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

wither despite all our care. 1t is
better to wait until September, If
they are to be raised in "A hot house
tor early market, and they will be
just about ready for the demands of
January.
Ducks are more profitable than
chickens where the proper facilities
are at hand. They need plenty of
water for bathing and drinking,
though they do not need to have "a
swimming place
Ducks are hardy and easily raised !;
are not often bothered with lice, and
have neither cholera nor gapes. A
good duck, of the Pekin breed, will
weigh five pounds when 10 weeks
old, while chicken will not weigh
half rs much, and there are always
good prices for them.
For layers, select hens with wide
back and deep breasts, and you will
not likely be disappointed; and in a
flock of the same variety the ones
with large combs almost invariably
are good producers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05


If the land is rich enough, there is
no reason why crop of sweet corn
cannot be raised after potatoes, in
central ATTITUDES. By applying a
little phosphate to the hill, even as
late as July, fair crop should be
grown.
Grasses are soil builders and are
natures cover for bare spots on the
land. They gather nitrogen from
the air, produce humus and bring up
from the subsoil potash and phos-
phoric acid which is stored in avail
able form for the use of whatever
crops may follow.
When the weeds, stalks and grass
are raked up year after year and
burned, the land will gradually get
less friable and more difficult to
work; it will become more packed
after the hard rains and require
more work to put in good filth. 1t
is q good plan to have good, clean
fields, but the rubbish should be
buried by the pillow just as far as it
is possible.
1t is the high grade in all farm
products which yields the most.
w Dll6 Vic bCIuChSy Dug
things is strong, inferior quality was
never asked for nor ever will be. 1t
is a mistake to cater to the demand
for cheapness by reducing the quail
ty. There is always fair price for
the best things, each in its class, and
it is a safer market to strive for.
Growing one crop not only inn
poverishes the soil, but dwarfs the
man. To have rotation and a va
riety divides the labor of the year,
reduces the number of teams and
helpers, gives regular employment
every month, and develops the hus-
bandman into greater capability
than that of mere sower and
reaper.
Your barn should prove a good in
yestment; has it done so? Have
YOU made it protect AL the crops
possible from the weather, all the
stock from the cold, all the manure
from wasting? If not, it may not
have been wise thing to build it
Do not let land go undrained, even
if kept only for pasture. Drained
land will keep thicker soil, will
grow better grass and more of Il
than that which has not been drain
ed. Wet, heavy lands make raEi
growth of grass, but it is scant il
nutrive qualities.
We fall out with the hoe, but it il
because we so seldom have it il
working order. There is no bette
tool than q bright, sharp, well huns
hoe. Carry a file in the pocket, anC
sharpen it often, beveling ii on thu
upper side always. \ frequent shaw
ing off Of the weeds will destro.
them sooner than pulling them GU
by the roots to lie and take hOl'
again.
Living in the country is almos
without cost, for with little turn
ing around a man makes the refus
worth as much as that which h.
eats. We enjoy the melon, and tn
rinds fatten the pig; we garner tn
wheat for bread, and the straw use,
for winter bedding brings a fabul
Gus interest; calves and sheep pic
their way, we hardly know how tn
colts, the pigs and the chickens tax
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05
This Nan is in TrOnhle.

Some queer letters find their way
to an editors desk. And here is one
of them, which is warm with life
and feeling, and means business:
"To the Editor: Sir-I sent you,
three weeks ago, come Sunday, a
sketch of poetry which was wrote
by my wife on her birthday. | told
you to print it on a Sunday, and
send the bill to me; but nary sketch
of it, or bill, has / seen. You has
placed me in a damagin' perdica-
mint, by not printin' it 'cOrding to
instructions, for my wife thinks /
either didn't mail it, or got full and
lost it. Will you please drop me a
line and set me right about it? l
know l mailed it to you in the post
office. but | amt got no witnesses.
If you will set me right in the mat
ter will write piece for you my
self!'-Atlanta Constitution.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

A lazy liver may be only a tired liver
or a starved liver. A stick is all right
for the back of a lazy man. But it would
be a savage as well as a stupid thing to
beat a weary man or starving man
because he Jagged in his work. So in
treating the tagging liver it is great
mistake to lash il with drastic drugs.
In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred a
torpid or sluggish liver is but a symptom
of an ill.nourished body, whose organs
are weary with overwork. Let your
liver alone. Start with the stomach
and its allied organs of digestion and
nutrition. Put them in proper working
order, and see how quickly your liver
will become active and energetic. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has
made many marvellous cures of silver
trouble" by its wonderful control of the
organs of digestion and nutrition. II
restores the normal activity of the
stomach, increases the secTetiOns Of the
/ blood making glands, cleanses the sys-
/ TEN from poisonous accommodations, aud
so relieves the liver Of the burdens inn
posed upon il by the detection Of other
organs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05
Poultry.


1t is the early raiser who gets the
eggs; not that the hens lay before
daylight, but if the flock is obliged
to wait for their breakfast after they
are out, it is sure to have a bad
effect upon the egg supply.
For some reasons brooder chicks
are more easily cared for than those
running with hens. Changeable
weather is more trying on them
than cold, and during rainy and
chilly days they must be confined
to clean, warm quarters
To cross pure breeds is to go back
ward in the dark. Do not make the
mistake of trying to improve the
laying qualities of your hens in this
way. Breed mongrels to a pure
bred cock to improve the mongrels,
but do not cross those which are al
ready thoroughbred.
On the assumption that it costs
about 81 head to feed our poultry
year, hen has to lay about 100
eggs to pay for her keeping. The
profit must come in after that, if at
| all.
All forms of parasites are not de-
stroyed even when dosed with car
bolic acid. Lime is a much surer
remedy, and if applied from time to
time the result will be certain,
though they breed fast. As an
additional remedy, grease the
percheS occasionally.
There is as much difference in the
appearance of hens as in men, and
those who take proper care of their
tiocks soon have a personal &C
quaintance with each individual.
1t is easy to learn which are the
best layers, for, no matter how large
the flock, the individuality of each
one of them can be soon known
The hen which is up first and to bed
last, and does the most mischief
during the day, is usually the best
layer of them all; "a sluggish hen
never produces well.
Plant few extra cabbages thi:
spring, and have supply for tn,
poultry next winter. They will no
only appreciate it, but will pay foI
it in good health and an increased
production of eggs.
A most excellent litter Tor the lit
tie chicks can be gathered from tn,
NOW where the winters timothy
hay was stored. They greatly relisl
the seeds from this chatf, and it i
/ an especially good food for growing
, chicks.
1t does not pay to set more egg
after the early spring hatch is over
: Even for the winter brOilers, Jul.
I and August chicks do not thrive
: and IL l. too much trouble TO car
: for them through the burning hea
4 OF those months; they will wilt an
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05
Seven Good Reasons,

During temperance campaign
lawyer was discussing, with no lit
tie show of learning, the clauses of
the proposed temperance law, says
the Presbyterian Review. An old
farmer who had been listening
attentively, shut his knife with a
snap, and said:
II don't know nothing about the
law, but I've got seven good reasons
for voting for it,"
"What are they?" asked the law
yer.
And the grim old farmer re-
sponded:
-Four sons and three daughters"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

down in condition, though it have
the best of care. 1t is only neces-
sary to keep their backs and sides
we'll oiled during the hot weather
with some offensive oil, like whale
oil or crude petroleum, to keep off
the flies, which lay the eggs beneath
the skin, causing all the trouble.
Where the average farmer has
one good cow he has five poor ones,
and on the strength of the one which
is good he forgives the rest, and
brags on the excellence of his herd.
No progress can be made in dairy
ing until the farmer recognizes that
certain of his cows are good for moth
ing, and that he must get rid of them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

spread rapidly, and it was soon demonstrated
beyond doubt that cure had at last been
found for deadly Cancer. Evidence has accu-
mulated which is incontrovertible, of which
the following is specimen
Cancer is hereditary in family, my father
sister and aunt having died from this dreadful
disease. My feelings may be imagined when the hor
rible disease made its appearance my side 1t was
malignant Cancer, eating inwardly in such way as
to great alarm. The disease seemed beyond the
skill of the doctors for their treatment did good
whatever the Cancer growing worse all the while.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

French armed dispatch vessel Ibis,
while sailing in the English Chan
mel. In conducting the experiment
he was accompanied by French
naval officer.
The feat marks also his first sue
cess in concentrating messages at
one point to the exclusion of all
others
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05
Agricultural and Live Stock Department.

the skim milk, for which we have
no other possible use.
Rather than stop work to 60 to the
blacksmith shop or kill time by US
ing dull tool, have two shares to
each pillow. Never mind the little
extra expense; you will save more
than the cost of the share every sea-
son, over and over again.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05
Wireless Telepranhr.

LONDON, April 24-SignOr Marconi,
the electrician whose experiments
ia wireless telegraphy are attracting
international attention, has success
fully communicated from South
Foreland, Kent, England, to the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05
MELANGE.

Nonsense and News, Odds and Ends, Wise
and Otherwise.
"Well, I've fired the cook" said Mrs.
Jones to her husband. "Did she go off
with bang?" said he loosely. "No,
she went off with a pompadour," added
she, smartly.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

A New York divorce lawyer adver-
tises: "Hymeneal incompatibilities as
specialities delicately adjusted. TITS
slavery to detain the hand after the
heart hath fed"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05
Results Fatally in Nine
Cases Out Of Ten-A
Cure Found at Last.

OPERATION because the disease a Vlruent
poison the blood circulating throughout the system and although
the ucer-nown the Cancer-may be cut the
poison remains in the Blood and promptly breaks out ah with
renewed violence.
The wonderful of S. in curing obstinate deprecated
blood diseases which considered ncuab induced few de-
png sufferers it for Cancer after exhaustng the skill of
the physicians without Much their delight S. proved
equal the disease and promptly effected The glad news
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05


which,
douth
elapsed
IN S. NJ Winston N G.
Our book Cancer containing other testimonials and valuable
information will be sent free any address by the Swift Specific
Company, Atlanta Georgia.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05
His Grnndfniher.

4 witness in the court IN Dublin
was recently asked: Was Michael
FlaheTty your grandfather He
was till bull killed him." said MIR.
Flaherty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

"Riches take unto themselves wings
and fly away" said boarding school
teacher. "What kind of riches is
meant?"
And the smart boy at the bottom of
triches." -Tit-B Bits.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

Brown.-"When you get in late at
night, do you always tell your wife
where you have spent the EVENING"
Jones.-"Not always. Sometimes /
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

He only is advancing in life whose
heart is getting softer, whose blood
warmer, whose brain quicker, whose
And the men who have this life in them
are the true lords or kings of the earth
they, and they only.-John Ruskin
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

Caller-Excuse me, can speak to
your typewriter moment?
City Man You can't; she's engaged.
"That's all right-I'm the fellow !'-
Illustrated Bits.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

Instead of cultivating a more definite
aim in life, the average man wastes his
time in searching for larger and easier
target.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

The man who is the first to argue il
usually the last to act.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

Willie.-Say pa, are you a self-made
man?
Pa-Yes, my son, and I'm proud of it
Willie,-But, pa, why didn't you use
a looking ?-Chicago News.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05
Swine.

1t is bad time to neglect the sows
when about to drop their pigs, or to
let them shift for themselves in the
woods, for they may be suffering
from cold even in the spring. Pork
is worth too much money to permit
this shiftlessness, and some sort of
a shelter should be provided.
Many farmers reason that it will
not pay to get new boar each year
while they have one which will
breed, and they lose enough in lit
ter or two to pay for a new sire.
Hogs shipped into the stockyards
show the result of too much inbreed-
ing.
The fatal results of hog cholera
are often due to weakened constitu-
tions from inbreeding. While it is
desirable to avoid crossing, if we
want to maintain vigor and uni
formity in our pigs, we must look
well to procuring fresh blood.
Even the poorer farmers can af-
ford to own thoroughbred pig and
to breed all the sows to it. Hogs
breed so rapidly that there is no eX-
cuse for any farmer to keep those of
mongrel kind.
There is nothing better to do than
to change to feed of roots when
cholera attacks our hogs next fall
sugar beets are especially desirable
but we can not have the beets then
unless we plant the seed this spring
Five feeds a day for the first
month after weaving, to the pigs, is
not too often. The farmer who in.
telligently masters the art of max.
ing pigs ready for market at six
months old, and persistently follows
the business, will most certainly
prosper. They cannot be pushed toe
fast; but they must have the proper
exercise.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

"You've got lot of baggage" re-
marked the Washington friend who
had accompanied him to the railway
station.
eyes," responded the retiring con-
gresham, "but l carry something on
my mind that weighs me down more
than all this stuff put together"
"What is it?" inquired the other.
"It's my 'exr said the departing
statesman, with dry sob.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05
Dairy.


The COW can not do her best years
work without succulent food the
season through. Plant sugar beets
or other roots for them. unless you
intend to silo a part of your corn
crop.
The first question with the calf is,
is it worth raising? If it has not the
right blood it can not be made a
good animal by any course of feed
ing. When one week old, one calf
seems as good as another, but from
that early day until it dies the scrub
calf will deteriorate in quality, be-
cause it does rot inherit the essen
tials which ensure growth and de-
velopment for the purpose designed.
It a calf is not we'll disposed from
the start, the sooner il goes to its
death the better.
Very few persons engaged IN rails
ing calves give attention to protect
ing them from flies during the first
season. In consequence, the calf j.
often affected with MARBLES during
the following winter, and will run
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05
CANCER IS DEADLY!

This fearful disease often first appears
as mere scratch, pimple. or lump in
the breast. too small to attract any
notice, until. in many cases, the deadly
disease is fully developed.
Cancer can not be cured by surgical
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

Fair Warning.-Visitor lin Brooklyn
"Does the trolley line lead to the ceme-
tery?" Citizen-"Y es, if one isn't very
careful."-Life.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-05

Fill above blank with and address and
WI. CAKES, Columbia, Tenn,
dollar Each
sell the
chasing sheet Coupons for themselves.
When have been turned into in this will
piece of FURNITURE offered for $O0 by house in America
paid will $500 cash. which the cost
of $1,000 worth of Furniture in
w. j. q a x Els,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-10
NOT SKILfuLlY DRAWN.


The appellate court in rescript
says the amended declaration in the
case OF Annie Bannon vs.. Rose Farrell
ct al. Is not skilfully drawn. Ii adds:
I'm addition 10 its technical defects We
think that IL does not sufficiently set
forth the duty OF the defendants to-
wards the piaintin which required
them 10 take precautions against the
danger OF the falling OF children into
the post-holes. which IL is averred that
the defendants were engaged i'm Dig
glng, that it does not allege knowledge
ON the part OF the defendants that there
were children who were liable 10 fall
into such post-holes by reason of their
being lawfully on the enclosure along
the line Of which the holes were dug.
In SO far as the demurrer rests on the
ground that the declaration does not
show violation OF the duty which the
defendants owed 10 the plaintiff, ii is
sustained. Case RENTED TO common
pleas division for further proceedings"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-10
AT THE NORTH END.
Macks Trick Get Him In TroubIe-ksy Be- no
Fghi in TonQhis Caucus.

George Mack tried an old trick a
couple OF days ago and the trick proved
unpleasant in its outcome for George.
William A. Capwell OF Olneyville owns
a house i'm the rear OF SO Randall street,
which is at present unoccupied. and Mack
entered the house by rear cellar win
dow that had been carelessly left open
by the last tenant who had coal put in.
Mach, once he got an entrance, looked
over the house and then set TO work
stripping il OF the lead pipe. The re-
suit OF hard and quick work on the
part OF the intruder was that ne had
As pounds OF stun to put on the mar.
ket. The pipe was taken 10 a junk
dealer in this section and disposed OF
for a good sum. The loss Of the pipe
was reported to, the police of the Sec
ond station and officer Nye arrested
Mack on suspicion, after making an
investigation, officer Glfoil made a
search for the pipe and found il. Mack
denied stealing anything and was very
indignant until he was identified by the
man to whom he sold the swag. lie
NitI anu lOlh tNtl Aiihb Npii-
nected with the affair TO the officers
and charge OF defacing a building
was entered against him.
The police OF the Second station made
four arrests yesterday. Three were
made for drunkenness and one for de-
facing "A building.
There was a story around this morn
ing TO the effect that the lights sched-
uled for the Republican causcuses to-
night in Wards 2 and may not mate
rialize. Parties down street who have
the direction of party affairs are said
to believe that the interests of the
party demand the reelection OF both
Representative Blodgett and Repre-
sentative Roberts.
The large number OF accidents that
take place In certain manufactory,
many OF which are never publicly re-
ported, has caused the question TO be
asked by employees whether the state
department-known as the factory i'm
not take some steps TO
lessen the liability and frequency OF
such occurrences.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-10
EAST PROVIDENCE.

Emil Ewert, II years old, was arrest
ed last evening on the charge OF steal
ing rooster from the coop of Warren
l.. Pierce. on Taunton avenue, Wednes-
day evening, and will be arraigned this
afternoon i'm the Seventh district court
Frank III. Crogan, the police say. was
with young Ewert. and that he, Crogan,
was the one to enter the coop and hand
ed out the rooster TO his companion,
and when he came out he had two pull
let's. Last evening the police called
at the home of Ewert and found him
In bed. and he said that the rooster
was in the cellar, but the police could
not find any trace OF the fowl. The
police then went 10 the home of Cro-
gan and they also found him in bed
and as he led the police 10 the hen coop
in his yard, where he said the two pull
let's were. he jumped the fence and ran
across the lots and has not been seen
since. The police called at his home
this morning. but he had not returned.
y delegation OF twenty or more from
the Veteran Firemen's association went
to Bristol last evening and were the
guests of the veteran hremen OF that
place.
\ new fagstaff was placed on the
Grand Army building.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-10
FERRiER WILL GET PROPERTY.
Appellate Court Holds That Deed Given Him BY
His Sister is Valid.

Oliver Xavier Ferrier, OF North
Smithfeld, will have the property that
his sister Mary Tourville, before her
death conveyed TO him, though the
town clerk OF North Smithfield refused
to accept the deed OF the sister after
her death, as the deed was not acknowl-
edged before notary public or other
official. The appellate court has found
that there was a delivery of the deed
on hearing OF bill in equity filed by
Mrs. Ferrier against the children OF his
sister today.
Mr.. Ferrier testified that Byron An
drews, Of North Smithheld, drew the
deed and told him To take il To Mr..
James Hotchkiss and witness told Mr..
HOtchkiss TO finish H. The latter went
to the house where Mrs. Touryille was
and signed as a witness. Mr.. Ferrier
thought everything was done that was
necessary. Mr.. Andrews testified that
Mr.. Hotchkiss had been for years a
notary and he thought was still quail
fed when Mr.. Ferrier was sent To him.
Mr.. Hotchkiss said he told Mr.. Ferrier
all he could do was to witness the Sig
nature and he did witness the making
of the mark. The court on hearing this
testimony decided that complainant had
the right To have a decree entered.
The trouble in regard to the deed. the
deed being made last February, was
not discovered until il was offered for
record the following July. McFee x
Greene were solicitors for Mr.. Ferrier.