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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-16

gown, while Ter eyes shone with a
strange light as they met his.
All at once, with sudden, tender
movement she fell ON her knees beside
the couch, and her soft fingers twined
round his. Almost mechanically, in his
great astonishmcnt, his heart beating to
suffocation, his arms closed round her
tightly, he drew her close to him. As he
did so n long, soft sigh escaped her.
"Oh, my love, be breathcd very low,
caressing the soft ripples Of her hair
that lay against his lips, "is it really
Do you care a littlc:"
Eyes, " she Whispered, nesting closer
in his arms. II have cared all along,
think You have magnetized me in some
way. was drawn to you irresistibly.
All the summer was one long dream to
me because you were there, and l saw
you daily. never even tried to cheat
myself with the puerile belief that the
feeling | had for you was platonic, THAI
mask under which so many try to de
ceiye themselves and hide their real feel
ings. No. l knew l loved you and
guessed that was not quite Indifferent
to you. But you should never have
known had you not spoken. am too
proud a woman towear my heart on my
sleeve. Do you remember the day Of
your accident-that fearful day? | saw
you fall into the road, and for one awful
moment Of sickening suspense l thought
you were killed But when / knew yOu
were only badly hurt, not dead, felt |
could not bear that you should be tended
anywhere but here, so that might look
after you and be your companion i'll your
convalescence. And have been so hap
py during these past weeksp
1t seemed TO Gordon his ears must be
playing him false as the sweet voice
faltered and paused. His queen, whom
he had always thought so cold, so calm,
was in his arms, at his feet. Tightening
his arms round her, he bent his face
over hers till his lips met and sought
hers in a long, delirious kiss Then a
prolonged silence ensued.
The freight had sunk to a dull glow,
the room was wrapped in deepest shad-
ows, when the loud banging of several
doors and the sound of loud, CHEEKY
voice announced the return of Sir John
Lexley from hunting. AS he entered the
library the ususal cheerful picture of a
brightly blazing fire and the graceful
form of his wife presiding at the tea Ia
BILE was missing. Instead, Captain Cor
don was the only occupant OF the room.
standing with his back to the dying fire,
stroking his short dark mustache
thoughtfully.
In less than week the --th sailed
for Malta. and nothing was left Gordon
but the memory of the past and a phot0-
graph of a woman London Sketch
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-16

top dressed with manure the dairy
COWS should be removed for a few
days to another field; the grass will
have a rank flavor, which is likely
to get into the butter.
You may call what you like the
fetid germ life which quickly de-
velops on improperly cleaned dairy
utensils, but it produces only one
general result-a debasement of the
qualities of milk and butter. TO
eradicate it, employ an agent com
ing within the bounds of common
cleanliness-namely, water at boil
ing heat.
The farmer who does his own
churning does not have to share his
profits with the butter maker at the
factory; his byproducts are in the
best possible condition; he gets the
benefit which comes from conduct
ing every step correctly, and wins
his reputation as butter maker.
The milk business gives an oppor.
tunity to keep up the fertility of the
soil. The bran bought is merely a
renewal of your deposit of fertility
in the soil, which is being drawn
upon and sold in milk. The bran is
indeed worth its cost in the manure
and your extra milk from feeding il
is almost clear profit.
Palatableness has much to do with
success in feeding cows. Ensilage
warm from the silO, on a cold morn.
ing, is more acceptable to COWS than
cold roots. Feed COW with ensi.
lage and cold roots at the same time
and you will find the latter uneater
so long as part of the ensilage re.
mains.
We must salt butter to please the
market. AS rule, three-fourths o.
an ounce of salt worked into pound
of butter is sufficient for our custo
mers, though some demand more
AS but about half an ounce is dis
solved by the moisture in the but
ter, any excess is placed there Who'll
ly to please the taste.
The mixer may have clean hands
a clean bag and a clean bucket, but
without cement floors COW stabl,
can not be kept clean enough t.
milk in, and in the fragrant atmos
phere the milk is ruined as fast a,
drawn. Since we know that tn,
filthy air of foul stables puts mil
lions of bacteria into the milk, is i
not better to milk in a pure atmos
phere, away from the stables? Dairy
breeds and modern appliances are
not enough alone to produce gooC
butter.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-16
Agriculture.

The under-layers of soil have been
growing compact under the down
ward pressure of the common style
of pillow in use, resulting in two
fold loss-that of the ability to alb
sOrb aud retain the waters in the
soils, and that of washing away of
the soils themselves. These losses
amount 10 millions annually, and
the remedy seems to be in subsOil-
ing.
1t is estimated that, in existing
conditions, locomotive can haul a
ton of wheat a mile more cheaply
than farmer can bushel. The
importance of having good highways
in connection with railways is
shown by the fact that it costs more
to get the average bushel of grain
from the farm to the railway station
than from the station to the sea-
board.
The chief reason for rotation of
crops is that land may recuperate
but one serious objection to planting
the same ground year after year to
the same crop is that the insects and
diseases affecting the crop attack it
each succeeding year with increased
force.
The "hired man" should be one
sufficiently intelligent to compre-
bend your plans and carry out your
orders; one honest in his work
during your absence and humane in
the treatment of the live stock
above all, his personal and moral
characteristics should be such that
you need not hesitate to have your
boys associate with him.
The leaven of intelligent is work.
ing. For long time it was q
lamentable fact that those who at.
tended the yearly institutes were
those who needed the least stimulus
and instruction. Those who howled
calamity and had no pride in theil
calling We're seldom seen in at.
tendance.
The farmer, like the rest, does no
find much money in his pocket JUS
now, but he rarely hungers for food
and he never need bear the spirit o.
desperation from enforced idleness
which depresses so many. Thu
times are giving us prOrofltabl,
problems for study-perhaps to b,
profitable for the better days who's,
dawning is just visible.
Get the seed corn in readiness TO
planting. See that you have some
thing worth planting, for like pro
duces like. Be sure that it is seet
which will grow. Plant just tn
number of grains in hill you wisl
to grow there, for thinning cut is
bugbear. Last, but not least, Sc
that the seed bed is just righ5.
There are farms which are yea
after year almost barren of fruits o
vegetables, yet an eighth of an acr
for a garden and half acre i
selected fruits will supply a larg
family abundantly with fres
vegetables and fruit. Why are me-
so short sighted?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-16

mean nothing. SIZE was kind, but so
coldl
You will be glad to get out Of this
prison again, Captain GCrUCn," her
low, even voice lIoAc in cl his media
tons, the heavy, down drcopcd lids
with their long ilrhcs, casting Il SHADOW
on her fair cAeol her white fingers
moving swiftly amid her silks and
wcols. "You must be frightfully bored,
shut up so long?"
Prison, do you call III" he returned
rather msteadily. at has been more
like paradise. can never forget your
kindness, Lady Lcz.ey.'
"Have lcen kiuo?" she asked, rails
ing her white lids and letting her calm,
gray eyes rest on his face Surrey, l
have done no more than any woman
would have done i'll my plGce?'
And not more than you would have
done for the vCricst stranger, " he aCoed
rather bitterly. "At the same time,
should not like you to think me IN
grateful, especially as Mu t leave Ash
leen tomorrow. Tho regiment is mCer
orders for foreign service We sail i'm
mediately, and after tomorrow it is I'M
likely l shall see you again, except to
say goodby.
Lis voice was harsh and strained, and
his eyes fell gloomily on the fire. No
answer. And as the silence grew pro-
longed he turned and looked at her
She was quite calm, the tranquility Of
her face unmovcd.
"HOw cold, how cruelty cold she is!''
he thought hopelessly. Yet what could
his going he to her but matter Of com
plete indifference? But, all the same, it
seemed bitterly hard, when every fiber
of his being was pulsing with a passion
ate, hopeless love for her, she should be
so utterly and completely unconscious
and unresponsive.
you will like it," she said at length,
note of calm interrogation i'll her low
tones.
Like it!'' he echoed rather wildly.
"Do you think man likes leaving all
he holds best and dearest in the world
when going means for him dreariest ex-
lie into outer darkness? If you can sup
pose such thing to be possible, then
like going" with a miserable, jarring
laugh.
Her eyes gazed straight into his, COM
polling and drawing his to meet them
by the very intensity of her gaze. Then,
swiftly folding her work, she rose and
stood with one hand resting on the man
telpiece, as if TO steady herself, still
looking down at him.
"What do you mean?" she questioned
in a very low voice.
Il mean l love YOU" he muttered
recklessly. "Scorn me, despise me, l
don't care. must speak or l shall 60
mad, l think. l never, God knows,
meant to tell you this, but circumstances
have been too strong for me. l had bet
ter leave your house at once before you
order me out. " And sinking his face on
his hands, he breathed hurriedly.
Silence-dead silence-followed his
speech, silence so intense that he could
almost hear the beating of his heart.
After time he raised his head languid-
ly and rested his haggard eyes on her.
She had not stirred, except that one
white hand was tightly clinched on her
bosom, crushing the delicate lace Of hel
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-16
Horticulture .

Weeds often get up before the on
ions, because onion seed is slow to
terminate. Soak the seek in water
which is luke warm for II hours be-
fore planting, and it will do much to
help the crop get the start of the
weeds and the grasses.
Ounces and dwarf pears are of a
compact habit, and one of the most
pleasant branches of agriculture is
that of growing such fruits. An acre
can thus be made to produce more
money than by growing larger trees,
the income will begin sooner, and
the labor Of harvesting is reduced to
minimum.
Arbor day is not the only one for
planting trees, any more than is the
Fourth of July the only day upon
which we are privileged to show our
patriotism. AS we should be patri-
otto every day in the year, so should
we know that there are but few days,
if any, in which we can not do some
thing to further the tree growing in
terest on our farms.
Manure pays better with fruit
place. The size and quality of the
fruit is increased, and the manure
acts in two fold way in retaining
moisture. Before the spring work
begins haul it out and spread under
the bearing trees, fourth of large
load to each tree.
Those who eat raw apples know
that much of the flavor is lost in
peeling them. This flavor lies in the
skin or so near it that it cannot be
removed without losing this flavor
There is much richer flavor even in
the sauce when apples are cooked
without being peeled.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-16
Sheep.


With sheep, as with all other
animals, there is no profit except in
the very best. At least with the old
flock put full blood ram. Each
set of offspring will be an improve
ment and u step nearer full blood.
The cost is comparatively small,
while the wisdom of the step will
be seen from the first.
If lambs are under-fed they will
not make a satisfactory growth; if
given food which is too rich they
are easily secured, and will get off
their feet, or in some way show the
effects of the treatment. A young
lamb will not bear the pushing a pig
or a calf will, but they must be
pushed, nevertheless, to be made
ready for the early market.
The cow and the horse will stand
winter confinement, but the sheep
will not; air and exercise they must
have if winter diseases are to be
avoided. 1t is the damp weather
which is dangerous to them, while
their coats will resist much cold,
The dampness which accumulates
in their wool is the worst foe to
their health.
Whenever the foo. of the sheep
touches the land it Is turned into
gold, is an old proverb. Sheep hus-
bandry certainly makes the land
more profitable-more productive at
less expenditure than any other
animal kept on the farm.
Beets make an excellent addition
to dry food for sheep during the
winter, and are especially good for
ewes while raising their early lambs
Run them through root cutter and
feed them a quart night and morn.
ing. To make good flesh or WOO
they must have some substantial
food beside the "roughness" they
gather themselves.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-16
Dairy.

A cow will eat not far from 80
pounds of green feed a day, and
where this soiling ration is made up
of mixture of oats and peas, and
fed to the cows in the stable in sum-
mer, they will give more milk than
when fed on the best of blue grass
pasture.
The cutting of soil crops from day
to day is never ending job, and ii
is better to store summer green food
in an extra silO. Oats and peas,
sOwn together, will yield about two
thirds as much as corn for this pur-
pose.
Offensive fiavors enter the cream.
cry from a multitude of sources
Even when the pastures are freshly
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-16
Agricultural and Live Stock Department
Horses.

If you have common mares and
think they must be bred to pay
their way, it will be better to rear
mules. If sound and strong, these
will sell well, even if of no particular
type, and at prices which will pay
better for care and feed than with a
cheap horse.
Be careful to avoid musty feed of
whatever kind with horses, whether
hay, straw, corn or smaller grain.
1t is dear at any price. Give only
good sweet hay or fodder, and clean,
sifted grain. Every wise farmer
has studied the problem of feeding
for himself, but there are some who
yet need just such caution as this.
Itthose who feed dry hay univer-
sally will cut it and mix it with bran
or chopped corn, they will find it
not only cheaper procedure, but
that their horses will look better in
every respect. Give little salt
daily, and let there be constant pro-
visions made for supply of the
purest water.
A road bed well builtis "a cheaper
institution than an extra horse, and
mile of such road is more easily
supported than the horse which a
bad road wears down. We support
scores of horses to drag loads
through holes which should not
exist, and through mud which
should be deeply covered. We pay
a premium for having the misery OF
bad roads.
Even on the wild lands of the
Great West, where thousands OF
horses roam in herds, and where al
most any sort can be raised without
actual loss, progressive ranchmer
are annually buying hundreds OF
stations to improve their herds
Even they deem it wise to have
some definite type and plan fol
some purpose.
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-16

and unmasks the political organization
which inspired 1t. The Commentaries
bune has constantly declared that tho aim
OF the democracy OF Ohio is 10 secure n
free silver legislature next fall. and
through It to elect free silver United
States senator
AT last that scheme is openly admitted,
and the dcuials which have paen made up
to this time can not now be repeated.
Upon this same question. which is now
chosen as the issue OF the next Stare cam
paign tho republicans OF Ohio. nobly aided
by the sound money democrats and the
business men OF the whole State, won last
November an overwhelming victory. Again
the same political lines are drawn.
Again will the republicans, standing
shoulder to shoulder in alliance with all
those citizens who have the welfare Of
their commonwealth al heart. bent back
the advocates OF reputation and cheap
money and destroy them on their own bat
tleground.
"Ohio VIII never have n free silver COW
ernOr o. a free silver senator. She Is
sound money State and such SHE viii re-
main. The issue Is Joined. Any az supted
evasion of IL now on the part 0f democracy.
or an other effort TO drag any other cues
ton into this contest, after the len ccrats
have specifically declared that tie one is
sue OF their own choosing shall not be con-
fused or belonged by any other matter,
will be ignored by the people The fight
has hpAtIu'
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PERU's SUSPENSION OF SILVER.


Washington. May 1.-THE state depart
ment has received the following copy Of
the decree promulgated last month sus-
pending silver coinage In Peru:
Whereas. The fluctuatiOn Of exchange
arising from the constant depression of
silver metal demands that the national
executive power take such measures IA are
within it's legal faculties;
Decree No / To suspend the coinage
OF national silver money, The mint Will
therefore not receive bullion for that OBJ
ject.
Q Silver soies converted into an article
of commerce b. the fact OF their being ex-
noried from the country can not return
exccpt as merchandise.
g. Consequently tho importation after
tho 10th Of May next Will be delivered TO
the mint This article and the preceding
one also refers to foreign silver coin.
A. To render tho foregoing article ehec-
tive tho Importation can take place only
at the port Of Callao. It being compulsory
TO mako tho manifest 10 be transmitted
by the custom house administrative 10 the
mint. there TO be melted inc bars at the
cost Of the importer. then returned TO him
in this form.
3. In the interior prohibition will not
include the silver soles which travellers
bring with them for their personal oN-
penses and which must not exceed the sum
OF 20 solee.
6. Tho National silver money which is
removed from ono port to another of the
republic viii be conveyed with a custom
house permit stating that It has not been
imported, only shipped by the custom Douse
authorization.
Given at the government house. this. the
ninth day Of April 1887, - ,,.
Ignacio Reye. President.
Secretary OF State.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-16
STORY OF A DUEL.
Pun ON n Celebrated Poem Was
the Cause.

Dallas, Texas, May 13,--The following
clipping from the Washington Post has
gone the rounds for several weeks;
The story of the congressman who could
not exactly remember how the poem about
Marcos Bo2zaris was worded reminded Col
oncl Walter II, French, the file clerk OF
the National house OF representatives., mat
this same poem was once tho oc-
casion OF a fatal duel during the Mexican
war.
ED Marshall" said the colonel, was
a gallant soldier as well as fine orator,
One night in his tent with the army down
in Mexico h. began 10 recite with consider
able dramatic force. as appropriate to the
occasion, the Marco Bozzarls poem. He had
just begun the lines
AT midnight. in his guarded tent,
The Turk lay dreaming of the hour
When Greece, her knee in sipphanee
bent
when an officer In the next tent scofingly
consigned Greece, whom he characterl2en
ms an uncomfortable lady, TO certain
place. His remark 50 incensed MARSHALL
that he challenged him upon the spot
"a duel was quickly arranged and was
fought at daylight. Marshall Killed ms
man. Whenever | hear the poem ! can
not help hut recall this tragic episode
The above was shown Hon. Eugene Mar
shall OF this city. who is member OF the
famous Marshall family OF Kentucky ana
cousin of Tom and Ed, who were two OF
the country's greatest orators.
Colonel Marshall said: My rccoilec-
ton of what the folks at home used 10 say
OF this incident differs from tie ruh'lshed
account. II remember Alright. the chaih
of circumstances that ended In Ed mar
shall fighting a duel on Mexican SOIL oia
not begin In his tent He was not even
with the army at the time Late one p.s .lo
he came uDon Captain Mayne Ieid. Inc
famous novelist, who was standing acIass
the street from the place where the Mexico
city postofhce is now located. The hauhsla
ed land In which he was so1ourhlhs naa
probably filled Captain Reid with ioeus
fires and as Ed Marshall and several con- s,r
panions came along Reid began 70 feei''
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-16

Fitz Greene Halleck's celebrated lines. He
closed the verse, when Greece. her knee
in suppliance bent" and was interrupted by
Marshall with, what did she grease her
knee for?" This seemed TO Reid like drop
ping from the sublime to the ridiculous
and he Immediately pronounced Marshall
a d-n fool. Ed returned the compliment
Kntucky fashion and In few minutes
they had agreed to fight out their differ
ennc,s at break of day Neither was killed
and don't think Captain Reid was hurt at
all. Marshall received shot in tho leg and
was slightly crippled as long as he lived.
He has II son living in Lexington. Ky. and
| suppose he can give all the facts about
his fathers duel"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-16

Professor Abes in
and his Inconsistencies will n
The editor has
eo aprect published
the this work ampreh gives tina result,
computations
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some reason for expecting such
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DAYS The period
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arranging his monthly period he
ton & anm when the lsr Of the with the lunar Oot'nt
not a9 1h long snoash to dmoara the action Of The
mi MILNE M
pqch oo%s only the number of the
the normal and dry tina had a dcicncy @ w - ~ " ~
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p''vi S fS S This is quite opF tho hyhis Of Fab n
with
the atmosphere oder to produce thta period ~ ~
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Obtained further
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81
hypohe
earths possible tina, identical with Chan
variation the oscillation. the around the
established sufficient accuracy, and
Fu Sas a as tina, @ aS the OF the s
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data able work immense number of periods
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home the and that
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-16
HOUSTON DAILY POST SUNDAY MORNING. NAY 1e 1897
FORECASTS BY FOSTER.
Temperature Will Be Below the Normal Texas This eek
fall About Nnrmnl

, oepn MO- May 15-tcopyrlshted last
'ne storm wave
| Tue next w reach the Pacific of Rockies
~ e Vi -''h great Central
".S 4e eastern states Both the
NY uo'" ' great Central valleys
. . -.
Oh me week ending May in
Staca and
N"S 'eHPt"'"'o vi tno
in Texas
eS''''' 'A'
o period predicted for the
by
bulletin is published Will h wave
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JUST ARRIVED.

New Ribbons New Belts, New Laces, New EN-
broideries New Lace Curtains, New Veilngs New
Cuffs and Collars, New Fancy Parasols, New S.4
White Organizes, New White Piques New line
Mousseline de Sole and Chifons; in fact new lines
in every department