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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18
Just Arrived.

Another car load of rough granite
from the celebrated quarries Of Bar
re, VT. With new steam plant and
practical workmen, you can get the
best stock and finish at "The Column
bia Marble and Granite Works.
corner Sixth and Embargo Streets.
Telephone No. 81. Il,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18
New Plumbing Establishment.

For plumbing, gas and steam fit
ting, promptly attended to at rea-
sonable rates, call on
PRESTON & KLIsER,
Bethel House Basement.
febll-4t
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SEEDS !! SEEDS 5! SEEDS

Don't fail to see US before you buy
your field and garden seeds. We
have a full line Of
Glover,
Timothy,
Red Top,
Orchard Grass,
Blue Grass,
Clay Peas,
Whipporwill Peas,
Burt Oats,
Northern white and black oats, onion
sets, etc., and everything usually
kept in the field seed line.
FrierSOn & Embry.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18

Patronize home industry by buy
lag "Blue Seal" and "Everbright''
flour. Home labor. Home capital.
Home products.
COLUMBIA MILL & ELEVATOR Co.
ian284t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18
Sold at Auction

South Side Park was sold at pub
lie auction on the square last Mon
day under trust deed executed to
Geo. L. Thomas. Mr.. ]. j. Fleming
bid off the property for 1900.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18
Notice!

All grocers keep "Blue Seal'' and
"Everbright" flour. Insist upon
the "Blue Seal" brdnd-guaranteed
the finest.
COLUMBIA MILL & ELEVATOR Co.
iAn28-4t -.--L-L II
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Berkshire Boar for Sale.

1 have a registered Berkshire boar
about years old for sale cheap,
Apply or address, Ed. LooNEY.
feb4 It
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WANTED!
Five Hundred

HORSES 20 sell at the TN ANNUAL
Spring Sale of SHELTON q DALE,
Proprietors of the Tennessee Sale
Agency, to be held the second week
in April at South Side Park.
Entries Will Close March 10Th.
For blanks, or further information,
call on or address,
JOHN T.. McGAW, DR., Secretary,
jan287t Tennessee Sale Agency.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18
Gartner & Leneate

do a genuine plumbing business.
Satisfaction guaranteed, at the
lowest prices. Give them call. 2t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18

Be sure to read our list carefully
this time or you will miss the
good things that will be on sale
here.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18
AS EVERYBODY
HASN'T A DOLLAR,
See What 25cl' B %l,.

70 bars good soap.
10 boxes good washing powder.
Z bars LenoX Soap.
Glib key Soda.
New garden seeds just received
w. w. DENNIS,
South Main Street, near Square.
ian7
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18
HOuse DestrOyed.

The residence of Mr.. Will Parks,
near Mallard, was destroyed by fire
one day last week.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18

GarWOOd's SarsapariIIa-ror the blood
guaranteed to cure. A. B. RAINS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18
A Pink Ten.

One of the most charming and ele-
CANT functions Of the season was the
tea given by Mrs. John w. Fry, last
evening. The spacious hall was
deliberately decorated in red, the
drawing-room in yellow, and the
dining-room in pink and white, the
choice blossoms of Nashville's for
lists being used throughout. A most
elaborate and enticing menu was
beautifully served, and the hostess
proved herself quite skillful in the
art of entertaining. Those present
were: Miss Bettison, Miss Schu-
Ter, Miss Purvis, Mrs. Francis
Shoup, Mrs. Mary Hine, Miss Rosa
Barnett, Mrs. Carmack, Mrs. E. f.
McLemore, Mrs. Joe F. Brownlow,
Miss Mary Lamb, Miss jamie Elan,
Mrs. Ida Scott, Mrs. f. d. Lander,
and Mrs. Fry.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18

At her home, in Spring Hill, Miss
Lazinka Brown gave a musical last
night to house party she is enter
tanning. Among the guests from
Nashville are Miss Emma Hicks,
Miss Julia Malone and Miss Eva
Polk.-Saturday's American.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18
Sam Jones
Bishop Ouintard Dead.

WHITE Il DAIMwOOD.
Bell Telephone "a. North Main Street.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18

Miss Mary Greer entertained at
her elegant home at the Arsenal last
Friday night. The house was charm
ingly decorated in carnations, hya-
cinths, violets and potted plants.
several hours were happily spent in
dancing, after which elegant re-
freshments were served.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18

u IIs x tnIs famOus remedy x II Rs 80 6y
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-18

Miss Lille Roberts gave delight
full entertainment to number of
her friends on st. Valentines night.
Several hours were spent in most
enjoyable manner, and refreshments
of an enticing nature were served.
Those in attendance were: Misses
Louise Yoest, Lottie wilkins, Annie
Lou Houser, Hattie Wilson, Carrie
Barker, Emma Pickens, 10 Foster;
Messrs. Thos. Cunningham, G. B.
Easley, Oscar Dortch, Walter Adj
kisson, j. p. Slayden, Chas. Salman,
Ashby Wilkins and DR.. Bray.
Miss Virginia Webster gave an
informal chatting dish party last
Monday evening, complimentary
to her guest, Miss Sarah Dement,, Of
Huntsville. Those present were:
Miss Virginia Carpenter and Sam
Harlan; Miss Dement, and Allison
Webster; Miss Webster and Will
liam Evans.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-24
LATEST PORTRAIT.

should prefer the hero of Washing
TONS birthdays and of the Fourth of
July orators to the real man who is
our Pater Patriae. Preferring the
man OF flesh and blood to the man of
myth and legend, he set about strip
ping him of these sentimental trap
pings.
Behold" says he, when he b done,
our national hero. A great man, to be
sure, but no paragon-in his private
: life, at least. A man against whom
calumny and SANDER blew, but who
remained unsmirched. A man of
valor in the field, yet one who shrunk
from the publicity of public life. A
man who held the helm Of state with
an iron hand, who fumbled his inaug-
urat1on address,. A man whose sense
OF propriety constrained him in AFTER
life, when he knew that he had en-
rolled himself among the immortals,
TO undertake the revision of his pri-
vate correspondence, so that posterity
might not laugh at his awkward Eng
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-24
improvement In Public Morals.


elm respect of improving social or
ganization it is true that the world
grows better; out it is not true that the
people composing the world are bet
ter" Such is frequently expressed
opinion, the absurdity of which lies
close to the surface. Morals are the
measure Of certain progress in good
of that which ministers to the profit
and pleasure of society. The truth is
that morals in the United States,
judged by experience or generally ac-
cepted revelation, are higher and pur-
er than in any previous century, and
that the full Incorporation of ideal law
in moral practice is not altogether an
iridescent dream. Perfectly trust
worthy statistics Of criminal juris-
prudence throughout all the decades
Of the nineteenth century do not exist.
Carefully considered statements, how
ever, are practically truthful. Crime
against person, property and public
welfare does not increase. Compare
son of moral characteristics Of the
leading peoples of the world in 1897
with those of the same commonweals
in the eighteenth and first half of the
nineteenth century discovers won
drously beneficent change.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-24
Washington az q Dre..er.

IN his youth, and even during tho
revolution, Washington was a good
deal OF a dandy. He gave his tailors
minute instructions as to the number
OF button holes desired on his coat
front, and for the cutting Of the waist
He had weakness for blue and purple
broadcloth, silver and lace trimmin gs
and rufhed shirts. During his later
years, however, Washington dressed
more modestly, and always in good
taste. In his personal appearance he
was exceptionally clean and neat. He
is described as tall and well propor-
toned and Of commanding presence.
His feet were unusually large. Though
he wore false teeth and his large-fea-
tured face was colorless and pitted
from smallpox, he was considered
handsome. Ills carriage was always
dignitied and graceful. Prominent
Englishmen, Frenchmen and Ameri-
cans of that period who saw him fire.
quently and under varying conditions,
unite in declaring his department
"easy, erect, and NOBLE"
Washington was fond OF a good time
with congenial companions, AS is shown
by an expense account entry in his
diary now preserved in the state de-
partment at the national capital, which
reads: ITO jamboree at Charlottes-
burg, N. c., a13.." q
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-24
CATERS HA We CALL.
ALL THE RAGE WITH THE
WOMEN THESE DAYS.
protect Delicate Ankles from Dampness
and Cold, and Give the Walker Much
Needed Support - Heavy Articles
Required. "a

Recent statements by physicians
that, in their opinion, the majority Of
women contract cold through the an
kles more easily than through any
other part of the body have caused a
big increase in the number of over
gauters sold during the last few weeks.
says the New York Herald. One of the
broadway shoemakers told me that he
had never sold SO many CATERS to wom-
en- before and that the demand had
come upon him so suddenly and unex-
pectedly that for a few DAYS he had
been very much rushed to, meet it.
When I asked his opinion of the cause
OF this new fad, he said: "The bicycle
boot. Women who ride a wheel and
who have become accustomed to the
support and protection of a bicycle
boot nave been sensible enough to an
preciate it's good qualities. But, of
course, with a handsome tailor-made
gown bicycle boot is out Of the ques-
ton and consequently it was necessary
to lind a substitute for the clumsy
leather covering. 7 do not mean to
say that the bicycle boot is clumsy.
On wheel it is everything that can
be desired, but when you add the
weight Of heavy silk-lined cloth skirt
and under petticoats to the boot it
makes walking anything but a COM
tort. Then, again, there are many
women who have a horror of a. wheel
and would not don single article con-
nected with the obnoxious machine,
who would not wear bicycle boot
and yet who clamor for something
Which would protect their ankles.
Women's skirts, no matter how clever
~ manipulated, are bound to become
more or less damp and will naturally
ruo against the stocking. If a woman
is out for two or three hours in the
rain, when she gets home she finds the
tops OF her shoes wet from contact with
her damp skirts. Now, in order to get
over this last difficulty we have been
making our CATERS this winter of
heavy ribbed silk, black, as a rule,
lined with thin wool, and fitted careful
1y over the instep and ankle. The
gaiter is cut high and fits perfectly. It
is very modish and swell and has taken
wonderfully. We make cheaper grade
in black cloth and also some in pretty
soft tan and mode shades, but these
do not sell so readily, for foot larger
than 3 A or B is not improved by
the light colored overgaiters.'' So to
be swell the up-to-date woman must
don pair of these modish CATERS, and,
apart from their being just the thing,
the comfort she will derive from them
will make her regret that she has not
used them before.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-24
He Mistook the House

From the Boston Traveller: A man
we'll known in State street circles found
himself in front of what he supposed
was his Back Bay residence late one
evening recently. He had a great
many dollars worth of wine under his
waistcoat and could not gain entrance
through the medium of his latch key.
Becoming enraged, in drunken fash
ion, he kicked the door, broke the glass
and used language that is unfit for
publication. Finally the door was
opened and the owner of the house.
who is athletic and irascible, proceed
ed to kick the State street financier in
to the middle of the street. ssWazzer
you-ris-mean-his inquired the as
saulted party indignantly, as he sat
upon the curbstone and held his throb-
bling brow with both hands. "And
what do. you mean by trying to break
into my house?" inquired the other
man. You-hic-house?" exclaimed
the State street man in bewilderment.
-hic-long- you lived
hic-there?" ''For four years." was the
answer. 'Holy smoke-hicr ex-
claimed the fnancier, "have I-hic-
been drunk-hic-as long as that?''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-24

subsequent events, the terrible winte,
a. Vailey Forge, and the final surren.
oer OF CORVALLIS at Yorktown. M.
W w else in all his career doea
washington exhibit to better advan-
tage his noble and disinterested char
acterlst1cs of heart and mind than he
did when the war was thus 50 sn ~
cessfully closed.
He did not try to establish a mill
tary despotism as did Cromwe11. he
old not attempt to create an absolute
monarchy as did Napoleon, but quiet
~ and without ostentation he resigned
as commander and chief Of the army
and retired to his home at Mount
vernon to resume the duties of a
private citizen. While he was TINS
engaged the unanimous vote of the
peoples representatives called him
INTO public life again to inaugurate.
outline and broadly establish the new
government e"l ~@""' ".s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-24
Food from the Water.

! From the Philadelphia Inquirer: It
has been demonstrated that an acre Of
water may be made to yield more food,
with less labor, than an acre of land.
To clothe an old proverb with a new
dress, it may be said that there are
as good fish in the sea as ever came
out of it, and with a proper organiza-
ton of the apparatus for fish hatch
ing the world would become acquaint-
ed with a greater variety of food fish
than it knows Of now, and even people
who live far from the water would
have adeightful variety added to their
daily bills of fare. In Maryland much
anxiety is being felt as to the probable
extinction Of the terrapin. The latter
has it's uses, but only a comparatively
few would regret it's loss, while in tens
Of thousands of homes Of toilers a
plentiful fish supply would be a bene-
fit. 1t is to be hoped that the fish
cries congress at Tampa will do some.
thing to educate people as to the inn
Dortance of our fisheries.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-24
WE SAT VISITING.

interest to our companion, and we
soon found him such a mixture of
knowledge, simplicity and. complete
unobtrusiveness that we were puzzled
as to who and what he was. Unmis-
takably he was a gentleman, certainly
a cultivated one, and yet so very SIM
pie in manner and bearing. We found
his mind stored with such knowledge
as must have ben gained only by trav-
ell; he remarked upon the architectural
beauties in many parts of the old
world; talked intelligently of painters.
sculptors and their works; and when
finally he said it had been his good
fortune to visit all three continents, that
he knew Arab Pasha personally. was
in consequence much interested in the
trouble at that time in Egypt, we be-
gan to fear that our efforts to entertain
this retiring and seemingly inexperi-
enced young man must to him have
savored amazingly of conceited patron
age. About this time, too, he astonished
us by abiding to his wife and child.
We arrived at Luray the second
night from Chattanooga, where we
were delightfully."- entertained. The no.
tel was after Queen Anne's style, not
that she probably ever looked upon
anything just like it, but the furniture,
with its peculiar, square, panel-like fin
ish, and the inner decorations, were,
indeed, in style of an early date.
We drew our chairs close to the
bright logs that showed to advantage
the interior decorations and handsome
old-time fireplaces and mantles of the
halls. We remained over one night to
visit the cave. 1.... <-..--@.a
1t was drizzling when we were called,
and we feared the atmosphere of the
cave would be very chilly, but it re-
mains about the same temperature at
all times, and was not colder than the
outside air. We found the entrance
to be in an old field, undulating, but
no hill visible. From a small house
we descended a flight of steps, and were
in the cave, and felt ourselves sud
denly transported to fairy land.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-24
THE STURRT PORTRRlT
@GHA luNF'N'sHED3 Hagg9
WASHINGTON
!. o''''2 g{&SS "
'.H q -

Ing investigators, conscientious col
lectors of documents; but with their
pedantry is combined lively appre-
citation of the function and possibili-
ties of the literary art.
The writing of history, therefore,
becomes in their practice task
Identical in aim to that of the histor-
1cal painter. They do not permit
themselves to stop with the mere
presentation of the facts of the past,
but, because they are artists, they
must vitalize these facts, and bring
their readers, as do the painter and
the historical novelist, into vital as
well as, into an intellectual relation
with a remote period.
Their ideal requires not only that
they shall prove their case, but that
the demonstration shall be as aethet-
lcally convincing.
Historical accuracy loses nothing
by this treatment, and the personality
OF Washington gains immeasurably.
Both he and the past-the picturesque,
courtly, eventful, elegant past in
which he moved-live again before
our eyes; and the mind, lured to fol-
low an imagination captivated by the
charm of style and dramatic incident,
loses it's contemporaneousness and is
merged in the theme of the history.
AS a sheer example of literary art,
Prof. Wilson's study is perhaps to be
preferred to Mr.. Ford's. His is the
richer in picturesque detail, and
shows clearly that the author has be-
slowed greater pains on the elabora-
ton Of his backgrounds. Prof. Will
sons style is the best literary counter
part can think of Of Mr.. Pyle's draw
ings. His atmosphere, even his style,
has an old-time flavor.
Mr.. Ford is more direct; his style is
less colored; his aim less pictorial.
AS for his temper, to my thinking it
betrays on occasion the quality of ex-
ASPIRATION. ......-
s Reading history sympathetically,
but literally, he has allowed himself
to be annoyed that his countrymen
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-24

the most comfortable position imagin-
able. Our companion was apparently
nineteen or twenty years of age.
1t is curious to recall the change
that comes to one-if fond of travelling
almost Immediately after parting
from friends and starting on a journey.
Until the train, stage or ship moves
OF, our. thoughts are of things and
people we are about to leave; but once
on the way there SENS to be complete
transition, and we begin to fit ourselves
into our immediate surroundings, and
for the time being are one with them.
On this occasion, a journey to New
York by the Shenandoah route, there
was little in these surroundings to in
terest; the other silent occupant of the
car made us feel little anxious. While
dreamily wishing we might take on
some others, he said:
Look out and see the passing show"
Hts tone was respectful, his speak
ing evidently involuntary; so, without
hesitation, we turned to the window
and were pleasantly entertained by the
passing of large floating show.
Our companions voice was pleasant,
and his manner gentle, so we felt easy,
and for some time thought no more of
him.
During the night others came in, and
In the morning he offered such civilities
as a gentleman may in travelling, and
made us notice him just enough to
conclude that he was young man
sightseeing for the first time.
We left the East Tennessee & Vir-
ginia road at Roanoke, entering there
the beautiful Shenandoah valley. The
stranger assisted us at different times
with thoughtful kindness, and we de-
termined to enter more freely into
conversation with him, with a con-
seriousness that We might serve one ap-
parently so inexperienced. This we did
when we gathered in little group at
the back Of the coach, to look out upon
the ever-varying scenes through which
we were passing. The beauty of the
route far exceeded our anticipation.
The shenandoah river ran beside the
road for miles and miles, winding
about, ever changing; sometimes hold
ing close on its bank a pretty little
cottage or farm. At some parts it
would be lost, at others seen, and it
would in the distance have the ap-
pearance of quiet lake. Again, rush
ing OIL from US on one side, to be seen
next on the other, breaking its silver
water over rocks and around hills, it
would leave us scarce time to regret its
~aboenoo- ere-tt was back again.
Different features of the journey sug-
gested occasions of similar or greater
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-24
WASHINGTON THE SOLDIER.

In the estimation of his associates
and others familiar with his military
carer, Washington was one of the
few great military chieftains of the
world. No higher tribute could be
paid him than that conveyed by Fred
erick the Great Of Prussia, when he
presented his sword to the American
general with this inscription upon it.,
"F'rom the Oldest general Of Europe
Washington as a general has been
criticised for irresoluteness and fire.
quent resort to retreats while engaged
in battle, but measured by the results
accomplished in this way these criti-
cisms only add to his greatness.
With the memory of the scenes at
Concord, Lexington and Bunker Hill,
and the events at New York fresh in
mind, it is pertinent to consider the
effect Of Washington's retreat from
New York to the Jerseys, a distance
Of more than a hundred miles, with
mere handful Of freezing starving
men before a powerful foe, flushed
with victory, yet baf1ed in all their
attempts to cut off retreat and destroy
ammunition stores. Grander than any
victory, more difficult and dangerous
than any battle, this famous retreat
brought into public gaze the wonder
full combination Of courage and pru-
dence in Washington's character and
gained for him the title Of American
Fabius."
But followed and crowned as this
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-24

maneuver was by the crossing Of the
Delaware, and the brilliant capture of
the Hessian troops at a time when
the assurance of success was so doubt
full and the apparent probability Of
defeat so great, when the black clouds
of despair hung so oppressively over
the struggling patriots and seemed to
be slowly closing up that small open
ing through which the people yet saw
hopes of brighter day, this second
great exploit must be considered now,
as it was then-the turning point Of
the war, the greatest achievement Of
the grandest man in the gloomiest
period of the revolution.
It is hardly necessary to narrate the