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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25

Deacon Jackson was very piouS
but very determined old colored citi-
zen of Owl Creek Valley. He had a
young mule which his boys were I'm :
able to ride, and their failure to
break the animal so eXasperated the
old man that he determined to ride
it himself. He was, however, no
sooner located on its back than he
was thrown into an adjoining lot,
where he was picked up with both
legs broken and his neck badly
sprained.
What on earth did such an old
man as you mean by trying TO ride
a wild mule like that?" asked the
doctor.
"Well, sub, said Deacon Jackson,
II never does undertake to do nOtbin
widout fust consultin' ov de Lawd
an seein whut He dun thunk erbout
hit. | axed Him eff 1 arter rid dat
mule what my trifing no ercount
boys coulden't ride, an de Lawd,
He sed, yessah, jes ez plain ez am
talkin' to YOU"
"Well, but he seems to have given
you bad advice"
No, doctor, his judgment was all
right, fer de Lawd knows dis ole
niger never seed de day when he
was Altered to SADDLE anything
from a circular saw up to er ele-
plant, but dis time think de Lawd
was jes' mistoOken' in de mule
Atlanta Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25
them they are ready to put under
shelter. They may heat somewhat,
but it will not injure the hay.


DIR. Whitman H. Jordan, director
of the Geneva station, has, accord
ing to the newspapers, invented a
cOntrivance by means Of which
young pigs can dispense with the
services of a mother imme diately
after birth. A registered Duroc SOW
gave birth to litter of pigs at the
station last Friday. The mother
was taken violently i'll and was I'M.
able to suckle her offspring after the
first day. A small tank was made,
which had a sufficient number of
outlets at the bottom and 6 inches
above the floor to allot one to each
pig. A small tub of galvanized iron,
covered with cork, was inserted in
each of the outlets. An ordinary
nurse bottle rubber nipple was at
tached to the outer end of each tube.
One pig at time was introduced to
the improvised nurse, to which they
all quickly became attached. When
the well. filled nurse is placed in the
pen, the pigs greet it with squeals of
delight, and appear to have the same
affection for it they would have for
a more animated mother. DR.. Jor-
dan says that, as far he knows, this
is the first attempt to raise whole
litter of pigs by hand.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25

A healthy, thrifty lamb will very
soon require more food than the
limited amount which its dam fur
nishes, and when not more than a
week old will begin to pick at hay or
clover as it sees its dam doing. This
is an indication that it needs addi-
tional food. Glover hay is excellent,
but it should be supplemented by a
feed of half a gill of oats given
morning and night. There is no
better nutrition for growing ami
mails than oats. 1t will enable them
to eat and digest other food and put
them in the way of being thrifty all
the rest of their lives, until their
teeth are too much worn by use to
masticate well.
Sheep will iujure themselves eat
ing salt only when a careless shep-
herd has deprived them of it too
long. Keep the salt where they can
help themselves, and they will take
only 50 much as isrequired to satisfy
their actual needs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25

Butter making is really a peculiar
and particular branch of farm in
dustry at any season of the year,
and there are many discourage
ments in the way of making it eth
er pleasurable or profitable. One
must be thoroughly interested in
and have love for the undertaking,
and have great pride in the appear.
ance of the article presented to the
customer or the public, else the
reputation or the profitable return
will never come; il we would gain
either we must work for them.
A cow which yields a product of
800 year is pretty sure to be a pay
ing investment IL bought at rea-
sonable price. One which will give
but half that amount, as many of
them do, is a poor thing to keen,
even If gift to you. Have good
cows or none. In buying do not be
guided by the eye. Value depends
upon the cows yield of milk, and
not upon her beauty.
So far as the influence IL shown
upon the milk and butter, il is some
what doubtful II grain directly pays
when fed to milk cows which are to
receive all the fine grass they need.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25

Weeds of moderate size and growth
will occupy as much ground, draw
as much nutriment from it, take as
much of the life giving sunlight and
of the food-bearing atmosphere as
good stalk of corn. 1t must be very
rich and strong soil that can stand
the full draft of two crops growing
on it at the same time, one of corn
and one of weeds, and yet stint
neither of them. The rays of sun so
necessary to the life and growth OF
nearly all vegetation and of all crops
come to the plants in direct lines,
and if interrupted by the stalks or
leaves of weeds cannot go around
them to reach the corn. The car
bonic acid of the air is the great
supplier of the main portion of all
crops, both stalks, leaves and roots.
But this carbonic acid exists in very
small quantities in the air-only
about one quart of it in $500 quarts
OF air. Air must be moving quite
rapidly to bring in enough of this
gaseous carbonlc acid to supply the
wants of rapid-growing stalk. A
whole gallon of carbonic acid weighs
only ll3 grains, of which it takes
1000 to weigh pound. Now, if
weed leaves stand alone with or
near corn leaves they steal away a
good deal of the carbOnic acid that
the corn leaves want; and it is only
when the wind is blowing strongly
that enough comes to meet the wants
of both cornstalks and weeds. The
practical lesson of this is that every
weed growing with or near the corn
is robbing it of the very thing it
wants from the soil and from the
air, and it is also stealing some of
the needed sunlight. Sixty to
seventy cornstalks yield on an aver
age about a bushel of corn. Two
hundred weeds use all the materials
that are needed by constalks enough
to produce a bushel of corn. He
must be a poor, slow worker indeed
who cannot, with hoe, cut and kill
1900 weeds in a day,i he takes them
when small; and with manweight
wheel hoe large space can be work
ed over in day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25
Save Peavine Hay.

Cut the vines when the pods are
about full, and leave in windows or
small cocks for two or three days,
according to weather. Then rick up
loosely, and two or three days later
they may be put under the shelter
loosely, or placed in rail pens with
cross rails every three or four feet
for ventilation. We have placed
them thus for twenty feet in height.
The vines may be stacked under
shelter in alternate layers Of straw
or hay one foot thick, vine three
feet. Pea vines can be saved in
COOP condition with more sap than
any forage plant we know. They
should not be cured outdoors until
dry, for then the leaves shatter of,
but there should be no dew or rain
on them when stored. Take a wisp
OF vines and twist them tightly. III
no water can be squeezed out of
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25

When shortage in cattle is es-
tablished it cannot be overcome in a
single season. 1t will be wise to keep
some stock growing, and so be pre-
pared to take advantage of the bet
ter prices when they do come.
If you will not take the time to
dust the fowls with insect powder,
give them dust box where it can
be kept dry, so they can do the work
themselves.
Scratches" most frequently at
tack horses long kept on a heavy
grain ration, and the best remedy Is
to turn them out to pasture. They
will get exercise, and the grass will
act as mild laxative. Outward ap.
plications, while standing in the
stable are almost useless.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25

There is no food which will take the
place of good, rich grass. The finest
grain mixture ever devised will not
answer so well. If the grain is fed
for TIE purpose of making bone,
muscle and strength, that is another
thing.
Fine butter has its origin further
back than the churn. The quality
which most affects the price is the
flavor. Unless this is beyond criti
cism there can be no expectation of
a gilt-edge price. The flavor of the
butter depends on the milk, and the
flavor of the milk upon the food, the
health and the surroundings of the
cows.-Farmer's Home Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25
Smelling In the Philippines.

Women Of the Philippines may
not be able to "smell rat with the
frequency of their American sisters,
but, we are gravely informed by a
writer, in other lines of smelling
they are much more accomplished.
which has been carried by an ac-
quaintance they can tell who the
owner Is. Their favorite caress is to
take a good smell of the cheek of a
loved one. Any little souvenirs OF
absent or deceased friends are
smelled instead Of kissed.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25
WHEN YOU RIDE YOUR WHEEL.

Always shake into your shoes
Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for the
feet. 1t keeps your feet cool, pre-
vents sweating feet, and makes
your endurance ten-fold greater
Over one million wheel people are
using Aliens Foot Ease. They all
praise it. 1t gives rest and comfort
to smarting, hot, swollen, aching
feet, and is a certain cure for ingrow-
ing nails. At all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Sample free by mail.
Address, Allen 5. Olmsted, lie Roy,
n. Y. It
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25
Pruning GrapVines.

Now is the time when grapevines
should have their summer pruning,
if they need any at all. Excessive
summer pruning is always to be
avoided. The safest rule is to stop
canes which are growing too far and
fast, but to do no pruning which is
not plainly necessary. Go through
the vineyard with sharp sickle or
corn knife, ana the Clipping can be
quickly and neatly done if the
operator has a clear notion of what
he wants to do, backed up by a quick
eye and good judgement.-COuntry
Gentleman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25
The Light i'm a Bottle.

An old farmer who had been to
New York, was describing to his
friends the splendor of the hotel he
stayed at. Everything was perfect"
said he, with the exception of one
thing-they kept the light burning
all night in my bedroom-a thing l
amt used to-" WELL" said one of
them, why didn't you blow it out?"
BLOW it out" said the farmer
chow could /? The blamed thing
was inside a bottle"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25
THAT rHRoBBING HEADACHE.

would quickly leave you, if you used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
of sufferers have proved their match
less merit for sick and nervous head
aches. They make pure blood and strong
nerves and build up your health. Easy
to take. Try them. Only 25c. Money
back if not cured. Sold by Woodbridge Il
Irvine, druggists. o. june2 ly
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25

The economical feeder must con-
slider the health of an animal as much
as the feeding value of ration; he
should also feed so as to recover the
largest possible value in the manure.
The latter is the last thing some
think of, and it should be the first,
almost.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25
s. s. s. FOR THE BLOOD

the which enough reach the
bldth disasebecause blood
Insist nothing take its
rheumatism
Ulcers blood Valuable
Swift Specific Company Atlanta Georgia
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25

Mr.. VIM Walpole. of Washtown. S. D., says: "A
little blotch about the size of pea under my left
eye gradually growing larger from which shooting pains
at intervals in all directions became greatly alarmed
and consulted good DOCTOR who pronounced it Cancer
and advised that it be cut out but this could not
sent to. read in my local paper of effected by
S. S. and decided to try it. 1t acted like charm the
Cancer becoming at first irrated and then dschargng
very freely This gradually grew less and then disco
tinued altogether leaving small scab which drop
ped off and now only healthy little remains where
what threatened destroy my life held full sway"
Positively the only for Cancer is Swifs Specific
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25
Agricultural and Live Stock Department.


telling their experienced
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25
MOST VIOLENT CASES HAVE
APPEARED At FIRST AS
MERE PIMPLES.

promptly however and violent and destructive than
whatever The
within-the last vege of poison be eradicad
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25
A SMALL SPOT
MAY Be CANCER.

The greatest care should be given to
any little sore, pimple or scratch which
shows no diSnoSitiOn to heal under ordin-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-25

The best Plow ever
made; the only genu- A
inc sold on this mars
ket. The Oliver has
many limitations, but
no equals. No pillow
factory will try to imi-
tate an inferior. 1t is
always their superb
ors. We have quite a
number of wood beam
No. 40 left hand Oliver
plows, which we will
sell for less than their
value. If you want a
good bargain come to
see us.
Hamilton Disk Har-
rows are the Simplest
and best.
We can save you m
WHEAT DRILL. h
We wish to sell GU,
RespeC
Citizens Telephone Is.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-03-17
ducive to much enjoyment and the Sir
knights admitted that il was we'll to
thus commingle.
AN EDUCATORS MEETING.

State Superintendant Collins Outlines .
Plan Which He viii Try to Carry Out.
Yankton Press and Dakotan: E. E.
Collins, of Vermiilion, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, 10 in
Yankton discussing with County Sup
erintendent of Schools James S. Dick
son, the advisability of holding q dis
trict meeting OF county superintendents
and county conductors in this city
sometime in the latter part of this
month. Supt. Collins proposes to hold
a number of such conventions in differ
ent parts of the state, in order that the
county superintendents and the people
who have been engaged to act IS con-
ductors in county institutes during the
summer may make institute plans and
outline the work. Heretofore Mr.. Col
ductors have been working at skies
and sevens, simply because they did
not arrange institute programs before
the institutes were held. A conductor
would go to the place OF holding the
institute without knowing what the
superintendent of the county wanted
him to do, in the way of special line Of
instruction and as result institutes
have not been as productive of as much
good as they might have been. Supt.
Collins says that the law provides that
superintendents and conductors shall
meet to make institute plans, and he
proposes to take advantage of that
phase of the law for the benefit OF the
schools.
Conventions will be held probably in
Yankton. Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, Wat
ertown and Mitchell or Huron. The
state will be divided into districts as
for instance the Yankton district to
comprise Union, Clay, Yankton, Bon
Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas and
Turner counties. The convention will
hold one or two days and during that
time the euperintendents will meet at
the place named, become acquainted
and come to an understanding as to
what shall be done in the annual teach
er's institute. Different methods and
different SUBJECTS will be most benefic-
ial to different counties, and there will
be great advantage to conductors in
knowing exactly what is expected of
them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-03-17
ELI PERKINS LECTURE.

Was Received With General Favor, but
There We're Some Objections.
For great many years Eli Perkins
has appeared before public audiences in
lectures as an exponent of either wit or
humor and has always been welcomed
as bit Of moisture in desert. Eli's
one object is to entertain and amuse an
audience, but 10 what length the audi
ence desires to be amused rests solely
with those who compose it. Eli was
greeted by large crowd of people,
less than what would have been in at
tendance had the night been less
stormy. AS it was buggies, carriages
and omnibuses were brought into re-
quisition 80 that the people could evade
the deep snowdrifts and the blustery
weather. DR.. Graham introduced Eli
by the name by which he had acquired
his reputation. In taking up his sub
ject the lecturer began by laying the
foundation to define the difference be-,
tween wit and humor, chasing them in
different categories, and Demonstrated
their places as they are applicable in
the world of wit and humor by the reci-
tation of great many stories that
would tend to establish the idea in the
minds of his hearers. From one joke
to another Eli told his stories in droll
way, interfering quite bit of philos-
ophy at the same time. Many of his
stories were new, some we're old, but
he told them in way that added lustre
TO the latter and the former were
greatly interesting. 1t wasn't to be
expected that all would like Eli, but it.
was noticeable that in the humor the
audience was in harmony with the
speaker ana that story told
with the point trtie concealed was not
lost on the audience, showing that g.
strict attention was given to what was
said. The lecture lasted over two
hours, but the audience showed little
weariness and the lecturer less. AS
com mparisons go some thought that
John r. Clarke was better and some
liked Eli better. That goes accord
ingly to public taste, but the two talk
on different lines and appeal to the
taste in a different way The next en-
tertainment in the lecture and concert
course occurs on March 90, wh,n the
Lyric Ladies appear.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-03-17

Knowing these spring lines to be we'll bought,
knowing them to be the best of their kind and assuring
you that they will be rightly sold, you wonder that
we feel fortified for aggressive merchandising? We count
the intelligence discernment and good Judgment
OF our buying public. We have not room to enumerate
the kinds but assure you Of wngnesssto show you
through our line.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-03-17

Continued on Second Page.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-14
Popular Songs and Dance Music of 80

Jos. w. Stern 6 Co., the music pub
fishers, have removed to new Offices at "a
East 7Ist Street, New York City. The
reputation of this firm as "The House OF
Hits" Is as wide as the continent. and
their offerings for the present season
embrace the most attractive they have
ever put forth. All New York is singing
their latest ballads, including Traggart
and Wits great song drama, "The Moth
and the Flame," and new romantic song
OF the sea" Wait Till My Ship Comes In"
Bralsted andCarter's beautiful ballad, "The
Girl Loved in Sunny Tennessee" and
the famous "She Was Bred in Old Ken
tuckey;" Witt and Rodents "My Little
Georgia Rose;" and Dave Marion's " It's
Not What You Were, It's What You Are
Today" In coon songs, which must be
good nowadays to live at all, Messrs. Stern
& Co. lead with Dave Lewis captivating
"My Alabama Lady Love-" Ed. Rogers
fetching an; Oriental Coon" Dave Reed,
Jr.'s "rly Hs .nah Lady," and Williams
and Walkers comic"Why Don't You Get
a Lady of Your 0wn2" F1ax S. Wits
lovely Waltzes, "The First VioIin,' head
the instrumental list, that show also II. r.
Stern's lively cakewalk, "The Tennessee
Jubilee, " "a Rag-Time Skedaddle, }" by Geo
Rosey, the great march composer, "My
Lady Love" waltzes, also by l1r. Rosey
and Z" BOardin' House Johnson" a new
cake-wdlk by Sadie Koninsky, composer
of "Eli GREEN'S Cake-Walk. 'Messrs. Stern
& Co. have just issued new catalogue
which they will mail on application.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-14
A TEXAS WONDER.
Halls Great Discovery.

One small bottle of Halls Great
Discovery cures all kidney and blad-
der troubles, removes gravel, cures
diabetes, seminal emissions, weak
and lame back, rheumatism and all
irregularities of the kidneys and
bladder in both men and women,
Regulates bladder troubles in chill
dren. If not sold by your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt of 81,
One small bottle is two months
treatment, and will cure any case
above mentioned. e, w. Hall, sole
manufacturer, P. O. box 2l8, Waco,
Texas. For sale by Smith Drug Co.
Texarkana, Ark.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-14
lSummer Comfort.

There is a constant demand for
gasoline stoves. Why2 Because
the new gasoline stoves work per-
fectly, keep the kithen cool and
pleasant, and do away with the
bother of having wood and kindlug
around, But the chief reason is
on account of the cheapness OF
gasoline, as compared with other
fuel for cooking purposes,
by actual test it has been found
that four gallons Of gasoline will 90
as far as 1900 feet Of gas, Com
pare the cost and you will see the
saving will justify the use OF gaso-
line this season,
DO not forget that EUplON,
the Family Safety Oil Is the best on
the market for Illuminating your
houser
51l WATERS PIERCE OH Co.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-14
@. j. WARaloN
For over r1ttv Yaara

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years
by millions Of mothers for their
children while teething, with per
feet success. II sootbes the chidi
softens the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind cole and Is the best
remedy for dlarrhna, II Is pleas
ant TO the taste. Sold by druggists
In every part Of the world, Twenty.
five cents a bottle. It's value is ID
calculable. BE sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kInd. 9.b.g9.lY
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-14
READ THIS.
Jackson, Miss, Jan. II, 1899.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. II, 1899.
| have for years been sufferer
from kidney and bladder troubles;
have tried all remedies that
could find, and had dlmost,givan up
all hope of ever getting relief, until
tried Halls Great Discovery, |
am now using it and feel like new
man, It's effect is wonderful.
G.. w, WILLIAMS,
Asst Chief Police.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-14
SHAKE IN Y0uR SHOES.

Aliens Foot. Ease, u powder for the
feet, II cures painful swollen, smaltlng,
norvons feet, ,IngrowinR nails and Instant.
IN takes tho sting out OF corns and bun
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
Of the ago Alcns Foot Ease makes
tight or new shoes feel easy II Is o cor
tired, aching feet. Try II to-day Sold
by nll druggists and shoe stores, by mail
for csc. In stamps Trial package FREE.
Address, Aller ), Olmstod, LeRoy New
Y0rk II
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-14

A sallow, iaundiced skin is a
symptom of disordred liver, as it
springs from hillary poisons retained
in the blood which destroy energy
cheerfullness, strength, vigor, hap
piness and life, Heroine will restore
the natural functions of the liver,
Price so cts. Sold by Smith Drug Co.