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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-16

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Terms of Sale:
A FIN DE Steele KNAVE.

The queen OF hearts
Onca made some tarts
All on "A summers day.
Did the knHve Of hearts
Go find those tarts
And steal them all awayi
This modern knave
A cold laugh gave.
Quoth he: II am no fool.
Full well I know
The queen did so
Unto a cooking school"
The queen Of hearts
Thus made the tarts
All on a summers day.
The knave Of hearts
Perceived those tarts,
And he said; "Ahal Nay, nayP'
Detroit Tribune.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-16
LAND SALE.
j. w. Frierson VS.. r. C. Gordon.
In Chancery Court at Columbia, Ten
neSRRa.

j. w. Frierson VS.. r. C. Gordon.
In Chancery Court at Columbia, Ten
neSsee.
In obedience to decree of the Chan
Gerry Court at Columbia, Tenn, made at
the April Term, 1879, in the aboye-styled
case, and revived at the April term,
1895, at page 53l of the minutes of 1896, l
will, on
Saturday, the Gath day of OctO-
Der, 1896,
at II o'clock, NJ, in front of the court
house door in Columbia, Tennessee, sell
to the highest and best bidder, the prom
erty in said decree described, being a
tract of land lying and being in i4th
civil district of Maury County, Tonnes
see, and bounded as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a set stone in J. M. Mayes'
north boundary line, the s. w. corner
of G. p. Webster's Frierson tract, run
ming thence west N. 81 degrees w. I43T
poles to set stone in north boundary
line of q. p. Webster's Brown tract;
thence north a degrees east 1857 poles
to stone with lynn pointers-R. G.
Linn's corner in G.. p. Webster's home
tract; thence with said Linn's line east
). 8Sl< Il. ll8 poles to a stake with three
ash pointers, his corner; thence with
his line south IL degrees west IA poles
to stake with elm pointers; thence
with his line east SSH degrees +. 20 poles
to stake in Linn's line, q. p. Webster's
corner, with dogwood pointers; thence
with G. p. Websters line south ~ de-
grees west ll6K poles to the beginning,
containing by estimation ia acres,
more or less.
Terms of Sale:
Said sale will be made on a credit of
one and two years. and in bar of the
equity of redemption. Notes drawing
interest from day of sale, with good
personal security, will be required of
the purchaser, and lien will be re-
tanned on the property sold, as further
security.
A. n. AKIN, Clerk and Com'r.
+. H. Hatcher, Solicitor. oct24
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Trustees Sale Of Real Estate.

By virtue of the authority conferred
upon me as successor to c. w. Wither-
spoon, Secretary and Treasurer of the
Maury County Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION, by trust deed executed by
OvertOn Webster and wife, Rebecca
Webster, Feb'y D. 1892, recorded book
u, vol. 3, p. S24, r. o. NJ. c., l will sell to
the highest bidder for cash, free from
the equity of redemption, dover and
homestead, at the courthouse door in
Columbia, Tenn, between the hours of
10 a. m. and II o'clock m,
Monday, November 9th, 1896,
the following described tract of land,
lying in the 9th district of Maury Coun-
ty, Tenn, beginning at Russelps corner
in the lane of the road passing to Hun
ter's Ford of Duck river; thence n. Is
minutes w. l6p. and 3 links to stake
near the fence corner; thence S. 81 de-
gress f. 46 p. and Is links to stake;
thence n. a degree w. II p. and Is links
to stake; thence S. 81 degrees Il. II p.
and l6 links to Sellers line; thence with
Sellers line d degree e. % p. and %
links to Russell's corner; thence with
Russell's line 81 degrees w. SO p. and 9
links to the beginning, containing 7
acres, more or less.
Said sale will be made to satisfy the
costs of sale and amount due said asso-
citation. H. o. FULTON,
oct94t Sec. IL Treas, Trustee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-16

GarwOOd's Sarsaparilla-for the bloop
guaranteed to cure. A. B. RAINS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21

binder friend of mine was making an orien-
tai splendor speech for me of up in the
farming section, that might have been
pasted on a barn as a circus bill. My
friends he said, in his most persuasive
way our opponents are reporting that the
noble candidate under whose magnificent
banner We are enlisted in the cause of right
and for the perpetui.y of the palladium of
our liberties. was pulling wires in the con-
Vention looking to the nomination of him.
self. Fellow citizens. l want to brand
mat statement an infamous lie and hurl
the foul SANDER down the polluted throat
OF the traducer of innocence and virtue.
why, gentlemen, l was present at that
convention, and 1 know our candidate was
not there. No. friends and fellow citizens,
ne was not seekir. the honor thrust upon
MIN, Dut. at the very moment ii came TO
MIN he was in cornfeld-
That was where he missed it," laughed
the member-elect. Some chap in the
crowd remembered that the nomination was
at O'Clock in the morning. and just when
my man was not expecting anything of the
sort this fellow sang out, Whose corn
field was it? and it spoiled the speech.
turned the laugh on my spellbnder and
lost me the vote of the entire precinct.
Where were you really at the timer"
inquired a listener.
Sound asleep, / suppose. That's where
1 usually am at 3 O'Clock in the morning"
''Whoop la, wait till you've been in the
national capital awhile" shouted all the
group at once, and the new member as
stunned the air of a saint and martyr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
A READY EXPLANATION.
1t Took Quick Thinking, hut 1t Ar
rived an Demand.

rived an Demand.
A Washington man is accustomed to
using what he considers a very choice pro-
duct of the distillers art. His preference
for the liquor In question has been ap-
proved by number of connoisseurs in
such matters and he began to suspect that
a colored man in his employ had added his
Endorsement in a manner tacit, but sincere
The compliment was a high one: for the
colored man has lorg been employed in the
culinary department. and he had sense
of smell and q keenness of taste which
many a gourmet might envy. The demi-
john which contained the liquor emptied
with such surprising rapidity that its pro-
prietor concluded TO adopt radical meas
ures. In the absence Of direct proof, he
decided to try strategy. He allowed the
demijohn to become empty. and. instead of
filing it again. put the liquor in bottles in
his cupboard, and labeled them poison"
The word was printed in heavy, black let
tiers. and a skull and crossbones Were
added, Of a size calculated to make an inn
preston on the most stolid. He kept an
eye on the cupboard. too. and one night, as
he came home from the theater, he caught
the colored servant in the act. Selling the
bottle in mock terror, the employer ex-
claimed:
Great heavens! DO you know what you
are doing? Don't you see that what that
bottle contains is marked poison?'
The colored man held it off and looked at
it. Then ne smelled it, and, with a look Of
mela ncholy replied:
Tain poison, sub. is done been fooled
ag'in"
'.How dared you tamper with it, whether
you knew it was poison or not?"
Boss. it wus dis-a-way. Fun de way
yoE acted bout dat demijohn in de cellar,
l done thought yoh had yoh s'pisions oh
me, an it made me melancholy. fob sho
Is been tryn' fob mos two weeks now ter
commit suicide out'n dat bother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
OPEN TO SUSPICION.
An Incident That Has REQUIRED With
Significant Frequence.

An Incident That Has REQUIRED With
Significant Frequence.
YES" said the publisher. wed like a
thanksgiving story. But it'll have to be
on somewhat different lines this year."
1--WE got the very thing you need" re-
plieG the man with manuscript in the side
pocket of his coat. l thought you'd be
pleased when started for your office this
morning; and now 1 know It,"
you've struck out regardless Of the con-
ventional lines. have your"
That's 1t exactly. Here's the scheme.
The family is all assembled at dinner on
Thanksgiving day."
"M'yes. And there is vacant chair at
the table,
How did you guess it?'' .-
"And the old gentleman signs as he
thinks Of the son who is not there to share
the holiday repast."
"And the children know what he is think
ing about, and his wife would like to speak
word of comfort; but they have all been
forbidden to mention the absent sons
name"
"You are mind readerv'
Suddenly the door bursts open, and a
man with whiskers cries Father and the
old gentleman embraces him and says My
son. ana that's the end of the story"
There isn't much use Of your reading 1t.
There may be a few differences in detail,
but the main incidents are as you have re-
lated them
I'm afraid I'd better not publish the
story. I don't mean to say word against
its artistic merit. But you have to Con-
slider the prejudices of the reader
But there isn't anything in it that isn't
calculated to please"
Il don't know about that. Year after
year that son has been turning up in the
same opportune manner. This is a cold
and suspicious age. ard if we let him do it
any more I'm afraid the public will begin
to think that he simply comes home when
he knows the family is going to have tur-
key for dinner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
HER AMERICAN SPIRIT.
Washington Girl Who Has a Great
Head ON Her Pretty Shoulders.
She's q Washington girl, and she's

Washington Girl Who Has a Great
Head ON Her Pretty ShOulders.
She's a Washington girl. and shes
pretty.
But it was a work Of supererogation to
add that last remark.
If anybody ever saw a homely Washing.
ton girl, he discreetly maintained such
silerc on the subject that to all intents
and purposes No such girl ever existed
Now. this charming young woman. unlike
some OF our charming young Washingto on
women. is thoroughly American, which her
mother isn't, and the result is that there is
somewhat Of an emotional clash now and
then.
That is to say. the daughter receives at
tention from some men whom the mother
doesn't approve of.
One particularly.
He is from the west. and he has whole
barrelful of money, and getting several
more fast.
But he is ''in trade
Oh. horrors!
of course. dear" said the pretty girls
mother only last week; ''of course Mr.
Blank is a very excellent young man, and
he has money, but you know he is in trade
and if you marry him you cannot go into
society. Now, why don't you throw him
over and accept the diplomat who is your
slave? He is SO charming, of such a great
family, and he is a favorite in our very
best society,""
That's all right. mamma" replied the
young woman. but 1 like the other man.
AS for the trade part, you needn't worry
about that. George is in politics on the
side, and 1t won't be ten years until he
gees abroad as ambassador to some of
those effete old monarchies. and with his
pull and his purse We can have a string of
ordinary diplomats at our heels like a tail
to kite"
Since which announcement the maternal
ancestor hasn't had as much to say. though
she may Still be thinking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
DEVISED BY. WOMAN'S WIT

Mr.. Corntossel had developed an unfortu-
nate liking for urban allurements. az rep
resented by the hotel in the village. His
wife noticed it. and with a great deal OF
regret, and one morning she said:
"Josiar, I've been a-readin' in the weekly
paper about how women don't do ez much
ez they'd orter ter make home happy"
we've been readin su'thin' thet's clus
ter bein' the TRUTH" he replied, rather
shortly; for 1t is solemn fact that the
more jovial a man lis along about II or
O'Clock In the morning. the more morose
he is likely to be in the bosom Of his
family.
I've made up my mind ter do more ter
make the place comfortable
"Ye amt goin' ter start in and foller out
no more O them receipts. are ye?"
mo. l amt got the confidence in 'em
met l useter have. I've tried tides, an
I've tried maxim armchairs out O. flour
par Is. an they didn't seem ter work. Mems
IDEAS of comfort amt the same ez wo.
night"
That her words had inspired him with
curiosity was evident from the fact that he
came back from his work a great deal
carrier than usual. AS he entered the din
ing room he jumped in establishment, and
exclaimed:
Whut under the canopy is a-goin' on?''
1d!u eAdckly my idea of elegance an
comfort" she remarked, ''but 1 ain't set
I'm. up my opinions agin yours It's whut
you seem ter fancy. an don't see no use
O yer walkin' ter town fur sech Injuries ez
these"
She had strewed the floor with sawdust
ana had arranged some boards across two
barrels at one side of the room. Back of
the boards was large looking glass, which
she Lad brought down from the spare bed
room, and on top was a key of hard cider
with the spigot ready to respond to any
DEN and that might occur number of
bottles and cigar boxes were ranged
against the wall and some shallow boxes
with sawdust in them occupied conspicu-
Gus places on the floor.
Don't We think It's fne?" she INQUIRED
ingenuously. EFF ye want somethin' ter
eat here's crackers an cheese on the
counter l knowed it wouldn't be COM
plete wethout some free lunch. Termor-
row expect ter hev some smoked sausage.
l had Ter go slow a fust; but I'll keen
addin' fere an there"
Mandy ne said hoarsely, Il wouldn't
trouble myself, eff wus you"
Il don't wanter leav it half DONE" she
persisted. Il TUX the trouble ter go ter the
motel an peek through the window SOS
Ter study your tastes. An I'm a-goin' ter
crafty EN- eff it's in my power. I'll even
go SO fur ez ter learn ter drop a swear
word here an there, eff it'll make things
seem more companonable."
Mandy. We don't need ter carry 1t no
1u'ther. Ye've done wonders. All / ask is
thet yen lend hand an help me clear
out this mess. an eff yell agree ter saw no
future"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
A COLOSSAL TRIBUTE.
The Original Idea of a Husband Who
Wished to Behave Handsomely.

The Original Idea of a Husband Who
Wished to Behave Handsomely.
He had not been in Washington very
long, but he lived in way that soon COM
manded the interest which lavish display
of wealth is sure to win; and circle of
friends speedily gathered about them, who
learned to forgive their shortcomings in
etiquette because Of the generous sincerity
of their natures.
There amt any good of us givin' teas
and things" he said. bluntly, to one of his
more intimate associates. I'VE don't en-
joy em. Susan's tried 'em, and they're all
right in their way. but they don't amount
to anything after you get 'em over with"
Still, it's only natural that your wife
should like to attract some attention in the
world. That's only a normal feminine
charac teristic."
attract attention. But it's business that
we're good in. and not society. She likes
business just as much as 1 do. She showed
that when she married me. I didn't have
a dollar. I was prospecting for mine.
and hadn't struck anything that looked
like metal, but I knew it was there. 1 met
her at huskin' bee. 1t was one of these
light and frolicsome occasions where a fell
Ter was privileged to kiss a girl every time
he found red ear. It was a new game
out there. When I proposed to her she
said she knew was poor: but she guessed
q man that had enterprise enough to bring
his own red ears of corn with him in his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21

,overcoat pocket, sos not to take any
CHANGES had enterprise and gumption
enough to cash in few chips when it
game. And when the mine began to pay
out silver so pure that it could be made
into teaspoons as It came out of the
ground. she was a heap more interested IN
nndfn, Investments for the money than she
was In buyin' Paris bonnets; although no.
body could ever say that she slighted a
friend when it was the genuine article.
snes worthy of a better monument than
center-piece on dinner table, and of
more fame than a paragraph in the So
ciety column. And I'm the chap that's
goin, to see that she gets EN-"
HbrarS!" A1 /"
p, rounding a library's only a little of It.
I've sotfthe ground, and I've got the plans.
ana I'm going to found a town. It's got
inc location and I've got the capital and
energy You know this place up in the
northwest called Minneapolis?''
OF course
Well, 1 always thought that when thai
town was named somebody had paid q
compliment worth while. I've no doubt
tnat Minnie is nice girl, and I haven.f
Inc least thing against her personally: bnt
IN, m going to have town named Susanan-
ohs thatH make her turn pale with envy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
The Spectacle That Made a Doser Rul
His Eyes.


His Eyes.
Perhaps 1t was only the warm air that
made him go to sleep in the billiard room
of one of Washingtons prominent hotels.
1t was not a profound slumber; merely a
doze. Now and then he opened his eyes
and gazed admirir ely at round-the-table
play and exclaimed:
Splendid! splendid! Seems like people
can train things to do just what they want
nowadays"
AS his head sank on his chest, the big
chrysanthemum he wore on his coat tick
led his nose He brushed at 1t with his
half-open hand and it fell to the floor.
Gazing at it with a placid expression, he
murmured:
You just stay there and I'll come and
get you in a little WHILE
But bell boy with an eye for beauty
picked up the chrysan flower while its
owner slept. A man with skye terrier
came into the place and the dog sat down
near where the flower had been. Its own
got into conversation and the dog curl
ed itself up and patiently waited his mas
ter's pleasure. The sleepy man awakened
just as the dogs owner whistled for him.
AS the skye terrier responded, the drowsy
man In the chair jumped to his feet and
rubbed his eyes.
We'll, I'm everlastngly jingoed:" he ex-
claimed. Il know that we're living in an
age of narvels and that things can be
made to do just about what you want them
to If you know how. But I'm blest il
wouldn't like TO know more about the man
that hypnctized my chrysanthemum"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
SHOOTING A RUNAWAY.
He stopped the Horse, but II Was
Expensive.

AS L ne star reporter was walking along
i4th street with a man the other evening
runaway horse dashed up street and
disappeared around the circle of Thomas
Il never see thing like that" comment
ed the man, that don't think of nv own
experience and at once thank the Lord
that L live i'm a land of street cars. Let
me tell you about it. / haven't owned
horse for fifteen years and I'll never own
another one. That many years ago L
thought horse was an absolute necessity
to my happiness and 1t had TO he good
one. L lived at that time in Cincinnati
and the only place for driving was on the
roads through the hilltop suburbs Well.
had bought fine horse from Kentucky
which had cost me SIoD-"
1t takes those keniuckians to get the
earth for a horse" interrupted the re-
porter -
Il wouldn't be surprised" laughed the
man. In any event that's what 1 had in
vested in the one ! bought and he was
an amateur as far as the city was con-
cerned and needed at least six months
driving about the streets before he was
worth anything as far his safely went
The first Sunday 1 had him | went out on
the hills TO show him Off for he was a
beauty and 1 wouldn't have sold him for
twice what i gave for him as he pranced
proudly through the subj rhan avenues the
observed of all observers But he was the
deuce to drive and / had TO keep on a con-
start strain TO prevent his getting away
with me-"
But this wasn't enough ana at the
turn of a road leading along a slight grade
ANA cut on to a circle looking over a praci-
pice at least hundred feet high into the
beautiful Ohio valley, he jumped. caught
the bit in his teeth and off he went. 4
sawed and pulled. but il did no good and
when We Struo the straight road of about
Hn Yards that meant sure destruction uu-
It4SE .4Tsrr h..
bluff at the end. / put forth all my en-
deavor. So absorbed was / in trying TO
save him that Were nearly to the bluff
before i noticed and then | couldn't Jump
ol.t / had fooishly tied the lines around
my wrists when l first started. a custom
not entirely out of date yet. 1t meant
dragging If L jumped, the most dreadful
| Kind of death, and l preferred 10 take my
chances in the buggy. just then a police
man appeared at the circle and I began
to yell at him TO shoot the horse. IL seem
ed to me ii took him a half hour to catch
on 10 what i wanted, but it wasn't so
long as that. and bang went the pistol
and bang again and the third time bang;
all so quick as scarcely to be counted, and
my horse went down In heap not fifty
feet from the edge of The cliff and headed
directly for it, Two jumps more and the
beautiful landscape sleeping so peacefully
below would have been streaked with my
mortal remains. and 500 wasn't too high
a price to pay"
"Once anyhow" ventured the reporter.
Yes, OF ce anyhow; but / didn't want
to try it again, end Concluded the mar
rator, Il gave the buggy and stun ana
the dead horse TO the policeman for saving
me and took the street car for home.
Which the same is good enough riding for
me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
A SHARP FINANCIER.
The True Tale of Keen Young Man
of Capitol Hill.


All the great financiers of this country.
outside of politics. do not live in New York.
One of the greatest of them, nameless here
forever more. lives in more or less regal
splendor on Capitol Hill. That is to say>
he lives in regal splendor when he is asleep
and the rest of the time it is pretty much
boarding house. except when the mother
of his best girl takes more pity on him
than she ever will after he is married, and
asks him to take dinner at her house.
About a week ago this financial Machia-
velli sat in a poker game with young
man whose reputation for not paying any
kind of bill is wider than the District Of
Columbia at its widest part, and he won
$40 from him, for which he gave his check.
Our Machiavelli from Capitol Hill didn't
want to take the check. because he had
heard how previous checks had not been
available, as there wasn't quite enough
money in bank to meet them, and there
was usually a squabble which didn't de-
clare any dividends worth mentioning. But
he had to take the check. or nothing, and
when he had taken it, he sat him down to.
think. When morning came he had thought,
and as soon as the hank was open he was
there with his check for $40.
There's not enough money to meet it,"
said the paying teller. with the inVariable
suavity of paying teller.
Il supposed not smiled and bowed the
holder Of the check, and L was instructed
to make up the difference. so il you will be
kind enough to tell me what IL is Ill fix it,
He was Informed that the balance was
ST.. and the Machiavelli at once deposited
S13 to the credit of his friend and then pre-
scented the check which was, of course
honored, and he came out Of the bank just
ST. ahead and no bother to ANYBODY.
The best part of 1t was that when the
maker of the check met him and he told
him that a friend of his had deposited
enough money to his credit to make his
check good, he never asked who the friend
was. Indeed, he never asked any questions
al all: he slumped and kept his mouth
shut.