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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
QUEER SOUVENIRS BY MAIL
Wcrn and Soiled Collars, Cuffs, Shirt
Bosoms, Socks, Etc, Pass
Through.

THE souvenir postal card craza
seems to be governed by none of the
bounds of propriety and decency," de-
clared a postal clerk at the federal
building as he was distributing the
deposits found in the public drop
boxes, says the Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
IF the government doesn't put a
stop to this nonsense I'll have to find
a better job" he continued to muse.
1t was a disgraceful lot of stuff, to
be sure. In the collection were any
number of worn and soiled collars
cuffs and shirt bosoms, not to speak
of old socks, garters, and even sew
eral pairs of shoes.
The proper postage had been pre-
paid On everything-th cuffs, collars
and shirt bosoms bearing stamps and
addresses, the socks, garters and shoes
Icing attached to tags inscribed with
designations.
There is no doubt the post Office re.
ceipts are increasing everywhere be-
cause of this popular custom of send
ing oddities through the mail, said
another clerk in the same depart
ment, but | wonder where it's going
TO emo. The government will acceps
IN the mail anything not over four
pounds in weight. Why, the other
DAY we found a set of false teeth
merely attached to a tag AMI adj
dressed to a woman in Germantown.
It's tic limit"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
USE OF WASTE HARDWOOD
Bv-Products of Michigan Sawm1lls
Return Appreciable Money
Profits.

All the worlds woodcutters might be
millionaires if they knew how to gather
up the IL baskets of Industrial crumbs
as does a distilling plant in a Michigan
town. This establishment has capac-
itv of 80 cords of hardwood a day, the
wood consumed being slabs, crooked
logs treetops. and other hardwood
offal from logging and numbering opera
lions. From one cord of this material
there is made ten gallons of wood alco-
hol, 9S1a per cent. being pure; 2OO
mounds of acetate of lime, quicklime be-
ing added for this purpose, and 30 bush
els of charcoal Every product OF the
wood except the charcoal passes Off in
the form of gas and is reduced by dis
tillation. Some irreducible gas and a
little tar product are used as fuel. Moth
ing is lost. The alcohol is worth gu
cents a gallon. The acetate of lime is
worth two cents a pound, and the char-
coal is worth ten cents bushel. The
value of the lime used is worth not over
one-fourth of the value of the acetate
The value of the final product of the cord
of refuse wood is, therefore, not far from
S14. The process is not expensive. The
plant, running at full capacity. will turn
out product daily worth $1,26O from
material that has but little commercial
value in it's crude form.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
10 DANGER IN LICKING POSTAGE STAMP

When you lick a postage stamp you
30 not give the slightest thought to
the great care taken by the United
States Bureau of Engraving and Print
nag in the cumming OF the little piece
Of paper. So long as the letter goes to
hs destination without trouble you
haven anything to say, and it mat
f6rs little to you how the gum is put
IN.
But the process is. all the same, a
most interesting and delicate one, re-
uuiring precaution in securing uni
form coating of the best adhesive gum
10 be had The process is as much an
sxact science as the building of the
great naval guns az the Washington OIL
Brooklyn navy yards.
So exacting is the Post office De-
partments in requiring uniform coat
rag that after the cumming is over the
stamps are tested to discover II the
soatIng of the mucilage varies seven
ten-thous lndth of a pound to q sheet.
which measures 1H12x23 inches, each
s0ntaining 400 stamps. The sheets
20 to the cumming room after printing
and the Cumming concludes one of the
principal processes necessary before
delivery 70 the post-oftice Department.
When you lick postage stamp you
need not tear tnat the gum IS some
thing untIean. Postal gum is the best
quality ON the face of the earth 1t is
derived from dextriDe product secured
IN the process of making starch from
potatoes, corn ana the cassava root.
The starch from these vegetables is
Heated by roasting at temperature OF
about 400 degrees at the first stage,
causing it to turn into dextIine. Fur
tter changes make postal gum, and II
the changes were carried to the limit
he result would bo grape sugar OF
glucose The best postal gum is that
Ehich contains thu least unconverted
starcn and little glucose. When the
material tor making gum reaches tht
Bureau of Engraving and Printing il
looks much like -four except in color.
1t comes in sacks of 200 pounds each
and every consignment from the con
tractors is carefully inspected before
using. 1t is subjected to MICROSCOPIC
examination and to chemical analysis,
and all this is followed by a p1actica
test
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
Underground Garden.

A clever Dublinite has turned de-
serted wine-cellar in his native city
into an underground market garden.
In this retreat, which once sheltered
barrels and casks of fiery liquors, now
grow seakale, rhubarb and mushrooms
AS the produce is right in the heart OF
the market district, the city farmer has
no railway charges to pay, and in truth
many of his customers, DESTROYS Of OBJ
tanning fresh vegetables, visit his under
ground farm and select what they desire
by the light of lantern.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
THREE THEORIES AND A SITUATION.

Nea,lv $50, 600 600 has been expended
up to date on the Panama Canal anu
as an esteemed New York contempt
lary remarks, all thAt we have 10 sno"
for our money is situation Inc
French company has got is S4O, OOe :
600, the Republic of Panaml has oeen
squared by a gift of $40 600 OOO,
ana the rest of the vast appropriation
has been frltteIed away partly In
nremature effort to make the dirt
fly' and party in the maintenance OF
an extravagant system OF admlnlstIa-
ton. =
In pIoot of che latter assertion 1t is
necessary only to point to the sweeping
Reductions in salaries just ordered oy
the Shopts commission. lhe-- cut
ranges from 40 per cant in the higher
to Is per cent. in the lower grades OF
cIerksnlps. 1t has not transpired that
anv cut was made in the salaries OF
CHAIRMAN Shonts or any other member
of the commission. -
Former Chief Engineer wallace
"desertIon" has been amply ]ustlneu
by events. One reason given by MN
for abandoning his post OF uuIy
was the neglect If the war department
10 make proper provision for lnsuilns
the health of laboreIs and other en-
Moves in the tever-IldZen marshes VI
the isthmus. Chairman ononts hss
heen constrained 10 suspend all WORE
on excavations until more saluorlous
conditions shall have been obtained
through the efforts of the sanitary. De
nartment of the commission. Engineer
Wallace found it impossible 70 make
heaoway against the methods or score
taly Taft's ciIcumlocution ONCE
Chairman Shonts, too, has found thai
he is ''up against it. " His atIemp'
to break through the meshes of led tap'
IN awarding to a catering company O.
his own selection the privilege of feed
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
CALLED UPON TO EXPLAIN
The State Insurance Department
seeks Information ms to an Al
legged Expenditure of 100000.

Chicago. Oct. 25.-Officials of the IL
inois l. Insurance Co. who have
aeen c la upon by the state insur-
aRcs & ut aent to explain transac-
Son f-,~olying the alleged payment OF
Some g.,,tH), expended in 1903. at
time y g a measure was pending be-
tore til fGlsls le 5islature providing
t" tAa t- ,ycr of the Kansas Mu-
nj Life Insurance CO. by the Illinois
e0ncern, say the entire affair will be
cleared ZIP Wednesday. Twelve inter
.-.-...l. in all, it is said were pro-
7runded ~ the state insurance depart
ncul WHAT those interroga ives were
VIC qs.1L.l5 Of the Illinois Life decline
70 TT. President James w. Stevens
e. the III nois Life said;
Not enc dollar of the money was
I'D 81 tla Illinois Life Insurance Co.,
ar auecLe n its in .erest, for the pur-
r~se Of influencing legislation in Kan
sas.''
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
LONELY LIFE FINALLY
YIELDS A FORTUNE

With Alaska turs valued at T25, OOO
from NuIato. on the lower Yukon. Gar
rett Busch has arrived in Seattle after
eight years spent in tratficKinG with
the Indians in the wilderness which
he was the first white man to pene-
trate as a trader. When Mr.. busch
reached Nulato. August II, 1897, with
a miners outfit as mis- sole possession,
ne foresaw in that gloomy solitude
trade in the furs which protect animal
life from Arctic winters which would
exceed in returns the reasonable posi-
biIities of mining ventures. Mr..
Busch settled down at the place where
the little town of Nulato now stands.
He built one-story cabin with lumber
which ne sawed from the native tim
her and began to trade his miners
supplies to the natives for the turs
which they knew so we'll how to trap,
kut of whose value they had no concep
ton. Through the first winter he
lived alone, except when an occasional
SQUAD of Indian ttappers came by and
stopped in curiosity to learn what
manner of man had settled in so lonely
SPOT. To these Indians he traded
his humble supplies. except the pro-
visions which be actually needed to
sustain his own existence until SPRING
The visits of the Indians we're few
and far between. The solitary trader
was often nomeslck as he sat through
the almost perpetual darkness OF the
Arctic winter. In the short hours OF
glimme1ing daylight he gathered his
little stores OF tirewood, dragging them
through the snow, and then sat through
the long night couIting off the days
on the calendar until spring. His
nearest white nelghboIs were at Anvlk,
200 miles down the Yukon, and al
Weare, 240 miles up the stream. He
never saw a white face until nearly q
year after his arrival at Nulato.
When spring broke upon the lonely
hermit. life assumed a moIe cheerful
aspect. The fame of the new white
trader had spread far through the
Indian settlements, and the natives
began calling regularly at the post
with their stocks of furs. They came
from Koyokuk, from Innoko and from
KuskokWin, some of them travelling
nearly 500 miles.
The prospects of the fur trade be-
came so bright that Mr.. Busch sent tC
New York tor his wife to come oul
and Join him.
| She did 50, taking with her theil
two babies. Il boy and gill. These
children have learned to speak thu
Indian language fuently, but last fal
were sent back to New York to b.
educated. Seattle Times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27

inc the army of canal employees tor five
wears was open to the criticism that
the contract was not given to the low
est bidder, even though Mr.. Shonts
was suppoIted in his arbitrary course
oy President Roosevelt.
The circumlccution office, however,
will not suffer any interference with
II. time honOred routine Chairman
Shonts' contractor has been induced or
worried, into throwing up his $5O, OOO :
400 contract; and the canal employees
will be fed by the successors In once
OF Commlssary General Egan, OF ''em-
balmed beet fame.
Meanwhile the advisory board OF
American and foreign engineers is still
coeitatlng the problem whether IL
would be mole advisable TO construct
f, canal with locks or to make a cash
through the 18th nus at sea level. one
might nave supposed that the decision
of this superlatlvely important ques-
tlon should, have preceded the expendl-
ture of one cent on excavations, all OF
which may prove useless In the last
moment a project has been formulated
to make artificial lakes in the three
valleys traversing the isthmus, these
lakes to be connected by step LOCKS OF
moderate lit and comparatively small
cost We are thus confronted oy three
theories and situation. AS tor
oetting nearer to a finished canal,
the $50, 600, 900 already spent might
as well have been thrown into often.
philadelphia Record.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
Rig DEMAND FOR
RENTAL PROPERTY

Local real estate men complain OF
me deaIth of vacant cottages and Iesi
dences for rental purposes. One agent
states that ne has had six applications
Nhin the past week from people wno
wish to move to Columbia. and that ne
HAS been unable to fill single on9 OF
them.
This is a good field for investment
for capitalists, ard especially those who
awn vacant lots in Columbia and
more than that, mole houses are neces
mIy if the town is to grow and keep
pace with the general prosperity of the
aim
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
D. VAUGHAN BADLY INJURED.

Mr.. ID. Vaughan was very painfully
injured Monday afternoon while at
work on the new Wakefield building
near the depot. Mir. Vaughan was
helping to move a heavy building stone
when one end fell from the support
upon which 1t was resting and landed
upon both his feet. While no bones
were broken both feet were badly
bruised and torn and 1t will be some
time before Mr.. Vaughan can walk.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
U, S. TREASURER'S REPORT
No Other Government Has Ever Held
So Much Gold as Is Now In
the Treasury.

Washington, Oct. 25.-The annual
report of the treasurer of the United
States shows that for the past two
years the expenditures of the govern
ment have been in excess of the rev.
enues to the aggregate amount OF more
than $4,000, 900. This, however, in
cludes the extraordinary expenditure
in 1904 of $50 10000 on account of the
Panama canal. This is the first year
in the past six years when the ordina-
ry expenditures were in excess OF the
revenues, and the amount was $23.-
0O4,228. The available cash balance
June 80 last of $145, All 491, largely
adequate to meet the demands upon
the treasury for some time to come.
Since 1896 gold has increased more
than any other kind of money in cir
culation. The total gold in the treas
urv on June 30, 1905, amounted to $780,
1872, 399, and by October 10, 1905, it had
attained a maximum of $74S, 1888. No
other government has ever held 50
much of the precious metal.
The paper currency issued direct by
the national government amounts to II
per cent of the stock of paper money
in the country and embraces more than
IS per cent of the notes and certificates
outstanding of the denominations OF 80
and under.
The national debt was reduced 3d.
! 9O1 .921 during the past fiscal year.
BOat with Twenty-Five Missing.
Cleveland, O., Oct. 25.-The steamer
Kaliyuga is missing on Lake Erie. she
carries a crew of % men.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
TURNPIKE CASES IN
CHANGERY COURT

The application of the Mt, Pleasant
Turnpike Co. Tor pc manent lnJuhc-
ton against the Turnpike COMMISSION
ers for the purpose Of restraining the
Commissioners from ordering the gates
Of the pike open while repairs are being
made along the roadway, Is still under
consideration in the Chancery Court.
When this matter is decided, the SUIT
brought to have the charter OF TINS
pike forfeited, will come up for hearing
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
1ox.It On To the War.

Houston, Tex, Oct. 25.-Nelson Nor
rs. one of the big packers, was asked
WHY the price of hides had been ad-
RANGED to a point where leather was
hoved high so rapidly. He answered:
1t is an old fact that Immediately
after a war you will see the price OF
leather and wool go up, and in this in
stance it is the same old story" He
denied that the leather makers were
being squeezed by the packers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
To probibit saloon Removal.

Springfield, ILL.,, Oct. 25.-The city
soancil. by vote of 8 to 5, passed Alder
man Timms' ordinance making it inn
possible for the property owners to re-
move a saloon after it has once been
established outside the saloon district.
Church congregations have been fight
ing the ordinance.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
Benzine Buegies in Germany.

In Germany motorist can be pun
ished for allowing his car to give of a
strong smell of benzine. A German au-
tomobilist was fined for this offense re-
Gently, and appealed to a higher court.
1t has now been decided that punish
ment for such an offense can only be
zine is so great as to force passers-by to
take another road"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
SON OF PHIL DAWSON
FATALLY INJURED

George, the eight-yesr-old son OF Phil
Dawson, of the Cross Bridges neigh6or'
hood, was thrown from his horse Fri
day while on his way to school, and is
thought to be fatally injured. The boy 8
skull was so badly fractured that the
brain was visible,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27

St Louis, Oct 25.-Fire in the base
meut OF the resident of Festus j. Wade
placed in jeopardy 100000 worth OF
Wedding presents received from all
parts OF the world by Miss Stella
%ade, on the eve of her marriage to
Nr. Charles Sou in. The firemen,
however, arrived quickly and soon had
me blaze under control.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
Is Mss ROOSEVELT nnGaged:

San Francisco, Oct 25.-Members
Miss Roosevelt's party expressed beije.
chat the announcement OF the engage
nent of Miss Roomw 1t and Congress
man Longworth will be announced in
Washington at the beginning of the so
aial season.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
Senator Foraker III.

Cincinnati, Oct. Ex-senator Foraker
is reported seriously i'll. 1t is believed
he will not be able to take further part
in the campaign.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
ra.,, parent. Are MilIIonaires.

81. Louis, Oct. 25,-Miss Stella Wade,
laughter of Festus J. Wade. million
aire, and Charles Scullin, son OF john
Scullin. millionaire, were married by
Archbishop Glennon, assisted by 81
priests. The wedding presents are val
ned at 100000.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27

New Baltimore, Mich, Oct. %.
Twenty-Five passengers were injured
10y collision between q motor car and
q construction train. The motor car Is
a complete wreck.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
TEP TUWnnJ MEDIATION
yoshippton Government COmmis-
sions Russell to Try AND settle
Franco-Venezuela Affairs.

Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 25.-The
government at Washington has com
nissioned the American minister, Mr..
Russell, to endeavor to arrange the
Tranco-Venezuelan diplomatic incident.
Mr.. Russell will go to Los Teques
md have an interview with President
NaStrO
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
s,uJ.n, Burned 20 Denth.

Fort Worth, Tex, Oct. Cone stu
dent reported burned to death, Others
have narrow escape in boarding house
fire at Mckinney, Tex.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27

EARN TELEGRAPHY and r. X. Ac-
Ia counting $50 to $500 month Salary
assured our graduates under bond. Our six
Schools the largest in America, and endor-
sed by all Railroads. Write for cataiog.
MORSE SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY, Gin
Cinnati. o., Buffalo, N. Y, Atlanta, Ca, La
crosse, Wis, Texarkana, Tex, San Francis
co. cal Aug Am
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
An Invalid.

Frankie-Papa. what's the difference
between being sick and an invalid?
Papa-An invalid. my boy, is one
who makes those around him sick
". Y. Times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
Hardware

We have added from time to time
since we have been in our new store Till
we have very complete line. Almost
anything you want. >rs
SAT rERFIELD 4 DODSON.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27

WANTEO-Genteman OF lady with
good reference, to travel by rail or with
rig. Salary Sl,072.00 per year and ex-
penses. Salary paid weekly and ex-
penses advanced. Address, with stamp,
Jos. A. Alexander, Columbia, Tenn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27

= Secretary Taft announces that the
Panama Canal will be built by private
as far as possible.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
Heating Stoves

We have bought nice stock OF coal
md wood heaters. Will have them IN
store by 255h. Wait aud see what we
have. Prices are right.
SATTERFIELO q DODSON.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27

Bloomington, ILL.,, Got 25.-The busi-
ness district of Sibley was almost COM
lletely destroyed by fire.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27

There is 1umor in st. Petersburg
Nat Count Wltte has been appointed
Prem ier with the portfolio OF Minister
of Finance
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
Guns

See our stock of guns just received
fre sh and new, big stock. Also hunting
aoats, bags and belts. Loaded bells.
SArTERFIELD & DODSON.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
LEARN TELEGRAPHY
AND r. ACCOUNTING

We furnish IS per cent. of the Operators
and Station Agents in America. Our six
schools are the largest exclusive Telegraph
Schools Ia the tcOrld. Established ~ years
and endorsed by al leading railway ofnclais.
We furnish $3.50 bond to every student to
furnish him or her position paying from
$40 to $50 a month in States east of the ROCKY
Mountains, or from $50 to 500 month in
States west OF the Rockies, t"naededte'y
upon graduation,
students can enter at any time. No vaca..
tions, For full particulars regarding any OF
our Schools, write direct to our executive
office at Cincinnati, o. Catalogue free.
The Morse School of Telegraphy
Cincinnati, %. BJTdo' n: 4
5tI0nfU. Ga, Lacrosse, Wis
TerGrE1ua. Tee Sam Francisco, Cal
Aug4-4m
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-27
5000 E!EGaAg9ER&
NEEDED

Annually, to fill the new positions created
by Railroad and telegraph companies. we
want Young Mem and Ladies OF good habits
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-03-24
Poor Farm Report.

Few people in the county, outside
those whose duty it is to know, are
aware of the extent of the equipment
and stock on the poor farm. Commits.
sioners Sawyer, Anderson and Fogel,
the standing committee en- the poor
farm, recently made the annual inven,
tory of stock, grain, implements, etc,
on the poor farm and submitted their
report to the county board on Tues
day. The inventory shows the follow
ing assets:
Hogs--40 head of hogs, average
weight 1876 pounds; II head of pigs,
average weight % pounds; Is brood
sows, average weight 200 pounds.
Grain etc-l3OO bushels ear corn,
600 bushels shelled corn, 800 bushels
wheat, 500 bushels oats, rs bushels
potatoes, 10 tons prairie hay for sale
Cattle-5 milch cows, 3 two-year-old
heifers, 3 yearling heifers, / yearling
steer, 2 spring calves, l male, l female.
Horses black mare IL years old, l
black horse 10 years old, l bay horse II
years old, ! bay horse Q years old, !
bay mare colt 2 years old, 2 black
ponies II years old.
Poultry 100 chickens, ID guineas,
Farm machinery-1 Sattley riding
%cultivator, l Sattley walking cultiva-
tor, 1 Sattley gang pillow, l Sattley
sulky pillow, l Eagle riding lister, l Az
foot cut Mccormick mower, / Deering
binder, l Hoosier orn planter, l Brown
stalk cutter, l Asherst drill, l spade
disk, l Fish Bros. lumber wagon,
spring wagon, 2 sets IL inch harness
] hay rake, / three section steel har
row, ! hay wagon and rack.