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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-03

Bereaved one, weeping bitter tears be-
side the empty chair, you are not alone
in your sorrow. Human woes havepre-
coded you by ages, and human woes will
last long after time has taken the smart
from your own wound. But these seem
naught to you, for they were not yOm'
sorrows. Yet, dear one, tribulation has
its place, and its value you will yet live
to see. In tears are great sorrows as
suaged, i'll tears are noble resolves
formed. Rise to. live as the vanished
one would most fondly wish! Thus
will the dead live again in the deeds of
good you do, consecrated to the memory
of the lifeless.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-03

T. F. Anthony, eX postmaster, of
Promise City, Iowa, says: az bought one
bottle of Mystic Cure for rheumatism
and two doses of it did me more good
than any medicine l ever took" Sold
by A. B. Rains, druggist, Columbia. SIN
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-03

AFTER forty-four years of active
service, Justice Field has retired
from the United States Supreme
Bench. Under the law he will draw
full salary until his death. He is
past eighty years of age.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-03

WAGERs are offered in this town
that an old Maury county boy will
be the next Governor of Tennessee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-03

"OUR Bob" does not take to the
extra idea. We have expenses
enough, without any extras.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-03

One Minute Cough Cure cures quick
ly. That's what you want. A. B. Rains.
lV
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-03

Questioning one, do you complain be-
cause God is a mystery? Would you
have Him as visible as a tree and as
tangible as a rock? Then He would be
the one underestimate thing in a
world of mystery. Your inner details,
your outer life, the two natures within
you-these are mysteries. The work
ings of the mind of the one you love,
hidden as effectually as strangers
from your own thought-this Is mys-
terry. The impossibility of a man
thoroughly understanding a woman
and Uice UerSd-this is a mystery.
Clear out of your daily life, in its
simplest details, all that is strange
fathom it all and understand it; then
may you raise querulous complainings
at the mystery that hedges around the
creator Of all mysteries.
The prisoner prayed that he might have
some light;
1t came, and showed him but his sorry
plight
The savant prayed for power to pierce
the sky;
1t came, and, dazed, he begged that he
might die.
So give us, Lord, such light as suits our
mind,
To know not over much nor wander
blind.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-03

tunity to show what man with limita-
tions can do and can dare. Transported
suddenly from where you are doing less
than your all-for that must be true if
you are grumbling and fuming-to new
circumstances that seem ideal, you will
still find reasons for discomfort. But if
where you are, you make a wholesome
blending of content, and discontent,-
content that you know your limitations
and disconnected to the extent of fitting
yourself for wider scope, the time of
fuller, more satisfactory life is prac-
ticallv certain to come. The waiting
may be long, but even if long or the
change for ever deferred, you will have
done well.
*x%
OverwOrked one, pressed with ankle
ties and harassed by those who ought
to, but do not seem to cooperate with
you, calm yourself. You are like a
tangled kite, tearing yourself to pieces
in thicket, instead of the eagle you
should be, soaring far above. You
know full well that the work you are
doing needs to be done; that it is laid
upon you to do it; and in your heart
you try to feel that the man and the
task will surely fit. Believe this with
your whole heart and little annoyances
will assume their proper size. In your
calm moments by sheer exercise of
will and your belief in your own pur-
poses will carry you far above petty
Interruptions. You are in a battle,
fight it through. Would you in such a
place pay any heed to nettles? When
the smoke has rolled away and the dust
of conflict settled you shall stand tri-
umphant beneath the silent stars. All
of life is not the present harassed
moment; there remaineth an eventide
for the solace of those who toll and
triumph. At twenty-five, James Watt,
who has transformed the world with
steam, begged for the benignity of
death, so troubled was he, yet he came
to be the sweetest, sunniest old man
you could wish to meet.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-01
OUT IN KANSAS.

The snug little State of Kansas seems to be
in a somewhat despondent mood just at present,
but she will soon wipe away her tears and re.
sume her usual good humor.
Her disappointment at the result Of the elec-
tions is pathetically poignant, and she makes
wry faces and tries to believe that the everlast-
ing smash cannot be postponed much longer,
but the ozone which comes with forty below
zero will soon brace her tangled nerves and
give her a more cheerful outlook.
She was sure that Mr. Bryan would lease the
White House for at least four years, and that,
in consequence of her pull on the administra-
ton, everybody would have fat Office and live
in clover. But that dream has been rudely
broken up, and, like Rachel of old, she refuses
to be comforted.
Jerry Simpson, the sockless statesman, is do
ing his best in the way of prophecy, and is
gracious enough to say that Kansas still has
future, dimmed, of course, by Mckinley, but
still future of moderate proportions
Why need Kansas bury her face in her hands
and weep? There is money enough under
ground to satisfy any reasonable man, even if
he is politician. Oil has been discovered IN
various localities, and natural gas enough to IL
Illuminate all the interplanetary of space if prop
erly piped More than that, she has coal mines
with such generous supply that their product
can be delivered at the mines mouth at less
than seventy cents per ton. She also enjoys
prohibition, and no one can get drink OF
whisky unless he swears that he has been Bit
ten by snake.
to wealth, and ought to stretch Thanksgiving
day up to the first of January. New York
Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-01
WANTS NO TAXES.

TACOMA, WASH, Dec. 14-Governor-elect
Rogers has issued copyrighted pamphleten-
titled "Free Land" and copy has been sent
to each member of the Legi stature, which will
meet next month. He takes the position that
free land is an "inalenable, imprescriptabe
and indestructable' right of man, and draws
lessons from the freedom and enjoyment of the
Puyallup reservation Indians, which he thinks
results from their free, unalienable and untax-
able holnesteads. His position is supported
by quotations from Emerson, Ingersoll and
Seneca. In conclusion he proposes an amend
ment to the state constitution providing that
real estate and all usual improvements, to
value of not to exceed $4,000, occupied as
homestead by any private family the head OF
which is citizen of the Udited States and this
state, shall be forever exempted from all tax
alton of every kind.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-01
BY NATIONAL BANKS.


In an address on trusts, Judge Scarritt, af-
ter making strong, clear presentation of the
dangers to our political fabric and the financial
oppression of all classes of people which result
from the various forms of this towering COM
mercal evil, fell upon the most vicious and
threatening of them all. He refers to it as fol-
lows:
"The latest and most dangerous tendedcy
toward monopoization in this country lies in
the proposition of some of our most respected,
but, it seems to me, misguided citizens, to
place the power OF issuing money in the hands
of private citizens or corporations. The power
to issue the currency of the country should
reside in the government alone. If such power
is given to individuals or corporations no re-
strictive laws would be strong enough to pre-
vent the use of that power for the benefit of
those holding it, to the detriment of the people.
The same temptation to create currency de-
nland would arise as now arises to create de-
mand for commodity. So-called elasticity of
the currency in the hands of private corpora
tons would be an iridescent dream. Its elac-
ticity would be measured by the financial in
terests of those who control the right to issue
it. 1t may be a beautiful scheme in theory.
but in practice it would be too much of strain
upon the cupidity of the recipients of such ex-
traordinary and dangerous power. monopo-
lization of the currency of the country would
be he crowning feat of the trust system in this
country, and death knell to the prosperity
and advancement of the people,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-01
Lawrence World :

Lawrence World
The failure of so many banks in this country
is serious, but really what calls for the most
alarm is the awful number of suicides. Men
become discouraged with the mad struggle for
livelihood and give up the fight. II is ap-
palling that nerve is becoming lost art. Men
used to be more manly than to take their own
lives, but it seems now that such cowardice is
the frequent resort for the man who is afraid of
starvation.
There is widespread demand for the sup
preston of trusts. The people are heartily
tired of these growing monopolies. It's alarm
ing to see the encroachments of capital and the
almost total hopelessness of individual efforts.
THERE must be legislation for the people, or
the Republican party's lease OF life will be
brief The people are demanding that some
thing be done against trusts. These trusts are
fast sapping the lfe-blood of the people. I'm
less they are checked, ruin and riot are sure to
come The Republican party is charged with
the grave duty of stopping the encroachments
of organized capital. Is is not enough to point
TO statuary enactments. The people can no
longer be fooled with laws unenforced. Let us
strike blow at the trusts and the conditions of
individual life will be easier
OAK MILLS, Atchison county, Kansas, gave
its entire ~ votes to Bryan. Send them the
banner III 81. AZ
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-01
QUITERA-KANSAS. 14e2--IS92.

OUITERA--KANSAS 14e2--IS92.
In that half-forgotten era,
With the avarice of old,
Seeking cities he was told
Had been paved with yellow gold,
In the kingdom of Quivera-
Came the restless Coronado
To the open Kansas plain,
With his knights from sunny Spain;
In an effort that, though vain,
Thrilled with boldness and bravado.
League by league, in aimless marching,
Knowing scarcely where or why,
Crossed they uplands drear and dry,
That an unprotected sky
Had for centuries been parchng.
But their expectations, eager,
Found, ins! cad of fruitful lands,
Shallow streams and shifting sands,
Where the buffalo in bands
Roalned DER deserts dry and meager
Back to scenes more trite, yet tragic,
Marched the knights with armour'd
steeds
Not for them the quiet deeds
Not for them to SOW the seeds
From which empires grow like magic.
Never land SO hunger-strlckcn
Could Latin race re-moid
They could conquer heat or cold
Die for glory or for gold
But not make desert quicken.
Thus Quivera was forsaken;
And the world forgot the place
Through the lapse of time and space.
Then the blue-eyed Saxon race
Came and bade the desert waken.
And it bade the climate vary
Aud awaiting no reply
From the elements OH high,
1t with plows besieged the sky
Vexed the heavens with the prairie.
Then the vitreous sky relented,
And the unacquanted rain
Fell upon the thirsty plain,
Whence had gone the knights of Spain,
Disappointed, discontented.
Sturdy are the Saxon faces,
AS they move along III line
Bright the rolling cutters shine,
Charging up the States incline,
Ac IN army storms a plaCiS
Into loan the sand was melted,
And the bluegrass takes the loam,
Round about the prairie home
And the locomotives roam
Over landscapes iron belted.
Cities grow where stunted birches
Rugged the shallow water-line;
And the deep ming rivers twine
Past the factory and mine,
Orchard slopes and schools and churches.
Deeper grows the soil, and truer,
More and more the prairie Teens
With a fruitage as of dreams
Clearer, deeper, flow the streams
Blander grows the sky and bluer.
We have made the state of Kansas,
And to-day she stands complete
First in freedom, first in wheat
And her future years will meet
Ripened hopes and richer stanzas.
EUGENE r. WARE, in Secretary Edwards
Aa1sasS souvenir s..'. Is 5 IS
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-01
CLEVELAND AND THE TRUSTS.

Their tendency is to crush out individual in
dependence and to hinder and prevent the free
use of human facilities aud the full develop
ment of human character. Through them the
farmer, the artisan and the small trader is ih
danger of dislodgement from the proud position
of being his own master, watchful Of all that
touches his country's prosperity, in which he
has an individual interest, in all that affects the
advantages of business, of which he is fac
tor, to be relegated to the level of mere ap-
purtenance of the great machine, with little
free will with no duty but that of passive obe-
dience, and with little hope of opportunity Of
rising in the scale of responsible and helpful
citizenship. Presidents Message.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-01

MARK HANNA is not building the cabinet.
He is merely looking over the material, and
condemning all that does not suit his plans.
Kansas City Times.
In Iowa, where Mckinley had majority of
&c 900, the Salvation Army is opening soup
houses for the relief of starving working peo-
ple.-News, Port Huron, Mich.
WHEN you were weak and was strong, |
toiled for you. Now you are strong and | am
weak. Because of my work for you, | ask
your aid ask the ballot for myself and my
SEX AS stood by you, pray you stand by
me and mine-Clara Barton to the Soldiers.
THE total vote of Kansas was 26 per ce mt OF
the total population of the state. The total
vote of the United States was $1,000 900. AS
there are about $4,000 900 people in the Unit
ed States, the total vote amounted to Is per
cent of the population. This was the largest
vote ever polled in the country. No doubt an
examination of the returns would show that
Kansas cast more votes in proportion to popn-
laton than any other state in the Unon.-To-
peka Capital.
FREE silver reform clubs are being organized
all over Kansas. They are taking the place OF
the Democratic and Bryan clubs. This ACTION
is the result of two things, viz, the recent
declaration of Senator PETER for new party
which shall combine all the silver forces of the
country and the statement of Senator Butler
which foreshadowed divorce between Popu-
lists and Democrats in future national contests.
A significant feature of the movements in Kan
sas is the dropping Of Bryan's name from free
! silver clubs. Silver Knight
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-01
THE foNTEsT BEGUN.

The World is sorry that Mr.. Harris has al
lowed the fellows to take another pull ON his
leg by filing contest for the seat in congress
that the people gave to another man. If Mr..
Harris is seated, it will be as plain case OF
steal as this co,Jntry has ever seen.
The real enc mics of the commonwealth are
the men who refuse to abide by the will of the
majority. They a menace to any kind OF a
government and dangerous to the life of the
country.
Mr.. Harris was not elected to congress from
this district. The people had fair vote, and
decided against him. For him to now ccn-
tinue the fight is to try to steal the seat.
Mr.. Harris contest can only be based on one
Ground, and that is on the friendly MAORI ty in
the house of representatives. This is po-
sitiou unworthy man of his standing.
The Republican party cannot go into another
campaign unless we do it with clean hands. 1t
is going to be hard enough to make campaign
in any event. without having it thrown in our
faces that our own candidates are seat-stealers.
There is or rly one effect this contest can have
on the position of district Judge, and tn at is it
insu-es the Seating of Mr.. Riggs. The Popu-
lists will, of 'course, rctalate in kind. 1t may
not be right, but it is politics.
World.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-01

The January Arena is the most interesting
number that has appeared in many months
1t is of special interest to legislative bodies,
physicians and lawyers on account of the ar
ticle on GA Court of Medicine aud Surgery"
written bv A. B. Choate, the prominent law
yer, at the request of leading physicians. Mt.
Choate intends to inaugurate movement
which it is believed by some of the ablest law
yers and physicians will be of as vital inpor-
tance to medicine and surgery as well as to the
public as was the movement that resulted in
the establishment of trial by jury to the public
and to the legal profession. This is the open
ing shot of campaign that will be waged from
the Arenas pages by leading physicians, sur
geons, and jurists in the near future, and that
will be carried before the Legislature in Mime
sofa and elsewhere this winter. =
IT is very cheap wit that finds it sodroll that
a woman should vote. If the wants, the
passions, the vices, are allowed full vote
through the hands of half brutal, intemperate
population, think it but fair that the virtues,
the aspirations, should be allowed a full voice
as an offset through the purest Of the people.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
SOME of the New York papers are stirring
up sectionalism with an energy and bitterness
that they will regret in 1900. Kausao1
n - 81 n ga f}l .f 374'fx.S
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-01

OAK MILLS, Atchison county, Kansas, gave
its entire ~ votes to Bryan. Send them the
banner. M n IS
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-11-04
An ENJOYABLE Reception.

One of the most enjoyable events of,
the week, ending October 23rd, was a
reception given by Mrs. E. T. Hart
and Mrs. L. Armbrust, at the residence
of Mrs. Hart on Watauga avenue. The
house is beautifully arranged for enter
tanning, and presented very attrac-
tive appearance on the afternoon men
toned. The reception hall, parlor and
dining rooms were beautifully decorated
with potted plants and cut flowers.
The dining was really quite artistic,
the decoration being yellow and white
chrysanthemums, English ivy and ferns;
they adorned every available space.
The handsome cabinet mantle was
banked with the beautiful flowers, and
the ivy and ferns were arranged grace
fully on tables pictures and curtains.
The refreshments were very dainty and
were elegantly served. The reception
was given in honor of Miss Anna Sell
lers, of Chattanooga. Miss Sellers is
a charming lady, and is quite an artist,
which is perfectly natural, as she is a
grand daughter of Charles Wilson
Peele, who was a celebrated artist in
the early part of the present century.
Mr.. Rembrant Peele, the noted Phila-
delphia artist, is also her uncle. Those
present we're: Mesdames Earnest.
Mathes, Martin, Lide, Caldwell, Ian
der, Collins, Wilson, Hurlbut, Hyde,
Hardin, Hunter, J. A. Wilson, Faw,
Crandall, Bowman, st. John, Exum,
Cure, Harris, of Brooklyn, N. Y, Wof
ford, Crowder, of Spartenburg, S. c.,
Stratton, W. P. Harris, Ward, Ponder,
P. Fl, Wofford, Waggoner, Smith, Nc
Farland, Ellsworth, Battle, S. T. Har-
ris; Misses Mae Arnell Corneal Arnell,
Ruth Allen, Brooklyn, N. Y, Sannie
Blddle, Willie Mcfarland and Matte
Johnston.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-11-04
The Democratic City Ticket.

The democrats held ward conven-
tions last Thursday evening to nomi-
nate aldermen with the following re-
suits:
First ward, s. A. Bowman; Second
ward Eli McNees; Third ward, w. A.
Dickinson.
In the Fourth ward no nomination
was made, buta meeting of the demo
Gratis in that ward will be held tonight
to put out candidate if thought best.
The gentlemen selected are simon
pure democrats and will make good city
officers. Dickinson has served the city
two terms as mayor, and McNees has
been an alderman several times. Bow
man has never served the city except as
good citizen, but like the other gen.
tlemen, is we'll up to the city's needs,
and all can be relied upon to vote for
her best interests. There are strong
indications of democratic victory
this is democratic year-and that
means good government for johnson
City.
On Friday evening following the
ward conventions mass con vention
was held at the court house and the
nominations were ratified amid a great
hurrah. Then followed the selection
of q candidate for magistrate. The
names Of j. s. Miller, J. M. Carr and
Cy H. Lyle were presented and the
work of the ballots began. The result
showed 8 for Miller, 10 for Carr and 40
for Lyle. The nomination of Lyle was
then made unanimous.
The election Of a city chairman was
next in order and Thad A. Cox was
elected to succeed himself without op-
position in recognition of his brilliant
work for his party.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-11-04

Morley Willard went down to Nash
vile last week so the Centennial could
close,
Mr.. and Mrs. s. H. Willard have
returned from visit to Bristol rela-
tives.
A little child of Courtney Cox's, on
Boones Creek, died of diphteria last
Friday.
The Misses Painter, have, been visit
ing their grandmother, Mrs. Byrd of
Jonesboro, for several days.
Sam Sherfey, the accommodating
boot black at the Eclipse barber shop,
went to Virginia last week and married
him wife. Sam has returned aud his
wife is expected to follow.
The annual conference of the United
Brethren convenes in this city today.
Bishop j, w, Hunt, d. D., LII. d. of
Dayton Ohio, presiding.
Mr.. John d. Cox, of Jonesboro has
been in the city several days this week
looking after some improvements he is
having made on his property here.
Misses Fannie Shipley, Lula Butler,
and Bessie Piper, trio OF Jonesboro's
fairest daughters, spent several days
IN the city last week, guests of Mrs. Joe
Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Hurlbut de-
sire to express their heartfelt thanks for
the many kindnesses shown them in
their late bereavement.
Mrs. r. II. Kilby, returned from Alb
ingdon, Va, last Tuesday, where she
visited relatives for the past two weeks.
Her sister, Miss Hazel Graham, accom-
panied her home and will spend a few
weeks here.
The river bridge near Deaderick's
ford on Nolachucky is about completed.
The approaches are yet to be made
before it will be open to public travel.
Ham Jones, father DR.. j. H. Jones,
died at his home on Cherokee Monday
night. He had been sick for some time,
and old age was perhaps the immediate
cause of his death. He was q candi-
date for trustee of this county in 1874
when there were quite number of
candidates in the field. Herald and
Tribune.
Rev. D. A. Glenn, wife and daughter,
of Johnson City, were calling on friends
and relatives in this this place last week.
Mr.. Glenn is pastor of the Baptist con.
gregation in Johnson City, and his
wife is niece of Mrs. E. Murphy of
this place. Herald and Tribune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-11-04
Dry Goods.
THE BEE HIVE

Hon. s. G. Williams has been in
Knoxville several days this week on
professional business.
Lynch, the pawnbroker, opposite the
Postoffice, will sell you anything in
the Clothing line cheap. See him.
Wade H. Patton has returned from
Nashville, where he has been running
as substitute mail clerk between Nash
vile and st Louis.
No cough remedy equals DIR. BELLS
PINE TAR HONEY for anybody of
any age, from infancy on through life
until they are as old as Good Old Gran
ny Metcalf. All good druggists sell it.