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The story of Ponce.
Golfers Weekly.

COllleTS W eckly.
Ponce is an old story to-day, yet still a
pretty one. In its history is a fairy tale
which has the merit of being true In the
years when time went slower, a page
lounged through the leisures of Ferdinand ;
court. He was young, impudent and abom--
inably good looking. A princess smiled and
Eeckoned- That was enough There ana
then he was sent to another world, TO pet
ter one, to the tropics which Columbus had
found. He landed at Boriquen, assisted
with easy gallantry in eliminating the ma
tives. assisted also in gathering the golu
which they left Between the lines there
are two decades. Meanwhile Boriquen had
been christened Puerto Rico. Incidentally
the page had grown old. Whether ne re-
GREETED the princess is probie1natic. That
he missed his good looks is clear In an er-
fort to recover them he took trip. The
story of FL Dorado had not yet been told
But another story, equally II not more Sc
ductive, was current then. IT was 10 the
effect that somewhere nearby were the
fountains Of eternal youth. Ir search OF
those waters he sailed. The land which ne
reached was so rich in flowers that ne calieu
1t Florida. But of the waters not trace:
And yet. may IA not be that the legend Of
them typified fame2 For il was that winch
he did md. His name was Ponce &c Leon.
and Il was he who founded Ponce
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The world has been weary and lost to Loves art
There was rain on the hills, but the suns out
sweetheart
And all the birds singing,
And all the bells ringing
And roses in desolate pathways are spr;nging
The world has been weary; but 10! the clouds
part:
sweetheart
And rainbows bending
And messages sending
OF Gods love and your love, unending-unendingl
The world has been weary, but sorrow now seems,
In the sunlight Of love. like an echo of dreams!
Seet see the clouds part:
All has leaned TO Loves art,
And the sunlight of Love is where you are. sweet
heart!
Frank L. Stanton. in Atlanta Constitution.
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The Price of Newspapers.
Fourth Estate.

The general public and some others who
ought TO know better labor under the de-
fusion that newspaper may be sold at
cost, and even given away. and yet live on
the revenue Of its advertising columns. Ex-
perience tells another story. A newspaper
ike any other commodity, will be held in
no higher esteem than its owners put upon
II. If they attempt to give it away they
will find that nobody wants it. II they sell
II at a loss nobody will make good the deficit
and the paper will deteriorate with the low
ering price. The minimum price, in most
American cities, at least, ought TO be
cents. Perhaps it would be better for all
concerned IL il Were or 5 cents.
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IN and after Tuesday. Aug. Is. lSoS
~ trains will run folioWs: Central
Standard Time.) All trains enter
UNION RAILWAY STATION. i
p. M. Time in Black Face Figures
Trains marked thus: Dy-Daily. S-Seepers
P-Parlor Car C-Chair Car. D-Dining Car
CLEVE., GIN, CHI. ~ ST. LOUIS R'Y.
Cleveland DivisiOn-Big Four
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merchants rely upon our consuls. Every
consul receives hundreds of letters of in
quiry from all over the United States.
your district? How must l proceed, what
peculiarities of manufacture must ] adopt
to. get the business?" These and numerous
other questions they ask. The consul should
make a thorough and systematic study Of
the business situation in his district. He
ask them in their own language: why
don't you buy such and such American
goods? We can compete with the mer-
terms and beat them on quality. We are
the greatest manufacturing nation in the
TO OUR DISADVANTAGE.
A dealer in brewers sundries in this
country invariably sends out among his
German customers a travelling man who
can speak German. He knows why he does
this. A consul who cannot speak the Ian
guage of the country TO which he is ac-
credited is at a tremendous disadvantage.
Some people claim that we have an efficient
consular system now because the consular
reports are interesting. This doesn't fol-
low. There always are a number of intel
Hgent men in the consular corps, and these
write the reports A perusal Of the reports
will show that the same names occur again
and again. A consul may be ever so much
of gentleman and ever so well educated,
but he cannot be a consul until he learns
his business any more than every Well-ed-
ucated gentleman is lawyer or doctor.
As the cOnsuls change before they learn
their business, the offices are actually con-
Quoted bv the vice consuls and consular
agents, who are usually foreigners, either
Germans or Englishmen These men are al
ways merchants residing abroad, agents for
manufactures in their own country. When
the American manufacturer writes to the
consul his letter is referred to the English
or German consular agent, who invariably
replies there is no opening in his district for
that line of goods. / know of one consular
agent who for eigteen years sent these re-
plies to American manufacturers, while he
enriched himself by selling the products of
his own firm. Thus, through the ignorance
of our consuls, our consulates not only are
a negative injury to our merchants they
are often a positive injury.
The politicians make great use of that
bugbear word bureaucracy" They say,
Let every freeborn American have an
equal chance at the Offices" This sounds
ers, unless he happens to be for the mo-
ment friend of the few big politicians who
are distributing the Offices try to get
consulate. He might as well try to fly to the
moon with pair of paper wings The Of
fees are controlled by the politicians. and
the ordinary American citizen has no
chance at them whatever. Not so with the
civil service system-with Annapolis, for ex-
ample Any farmers son who distinguishes
himself by industry and ability has a chance
to go to Annapolis. There are many sons of
uninfluential men at Annapolis.
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-09-23
FIRES ARE RAGING.
Great Streams of Lava Flow from the
Craters of Vesuvius.

Great Streams of Lava Flow from the
Craters of Vesuvius.
NAPLES, Sept. 18.-A state of gloo-
my apprehension prevails among the
population regarding the eruption of
Vesuvius, which is hourly becom-
ing more active and menacing.
Streams of lava are spreading in ev-
cry direction. The most threaten
ing of these flows through the We
drino Valley, which is almost filled.
The observatory, which originally
stood at height of 6lO meters, is
now only % meters above the sea
level, owing to the sinking of the
ground. Seven new craters have
formed around the central one, and
this has not tended to diminish the
fears formerly felt, which was based
upon the eruption of stones and SEQ
rae similar to that which occurred
i'm 1872,
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WINNIE DAVIS DEAD.
The "Daughter of the COnfederacy'i
Passes Away at Narraganset Pier.
Relapse Came Saturday Night, and Sun.
day at Noon Death Relieved Her
Sufferings.

NARRAGANsETT PIER, r. l., Sept.
lS.-Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, died ut noon
to-day at the Rockingham Hotel, to
which place she came as guest in
the early part of the Piers social
season. She had been i'll for several
weeks, and fortnight ago her all
ment was diagnosed as malarial
gastritis. At times her condition
became very serious, so that con-
sultations of physicians were
deemed necessary, but frequent raj
lies gave renewed hope that she
would ultimately recover. During
the week especially was her con-
dition considered favorable, and it
was thought that her removal from
the hotel would be possible in a few
days, as the hotel had closed for the
season, leaving the patient and
attendants practically alone in the
house. Last night, however, a re-
lapse in Miss Davis condition was
noticed, and throughout the night
she lost strength perceptibly. This
morning the physicians said that
the end was not far off, and at noon
death came to end the suffering,
which at times had been intense.
Mrs. Davis had watched unremit-
tingly at her daughters bedside and
she is now bowed with sorrow.
The physicians of Mrs. Davis re-
port she is holding up with great
calmness in her affliction, and no
| fears are at present entertained of
her health yielding to the strain.
Miss Winnie Davis, the "Daugh-
ter of the COnfederacy," was born in
the Confederate Executive Mansion
at Richmond, Va, in 1858. She was
educated principally at home owing
to the trouble surrounding her faith
er and the publicity which attended
all movements of the Davis family,
Miss Davis attained her majority al
Beauvoir, Miss. Here she assisted
her mother in various ways and
took her place in the many social
functions of the place. She was her
fathers constant companion. She
assisted him in all his work and
much of the information which was
required by Mr.. Davis in his writ
ings was secured for him by his
daughter. Her strong character
was marked from youth. She wa:
engaged to Mr.. Wilkerson, of Syra
cuse, n. Y, but shortly after hel
fathers death the engagement was
broken off. While no public eX
planation of the rupture was giver
it is well known that it was for the
purpose of maintaining her tather''
name. She received the name
Daughter of the Confederacy' il
1885, when her father made hi'
famous trip through the South. Mr.
Davis being unable to appear, Mis-
Winnie was brought before the
thousands at the different point
along the route and introduc ed "a
the daughter of the Confederacy.
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THEY WILL GO TO
MANILA, SURE.
First Tennessee Has Been
Ordered There.
FOUR OTHER REGIMENTS WILL GO.
Arrangements for transportation of the
Troops viii BE Made at once-Iiow the
BOys Received the News.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The fate
of the First Tennessee Regiment
was finally settled to-day by an or
der from the War Department or
dering the five regiments now sta
toned at San Francisco to Manila.
1t was stated at the War Depart
ment that no eXigency had arisen
which made it necessary to send the
troops now at San Francisco TO Ma
Mia, but the order issued to day was
in accordance with the general plan
of the department regarding "A gar
rison for the Philippines. That plan
of garrison duty included 20 600 men
for the Philippines, II 500 for Porto
Rico and $4,000 for Cuba. The troops
to be sent to Manila under to-day's
order will fill the complement for
that station. The troops would have
been sent before, it was said, except
that the department was awaiting
the return of transports. 1t is not
expected that troops now at Homo
lulu will accompany these to be en-
barked at San Francisco, but that
more troops will be sent to HonOlu-
lu in the near future.
The following is the order direct
ing the movement of troops from
San Francisco:
"Adiutant Generals office, Wash
ingtoD, d. c., September i0.-Com-
manding General, Department Of
California, San Francisco, Call
With the approval Of the Acting
SECRETARY of War. the Fifty first
Iowa, Twentieth Kansas, First Ten
nessee, First Washington aud de-
tachment of Second Oregon Volun-
teer Infantry, now at San Francisco,
are hereby relieved from duty i'm the
Department OF California aud will
proceed t. Manila Philippine Is
lands, reporting upon arrival, for
duty to the commanding General,
| United States forces, at that point.
The Quartermaster's Department
will! furnish the necessary transpor-
taJion, especial care being taken to
provide sufficient space, and the
Subsistence and Medical depart
ments are charged with providing
ample and suitable supplies, fur
nished by their respective depart
ments, to insure the comfort, we'll
being aud health Of the troops en-
route.
by command of Mai Gen. Miles.
"H. G. CORBIN, Adiutant- Gen"
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CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY.
Democrats of the Seventh District VIII
Hold One Tomorrow.

Democrats of the Seventh District VIII
Hold One Tomorrow.
The Democratic primary for the
selection of a candidate for Congress
will be held in this, the Seventh
Congressional district, tomorrow.
The polls will be open from 10 a. m.
to 8 p. m, and the election will be
held by the district committeeman
The Executive Committee, which
called the primary, adopted strong
resolutions to prevent the use of
money, whiskey or corrupting influ-
ences, and it is hoped that the cleo
tion will pass off quietly and in
good order.
The committeeman of the several
counties, to whom the returns will
be made, will meet in Columbia
Tuesday, Oct. 4, to canvass the vote
and declare the candidate receiving
the highest number the nominee.
The following gentlemen are be-
fore the people for the nomination
w. ]. Whitthorne, of Maury; u. w.
Ewing and J. f. Montague, of Giles
w. l.. Grigsby, of Dickson, and n.
n. Cox, of Williamson.
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A special to the American from
San Francisco says:
There is joy in the camp of the
First Tennessee, for, after weary
months of waiting, definite orders
have been received for the regiment
to proceed to Manila. Although the
regiment has been disappointed
many times on rumors and alleged
orders, the one to-day looks like the
genuine article. Wh,n the news
reached camp, the baud turned out,
played Dixie and There Will Be a
Hot Time, while the boys yelled
themselves hOarse.n
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SAFE BLOWN OPEN.
Graham's store, at Pinewood, Hickman
County, Robbed,

Graham's store, at Pinewood, Hickman
County, Robbed.
One of the boldest robberies in the
history of this section of the country
was perpetrated on Thursday night
of last week at PinewOod, Hickman
county.
Two unknown parties worked their
way into the store of H. H. d I. H.
Graham, in which the postoffice is
located, and secured a large amount
of money. They en'ered the side
room, where Fred Beasley, a clerk
in the store, was sleeping, and bound
him hand and foot until they had
blown open the large safe, secured
its contents and made good their es-
cape.
The young man eXtricated himself
from the cords with which he was
bound along toward daylight and
Immediately gave the alarm. But
the burglars had had several hours
in which to make good their escape
The exact amount of money Sc
cured by the robbers is not known,
but the proprietors of the store esti-
mate it at something like 5000.
Messrs. Graham telegraphed to
Nashville for bloodhOunds, and a
special train carrying the dogs left
that place at ll:lO o'clock Friday
morning. A flying trip was made tC
Graham Station, and the dogs were
at once taken to the scene of the rob-
berry. The trail was taken up anC
carried for some distance, but was
finally lost. Nothing has yet been
heard of the robbers.
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and resulted as follows:

Padgett ...... Observation-Disclosures. 20
brown ......,..........,...
This gave Mr.. Padgett the nomi-
nation, and the announcement Of
the result was greeted with applause
loud and prolonged. The enthu-
siasm of Mr.. Padgett's friends was
intense, and for awhile they were
afraid to allow him to speak for fear
he would decline to accept. How
ever, when quiet was regained, he
arose and announced that he would
accept. Although, he said, it was
entirely contrary to his wishes; that
although he preferred the peace of
private life and the quiet happiness
of the home circle; that although it
was a sacrifice of his pleasure and
his financial interests, yet, he did
not know how to say no to the De-
mocracy of Maury county, and to
the people who had always been so
uniformly kind to him. He would
accept the nomination therefore as
trust, and do his duty and serve
his country to the best of his ability
His speech of acceptance of his par.
tvs call started the enthusiasm
afresh, and it was several minutes
before the convention would come
to order again.
FlOater Nominated.
The nomination of a candidate fol-
t1oterial representative was ther
taken up. The name of Mr.. Juhr
w. Fry was the only one placed be
fore the conventian, because The
convention went wild with approva
and would hear none other, and he
was unanimously elected by accla.
nation. Mr.. Fry's nomination wa
vociferously applauded, and louC
calls were made for a speech of &C
ceptance. Notwithstanding that he
is a big man and was very reluctan
to address the audience, he wal
borne bodily to the platform, wher,
his friends succeeded in getting hin
to pronounce the words, II accept.
Although his speech was brief one
it was all the audience wanted, anC
they showed their appreciation b!
unbOunded enthusiasm.
Nominations Fer Representatives.
The next thing in order was tn
nomination of two candidates 70
representative. The following nam e
were presented: Joe Ballanfant
by ]. B. Granbery; DR.. H. L. Oliver
by N. B. Cheairs; r. G. Mullins, b,
J. c. VOORHEES,; Joe A. Perry, by DI
K. S. Hewlett; w. J. fowler, b,
Jas. A. Smiser; F. Jay Webster, b,
Geo. w. Haye es; Capt. Frank Craig
by E. H. Hatcher. The first ballO
| waS aS fOllOwS.
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GarwOOd's Sarsapar1Ila-1Or the blood
guaranteed to cure. A. B. RAINS.
GERMANY SCREENING.
1t Looks Like She Is After Hold in TIL,
Philippines.

1t Looks Like She Is After a Hold in the
Philippines.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-It is be-
lieved that Germany has been
scheming to take a hand in the
disposition of the Philippines. The
authorities at Washington have
learned that, acting under instruc
tions from Berlin, the German COM
mander .in.cbief of the Asiatic
squadron has been investigating
the coal deposits of the islands.
This has been considered of sufficient
Importance to be laid before the
Peace Commission. The President
does not propose to allow Germany
to secure any of the Philippines
or to permit Spain to dispose of any
territory in the far East, and has in
structed the commission to demand
of Spain reversionary rights in the
islands for the United States.
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FIVE MILES IN THE AIR.
Next To the Highest Balloon Ascension
on Record just Made,

on Record just Made.
LONDON, Sept. l5.-Next to the
highest balloon ascension on record
was made here this afternoon from
the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, by
Stanley Spencer, the well-known
mronaut, aud DR., Beerson. The bal
loon, which was inflated with pure
hydrogen and has a capacity of 56,-
800 cubic feet, attained an altitude
of 27 800 feet, or nearly five miles.
At height of 25,OOO feet the air
was so rarefed that the occupants
of the car were compelled to breathe
compressed oxygen by tubes. The
temperature was 81 degrees below
freezing point. The atmosphere was
clear aud the coast distinctly visi-
BILE. The balloon finally descended
near Romford, in Essex.
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DEMOCRATS carried Arkansas by
safe majorities. The vote to sell
liquor in the State carried by over
$4,000 majority.
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THE total number of Confederates
in the war before last is estimated
at 100000. The number of pension
ers on the Union side thirty-three
years after the war is 989, ,343.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-09-23

THE Spanish Supreme Council of
War has decided to suspend Admiral
Montoio, the luckless commander
who got in Dewey's way at Manila.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-09-23

IT is said that Luccheni, the as
sassin of the Austrian Empress, be-
longed to gang of Anarchists who
came to the United States from
Europe two years ago and who had
for their object the assassination of
crowned heads. 1t is also said that
the leaders of the band are still in
New York.
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The convention then adjourned,
and a better days work for Democ-
racy has not been done in Maury
for many years. Those who were
defeated took their disappointment
as men aud Democrats should; and
it is generally admitted that the
ticket is the strongest one the party
has put forward in years.
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IT is reported that Aguinaldo has
found financial backing. A Euro
pean nation, it is said, will put up
cash for his cause. In view of this
the statement that he now will in
sist upon absolute independence is
significant.
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MCMILLIN and Fowler concluded
their joint canvass of the Western
end of the State last Friday, and
crossed over to East Tenn essee. The
first of the sixteen appointments in
Middle Tennessee will be filled at
Murfreesboro, October 6.
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SECRETARY DAY rendered his
resignation as Secretary of State last
Friday to accept his appointment on
the Peace Commission.
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AT last the French Government
has taken courage and decided to
move in the Dreyfus matter. After
a seemingly endless course of delib-
GRAFTON, hesitation and vacillation,
it has decided upon revision of the
trial of 1894. This decision was
reached at the meeting of the Min
isterial Council last Saturday morn
ing.
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THE insurgent leader Aguinaldo
has sent a message to the Associated
Press denying rumors of strained re-
lations between the Fillipinos and
the American forces. He declares
the stories to be the work of com
mon enemy. AS a result of the Con-
gress at Malolas the insurgent lead
ers now profess entire confidence In
the American Government.
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This lett but four candidates in
the field at this juncture, but on the
ninth ballot the names Of Messrs.
John G. Sowell and Frank Ricketts,
were entered, and Mr.. Mullins
name was withdrawn. The next
ballot, the tenth, resulted in the
nomination of Dr.. Oliver, and this
completed the ticket and closed the
worF of the convention. The last
ballot was as follows:
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AT the last meeting of the Ten
nessee division, United Confederate
Veterans, Memphis was selected as
the next place of meeting, with
pulaski as second choice if anything
banpened so that the Memphians
conld not entertain the old vets.
Memphis having closed her gates to
the world, in order to keep out Vel
low Jack, the meeting will there
fore be held at Pulaski. October u
and IS are the dates, and big re-
union is anticipated.
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A TERRIFIC cyclone passed over
the Windward Islands on Sunday of
last week. Hundreds of persons
were killed, thousands of others in
jured and rendered homeless, and
there was great destruction of prop
erty,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-09-23

THE Rev. DR.. John Hall, the
eminent New York theologian, died
last Saturday while on a visit to his
native home in Ireland. DR.. Hall
was born, raised ard educated in
Ireland, and was licensed to preach
in 1852. He was pastor of the Fifth.
Avenue Presbyterian Church in
New York and Chancellor of the
University of the City of New York.