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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20
A Ouestionahle Inrentlon.

A Chicago genius was recently
granted patent on an automatic
fishing rod. This great labor saving
device consists of a rod and holder
cooked and poised on a spring. In
this position it may be left on the
shore by itself, after the owner has
baited the hook and cast it into the
water. When the fish seizes the
bait, the tug it gives the line opens
the trigger and the fish is jerked
ashore and landed high and dry by
the uncoiling of the spring. This
invention removes fishing from the
laborous list, but it also takes away
all the chance of having the largest
fish escape after being hooked. We
doubt if it is a seller.-National
Recorder.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20
Subscription List With Wintry
ASDect,

Country editors, as a rule, do not
readily fall into poetry on the sub
ject of overdue subscriptions, yet
here is the sad appeal of one whose
mind is evidently oppressed by a
long list of delinquents:
1.-The melancholy days are here,
the saddest of our time; the chilly
blasts begin to blow from far-off
northern cline. The wood-saw
sings, the coal-bin groans, the tree
doth moan with sorrow; the sun
shines bright and warm to-day,
might snow like-to-mo We
gladly think of times to come, when
we can swiftly soar through mince-
pie skies and nightmares drives and
stomach-aches galore. Subscribers
who are two years back should to
the sanctum stroll and soften times
which sorely try the editorial soul"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20
WTiS Sweet TO Remember. I"

OF the many noble endownments,
there is perhaps none which affords
pleasure so exquisite as that of
memory.
'Tis sweet to remember each
loved spot of infancy, the green
woods, with its babbling brooks,
birds and flowers. IT'S sweet to re-
member the approving smile of a
preceptor as he witnessed our effort
and success in some mental difficult
ty,
'Tis all that is left to the con-
demned criminal to enjoy. His
midnight cell is lighted for a while
and the horror of his wretched
abode for a moment forgotten; he
basks once more in the smiles of
the loved ones at home; and as he
dreams, his chains are broken, he is
no longer prisoned, his heart swells
with the animation of a free man.
But as memory withdraws dreams,
and the woe of the present is again
realized, he eXclaims with bitter
ness, "Tis sweet to remember, but
would that could forget"
'Tis sweet to remember that the
Democrats nobly did their part,
having conscience "void of Of
fense,' buying votes.
Buying votes is all that is left the
Republicans to enjoy, but the time
will come, alas! when they would
that they could forget.
'Tis sweet to remember that the
HERATn OrpaphaS Guph sound
Democracy, that occasionally it
loses a Republican subscriber, who
wants a twelve page paper, less
Democratic, print too fine to read
with your "spy-glasses") she does, "
so he can paper his house, "he can.
OMNIA VERITAS,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20
Suit For n Divorce.

Maria Il. Gristwell yesterday filed
a bill in Chancery against Joseph
w. Gristwell, praying for an abso..
lutte divorce.
The bill alleges that since her
to defendant he has been
more disposed to spend his earnings
in riotous living than in providing
for his family, and that complainant
was compelled to live with her
mother. A few weeks ago defendant
induced her to come to Nashville.
He made arrangements for board at
the house of one Mrs. Neely. He
made life so unpleasant for COM
plainant, the bill alleges, that she
was compelled to leave and go to
another boarding place. Com
plainant alleges that she returned
to the boarding house to obtain her
trunks and wearing apparel and was
informed that the proprietress held
them for their board bill. The bill
charges that her husband cruelty
colluded with the proprietress of the
clearinghouse to claim lien on
her property for the purpose of an
noying, veXing and humiliating her.
The bill further charges defendant
habitual drunkenness and abandon
ment; also failure to support. She
prays for an absolute divorce and an
Injunction to issue restraining de-
fendant from annoying or interfering
with her.-Nashville Sun.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20
SANCTUM SENTIMENTS.

Well thank you for a little of that
promised prosperity, Mr.. Mckinley.
Mckenzie Herald.
The negroes of the south, the for
eigners of the north and the boodle-
bought buns of the cities gave Nc
Kinley his majority, and yet his
supporters have the effrontery to
claim that it was the intelligence of
the country that elected him. Such
a claim is simply an insult to the in
telligence of the country.-Chatta-
nOoga News.
BY all means the Mckinley ad-
ministration should recognize the
Palmerites to the extent of sending
Willie G. P. Breckenridge to some
important foreign court.-Birming-
ham State Herald.
While Mark Hanna continues his
campaign, the people will quietly
size up the effects of Mr.. McKinley's
remedy for hard imes.--Birming-
ham State Herald.
The decoy ticket cut a very small
figure in the recent election. 1t
reached the magnitude of q votes IN
this county, and failed to carry a
single voting precinct in the United
States.-McMinnville New Era.
Josiah Patterson was defeated by
Ed Carmack, but like the whim-
perer he is, he cries fraud and will
contest for the seat in Congress.
When men of Patterson's calibre
once get the taste of pie it is a hard
matter to get him to let loose.
Shame on you. Observation-Disclosures
boro Home-Journal.
The greatest political joke of the
season, gigantic for it's etfrontery, is
Josiah Patterson charging fraud at
the ballot box. 1t is enough to
make government mule blush
Meals State Gazette.
The Carmack people in the Tenth
District are urging the Patterson
forces to come to showdown, and if
there is fraud to prove it. This
shows that Carmack is not afraid
of an investigation.-M Kenzie
Herald.
The prehistoric, pre-Adamic
equines, Palmer and Buckner, will
now be turned out on the commons
to die, and ere long the bone yard
will claim them for its own.-Law-
renee Democrat.
According to associated press dis
patches, it is probable that an extra
session of Congress will be called
and the tariff will be the lone meas
ure. The tariff leeches can't wait
for the regular session to begin their
raids upon the public. They are
overly anxious to get back some of
the campaign "boodle" expended in
the recent victory won by Mr.. Han
na-West Tennessee Wing.
The battle-cry of the go!dbuggers
has been: Mckinley and Pros
perity." Well, Mr.. Mckinley is
here with all four feet. Now, roll
in the prosperity. The country can
stand good deal of it-The
Utahnian.
There's only one man in this
world for Miss Democracy-and his
name is William Jennings Bryan.
He's won her love and he'll keep it
And she'll treasure his picture
Hickman County News.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20
HANNACRATIC PROSPERITY.
This is the way Things Prosper Under
the Gold Standard.

This Is the way Things Prosper Under
the Gold Standard.
j. Rosentield & Co., wholesale mil
linery and notions of Galveston,
Texas, made an assignment last Fri
day. The partners are Mrs. Adele
ROsenfield, Samuel j. Rosenfield, Il.
E. Seligman and Abraham Rosen-
ham Rosenfield. The liabilities are
estimated at $l20,000 and nominal
assets within few thousand of liza
bilities.
Marx & Blum, Wholesale shoes and
hats, also of Galveston, filed deed
of trust and chattel mortgage to
B. +. CASTOR Of Galveston county,
and Joseph Naussbaum of Lime
stone county. Partners are Marks
Marx and Aaron Blum. Claims are
preferred to the amount of $5l3,62S.
Preferences in class A. are $239, 1896;
class b. $273, 1913. Claims in class A.
are to be paid ratably. Assets are
estimated at $3.50, 900. a large proper
tion of which consists of real estate
scattered all over Texas.
Clapp & Co., bankers and breakers
of New York, assigned last week.
The liabilities will amount to about
$l50,000. Assets will probably reach
that amount.
Wolff & Co., importers of braids,
buttons. etc, Of New York, m ade an
assignment Saturday. The liabili-
ties are $4,000 aad the assets NOM
inaiIy the same.
Upon application of the New York
Trust company, United States Judge
Lurton last Friday appointed Gaunt
Crebs receiver for the Middle Ten
nessee and Alabama railroad, an un-
finished road projected from Shell
byville, Tenn, to Decatur, Ala,
partly completed, but in a state of
delapidation.
Russell A. Clapp, president and
general manager of the Standard
Coal and Coke Company, with head
quarters in Knoxville and mines
near Newcomb, was appointed tenn
porary receiver of that company
last Monday. The company is very
heavily mortgaged and has been
unable to meet the interest on its
bonds, hence the foreclosure of the
mortgage. The company is the lar
gest in the South.
H. w. Trippett, a leading general
merchant of WaXahachere, has fail
ed, with liabilities exceeding $50, 900.
A. Trippett is named us trustee.
Assets not named.
w. II. Perkins, doing general
merchandise business at Danger
field, Tex, fled a deed of trust on
his stock of goods, also 40 bales of
cotton, naming George Hurt az trus-
tee. Assets and liabilities unknown.
PITTsBURG, Nov. 16.-At q meet
ing to-day of the river coal oper-
ators, preliminary steps were taken
which will likely result in the clos
ing down of almost all river mines
and throw 5000 miners out of en-
ployment from Dec. to Feb. l..
The argument of the operators for
this suspension is that the market is
overstocked there being 100000
bushels or more in this harbOr, be-
sides a large quantity already in
Southern hartors.
j. G. Smedley and John Peed, Of
Millersburg, KY, assigned Satur-
day night, the former to A. q b.
Smedley, the latter to j. q. Allen.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20
''Uncle Toms Cabin"

The pupils of Hurricane High
School presented Uncle Toms
Cabin at McCain's Academy on Fri
day night. The play was well
rendered, the acting of little Miss
Katie Thomas as Topsy deserving
special mention. A full house was
present and it was an appreciative
audience. Quite a number from CO.
lumbia were present.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20

The editor of the Middleport IN.
" Herald recently published an
article denouncing the village trus-
tees for not enforcing the village
laws. The trustees retaliated by
arresting the editor for bicycle rid
ing on the sidewalk.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20
WHAT'S DONE is DONE.

Seem the thing is over
Seem the victory's won;
Don't growl at the boys in clover
What's done is donel
The same suns shinin' above us-I
The same worlds under the sun;
The same sweet friends that'll love US ;
What's done is done.
An the world keeps on a-turnin'--
The rivers still on the run;
The lamps o. Lord are burnin'-
What's done is done!
ATLANTA Constitution,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20

MCKINLEY has been denominated
the "advance agent of prosperity"
This is true in one sense of the word.
His administration will make our
cause invincible in 1900.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20

WILLIAM ]. BRYAN, Senator Jas.
X. Jones and Gov. Stone of Missouri,
are on st. Francis River this week,
duck k-hunting. They will make
their campaign against the ducks
without the aid of decoys.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20

BOTH parties are preparing for the
campaign Of 1900. Republican and
Democratic headquarters will be
kept open at Washington, something
unusual, and the agitation will be
vigorously prosecuted for the next
four years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20

For the toiling masses it is still
bi-metallism or no-metallism.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20

THE result of the election in
Wyoming is still In doubt. So far
Bryan is 280 in the lead, but there
are 20 precincts casting 900 votes yet
to be heard from. The entire Big
Horn county is cut off by heavy
SHOWS and no word has been re-
ceived from there since the 9th inst.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN de-
livered two speeches in Lincoln,
Neb., Saturday afternoon and even
ing, which had been previously an
nounced as the opening of the po-
litical campaign of 1900. His first
address was to the ladies of the
Mary Bryan Club, 1900 members
His second address was to the Trav-
cling Mems Bryan Club, the Veter-
ans and Bryan Home Guards. AT
ter this address he also spoke a few
minutes to an overflow meeting at
Bonhannan's Hall. His voice was
not in good condition at AN, but his
faith in the justice of his cause was
as great as ever. He put no contl-
dence in Republican promises oi
prosperity. "If the Republican
party can make this country pros
porous by the gold standard, it Will
have to reverse the laws of nature
and give points to all the writers on
political economy. If the Republl'
can party can bring prosperity to
this country by making money dear
er, it will do what has never been
done by any other party" He urged
all silver clubs to keep up their or
ganizations and meet regularly to
discuss public questions.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20

THERE is no doubt but that fash
ion is the most powerful influence
that operates upon the mind of wo-
man. AS an indication of the truth
of this observation, we read in the
New York journals that the rather
eccentric fad for wearing live in
sects as jewelry seems to be increas-
ing, and that the Japanese terrapin
is announced as the latest victim. 1t
is reported that the terrapins are be-
ing sent out of Japan by thousands
to meet the demand in Paris and
New York. There is no other power
that could have subdued womau's
natural antipathy for creeping
things.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20

THE were two large failures at
Galveston, Texas last Saturday. j.
Rosenfleld & Co., wholesale milli-
merry and notions, for $l20,000; and
Marx & Blum, wholesale dealers in
shoes and hats, for $513,628. Nomi-
nal assets will about cover liabili-
ties. And it is under this system
that we are to continue for four
years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20

OFFICIAL returns from every
county in Kentucky have been re-
ported to the Secretary of State.
These show a plurality of 258 for
Mckinley, comparing the two high
est electors. Twelve Republicans
and one Democrat were chosen cleo
tors. This one Democrat is the nest
egg for 1900.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20

IT is said that an army of men are
at work night and day on ten war
ships at the Brooklin Navy Yard.
"Why such impress of shipwrights,
whose sore task
Does not divide the Sunday from the
week.
What might be toward, that this sweaty
haste
Doth make the night joint laborer with
the day?"'
Is it for Spain, or for the proverb
about sin time of peace &c?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20
NEWS AND COMMENT.

MCKINLEY's plurality in Cali
fOrnia is 1858.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-20

THE great electric problem of
transmitting the power of Niagara
Falls to Buffalo for industrial pur-
poses, has been solved. The work
of building the transmission line
was begun last August and conclud-
ed early this month. The power
will first be applied to the street
railway, and if successful, other con-
tracts will follow as rapidly as the
power company can supply the
energy.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-08-05
INFORMATION FOR VOTERS.

Treasury Department VIII Issue Circu-
lar Containing Financial Facts.
Washington, July $3.50 numerous
are the questions brought to the treas
ury by every mail, seeking informa-
ton relative to financial and currency
matters, that the overworked clerical
force of the director of the mint has
been unable TO answer them. All
available copies of the report of the di.
rector Of last year, which contained
tables and information, and which ans
wer large portion of the queries, have
been exhausted, and at last the depart
ment has hit upon the device of print.
ing circulars containing in suooinct
forms statements of facts relative to
the coinage, bullion production, circu-
lation per capita and such information
as will meet the needs of many persons
who are now seeking facts ON which to
base convictions respecting the issues
OF the campaign. The matter EN-.
bodied in this circular has been care.
fully considered, and has the approval
of the secretary of the treasury. 1t il
expected the circular itself will be re
ceived from the printer for distribution
about the end of the week.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-08-05

We were talking to man who lately
had very great and soul shifting grief.
He declared that he never would get
over it; that he couldn't; that death
had come to his household and shown
him that life was not worth living, for
directly his affections We're conferred on
any special objects those objects were
removed and the void left thereby never
to be filled. He knew that others got
over such griefs, but he would prove
the exception. He couldn't get over it,
and he believed it, but as we listened
we recognized the fallacy of his senti-
ments, for have we not buried mother,
father, baby, friend, ali taken when
most they were loved and needed, yet
today the sun shines brightly for us,
the sky seems blue and laughter comes
spontaneously to our lips? We have not
forgotten those loved one who have
gone. We think of them with sweet
though misty recollection Of their per
sonal relationship to U.S. The poignant
grief at their loss is gone; time has
dulled it-a blessed provision of nature,
for were it not SO we never could go or
working out our plan of life deadeneC
by weight of woe that only those VIII,
have lost dear ones can know.
delphia Times
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-08-05
A PRISON MUTINY.
Desperate Attempt of United States
Prisoners to Escape.

Desperate Attempt of United States
Prisoners to Escape.
Leavenworth, Kan. July 30. While
a gang Of thirty prisoners in the
United States penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth were being worked on
the prison farm this evening, mutiny
broke out among them. At a signal
from George Fast, an Indian territory
desperate, the men broke for corn
field. The guards commenced firing
with shotguns, and all the prisoners
but three surrendered. Fast was shot
six times before he gave up. He is
fatally wounded. Sam Mills and s.
Dove were also badly but not fatally
wounded before they were run down.
When the bloody prisoners were run
into the penitentiary yard, where 200
prisoners were breaking rock. there
was an ugly demonstration, and sec.
ond attempt at mutiny. The guards
were about to fire into the convicts
when Warden French appeared and by
GOODNESS and firmness quieted the re-.
volt
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-08-05

Prof. S. P. Langley, the secretary OF
the Smithsonian Institution. has con-
structed a f1ying-machine. driven by a
steam engine carried by the machine,
which made two successful flights at
occoquan. Va, on May 8. The machine
Is not large enough to carry man, and
is only intended as a model for expert
ment 1t is called aerodrome. mean
ing "air-runner." Its framework is Of
steel, aud the length of It's wings, or
aeroplanes, from tip to tip is fourteen
feet. No gas is used to lift the machine,
the aseensional force being derived
from propellers driven by the portable
steam engine; and this force Is made
effective through the shape and pitch Of
the wings. In the air the aerodrome
resembles an enormous bird sailing In
broad, regular curves and gradually
rising. When the steam gives out the
machine, instead Of tumbllng headlong
10 the earth, settles down gently and
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-08-05

Most people suppose that the moon
alone is responsible for the phenomenon
of tides, but the attraction of the sun is
also an important factor. OF course the
distance of the sun from the earth is
unthinkably greater than that of the
moon, but its mass is SO enormous that
it has considerable tide producing influ-
ence. The force which the sun exerts is
the same on both sides of the earth at
the same time, the tide producing force
of the great orb being about four tenths
that of the moon. AT the time of both
new and full moons the "wane spheroids
produced by both the sun and the moon
have their axes coincident that is to
say. the two great orbs unite their
energies ON the fluids of our planet and
as a result the tides are higher than
the average for the remaining portions
of the month. These are the spring
tides. " The "neap tides" come in the
time of the moons first and third quar-
ter, and are not as great as the average,
because the moon and the sun are each
working in opposition to the other. st.
Louis Republic
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-08-05
A New Industry.

Restaurants in New York have grown
so numerous In the last few years that
what may be called wholesale restau-
rant has been evolved. In these estab-
lishments meat is bought by the carcass
and vegetables by the barrel In this
wise the proprietor can sell a great
piece Of roast beef or shoulder OF NUT
ton, thoroughly cooked, to n small res
taurant keeper for less than the latter
would pay for the material II purchased
at retail. There are three institutions OF
similar character here Close on TO
these people are the three or four men
who make living In buying up the
remnants from big dinners, wedding re.
ceptlons and similar social affairs, as.
sorting them 50 as to be presentable
and then selling them to cheap restau-
rants, boarding houses and saloons.
This new Industry was started only
four years ago. but has prospered so
well that 1t has probably come to stay.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-08-05
A REIGN OF TERROR.
Cripple Creek Seems to Be Good PIac'
to Stay Away From,

Cripple Creek Seems to BE Good Place
TO Stay Away From,
Denver, July 31.-An evening paper
publishes special from Cripple Creek,
a lengthy article, to the effect that a
reign of terror is existing in the town,
and making a violent attack on Town
Marhal Jim Marshall and Police Mag
istrate Robert Mullen. 1t is asserted
that the marshal makes regular assess
ments ON the gambling fraternity, and
that respectable and law-abiding citi-
zens are thrown into Jail, tortured and
fined without even pretense Of war
rant of authority. For several months,
it is alleged, outrageous acts on the
part of several city officials have been
growing more frequent and bold, but
SO completely have the police terror
lied the people that they have not even
dared to oriticise the acts of officials,
Among those who have been prosecuted
are the cowboy preacher" Rice, and
his wife.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-08-05
IMMIGRANT MATTERS.
Business Transacted by Western Lines
During the Past Six Months.

Business Transacted by Western Lines
During the Past Six Months.
Chicago, July 31.-Mr. Pratt, of the
immigrant department of the Western
Passenger Association, has submitted
his report of the amount of business
done by this department. in the last six
months. During that period 1903, 482
immigrants were sent through Chicago
to the West and Northwest, and the
business was so equalized that the
maximum difference between any Of
the lines was only thirteen persons.
There were no developments in the
grain war. but the general opinion is
that rates will have to go lower. The
reduced rates which the roads have
made during the last ten days have
brought them no increase in traffic,
and they are beginning to think they
have not yet been reduced sufficiently
to bring out the grain. A meeting OF
general managers of Western lines will
be held this week to see if some way
cannot be devised by which rates can
be kept up and the business secured al
the same time.