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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
He ApOlOgiZed.

"Many funny things happen
which never find their way into
print" said a holiday make, the
other day.
1.-THE last trip 1 made down to
Harwich was characterized by one
of the funniest incidents that 1 ever
ran across. There was aboard
spinster, one of the most souri, faced,
rasping-voiced, disagreeable old
females that have ever seen. She
was always giving unnecessary
trouble to the steward. At last, the
man lost his temper, and told her to
go to the devil.
The lady, in high state of indig-
nation, reported the man to the cap
tain. That gentleman told the
steward he must find out the lady
and apologize to her.
The steward consented to do So.
At luncheon he appeared, and ac-
costed the first lady at the table
thus
Were you the lady 1 told to go to
the devil?'
NO. said this lady, and several
others, all equally surprised and
amused.
At last, by a series of separate in
terrogations, he discovered the right
lady. She responded, with an in
Neutrality-suspicious. air:
Yes, 1 am the LADY,
'Ah, then, said the steward, the
captain told me to tell you that you
needn't CO."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
Golden Words.

The lover of God is a lover of men.
Religion is more a practice than a
profession.
Better live in truths tempest than
in errors ease.
Strong hearts and weak wills do
not abide together.
Think and act for yourself if you
would think for others.
No Christian should make a pub
lie exhibition of his goodness.
Mems applause is always dan
.gerous; Gods approval is always a
blessing.
Our needy neighbOr should be
able to testify as to the sincerity of
our Christian profession.
There was but one road that
passed through the Red Sea. Only
one road leads to heaven. "Straight
and narrow is the way"
A genuine article of Christianity
never yet put all the large apples on
top of the barrel and the small ones
in the bottom.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
scorched Grain For Hens.

Where hens are fed large amounts
of corn newly husked, and not
thoroughly dried, their digestive
apparatus becomes disordered
This is often remedied by heating
the corn to the point of scorching
Hens will eat this scOrched corn
quite readily, and they will be bet
ter for it. But partly-burned oats,
where the hulls are burned off and
only the blackened grains are left
are even better than scorched corn.
This is really the best way to feed
oats to hens. The hulls make the
food more bulky than is best for
them, as their crops are limited,
and the light, chaffy grain does not
give sufficient nutrition for the best
egg production.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
Agriculture.

Timothy hay has 81 per cent of dry
digestible matter, while corn fodder
has 70. Four times more starch and
sugar are found in an acre of corn
than in one from hay meadow, and,
pound for pound, it is one-fourth
more digestible. ...
With hogs the feed change from
feeding for growth to feeding for
flesh should be gradual, with no
sudden step from the pasture to the
corn crib. With the greatest care
he is fortunate who makes the
change without getting one or more
hogs ''Off" his feed. $500 FL.
The all purpose farmer never rails
es horses to sell, complaining that it
does not pay; but he never raises
what the market requires. Such
horses can always be bought cheap
er than he can raise them, while he
could sell one good drafter for enough
to buy two such.
Feeding fattening hogs more than
twice day is injurious, as well as
waste of time. If we slaughter a
hog at noon which has been full fed
in the morning, we will find much
masticated food undigested. By
evening his stomach would have
been not more than empty and ready
for fresh supply.
John Miller, of Berkeley county,
West Virginia, has just sold and
delivered 5000 barrels of apples at
$242 per barrel. They were raised on
thirty-four acres of ground, bought
by him twenty years ago at So an
acre. He expects to receive about
10000 for his entire fruit crop this
year.
Shredded fodder wastes less be-
cause it is eaten up cleaner; the re-
fuse makes better bedding; it is
easier to handle in the manure pile
it does not hurt the mouths of cat
tie; it packs more economically In
the NOW.
No grain thrives so we'll or pays SO
large profit on poor, thin land as
buckwheat. No crop reaches ma
turity in so short time; but let nc
one imagine that no care is neces'
sary in managing ones crop. Buck
wheat does best on sod.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
DObbi1ls s. EsCiass'.

Activities" in which Mr.. J. A. Riis
will write of the Police Department,
Commissioner Sheffield of the Fire
Department, Mr.. Ernest Ingersall
of Transportation Facilities" etc.,
etc.; special articles by experts on
"Child Training" and Health in
the Home;" short stories by the
best writers of fiction; and hundreds
of pages of news, reviews, and edi-
torials. The Outlook will continue
to be, as heretofore, both a weekly
"History of Our Own Times" and
monthly illustrated periodical
the two included under one sub
scription. SO a year. The Outlook
Company, 10 Astor Place, New
York ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
Tennessee Scores a victory.

The Tennessee delegates to the
meeting of State veterinarians and
live stock sanitary boards have re-
turned from st. Louis, where they
attended meeting Thursday.
When these gentlemen left for st.
Louis it was feared that the meet
ing would recommend that the en-
tire State be placed under the Texas
fever quarantine line, but they re-
turned with the glad news that only
seven additional counties were
placed under the line.
1t should be understood that this
meeting was held simply for the
purpose of making recommends
lions to the Secretary of Agriculture
in regard to fixing the quarantine
line in 1898. He may follow out the
recommendations submitted and he
may not.
The additional counties placed
under quarantine line in Tennessee
are Coffee, White, Grundy, Warren
Van Buren,, Cumberland and
Seuuatchie. Those counties already
under the quarantine line are
Shelby, Fayette, Hardin, Madison,
Chester, McNairy, Moore, Harde-
man, Henderson, Decatur, Wayne,
Lawrence, Giles, Lincoln, Franklin,
Marion, Hamilton, James, Rhea,
Perry, Bradley and Polk.-Nash-
vile American. ...
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
An Actress as an Anthnr-

Clara Morris, the emotional ac
tress, is writing a series of shorI
stories based upon incidents in he,
own life. The first of these, called
John Hickey, COachman," is to b,
published in the January Ladies'
Home Journal, and shows all tn,
marks of an experienced story.
writer. Yet it is the actress irst
story.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
The WAY Was Sublime.

Tireless Tank-Tell de boOs dat /
passed away happy, an dat de way
Nv me death wus sublime.
Wayside Willows-I'll do it, pard
but how was yer hurt;
Tireless Tank-Run over by a
loaded brewery wagOn.-Judge.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10

T. F. Anthony, ex postmaster, of
Promise City, Iowa, says: al bought one
bottle of Mystic Cure for rheumatism
and two doses of it did me more good
than any medicine / ever took" Sold
by A. B. Rains, druggist, Columbia, SIN
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10

The United States contains to-day
4,564,OO0 farms of an average size OF
1877 acres each.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10

has decided that a husband is re-
sponsible for the debts of his wife
contracted before marriage.
"How often" said Miss Miami
Brown, hit do happen dat er
thoughtless remark'll Spite de
plaisure OBJ er occasionp'
"Yassendeed, replied Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley. Zone o. de gues'es at
ouah own table stopped pap right in
de middle o. de kyahvin' ter ak i'm
whah he got de turkey"
The Chicago Tribune, having
kept the record for ten years, de-
clares that the saloon business of
United States is dire ,tly chargeable
with total of 53,436 murders be-
tween 1886 and 1896.
Crimsonback-You never hear
any one speak of the white horse
and the red-headed girl now.
Yeast-No; guess the white
horses have all died.
Perhaps it's the girls who have
| Wy Ods Ouh0Lo ObdbcSlldus
"Pa," asked a small boy recently
of his father in Ohio, "if Mr.. Nc
Kinley should die, would Mr..
Hanna still be PRESIDENT"
A man dropped his wig on the
street and boy who was following
close behind the loser picked it up
and handed it to him. Thanks,
my boy,p said the owner of the
wig. You are the first genuine
hair restorer have ever seem"
Three of the eight surviving
soldiers of the war of 1912 now upon
the pension rolls of the government
are over 100 years of age. They are
Hosea Brown, of Grants Pass, Ore,
los years old; Elijah Glenn, of
Newark, n. j., and Eleazer Smith.
of Danbury, N. H :, each lOl years
old.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10

According to the Dallas News,
Texas has $l0,000,000 worth of sheep
and only one wooden mill.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10

The distance of the earth from the
sun is about 100000 miles less in
December than it is in June.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10

The worlds annual taxes amount
to the enormous total of $4,500,000,-
900.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
CROCKERY.

Elegant Dinner Tea and Toilet Sets, Dinner Sets Dec
Grated Porcelain, piece SETS from $500 $25o I'm
ported China Decorated Dinner Sets pieces from $1,000
to $4,000 Buy your wife tor Christmas present Have
you open stock patterns in Decorated China and Po
celean. Lots of patterns to select from.
Buy Dinner Set piece by piece, and hardly miss the
money. Let us show them to you.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10

The supreme court of Indiana
holds that money lost at milling
can be recovered through the CO urts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
HURRAH FOR XMAS!
TOY AND HOLIDAY GOODS

Come and them and bring the children with you. Just
think Wagons Air Guns Tool Chests Desks Building Blocks
Iron Toys and Horns for the boys Dolls Tea Sets Toy Pianos
Doll Furniture Doll Beds Doll Trunks, Tea Tables Chairs etc.
for the girls All new goods carried from last
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
UNCALLED FOR LETTERS.

The following is the list of lettersre
naming in the post-office, for the week
ending Dec g. 1897
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
MELANGE.
Nonsense and News, Odds and End

NUHsehsb HHU NtWS' UIUs- ANU LHusi
Wise and Otherwise.
"Save a thousand weeds next
year," advises the editor of hor-
ticultural paper, "by cutting one
burdock, thistle, or plaintain Shis."
Save a thousand regrets next year
by cutting one currupt companion
this.-Youth's Companion.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10

The supreme court of Arkansas
has decided that a husband is re-
sponsible for the debts of his wife
contracted before marriage.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10

One Minute Cough Cure GU ressquick-
ly. That's what you want. a. b. Rains.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22

Druggists keep about as close watch
Of the season as any people in the world.
When the spring days appear and ladies
are thinking of putting away their furs
the drug store windows suddenly fill
with moth balls, powders and prepare
tions warranted to knock the spots of
q moth at 40 rods. When the sun gets
up little higher the moth balls disap-
pear and tan and freckle lotions and
preventives for mosquito and fly an
noyances take the public eye. When the
blazing heat of summer is with us, cool
soda with pure fruit syrup signs nestle
up against corn remedies and root beer
Packages. The fall comes on and then
the cough lozengc is Matched. Along
side il are sure cures for la grippe, colds.
influenza and toothache, while hot soda
steams md sizzles at your asking.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22
CROSS-EXAMINATION
Could Not Weaken Such Testimony
As This.
(From the KaIamazoo Teleqraph)

The following statement is one of great
interest to many citizen of Kalamazoo
and "A man rs well known as Mr.. Wallace
should carry more than ordinary weight
with our readers. Here il is as takeI
down by our representative:
My name is John A. Wallace. | an
member of the firm of j. A. Wallace 4
Co, doing business rs timers etc, AT 100
Eleanor Street, Kalamazoo, in which city
also reside For the past nine or ten months
| have been having attacks OF kidney com
plant, the pain in my back over my hip.
was very severe at times; my urinary sys
TEN was also in q bad state of derangc
ment sometimes the urine was sCanty and
then again the amount would be excessive,
and IA difficulty of passage always existed.
| heard of Doans Kidney Pills at time
when / felt that | was going To be sick,
but their use warded oil an attack, and |
am now feeling very much better; the
urinary organism has regained n normal
condition, and the terrific pain in my back
is much reduced in severity, while it is now
fast going away altogether. am con.
tinuing the use Of Doans Kidney Pills,
with positive feeling that they will effect
on me permanent and speedy cure. !
have unbounded confidence in Doans
Kidney Pills as remedy for all kidney
ailments; have good reason to be, as they
have done so much for me-
Can you ask any more than this9 Doan's
Kidney Pills are relieving more backs of
the burdens they have been forced to bear
through the kidneys than all other means
devised and, better still, they are doing
this right here in Michigan Ask any one
who has ever taken them and see what they
will say.
Doans Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
ers, price, 80 cents. Mailed by Foster.
Milburn Co.. Buffalo, n Y, sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name, DOans,
and take no other.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22
A LOUD" or TOBACCO.
How Small Thing stopped Operations
on Great War shin.

Lieut.. Emile Duboc tells an amusing
story of an event, which, he says. GER
tainly led to the downfall OF hydraulic
machinery in the French service. A
few years ago the authorities of "a great
shipbuilding firm were very much per-
turbed when the trials for turning the
turrets of a new battle ship, in the pres
ence OF the committee appointed 10 take
over the ship, were failures. a day or
two before everything had gone salts
factorily. Bet now the turret, after
some slight movements, stuck fast.
The gauges indicated the normal pres
sure; there was nothing wrong with
the turret or with the racks for rotat-
ing it; there was no perceptible leak
in any of the pipes, and it was so inn
possible TO assign any reason for the
behavior of the turret that the com
mittec had 10 go home without seeing
it revolve. That evening and the fol-
lowing day a complete overhaul was
made of the system Of piping, and it
was then discovered that one small but
important pipe was completely choked
by "quid" of chew ed tobacco, which a
workman had doubtless let fall into it
inadvertently. When this was re-
moved the turret worked as we'll as
ever. but the disquietude caused by the
want of success Of the day before was
only increased when it was discovered
how insignificant the cause had been.
From that day the naval authorities de
cded that i'm future wherever practic-
able the power for battle. ship opera
tions should be carried by wire in
stead of a steam pipe.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22
STOOD BY HER RIGHTS.
How Woman Lawyer Had the Last
Word.

Word.
The woman lawyer slammed pile OF
briefs down before the judge, accord
ing TO the New York Herald, and said:
II move to discharge the prisoner on
the ground that the prosecution have
not proved their case and that the evil
dence is irrelevant and immaterial."
Motion granted" said the Judge.
"No more dastardly outrage was ever
perpetrated," began the lawyer, than
the incarceration of this, my innocent
client. lie was engaged in the pursuit
of his daily vocation, when the strong
arm of the law descended upon him.
He"
Madam" said the judge, have l not
already told you that your motion was
granted? The prisoner is discharged"
"He was man without guile" con-
tinued the fair counselor. lie sup
ported his family as best he could. lie
was IN the midst of his family circle
when minion Of the law entered and
demanded his immediate incarcera-
ton"
"I have already decided in your
favor, madam. as I have told you
twice" drawled the Judge. What
more do you want9"
What more do I want indeed ?" cried
the woman lawyer, her face flushing 10
a crimson hue. "Why, I want TO argue
this case. stand on my constitutional
right as a woman to have the last
word. and | mean to nave il"
And she did
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22
SCANT COURTESY.
Americans Accused OF Being Rude to
Women In Sleeping Cars.


II am sorry TO have to say it," re-
marked a sleeping car conductor
reports the Washington Star, but
somehow, and have no explanation for
il, men travelling are not as courteous
and accommodating to lady travellers
as they should be.
1.-THE men who ask for all kinds Of
accommodations. when TREY have their
wives. sisters or female relatives trav-
cling with them, and they never fail
then 10 claim everything in sight, are
IN many cases the men who decline
10 give similar favors 10 other lady
passengers.
"As matter of fact, the upper
berths in n sleeping car are the best,
the best ventilated, and | think expert
ence has shown the safest in cases OF
wreck. Still, the demand is nearly al
vavs for the lower berths, because 1t
is easier 10 get into them. This is par
ticularly so with LADY, travellers.
"In my last half-dozen trips from and
back to the city have had more than
the usual percentage of lady passen-
gers. and have not succeeded in one
case in getting any of the men travel
ers 20 surrender n lower berth for ar
| upper berth. The men, being more eX
| pcrienced. secured the lower berths anc
| refused to give them up"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22
The Way TO Advance.

The following new story is told OF
the late Lord Ampthill. When he was
a Junior clerk in the foreign office, Lord
Palmerston, then foreign secretary, in
troduced an innovation whereby in
stead of being solemnly summoned by
q verbal message the clerks were eX-
pected to answer his bell. Some haugh-
" spirits rebeIed against being treated
like footmeh and tried TO organize re-
sistance, but Odo Russell, as lie then
was, refused to join the rebellious move
ment. saying that whatever method APP
prised him most quickly of Lord
Palmerston's wishes was the method
which he preferred. The aggrieved
clerks regarded him as traitor TO his
order, but he died an ambassador
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22
tn. Csroins Were Fighters.

From correspondence with Mr.. Lem
uel Healy, town clerk of Dudley, Mass.
and with persons i'll Connecticut, it 10
found that D male members of the Cor
bin family were soldiers of the Revolt
tionary war. They all JAILED from Drd'
ley, Mass, and Woodstock, Conn, the
latter at that time being a part of the
colony of Massachusetts. All are buried
near the home of their youthful days
The following are the names of the Cor
bin heroes Amesa Corbin, Asa Corbin,
Asahel Corbin, Cioment Corbin, Daniel
Corbin, David Corbin, Elijah Corbin.
Elisha Corbin, Eliphalet Corbin, Elha-
jah Corbin, John Corbin, Jonathan Cor.
bin, Moses Corbin. Peter Corbin, Wiz
liam Cor bin. -Worcester Mass. spy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22
Brooks and Farrar.

When Canon Farrar left this country
some years ago, he told Phillips Brooks
that he was going to give a farewell
lecture on his impressions of America
Brooks, who was a thorough American
and person of excellent common sense,
hid to him promptly: Don't do any
sach thing. In the first place. you have
10 impressions, and, in the second place,
they are all wrong.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22
Ayers Cherry PectoraI
Highest Honors at Worlds Fair.
Cleame the System with Ayers SarsapariIla.
cnnesls.

Nemesis is lame, but she is Of colossal
stature, and sometimes, while her sword
Is not yet unsheathed, she stretches out
her huge left arm and grasps her vic
tim. The mighty hand is invisible, but
the victim totters under the dire clutch
Slot.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22

Chicora, Pa. Herald" Richard
Vensel reports One Minute Cough Cure
the greatest success of medical science.
He told us that it cured his whole fam
lily of terrible coughs and colds, after
all other so called cures had failed en-
tirely MIR. Vensel said it assisted his
children through very bad siege of
measels. One Minute Cough Cure
makes expectoration very easy aud
rapid.
VIII. Kennels, st Louis; BIS Webb,
Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22
Road Philosophy.

Because there is mud in our streets, q
surplus Of mud, is no reason why we
should throw it at each other.
Times are hard with the farmer in
proportion as the roads are soft.
Hard roads tend to make easy money.
The most precious stones arc those
suitable for good road building
Wisdom and trap rock Inake . strong
blrphipatiaa.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22

Los A dear little child who made
home happy by its smiles. And to
think, it might have been saved had
the parents only kept in the house One
Minute Cough Cure, the infalable rem
edy for Group
VIII. Kennels, St,Louis; b. :. Webb
Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22

Minutes seem like hours when life
is at stake. Group gives no time to
send for "A doctor, delay may mean
death. One Minute Cough Cure gives
instant relief and insures recovery
The only harmless remedy that pro
duces immediate results.
VIII. Kennels, st. Louis; b. 5. Webb
Ina
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22

Constipation in its worst forms, dys-
pepsia, sick headache, billiousness and
arrangement of the liver are readily
cured by DcWitt's Little Early Risers
These little pills never grippe. Small
pill safe pill, best pill.
w. II. Kennels, st. Louis, Bl s. Webb
Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22

All The different forms Of skin trou
bes. from chapped hands to eczema
and indoent ulcers can be readily
cured By DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve,
the gCeat pile cure
w. H Kennels, st. Louis; BIS. WEBB
Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22
furniture Scratches.

When furniture gets very much scratched
and tho scratches are deep, they may be
filed up as follows: Dissolve some yellow
beeswax in sufficient turpentine to make
1t the consistency of thick treacle and ap
ply 1t to the furniture with IA WOODEN cloth
Polish briskly with ciean wooden cloth
until dry, when the wood will be much
improved in appearance. Home News
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22

The largest pure diamond, that be-
longing TO the Rajah Of Mattan, weighs
BG7 carats The one Of next greatest
weight, the Orloof or Orlotf, weighs
1913 tnratS
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22

"You are going to be tried before very
liberal Judge. said IA lawyer to his client.
II am glau Of that.
"You needn't he. If you are found
guilty, he'll give you all the penalty the
law allows. Detroit Free Press
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22

A torpid liver means a bad complex
ion. bad breath, indigestion and fire.
quent headaches. To avoid such com
panions take DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills.
w. II. Kennels, St. Louis; B ). Webb
Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22
Learning the Lesson.

Hubby-When l first got married, l
determined to have no large items OF
expense in housekeeping, but l find aft
or all that it is the little things that
count.
Batch-How many have your
Hubby-I have four. Detroit Free
Press.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-22

al am an old soldier OF the rebellion.
A year ago | was in bed all winter
with chronic rheumatism. Three doc
tors failed TO give me relief Two
bottles of Burdock Blood Biltcrs put
me on my feet. 1t is worth its weight
in gold" W. b. Knapp, Litchfield,
Hillsdale county, Mich.