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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
THE SULTAN'S
KITCHEN

The imperial kitchen of the Sultan
of Turkey is more like fortress than
place to cook his meals, for it has an
armorrplated door, and is fitted with
locks which can be opened only by
one man.
AS each course is prepared it is
placed on silver dish, which is sealed
with red wax by the official RESPONSE
BILE for his sovereign's food, and then
a black velvet cover is placed over
the dish to keep it warm, says Home
Chat.
A procession of people follows the
meal into the imperial chamber, the
seals being broken in the Sultans
presence, and often the kelardjhi is
requested to taste some particular
dish. The cost of the Sultan's food
does not exceed G1.00J !. year, for it
is mostly entrees and boiled eggs; but
to feed the numerous members of his
household and pay all domestic ex-
penses lessons his annual income of
a2,000OO0 by e15,OOO a week.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
CAUSED TRAIN
To Be LATE
sToRk ARRIVED JUST AS FAST
MAIL PULLED INTO CO.
LUM5Us, o.

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 16.-The
birth of a baby this morning laid over
for SIS minutes the Pennsylvania train,
fast mail bound from New York to
st. Louis. The train. No. q. arrived
in Columbus from New York on time
at 6:35 O'Clock, when Mrs. Sarah
Suckle, a pretty young woman on
board, was en- route to Prescott, Ariz.
She was travelling with her friend.
Miss Henrietta Hinden.
Just as the train stopped in the shed,
attaches of the station were seen hur-
rying and scurrying about and tele-
phones were used to the limit. In
response to the calls, six doctors soon
arrived, all intent on doing what lay
in their power for the sick woman.
A consultation was held and It was
thought advisable to remove Mrs.
Suckle from the train. After So min
utes wait, however, she was placed in
an ambulance, and with her friend was
taken to Hunts hospital, where she
is being cared for by special orders
Of the Pennsylvania.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
SHE HAS TIREDOF
CARES OF STATE
TZI-HsU, EMPRESS DoWAeER AND
REGENT OF CHINA, WILL
ABDlcATE.

LONDON, Aug. 15.-Dispatches from
Shanghai contain the interesting news
that Tsi-Hsu, the Empress Dowager OF
China has announced her determine
ton to abdicate at the next Chinese
New Year. She desires to hand over
the cares of State to the Emperor and
it is stated a secret decree has been
issued calling a meeting of the Grand
Council to make the change.
The Dowager Empress, who is now
~ years old, has been supreme in
Chinese affairs for many years. Her
career is a remarkable one. The
daughter of Manchu, sold in infancy
by a father who ran into financial
difficulties, she became at an early
age one of the secondary wives of the
Emperor Rien Fung. She won his ad-
miration and affection and bore him
a son. This son she placed on the
throne. but his career was brief,
poison, it has been thought, causing
his death.
AS there was no heir to the throne,
the infant son of Prince Chung be-
came Emperor under the regency of
Tzu-Hsu, the Dowager Empress.
In 1889 the Emperor nominally as
sumed full control of the Government,
but nine years later, when he issued |
some reform DEGREES, the regency Of
the Empress Dowager was restored
and she has since vigorously kept him
in the background.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
A BROODING CAT
SOMETHING WENT WRONG WITH
THIS FELINE'S NATURE.
Worlds EYents.l

A short time ago when hen be
longing to Mrs. August Larsen, Of
Oakland, CAL, brought out eight little
chicks, the unnatural mother mined
itely deserted them. Bryan, a black
house cat, who had been very much
interested in the baby chickens, from
the timesthe first one peeped from the
shell, Immediately took upon himself
the responsibility of raising them. He
led them to the feeding yard and used
every care at his command to induce
them to eat. But it was useless, the
downy brood could not partake of the
wheat that the grown hens seat so
voraciously. The cat then sought his
mistress and, exhibiting signs of dis
tress, induced her to follow him to
the chicken yard. AS soon as she dis
covered what was the trouble she pre-
pared food and gave it to them. Then
Bryan was satisfied. He stretched
himself in the sun and the chickens
perched upon his back and head. AS
the evening grew chilly, they cuddled
under him and he patiently lay there
until morning, keeping them snug
warm.
In a week the hen repented and
'trove to regain her place as maternal
protector of the fluffy bits of down,
But 1t was in vain that she coaxed |
hem, calling and clucking, digging up
God and otherwise acting as good
hens do. Bryan was the
My guardian that the baby chicks
would own and they stuck to him I'M
II they were able to take care of
themselves.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
TOO FAT TO LIVE

Carl Shackles, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Shackles of Summerfield, who
lin one respect was one of the most
remarkable boys in Ohio, is dead. At
the age of sixteen he was six feet six
inches tall and weighed $50 pounds
and was still growing. A special cas-
ket six feet ten inches long, thirty
eight inches wide and twenty-five
inches deep was made for the body
and was too large to be taken into the
Shackles home. 1t was placed on the
front porch, and after the funeral
services the body was placed in the
casket outside of the house. The
father of this remarkable boy is six
feet two inches tall and weighs 2lO
pounds. The mother weighs 1860
pounds. He was the only child and
had refused several offers from circus
men. Heart trouble caused death.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
THE TEST.

(Miss Effie Smith, in Christian Ad
vocate.)
He fears not death, and therefore he
is brave
How common yet how childish is
the thought,
AS if death were the hardest battle
fought
And earth held naught more dismal
than the grave!
In life, not death, doth lie the brave
souls test,
For life demandeth purpose long
and sure,
The strength to strive, the patience
to endure;
Death calls for one brief struggle, then
gives rest.
Through our fleet years then let US
do our part
With willing arm, clear brain. and
steady nerve;
In deaths dark hour no spirit true will
swerve,
II he have lived his life with dauntless
heart
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
NEW FRENCH SHOE

Fashionable Paris wears a new
shoe. French shoes are not adven.
lures for American feet to rush rashly
into, and these new ones least of all.
They are very long, three or four
sizes longer than the size of the foot
perfectly straight, and have square
toe.
Except that they have heels, they
are like nothing so much as the old.
fashioned straight, long, shapeless
shoes ladies in this country wore sew.
eral generations ago, before we had
learned to make shoes to fit our feet.
Paris may know all about hats, but
it is well known by American travel.
ers that neither she nor England
knows very much about shoes-at
least the kind of shoes American feet
demand.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
A REIGN OF TERROR

Governor Patterson's action in of
fering liberal rewards for the arrest
and conviction of night riders, and his
threat that he will go fruther if neces-
sary to stop their depredations, must
meet with hearty approval.
The brutalities committed by these
organized outlaws, have terrorized one
of the most prosperous communities
in the South. Their acts are brutal
and cowardly in the extreme, crops
and buildings are destroyed, law-abid-
ing citizens are dragged from their
homes, and cruelty beaten, and at the
present gait the people of the Black
Patch may well wonder if their fair
land is not to become bowling will
derness.
One thing alone will put a prompt
and effective stop to night riding, and
that is when public opinion is thor
oughly aroused against it.. Then the
law officers of the counties affected
will be able to make arrests with
some hope of conviction. And the
press of the Black Patch region can
arouse public sentiment to a point
where night riding will become most
occupation. In this con-
nection we are glad to call attention |
to the vigorous editorial utterances re-
Gently printed in the GAINESVILLE Leaf
Chronicle and the Kentucky New Era, !
condemning the acts of night riders.
Night riding looks to us to be
nothing more than organized arson,
and destruction of property. Cover
srnor Patterson's vigorous effort to
break it up is highly comendable and
We hope will give courage to the press,
and people of the afflicted
'egion. Nashville Tennessean.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
AN ANIMAL STORY

Over in Meriden, Connecticut, they
did not know much about skunks a
week ago. They know a whole lot
now. A real life-sized pole-cat wan.
dered into the auditorium of the Han.
over Park summer theater Tuesday
night and gave an audience of 800
persons very practical lesson in nat
ural history.
The odoriferous little animal very
carelessly wandered over the toes of
lady in the audience, who immed-
lately screamed and punched at it
with an umbrella. OF course you
would not expect a woman to know
much better than that, but here is the
sad part of it ALL Policeman M. J.
Kelly started after the animal and
chased it through row after row of the
theater seats, creating panic which
practically emptied the theater. Final
ly the policeman opened fire on the
animal The officers Workmanship
was no better than his knowledge of
natural history, and a spectator was
at last compelled to corner the animal
and kill it with club.
Eight hundred persons have burned
their clothes and Meriden no longer
stands in ignorance of the beautiful
little black and white animal which
produces such attractive fur but is
not especially desirable as house
Tennessean.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
A STRANGE OMISSION.

The late Isidor Worser laid the foun
dation of his business success as a
clothier in San Francisco. An aged
San Franciscan said of him recently:
Mr.. Wormser was a shrewd man.
l once heard a man explaining palm
istry to Mr.. Wormser. The man was
an ardent palmist. He insisted that
the lines in the hand were as trust
worthy as the lines in the Bible.
Now, here" he went on, opening
his hand, here is the life line. This
line indicates infallibly how long you
will live"
Yes" sad Mr.. Wormser, isn't 1t
funny, though, that the life in.
surance companies pay no attention to
tY-Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
THE GOVERNORS
MAINTENANCE

Additional furnishings have been
placed in the governors mansion and
a warrant to pay $1,109 for the pur-
pose was drawn by the state comp
troller yesterday. 1t is well known
that the legislature appropriated $685.
900 for buying and furnishing the
preparation of $1,000 for furnishing
and $4,000 for maintenance. Thirty
one thousand dollars was paid for the
house and $2,035 for furniture bought
from Mr.. Gray. The $1,109 drawn
yesterday still leaves about 5000 of
the $4,000 in the treasury and the
$1,000 extra, which has not been
touched. 1t can therefore be seen that
there is yet nearly $4,000 that has not
been used, Nashville Tennessean.
1t is inferred from this information
that the governor has concluded not
to use the warrant for the $4,000 main
tenance money he secured from the
office-a wise decision. |
Our esteemed Nashville contemporar-
les might do the governor good turn
by frankly explaining the incident of !,
drawing that warrant and telling what |
has become of it. That it was drawn, I
has been proven and the inference is
hat it was drawn to be used. Was it
used, and If not, how came it that the
governor changed his mind? People
some times get strange notions in
heir heads about things having a
strange look and which are suspicious
y allowed to remain Unexplained
Chattanooga Times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23

THIEVERY
10 Angeles Times.l


Just short OF a quarter of a million
dollars fell the sum of the loot gath
cred by the Sehmitz Board Of Super
yisors from the business people Of San
Francisco The individual amounts
ranged from a little sum OF $3.50
which Rea got, to $26.25O raked up BY
big Jim Gallahager. Wilson, still on
State Commission, got the second
largest sum, s19,75O. The general run
Of profits from the Doodle industry
ranged from $1O.25O to s1s.75O. The
exact total is $224,250.
The spoilation was as general as OPP
portunity made possible. The total is
a large sum of money, the individuals
going out of office with a handsome
competency in almost every case. The
crimes committed in gathering this
harvest of brides were many.
The criminals go free, and every one
of them retains every dollar of this
money gotten by thievery and by
abuse of Office They were not put
to the inconvenience of a trial. No
at all was made to hold one
Of the sixteen responsible for any act
Of malfeasance. 1t is a unique record
In municipal criminology.
San Francisco citizens have this
sum and all the attendant shame of
the exposure to charge up to them
selves, for a negligence of civic duty
Dr. a perverse blindness to conditions
scarcely less criminal than the con-
luct Of these labor union thieves.
We have still to learn the amount
If Mayor Schmitz's profits from his
Legitimate and shameful abuse of
,fice, and, further, we have still to
ind out what collasal swag Ruef got
way with" /
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
STEVENSON
AN OLD MAN
washington Herald,

Adlai E. Stevenson has hem
completely out Of the political n
light since 1900, when he was r.
running mate In the national
paign. Few washintonians Nh
call him so pleasantly realize
haps. that he is an old man u.
passed the allotted three scora :.
ten. being now seyenty-two wear. i,
He served in Congress for one e.
three decades ago, and then 80
back into public life in Cleyel,ns,,
first administration as First Assi.,..'
Postmaster General, when he bac.m.
widely known as the headsman ovi,.
to the many changes made il -
minor postoffices. Retiring in ,so.
he returned to the capital in March
1898. as Vice President, having besr
elected on the ticket with Cleyel.rs
in his second successful race ",
Stevenson was much esteemed in -,
United States, and when his term q,
pired was the recipient of magpis
cent silver service, suitably engraved
as a testimonial from the Senator,
Then he was made a member of tbs
commission that was sent abroad in
the effort to bring about internatiors
This was his last puhlic
service. In recent interview he er.
pressed himself as in favor of tho
nomination of Mr. Bryan by the Demo.
Gratis this year. During his visit tn
and the jamestown Exposi.
ton 1t was observed that the former
Vice President had aged greatly. HIS
'orm is bent, and he gives the appear.
lnce of man whose race is about RIM
He is full of interesting "reminiscences
If his life in Washington and associa.
ion with statesmen. now gone to their
asst rest. Mr.. Stevenson still lives at
Bloomington, ILL.,, but passes a good
leal of his time with his children and
grandchildren.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
TURNING THE TABLES

A member of the smart set, while
killing time in Africa, was surrounded
by tribe of apes and invited to en-
terrain the blase simians at dinner.
He ate with such discretion that the
monkeys were greatly pleased with
him. They kindly overlooked the fact
that he couldn't hang from a limb of a
tree, and did their best to suppress "a
smile when they noticed how awk-
wardly he chartered.
I'VE are glad to welcome among us"
said young monkey who had married
into society and was believed to be
great cut up, "this cpeditable repre-
sentative of an inferior race. He Is
short on hair and long on stupidity,
two defects that he can not avoid, be-
ing a scion OF the inferior branch of
the parent family tree from which we
claim direct descent. Aside from
his he is a good enough monkey for
al social purposes
Unhappily, as the guest arose to re-
'pond he dropped a cocoanut on the
lndraped foot of one of the rival lead
,rs of simian society,
Stupid beast" cried the lady, and
he party broke up in a chatterlng
umpus.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
SHORT STOPS
FOR MAIL BAGS
If YOU CAN INVENT A GOOD ONE
UNCLE SAM WILL PAY
YOU WELL.

The Government wants a device FOL
delivering mail bags from swift trains
without injury to the mail. "a big
fortune awaits the inventor of such q
scheme" says the Second Assistant
Postmaster General.
A substitute for Irvine in wrapping
the mail will also enrich the one who
is ingenious enough to devise such a
thing, says Harper's Weekly
Men with brains have been expert
menting for years to solve the prob
lem of how mail bags shall be received
from trains running at sixty miles an
hour. Every day thousands of mail
sacks are thrown from such trains
onto the platforms of stations where
it is impossible to make stops
The mail bags are not infrequently
forced under the wheels Of the fast
flying train by suction or the wind,
ground to pieces, and the mail that is
not entirely destroyed scattered broad
cast. At the best the mail bags get
the toughest kind of handling and
much of the mail becomes damaged.
The Government has been for years
hunting in vain for practical device
for catching these flying mail bags.
A simple hook device has for many
years been in use whereby the mail
bags are taken abroad a fast train
without injury.
A scheme just the reverse has been
with for delivering them.
tut unsuccessfully, the momentum
'ained in discharging 200-pound bag |
icing too great to be withstood by a |
Ievice of this kind. So the Govern
nent is willing to pay big price for
he use of patent which solves this
The postoffice authorities are also
boxing out for a good substitute for
ute twine. In every postofice in the
ountry letters are wrapped up and
led with Irvine on being made ready
or delivery. The Government has
} pay out hundreds of thousands of
ollars year for this cord.
All kinds Of substitutes have been
fered, but none have proved entirelyI
atisfactory A great many inventors
ave made devices for bundling up
lie letters, but they have all failed
efore the test of quickly untying
em.
A good fastener which can be dis
'sed of instantly, and at a cost less
an twine, will be worth a million to !
e inventor. Whatever this device r
ay be, it will have to be of stuff that 1
n be severed as quickly as snap
the scissors ON twine, for time in :
e handling of mails counts. v
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
THE OUTDOORS GIRL
philadelphia Bulletin J

|
Few social changes have been more
marked in recent years than the
change which has come about in the
attitude of the average American
young woman with regard to outdoor
life. This is especially true during
the summer, but it also applies to
much the larger portion of the entire
year.
The typical American girl no longer
sits, pale and fragile, upon the porch
engaged in fancy work, while her
brothers and masculine acquaintances
enjoy themselves in healthful sports.
She plays tennis, she rows boats, she
climbs mountains, she frolics in the
surf and in many other ways shows
confirmed preference for wholesome
exertion in the sunshine and the
breeze.
The effects of this tendency are be-
coming more perceptible with each
recurring year in the improved physi-
cal development of scores of thou
sands of young women who will be
among the mothers of the next genera
ton. 1t is something more than a
mere fad. And 1t deserves cordial APP !
as an important factor in !
the betterment of American citizen
ship of both sexes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
THE YUKON DISTRICT
PARADISE

OTTAWA, Aug. 14.-According to
Ex-Governor Congdon. Of the Yukon
territory. who is at present on a visit
to this city, the Yukon district prom
ises to be a paradise near the north
pole. He predicts that pleasure
steamers will soon be running to the
Arctic.
In regard to the Yukon Mr.. Congdon
said:
Il think 1t is going to be finer
agricultural land than Scotland. When
first went to Dawson not blade Of
grass could be seen; now you find bet
ter farms for vegetables. hay, oats
and so on than here in the east.
mo climate in Canada equals that
of the Yukon. Our summers and
springs are delightful, our falls fine
and our winters healthy.
People here do not realize that the
north affords as great prospects as the
west.
my idea is that within the next five
years steamers will be running to
hotels by the Arctic ocean for the
people who swelter down here in the
heat OF summer
"A thousand miles north the coun-
try offers scope for agriculture, min
inn and on enormous x,arfofv ~ r,,r
poses.
Attempt to camp out under canvas
all winter down here and you could
not live, but thousands camp out all
the year round with comfort on the
Yukon. We have no wind and no
Nevertheless, Mr.. Congdon holds
that on account of the distance of
markets the Yukon will never be more |
than self-sustaining.
At present Swedes and English |
comprise the majority of farmers
there, probably having dropped into
this occupation after mining expert
ences.
What improved methods acting on
The mineral richness of the country
nave achieved may be guaged from
he estimate that one syndicate-that
If the Guggenheims, of New York
holds stake on mines certainly not
,ver-estimated at $3.50, 100000
Ethnologically, also, the land pre-
ients valuable material for research.
IN Indian of the Mackenzie river and
Japanese are said to be impossible
o differentiate through facial appear
nee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
Why YES. CERTAINLY.

A Mississippian announcing his can.
didacy for Office says he makes no pre-
tensions to saving the country or "say.
ing the people from the bondage Of
the corporations. for he probably
couldn't deliver the goods" but that
he is candidate because he wants
what he wants when he wants IT," and
because OF the honors thereof and the
emoluments thereuntO pertaining.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
WHITE FOR mourning.

Black mourning has had Its DAY
We are henceforth, CONNIE les reines
blanches Of the early Renaissance, 10
wear white mourning. This is not 50
much reversion as further imita-
ton OF the victorious Japanese
black hat. feathers and gloves, WIN
a white dress, are to pass for le
dernier crI de pAme en- deuil. 1t VIII
do as well as to be entirely in white
London Truth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
Beware of ointments for catarrh
That Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputa'
BILE physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by f: ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
contains no mercury, land is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the sys'
tenn In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine i Is
taken internally and made in 1Eed01'
Ohio, by f. ]. Cheney & Co. Test
free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c. per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti'
patton.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23

Never can tell when you'll mash
finger or suffer a cut, bruise. burn or
scald. Be prepared. Or. Thomas
Eclectric on instantly relieves the
paln--Quickly cures the wound.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
TIME TO QUIT.
philadelphia Ledger

THE simple life for me-" said the
first woman.
"But where are your social ambi-
tions?" asked her friend.
"Oh, that all over. When I was
asked to join an appendicitis excurs.
ion to a fashionable sanitarium Just
had to draw the line"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23

Don't let the baby suffer from co
zema, sores or any itching OF the skin.
Doan's Ointment gives instant relief.
cures quickly. Perfectly safe for chil.
dren. All druggists sell II.