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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-10
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-10

Had dyspepsia or indigestion for
years. No appetite, and what did
eat distressed me terribly. Burdock
Blood Bitters cured me."-J. H. Walk
er. Sunbury. Ohio.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-10

Who Said Russia Wasn't Upto-Date7
There's no use in talking about
these one-horse grafters any longer
since the Cars Uncle Vladimir has
butted into the arena with rake-off
of $35.O0O.0O0 in one year-Los An
geles Times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-10

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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-10

Fay Should Have a carnegne Medal.
After a few quiet days Pittsbprg
again comes to the front by one of
Its citizens marrying Fay TempIeton.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-10
TRAGEDY AT
LYNNVILLE
HERBERT eIDDENs THE VICTIM
OF SUSPECTED FOUL PLAY.
Much Excitment over The Affair.

Special to the Herald.
LYNNyILLE, Tenn. Aug. Her
bert Giddens. a prominent young man
of the Deray section. was found I'M
conscious this morning near the rail-
road with a cash cut in the side of
his head. He is unable to speak and
no circumstances indicate how he may
have come by his hurt The young
man will probably die.
Foul play is suspected and there is
much local excitement over the af-
fair.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-10

Sort or a Lid With Hinge to u.
Pennsylvania Prohibitionists act as
If they were the kind who would want
prohibition, but would not want to
prohibit.-Albany Argus.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-10
OFF FOR THE WEST

Messrs. R. M. Bullock, r. G. jack
son, Robt. Cole, ], RI Baker, Whit Skel-
ley, Baxter Lindsey and E. w. Greg
DRY, of Mt. Pleasant, left Monday for
"a three weeks tour of Texas, Okla
homa and Indian Territory.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-10

1t Will If Aim is Good.
A Michigan doctor says lead will
cure drunkenness.-De Post.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-10

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28

and stationery and the typewriter supplies He employs
two typewriter girls, and if Of them ribbon in
her machine before it is absolutely necessary the old
knows it and g calls her down.. clerk would as be
caught robng the safe be discovered by Caleb the
act of writing personal letter office paper with office
pen and ink ~.
My time my paper my pen and my ink cried Caleb
day to clerk whom he had caught in the very
OF committing this horrible crime Do you realize sir that
this is robbery? you offend again in this you will
be discharged So all the office force stands in fear of
Caleb and behind his back call him Old Skinfint " Old
Squeezethe-Doar' and other opprobrious names.
And for has he than for Nellie Phillips
the elder of the two typewrng girls Modest retiring, al
time at the office in the morning among the last
to leave at night Nellie had to be looked upon
sort OF office drudge When he has anything important to
dictate Caleb always demands that Nellie dicta
ton For two years Nellie worked along with word Of
approval from her employer and suggestion of
salary Then the other day. Caleb Y Johnston rang his bell
violently and told the office boy Miss Phillips him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28
THE CORPORAL'S LOGIC.

&c UGH reasoning'' said General F. D. Grant, mill
y tary argument 'reminds Of the reasoning Of old
Corporal Sandhu1st.
''Corporal Sandhunst one day drilling batch of
raw recruits.
FWhy is it, he said to bright-looking chap that
the blade of your sabre curved instead of stragt?
" 'The blade is curved the recruit answered. lin order
to give force to the blow
" Nonsense said the corporal 'The blade is curved
to fit the scabbard. If straight how would
you get it into the curved scabbard, you idot?' "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28


at the pale and trembling girl, ''sit down''
"Miss Phiips,'' continued he, looking keenly at the
scared creature before him. and assuming brisk and bust
nesske air such he wont to put when about to
drive bargain (Neie the symptoms) 'NIiss Phil
lips, your financial year closed Feb. H.
cit is coming thought Nellie. Twelve dollars week
not large salary but she had managed to support
herself and widowed and invalid mother The loss Of her
position fraught with horrors that the girl
dared think about them After little pause if Caleb
had stopped to enjoy the agony of his vcm he resumed
And the past year has been fairly profitable to
firm. I have noticed that you zealous--'
Nellie frightened up with gasp Of relief and look Of
enraptured surprise. The spoke almost kindly She
would not lose her place after aand have decided to
raise your salary S. week for the coming year,
The girl sat staring at the He has gone crazy
was first thought Then she imagined that she might
have misunderstood what he said But Caleb quickly brought
her out of her trance by assuming threatening look and
snaring
|'Of course it is too much money pay you. Now see
here Money is worth per cent Five dollars week for
year amounts to $780, -Four per cent of that is $1040
Ten forty from $3.50 leaves $2496O Now tell you
I'll do I'll discount salary for the next year and give
you $2496o What? You want more? WE'LL we'll, III give
you $3.50 and call square. What do you say9 ought
make something out of it,
Nellie began to stammer her thanks but the old man
interrupted with "We, is it bargain9 All right. Here
is check for $780, had it all made out knew could
you Of $10' And he actually chucked at his clever
ness.
That night there was Joy in Nellies little fiat and the
PALE invalid hope spring up
within her she realized that she to have the chance
for which she had onged Of spending the month Of March
which this climate the doctors feared would be fatal
her-in the airs of Florida When Nellie told of
old had made her give up $40 of her advance in salary
the shook her head the epravty of the money
grube and dpored the fact that her poor girl should have
hard and then be cheated Of part Of her
| earnings
Meantime, in uptown club, wicked old skinfint of
lonely c1sty old bachelorread his evening paper
over his dinner and chucked often himself that
| he had loSh mind hn nd
| growled at him in the old way.
Ah,'' thought Caleb to himself "she suspected
that overheard her telling that chewing gum devil of
girl the story Of her mothers illness and how trip
would her fe and how if she had $780, she
could send her there. Never suspected for minute.
! He He!'-New York Press.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28
What the Market Affords
M UsHROOMs, 80 cents pound.
.-lV Wax beans, IS cents a pound.
Creamery butter, 80 cents a pound.
Rye, ten-pound sack, 30 cents.
Beet pickles, Is cents a quart.
Oranges, IS cents peck.

Rye popovers will change in morning
breads but they among the quickest breads to prepare
and if the is hot will be satisfactory Otherwise it
would be much safer to fall back upon wemade Sft
and onehaf cups Of pastry -four with cup of rye
-four two teaspoons of sugar and Of SALT Beat two
eggs until very light, add two cups of milk, pour grad
ually into the flour mixture. Now beat the whole until
fohy and pour into Kissing hot buttere earhenware cups
Fill two-thirds full and bake one-half hour. <%
Rye fritters make delicious breakfast dish. Make a
batter of egg two cupfuls of milk pint and half
Of rye flour, cupful of Indian NEAL half cupful Of
asses scan level teaspoonfu of soda and tablespoonful
Of salt Beat the mixture thoroly, dip it with tablespoon
from the bowl and drop into smoking hot fat Dip spoon
the hot fat before dipping into the BATTER
batter will slide from it easily Take up less than half
tablespoonful each time in order to have small Be
the cakes cooked thru Drain them on brown paper
roll them in sugar and serve with maple syrup
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28
ENGLISH AN IMPoLITE LANGUAGE,

nUR English tongue is not polite one, said philolo
~ gist git lacks the polite expressions that the
French and Italian tongues have
.For instance?'
"For instance said the phoogis Esyou are starting
on Journey and friend you off To say the
polite thing you departing your friend fall back
France. He must say, Bon voyage!
'sAgain, you about to go to dinner Your friend
wishes say he hopes you will enjoy the meal He must
fall back France again say this gracefully He
use the French phrase, Bon appetite
sAgain you going to bed and your friend hopes you
will sleep well. He can't express this hope tho in any
phrase Of mpoe English tongue He must fall back
Italy and say Buon riposo
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28
THE SKIBBEREEN BULL.

HE Rev. j. J. Curran treasurer of the Catholic Total
L Abstinence Union Of America, talking in Wilkes
barre about St. Paricks day. From this subject turning
naturally to the subject of bulls, he said:
An Englishman travelling in the south of Ire
land when he to village called Skibbereen.
''The struck him very peculiar and odd and
he asked a villager why the town called.
fSure the villager replied, Il thought English
could have the for that It's called Skb
bereen to distinguish it from other places of the
name -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28
"A String of Good Stories
"Icanno toll how the truth
SAY he as o me"
WHITES AND THEIR WIVES.

= ERONIO, the Apache chief, has gotten married for
" the eighth time.
'tYou a brave man, Geronimo, marry often
paeface said the other day to the old warrior.
''Brave? Not at ALL returned Geronimo. '|The fact
Of the matter is that Indian is master in his house,
and marriage hasn't the terror for him that it has for
white
''Whtes and their wves!'' Geronimo chuckled. "Why,
I to a taor's shop in Washington with
gresham who wished to order suit.
''The congressman selected the cloth, and the tailor
measured him, calling the dimensions clerk with
a book. After the measuring the tailor said:
Married single, sir?'
Married. replied the congressman.
"'One pocket concealed in lining of vest the tailor
bade The clerlz''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28
SNUBS AND SNOBS.

AIRY LEHR, apropos of impernence, said at a dinner
IL at Newport:
The English love to be mpertnent another In
deed the arsocratc they the SEEMS they
Il shower upon all sides their snubs and insults.
1.-TWO very great swels young duke and the other
young vscount brushed against each other night
/ theater. "
sThe duke anxious to snub the viscount, pretended to
take him for usher and said, holding out his hand:
g Have you a program?'
.But the vscoun too quick for the duke smiled and
replied:
8 Yes, thank you, my got from the other
fellow
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28
Uncle Caleb ftDoes''
His Type.uritress

HERE is man in Wall street whom it
is just as we'll to call Caleb Y. John
ston-because that is not his name.
If there is anything Caleb is noted for
among his business associates it is in
getting the last dollar out Of every
transaction. At that little game Henry
H. Rogers himself cannot beat him,
tho Caleb plays it on a smaller scale.
In regard to office expenses he is a
Veritable screw. keeping count IF the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28
A DRY LITTLE TALE.

ssTHE late George Macdonald the English novelist
said editor, chad great fondness for children
He wrote charming fairy tales, and often heard him
terrain children with delightful stories. At the time
he dsked troublesome nquisitve youngsters and to lad
Of this ypeto myself, to be frank-he told dry
little tale.
''He said that man, hurrying out of postofice
day. knocked down boy who trying to sell him
matches.
aeon, did I hurt you my lad? the asked.
No, sir; not at ALL SIR replied the boy, as he picked
himself up, smiling.
"*We, I meant to- said the man, and knocking the
boy down again, he hurried off,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-28

He seems to be in a
sweat over something, "
whispered the boy warm
ingly, wotcher been do
in? I guess it's '23' for
yours.
Nellie's face grew
white. fOh,'' she said to
the other girl, eff I lose
my place now, with things
at home as they are, what
shall I do? What shall I
do?'
"The mean old thing, :"
replied Maude, taking her
chewing gum out Of her
mouth, and, in her indig-
nation, dropping it into
the typewriter, where it
stuck up the mechanism.
"The mean old thing! If
he fires you, Nell, I'll give
him a piece of my mind
and quit myself. See if |
don't. "
Caleb's face was like
a thundercloud when Mel
lie entered the private Of
flee !
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-02

A press dispatch from Richmond says:
THE Virginia State Library has just re-
ceived from London a written copy
of the official and true record Of the
House of Burgesses of Virginia for 1916.
The event isregarded as of great historic
importance. Portions OF the records OF
the famous old body. which is held to
antedate all other English institutions 10
the New World and which was in exist
ance before the landing of the Pilgrim
Fathers at Plymouth. have been stored
away in the library for years. Frequent
gaps in the records made complete col
lection Of them out Of the question.
Some time ago Librarian Kennedy un.
dertook to gather the records into a
volume and the first volume attracted
the attention of scholars all over the
country. In the North Carolina trade
papers. preserved in the public records
Office of the British Museum, portions OF
the journals were discovered, and these.
with the records here and elsewhere,
give an unbroken record of the histori-
cal body" THE Spirit OF JEFFERSON
recently gave some account OF the I'M
portant work undertaken by Mr.. Kenne-
dy of editing the journal the first
volume Of which has already appeared:
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-02
ia S
Tightly Locked From
Nervous Spasms.
Ply sicians u1d
Not Prevent Fits.
DIR. Miles Nervine Cured
My Wife.

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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-02

YES, MUST GO AWAY" SHE REPEATED.
perious infections, made him hot and
cold by turns and set him stammerirg
absurdly when he essayed conversation
with her Therefore in time he came
to worship her in silence whenever he
paid one Of his frequent visits to Pere
Beauchamp's clearing on the headwa-
tiers OF Little Otter.
Over and over again Pierre had told
himself that girl like Denise was as
far away from him as the sun is from
the groveling mole Yet tonight as he
padded toward his own clearing he
found but little consolation in reiterat-
ing this to himself
He had gone up to the Beauchamp
clearing bubbling over with good hui
NOR. Had not the six men who were
coming from New York to fish for
salmon engaged his camp for quarters
and himself for guide at q fabulous
sum? He had intended to tell them Of
this and to drop mysterious hints about
the gifts Denise would receive when
the summers fishing should be over
But when he reached the clearing there
was something about Pere Beau
champs exuberant spirits and the fat
Mere Beauchanp's undisguised Salts
faction that filed him with vague
fears.
Between them artlessly they told
Pierre OF their daughters good for
tune. The wedding would take place
In the late fall. Oh, yes, he was rich.
very rich, this lumber buyer from
Montreal He had come to the lumber
camp up stream TO contract for logs.
He had seen much Of Denise. and
we'll what would your Denise was q
fine girl. She was worthy of such a
man. She would make him a good
wife, as well she should Mere Beau
champ called on heaven to witness the
struggle they had been through to
raise money to give her an education
at the convent.
Pierre listened to all their chatter in
stunned silence. When be could bear
1t no longer he declared he must be
going down stream, and despite their
hospitable protestations he pushed his
canoe into the stream.
And so big Pierre Laloup went pad
ding madly back to his own clearing,
his heart crying obstinateIy for Denise.
even as poor blind mole might cry
for the sun.
1t was autumn. and there was a
touch Of frost In the air before Pierre
found heart to 60 to Beauchamp clear
ing again. He wanted to buy we'd
ding present for Denise. and with q
view to seeking Pere Beauchamp's ad-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-02
Baltimore s. Ohio Railroad.
New TERMrSAL 2sRp. Srnnnr,
NEW YORK CITY.

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shopping district Electric cab service to
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Crosstown cars of the 14th 2Srd, 28th and
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inaI. Through street car service between
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from TAO a. m. to TOO y. m. on four minute
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