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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-08
hebron.

KEDRON, Oct. 4.-The sad intelligence
of the death of Mr.. Rush OvertOn reach
ed this place last Saturday. Mr.. Over
ton was an upright and intelligent
young man and good citizen, and has
many friends here who regret his death.
The clover-seed crop is scarce here
and only few made any seed.
Sorghum is turning out very well for
this dry year
Farmers are now gathering their new
crop Of corn.
1t is so dry here that the earth is
cracking open, the public roads are
deep with dust and there is a general
complaint of hard times and dust,
Mr.. j. III. Beard has recovered and re-
turned again as master of the "yard
stick at Kedron.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Parks, after
visiting Nashville friends and the Cen,
tennial, have returned home.
DR.. W. ID. Loohridge, who has been
visiting here for some time, will leave
for Texas, in company with his son,
Will, after visit TO Nashville friends
and the Centennial.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Green were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Green, near
Spring Hill, the first of this week.
SIFTINGs.
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CENTER STAR.

CENTER STAR, Oct. al will proceed
to business again, getting up few
items for the dear old HERALD.
Base ball games are the order of the
day. The Bear Creek nine is going to
play Forest Grove nine soon.
Mr. Dave y. Cooper is very sick with
pneumonia, but we hope he may be
able to be up again soon.
There will be a magic lantern show at
Aliens school house, Beechland, Oct s.
Mr.. L. A. Goslin will make the show
very interesting. Everybody should
come; admittance, adults, 10 cents, chill
dren, 10 cents.
Bro. Gray filled his appointment at
Smyrna last Sunday morning. The
church house ther- is still unfinished.
Mrs. ID. X. Minor returned Saturday,
after spending a week with Mr.. jim
Thomas and family of Knob Greek.
Mr.. Editor, our reunion at Nashville
was a great success. Hope we may
have another one next year.
ID. A. Cotfey is now working for Mr..
Sid Dooley.
The school at Glendale and Rockside
has very good attendance.
Let each spOndent endeavOr to
make our paper more interesting.
As ever, PUER.
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GOSHEN.

GOSHEN, oct. b The hot dry weather
continues, and the farmers are becom-
ing impatient for rain.
Several of the farmers are gathering
corn, and some are beginning to SOW
wheat. The corn crop is about as good
AS could be expected, considering the
dry weather.
Brother Owings will preach his last
sermon at this place next Sunday at p.
m. The majority, if not the entire cir
cult, so far as we can learn, would glad
ly receive Bro. Owings another year.
viii Roach has rented the w. H. Laid
farm, and he and his bOnny bride have
gone to housekeeping, We gladly wei
come Mr. and Mrs Roach into our midst,
and congratulate Mr.. Roach in winning
for a help-meet one of such rare and
noble principles.
will Ladd, Jr., and wife, came out
from Mt. Pleasant to attend the Roach
Evans wedding.
Mrs. Newt Packard, from Sandy Hook,
is at her fathers, Mr.. p. G. Gray's, for
her health, and will remain until the
warm weather is over.
Tom Beasley and wife, of Lick Greek,
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D0DS0N'S ACADEMY.

DoDsoN's ACADEMY, Oct. At is bet
ter late than never, so we desire to eX-
press our sincere thanks to our kind
editor for the pleasant day at the Cen
tennial 1t was greatly enjoyed by us.
Rev. ;. NJ. Gupton failed to preach on
the 18th, but will preach for us next
Sunday. morning. The Sunday-school
is growing in interest to the young peo-
pie of this place.
Little Sallie Wisener is very sick at
this writing.
Miss Snow Watson left Saturday
morning for Nashville, where she is eX-
pecting to spend the winter with her
aunt, Mrs. Parham.
The school of this place is getting
along nicely.
Sorghum making is the order of the
day.
With many good wishes for all, am
as ever the same, CLARRIssA.
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BEN.

BEN, Oct. 4.-Rev. J. p. Hudson, of
Pulaski, has been secured as pastor of
the c. p. Church at this place.
Mrs. Kit Letsinger has returned
home from a protraCted visit to her son,
Nh. Elijah Letsinger near Columbia.
Mrs. Rolan Hull, of WiIliamsport,
was the guest of Mrs. w. b. White
several days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Hicks and little
daughter, Irene, visited friends at Cross
Bridges not long since.
Mr., j. w. Hicks has been very i'll for
the past week.
Mrs. VIII White is on the sick list.
We are glad to see Joe Dawson up
again after spell of fever.
Mrs. w. c. Joyce is convalescent.
Foster Brown is better at this writing.
Mr.. II. c. Linck has been with Nash
vile friends for the past week.
Misses May Belle and Maggie Howell
will visit the Centennial this week.
Glover hulling is just over in this
vicinity, but the yield was not very
good
We are greatly in need of rain The
farmers are preparing to SOW wheat,
and the ground turns badly from the
lack of rain. PORTIA.
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NEAPOLlS.

NEAPoLIs, Oct. 4.-Mr. Tom Mahon
went to Nashville last week to have his
eyes treated.
Mrs. Frank Cowsert and children, of
Columbia, were the guests of relatives
here recently.
Mr., Hampton Davis, of Texas, was
visiting his brother, Mr.. j. X. F..
Davis, last week.
Mrs. Ed Tucker spent several days
with relatives in Columbia last week.
The following We're on the sick list
last week: Mrs. w. j. Huckaby and
little son, Martin, little Ruby Alien,
little John holland; we are glad to say
that they are all much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Q. Pipkin and little
daughter, visited Mr.. Pipkin's father
near Ben recently. l-
Mr.. II. q. Allen and family, of Nash
vile, have moved into our village.
Mr.. w. J. Aliens house came near
being burned last week, house near by
getting burnt, but with the assistance
Of the neighbors, his dwelling was
saved. NINA.
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ELECTRIC BITTERS.

Electric Bitters is medicine suited
for any season, but perhaps more gen
orally needed when the languid, eX-
hausted feeling prevails, when the
liver is torpid and sluggish and the
need of tonic and Alternative is felt. A
prompt use of this medicine has often
averted long and perhaps fatal bilious
fevers. No medicine will act more
surely in counteracting and freeing the
system from the malarial poison. Head
ache, Indigestion, constipation, dizzi-
ness yield to Electric Bitters SOC and
81 per bottle at Woodbridge II Irvines'
Drug Store. june4 ly m
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sTANDs At TIE HEAD.

Aug. J. Bogel. the leading druggist Of
Shreveport, La, says: "Dr. Kings New
Discovery is the only thing that cures
my cough, and it is the best seller
have" J. f. Campbell, merchant of
Stafford, Ariz., writes: "Dr. Kings New
Discovery is all that is claimed for it; it
never fails, and is sure cure for con-
sumption, coughs and colds. | cannot
say enough for It's merits" DR.. Kings
New Discovery for consumption, coughs
and colds is not an experiment 1t has
been tried for quarter of century,
and to-day stands at the head, 1t never
disappOints. Free trial bottles at VOL
bridge IL lrvine's drug store.
june4 ~ %
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Deafness Cannot be Curved

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets inflamed you have IA
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
nal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces. We will
give One Hundred Dollars for any case of
Deafness caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o
Sold by Druggist, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Jan. l7-3>-lm
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visited Mrs. Beasley's aunt Mrs. Bob
Pigg, and family, since our last.
Mesdames Mollie Shouse and Puss
Gidcomb, accompanied by Misses Lizzie
and Belle and Master Luther Gidcomh,
returned home last week from a few
days stay with Bigbyville relatives.
Miss Lallie Brown Ashworth, who has
been attending school there, returned
home with them.
James Blackburn has about com
pleted nice, commodious barn.
Will johnson is beginning work on a
new barn. FRANKIE.
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MAPLE MOUNT.

MArLE MOUNT, Oct 5.-The wheat
market at Goodwin for the past week
was pretty flush. Several hundred
bushels came into market A. J. Tim
mons purchased about thousand
bushels during the past week. Mr..
Bob Daugherty shipped one car of
wheat last week, and Mr.. Polk Goodwin
got in car shipment Monday. A bill
Of five cars of stock was received az
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-08

Small precautions often prevent great
mischiefs. DeWitts Little Early
Risers are very small pills in size, but
are most effective in preventing the
most serious forms of liver and stomach
troubles. They cure constipation and
headache and regulate the bowels,
A. b. Rains. 1y
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The "Bicyclist's Best Friend" is
familiar name for DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, always ready for emer-
gencies. While II specific for piles, it
also instantly relieves and cures cuts,
bruises, salt rheum, eczema and all
affections of the skin. 1t never fails.
A =. Rains, "
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Certainly you don't want to suffer
with dyspepsia, constipation, sick head
ache, sallow skin and loss of appetite.
You have never tried DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for these complaints or
you would have been cured. They are
small pills but great regulators. A. B..
Rains, ly
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CONTINUED to Seventh Page0
QUARTERLY REPORT

OF the Chairman of Maury County for the
Quarter Ending september 80, 1897.
COLUMBIA, Tenn, Sept. 30, 1897.
To the Honordpic county court Of
Marry County,
GENTLEMEN:-I herewith submit my
quarterly report for your examination
and approval. Respectfully,
f. ID. LooNEY, Chairman.
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To heal the broken and diseased It's
sues, to soothe the irritated surfaces, to
instantly relieve and to permanently
cure is the mission of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. A. b. Rains. ly
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Our Guuntq Correspondents.

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Evening star., 1897-06-12

or ignorance on the part Of letter writer's.
Perhaps the most interesting branch of
the dead letter Office is the foreign di-
vision, to which are sent all letters coming
from abroad whose addresses prove IL
legible to postmasters first handling them.
When systems Of penmanship which seek
to train boys and girls to write with a
precision that would leave no room for
individuality If strictly adhered to. were
inaugurated many Of the old teachers pre-
dicted dire results from such systems, say
ing that they would inevitably end in caus-
ing the people to write 80 nearly alike that
forgery would be easy and consequently
crime increased. But any one who visits
the dead letter office, and especially the
foreign division of that institution, will
be convinced that the years of training in
Evening star., 1897-06-12

throughout the Post Office Department as
q marvel Of keenness and intuition be-
cause of the wonderful way in which she
deciphers hieroglyphics that to others ap-
pear little Ineligible as hen scratches.
How 1t is Done.
There Is a good deal of system in Miss
Richter's work To begin with, she has ac-
cess to a library of 25O volumes Of city d.
rectories. which frequently guide her in
delivering letters. She has also a volume.
which was prepared for the use Of the Post
Office Department some years ago, which
gives the names of streets in all the prin-
cipal cities Of the United States, and shows
how high the number of houses on each
of these streets run. II frequently happens
that a relative of some newly-made Amer
icar writes from his home in the old coun
try and fails to give the name of the city
Evening star., 1897-06-12

the name. very few q thfp hsve numbers
The isdie, whose fork It ls 70 send poor;
ly and partially Addrssssd lettArt T. thelf
ia osx % Cisae G1
tner IsScrs Fhes so must e b g thos6Sss
quainted with all geographical 6nd his
torical names in the country. For instance,
lstsss tsst sf. 81 shs .sas sesrf' q
city In the vicinity Of the river that has
been made famous in song. Many towns,
but little known are named for Royernofs
and other men emine Mt In state affairs, and
way. Men establishing great businesf en-.
terpriSes generally bequeath their nAih6 to
posterity in connection with street or
avenue.
Phonetic Spelling.
The greatest difficulty in decipherins for
eign letters comes from the fact that in q
large number Of cases the writer's Of these
letters SPELL phoneticaiiy, In their endeavor
to give the name Of street. town, county
and state. when they do give all Of these
had ever learned to pronounce the names
they endeavor to spell. The trouble IL
their pronunciation is far from correct, and
their phonetics naturally are unsatiyfac-
tory. This fault in the addresses of let
ters is met by the experts at the Post Of
flee Department by q knowledge Of the
language Of the country from which the
letter comes. The people from the north Of
Europe nearly always give W the sound Of
I, 50 that when a letter reaches the for
eign division addressed to Melton at once
Newton" is suggested. and 1t goes merri-
ly on its way, and is soon delivered. The
same principle is applied in deciphering
letters coming from all parts Of the world.
and with great success. Very frequently 1t
happens that American words are translat-
ed into the language Of the sender Of the
letter. For instance, "Cayo Hueso." Span
ish for Key West. is frequently used on
letters, and 1t always leads to their de-
livery, though they are generally delayed
by being sent to the dead letter office.
Little to Work With.
The foreign division Is also supplied with
directories containing all sorts of informa
ton that might lead to the delivery Of q
partially addressed letter. A letter ad-
dressed to cashier or other officer Of a
rational or private bank, for instance,
without the name Of city or state to which
1t should go, is readily sent to its destina-
tion by reference to the directory showing
the location of all such officers.
Foreigners generally seem to have an
idea that America" is a rather contracted
place, and they frequently omit names Of
Evening star., 1897-06-12

states and counties in which they wish
their letters delivered. The fact that there
are dozens of towns called Madison. scat
tered in all parts Of the United States, does
not seem to occur to the average foreigner
and unless the name of street or possibly
the county is attached there Is little clue
to the destination Of the letter. Such let
ters are frequently delivered, however, by
the experts handling them knowing in what
parts of the United States emigrants from
the country from which the letter came
have located. -
Tuscaloosa was recently indicated on a
letter from Canada as Teake Luce, Ala,
Evening star., 1897-06-12
INTENDED FOR GILCHRIsr, ILL.

eet systems Of writing have had no ef-
feet IN causing a similarity of penmanship.
seems to demonstrate that training in
penmanship can no more make people write
alike than any training could make them
look alike.
The illegible letters coming to the for
etgn division are turned over IN an ex-
pert corps of ladies whose duty it Is to
decipher them and determine where they
should be sent for delivery. These experts
are under the direction of Miss Richter
whose service extending over a number Of
years has caused her to be regarded
Evening star., 1897-06-12

for which his letter is intended. In this
way II might happen that merely the name
and number of the street would lead to
the delivery of the letter. For instance II
letter were received with the address of
Baltimore and Paca streets. with the name
of the city left out. it would at once be sent
to Baltimore. Nd, because that Is the only
city in the United States in which streets OF
these names cross. though there are other
cities having Baltimore and Paca street.
Frequently the lame of the street is as
good an address as If the name OF the
Evening star., 1897-06-12

ress in the manufacture Of needles. Last
year the Germans exported $500. 600 pounds
OF these small but Indispensable articles,
as compared with 1,s:o,00O pounds in 1895.
AS showing the rate at which the export
side of the German business has grown, 1t
is stated that In the eight years. 1850
the shipments were 11.615,000 pounds and
in the following eight years. ending with
1895, 15.423,OOO pounds. The factories of
Aix-la-Chapelle alone produce $4,000, 600
Evening star., 1897-06-12
Women Whose Work is to Decipher
Blind Addresses.
LETTERS THAT have GONE ASfRAY
The Worst Are Those That Come
to the Foreign Division.
IN THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE

LLEGIBLE HAND
writing has made
lots of trouble. but
at no place do the
difficulties brought
about by 1t appear
greater than in the
Post ONCE Depart
ment. The dead let
ter Office. in which
hundreds Of clerks
are employed, Is a d.
rect result Of mac
curacies of penman-
ship, or forRetfulness
Evening star., 1897-06-12

city and state to which the letter is going
was attached. Terpsichore street exists
only IN New Orleans, but streets named
after Presidents are SO numerous an to be
no guide TO the city in which they are 10
Gated. President jackson was so greatly
admired that $50 streets were named after
him. 1t frequently happens that q very
high number on q street with q common
name will lead to its location. because. al
though there may be scores Of streets o9
Evening star., 1897-06-12
A Disclosure.
From the chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post.
IT rather pride myself on my treatment
Of women" he said. 'T give way to NO
one In the matter Of deep and sincere re-
spect for the sex in all the relations OF
life. Now. although Miss Brown and /
were thrown together aimos. constantly
st the seashore last summer never once
to kiss her or treat her In any but the
most respectful way. II know IT." she re-
piled. Know it," he repeated In sur
prise: did she tell yon!" 'Oh. dear no:
but she said you were q man Of no gump-
ton whatever.
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needles q week. and they arc said to be
for the most part Of superior quality. The
best outlet for these goods is China. which
In 1895 took 90 per cent Of the whole ex-
per cent In 1894. Other markets Of consid-
erable Importance are British India, France,
Great Britain, the. United States Austria
Hungary. Italy and Turkey.
Evening star., 1897-06-12

II you want anything. try An ad- In The
star. e anybody has what you wish, you
win get an answer.
Evening star., 1897-06-12

but it was promptly delivered. A glance at
many of the addresses to the uninitiated
gives no clue whatever to their meaning,
but to the experts very slight indication
Of the place to which the letter is intended
leads to its ultimate delivery. The depart
ment !nstructs postmasters to whom these
letters are sent for delivery to return the
envelopes, II possible, so that the experts
handling them will be able to see how
nearly they came to deciphering the ad-
dresses. In this way the experts are con-
stantly being trained 10 greater and great
er efficiency for their work.
Evening star., 1897-06-12

Circus, which will exhibit in Washington
Wednesday and Thursday. June q and "a.
has adopted for Its motto the "highest-class
circus in the world" and wherever 1t has
are a number of features connected with
the Wallace shows which deserve more
than passing notice. These are the Nelson
bats; the Werntx family, great trapeze
performers; the Martels, trick bicycle rid
ers; the great number Of clowns and ballet
dancers and the general way In which the
show Is put on. There are q hundred and
one things to amuse the children, while the
features enumerated above, and besides
which there are hundreds of other attrac-
tive things in the show. are more than
or ough to interest the older spectators.
Evening star., 1897-06-12

Manufacture of Needles.
From the Manufacturer.
The Germans during recent years al
said to have made very remarkable pro,
Evening star., 1897-06-12

when she sails for Europe with Miss Ada
Rehan's Company for a tour through Eng
land and Scotland, returning to America
about the first part Of November.
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-
We q eteraft1t TIE Castle Square Com
pany u youhe effhlh about whose person.
atty considerah1e inaarest sttacheS. Stew
art n one. Of tn piaaeer foot ball players
q the Country having turned out With
e9oh fffhotts plvefaA4 Billy Rhodes and
McBride. and Kan sll-around athlete. He
comes Of one OF the best-kno~n ahd most
prominent famlnes a Cleveland: Ohio. his
fathef being NS Coo Stewart. Mr. Stew
arts mother w. u4til recently president
of the ClevsaanD Sor9ets, and. is q leader In
the social Me ~ Cleveland. NJ. Stewart
has adopted tho stage through pure love
Of the all, hut he cfntiniiesi 10 take great
interest N his nd athletic pastime. He ID
q handsome yoShg fallow, and looks more
like q college .bGN it1fAn ansactor.
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vssessss has sswsaay-avs state carriages.
Evening star., 1897-06-12

Miss CCrinne Parker arrived fpom New
York Thursday night, having completed her
first season In Mr. Daly's Theaser, which
has been OF seven monthss duration. She
Win rsmaan home until the nrbt ok August,
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-13


A Portland man who left his home
and went west to get rich and grow up
with the country many years ago has
never forgotten In his SUCCESS the dear
ones he left behind and they look forward
every year to the Santa Claus who never
fails to come from far off Minnesota.
This year he brought checks to q little
army of sisters, nieoes and netR hbors
each calling for nice little sum from
leading Minnesota bank. As was entire
ly natural the recipients kept the checks
to display with other Christmas gifts.
1t didn't occur to any of them to get
them cashed till few days ago when one
of the sisters took her check to another
sister and got her to cash ii for her and
bought beautiful silk UNI brella with
the proceeds and the amateur banker put
the check with her own to put in the
bank, like good thrifty woman, for o
rainy day.
That night alas, came this dreadful
message, hot from the wires:
minneapolis, January 9th.
"Bank busted Santa Claus assigned.
Will settle in full. F"
The morning paper told the whole story
next day. The bank had gone to the
wall. The umbrella sister is laughing -
the banker sister Is pondering on the
uncertainty of worldly bliss.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-13
PERSONAL.

WilIiem e. Johnson will continue the
sale Of Johnson's Cyclopaedia in his old
territory.
Rev. C. S. Cummings Of Augusta is at
Bhe Falmouth.
The official board of the Chestnu ut
street NJ. E. church has invited Rev. DR..
Parsons to continue as the pastor OF the
church for another year. 1t is under
stood that DR.. Parsons is willing to re-
main provided the bishop is willing to
station him here again.
Col, j. &. Moore of Thomaston, is at
the Falmouth.
Mr.. e. C. Quimby Of Collins and Quinn
BIZ, the gentlemen who produced the
opera Of the Bride Of Seville. is at the
Felinouthssfor few days calling on Port
land friends