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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-04-01
Distressing Stomach Disease.

Permanently cured by the mastery
power of "SoLth American Nerve
Tonic" Tnvalids need suffer no longer,
because this great remedy can cure
them all. 1t is cure for the whole
world of stomach weakness and indi-
eestion. The cure begins with the first
dose, The relief it brings is marvellous
and surprising. 1t makes no failure |;
never disappoints. No matter how long
you have suffered, your cure is certain
under the use of this great health Civ
ing force. Pleasant and always safe.
Sold by A. b. Rains, Druggist, Column
ba, Tenn. 8 jan6m
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Burt Seed Oats
56C at stOCkyard.
STOLE WHOLE ORCHARD
Unusual Theft Committed Near Lynn
vile, Giles County.

Lynnville, Tenn, March 3O.--A
rather unusual theft occurred near this
place a few nights ago when thieves
made wholesale raid and carried
away all the young trees from an or.
chard on the farm of Etlar Davis, a
well known farmer. Mr. Davis planted
the orchard last spring and sustains
considerable loss. No clue to the
identity of the parties has been OBJ
tanned This is the second time that
this kind of robbery has been perpe-
trated in this community
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g a S& Cd II L a.
Bears tina The Kind You Have Always Bought
S's. "a &xAzzM<
w EST POINT.

West Point, March 20. The freeze
Saturday night has damaged the fruit
crop considerably, and the gardens
will be late, if they come at all with
out replanting. All this ice and lots
of little chicks" don't go very well
together.
Miss Eva Baker has returned home,
after visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Doc West.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Fitzgerald of
Mt. Pleasant, spent part of last week
with home folks
Mr.. X. HAYWOOD, who has been on
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-04-01
Green's August Flower

Is the most popular remedy on the globe
for the cure OF all stomach, digestive, liver
troubles aud habitual constipation, with
their miserable effects. We ADVERTISED as a
test in 1880 newspapers all over the United
States TO. any case where August Flower
was used that did not give satisfaction
Only three cas5 OF failure in tn ,usands OF
letters; two of these were cancer OF the
stomach. Price Is and 70 cents per bottle d
w. L. WULDRIUGE'S Columbia, Tenn.
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MT. BETH.

Mt. Beth, March 30. Quarterly
meeting in is progress at this place.
Mrs s. j. Brown visited her sister,
Mrs. ID. f. Gibson, of Columbia, last
week.
Mrs. Cora Pressnell and little daugh.
ter, Pauline, are the guests OF Mr. ana
Mr.. ID. F. Gibson, in Columbia.
Mr., J. w. Fite is quite sick at this
writing.
Mrs Jane Turnbow, of Perry county,
is quite sick at the home of Mr. ID. f..
Gibson, in Columbia. BLUE EYES.
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Save the Loved Ones!

Mrs. Mary A. Vliet, Newcastle, Colo.,
writes: 81 believe Billiards. Horehound
Syrup is superior to any other cough
medicine, and will do all that is claimed
for it, and it is so pleasant to take.
My little gi wants to take it when she
has no need for it," Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup is the great cure for all
pulmonary ailments. 25c, SOC and 81 90
at A. b. Rains.
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COMMITTED TO
LIFE SENTENCE.
Gov. Frazier Exercises CIemencY in
Case of "Gooch' McGreW, of
Giles County.
special to the Herald.

Nashville, Tenn Marcn 80 Gov
ernor Frazier today commured the death
sentence of William, alias "Gooch, "
McGrew, colored, to Imprisonment for
life. McGrew was from Giles County.
He was connected with the murder of
Lizzie Gilbert, and was sentenced to
hang May 20. Communication was in &C.
cordance with the recommendation of
the Supreme Court.
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BASE BALL SATURDAY.
Ford & Williams vs.. Vanderbilt Uni,
versity at Riverside Park.

The Ford & Williams base ball team
will cross bats at Riverside Park Sat-
urday afternoon at 2 80 o'clock, with
the second nine from Vanderbilt Uni,
versity.
This ought to be an interesting and
hotly fought contest, as the teams are
evenly matched, according to base ball
dope. Both of them were disas,
trously defeated by Branham 81
Hughes.
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little son Reams. visited their mother,
MIS- Anderson. At Fernvale Springs
Mr.. Walter Potts sister has re-
turned 10 Boston.
Mr.. Joe Foster was IN our midst not
long since. talking for the Herald.
HIFAlMINGBIRD
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Hives are terrible torment to the
little folks, and to some older ones.
Easily cured. Doan's Ointment never
fails. Instant relief permanent cure.
At any drug store, 80 cents.
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CON FIRMS The
DEATH sen rENCE.
Special to the Herald.

SpeOlaI 20 tHt IItfHIu.
Nashville, Tenn, March 29.-Su.
preme Court today confirmed the death
sentence of John Evans and Henry
Judge, convicted OF the murder OF
simon Butcher, in Franklin county.
Also, William, alias ''Gooch" Mcarew,
colored, convicted Of the murder of
Lizzie Gilbert, In Giles County.
The case OF Will Lawrence, colore d
charged with the killing OF Ocie Brown,
sentenced TO five years. Cas- reversed
aud remandsd.
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his sons is congressman from New
York City.
FRANK HARRISON SMITH,
March 81, 1904.
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Burt Seed Oats
55C al StOCkyard
LOvE1 rryiLLE.

Lovetteville, March 31.-On account
of an excessive amount of rain for
some time, farmers in this section are
| getting along slowly with their work.
| There has been no corn planted yet
On last Saturday morning. the Goth,
the spirit of Mrs John Hunter wendell
it's way from this earth TO the home
above, where suffering is not known
She leaves husband and seven boys
to mourn her loss.
Mrs. Joe Hardison is very sick at
this writing.
We are glad to say the little son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Gates, is improving
fast.
Mrs. George Hill is not expected to
live.
Messrs. Reece Dooley and Leamon
Ferguson, two gallant young men of
Soweil's Mill spent Saturday night
and Sunday in our midst. ANGIE.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
Misstatinu History.

Congressman Warner said to the
members of the Hamilton club last
Saturday: The first purpose of Lin
coin and those who elected him was
to abolish African slave pauper labor"
That was a misstatement calculated
to misleai members of the club who
are not familiar with the political his
not old enough to vote in that year,
but who was old enough and patriotic
enough to volunteer in 1851 and to
fight through the war, may have en-
listed to root out slavery as well as to
save the union, but the abolition of
slave labor was not the avOwed pur-
pose of the Republican party in 1860.
If it had been Mr.. Lincoln would not
have been elected. Nor did any o
siderable number of those who voted
for him have in mind the freeing Of
the slaves as the result of his election.
The great purpose of the Republican
party was to prevent the extension Of
slavery to the territories. 1t said in
it's platform that their normal condi-
ton was that Of freedom, and it de-
MED the authority of congress or of a
territorial legislature to give legal ex-
istence to slavery in any territory.
The fourth plank of the platform de-
clared-
That the maintenance inyiolate of
the rights of the states, and especially
the right of each state to order and
control it's own domestic institutions
according to its own judgment exclu-
siyely, is essential to that balance of
powers on which the perfection and
endurance of our political fabric de-
pends."
The domestic Institutions includ-
ed African slavery.
The Shareholders would not accept
the pledges of non-interference with
slavery in the states made by Repub-
licans in and out of congress. They
seeded, and the Republican party
finally did what in 1860 it did not
dream of doing.-Chicago Tribune.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27

I'VE can try, John" said blake
hopefully. 1.-TWO hundred and fifty
thousand dollars is a lot Of money. |
would take it in a minute if | could
get it,"
They discussed the matter for
hours, but Blake would not recede
from his position. Dangling before
his eyes was a purse containing two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to
be obtained without further work or
worry. 1t meant pleasure, affluence,
ease, liberty-it vas enough. Not so
with John Burt. When the rock
crumbled beneath the first blow of his
pick and the ten pound nugget cleaned
in the shale, he recalled the parting
words of Peter Burt quoting the Ian
guage Of Isaiah: Il will give thee the
treasures of darkness and the hidden
riches of secret places"
We'll talk no more about this mat
ter tonight. jim" he said, when Blake
had finished telling of the great things
which could be accomplished with a
quarter of a million dollars. "Tll think
it over for two or three days, and then
we'll take the question up and de-
eide it,"
Blake curhed his Impotence and
worked and waited. He knew John
Burt well enough not to mention the
topic during the days which followed.
One evening, after supper, John
spent an hour or more figuring in an
old notebook.
q suppose you are still determined
to sell your share in these mines,
JIM" said John. -
Il am, if | can get an offer of a quar-
ter of a Million" replied Jim.
You're making a mistake, old
man" said John Burt, laying his hand
on his friends shoulder, but you
have as much right to your opinion as
| have to mine. So We will call that
settled. | told you | would make you
a proposition, and here it is. There
are two mines, and they look equally
promising. | propose that you take
one and | take the other. We will
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
Where Is He?

The Democratic leaders are no near
they were three months ago. The
Parker movement, launched in New
York, has not developed as promised.
Hill stock is going down and German
stock is not coming up. There is talk
Of compromise, but neither the Parker
nor the Bryan contingent is yielding
an inch.
Parker, it is reported from New
York and Washington, is losing
ground. Hearst has lost prestige and
Hills enemies are coming to the front.
The reOrganizers who have followed
the lead Of Cleveland and Olney are
divided into envious groups. The
Kansas City platform faction is not
standing together.
The tendency is downward every
where. Even those who talk of a com
promise candidate dispiritedly men
ton Mr.. TOwne as a man who would
accept defeat in good spirit. Others
talk dejectedly of President Francis
of the ST. Louis Exposition as a har-
mOnizer.
With the strong men of the party in
the background or on the retired list,
with the rank and file of the party
clamOrirg for leadership, there is no
activity except in intrigue, and no en-
tkusiasm not bounded by state lines.
Basing all their hopes for success in
November on carrying New York, the
eastern Democrats are haggling over
conditions on which they will accept
the New York candidate. In the east
there is distruSt instead of loyalty,
and an absence of anything resem-
bling constructive leadership. In the
west conditions are no better; in some
particulars they are worse because Of
resentment against any candidate
likely to be named by the reorgan-
iZers or Cleveland Democrats.
The spectacle of a great party mark
ing time aimlessly on the even of a
great contest is a pitiable one. If
there is to be the momentum of battle
in the loose organization some compe-
tent organizer must come to the front
in the next two weeks. Has the Dem
ocratic party such a man? If so,
where is he?
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
M AAE ACN *
SRODZED, UY7N III RONS
A5OUWIED

call the south one Sailor A and the
north Sailor B. You can have your
choice"
That's not fairi" said Jim. ''Tll
play you a game of seven-up for the
first choice; three games of ten points
each-best two out of three to take
first choice"
"All right" responded John, as
Blake produced a well worn pack of
cards and shuf1ed them. But before
we play, let me finish my proposition.
You wish to sell your claims for two
hundred and fifty thousand if YOU can
find a purchaser. Will you give me an
option on your claim. I'll give you
five thousand in cash for the follow
ing option on your claim-you to deed
me all your rights in consideration of
n hundred thousand dollars. payable
in sixty days from this date; one hun
dred thousand payable in six months
from date, and n hundred thousand
payable in one year from date. And"
You bet your life l WILL" interrupt
ed Blake, extending his hand. Make
it two thousand in cash, John. That
will be enough. Make it two thousand
and I'll go you"
I'VE will call it twenty-five hundred,
and you can have the other twenty
five hundred if you need it," said John
smiling. But l had not finished.
You shall have one-half of the pro-
ceeds from the sale of the ore already
mined. That should net you $25, 900.
any arrangement l may make with
outsiders you shall have ten per cent
of all profits payabI SO me. 1 wish to
feel that you will always have an in
terest in the Sailor mine"
"All right, john" said Jim. finally.
up"
Blake won the first game and John
the second. In the third game John
had two to go. and Blake. lacked six
points. 1t was his deal. He turned
two jacks before the trump was Sc
lected. and then made high, low, jack,
and the game, and won the rubber and
the first choice.
Lucky in cards, unlucky in love-"
laughed Blake as he arose from the ia
BILE. Sailor A is mine-subject to
your option, john"
John drew up an agreement and an
option. which both signed, and the
finn Of Burton & Blake was dissolved.
Blake accepted twenty-five hundred
dollars in cash, and three days later
both arrived in the little mining town
Of Auburn, from which they sent a
trustworthy man back to the cabin, to
remain on guard until John Burt re-
turned.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
CHAPTER xiI.-continued.

I've been past it a hundred times.
I've struck a pick all around there and
never found ore" said Blake reflective
ly, but that proves nothing. A thou
sand people walked over the Little
Calaveras before | found the gilt.
Wall, John" he concluded, relapsing
I. the familiar Yankee drawl, "'don't
this beat time as Uncle Toby Haynes
used to say?"
1T certainly is remarkable" said
John Burt, folding the map. How
did you happen to select this particU-
lar spot, JIM"
Just happened to, that's all" was
the laconic reply. | laid out claims
all along here, but this one seemed
the most likely"
Il suppose your claims cover the
ground indicated on this map, don't
they?" asked John.
ut don't make a bit of difference
whether they do or not" asserted
Blake with much vigor. IF you find
ore, the claim is yours, John, and don't
you forget it,"
Suppose we go partners in the
Sailor mine" suggested John. 81 have
4 tidy sun of money, and I'll offset
that and the map against your claim
and experience. What do you say,
Jim?"
It's not fair to you. John, but I'll
gladly accept, and here's my hand on
it,"
After breakfast they set about To-
eating the sailors vein. In less than
an hour Jim Blake sunk his pick into
2 quartz rock which showed free gold.
While Jim was gloating over his find,
John appeared from behind a ledge.
He handed Blake a nugget which
weighed fully ten pounds, and a
glance-to say nothing of the weight
showed it to be almost solid gold.
Blake grasped it, devoured its dull
gloss with sparkling eyes, and hurled
his hat high in the air.
I'VE are rich! We are RICH" he
shouted until the rocks resounded.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27

NIT Il goods to enter free. or course
this is a preposterous assumption, but
il is not difficult to account for when
We recall that it was fastened upon
the Democratic party by the South at
a time when the South imagined 1t
could do anything but grow cotton
which it supposed it would have to
send out of that region to be manu-
featured. This section of course was
considering not the interests of the
whole country, but merely it's own in
terests. Then, too. it was jealous of
the Northern industries, and preferred
to patronize the foreigner. Once this
was fastened upon the party, this
party was true to the tradition, as Mr..
Cleveland says it ought to be, and
consequently fell a good many years
behind the times in this as in other
things. Hence the party became com
mitted to this dogma. or a tariff for
revenue, which is the nearest ap-
proach to free trade hat any civilized
country has ever lad. OF course, the
schoolboy knows that others nations
will not make such a law because we
do it, but assume that they would. AL
ready We have at home the greatest
market in the world, and this would
can to throw all of it away for the
silly delusion of thus capturing in
feriOr markets. In the first place we
don't get the markets in this way,
and yer il we should get these mar
kets, we should be giving away a
gold dollar for a dime in the transac.
tiOn.=MariOn Gndl Chronicle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
CHAPTER XIII.
The Quest for Gold.

The two young giants performed
wonders in the three weeks which fol-
lowed their discovery of gold. Glow
ing with health and strength, and in
spired by ambition, they gnawed
ragged holes into the side of the
mountains with their picks and drills.
Several nuggets were found, but these
were of small value compared with
the broad stratum of ore which opened
out from the spot selected by John
Burt. The claim chosen by Blake
soon exhausted itself, and he turned
his attention to the third, expressing
a fear that he was a "hoodoo."
But there's luck in odd numbers
saws Rory O'Moore,'" sang Blake as
he poised on a shelving ledge and Wig
orously drove a crowbar into a crew
ice. Ere the sun dropped below the
range he had uncovered another wide,
deep vein of g~old-bearing quartz.
The spring rains set in and the
brook became a foaming, laundering
torrent. Avalanches tore down the
mountain sides, plowed their way
over the cliff, and, with a roar which
shook the cabin, hurled themselves
into the valley. The pine trees lost
their plumes of snow, and sang in a
higher key the refrain which told of
relief from burdens carried complain
ingly for months.
Piled in gray heaps near the tunnel
was ore worth not less than forty
thousand dollars. With the flight of
the snow and the birth of spring,
Blake wearied of his task and longed
for its rewards.
Tell you what lets do, john" he
said one night after supper. Lets go
to Auburn and negotiate the sale of
these mines. We ought to get big
money for the Sailor, John"
How much?" asked John, after a
moments pause.
Half a million" replied Blake posi-
lively. with a loving accent on the
million" Half a million is dead
cheap. Don't you think so, John?"
81 shall not sell my interest-at
least. not at present" said John Burt,
land l advise you not to. We can
handle this property without trouble,
and make more in developing it than
by selling it. Besides. l doubt if we
can get an offer of half a million"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
DESERVED ANSWER HE GOT.
Railroad Head Was Wrong in "caIiing
Down" Machinist.

DoWn maCniniSt.
When A. A. Robinson, of the MeXi-
can Central railroad, was the inspiring
genius of the Santa Fe, he often Wis
tied the big shops in Topeka. One day
while on a tour Of inspection he watch
ed a machinist execute a piece of
work. Now, Mr.. Robinson prides him
self upon his knowledge of every
branch of the railroad service. Upon
this occasion it struck him that the
machinist was not doing his work
correctly.
my friend" he said, that is
wrong"
The machinist, who did not recog-
nize the railway magnate, replied:
Suppose it is; what business is it
of yours?"
81 am A. A. Robinson" the railroad
manager answered sternly.
The machinist turned white.
Il beg a thousand pardons," he said.
81 hope my im~pertinence will not cost
me my job. l have a wife and five
children, and to lose my place would
mean poverty to them. l am sorry l
said it, but you see we have so many
visitors here who give us advice about
our work that we can't tell one damn
fool from another"
Mr.. Robinson. who is full of humor,
laughed heartily and assured the ma
chinist that his job would not be in
terfered with.
Investigation revealed that the ma
chinist was executing the work cor
rectly, and that Mr.. Robinson was
wrong.-Topeka Capital.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
Preparing for the Worst.

Miss Primo, I just know you are
going to take this dime and get ter
IDLY intoxicated.
Rummy RObinson-Yer, do, mum.
Den yer might hand over a dollar, so
[ can take a Turkish bath an straight
en- up MISUNDERSTANDING ChrOni.
cle-Telegraph.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
Convinced at Last.

Tommy-Smokin' cigarettes is dead
sure to hurt yer.
Jimmy-G'on! Where did yer git
dat notion?
Tommy-From pop.
Jimmy-Aw! he wuz jist %stringin'
yer.
Tommy-No, he wasn't s%tringin'
me; he wuz strappin' me. OATS how
[ knows it hurts.-Catholic Standard
and Times.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
Hiqh Finance.

Hes a splendid fnancier. they
say"
Yes, indeed. Why. he can manipu-
late the assets of a corporation in
which you are interested so ~cleverly
that you continue to feel grateful
toward him when you wake UP and
find you have lost everything"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
Il May Be a Mistake.

Very likely scientists are mistaken
in supposing there is vegetation on
the moons surface. All that Is known
is that Democratic majorities are
found there, and that is the only place
where they are found these days.
Philadelphia Press.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
SWept the Deck.

GuyemOff-I bought a tray OF dia-
monds for so cents yesterday.
Japalak-Say, you take my advice
and stop hitting the pipe before it's
everlastingly too late.
GuyemOff-It's straight goods. | not
only got the tray of diamonds, but the
other 81 cards in the deck, also.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
a lonu-Felt Want.

This" said the dealer, lis a Won
derful thing; the very latest. It's an
alarm clock with a monograph at
tached."
"Ah! the phonograph yells Get up!'
| suppose"
"Oh, no: you only turn on the
monograph when you go too bed. 1t
sings lullabies to you and puts you to
sleep"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
Doesn't Like to Guess.

Pretty Daughter-I'd rather marry
the worst MAI on earth han the best
one.
Mortified motherhood gracious!
Are you crazy?
Pretty Daughter-NOt necessarily.
You see. I'd know her right from the
start what | was up against and
wouldn't be kept guessing.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
Protection proved panic-proof.
ciyino a Dollar for a Dime,

The pith of the whole free-trade
business is the assumption that if we
throw down the bars in this country
and let all sorts of foreign goods in
free tt compete with American indus
Try and American labor. othsr coun-
tries will make similar laws and per-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
Juvenile Theory.

Nellie" said a mother to her 5
year-old daughter. what's the reason
you and your little brother can't get
along without quarreling?"
81 don't know, mamma" replied the
small miss, unless it's cause I take
after you and he takes after papa"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
Russia and Japan.

at is a sort of a bric-a-brac war.
sn't it?"
Fur rugs and bric-a-brac. you
night say."-Indianapolis Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27

Monte Cristo was a beggar compared
with Burton & Blake! Hurrah for
the Sailor mine and John Burt! You
can't keep a good man down! Hur-
rah!"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
Partial ECLIPSE,

Ernie-And did you hide your face
when he kissed you?
Believed, l had on automobile
goggles.