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NTANTED.-Several trustworthy gentlemen or
w ladies TO travel ir Michigan for established
reliable house. Salary, $3.50 aud expenses Steady
position. Enclose references and self addressed
stamped envelope The Dominion Company Third
Floor, Omaha Bldg, Chicago. Ill. l9t2Go44
The true northerner., 1896-04-15

High grade microscopes are said to make
the human skin appear like section from
fish-showing thousands of minute
scales, each overlapping the others.
The true northerner., 1896-04-15
AGENTS Wanted.

VITANTED.-Several trustworthy gentlemen or
w ladies to travel IA Michigan for established,
reliable house. Salary, $3.50 and expenses. Steady
position. Enclose references and self addressed
stsmpedenvelope. The Dominion Company. Third
Floor, Omaha Bid, Chicago, H. l9t26o44
The true northerner., 1896-04-15
MORTGAGE SALE.

NELSON DECKER, Mortgage.
SPAFFoRD TRYoS. Atty for Mortgage. 4Otl3-5
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DRoaATE oROeR.-stsse of Michigan

oIIIJo4oI Assignee OF Mortgage.
BoCDEMAN ADAMS, Attorneys for Assignee of
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pkMES II. DARLING,
HxsNERT CHANDLER Assignee of Mortgage.
Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgagee.. Eo53
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25

scar which our descent into the bosom tf
the earth has made, and the carpet of
the infant becomes the blanket of the
dead.
"Grass is the forgiveness Of Nature
her constant benediction. Fields tram
pied with battle, satuated with blood,
torn with the ruts of cannon, grow
green again with grass, and carnage is
forgotten. Streets abandoned by traffic
become grass-grown, like rural lanes,
and are obliterated. Forests decay,
haryests perish, flowers vanish, but
grass is immortal. Beleaguered by the
sullen hosts of winter it withdraws in
to the impregnable fortress of its sub
terranean vitality and energies upon
the solicitation of spring. Sown by the
winds, by wandering birds, propagated
by the subtle horticulture of the ele-
ments which are its ministers and
servants, it softens the rude outlines of
the world. 1t evades the solitude of
the deserts, climbs the inaccessible
slopes and pennacles of mountains, and
modifes the history, character and des-
tiny of nations. Unobtrusive and
patient, it has immortal vigor and
aggression. Banished from the
thoroughfare and fields it bides its time
to return, and when vigilance is relax
ed or the dynasty has persisted it silent
ly resumes the throne from which it
has been expelled but which it never
abdicates. 1t bears no blazonry of
bloom to charm the senses with fra
GRANGE or splendor, but its homely hue
is more enchanting than the lily or the
rose. 1t yields no fruit in earth or air,
yet should its harvest fail for singl e
year, famine would depopulate the
world"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
postponed because of promised re-

postponed because of promised re-
cruits and more effective arms.
The whole country is aroused and
not a negro can be seen anywhere.
The male blacks of this city have
mysteriously disappeared and the
women refuse to say word.
At A o'clock this morning de-
tachment of thirty whites from Full
ton, thirty miles away, came into
the city, armed to the teeth and pre-
pared to resist the negroes. Eddy
Vile, Kuttawa, Wingo, Princeton,
Paducah and neighboring towns
have been asked for aid, and compa-
MES are being formed at each of
these places.
The Second Regiment, Kentucky
State Guard, Paducah, has been
asked for a Calling gun, and the
piece is now on its way to this city.
Early this morning scouts We're sent
out to discover, if possible, just
where the negroes were camping,
but no reports have been received.
1t is feared that the attack will be
made tonight, but arrangements
are being made to have the city
thoroughly garrisoned. The inhabi-
tants in the outlying districts will
be moved into the central part of the
city and every precaution taken to
guard against surprise.
The negroes number nearly half
the population of this and neighbour
ing counties, and they are very an
CRY at the injuries they claim have
been done their race.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
TUE BLANKETS OF THE DEAD.

To look upon John j. Ingalls, with
his near-sighted stare and dyspeptic
countenance; to listen to him in the
Senate Chamber berate an antago-
mist or befoul the South, one would
not think that the same cold, severe,
cruel man could be as eloquent as
sarcastic, or as sentimental as cold /.
Yet such are the wonderful DIVERSE
fed powers of his mind. Few pref
tier compositions have ever been
written than the following, from his
pen:
"Next in Importance to the devine
profusion of water, light and air, those
three physical facts which render ex-
istence possible, may be reckoned the
universal benefcence of grass. Lying
in the sunshine among the buttercups
and dandelions of May, scarcely higher
in intelligence than those minute
! tenants of that mimic wilderness, our
earliest recOllections are of grass; and
when the fitful fever is ended, and the
foolish wrangle of the market and the
forum is closed, grass heals over the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
MILLIONS INVOLVED.
The National Bank of Illinois Closes Its
Doors.

The National Bank of Illinois Closes Its
Doors.
The National Bank of Illinois,
with nominal assets of between
twelve and fifteen million dollars,
closed its doors last Monday. In
consequence of this failure, two
other banking institutions failed.
They are e. S. Dyer & Co., and
Wasmansdorf & Heinemann. The
assets of Dyer & Co. are given at
$1,600,000, liabilities $l,200,000. The
figures for Wasmansdorf & Heine-
mann are, assets $650,OO0, liabilities
100000 The National Bank of Illi-
nois was placed in the hands of the
National Bank Exchange by order
of the Comptroller. The Security
Title & Trust Company was appoint
ed receiver for the other two.
The failure Of Angus & Gingle,
general contractors; the American
Brewing, Maulting & Elevator Com
pany; the George A. Weiss Mailing
& Elevator, and George A. Weiss,
individually, all of these being due
to the collapse of the National Bank
of Illinois and small runs on three
other banks, were the echoes of the
bank failure of Monday.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
Rotten Election Methods.

Mckinley, Hanna IL Co., carried the
recent election by rotten methods. The
Chicago Dispatch has developed from
the election returns some significant
facts. The growth of the Republican
vote in Ohio and other States was so out
of proportion to the growth of popula-
ton that it can be accounted for on no
other theory than that it was padded.
What is true of Ohio is also true Of
many other States, as the following
comparison shows:
Cleveland carried California in 1892 by
l47 and Bryan received $4,000 more votes
than Cleveland received, and yet Nc
Kinley carried California.
Cleveland carried Illinois in 1892 by
26,993, and Bryan received 33,479 more
votes than Cleveland received-yet Nc
Kinley carried Illinois.
Cleveland carried Indiana in 1892 by
7,l25 and Bryan received $4,000 more
votes than Cleveland received-yet Nc
Kinley carried Indiana.
Harrison carried Iowa in 1892 by 1929
and Bryan received 1881 more votes
than Harrison received-yet Mckinley
carried Iowa.
Cleveland carried Kentucky in 1892
by 40,020 and Bryan received 43, 1885
more votes than Cleveland received
yet Mckinley carried Kentucky.
Harrison carried Michigan in 1892 by
20,4l2 and Bryan received 1000 votes
more than Harrison-yet Mckinley car
ried Michigan.
Harrison carried Minnesota in 1892 by
2l,903 and Bryan received 1914 more
To nt
Kinley carried Minnesota.
Harrison carried Ohio in 1892 by l,072
and Bryan received $4,000 more votes
than Harrison received-yet Mckinley
carried Ohio.
Harrison carried Oregon in 1892 and
Bryan received 5000 more votes than
Harrison received-yet Mckinley car
ried Oregon.
These figures indicate, if they are
honest, adds the Dispatch, an increase
in the population of Ohio of more than
half million in four years, and an in
crease in Illinois of nearly million.
But they are not honest, and they
therefore indicate gigantic system
of frauds extending from the Allegheny
Mountains to the Pacific coast.
Money, coercion and fraudulent
means were used from He'll Gate to the
Golden Gate to defeat free expression
of the people on vital issue. Day by
day the foul ways are being exposed.
Murder will out sooner or later. Turn
on the light. Let the infamy of the
money power be exposed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

H. o. Fulton, Trustee, 70 Calvin
Dooley, land in = dist, $l72.
Jno. p. Heap to Geo. W. Albers, lot in
Columbia, $l,G00.
Jno. P. Heap to Geo. w. Albers, lot in
Columbia, $3.50.
Jno. P. Heap to Geo. w. Albers, lot in
Columbia, 5000.
Geo. w. Albers to Southern b. Il. Il.
Asso., 3 lots in Columbia, 5000.
]. p. Street ct al, to Mrs. Fannie
Cameron, lot in Columbia, 5000.
E. ID. Fitzgerald to L. d. j. Dodson, III
acres in 10Th dist, $235.
johnson Davis to Samuel G. Davis, lOI
acres in 5th dist, gift.
Johnson Davis to Mrs, Eliza Mitchell,
107 acres in 9Th dist, gift.
A. b. H. Allen to Lula L. Marks, land
in 10Th dist, 500.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25

taught them first to go. We may
sometimes have had to make war,
but our object was a final peace.
We may have angered some whose
conduct ran counter to the lines of
right. We may have failed some
times to speak the soft answer which
turns away the wrath. We may have
sometimes embittered where we
would have softened; but our con-
scious purpose was for right and
justice. We have warred against the
evils that men do, and if harshness
towards the individual has escaped
us, it was not in malice; and if in
the feebleness of human reason, we
have missed the way, it was not for
evil. The HERALD has the kindest
wishes for all mankind, and on this
happy Christmas day it greets them
with the happy greetings of the sea-
son, and wishes them all the good
that men and women can enjoy; and
may the little ones be happy and
never come into their Inheritance of
"the thousand natural shocks that
flesh is heir to-
The words of kindness and en-
couragement which have come to
us. assures us of a growing power,
and makes us steady in our purpose
to keep our columns open to the
cause of truth and right. We thank
our readers and our friends for their
kind words, for their good will, for
their liberal and substantial sup
port; and may the blessings of peace
and happiness rest upon them and
theirs, upon our people, and upon
mankind forevermore.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
A RACE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
The Blacks and Whites In Hostile
Array.
A Battle is Expected at Mayfield-Mil-
itary and Calling Gun in the Field.

MAYFIELD, KY, December 3d.
The town is full of armed men and
the greatest excitement prevails, as
a bloody clash between the blacks
and whites is imminent. The ne
groes in this and adjoining counties
are enraged over the lynching of
Jim Stone Sunday night, and the
subsequent burning of Jim Cham
bers' house by regulators" and
they swear vengeance on the whites.
Agitators have been among them In
Fulton, Graves and Lyons Counties,
and at an early hour this morning
the news reached here from Wingo
that a crowd of a hundred or more
Infatuated blacks had organized in a
neighboring woods and were pre-
pairing to march on Mayfield. 1t
was said that the negroes were from
Wingo and Hardeyville, and that
they were armed with shotguns,
pitchforks and farm implements.
Since that time reports have come
in from other villages to the effect
that similar mobs were forming, aud
during all last night the streets of
Mayfield were patrOlled by armed
whites, the pickets extending out
for two miles.
However, the negroes did not
come, and later reports from the
neighborhOods in which they are
organizing say that the raid was
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
THE Memphis Commercial APP

THE Memphis Commercial APP
peal now and then hits upon the
truth. For instance: 1.-THE people
of Tennessee have little patience
with such buncombe as party SER
vices and fighting for the "prin-
ciples of the party" by men whose
profession is partisan politics, and
who make living by their loyalty.
Men who work for the life of a party
and work party for livelihood
at the same time, are entitled to no
consideration. They are party men
for what is in it."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
Kind Words FroE, a Sensible Nam.

Mr.. G. L. Andrews, writing from
Union City to the HERALD says:
Your statement of account receiv-
ed. Pardon me for letting my sub
scription run over in this way. Find
enclosed my check in payment Of
same, and hereafter don't hesitate
to send me statement Immediately
when time is expired, and it shall
have my prompt attention. L great
ly appreciate the HERALD; more
than I can express in this, and wish
for it a long and prosperous exis-
tence."
We appreciate first, the kindly
feelings expressed in the above, and
second, the sensible business view
Mr.. Andrews takes of the statement.
Some people are foolish and unreal
sonable enough to become offended
when asked for what they honestly
owe.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
RAINS, THE DRUGGIST,

CONGRESS has appropriated $780,
900 to aid the Nashville Centennial,
and President Cleveland, with his
constitutional habit of doing the
wrong thing, has signed the bill.
Our representatives in Congress
have heretofore voted against all
such raids upon the public treasury,
upon the grounds of their unconsti-
tionality, but now that the money,
wrongfully filched from the pockets
of the people at large, comes to their
immediate constituents, they are
willing to stultify their consciences
and put blot upon their life time
records. And in just such devious
ways are jobs innumerable lobbied
through Congress. That's what be-
comes of the peoples money, and
that's what is the matter with the
country.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25

THE Boards of Trade are opposed
to Cuba. Nothing can warm the
blood of the Boards of Trade. 1t is
business" with them first, last and
all the time, plan, practical, cold
business. Neither sufferings at
home nor butcheries abroad can melt
or move them. "Give us the gold
standard and don't disturb our bust
ness" is the only plank in their
never changing platform. There
seems to be an irreconcilable differ
ence in this country between the
Boards of Trade and the people.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
MIGHTY POOR POLITICS.

MIGHTY POOR POLITICS.
AS between the two worthy gentle
men who are aspirants before the
County Court for County Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, the
HERALD has no choice and will not
attempt to interfere. But, we are
reliably informed, a question is
creeping into this race, which, if
pursued to the bitter end, must, of
necessity, hurt the Democratic
party; and of that we feel at liberty
to speak.
We are told that a bitter fight is
being made against Mr.. Hogan be-
cause of his politics; the charge be-
ing that he is "a Populist. The HER
AID is not prepared to deny this
charge; but we are prepared to say
that Mr.. Hogan is one Of the Demo-
cratic Populists who cast his vote
and his influence, who worked and
made speeches, for the Bryan and
Sewall electors. He belongs to that
wing of his party, without which,
Tennessee would be in the Republi-
can column to-day. He is one of
those Populists who believes in
| Democratic principles; who posi-
lively refused the overtures for
fusion with the Republicans, and
who, in opposition to the Mcdowell
and Buchanan wing, did fuse ana
vote with the Democrats. He be-
longs to that wing of his party who
got together with the silver wing of
our party and fought a common
enemy-the gold bug party of the
trusts and combines-and we are
very strongly persuaded that he
should not be prescribed for doing it.
If there are any gentlemen sup
posedly high in Democratic coun-
ellis who have personal grudges
against Mr.. Hogan, they will please
vent their spleen in their own name,
and not in the name of Democracy.
Democracy needs no such rash
champions just now. Instead it
needs men who will bury past griev-
: ances where principles stand not in
the way, and encourage all those
by whatsoever name they choose to
call themselves-who helped us in
the last fight, to stay with us in the
next; not to drive them and their
friends out of our ranks by proscrip-
: tive methods and concerning an
t office which should have no politics
in it.
The HERALD said some weeks
since that the Populists and Demo-
Gratis of Maury County had gotten
together and should keep together.
We repeat that advice, and would
+ like to emphasize it. Without their
aid, the last election-in this county
and this State-shows that our party
is in danger; with them we have
r nothing to fear. It is impolitic,
f therefore, as well as unjust and I'M
q fair, to prescribe them from office,
if we expect their votes in the hour
of need. No such entering wedge OF
discord as this should be used by
: the friends of one man or the ene-
}, mics of the other, to sever the pleas
p ant relations that now exist between
the Democrats and Populists of this
= county.
1t is entirely for party policy and
f political fairness that we speak and
r that we may not be misunderstood
, we will repeat, that as between the
aspirants themselves the HERALD
= has no choice.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25

THIS Christmas tide brings heavy
sorrow to the home of our friend
and fellow craftsman, Mr.. John
Trotwood Moore. In the death of
his most estimable wife, he has lost
a sweet companion and sustained a
deep affiiction, in which the
HERALD, both for itself and for
thousands of others, extends its
tenderest sympathies and warmest
condolences.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
THE CaRIsT-srAR HAS RISEN.

Twilight and Christmas Eve
Sky bright with starry weave,
Moonlight and music DER earth and in air;
Sweet bell and swelling note.
Heart-hopes that rise and float
Fair-winged to heaven in flashlights of
prayerl
Sun rise and Christmas morn,
Love lies so lowly born
Heaven and human In meekness have met !;
Hope-tho' the light be low,
Faith-through the blight and blow
The Chrlst-star has risen, it never will set
TROTWOOD.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
Extending Its Lin es.

The Citizens Telephone Company
completed line to Bigbyville last
Tuesday, and the first message sent
over it was a news item to the
HERALD from our wide-awake cor
respondent at that place.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
The Good Times,

they say, are coming,
and everything is going to be higher
But coal can be bought of
w. A. RUTTLE
at the same old prices. Give me
your order for Mud River, Jellico,
Hecla, and Monarch, the best coal
on the market.
w. A. RUttle,
Office IA West 7th street. phone 81.
seplS 6m
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
Hogs.

Now is the time to breed for spring
pigs. In doing so suppose you send
your sows to Mora Fariss' big boar;
you will be pleased with the pigs.
decl8 3t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
CHRISTMAS GREETING!

lonely shepherds in the fields about
Bethlehem, singing; "Glory to God
in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men," announcing
in these words of song the glorious
purpose and the blessed promise of
Him whose birth that day we cele-
brate.
Peace and good will to men!
This was indeed, purpose to fill
the soul of Him who made us; this
was, indeed, message for an angel
to deliver to a warning striving
world. 1t was, indeed, an everlast-
ing cornerstone upon which suffer-
ing millions were to build their SUI
perstructures of faith and hope.
Whether this be the highest poeti-
cal expression of an inward striving,
or whether it be the authentic story
of sacred history, it has somehow or
other become living factor in the
lives and beings of men and women.
1t has brought hope and light into a
world of darkness and despair; it
has soothed the sorrows of parting
souls; it has led the living to bet
ter life. And when we bend our
ear to catch the sacred music of the
words, ION earth peace, good will
towards men," we seem to hear the
gentle whisperings of Eternal Good
ness.
There is something sacred in the
very hopes, and fears of human
hearts. There is something sacred
in that which lifts man up and bids
him not despair. There is some
, thing true and sacred in that which
lights and cheers the way along this
unknown vale of life and death.
There is something sacred in the
heartaches and the miseries of hui
man life, and there is something
holy in that which ministers to a
wounded heart, and lights the fires
of hope within despairing souls And
there is pity for him who knows not
what he does, when he would tear
the flower of hope from out the heart
and plant within its bleeding soil
the thorns of darkness and despair
And whether poem, or truth, il
has become sacred story in the
anxious strivings of the human race
On this day then let us put aside
the carking cares of daily strife, AMI
incline our hearts to obey the die
tates of our kinder natures. Lei
this day, which means so much tC
many millions, be to us sacred
time for action and resolve. Let il
be sacred in our memory for what
we:do and feel. Let us Danish al
anger from our hearts. Let us Gu
away the deadly growth of preju
dice. Let us purify our hearts O
bitterness and hate. Let us cleal
our natures of the rank weeds o
selflshness and spite. Let us strik,
the CALLING shsckles of evil habit
from us, and live free and bette
life. Let us be touched with a feel
ing of our fellow mans lnflrmities
and strive to help our struggling
brothers with their weary loads
Let us do something for the happi
ness of others, and give no cause o
pain to any living creature. Let GU
lives be a cause Of Joy to others auC
happiness to ourselves. Let us d
right, and we will live in peace an
in the good will of our fellow man
The HERALD comes to each an
all of you to-day with good will to
ward all men. 1t wishes all me
happy, and for them to be happ
they must be above the vices of
vicious life, must leave the ways c
wickedness and sin, and return unit
the ways wherein their mother
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25

IT is generally talked about Nash
ville-and generally believed there
that the incoming Legislature will
make a handsome appropriation to
the Nashville Centennial. If it
does; if the Democratic legislature
representing an empty treasury and
a tax-burdened people-in this fool
ish manner squanders the peoples
money, and if Governor Taylor signs
such a wicked measure, it's dollars
to dimes that two years hence Ten
nessee will be found in the Republi-
can column. And, if it were not for
the shame it would be upon the
State, it would be serving the Demo
cratic party right.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25
Candies, Etc.

Before you buy your Xmas candies,
nuts and fruit cake material call and
examine my stock.
declS-2t GEO. P. FRIERSoN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-25

SAID Mr.. Bookworm to his wife,
couldn't we just as well postpone
our silver wedding and celebrate 1t
at the same time as the golden we'd
ding? 1 don't like to be interrupted
in my work so often" And this re-
minds us of our Nashville friends
who are talking up the Tennessee
Centennial" This is the Centen-
NAL year of Tennessee, which
patriots might hold dear; but for
"sound business reasons" the cele-
bration is postponed to some other
year. And from the list of "patri-
ots' who are doing this, we call
special attention to the names of
Tillman, Stahlman, Wills, & Co.