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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
FIRE AT CULLEOK 4.

store House and Negro Church Totally
Destroyed.
CULLFoKA, Dee. 12.-Culleoka had a
most disastrous fire last Friday at noon.
1t originated in the house used by Dug
ger & Love for storing corn and shucks.
The loss to them was about $50 with
insurance of $500 The colored Metho-
dist church caught and was burned
There was no insurance and they saved
nothing but the organ, bell and few
seats.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
Straytd or Si0len.

From Mankin & Pelton's, Main Street,
Mt. Pleasant, Tenn, about Nov 10Th,
one gray mare, years old, IA hands
high, good saddler. Reasonable reward
to any one furnishing information that
will lead to her recovery. w. I. M.
elaine. with W. d. Cooper d Co., Mt.
Pleasant, Tenn. 1t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15

to stop in at Bucks Little Ocean Store
aud examine his fine cases Of up-to-date
chocolates and bon-bous. He handles
the Nashville Ocean Store candies,
which are the finest on the market.
Try them and you'll eat them again. 1t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15

We have the large three-story Cakes
building full of new furniture from bot
tom to top. Come and see
l4d3tw2t SATTERFIELD & DODsON.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
MARRIAGES.
WHITE.

WHITE.
r W. Russell to Miss Kate Quar-
tetman.
Thomas l.. Cunningham to Miss
Emma A. Piekaus
COLORED.
Joseph Armstrong 10 Martha Pill
low
William Frierson to Alice Osborne.
John Smith 10 Luella Young.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
Moving Time approaches.

Mr.. and Mrs. O p. Rutledge have
moved from West Sixth street, and are
boarding with Mrs. Dilworth on West
Seventh. Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Hughes
win move as soon as the weather permits
% the house vacated by Mr.. Rutledge.
Mrs. j. b. Wilkins has rented Mr.. Nat
H0lman's residence, on Garden street.
Tor next year, and will move to Il as soon
as Mr.. Holman RECEIVERS from the illness
that now prostrates him. Mr. and Mrs.
Holman will q 20 Florida as soon as Mr..
Holman is able % travel
Mrs. Annie McI.emore aud family will
occupy the residence 90 b. vacated bv
Mrs. Wilkins
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15

Last Thursday Mrs. j. l.. Williams
was thrown from her horse, and was
dragged some fifty wards, when the
stirup leather broke and released her
from a most perilous position. Her
collar-bone was broken and she was
badly bruised, but. we are glad to say,
is out of all danger.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
ENTERTAINMENTS.
An ELEGANT II. CO ption.

A most elegant reception was given by
Mrs. Joseph M. fowler Friday after
noon to her sister Mrs. William NJ. Dan
lei of Clarksville, Mrs. H. 0. Fulton and
Misses Minnie and Daisy fowler. The
color scheme was green and red and was
most effectively executed in decorations
and refreshments; red draperies, red bios
SONS, red globes and red candles were
intermingied with green vines, palms
and evergreens, and all in the greatest
profusion and with the most artistic re
suits, Mrs. fowler was lovely in her
decollette toilet of white organdie, and
was the object of much admiration as
she stood with every grace which young
and beautiful Womanhood bestoWs, and
welcomed her guests Mrs. Daniel wore
her wedding gown-a charming costume
of organdie lace and silk in princess style
and most becoming to the fair Wearer,
| Mrs. Fulton looked exceedingly hand
some in black organdie; Miss fowler IN
blue silk and velvet, while Miss Daisy
ToWler's delicate beauty was enhanced
by gown of white organdie over blue
silk, Mrs. John Mitchell presided most
gracefully over the frappe bowl, mile
Mrs. Stuart Fleming served chocolate
in httle bower in tie rear Of the hall.
a delicious lunch was served IN the din
ing room, after which the guests fingered
to admire anew each feature of the enter,
tainment and to enjoy the social priv
leges which the occasion afforded Miss
Laura Galloway, Mrs. S. G. Huntington
Mrs. r c. Ewing, Mrs. Ernest McLe
more, Mrs, Hugh Foster of Union Spring
Ala, and Mrs. Frank Lander assisted il
receiving. This was one of the largest
one of the most elaborate, one of tn
most beautiful and delightful reception
ever held in this city, and Mrs. fowler
to be commended for her exquisite tast
and skill in the art of entertaining.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
Every Farmer

and feeder should see the City Grain &
Feed Co. at once. Your neighbor has
lost one or more horses, and yon may do
so at any moment. dec15 4th
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
Furniture.

Bed room suits. iron beds. mattresses.
bed springs. fine rockers. everything
YOU want at Satterfield q Dudson's fur
niturc department. lot
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Fruit Cakes.

We are making the incest and best
fruit cakes on the market at 25c per
pound. Call in, try them and be con
yinced. L1tl DUGGER & GREEN.
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Don't Buy

Before seeing our stock no better than
others, but try our prices. Silver goods
cheaper than you win find elsewhere,
and engraved free by JAMES Bios.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
ROIlen Corn,

Farmers, rotten corn IS killing stock
by the dozen. We will furnish you
sound Northern corn. Seeus at once
decl5 At CRY GRAIN q Fed Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15

in furniture arriving daily az our new
n SsrrEgFiyLD g Doosoy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15

You can find what Won want in furni-
ture in Columbia. Satterhed a. Dodson
have fine display of the latest STYLES
and up to date furniture 10 Ut.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
Farmers,

Don't feed your stock rotten corn. We
will exchange bushel for bushel sound
Northern shelled corn for your ear corn.
dec15 A. Cry GRAN Il Feed Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
Brokp His Arm.

Charlie Robinson fell from the roof Of
one Of Rainey II Wilson's new buildings
on South Garden street Tuesday mora
ing and broke his arm.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
The Prei!iest Thing

in town is Bucks Little Ocean Store,
filled with tine finest candies and fruits
and all other up to-date corrections. 1t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15

The Young Married Woman's Club
will be entertained by Mrs. Frank
Everett and Mrs. Frank Lander, at the
residence of the latter, next Tuesday
evening at eight o'clock. Prof. A. H.
Merrill, of Nashville, will be guest Of
Mrs. Lander, and has kindly consented
to read that beautiful story of an old
time Southern Christmas, "Unc' Edin-
burg's Drownin'."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15

Miss Florence Farrell viii entertain
the Wednesday Afternoon Club this
afternoon, from three to four O'Clock, in
honor of her guest, Miss Annie Withers,
of North Carolina.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
Furniture.

II You want bargains in furniture
come quick to Sattertield Il Dodson' S
furniture store. II
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
ASHTON BROS.

Buy Wheat 3I2 days in the
year. See them before SELL
-. :.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15

GarWoOd's SarsaparIIla-1or the olo"d
guaranteed to cure A. =. RAJN s
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15
Buggy ana Carriage

Harness, largest assortment in the city
If See SATTEEFTELD 4 DODsON.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-12-15

EarWood's Standardization the blood
--.5-l X exc. AZ. 2-la-
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HARLAN & RITTER
A Sad Accident.

No. 60 y. Main st.
orders promptly delivered
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38N. Side Public Square. Bell phone IS,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-30
ACCESSORIES OF WORSHIP.
The Manner in Which 1ncense, Relic.
aad Offerings Began to
he Used.

The use Of incense in churches was
forbidden MS O heather custom till the
fifth century. The use Of holy water
was equally denounced as practice Of
the pagan priests Of Rome and Of the
ritual of Isis. The asperging of Julian
In Gaul by priest is perhaps the car
Hest instance of the introduction Of
this corruption. which became source
of superstition in the fifth century,
says Blackwood's Magazine. The won
der.working power Of the relics Of mar
tyrs began to be believed toward the
close of the fourth century and almost
Immediately after we find complaint
made of the sale of forged relics, both
in the east and in The west.
The sale of relics was forbidden by
Theodosius, yet they constantly In
creased in numbers and in Importance
until the holy table was converted into
an altar to hold them. In the fifth CEN
fury also ex voto offerings began to be
hung on church walls-a custom which
was Of heather origin. The use Of
lights, which, as above said, was for
hidden in the second century in the
daytime, crept in in the fifth century.
Tho Mithraic affairs had much earlier
supported candles, but these may have
become necessary in underground
chapels. Jerome wrote that 1t was
slanderous to say that wax tapers were
burned sin clear light" but Paulinus
Of Nola, in BOT A. D., so decorated his
church on festivals.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-30
ELECTRocUTED BIRDS.
Copper Conductors Make Affirmative.
Looking Perches, But Prove
Deadly When Utilized.

It birds only knew better they
wouldn't do their love-making on elec.
trio Transmission wires. The impru.
dence Of that procedure has been fire.
quently proved, notably lastyear in the
case of two owls and the two eagles
which were cremated on the lines Of
long-distance transmission circuit il
California. It will be remembered that
by strange element of selectiveness
In the action Of the current the owls
were unusually favored, being killed
without the slightest Disagreement
and falling to the ground with hardly
a feather ruffied. while the greater part
OF the two eagles went up in blue
smoke, says the st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
A similar fute has befallen pair OF
fowls which sought the shelter of a
power house In Canada for their even
ing roost. The power company which
supplies the CITY of Three Rivers gene1>
ates its current 16 miles away and
transmits 1t to the city at pressure OF
10000 volts. A few evenings ago the
city lights suddenly went out. The
lights soon started up again, and there
was no further trouble. The following
day the electrician went on a tour of
inspection. Entering the substation al
Three Rivers, he noticed in a pro
nounced form the smell of badly con
Quoted restaurant. Looking around, he
found the cause of the previous nights
interruption. A window had been
broken in the station, and through this
two chickens had slipped inside and
roasted on the bare copper conductors.
As Chanticleer kissed Birdie good
night" he completed the circuit, the
lovers were electrocuted, and the lights
were nut out.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-30
BIGGEST CHECK EVER DRAWN.
The Piece of Paper Called for the
Payment of q Mint Of
Money

There were made out last year two
checks which were and still are the
largest ever drawn in single financial
transactions, says the st. James Bud
get. The smaller of the two checks
established record as the largest ever
drawn; but although 1t was for more
than s55,ooo,ooo. it did not long re-
main the largest. being soon eclipsed
by check Tor 1922, 100000.
These valuable pieces Of paper were
drawn in connection with the last Chi
nese loan, and the final installment of
the war indemnity money which was
due to Japan from China, and changed
hands in the parlor of the Bank of
England, in the presence OF the gov
ernor of the bank, the plenipotentiaries
Of the Chinese and japanese govern
ments, and the managers and sub
managers of the Hong-Kong and
Shanghai banking corporation.
Their record check waa the largest
ever drawn by any banking Arm. 1t
was IN ordinary looking document
enough, and folded would easily go
into ones vest pocket. II 1t were pos
sible to make golden column Of these
millions by piung the coins one on
top OF the other, the height % 1914
miles would be reached. II chain
were made Of the coins, they being
placed side by side, 1t would extend
1887 miles.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-30
RUss1A's sEAs1cK NAVY.
re Mea Arc Biz E.o.sh, Bat rhey
Are Unable t. Navigate IN
Rough weather.

Any man who believes In tho Russian
navy. should keep his eyes of the Rus
sian bluejacket. A real sailorman has
fingers bent up like fishhooks, from the
lifelong habit Of gripping things. The
Russian sailor carries his hands like
. soldier and cannot possibly be "han-
d." A sailors gait ashore has slight
ron. This arises from the need at sea
81 keeping up the windward side OF
. rolling ship. And the rolling gait
marks one Of sailors finest qualities
balance. Unless the body poises and
balances 70 meet ever.- motion Of q
ship the result is seasickness, says
London Answers.
Now, the Russian bluejacket does
not roll IN his gait ashore, butmarches.
Nedther has he any sense Of balancing
at sea, and seasickness in the Russian
destis source Of actual weakness and
danger. The Black SEQ squadron can
only be put to sea In the three calmest
months of summer, and the so-called
maneuvers takes place lahore on the
Kenaa peninsula. consisting merely Of
battalion drill.
One more trait Of the real sailor is
his self-reliance, which makes him At
for facing emergencies single handed.
But the Russian bluejaoket has none Of
this. He ii not q machine in himself,
but only little bit Of . machine which
cannot work without the other bits.
He 10 huge In stature-e giant COM
pared with our men-but In his winter
overcoat 1t 10 impossible to distinguish
him from a soldier. Unhandy, seaside
and reliant only on drill discipline, he
10 utterly unfit for active service.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-30
EDUCATION IN SPAIN.
From the Follew.ns Account II
Would Seem Its CHIEF Feature
Il Its Absence.

A contributor to the Revue Inter
rationale de l'Enseignement describes
In . few pages the farcial system Of Sec
ondary education In Spain. The schools
In question are the so-called provincial
institutes. where boys between the ages
OF ten and sixteen are Instructed and
examined in IS subjects, seven of which
have been added to the list by q recent
decree Of the minister Of education
viz: Political economy, common law,
history Of Spain, literature, history Of
art. bookkeeping, and industrial and
agricultural technics. The minister
also recommends visits to the museums,
but, as the writer remarks, in nine
times out of ten, where the institutes
are situated, the only museums are the
churches with their wax images. The
boys work from three to four and half
hours day, and the newspapers are in
. rage over such outrageous disregard
for the life and health Of the Spanish
youth. The deplorable condition Of ele-
mentary education In the kingdom may
be inferred from the status Of the COM
mon school teachers as depicted in q
recent number of the Padagogische Eel
tung. Out of $4,000 teachers, in round
numbers, included in the last census,
nearly 5000 were receiving $50 or less
annually, 5000 were paid from $50 to
800. and the salary Of only 1000
amounted to more than $3.50. But tho
worst Of IL Is that Thousands Of these
poor men and women were not even
paid the pittance to which their con-
tracts entitled them.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-30
THE LIGHT ARTIST.
An Important Factor No..d.y. 4,
the Designing of Houses for
the Wealthy.

Az people are gradually coming to
realize that hot and badly ventilated
rooms mean debility and eventual sick
ness the ventilation engineer" has
taken his place on the staff on which
the architect relies for the carrying out
OF his designs in dwelling construction.
Side by side with this improvement in
the hygienic conditions OF the interior
OF houses has arisen new conception
OF the aesthetic possibilities of artificial
light, and in the erection of the modern
houses Of the wealthy classes the Eight
artist" has become very important
parsonage. A well-known light de-
signer talks entertainingly on the sub
ject. He compares light with happi-
ness. which Is all matter OF contrast,
and must be treated accordingly. He
tells how Alma Tadema, in London, has
small door to his atrium, in order that
Its size may be the more felt on enter
ing; SO must the degree of light be
graduated throughout the building.
On entering dimly-lit hall from the
dark it appears brilliant; but this,
again, must be eclipsed by the light of
the reception rooms. So there should
be, as IN good photograph, light and
dark portions, and semi-tones, for
room fit equally throughout gives fiat
effect. and is neither artistic nor rest
full. 1t should not be forgotten that the
pupil OF the human eye has consider
able power of expansion and contrac-
ton, and In the presence of bright
light an Involuntary contraction takes
place. Reading under such conditions
Is destructive to the eye. Frost your
lamp, and though you get actually ten
per cent. less light. you get apparently
more, for it is diffused. Thus the secret
OF restful light is the illumination of
large surface with an absence of daz
cling blotches. In room thus lit the
weakest eyes can read in comfort.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-30
A SIGNIFICANT EVENT.
Oppressive Departure Of the Troey.
ship Grant for the Philip.
pine Islaads.

AN unwonted event took place in
New York harbor lately. A great
steamship, belonging to the United
States government, had been trans
formed into a model troopship, that it
might be used permanently as mill
tary transport. 1t was laden heavily
with soldiers of the regular army, who
were to be carried by it to the Medi.
terranean sea, en- route to the Philip.
pine islands, says Youths Companiom
This ship-renaned the Grant-bore,
besides her 1900 troops and crew, Gen
Lawton and q staff of officers. Be-
fore she left on her long ocean voy.
age she steamed up the North river
to point opposite the tomb Of Cen
Grant. There she fred salute Of 81
guns, and her bands slowly and SOL
emily played the national anthem.
No circumstance Of pomp, no empha-
sis of official recognition, were omitted
in the dispatch of this ship. The Sec
rotary OF war stood on her deck when
she fired her farewell guns at the base
OF the great generals tomb. The sol
diers were in uniform as ON dress pa
rade, and the huge ship and its crowd
ed decks was an impressive representa-
tive Of national power. Not without
similar ostentation is she to steam
over watens once plowed by the gal
leys Of Roman and Carthaginian sol
diers. She carries large guns with
which to Are salutes and exact them
in return. Her significance is not to
escape observation.
Behind her on the great Saxon high
road around the earth follow two more
ships Of like character, the Sherman
ports, each bearing, as she does, nearly
1000 American soldiers, and guns to
awaken the echoes of the Mediterra-
mean and the Red seas.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-30
A TERROR TO SNAKES.
The Secretary Bird Of Africa kills
and Eats the Most Poison.
Gus Reptiles.

The secretary bird, native Of A.
rica, and also found in some of the
West Indian islands, Is the king Of
snake destroyers, the lordliest bird
that walks. 1t is about four feet from
tip to tip, as swift on foot as on the
wing. 1t is wonderful boxer and as
quick az the mongoose itself. It likes
to play With reptiles, to get them thor
oughy reused and then to swallow
them at leisure. It has long meek,
slender body. strong legs and a power
full beak. Its color 10 clear light gray
along the sides of the head and throat,
wings brown black, thighs and alb
domen black, breast and tail eoverts
white. The cers and bare skin about
the eyes are yellow and the legs and
feet dull flesh color. The bunch Of
feathers behind its ears gives IL IT,
name. The South Africans have do
mesticated It and made much Of it, vir-
tues. It eats all sorts Of things, a.
stomach analysis shows. This was
found in one stomach, Eleven lizards,
II tortoises, three snakes the sixe
OF Q mans arm and several handfuls Of
assorted insects. When 1t is ready for
=. bout it walks around the snake and
plays on the reptiles nerves of ir1ita-
ton. When the snake strikes the SEQ
Rotary bird does side step and re-
eetves the blow on its powerful wing.
After a few strikes the reptile IL tired.
Then the bird nabs 1t by the back Of the
neck and shakes the life out Of IT. II
IL Is particularly tough he flies up
With 1t few hundred feet and drops
1t kerplunk In way that IL always
fatal. Then he eats it,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-30
ToRTo1sEs BURNED ALIVE.
The Reptiles Arc Cruelty Tortured
I'm the Process of Smelling
Them.

London humanitarians have received
another shock, and as result, several
humane societies of England have
raised their voices in protest against
the manufacture and USE of combs,
hairpins, cigar and cigarette cases, and
other dainty articles made from tor
toise she'll. Thoy have discovered that
tue procuring Of the notified shell is
attended with considerable pain to the
original posscssors Of the precious MAJ
terial.
The societies are making an effort to
discountenauce the use of all articles
made from the shell until more merci-
full measures for it's production pre-
vail.
The largest part of the shells which
come to our markets are procured in
several groups of islands near Ceylon.
The animals are caught by the natives
and their shells taken from them.
The Smelling Of tortoise is not as
simple as the Smelling of green pease,
and for severity 1t sounds much harsh
er than the pluckirg of feathers from
live birds for the adjournment of femi-
nine vanity.
After being caught, they are induced
by rather warm persuasive measure to
come out Of their covering. They are
first semi-boiled over a red ember fire
until the flesh that secures the shell to
tho body Is softened. The animal is
then shelled clean, and though the suf-
feriug must be intense, one rarely dies,
but In q few months grows another
shell, OF which itisdeprived in the same
manner,