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MORE TROOPS
FOR Delaware
18th Pennsylvania Regiment New
Stationed at Delaware City
and the Forts.
MEN in FRIGHTFIJL CONDITION
Most of the Boys Are Literally
in Rags and Are Ashamed
to Be Seen.
With Shame Faced Air They Are Com.
PEELED to Exhibit Their Naked
ness--What Colonel Smith
Says of His Mems
Condition.

AT 1890 yesterday afternoon the
Eighteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, passed through this city en-
route to Delaware City.
Arriving at Delaware City via Porters,
the regiment was transferred to Forts
Delaware and Mott. Some of the COM
panies will be assigned to shore duty ON
the river at and near Delaware City.
The members of the Eighteenth Regi-
ment occupied two entire trains, and a
more detected looking crowd of soldiers
has not passed through this city during
the present war. The Eighteenth is
surely in bad condition.
The soldiers while they remained at
French street station were the object of
manv curious eyes. Not one-third were
provided with arms and some, in fact a
greater part of the men, were literally in
rags.
Many of the boys said yesterday that
for weeks they kept within their tents,
refraining from joining in the soldier
sports, because OF their lack of wearing
apparel.
Words cannot describe their shame
faced air as they were obliged to exhibit
tneil lakeuleSs. lHe siSHg ihduc ny
these soldiers of Uncle Sam as they
passed through here yesterday would
bring blush of shame to the cheeks of
every man who holds his nations honor
dear.
Colonel Smith was in command of the
regiment, which is composed mostly of
Pittsburgers.
Colonel Smith said that he had made
repeated attempts to bring the dire con-
'dition of his men to the War Depart
ment, but al with nut avail. He said
that his advances had been met, time
and time again, with promises, all of
which remained unfultilled. The regi-
ment is composed of s73 officers and
men.
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Municipal COart.

Thomas Joy and John Connolly were
arraigned in Municipal Court Yesterday
morning on the charge OF drunkenness
and disorderly c,nduct Joy was dis
missed, the charge against him not being
sustained. Connolly was tnei So and
costs.
Obed Winter, charged with the lar
ceny OF B. 4 o. railroad mileage book
belonging to Nathan Levy, was dis
missed.
Elmer Lindsay, a ieeble-minded boy,
who was arrested Yesterday for tie lar
ceny of quarter, was given over to his
mother, who was given instructions to
keep him in the house.
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No Exchange for Prisoners
'pecial Dispatch to THE SUN.

Special Dispatch to THE SUN.
HAVANA, June II. The Spanish
Government, it is said at the palace, has
not authorized the exchange of the pri-
soners of the Merrimac. The gunboat
Yanez Pinzon exchanged communica.
tions yesterday afternoon with an Ameri-
can warship, under flag of truce, and
the commander of the latter was in
formed that Captain-G General Blanco has
no authority to exchange Naval Contruc'
tor Hobson and his gallant companions
for Spaniards who are now held prisoners
in the United States.
The Spanish authorities here absolutely
deny that the armored cruiser Vizcaya
has been destroyed or even damaged by
the fire of the Vesuvius.
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A New Rule.

Wa J. Young, secretary of the local
Civil Service board, has recei led notice
from the Civil Service Commission at
Washington liking the term OF the elegi
blity OF persons passing the civil service
examination at one year from the time
the name is placed upon the register.
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mounted on the Spanish batteries the
fact will be Of great significance, for it
will show that Admiral Ceryera has given
up hope Of ever getting out of the trap
which Admiral Sampson guards.
After theHecks had been washed down
and the guns cooled, Admiral Sampson
set this signal: "The firing on the west
cially that of the Texas. I"
The sun., 1898-06-18

"The Farmers Bank at George.
town is holding worthless paper,
upon which money was raised to
buy Democratic votes for the last
ten years." "---Jerome B. Bell, in
the Sunday Star.
The sun., 1898-06-18
Married.

Tatnlan-Bell. on Thursday, June 10th,
1898, by the Rev. A. N. Keigwin, D. D.,
Harry G. Tatnan and Mary Bell, both Of
Wilmington, Del.
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The yacht Niagara has arrived at New
York.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-11
MUSHROOMS.
Some ir the Peculiar Varieties That Are
to BE Found.

There ire many kinds of strange mush-
rooms IL the world. The Japanese grow
an edibln species on logs of docaying wood.
Tribes OF semisavages in northeast Asia
use a species for snuff Another variety Is
utilized by the same people as a substitute
for whisky, one large specimen engender-
ing pleasant intoxication for day. This
kind is considered poisonous in Europe.
Some puffbal mushrooms possess an@s-
thetic properties when burned and have
been employed in this way for surgical
operations An edible fungus is raised in
Naples by putting lot of coffee grounds
In the cellar, the mushrooms soon appear
ing. An Asiatio species Is employed for
razor strops. It contains minute crystals
hard enough to act upon steel This Is the
Polyporus squamosus. 1t is cut from an
ash tree in autumn, dried, flattened in q
press and sliced, the slices being glued
upon wood. 1t was used anciently in this
way.
The mushroom named Polyporus sacer
is worshiped in Africa as god The Ger
man finder familiar to cigar smokers is
made from afungus that is beaten out and
stepped in solution of saltpeter. There
is a species that grows on olive trees which
is so luminous at night that one can see to
read by It's light. A fungus peculiar to
wine cellars covers bottles with mold. An
other attacks the corks of bottles, render
ing the wine unfit to drink. Yet another
species attacks wine casks, devouring the
wood and the contents. A fungus that
grows on the trunks Of pine trees in Cali
fornia weighs several pounds and is almost
wholly composed Of rosin. The parasite
causes the tree to secrete the rosin in I'M
usual quantities for It's support 1t is be-
lieyed to be first rate substitute for qui-
nine for chills. The horrible smelling
"clathrus" is believed in France to cause
cancer and is called the "cancer mush-
room" on that account. One kind oil
mushroom smells strongly Of onion, a sec.
ond Of apricot third of tallow and a
fourth Of stale poultice One species OF
mushroom is utilized for making ink, an.
other for Supplying bees, yet another for
stanching blood and still another by the
Laplanders for destroying bedbugs, being
smeared on the walls and bedposts. Dos
ton Transcript.
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Not Flattering.

Some people have a faculty for taking
off the edge OF neighbours pleasure. A
writer In The Temple Magazine lately
gave case in point. 1t happened to "a doc
tor of divinity who was preaching some
special sermons. He had scarcely got into
the vestry after one Of them when in
rushed a we'll dressed man, who greeted
him most effusiveIy.
Delighted to see you, doctor, y he said.
"You have given us grand sermon. 1t
has been treat-a real inspiration to us
all"
The doctor smiled and expressed his
qualification and the man left the vestry.
No sooner was the door closed, however,
than one Of the deacons looked up and re-
marked:
"You must not take any notice Of him,
doctor. He's got softening of the brain. :"
The feelings of the doctor must have
been akin to those of another minister
who was preaching in Rochedale The
morning was fine and the congregation
large. At the foot of the pulpit stairs one
Of the officials met him.
"We've had very large congregation
this morning, Mr.. Brown, !" remarked the
preacher.
"Yes, sir, replied the guileless and out
spoken brother, "a very fine congregation.
You see, sir, we wasn't expecting you this
morning."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-11
sANCTUM SENTIMENTS.

We doubt the propriety of heading
a notice with "A Sad EVENT. and
then stating that a certain good
man or woman has gone home to
God. A preacher once said at con-
ference, that he had thought that
before that time he would have
been In heaven, but that God had
saved him that great calamity
Holston Methodist.
Boss Hanna has split the Repub-
lican party in Ohio aud wiped it
out in Louisiana. III a boss could be
sued for political damages, the Re-
publican party could throw Hanna
into bankruptcy.-St Louis POST
Dispatch.
A cracker trust of $4,000, 900, a
tobacco trust Of $50, 200, 900, paper
trust Of Sac, zoo, 000-all formed with
IN q few days. II wonder re-
marked one trust, meeting another,
Hwhere the people get all the money
We take from them. New York
World.
The most economical piece Of leg
islation enacted by the late extra
session was q resolution TO adjourn
sine die.-Chattan0oga News.
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his friends had written, pledging
the Johnson influence to Emerson
Etheridge two years hence.
I'm 1876 Andy Johnson defeated
Bate by one vote as result Of Re-
publican support. 1t was an open
fight and Johnson formed an
alliance with the Republicans.
I'm 1877 j. e. Bailey defeated d..
M. Key in free fight, in which the
latter was supported by Repub-
licans.
I'm 1880 Howell E. Jackson de-
feated Maynard through the aid OF
Republican votes. The Republicans
could have won the race if they had
been united. Stubborn opposition
to maynard sprang up among GER
tain leaders in the party who feared
his power, should he be returned to
the Senate, and the full party
strength was never permitted to go
to him. Tom .O'Connor, then a
master spirit in the State, worked
up deal with Roderick r. Butler
and other Republicans, as result of
which Jackson was elected by a
small majority"
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tinued bis journey to Babylon. Another
change Of horses wan made at that place,
and Mr.. Topping started for Jamaica. His
horse was pretty well winded when that
place was reached, and he changed ami
mails and continued on to Brooklyn, and
crossing the ferry drove to the underwent
ers Office in Wall street. 1t was Just 8
O'Clock in the evening when he assembled
the Office steps. He had made the journey
OF a little more than 40 miles in exactly
six hours.
Having reported the full details Of the
wreck to the underwriters, Mr.. Topping
drove around to the office of leading
newspaper and furnished the Information
for publication. He received a check for
500 from the paper and was told that had
he brought copy of a foreign newspaper
from the Franklin they would have given
him 500.
Mr. Topping was postmaster In West
hampton during the war and was q prom
inent figure on the east end Of Long Island
re aied IN Vest Hampton at the aoe OF ~.
New York Herald.
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NEWS IN THE OLD DAYS.
Hev tAe Wreck of Steamship In 1856:
was Reported.

Hev ire Wreck of q Steamship In 1851
was Reported.
The ocean passenger steamer Franklin
ran ashore on the south side Of Long Is
land, opposite Center Moriches, at o'clock
on the morning of July 5, 1859. There was
a dense fog prevailing at the time, and the
officers Of the vessel lost their bearings
completely and did not know exactly where
they were when the steamer stranded.
Surfmen and boats were not as plentiful
along the coast line in those days as they
are now. Several hours elapsed before
boats were secured equal to the task of
making their way through the surf to the
steamer. Until Communication was had
with the vessel nothing was known about
her. Finally boats crew came ashore,
and the vessels name and destination were
made known. Her commander made ar
rangements with Sidney B. Topping to 60
to New York and report the stranding OF
ths steamer 20 the board ~ underwater,
whose Office at that time was in Wall
street.
Mr.. Topping at once crossed the bay 10
the mainland and harnessed up his horse
to a light wagon and started for Pat
chogue, "A miles away. It was Just noon
time shen be stepped into the wagon. At
Patchogue he changed horses and con-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-11
SUCCESSFUL ADVERTISING.
The Old Counting Room Authorizations on
Each "Ad." Puzzled Him.

The Old Counting Room Authorizations on
Each "Ad." Puzzled Him.
In a small Connecticut town there lived
an old rnan who has made local reputa-
ton by compounding certain herbs and
simples into medicines which his neigh
bors find useful. When he has invented
a new receipt"-to quote his own words
he prints short account of its healing
powers on a slip of paper and tacks 1t up
on the door Of his little shop. This is his
only method of advertising.
Not long ago he paid visit to cousin
in Boston. It was his first experience in
a city, and he had much to tell on his re-
turn.
ut beats all, . he said to one Of Ibis
neiehbors, "the way folk advertise their
Inventions One and all claim they've
done better'n anybody else. 1t seems con-
sid'able cheeky the way their ADVERTISE
ments road. But there's one idea kind
of liked. They've took notion to put
initials after the names of their receipts,
and SO on. 1t sets folk to guessing what
the letters stand for and sort of draws at
tention to the stuff. think some of try
ing that with my next medicine, If can
think up anything that seems fitting, as
you might say"
Not long afterward the notice of new
cure for rheumatism was tackled on the
door. 1t was modestly extolled by its in
ventor, who seemed doubtful of its perfect
success. The name of it was Rheumatic
Oil. and after the name appeared the let
ters rs. o. g."
When almost everybody in town had
bought bottle and all hands had tried
fruitlessly to guess the meaning Of the
three initials, the herb gatherer was pre-
vailed upon to unravel the mystery.
81 felt some uncertain whether this
rheumatic oil would be a pufect success, "
be remarked grayely, $50 put those three
letters after the name to signify Sort OF
Good. Youth S Companion.
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THE PAST AND PRESENT.
A Maury County Boy Writes Enter
tainingly From Arkansas.
The Herald Is Great Paper, and Rep
resents Great County and
Great People.
EDITOR HERALD:

EDITOR HERALD:
MONTICELLO, ARK, Feb. I'll be-
lieve it's about time for renewing
my subscription. Enclosed find P.
o. order for $l,25. Having been a.
constant reader of the HERALD for
nearly thirty years. / hardly see
how / could do without it. 1t was
the first newspaper ever read; and,
though 1t has undergone some
changes since the inimitable Horse
ley stood at its helm, it has lost
none of its charm. 1t represents a
great county, a great people, great
Interests, great hopes. You have
no idea how much we old Maury
County boys think of the HERALD.
Its pages are scanned with as much
avidity now as when we knew every
man and his dog in Maury County.
The history of the HERALD and
Maury County is the history of our
childhood and youth, and the inn
preston of youth are so lasting, so
vivid.
We read with regret the notice of
the death of Maj. Jesse Harris at
Washington. The passing away of
these old types Of the former civil
ization of our native county, gives
us cause for reflection. We once
saw quite good deal Of the Maj. at
the home of our grandfather, the
late James Il Moore. Grandfather's
last wife was a Miss Paralee Harris,
sister of Mai. Harris. During his
stay in Washington the Major spent
good portion of his vacations at
grandfather's, adding much to the
social conviviality of that historic
southern home.
We are glad to note the arrival of
"Rippling Waves and family to
our state. No other country would
receive them with more genuine
hospitality than Arkansas. Mr..
Nicholson was a boy school-mate of
ours when we lived in the Rock
Spring neighborhood. Nat as
he was then called, was match for
any of his age, and when boy got
ahead of him in pranks and play
ground pleasantries he had to be a
sooner. We trust that their stay in
"Old Back-an-sack' may be pleas
ant anu prOuCdDio.
We read in last weeks issue the
notice of the death of a son of Ham,
aOld Uncle Tom Offutt,n colored.
There.is quite history connected
with the life of this old negro. The
example of faithfulness and devo.
ton as displayed by this old negro
for his "white folks for fifteen or
twenty years after the war, has nc
equal within our knowledge. The
home Of Mrs. Hannah Bryant was
made fatherless by the ravages OF
war. Uncle Tom remained upon
the farm in the capacity of slave
all these years, appropriating the
products of his labor towards the
support of the family; looking after
the interests of miss Hannah and
the children with the strictesi
vigilance. Mrs. Bryant's farm
Joined my fathers, and whenever
father had log-rolling, hog-killing
wheat cutting, or corn shucking
Uncle Tom was there. Things
would not have gone right had he
not been there. Now and then bis
merry voice could be heard among
the workers, which was signal fol
greater activity, and now "There Is
no more work for old Uncle Tom
for he has gone where the gooC
darkies CO." Sincerely,
| / H. IRWIN
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DROWNED In DUCK RIVER.
Mrs. Amanda Chestnut, of the e5th Dis
trict, Commits Suicide.

Mrs. Amanda Chestnut, of the 25th Dis
trict, Commits Suicide.
Mrs. Amanda Chestnut, widow
living in the 18th district of this
county, committed suicide by
drowning herself in Duck river,
near the mouth Of Flat Creek, last
Tuesday.
Mrs. Chestnut left home early in
the morning, but spoke to no one of
her intentions. Later on her bon
net was found on the banks of the
river, and her friends fearing that
she had done harm to herself, be-
gan a search. Her body was found
in the river, about a half mile below,
by j. X. P. Galbrath. At the re-
quest of the woman's father, jury
was impannelled by Esquire j. p.
Harris, and a verdict of death at
her own hands was returned. She
left nothing to tell the cause of her
rash act, and on the day before she
appeared to be in good health and
right mind.
She hal attempted twice before
to take her life. Last October,
while her husband was lying on his
bed dying with consumption, she
took an overdose of morphine and
disappeared, leaving note stating
that when this was found she would
be in another world. The note was
discovered soon after she took the
morphine, however, and her body
was found in a thicket before the
drug had taken a death hold on her.
She again attempted to take her
life about six weeks ago, by jumping
into a pond near her home. She
was about 30 years of age, and leaves
five small children.
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influence Of the New woman.

"Borus, in your last novel you spoil the
story by raising an insurmountable bar
rier between the hero and heroine, who
certainly ought to have married each
other"
81 eouldn't help II, Naggus My wife
insisted that was the hero Of the story
myself, and she got jealous Of the hero
inc. Chicago Tribune.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-11
Ficklenesa al tha Rnoaa.

YES said young Mrs. Torlzins, 81
learned something at the races.
''What was it?'' asked her husband ap-
prehensively.
81 learned that popularity is something
that cannot be depended on; that the ad-
mirers of today may be the foes of tomor-
row."
How did you learn all that"
Sitting in the grand stand. Every
body said horse was great fayorite.
But after be had gone around the track
once the way some Of them talked about
him was dreadful. "-Washington Star.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-11

THE Cumberland Telephone Com
pany has bought out the Great
Southern System, and the capital of
the monopoly now aggregates
So, 100000. The Cumberland may
scoop such small concerns as the
Great Southern, but it hasn't money
enough to buy the Citizens Com
pany, of Maury.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-11


The HERALD yields to tho powers
that be. The County Democratic
Executive Committee has said that
county offices are not political, and
that no party primaries shall be
held. They have further said that
they, having the power, will not
allow the Democratic voters to pass
upon the question, but will decide
it for them. OF course we all know
this is undemocratic, and the
HERALD thinks it is wrong. But
still 1t is done, and what "can't be
cured must be endured SO, with
out quarreling or grieving over the
past let's turn our faces towards the
future and make the best of our OPP
portunities. Lets vote not only for
capable men, but men worthy the
offices they seek; sober, moral, up
right men; men whose influences
have been and will be given to the
upbuilding of their county and the
betterment of society. Public
officials, by virtue of their position,
have more influence than these
same men would have as private
citizens; and no man should be
given an influence who will not
exert that influence in the right
direction. To elevate immoral men
to office, is an immoral act; there
fore in making our selections let's
choose the very best man running,
for each respective office.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-11

THE crowd here last Monday, the
number of men and mules and
horses, gave the town an air of old
time business prosperity. But when
the farmer offered his mule or horse
for sale, he found, instead of old
time prosperity, hard time prices
prevailing; and in many instances
he led his mule back home again.
The buyers and sellers and the stuff
to sell was here, but the money was
lacking.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-11

When Columbus discovered South
America, near the mouth Of the Orinoco
the Spaniards found an Indian village
built over the water on piles. AS Il re-
minded them Of Venice they called it
Venezuela, or LITTLE Venice
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-11

MINISTER DE LONE is in trouble,
and his offense seems to be that he
told the truth on Mr.. Mckinley.
There is no higher offense in
diplomatic and political circles, at
times, than to tell the truth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-11

A WASHINGTON special to the
Chattanooga Times says:
1.-THE recent stubborn senatorial
fight in Tennessee recalls the fact
that such contests have frequently
occurred in that State in the past.
In 1916 the Democratic caucus NOM
mated A. o. p. Nicholson, but he
was defeated through the treachery
of a handful Of Democrats who dis
honored their caucus obligations
and joined the Wings in electing
Hopkins l.. Turney. Turney made
certain pledges to the Wings, as a
result of which they supported him.
One Of these was that he would
stand with them on the tariff issue.
After getting in the Senate it is said
Turney failed to abide by the
pledges which he had made.
ain 1869 Henry Cooper, by means
of Republican support, defeated
Andy johnson. Cooper received
every Republican vote in the body
except Representative Boyd, Of
Carter. Republican hostility to
Johnson is said to have been in con-
sequence OF q letter which one Of
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F. D. LANDER. Editor.

If we could send some of this
weather up north, it would be a
great advertisement for the middle
basin of Tennessee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-11

Those neighbors Of yours seem to be-
pretty well fixed"
don't see It. They do all their riding
with horses and carriages. There isn't a
wheel in the whole outfit. Detroit Free
Press
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-11

Farmers, don't forget that we can
furnish you the very best recleaned
Northern Red Glover seed at the
lowest possible price. Come to see
us. CITY GRAIN & FEED Co. If