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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-04-07
He Proved an Alibi.

Ralph Bingham, the young plat
form entertainer, who last week de-
lighted two large audiences at Mid
way and at Troy chapel, tells a good
story which he declares describes
an actual occurrence. 1t runs like
this:
A few years ago a series of white
Gaping outbreaks occurred in a
Tennessee county. An old and not
very highly educated farmer was
suspected of knowing something
regarding these disturbances, and he
was called into court to testify.
Now, Uncle Bob" sold the attor-
ney, where were you on the night
this man Jenkins was taken out and
whipped"
II had gone over to Union City to
attend a political gathering" was
the reply.
And where were you when the
Boyd brothers were tarred and
feathered?"
~ was in town a sellin' my cotton,
subj"
And on the night of the lynch
ing?"
:" as up CICIOo Iu0 hGuIuCky
line takin' in circus"
And so on. For every question
the witness had some such answer
ready. He always seemed to be out
of the neighbOrhood, when the pros
ecution wanted him in it. Finally
the attorney lost patience and said:
Uncle Bob, want you to tell me
and tell me truthfully-remember
you are on oath-where you were on
the day Cain killed Abel?n
well, subj" said Uncle Bud,
without the least hesitation, II wuz
in Fulton at the funeral of my first
wife's brother"
After court adjourned Uncle Bob's
oldest son hailed him.
Paw" he said, "you are the big
ges' old fool alive. Thar you went
and seq you wuz in Fulton when
Cain killed Abel. wy, paw, dali
you know Cain killed Abel twenty
years ago eff it wuz day."
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a flock can be nearly or altogether
doubled the first season. Look at
the breed more than the type. for
you are not just now hunting prize
winners; fancy feathers and output
are not always closely related. Get
the male which will do most for the
egg basket, and if he eXcels in
beauty, all right.
For poultry. bran is valuable be-
cause of its nitrogen and carbon; it
also contains mineral matters which
chickens need and in which many
grains are deficient. Therefore, in
connection with other food, let the
hens have bran.
Improved breeds are kept Dy the
thousands by some of the larger
poultry men, although it has been
contended that poultry could not be
successfully raised in large num-
bers; the science of breeding and
poultry management has developed
the way through the incubator and
by separating the fiocks into small
divisions.
1t is folly to sell your surplus fowls
for song, just to get them out of
the way; shut them up in a quiet
place and feed them heartily for a
week or two. If the appetite is
properly tempted they can be made
fat promptly. Do not surfeit them
by keeping food before them at all
times, but feed them often.
If the ducks have not begun to
lay, perhaps they are getting too
much corn and not enough vegeta-
bles. If the latter are scarce, at
least boil up the parings from the
potatoes and turnips and thicken
their mess with bran for a morning
meal. If nothing else, bran scalded
with hot milk makes an excellent
breakfast.
By all means let the poulterer
devote corner of his garden to car
rots; they can be easily raised il
sown early, even before the last fall
of snow. The fowls will devour
them raw or cooked. Boiled and
mashed with bran, they make nice
alienation with boiled oats, for
breakfast, and there can certainly
be no cheaper food. Equally good
are sugar beets; and then horses will
thank you for some of either now
and then. There is no vegetable a
chicken will not eat-eyen arti-
chokes.
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Agriculture.


Even at the risk of pulling out a
few plants, run over your fields of
wheat this spring with slant tooth
harrow as soon as the ground is dry
enough. A plant missing here and
there will give the rest more room in
which to stool out.
Roll the meadows to fix the grass
roots; and then one can never get
these fields too smooth. AT the same
time pick up the stones which both
cred the mower last year, and put
them in box on the roller.
No farmer likes to be called land
butcher, but that is what be is il he
works with dull tools. Before plow-
ing time, see that the pillow points
and the harrow teeth are all sharp
ened. Time will be money pretty
soon, and dull tools bring poor har-
vests.
1t costs many farmers as much to
get their crops to the railway sta
tions as it did 20 years ago, and this,
although the railways have reduced
rates and helped them much. There
must be no more grumbling when
matters could be changed by max
ing good roads along their own
farms.
Some store keeping pays and some
does not. Whether grocer, bank
er, manufacturer or other business
man makes his work a go depends
on the man and his ability to fit
himself to the conditions surround
ing him. Just so it is with the
farmer.
Manure spread in the fall is worth
more than that spread at blowing
time, for notification goes on under
the mulch. Manure in the yard is
bringing no profit.
The man who goes into potato cul-
ture nderstandingIy, having tn e
proper soil and giving the right Gull
tivation, rarely finds himself look
ing about for anything better.
1t is not 80 much the amount of
money we can get in as it is the ia
Guilty of keeping the expenses down
that makes the profit in all cases.
The farmer who buys nothing which
he can produce should be on the
high road to success.
American farmers pillow much
more land in day than they do in
England, by turning under a much
wider slice Of ground every round
1t may be that has something to do
with our smaller crops.
For potatoes, nothing excels coarse
horse manure, for the straw is soon
washed clean as the richness soaks
into the ground. For bushes use
coal ashes. After all, the best gen.
eral mulch is the finely pulver!zed
soil, frequently loosened an inch or
two deep.
The roots of all trees need shade
and moisture, and all the rubbish on
the farm should be used for mulch
ing purposes. Vast quantities OF
such material is wasted on our farms
because its value is not appreciated
nor even known.
One way to have early potatoes to
dig a week or two before your neigh
bors is to put medium sized ones for
seed away in the fall, in suitable
boxes, about two layers deep, in a
light, airy, dry, frost protected
room. At the proper time in the
spring carry these boxes carefully tC
the place of planting, place them in
the rows without breaking the
sprouts, and cover them with mel
low soil.
The best is always best, and we
should be determined to have oul
share of it. improvements are not
always waste. Good roads may in
crease the selling values of our farm;
more than they will cost us in in.
creased taxes. We should not be
penny wise and pound foolish.
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At shearing time is a good chance
to pick out all the sheep which
should be marketed-those which
do not yield a profitable fleece nor
do not give promise of growing into
profitable mutton.
1t is well to use all possible care
to keep the sheep comfortable after
shearing them, and especially to
give them shelter at night. Feed a
little corn for two or three days, and
it will be found help in promoting
warmth.
A ram which has been highly fit
ted for show purposes is frequently
useless for breeding. 1t is hardly
possible to feed a lamb too highly
while growing, but after be has bseu
pampered for winning prizes he has
not the right vigOr for a good sire.
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Attachment Notice.
David S. Williams, VS.. S. H. Butler.

David 5. Williams, VS.. S. H. Butler.
Before w. C. Whitthorne, J. p, Maury
County, Tenn; Attachment Suit.
The plaintiff David s. Williams hav-
ing obtained from w. e. Whitthorne, a
Justice of Peace AN original attachment
retuTnable before me against the prop
erty of defendant :. II. Buttler,upon affi-
davit of plaintiffs attorney, that the
said defendant was Justly indebted 10
plaintiff, and was a nonresident of the
State, and said attachment having been
levied upon defendants property, to-wit
one Jersey bull known as "Grand
Marigold; :" and an order for publication
having been made by me, W. c. Whit
thOrne, J. p; now, therefore, in pur
suance Of said order this publication il
made, and the said defendant ;. II.
Butler, Is required 10 appear before me
At my Office in Columbia, Tenn., on the
first Monday in Nav lsgq at 10 o'clock
a. m, and make defense tO'said attach
ment suit, or the same will be proceeded
with eN parte.
33l4t VIC WHITTHORNE, J.P.
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"rIPPERARY, IRELAND,
April 4, 1899.
my Dear NepheW:-l have not heard
anything of We sens the last time wrote
We. | have moved from the place where
| now live, or ! should have written to
We before. did not know where a let
ter might find We fust but i now take
my pen in hand to drop you few lines
to inform you of the death of your own
living uncle, Fitzpatrick. He died very
suddenly after a long illness of six
months. Poor man, he suffered a great
deal. He lay long time in convulsion,
perfectly quiet and speechless, all the
time talking incoherently and enquir-
ing for water. | am very much at a loss
to tell We what his death was occasioned
at, but the doctor thinks il was occa-
stoned by his last sickness, for he was
not well ten days during his Confine-
ment, his age We know as well as can
tell We. He was p years old last March,
lacking Is months, and IL he lived till
this time he would have been dead six
months just.
~. Blake motifs. / enclose We tin
pound note which your father sends to
We, unknown to me. your mother often
speaks Of We, she would like to send We
the BTindle Cow, and would enclose
her till We but for the horns. / would
beg Of We not TO break the sale OF this
letter until two or three DAYS after YOU
read il, for which time veil be better
prepared for the sOrrOwful news.
PATRICK OBRANIGAN.
ITO michael Clancy. No. Broad
Street, United States Of America.
State Of Massachusetts, in Boston"
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Poultry.

If the market is dull and prices
are low, the best place to dispose of
surplus fowls is at home. There is
no reason why farmer should pay
IL or 10 cents for beef and sell his
chickens for less, nor should he be
content with pork and potatoes
when he can have poultry on his
table.
The breeding season is at hand !;
let us be resolved not to breed one
worthless chick. Gull severely.
Have Improvements at all costs, for
a nice male bird will improve the
matches through all the season. A
good cock costs something, but he il
worth something, and we can not
get the best for nothing. We no
longer vince at the cost of a blooded
sire for our drOves and herds, and
yet the fowls often pay better than
any other class of live stock If we
spend little in their breeding.
III the fowls are allowed to run at
large, it pays TO keep them in floeks
of not more than 90, and have them
in separate houses some distance
from each other. They will never
make the mistake of going into the
wrong house.
With a male bird Of good laying
ancestry, the productive capacity OF
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Nonresident Notice.
CIRCUIT COURT CLERKS OFFICE,I
Columbia. Tenn, March 20, 1899.

NUIu IlOId' ItHH.' MITCH 70, I6Va !
In Circuit Court at Columbia, Tennessee.
Kelly Hobbs, Complainant, VS.. Sally HOBBS,
Defendant.
1t appearing from the complainant's bill
filed in this cause, which is sworn toJthat
the defendant, Sallie Hobbs is non-resi-
dent of the State of Tennessee. 1t is there
fore ordered that she enter her appearance
herein, before or within the first three DAYS
of the next term of the Circuit Court for
Maury County, to be held at Columbia,
Tennessee. the third Monday in May next,
lsgs, and plead, answer or dsmuF to COM
plainant's bill. or the same will be taken
for confessed as to her and set for hearing
eXparte; and that copy OF this order be
published for four consecutive weeks in the
Columbia Herald.
W. F. EMBRY, Clerk.
]. Shelby Coffey, Solicitor for Complainant.
MARCHES 4t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-04-07

If you have urinary trouble or pain in
the back, indicating kidney disorders.
if there be a general loss of energy, we
ask You in all fairness to use DR.. Saw
yer's Ukatine. Thousands bear evil
dence to the fact that it cures.
tt A. b. RAINS, Columbia, Tenn.
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81 noticed again this morning, Mali,
that the milk man kissed you. | want
you TO understand that hereafter | shall
20 TO the door myself when he comes.
"Oh, don't trouble yourself, ma'am
He promised me, sOlemnly, that he
would never kiss any body but me-
Der FlOh.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-04-07

Don't scratch your life away, but use
DR.. Sawyer's Witch Hazel and Arnica
Salye for eczema, piles, hives, burns
and cuts. A. B. RAINS,
tt Columbia Tenn
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Imaginary Conversation.-"Wa is a
great undertaking" sighed Alger.
"Well, you ran il like a great under
taker," said Miles Life.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-04-07

Johnny, are your people going to
take you with them on that trip across
the ocean,"
"Yes'm."
AREN'T you afraid?"
Nome. Amt afraid of nothin.' I've
been vaccinated an zed."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-04-07
Agricultural and Live Stock Department

The future value of sheep will not
henceforth depend so much upon
their feeces nor in any way upon
tariff legislation. They are raised
for their mutton now, and the wool
will be but side product, and the
attitude of no political party can
hereafter brighten sheepmen.
A little under rather than a little
over the regulation feed to stock
will give the best results in the end.
1t is not high feeding, but continu-
Gus, good, careful feeding, that
counts.
1t is said that the bee larkspur OF
our gardens is an unfailing remedy
for lice or cattle. A strong tea can
be made from the seeds or foliage of
the plant, and can be used as wash
with perfect safety. Gather in the
fall and preserve as you do other
herbs. Often one application will
be sufficient.
A single bee makes about a tea
spoonful of honey in the course of
its life. An eater, at single sitting,
will devour the work of a dozen
lives.
v
the better price when matured, test
ed and proved than when the buyer
must take his risk; the horse or
mule when well broken to work or
to ride will make better return in
proportion to its cost. 1t costs lit
tie more to feed certain animals to
maturity, but the proportionate
profit is greater.
Even better than the expensive
moss imported to the cities for the
purpose do the spOngy corn stalks
absorb the liquids in the stable. The
shredded corn fodder Is the best bed
ding to be had, after the blades and
| husks are eaten.
Rather than tear down the pig
styes once year for rat hunt,
have the feeding floor of cement and
end the trouble. A plank floor fur
nishes fine place for a rat breed
ing, while one of cement affords
them no harbor.
| Even in an economical aspect, en-
silage takes the lead. The same
corn, if shocked, husked, cribbed,
the fodder stacked and afterward
run through the cutter and the corn
| RIOuuu, "Oulu uOI HIdho do SOOu
feed, and would cost much more.
While lighter weights are in favor,
there is an inclination on the part of
some to seDd their stock to market
in a half finished condition, and this
in face of the fact that feed Is cheap
and meat prices good. For this the
feeder must pay by accepting con-
siderable discount on the price
which should be commanded by
well finished stuff.
1t is rather to be wondered at that
farmers do not in every county or
ganize regular monthly stock sales,
to dispose of their surplus property
They are success everywhere,
when started, aud buyers flock from
miles around. 1t may cost the seller
a small percentage, but he goes
home with the cash in his pocket.
Often much is sold at private deal
before the sale begins, and then
there is no per cent. to pay. Sellers
find buyers and buyers find just
what they want. Sellers may be
buyers Of something else in turn.
Such monthly gatherings the Eng
ish call fairs.
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A Kansas woman has brought suit for
divorce on the ground that her hus-
band deserted her to 90 to war, and she
doesn't want to be the wife of a man
"who may be killed any minute"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-04-07

Representative Mark L. Davis was ar
rested and placed under 81 900 bond at
Dover, Del, last week or the charge of
attempting to bride fellow Re presen-
tative to vote for Addicks for United
States Senator.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-04-07

Nonsense and News. OddS and Ends, Wise
AID Otherwise.
"Paw, who was the most patient mani"
was little TUmmy's eighteenth ques-
ton.
"Job used to be-" said Mr.. Figg.-In-
dianapOlis Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-04-07

Little JacOb-Fader, ven a man can't
meet note he is in financial difficulties,
amt he?
Mr.. Isaacs-Not at all, my son it's ven
man can't get his note DISCOUNTED dot
he's in financial DIFFICULTIES Puck.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-04-07

a member OF parliament once rose in
his place and sOlemnly declared. "Mr.
Speaker, cannot sit still here and keep
silent without rising and saying few
words. "-Tit-Bits.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-04-07

Staylate: "Justone more kiss, darling
Just one and then III 60"
Voice from the stairs: "For heavens
sake, Nan, give him one. It's cheap AT
the price. "-Exchange.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-04-07

Acknowledgement you the whale that
swallowed Jonah?
Whale-Yep.
Mermaid-Well, why did you let him
60?
Whale-Oh, it's pretty hard to keep a
good man down.-Judge.
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AN IRISHMAN'S LETTER.

Nephew.
The following is true copy of a
letter received in Boston from across
the water:
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Fill the above blank with address
w. J. OAKES Columbia, Tenn,
a
those sell the
chasing sheet Coupons themselves.
When Coupons have been turned this will
have DOLLARS will
piece of FURNITURE offered for $40 by house in America
will TEN CENTS
freight paid and will send $500 cash. which the
of each 500 worth of Furniture in
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-04-07
GLANCE.

MRLANGR.
Nonsense and News. Odds and Ends, Wise
AID Otherwise.
paw, W ho was the most patient mann"
was little TUmmy's eighteenth ques-
ton.
Job used to be-" said Mr.. Figg.-In.
dianapOlis Journal.
IL noticed again this morning, Mali,
that the milk man kissed you. / want
you TO understand that hereafter l shall
90 TO the door myself when he comes.
"Oh, don't trouble yourself, ma'am
He promised me, sOlemnly, that he
would never kiss any body but me-
Der FlOh.
Imaginary Conyersation.-"Wa is a
great undertaking." sighed Alger.
"Well, you ran j! like great under
taker," said Miles Life.
Little JscOb-Fader, ven a man can't
meet note he is in financial difficulties,
amt her
Mr.. Isaacs-Not at all, nv son it's ven
a man can't get his note disgounted dot
he's in financial DIFFICULTIES Puck.
Mermaid-Aren't you the whale that
swallowed Jonah?
Whale-Yep
Mermaid-Well, why did you let him
GO?
Whale-Oh, it's pretty hard to keep a
good man dOwn.-Judge.
Stdylate: "Justone more kiss, darling!
Just one and then IN pOn
Voice from the stairs: "For heavens
sake, Nan, give him one. It's cheap at
the price. "-Exchange.
| a member OF parliament once rose in
his place and sOlemnly declared. "Mr.
Speaker, | cannot sit still here and keen
silent without rising and saying a few
words. "-Tit-Bits.
Johnny, are your people going to
/ take you with them on that trip across
/ the ocean?'
| "E es'm"
! AREN'T you afraid?"
| "NOme. Amt afraid of nothin.' I've
been vaccinated an baptized. "-Chicago
/ Tribune.
Representative Mark L. Davis was ar
| rested and placed under 81 600 bond at
| Dover, Del, last week or the charge Of
attempting to bride a fellow Re presen-
tative to vote for Addicks for United
| States Senator.
| A Kansas woman has brought suit for
| divorce on the ground that her hus-
! band deserted her to 90 to war, and she
! doesn't want to be the wife of man
who may be killed any minute"
| If yOu have urinary trouble or pain in
/ the back, indicating kidney disorders.
if there be a general loss of energy, we
ask you in all fairness to use DIR. Saw
| yer's Ckatine. Thousands bear evil
dence to the fact that it cures.
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as we are now giving in
N the face Of an adVance market.
stones, and IiRzgate, some Sltght-
7yiU buy.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-16
THE SAILOR EXPLAINS.

They were twn plain slilormcn AID
they stood on the deck of a schooner
smoking their pipes ana Watching the
sun 90 down last Monday evening. &C
corGnS u the man who comes in u
borrow II cigar occasionally.
"Tulnmas. | hear YOU We're uptown at
church last night said one of the tars.
Wet is there to see when you 90 u
church,"
You don't see much, Bill, but YOU
hears some beautiful anthems" an
swclrd the other.
.'Wct's ,hcm:" quelicd 'Tummas.'
You're 4 nice. ignorant sort of an
amt YOU returned the knowing sail
nralan. contcmptuously
Say, on the level. 'Tummas,' wot's
i anthcm?" inquired Bill. shecpishly.
lii;ching his trousers like the hero Of
q nautical Hlelodrama and taking on
an expression Of intelligence in keeping
with his superior wisdom the sailor re
p!iad:
Locke here Eli: do you know wot
I hymn is?"
Yes said Bill.
well. a anthem mt hymn. but il
something like it.Now. if was to sing
10 you. bill give me that handspilkc.
chat would be q hymn. But if | said
it like this; Bill. Bill. Eill-Csh, Bill
Civ" me that handspkc: Bill. Civ. ms
that handspika-srike. spike spike
iiill, oh Bill. give me that spike: Sivc
Oh me that spike. spike, spike. ahmen
ahmen, then that would be y anthem
THE, RACONTEI'R.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-16
THERE'S no Time
Of the year when
IT WILL NOT Pay YOU TO
USE GAS FOR FUEL.

When 1t is hot. gas range is indis-
pensable. and there is no time in warm
or cold weather when they are not
n great assistance to the household.
There are many homes now in which
there is no need FOR coal or wood, anu
the pleasures Of home are Increased to
a great degree. One hundred feet Der
day costing tence hts. Ought to do the
work OF an average family. Can you
excel this? Stop and think Then call
us up and we will tell you some things
that will surprise you.