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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-08-04
IF WITTE is THE
CARS COURIER
M. Santo, Japanese Peace
Spokesman, Says In That
Event There Can Be
No Conference.
NJ. WITTE WILL OCCUPY A
$4,000 BED AT THE REGI S

New YORK, Aug. Eff Russia had
desired to know the Japanese terms in
advance, and had asked for them
through the necessary channels, have
40 doubt her request would have been
complied with said Mr.. Sato, spokes-
man for the Japanese peace commits
sion. Il don't care to discuss NJ. Whites
wireless interview in detail, because it
seems to be too vague. | am afraid
that great many words were lost
overheard | think however, that there
S little doubt that NJ. White has pie
lary powers, in so far as such powers
are ever granted in these days OF the
cable and quick communication with
his home government
Naturally some questions may
arise that Will have to be submitted by
NJ. Witte to his imperial master, just
as it may happen that Baron Komura
may have to refer to his majesty the
emperor some question that many arise
at the conference.
Il have no doubt, however, that
within these limits both commissions
will be endowed with power to treat
FOR final peace.
"And is VI. Witte has no such au-
thorfty:" was asked.
'.Then," replied MIR. Sato, "there
can he no conference"
A suite of apartments has been en-
gaged at the ST. Regis for the use of
the Russian commissioners and their
party NJ. Witte will occupy the ia
nous state suite, in which is located
the $4,000 bed.
Csujino Ishikama, editor of the
Hochi Shimbun. an influential journal
in Japan, said he spoke only for him
self
"It is the feeling of Japan that 1T
Is not time for peace; that it is too
early for peace.
eve must get Hardin and Vladi-
vostok first Unless we get these
places we fear that we shall have to
FIGHT Russia again, for we believe that
the ambition of the Russians will start
them off once more. By more battles
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-08-04
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Mr.. Chas. Colvert has erected barn
near the Mt. Pleasant Machine Shop.
Mr.. A. L. Lanier has returned to his
first love, the Mt. Pleasant Machine
Co., and is again proprietor Of that es.
Establishment.
Miss Bonnie Mcdonald, who has for
some time been day operator for the
Bell Telephone Co., has resigned her
position. Mrs. Blackburn and Miss
Bessie Owen will nave charge OF the
board during the day, and MIR. Dick
Armstrong will be night operator and
collector also.
Judging from the large number OF
drummers IN Mt. Pleasant each day, our
merchants are buying heavily for the
fall and winter trade.
The colored brethren of the Masonic
description will have a great picnic in
the Nowlin lot next Monday. A brass
band from Pulaski has been engaged
and colored Masons from all over this
section of the country will be in attend
ance.
The work on the improvements at Hay
Long College will be commenced in a
few days. The interior wood work will
be repainted and the walls will be nicely
calclmined Other needed repairs will
also be made.
Quite plumber of Mt. Pleasant peo-
pie are attending the services at Aliens
vile each evening.
Mr.. Ramon Rochell has greatly i'm
proved his store and cottage with new
coat of paint.
Mr.. w. w. Powers moved Tuesday
into his own home, recently purchased
of r. P. West, and which he has had
greatly improved.
The Webster Locke Milling Company
expect to be ready for business IN few
days Nearly all the machinery is in
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RAID CHRONICLE

have been visiting Miss Eva Hackney,
returned Monday to their home 10 Law
renceburg.
Mr.. E. J. Parker, of Florence, Ala,
is in the city.
Mrs. Kirkland, who has been visiting
Florence, Ala, returned Monday after
noon, accompanied by her aunt, Mrs
Mary Posey, and mother. Mrs. r. A !.
Morgan.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Conner left Tues
day for Franklin, to attend the funeral
of the late Mr.. Park House. of that
place. Mr.. House will be remembered
as recent visitor at the Connor home,
and his death will be deeply regretted
by host Of friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. D. Kirkland, who
have been boarding with Mr.. and Mrs.
James Ward, on Hay Long avenue. have
moved to Ashwood, where Mr.. kirk
land is telegraph operator and agent.
Mrs. Kirklan6d's mother, Mrs. r. A..
Morgan, will reside with them
Miss Kitty Brownlow, Of Columbia, is
the guest of Mrs. John Brownlow.
Miss Alberta Gill, of Bellbuckle, is
visiting Miss Sadie Shofner
Miss Alice May Barchert, of Oxford,
Miss, arrived Tuesday to visit her aunt
Mrs. Joseph Winterich
Misses Nolie Estes and Marguerite
Alexander have returned from visit to
Miss E,ner Burns.
Mr.. Mike Zingarell and two children
have gone to Florence, Ala.
Mrs. Charlie Burns left Tuesday for
Boston, Tenn, to visit heI grand-psr-
ents.
Mrs. John Ruhm, ST., returned to her
home in Nashville Tuesday, after two
months visit to her children, Messrs.
John and Herman Ruhm, and Mrs. Jno
Frierson.
Mr.. Ross Sparkman and family, who
have been living on Mr.. b Howard's
farm for sometime, left for Tompson
Station Tuesday, where they will reside
On account of the Illness OF her hus-
band, Mrs Moses Freeman has post
poned her trip to Crystal Springs until
next week.
Mrs. John Ruhm, Jr., and Miss Addis
Jones will leave next week for Monterey.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Nj. Dooley and little
ones, formerly of this place, are expect
ed back home to live from Hillshoro,
Tex. whittier they have been for the
past eight months.
Mr.. Lee Higgins, of Columbia, at
tended the K p. Lodge meeting here
Wednesday night.
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RELIGIOUS

The Ladies Church Workers of the
PresOy terrain Church met Tuesday after
noon. Miss Hernie Nowin was taken
in as new member. Rev. A. S. Allen
gave an interesting talk on prayer. 1t
was decided at this meeting that the
Forward Movement Missionary Society
would meet every fourth Sunday in
stead of meeting IN connection with the
Church Workers
A Baptist tent meeting commenced at
Allensville Sunday morning, conducted
by Rev. J E, Hight. Quite crowd
from Mt. Pleasant attended on Sunday
night.
The Ladies Missionary Society met
Monday afternoon at o clock, Mrs. Ed
Orr presiding. Mrs George Scruggs was
taken in as new member The next
meeting will be Aug. %, at o'clock in
stead of 5 O'Clock,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-08-04

for several days. and on that account
has returned to his old home at Center
vile until he RECEIVERS.
The many friends of Mrs Frank Gum
minis will be glad to learn that she is
very much improved. and will soon be
able to come out again.
Mrs. Ben Brown is on the sick list.
MISS Josie Owen is very i'll at her home
on south Main Street.
Mr.. Ralph Matthews received tele-
gram Tuesday, stating that his father
was III with typhoid fever, at his home
10 South Carolina.
MIS-. q. Y. Boyd is very i'll at her home
near the Bottling Works.
Mr.. h. ID. Ruhm was dismissed from
the hospital Sunday, and is expected
home next week
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-08-04

This is a splendid time for the city
health officer to make a thorough inspec-
ton of the town, and see that the prem
ises of every home owner is in good
sanitary condition. There are num-
Der of hog pens and cesspools which
certainly need attention at this time,
and we csrnot hope to have healthy
community if such thing are allowed
20 20 unnotictd.
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SICK

G Iye little four-year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs, f. +. Glenn is q i'll with fever at
his parents home, on Hay Long avenue.
Mr.. Buford Cooper is i'll with malarial
fever, contracted during his recent visit
to Texas.
Mr.. John Benton, who is the guest OF
his brother-in-law, Ma yor Cooper, has
been on the sick list.
T. many friends of Mrs. VIM. Harris
will regret very much to hear of her Sc
rious illness at her home on Glass Street.
w. A. Walker, who is engaged in the
phosphate business here, las been ill
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-08-04

Citizens of Mt Pleasant should renew
their interest il the proposed ice factory
and give the gentlemen who propose to
invest thir money IN the enterprise every
reasonable encouragement. The way to
build town is to assist in the location
:, such enterprises Just as much as pos
sihlA.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-08-04
amateur Bali player killed.

Ottumwa, Ia, Aug. 2.-Sixteen-year-
old Estel Payton, while catching in
battle between two amateur teams at
Nasy Corners. was struck over the
heart by foul tip. He returned the
ball to the pitcher, and then dropped
dead.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-08-04

The city will save many dollars du
'.os the year by the rigid enforcement
Il the new water meter ordinance, which
goes into effect Aug. 10.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-08-04
KILLING A TOWN.

The following, clipped from an eX-
change, contains some stubborn facts
that cannot be denied; A town that new
er has anything to do in public way is
on the way to the cemetery. Any citizen
who will do nothing for his town, fur
nishes the coffin. The man who is so
selfish as to have No time from business
to give 70 the city affairs is making The
shroud. The man who will not adver-
tise is driving the heaIse The man who
Il always pulling back from any public
enterprise, throws bouquets on the grave.
The man who is so stiugy and selfish as
to be bowling hard times, breaches the
funeral sermons and sings the doxology,
and thus the town lies buried, free from
all sorrow and care.
People in every town and community
can read the following item from an ex-
change with profit. 1t is applicable at
all times and 10 all places Gossip has
made many he'll on earth. Gossip has
parted many husband and wife. Cos
sip has blanched and sullied the char
acter of many girls. Gossip has parted
many lovers who could have beeen hap
DIV had it not been for it. One Ii tie mis-
hap or ore little indiscretion will cause
gossip to rise with new strength and
START on her mission. Her did we say?
We ought not to, for we have male Cos
sipers, and as rule they are ten times
as numerous as the female gossip A
go1d healthy gossiper is about as mean
and low and dangerous as the meanest
thing on earth. However, the man who
stops to parley with every dog that
barks at him will not be able to go very
far in lifetime The idle bark of
dog will not hurt any one, and the idle
chatter of silly gossips should not be
allowed to make anyone unhappy"
Special atteGtion of the citizens OF
Mt Pleasant is directed to the p1blica'
ton in this issue OF the Herald of two
very important city ordinances, just
passed, on third reading, and which go
into effect at once, and of one which
goes into effect the 10th of August. The
ordinance prohibiting the placing of OBJ
structions on the streets, alleys, lanes,
avenues, or the public square of the city
is good step in the right direction, and
its passage merits the support of every
citizen of Mt. Pleasant. Not only ia 1t
unsightly to see dry goods boxes, crates,
barrels, and what-not, scattered helter
SHELTER along the streets and pavements
of the city, but, it is dangerous to life
and limb, and it is to be hoped that
hereafter our gaze along the streets of
our city will not be met by such OBJ
structions. The passage of the ordi-
nance prohibiting the burning of waste
paper, trash, ETC., is also a 81 lendid act.
Burning trash and paper along the
streets is very dangerous and altogether
uncaled for, since the city now has a
dump cart for the purpose of removing
all such from your place of business
each day.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-08-17
Literary News and Notes.

Holman F. Days new novel, to be
issued in October by the A. s. Barnes
Company. is said to be entitled. Squire
Phin," The name sounds as it the
background of the work might be more
of the old-time country life of ''up in
Maine'' which Mr.. Day is so fond of
portraying. The author is at Long
Pond, combining literary work with the
joys of camp life.
The August number of Human
Life, a Boston magazine, mas an ap-
preciative sketch of Governor Douglass
of Massachusetts, setting forth his
career from cobbler's bench to govern
or's chair. The sketch is written by
Nath. C. Fowler, Jr., and is accom-
panied by some fine portraits of the
Governor and a picture of his early
home. Other notable people figure in
the magazine and there are some ex-
cellent illustrations.
Recreation for August has all sorts
of delightful reproductions of scenes
from the great out-of- doors, and whether
they are word pictures or those OF pen
and camera they are welcome at this
season. Here is bit from an article
by G. William Beebe: ''With feet shod
with silence, let us creep near dense
tangle of sweetbrier and woodblne late
some summer evening and listen to the
sounds of the night-folk. How few
there are that our ears can analyZe!
We huddle close to the ground and
shut our eyes. Then little by little, we
open them and set our senses of sight
and hearing at keenest pitch. Even so,
how handicapped are we compared with
the wild creatures. A tiny voice be-
comes audible, then dies away,-enter-
ing for moment the narrow range of
our coarse hearing,-and finishing its
message of invitations or challenge in
vibrations too fine for our ears"
In this day of the endless multiplied
ton of schools for girls, and at this
season when so many parents are con-
sidering the choice of schools for their
daughters, there is special timeliness in
Mr.. Arthur Gilman's discussion of
Rhoda's Teacher and Her School, i'll the
August Atlantic. Mr.. Gilman, who is
known as perhaps the foremost author
ity upon the education of girls in the
United States, writes Of that Important
matter with freshness, originality,
and good sense that will be as pleasant
as instructive to all interested readers.
Perhaps there is nothing more i'm.
portant in Mr.. Gilman's paper than
what he has to say of the question of
| college training for girls: "Shall Rhoda
go to college, then? Yes, it Rhoda
wishes to-if her cast of mind promises
success in that life. If she be nervous
and delicate, the regularity of the col
receive there will do her good; if she be
robust, she will be able to enter upon
| the work of the classroom and even of
the gymnasium without damage, but it
! is always to be promised that the lei
sure necessary for the scholastic life
must never be taken from her. If in
! the college she is to be submitted to
! pressure and excitement, let her be-
ware"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-08-17
SAILING SHIPS SONG.

The passing of the Mary E. Dykes
and Graham Bros. and the dismantling
of the old H. A. Richmond and Ralph
Campbell last week has shown vessel
men that the end of the once magnlfi-
cent fleet of sailing ships at Chicago is
not far distant. In 1890 Chicago owned
1873 sailing vessels with total tonnage
OF 43,3337. They were all in service and
when the wind went around to the
north it was signal for a dash of the
tug fleet for the lows. Long strings
of five or six schooners came up the
lake behind every tug, and when the
vessels were landed at the lumber mar
ket the stream was well-nigh blockaded.
The decline from 1890 has been rapid;
for as the old-timers passed away they
were not replaced. In five years the
Chicago fleet dropped to 1877 vessels
with tonnage of 1861. From that
time to this the decline has been steady
from year to year. Figures compiled
at the custom house have shown that
there was no sailing of wind propelled
vessels from Chicago to amount to any
thing in the last few years. Vessel men
say that in five years we will see the
schooner fleet of Chicago a thing of the
past. The same is true of the entire
chain of Lakes.-The Marine Journal.
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ing over treacherous pools, frequently
having to hold hard to tree or pals
ade to prevent being swept off his feet.
When he came to write it up for his
paper he ended by saying: you may
be sure l did not again venture neal
the Tigre without a boat or horse.
And yet the locality is thickly popu-
lated, one would think by an aquatic
race of beings, imPervious alike to
moisture and rheumatism. There are
many beautiful homes in the neighbor-
hood, and the we'll patronized Tigre
hotel is the finest | have seen in South
America"
But in springtime, when the peach,
orange and citron trees are i'll bloom,
nothing can be more delightful than
lazy cruise among Tigre's thousand
islands. And again when the fruit is
ripening it is the sight of lifetime to
see the innumerable boats and barges
laden with the luscious spoils gliding
down the river to the railway wharves,
the islands themselves crowded with
peasants picking, sorting and packing
the fruit. Peaches do not ripen proper
ly here, for the sun is too fierce; and
while one side has all the bloom and
ruddy hue peculiar to the finest speci-
mems of this fruit, the other side will
be green and the whole insipid.
1t is the same way with many of the
flowers in this country, especially the
rose, which has all the color but none
of the fragrance of a Northern rose.
In the height of the fruit season one
may sometimes see hundreds of bushels
of fruit, rotting and wasted, floating on
the river near the railroad station, the
surface of the water completely hidden
by rosy peaches and golden oranges.
Not far from Tigre is President Sal
mientos island Of Carapachay, where
he cultivated fruit and vegetables ten
years before the national Congress
summoned him to the cares of office,
and where he afterwards loved to spend
holiday among the trees he had plant
ed. His cottage is wooden building
set upon piles, and close to it he erected
an "atalaya" or lookout, commanding
wide view of the delta of the Parana.
There are hundreds of islands, vary
ing in size from ten to thousand acres,
which few years ago could be bought
for from $500 to $1,000 each. They
were gradually taken up by Italians to
raise vegetables and frewood for the
city market, and are now all inhabited.
The soil is SO rich that anything will
grow in abundance, and the size Of the
ounces and watermelons almost passes
belief
FANNIE B. WARD.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-08-17
TWO MAINE REGIMENTS.

Comrades of the Old 5th Muster for An
nual Session. sth Elects Officers of Memo.
rial Society.
PORTLAND, Me-, Aug. 9. The COM
rades of the 9Th Maine regimental asso-
citation mustered strong today although
the business session will not be called
until tomorrow. The annual session
of the Memorial hall association was
held.
Gen. A. S. Daggett, U. S. A.; Gen.
S. A. Manning, Lewiston; \. r.
Lougee, Nashua, n. H.; John Kelley,
Boston; H. A. Edwards, Presque Isle;
J. M. Fernald, lewiston j. S. Stevens,
Berwick; F. A. Goss, Auburn; Thomas
Ward, Lewiston, aud II. F. Buchanan,
Mechanic Falls, were elected trustees
for the ensuing year. J. NJ. Fernald
was elected clerk of the corporation,
F. F. Goss treasurer and Thomas
Ward custodian of the building.
Eighty -seven members of the Memorial
hall association were present.
A campfire arranged by Mrs. R. S.
Williams, Miss Lizzie Ward and Miss
Gertie Lougee was held in the evening
Vice Pres. J. H. Shannon presided.
There was fine musical program and re-
mdTkS ny hon. y. ". w lnSnlp, GOfnam,
and A. Strout of New York.
EsThe annual meeting of the memorial
society connected with the Sth Maine
regimental association today elected
the following officers:
Col. f. A. True, Boston, president;
H. A. Philbrick, Boston. vice presi-
dent; J. H. H. Hewitt, Thomaston, sec
rotary; G. E. Marshall, Portland, treas
urer; G. P. Richardson, Waterville, H.
B. Sawyer and Defiance Young, Au-
burn, J. H. SWEET, Kittery. Col. John
Hemingway, Emery Mills, B. L. Strick-
land, Portland, P H. Ingalls,, Wash
ington, DR.. B. F. Williams, Rockland,
G. S. Dutch, North Berwick, L. B.
Rogers, Portland, trustees.
The following were elected officers of
the regimental association: ]. H. SWEET,
Kittery. pres; Defiance Young and Capt.
H. W. Parker, Auburn, vice pres; Rev.
H. A. Philbrick, chaplain; S. C. Shurtleff,
sec-treas, Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Dutch,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Larrabee, Capt. H.
B. Sawyer executive committee.
A memorial service for the dead of
the year, Capt. Hillman Smith, Ed
ward Spearing and Alexander Wood
man, Auburn, Nelson Mayberry, Port
land, was held. Capt. H. B. Sawyer,
H. B. Keene and Capt. P. G. Ingalls,
spoke.
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A PROFITABLE VESSEL,

The famous sch. l. j. Merritt, Jr., Of
Provincetown, which was recently pur-
chased by John A. Oliver, to be en-
ployed in the freight and passenger
carrying trade between Providence and
Cape de Verde Islands, is at this port
to 60 on the railway to be overhauled
and put in order for her new business.
The Merritt was built for Capt. Charles
H. Harty of this city in 1885, but since
1889 has been owned in Provincetown.
IT the schooner upholds her money
winning reputation in the new as in her
old employment her new owner will
think he has invested in a wooden
Klondike, for heretofore she has been
veritable treasure ship to her owners.
During the 16 years of her employ
ment in the codfishery the Merritt has
brought in fish that sold for 1929, 455.15,
giving an average annual stock of $40
529.07, and paid to owners, exclusive of
running expenses, over $4,000. She
cost her PrOvincetown owners $1,000
purchased price,, leaving about s4l, 900
for division after the payment of bills
contracted during her codfishing career.
Her yearly dividends averaged trihe
more than So 1-2 per cent of her cost.
Times.
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Some Tame Animals l Fave Known,

A thick heeced lamb came trotting by,
spray, whittier now, my lamb 2" quoth l.
"To have" said he, with ne'er stop,
"My wool clipped at the baa-b shop"
l asked the dog: "Why all this din?"
Said he: "I'm fashioned outside in,
And all my days and nights I've tried
My best to get the bark outside"
A hen was cackling loud and long,
Said to her: "HOw strange your song,"
Said she: "'Tis scarce song in fact,
It's just lay, to be eggs-act."
asked the cat: "Pray tell me why
You love to sing?" She blinked her eye
"My purr-puss, sir, as you can see,
Is to a-mews myself" said she.
A horse was being dashed one day.
Said L: "Why don't you run away?"
Neigh, neigh! my stable mind" said he,
"Still keeps its eQuine-imity."
| asked the cow: "Why don't you kick
The man who whips you with the stick p
"Alas l must be lashed," said she,
$50 can give whipped cream, you seew
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kodol Dyspepsia Cure
0fgosts what you eat.
NOTICE..

District of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of H. Stevens & Son, copartners,
and Harrison Stevens and Roscoe A. Stevens in.
dividually in bankruptcy.
To the creditors of II. Stevens s. Son and Har-
risOn StevenslandI ROscOe.A. Stevens individually
in the County of Waldo and district aforesaid:
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of
August, A. d. 1905, the said H. Stevens & Son and
Harrison stevens and Roscoe A. Stevens indi-
vidually, were duly adjudicated bankrupts, and
that the first meeting of the creditors will be held
at the office Of the Referee in Belfast, on the
second day of September. A. D. 1905, at 10 o'clock
may attend, prove their CLAIMS appoint trustee.
examine the bankrupts and transact such other
business as may properly come before said meet
ing. WILLIAM P, THOMPSON,
Referee In Bankruptcy
Belfast August IA, 1905.-1w33~