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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-13

lizard Tines Hard Times! Come
again no more!"
We all sing it, we all hope it, but
do we know what hard times are?
We sing it while we eat beef steak
at twenty cents a pound, oysters at
fifty cents dozen, and three kinds
of bread at the same meal we shout
it while we smoke cigars, two for a
quarter; we think it while we
stretch our comfortable legs on
Brussels carpet, before blazing
CRATE, with well -groomed boys and
extensively clad girls around us we
shout it to our neighbOrs across our
smooth lawns, or through our plate
glass windows we groan it as We
read our morning and evening
papers, our plentiful magazines and
our costly libraries we dream of it
in our soft and springy beds, while
our coal-fed furnace keeps the whole
house warm; we maunder about it
in our well-equipped offices, shout it
through our telephones, ring the
changes on it as we send kilograms
and take expensive summer outings.
We meet in our political, social,
literary and business conventions,
and ring the changes on it while we
are spending fortunes with rail-
roads, hotels, restaurants and places
of amusement.
And yet, in these days we do not
know what hard times are; we think
we do, but we do not.
The writer knows of a time with
in his remembrance-and he is no
patriarch, when, in one of the rich
est parts of one of the most favored
states in the Union, the whole town
of some two thousand inhabitants
possessed altogether not over 5000 in
money, all exchange was by barter I;
there was no cash payment because
there was nothing to pay with.
Among the best and richest families
(and there were many who thought
themselves well-to-do) beef steak
was a once-a-week visitor; round
beef was luxury; oysters were an
unheard of dainty; corn bread was
the usual, wheat the rare food; the
cheapest pipe tobacco was dissipa-
ton; cold bedrooms, scanty wood
fires, woolsey and calico were in the
house; 6x8 window panes were
helped out by hats, old papers and
rags; a weekly paper was an extrava-
gance, and served several families.
Ten books made good, fair library
beds were Slated or corded; rag car
pets were occasional, ingram scarce,
and Brussels a tradition; the sole
vacation was ride to the annual
lpicnic in the one horse shay; no.
body had time, money or heart for
conventions or amusements. We
men worked from a. m. to Up. m
(the aristocrats shortened the time
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by two hours and the women
worked at all hours.
And yet it is doubtful if there was
in those times such n universal spirit
of unrest and discomfort, such con-
cert of growing, as to day.
Is it fair? Are we just? Can we
afford to waste time in bewailing
hard times, when times are easy on
US; and treat us far better than we
deserve.
A manager once said with a
chuckle: "the mails have been
good to our house to-day; the first
one brought an order in every
letter, and the last one brought a
remittance in every letter." We all
know (mayhap we are) persons who
would have said: "Alas, we have
fallen on evil times; the first mail
brought no money and the last mail
brought no trade.n
Let us put aside these ugly tenn
pers of ours look toward the sun J.;
smile at the shadow; all sunshine
makes the desert; "it's a pretty
world, senor;' enjoy it's beauties, let
US borrow no trouble, shed light on
our neighbors, quit us like men, and
times will seem Gas they are) good.
Respectfully submitted,
BARNHART BROS. q SPINDLE,
Chicago, Ill.
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a new record for the track. Frank
Agan had the benefit of the pole,
but at the quarter Star Pointer was
in the lead and in spite of the splen-
did efforts of his competitors he won
by length with Robert j. and
Frank Agan making dead heat for
second place. He won the next two
heats with little to spare in 2:O4A,
and 2:06R.
ut is somewhat pathetic that the
game ex-champion, in the race
which is said to be his last on the
American turf, should have suffered
defeat. But so long as unfiinching
gameness and speed are admired, so
long in the equine temple of fame
will his memory be revered. Star
Pointer came honestly by his speed,
for his sire has also to his credit Hal
billiard 2:04%, Hal Braden 2:07A
Laurel 2:094 and number of other
fast PAGERS. He belongs to the most
illustrious of the pacing families of
Tennessee, the original home OF
horses of that gait"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-13

q. H. DODSON,
-PAINTER,-
COLUMBIA, TENN EssEE
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-13
GOLD STANDARD NEWS.
Prosperity Continues Under the Blessed
Reign of Recommendation.

Prosperity Continues Under the Blessed
Reign of MonOmetallism.
The Golden Scepter Mining Company,
at Quigley, Mont, has assigned, with
debts of $685., 900; assets estimated $4,000.
w. White & Co., of Dallas, one of the
largest and oldest cotton buying firms
in Texas, has failed. The liabilities are
near 100000.
The Neschochague Manufacturing
Company, papermakers of Philadelphia,
have assigned. Liabilities $4,000. As
sets will probably meet this amount.
The large general merchandise house
of Muzsheimer IL Davis, of Ardmore,
l. T., assigned last Monday. Liabilities
$l00, 900; the nominal assets are consid-
erably larger.
John B. Brenniser e. Co., wool dealers
of Philadelphia, made an assignment
last week. The assets of the firm ex-
coed 100000, and the liabilities are
placed at about the same.
All the coal mines at Jackson, o., are
idle, the men going out on strike Sat-
urday. The miners are resisting the As
cent rate, saying they can barely live in
that region at the 81 cent rate; they
have been working less than half time
for months and are suffering now. 1t is
feared a general strike of many thou
sand miners in Ohio will insue. Such is
Hanna's prosperity.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-13
THE CHURN THAT CHURNS IN ONE
MINUTE.

have been in the dairy business all my
life and many times churned for an hour
before butter would appear, so when
heard of a churn than would churn in "a
minute, concluded to try it. Every day
for a week l used it, and not only could
churn in minute, but got more and bet
ter butter than with the common churn.
This is very important information to but
ter makers. The chuFn works easily and
will churn an ordiniry churning in less
than sixty seconds. l have sold two dozen
butter maker that has seen me churn in less
than minute bought one. You can obtain
all desired information regarding the
churn by addressing j. +. Casey ~ Co. st.
Louis, Mo-, and they will give you prompt
and courteous attention.-(2)
A DAIRYMAN. D.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-13
CONDENSED TESTIMONY.

turer's Agent, Columbus, Ohio, certifies
that DR.. Kings New Discovery has no
equal as Cough remedy. J. D. Brown,
Prop. st, James Hotel, Ft. Wayne, Ind,
testifes that he was cured of a cough
of two years standing, caused by la
grippe, by DR.. Kings New Discovery.
B. f. Merrill, Baldwinsville, Mass, says
that he has used and recommended it
and never knew it to fail and would
rather have it than any doctor, because
it always cures. Mrs. Hemming, 90
E. 25th ST., Chicago, always keeps it at
hand and has no fear of Group, because
it instantly relieves. Free trial bot
ties at Woodbridge IL Irvine's Drug
Store. may8-ly 3
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-13
lSSI THE CULTIVATOR 1897
AND
Country Gentleman,

The Best of the Agricultural Weeklles.
Devoted to Farm Crops and Processes,
Horticulture and Fruit Growing
Live Stock and Dairying,
while it also includes all minor depart
ments of rural interest, such as the
poultry yard, entomology, bee. keeping,
greenhouse and grapery, veterinary re-
plies, farm questions and answers, fire
side reading, domestic economy, and a
summary of the news of the week. It's
MARKET REPORTS are unusually
complete, and much attention is paid to
the prospects of the crops, as throwing
light upon one of the most important OF
all questions-when to buy and when
to sell. 1t is literally illustrated, and
contains more reading matter than
ever before. The subscription price is
$3.50 per year, but we offer special re-
duction in our
Club Rates for 1897.
Two subscriptions, in one remittance, 4
Six subscriptions, in one remittance, ~
Ten subscriptions, in one remittance, 10
L&-To all NEW subscribers for 1897,
paying in advance now, we will send
the paper WEEKLY, from our receipt oil
the remittance, to January /, 1897, WITH
OUT CHARGE. Specimen copies free.
Address,
LUTHER TUCKER s. SON, Publishers,
Albany, n. Y.
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Relief i'm Six Hours,

Distressing kidney and bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the "New
Great South American Kidney Cure"
This new remedy is great surprise on
account of it's exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys,
back and every part of the urinary pas
tention of water and pain in passing ii
almost Immediately. If you want quick
relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold
by A. B. Rains, Druggists, Comlubia,
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-13
..ROil IL DNMnO

Is a very good newspaper maxim,
but even a newspaper maxim needs
to be obeyed with discretion. Not
long ago a theatrical manager
wrote the following couplet as
an advertisement of his comedy
From half-past eight till half-past ten
You laugh and laugh and laugh again.
Imagine his surprise when a matter
of-fact compositor set up the adver-
tisement and it appeared
From 80 to 1880
You laugh and laugh and laugh again.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-13
Marry This Girl nnick.

saw in your paper that ID year old boy
made $l.25 the first hour he worked selling
ordered a sample and went to work and the
first week l cleared $40, the second week l
cleared SIS. l expect TO run up to S25 week
in the near future, as the Perfection Metal
light and does away with smokey chimneys
and bad odor and saves oil, it is easy to
sell. If you wish to try it send u two cent
stamps to Miss A. NJ. Fritz, Station A. st
Louis, Mo, and she will send you sample
outfit. this is a good way to make money
around home. MISS TINA w,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-13
MEN AND HORSES.

BY the records, -at-Law
(2:071a), is the fastest new PAGER of
the year.
Kentucky Union retired for the sea-
son all ont of sorts. She will be all
right again next spring.
Mr.. Robert Bonner, of New York,
is driving the Tennessee bred mare
Elfrida 2:131a, on the road.
Alex Mckay will put shoes on
Satin Slippers 2:13, this week, and
let the little girl show what she can
do at the pace.
Chas. Lyon, who was with Wood
lawn Stock Farm this county last
season, will drive for Frank Rock
Teller at Cleveland, Ohio, in '97.
Trainer Ketchum is driving
Lucille and sister, both by Duplex,
dam Queen by King Hal-double.
They make nice pair and can go
some too.
They do say that the Dyersburg
people have so far neglected to pay
all the money won by the horsemen
at the recent race meeting held at
that place.
f.. Knell of Carthage, Mo, recent
ly purchased the half interest in
Bonnie McGregor (2:131a), from the
Frost Stock Farm, and is now the
sole owner of that horse.
OF the 20 heats which have been
paced in 2:04 or better this season,
John r. Gentry has the credit of
winning nine, Star Pointer four,
Robert j. three, Joe Patchen and
Frank Agan each two.
Mona D., yearling FLY by Elec-
trite, trotted a mile at the Dallas
Fair in 2:421a. This was a remark
able showing, for the FLY had not
been harnessed SO times in her life
prior to taking her record.
Mr.. John l.. Jones of this county,
is authority for the statement of the
wonderful performance of n Jack at
st. Joseph, Mo. Brother Jones says
it is an absolute fact that the animal
trotted full mile in 2:l3, and further
says he was 19 years old. Whatnext?
Patsy D, by Masker, owned by
Hurricane Stock Farm and driven
by trainer Ketchum, won five first
monies and three seconds out of
eight starts, and closed the season
with a mark of 2:l5. Patsy d only
had about three months training be-
fore starting on her campaign. She
should go better than 2;l0 next sea-
son.
The demand for sleigh horses will
probably be greater this winter than
in any previous year. In and
around Boston there is a continual
demand for this class of horses, as
also is there at Buffalo, and while
New York has no speeding boule.
ward, there are always enough road
drivers in this city who find rare
sport on the snow to make the mar.
ket rather lively for the better class
of snow horses. Brooklyn, with hel
two miles speedway, is also goot
market.
Royal Victor (2:OS24), with nine
winning races to his credit this year
PAGES without a check-rein. So does
Alcidalia, whose winnings for the
past two years foot up $l0,5S3, anC
who has in all that time been be-
hind second money but once. Tha
was in the Pennsylvania, which
Lester Dore pronounced the hardes
race he ever drove, and in which the
reliable little mare secured thirC
money after finishing second il
three of the heats.
John R. Gentry made 10 starts
this season, five times in races anC
an equal number Of times agains
time. He lost his first three races
and won the last two. He reversed
this order in his time performances
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Agricultural and Live Stock Department.
Conducted by JOHN p. McGAW, Jr.


opinion
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The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-01-30
FULLERTCN'S BLUFF.
By WILLIAM G. Hull.

In the early part Of the present
century there settled III this country
Of East Tennessee, a gentleman of
moderate mears whose only desire was
to escape the crowded town and en-
Joy the delights of primeval exis-
tence.
His fortune was not excessive as
we have said before, On the con
trary it was comparatively meagre,
but still he had invested it in funds
of such n nature as brought him a
sure yearly income, and one that was
ever welcome. He was Che proud
possessor Of four promising children,
two boys and two girls, and had a
helpmate whose knowledge of house
wifery was only equaled by her close
attention to their very intricate de-
tails. BY her influence, her nus
! bands capital had been invested in a
banking house, of which her brother
WAS cashier, and for several years
the interest realized from the invest
ment was sufficient for their wants
Contented with their pecunIary gains
they only desired to found for them.
selves an earthly Elsium, IN which tC
bring up their young children, anC
spend their own declining years,
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-01-30
AFTERMATH.

The poor mans meek petition
For a little needed aid
Aroused the opposition
OF our Solon's, grave and stald.
They sadly said the County
Could not stand the awful tax,
And gave Gods poor their bounty
Where the chicken got the axe.
And when Sequachee City
Begged for polling place,
A mammoth smile of pity
Lighted up each solemn face.
We asked for what was due us
Aud in view of all the ''facks"
Our Solons gave it to us
Where the chicken got the axe.
When Sequachee takes the trouble
TO make lengthy tours to vote
She may burst the empty bubble
OF some boom that's set ahoat,
And some fellows who are burning
For q chance to swell the tax,
May get that for which they're
yearning
Where the chicken got the axe
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-01-30
JANUARY JINGLES.
By "OUR DEVIL. y

A young man from Tracy City
Fed nine dollars to the "kitty"
Last Friday in quiet little game;
And he thinks quite hard his case is
For he held three great big aces,
But four deuces scooped the sugar
all the same.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-01-30

With this determination IN view,
husband and father had travelled on
horseback through various parts of
Tennessee seeking locality which
would suit his purpose.
Tennessee at the time was covered
with vast forests of gigantic trees,
oak, poplar and chestnut. The dens-
est timber lands were of course a.
long the river bottoms and The low
valley lands, while those that cover
ed the mountain tops and plateaus
were of more sturted character.
The deer without dread of the
hunters rifle herded in the dim re-
cesSes of the forests; ungainly bears
prowlei over the failed logs and
made their dens IN the cayerns under
the cliffs; catamounts shrieked de-
fiance to one another, and sharpen
ed their claws upon the standing
trunks in their mad wrath, and foxes,
squirrels, turkeys, pheasants, and 9th
pr smaller game, lived and preyed
upon each other in the greatest num-
bers. Snakes were plentiful, too
they always are in new country.
Rattlesnakes summed themselves upon
the rugged cliffs, and copperheads
peered slnisterly from the bushes In
the vicinity of the few trails that
crossed the country. The Indians
were peaceable, had their own vii
lagos, and were more or less associat
ed with the whites. Trading posts
had been established, and the might.
Y monarch of the forest was bowed
! before the heavy strokes of the axe
Such were the characteristics of this
epoch. The people were rude and
hardy, endowed with sterling quail
ties for, a backwoods life, self relian
and vigorous. They were keen O
vision, and constant of hearing
through their continual attention t
the various sights and sounds of for
est lite. They had their dances ,anC
social gatherings. where buxom girl
tread the mazes OF their favorit,
measures with great strapping lum
bermen, with violent exertlons an
mad festlyity. Then they had corn
huskngs and log rolIings, and occas
ionalIy wedding at which all otlic
ated.
Such was backwoods life at tn
t time when Mr.. Fullerton first mad
his appearance in the vicinity of tb
place which was afterwards to b,
5 come bis home.
: A few months later and thel
: might have been seen a wagon trai
slowly crossing the Cumberland pla
S eau. There were two covered wa
: ons drawn by mules, an extra tea
J, slowly hauled by two yokes of oxe
5 followed in the rear by several COW
a while other domestic animals wei
S slowed away in various parts Of Il
1 caravan.
/, AS there were no roads in til
a section and the trails were poor at Il
= best, progress was necessarily sic
e and It was some time before they a
> rived on the spot which Mr.. Fule
$ ton had fixed upon as the one mo
a suited to his desires. 1t was on t
er edge Of the mountain, on q gent
RS rolling descent, which rather abruI
t. ly ended in precipice Of many hu
S. dred feet, strewn at the bottom wi
rs enormous boulders, and tangled a
n thorny vines. The land was mos
to covered with cedar and chestn
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-01-30
MEETINGS

Owen Church preaching 2nd. Sun
day in each month. Sunday School
every Sunday at $3.50 a. m.
Post SO, q. A. r., meets regularly
the 2nd Saturday IN each month, at
12:80p. m.
III. Z. Church, colored, meetings
very Sunday.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-01-30

Y strokes of the two black servants
who had accompanied Mr.. Fullerton,
and served, when fallen, as walls for
a log house. There was also fine
spring, which after wandering
through laurel beds for some dis
lance, fell over the grey cliff IN a
thin veil Of spray, which soon gave it
the name Of the bridal Veil" In
the winter season 1t was more than a
bridal veil, it was demoniac IN action,
twisting and turning, churning itself
into greater fury and greater action
at every successive leap until it paus.
ed ina wide circular basin In the
rocks, where it disappeared as If for
ever.
1t is needless to relate the first
clearing of this charming spot; how
the logs were piled in great heaps
and fired; how the land was first
broken in amid the constant urging
and herculean efforts OF the laborIng
oxen; how the the first crops were
sown, worked and harvested; how
one of their most valued horses fell
over the cliff one night in the dark
Mesa gallant grey, which they had
brought with them from old Virgin
la, one OF a pair; or what were their
conflicts with bears and catamounts
J that preyed increasingly upon their
stock and crops, or their expeditions
for the more harmless deer. Each
} succeeding year saw more improve
ments upon their mountain farm and
blessed b Y sun and rain, it grew in
beauty and abundance with every
season
Mr.. Fullerton was a passionate ad-
: mirer of flowers. He came from
: paternal line Of florists, one of whom
had been chief gardener to Evelyn,
Z that lover Of all things pertaining to
} Horticulture, whose parks had often
been enriched by the fertile imagiu-
] ings of his brain. AS we have said,
S Mr.. Fullerton was an enthusiast in
e his way. A choice variety Of lily or
: a collection Of cacti was Of greater
d value to him than whole mint full
+ of precious stones. His flowers were
s. his pride. Early and late he watch
/ ed for their first opening, or even for
the first tiny leaf that pierced the
e rich mold of his garden. He loved
lie them with that earnest attention that
le admits of no wa 2erings, no distract
e ions. There are things in flowers
which are well worth study. MIR
re Fullerton appreciated that in its
in broadcast development. His earlies
t. desire was to know more of then
2 qualities and peculiarities, and to un
m der the reasons thereof. OF course
II, there were an infnitude of difficulties
., in his path, but after all, what were
re such to man Of his mold.
he SO with an enthusiasts eagcyness
almost before the ground had beef
at laid out, he had sent for all the flow
he ers that were the prime fayorites 0
w his heart ahlias, peonys, fuschia,
u Haunting gladioli, and a host Of 9th
r. ers,
'st 1t was a great hour when they al
he rived, carefully packed, and in goo
5ly condition from their long and ditH
ot- cult journey from older civilization
IN The minute it took to unwrap TIL
ith bundles seemed an age to his mp;
nd tient fingers, and when the leafIe,
thy treasures were exposed to view II
ut, eve fairly gloated upon them. N,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-03

for the laborers. l see a rosy penumbra
of a certain coming event, the speedy
opening of a kindergarten on a large
plantation. Good. The time now is
when neglect of the laborers who serve
society is branded moral obliquity, and
let every man see to it that his own
hands are free from the stain of sell
fishness, neglect and gross money-get-
ting. Let US in Hawaii establish at
least an unwritten law that all who
gain from sugar plantation shall
bear the decimal per cent. of the ex-
pense of sufficient Kindergartens for
the human bees who make their honey.
The third appeal comes from the
men who were not satisfied with being
mere listeners. The Association was
urged to petition the Government to
transform half of the Nuuanu made
lands" near King street into a park,
and the other half into a children's
playground. Masculine eloquence went
over the reasons esthetic, philanthro-
pic and sanitary why this particular
breathing place should not be con-
gested by encroaching shops. The Gov
eminent can scarce afford to let GER
tain quarters widen, or to learn again
the lesson of Nuuanu and the cholera
germ. The suggestion was at once
crystallized into a motion, and the
&c m he
scheme, Nuuanu Park and Playground
Long live the Free kindergarten AS
sociationi SIBYL.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-03
Sole Deposit Boxes

WE HAVE A FEW MORE BOXES
in our Safe Deposit Vault which are
not yet rented. There are four sizes,
varying in price from S12 to $50 per
year. Any private papers left in
these boxes are perfectly safe, as the
vaults are fire-proof and are fitted with
time locks, which makes them abso-
lutely burglar-proof. There are two
keys to each box, both Of which are
given to the party renting box, and
should these keys be stolen they
would be useless to bearer, as he could
not open the box without our master
key being first inserted.
Parties leaving the Islands for their
summer vacations will find 1t con-
venient place to leave any valuables.
Boxes can be rented by the month or
year as desired. Apply to