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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-07-14
LIEUT.. RAGSDALE,
Appointed to tie First Lieuten ant in
the 31th Regiment.

AppOinted TO tie First Lleuteha ant IN
the 31th Regiment.
President Mckinley last Tuesday
appointed Robert o. Ragsdale, of
Columbia, to be First Lieutenant
i'm the 37th Regiment, oneOf the new
volunteer regiments now being. or
ganized in the Philippines. Lieut..
Ragsdale is at present First Lieu
tenant in Company b, First Ten
nessee in the Philippines. Alvin X.
Raskette, Second Lieutenant In
Company b, has also been appoint
ed to be Second Lieutenant In the
37th Regiment.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-07-14
A NEW LAUNDRY.

One to be Started Here by Mr.. X. f.
Thomas, of Springfield.
Columbia will soon have a new
steam laundry. Mr.. r. F. Thomas
has moved here from Springfield
Tenn, and rented the vacant store.
house below Cant Bros, on South
Main Street, where he is putting in
a complete laundry outfit, and will
probably begin operations mex
week. Mr.. Thomas ard family are
living on Sixth street.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-07-14
Highest Price Paid for Wheat,

Iwant all l can get. The way to
get it lie to pay little more than
anybody else for it. Call me at
either the Citizens or Bell Tele-
phone, at Carriers Creek, and see If
[ won't do that.
If SAM NICHOLS.
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Small Fire.

The house of George Irvine, col
ored on College Hill, caught fire last
Saturday afternoon. The damage
wa small and was fully covered oy
insurance.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-07-14
CROP NOTES.
prouth Over the state.

Drouth Over the State.
The prolonged drouth over the
State Is becoming serious and is
damaging the crops to an alarming
extent. The reports that reach the
Office of the Commissioner of Agri.
culture are very gloomy. An Official
of that department figures that the
corn crop will not average more
than 80 per cent Of crop. The
potato crop is almost failure.
The drouth is felt more severely in
Middle Tennessee than in any other
section of the State. There has been
more ram in East Tennessee, and
the crops in that section are very
good, while they are also good i'll
some of the bottom lands in West
nessee.-American.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-07-14

Commissions, cramps, chronic fe-
male diseases and Mysteries are
cured by use Of Simmons Squsw
Vine Wine or tablets II
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DO a
y
KNOW \

That the Equitable Society's
Guaranteed Cash Value Policies
cOntain the following twelve special
guarantees:
1. The Immediate payment of the
face of the policy in the event Of
death.
II. IncOntes liability after frat year.
Ill. Freedom "a to residence, trav-
ell and occupation, after the first year.
". A guaranteed Cash Surrender
Value, the amount of which increas-
es annually, after the third year.
Y. A guaranteed surrender value
Paid-up Assurance, increasing ami
nually, after the third year.
VI. A loan, at per cent interest,
on third or any subsequent anniver-
sary of the assurance.
VII. A cash Bonus at the end OF
period of twenty years Cor fifteen
years, If preferred).
VIII. The choice of EIGHT OPTIONS
at the end OF the period, under one
OF which the policy may be either
Continued or Surrendered on most
| liberal terms.
IX. An annually increasing sur
render value if the policy is cOntin-
ued beyond the period.
y. Dividends from Surplus subse-
quently earned, If the policy is con-
tinued beyond the period.
NJ. Thirty days grace in the pay
meut of all premiums.
MI. The right tgiven to the as
suredJ to change the beneficiary at
pleasure.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-07-14
phOSnhate Rock

Is heavy and you need Mitchell
Wagon if you want to carry GOOD
loads. 1t will stand where others
will fall. See
If SATTERFIELD d DODSON.
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Disc

and smoothing harrOws, land rollers,
and other up to-date implements.
See SATTERFIELD x DODsON.
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The Hurricane and Columbia base
ball teams will play a game at South
Side Park this afternoon at o o'clock.
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The Finest

Rubber. tired Surveys to be seen on
Ihe streets, are sold by
tt J. =. STREET & Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-07-14

And field peas at Frierson q En-
bry's. Now is the time to SOW 10"
hay. jy6-1t
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Mitchell Wagon,

Monarch of the road. If you want
the best, buy the Mitchell" see
If SATTERFIELD d DODSON.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-07-14

Don't send your pearls off. We
paw the highest market prices.
7l42t JAMES BROS.
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Mitchell Wagons.

Car load just received. Come and
get o.e. See
n SATTERFIELD 4 DoDsoN.
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INSOLyENT NOTICE.

Having qualified rs the Administrator of
the estate of Mrs. $. T.. Odell, deceased, all
parties having claims against said estate
are hereby notified to file them, duly au-
thenticated, with A. L. Thomas, County
Court Clerk, on or before January IA, 1900,
or they will be forever barred. And all par
ties indebted to said estate are requested
to come forward and make settlement.
JOHN FoXALL,
iulyl4it Administrator.
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FriersOn & Tucker,
GENERAL Tire life
INSURANCE and
AGENTS. Accident.

By prompt attention, just and quick set
Elements of claims, we hope to merit part
of your business. Call and see us. once
NOD, West Seventh Street.
april7 COLUMBIA, TENN.
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Do not let the hot weather
deter you from coming to our
Harvest of Values.
We have only one object
in view-to close out our
summer goods to make room
for fall stock soon to arrive.
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GOODWIN, July 12.-Nearly every
farmer is through threshing wheat.
and all had a fine, dry time to get it
out. Corn is suffering badly for
rain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-07-14

Wood and cedar poles of all kinds.
69l0 J. L. DOYLE, S. Garden st.
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LAWRENCE IRON
COMPANY.

The annual meeting of stockholders OF
above company for election of directors
may come before them, will be held at
Nashville. Tenn. July 18th at u O'Clock,
noon, at office of the Union Bank n Trust
Co. j. HILL EAKIN,
JULY 2t Sec'ty Lawrence IRON Go.
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BIGBYvILLE, July 12.-(Corres-
pondence) .-Messrs. Gentry Mayes
and Walter Kirkpatrick, of Hamp-
shire, were in the community this
week prospecting for farms. Our
land owners, however, are not dis
posed to sell unless they can get
phosphate prices, as the rock exists
in abundance OH several farms in
the community.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-07-14

IT, NAY Manager.
p. BUTLER. Agent.
n Columbia, Tenn
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Light showers have fallen during
the past week, but vegetation is still
suffering considerably on account of
the drouth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-07-14

Prices have been cut
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-07-14

THE EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
or THE UNITED STATES.
strongest In the world.~
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BRoADvIEw, July u.-(Corres
pondence) - Wheat threshing is
about over in this neighborhood.
The yield was not very good-just
about half a crop. Corn is suffering
for want of rain. The farmers are
very much discouraged over the dry
weather.
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WATER VALLEY, July 1l.-(Cor-
respondence). - The farmers are
feeling blue over the prospect for a
corn crop. If it don't rain very soon
the corn crop will be failure. The
millet crop is almost complete
failure. Gardens have nearly dried
up.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-01-04
A Dog ATTEMPTS Suicide.

4 very remarkable instance Of the
grief of a dog was shown here last Fri
day by the English terrier DOtt, owned
by Mr.. w. II. II. Boswell, Of the Rees
House, says the Winchester, KY, sun.
Dott was the mother Of five pups, and
Friday the pups were boxed and sent
10 friends Of Mr. Boswell at Lexington.
shipping the pups was not to be con-
cealed from the mother, and nearly set
her frantic, but she was held in the hO-
tel until the pups were on their way to
the depot, when she escaped and trailed
the wagon 10 the depot in which the
pups we're taken there. The mother ex-
hibited the most intense grief by pite-
-ous means and made several attempts
TO board the train that was to carry
away her young. but she was taken
away until the train pulled out Short
IN afterward she evidently attempted
to commit suicide, as she was seen by
several persons buttiDg her head vigor-
ously against the stone fence inelosing
Colonel Winn's yard. She then fol-
lowed the train that had taken the pups
TO the crossing Of the Lexington pike
and there took the pike toward Lexing-
ton. Robert Baldwin started in pur-
suit and overlook her some five miles
distant, aud brought her back to the
hotel, when for twJ days she exhibited
degree Of grief that is not often seen
In human beings.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-01-04
Amusing Blunders.

In Sir N. Grant DufTs diary thsTe
are some amusing stories Of mistakes
in the House of Commons. 4 loyal
Irish member oncs declared, with fer
vor:
"Sir, / acknowledge the venerable
widow at Windsor to be the foremost
man among her subjects
The London Spectator not long since
published collection Of modern Irish
bulls, some of them perplexing enough
from their singular topsy-turviness Of
meaning but the English peasant is
as apt to give a hazy answer as his
American cousin.
An American, strolling through the
Green Park in London one day last
summer, asked one of the gray old
guardians Of that historic bit of wood
land who lived in a stately palace near
Stafford House?
'Its Lady Blank lives there. She
removed to Scotland yesterday to lie
buried was the reply.
"YOu have miraculous rOse-tree in
Wells that blooms at Easter?' the
same American asked an old farmer.
"Aye, We have. Only it's not rose,
but thorn, and it blooms on Christ
mas, and not Easter, and it's growing
not at Wells, but at Glastonbury" was
the answer.
Mr.. Frederic Harrison defines a good
style in writing to be first eiearness Of
idea, and next elearness Of expression.
Bulls and mistakes such as these are
the result of hazy ideas or excitement
in speaking. The American, With his
nimble brain and habit of ready
speech, seldom makes such mistakes
His errors are usually born Of ignOr-
ance or hasty generalizing, such as was
the reported question of a man in
Washington soon after Dewey's vic
tory. "HOw did the Philippians iall
into such gross savagery after Paul
wrote his epistle to them ?"-YOuth's
Companion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-01-04
Humidity on the Wabash.

Talking about rainy weather. said
the Westerner, 81 remember once out
in indianapolis meeting a farmer who
took the most cheerful view of damp
ness of anybody ever saw. / asked
him if they had had much rain down
on the Wabash that spring.
'''Well, it has been little damp, he
answered. The day before left home
/ had to hang up twenty-four Of my
ducks. They had got so water-soaked
that they couldn't swim any longer. 1
planted my corn in two feet of water,
and / don't expect over thirty bushels
to the acre. Ny wheat is looking pretty
well, but the sturgeon and catfish have
damaged it considerable. There was
about fifteen minutes sunshine one day,
and thought / would plant my pcta-
toes, so / loaded them on a scow and
anchored the scOw in three feet of wa
ter, when il began to rain again.
"I wanted to go down on the bot
tenn lands next the Wabash to see if
the grass was growing for my hay crop,
but my wife said that as We didn't have
any diving bell she'd rather | wouldn't.
/ should feel kind Of discouraged with
all the rain, but I've spent my odd
hours of leisure time-and the even
ones, too, on account Of staying in out
Of the building an ark. If il will
only rain another week or two until |
get her ready to sail, I'm going to take
my family out to Missouri by water for
trip to visit our folks that moved eff
cut there because they didn't know
enough TO stay ia a place where they
were comfortable Boston Evening
Transcript.
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scorns to Adopt a Privilege.

The rule that no person shall smoke
in a street car is enforced strictly by the
conductors on all Memphis lines, hut
an exception is made in the case Of one
passenger, namely, the Hon. John L.
I. Sneed. It is not recorded that the
able Chancellor ever took advantage of
the exceptional privile ge accorded him,
bat it is certain that he has been invi-
ted to go in OFF the platform aud finish
Lis cigar comfortably onsa cushioned
seat.
"No, Pm afraid the ladies would OBJ
ject," was his response to such an invi-
tation.
"The ladies all make concessions to
you," was the reply Of the conductor.
Il don't know about that, said the
Judge. You heard what the old lady
said about smoking in her presence ?"
The conductor had to confess that
though he had heard good many sto-
ries on the rear platform, he had never
heard this particular one.
"Well, I'll tell you,n said the Chan
cellOr. 'She was a charming lady of
the old school, and one day she was
asked if she objected to a gentleman
smoking in her presence. 4 don't re-
ally know was her reply. 4 have
never had any experience in that line.
No gentleman has ever smoked in my
presence. '''-Memphis Scimitar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-01-04
Some Cooking Rules.

Nothing fries crisp that is wet.
Egging and breading should be done
fifteen minutes, and Touring immedi-
ately before frying.
A frying basket should not be al
lowed to touch the bottom of kettle.
A hot, clear fire is indispensable to
success in broiling.
A gridirOn or wire broiler should be
cleaned thoroughly every time it is
used.
A broiler should be heated hot and
rubbed with suet or other fat before the
meat is put on.
All broiIed meats should be served as
soon as they are cooked.
The same broiler must not be used
for meats aud fish.
To make light, fiaky piecrust all the
ingredients must be very cold as well
as properly compounded.
Rub tbs top of cake with a little dry
-four and the icing will adhere more
readily.-Demorest's Magazine.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-01-04
The Birthday of Christ.

A correspondent writes to the Boston
Herald: Probably ninety-nine out of
every hundred people are under the inn
preston that Christ was born exactly
1897 years ago to-day-that is, on De
eember p, in the year 1, a. d. such,
however, is not the fact. Our method
Of counting time was not introduced
until the year 532 A. d. The calcula-
ton was erroneous, and it was found
ten centuries afterward to be deficient
Of the true period by trife over four
years. But as the alteration of a sys-
tenn that had then been adopted by
nearly all Europe would have occasion
ed great confusion in civil affairs, the
error was, by general consent, allowed
to remain, and we continue to reckon
from the era first established, which,
however, lacks four years and six days
Of the real Christian epoch. Christ,
therefore, was really born on December
10, in the year b. c., instead Of on
the day and year commonly supposed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-01-04
Johnny. Geographical Attachments.

Nov that we have these vast pos
sessions in the antipodes, Johnny, |
think
"Father, Pm astonished Our anti
po1es are somewhere among the fishes
southwest of Australia, which is a far
cry from the Philippines"
"Well, I was just going to say that
this hemp they grow in Manila
SIT isn't hemp at all, father travels
under false pretenses. Manila hemp is
variety Of the banana family"
"Dear me, Is that 50 It's good cord
age all the same. Why, when was
out in the Sandwich Islands p
"Father, you're enough to make
Liliuokaiani shudder. No persons says
Sandwich Islands now, unless to make
himself understood by those who don't
know that the Hawaiian Islands is
the official and accepted name. Be
sides''--
"Well, suppose you'll be asking me
next to say Puerto Rico just because
the Spaniards do"
"Not at all. Porto Rico has been
good English usage for several eentu-
riesl It's all right"
"GIad you've passed on the question.
But if we go into Manila hemp grow
ing in a territory 500 miles feom our
former limits we"-
"You mean 1000 miles. You GER
tainly haven't forgotten that the United
States has long extended to the end of
the Aleutian Chain, and Attn is only
about 800 miles from Manila
you're very kind But speaking of
Manila hemp, they say that in Borneo,
the largest island in the wOrld"-
at was when you studied geography,
father, but they've learned since that
New Guinea is larger than BorneO, and
Greenland is larger than New Guinea.
"Great world this "Well, / was
talking with Brown about introducing
Manila hemp into tropical America,
and be said that on his plantation in
san Salvador. -
why, there are no plantations in
the city Of San Salvador. If you mean
the country of which San Salvador is
the capital you should say Salvador" +"
"Young man, your hat is getting too
small for YOU IfyOu don't stop max
ing my head ache with your erudition
/ shall send you direct TO Nladivo-
stock"
"You don't mean direct. should
have to transship at Yokohama or
Shanghai 1 thing
"Give US a rest, please. / want 70
read the paper. New York Sun.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-01-04
Tbs Penalty of Guilslessness.

Walter Henry Brown was up before
the Mailing Police Court, Kent, Eng
land. few days ego for robbing Mrs.
Allingham, an old lady, Of many valu-
able articles. Brown, il was alleged,
called at the cottage and represented
that he was the assistant sanitary Off
Ger for the district, and that he had
been sent to make a thorough inspec-
ton Of the premises.
He was admitted, and handing the
old lady a stick, asked her to go up
stairs and tap the walls Of one Of the
bedrooms with it to enable him TO as
certain whether they were sound, He
especially requested her to continue to
use the stick until he told her to stop.
After tapping for a long time the
prosecutrix became suspicious, and on
returning downstairs found the pris-
oner had gone, aud that he had ran
sacked ali the rooms on the ground
floor. He was remanded without bail.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-01-04
Glorious News

Comes from DR.. d. B. CargiIe, of WISH
ita, I. T. He writes: "FOur bottles
Of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs.
Brewer of scrofala, which had caused
her great suffering f,r years. Terrible
sores would break out on her head and
face, and the best doctors could give
no help but her cure is complete and
her health Is excellent" This shows
what thousands have proved, that
Electric Bitters is the best blood puri-
fer known. It's the supreme remedy
for eczema, tetter, salt rheum, ulcers,
boiIs and running snres. II stimulates
liver, kidneys and bowels, expels pois-
Ons, helps digestion, builds up the
strength. Only 50 cents at J. n.
Snyderis Drug Store, Somerset, Pa,
aud G. w. BralIiers Drug Store Ber-
lin, Pa Guaranteed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-01-04
A Sail on the Balloon.

Andree's system Of steering balloons
has recently been tested by Mr.. Pereeval
Spencer. A drag rope, 800 feet long
and about 100 pounds in weight, was
used, the balloon being fitted with a
steering sail" The experimenter said
to London Times reporter that ave
satisfied ourselves that to steer bal
loon to some extent by this method is
perfectly feasible for not only
can one so direct the balloon as to avoid
obstacles, but the even altitude MAIN
tanned by the use Of the trail rope les
sens the waste Of gas for it must be
remembered that though the friction
ofthe trail rope drags the balloon down,
the balloon is also relieved Of ballast to
the extent Of the rope that IS on the
ground-two opposing forces that tend
TO keep the balloon in equilibrium al
certain elevation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-01-04
GIFT of a Gold Nugget.

The Gainesville Ca Eagle tells this
story about how a nugget of gold was
presented to ''the great father" during
the Presidents recent visit to Georgia
The trustees Of the North Georgia
Agricultural College through their
president, Hon. w. P. Price, presented
President Mckinley with solid gold
nugget from a mine near DahlOnega,
as token Of friendship and esteem,
during the jubilee.
The presentation was made in the
private apartments Of President Nc
Kinley at the Kimball House. The
event was the revival Of an ancient
Indian custom. The Cherokee IN
dians, when in Georgia years ago, were
the owners Of the mines around Dah-
Ionega, and they made it a rule to pre-
sent every visiting chief gold nugget
as an evidence Of the purity Of their
friendship. When the trustees Of the
college learned that President MeKin-
ley was coming they determined to re-
vive the old Indian custom
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-01-04
MsxicO's Money.

Before Mexico was invaded by the
Spaniards coins were unknown in this
country, says FL NacionaI, the natives
using in the place Of money the small
est cacao beans, reserving those Of
larger size and better quality for the
manufacture Of liquor, to which they
were much addicted.
About fourteen years after the con-
quest-that is. to say, about the year
1885, Castilian coin commenced to
make its appearance in Mexico. As it
arrived, however, only in very small
quantities, it proved itself insufficient
for the needs of trade, even though the
latter was still of very Insignificant
proportions 1t was then that the
ruling Vieeroy, under authority Of
royal decree, ordered the manufacture
in the City of Mexico ofsmall pieces of
silver of certain weight
These pieces were not stamped with
any coinage whatsoever, and their
value was determined entirely by their
weight and size. From this was de-
rived the word peso which has out
lived the first attempt at making mon
ey in Mexico up to the present. These
pieces of silver remained in circulation
a number Of years, and pieces Of gold
and of copper were also added in time.
Soon, however, it was found that this
sort Of circulating medium made fraud
and abuse extremely easy, and the
Spanish government, taking cOgni-
zanee Of this fact, established by royal
decree three mints, granting them a
perpetual existence for America.
The same decree also provided that
in San Domingo, on the Spanish
Island known to-day as Puerto Rico,
only copper money should be made,
according to the regulations governing
the mint Of CASTLE in 1888. The coin
age of Mexico was actually begun dur
ing the reign Of V1ceroy Antonio de
Mendoza, who established a mint in
buildings belonging to the Marquis del
Vale. During all this time the coin
age was Of considerable amount, and
the facilities Of the establishment were
not sufficient to meet tie demands
made upon it for coins. From the dec
laration Of independence until the year
lS47 the mint was rented out to private
parties, who supplied with coin all the
States of the Republic that had no
mints of their own.