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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-04
ROBERTS BEND AND KNOB CREEK.

KNOB CREEK, Nov. 29.-The program
for the Thanksgiving Day services at
Goodwin Chapel was as follows:
Song of Praise.
PRAYER, by A. Il. Vestal.
Bible Reading, by League and sunday
school.
Song, Thanksgiving" by Miss Ophelia
Page and class of children.
First Thanksgiving Proclamation Dy
George Washington, MISS Mattle
Dawson.
last THANKSGIVING Proclamation by
Grover Cleveland, Miss Pearl Allen:
Historical sketch of Thanksgiving, Mr.
Zollie Walters. Mt
Essay on Thanksgiving, Miss Bette
Virgins.
Song of Praise. o,n, -
Recitation, awaiting for the Children
Miss Nettie Dawson.
Song of Praise. ~
Recitation-Miss Matte Willis.
Talks of Thanksgiving and praise, by
different ones.
Song of Praise.
Address by the presiding elder, Bro
Curry; subject, "Say not thou, VIVA
is the cause that the former days wer'
better than these2 for thou dost no
INQUIRE wisely concerning this" 49,,
Song of Thanksgiving and Free WI
Offering.
Benediction,
Rev. r. G. Linn delivered a most ex
cellent sermon on "Thanksgiving" a
Roberts Chapel Thanksgiving day, u
his usual impressive style; "Chloe
did not have the pleasure of hearing \
but gained her information through
very reliable parties. Truly, he is on
of Gods called servants, and Is muc
loved and respected by his little hoe
in dear old Roberts Bend.
"Chloe" also missed the nice "tnTKe,
dinners" at Mrs. Nan Roberts. ana IVY
w. o. Roberts. Her heart, though
was and is always with her kindred
Roberts Bend. ..,-.
Mrs. r. II. Blackwell and little CRANE
daughter Aline Page went to Oulie9k
last Wednesday to enjoy Thanksglvln
urkev with Mr.. and Mrs Benson
Evins. Mr.. Blackwell joined thel
Saturday night and they will retur
home some time this week.
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SHELL AND SHOVEL PILE.
A Short Story of the Civil War as Told
by an Old Soldier.

A Short Story of the Civil War as Told
by an Old Soldier.
whenever 1 see a pile Of shovels
stacked up on the sidewalk in front of
hardware store" said an old soldier,
sit makes me think Of pile of shovels
! saw once stacked up at the end of a
traverse in an earthwork at the time of
the civil war; There were siege guns
and mortars Of one size and another i'll
batteries scattered along these works.
in the particular battery that / speak of
there were two 100 pound rifled guns
There was a traverse between the two
guns, and one ON the outer side Of each,
a traverse, you understand, being q
short ridge of earth running back from
the line in front and at right angles
with it, to protect the gun and the gun
ners from lateral fire. This pile Of
shovels lay at the end of one of the out
er traverses, to the left of the piece that
/ worked on. There were six or eight
men on the gun.
"a shell that came over from Con-
l6ueThI6 uOrtdI DdtI6Iy ulOppSu hQudAO
on that pile of shovels and exploded the
instant it struck. Our own gun bad just
been fired, and the men were all stand
ing scattered around to the rear Of the
gun carriage, none of them far away
from the shovel pile, and all of them
right in open range, not protected, as
some of them anyway would have been
q minute earlier, by standing over on
the other side of the gun, with the gun
and the gun carriage between them and
the shoyels.
1.-The air was filled with smoke, and
fragments and splinters Of shell and
shovels were flying in all directions.
There wasn't a man but expected tC
have his head knocked off by a piece
of shell, or to be cut in two by a shove
blade, or at least to have the handle o.
a shovel stuck through him. But the
fragments of she'll all few past, the
shovels all came down, and the smoke
cleared away, and nobody had even I
scratch. Then the men all laughed anC
, went to loading the 100 FOUNDER again.
New York sun.
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from which retreat he exhorted his col
league 10 be of good cheer. Patience,
BROTHER" cried he, "and do your best
to extricate yourself from these ladies. {"
That, however, was more easily said
than done, especially as the nuns were
becoming so excited that they might
momentarily have been expected to re-
sort to the argument of nails. The siege
lasted for three or four hours. News of
it flew about the town, and bands of
young mep, scrupulously neutral, watch
ed proceedings from the bars of the out
Ell gate. Eventually the Jesuits yielded,
and the nuns occupied the house until o
new convent, entirely to their taste,
was erected for them. London Globe.
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Earwood's Sarsaparilla-for the blood
guaranteed to cure. A. B. RAINS.
SANTA FEE.

SANTA FE, Nov. 3O.-On the 22nd inst,
Miss Cora Tate died at her sisters, Mrs.
Harding's, in Marshall county, with
consumption. Her remains were
brought to Santa Fe, where her funeral
was preached by Rev. H. A. Gray,
assisted by Rev. J. w. Patton. She
died in the triumphs of living faith.
At the residence of Mr.. Charlie Gallo
way, on Knob Greek, on the 18th inst,
Mr.. Patton Whitaker and Miss Nora
Ragsdale were united in marriage, Rev.
!. ~. Patton officiating, Miss Nora is
an amiable young lady, admired by all
who know her. Mr.. Whitaker is
worthy of the prize he has won. May
Heavens blessings attend them along
their journey of life.
ON last Thursday, small but APP
preciative audience assembled at the
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church to
observe Thanksgiving. After song
by the choir and Thanksgiving prayer
by Dr. Hulme, Rev. j. w. Patton made
a nice talk on the subject of Thanks
giving day; after which Rev. Whitaker
/ preached the sermon. There seemed 10
| be a reverence rarely ever excelled on
| an occasion like this, from the nrst 10
the last of the services.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable ap-
pearance of the weather on ThanKs-
giving night, the Woman's Missionary
J Society of the NJ. +. Church had their
open door exercises, with the Baptist
and Presbyterian Woman's Missionary
Society present. After singing "Spread
the Tidings All Abroad" and prayer by
Mrs. Cowiey, the roll was called, each
one responding to their name with, q
verse of scripture. Following Is the
Welcome address by Miss Dellie
Hume.
Responses by Mrs. DR.. Walker, OF the
Baptist, and Mrs. J. w. Jones OF tht
Cumberland Presbyterian woman
Missionary Societies. -.
a Song by Hettie Satterheld, VI An
Jesus Lamb"
Responsive exercises by the Juve
niles.
Missionary Greed, by Bruce Hulme.
Duet, by Miss May Hulme and Mrs
Satterfield.
Essay by Miss Nora Cook.
Mrs. j. f. Satterheld.
Miss May Hume.
Song, "There is Work to Do"
Address, Rev. J. w. Patton.
Song and collection.
Dismissed with prayer by Rev. K.
Whitaker.
The entire exercises proved to be
great success. ~. =
w Rushton, who was paralyzed sewers
/, wears ago, is very low; he is anNiousl
, awaiting the end, which seems yer
Mrs. r. b. Polk, of West Point, Law
= renee county, is on visit to Mrs. j.
Jones. Truly, NERITAs'
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We must reduce our big Stock.

Mrs. Pitt Roberts and Mrs. w. O..
Roberts visited Mrs. Lizzie Houser and
Mrs. John A. Jones, of the Williams
port vicinity, last week.
Mrs. Pitt Roberts spent Thanksgiv-
ing with her sister in Roberts Bend.
All, this is quite change from last
weeks sunny weather. Yesterday
Saturday, after the cold rain and
bleak November winds, the branches OF
the trees fairly glistened with ice,
which presented quite beautiful win
ter scene. Tomorrow Monday will
be hog killing day on many farms, and
our kitchens hereafter will have the
delightful odor of fresh sausage, back
bones and spare-ribs. CHLOE.
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VALUABLE REAL ESTATE

residences the
lot about 30x50 feet south side of 9Th street.
The storehouse occupied by Sol Gross.
The storehouse occupied by A. ID. Frierson
SALE WITHIN LEGAL HOURS
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OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
CONTINUED from Third Page

promising at this time. There is a
very large acreage sown this fall. Most
every farmer is intending to kill hogs
tomorrow, so we will feast upon back
bones, spare-ribs and sausages for
while.
Mr.. r. w. Thomas has hog that Is
estimated to weigh six hundred pounds
net.
w. r. Lancaster, of this place, in
tends moving with his family to Polk
Station, Obion county, soon, to make
that his future home.
think "Jim Dandy" ought to lay
aside his law studies long enough to
give us one of his newsy letters once in
awhile.
Cattle have brought better prices
than anything the farmers have had to
sell this year. Hogs have advanced
somewhat in price. Wheat brings a
good price now, but that is not much ad-
vantage to the farmers because they
have disposed of what they had on
hand. ,
ASH have about exhausted my little
budget of news, | will stop, for this
time. With best regards for the HER
AID, am as ever, ROBIN
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-04
BEsIEGED BY NUNS.
The Curious Tale of a Monastery In the
Canary Islands.

The Curious Tale of Monastery In the
Canary Islands.
A curious tale of besieged and con-
quered monastery belongs to the early
history of the Canary islands and is re-
told by Charles Edwardes in his de-
scription of the isles. In the early part
of the eighteenth century there lived in
Orotava, on the island Of Tenerife, a
convent of Dominican nuns, who, after
some years of ease, had the misfortune
to be burned out of house and home.
They went into temporary quarters for
year, but became dissatisfied with
such unconventual walls, and began
looking about for permanent abiding
place. At that time there was in Orota-
va a house Of Jesuits, which had lost its
former Importance, and, though oommo-
dious and healthful, gave lodging to
but two men, the rector Of the house
and his assistant
On this mansion the nuns cast covet-
Gus eyes, and soon resolved to appropri-
ate it. One morning about 30 Of them
advanced upon it, by strategy induced
the Jesuit brother to open the outel
gate, and then trooping into the court
yard fell ON their knees, thanking Goo
for this preliminary success. In vair
did the two men reason with then
on their scandalous conduct. They mere
ly held their ground, exclaiming, "Fa
! ther Andrew, this is large cage for 81
few birds. Some of the more reason
able members of the sisterhood explain
ed that they were really in need of
dwelling as spacious as this and tina
they did not propose leaving it. TIL
rector in despair fed into the sacristy
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On First Center Counter
We have placed neo Black and Coored Goods worth 4Oc
5Oc, and 6Oc In this sale, only 20
All New Styles.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-04

AshtOn's Best Plansifter Patent,
Is all the go, white as snow, the la
dies say it and its so. IL
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-04

Rice was first grown in 1895 from
seed brought from the East Indies
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-04
CLOSING out SALE!

TUESDAY JANUARY s. 1897, will sell public auction to the
highest Courthouse door in Columbia Tenn all the
naming other the Edward Williams
deceased consisting of:
me o side of High street. 52x2OO feet
Duck River Valley Railroad Co.; about $4,000 of
old claims.
Also the revesonary interest in following
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01

receive 412 per week in Mexico and
but %. 80 in Denmark? How comes
it that cabinet. makers receive $40 in
Ecuador and but $4.25 10 Germany.
blscksmiths e12 50 In Venezuela and
but o. so in Italy. telegraph opera
tors Gil so in Mexico and but 35. 80
in Denmark. engravers el9 IS in
Peru and but Is in Spain? II the
gold standard makes uniformly for
high wages. why 10 there such a tre-
mendous difference In the wage rate
Of gold standard countries? The
average weekly wages Of bricklavers
in the United States il $21.lS, in
Spain g 80, in Canada $l8, and in
Italy 1920. yet all are on q gold
basis. Hold carriers average 1888
in the United States and but 81 40 in
Italy. plumbers $l3 50 in Canada aud
% IS in Spain. tl9 in the United
States and $3.50 in England. 1855
in New South Wales and q 25 in
Germany-all good standard coun-
tries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01
HeftinG the Eaby.

The fond mother who puts her infant
on the penny slot weighing machine
and exults over its pounds of solid flesh
only repeats the most ancient of Gus
toms, 'hefting the baby" Thus Pro-
fessor Chamberlain's remarks may fur
nish many valuable anthrOpometric
data .Haberlandt has written a curious
paper on the weighing Of men in India
and how the devotees to some of their
gods propitiated them by a gift, the
weight of which exactly corresponds
with the pohderosity of the supplicant.
Thou art weighed in a balance and
found wanting" (DanieD may have its
origin in this custom. Critical examina-
tons, curiously enough, We're made in
the past as to the effectiveness of prayer
in Brittany when an i'll man came to a
certain shrine seeking a cure. He was
weighed, so as to see whether he gained
or lost flesh as the religious regimen
under the priests was being carried out.
Professor Chamberlain gives an Eskimo
custom: When a man or IA woman is
sick, the nurse puts a stone under the
patients headrest. Then she weighs
the stone in her hands daily. and if,
supposedly, the stone feels heavier, then
the sick one will be cured. If the stone
seems to be lighter, then there is no
chance of recovery. 1t is doubtful wheth-
er an Italian woman having child
born in America would ever submit it
TO the trial OF the balance. 1t would be
deemed unlucky. York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01
Sympathy.

The Boston Transcript says that a
clergyman was recently the guest Of a
friend who was n college president. On
Sunday morning he arose very early and
went out to take a walk in the delight
full air. Not soul was stirring at first,
but as the clergyman's steps led him to-
ward the business portion of the village
he noticed seedy locking individual
peering into various shady resorts in
turn. He watched him with mild
curiosity, and apparently the other was
not wholly oblivious of him and
considered that the doctor of divinity
was up for something. At last, after
the two had proceeded all up and down
the main street i'll semicompany. the
shabby and blear eyed man turned to
tho immaculate minister and remarked,
with infinite sadness and pity III his
tone: "'Tain't no use, pard. All the
places is closed up"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01
Every Meal In q IT, ial

To the dyspeptic. Flstulerc,, heartburn. OF
prcssive fuluess Of the st CHI. are the irevita
BILE sequs nces OF his use OF the knife and fork
TO say Of him that he grat.fss the cravings Of
appetite would be genuine satire. lie only ap-
psasts them. lie relief attainsb'e: Certainly
and by the use Of plea nt a. we'll "a ,orough
rems dy. Hostctter's Stomach Bi:.ers. Will i,
cure immediately: Certainly not lit does not
effect miracles. But it does give prompt ano
unspealab:c relief, and WILL il persisted ia, pro.
duee an ultimate cure. Eot only dots 1t i'm
part relish to the food, but promotes it's CONVEX
sion by the ,tomach into rich, healthy ard
sirei g ,h-sustaining blood. Supersen itiveness
OF the nerves. mental depression and VI qnet
slumber produced by inter upton Of The dIges-
tive functons, are s'eo medied by it. 1t is the
finest preventative and Curative OF malarlal DIS
o'ders, and relieves constipation, rheumatism.
kidney and bladder ailments and liver complaint
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01

JupGISG from the fuss Ike Gle
ments is making over the republican
demonstration and flag raising here
last Thursday evening, he is not &C.
customed even to such minor celebra-
tions as that one, bot Ike has put his
foot in IL. and il he meets any Of the
Lincoln club in Peoria today he will
bc given n pointer to post himself
more as TO who is who in Rock Island
republican ranks this year. for this
is what he told at republican head
quarters in Chicago Saturday: in
the city Of Rock Island there is one
republican club with 1900 members
aud another with 500 members. And
in addition to these there is a Nc.
ktnley club made up Of employees Of
the Large pillow factory there. which
has enrolled nearly every employe of
the factory. There is also . Hebrew
republican club which includes nearly
every Hebrew voter Of Rock Island"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01
italian Sllephertls.

As to their moral and intellectual
characteristics, these vary not only ac-
cording to their native district, but also
according to their social station. Be-
tween the prosperous shepherds from ne
mountains of Pistoja, imbued with the
prOverbial courtesy of the Tuscan. speak
ing the purest Italian, acute, intelligent,
q fluent story teller, and often an extern.
pore poetizer, down to the wretchedly
poor. brutalized peasant from the Ro-
magma, clad from head to foot in filthy
sheepskins, and who, with difficulty,
keeps body and soul together with the
proceeds of his small flock of half
starved sheep, whose only pasture is on
the pathways and byways or furtively
cropped from forbidden ground, be-
tween such two extremes the gradations
are numberless, but notwithstanding
certain traits of character are common
to all. Common to all is the life they
lead. solitary and wandering, now Oh
the lonely heights Of the Apennines,
now on the still lonelier plains of the
Marcmma. They are hardly ever seen
even in the larger villages, and it is
only from some lofty hilltop that they
have distant glimpse of the towns.
those modern Babylons, ON which they
gaze with mixed feelings Of curiosity
and aversion.
Always alone, they necessarily be.
come taciturn. and, therefore, medita-
tive. Their life out of doors, without
manual labor or fixed application, leads
them to apply their minds to study the
phenomena of nature, the habits of an.
finals. the properties of plants or the
course Of the stars. The necessities of
their nomadic existences teach them to
apply this knowledge, and they become
terrible poachers, clever veterinarians,
tanners, heIbalists, basket makers,
stocking knitters, sometimes excellent
loiners and shoemakers. Good Words.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01

Bright. seasonable. full of whole.
some reading and artistic illustra-
lions. Outing for September is worthy
OF its foremost position in the field
OF sport. The contents include:
1.-The Secret Of the Pines" BY H. M.
Hoke; The Thirty-foot Class" by
X. b. Burchard: The Courtship OF
Jack Curtis" BY George GLADDEN. /;
Rail and Reedbird." by Ed w.
Sandys; with the Upland Piover, :"
by james r. Benton; ..Tenting in the
Arid Lands" by John w. Hays; "A
Summer Ride" by Herman Rave:
.'Pirarucu Fishing on the Amazon. d"
by H. II. Smith; The Moose Gail, "
by Frank II. RisteeD; "Lenz's World
Tour Awheel;" The Silver Wedding
Of Canoeing by r. b. Burchard :
military Rifle Shooting in Amer
ica," by Lieut. A. s. Jones. and the
usual editorials, poems, records, etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01

TnE election Of Judges in Tennes-
sec. which occurred recently,
brought out the largest vote ever
Polled in the history Of the state.
and after IL was all counted up. and
the returns fully in, il is found tina,
the state has gone democratic b,
10000 majority. There is nothing
very comforting in this to the repub.
licans who have been claiming that
they would carry Kentucky. Tennes-
see and other southern states this
year. IL is very likely that Tennes.
see will give a larger majority to
Bryan than it has In this judicial
election.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01

Here is little information OF In
terest. The figures are taken from
the consular reports and speak for
Themselves:
II the gold stands for high and tie
silver standard for low wages, how
comes IL that gas-ftters receive Ga. so
. week in Columbia and els in venezu.
Ella. both silver standard countries. and
hut sits in GERMANY and $40 in
Italy. beth on a gold bssiss How
comesit that cicsr-mak.rs receive
si2 so aud tinsmiths ei& in silver
stsndsrd ysntr9els, and $3.50 and
50 respectively 10 gold standsrd
spain? How comes is that distillers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01
Former Slave Market, Con.tantinople.

On benches so placed as to command
a good view were the buyers: coarse
looking Turks, whose calm, searching
gaze seemed to take in every detail.
The merchant conducting the sale stood
before them. talking and gesticulating
with great vehemence. He turned to
one OF the pens. which was filled with
young Circassian women, most Of whom
Were very handsome. They were seated
close together on the ground in an atti.
tude Of listless despondency, their white
garments flowing around them, and, as
they Gazcd up at me with their sad,
dark eyes. l felt painfully how they
must envy the free and happy stranger
who came TO look on them in their in.
fanny and misery
The slave trader came forward, fol.
lowed by phlegmatic looking Turk.
and. seizing one Of the women bv the
arm. forced her to stand up before this
man, who, it appeared, wished to buy
her. He proceeded to inspect her. very
much IN the same manner as he might
have examined a horse or a dog, and his
decision was unfavorable. He turned
away with a contemptuous movement
Of the head, and the slave merchant. in
n rage. thrust back the unfortunate girl,
who sank down trembling among her
companions in captivity. This scene
was rs much as We could stand, and we
left the place hurriedly at once. 1t is
well indeed that such sights can be wit
messed no more. at least in Europe
Blackwood's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01
TO A vIOlINlSr.
A little brown fiddle

A little brown fiddle
Wrought long years ago.
Nay read me the riddle
What makes the tune flow
From these four narrow stringA
When your violin singsS
For US the woods soundiess
And senseless and cold,
For you there's a boundless
Romance softly told
By the low to the strings
When your violin sings.
1t has prisoned and captured
The rustling leaves whim.
it echoes tn enraptured
Wild nightingale hymn.
Bark TO forest taught strings
When your violin sings.
Or, stay. did Apollo.
Atuning his Tyre,
Give you hint how TO follow
His passion born fire?
Divine grow the strings
When your violin sings.
And scorned by the muses.
Is Marsyas again.
The while your hand chooses
Its tender refrain.
Conc. quick. touch the strings.
Eor your violin sings!
Blanche Lindsay in Speaker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01

"A GENUINE. dyed-in-thc. wool DEM
ocrat can never take the protection
pill. A man who has fought protec-
ton for good part OF n century can
not nov go back on his whole record
and vote for Mckinley. That would
simply be repetition OF the old
process-thc lion and the lamb lying
down together--the lion inside the
lamb.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01

During the trial Of case the other
day in England the judge took ont his
pipe and began smoking. If an Amer
ican judge should do such thing, The
Saturday Review would see in it an
evidence Of American boorishness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01

TnE Argos has made a thorough
inventory OF ITS chattels and it finds
that about all it can offer Dr.. Claud-
ius ID. kinyon is bound copy Of the
Congressional Record during Hon.
W. II. Gest's term in congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01

WITHIN the past two weeks live
fatalities have attended balloon as
tensions, and i. seems almost time
for legislative enactments prohibit
ing these foolhardy undertakings.
the only source OF attaction to which
rs the real danger attending them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-01

The republican idea Of admins
tra,ion is the taxing Of all classes for
the benefit OF few. The democratic
idea is taxation Of everybody as far
ms possible for the support Of the
government. without special benz tit
To any class