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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11
A BIG MULE DAY.
Several Hundred Head Sold Monday
Good Prices Ruled.

Monday was the biggest mule day Co
lumbia has seen in long time. The
mules were here by the hundreds, and
nearly all of them changed hands. A
number of buyers were here from dis
tance, and they wanted the mules and
were willing to pay good prices for them.
Altogether about twenty-five carloads,
or five hundred head, were bought and
are being shipped. Notwithstanding
the large crowd Of people here. the police
report that exceptionally good order as
kept. Only one man was arrested on
the charge Of drunkenness. aud he re-
pented Of his act this morning and said
he never intended 10 do it again.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11
NEWT. WHITE.
He Has Things His Own Way for
the Speakership.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
NASHVILLE, Jan. 4 - Senator
Brennan this afternoon withdrew
from the race for speaker OF the
Senate, aud will support n. H..
White OF Giles, who apparently has
more than enough to elect.
Whites opponents held meeting
this morning, but could not show
enough to inddce anyone to enter
the race against him, and none OF
those in had any chance.
The fight over the House Speaker
ship is also finished, except for a
few final moves. +. s. Wilson Of
Sumner county has the race won.
and Il is certain that two OF his op-
pOnents will withdraw this after
noon.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11

THE Bowden House at Martin,
Tenn, was destroyed by fire Fri
day morning. The occupants of the
hotel were aroused just in time to
escape with their lives, many of
them having to scale the walls in
order to reach the street from the
second and third stories, and quite a
number did not have time to dress,
and had to rush into the street in
their night clothing.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11
SENATE OFFICIALS.
HOUSE OFFICIALS.

Speaker-E. B. Wilson, of Sum
ner.
ClerA-E. E. Adams, of Wilson.
Assistant Clerk-E. B. Martin, OF
Davidson.
Engrossing Clerk-Miss Hettie
Farr, of Williamson.
Serg geant-at-A J. Adams
of Shelby.
Assistant Sergeants- t-Arms-F
T. Wilson, Of Smith, and T. r. Tur
rentine, of Davidson.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11

EIGHT men lost their lives Sunday
morning at the burning of the
Harvard Hotel at Minneapolis,
MINI. The men were overtaken by
dense volumes of smoke in the dark,
narrow Railways of the building,
and death in every instance was due
to suffocation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11

The Taylor Patterson contest in
the Memphis, Tenn, congressional
district is off, Mr.. Taylor having
failed to file his charges within the
time prescribed by law.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11

MRS. JOHN A. MURPHY, OF Gin
cinnati, and her daughters, will con-
test the will of the late Samuel
Murphy, of Nashville, and the adop-
tion of Mr.. and Mrs. Fielder by Mrs.
Murphy. 1t is alleged that Mr..
Murphy promised his relatives that
they should become his heirs. Mrs.
John A. Murphy says that her hus-
band received less than 100000 from
his brother.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11

CONGREssMAN-ELE LEM p. PAD
GETT, of the Seventh District, came
in last night. and is stopping at the
Maxwell. Mr.. Padgett was mem
Der of the last Senate, and is receiv
ing the congratulations of friends
upon his election to Congress after a
spirited race.-Nashville American.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11

BEGINNING the first of the year,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
granted not less than four hundred
employees retirement with pensions
for life.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11

John Il. Flynn, farmer of Dodge
Station, KY, committed suicide at
the Phoenix Hotel in Lexington by
swallowing mixture of strychnine,
morphine and carboiic acid.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11

John y. Sims, secre' AIRY Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company i,
died in PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY, the re-
suit of an operation for appendicitis
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11
AFRICAN BeLlGEREN1s.
Albert Anderson Wages War Agains
John Frierson.

Albert Anderson, Jr., aged twenty
years, aud John Frierson, aged twenty
one years, both descendants Of Ham,
went to war Monday in West End.
Anderson got his gun and fired broad
side OF shot at Frlerson, several Of the
missiles taking effect in mis- adversary's
countenance and causing a painful. al
though not serious injury. Anderson
gave himself up to the officials this
morning. and was released on his own
recognizance.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11
Royal Baking
Powder

Royal Baking Pow
der possesses Pecu-
liar qualities not
found in other leav-
ening agents, which
arise from the supe-
rior fitness, purity
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11
NEWS AND COMMENT.

LORD KIToHENER's latest report
from Pretoria sheds no beam of hope
on the gloomy situation for the
British.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11
Makes
The Food
More
Healthful

and healthfulness of its ingredients.
Royal Baking Powder leavens the
food perfectly by its own inherent
power without changing or impairing
any of the elements of the flour.
Thus the hot-breads, hot-rolls
and mullins, and the delicious hot
griddle-cakes raised by the Royal
Baking Powder are wholesome and
digestible, and may be eaten without
distress, even by persons of delicate
digestion.
Alum baking powders are low priced alum costs but
pound but alum is a corrosive poison and
renders the baking powder dangerous to use in food.
ROYAL 81.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The Caucus Transact Business With
cut Loss of Time.

The Caucus Transact Business With
cut Loss of Time.
The Senate caucus met last night
at O'Clock and the House caucus in
the afternoon at :15 O'Clock, for the
purpose Of concluding their bus.-
uess. Both bodies went through
with their proceedings without the
loss of time. the full list Of nomina-
tions being as follows:
SENATE OFFICIALS.
STANDARDIZATION II. White, Of
Giles.
Clerk-James A. Kirby, of Robert
son.
Assistant Clerk-Ed Thomas, of
Davidson.
Engrossing Clerk-Miss Graham
German, of Williamson.
Sergeant-at-A 4. Johnson,
of Smith.
ages-James s. Tibbs, of David
son, and Alex Barnes, OF Putnam.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11
Presented wen Flowers.

At the conclusion Of his address,
and particularly during bis illusions
to the Filipinos, MIR. Carmack was
warmly applauded. Richard Bap-
tist, secretary to Congressman Car
mack, stepped up to the speakers
stand as the Congressman was about
TO leave, carrying beautiful bunch
Of Sumner County roses. These
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-11

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. 100 WILLIAM ST. NEW YORK.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
The United States Has the Mcst Powerful Explosive Yet Con-
 ceived by Man.
ITS USE WOULD MAKE WAR UNPOPULAR.
Twelve Tnches of Herveyized Nickel Steel Armour No Protection Against Shells Propelled by 1t, and It is the Least Dangerous EX- pIGsiye to Handle.

New York, June 1.-The Press says: Maximite, the new explosive invented by Hudson Maxim, has been adopted by this country after a series of sue cessful tests at the Sandy Hook prov ing grounds. The secret of the eX- plosive, it is thought, may revolu' tionize warfare. It is said to be more deadly than lyddite, yet SC safely can it be handled that the dan ger attaching to it's use is less than that incurred in transporting ordi- nary powder.
 A chell propelled by it will pierce a 12-inch Harveyized nickel plate Never before has a plate of this strength and thickness been pierced The tests have been made by the ordnance board, and have been con ducted with great secrecy. The opin. ion is expressed by experts that max imite may revolutionize the building of battleships and Notifications. The intensitiveness of this explosive is so great that a red hot iron may be thrust into mass of it witholb caus- ing an explosion. The explosion of the compound, after passing through the plate, is accomplished by means of a fuse. Shells filled with yddite, the high explosive adopted by the British government, filled in tie same way as was maXimite into tie same @ @sss,ls, and fired at a plate sn inch and a half in thickness, all exploded on impact, where the 1naXimi-e shells passed through the steel platts a foot in thickness. These tests of raximite are regarded as having demqisirated that there is no warship of tny navy capable of withstandlng itsIdestrrc- tive effects. MT. Maxim conducted these experiments in person. there be- Ing no one present except the ord mace o1llcefs ahu experts representing the government.
 In an interview Mir Maxim said: Should the United Stateslnow be- come involves in war with Iany oth t,power, we will be able Ito throw hlSh explosive projectiles through
 the thickest armor of our enemies to explode inside their warships, while they, in turn, would be able only to penetrate our armour with solid shot, or at least, carrying no bursting charge whatever"
 He thought the moral ofIthese new developments is that the tponderous battleships must go, and be replaced by the smaller, swift torpedo boat or torpedo gunboat and cruiser.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
THE CRIME OF AEBRUTE.
A FOur-Ycnr-Old Child AssnuIted mt MckecspOrt, Pn-Almost
 Lynching.

Pittsburgh, Pa, JuneI I4-Ben iamin setty, alias Watson, agsd, 2S years, narrowly escaped lynch hhg at the hands of an infuriated mob of 500 citizens of McKeesport. Setty is al legged to have assaulteda four-year- old daughter of Thoms Sullivan. The police were forced to use their maces to keep back thecrowd while Setty was taken to the#plice station. The child is in an unconscious condi- tlon and may not recover. Great ex- citement still prevails in McKeesport and the prison is strongly guarded.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
FATAL REAR END COLLISION.
Two Italians Killed, Two Fatally and a Score Otherwise Injured
 Near PowhRtan, O.

Wheeling, W. Va, June 1.-The sec- ond section of working train on the Pittsburgh, Ohio Valley X Cincinnati railroad crashed into the first section near Powhatan, killing two and in- turing over 20 persons. There were 28 Italians in the cabooseOf the first section when it was telescoped. The dead are: Amelia Chan and John Met ing. The latter survived the wreck for an hour.
 Tony Wetrine and Barney Metznislii were so badly injured that they will die. Twenty seriously injured Itanans are being cared for by tic phYsicians.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
SHIPS THAT SAIL THE SEAS.

Of 3,767 ships calling at Malta last year, 3,325 were British.
 The fastest boat plying between England and India makes only 14H knots on the whole passage. "
 No British ship may carry a deck load of timber into British port be. tween the last day of October and April 16.
 In the course of year 334,ooo ves- ~els of combined tonnage of 6,Ooo.. 900 of tons enter British ports and 298,00O clear.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
In the Presence of Greatness

Parke-T suppose you have great hones of that new baby of yours, haven't you?
 Lane-Well, yes, I have, old man. When l think of what the baby is likely to be l fairly tremble at my own insgniicance.- Detroit Free Press
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
Millions for Baseball.

A million of dollars are spent every year upon the game of baseball, but large as this sum is, it cannot begin to equal the amount spent by people in search of health There is sure method of obtaining strength, and it is not costly one. We urge those who have spent much and lost hope to try Hos letters Stomach Btter5. It strengthens the stomach, makes digestion easy and natural, and cures dyspepsia, constipation, bilious ness and weak kidney,
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
Her View

"But does it not anna qy you," we asked of the American duchess. flor your husband to to be sued in in this whoIf sale way for breach
 Not at all," replied she. con the con trary, the fact that the duke gave all his other f1ancees the marble heart after seeing tion in his good taste that I cheerfully cough up the required damages" - Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn ?

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ea se a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes Feel Easy, Cures Corns, Itching swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and Stores sell 1t, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad, dress, Allen s. Olmsted. Le Roy. N. '.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07

:. l do not believe Piso's Cure for Consurnp- tion has an equal for coughs and coIds'P John r. Boy:r, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07

"Think. of :! Goats on racing yachts as mascotsn' "ehey are certainly no more re. markable than rams on battleships Phil, adelphia Tines.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-07

The Queer Thing About It.
 It's usually when man speaks without thinking that he says what he thinks Phil. adelphia Record.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-13
Dc 70 U KNOW?

That HoIger Crachmann, whom Born
sen calls the greatest living lyric poet of
Denmark, has been visiting the United
States and printed his Impressions Of this
country? He is more than delighted, and
in substance says that we are a grand
people, have great country, and it is
a good land to live in.
That according to the report of Inspect
or General Dument $50 600 persons
used steam vessels as compared with
100000 geo on railroads, during the past
year in the United States, and that by
the former 206 lost their lives while by
the latter 7,13S were killed and 1850 in
juIed.
That Alaska is to be Systematically
doomed this winter with stories of now
geld fields, coal fields, Old bone fields.
and all sorts of fields to be found by
those who care to explore and pay the
price of getting there.
That the letter writer's of the country
are exceedingly careless, that during the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-13

mn 0no o ; Several Definitions
UHAVW . OF What He Is

WHAT IS MAN?
From the days of Adam down to Henry
Ward Beecher man has been making,
learned attempts to write a good short
definition of himself So far he has fail
ed. The great preacher said that man is
tool using animal. 1t was pointed out
mat other ANIMALS use tools with much
ingenuity, and this definition failed be-
cause it was not exclusive enough to
be definite.
1t was observed that man is wor-
shlper by nature, and since then many
a printing press has found OCCUPATION
I1hglng forth matter to explain or DENY
the statement. Presently some genius
remarked that man is the only animal
that makes slaves. Then 1t was discov-
cred that ants not only have slaves but
soldie>s. And as if fate had not made
sufficient laughing stock of the human
biped she had this fact discovered by a
man who was stone blind-Huber who
used the eyes of a woman to teach
scientists of the present day a good deal
Of what they know about the habits
Of bees and ants. And thus the learn
ed individual found himself "up a
stump
Now another definition has been found:
Man Is the only animal that uses one
animal to make a slave or a victim
Of another" To this q frivolous Per
son suggested: 'How about the monkey
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-13

t ll;t used the cats paw to get the chest
"a stick or a spoon would have served
as We'll, was the reply land that is
Just The point, 1t was a question Of
necessities Mans first move liz political
existence was to make slaves of other
ANIMALS When he used a trained animal
to manage others, when he taught one
elephant to whip another into obedience
and when he thought of using a wheel
OK to sit down in the rear of his team
and swing a string of wild steers around
at the end Of furrow, he reached a
point that distinguishes him from other
animals.
or all methods of using animals ac-
cordlng to this principle. none is so old
naturally as those of the chase. The
falcon and the ferret have helped the
hunter to search the sky and rummaye
into the earth-Of these, falconry has
been the most romantic in its nature and
history. For a man to ride forth with
his servant on his forefinger to turn him
loose at the prey and see him soar
straight up and disappear from view as
he follows the lark into the vertex of
the blue: to see the servant and his
victim appear again, growing larger and
larger as they plunge headlong to earth
as if the fruit of heaven had been
plucked to fall into the palm of man.
Ir later years the dog. a domesticated
wolf, was trained to aid man in the hunt
for food
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-13
WMo0n F10A5Mv6N0O WHEN YOU ARE
3 AWV9H 0UAWDVODNV OF AGE.
WHEN ARE YOU OF AGE?

WHEN ARE YOU OF AGE?
fancy lasted till the seventh year. child
hood continued until the nuhle or mar
ragcab!e age, which for males was four
J sTiod of adolescence following, males
g !, make a will or contract marriage
iTdeI endent of the consent of the par
'nts or guardians but the age of ma
jerry was not reached until twenty-five.
BY the English law, which has been in
force since Anglo-SaXOn times, there
are two great periods into which life is
divided-infancy, which lasts in both
sexes until the twenty-first year, and
manhood or wOmanhood. But the period
of infancy Is divided into several stages,
marked by the growing development of
rights and obligations. Thus at twelve
years of age a male may take the cath
of allegiance and at fourteen both sexes
are held to have arrived at years Of dis
creuon, and may therefore choose guard
ians, give evidence in court. and con-
sent or disagree to marriage A femala
indeed, has this latter privilege from her
twelfth year but neither sex can legally
marry, without the consent of parents
or guardians, until the age of majority
has been reached. AT fourteen, too, both
sexes are fully responsible to the GRIM
maj law; but under the age of twenty
one can either execute a valid will At
me latter age both males and females
OBTAIN their fun legal rights and be-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-13

should say, that 1 have seen hardly a
finer building in Europe than our nation
al capitol; or a more beautiful work of
art than Crawford's equestrian statue
of Washington, at Richmond; or a more
charming view than from the top of
Mount Holyolle; or a finer stage ride
than over the Roosac mountains, from
North Adams to Greenfield: or a better
hall thon our music hall; or more COM
modious places of public amusements
than ours; OF greater variety of beaut-
iful scenery than within ten miles of
Boston. If you love nature in
her grandest or most beauti-
full forms, you need cross no
ocean to see them; and as for art
which is only the imitation of nature
you may go through the dead gallaries
of Europe in vain for the pleasure of one
laughing child, or happy, or grand old
forest tree.
cat home. under one language, currency
and law, you have country reaching
across a continent, and including al
most every variety of climate and pro-
duction; a country full of villages,
churches and schools, in whose homes
are books and newspapers, and over
which you may travel thousands of miles
without meeting a beggar. I have seen
it from New England, and the high
table lands of Minnesota, to the orange
groves of Florida; and [ declare, that for
variety of magnificent scenery, and facili-
ties of REORGANIZATION, L believe
there is not its equal in the world"
In this connection it is to be remem-
bered that mention of the wonders of
+ the American West and Pacific coast are
not included in Mr.. Augelfs comparison
of Americas natural scenery and grand
uer with that of Europe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-13
EARLY STRUGGLES OF FAMOUS MEN.

Columbus was dismissed as fool from
court after court, but he pushed his suit
against an incredulous and ridiculing
world. He was rebuffed by kings, and
scorned by queens, but he never swerved,
and abuse and poverty, threats, ridicule,
storms, leaky vessels, mutiny Of sailors,
could not shake his mighty purpose.
P. T. Barnum began in business az a
barefoot boy. At the age of fifteen he
was obliged to buy on credit the shoes
he wore to his fathers funeral. His
museum was burned several times, and
he met With other dsheartening rever e,
but he was not daunted He died the
earth's greatest Snowman
Robert Collyer brought his BRIDE to
America in the steerage. He worked at
the anvil in Pennsylvania for nine years
studying meanwhile BY dint Of hard
work and great determination he be-
came one of our greatest preachers.
Thomas Carlyle and Hugh Miller were
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-13

come liable to all legal obligations. In
Scotland a minor between the ages of
fourteen and twenty-one has more per-
sonal rights than in England at the same
age, as he can dispose by will of nova BILE
and marry without the consent of guard
ians.
In France, by the Napoleonic code,
males may marry at the age of eighteen,
and females at fifteen, with the approval
of guardians; at sixteen minor may de-
wise one-half of his property; at seven
teen, person Of either sex NAV be
ahd at twenty-onc, full personal and le-
gal rights are granted.
In the United States the English law
is generally followed. A guardian may
be CHOSEN al fourteen, and the age of
majority, which gives free disposal of
persons and property, is usually fixed
at twenty-one, though in some OF the
states females are considered "of age &"
in legal point of view at eighteen.
The age at which male citizens are all
lowed the franchise right differs in diff
ferent countries. In Switzerland and
Hungary it is twenty; in the United
States, and most of the South Ameri-
can republics, Canada and Great Britain
1t is twenty-one; also in Belgium, France,
Italy, Portugal, and Sweden In Holland
1t is tWenty-three; in Austria TWENTY
Tour; IN Spain, Sweden, Norway, Prussia
and nearly all of the German states
twenty-five, and in Denmark it is thirty