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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

A grain of sand in the eye can cause
eXcruciating agony. A grain of pepper
in place of the grain of sand intensities
the torment. The pain is not confined
to the organs affected. The whole body
feels the shock of that little irritating
particle. 1t is so when there is any de-
rangements or disorder of the delicate
womanly organs. The disorder may
seem trivial but the whole body feels it.
The nervous system is disorderd. There
are fretfulness, irritability, sullenness
and depression of spirits. The general
health of woman depends on the local
health of the organs peculiarly famine.
Remove the drains, alterations, bearing
down pains, and other Affections of wo-
man, and the whole body feels the ben
eft. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
is specific for the diseases that under
mine the strength of women. 1t is free
from opium, cocaine and other narcotics
poisons which enter into many other
eparations for woman's use. 1t make s
weak women strong and sick women
we'll.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

and so double the number of pigs
kept with the same milk.
1t costs double the amount to put
a pound of grain on a pig one year
that old it does to make the anne tn
crease on one of six months. The
younger pigs are the more profit
there is in feeding them.
We should not overlook the value
OF ashes in building up the bone of
hogs. Even in the West, where no
ashes accumulate, the cobs from tn e
corn should be burned and spread
where the swine can get at them.
He who raised but 20 or 80 pigs a
year can better afford to buy pure
bred male pig to father them than
to accept the services of a mongrel
for nothing. With half dozen
growing sows of strong constitution,
whether pure bred or cross bred, be
can get an even, quick feeding lot of
pigs which will sell readily and pay
well for the best care which can be
given them. Every such pig will be
worth dollar more at weaving time
for feeding purposes than pigs from
the same sows bred by mongrel.
TO procure the best growth at the
least cost, it will pay, even when
the pigs have the run of a good pas
ture, to feed good, rich Stops twice a
day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
A Return to Saya gerry,

The unprintable details of the
burning of a negro at Newman, Ga,
on Sunday afternoon, and the mutt
lating and lynching of his accom-
plice, must bring to all Americans
sensitive for the honor and reputa
ton of the country, and still more
sensitive for its moral and social
condition, a sense of humiliation
and shame. That men who COM
NIT horrible crimes should some-
times, in the first flush of indigna-
ton, be put to death in communi-
ties in which justice is uncertain, is
not surprising, nor is it always dis
credible to human nature, however
mistaken the method may be. But
that such summary executions
should be robbed of even their quasi
judicial character, and made occa-
sions for the torture of human be-
ings, after the manner of the savage.
seems incredible in this century.
Such vengeance is as brutal as the
crime. 1t rObs punishment of its
dignity, and puts the executiOners
on the level with the criminal
| Communities in which such brutal.
titles are permitted ought to be
blacklisted; they have no position
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

Taxes grow while you sleep; so
them and properly cared for them.
We should always try TO outwit
taxes and interest.
The successful fruit grower is he
who is an adept in the practice
found so profitable of using certain
vegetable crops as a sort of go be-
tween. His fruit lands are made to
pay handsome profits outside their
main use.
Fruit growers who have hereto
fore sprayed for insects and fungus
diseases have already been spray
ing this spring, or are making ready
for it. This is proof enough that it
is no longer an experiment, but that
the results are satisfactory.
spray thoroughly when the job is
once undertaken. Wet the tree very
thoroughly, branch and leaf, if the
poison is expected to do its work.
Those who spray with such accu-
racy as to wet both sides of every
leaf are those who reap the profits
from their orchards.
The damage a careless man can do
in an orchard in half a day would
not be covered by two or three
months of wages. A five year old
pear tree in vigorous health is GER
tainly worth ten dollars, and it is
quite an item when a dozen such
are injured.
Cultivate and hoe the soil sur
rounding the berry bushes, and then
at once apply mulch of green
clover, coarse manure or other lit.
ter. Glover is best, being free from
noxious weed and rich in plant
food.
Check the upward growth of the
berry canes by nipping off the ends
this will cause several new branches
to grow out, and will greatly in
crease the bearing surface. We
shall then also have harder anC
firmer plants.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
Agricnltural.

Many soils contain all the essential
elements of plant growth, and fuller
mechanical manipulation is the one
thing needful. By fertilizing the
farmer changes the chemical con-
stituents of the soil, but in blowing,
draining and subsOiling he alters
chiefly the physical characteristics /;
the two operations are distinctly
different.
There is no economy in thin SOW
ing of oats; the extra bushel will not
cost much, and the return will be
satisfactory. II your habit has been
to sow one bushel an acre, next time
try half bushel more, and watch
the result.
If the corn makes slow growth be-
cause of a drouth it should be Guilt
waited every week until it becomes
too large to pillow; stirring the soil
will cause it to retain the moisture.
If we have a good, deep seed bed,
the better titled the better the crop
always.
A bed of rhubard needs frequent
renewal. The roots, in few years,
grow into large clumps with many
crowns, and will send up so many
stalks that they must remain small
simply from want of room and ma
terial. To have large stalks we must
renew the bed every third or fourth
year. To have succulent stalks there
must be high feeding, and one can
not we'll use too much manure on the
rhubarb patch.
The farmer may have plenty of
hired help to do his work while he
joins the grand army of sitters at
the grocery store, but sure as fate
the Sheriff will visit him some day
with writ of fore closure. There
are those who expend their energy
on hundreds of acres, and rent from
their neighbors; they do nothing
well, and their toll profits them
nothing. There are those always in
hurry, but they do all things in a
slipshod manner, and the result i.
poor crops, dissatisfaction, debt
failure.
The early breaking up of clods and
killing young weeds is always profit.
able work. A good harrow in the
corn field is the right thing i'm the
right place. If got into the field be-
fore the corn plants begin to show
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plank drag in listed fields is some.
times to be preferred, and each mar
can be his own judge in this matter
A liberal application of fresh hors,
manure at the Indiana station wa.
not wholly exhausted in a doZer
years, and it produced an aggregat,
increase of the corn crop in tina
time, over adjoining unmanureC
plots, of 100 bushels. That was gooC
pay. We are apt to measure the val
ne of stable manures, as compared
with commercial fertilizers, for to,
short a time.
The old must gradually give wa,
to the new i'm agriculture as in othe
things. We are but just gettinl
ready to farm scientifically and sys
tematically in this country.
Ii is the height Of folly for all me-
in this country Of hills and valley
and varied exposures, TO try 10 farm
alike, or even TO attempt to raise tn
same crops. On all occasions ther
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
Dairy.

Dairy.
The dry grain fed COW comes out
ahead every time. 1t is no longer
contended that slOps increase the
flow of milk. The best that can be
fed cow is good ration of corn,
sllage, roots or uncured grain fod-
der, and her drink is the best in the
form of pure water.
If weeds in the pasture are not an
Otfense to your eye, cut them down
for another reason. Bitter milk
comes from bad feed. The rag weed
which follows a crop of rye or oats,
dog fennel, bitter weed and the like,
though very little may be eaten,
will often impart bitter flavor to
the milk of cows pastured on such a
field.
1t would hardly seem possible, at
first thought, that the cows which
come fresh in October make more
satisfactory mixers the year around
than those which begin milking in
April; but when cows are properly
fed and otherwise cared for both
reason and actual experiment prove
this to be true.
Though the weather be dry or the
food scarce and dear, do not let the
flow of milk decrease if the COW is
expected to maintain her reputation
/ in the future as a mixer.
There is no better thing to do than
for a dalryman to raise his best
| heifer calves for mis- own dairy, and
if he can raise more than this there
will undoubtedly be ready de.
mand for them, if they are of the
right kind. Because it is hard t
get the right kind is the very reason
for raising ones own from just tn,
right ancestry.
There is really no such thing as {
standing still i'm animal life. If on,
wishes to develop something extra
in the COW he can never do il sue
cessfully unless he begins with tina
COW before she is a COW. We mus
do our level best with the calves.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

poor condition or eggs which have
been saved many days over a week.
1t will I've uphill work irving tn run
an incubator IL you have not eggs
of your own to put In your machine.
The people who are lucky" with
turkeys are those who exercise good
management. IL possible, mate
young gobblers with old hens. Give
full liberty to the flOcks, and then
see that they have n0urishing food
In the right variety at home, and IL
Is not we'll tn have turkeys over fat
Set the early eggs under hens, and
turkeys will lay more If their eggs
are not left in the nest. Let the
nests be roomy, on the ground and
in retired spot.
Let the coops for young turkeys
be roomy, and by all means must
they have a tight board floor. This
floor should be cleaned and sanded
every day. Ii possible, let the cOops
be placed where young fowls have
never run before; II near the woods
the better, and crop the grass in that
region very short. Water as regu-
larry as you feed, even If it be five
llliltS a. uhy' duu DC SuI6 IndJ Ju6y
have the grit and ground bone at
hand. A little old mortar is a help
to them. Be sure that the young
sters are never caught in shower,
for if they survive they will never
do well thereafter.
The main object of an incubator is
to supply heat, and we should not
be much concerned about ventila-
ton or moisture until the chickens
are about ready to hatch. When ma
ture makes an egg she places the
proper amount of moisture in it for
a perfect hatch; therefore, a fresh
egg matches better than an old one,
for the moisture is constantly escap-
ing through the shell.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

in the civilized world. Men who
commit such crimes have no stand
ing among civilizen men. They are
not even barbarians. They are saw
ages. They express the brutes in
stinct; they represent the primitive
stages of development; they are
offenders against the fundam entail
interests of society; and they who
love their country and are sensitive
to its good fame must hate with
righteous hatred men who thus de-
fame and blacken it. The State of
Georgia, with its honorable tradi-
tions and its great prosperity, has
plain duty IN this matter which il
cannot afford to disregard.-The
Outlook, April 20.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

An Irish tenant lately observed that
it was a "hard thing for a man to be
turned out of the house which his father
built and his grandfather was born in"
Tit Bits.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

DR.. Brush-I wonder why Bargnet al.
ways speaks of his wife as a dream?
Mrs. Brush-I suppose because she
always goes by contraries.-Tit-B Bits.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
MELANGE.

Nonsense and News, ODDS and Ends, Wise
and Otherwise.
"What is meant by the white mans
burden, papa"
"Killing off heather in order to re-
claim them."-Detroit Free Press.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
Agricultural and Live Stock Department.

is need of the finest discrimination
and exercise of the soundest judg-
ment by farmers in order to keep
their business well in hand.
Daises, dock, wild carrot, turnip,
mustard and kindred weeds which
get so bad in grass lands, blossom be-
fore the grass does, and farmers
should not wait for the grass to
thicken up before moving, allowing
the seed to mature. Not only is the
land reinfested, but in the manure
the seeds are carried all over the
farm.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

IL tout Of Sorts" cross and peev-
ish, take DR.. NJ. \. simmons liver
medicine. Cheerfulness will return
aad life acquires new zest. Il.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

"This carpet is the best there is,
madam" said the clerk. at cannot be
beaten"
"Then don't want it," replied the
shrewd customer, al want one that can
stand beating once or twice year,
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

Simmons Sqaw Vine Wine orTablets
cure ~ out of every hundred cases of
female disorders. II
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

1t does not pay to put into an in-
cubator eggs from stock which is in
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

Spain exported 100000 pounds o
raisins to the United States last year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

Bees.
If there are waste places about the
farm see that sweet clover grows
there instead of ragweed. If such
land can be of no other use, let it be
a delightful feeding ground for your
bees. None OF the honey plants ex-
eel clover in virtues.
In but few localities can bees
gather enough honey on which to
live during April and May, and in
these two months they should be
building up and getting ready for
the honey harvest. There should be
abundant reserve stores when spring
opens. Though they may have
wintered well, at that important
period in which they should be in
the best condition they may be out
of provisions, and IL they do not
starve outright all brood rearing is
at once stopped, and the daily losses
are heavy. At no time of the year
could such scarcity of reserve stores
occasion equal loss. Bees produced
at this time are the bone and sinew
of the honey harvest.
Strong colonies should never be
cramped for room, for to prevent
swarming is the key to large honey
crops. The putting on boxes at the
beginning of the honey season is of
much Importance. If the swarming
fever attacks a colony our expecta-
ton of profit from it comes to moth
ing unless we can change the plans
of the bees promptly.
We may not only feed bees to keep
them from starving, but we may so
feed as to stimulate them and SET
them to brood rearing. This is best
done by giving them a little syrup
daily, initiating the natural flow OF
honey. When thus fed they will
begin to breed, and the queen will
continue to lay eggs as long as the
feeding is kept up. When the hon
ey flow comes they will be strong il
numbers and in condition to lay NJ
abundant surplus stores. There il
often no profit from a hive which
has been uncared for in the early
| Spriup
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
Swine.

Even with pigs, clover should be
given in addition TO corn, to supply
the needed bulk; it not only dis
tends the stomach, but supplies the
deficiencies of corn in making
growth. With clover it requires
less grain to fatten almost any ami
NAL.
Ii is folly to try to raise pig:
wholly upon milk, however plenti-
full it may be, and yet il has feed,
ing value far beyond Its actual food
elements il given in proper combi.
nation with other ratiOns. At least
feed middlings ana grass with it
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

The doctor looked at him.
"YOu are a dyspeptIc," he said.
Then he put his ear 20 the patients
heart and gravely added:
"a high liver"
"Heavensl" cried the startled patient;
"taint as high as that, is it?'-Cleye'
land Plain Dealer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

Brother John-And so the baby is
four days old, is it? Pears like it's a
pretty bright little thing for its age.
Sister Mary (pittyingly)-B Bright I!
That's not the word; its wonder. Why,
the little precious breathes as natural
and regular as an adult 80 years old
Judge.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

While the landlady and the boarders
bent their heads devOutly above the
table the new arrival sat bolt upright.
The good landlady was shocked.
"Atheism?" she sharply asked.
"No, ma'am," said the new bOarder,
"boil w-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

There is not the slightest doubt that the
doctors do more harm than good in treating
Contagious Blood Poison; many victims OF
this loathsome disease would be much better
off to-day if they had never allowed them
selves to be dosed on mercury and potash, the
only remedies which the doctors ever give for
blood poison.
m. A.s4..u. N 10 rrholIu Innnhln IN crnt rid of
Middletown transcript., 1899-07-08
Gods Law.

Sin is never matter of public opin-
ion. It takes neither shape nor color
from its surroundings. 1t is always a
transgressor of Gods law. else not sin
at all Gods law may or may not be in
harmony with ours. We build our little
social barriers and feel they bound the
kingdom. So did the elders in olden
times, and by this law they would try
the Christ. Our general assembly is
prone to give what it calls deliverances
on matters concerning which the Bible
knows nothing. They are at best mere
opinions, which have naught to do
with manhood. Gods law was here be-
fore we were It requires no action Of
congress or assembly to determine what
it is. Envy, jealousy, hate, covetous-
ness, malice, evil speaking these are
sin. They are not bad manners, low
breeding, offensive conduct, but sin,
plain, unvarnished sin. They strike at
God. As such they ought to be under
stood and treated. There is no lesson in
culture equal to penitent hour. It up
roots selfshness from the heart and
makes one mindful of another. Pres
byterian Journal
Middletown transcript., 1899-07-08
TO FIRST VOTERS.


There is a constitutional pro
vision which will become opera
tive before the next general elec.
ton is held, of which the general
public maynotbe aware, although
it has been published in connec-
ton with the Constitutional Con
yention. It is an educational
test. It's "that no person who
becomes Of age or who is natura-
lied after January 1st, 1900, shall
be permitted to vote who shall
not be able to read the Constitu-
ton in English, and be capable Of
writing his name.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR.


Topic For the Week Beginning JufS
0-Comment by Rev. S. H. Doyle.
ToP1o.-A good vacation. MARK Vi, z. L. Is.
so-S2. -
Man absolutely requires rest 1t is a
poor economist who makes. no provision
for vacations season of quiet rest
and recuperation. But the usefulness of
a vacation depends entirely upon its
character. 1t may be blessing, or it
may be curse; it may stimulate us
for an increased interest in the duties
of life, or it may rob us of much Of the
interest that we previously possessed.
How to make our vacation a good va
cation is very important question.
The incident in the topical reference
is very suggestive. The 10 have re-
turned from an arduous and successful
tour, and Christ takes them apart for
rest, fellowship and communion. 1t
may well be called good vacation.
/. The apostles deserved their vaca-
tion. They had labored and were weary.
They had preached the gospel, cast out
devils, healed the sick. They were
weary because Of their tolls. Itwas inn
possible to rest where they were, as
s'they had no leisure SO much as to
eat. +" No vacation can be good one
unless it is deserved-unless we feel
that because Of constant, earnest effort
we have a right to rest and need it.
2. The apostles sought a suitable
place for vacation. 1t was ''desert
place apart, quiet, uninhabited place.
Many a vacation is spoiled, SO far as
proper results are concerned, because
the places visited are the very ones
where "many are coming and going"
Recreative rest is impossible in crowd
ed seaside resort. It means weariness
and not rest, nervous depression and
not recuperation.
8. The apostles had Christ with them
on their vacation He took them. The
object was quiet communion with Him
and fellowship with one another. Christ
took them upon their search for rest.
Does Christ go with us on our vaca-
tions2 Do we take Him or do we leave
Him behind2 Alas, too many Christians
leave Christ at home when they go to
the seashore, the mountains or to the
lakes. You would not know from their
"daily walk and conversation" that
they knew Christ. No vacation can be
a good one unless we have Christ with
u.s. If we leave Christ behind, it must
be harmful and not helpful, injurious
and not inspiring. Whatever else we
do, let us take Christ on our vacations
4. The object of the apostles vacation
was a good one. They went apart to
rest awhile, that they might be the bet
ter prepared to perform the duties of
the future. This is the only worthy OBJ
ject of vacation-that we may be bet.
ter fitted and prepared for the duties of
life upon our return.
Bible Readings gs-Gen. xix, IA, Is;
Elk. Xxx, Sit; xxxiii, 1914; Ps xxxvii,
2; ", 8; XIV, 10, II; Isa. xviii, A; Jer
vi, 16; Math. Ii. $3.50; xii. 43; xviii,
90; John iv. 1-10.
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The PRINCIPAL Idea.

The principal idea in life molds all
others to conformity with it. Judas
principal idea was money getting, and
it led up to thieving and betrayal of bis
Lord. The principal idea Of the chief
priests was the retention of their power.
To do that they must murder any one
who seemed more popular than they Z;
hence the Importance of having the
principal idea of life right and high
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