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The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09
Prominent q. A. K. Organizer



1866 he entered the law 0fice Of Theo-
dc-e Cuylcr and was admitted to the
lar In 1869, and has been In active
practice ever since. He is one OF the
Oldest members of Post 2. and served
MS its adiutant In 1873 and 1874. In
1876 he Vas appointed by Commander
James w. Latta as assistant adjutant
general of the department OF Pecn-
sylvania and served in that capacity
for six years. when. Ia 1882. he was
elected department commando. He
displayed wonderful ability as an
organizer, and during his term several
posts were added to the department.
His work extended into other states.
and he was looked upon as one Of the
most successful organizers In the
Grand Army of the Republic. In 1883
he was appointed adjutant general by
Commander in Chief Robert b. Beath,
and during that year the increase In
membership was nearly 100000.
In 1889 he was instrumental In re-
organizing the Gettysburg Battle Field
Memorial association, and was a d.
rector for sixteen years. when the
field was transferred to the federal
government. He was unanimously Sc
lectcI by the association to write a
history of its work, which included a
history of the battle. He is the au-
thor of ''Gettysburg- and
Thou which in tho rocOpnizo6 mn.
thOrity upon the battle. From 1880
to 1856 he was an active member
of city councils. He is ex-president
of the Society of the Netherlands. the
first master workman of his lodge.
Ancient Order of United Workmen,
and past regent of Integrity Council
of Royal Arcanum. He is also direct.
or of the Fredericksburg Battlefield
commission.
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O.! P1ref1dles

But Mistress Quickly's well in sight
And spreads a goodly table.
"A plague of signing and OF grief
Better good friends. and beer. and beef!
AWAY now with a world of woes,
Till all our wits shall tire:
Dim sorrow to the black Night goes.
And blithely sings the fire!
Signing and grief will turn ye gray
Make merry. masters. while ye may!
III weather-but the flame burns bright
Though storm rocks roof and steeple;
''Wilr' Shakespeare is our guest tonight.
And welcome-all his people!
Pile on the logs! and pour ye strong:
And give us Shakespeare and q song!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09

They were seated on the sofa in the
parl0r His false. curling mustache
was very near to the painted roses
on her cheeks. He Was doubtful.
after all. whether notwithstanding the
innumerable VOWS q undying devo-
tion that had passed between them, he
really loved her with the twenty-five
carat. ten-t0n power that he ought to.
II he Was to regard her ~ his future
wife. and he wondered how he could
break the news gently. So in . very
low voice he said:
What would you say. darling II
should tell you that you can never b
mine?"
Il should say. pet" she answered,
that I've got . nice bundle Of your
letters that would help to make It
e1pensive for you."
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09
For Centuries At Wss In the Hands
Of the AooWlso.

For Centuries AT Wa In the Hands
Of the AaoWiss.
Like most other arts and crafts.
bell founding was for some centuries
almost exclusively confined to the
monks. st. Dunstan was q skillful
workman. and was said by lngulphuS
to have given bells to the western
churches. Later on. when . regular
trade had been established. some bell
founders wandered from place to
place: but the majority settled in the
large towns. principally London. GlOu-
cester. Salisbury. Norwich. Bury Sc.
Edmunds and Colchester. II was long
. 1lxed idea that silver mixed with the
bell metal improved the tone. but that
10 now considered incorrect. Tho
Acton Nightingale" and "Silver Bell
two singularly sweet bells at St.
Johns college, Cambridge-are said to
have . mixture of silver; but. IL true.
this IL not believed by competent au-
thOrities to be the cause Of their bean
tiful tone. This idea led to the story
of the Monk Tandio cOncealing the
silver given him by Charlemagne and
casting the bell in the monastery Of
St. Paul Of inferior metel. whereupon
he Was struck by the clapper and
killed In the ninth century bells
we're made in France Of iron: they
have been cast In steel. and the tone
has been found nearly equal in fine
ness to that of bell metal. but. having
less vibration. was deficient In length:
and thick glass bells have been made
which give . beautiful sound. but are
too brittle to long Withstand the
stroke OF the clapper.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09

The number Of horses in Australasia
IL placed at the following for the year
1899. the last year of which We have
any report: New South Wales. 49,
zoo: Victoria, 431 1,5l7: Queensland.
1917: South Australia, 1So, ,335:
Western Australia, 65,91S: Tasmania,
81. 1.1S9; New Zealand. 261 $751;. total.
1,932,z47. The total value 10 placed
at $S3.731,999. Horses In. that part
Of the world have increased very
greatly in the last forty years. - II
seen by the following: 1861. As, $40:
1871, 7Sz. .5sS: 1881. 1.14S. .7es: 1881.
l,7s5. .S35: 1889. 1,931.247. Queensland
shows the greatest increase. the num-
ber being about thirty times greater
than in 1861.
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HE Quail 6eationS.

He was pleading his cause earnest
".
Il am wealthy" he said. "and could
make ample provision for you.
She nodded and checked one point
on on her fingers.
II have had experience with the
world" he continued.
She checked Oh another point.
Il have passed the frivolous point"
he vent on, and I have the steadfast-
ness, the age and the wisdom to guard
and guide you we'll.
The points you make are strong
ones" she said. ''but they lead unde-
viatingly to the conclusion that you
vould make IN excellent father for
me. You have all the necessary quail
Acations, but Just now I an looking
far q husband"
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09

John Mitchell Vanderslice. past de-
partment commander of Pennsylvania.
Grand Army OF the Republic. was
born near historic Valley Forge. Pa
He left Freeland seminary I'm Mont
komesy county. where he received his
education, I'm his seventeenth year. to
enlist, 1t the outbreak of the war. In
The Eighth Pennsylvania cavalry. with
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Past Profits ln oeraw6eerjee.
Il II Interesting to 90 back ln
mind to the time when strawberry
growing 1rst became popular IN this
country. The real interest In straw.
berry raising began Just before The
Civil War. Strawberries Of the eul-
tivated varieties were then vesy m
common. The Wild ones sold Tor poe-
haps 10 cents . quart When The
improved varieties came into tie
market they commanded . vesy high
price. especially Just before Or after
the natural season for tho tild ones.
BY the end Of the var the pro0tablo
culture OF strawberries Was drawing
. good deal Of attention. Men made
from $500 to $500 On single acres oe
ground. The phenomenal pro0ts In
duced thousands to rush into the
business. In time the prices dropped
% that many cultivators that went In
with high hopes Of making great foe.
tunes abandoned the business In dis-
gust Following that came . season
when tho industry Of strawberry grow.
ing had settled down TO . commercial
enterprise On commercial uneo.
where It has remained ever since.
Though the profits are not now phe'
nomenal. yet they are sumc1eot 70
insure Q cootinuance of the vesy large
supplies ol the most popular q all
berries.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09

Station Agents Accurate Shot Lefs
Him In . Dilemma.
He had been . brakeman on the
c. n railway. but. owing to In
juries received in the service. had
been given Q less hazardous position
rs station agent ut . small place on
the line of the road. His entire ward
robe consisted Of one suit Of clothes.
and he was patiently awaiting the
next payday tO1get the wherewithal to
purchase another.
The fast mail and express. which
was due ut midnight. was reported
four hours late. 90 he thought he could
get in q pretty fair nights rest by set
ting his alarm clock about IN hour
ahead of the time when the train was
likely to come. ~ he needed little
time to perform the only duty required
iof him. VIZ, to see that the sack OF
mail Was properly hooked to the crane.
so that the extending arm OF the fast
mail car would surely catch 1t n the
train went by.
The alarm clock, of course. upon
this occasion, failed to work. and he
was awakened by the shrieking OF the
whistle of the engine rs it warned the
station of the coming of the train. He
jumped for the sack and his trousers.
grabbed both. rushed out on the plat
form. made an accurate throw. and
whis! away sped the train. He turned
to pick up his trousers. when he found
he had thrown them upon the crane.
and they had gone In place OF the
mail As to whether or not he dressed
in the mail sock. But enough
said.-The Drawer. Harper's Magazine
for June.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09

Briefly stated. there are two classes
Of insects-biting and sucking. The
latter group includes those insects
which injure the plants By inserting
their tube-like mouth parts into the
plant tissue and draw up the sap Of the
plant. Common forms Of these insects
are the scale insects, red spiderA Wooley
aphis and other plant lice. The rene.
dy must b one that kills By contact
with the insect body such - kerosene.
kerosene emulsion and the soap m1x'
lures. The biting insects arc those
which chew and swallow some portion
Of the plant or fruit. The Grass-nop'
per. many beetles and the eodling moth
larve arc good illustrationA The d.
rect poison. such ~ Paris green or
other arsenicals. which can b applied
to the part Of the plant that II eaten by
tho insect are the surest remed1eA-
New Mexico Experiment Station.
The catalpa tree Is growing In favor
as q tree for fence posts. It Is . quick
grower, as trees 60. and the wood Will
last q long time when used for fence
posts. Hardy varieties only should
be grown.
The reason Why more trees are not
planted II that II takes too long TO
bring them to any size. The farmer
wants quick returns.
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improving the Land Through Feeding.

Umpb0VUUU SU0 SOuO uUSVV0O VSOssW0s
On many of the European farms the
owners plan to feed their animals
rich food for the purpose Of indirect
" benefiting the land On which the
droppings are to 90. Immense Quan.
titles of cotton seed meal and nnseed
cake are yearly fed to cattle and the
high-priced land thus improved. What
is q good thing for the European farm
ers should be better thing for farm
ers on this side of the water. because
we are At the base Of supplies. The
Europeans have to buy these rich
feeds very largely from the United
States. They pay the cost OF trans
porting across the water and over
railroads, and for handling several
times. besides the toll to the various
middlemen under whose charge 1t
comes 1t various times. We should
take into consideration the manurial
value of the things We buy for our
cattle and other stock. With the oD-
iect of obtaining manure ~ rich -
possible in fertility most needed on
the land.
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Aae and Gain In Weight.

A swine raiser needs to be some
thing of q scientist and an observer
to be able to determine just when .
hog is making his most profitable
gains. This period does not begin
as soon as the pig comes into the
world nor does 1t last till the pig 10
ready to die of old age. The pig 10
like q plant. At first he grows very
slowly and the gain being made is not
very perceptible. As he grows older
the rate of gain per day increases till
by the time he is two months Of age
he 10 beginning to make money for
his owner. This period OF profitable
gain lasts for perhaps eight months.
when q decline in rate Of gain sets
in. This brings the pig to the age Of
10 months. ut which time It will be
found profitable to dispose OF him.
The old custom Of keeping . hog till
he was eighteen months old was long
since abandoned by scientific breed
ers.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09
At NOME WITH OLD FRIENDS.

III weather, friends, and wild enough
To spur the de'ers own nag on!
Once more from windy night and rough
Around the hearth and nagon.
And cSink . glass-and pour ye strong.
And give us Shakespeare and a song!
No witches Of the mad Macbeth,
with cold and devilish cunning.
But scenes where Falsta6 ''sweatS to
death"
And .'laras the lean earth running!
Once more call Bardolph-
The Prince, too-and a health to him!
Faith! 0aW ye ever such night!
Storm-racked each ghostly gable.
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gEs1be


Bulletin 193. Of the lichigaA ~
ton, says: The establishment of best
sugar factories in Michigan has fur
nished farmers . new stock food IN
tho shape Of beet pulp. This pulp p
clean in appearance. almost odorleGs.
very vet and heavy. but rea0lly eaten
BY all kinds Of live stock. Al tho pulp
leaves the factory. It passes through .
press which removes some OF the ~
ter, but leaves from 50 to % pounds os
water to each hundred pounds Of pulp.
In Germany pres: have been intro
duced which reduce the per cent Of
water to 50. Where each hundred
pounds Of pulp 10 made up Of 80 pounds
Of water and 10 pounds Of dry matter
It 10 evident that ton OF Il win have
but 200 pounds Of dry matter. II By
the use Of improved presses . pulp
can be produced BY tho fac.ories ono
hundred pounds Of which shall con-
tain but 50 pounds Of water. With %
pounds Of dry matter. 1t 10 evident that
q ton Of It viii contain 400 pounds
Of dry matter. In other words. re-
garding the water - Of no value. .
ton Of the pressed pulp II worth. -
far ~ content Of dry matter 10 con.
cerned. twice as much ~ . ton Of the
pulp n found in the piles Of the mate
rial at the factories In Michigan. Ex-
periments In this country and abroad
have shown eonclusively that while
the addition Of . sueculent food 10
. ration otherwise made up Of dry
feeds. prodr ses results indicating .
value to the suc:ulent food out OF all
proportion to its content OF dry mat
ter. forcing IN animal to consume IN
undue amount of water results in .
positive loss. 1t is. therefore. to be
hoped that ere long the factories upon
finding q demand for the pulp - .
stock food, will 30 prepare It ~ to
leave in 1t no greater per cent Of va
ter than 80.
Many Of the Michigan factories han
die as high as 600 tons Of beets per
day. turning out fully 800 tons OF pulp.
The average campaign is not less than
80 days. It is safe t. estimate the
annual output Of beet pulp In this state
with the present Is factories. Is fully
800. 900 tons. The economical utliiza-
tion Of this vast amount CT material 10
therefore q question Of considerable
moment. At nearly all the factories
the great bulk Of the pulp is left to
decay where 1t is dumped by the con.
Vey0I.
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which he served with distinction until
the end Of the struggle. being q pris-
ooer at Appomattox ut the time Of the
surrender and witnessing many Of the
interesting incidents cf that great
event. He has been for many years
secretary of the regimental associa-
ton. At the close OF the war he re-
turned to Freeland seminary to renew
his studies in Latin ard Greek. In
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09
Butterflies and Birds.

OF all the children of the air. that
gladden. a June day. the monarch but
terAy is one of the most noticeable.
Its wings simmer like gold alloyed
with copper as it pursues its lazy
fight In the sunshine. The male mon
arch is q true dandy and carries ON
each hind wing a black sachet bag
containing strong perfume. most
attractive to the other sex The mon.
arch is immune from bird enemies:
the callow birding that takes Q bite
from 1t wipes his beak in DISCUS.
and forever after connects the moi.
some taste with orange wings. A too
hasty conclusion, of which the viceroy
butterfly takes advantage, and, by DON
ming the monarch's uniform, escapes
scatheless, although any bird might
find 1t q beaksome Country
Life in America.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09
Rea,,lt of Sunday Closing.

In Cardiff, Wales. before the 81
looms we're closed on Sunday. with
a population of $4,000. there were
sixfv.tvo convictions for Sunday
drunkenness in 1881. Last year. Wild
a population of 10000. there were
but nine cases.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09

The lakes on the Mangishlabe pen
insula in the Caspian sea are sweet
smelling. owing to the presence a
violot.4cented seaWeed.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09
Moving Matehes,

Put few matches on the surface of
water in q basin in such q way that
they will form star, with their heads
toward the center. thrust 4 piece of
soap. pointed at the end into the va
ter at the center Of the star, and you
will find that the matches will beein
to move away rs ii they were afraid
of the soap. You can coax them back
by putting a piece Of sugar In the
center.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09
9ettin0 Appl0 Trees.

From the Farmers Review: In your
issue Of Nay q I read an article on
orchard management, In which Mr..
Aldrich advises setting trees leaning
to the Southeast This presents .
new phase ~ to leaning trees.
Neither southeast nor southwest Ii Id
visable. It II my experience that 1t
should lean toward the sun 1t b.
tween half.past twelve and one
o'ciock.-Edson Gaylord, Iowa
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09
Injurious lnbreedin0.

A practice that has been extensive
ly tried in the past is that of in-and-in
breeding mating near relations. Is
sire and offspring, etc. The history Of
the greatest breeders the world has
ever known has shown 1t to be an un-
desirable practice. resulting in lack OF
constitution, infertility, and weakness.
Bakewell, Booth, the Collingses. and
even Cruickshank. In q measure. re-
sorted to in-and-in breeding. with the
hope that 1t would produce the ideal
animals they desired. Yet In every
case they found It necessary to intro
duce fresh blood into their herds In
order to save them from ruin. The
close inbreeding practiced BY Thomas
Bates resulted In placing stain on the
name of Bates cattle that It has taken
generations to overcome, notWith-
standing that Bates was. perhaps, the
most wonderful breeder Of the nine
teenth century. We must have fresh
blood In our herds; otherwise there
will result deterioriation-lAck Ct
stamina, size. and general quality. II
one wishes to breed within certain
family lines, then It Is wiser to prae-
tice line breeding. keeping ~ far from
inbreeding as possible. and yet using
the blood relationship OF animals
within the same general family.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09
A Hon House.

Ny pig house is 200 feet long BY
thirty.two feet wide. with eight foot
driveway through the middle. That
leaves an eight-foot pen on each side.
These pens are used for sows to far.
row in and for finishing up fat hogs.
I put from four to six I'm each pen.
according to size. SO they cannot pile
up. We drive through the center to
clean up and put in bedding. ! have
no floors of any kind In this house.
Cement is too cold: stone is too hard
to lie on; wooden floors will swell and
retain urine. which win freeze. and
this also makes It cold. I'LL mp
with sandy soil, 90 that water cannot
run in from the outside. It is the
warmest floor that I know Of. This
house is 50 situated that stock can
go to their different pastures. and
also come into It for shade IL hot
weather. To the center Of the build.
ing I have attached IN addition. SIX.
teen by thirty-two feet, In which l
keep ground feed, . water tank. feed
tank, cob bin and q steamer. We
scald feed in very cold weather. and
take the chill from the water. Wa
ter is forced into the tank by wind
power.-Theodore B. Mead.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09

Thirty.seven per cent Of the worlds
tobacco crop IL raised in the United
States.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09
Pathetic Tale Of Y0utllfu)
Soldier Who Died O Here

operation. He was Is years old.
When the doctor told him there was
no hope, he inquired If there were
any Christians present. We told him
yes. In the meantime several of our
comrades had gathered around him.
He requested a prayer, to which one
of us responded. all being deeply
touched. then repeating q few lines
Of his mothers favorite song:
There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal stand"
Which he requested us to sing with
him. This song begun there was tax.
en- up through the entire camps. even
hack among the federal prisoners. All
around then bid him good-by. He
handed me his Bible. and requested
me to hand 1t to Sergeant Stevenson
of company b, Fourth Ohio regiment
This sergeant knew his family, and
he wanted him to send it to his
mother and tell her he died q Chris
tian.' The next morning I went to
the hospital and learned he was dead.
LAS his body lay there I thought his
face bore the most peaceful look
ever saw. learned this Fourth Ohio
regiment was q part of Gen. Prentiss's
brigade which We had almost entirely
captured and had them corralled near
our lines. I told my captain about
the incident and requested q pass to
the prisoners to see If I could find
Sergeant Stevenson. He granted my
request. and I soon located the Fourth
Ohio regiment and inquired for the
sergeant, calling his name. He came
forward to know what I wanted. I
inquired II he knew JOrn Burns. He
said. Yes. have you all got him."
I replied. No. he is in glory" then
told of his death. He was visibly af.
fected and I could not restrain my.
self. He said: Johnnie Burns was
the best boy I ever saw: he was a
pet with the company. boarded with
his family in Cincinnati, Ohio, and
was his Sunday school teacher In the
Baptist church." Other comrades gath
cred near and heard of his death. all
being very much affected, and ex-
pressed their gratitude to me for what
l had done. During my entire service
of three years I frequently noticed
the fOndness which existed between
Ohio and Alabama soldiers.
This narrative I have frequently
told. and now. in my declining years,
I desire 1t published. After the bat.
ties are over there still exists that
tender tie between mankind and hu.
man sympathy which is wondrous
kind John Uri Llody in Cincinnati
EnQuira-.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09

See that slime does not accumulate
in the drinking dishes Of the fowls.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09

Only one subaltern in every 1.0Ss
can hope to become q field marshal.
10 not try to do business for your
health. It 10 hard On the business.
and does not help the health any.
The Columbus journal., 1902-07-09

For . quarter Of . century no new
honsea have been built In the SUSSEX
(England) village o. Slindon.