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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-15
The local Papers Gift to lis Town.

Ex-Governor Francis, of Missouri,
is quoted as saying: Each year
the local paper gives from $500 to
81, 900 in free lines to the community
in which it is located. No other
agency can or will do this. The edi-
tor, in proportion to his means, does
more for his town than any other
ten men. He ought to be supported
not because you like him personally,
or admire his writing, but because a
local paper is the best investment a
local people can make. 1t may not
be brilliantly edited or overcrowded
with thought, but financially it is Of
more benefit to the community than
the teacher or preacher. Under
stand me, do not mean morally or
Intellectually, but financially"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-15

Don't think that your liver needs
treating il you are bilious. 1t don't It's
your stomach. That is, your stomach is
really what causes the biliousness. 1t
has put your liver out of order. See
what's the matter with your stomach.
Sick stomach poisons the liver and then
there's trO uble. Shaker Digestive Cor
dial cures stomach and then alps well.
That's the case in nutshell. Shaker
Digestive Cordial is no secret. FOrmu-
las on every bottle. But it's the simple,
honest way its made; the honest, Shaker
herbs and other ingredients of which
it's composed, that make it so effica-
cious, Any real case Of indigestion and
biliousness can be cured with few bot
ties of Shaker Digestive Cordial. Try
it. Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to
$lOO per bottle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-15

Success in farming, as in every
other business, depends upon the
prevention of waste. 1t is a waste
Of land to give it only half the cult
walton it needs; it is waste to feed
it to poor animal; it is a waste of
time to spend it half-dOing a thing.
If the wasted land-now given over
to weeds, or only half cultivated
the wasted crops-only partially
gathered-the wasted feed-improp-
erly fed, were utilized to their full
est extent. another hundred million
dollars could easily be added to the
income Of the farmers of this cOun-
try.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-15
Agricultural and Live Stock Department.

you wait to buy them in the spring
they will not be planted as early as
they should be.
There is no work more generally
neglected on the fruit farm than
winter protection, and yet there is
no work which is more important.
Let it be done thoroughly after the
frosts have come and before winter
sets in.
Strawberries cannot well be given
too much culture. Even the wild
strawberry is productive in proper
ton as it chances to grow in spot
free from weeds and grass. When
thus hindered it makes only a slen-
der, spindling growth and bears few
and sorry berries.
A dish Of strawberries, fresh from
your own garden, is the greatest
luxury you can have on your table.
If you do not care to grow them for
market, at least raise enough for
your own use. If you have none
now, set out bed shis fall and get
your reward next summer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-15
BUILD AGAINST RATS.
The Loss to Corn Growers From TIL
Pest is a Heavy Tax.

The Loss to Corn Growers From This
Pest is a Heavy Tax.
A correspondent to the Breeders
Gazette says:
THE loss to cOtn-growers from
rats is heavy tax. 1t would be in
teresting TO know the extent Of dam
age done TO the farmers produce By
these wasteful bOarders. Where
corn is stored in cribs to which rats
have access, as they have to the
bulk Of the crop, the damage in one
year is not easily cOmprehended.
Suppose that the rats damage per
cent of the corn cribbed or piled in
sheds and barns and we have an an
nual loss Of one bushel in every 100;
20,0OO,0OO bushels in a crop Of 1000
100000. But if the farmer with corn
in rail pens or cheap board pens will
take pains to find out his actual loss
from rats he will find that often
times it will run up to per cent.
The loss is largely avoidable, yet if
not prevented increases from year to
| year as rats multiply.
ut will soon be time to crib corn.
. - NliV VI We al 20 DpA Oll DO5A0 VAbChh
ing foot above ground and capped
with an inverted tin pan, and the
crib is not in contact with any other
building or object by which rats can
climb into the the crib, the corn is
safe from rats. The increased cost
Of making crib rat-proof will be
saved in one year. IF we in the
corn belt are to be saved from the
plague Of rats we must build against
them. The common plan Of 'harbOT
ing and feeding them is worse than
harbOring tramps. We know the
stock Of rats on the farm can be
reduced so that the sight Of one i:
rare, and the loss Of corn in store i.
nothing because we have tried it
1t is only necessary to store grair
whore rats cannot get at 1t to re
duce their numbers. Our stores o
grain and corn are their chief sup
port. After one has built rat.proO
cribs and grain bins then trust t
poison and cats to keep away in
vaders."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-15
4 New Enmp LAW,

An exchange prints a new game
law: Book agents may be killed
from October to Sept. /; spring
poets from March to June /; scan
DIAL mOngers from April to Decem-
Der l ; umbrella borrowers, Aug. to
November, and from February | to
May l, while every man who accepts
paper for two years but when the
bill is presented says, II never or
dered it, may be killed on sight,
without reserve or relief from valua-
ton or appraisement laws, aud
buried without benefit of clergy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-15
Horticulture .

Destroy the noXious weeds and in
sect eggs in the garden this fall by
burning all weeds, brush and vines /;
it will also save you labor another
year. Not weed should be left
Peaches do best when planted in
the spring, but they should be pro-
cured in the fall and heeled in. If
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-15

Certainly you don't want to suffer
with dyspepsia, constipation, sick head
ache, sallow skin and loss of appetite.
You have never tried DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for these complaints or
you would have been cured. They are
small pills but great regulators. A. b.
Rains. 1y
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-15

If You have ever seen a little child in
paroxysm of whooping cough, or if
you have been annoyed by constant
tickling in the throat, yOu can ap-
preciate the value Of One Minute Cough
Cure, which gives quick relief. \. b..
Rains. ly
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-15
Field Seeds.

To heal the broken and diseased it's
sues, to soothe the irritated surfaces, to
instantly relieve and to permanently
cure is the mission Of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. A. Il. Rains. ly
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-15
GarwOOd's Sarsaparilla-for the blood
guaranteed tOcure. A. b. RAINS

Running sores, indolent ulcers and
similar troubles, even though of many
years standing, may he cured by using
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It
sOothes, strengthens and heals. It is
the great pile cure. \. ID. Rains. Iy
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-25
SAUCE FOR THE TURKEY
A Million Bushels of Cranberries
Now Being Harvested.
LIVELY TIMES ON CAPE COD.

The Rapid Growth of Cranberry Culture.
How the Fruit Has Been introduced In
Faraway 1Iarkets-SOme Details Of the
Business.
Rhode Island turkeys are being fatten-
ed and the Cape Cod folks are picking
cranberries. I haven't heard the latest
turkey statistics, but we are assured
that the cranberry yield is big one. So
let Thanksgiving come along, for at
least one essential of the trimmings"
thereof is assured.
Just now the picking of the piquant,
scarlet berries of the bog is at its height.
It will not do to leave the fruit on the
vines much after the last of October,
and besides the berries must be distrib-
uted to distant markets in good time for
the great fall holiday. Perhaps you do
not realize what an appetite we have
for cranberries. Well, we raise over
1000, 900 bushels each year and con-
sumo most of them ourselves. If the
whole yield should be made into pies,
there would be pie apiece for every
inhabitant Of the Union and few mil
lions to distribute among our Canadian
neighbors
Cranberry culture is one of those in
dustries which has had phenomenal
growth within the last decade or so.
There was time when only New Eng
1anders appreciated cranberries, and
they got their liking for them from the
pilgrim fathers, who in turn learned
from the Indians that the little red
swamp berries which ripened late were
"goOde to eat as well as fair to see. -
It was not until about 1885 that any
attention was given to the cultivation
of cranberries. Before that they were
gathered from the vines which grew
wild in many places along the Atlantic
coast. The New Englanders found such
a big demand for the few berries which
were gathered in this haphazard man
ner that they began their systematic
cultivation. A few years later the shore
dwellers in southern New Jersey learned
of this bit of Yankee enterprise and be-
gan to initiate it. Later still a wanderer
from New England tried the experiment
in Wisconsin, where he planted some
cranberry vines in a sandy marsh along
the lake shore. He was successful, and
many others tried it.
Along in the sixties the New England
and New Jersey farmers recognized that
the cranberry crop was a most profitable
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cranberries served today" Other cities
in the United Kingdom were visited
with like results. Cranberry literature,
giving carefully prepared receipts for
cooking the berries in variety of ways.
was distributed broadcast and dealers
were supplied with bags on which were
printed directions for using cranberries.
To this energetic attack the British
public yielded, and now there is a stead
lily increasing demand for American
cranberries in Great Britain. Similar
methods are now being followed in
Germany, Denmark, Norway and Swe-
den, and the cranberry growers look for
ward to the time when half the world
will turn to them for sauce.
In preparing cranberry bog for cu1-
tivation swamp land along a salt creek
is selected. The black top soil is re-
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At WORK ON A CAPE COD BOG.

one, and when cranberries reached $50 a
barrel there was a stampede. In New
Jersey especially the craze for planting
cranberry bogs ragged fiercely. Swamp
land which had been considered practi-
cally worthless grew in value quicker
than corner lots in a western boom
town. Inland farmers sold out their fer
tile acres at a sacrifice and moved to the
coast, where they invested the savings
of years. They knew that an acre of
good bog land would yield from so to
100 bushels, and with the prevailing
high prices for cranberries it was easy
enough to figure out how a big fortune
could easily and surely be made. Land
that could have been bought for So an
acre before the craze set in was sold as
high as 81, 600 an acre and at all sorts
of prices below that figure.
The result was that in a few years,
when many big bogs had been brought
to the bearing point and after an unus-
ually large yield had been gathered,
there was glut of cranberries. Prices
went as low as So a bushel which did
not much more than pay for the pick
ing, packing and shipping. Next season
thousands of bushels of cranberries were
allowed to rot on the vines.
Then the cranberry growers got to-
gether and formed national alliance.
They decided that radical measures
must be taken or else the fortunes which
they had put into bogs would be sunk
there beyond all recovery. With Yam
kee shrewdness they concluded that the
first thing to be done was to broaden
their market. At that time the people
of the middle and western states-the
majority of them, at least-knew not
of the cranberry. The growers under
took the introduction of the fruit in
these sections in businesslike manner.
They raised big fund and sent agents
all through the west. In Chicago hun
dreds of bushels of cranberries wera
cooked and given away. Similar meth
ods were followed in other large cities.
The method proved to be successful.
Slowly the demand increased until the
market recovered Cranberries have
never sold for $50 a barrel since, but
they have seldom if ever dropped as low
as So Still the danger of a g1utted
market had not been entirely removed,
and along in 1892 a systematic effort
was made to introduce cranberries to
the English A wide awake propagan-
dist from New Jersey opened the cam
paign in Liverpool by supplying the
leading hotels and restaurants with the
new American delicacy and teaching
the chefs how to cook the berries. 1t
was not long before the restaurants
hung out signs reading, American
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AN uPRIeHr oARRlAoE



MatrOn.
There are many things in the lives OF
women which tend to develop a carriage
of the body anything but upright.
Girls who tend the baby become one
sided because they carry the little one
on one arm more than the other. They
might be taught the better way by their
parents or teachers. There are multi
tudes of little girls in all large cities
whose chief business is to tend the baby
while their mothers work. Deformity
is common among them. If a girl has
any pride in being upright in body as
well as in morals, she can, even if she
has an occupation which tends to make
her crooked, do much herself to pre-
vent it. In the first place carefully
cultivate the sense which tells her when
she is standing straight and when she is
not. By paying attention to this
muscular sense it becomes in time
very acute. By neglecting it the sense
becomes dull-is Paralyzed. Cultivate
1T daily or several times a day by as
suming the upright attitude. Stand be-
fore the glass and see when you are
straight, or get a friend to tell you, and
then put yourself in this attitude
whenever you stand or walk, or sit at
any labor in which you are engaged.
If you have only to walk across the
room, do it in an upright attitude If
you have only to stand and converse
with a friend in the street. on the road,
at party. get yourself so accustomed
to the upright attitude that you will
feel uncomfortable in any other. IN
time an upright habit viii be estab-
ished, and constant attention. to it will
not be required.-Dietetic Gazette.
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purchased two pieces of fretwork three
feet long. These she set up each side
of the mantle.
With the aid of a carpenter she then
had small shelves and glass doors put
in, and a couple of secret drawers to
lend charm to the cabinet
When all had been stained a suitabIe
shade of pine she took fresh autumn
leaves of ruddy hue and pinned them
upon the cabinet, and over all she placed
two coats of heavy varnish.
The screen was managed in the same
way. The mat of the screen was
plain pine, stained oak, while all around
it were autumn leaves pinned on and
vanished. The leaves keep their color
perfectly if used when fresh.
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PROPOSALS.

Sealed proposals will be received at the
office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Kansas. at Topeka. Kansas IN
til Il o'clock noon, November 6. 1897, for
the finishing of certain portions of the
building. in Topeka, Kansas. The metal
work and glass will be let separate from
the plastering and cOrnicing of the ro-
tunda All to be in accordance with
plans and specifications prepared by 7.
IL Lescher. State House Architect, and
on file in said office.
This work is authorized by the Execu-
tive Council under the provisions of chap
ter A. laws of 1895. Copies of plans and
Specifications will be on file in the office
of the State House Architect from and
after October 10th. 1897.
Parties bidding on the work will be re-
ouired to accompany their bid with a
certified check or cash in the sum of five
per cent Go per cent?, to be forfeited to
the state in case the successful bidder
fails to enter in contract and give bond
for the faithful performance of same
within days after the said contract is
The attention of all bidders is called to
chapter ia of the session laws Of 1891 in
relation to the eight hour law constitut-
ing a days labor.
The right is reserved to reject any or
ali bids Blanks for bidding will be fur
nished by the State House architect
Governor and President of Executive
Council
Secretary of State and Executive Council.
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moved and clean sand spread over the
surface to the depth of six inches or
more. The vines are planted in the
sand. It is necessary that the bog
should be submerged several times a
year, so dams and sluice gates some
times have to be built. Unlike other
fruit vines, the cranberry needs no fer
tihzatiOn, and once properly started a
bog requires little care.
The picking begins late in August
and sometimes continues into Novem-
Der. Down ON Cape Cod the cranberry
season is the liveliest part of the year.
From the villages and farms all through
Barnstable county the boys and girls
flock to the bogs and work all through
the golden September and October days
harvesting the crop. Whole families
grasp the opportunity to make a few
extra dollars. Jimmy hopes to get a BIZ
cycle out of the season s work, his big
sister expects to pick a new dress off the
vines, while pa and ma mean to earn
enough to pay the expenses Of holiday
trip to Boston, where they will visit
Brother John and his folks.
But there are hundreds of acres of
cranberry bogs and not great many
folks on Cape Cod, so the natives can
not do all the work. Some of the big
growers bring French Canadians from
the mill towns others hire Portuguese
from New Haven, and not few Mic
mac Indians swell the ranks of the
pickers.
The bogs are divided off into sections
by lines tied to stakes. These sections
are called alleys, and from two to three
pickers are assigned to an alley. This is
so that the pickers may have definite
territory to work in and thus pick the
vines clean. 1t is back breaking work
for beginner and hard on the fingers.
AS the vines lie almost fiat on the
ground the pickers must get down on
their hands and knees, and in this po-
sition they work for hours at time.
The wages paid pickers vary with the
size of the crop and the number of pick
ers available, but the average is about
so cents bushel. At this scale pickers
can make from 81 to 50 a day, and
some expert pickers can make even
more. At this time of the year the
marshes are fairly dry, and it is pleas
ant to be out on the bogs.
On the Jersey bogs down around
Toms River a great many Italians and
tramps are employed during the picking
season as we'll as hundreds of natives of
the ''pine belt" The Italians live in
barns or build for themselves pictur-
esque shanties of brush The New Jer-
sey bogs are much larger and there are
more of them than on Cape Cod, conse-
Quently more cranberries are raised
there. How is it, then, you are proba-
bly, wondering. that you never see any
but Cape Cod cranberries advertised for
sale? That is one of the tricks of the
trade.
The Cape Cod cranberries grow on
vines which have comparatively few
leaves and when ripe are a rich, dark
red The New Jersey bogs are richer
and the cranberry vines there have a
much heavier foliage, SO that the sun
does not get a chance to color the fruit,
but the New England product viii not
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KEEPING CRACkERs.
Seine Valuable Advice fer GFocerA
and Housewives.

and Housewives.
Complaints are frequently heard that
crackers bought at grocery stores are
soggy and stale-tasting, even when
comparatively fresh.
The fault is in the way they are kept
Crackers demand a warm, dry place,
and they should not be stored near oil, !,
fish or other strong-smellng goods.
Great care should be exercised by gro
GERS in this respect. The cracker trade
is one of the most important features
Of a general grocery business, and it
should be taken care of. Crackers
should be purchased in small quantities.
so that they will not have time to get
stale before being sold. They should be
kept, as stated, in a warm, dry place,
and customers should be advised to
place them in the oven few minutes
before using. This will restore their
crispiness, even though they have be-
come damp and soggy.
All the care in the world, however.
viii not build up a cracker trade if
the crackers are not pure and fresh and
well made. Be careful in buy
ing to get the best the mar
ket affords. then push the trade for
all there is in it. One lot of stale.
pocrly-made crackers viii do more
harm than one can overcome in six
months.-Mercantile Journal.
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keep so long as will the Jersey berries,
and the growers of the latter, although
they cannot get the high prices paid
for the Massachusetts variety, have a
longer selling season. They have learn
ed, too, to ripen their fruit by spread
ing it in the sun after picking and,
through the courtesy of the conscience
less middleman, market their berries as
the genuine Cape Cod article
So the cranberries which you carry
home with your Thanksgiving turkey,
although the retailer has assured you
that they are Sc right from the Cape, 4"
may have been grown on the New Jer-
sey coast or along the shores of Lake
Michigan, but they will probably taste
just as well as if they came from the
heart of Yankeedom.
SEwEIL FoRD.
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Boil dozen good sized apples thai
have been caefully peeled and cored,
until they are perfectly tender. While
still warm, mash them in double the
amount of -four and add the proper
proportion of yeast. The mass should
then be thoroughly kneaded without
water, as the juice of the apples viii
make it sufficiently soft. It should be
left to rise for - hours. then formed
into. 1oaves, and baked when quite light.
Apple bread was the invention Of
scientific Frenchn1an. and it has always
been highly commended for its health@
fuInesse-Leisure Hours.
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AUTUMN FIREPLACE
Made of Leaves That VIII Keep Their
Color All Winter.

Summer sweet, good-by," is a song
no summer girl sings if she can help it.
And with the ingenious things that arc
planned for her, and by her, she bids
fair to bring summer indoors for many
q month to come.
The design for this autumn leaf shelf
and screen originated with Los Ang-
eles girl, who, Immediately upon her
return home, went to a retail store and
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MALE HELP WANTED.

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SALESA1AN-Wanted an active worker
by an old established manufacturer ia
travel and introduce our own goods to re-
tail trade everywhere. New line in big
demand. Profitable position for a smart
man. Address Merchants Dept, 323 Dear
born st. Chicago.
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AGENTS WANTED.

w ANTED-Reliable agent IN ever,
town in Kansas for Knights of FCori-
ty- Pays sick, accident and funeral bene-
hts; hoeral terms. n. B. Campbell, State
Commander Cos Kansas ave.
4 GENIS-Quic< men to visit stores: sell
"A achine for printing signs in 10 collars
on fences. bridges, rOcks-any rough sur
face. Arc Co. Is Arc St, Racine, Wis.
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ARTlsTIc EMeRoIpERY.

MRS. T. W. O'MARA of Cincinnati. o..
has large display of finished art nee
dlework in latest patterns of her own de-
signing: teaches the new and latest
stitches and designs Hotel Throop.