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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-01-27
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friends that we are still
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If you need any sort Of
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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
DRAINING BARNYARDS.
How the Lots Can he Kept Sweet and
Dry mt All Seasons of the
Year.

There is commonly received opin-
Ion that tile drains do not work well in
barnyards, for the reason that the
tramping of the surface will puddle the
earth to the extent that the water will
not get down into the drains, SAYS
Drainage journal. To some extent
this is true, but tile drains will drain
the underlying earth and prevent the
mud in the barnyard from getting so
deep. We have found that three or four
drains well located in the barn lot, the
number depending on the size of the lot,
will serve agood purpose in keeping the
foundation firm. 1 then gravel the
surface where r expect the stock to
tramp most. By 80 doing the surface
soon gets firm and free from sloppy
mud, and we have no deep mud. 1t is
all a mistake to think that tiling will
do no good. The water from the caves
may be caught in cutters and conducted
down to tile drain and carried away,
without affecting in any way the barn
lot. 1t requires a little common sense
in ditching and graveling to have dry
barn lot. But there are some who
would not feel at home unless they
could approach their barn and stable
by stepping from one piece of a rail or
board to another, getting to the door
with a hop, skip and jump. 1t would
be so unnatural otherwise. There are
people, however, who prefer dry land,
and we write for their benefit. AS for
the other fellows they can roll up their
trousers and wade through.
Most of the complaint about manure
being washed away is due to leaving it
under the caves of the barn for the wa
ter to fall upon it and wash it away.
Better have the water carried away
with cutters entering into down pipes
connected with tile drains. By so do
ing you have dry barn lot.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
SHADE FOR cULrIvAToR
An Arrangement which Prevents
Workers I'm the Field from Being
Overcome by the Heat.

Buy a large, strong cotton umbrella
having a stout handle, without knob or
hook at the end. Take two-by-four
about three feet long and bore hole
little larger in diameter than the
handle of the umbrella in the center
of the board and about two-thirds
through. Take block (two-by-four)
foot long and bore a corresponding
hole through it's center and spike to
the first in such way that the holes
will correspond. Take another block
somewhat shorter and do likewise with
1t, thus making hole six inches deep.
This is used as socket for the UNI
brella handle. By wedging it can be
held firmly in place.
The shade is now ready to be mounted
on the cutivator. Much depends on the
kind of frame the cultivator has as to
the mode of attaching it. There is such
variety of cultivators that it would
be useless to describe any particular
one. In almost every case, however, the
machines are put up in such way that
by taking a two-by-four corresponding
n length to the longest of the stand
lrds, boring half-inch holes in the end
Of each and putting in bolts six or eight
inches in length the device can be Sc
curely fastened. Set the standard in
the desired position across the frame.
Then beneath the frame put the second
two-by-four. Put in the bolts and
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12

A parallel to that famous duel fought
in darkened chamber, in which one of
the combatants fires up the chimney
and unwittingly bags his opponent,
who had taken refuge in that undesir-
able retreat, is furnished in a duel
which was fought the other day at
Bonn, on the Rhine, between two foot
men. They quarreled in beer house
and cards were exchanged and the
usual forms were observed, friends of
both parties waiting on the other. The
weapons were to be pistols. But a Curl
GUS and altogether unusual condition
was proposed and agreed to. Both COM
batants were to be blindfolded. The
duel took place as arranged, and it is
not surprising that three shots were
fired without result. After that honors
were declared satisfied. The persons
who ran the greatest risk in the affair
apparently were the seconds, but, like
prudent men, they lay fat on the
ground, and the bullets whizzed over
their PROSTATE forms.-Househol
Words.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
Lightning.

While it is the custom in our country
to eXtinguish the fires at the approach
of tempest, the French peasants, on
similar occasions, kindle fires to pro-
duce as much smoke as possible, as they
believe that the smoke will protect
them against lightning. Hitherto this
has beenregarded as mere superstition;
hut now German scientist has demon
strated that this custom had quite
rational basis, because the smoke acts
as good conductor, Carrying much
electricity to the earth without injury
to the building. He shows that among
1000 cases there were 6.3 churches and
s.5 windmills, but only O.s factory
chimneys thatwerestruck by lightning.
IN. Y. Tribune.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
One Queer Civil war story.

eve sometimes have peculiar incl
dents at these reunions" said Mr.. j. e.
Anderson, of West Virginia, to re-
porter. "The other day was invited
to the home of Maj. Willis to a recep-
ton, and while there met Capt. William
Hammond, of Florida. l had never
seen him before. When Capt. Ham
mond learned that was from West Nir-
ginia he spoke up, and said that he
served there during the war. He was
in one battalion and | was in another.
We got to telling stories, and Capt.
Hammond gave an account of how he
escaped the Yankees by a clever ruse
one day. He was at the house of Col.
Mcneil, when it was announced that
the enemy was approaching, and he ran
out hurriedly TO hide. The only place
offering safety was a hen house, and
the captain climbed up on roost. He
was not seen. When the soldiers left
said Capt. Hammond, "a little girl came
up and told me to come out. She car.
ried me into the house. She was pref
ty child, and while the Yankees were
searching the place she stood guard
over me-" Maj. Anderson says that
after Capt. Hammond had spoken of
the incident he remarked: "Well. cap
tain, here is that little GIRL and he in.
troduced him to Mrs. w. r. Wilson, Of
Chattanooga. Mrs. Wilson is the
daughter of Col. Mcneil, and she was
tba child who watched Capt. Hammond
while the soldiers were hunting him.
She had not seen the captain since that
News and Courier.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
HUMOROUS.

II don't believe that time is money
Do you?" mo; usually have time to
spare.'-N. o. Times-Democrat.
"Your past is an open book?' "A cir
culating library!" she replied, bitterly,
thinking of the neighbors.-Detroit
Journal.
Brown-"Does that new restaurant
get up good meal?" Jones-"Splen-
did. Even the porter dimes there
Ohio State Journal.
Henry, why do you smoke continu-
ally from morning until night?" ITS
the only time get. sleep from night
till morning. .'-Tit-Bits
II would die for my country" he ex-
claimed, dramatically. "Well," she re-
piled, quietly, "I've no doubt your coun-
try would appreciate it," Then he got
mad.-Yonkers Statesman.
An artist gave his last work to por-
ter to convey to the academy. "Be care
full" said he; "the picture is scarcely
dry" "0h, never mind!" exclaimed the
porter; my clothes are old."-Golden
Penny.
Bings = whats Crookson doing
now?" Bangs-"Last accounts he was
making quite name for himself in
the steel business" Bings-"Rails?"
Bangs - mo; burglar" - Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Greene-"Since all geniuses are in
sane, l suppose it's compliment when
you tell man he's crazy?" Miss De
Witt-"What an insane ideal" And
then he wouldn't speak to her for a
week.-Cleveland Leader.
Widower-"My dear dead wife did
her best to save me from disgrace"
Friend-"Umph! You used to tell me
that she was running you by her extrav.
agence." Widower-"Well, Carnegie
says that it is a disgrace to die rich" ="
Town Topics.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
FEEDING EAR CORN.
The New Jersey Experiment statiOn
Proves UnwisdOm of the Practice
by Eloquent Figures.

The practice of feeding ear-corn to
cattle is very widespread. The impress
sion seems to be that what is lost in
the unused corn is made up in the saw
ing in labor and expense of grinding.
The practice of having hogs follow"
cattle originated in a desire to make
good part of this loss. The practice,
however, is not one that commends it.
self to men that practice advanced
methods in feeding. Even in the cases
of men that have their cattle followed
by hogs in summer time, the same prac-
tice of feeding corn on the cob is con-
tinued during the winter and during all
other times, when the loss cannot GER
tainly be made good by the hogs. Ex-
periments have demonstrated that the
loss of good feeding material by the
practice is very large. The New Jersey
experiment station recently made
some tests that were strongly demon
strative Of the unwisdom of this course.
One COW was fed ten pounds of corn on
the COD daily, OF which 5.73 pounds ap-
peared in the excrement, thus showing
that 57.3 per cent. went through the
stomachs of the COW without being af-
fected by the digestive processes. 1t
must be taken into consideration that
there is a loss otherwise than of the 57.3
per cent. of corn, for the animal has
had to use some force in the process of
passing this unused material through
the system. The station mentioned
figured out that in the case of COW Civ
ing milk the value of ton of corn and
cob meal was $9.3S more than ton of
ear corn. OF course, from this must be
deducted the cost of husking and grind
ing a ton of corn, but this would seldom
exceed a half of the increased value
represented. ed.-Farmers' Review.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
WAR TIME MORALITY.
The Chaplain Had n stolen ROrse
and He Had to Take
Ii Back.

In the civil war many incidents of an
amusing nature happened that never
found their way into print. One es-
pecially l call to mind that occurred on
what was known among the boys of the
early COS as the famous Meridian trip.
A chaplain of one of the New York regi-
ments, who no doubt was inspired by
the methods adopted by "Sherman's
Bummers," had in some way become
possessed of fine black mare, for
which he had no bill of sale or anything
else to show that he was legally entitled
to the possession of the chattel. Never
theless he was very proud of his cap
ture, and was not satisfied until the
colonel of the regiment had viewed the
fine points the mare really possessed.
The introduction of the mare to the
colonel brought on the following col
loquy:
Colonel Chaplain, where did you get
that mare? .....
Chaplain-0h, got her at the barn
on the hill, at the same time pointing
in the direction of fine plantation
hard by.
Colonel-What did you give for her?
Chaplain-Why, nothing, of course;
| just took her.
Colonel-Just took her? Why, chap
lain, that is no way of securing proper
ty. You must know that this is not an
army of thieves, and you must return
the mare to the place where you took
her.
At this the chaplain demonstrated,
and in vindication of his action called
the attention of the colonel to the fact
that Christ stole an ass and rode it into
the city of Jerusalem.
Cant help it," replied the colonel.
"You are not Jesus Christ, that mare is
not an ass, and, besides, you are not GO
ing to Jerusalem so take her back"
And the chaplain did as he was bid.
Chicago Evening News.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
THE CAVALRY CHARGE.

'Trotl Gallop! Charge" he yelled.
Forward they lept,a
With strengthening mieht, to crush that
wall of steel,
Der fallen horse and dying man;
Onward they swept
The guns on the height above
Screamed lnthelr wrath
Ricked in their gunner's hands, striving to
burst their bonds,
Hurled death and hail before,
Cleaving their path.
Next, with swelling roar
Small arms belched smoke,
Barking like angry dogs, telling the foe
like logs. ~
Many men slept that day,
Nor one awoke.
Nearer the horsemen surge,
Now reach the slope.
Forward they dash, so freeman to man,
knee to knee
One lift with bride arm,
One mighty whoop,
Then Death himself comes down,
Smiles on the fray
One dread. soulsplitting crash-Death can
afford to taught
Folds his wings over al,
Bears them away.
London Sketch.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
INITIATIVE FILIPINOS.
The American Local Paper Says They
Exceed All Other Peoples
In Initiation,

OF all the races peopling this mum
dane sphere not one has such an ex-
traordinary spirit of imitation as that
which inhabits the Philippine islands.
This race of people, of Malay origin,
which occupies all the archipelago of
the Celebas sea, lacks entirely the aes-
thetic taste necessary for the proper
combination of colors, constructive
ability, uniformity in architectural de-
signs, and the good taste which is re-
quired for the culture and advance
ment of people. They have no ideas
of this kind of their own, and in all mat
tiers of taste do nothing more than what
they see in races of the west.
Anyone who has observed the Fill
pinos will have noticed that they have
no ideas at all in regard to the proper
combination of colors in their wearing
apparel, as, in spite of their dusky com
pleXions, they select in their clothing
the colors which are least suitable to
them. You will see Indian girls and
half-breeds as brown as berries using
in their dresses and scarfs such colors
as blue, green, yellow, brown and black.
A woman Of dusky complexion with a
dress of any of these colors presents an
appearance that is hideous in the ex-
treme. 1t is not uncommon to see dark
skinned Indian girls dressed in such
bright greens that II they should en-
counter carabao they are liable to be
eaten by that festive animal on account
of their similarity to bunch of hay.
The reason why these people cut this
ridiculous figure is that they see these
bright colors on European women, and,
without thinking of the effect which on
account of their different complexion
such hues are liable to produce, readily
adopt them and consider themselves
the most elegant of the elegant.
No sooner does a new fashion arrive
rom Paris, Vienna or Berlin in shoes,
trousers, hats, shirts or neckware, no
matter how extravagant, the Indian
and the half-breed Immediately adopt
them.
The American troops had been in Ma
nila only few days with their brown
uits before the stores on the Escolta
were besieged by natives and half
breeds buying all the brown cloth OBJ
tainable, wool, cotton or silk, and in
few days they were all arrayed in suits
of the same color as those worn by the
army of occupation. They noticed the
hats of straw or felt with blue polka
dot band, and in few days all the In
dians and half-breeds were wearing the
same kind of hats as the Americans.
believe that the Americans will have
but little trouble in introducing here
their usages, customs and language, as
to that end the spirit of imitation which
predominates in the native race will be
a powerful factor.-Manila Freedom.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
WITH THE BUSY BEES.

Nothing irritates bees so much as a
sudden jar.
The best trees to set around the hive
are fruit trees.
1t is a mistake to let colony of bees
be overstocked with drones.
Nothing is gained by feeding bees
when there are plenty of flowers.
When bees build comb in their nat
ural way an excess of drones is usually
produced.
The life of bee depends upon tn
work it does. When it works its life Is
shortened.
No drones are reared in colony until
it becomes very strong and the combs
are well filed.
To produce large crop of honey bees
should not be allowed to swarm, but
kept together.
Bees have been known to swarm in
Il box hive when the hive was only
three-fourths full.
Each frame of comb in hive should
occupy an inch and a half of space, tax.
ing care to space with exactness.
Pure white comb honey, with very
little propolis on the wood of the sec.
tions denotes that they were taken out
as soon as they were filed
A swarm of bees hived upon a full set
of combs at the opening of the honey
season will fill their hive full in week,
ready for surplus boxes.
At intervals during the summer,
when the bees cannot gather honey,
the queens quit laying and the strength
of the colony is curtailed. st. Louis Re.
public.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
How to Reach Two Famous Resorts
An Outing Hint from Outing"

Fast, safe, superbly equipped and most
carefully governed, one need not wonder
at the great popularity Of the New York
Central. No other line affords such facili.
ties for through travel between the East and
the West as this wonderful four-track sys.
TEN. In the possession of the Grand Central
Station, located in the heart Of New York
City, and within trihing distances of all
frst-class hotels, this railway offers greater
advantages than competing lines Spring,
summer, autumn and winter, it has attrae-
tions irresistible. The great Northern Will
derness, the playground Of the State, now
beckons its thousands As autumn falls,
Americas scenic masterpiece, far-famed
Niagara, will claim its annual host Of pill
grims with its majestic power, the fierce
turmoil Of the Whirlpool and all the pic.
turesque surroundings, the awesome Cave Of
the Winds and several other minor attrac-
tions Of the vicinity. And when winter
comes, then the entire scene transformed TO
what seems fairyland of marvellous frost
dressings, of icy forts and snowy palaces;
Of cleaning crystal prison barriers vainly
striving to bind the roaring foaming plunge
Of water-wil present a spectacle OF weird,
mysterious beauty which is not duplicated
in the world.-Outing.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
A SOLDIER WITHOUT SERVICE.
The story of His Peaceful Career of
Enlistment Under Both
Flags. -I.

At select dinner party in the Morn
ingside settlement one of the topics was
the late civil war. The man who gave
the dinner, was properly modest until
one of the guests asked him:
"Were you in the warp"
The host replied that he was in it in
way that he despised.
"On which side?" was asked.
"Both Sides" and the answer natur-
ally startled the curiosity of all present.
"l lived In Missouri at the time. 10 be
explicit, in st. Joseph-it was always
called Sent Joe. The town was hot
bed of secession. The only outspoken
free-soil man in the place in the begin
ming of the trouble was long-haired
chap who was picture maker. They
didn't call him an artist, because he was
from Massachusetts. The first defiant
act to the government in Sent Joe was
the capture of this man for his opin-
ions. We slashed his sunny locks, put
him in a skiff, and told him to row for
the Kansas shore opposite.
II do not know how many southern
regiments were enrolled in Sent Joe.
But there were more than from any
other part of the state. The population
of the town was composed of families
from Virginia, Maryland and Kentucky.
There were several boys in most of the
families. Sent Joe always had the
name of having more boys than any
t, other town ON the river. Nearly all of
these boys enlisted in southern COM
panies.
Il was the only boy, in fact the only
child in our family, and was full OF
6ght. Like most boys of my age, l had