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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-07-14

lime thus applied, and the so 10. to
an acre, even we're it available, would
be quite insufficient To fiji the de-
mands of any crop. 1t is often
thought that if a crop Deeds 81 much
of any element of food, just that pre-
else quantity will be all that it wants
to produce u maximum yield, But
this i5 q great mistake. We cannot
realize fully the infinite sInalluess OF
any solid matter in solution in the
WAGER of the soil, and we do not think
how completely this is distributed
aud dtiused AL through the soil, or
how small Il part of IL can come in
contact with the roots Of the plants.
These DO not by any means absorb all
the moisture in the land, aud they
eau appropriate only SO much Of tue
plant food as il brought to them by
The soil water aud as much OF this as
the roots can take i'll, III proportion to
the area they actually occupy. For
The whole soil is not 10y any means
filled with roots.
Hence it is that we have to supply
40 much more plant food than is gOt-
ten back 10y the crop, and thus il is
that tue % 10 OF lime supplied by tue
crop of clover turned under, even
were 1t ali avail aOie 10 any following
crop, would be wholly INSULT
cleut to make any apparent gain TO
this. Bus when this clover or the
rye-much less useful III tuIs respect
or tue peas, equal to the clover, a.
| they may be, axe turned under, and
/ 900 ~. to the acre Of fresh air
slaRed lime, hungry for something to
| exert it's solvent power upon, aud So
! luble easily III tue moist soil, is
spread over the land thus flied with
organic matter easily Gec"mpOsed by
the hot acTid alkaline lime, there IL
at once supply OF complete food
liberated, AID tue crops grow with
| luXuriamce, as ID SO well known, uu-
der these circumstances. This is the
way in which the farmers Of Eastern
Pennsylvania have enriched tnem-
selves Oy enrchlng their lGud, and it
has been by lime aud clover together.
Ii one wants to see the result OF this
excel cut mode of using green man
ure he should make Il visit TO that To-
caiity and see the large barns that
are needed to hulu the luXuriAut
fruits OF thus skilled agriculture, OF
which greeA-manurng is a main ele-
ment.-COuntry Gentleman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-07-14

Mays Iy
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-07-14
Wards Seminary, of Nashville, Tenn.

30 widely known throughout the
United States for more than quar-
ter OF century, still commands The
attention OF ali who are Interested III
Lhe higher education Of young ladies.
Uuder The Efficient management Of
It's President, J. ID. BiautOn, and
through the muuiticrnce Of ITS noble
board UfIIrecIors, IL la Cks nothing 10
maae-iJ the foremost school ot the
KIND in he South. Generously pat
ron ,Zed always, this Time hOnored ill.,
sututiou is ever charging its spa
c,Ous halls and simplifying and bruAd-
eniUg its curriculum The courses OF
study offered ale various and most
complete. Speclal bral ches are taught
ny Tie most competent teachers, who
in pheir vAtiOus professions have
gained national regulations. No
scuOOl in the South pays such liberal
salaries TO It's teachers and therefore
;he very best instructions are furn-
ished in all its departments. All
those wishing postgraduate and
tpeclel cOurl es III BIT, music or any
ouher branches of study, will tinG its
advantages uneXcelled, For beauti-
Iuliy illustrated catalogue send your
add eos 10 J. ID. BLANTON, Nashville,
Tenn. june3O 81. cow
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Straw Again.

We fed our horses no rough feed
but straw from November Goth to
March 10th. One mare euckled n
colt all this time. They had slightly
Increased grain ration and were Ell in
excellent condition for spring work
perhaps not fat enough for market
hut in good flesh. They are all
young horses and colts and not fed
for market. With no heaves, and
our horses in good shape, the other
point is we have sold several tons of
hay, bringing about SIPS. We have
fed our horses straw q number Of
winters aud shall so continue when
the benefits are twofolds.-Ex.
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Feeding Ruminants OIL Grain Alone

1t has generally been supposed that
those animals that chew the cud
must be fed upon a certain amount
of corn fodder in order 10 insure the
health OF the animal; that certSin
amount of coarse material must be
fed to the animal in order that its
stomach may be distended and in 3
condition necessary IT, healthy diges-
ton. When Mr.. Miller, OF New York,
reported experiments on feeding
COWS grain alone, there WAS much
critic sm, and perhaps more skepti.
cisn, displayed. This feeling began
to be somewhat dispelied when later
\ two-yesr-old heller was fed eXclu-
sively upon corn meal. Since that
time eXperim at State Colleges
have been successfully :Tied thus in
effect showing that FOL the cows or
sheep the;e is no absolute necessity
OF providing cOsrre fodder in case Of
its scarity, or, in other words, the eX-
periments 60 to show that corn meal
may be made an exclusive diet with
out any danger to the animal.
The Utah Agricultural College Ex-
pertinent Station has conducted some
experiments in this line of feeding,
and we give u summary OF results as
follows:
/. Cattle and sheep can be success
fully fed on grain alone for very long
periods.
.. Cattle and sheep fed on grain
alone make pound of growth on as
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-07-14
table for COsking Vegetables.

Tune. table for Cooking Vegetables.
Potatoes, boiled. 80 minutes; pO-
tatoes, baked, As minntes; sweet pU'
tStoes, boiled, 40 minutes; sweet po-
tstoes, baked, hour; squash, boiled
Is minutes squS'h; baked, 45 min
utes; g'een peas boiled, 70 MN
uteS; shell beans, boiled, 4 hour to
hour; string beans, hoied, about
hour; green corn. boiled, 20 minutes
TO one hour; asparagus Is to 80 min
utica; spinach, to hours: tOmatoe'
(fresh), hour; tomatoes (caHued), 81
minutes; cahbSge, As minutes to
hours; caulifiOwer, ! to hours
onions, to . hours; beets, to
hours; turnips, 45 minutes to Il:
hours; parsnips and carrots, As min
utes to l hour or more Table suC
Kitchen.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-07-14

Cheap tickets to Memphis and a
points South snd West via the +. /.
X A d Tennessee Midland Railways
Buy local t,ck-te to Nashville; go to
DuckW orlh'-, No. 2l7 North Cherry
street, next door TO Maxwell House,
and he Will save you s. 80 tn tickets
to Memphis. Tins is in every way a
tirst-ciass route. II
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NEWS OF THE CHURCHES.
Episcopal


st. James church, Broadway. was filled
to overlooking Sunday at all the services.
at morning prayer the sermon beins
preached by the Rev. George Hodges, ID.
d., rector of Calvary church, Pittsbu re-.
Pa. 1u the afternoon the Rev. Or.
Hodges gave a very interesting lect ure
on The Abbey Church OF GLASTONBURY
and "The Cathedral OF Webs" At the
regular evening service the RI. Rev.
Bishop If the Diocese Thomas VI. CLARK
made his annual visitation and admins
tered ehs rite OF confirmation
The services at tiie Church of the
Epiphany. were enrichel by the excellen I
way ia which the choral part of the s,r-
vice was r ndered. Tai choir occupied
the new stalls IN tue chancel.
Christ church. South Providence. IS In
q very PROMISING AID hjurisning con 4
lion, Tue to the ear iest and eiic.ent work
Of he r, ctor, the Rev. samuel IL. Webb.
Edwin j. Canham, who has long Leep
nova in church circles, has bcen an
lolnte | state representative for The
thur,hman.
The holy ccmmunion was al ministerial
by the Rev. 4. ~. Cocroft, at che Church
OF .hf Mess iah, at the early morning SER
vice, sunday.
Tde sermon AT the morning service of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-17
He Was Glad to Know.

The ready acceptance by lawyers Of
fees and "retainers' from bad men, and
especially from those whom the public
feel to be working against their inter-
ests, is often the occasion of sarcastic
remarks.
A certain prominent lawyer was asked
by an acquaintance if the report were
true that he had gone into the service Of
a corporation which had been suspected
on pretty good evidence of bribing mem
bers of a legislature.
"Oh," said the lawyer; "Tve not gone
into their service. / have simply agreed
not to join the other side"
"And you have taken a fee for that"
ooh, naturally they sent me an homo
rarium."
"Ah, I'm glad to know it was that. I
might have got the idea that it was q
dishonorarium." Youths Companion.
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USES OF WEALTH.
Sermon by Rev. Dr. King Of the First
baptist Church.

Sermon by Rev. Dr. King Of tho First
baptist Church.
At the First Baptist church last even
ing the pastor. Rev. DIR. King, preached
on the advantages and Disadvantages
of Wealth." In the course of his re-
marks he said (: There may be and should
be "A limit to human desire. No man
should own the earth. The whole Joy of
life is not dependent on wealth. Tlere
is not so much difference between the
poor and the rich as regards tne lows
q d comforts of life. We should RENE al
Der. first, that the great ends OF life are
moral ana spiritual. The highest sue
cess cannot De estimated by financial
standards, Manhood, womanhood and
Christliness are the great goals of hui
man existence. Secondly, there is 40
virtue per SO In poverty or wealth.
Hard fare In this lie, unless it is over
ruled for spiritual good. has no promise
OF happiness In the future life. Que man
may make his poverty "A bies sing, another
may make riches his blessing. Thirdly,
the possession of wealth Is not an evil 1T
is the excessive love OF wealth which is
pernicious.
The prosperous man ought to be-, by
the very reason of his prosperity, IA ie-
ligious man. 1t ought to be easier for a
mau " hose life is full OF sunshine to be a
jealous Christian. 1 wouldn't Level down,
put 1 would level up the social strata.
Those who have much OF this worlds
goods have great powers for usefulness
3ud good.
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His Conclusion.

The nan from the country wanted his
tooth pulled, and the dentist fixed him
in the chair and began to unlimber his
gas machine.
Whats that?" asked the patient in
startled tones as he half rose from the
chair.
Gas" replied the dentist briefly.
THAT stuff that knocks a man sense
less?"
mot so bad rs that, but it renders
you insensible to pain"
Wont it hurt me to take itY'
"Of course not"
"Tm afraid l won't git over it,"
Eyes, you will. Why, man, I'll guar
antee that it won't kill YOU"
The patient sat up and looked around
the ROOM.
"Do you own all thisy he asked.
"Yes, and the building it is in and a
couple more w town"
The old fellow rubbedh his chin thought
fully a moment.
"Iguess / won't take the stuff" he
said. IF it don'thurt me, the guarantee
don't count, and If it kills me the guar
antee amt goin to do me no good as fer as
| see," and he lay back in the chair and
opened his mouth.-Detroit Free Press.
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MEDIEVAL MONASTERIES.
Life In Them Described b. Rev. George
lodges Of Pittsburg.

Life In Them Described b. Rev. George
lodges Of %Pittsburg.
At ST. James church yesterday after
noon Rev. George Hodges. rector Of Cal
vary church, P%ittsburg, delivered an /. in
teresting lecture on Life in a Medieval
Monastery" The monks of the middle
ages were not only celebrated. for the,r
religious views, he said, but for being
the socialists of the period. They were
active against thu oppression OF the rich
and their infiammatory speeches caused
many uprisings. Tney were also secta-
rians, which is but another name for
mismanaged individually of ideas, es-
p,cially in religion. They were men AZ
variance with tneir neighbors, who per-
sis ed in isolatiug themselves, yet tie
unity of the church renal ed intact.
The speaker closed his lecture by de-
scribing in detail the construction OF the
old monastery, aud the life oil che abbot
prior aud MONKS. The many stories con-
corning monastery life, he said, are in
the main untrue, having been started al
tue time OF the greatest aDimosity and
persecution during the reign of Henry
VIII
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-17

ny the Consolidation of the Old Colo
and New Haven Railroads.


and New Haven Railroads.
BosToN, April 1.-THE consolidation Ct
the Old Colony and New York, New Havei
and Hartford Railroad companies has
brought about many good results, ans
none perhaps of greater public benefit thar
that making the mileage and commute
ton tickets issued by either road inter
changeable.
That was one of the first matters to be
looked into after the consolidation, and it
has resulted in an order being given max
ing all mileage tickets good over any and
all divisions of the entire system.
1t will nave the result of a great benefit
to the travelling public and is a move III
the right direction.
1t Is the only road running trains to New
York over which such tickets can be used
Back in 1888 the legislature of Connect
cut passed a law prohibiting any person
riding pm a mileage ticket, or any way un-
less it were a regular full-price ticket. pass
Ing through that state on Sunday, and OF
course, as the law is still in effect, it has to
be enforced by the Consolidated road in
the matter of the a~bove-named tickets.
The communication tickets are therefore
only good or week days, and not on Sun
days.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-17
bible Readers TROUBLES
Discussed by President Andrews Of
Brown at the Y. N. G. A.
CRITICISM OF THE SCRIPTURES
And the Difficulties tn Which IL Leads
The Proper Uses of Wealth Discussed
by Rev. DIR. King-Medieval Monas-
tary Life-News of the Churches.

A special meeting for men was hell In
Y. M. G. A. hall at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon aud was well attended. The
services were interspersed with singing
by the Brown University quar.ette and
by congregational SINGING. Preside It
4. BENZ Andrews of Browa university
addressed the assembiage and spoke
briefly on the questions concerning the
Bib.e wsich were agitating the Christians
OF today. He stated that h hal become
CO. "a IL mt OF the fact that there we're
three things which the reader OF
the Blb.e was troubled with.
one of hem being that of the current
criticism OF the Bible. the second that OF
the Darwinian theory Of c~evelopment,
and the third that OF the future life. lu
regard 10 the first he said that tie criti-
cism OF the New TEST ament has been far
more Instructive ihan is at first thought
supposed. The result has b en- extreme
Ia advantageous u all Iuat the sub
stance OF the New Testament ca ne from
Jesus l., true, although it is conceded
now that the books were not writ EN- ~
I'll the commencement or The next century.
The critiri IN Of the Old Testament has
sona.ced h belief ia the word OF Col.
IL il true that in this Testament there is
but Ii. tie SAID of the future life, but upon
n care nj consideration does not tnat
seem TO indicate that we are not to think
SO much about he future life as OF the
presentg The future will take care Of
itself aud will he y "a WI IN Ike H.. The
Oar imam doctrine of Development il
an ther obstacle To the readers Of
tie Ii bile. Here Is "A doctrine OF
development that Is held by
men who do not believe In a
spiritual life hereafter. That doctrine
will not hold water. 1t canno explain
the origin of things. IL is AN account in
which the eteraal power pleased to roll
out The universe, and is held by ali
~tuoughtful people as presupp Jslng "A liv-
ing God. IL lets us at tn harI points,
however, aud showsu Us That some things
in the word are utterly inexplicab.e.
And thea there Is the doctrine of
future punishment. There is no
tex in TIE New Testament that
causes us to think OF a wicked man IN
the future world AS being Junk in u pool
of living fire. 1t does teach us however.
that no mau can be happy ia Gods uni
verse who stands out against the Supreme
Ruler of the universe. He will Tail in
his efforts. But the statement tlat Goa
will exercise hate towards those
who sin is not tru,. It does
not seem as though God could
hate. The teachings OF the Bible 40 10
show us that the suffering of a man in
purp atory are purely those of the mind
or spirit and will continue until such
time As he ecomes truly r~epenLant.
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Among the other Churches.

The Rev. w. 4. Buck. pastor Of the
M%athewson Street NJ. +. church, aud the
Rev. l.. S. Osler, rastor of the Church Of
the Yahveh, exchanged pulpits yesterday
morning..
The Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer preached
yesterday afternoon a. the Bell Street
chapel on "Our Civil aud Religious a.
h%eritance from the S~candinavians."
Miss M. NJ. Gordon OF Nashville, Tenn.
addressed the Getting a the rooms of
the Evangelical Young Wcmsn's Chris.
tian association yesterday afternoon at
4:45 o'clock.
The choir OF the Westminster Uai-
tartan church at morning service yester-
day sang The anthems. my God, Look
Upon Me-" bv Hopkins; ''Cousider and
Hear Me-" by Pfueger; "Aud the City
Hath no Nesi oil the 5 M by Whiting
ton. Miss Dea !, tue contralto, sang. 20
Rest in the Lord" from the oratorio of
Eli III.
Baptist.
The young people OF the Mt. Pleasant
church have issued the first number of
a little sheet Gale | The Magnet. 1t is to
be a bulletin Of all the doings in the
church affiliated societies. 1t announces
that Deacon Charles D)wler is 10 give a
series of lectures on his rec INT European
trip. The first one Is to be this evening.
At the Ilainfield street church last
evening Rev. j. w. Parsons received
member by baptism.
"Christianity and Wealth" was the
topic OF Rev. II. NJ. Kings sermon last
evening ut the First Baptist church. The
congregation was small.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
Roger Williams Baptist CHURCH, held
their quarterly mis- iOnary meeting last
evening. About seventy-ive Were pres
ent. An oiferit < was AIKEN for the sup
port of a co.ored stu lent in Roger
Williams university OF Nashville, Tenn.
Miss M. M. Gordon, a worker in the
South. addressed the Broad way Baptist
congregation yesterday upon the needs
OF that field.
b. ID. Baiely Of Brown university ad-
dressed the people at Q Wayland
c1apel, upon Great Cities OF Bashau.o
President +. BENZ. Andrews of Brown
university preac led at the Friendship
Stree Congregational church last even.
M.
The Rev. Edwin Bromley spoke ut the
Stewart Street church yesterday morn
lug on the subject, "Concerning Jesus"
In the evening there was "a song servit Q
lei by the Temple chorus. The subject
OF discussion was "A Waste of Mo ley.
Baptism followe the sermon.
Home lodge. Good Templars, attended
the evening services Sunday at the south
Baptist churcL.
"A quar- ct from Brown university par
ticipated In the musical services yester-
day afternoon at the me ting conducted
by the Rev. j. Stewart ia tue East Provi.
dence Town hail.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-17
A PET FOR A CENTURY.
A Louisiana Alligator which Had Been
Known to One Family Since l713.

A Louisiana Alligator Which Had Been
known to Ono Family since l773.
In the bayou flowing through the
large sugar plantation of Gabriel Mon
taigne, lying seven or eight miles south
of Thibodeau, La, there was recently
killed, according to the Philadelphia
Times, an alligator known to be some
thing over one hundred and twenty
years old. In 1878 Mr.. Montaigne's
fathers grandfather, immigrating to
this country from France, purchased
this tract of land from its original Span
ish owner, and in an attempt to clear
the bayou of the ferocious and agrees
sive alligators which filled it to the
number of thousands succeeded in kill
ing many of them, and among them the
mother of several young ones, three of
which he killed also, but the fourth got
away, leaving five or six inches of his
tail behind him, however. This one
was afterward seen from time to time
and always recognized by this missing
portion of his anatomy. He grew to be
something of a pet with succeeding
generations. who, however, thought it
safest TO keep him at a distance de-
spite his friendly advances, but il has
been a favorite task with the younger
Montaignes of the family to go OUT
after each meal with tid-bits for Old
Shorty, as he was called because of his
deformity. This age of one hundred
and twenty years is not unparalleled
with these animals, many being said TO
attain the age of two hundred, though
this is difficult of proving, except in
such cases where the creature is marked
ir some way as Old Shorty was.
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a He

eve can't permit anybody to dictate
rates to us, sir" said the clerk at the adj
vertising counter loftily. II can give
you all the space you want, but you will
have to come to my 6sures--
"You a give me all the space l want.
al you. young manY' e
II can, SIR"
"In that case" said the man on the
outside Of the counter blandly, Twill
You please give me tho regular rates for
the orbit OF NeptuneY'-Chicago Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-17

LYNN. Mass, April lT.-At the last
meeting OF the city government IL was
voted not to grant any sixth class licenses
70 any druggist in the city, but a member
OF the committee or licenses says they will
reconsider 1t and will probably grant three.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-17

CHICAGO, April l7.--The distillers' COM
Dine SATURDAY. lowered the price Of spirits
from 81. 10 to s1.0l per gallon. This reduc.
tion Is in pursuance OF a plan to freeze the
three or -four new distilleries which ara
about to start un in opposition to ths
trust