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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-19
HAMPSHIRE.
verse.

HAMPSHIRE, Feb. l6-From the APP
pearance of the weather, winter has
passed and the bright sunny days Of
spring have begun. Some of the far
mers have already begun to plant their
gardens.
On Sunday morning, February !, the
soul of Mr.. George Patton took its
flight to world above. He left be-
hind him a wife, two children, father,
mother. three sisters and brother, be-
side many other relatives and friends.
ONLY few days before his death, his
father, Mr.. Tom Patton, unfortunately
fell, and broke his arm. We hope he
will soon recover.
Bro. w. II. Beasley filled his regular
appointment here Sunday morning.
His text was the 10th verse of the LIST
chapter of st. John.
Mrs. viii Jones, nee Miss Flora
Spencer, former resident of this neigh
borhood, and who married a few years
ago and went with her husband to
Texas, returned TO her old home last
Friday evening. Her husband will be
here i'm few weeks. They are going
to live with her uncle, Mr.. Felix Bell.
The Epworth League will have a
business meeting next wednesday
night. Feb. II. The League is doing
With very best wishes for the HERALD
and its many readers, l am the same,
THELMA.
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In general order issued recently the
president virtually recognizes tobacco
as an article essential to the well being
and sustenance Of the soldier in times
of great eKertion, as well as in times Of
peace and routine. The order, which
emanates from the war department,
reads as follows:
"Under the authority vested in him
by section 1146, revised statutes, the
president hereby establishes an emer.
gency ration for troops operating for
short periods under circumstances which
require them to depend upon supplies
carried upon their persons Its compo-
nent parts are as follows: Bacon, 10
ounces; hard bread, ! 6 ounces pea meal,
ounces or an equivalent in approved
material for making soup; coffee, roast
ed and ground, 2 ounces, or tea, half an
ounce; saccharin, grains; salt. GA
ounce; pepper, A ounce; tobacco, half an
ounce"
The secretary of war directs that this
emergency ration be resorted to only on
occasions arising in active operations
when the use of the regularly establish
ed ration may be impracticable; that,
although its nutritive qualities permit
its use on half allowance, it will not be
so used except in cases of overriding ne
cessity and never for longer period
than ten days, and that not more than
five days emergency rations be carried
on the person at one time.
BY order Of the secretary of war, the
subsistence department will provide
tough paraffin paper for wrapping the
bacon; will furnish hard bread in grease
proof packages the pea meal in cylin.
drical packages, and the coffee, tea,
saccharin, salt, pepper and tobacco in
suitable packages. w ashington Star,
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BIGBYVILLE.

BIGBYvILLE, Feb. l7.-Our letter must
necessarily be brief, as items are at
premium this week. However, as we
never like to let good thing pass, the
concert has especially called us forth.
Never i'm the history of our cOmmu-
nity has a larger, better behaved and
more appreciative audience assembled 10
witness the performance of an amateur
club, than the one that greeted the
young people of Hopewell community
on last Friday night at the BigbyNille
Academy. The scenery was arranged
very tastefully, and reflected credit
anon the management The house was
literally packed to overlooking, ana
from the moment to curtain rose TO the
conclusion of the play, the most marked
attention was accorded the actors, VINO
ali performed their respective parts IN
an exceedingly creditable manner.
TO euloCiZe one. would be an injustice
to the others, and were this duty I'M
posed upon us, we would not know
where to begin, as every one was SO
nearly perfect. Success was assured
from The first and an invitation was
rendered the club to favor Mccain :
Academy with this play on FRIDAY
,night,the 10Th. The invitation was ac-
.cepted and the announcement was &C
,cordingly made. -,... ,,.as
A very pleasant entertainment was
given at the home of Mr.. and MIS- >: L.
Thomas on last Monday evening
Fruits were served at the appropriate
hour. Excellent music was furnished
bv the Bigbyville band and everything
conspired for the happiness OF those -
fortunate as TO be present, ,,,,
Miss Georgia Taylor, a lovely y2pIms
lady OF Columbia, visited Miss RINK
Gordon few days last week.
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"Frankie" froze out during the cold
spell, we put in our appearance this
week.
Grip has about ceased troubling our
people, but diseases now prevail in this
and adjacent neighborhoods.
Farmers are getting anxious for good
weather, so they may make ready for
planting the crops. 1t seems that the
ground hogs weather prediction has
equaled Hicks or De Woes so far.
Van b. Shouse is getting along very
well with his broken leg. He can hob
BILE about little on crutches.
Mr.. Walter Johnson and wife have
been smiling over the arrival of a wee
little miss who has come to gladden.
their home.
r. d. Blackburn is repairing a house
near his fathers dwelling and will go
to housekeeping soon.
Mrs. Emma Roach is visiting rela-
tives in Marshall county.
Mrs. Cora Booker is spending while
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
Black burn.
Fleming Jarratt and Johnnie Elem
ing are on visit to Marshall county.
Miss Lizzie Gidcomb has gone to
Bigbyville to attend school.
We are sorry to report Mrs. w. p,
Oakley on the sick list. We wish her a
speedy recovery.
Clarke Gidcomb, of Bigbyville, is
paving Goshen relatives short visit.
Our prayer-meeting is moving alcng
nicely. Although small in number, the
interest is increasing, and we are eX.
pecting a larger attendance when the
weather gets better and measles sub
side.
Bro. Owings preached fine sermon
this afternoon. Text, 4th Psalms, 18th
verse. FRANKIE.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-19
THE ORIENTAL PEDDLER.
The Hawker of the East Adopts the Gam
bling System.

The Hawker OF the East Adopts the Gam
bling System.
The hawker of the east is picturesque
in costume and Of many nationalities.
His sunny smile and white cleaning
teeth are of the very essence of the blue
sky overhead. He does not stand still in
the street and appeal to passersby to buy
hiswa He fits from cafe to cafe and
interviews loungers smoking their mar
giles in the open air. He adopts the
gambling system as being a more direct
appeal to human passions. In his hand
he carries lucky bag. When he enters
a cafe, he invites you to dip your hand
in the bag and try your luck for pair Of
live turkeys, a beautiful Egyptian shawl
shimmering with gold or silver en-
broidery, or some other of the many
ornaments peculiar to the east. 1t is diff
cult to resist his persuasive eloquence.
The method of procedure is this: In
his lucky bag the hawker carries 200
numbers. The figures are neatly inscrib-
ed on small slips of stiff paper. These
are rolled and curled up in the lucky
bag, which resembles a pillow case more
than anything else. When the peddler
enters the cafe, his quick eye soon de-
tects likely customer To start by do
ing a trade will greatly enhance his
chances with others. Terms are arrang-
I ed, say three tries for half franc.
Then you guess, perhaps three times, at
the lucky number, say between 100 and
100, as arranged.
On drawing the first number you pay
down your half franc OF course the
odds are very much against you. The
! hawkers m Cairo and Alexandria make
very fair harvest when these cities are
full AS much as Is to IS francs for q
turkey which costs 5 francs is pretty
good profit. Somebody, of course, wins
it IN the long run
The articles disposed of in this way
comprise boxes of splendid peaches and
other fruits, soap, flowers in great va.
riety, plants and the beautiful poin-
settia, turkeys and other live stock,
game IN season, fish, dates, great va
riety of ornaments, cunning devices in
clocks, furniture, etc.
There is another side to the picture.
The eastern hawker would not be con-
tent with the mere gamble for a lucky
number without exercising his natural
ingenuity. While he is talking to
would be ''flutterer" he drops his hand
into the bag and begins shaking up the
numbers. These. it should be explained,
are made up in patches of tens and
twenties, which are composed of a
slightly different qualities of paper. In
the bag is false bottom. SO delicate is
Hassan or Abduls touch that he can
distinguish one batch from the other
with his hand. Instantly you select your
numbers he switches them off into the
reserved compartment. You may easily
be tricked half a dozen times in this
way without knowing it. The face of
the hawker on such occasions is a study
Never for moment does he relax his
attention to you His smile is sunny as
the eastern morn. His respectful gra-
ciousness never leaves him. Pearson
Magazine
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-19
Tho Snnreme Court.

"The judges Of the United States
courts have, with rare exceptions, been
men Of excellent legal ability and Of
high character, writes ex-President
Harrison in The Ladies Home Journal.
1.-THE bar has sometimes complained
that judges were arbitrary and not al
ways as suave and respectful in their
treatment of the members of the bar as
they ought to be. Perhaps there has
been in particular cases ground for such
complaints, but the cases have been
few Manifestations of rudeness and
passion are inexcusable in a judge. He
must be deferential if he expects defer
ence. He should be patient and even
tempered, for the case is sure to go his
way in his own court. And, on the 9TH
er hand, the bar should always give its
powerful aid to support the influence of
the courts, for the judicial department
is the keystone Of our government and
assaults upon it threaten the whole
structure of the stately arch"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-19
McCAINS.

MCCAINs, Feb. l6.-The golden moon
has assembled the Eastern hill, and is
now casting its bright beams oyer the
earth. 1t is almost like dreamy sum
mer night. No painter could paint
such a beautiful moonlight scene, for
the PAINTER only paints the shadows of
beaiItv on his canvass. The faint echo
Of fine wOoing voice Of music has Just
died away, and we will try and collect
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS,

H. o. Fulton, Trustee, to Florence
Fleming, lot in Columbia, 500.
Fannie Jones to Elvira Harlan, lot in
Mt Pleasant gift.
Richard Porter to Mary Webster ct al -,
lot in Macedonia, gift.
c. A. Walters to d. F. Fitzgerald, lot
in Santa Fe $50.
d. r. Fitzgerald, to Burbon Anderson,
lot in Santa Fe, 5000
A. J. Hill to r. NJ. Brady, 10 acres in
LIST district, 800.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-19
Ha,d StarYa.

81 don't see how Jolly lives with that
rich wife Of his. She's Tartar. "
1T would be a good deal harder to
explain how he could live without her. I"
Detroit Free Press.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-19

What is called elm dust is really the
seeds of the tree, which ripen before the
leaves are perfectly formed
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-19
GOSHEN.

GOSHEN, Feb. l6.-For fear some OF
the HERALD readers may conclude tha'
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-04-03
STUDIES FROM THE MODEL

1t was a very hot day. The sun pour
ed down on the pavement and the stone
sidewalk. a dry, dusty wind came from
the south. blowing in a most exasperat-
ing manner and growing stronger and
hotter every minute.
I stood on the corner waiting for my
car. The car is always late on dis
agreeable days. and the shade is always
on the opposite corner
Ought To be here now i grumbied.
And hasn't even gone up yet
leaned against the telephone post
and stopped trying to keep cool Little
riIls of perspiratiOn rolled down my
dusty cheeks. My hair. loosened from
the invisible hairpins, flew wildly about;
all the curl in it gone. My hat was tilt
ed gracefully on one side of my head
and my veil had become loosened and
was waving frantically. Altogether.
was very uncomfortable. j closed my
eyes lazily. Suddenly i opened them
very wide and turned at the sound OF
excited voices behind me.
An Italian. standing before his fruit
stand was waving his arms wildly aloft.
and talking in his own language at the
top of his voice.
Beside him. equally excited, was a
woman, evidently his mother.
She was very stout and in her exer-
tons to keep up with her son both in
flow of words and rapid gesticulations.
she made me more uncomfortable than
ever.
They were too busy to notice me and
so had the benefit Of their quarrel all
To myself. and although could not un-
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-04-03

stout homeIy woman. with face set
like a tragedy mask.
She came first TO the four higher
grades in the large upper hall. She
stalked slowly to the middle of the floor.
cleared her throat and began the ex-
ercises in "A deep. loud voice that could
be heard all over the building The
more advanced pupils succeeded very
well and caught the patriotic spirit. but
when she came To the little ones the
elocution teacher was fOrcd To lift her
voice and to enter into lengthy explain
ations
Then the exercises began. The little
ton. awed by the solemn face and deep
tones of the pudgy elocution teacher.
She carried the exercises straight
through, and the children did their
part as best they could.
Unfortunately. she had omitted to tell
them about the salute. When she came
to that part of the program she drew
herself up. and throwing all her voice
into the word. shouted
"S-a-y-lute"'
There was a GREATNESS little pause
Then one hundred shrin voices
screamed
Lutte HARRIET COOKE
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-04-03
STORIES BY AMY BRUNER
ARTIFICIAL VIOLEIS.

1t is the fashion now to wear aru'
fetal yiolets-buuches OF them on your
coat. or hat, around your neck. or on
your cape-anywhere. Blue and pur
ple flowers, and green leaves in the
writer.
There can Re nothing more striking
than a girl dressed in furs, walking
through the snow, with a wreath OF
violets around her. neck, and knots OF
purple blossoms on her sealskin muff.
1t is a pretty sight, but is it altogether
pleasant?
cannot cay. 1t is hard for me to
decide whether the violets blooming on
winter hats and fur capas. by their
supeestiveness Of springtime, soften the
cutting wird, or whether by the fal:e
vision of green violet haunts, they
make the winter seem by contrast, all
the more cold and bleak.
Perhaps someone else may have de-
cided.
NOTHING.
His heart was beating fast. He was
90 dizzy he could hardly star d. He had
not been so few minutes ago. 1t was
broad daylight-most certainly, Tor
dinner was over but half hour before.
The room he was in WAS small and
scantily furnished, the typical cheap
hotel bedroom. There were no secret
panels in the .xhiteN ashed walls. no
stuffed sofa in the corner, no long cur,
tain about the bed there was no place
where ghosts might hide. A mouse
could 10. escape without being seen, and
vet he was trembling. ard cold. and
doubted his senses. He had seen
creature-there was no such thing In
existence,-it had touched his hand
with it's cod, eoft-surely it was not
bands 1t had eyes,-it had form, but
not an animals'- then it was gone. The
sun shone through the narrow windcw
The CASTLE soap IN the washstand look
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-04-03

derstand anything they said. their ges-
Finally he stopped for lack Of breath,
and she. taking advantage of this. said
something in a loud, emphatic tone and
extended her fat. pudgy hand. He look
cd at her in despair and then reaching
into his pocket dropped some small
change into her hand. slight look Of
triumph came over her face and she
deliberately held out her hand for more.
first dropping the money into a huge
pocket in her apron.
Then the quarrel began all over again.
And once more in great wrath he gave
her half d dollar
More" her looks. hands and words
said He gave her a dollar and some
small change But this was all. She
insisted. but he shook his head decided
ly and finally. with an impatient ges-
ture, turned his trouser pockets inside
out.
Satisfied. and with one parting look
of triumph. she waddled off. jingling
her hard-earned money.
He drew a long breath and mOpped
his face slowly with his red handker-
chief Then assuring himself that she
was out of sight, he smiled slyly and
with a look of victory after a struggle
took from his waistcoat pocket a little
roll Of bills and gazed upon them low
ingly.
And I almost missed the car
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-04-03

day celebration and what a success the
school children made of their part of
the programme.
Indeed. they deserve much more
praise than they received. for they real
ly worked very hard in preparing il.
for weeks before the eventful day. les
sons were a secondary consideration.
Twice or three times a week the elo-
cution teacher came. She was short
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-04-03

ed like striped red stone. He had
seen something. 1t was gone. He be-
lieved it was true No one else would
think SO. He prayed he would never
see that thing again.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-04-03
MY UMBRELLA.

I've hunted for il round and round
And found my time misspent
For. when it's nowhere TO b. found.
i know for sure it's Lent
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-04-03

Black mchair grenadine, 10 in. wide per yard
Black mohair and silk grenadine, handsome de
Al silk grenadines, "A IN. wide per yard SIPS,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-09
ANOTHER S. & ". BOARD CANDIDATE
Counsellor Angel Mentioned = Inn
proponents Passed.

The Street and Water Commissioners
held a short session yesterday afternoon.
The Board consists of foul members only
Mayor Wanser not yet having appointed a
successor to John c. Kaiser. The meet
ing was largely attended by politicians
who apparently expected to see MI. Kali
ser's successor. In this respect they were
disappointed. The newest man mention
ed for the place is Counsellor Frank Angel
of Lafayette. He is being pushed forward
for the vacant commissionership by Water
Registrar Lawrence Broderick and sew
eral other prominent Lafayette people.
The business of yesterdays session con-
sisted principly in reception of bids for
the construction of sewers in Sherman
and Palisade avenue and the improve
ments. of Runyon and Garfield avenues.
l.. w. Wilson, an empfoye at Belleville
notified the Board that being a veteran
he proposes ~disputing his dismissal from
Belleville. The case was referred. to the
Corporation Counsel.
Applications were received for the inn
provement of Lembeck avenue and Leon
ard street. Subsequently, specifications
were adopted for the respective improve
ments. Specifications were also adopted
for the delivery of about LOCO tons of soft
coal at the High Service pumping station.
The Secaucus road was accepted as COM
plete. James Ormsby, reservoir ender
was dismissed. He was the only man
whose official head was cut off who is en-
ployed in the Water Department.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-09
WHAT rs MANS DESIRE.
DIR. Guilds Lecture Before IL
gEE.anaonhieal Snoso4r -.

OEs Wul1O<H k<CEtuE0 0eBOEe ln6
Theesophical Society.
Free public meetings of the Jersey City
Theosophical Society are held Monday
evenings at their headquarters, Nc %
Virginia avenue.
Last night DR.. e. d. Guild lectured
upon "Reincarnation, or Successive Lives
on Earth, " in the Jersey City Theosophi-
cal Society's rooms, Virginia avenue.
In the course of his lecture he said
Immortal life is the desire of all men;
but few stop to ask themselves what
sort of an immortality it is they desire.
The doctrine of the resurrection of the
body would imply the Immortality of the
physical man, which besides being impos-
sible would certainly be undesirable. The
soul dwells in the body-is imprisoned in
it. Incarnation is actual Incarnation.
The body, with all its beautiful mech
anism, its fitness and a~daptability to the
use of the soul, is yet and must ever be
an imperfect instrument for the express
sion of the self who lives behind the
veil The immortality to be desired is
the Immortality Of the soul. This is to
be attained by the incarnation and re-
incarnation of the eternal self.
."R~einearnation Is the law of develop
ment, the path of the SOU up the noun
tain Of experience to the summit-individ-
ual spiritual consciousness 1t is through
reincarnation that the oul expresses the
knowledge of Its own nature. 1t is not a
theory, but a fact Of which each may
become conscious. 1t is also a means by
which the soul may consciously work
out its own salvation'-that is, attain to
final liberation. Only through reincarna-
vine and attain unto the full stature of
manhood in the ChriStoS.o
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-09
< ALE TIE CAUSE.
Arlstocratic owners OF Houseboats
in Court Today.

6&k ASsO~A &tkS
In Court Today.
Ellen Giles, a woman with an irrepres-
sible tongue and a copious flow of lam
guage, was tried in the General Sessions
Court yesterday afternoon for assault and
battery on Ellen Uldrich. The Giles wom-
an lives on a ana boat at the foot of
Nineteenth street, W~eehawken. 1t was
suggested at the opening of the trial that
Mrs. Uldrich also lived on a canal boat;
but she Indignantly resented. the insinu-
alton, and said she lived on a pontoon.
She described the pontoon a. a small
building erected on. a float.
The testimony developed the fact that
the foundation of the trouble was mixed
ale. Mrs. Giles filed up on mixed ale,
and then her husband beat her. She de-
termined to have some mixed ale. AS
he was crossing Mrs. Uldrich's pontoon
Canal boat, Mrs. Giles called it,, with
a a in one hand and ten cents in the
other, her husband struck her, and the
ten cents fell out of her hand It rolled
behind Mrs. Uldrich's water barrel, and
while Mrs. Giles was looking for it Mrs.
Uldrich came out of her cabin and a bat
tie royal nsued
Mrs. Uldrich said that Mrs. Giles grab
bed her by the hair and wiped up the
deck with her. Mrs. Giles said that her
husband beats her continuously, except
when she is in jail, which is very fire.
quently. She denied that she assaulted
sympathy of the jury and they acquitted
hnrs aA-A M
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-09
DIs0RDERLY HOUSE CASES IN COURT

Two women, one white and the other
black, were tried in the General Sessions
Court today for keeping disorderly
houses. Ellen Tully, the white
whose alleged disorderly house was at
No. 1862 Fourth street, Hoboken, was tried
first. Several policemen and citizens tes-
tilted that they saw beer carried into the
house and Intoxicated men going in and
out occasionally. Judge Hudspeth did not
think the evidence sufficient to convict
and directed an acquittal.
Ella johnson was not SO fortunate. The
testimony showed that she occupied two
rooms on the top floor of No. SO York
street, and they were the resort of whites
blacks of both sexes. She had an
other colored woman in the house. When
Captain Cox raided the place he captured
the two women, two colored men and
two white men. A fifth man escaped by
jumping through the window. Mrs. John
son declared that she was a respectable.
Woodworking, married woman, but the
jury convicted her,