not snort
and below and chase you about the
fields to the danger of your life, ThiI
part of it is all very fine, but you can
never perpetuate good stock by tho
policy.
Do not consider it foolish to put your
cows in the stable over night as soon as
the nights become frosty. If left to lilo
in the field through white frost they
arise in the morning stiff and rhcu-
matte, with udders shrunben,an and con-
tanning but little milk. A stable fod-
dering at night, with shelter and dry,
warm bedding upon which to lie will
produce opposite effects. Dairymen
who have silver to jingle in their pock
cts are all 'onto" this fact.
Do not expect good mich COW to
become beef fat while she is yielding
milk in prolific quantities. Beef is not
in her line of duty while she is serving
you with milk. A good mich animal
is comparatively lean one. --George
+. Newell, in Prairie Farmer.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21
To Country Girls.

If your lives have fallen into some
quiet, unpretentious place, do not com.
plain that it is dull and commonplace,
and that there lis nothing to live for
here" as | have heard so many do
Why, dear heart, there is no place on
Gods earth so bleak and barren, so
quict and lonely, so wind-swept and
rain-bcaten, but that there is a great
deal to live for right there, and when
you have grown little older you will
see it with clear eyes; and you will look
back to the country village and wish
oh, how you will wish!-that You had
been happy and content in that simple
life. You will know, then, that it is
nobler to live well humdrum life than
to wear out body and mind and soul in
feverish gaiety and frivolity, and to
stretch out your empty hands always to
something you can not seize Better to
sing babies to sleep in the soft twi-
lights that fold down over cottag
home, than to loll in velvet carriages
and laugh at the brninless nonsense
that men of the world whisper into your
ieweled ears. And better. far better,
to dwell forever away from the lights,
and the roar, and the temptations, and
the sins of the city, with clean heart
and a pure soul than to let the city's
passionate unrest creep into your pulses
and set them TO beating in mad chaos
-death.-Amber in Goodform
-Omuibuse5 were introduced in New
York in $50
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21
PIG-PEN POINTERS.

IL you are fond of picked pigs feet,
better see that the feet are not picked
in uncomfortable filth while growing.
Clean out the pens
Hoes are at all ages more nearly a
cash commodity than any other stock
upon the farm. They can find buyers
at any time, from the day they are lit
tered until they are ready for the
pork barrel
ALMOST all the refise of the garden
may be pro6tably transferred to the
pig pen Pea vines, small Irish and
sweet potatoes, soft heads of cabbage
and refuse leaves may all help toward
the economical production of pork.
In no other branch of stock growing
can man start so we'll, with so little
capital, as in raising hogs. They null
tiply so rapidly and mature so early
that good drove can be quickly Suilt
up from small beginning ,-Colmap's
Rural World.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21

chard bore n good crop of cherries,
while other growers in the valley who
had no bees found their crops entire or
partial failures. This year US0D
Messrs. Bassford had some sixty-five
hives of bees in their orchard, and Mr..
II. a. Bassford writes to the Entomol-
ogist: "Our crop was good this season,
and we attribute it to the bees" And
he adds further: "Since we have been
keeping bees our cherry crop has been
much larger than formerly, while those
orchards nearest us, five miles from
here, where no bees are kept, have pro-
duced but light crops"
In conclusion we may say that, in tbs
cuts we give, the worker bee alone
causes the fertilization of bloom, The
queen is the mother bee, the drone the
male, and the workers are the neuters
who gather honey from flowers.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21
WIT AND WISDOM.

When 7 grain-feld has got about all
it can hold, it is ready for some mower.
Texas Siftings.
Human things must be known to be
loved; Divine things must be loved to
be known. Pascal,
"A woman's idea Of riches is not to
own much, but to own more than
any one else she knows. -Atchison
Globe.
Baseball managers are only human.
They, too, hang on to pitcher as long
as there's anything in it. -Philadelphia
Times.
-"What is your favorite play?" "Ti-
mon of Athens" why, nobody pro-
duces that" eyes. That's the reason
/ like it. Washington Star.
beside the real life expands the
ideal life to those that seek it, Droop
not, seek it; the ideal life has its sor-
rows, but it never admits despair-Bul'
wer.
Truth can hardly be expected to
adapt herself to the crooked policy and
willy sinuosities of worldly affairs; for
truth, like light, travels in straight
lines Cotton.
He quitting on the ring)-So glad
you like opals! So many girls are afraid
of en-" She (suspiciously)-How do
YOU know? He-Tried 'em-Kate
Fields Washington.
-Tom-Miss Doremus is always sing
ing about the house; she must have a
better disposition than the other mem
bcrs of the family. Jack-Yes; theirs
has been completely spoiled by tn
Y. Herald.
"A true friend who makes good
(free) use of wealth is rightly called a
| fast and firm treasure, but he who
guards and stints the profit he has
| made, his wealth will soon be spent and
| lost -Buddha
so Jones has gone into literature
and is writing for the magazines?''
eyes" But ! always thought him
such an illiterate chap" True enough;
but then you see he is writing dialect
stories. Baltimore News.
-Censure and criticism never hurt
anybody. If false they can not hurt
you unless you are wanting in manly
character; and if true they show man
his weak points, and forewarn him
against failure and trouble. -Gladstone.
First Artist-Seen my portrait of
Miss Hylton in the academy this year?
| Second Artist-Ycs First Artist
Promised would paint it for her. you
know; charming girl; in fact, she is a
perfect angel. Second Artist-Ah!
suppose that is why she was skyed. =
Pick-Me-Up
On business Principles, Her moth-
err kept a clearinghouse and a young
man, who lived at the opposition house
across the street, was deeply enamored
of her. 81 love you better than my
lie" he murmured. "rd be sorry for
myself if you didn't" she responded
coldly, considering where you live ~
Detroit Free Press
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21
becoming more widely

to the notice of the writer, and its au-
thenticity is confirmed by correspond
ence with the parties named, who are
gentlemen, of long and extensive ex-
pericnce in fruit growing, recognized
in their locality as being authorities,
particularly in regard to cherry cul-
ture. The facts are these: For sew
eral years the cherry crop OF Vaca
valley, in Solano county, Cal, has not
been good, although it was formerly
quite sure. The partial or complete
failures have been attributed to north
winds, chilling rains and similar
climatic conditions, but in the minds
of Messrs. Bassford, of Cherry Glen,
these causes did not sufficiently account
for all the cases of failure.
These gentlemen recollected that for
merly when the cherry crops were good
wild bees were very plentiful in the
valley, and hence thought perhaps the
lack of fruit since most of the bees had
disappeared might be due to imperfect
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


The first training school for teach
crs was organized in Prussia in the year
1875.
Nearly 5000 students in colleges
have pledged themselves to mission
work in foreign lands.
There were 12S, 1875 conversions in
the Sunday-schools of the Methodist
Episcopal church last year,
The Bible meaning of give is that
you shall part with that which has cost
you something. RAMS Horn.
The Presbyterian church in st.
Petersburg distributed 100000 for the
relief Of the famine stricken peasants in
Russia.
Leading laymen and clergy of the
Episcopal church in New York are
preparing plan in the prosecution Of
which they expect to spend Sl,4OO, 900
in buildings in the tenement district
for mission purposes.
The Warren School of Boston, e. B.
Gay, principal, probably has the finest
school flagstaff in America. 1t is 1926
feet in height, is of sequoia wood, was
cut in the Sierras and shipped from
Oregon around the Horn.
Dr. Pentecost, who has just returned
from India, says that on the basis of
the number of workers, the number
OF converts from heathenism is from
fifty to one hundred per cent larger
than in England or America.
Rabbi Hchtenstein, Christian con-
vert of hungary, has led many Jews to
accept Jesus Christ as the Messiah.
Being a rabbi he has the right to teach
the Messiahship of Jesus in the syna-
goguc, Notwithstanding the opposition
of the other rabbis
Some will endure much more dis
comfort to hear lecture on how to do
thing, than is involved in the same.
In the latter case they magnify the dis
comfort into reason for not doing q
plain duty in the former, into self-sacri-
fee for duty. United Presby terian.
Rev. Graham Taylor, d. d., pastor
of the Fourth Congregational church,
Hartford, and professor practical theol-
ogy in Hartford Theological seminary,
has resigned his position as pastor and
professor to accept the call of the Chi
cago Theological seminary to tho chair
of Christian sociology and Bible study
"A gospel and colportage carriage
under direction of Rev. John c. Collins,
secretary of the bureau of supplies of
New Haven, CT, assisted by l.. p. lib
balls, of New York, is now making a
tour through New England, holding re-
ligious services, scattering tracts and
religious supplies to the non-church go
ing classes
Rev. John II. Coleman, Methodist
minister of Troy, says that his father
and his uncle are the oldest twins now
living in the United States. His father
is farmer of Gloversville, n. Y, and
his uncle is a Methodist minister of
Fond du lac, Wis. They are 90 years of
age, have never been sick day." and
"do not know the taste of liquor or to.
bacco."
There is much in the spirit with
which religious acts are performed. A
man may read his Bible every day, from
4 sense of duty and find satisfaction in
the performance, but it may only be
akin to that with which he might take
dose of nauScous medicine. 1t is quite
another thing for him to delight in the
law of the Lord and to mediate there
in day and night Christian Informer.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21
DEVICE FOR CARRYING STONE.

them on to the wagon. The lower
pieces are of oak or hickory, two inches
wide, two and one-half inches thick
and three feet long The ends are cut
to the form of handles from the under
side, so that when the platform is
placed on the ground, the handles will
be about an inch above, thus leaving
room for a man to place his fingers un.
der in grasping the handles. Across
these two pieces are nailed two one
inch oak fencing boards, two feet long.
The stones are rolled upon this plat
form, and two men can easily handle
them. This is much easier on the
hands than lifting by taking hold OF
the stone itself-George Ii. Shull, in
Rural New Yorker.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21
AN ANGLERS YARN.
How Policeman Was Almost Caught
Catching Fish.

NHtCnlnn ElSl.
An old sergeant of police who adores
angling illustrated the other night how
the sport of catching striped bass so
fascinated him that, taking a chance"
to fish for them while on patrol duty,
gave him what he termed "the closest
CALI he ever had
my post, he narrated, twas on the
North river front, and at the time !
speak of the fish were biting freely at
the Switchman's platform, at One Hun
dred and Twenty-fourth street was
to go on duty at midnight, and had
provided myself with bait, which
slowed away until roll-call; then put
it in my pocket, took my beat and left
the bait at the switchman's
about two o'clock in the morning
made up my mind that no superior
officer would visit me, so | got the
switchman's boat and my bait and
tackle and, after hiding my uniform
and putting on an old coat and big
SLOUGH hat, rowed off the platform a
hundred feet, anchored and was soon
happy pulling them in.
81 happened, just as day broke, to
look toward the platform, and thought
I'd have frozen when | saw Sergeant
- and Roundsman - come on it.
had time to yank the hat over my ears
and fix my attention to my line when
the sergeant yelled out; Any lucll?' He
was fisherman, too.
"Of course didn't answer, and trust
ed to the wit of the switchman to help
me out of my scape. He was as smart
as l thought he was. The sergeant
yelled again, and heard the switch
man say: 'rain't no use hollerin' at
him; he's from the deefn dumb asylum,
poor fellow
"Is, hey?'" said the sergeant "Well,
Nick, ] guess Wen go and hunt up that
blamed man on the post. And they
left
81 had enough of fishing that morn
ing. | had the creeps, and you can bet
that as soon as l dared up with my
anchor and went ashore, and as soon as
! got my uniform on | hunted for the
sergeant and roundsman and gave them
yarn to explain why they didn't find
me-" If I'd been caught I'd have re-
signed, for it would have been tough to
have been tried and have had the COM
missioner polling fun at rIe, but worse
than hanging to have it get in the
newspapers.
"Spite Of this lesson, 'twasn't long
before took the same chance again.
n Y, Sun,