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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02

dehorning, by affecting n change in
the disposition of the animal, greatly
increases its marketable value, be-
rides enabling the owner to handle
his stock with greater ease, economy
and safety. In the care of steers
raised for the export trade, the owner
IL enabled to feed loose in large
stables, and to adopt improved
methods OF saving manure, and, as
the unruly disposition has been
largely subdued, less food is re
quired in bringing the animal to a
prime condition. Tive stock can also
I've cared for by fewer men. On the
English market the buyers gave
about So per head more for dehorned
cattle. owing to the belief that they put
on flesh better. All the evldeuce, IN
fact, COS to show that the possession
os horns by cattle, in addition To
causing a great and prolonged suffer
ug. means a loss in the aggregate OF
hundreds of thousands of dollars 60
| the farmers Of dis country.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02
Late Horse and Colt Sales.

Both horses and yeartings have
brought somewhat better figures in
the sales OF the last few weeks THAI
they did during the winter aud early
.uriug. Week before last, 1T the'Iat
ersali-Ta-sig sales the following
prices were cbtsined.
On Tuesday May 10th, % head were
offered and brought an average OF
$47l50.
On Wednesday 18th, So head were
sold for al average $557.
thursday 18th, 81 sold for an aver
age of $24O.
On the 18th Mr.. A. J. Alexander OF
WOODBURY. farm soId 81 yearllngr
for 500, 700, al average OF 1902 70
Mr.. Milton Young OF Lexington
KY, sold the McGrathians yearllngs
A. head for $4,000, au average 0l
$142S 81.
Mes.rs Clay & WoodfOrd Of Paris
KY, sold the Runnymeede yeariing-
81 head for $55, $50 an average OF $3.50
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02
Where Farming Is a Business.

Most Americans are under the i'm
preston that "a tenant farmer IN Eng
land is no better of than farmers in
this couutry who do not own the land
they till. =.
This is a big mistake, if Mr..
Thwaites, of " iscOnsin, gives cor
rect report of his observations in the
old country. Mr.. Thwailes writes
that the tenant farmer in England is
generally spoken of as ian agricul-
rural gentleman He does not rise
ut dawn to drudge all day in the
fields. He leaves this sort OF thing to
his hired laborers, aud while he
looks after the general management,
he mas Il foreman to see that his or
ders are carried out.
When you visit the home OF the
English tenant farmer, you Will ma
tilat he lives like manufacturer or a
merchant. He regards farming as a
business requiring intelligence, skill,
executive ability and capital He
reads The London Times or The
Standard every morning before break
fast aud after breakfast has lam ~
pravers, to which all the house SER
wants are summoned by the bell OF
their mistress. The children of the
family are sent 10 a boarding school,
aud the lady of the house knows s.
little OF the details of farm life as hel
! friends in the city.
The gentleman tenant farmer IL
England maintains his position and
prospers because he makes a busI
ness of farming. He studies the
markets reports every day, and regu
lates his crops and their shipments
accordingly. 1t has never occurred
to him that be is engaged in manua
labor. He hires his work done, JUS
as manufacturer does, and stands
very much Oh the same fOoting-Con
stiiutipu
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02
Tender Asparagus.

The annoying feature Of some
asparagus, in many cases, is the
stringine-s of the lower portion, says
"Meehan's MonthIy.n 1t ID very
aggravating, rs to many people the
lower or wuite portion is the most
toothsome of the whole. But there
is sometimes asparagus which, from
tip to toe, throughout its whole
length, from the thick base to the
green purple top, is 81 tender as a
spring OF caulitlOwer; so tender that
II will slmost melt in ones mouth.
Few know how this is done, AMI it
shall now be told to them. This ten
der luscious character Is impaired 20
the thick ends by bieaching, just as
celery is biescned, only in some
countries where special attention ia
given to the production OF good
asparagus, it is done in II different
way. The plants are set out ia beds
al, out four feet VIDE, aud when spring
comes, very light, rich earth is placed
some six inches deep over the plants,
to be raked of in the ailey-ways, and
again thrown over the plants in
spring. Much the same results cat
be Obtained by deep planting, pro-
vided the soil be very light, and this
saves the labor and trouble which
the specialist in asparagus culture
gives TO the culture OF tue plant. Ii
our country, where good labor is hare
to get, aud costs much when found
the deep planting will be beet for OBJ
tang nice, tender asparagus.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02
Successful Pear Orchard.

There are many Bartlett pear orch
ards ia tuis Guilty. All are profit
able; none, however, nearly so much
so rs Il certain orchard, of less than
two acres. 1ne average orchard Of
the average pear grower here is III
sod, and seldom manured. 1t brings
a few huuGred dollars per acre, sell
dom more than $500, and perhaps
not over $3.50 Que year with another.
The tWo-acre orchard mentioned
brought 10 its owner 81 500 this yesr,
about 81 000 last year, $500 in 1890,
and ABOUT 81 500 in 1883, or about ST.
0I0 in the fouc years-just about ST.
900 annually per acre. Why such
phenomenal result? Simply De-
cau-e the two acres are kept in high
cultivation.
The owner applies heavy dressings
of compost every year, and keeps the
compost stirred during the first halt
Of the season, never allowing a bit OF
weed-g.oWt in the orchard. Oh
course, this is az exceptional case,
! The Bartlett pear crop Is exactly
suited t. this locality and soil. NJ
other could be expected to give such
profits. | have mentioned this in
stance ouly to show that thorough
ness in manuriug and cultivation
pay. The owner of the orchard could
afford To pay not only the full bu
even an eXtravagant price for plan
food rather than go as his neighbour
do, aud raise only half what hi
trees are enabled to bear when wei
treated.-Pfaclical Farmer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02
A Horse With an Artificial Eye.

A fiue-lookiug brown gelding
owned by DR.. Walter. w. White had
one of his eyes injured about two
years ago and gradually lost The sight
in that optic. The case WAS brought
To the attention of DR.. Ward, the
State veterinary surgeon, some weeks
ago 1t difficult matter to secure
artificial eyes for horses that will not
warp, break or fail out. DR.. Ward
knew that the proper article could be
procured in England, and in reply to
a letter tie delicate piece OF COM
pound WAS received q few days ago.
1t is made of composition OF vuI-
canite ami will not change color or
become easily injured. Several days
ago DR.. Ward dried up the injured
eye and placed small circular piece
of vulcanile in the socket so as to &C
custom the horse to the new sensa'
ton. The imported eye was put il
at 4 clock yesterday afternoon. Dr.
Ward put ia few drops Of OIL on the
DISLIKE arrangement, and with the
aid of lancet raised the eyelld anC
placed the eye in position. The arti
ficial adornment looks exceedingly!
Latural.-BatlimOre American.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02

Piow the ground very shallow about
the middle OF June and seed at once:
The buckwheat keeps the ground
loo.e, porous aud relatively moist,
permitting the roots to come up near
the surface where most Of the nitro
genous plant food is found. The
buckwheat can be cut, or allowed to
rot ON the ground. Bank the trees in
fall to protect the crowns aid to pre-
vent damage by mice. TO guard
against rabbits, wash the stems with
thin whitewash, thickened with cop
peras aud sulphur. Ii washed of
by rains, renew the Wash rs often as
necessary.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02
To Kill a Pasture.

The most effective method OF pre-
venting the growth of plants OF all
kinds is to remove the leaves as fast
as they are formed. This is the way
to kill weeds most surely. The most
vigorous weeds cannot Withstand
this loss of leaves, and the reason is
obvious to any person who knows
that Tinety per cent and more in
some cases, Of the substance of plants
is drawn from the atmosphere, aud
this only through the leaves. CoLse-
uuently, to remove the leaves as they
appear is the most effective way to
stop all manner of vegetable growth.
Now let us apply this fundamental
principle of plant life to pasture.
The grass begins to grow early In the
spring. 1t is now making the fields
green, the first weak verdure OF the
year. The farmer as soon as he sees
the early heritage Immediately turns
on the stock to save the hay. The
sparse feed yielded by the meadows
! is gnaWed down to the roots. The
! little vital force remaining in the
! herbage is at once checked and tine
| gtowth is arrested. The only chance
tor the growth is during the nights
when the cattle are brought in. The
result is as plain AS cat be. The
/ ability OF the grass to feed and take
/ in its atmospheric nutriment is de
stroyed and it stops growing, or grows
so slowly as 60 afford only very de
ticient supply for the stock. Many
or most of the plants perish anC
weeds take their places. Moss ap
pears on the bare spots, and TIT
farmer wonders why it is that tn,
land is bare. The reason is very sim
pie and plain, for if he wished to d,
the worst he could to kill the gras
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02

The most stubborn skin and scalp
diseases, the worst forms of scrofula,
all blood-taints and posOns of every
name and nature, are utterterly rooted
out by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. For every disease caused
by torpid liver or impure blood, it is
the only remedy so certain and effect
i've that it can be guaranteed. If fails
to benefit or cure, you have your money
back. Eczema, letter, salt-rhum, cry
sipelas, bOils, carbuncles, enlarged
glands, tumOrs, and swellinGs, and
every kindred ailment, are completely
and permanently cured by it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02
The YOung Apple Orchard.

We cannot too strongly impress
The Importance of planting apple
trees on the highest and driest Land
available, and furnishing no prOtec-
ton on the north and west. Ii the
elevation is not more than ten feet
above the general level Of the aGja-
cent lands, writes Prof. Budd in
"Rural Lite.n it is great advantage
in furnishing air drainage, equalizing
the temperature iu-su inner aud less
eniug danger from frOsts in the bios
soming period. Another benefit re-
sultiug irom the selection OF dry soil
is that it permits deeper setting,
which is a protection to the tender
roots we are compelled to use in root
grating. If compelled to set the
family orchard on low, black cOlOred
soil, get our selection of best vare-
ties for such soil, set the tree shallow
and ridge up for drainage and root
protection. We send out low headed
trees, and our advice is TO keep them
low. In setting, lean the trees at Il
strong angle toward the l O'Clock
sun. They will have an awkward
appears nee al first, bat they will
soon become erect Tue best crop fol
young orchard is buckwheat
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02

Itch, mango aud scratches Of every
kind, on human or animals, cured in
80 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary
Lotion. This never fails. Sold by s I.
r, Rains. drugVist. msV6 W.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02

he could not do it more effectually
than TO have il eaten down before 1t
makes sufficient growth to feed
itself IN. Y. Times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09
Lies Arithmetic.

Suppose there are 10 men at the beach
+,,,s Summer and Clara is engaged to 2 Of
them, Kitty to ~ OF them s and nj; molly (, to
Ttbel TO be engaged to all of them when
thew discover that her papa is million
aires
IF it takes lazy freshman "a hours to
NOW lawn feet by Is, how long will it
+oke his feet to reach baseball match a
mile away?
If you were rich enough to build a hotel
nalace, if you had all your garments made
in London and required valet to button
YOUR gloves, besides being reader of soci-
ety notes, how long would it take you to
become a perfect ass, supposing you are
not one already
If you hay lost heavily on the street, if
three men have each borrowed SIS of you
and you have been blackballed at the club,
will you stamp on your new hat that cost
YOU IS. or go home and be cross to your
wife, who expects nothing elsei-Life.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09
A Word For Farmers.

The great drawback on many farms to
the highest success with cows is the
want Of good pasture. Many pastures
are stocked with early grasses which
give fair amount of feed early in the
season. but after the last of July begin
to fail. and through the remainder of the
season afford but scanty feed. There is
but one way for the farmer to bridge
this chasm of poor pasturage, by adopt
ing partial soiling system-that is, to
get near the full benefit of his dairy
Lewiston Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09
LIGHTNING POSrHOLEs,
Man From Colorado Gives an indianapolis
Hired Man Some Points.

Man From Colorado Gives an indianapolis
Hired Man Some Points.
The man with the ginger beard was
watching his neighbor laboriously digging
postholes.
''They didn't dig 'em that way out in Col
orado where lived" said he.
The neighbor, who was a hired man.
dropped his patent digger" looked around
to see if his employer was visible, found he
was not and took a seat on the ground,
ready to listen. How did you work it,"
he asked. by steam?"
''Steam?" said the man with the ginger
beard. 'Naw. Done it by lightning"
'Lightning?"
"Yes. You see in the part of the state
was in there is no metals of any kind in the
ground and no trees. I've often watched
the lightning cavortin around in the heav-
ems fer an hour at time, jist achin fer
somethin to strike at, but not bein able to
do SO, cause they wasn't nothin it could
take start at-no attraction, you see
WE'LL one day l was a-sweatin away, just
like you would be if the boss was around
now, when old Teller, that lived there be-
fore come, come along and says he'll show
me a scheme to save all that work. You
Call UcU was WILLY 81 uO SCAuS iAic w VIC
house for bag O. tenpenny nails, and he
plants nail in every place had marked
fer hole. They is storm comm, says
he, and if l hain't mistakened she is a-goin
to do the job in one whirl.' didn't say
nothing, fer, honest, thought he wuz
crazy, an flowed I'd better humor him.
AFTER he got the nails all planted he
dragged me away to safe distance an told
me to watch her work. Pretty soon the
storm came along, with more thunder and
lightnin in it than you will see here in a
month O. Sundays Directly it got over
them Sails. -blif-blam! Invent to
pluggin away at them there nails stuck in
the ground, the most delighted hghtnin
you ever see to git somethin to shoot at
an ev'ry time she hit there was the neatest
posthole dug out you ever see. did hat tc
trim few of 'em up with a spade, but as
gineral thing they was as neat as body
would want to look at. Natur' is mighty
useful if you know how to handle her,"
The hired man said Gossip and resumed
work in the automatic manner of one in 1
dream.-New York Mercury.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09
A Distant Relative.

"You may remember that have spoken
of my Cousin Peter, who lives in Chicago"
remarked Mr.. Trotter His father was my
grandfather's half brother"
Mot very near" remarked his wife.
moo, not very near, but living in Chi
cago during the Worlds fair"
'Oh, Tom! Why, of course!'' cried Mrs.
Trotter, with much enthusiasm. "Have
you written to him?"
Eyes, we've been in correspondence for
six months-just proving our relationship,
y know. hoped that he might invite us
out there"
"And has he written?"
"Of course he has," sighed Trotter. do
you suppose we correspondent for six months
by telegraph"
II mean, has he sent us an invitation"
"Yes-that is. he has sent me one"
"Whats And forgotten me? OF course
you're not going"
''Going to what?''
ITO accept his invitation-to Chicago"
MARIA" rejoined Mr.. Trotter, 1.-THE two
are by no means the same. He has not in
vited me to Chicago got a letter from
him last night inviting me to lend him
$780,"
"Well, are you going tor"
ITO what, my dearP Please be explicit. "
ITO lend him the''-
"Well, guess not. We need the money
to go to Chicago with ourselves. Peter has
proved himself to be too distant q relative,
my wallpapers Bazaar.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09
Self Made, but Illiterate.

Charles Gervais, the great French cheese
merchant. who recently died in Paris, full
of years and honors and wealth, was self
made man and no scholar. Last year he
stood for some municipal post in the de-
partment of Seine-Inferieure, and in the
course of his campaign read speech COM
posed for him by journalist of Rouen, be-
ginning as follows: "As candidate for
this important office commercially un-
derstanding your wants-comma-1 come
to solicit your votes-full STOP" The scribe
had written down the stops as guide to
elocution, but poor M. Gervais conscien-
tiously delivered it as part of his speech.
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09
Easy to Find.

Not long ago an accident happened to
little Barbara's doll Gladys, which was
thereupon sent to a store where surgical
attention is given to wounded dolls. When
the day came for it to be discharged, cured,
Barbara obtained permission to go and
get it.
Barbara stood on tiptoe before the coun-
ter of the store and asked If her doll was
mended.
II guess So" said the young woman be-
hind the counter, fumbling over pile Of
dolls on shelf. But Pm afraid can't tell
which one it is in all this lot"
"Oh, you can find her easily enough"
said Barbara confidently. "Her names
Gladysl'-New Orleans Picayune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09
FAR AND WIDE.

Not on this broad continent alone, butt n ma.
larial breeding tropical regions, in Guatemala,
Mexico, South America, the Isthmus Of Panama
and elsewhere, Hostetters Stomach Bitters af-
fords to inhabitants and sojourners protection
against malaria. The miner, the freshly arrived
immigrant, the tiller of the virgin soil newly
robbed of its forests by the axe of the pioneer,
server against the poisonous miasma which in
vast districts rich In natural resources is yet
fertile in disease. 1t annihilates disorders OF
the stomach, liver and bowels, fortifies those
who use it against rheumatic ailments bred and
fostered by outdoor exposure; infuses genial
warmth into frame chilled by rigorous tenn
perature, and robs of their power to harm morn
ing and evening mists and vapors laden with
hurtfulness; strengthens the weak, and con.
quers incipient kidney trouble.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09
COLORADO

Is splendid place for people with weak
lungs, but thousands of people in that con-
dition cannot possibly go to Colorado.
There is not one, however, who cannot
keep a supply of ALLcocK's Porous PLAs-
TIERS. The moment any one feels that he
has taken cold one of these world-renOwned
PLAsTERs should be put on the back be-
tween the shoulder-blades, and another ON
the chest.
These will serve two purposes. They
will protect the delicate lungs, and will
the cold.
ALLcoCK's Porous PLAsTERs keep the
pores of the skin open, and assist nature
in her remedial work. They neither burn
nor blister, and can be worn without the
slight inconvenience.
BRANDRETH's PILLS cleanse the system.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09
A Suggestion For a Poet.

Martin F. Upper was at one time i'm
mensely popular, both in England and
America. Grace Greenwood says of his
poetry that it was ''brief though furious
fashion," and she goes on to illustrate his
British inability to take an American joke
by story of his mystification by Senator
Tom Corwin.
One evening the two sat together at q
public dinner, and Mr.. Corwin proceeded
to discourse on the divine art of poetry in
manner delightfully."- absurd. but rather
puzzling to poet.
"Why, Mr.. Topper" he asked, do you
poets always make the heart the seat Of
love? Now should locate that passion in
quite another organ-the liverv'
why, bless your soul, MI. Corwin.
you're not speaking seriously!"
Perfectly, my dear sir! For example.
when young man is in love. his heart is
seldom affected, but his liver always is. He
loses his appetite. If there are obstacles,
he peaks and pines. You surely have OBJ
served it! Now, you poets ought to let the
heart alone and deal with the liver.
would even have changes made in the old
poems in accordance with physiological
truth"
But. my dear sir, what about the rhyme
and the rhythm"
"Oh, those little things could be ar
ranged. For instance, take the first two
lines Of Byron's Maid of Athens:'
maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh, give me back my heart!
"Now, how simple the change and how
satisfactory:
MAID of Athens, ere we sever,
Give. oh, give me back my nver!"
Youths Companion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09
Why Delawarc's Boundary Is Circular.


The northern boundary line of Della
ware is circular because the charter
given to Penn states that Pennsylvania
was to be bounded on the east by the
Delaware river from IL miles distant
north of New Castle town until the three
and fortieth degree of north latitude"
and that the southern boundary was to
be "a circle drawn at 10 miles distant
from the town of New Castle northward
and westward until the fortieth degree
Of north latitude and then by straight
line westward" This makes circular
boundary for northern Delaware una
voidable. and the facts above set forth
explain geographical curiosity that has
puzzled many students.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09

Mr.. First1at-You don't suppose feel in
the humor to discuss new dresses when
that demoniacal baby Of yours has kept me
awake the whole night
Mrs. Firstflat-All right, dear, you need
not be brutal to the baby; we won't say
anything more about 1t. And, by the way,
darling, will you bring me up small bot
tie of chloroform from down town with
youS-Life.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09

Dashaway-Here, uncle, is an old sAAkt
I've brought you.
Uncle Ebony-I'ze bery much afraid, sab.
dat shirt amt gwine ter be big enough.
Dat shirt wants ter hor good sized water
million.
Dashaway-But, Great Scott, uncle. you
can get big watermelon In that shirt,
can't your
Uncle Ebony Yes, sab. but it's got ten
hol' me too.-Clpthier and Furnisher.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09
Not Quite Mad.

Lawyer-Were you acquainted with the
deceased?
Witness-Only in a business way. was
clerk in large store at which the lady did
much of her shopping.
Lawyer-Did you in that capacity notice
in her any signs Of insanity
Witness-Well, no, not insanity exactly
merely eccentricity. I was in the thread
department., and have frequently seen her
buy q spool of thread and carry 1t home
herself.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09

Mr.. Hudson Rivers IL an enthusiastic
fisherman, and he always manages to bring
home fish. A few mornings ago, being
fully equipped with rod, ETC., he stopped
on his way to the fishing boat at Harlem
fish market.
what can I do for you today" asked
the urbane proprietor.
''Put aside that big striped bass until I
get back am going to catch him while l
am out at the fishing banks today. "-Texas
Siftings.