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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-10-28
NEAR SMYRNA.

NEAR SMYRNA, october 4,-Mrs. Mary
Minor is on the sick list at this writing
We wish for her speedy recovery
little Maggie Minor, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. d. X. Minor, is also on the
We are glad to note that Mr.. John
Dean is improving, after being seriously
Mrs. Louella Hardison is quite ill at
Mrs. w. j. Minor aud daughter Miss
Alice. spent Tuesday with Mrs. smith
Miss Sa lie Mullins spent few days
in Columb ia last week.
As ever, DEW DROP
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districts are: DR.. D. c. Kelley,
Nashville district; Rev. w. j, Col.
Iier, East Nashville district; Rev.
w. II. Haggard, Lebanon district;
Rev. J. A. Orman, MurfreesbOro dis
trict; Rev. II. A. Kerley, Fayette
Vile district; Rev. II. l., Moody,
Dickson district; Rev. w. b. Lowry,
GAINESVILLE district.
Rev w, d. Wendell, who was pas
tor of the South Columbia church
last year, was transferred to Green
land Circuit, East Nashville dis
trict.
Rev. ]. r. Stewart was changed
from Pulaski to Tulip Street, Nash
vile.
Rev. ]. w. Hammer was changed
from Bell Buckle to Gallatin.
Rev. w. f. Powers was changed
from Bigbyville circuit to Bethpage,
East Nashville district.
Rev. A. g. COuey, who had served
the limit of four years at Mt. Pleas
ant, was changed to Bellbuckle.
Rev. A. P. Nc Ferrin, who was at
one time pastor of the First Church
of this city, Was changed from Tulip
Street to Elm Street, Nashville,
having served four years at the
fer ner place.
Rev. j. F. Tinnon was changed to
Cedar Hill, Clarksville district.
Rev. J. G. Morris, who was pastor
) of the McKendree church, Nash
, Vile, was transferred to the Memphi'
J Conference, and his place at Nc
! Kendree was filled by Rev. John
Matthews, who was transferred from
the ST. Louis Conference. 1t is gen
} orally understood that DR.. Morris
a will be given the first church In
0 Memphis.
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prayer ended, he placed a small bone whis-
tie in his mouth and blew continuously
upon it series of short, sharp sounds
while he swayed backward and forward
until the flesh gave way and he fell, amid
the applause of the people. As he lay upon
the ground the operators examined his
wounds and cut away the ragged edges of
flesh and the ceremony of the sun dance
WAS at an end. Exchange.
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"When the first excitement attending
the railroad accident was over and the
members of the greatest show on earth
that still survived gathered in group be-
side the track, it was observed that the
bearded lady was suffering aoutely.
"Are you hurt?" asked the living skele-
ton solicitously.
II am seriously injured, replied the
lady of the whiskers, Every seriously.
have lost my only means of livelihood.
escaped, but at such a cost Do you not
realize that had very close shaver
Facts.
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Snain Makes a Protest.

Spain has lodged formal protest
at Washington, through the French
embassy, against the action OF the
United States in sending the Oregon
and the Iowa to Manila. 1t Is be-
lieved that similar protest has
heen made against the sending OF
more troops from San Francisco &C
Manila
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Oh, the Pain Of
Rheumatism!

Rheumatism often causes the most in
tense suffering Many have for year,
vainly sought relief from this DISABLING
disease, and are to-day worse off tina '
EVER. Rheumatism is blood disease
and Swift's Specific is the only cure, be o
cause it is the only remedy which ca,
reach such deep-seated diseases.
A few years ago was taken with infamm"-
tory Rheumatism, which became so intens
that was for weeks unable to walk. trio
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-10-28
Saddles! Saddles!
Largest and best assorted stock IN
the city. See 4Donsov
PARKS STATION.

PARKS STATION, oct. 25.-Bro. James ies
II Morton preached a very interesni n !,
iarrnon at Philadelphia church ias'
Sunday morning on 1.-THE Distinguish is. TEIi., +
ING Principles Of the Church OF christ l,a,c ID
ny ny Cook was with him, and conducted
the song service. .. suvrus
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Sam b. Nichols,

of Carriers Creek, has telephone cNn-
nection with all parts of the county,
using both the Bell and Citizens /,
and wants to buy wheat, delivered
at any railroad station in Maury
| County, Vi
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Field Seeds

Now is the time to SOW blue. grass,
red-top aud timothy. We sell all
kinds of seeds. See
3 If SAT- ERFIELD & DoDs0N.
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several prominent physi-
clans and TOOK their trea''
ment faithfully, but was
unable to get the slight
est relief. In fact, my con.
dition seemed to grow
worse, the disease spread
over my entire body, and
from November to Marc
I suffered agony. / trio
many patent medicine
but none relieved m
Upon the a d V ice Of -
friend | decided to II
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will 90 to Manila. We will remain
here and sell the finest line OF pug
gips and surries ever offered. Some
real bargains. See
If SATTERFIELD Il DoDSoN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-10-28

The United Kingdom has added to the
British empire during 80 years an area OF
SQUARE miles of the land Of the earth equal
to 81 times its own area.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-10-28

The Gauls, to make handles for their
stone axes, cleft the branch Of tree,
placed the stone in it and left 1t till the
wound in the wood had been completely
healed
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A "DRAP O. DEW"
I hae aften heard it said

lhae aften heard it said
but my wording may be newt
nka tiny blade o, grass
Gets its ain pure drap O. dew.
This auld saying did pen,
Asking jeanne if she knew
Twas like a blade O. grass,
Wad she be my drap O. dewP
Yester cen her answer came,
Sweet and saucy, like my lass:
"In the way o. color, Rob,
Ye are like blade O. grass,
Gan ye're growing in my heart,
Where the cauld wind never blewl
Dinna suffer lang WI thirst.
Come and take your drap O. dew. "
Hattie G. Garfield in Ladies Home Journal.
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Statistical Record.

AT Tuesday afternoons SESSION
the following report was read by the
Statistical Secretary: /
Local preachers, 29O; members OF
the churches, SO, 1902, an Increase of
200 for the year; infants baptized,
9O5: adults baptized, 2.003; number
of Sunday schools, 594; Sunday.
school teachers, 4, 03l Sunday-scnooJ
scholars, "a 496; collected for super
anuated preachers, widows and or.
phans, $6,602; amount necessary,
AZ; 600: collected for American Bible
society. 1913; collected for presiding
elders, $ll,597; for preachers, $50
474; for support of Bishops, $l,4ol;
number Of societies, $50; houses
owned by them, $59l,14; value OF
churches, $l,084,5l7; Indebtedness,
SIC. 957 so; number of parsonages
owned. 1870, valued at 1882 3O5, with
indebte dness of 80 1874"
The appointment.
The last session of Conference was
held Tuesday evening beginning at
80 o'clock. The last thing on the
program was the announcement Of
the various appointments of the
| HTeSluluS EluOlo ohN
The appointments for the districts
'""ching upon Maury County are as
follows:
Columbia Notwithstanding Elder,
W,R.P, ebles; Columbia, p A. Soweli;
south Columbia, j. +. Beasley; Mount
Pleasant, L. X. Amis; Culleoka and
Hurricane, w. H. Johnson; Bigbyville
Circuit, w. H. Lowell; MOoresville
Circuit, J. D. Massey; Pulaski, w: H
Cotton; Lynnville and TaylOrs, w. j
stewart; Trinity Circuit, j. L. Kellum
Prospect Circuit, J. II. Ray; Richlano
Circuit, n. b. 5. Owings; Pisgah Cir
cult, I. H. Nichols; Dianna Circuit, A
p. Walker: Bee Springs Circuit, F. h
Coleman; Big Greek Circuit, i. II
, Johnson; Sugar Greek Mission, Z. 4
johnson; Elkmont Springs Mission, j
A. Mulloy.
!, T. Curry; Franklin, ii. b. ReamsS
Douglas Circuit, j. 7. Blackwood
Spring Hill, w. b. Taylor; Carter
r Creek Circuit, w. S. Harwell Neapoli
2 Circuit, G. T.. Eubank; Brentwood an
. Thompsons, II. b. Mcneil; Bethesd
T. Circuit, h. +. Isom; Santa Fe Nircuit,
, w, Hatcher; Nolensville Circuit, 10
y Webster; Almsville Mission, s. v
: Bransford; College Grove Circuit, u. /
McPeak; Cndpel NH anu OahS
Springs, b. A. Cherry; Pennington an
Verona, C. S. Gabard; Bethlehem an
johnson, 6. S. Byron; Farmvale Mi
sion, j. &. Roberts; Berlin Mission, '
r. Dye; Trinity and Triune, q. Il. Beal
Savannah Misunderstanding Eide
}. w. Hensley; Savannah, T.. L. Gre
ory; Savannah Circuit, b, }. Procto
= WayneshOrO Circuit, G.. 7. Hensle
Mount Auburn Circuit, to be supple
by S S. Hunter; Clifton Circuit, 10
supplied by p. w: Ward; Linden al
Beardstown, G. w. Taylor; Linden M
sion, w. d. Cherry; Cane Greek Nj
sion, w. H. Williams; LowTyyilie, to
supplied by S G. Treadwayi LPgrenC
burg, J. II. Jones; Waylapd Spnn
}. Mission, f. f.. Heridges; West. Poil
Bian Hensley; Hampshire. and Gre
Bridges, e. A. Stellar; sandy DO
Mission, John Durrett; WilliamspC
Circuit, w. II. Beasley; SnmmertoV
to be supplied; Hohenwald Mission,
=, A. Patterson.
The Presiding Elders for the 9th
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8. s. s. BEFORE cllowlnB me 10 Jake IL, now
ever, my guardian. who was a chemist. ann :,
lived the remedy. and pronounced 1t free @
potash or mercury. felt SO much better ate
taking two bottles, that continued the ren
edy and in two months was cured completel
The cure was permanent. for have never sine =
had touch of Rheumatism though mary
times exposed to damp and cold weather,
ELEANOR VI. TIPPELL,
Bill Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia.
Don't suffer longer with Rheumatism
Throw aside your oils and liniments, G1
they can not reach your trouble. Don
experiment with doctors-their potas
and mercury will add to your disabi,
ity and completely destroy your diges
| hon.
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Pumps! Pumps!

We sell Myers pumps, hay tools
and water tanks. See
IF SATTERFIELD IL DODSoN.
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Subscribefor the uVl UAAS
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A PROFITABLE THROW.
Green Country Lad Who Won a Fortune
at Wrestling.

A Green Country Lad Who Won a Fortune
at Wrestling.
Had 1 caught my train that night"
laughed the man who had nothing to
do for a quarter of century but sit
and watch pine trees grow to swell his
bank account, Il would probably be
farmer now, trying to raise a mort
gage and few other things. / had
gone to little town in lower Wiscon-
sin to see colt that a man there
wanted to sell me. l was a good judge
of stock and shrewd on trade, but a
greener country lad never broke into
town. I would have walked back to
the farm after l found myself too late
for the train, but l saw handbill an
nouncing a show that night, and I
couldn't resist the temptation to see
it, though it did cost quarter.
I'm my hilarious appreciation was
more of an entertainment than they
had on the stage, especially as / was
utterly oblivious of the fact that I
didn't look like any one else in the au-
dience. Toward the end a huge fellow
came out, tossed cannon balls in the
air, held men out at arms length and
lifted heavy weights. After this show
ing of his prowess he offered $40 to any
one whom he could not throw inside of
two minutes. was the crack wrestler
in our section, though none present
knew it, and felt as though the chal-
lenge was aimed directly at me.
turned hot and cold during a few Sec
onds of intense silence. Then I
sprang up and as came out of my old
blouse shouted: Tll go you, b'gosh!'
There was roar of laughter and then
some of them about me urged me not
to go up there and have my neck bro
ken. But one old man told me to go
in. 1t was tough job, but 1 finally
threw the giant almost through the
floor with hip lock. There was a
little hesitancy about giving me the
$40, but the crowd shouted till got it.
Then the old gentleman took me home
with him and in a week 1 had charge
of all the teams in his lumber camps.
In time I became a partner and he
cleared the way to make me rich.
That was really match for a mill
lion."
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ence; if another night finds me still in
this hole shan't care much what be-
comes of me-"
Putting the shadow of dependency
into words had the effect of defining it,
and he shook it off resoiutely. "That'll
never do; there must be no ifs and ands
about it: I've just got to get out of here
while this daylight lasts"
He swallowed the last mouthful OF
bread and fell to work again, beginning
to cut u groove around the middle of the
log by incessant and careful strokes OF
the pick. In turning the piece of
timber, he saw where the mountaineer's
shot had plowed q deep furrow in it,
and he knew then that the bruise on his
arm had been made by the glancing and
half-spent bullet. He scarcely needed
the grim reminder, and as he bent patti
entity to his work he thought how quick
ly the school of privation and hardship
begins to impress it's lessons of indiffer-
ence upon the mind.
There are many things easier of ac-
complishment than the cutting in two
of siX-inch stick of tough oak with the
dull point of a pick as a substitute for
an ak; and the muscles of Ringbyand' S
back and arms were in painfulrebellion,
and his hands We're sore and blistered,
long before the thing was done. AS a
college man, he had been rather fond af
athletics, and the training of the
university gymnasium, reaching up
through the everything years of Sc
dentary habit, gave him the power OF
endurance and enabled him to keep
steadily at work in spite of the protests
of back and arms and hands; but this
did not lessen the acuteness of the pain,
nor did it dull the keen agony of appre-
hension that seized upon him as he saw
how slowly the cutting progressed.
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RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY. FRIDAY APRIL l 1899.

ture the thought suddenly came to him
that he had built his ladder upon the
mere supposition that the roof was as
sailable, and an awful fear that instead
of yielding earth he might encounter
a huge bowlder almost unnerved him.
There was no time for hesitation, how
ever, and, summoning all his strength,
he swung the pick upward, giving a
glad cry of relief and hearty "Thanl1
God!" when the iron tore great hole
through the thin covering, bringing
down a shower of earth and pebbles
upon him, and letting the blessed light
of day into the gloomy shadows of the
pit.
A minute later he was standing, be-
grimed and breathless, but heart whole
and thankful, upon the firm turf of the
mountain top; and, pausing only long
enough to get his bearings, he set off
at quick trot toward Tregarthen, TAX
ing straight course through the for
est and keeping the direction by the
red glow of the sunset.
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Seven Feet of Hair on His Chin.

Mr.. Legrand Larow of Lamar, Mo-,
aas beard which perhaps is the long
est worn by any man in the world. His
beard is 7 feet in length. and has
measured ~ feet. Mr.. Larow was
BORN in Tompkins County, N. Y, in
1852, and his relatives are noted for
heavy boards, but not of extraordinary
ength. He is feet in height, and
weighs IT'S pounds. When standing
With his beard down it extends feet
lpon the food. He has not shaved for
,ver twenty years. He wears his beard
braided and wound around his body,
,r else wrapped and lodged inside his
yest.
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copyright. 1895. by J. B. Lippincott Col
THE BUILDING OF A STAIR.


Good resolutions, backed by whatever
plea of advisability or necessity, are not
always certain to bear fruit after their
kind. When Ringbrand flung himself
down Beside the log to wait for the
dawn he fully intended keeping awake
in order to take advantage of the earliest
light for the beginning of the new en-
deavor. So ran the alert determination; !;
but hewho watches may not lie quietly
with closed eyes, and when Ringbrand
sprang to his feet out of a sound sleep
the morning was far advanced.
Reproaching himself remorsefully
for his want of vigilance, he recalled the
details of the plan which had suggested
itself in the night, and went immediate
ly to work. He first ascertained half
the length of the log by measuring it
with the rope, and with the dimension
thus obtained he gagged the varying
width of the cavern until he found a
point where the walls approached each
other so nearly as to make the interven-
ing space correspond exactly with his
measurement.
The next sep was to cut the log into
two pieces Of equal length, and, drag
ging it out into the better light under
theaperture, he narrowly missed throw
ing it down upon another package of
food similar to the one found in the
same spot on the previous morning. 1t
was welcome surprise, and he stopped
work long enough to devour the hard
corn-bread and greasy bacon, thinking
that the daintiest breakfast ever
brought him by the well-trained waiter
in the grillroom of his New York club
had not been eaten with a keener relish.
ut must be the woman" he solilo-
quized; ''it can't be anyone else; and if
these fellows have put their devilsh
plot in motion I'll get no more rations
from that source, because they were to
send her away to-day. After all, though,
l don't know as it makes much differ
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-04-01

1t is great leap from the old fashioned
doses of blue mass and nauseous physics
to the pleasant little pills known as De-
Wits Little Early Risers. They cure
constipation, sick headache and bilious
ness. E. T. Reynolds.
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The farmers of Morgan, Hendricks
and other counties within easy reach OF
Indianapolis, Indiana, have decided to
furnish their own police protection.
They are organizing by townships.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-04-01

Thirty-ive years make a generation.
That is how long Adolph Fisher, ofZanes-
vile, o., suffered from piles He was
cured by using three boxes of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. +. I. Reynolds.
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Trains leave oxford for Philadelphia at 25
o. m. and o. p. III. Market train leaves
Rpwlandvile Tuesdays and Fridays at S.52;
Liberty Grove 9.0I; COlora 9.l6; Rising Sun. 926;
Sylmar, 933; Nottingham 40; Oxford 1000 a. N.
arriving at south St. 2.53 p.
Sunday train leaves Oxford at 90 arriving in
philadelphia at 9.2l a. M; and 6.l5 arriving in
Philadelphia at 4. - p. m.
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NOTICE
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Gee county will be held on th'
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians. wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring il,
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test. r. F.. IA AMAR, Register
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To BE CONTINUED.

Americas greatest medicine is Hoods
Sarsaparilla, which accomplishes wonder
full cures of blood diseases when all other
medicines fail to do any good whatever.
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Value of ADDIes.

OF all fruits, the apple, it is said, is
the most nutritious, being the richest
of all in sugar and albumen. If per-
son has not been accustomed to eating
apples, or cannot relish them, he Is
advised to begin moderately, taking
only a morsel at first, and increasing
gradually from day to day until he can,
without inconvenience, make an entire
meal of them. 1t is essential that ap-
pies should be we'll masticated-re-
duced to a pulp before entering the
stomach. They should not be eaten as
a dessert, because they differ too wide
ly in their nature from other food.
When so eaten they are apt to cause
disturbance in the stomach. An ideal
vegetarian meal is russet apples and
brown bread.
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DeWitt'S Witch Hazel Salve
Cures Piles, Scalds, Burns.
DHILADELPHIA, WHINING
Il TON Il BALTIMORE R. r.

CENTRAL DIvIsIoSs
On and after November 2Sth. 1897, trains will
run as follows
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Hoods Pills are the best family catha-
ic and liver tonic. Gentle, reliable, sure
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

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and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
Over 100000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac of your
.ruggist. under guarantee to cure, SOC or
sl.O0 Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
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The Hackensack, N. j., Republican
says: 1T may be that railroads in
New Jersey do not receive too much
'avor from juries, but there begins to
De strong suspicion, in view of very
recent decisions, that these corpora
ions are getting quite all the favor
hey are entitled to from the judges in
his State"
Commenting upon this the Newark,
N. j., Call says: "If defenders Of our
courts object to this criticism, they
must, at least, concede that the pref
udice has some excuse. 1t is observed
by the people that railroad managers
exert great influence in appointments
made by all Governors and that while
railroad counsel are sometimes made
judges, those who appear prominently
in opposition to railroads are careful
ly overlooked. They read the de-
cisions of the court, in which the rail-
of the citizens, probably because they
hire better lawyers; they see the judg-
es riding to and fro on free passes;
hey find the courts, without authority
n law, reducing verdicts rendered for
1amages, and they observe the con-
inued progress of railroad power in
he State, and have noticed that the
ourts often check other attempts at
Cgr2nd.Zem ent. This may all be
)opular prejudice. we repeat, but it is
not unnatural"