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The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12
WELL DIRECTED.


a Letter That Could Hardly Esil to
Reach Its Destination.
A French barber recently opened a
shop In Duluth. and the first thing he
did was to write a letter to his par
ents in Canada, enclosing one of his
business cards. The printing was like
this: John Jones, barber, No. -
West street. Everything clean.
Fresh towels to every customer"
The letter was written in the
French language. as that was the only
thing the old folks could read. In
answering the letter. the barber's lit
tie sister was called upon to address
the envelope. While she could not
read English. she printed, the best
she could, the letters on the card. and
here is the way she did It:
JOHN JONES.
Barber. No. - West-street.
Everything clean. Fresh towels to
every customer.
Duluth, Minnesota, United States.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

Hal1 RsslDsnt with AAvere1Do0entA.
There Is an old confederate soldier
In Louisville who tells an amusing
story Of an adventure he had during
the civil war. He says:
"One day during the siege Of vicks-
burg. when everybody was out Of
money. and business was at q stand
still. ! was walking along the streets
Of the city with my colonel: when q
shell from one Of Grants gunboats
struck q house across the street from
us. In this house was a drug store
The shell exploded and set fire to the
house. The colonel and 1 and some
other soldiers helped extinguish the
flames. In looking around among
the ruins We found a box of old mus
tang lniment advertisements made In
the shape Of dollar bills.
AS soon as saw them an idea
struck me which I communicated to
the colonel. Then I asked the drug
gist II he wanted the advertisements.
and. receiving a negative reply. I took
up the box and carried 1t to headQuar-
tiers.
There was enough Of that fake
money in the box to pay OF the regi-
ment. and nearly enough to pay OF
the brigade. The next morning the
colonel mustered the soldiers and
every man was given a part of his
pay in advertisements. Business imme-
diately resumed. and the pie and to-
bacco stands opened up once more.
The mustang liniment bills passed
current and were as readily changed as
confederate bills"
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

Among the patents which have been
recently granted in the United States
may be mentioned one issued to John
w. jenkins, New York City, for an in
teresting system whereby passengers
are to be discharged from . train with
out the necessity Of stopping at sta
tions. The characteristic feature of the
invention resides in the employment
of a number of saddle cars" which
are successfully taken up and dropped
from the moving train. and through
the medium Of which passengers may
rupting its movement.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

In order that patent may be OBJ
tained in France. the three following
conditions are necessary: That the
invention be absolutely new: that it
possess an industrial character; that
it be not contrary to public order or
security; good morals. or the laws Of
the country. An invention is not con-
sidered new when. previous to the
date of filing Of the application. it has
received sufncient publicity in France
or abroad to render 1t easy of imita-
ton.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12


From Farmers Review: Ever since
Noah built the ark the question OF
whether hens can hatch eggs or not
has been settled. A long while ago.
of course. but not much longer than
the Egyptians Matched eggs in ovens.
Over 1000 years ago the Egyptians
hatched eggs by artificial means, and
yet there are people in this enlight-
ened age that doubt II it can be done.
And the queer part of it is, they even
doubt it when they see it with their
own eyes. 1t costs less to run a good
incubate the same number of eggs,
and q good incubator will hatch just as
many or more eggs than an average
flock of hens There are good and bad
incubators, just as much as there are
hens that stick to business and lens
that quit the nest. the variation is just
as great. There are incubators that
are made carefully of good material
and on the right principle. and there
are others that are made with a view
Of profit on manufacture. There are
several good incubators and several
others that would be a poor invest
ment even though they were a gift
In selecting an incubator the decision
should be made in favor of the work
the machine evidently does instead OF
the argument or fine spun theory be-
hind it; otherwise don't overlook the
material and don't overlook who the
machine does good work for. whether
II Is for experienced operators and ex-
perts. or whether for the everyday
poultry raisers and those inexperienced
In operating incubators. After you
have selected the incubator, you are
master Of tie situation, no waiting for
the hens to get broody, no standing
guard among them to see II they 20
back to the right nest, no Matching out
millions Of vermin in the setting hens
nests to later on reduce the profits by
stunting the chicks, and what is OF
still further importance the hens have
not used up the best part of the lay
Ing season. setting and killing time
trying to raise few chicks. While 10
make . perfect success or to succeed
At all with setting hens. we have al
most got to camp right with them:
he Incubator is ready any time. can
% run where It Is the most convenient
% the operator. the chief and only ex-
Qense In operating it is the kerosene
lsed. and this does not amount to
more than the feed to -un hens enough
% fncubate an equal number of eggs.
On the average there Is no more
amor attached 70 raining an incubator
nan there II in running = couple Of
contrary s;ttiaE hens. Running the
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

Herr Meyer Lutz tells the following
title story in Mainly About People:
Conducting once in Bradford, l no.
iced that the clarionet player. a young
,ut clever and steady lad. jumped ND
+, good deal during the progress of
he opera. I found that his father.
Who played the trombone. sat j1st BE-
lind him and every now and then he
ave his son q kick. with the remark:
Look out. Sammy! There b . Aat
.-eummin'."
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

The election Of oMcerS resulted -
follows: President, T. q. Loope. Eu-
reka: Vice President, r. c. Edwards.
Ft. Atkinson; Secretary, J. l. Herost
Sparta; Treasurer. L. G. kellogg. M-
pom; Corresponding Secretary. 8. h.
Marshall, Madison.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

The latest craze among fashionable
women in New York is basket making.
It has entirely supplanted lacemaking,
oookbinding. leather work. and some
kindred occupations. which but short
while ago were so popular. All the
vp-to-date girls are either making bas-
xets or talking about it-generally,
10th, of course. Some excuse them
selves by saying they are learning
low in order, to teach the poor;''
,thers simply take up the art be-
:ause II is the novelty Of the hour and
s considered 'thc" thing to do.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12
Wasted Oppcrtu0ity.

And what do you think is the cause
of your remarkable longevity?" asked
the reporter.
u think" said the centenarian, that
it is because have all my life abstain
ed from the use of tobacco
Did it ever come into your head -
put in the hale and hearty octogena-
rian, who sat contentedly chewing In
the next chair. that if ye'd done the
other things We might have been a
40 years OLD by ncw:'-Washingto
Times.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

Treatment for Cabbage Root Mogg0es.
In 1880 A. j. Cook began to expert
ment with carbon bisulphide as rem
edy for the root maggots Of cabbages
His success was such that he soon be-
gan to recommend it for general use.
Whether It succeeds or not depends
very largely on the character OF the
soil. Sometimes the remedy is ap-
piled too late to be of much, II any.
use. A man must know how to ap-
ply the chemical. The point is not to
get the liquid on the plant, but only
the gas arising from the liquid. This
gas is produced in great quantities.. as
the liquid volatizes rapidly. No
amount of this vapor will harm the
roots of the plant, at least no amount
that is likely to work its way through
the soil. This gas is deadly to the
maggots. In some cases reports Of
failures have come due to the remedy
being applied only after the plants
have become badly wilted on account
of the attacks Of these insects. In
such cases the death Of the plants Is
due to the maggots and not to the b.
sulphide as some may suppose. Mr..
NJ. v. Slingerland Of the Cornell Ex-
pertinent station investigated the sub
ject in 1894 and his experiments dem
onstrated that when properly applied
the substance was sure death to the in
sects and did not injure the plants. .
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12


Prof. e. 8. Goff in q communication
to the Wisconsin Horticultural, says:
I'VE Wisconsin people have been very
free to denounce the Ben Davis apple
because of its lack Of good quality. and
yet what would we have done this sea-
son without the Ben Davis? Probably
three -fourths Of the apples that have
came to the Madison market since No
vember have been of this variety; and
only this variety has been sold at q
price that q poor man could afford to
pay. And with the exception Of q very
few apples of other varieties that have
sold at the rate Of above seven dollars
per barrel, I have been able to find no
apples good of their kind except the
stigmatized Ben Davis. There is an
old proverb-"Speak well of the bridge
that carries you safely over':-that will
apply pretty well here. Whatever may
be said against the Ben Davis it "gets
there" and We can have apples when,
except for 1t, most Of US would have
had to do without. Driven by power
ty to accept this fourth-rate apple.
have made its acquaintance better than
ever before, and must confess that my
contempt for it has not increased with
familiarity. At its best, its quality
will hold its own with most north
western apples. 1t is hne-grained.
tender when ripe, and what favor it
has is appleish. It lacks Juice. which
may be the secret Of its good keeping.
Its skin is thinner than in some other
varieties that rank much higher as
dessert apples. 1t is not much given
to scab-and has that prime requisite
Of success. good looks. OF course the
Ben Davis is not a Wisconsin apple.
either by birth or adoption. and It new
er can be. but until we can offer some
thing better, why should we condemn
it,"
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

Growth Of the EDg1tsh Language.
To give some idea of the tremendous
growth of the English language it may
be mentioned that the words and
uhrases under the letter "A" have in
creased in fifty years from 1000 t6
nearly $4,000. Intelligent persons. ever
those engaged in the learned profes
sions, do not made use of more thar
5000 to 5000 words. all told, although
there are properly belonging to our
lansuage over 100000.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

New York Press: The editor OF "Tht
Press Campfire" has in his charge
COPY of a veteran Register. Company
/. Thirty y-seventh Illinois Infantry.
Capt. George Kennicut. This register
which is handsomely engrOssed and
ornamented. has been placed in our
hands in the hope that some OF the
comrades connected with the Organiza-
ton might. through this publication
be found who would like to have it as
a mementO and to whom it would be
given gladly. Further information re-
garding the register can be had by
addressing the New York Press.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12


The Army and Navy Journal. in an
article on National Guard Delusions.'
very truly says: in the introduction
of the various bills in Congress from
time to time for the reorganization Of
the national guard. the fact II invari-
ably lost sight of that the time Of the
majority Of citizen soldiers is very linn
tied. and any scheme advocating
months training for officers and mer
is wholly impracticable."
In this line the Journal thinks
week the limit for militia training
While quite understanding that 8
month is completely out Of the ques-
tion. 1t is clearly within the line Of
to secure at least IA days
Of service.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

1t is the opinion Of leading states
men that london consumes NO fewer
than 5000 900 fowls year. which. II
evenly divided among tho population,
would allow about three ve. head per
auuuU.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

OeStt0y o. CoO nOS CAhus
The oily. greasy. thick pig skin is
arousing new interest. Heretofore the
slaughter-house has not seriously
bothered itself about skinning the hog
while his green hide. left on the car
cass and unencumbered with expense,
brought S cents per pound and more
as pork. or II cents per pound when
weighed in as cured ham or smoked
bacon. The scientist will not let
things alone, however, and it may yet
pay to strip the hide from the hog for
commercial purposes. The leather
splitter has demonstrated his ability
to shave hides almost into tissue
leather. With this implement a: his
command and a new process in his
possession, an American inventor
claims that he can split a pig skin to
the fineness of = cologne bottle stop
per cover and manufacture that arti-
Gle at a ridicuiously low price. He
can make the finest of imported kid
glove stock, can displace oiled paper
with a better and a cheaper article,
and do the same with the fine tex
ture Of rubbered goods now used for
waist shields. A hog hide can be
treated SO finely and split into so
many separate skins as to astound the
With this prospect be-
fore it, the hog skin has a right to
come OF and to expect much in the
near AUTHORIZATIONS! Provisioner.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12
ch.es,,e cn.r..s Pests.

ChOcklng CuFsant Peses.
During the past season the currant
crop in the Hudson Valley has been
seriously injured by a disease causing
the appearance Of numerous small. dark
brown spots on the leaves which turn
yellow and fall prematurely. Currant
canes were quite generally defoliated
early in the season and the consequent
exposure Of the ripening fruit to the
sun brought about sunscald. resulting
in heavy loss. This trouble with cur
rants has been made the subject OF
a recently-issued bulletin (No. 1Si( ~
the New York Agricultural ExperinAS
station at Geneva. It is a fungous ols.
case which attacks the leaves. iea1
stalks. fruit, fruit stems and canes
and is called anthracnose. In ne"
York state it is present among cur
rants almost every season. but there ID
no record of its destructive Occurrences
since 1889. Although it sometimes ~
tacks also gooseberries and black cur
rants it has not injured them IN tne
SAME lOC01Aly WuS1O bSu
been seriously damaged by IT, An
thracnose may be readily distinguished
from the ordinary leaf spot Dy inc
smaller size of the spots.
The weather conditions last spring
seem to have been particularly favor-
able to it; but judging from the past
history of the disease 1t is not likely 10
become a constant pest Probably
will become epidemic only OCCASION
ally. In order to prevent these occa-
sional destructive outbreaks OF an.
thracnose and also the common ieat
spot, check the ravages Of cane Dhsns
and keep currant worms under controI
it is recommended that currant
growers in the Hudson Valley spray
with Bordeaux mixture every season.
making the first application oeiors
growth starts, the second as the leaves
are unfolding and thereafter at inter
vals of 10 to IA days until the froi'
is two-thirds grown. In wet seasons
make one or two applications after
the fruit is gathered. Whenever worms
appear add Paris green Or green arsen-
old to the Bordeaux.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

Hsadstose for soldlers' Graves.
The United States government has
had finished a large number Of head
stones for the graves Of soldiers and
sailors who fought in the civil war.
and they are being distributed as rap
idly as possible to the applicants at
present.
Recently a consignment reached
Boston from West Rutland. VT. for
relatives Of deceased soldiers and sail
ors living hereabOuts. The headstones
are about three feet in hight. and
when set at the head Of the grave will
project at least one and a half feet
above the ground.
They are made of white marble. and
are ten inches across the face and five
inches thick. On the face is cut q
shield and the name. rank and depart
ment Of service the deceased served
in Is cut In clear letters. 1t is very
neat appearing stone.
These stones are forwarded free OF
charRe to the relatives Of any soldier
or sailor, and all that Is necessary Is
an application to the war department
at Washington. giving the name Of the
person whose grave the stone is to
mark, with his rating and date OF
service.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS

dov 0uecooofal Farmers Operate 1hls
Departuent Of the Farn-A foW
Hints - 70 the Care Of Live stock
ona Poultry
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

Wlscon~in Bortic1leural Conyoutioa.
The annual meeting Of the Wiscon-
sin State Horticultural Society was
held 1T Madison February 5 to 6. The
meeting was well attended and much
enthusiasm was manifest. The fruit
show was good. though not large.
Some Of the apples that are primarily
Wisconsin apples were in prime shape,
and the whole exhibit was a credit to
the society. especially AZ this year has
been q short apple crop year in Wis
consin.
Many OF the papers read were ex-
eellent. and tho program was well car
ried out. Among the speakers from
out OF the state was Professor Web
ster Of Ohio. He read q paper on
spraying. which he considers necessary
for good results in fruit growing. Be-
ing asked as to the best spray pumps
on the market, he said that there were
no poor ones, IS the manufacturers
had found out that 1t was impossible
TO cell anything that was no. effective
when In use. He, however. believes
that there is as yet no ideal spraying
pump made. and that 1t may be some
time before such a pump appears.
c. e. Bassett, secretary of the Mich
igan State Horticultural Society. ere.
ated . good deal Of enthusiasm BY his
address ON corporation IN fruit SELL
ing. He related the history of the as
ISOLATION Of which he is a member, and
said that It had been . powerful fac
tor in improving the conditions under
which their fruit u sold.
Prof. J. c. Blair Of the University OF
illinois was present with models and
charts Of the university cold storase
house located at Neoga, III. His mod
els showed the manner OF insulation
and construction. In the case Of the
cold storage house at Neoga the insu.
lation is % perfect that the tempera.
ture . kept Uniform al the time. ire
spec1ive Of what the temperature ont
side nay be. Immense possibilities arc
thus opened up In the storage of fruit
for winter use.
Pear growing vas discussed, the sub
iect being opeaed BY . paper from NJ.
]. Meyle. He said that pear growing
n Wisconsin has been looked ON as q
venture, but that he had made q sue
ness of It. This last season especially
when the apple crop failed the pear
:rop vas tie sedeeming feature Of the
ruit depaEtDeot Of the farm. He ad-
5ised otheE1 To tAke up the work. and
,elieved that great possibilities lay in
he development Of new seeding pears.
Space prevents detailed reference to
he many other good papers. but We
sfl tnke up some of them for eonsid-
Eatie2 an tho future. j
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

While a good cigar, used temperate
ly two or three times day. may be
smoked by the average adult man to
good advantage. excessive indulgent
in smoking is very harmful. II is only
necessary to recall ones first cigar
and the profound effect it produced
to realize that the smoking Of tobacco
in large quantities is trifiing with
dangerous agent. says the Baltimore
Sun. The chief effects of smoking are
from the nicotine and empyreumatic
oil, the first being an active poison
an infinitesimal quantity will destroy
life-and the latter, which is the rank
in the stem Of the pipe,
is also a potent poison, one drop on
the tongue of a cat having been fatal.
The nicotine and the oil both act on
the nervous system, though different
Iy. the nicotine paralyzing the heart
by its action on the brain. while the
Dill confines itself chiefly to the spinal
cord and the motor nerves II will
thus be seen that no part of the vic
inns equipment escapes the deadly ef-
'ect Of tobacco In excess.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

Connecticut members of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution
claim for their state the distinction OF
having more real daughters" than
any other commonwealth in the ma
tional organization. There are ninety
nine real daughters" on the COnnecti-
cut membership rolls. and each one mas
been presented with a gold spoon.
Massachusetts comes next with eighty
six women whose fathers fought in the
revolutionary war.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12


The Blue and the Gray had q happy
camp fire at Vicksburg, Miss. recently.
The local camp Of Confederate veter-
ans united with the National Military
park commission and the board of
trade in rendering it to the visiting
ern states. There were present q large
number of old Confederate soldiers, a
delegation from the United Daughters
Of the Confederacy and many promi-
nent citizens. Capt w. T. Rigby. chair
man OF the Vicksburg National Mill
tary park commission. a Federal vet
eran, gave an eloquent welcome to the
old soldiers of both armies, dwelling
on the bravery and heroism displayed
on 2,200 battlehelds by both Northern
and Southern soldiers. which the gov
ernment Is rightly and nobly commem-
Grating in the national military parks.
Col. r. v. Booth of Vicksburg next
spoke in a similar strain, saying the
American soldier IL everywhere revered
and honored, whether his uniform was
Uluc VI cray. II. ". Iutu0" OA DIOU-
head. Wis. spoke also for the visiting
soldiers and invited the Southern COM
rades to visit Wisconsin. Judge o. b.
Christian of Marion, Ohio. spoke for
his Buckeye comrades and gave some
statistics comparing the size Of armies
and casualties in European wars which
emphatically proved the valor Of the
American soldier and the mighty strug-
gle of the civil war. Lieut.-Gen. Ste
phen d. Lee. the famous ex-Confeder-
ate commander. gave brief sketch Of
Grants army of the Tennessee. and
outlined his Vicksburg campaign in a
mastery way. He claimed emphatic
ally that the fall of Vicksburg was the
heaviest blow dealt to the Confederacy
during the whole war. and praised the
action of the government in establish
ing the Vicksburg National Military
park. This gathering was one Of the
most significant events ever held here
and the old soldiers from the North
west have very high opinions of Vicks-
burg hospitality.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12
FARM AND GARDEN.


ee0o Up-to-lSato Hints ASoae Culta.
vas3oo NJ The Sou aud Yields
observation-disclosures viticaltarO aoA
RloGacolenro.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12

The Grand Army Club of Massachu-
setts has decided to attend the G.. A.
r. encampment at Washington and
have accepted the invitation of the c.
A II. club Of Baltimore to visit that
city on its way to the encampment.
The club will also visit Gettysburg
either going or returning.
The Columbus journal., 1902-03-12
Growth of eoas OF VetePanA

General gains in membership are
reported throughout the order Of the
Sons of Veterans. The Wisconsin di-
vision is noticeable for the gain in
new camps. The Connecticut division
will hold it's annual convention at
Derby, April 1916.