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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-08

Never can tell when you'll mash a
finger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn or
scald. Be prepared. DR.. Thomas Eclec-
trio Oil instantly relieves the pain
quickly cures the wound.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-08
Corn For Sale

In lots Of IS bushels and up. slight
" damaged corn. at 42c per bushei.
Bring your sacks.
1.w.tf CITY GRAIN q FEED co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-08

Don't let the baby suffer from ecze-
ma, sores, or any itching of the skin.
Doan's Ointment gives instant relief.
cures quickly. Perfectly safe for chill
dreh. All druggists sell II.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-08
MULES FOR SALE

We have two loads of good 2-year.
old mare mules, especially suited for
farmers, for sale, or will trade for
aged mules.
j. w. HOWARD & CO.,
S-wlty&sat Columbia Stock Yards.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-08
RELIGIOUS NEWS.

Revs. T. e. Hudson and T. II. Por-
ter, of Columbia. Tenn, organized a
Cumberland Presbyterian Church at
Glendale last Sunday with 55 men,
bers. ordained three Elders and one
DeacoA.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-08
Frank Lansdown.

Frank Lansdown, son of Mrs. Lev.
Lansdown, died Monday night at Z
O'Clock at the home of his brother-in-
law, Mr.. John Foxall on East Ninth
street. The funeral was at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning at the
residence. conducted by Rev. Spencer
Tunnel. The interment was in Rose
Hill.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-08
c. N. Harvey.

Mr.. c. NJ. Harvey, who was thrown
from his horse, at the first toll gate
on. the Bear Creek pike. Monday even
ing, died Thursday morning from his
injuries.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-08

Had dyspepsia or Indigestion for
years No appetite. and what I did eat
distressed me terribly. Burdock Blood
Bitters cured mel. H. Walker.
Sunbury, Ohio.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

mines what load may be Drawn 70
Jackson there should be no hill any
where. Seldom can one see as good
grades as he has given these roads.
They balk at neither cut nor fill. Thay
are like the memorable roads OF the
Romans and have the same signtf-
canoe.
Not that there Is money wasted; no.
not penny Is wasted, and the utmost
efficiency Is sought from laborers, from
teamsters, from materials. They nrSt
make the grade, then they follow and
make what they call subgrade, Or
bed for the stone. This Is rolled down
hard with the steam roller. 1t has 4
sharp shoulder Of .'6'' to receive and
hold the stone. Next comes the stoue,
we'll wetted And as 1t IL laid down
and spread 1t Is well rolled down; then
the road is complete. Where there
are culyerts to be put In they are often
built Of REINFORCED concrete, with
wings Of the same material. 1t Il ali
good, thorough work.
They have now finished sixty miles
Of road. The aim was at flrst to build
all the main roads out from town for
4 distance OF I'VE miles. There were
nine principal roads, which with their
branches made seventeen miles. Later
they will extend these roads to nine
miles. Do not imagine that this has
been done with poorly paid labor. The
men get SLIPS per day, and the teams
are paid BY the mile, SO that they
must earn their money. but the basis
b g per day for man and team.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

healthy, right minded young married
people who have enough money in
hand to buy little furniture, rent a
small fat and lay in months provi-
sions. The boarding house may be ac-
cepted as temporary expedient, but
as a permanent abode it won't do
Real, true domestic life is impossible
within it. You are confined, as a rule,
to single ROOM in the furnishings of
which you have only a material In
terest. At the table you are forced to
meet miscellaneous lot of people.
some of whom you wouldn't care to
know If you had your choice. You
must accept the food that Is placed
before you and thank heaven 1t is no
worse. No matter what your individ-
ual tastes may be, you can't satisfy
your desires, for il you can induce the
landlady to supply you with special
dishes you will incur the jealousy and
Ill will of other less favored boarders,
who will make your existence as un-
pleasant as possible in the many little
ways SO well known to habitual board
ers.
In this delectable atmosphere your
wife will be left alone all day, with
nothing to do. She will for awhile
take breakfast with you, but will soon
find lying in bed becomes a more and
more pleasant method of killing time,
and you will leave the house without
waking her. When the pangs of hun
ger compel her, she will rise, mince a
little breakfast, do little fancy work,
read a little book, indulge in a little
gossip with the other women boarders,
make a few calls, perhaps, and by the
time you come to dinner will be suf-
ficiently bored to make even family
quarrel seem diverting. A woman
doesn't differ much from a man. She
cannot develop unless life has pur-
pose, and in the demoralizing surround
ings of boarding house she shrivels
up morally and intellectually unless
she breaks out and finds a work or
mission for herself. Ordinary boarding
house life is absolute stagnation, and it
Is one of natures memorable laws that
stagnation breeds death. | know there
are people who will rise above ad-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

At the table you are forced to meet q
miscellaneous lot of people.
verse conditions wherever they may be
placed, but / have as yet seen no rea-
son to count you among them. At any
rate, it is a serious risk, and l earnest
ly hope you will not take it.
Home is a School.
On the other hand, a home is natures
training school for the making of gen
uine men and women. I'll admit that
nature doesn't always turn out first
class job, but that's the fault of the
material. / know some persons who
wear trousers who couldn't be turned
into men by any process, natural or ar
tificial. / would not be SO ungalant
as to apply the same statement to
some persons in petticoats whom l
have met, but / am afraid their trans
formation into women with hearts and
minds and souls, all in active opera
ton, would be task too great for any
agency. However, that's diversion.
Ii you want to grow in every way,
mentally, morally, spiritually; IL you
want to be happy, get you few rooms
that you can call home. 1t doesn't
matter whether it is three room fiat
or $4,000 apartment, just so the
rent Is in proper proportion to your
income. / don't mean to say that a
home makes happiness any more than
-four makes cake, but it's mighty
necessary ingredient, and it's the one
you have to start with. 1t gives at
once the foundation, the environment
and the atmosphere essential to happi-
ness. am aware that am mixing my
metaphors little, but want to press
the point into you until you boiler
that home and happiness begin with
the same letter and start at the same
place.
You never were much of hand to
accept dogmatic statements, and ! can
ina CINE you taking the other side Of
the question just for the sake of argu-
ment, so Ill humor you with some rea-
sons for my belief in the theory which
worked SO well in practice in my case,
us you certainly know, and in the ex-
perience of many of my friends.
Better Chance For Acquaintance.
/ think have told you something
about the necessity of intimate ac-
quaintance between man and wife.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
WIDE awake MADISON
A Tennessee County Building
Many Miles of Good Roads.
HOW THE START WAS MADE.

u Took an Old Farmer to Make the
Authorities Realize What Bad Rosds
Were Costing Them - Novaculits
Used In Constructing the Highways.
How Madison county, Tenn. secured
good roads Is an interesting story told
by writer In Breeders Gazette, Chi
cago, and may offer suggestion to
other communities burdened with Inn
passable highways. Several years ago
Sam Lancaster. city engineer of Jack
son, Tenn, turned his attention to the
condition Of the streets Of Jackson and
the roads Of the surrounding country.
He found the county commissioners
planking some of the roads and began
by showing them that the wood cost
as much as good stone would cost
It took lot of effort to move the au-
th0rities, but at last little beginning
was made and some stone laid down.
There was much opposition, yet the
people liked the road, and the seed
sprouted, the yeast worked. In 1903
the roads in winter became impossible.
Men came In for groceries afoot. A
great meeting was called to discuss
roads and ways and means, Sam Ian
caster back OF ii all. He had bill
drawn empowering the issuing OF
bonds for road building to the amount
Of $4,000 and put In care OF friend
shrewd in such matters. The meeting
was warm one, and the discussion
took varied sides. Most OF the con
servatives" were opposed to bonds
TAX and pay as we go" was their ar.
gument. That meant nothing doing I
After weary arguments and no appar'
emit progress an old man arose, . tired
old man, splattered with red mud from
head to foot, his boots caked with mud
his trousers painted with it. In Z
feeble voice and with q dcprecatine
manner this old man said:
"NT. Chairman. ! live out few mflel
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

from town. | have a little farm ana q
little sawmill. / can't come to town
now in any other way than afoot. !
came to this merchants store (turning
to one Of the strongest opponents OF
the bond issue) and bought about %
worth Of groceries today. will carry
them home on my back. 1t Is the only
way l can take them home. Now,
need more than $25 worth Of things
from his store, and Ii could get to
town with my team I could bring
enough stuff that have for sale in
one load to pay for the store things. !
would like to see good road before
die Mr.. Chairman, / must be going
soon, for 1t is long walk through the
mud to my place"
A silence fell upon the assembly. The
merchant was abashed. Then he him
self arose and offered resolution call
Ing for the drafting Of bill to bond
the county. And the committee re-
tired for Ave minutes, when they came
back, and the spokesman, to Lancas-
ter's establishment. read the draft Of q
bill issuing bonds to the amount Of
/ 5000. 700.
The psychological moment had arriv-
ed: he was shrewd enough to know It
and had doubled the agreed upon fig
ures. With no dissenting voice the res
olution carried, the bill went to the leg
islature, the bonds were issued, and the
good roads movement was on.
Next came the matter Of materials
Madison county lie without stone. Ian
caster hunted for the best and found II
In Illinois. Freight rates were impossi.
BILE. He saw the men who manage
the Illinois Central railway and show.
ed them that it would pay them to haul
the stone cheaply and help him to de.
velop the country there. They made q
low rate. and work began. This stone
they use Ii called novaculite 1t II AZ
hard as hint and as sharp. It bonds
easily and wears exceedingly well
| When the work Of road building be
gan Lancaster determined to relocate
much OF the old way, that grades
should be made light, that direct
ness could be considered. Naturally
he encountered much opposition II
| this, but being patient and persistent
and conciliatory as well he generally
I accomplished that point. Many ram
| bling old hill roads were abandoned
and direct lines built In their stead
The aim was that . one hin deter
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

them-will stick out. If these failings
are SO pronounced that they induce
you to go to he'd with your clothes on.
you need the restraints of boarding
house. Home was snever intended for
such cattle.
used to know a man down in the
town where l was raised whose habit
1t was to get pleasantly loaded every
Saturday night About O'Clock Of a
Sunday morning he would reach q
point where 1t became necessary for
him to lift up his voice in song, and the
only song he knew was Home, Sweet
Home" He would MARBLE this over
and over until the barkeeper's patiencc
was exhausted, when he would be
gently but forcibly elected with an
urgent request to seek the pleasures
Of that sweet domicile to which he Of
fered his unmelodious libations. Sam
would meander down the straight and
narrow path which led to his cottage,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

You haze to qpedr q exception. II
mask all thetime. thought you had
developed any idiosyncrasies of that
sort, wouldn't write letters to you. I'd
call on youpersonally, and I'd carry with
me large club studded with tenpenny
nails. But look upon yon as an aver
age man, and home is the only place In
which the average man and the aver
age woman can become thoroughly and
intimately acquainted, the acquaint-
ance which is essential to the develop
ment of domestic happiness.
Something to Live For.
In home each of you has something
to live for, something that IL a part OF
and inseparable from each other. There
Is something about the atmosphere that
develops mutual ambition to which the
surroundings Of boarding house are
fatal You feel your responsibilities,
and your shoulders broaden to uphold
them. Your mind expands under the
same influence You feel that you are
a citizen, a factor in the affairs OF the
world. Nobody else will notice 1T, per-
haps, but you can afford to look with
supreme Indifference upon the lack or
attention of other people.
A man and his wife should be all
things to each other. They occupy a
little world to themselves. What mat
ters it what goes on outside? The rest
of humanity constitutes source OF
supply for sscead and butter and some
other desirable things, and for this rea-
son If no other 1t should be treated
with consideration. but otherwise it is
not essential to domestic happiness.
Much too often it is the cause of do
nestle failure. Go inside your little
fort, close the doors and let the world
wag as it will. You can't do that in
boarding house: you have to take the
world in with you. OF course you have
heard the saying that wagging world
on the outside Is better than wagging
tongue on the inside, and in some
cases, / regret to say, it is true, but
the men who suffer from a woman's
tongue are generally themselves to
blame. The fair sex has been known
on occasions to resort to rolling pins
and fiatirons, but its natural weapon
Is the tongue, and, as the Irishman
would say, 1T is quite effective in capa-
BILE hands. 1t has no sting. however,
where love rules and where the wife is
shown the courtesy she is entitled to.
At any rate, whatever differences of
opinion may arise between man and
wife, they can be more satisfactorily
dfccucsod within tho uat,,raI nrocincfs
Of home. Whatever troubles may
arise, they can be better borne and
easier disposed Of at home than In a
boarding house.
Cheaper After All.
Now l want to get back for few
| moments to sordid considerations.
have said that the direct expense Of
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
Exolutien.

Don't you believe In eyOlution?"
asked the scientific man.
Certainly answered Miss Cayenne.
mo change that centuries bring about
in natural history can be more remark
able than that which woman UNDER
goes In single day as she progresses
from curl papers to evening gowns. -
washington Star.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

and not in front.
much to see you have home of your
own. for reasons which ! shall give
you, but | don't want you to have any
false notions about its cost. Ii the
\ financial end Is your only considera-
Ition, by all means get you a respecta-
Sble boarding place, where you will
have a comfortable room and eatable
food at reasonable rates, ii such COM
J bination exists. You will have the sat
4 isfactiOn Of knowing just how much
ron will have to pay for your meals
and lodging and laundry, and there
will be few extras. AS a purely finan-
@cial proposition it is very simple. But
and / can't place too much emphasis
ON that but-marriage is not properly a
I financial proposition. know very well
\ that it is in great many cases, and
the tendency to make it SO seems to be
growing. but 1t isn't right.
Money is an important factor in do
nestle life, but beyond the necessities
of existence it is not an essential.
Properly used, 1t will help to make
happiness, but at its best it Is a mer.
auxiliary. Put 1t in single harness and
depend upon it alone to draw you to
bliss. and you will find that it will
surely bolt at the first fork Of the
road and either upset the wagon or
carry you farther and farther away
from your goal. 1t Is much better to
hitch 1t to the rear end OF the vehicle,
where It can i0R alonu comfortably
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

ing house. The Close the doors and let
Incentive to the Oorld a0dg
thrift and economy is lacking. That
ambition for better things which is the
peculiar product of home life will find
you at the end of the year with more
money in your pocket than II you had
spent an aimless twelve months in a
pension.
Go, get thee to real estate agent.
my boy, and rent castle, even il it
has but three rooms and all Of them
dark You'll encounter difficulties, but
you'll learn to overcome them; you'll
have annoyances, but they'll make life
sweeter by contrast; you'll have trou-
bles, but troubles brayely borne will
make better man of you and better
woman OF her. Your affectionate ia
Their, JOHN SNEED.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

were nothing to
consider but the
question of cost
that is to say.
the direct ex-
pense--the fixed
charges, as the
railroad man
would put it,
should ad v | 8 e
you to board. 1t
used to be a
popular idea, and
may be yet for
aught l know to
the contrary,
t h at it W a s
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

kaoW some persons aO1so near trousers.
You must know one another, and In a
boarding house you can't possibly get
more than a superficial knowledge.
You, are more or less In public all the
time, and your manners are more or
less artificial. You cant be yourself.
Ii you have any regard for your repu-
tation, you have to wear a mask all the
time. At home, unless you have .
household Of starched and uniformed
servants, you are free to be natural.
You show yourself In your true colors.
Whatever faults you may have-and I
ssckon yours pretty well loaded with
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still singing, and
without entering
the house or try
ing to enter
he knew better
- w uld go
around to the
W God 9 b Q d,
W b e e, In q
comfortable cor.
ner, he would
sleep peacefully
and happily I'M
TIL sunrise. Sam,
however, was an
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

sl haze had experience. cheaper for a
young couple to keep house. / have
had some personal experience, and
know q great many other people who
have arrived at years OF discretion
after sundry wrestles with the same
Immortal conundrum, every one of
whom has found, as I have, that it
costs more to keep up home, how
ever modest, than it does to board with
1.-THE same relative surroundings.
Now Proceed Slowly.
All this talk about the economy Of
home life is tommyrot unless it refers
entirely to indirect results, and it leads
Ito wrong conclusions and many mis-
takes on the part Of young married
people The youth Is told that two can
live as cheaply as one-another old and
dangerous delusion--and proceeds to
figure that his income will answer very
well for two on that basis. He gets
married, rents him a fat or little
house and settles down to save money
and be happy. He can easily do both
if he goes about it in the right way.
but he soon learns that two cannot
\ live as cheaply as one-unless he was
extravagant before marriage and des-
Derately economical afterward - and
that keeping house always costs more
than any advance calculations. The
4 ststisticians Of domestic economy make
things look mighty pretty on paper. If
some of them We're to be believed, you
could keep house and get fat ON your
cigar money. But their enticing theo-
ries won't work out in practice. A
measure Of disappointment is the in
variable result Of the attempt, and in
the discovery lie the beginnings Of
& many unhappy married lives.
/ want you to go into this business
with your eyes open. would like very
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

keeping house is
greater than that
of boarding, but
in the long run
the home is real
ly cheaper. The
lack Of occupa-
ton and the pet
ty social rivalry
of the boarding
house lead to ex-
ira vagances in
t b e ay OF
amusement and
dress that would
be unthought OF
If you were keep
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Stfy, that you are undecided as to
Whether you shall board or keep house.
Eou are evidently trying to argue your
sSelf into the belief that boarding is
The ideal life, while way down in your
xlnnards Is a longing for a home that
Sou can't get rid Of.
There is something favorable to be
aid Of either proposition. II there
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The Making Of a
Successful Husband
By cAsPAR S. Y0sT.

The Important Question Of Board.
inS or Keeping House - However
Humble the Beginning Of . Home.
1t ID Better Than the Most Attrac.
tive Boarding House. ~ ~
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copyright, 1905. by C. s. Yostl
10y DEAR JOHN-I infer from
~ your letter just received,
~ which is more distinguished
- NV ITO hrovifv than itS lnci6.
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lncisdlne I Rumbss good
enough . head aay pare.
bsed herd, % MeM % GOOD
bulls fer srdlnaSy tafm uss.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
SAN FRANCISCO
PR0MOTERSQUlET
WILL LAY LOW WHILE CONGRESS
is IN SESSION
Fight Trust Will Stage No Bouts
Until the Latter Part of Feb
ruary or the First of
March
Special to The Herald

Special to The Herald
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14.-There
will be no more fights in San Francisco
until after the legislature has adjourned
or it's sessions are we'll under way.
The powers that have been in the
pugilisitic line are by no means anx-
ious to antagonize the senators and as
semblymen and feel that it is much
better to keep under cover rather than
take the chances of attracting undue
attention to themselves.
Coffroth will have his hands full get
ting Britt ready for his coming fight
with Cans, and Morris Levy, who rep
rensents the Graney-LeVy combination,
admits that he will do nothing so far
as giving a show either in January or
February is concerned.
Norris can get Kid Herman or Cy-
clone Thompson and Fighting Dick Hy-
land any time he wants them, but If
they wait for the Hayes Valley club
promoters the boys will not be fighting
for some days.
Senator Gus Hartman may introduce
bill to close up the fighting game in
the state. If he does there will be a
fight made against his measure, but at
the same time no one is anxious to
"dare" him to take such a stand.
eral of his friends that he might have
a match for January. Although he
could sign the boxers, he has changed
his mind about asking the supervisors
for permit at this time.