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The herald., 1897-02-06
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1907.
NEW COUNTY GOVERNMENT
BILL

The new county government bill now
pending in the legislature is a backward
step. 1t treats the public county off,
ces as official farms from which the
officers are to absorb fortunes and in
cidentally do service to the people The
amounts allotted to each of the county
officers are based on the present cost.
The present cost is acknowledged on all
hands to be excessive. Every one who
has knowledge of the county business
knows that a considerable part of the
force is in excess of what is necessary
and that many officers and deputies are
either incompetent for the Services re-
quired or Indifferent in the performance
ors office in the comparison that has
been made neglects to consider the cost
of the new maps jointly making by the
assessor and the county surveyor
These are expected to be permanent aids
to work in this office and will not have
to be renewed for long time. The total
spent for these maps has been $22, 10.
OF this sum the assessors S office has paid
$696091, or, say, six thousand dollars.
1t would cost to run the assessors office
we have left $4,000 per annum, and no
such saving as has been claimed. The
new system calls for $4,000 in lump
to the assessor. The Citizens league,
one of the most painstaking and sue
cessful of our reform organizations, sue
ceeded in taking back the fees from the
assessor for collecting various taxes,
such as the poll tax, and turning these
into the public treasury. The saving to
the county from this one act has been
between sixteen and eighteen thous-
and dollars a year. These fees and the
cost of their collection should be con-
sidered in going back over a series of
years to get at the average cost of
assessing the county. One plain rem
quent general land assessment. Once
in two years would be enough to keep
everything as straight as it now is This
office under the new system would be
worth the gross sum of one hundred
and forty thousand dollars for four
year term. Imagine for moment the
invitation for political deals and shady
practices such fortune would hold out
to our practical politicians. All the
other block sum offices would be in the
same situation. Then we must consider
the decision of the supreme court in the
cases of the San Francisco officers in
Judge Wallace's court charged with
malfeasance in Office and sought to be
removed from their places. The decis-
ion was in effect that nothing short of
a felony could be used to remove an
officer. Under the new system we would
offer our public offices for competition
to the political factions The public
would guarantee fortunes for each Of
fcer, going in one case to the great sum
of one hundred and forty thousand dol
lars. The people would have no guar
antee of service and no control of the
Office.
This system of farming out the public
offices is the system of the Turks that
has undermined and destroyed their
government. 1t is the same system that
prevailed under the kings of France be-
fore the revolution. 1t is a return to
barbarism.
Ne remedy for present defects does
The herald., 1897-02-06
The Paper Trust

1t is charged that the wood pulp man
uracturers OF the country have substan-
tally perfected the combination con-
cerning which various reports have here
tOfore appeared, and by which thew
would add several million dollars per
annum as profits to their already hand
some returns. Directing the attention of
the ways and means committee to this
The herald., 1897-02-06

Them
My Angelina lightly thrums
Upon the gay guitar;
The simple song she gently huns
Has banished pain afar:
She ting -a-lings the measures gay
OF Strauss, and Bach, and such
Her nimble fingers gaily play
An! what lovely touch!
My Angelina's married now
In fact, she is my wife;
An hour ago she told me how,
Mid bargain counter strife,
She bought stunning gown for, oh!
! cannot say how much!
I'll have to pay for it I know
Ah! what lovely touch!
Baltimore News.
He thought to land on the other mans S
neck.
This fellow of muscle and bone;
But he found out, alas! when he came
from the wreck
He had landed instead. on his own.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The bashful youth and the timid maid
They met. as decreed by fate,
And they sat them down in sequestered
nook,
Though the hour was growing late.
What beautiful weather we've had!" said
she,
Indeed it is" he said.
"a pleasant night" with feeling quoth he.
And the maiden inclined her head.
Tomorrow will be a charming day,
I hope. if it does not rain"
And. strange as it seems the bashful
youth
And the maid agreed again.
$50 congenial he.'' thought the timid maid
AS she tOyed with her dainty glove.
$50 agreeable she," thought the bashful
youth
And straightway they fell in love.
Puck.
The herald., 1897-02-06

If Mrs. Bradley-Martin wants to ad
vertise herself and her hyphenated
name by giving a ball to cost $780, 900
she has a perfect right to do so, and in
stead of abusing her for her foolishness,
she should be pitied for having so very
sense
The herald., 1897-02-06

Keep it in mind that the present city
administration was elected under a
promise that it would give the people
a first class water supply system, with
municipal ownership
The herald., 1897-02-06

Promptly at I o'clock every morning
Weyer has a few rebels shot to death
in Havana. Undoubtedly General Wey-
Ter is the most infamous character of
modern times.
The herald., 1897-02-06

Senator Platt announces that the
greenbacks will never be retired by his
vote, and Mr.. Sherman says he will use
his influence to have them retained.
Nevertheless, the new secretary of the
treasury says they must go. What a
happy family that Mckinley cabinet
will het
The herald., 1897-02-06
QoOm for Choic.

Maria" grumbled Mr.. Billus, look
ing at the greasy mess that lay on his
plate, Il saw the statement in the pa
per the other day that there are over
500 different ways of cooking potatoes.
I wish you would let the girl learn one
Of them. Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1897-02-06
RHYnES

For an hour or more he lodged the big hat
And wished that the pretty young wearer
was dead,
Till he went out and ate handful of
cloves,
And, coming back, blew it straight off
of her head.
Cincinnati Commercial l-Tribune.
The herald., 1897-02-06

Pennsylvania farmers for an export
bounty on farm products. They should
call their products iron or coal if they
want 70 get in on the ground foor.
The herald., 1897-02-06

New Workers have quit talking about
the Seeley dinner and Platts election.
The Corbett- -Fitzsimmons fight and Ne
vada's prize fighting law are absorbing
their attention
The herald., 1897-02-06

There is great rejoicing in Wall street
owed the defeat of Senator Dubois of
Idaho, all Of which should stimulate
bmetallists to watch and pray
The herald., 1897-02-06

The passing of an international silver
conference bill by congress is not to be
accepted as meaning that a conference
will be called. Lyman ]. Gage wants
no silver conference, and what he says
The herald., 1897-02-06

In 1890, under Republican admins
tration, our excess of exports over i'm
ports was S44,O00000. In 1896, under a
Democratic tariff, the excess was $685.
600 000
The herald., 1897-02-06

fact the other day, John Norris, New
York publisher. pointed out that these
manufacturers have the protection OF
duty OF 10 per cent on wood pulp and
15 per cent on paper; that no such paper
is imported into the United States. ana
that, on the contrary, this country Is
sending 1t to England and Australia.
these foreign markets taking at times 2oO
tons per day. Under these circumstances
pulp and paper either should be put upon
the free list or the duty upon them
should be subject to suspension upon any
attempt of the pulp and paper makers
to work such a combination as the one
indicated. They are doing well enough,
both at home and abroad. and will be
wise to let well enough halone.-Pittsburg
Commercial Gazette.
The New York World alleges that the
proprietors of rs mills for the manufac-
ture of news paper have agreed to form
trust to raise prices so as to increase
profits $4,000, 900 year. 1t is said that
an increase of the price from cents to
21s cents pound would afford this profit.
But experience has proved that no COM
bination of paper makers con be made
that will endure for any length of time
Wilkesbarre Leader.
When the paper trust is organized to
squeeze $5,000.000 more annually from the
newspapers of the country, just watch
out for a fight that will make Rome howl.
But, strange to say, there are newspa-
pers which become indignant at the sug-
gestion of a paper trust, and yet favor
prohibitive duties that will enable other
trusts to rob the people.-Galveston
News.
The herald., 1897-02-06

Southern California is not having too
much rain. but a few days of sunshine
at this time would be thankfully 1e-
ceiVed
The herald., 1897-02-06

The basest feature of the human heart
is ingratitude. Ask Hanna if it is not
So
The herald., 1897-02-06

The thugs and toughs do not dimin-
ish in number, nor do the commission
ers increase the police force.
The herald., 1897-02-06

Life: DO you mean to say that your
daughter hasn't told you that she was
engaged to me?" mo. / told her not
to bother me with those affairs unless
she intended to get married"
The herald., 1897-02-06
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as Is consistent with the
proper expression of their views.)
The herald., 1897-02-06

Judge: As they retired for the night
she said to him:
THE janitor is going to take day off
tomorrow, and he sent up word that we
must get up al o'clock, so he can deliver
the coal early"
And the fiat dweller, long used to op-
preston, only asked timidly:
Did you ask him IL we might 60 to
bed again?"
The herald., 1897-02-06
HUMOR OF THE HOUR

Chicago Record: Don't you want to
get into this National Encyclopedia of
Prominent People-cost you only $25'
No, sir; don't like the way it is run
look at George Washington and John
Quincy Adams getting in for nothing"
The herald., 1897-02-06

Household Words: Prisoner at the
bar" said his lordship solemnly, having
donned the black cap, you will shortly
have to appear before another, and
perhaps-a better Judge"
The herald., 1897-02-06

Boston Courier: Charming Miss Ito
gentleman who is about to share seat
with her)-"I beg pardon. sir, but this
seat is engaged"
Gentleman with admiring glance
Indeed. Then it is certainly entitled
to my envy"
The herald., 1897-02-06

Atlanta Constitution: There's the
deacon praying for rain"
why, only last week he was praying
for dry weather"
Yes; he's one man that Providence
can't please. If he were offered char
lot of fire to go to glory in he'd growl be-
cause they didn't throw in garden
hose to cool off with on the route"
The herald., 1897-02-06

Washington Star: Does your wife
worry about burglars?"
Not much," answered Mr. Meekton.
Il wonder what she'd say if she found
one in the house?"
II don't know. But I have an idea
she'd ask him how he dared come in the
house without wiping his shoes on the
mat"
The herald., 1897-02-06

Punch: A-"Before Miss Tinleigh's
father made his fortune she used to be
long and lanky."
B-"Well, has she changed?"
A-"Oh, yes! Now she Is divinely tall"
The herald., 1897-02-06

Harper's Bazaar: Count lie Fraug (rap-
turously)-"Zere Is only vun vord in
ze Eenglish language to describe your
beauty, Mees Goldrox."
Miss Goldrox-"Oh, count"
Count lie Fraug-"And, unfortunately,
1 haf forgotten vat eet ees."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-05

A man who keeps 20 cows and 400
hens says that the hens pay the
most profit in the end, as he feeds
them properly and has a stream of
eggs going to market all the winter,
when the demand is great and the
prices remunerative.
Keep the droppings under the
rOosts well cleaned up. There is no
better way of caring for them than
to mix them, either on the floor or
in the barrels after taking up, with
an equal quantity of dry sand or
road dust. They thus become a
most valuable fertilizer.
When live fowls are to be shipped
do not make the cOops so large as to
be hard to handle, lest they receive
rough usage from those who have to
handle them. Let them be strong
enough to be secure, and light
enough to avoid heavy express
charges.
Chickens, like sheep, can not be
crowded together in large flock-
without breeding disease and be-
coming an easy prey to prevailing
maladies. Keep them awake and
the blood stirring by making then
hunt for their food, even if it must
be scattered among the litter.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-05

1t requires but small amount of
capital to get "A start with sheep, and
in opening up new farm they will
help materially to commence the in
come, consuming much which would
otherwise go to waste, both in the
pastures and in the stables.
Lambs are valuable property to
have in the fall. If kept growing
gradually through the winter by
careful, generous feeding, they will
double in value, or more, by spring.
Fat lambs are always in good de-
mand at that season of the year, and
at good prices.
1t will be a stroke of enterprise if
a farmer will go about his region in
the late summer and buy half grown
lambs, whether in good flesh or poor,
if he is prepared to keep them cheap
ly. To feed and prepare these for
the early spring market is a prOfita-
BILE labor.
TO keep the fleeces of your sheep
from chatf and grass seeds, have the
hay racks for them resting on the
ground, that the sheep may eat from
the top or sides. Endeavor to fill
these always while the sheep are
away from them, and avoid the
fouling of the fleece.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-05
Dairy.

The dairy deserves success, in that
the enterprise is credited with re-
tanning all the fertility of the soil on
the farm, furnishing skilled labor
for the people, and effecting a saw
ing of freights upon raw products.
The OleO interest must henceforth
rise or fall upon its merits only. 1t
is interesting to note that the ques-
ton is now viewed from purely
business point by the dairy interests
OF the country.
By means of the separator is the
most clearly way of removing the
cream. 1t is taken at once from the
milk, and the bulk necessary to hold
and guard against destructive fer
ments is reduced at least seven.
Fights.
The milk from ensilage fed COW,
has been found to yield as muct
cream and is as sweet and good as
that from COWS fed upon summer
grass. A dorchester man feeds II,
cows for nine and one-fOrth cents a
day by means of his silo, and finds
silage and cotton seed meal per
feet forage.
A supply of succulent food fol
cows is IA necessity to economical
winter dairying. Farmers have
been accustomed to look to theiI
root crops to meet their require
ment, but certainly in ensilage we
appear at last to have found a better
and cheaper article.
Half the milk cows of the country
are continually cheating theil
owners, and these owners are none
the wiser, because the cows are al
MIXED into one common pale, and
the composite product is all that the
owner has for determining the
worth of his herd. 1t is not possible
to locate defects, doing thus.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-05
Items of Interest to Farmers and
HOrSemen.

hOTSeMSHS
You can spoil your horses temper
by losing your own.
The sky is durable, but it lis the
most expensive roof one can have
over farm animals.
He is not a good farmer whose
fields grow poorer every year in
stead of richer.
Don't waste time and effort trying
to grow crops not adapted to your
soil or climate.
If a horse is out of condition there
is cause; find it. Has he been fed
irregularly or improperly, or are his
teeth sharp or uneven?
II will pay some one to make spe-
cialty of raising and educating fami-
ly .horses-horses that are brainy,
level-headed and handsome.
A correspondent of the American
Sheep Breeder says that one Augora
goat with small flock of sheep is a
better protection against dogs than
barb wire fence. They require no
feed, but little care, and will fight a
log to the last.
There is no better way to break a
horse of shying than to stop him and
gently lead or drive HIM to the OBJ
ject of his fear each time, talking to
bin pleasantly meanwhile. Whip
ping and harshness only increases
the difficulty.
The New York experiment station
found that in the case of five COWS
the first pint of milk contained only
three per cent of fat, while the last
pint contained 6.S5 per cent. and
the mixed milk from the whole
milking averaged 2.55 per cent.
Rev. Irl r. Hicks predicted dis
astrous drought in the southwest in
1896, and the goods were delivered
He now predicts a similar season for
1897. For this and other reasons
farmers should take every precau-
ton to provide against drought, not
only the coming year, but for all
coming years.
potash IN AGRICULTURE" lis
the title of a pamphlet, published
by the German Kali Works, No 90
Nassau Street, New York, n. Y
This book is known to many of our
readers from it's first edition, pub.
lished a few years ago. The second
edition contains many valuable i'm,
prevents. The contents embody q
collections of results obtained with
fertilizers ut our Experiment Sta.
tons. 1t would appear from these
conclusions that many brands of fer.
tilizers now on the market do MOI
contain as much potash as they
should for the production of the best
results. 1t would certainly pay
every farmer to write for copy o.
this book, which we understand is
sent free.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-05
Agriculture.

However true the old saying that
"auy fool can be a farmer" it is now
as certainly true that no fool can be
a good farmer. Any fool can be a
lawyer, too, but if he is destitute of
energy and good sense he soon goes
to the wall. Farms are no more
properly asylums for human failures
than are law offices, dissecting rooms
or halls of commerce.
Neither i'm words nor numbers can
be told the work accomplished by
farm journals in uplifting the agri-
culture of the country. Silently
their teaching falls into the soil, and
we behold the harvest in the better
returns which are reaped and gath
cred. They are enabling the farmer
to place the foundations of his
methods on the rock of correct prin-
ciples.
The dead plant is prepared fol
feeding the growing plant through
the action of that which we denomi-
nate ferments-the same low order
of plant life which raises bread OF
ripens cream. There is much yet tC
learn, but we know that each sue.
cessive step is taken by a different
living organism.
The present condition of our road,
and highways is an urgent appeal tC
our better sense. Ii any one will
travel for any distance from any O
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-05
Agricultural and Live Stock Department.

our American towns or cities he will
not consider the subject debatable
whether or not our road laws need
readjusting to our changed condi-
tiOns and our higher progress in
science and civilization.
Always avoid growing two straw
crops on the same land in success
sion. Success demands a system in
rotation. He who thoroughly I'M
derstands his business would never
think of raising any cereal on land
where similar crop had been grown
the year previous.
Sow crimson clover the last of Au-
gust or the first of September, and
never seed it with fall grain, as it
natures too early. This clover is of
little value sOwn in the spring, and
it has proved a failure at this time
in whatever climate tried.
The time spent in turning under
weeds and other refuse will bring
back much more than its cost. Veg
etable matter is natures fertilizer,
and all which can not be used to
good purpose in feeding should be
turned under. This is rule which
should have very few exceptions
An item of knowledge is not a
jewel in every ones possession, fol-
he who receives good advice must
be able to adjust it so that it will fiji
his own latitude and conditions
Every farmer must do little think
ing for himself before endeavoring
to apply the wisdom of agricultural
teachers and writers.
With almost l00,000000 acres de
voted to corn culture in the United
States, perhaps not one-fourth of the
stalks was last year converted into
cattle food. The waste is large
enough to support all the horses anC
cows in the country, and yet II
many districts contiguous to TIL,
corn belt thousands of cattle starv,
to death every winter.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-05

For several reasons it is more de-
sirable to have colts come in the fall
than in the spring. 1t is no little
item that they are not so worried by
flies and heat. They seem to stand
the change better when weaned at
the spring of the grass than if taken
from their mothers in the autumn.
1t is claimed that nothing polishes
horses coat like an occasional feed
of carrots. This nourishing root is
fine feed for horses, and it can be
easily and cheaply raised.
Whenever a horse is compelled to
wait for his feed he begins to fret,
and this means a certain loss of
flesh therefore, always be punctual
at the stable. Then, he should be
kept clean for health's sake, and the
quarters pure, that he may live in a
heathful atmosphere.
No one ration is best in all cOndi-
/ tiOns. The cost must always be con-
sidered, for what will be best with
one farmer will be too expensive
with another. Rather let HIM make
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up ration best suited from what he
has, as foundation.
On neither horses nor blue grass
does any state have a patent; both
will grow wherever the land is rich
enough. If you have plenty of oats,
clover and corn fodder, buyers will
come to you if you have large Sc
lection of horses, whether the indi-
vidual animal is better or not.
Beat three eggs into pure fruit
vinegar, and after about three days,
when the mixture is we'll together,
add pound of strained honey. This
will be found an excellent remedy
for heaves. A tablespoonful can be
mixed with the meals three times a
day.
1t is better to keep stations where
they can have free access to open
space, so that they can take eXer-
else at will. Combining them and
rubbing them down continually with
brush and comb makes them irrita
Bile, and is prime cause of their be-
coming dangerous.
Often farmers keep too many
horses. They are cheap, but it costs
to keep them for a year, whether
they be good animals or poor ones
When horse does not pay a fail
per cent. of profit on his keeping in
service, it follows that his cost must
be deducted from the general profits
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-05
HOrtiCnltmre.

Do not think it a waste of labor to
give the orchard attention before it
comes into wears of bearing, for
during its early years of growth the
care is needed most. A well grown,
of neglect, while the younger tree
would die Of such treatment.
The hOrticulturist of the future
will be an entomologist. His knOwl-
edge of insects will enable him to
discriminate between insects bene-
fetal to horticulture and the deadly
foes which wreck his hope of profit.
Science will help him to success.
He will know friend from foe.
1t is an old but foolish practice to
plant the seeds of cucumbers,
melons and vegetables of this class
upon hills. Better plant them in
burrows below the level of the sur
face than above. They will retain
moisture better, and can be
irrigated if desired.
The larger the sugar beet the
smaller the ratio of sugar, for the
reason that large cells in over grown
beets thin down the sugar contents
with the moisture contained. The
practical sugar grower tries for a
regulation size of from three-fourths
of a pound to a pound and half.
Nursery trees dug before the leaves
| have fallen have no commercial
value. After roots leave the ground
the leaves draw the moisture and
nutrition from the trunk, and the
branches exhaust it; and then a
great mistake is often made in
planting them on ground which is
too new and not properly prepared.
1t used to be thought that an
orchardist should be large raiser
of stock or buy large quantities of
stable manure in order to keep his
trees thriving; either this or feed
his sheep in the orchard; but of late
the use of commercial fertilizer on
fruit trees is becoming very popular.