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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
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Non Resident Notice.

Porter Ezell, col, VS.. Lettie Ezell, col,
Petition for Divorce. Circuit Court,
Maury County, Tennessee.
In this cause it appearing to me that
the defendant is a nonresident OF the
State of Tennessee, so that the ordinary
process of law cannot be served on her.
1t is therefore ordered that publication
be made in the Columbia Herald for
four consecutive weeks, requiring the
defendant to appear within the first
three days of the next term of the Cir
cult Court, to be holden for the County
of Maury at the courthouse thereof, on
the second Monday in November, 1897,
then and there to plead, answer or de-
muir to compliments bill or the same
will be taken for confessed as to her
and set for hearing eX parte.
w. f. EMnRY, Clerk,
J. A. Smiser, Sol'r for Petitioner.
augl3 At.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
DehOrning Cattle.

Farmers, if you will follow these
instructions you need never go to
the expense to dehorn your cattle,
which are now commencing to grow
up. Buy five cent stick caustic
potash, and as the little horns make
the first sign of starting on the calf,
wet them with a little water, rub
them over with the caustic stick,
and the calf will never know that
nature ever Intended that it should
have hOrns.-EXchange.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
Wheat Is Wheat,

Wheat is wheat once more, and
there is a sufficient quantity of it to
be worth while. The best estimates
now place the yield-winter and
spring cOmbined-at 500,000,00 BUSH
els, and it is much above the aver
age in quality. That there will be
large export demand there can be
no question. India, Argentina ana
Australia will fall far below their
average crops; Russia's crop is un-
certain, reports being contradictory {;
Frances wheat crop will be $4,000, 900
or more less than that of 1896; Bull
garia's crop suffered greatly from
rain, but the acreage is above the
average; Roumania's corn crop is
short, in addition to both wheat and
barley being below the average in
quantity and quality. Importing
Europe must look to the United
States for its supply of breadstutfs,
and that means dollars in the Ameri-
can farmers pockets.-Farm News.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
MELANGE.
Nonsense aud News, Odds and Ends,
Wise and Otherwise.

Photographer Ito sitte:)-I saw
you at church last Sunday, Miss
Skeate.
Sitter-O, did you?
PhotOgrapher-Yes; and also your
friend Miss Brown. or you could
raise your chin a trifie. Thanks. }
And what an MISUNDERSTANDING hat
she had on. (After a pause) There,
Miss Skeate, it is over, and l think
we have caught very pleasant eX-
pression.-Punch.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27

The "Bicyclist's Best Friend" is a
familiar name for DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, always ready for emer-
gencies. While a specific for piles, it
also instantly relieves and cures cuts,
bruises, salt rheum, eczema and all
affections of the skin. 1t never fails
A. b, Rains. "
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27

If you have ever seen little child in
a paroxysm of whooping cough, or if
you have been annoyed by constant
tickling in the throat, you can APP.
preciate the value of One Minute Cough
Cure, which gives quick relief. A. B.
Rains. ly
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
One Rock Avoided.

Mrs. Worrid-How in the world
did you ever persuade yourself to
marry a baker?
Mrs. Wise-l was determined to
marry a man who could make his
own biscuits. You know he is my
second husband.-Up-to- Date.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
THE DEVILS THOUGHTS.

From his birthstone bed at break of day
A-walking the Devil is gone,
To visit his little snug farm of the earth,
And see how his stock went on.
Over the hill and over the dale,
And he went over the plain,
And backwards and forwards he swish'd
his long tail
AS a gentleman swishes his cane.
And how then was the Devil drest?
Oh! he was in his Sundays best:
His jacket was red and his breeches
were blue,
And there was hole where the tail
came through.
He saw lawyer killing Viper
On a dung-heap beside his stable,
And the Devil smiled, for it put him in
mind
OF Cain and his brother, Abel.
A Pothecary on white horse
Rode by on his vocations,
And the Devil thought of his old Friend
Death in the Revelations.
He saw cottage with a double coach
house,
A cottage of gentility!
And the Devil did grin, for his darling
sin
Is pride that apes humility.
He went into a rich booksellers shop,
Quoth he! we are both of one college
For | myself safe like acormOrant once
Fast by the tree of knowledge.
Down the river there piled with wind
and tide,
A pig, with vast celebrity;
And the Devil look'd wise as he saw
how the while,
1t cut its own throat. There! quoth he,
with smile,
Goes "Englands commercial pros
perity."
AS he went through Cold-Bath Fields,
he saw
A solitary cell,
And the devil was pleased, for it gave
him hint
For improving his prisons in He'll.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
Literally True.

Mr.. Tenspot-It's just too swell for
any use.
Mrs. Tenspot-What is?
Mr.. TenspOt-A boil.-Louisville
COurier-J Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27

No man or woman can enjoy life or
accomplish much in this world while
suffering from a torpid liver. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, the pills that
cleanse that organ, quickly. A. B.
Rains lV
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
Ceaseless Effort.

Man labors just from sun to sun,
But woman's work is never done,
Because she tolls, from dawn to dawn,
To take in all that's going on.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
Never.

oh, when will folks remember
That tits fearful crime
To forget that every rusty gun
Is loaded all the time!
Cleveland Leader.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
The Height of Courtesy.

Cobble-Sadie Slimson is polite,
isn't she?
Stone-How so?
Cobble-Last night I asked her to
take the big chair, and she SAID:
after you."-Puck.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
The Worst oft

A mortal man can never guess
How sick he's been until
He's really well of his distress
And sees the DOCTORS bill.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27

was snatched from tive arms of death
and brought back safely into the vari-
egated scenes of her terrestrial habi-
tatiOn,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
General
Hn anNr

General IS burning face
He saw with CONSERVATION,
And back to He'll his way did he take,
For the Devil thought, by slight mis-
take,
1t was general contlagration.
COLE RIDGE.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-27
Nashville, Chattanooga,
and St. Louis Railway.

DON'T FORGET IT. By this I secure ESq the
MhVtMITM OF SPEED, SAFETY, COM
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AT THE
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EXCURSION TICKETS
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this lire and connections to Nashville and
return during the continuance OF the Ten
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Palace Day Coaches on All Trains.
Information pertaining to Tickets, Routes.
Rates etc, will be cheerfully furnished upon
application to ticket agents, or to
WI. WEIGH, Div. Pass. Agent, Memphis,
]. H. LATTIMER, Southeastern Passenger
Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
d. j. MULLANEY, Northeastern Pass.
Agent, 50 w. 4th st., Cincinnati, Ohio.
r. C. C0WARDIN, Western Pass. Agent,
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w. l.. DANLEY,
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-30

two afterward, sent Peter Johns TO
college and ultimately betrayed the
expenses OF his whole school course
money well spent, for the talented
young Indian became in time a noted
missionary. He still lives, an honor
to his race, and | know him very
well indeed. Although four years
my senior, he is far more active and
hardy than I, much as / have to be
thankful for on the score OF health.
! am sorry to be obliged to add
that, shortly after our war with
Mexico, both George and Benjamin
Beaumont were cut off in their early
manhood by a fever contracted
while on service in that country.
Colonel Beaumont himself lived to
the age of &c. and on the exact spot
where his great log house once stood
there is now grand railway depot.
NV. Thompson in New York
Ledger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-30
The Raspberry-Can rlaggot,

With little watchfulness this new
raspberry pest may be easily checked,
Its presence may be quickly detected in
May, as its work is then very consplcu-
Gus; and this is the only month in which
the insect can be combated practically
and with any success 1t is capable OF
doing much damage, especially on new
and valuable varieties.
The remedy is simple. AS soon as a
dropping tip is seen, either pull up the
shoot or cut it off several inches below
the girdle and burn it. This method faith
fully carried out throughout May, will
quickly check the pest. There is no pos
sible chance of getting at the insect with
a spray. Simply burn all infested shoots
in May Bulletin Cornell University
Experiment Station.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-30
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used by millions of mothers for their
children while teething. If disturbed at
night and broken of your rest by sick
child suffering and crying with pain OF
cutting teeth, send at once and get a
bottle Of "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" for Children Teething. 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferers immediate
ly. Depend upon it, mothers, there is
no mistake about it. 1t cures diarrhea,
regulates the stomach and bowels, cures
wind collie, soltens the gums, reduces
inflammation, and gives tone and energy
to the whole system. Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup" for children teething il
pleasant to the taste, and is the prescrip
ton of one of the oldest and best femal
physicians and nurses in the Unitet
States. Price twenty-five cents bottle
Sold by all druggists throughout tn
world. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins
low Soothing Syrup"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-30
SPRAYING Strawberry Beds.

Strawberries that have been seriously
affected with the leaf blight or red rust
should be given spray right away now
before the foliage starts with Bordeaux
mixture double strength then alter the
new foliage gets on, if between then and
truiting time they are sprayed twice m ore
with the straight Bordeaux, it will be
found to greatly strengthen the foliage,
and it is only by keeping the perfect foil.
age that good strawberry crop can be
secured. OF course if they had been
sprayed once last fall, in September or
October, it would have been an improve
ment. The most successful strawberry
cultivator of the future will, ! think
spray with Bordeaux at least twice in
each fall, and once or twice in spring, and
thus make sure of healthy foliage H.
H. Hale in Hartford Courant.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-30
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-30
Bucklen's Arnica SaIye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptlons, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price % cents per
box. For sale bY Flint Bros.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-30
Commissioners Notice

WALTER DAVIS ESTATE.
The subscribers, having been appointed by
of Caledonia commissioners to receive ex-
anime, and adjust all claims and demands Of
all persons against the estate of Walter
Davis, late of nanvile in said district,
deceased, and the term of six months from
the 10th day of April 1897, being allowed
by said court to the creditors of said de-
ceased, to exhibit and prove their respective
claims before u.s. Giyenotice that we will at
tend to the duties of our appointment at the
dwelling house of the late Walter Davis, in
Danville, in said district on the 9Th day of
May, and the 9th day of October next at
O'Clock in the afternoon on each of said
days.
CHAS. D. BRAINARD,
PETER WESSON,
commissioners.
April 10, A. d. 1897.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-30
Commissioners Notice.
AVERY ID. Pixies ESTATE.

AVERY IL. FINE = ESTATE
The subscribers, having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the district
of Caledonia, commissioners to receive, ex-
anime, and adjust all claims and demands Of
all persons against the estate OF Avery
ID. Pike, late of st. Johnsburv. VT, in said
district, deceased, and the ternof six months
from the 10th day of April, 1897, being
allowed by said court to the creditors of said
deceased, to exhibit and prove their respec-
tive claims before us: Give notice that we
will attend to the duties of our appointment
at the office OF Crawford Ranney, in
St. Johnsbury, in said district, on the
Sth day of Magyar the Sth day of Octo-
Der next, at Q O'Clock in the afternoon on
each of said days.
CRAWFORD RANNEY,
E. l.. STILES,
Comm ssoners.
st. Johnsbury, VT, Apr. 16, A. d. 1897.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-12
POWERFUL ELECTRIC FISH.
Ono OF tho Terrors of AfrIca's Lake o
Mystery.

Mystery.
LEO wonucrs of Africa would seem to
be without limit, according to tho reports
OF j. II. ;. Moore, who has been viewing
some OF them Mr.. Moore's object in Wis
iting Africa was to study tho various nor.
mai organisms that had been found to ex-
ISL In that famous but mysterious lako
known 10 natives and Europeans us Tan
ganyika. Not only hns Mr.. Moore found
I'LL that ho sought, but so much besides
that the biologists and biologists aro en-
thusiastio over his discoveries.
MIR. Moore after perilous journcying
gained sight of that lake which only six
Europeans have ever looked upon, Lake
Rukwa. 1t was only from distance that
ne saw IT, to be sure, but that was u good
deal IN itself. for only two Europeans ever
reached the shore, and mono has ever
Hoateu upon its waters. OF nll the African
lakes which nro known to civilization
there is mono so surrounded by mystery rs
Rukwa. Fatality seems to attach to it so
far as Europeans ara concerned and tho
natives look upon white man who strives
to reach 1t us u foolish mortal. bent upon
suicide Mr. Moore had much tho same
idoi and gained entire satisfaction by
viewing the lake in perspective.
1t was in Lake Tnnganyiku that Mr.
cries and incidentally solved what has been
mystery, and u fearful ono, to both
African and European. Tho tradition in
that section of Africa which surrounds
TangnnyiSa has many tales of the prowcss
CT gigantic fish which would rush ut the
paddles of canoe, drag them from the
hnnds of the wiultlcrs thereof, upset the
canoe and by nero contact kill the st.us-
CLING humans who were cast into the wa
ter.
For once modern experience verified an
cicnt tradition. Mr.. Moore learned that
rot only did this great fish exist, hut that
it performed exactly those deeds with
which it was credited. The solution of
tho mystery is simple. The big fish is al
electric one. In smaller form it is com.
mon in the South American rivers, where
swimmers hold IL in mortal terror rho
African specimen, however, is of Brob.
dingnagian proportioHS, and darts through
the water at IL terrific rate. The source of
elcctricity-for electricity it certainly con
tains-secns to be in cells in tho skin
These give forth sufficient amount Of
electric fluid tn stun u human being, pro
vided tho contact with the fish is at all
forcible or is with any considerable por-
ton of tho surface of the body From the
great danger which is ontaied by cruising
about in the vicinity of such u fish, it has
been found impossible to catch II s2uci
men, and the knowledge which has been
gained concerning the fish is derived from
ono that WAS cast upon the shore of the
lake by the waves that never cease rollin-:
Chicago Times Herald
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-12
Somnambulism Extraordinary.

There has been much excitement and
much discussion in FELTON,, Del, over
story Of the remarkable somnambulism
of Miss Chella Conno., the 10-year- old
daughter of A. B. Connor, the station
agent at FELTON,.
On recent night Miss Connor re-
tired, but fell asleep before she dis
robed. She had been in the room but IL
short time when she walked out of the
house and up the railroad track. None
of tho family saw her leave the house
and did not discover that she had gone
until some time after. They were great
ly alarmed and ut once made search
for her. John lynch, who knew the
girl we'll, said that he saw her walking
up the railroad track. hut said nothins;
to her. The friends of the fanily at
once started i'll pursuit of her, but were
compelled to return without her. Near
ly all night they secured the country
with bicycles and carriages, but more
Of them thought to keep directly OH the
railroad track. Miss Conner walked
straight up the track, and when she
awoko i'll the early morning she found
that she was near Cheswold, which is
II miles from where she started. She
ut once took train and went home. =
Exchange.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-12
To Be Shot At

Two citizens of Chicago are about to
start OH u long tour of the mountainous
districts of Mexico, which are supposed
to be infested with bandits. Far differ
ent from ordinary travellers, they hope
that tho brigands of the forests will at
sack them, and. strange to add, they
trust that these attacks will be from
behind their backs. The motive of this
strange journey is to prove the merits
OF "a certain bullet proof cloth The
vcnturesome men will be clad in gar
ments of this cloth, covering all of their
bodies except their faces, hence the
wish for attacks from the rear. The
men expect to be gone eight months un-
less tho bullets which they invite should
chance to come from the wrong drec-
ton and ingloriously end their careers
New York Tribune.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-12
A Seasoned Fisherman.


Friend Barnett is wonderful fish
erman." remarked Superintendent Cur
ran of tho New Orleans and Northeast
ern railway, recently, speaking of the
general freight and passenger agent of
that road.
II was just listening to long nc
count of the number of fish no caught
while at Gulfport. Ho has just return
ed, and he said that Spanish mackerel
were biting like mad mt the port and
that no caught in three hours 80 of the
fish, and had it not been for severe
electric storm he would have caught
1000. a bolt of lightning struck his
reel, melted the metal and then follow
ed his line into the water and exploded.
Barnett says that when it exploded tho
conclusion killed the entire school of
mackerel and that within five minutes
the surface of the bay was covered with
dead fish. The only one of the lot which
escaped VIII, ono OH the end of his line.
1t had swallowed the hook. The cleo
trio fluid had Strengthened the hook,
forced the point out of its stomach, and
tho current, following the steel, had
passed through tho fish into the water.
with the result stated. 1 always knew
Barnett was a good fisherman, but
never thought he had attained a past
masters degree i'll the art. New Or
leans Times Democrat.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-12
FISHING FOR PEARLS
ANEW INDUSTRY IN THE BAYous OF
ARKANSAS.

The lucky Discovery Made by o Young
Angler From St. Louis-Now tho Coun-
cry Swar1ns with Pearl Hunters, and
Excitement Is Intense.
Arkansans have Klondiko of their
own. In the bayous that limo tho river
boundary of tho static have been found
not gold. but rich deposits Of the finest and
most valuable pearls. Tho discovery is
now only II few weeks old, but already tho
excitement has spread so far that tho
packet steamers leaving Mcmphisnnd 9th
or points arc crowded with pearl hunters,
Who like tho gold hunters i'm Al ask,, have
started out to seek their fortunes. Unlike
the gold miner, the pearl hunter needs no
costly outfit. All he requires Is II chance
mt the shores of shallow lake, or pond,
and IN opportunity to poke around in tho
mud with IA stick.
Tho pearls grow on the inside of tho
shells of mussels, which nre so plentiful
IN southern waters that thoy sometimes
impede navigation, as Mt Musscl shoals In
tho Tennessee river. THOR formation Is
supposed to DO accidental, as In tho case of
those found in salt water oysters, being
duo to tho taking in of piece of grit
which becomes lodged in tho tissues of tho
mussol and finally causes the pearl to bo
formed. Tho conditions, however, must
be just right, and in soIne places where
thore aro tho most shells no pearls hnvo
over been found, whilo in other places,
where there AFRO but fow shells or none ut
all, the best pearls havo been picked up in
the largest quantities. Sometimes tho
pearls have been found still in tho shells,
but oftencr they hayc been found free
Like other valuable discoveries tho peo.
pie who might have made it long ago aro
now Disguised ut their own blindness and
negligence. Pearls of large size and great
value have been found in years pnst ut VA
rious places in tho Mississippi, but al
though the people living along tho bayous
OF tho Arkansas shore had often found
smooth white pebbles they threw them
around cnrclessly, sometimes carrying
homo IN oxtra large ono as u lnantel orna.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-12
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
AIS Odd Cuff Button-Somnambuli
Extraordinary-To Be Shot at.
Found the Kings Feather.

we are not running around looking
for jobs at mending jewelry," said q
salesman in largo Chestnut street
Jewelry house, land we don't shrek
with joy when such jobs come in to us
unsolicited. You wouldn't believe it,
possibly but we are not fond of assum-
ing charge of anything to be mended
unless 1T comes from we'll known Gus
toner. Tho greatest trouble is due to
the forgetfulness of strangers, who take
watch or ring to n certain store to
be fixed and neglect to remember the
exact address Of that store. You'd be-
surprised how many cases of that sort
we have to bother us. Why, only the
other day II man came in here and asked
II we had finished the mate for his odd
cuff button We hadn't seen his cuff
button and told him SO. He was indig-
nant. 'Whatp he yelled. Trying 10
beat me out of it?' Then he called us
all kinds of names and threatened to
bring suit against us. Well, 1 simply
had to do the usual detective business
and trace that lost cuff button put
on my hat while the man was wrang-
ling with the head of the firm and
started up Chestnut street, making i'll
quiries in all the jewelry stores. final
ly found tho old cuff button three blocks
away i'll store that didn't look at all
like ours When told tho man where
his button was he wouldn't believe INC.
Utterly impossible! he said. How
ever, he went out, and we haven't seen
him since. That's one case out of
many. "-Philadelphia Record