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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-13
From Many Sources.

Over 100000 pounds of tea is con.
sumed in England daily.
There is only one sudden death
among women to eight among men.
One hundred thousand tons of ap-
pies are raised on British soil yearly.
Japan has passed a bill to prohibit
boys under 20 years of age smoking.
Married couples in Norway are priv
LEGGED to travel on railways at a fare
and a half.
There are 1920 species of plants
used for commercial purposes. OF
these 420 are used for perfumes.
There are 10000 trees in the city of
Paris, including $4,000 willows, 1900
chestnuts and $4,000 plane-trees.
So useful are toads in gardens that
they are sold in France by the dozen
for stocking gardens, to free them
from many injurious insects.
The postal savings-bank system is
in operation in Austria, Belgium, Can
ada, France, Hungary, Italy, Neither
lands, Sweden, and in most of the
colonies.
In Holland it is the custom for wo-
men to wash the china and silver
used at breakfast and tea Immediate
ly after the meal in the presence of
the family and guests.
Durham, South 14lrica, has become
winter resort, and contains some of
the finest residences in the world.
They are surrounded by tropical tree
flowers and fruits.
In Java small state exists whicl.
is entirely controlled by women, witA-
the single exception of the sovereign.
who is man. He is, however, en-
tirely dependent on the three woSen
who form his state council.
An example of patient industry Is
the sorting of hogs bristles as it Is
carried on at Tientsin, China. Each
one of the bristles has to be picked
out, measured, and placed in the
bundle of hairs of corresponding
length
Aluminium has just been employed
for the construction Of a new freproof
curtain to be used at theaters. The
curtain is 60 feet wide by 81 feet
high is composed of aluminium sheets
one-twelfth of an inch thick, and
weighs 1000 pounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-13

Hills necessitate the frequent use of
the brake, which, of course puts a
strain upon the bus and wears the
wheels. Attached to each bus is a
stud of II horses of which only 10, or
five pairs, are worked in any one day,
thus insuring a complete days rest
for each pair every sixth day. AS a
bus runs 81 miles a day and five
pairs of horses are used, it follows
that bus horses days work is Is
miles, which he does in less, consider
ably less, than three hours-the rate at
which he travels being between five
and six miles an hour. This does not
seem great deal to exact from
horse; still the work is hard, often in
yolving prolonged dead pull at the
trot, and the crowded condition of the
London streets makes it harder by
necessitating continual deviations out
of the way of obstacles and abrupt
stoppages to avoid collisions"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-13
AsoUT GEORGE ABE, HUMoRIsT.
A Little Sketch of the Author of
Fables in SIanu


George AIDE. the latest humorist, is
a HOosier, says the Indianapolis Jour
nal, and his humor has the same
homely twang which characterizes so
many of James Whitcomb Rileys
dialect sketches. Nothing could be
more hilariously American than these
fables, and yet the author is but one
generation removed from the south of
England. His father was born in
Sussex, and came to America when he
was Is years old. Mr.. AIDE spent his
early life in country town. then
went to an Indiana college, found his
way to Chicago. received a newspaper
training and developed a taste for
Il travelling. He has been to Europe
twice, the second time going as far
east as ConstantinCDle and last winter
he journeyed to Japan, China and the
Philippines.
His theory is that any one who
wishes to unite with truth an under
standing of the essential features of
life in America should travel in other
countries, and then come back pre-
pared to receive fresh impressions
and make intelligent comparisons.
And although many of the fables
poke fun at our institutions, pre-
tensions end customs, there is never
any sign in them of Anglomania or
other foreign diseases.
There is an amusing story in rela-
ton to Mr.. AIDES first book of Fables
in Slang" Neither the author nor the
publisher anticipated the great sue
cess which the book achieved. 1t was
put out as little flyer" for the holi-
day trade. but within a month it was
one of the best selling books in the
market and had beaten all records
established by the earlier books
Artie, Pink Marsh and Doc Horne
When Mr.. AIDE saw his royalties &C
cumulating and began to receive kind
ly mention from the critics, and the
book had been read by President Nc
kinley at cabinet meetings, and there
had been a Canadian edition and some
talk of an English edition. he began
to suspect the fables had more merit
than he had thought. But one fall
day the lady in charge of the public
library at Indianapolis came out in a
proclamation barring Fables in Slang
on the ground that the book was
'jnane." A considerate friend i'm
mediately carried the news to AIDE.
ut has come at last" he said
solemnly. Il knew if they ever got
on to me anywhere it would be in
Indiana"
"But this is not right" persisted
his friend. whatever the book may
be it is not inane"
Il don't know what 'inane' means"
said the author "but if it means what
it sounds like think she's right But
| don't think she ought to go and tell
everybody. This is a time when
HCOsiers should stand together"
In spite of the unexpected setback
III his native state, Mr.. AIDES little
book went through one edition after
another. The second volume, More
Fables, which has just been issued,
contains 20 fables, most of which are
entirely new, not having appeared in
any periodical previous to their pub
LEGATION in book form.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-13

been carried on for more than a year
and that the results prove it to be a
perfect success. Buoys of this type
are now made that will not only burn
continuously from eighty to 365 days,
according to capacity desired, but will
ring bell every fifteen seconds au-
tomatically, thereby overcoming the
fault Of the ordinary bell buoy, which
is dumb when the surface of the water
is perfectly smooth This improve
ment to the Pintsch buoy costs but
$500 more than those without it and
is Of inestimable value to the masters
OF all descriptions of craft, from the
5O0-footer down to the smallest coast
lugger; and it goes without saying
that the great and growing yacht
fleet Of the lakes and the princely
private steam yachts are as much in
terested as other vessels.
When lake vesselmen know some
thing they need and want they are
not backward in asking for it, and the
indications are that the lighthouse
board will soon hear from the Lake
Carriers association in regard to the
adoption of this new Improvement on
the lakes, whether it has been adopt
ed on the seacoast or not. It is said
the new style of buoy would be much
more serviceable in crowded chan
neIs than the electric-lighted buoys,
which are etinguished and become
useless during gales, time when
they are most needed. The gas buoy
never goes out during the time for
which it is constructed to burn,
While the ringing of bell in a fog, in
addition to a permanent light, would
be a boon, the need of which has long
been felt.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-13
GAS-LIGHTED BUOY BELLS.
New and Important Aids to Safe Nav
iuation-Lakes Need Them.

New and Important Aids to Safe Nav.
igation-Lakes Need Them.
With the thousands of reefs. shoals
and bad spots Astounding on the chain
of lakes, any Improvement in day or
night warnings is appreciated by lake
navigators. 1t has come to be known
by them that there is an improved
gas buoy and the matter is much
talked of among the masters and they
are asking why the lighthouse board
does not introduce them On our
crowded lakes and rivers and straits
crowded now by finer, larger freight
craft than are to be found on the At
lantic or Pacific.
1t is ascertained that experiments
with what is called the Pintsch gas
lighted buoy-bell attachment have
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-13
Not in Her Curriculum

Solicitors Parent-I know, of
course, you are not expected to teach
religious dogma in the public schools,
but do think we are entitled to ask
that you inculcate at least the elemepr
tary principles of sound ethics"
Teacher (by virtue of pull!)-"I
don't know about that, ma'am. be-
lieve the School board has shut down
on fads this year."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-13

The first woman medical missionary
to Porto Rico has just been commits
stoned by the Presbyterian board of
home missions. She is DR.. Nellie s.
Sheehan of Minneapolis and a gradu-
ate of the University of Minnesota,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-08-24
Dutch Auction at Cape Town.

A Dutch auction at Cape Town is fire.
quently exciting II house is to be
sold the auctioneer offers fifty golden
sovereigns for the man who first bids
$4,000" Nobody bids. A pause, and
then fifty golden sovereigns for the
man who first bids G4,900." This is
kept up until bid is secured. But 1t
by no means follows that the house is
sold to this bidder. No, the auctioneer
is then at 1t again. Say that G4,4OO Is
the first bid The auctioneer cries:
There are % 6 den sovereigns for the
first man who has the courage to bid
e4.6OO." Perhaps no one has it. Then
e25 is offered for a e4.550 bid. IL
there is eventually no bid above the
400 the man who made that bid is
saddled with the house. Otherwise he
pockets his bonus and gets of free OF
IL ell.
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MIN NgLDUNrVrs
S.All1 WI dIhhL De

Cincinnati, Aug. ~.
FLOUR.-Spring fancy, 3.6003.s0;
spring family, $3.1O@3.4O; spring pat.
ent, $4@4.50; winter fancy, S3.4O03.7O;
winter family, $3@3.25; winter patent,
s3.s5@4; extra, $2.25@2.5O; low grade,
$2@2.2O: northwestern rye, $2.95@
$40; do city, $3@3.10.
GRAIN.-Wheat: No. red quota.
BILE at 73M74c on track. Sales: Sam
pie red, landing, 73c. Corn: No. q
mixed quotable at 42c on track. Oats:
Sales: No. mixed, track, 21hc; No.
2 mixed, track, 22Ac; No. 3 white,
track, 23Ikc.
LIVE STOCK.-Hogs: Select ship
pers, $3.50; select butchers, $3.50
$50: fair to good packers, 5000 5 25;
fair to good light, S5.3Od5.4O; COM
mon and roughs. S4.4O@5.O5. Cattle:
Fair to good shippers, S4.7j@5.4o;
rood to choice butchers, S4.65d5l0;
fair to medium butchers, $1,000 40;
common. S3.15d3.65. Sheep: Extras
S3.5Od3.7O; good to choice, S2.6O@3.4O;
common to fair, S2@2.5O. Lambs: TX.
tras. S5.6O@j.75; good to choice, S4.5C
M5.5O; common to fair, S2.75d 4.25
Veal Calves: Fair TO good light, S6.2i
al; common and large, S4@6.
Chicago. Aug. 2O.-Wheat: No.
red, E3S.@7l%c; No. red. 69HM
74l4c; No. hard winter, 67N 6694c;
No. hard winter. 67d69hc; No.
Iorthern spring. T2A@7je; No.
northern spring. T2@T5e; No. , spring
t7ik@75c; Corn: No. 2, ale; No. J
ale. Oats; No. :, 22AG22Me; No. }
&c.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-08-24
WILLIAMSPORT.


WILLIAMSPoRT, Aug. 70 -Rev. ,. IL
McCarty, of Talab assoc, Fla, is visiting
his friends here. He preached two ex-
cellent sermons last Sunday. This visit
is very pleasant surprise to us.
Rev. James w. Moss has goneto Cul-
leos to hold pIotracted meeting. he
will be assisted by Rev. a. Hardin,
of Spring Hill.
Rev. W. ii. Beasley closed his meet
ing at Mt. Nebo last Saturday evening.
The many friends of Mrs Lucy WeD-
ster and family, deeply synnpathize
with them in their recent Affections.
May God pour out his richest blessings
upon them
Mr. James Stallings and family, form
erly of Southport, have moved t" our
community. We are glad to have ITEM
with us again.
Mrs. Robt. Moore, Jr., is spending a
few days at Primm Springs,
Miss Willie Ashton, of Columbia, is
the guest of Mrs. James Russell.
Miss Rachel Moore is at Primms.
Also Master Jamie Walker.
Mrs John Johnston and daughter
Miss Ella, and Mrs. ii e. Johnston, are
spending several days at Prmms.
Mrs. sarah Stockard, of Franklin, is
the guest of Mrs Leon Sheddan.
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j. =. Street &Co.
CITIZENS TELEPHONE No g.
PHYSICAL Culture Girls.

A strong argument in favor of physi-
cal culture among girls is advanced by
the students at Bryn Mawr, where al,
outdoor sports are encouraged, as well
as the regulation gymnasium exercises,
says the Philadelphia Record. The
class of 1902 furnishes convincing proof
in the way of statistics. All the men,
bers of the class have submitted to two
physical examinations, between which
six months have elapsed. The result
shows an increase In lung capacity
measured in cubic centimeters) from
1912 to 1904; increase in chest in
fiation difference in eentimeters be-
tween chest normal and chest infated)
from AS to $50; increase in total
strength measured in kilograms) from
2l9.s2 to 249.s9. other tests show in
creased strength In every part Of the
body. And yet some people decry ath-
letics among womenl
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-08-24

"More haste, less speed" and "hasten
slowly" are proverbs born of expert
inc that some things cant be hurried
" ithout loss and waste. That is especi-
ally true of eating. The railway luncn
habit, "five minutes for refreshments, ;"
is habit most disastrous to the health
You may hurry your eating. You can't
hurry your digestion, and the neglect
to allow proper time for this important
function is the beginning of sorrows to
many busy man. When the tongue is
foul, the head aches, when there are
sour or bitter risings, undue fullness
after eating, hot tiushes, irritability,
nervousness, irresolution, cold eX-
tremities and other annoying symp-
toms, be sure the stomach anu organs
of digestion and nutrition have "broken
down" Nothing will re-establish them
in activie healthy operation SO quickly
as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry. 1t strengthens the stomach, nour-
ishes the nerves, purifies the blood, and
builds up the body. 1t is strictly
temperance medicine, containing no
alcohol or other intoxicant. Given
away. DR.. Pierce's great work, The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser is sent free on receiptof stamps TO
pay expense of mailing only. Send Il
One-cent stamps for the paper covered
book, or 81 stamps for cloth binding
to DR.. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-08-24
lOutsey's Attorney Files a Physi-
clans Certificate That He
is Unable to Appear.
he IS REPORTED TO De IN A D4D WAY.
state Treasurer Walter Day. Wit.
ness. Failed TO Re, pond and His
LonI Was Forfeited.
At Close of Call for wItnessea
Prosecution Was Ready for
Trial-Defense Asked
for Time.

Georgetown, Ky, Aug. 21.-Yout-
sey's attorney filed a certificate from
his physicians that he is physically
unable to go into trial Monday.
The condition of Henry Ioutsey is
reported to be serious. The result of
the Powers trial has had deleterious
effect upon the young stenographer,
and he is in bad way. lie has not
slept for two nights aud has raging
fever. The physicians in attendance
have advised that a postponement of
ms case is necessary They say they
viii not be responsible for his life if
he is forced into trial at once. Yout-
sey has been greatly weakened by the
herculean treatment to which he was
compelled to submit to ward off an
attack of typhoid fever and with the
worry and confinement is on the verge
of collapse.
1t was 1913 o'clock when the case
of Henry 4. Ioutsey was called. The
defendant, looking pale and weak,
was brought in and took a seat bv his
WIN. anu just Dtlllllu MS counsel.
When the list of witnesses were call
ed. eN-State Treasurer Walter Day
failed to respond. On motion of the
commonwealth his recognizance bond
as forfeited and forthwith an attach
ment issued.
At the close of the calling of the
list of witnesses for the common
wealth the prosecution announced
ready for trial.
The defense asked for time to hold
conference before announcing
whether they were ready for trial,
and the court adjourned until $3.50.
When the witnesses for the defense
We're called w. S. Taylor and Chatles
Finley. who are fugitives in Indian
| apolis and eX-Assstant Secretary of
State j. Davidson, who is in Washing
ton state, were called, but failed to
respond. EX-Gov. w. o. Bradley, who
failed to appear in the Powers case,
! likewise failed to answer Monday.
| When court convened Monday after
noon the attorneys of Henry Yout-
sey filed motion and grounds for a
continuance based on the absence of
| "a witnesses for the defense.
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NAMES OF DAYS.
Have Curious Derivations Which Few
People Know.

Last night | was at a stag dinner,
where the company at large was asked
from what source the days of the week
derived their names, and only one man
out of the twelve present could answer
the question, and he was the man who
asked it, and he was one day wrong at
that, for I've since looked the matter
up. Sunday and Monday are simple
enough, and in themselves suggest
their derivation from the sun and
moon, but with Tuesday we come to
the ancient gods of our forefathers, the
Engels, that hardy race that displayed
the Briton and gave their name to the
English people. Tuesday was named
for Twl, their god of death; Wednes-
day for Odin, Wooden or Wotan, who
occupies in their mythology a position
analogous to that of Jupiter on Mt.
Olympus; Thursday for Thor the god
of air and storm and rain; Friday for
Freia Or Freya, the god of peace, and
Saturday possibly for Saeterr, an OBJ
scure god of their mythology, but more
probably it takes its name for Saturn.
1t would seem as though almost any
one you would ask would know the
derivation of these words of daily use,
but I'll wager that not one person out
of hundred can tell them correctly.
It's like the surprise the Bible gives
one not familiar with it, by the idioms
and phrases they will come across
when reading its pages, that are fami-
liar and colloquial in the language they
use, but which are uttered without
the slightest knowledge of whence they
came on the part of either speaker OF
listener-New York Tribune,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-08-24
AMONG THE COLORED CITIZENS


DR.. J. w. Pickett. pastor OF the
Colored Methodist Church, raised SSl
in his collection Sunday for the repair
ing OF his church.
Miss Gertrude Lawrence has gone to
Henderson, N. c., to enter school.
Mt Lebanon Baptist Church has
called Rev. johnson, of Chattanooga, to
the passionate of their church.
DR.. Reed, who has been spending his
vacation month in our town, will soon
leave for Meha ry Medical College.
Miss Eddie Bramlett, one of Pulaski's
city teachers, is the guest of Mrs. A. j.
Armstrong, East 10Th street.
In about two weeks time. this COM
munity will again hear the familiar
torres OF the school bell, as it sounds its
joyous peal from the cupola on the Pub
lie School building. Nearly one thous-
and children, five hundred of whom are
our own boys and girls, will respond to
the call ana assemble in the old familiar
school yard. Let the colored people
more and more as the years go by, APP
preciate and utilize the great advt Mt .ge
that is offered them in our excellent
schools. A word to the wise is suf-
| fficient.
We have had every assurance from the
generous management of the DAILY
HERALD that it will publish and favor.
ably comment upon any worthy article
/ that from time to time may be handed
in for publication. We hope the colored
people will make use of the opportunity
thus offered them Subscribe for the
HERALD, then make your wants known
through its columns, and if you have
anything you desire to have published,
we assure you that you will have a
friend in the HERALD.
The faculty of the coored school for
the term beginning Sept. 20, is as fol
lows: Principal, j. H. Kelly; teachers
Prof, R. G. Johnson, Mrs. P. J. Arm
strong and Misses M. z. White, Lula
Williams and A. j. Dew.
A SUBSCRIBER.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-08-24
SALE NOTICE.

BY virtue of an execution issued to
me from the County Court of Marry
County, Tenn, in the case Of Sallie r
CAMPBELL ct. al, VS.. ). NJ. Gillian ct ~,
and IL WED on the hereinafter describe ed
property, / will, on
Monday. th' 10th Day Of September 1900.
at ~ o'clock, expose to public sale at the
Courthouse door in COlumbia the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit: in
3rd Civil District of Maury County,
Tenn, bounded on north and east by
q. Il. Cheek, south by heirs Of John
HaTdison, deceased, west by Duck
river, being same tract J. r. Gillian
purchased In the case of Sallie p. Camp
bell ct al, vs. 5. NJ. Gillian ct al, In the
County Court.
said sale will be made to satisfy a
judgment in favor Of A. l.. Thomss :,
Clerk Of the County Court Of Maury
County, vs.. ]. r. Gillian, w. 4. Scuit
and J.F. Wiley.
sale win be for cash subject to right
II. w. Hour. 81 erin,
BY A. +. CHURCH, Deputy sheriff.
II ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-08-24

The German "Gretna Green" came to
an end on the same day as the Ger
man nineteenth century. On Jan. l,
1900. the marriages without previous
banns or public askings, so long in
practice on the island of Heligoland.
were declared from thenceforth illegal.
During the last week of the old year,
according to a Hamburg correspond
ent. the Heligolsnd steamer SilEana
carried to the island quite a shoal OF
young couples who were determined to
avail themselves of its privilege Of
sudden marriages" before it was too
late. On New Years Day, 1900. the
last cargo of bridal pairs married in
haste took ship for their homes on the
mainland.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-08-24
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-08-24
BoMBsRDING INNER CITY,
Empress Dow ger Surrounded and
Chinese Making Last Stand.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 Rear AID.
miral Remey cables that the tele-
graph line to Pekin has been inter.
rupted, and that information from
Japanese sources saws the Empress
Dowager Is detained In the 'inner
city which Is being bombarded by
allies. Admiral Reney's message
Is dated Taku, Aug. Is. A cable
message from Rear Admiral Br0ce
at ChefoO To the British Admiralty
says street fighting still continues in
Pekin and part of the city is on fire.
de says the Chinese are making
their last stand in the Inner city,"
He also confirms the news of the de-
tentiOn of the Empress Dowager.