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The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20
How to Prepare Tea.

In the best restaurants of the
Chinese quarter in San Francisco
tea is never made in a teapot, but
each cup is brewed separately. The
cup itself is different. 1t is a small
bowl covered with a strainer and a
lid. A tiny bundle Of long tea leaves
is placed in the strainer and the
boiling water is poured over it. This
first infusion is invariably thrown
away as being unfit to drink. This
procedure has caused the leaves to
swell, and when next the boiling
water is poured on it filters through
slowly and is allowed to steep for a
few moments. When the strainer is
removed the golden liquid that re-
mains in the bowl ready for drink
ing, without milk or sugar, is as diff
ferent from the tea ordinarily served
in an English drawing room as
champagne is from ginger pop
Californian in London Chronicle.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20
FLOOD PREDICTIONS.
About the Most Remarkable Were tae
Warnings Of 1903.

warnings or 1SG3-
One of the most remarkable cases
of food prediction on record was the
warning of the disastrous floods of
1908. Twenty-eight days in adj
vance of its coming the forecaster
at Washington announced theAexact
time when the crest Of d food Would
reach New Orleans and said that the
height of the flood would be twenty
one feet Punctually to the hour
the flood came, and its crest was
twenty feet and seven inches, only
five inches less than the height pre-
dicted. The immen y ocean of water
had started 1000 miles away 1t
had dropped from the skies over a
territory SIX times larger than the
state of New York lover 5000
square miles,. But the weather man
knew its rate of march as surely as
the engineer, with his eye on the in
dicator, knows the speed Of his loco
motive. The people at Memphis
were warned that the waters would
rise to forty feet and overtop their
levees, and they were given seven
DAYS notice The people of Cairo
were told to prepare for a height of
fifty feet. But as they were nearer
the starting point of the flood they
received only four days notice. Such
seasonable warning gave time to the
people to prepare for defense. Thou
sands Of men were set to work to
raise and strengthen the levees and
embankments, to clear the wharfs
and river banks, to remove women
and children, to drive the cattle to
places of safety When the flood ar
rived the people were ready for it.
Comparatively few lives were lost,
and the damage to property, while
terrible, was millions and millions
of dollars less than it would have
been if the people had had no SEN
tinel to cry out the march of the
waters
The devotion of the dixie watchers
of Holland has been the theme of
children's stories for generations,
but the sleepless watch of the hum
dreds of weather bureau observers
when a food threatens the land
passes unnoticed and unpraised. The
scientific precision of American sci
ence has made the work appear so
simple that it has been robbed Of its
romance
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20
No Need For His Gun.

4 certain Massachusetts, doctor
who lived among the Berkshire hills
was very fond of hunting, and at
the same time he was very slow in
answering the calls Of his patients.
One morning he was aroused by a
servant of one of his patients who
lived at a distance, and told to go
and see him right away. The doe
tor began to prepare, but was, g
usual, very slow. After he went sllt
to the buggy he turned to 60 Jack
into the house. He thought ne
would be able to do some 1dntlng
on the way after he hsI seen the
case. Reaching the dor he turned
and asked the rervous servant:
e1ro you think J had better take my
gun along?" Gun No. The man
will be dead enough at this rate be-
fore You get there"
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20
Rossetti and Whistler.

Once Rossetti asked Whistler how
he liked a sketch he had made for a
picture. ut has good points," was
the answer. "Go ahead with it." A
few weeks later he was asked about
the picture Doing famously,"
said Rossetti. 1--WE ordered a stun
ming frame for it" Some time
later Mr.. Whistler saw the canvas,
framed, but still virgin of paint
brush or paint. you've done moth
ing to it, !" said Mr.. Whistler. 'No,"
replied Rossetti, "but I've written a
sonnet on the subject if you would
care to hear il" When the recita-
ton was over Mr.. Whistler said,
sRossetti, take out the canvas and
put the sonnet in the frame"
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20
Fooled the Censor.

During the South African war
the censorship of soldiers letters
home was very strict. One soldier,
who always sent an account of
the doings of the regiment, which
account was always blotted out
by the censor, laid d plan for
revenge. At the foot of his
next letter he wrote, "Look I'M
der the stamp" The censor did so,
after spending considerable time in
steaming the stamp from the en-
velope. And he found these words :
WAS it hard to get off %
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20

Hon. Charles Scott, a prom
inent planter of the Delta. Will
sail this week for Europe, where
he goes for the purpose of secur.
ing white laborers TO take the
places Of the negroes who have
been working on his plantations
for many years past. Mr.. Scott
is not only a prominent lawyer
but an extensive planter as well.
and is said to control more
separate cotton plantations than
any one man ia the State. He
has reached the conclusion that
the day when farming can be
successfully carried on with ne
gro labor is thing of the past,
and it is his purpose to import a
number of Italians to work the
plantations which he controls.
If we can ever get a colony of
Italians successfully established
here others of their cOuntrymen
will follow, and perhaps in this
way the labor problem, which
has grown to be such a serious
one for the South, can be settled.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20
Notice.

Mrs. S. B. Williamson will
open a kindergarten in Columbus
on September 1st. She received
her training in Mobile and has
for years taught this work sue
cessfully. Without additional
charge Physical culture lessons
will be given daily. Mrs. VIII.
Hanson studied physical culture
at Harvard University and for.
merly taught it at fhe /. I. and
g. For terms and particulars
call or address
Mrs. S. B. Williamson.
523 n. Seventh street.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20
The YOUNG Doctor.

The young doctor has hard row
to hoe" remarked a physician at a
recent dinner. eff he does not own
a horse and carriage the people say
he cannot have large practice. If
he does own q horse which happens
to be fat the people insist that he
cannot have much work to do. If,
on the other hand, the horse hap
pens to be bony they circulate the
news that the doctor keeps his horse
only for show and is so hard up that
he can't afford to feed the animal
properly. Kansas City Independ-
emf
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20
A Rar 70 Rinan,y.

Boys" said teacher IN q Sun
day school, "can any Of you quote =
verse from Scripture to prove that
Il j. wrong for a man to have two
wives 2 He paused, and after q
moment or two a bright boy raised
his hand. well, Thomas. said the
teacher encouragingly. Thomas
stood up and said, no man can
'erve two masters" The question
led there.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20
THE COLD OF 1916.
Queer Weather That Came - "the /
Year Without Summer"

Year Without Summer"
The year 1916 has been called
sSthe year without a summer" The
Boston Congregationalist of some
years ago gave the following account
of it:
January and February we're mild,
March was cold, April began warm,
but ended in snow and ice. Ice form1
ed an inch thick in May, and fields
were planted over and over again
till it was too late to replant. June
was the coolest ever. known IN this
latitude. Frost and ice were COM
mon. Almost every green thing
was killed Fruit nearly all was de- /
stroyed. Snow fell to the depth of
ten inches in Vermont, seven in
Maine, three in the interior of New
y ork and also in Massachusetts.
There were a few warm days. 1t
was called a dry season. But little
rain fell The wind blew steadily
from the north, cold and fierce. /
Mothers knit extra socks and nit
tens for their children in the spring,
and wood piles, that usually disap-
peared during the warm spell IN
front Of the houses, were speedily
built up again. Planting and shiver-
ing were done together, and the
farmers who worked out their taxes
on the county roads wore overeoats |
and mittens. On the 18th Of June |
heavy snow fell in New England /
The cold was intense. A farmer
who had a large field of corn in
Tewksburv built fires around it at |
night to ward off the frost. Many
an evening he and his neighbors
took turns watching them. He was
rewarded with the only crop of corn
in the neighborhood.
Considerable damage was done In |
New Orleans in consequence of the +
rapid rise of the Mississippi river
Fears were entertained that the sun
was cooling off, and throughout New
England all picnics were strictly
prohibited. July was accompanied
with frost and ice Indian corn was
nearly all destroyed. Some favora I
bly, situated fields escaped. August
was more cherries if possible than
the summer months which preceded
it. Ice was formed half an inch
in thickness. Indian corn was so
frozen that the greater part was cut
down and dried for fodder Almost
every green thing was destroyed in
this country and in Europe On the
30th snow fell at Barnet, forty miles
from London Very little corn rip
ened in New England and the md
die states. Farmers supplied them
selves from corn produced in 1915
for seed In the spring of 1917. 1T
sold at from ST to S. per bushel.
furnished about two
weeks of the pleasantest weather of
the season, but in the latter part of
the month ice formed an inch thick.
October had more than its share of
cold weather. November was cold
and snowy. December was comfort
able, and the winter following was
mild. Very little vegetation was
matured in the eastern and middle
states. The suns rays seemed to be
destitute of heat during the sum
mer All nature was clad in sable
hue, and men exhibited no little
anxiety concerning the future of
life.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20

We offer one hundred dollars re-
ward for any case of catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall 5 Cafarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. Q.
We the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations
made by his firm.
WALDING. KNNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Hall 5 Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per
bottle. Sold By all Druggists.
Take Hall 5 Family Pills for con-
stipation
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20

Mr.. Sam Jones accompanied
by his wife a daughter. from
GAINESVILLE. Ala, are in the city
on visit to DR.. w. w. West
moreland and family.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20

Miss Lena Plesfosky. Jewess,
was married TO A. S. Smith. a
Gentle, in Memphis last Satur-
day, the ceremony having been
performed by negro preacher.
Qrite mixed up matrimonial
affair to say the least of it.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20

Tie April term Of the MISSES
ippi Supreme Court viii adjurn
sine die next Monday. The dock
ct has been practically cleared.
only four or five cases remaining
TO be disposed of.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH.
P. ". MAER. Lessee and Manager

Entered at the postomce in Columbus, Miss.
& second class mai matter.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20
For Sale.

Ny home in South Columbus.
For further information apply
to DIR. John D. Odeneal.
7-12-1m. ROBT. L. LEWIS.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20

The justly celebrated Calhoun Rye Whiskey, with an
unsued reputation of p years behind every bottle
doubtedy entitled to the unstned praise accorded it by
competent judges of quality in whskey 1t is aged u
wood and bottle guaranteed to be absolutely pure
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-08

75c. Mothers Friend washable
Blouses, 4Sc. In fancy pertale and
madras. In stripes and figured effects.
collars attached or neat band sizes 10
IL years.
Boys $3.50 Flannel Blouses,
9Sc. Sizes. 3 TO 8 years; fine lannels
in the Russian style.
Mothers Friend wa shable Rus
sian Suits. Csc. and sl.4S.
Sizes 3 10 years; plain and fancy stripe
Chamhrays, in light blue, old rose and
Oxford gray, made with sailor collar.
E,on collar or military style, buttoned
on shoulder blouses and boomers cut
full and long.
Boys two piece suits. AIDS.
Sues : 70 II years; IN brown stripes
these usually sell for $2g5.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-08

get out long enough to make my on "a
ballot Then | went back 10 my apart
ment and went to bed
My next door neighbor. an honest old
Dutcbman came in 10 see me in tho after
noon He said that he had voted the Re
publican ticket all his life but he had con
Guided 10 change because he liked the
honest farmer Of Esopus, ana he believed
the people Of the country were ready for
d change.
was not much inclined TO Talk politics
that day, but tried 20 persuade my honest
friend that he was ma king change IN his
politics at the wrong time But he in
sisted and let il 60.
As he was leaving he said he was going
10 stay downtown until nc heard the re
suit. asked him TO come in on his return
and tell me the news He promised TO do
so.
i waited that night until my condition
suggested that ! must wait no longer and |
took an opiate that put me 10 sleep. had
left orders not 10 be disturbed / was late
in the afternoon Of the following day be-
fore awoke. When did inquired of my
nurse about the result OF the election and
she told me about the landslide.
waited for my npighbor to come in.
but he was like Grouchy at Waterloo. /
have met him several times since in the
hall on the street in the subway and in
the res orts Of the city, but he has never
referred 10 what he heard downtown on
election night and have never bad the
heart TO ask him. | asked his good wife
one evening how Hans was getting on.
and she replied
He vos make w his mind dot hc waited
too long TO make shangc in his bolitics.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-08
A Budget of Big Values
The Gist of Mondays Sales.

Another Rousing Silk Sale-Values Unprecedented.
Administer Carpets and Rugs-Priced Considerably
Less than Usual.
Mems $500 and SIG. so Business Suits $685.
Women's 81. 90 Silk Belts. 79c.
5000 yards of Sutings for Skirts and Suits Sl.OO,
SIPS and $50 fabrics, at 69c yard,
81 so Black French Etamine Wolfe, soc yard
January Sale Of Shirts, Collars and Underwear for
men, women and children.
Umbrellas. Surplus Stock Sale-For Men and Women,
Mems Fine Underwear Half Priced
Women's Leather Hand Bags, 33}s to 4Orc less than
sua.
So. 90 Silk Lined Allover Lace Waists, SIS %.
Laces and Embroidenes, Marveously Little Prices
Great Sale of Medicines and Toilet Preparations
Big Bargain in Boys Clothing
Camera Supplies-Greaty Reduced.
Women's So. so Boots at $l.95.
Annual Sale in the Art Ncedlcwork Store of Fine
Laces.
81, 10000 Worth of Hair Combs for 100000.
Granulated Sugar s-pound bag for BIC. Not more
than Is pounds to customer. Sugar sold to-
morrow will be delivered during the week
loc Black Taffeta Ribbons, inches wide, l5c. yard
4Oc and soc Silver Photograph Frames, l9c.
Third Week of Brooklyns Greatest White Sale
Mems Suits to Measure, $40 5O--values $22, 90 to
$500.
Added wonders in the January Fur Sale.
g. so Corsets at SIPS.
Womcn's So 90 Dress Hats, 81. IS.
Most Remarkable Pricing in Household Utilities
68c. French Printed Tule, 45c
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-08

turkey will do you for Thanksgiving and
Christmas had better got right busy pretty
soon Some Of the prosperity grabbcrs
Of New ork have already given the turkey
anti.
II tell you as an old tradesmnn that tho
turkey + doomed | don't know whit
will take it's place but u Is vanishing.
let me tell you another thing tha' You
rnav not have noticed The turkey Of
to-day is not AZ tbothsome as 1t was. II Is
degenernting
lust hunt mp some old granddaddy who
has tasted wild turkey and he will tell YOU
that there Is no comparison between the
-trutter 81 the forest and the pampcred
bird of the pen. The wild bird had a gamey
flavor that your tame one can never APP
prnach
Il reckon YOU know that the turkey
IN England il now only ? recollection Sc
it will be in the United states within the
next ten wears
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-08
PASSING or rHE TrRKEr.
\ Washington Market Dealer Sounds a
Note Of Warning.

you fellows who insist on eating turkey
will have 10 take steps - procure some
other kind Of meat before many more
moons said Washington market dealer
TO one of his customers who said he had
never got enough turkey meat If the
demand OF the last few years keeps on in
creasing there won be enough turkeys
in this country in twenty-five yolrs to
count
-You have heard that Old story about
the vanishing buhalo2 Well sir the next
story will be about the vanishing gobbler
and his mate.
TT. all on account OF too much cvili1a-
ton. The progenitor Of the turkeys you
have been eating All your life was the wild
turkey When the Pilgrims biz the Massa-
chusscts pike the turkeys were IA I'M
tanned as the Indian.
They had their wings and as the pale
faces began 70 spread out the turkeys took
10 their wings and travelled West The y
knew how 10 live They didn't have TO be
penncd up and pampered Is they now are
Ia Rhode Island
The turkey tastes best when n raises
itself on the range. You do not need any
statistics to prove llat ine ranges IN juIs
country are decreasing The country is
filing up with people. Civilization Is the
cause Of that
Turkey raising Is improbable on small
farms Whenever small farm comes
into existence the tiller of the soil ascer-
tain, that there is more money In other
things besides turkeys turkey re-
quircs az much range as a Texas steer.
And that Is why We get more turkeys
now from Texas than We do from the New
England and the middle States of the West.
There is plenty of range in Texas for tine
bird and that D. why the Texas turkey
Is better in every way than tho turkey
that r. raised in the Eas' II won't be
many years before Tie President Of the
United States viii got hi Christmas bird
from the State n Joe Pailev.
y on pcop,a who think nothing but
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-08
Big Bargains in Boys Clothing.

Pants Hats Blouses and Washable Suits-a the styles
the the smallest anywhere We have
this Boys Clothing Store in Brooynour
phenomenal the simply
we show best Boys, Clothing in borough very
lest prices anywhere.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-08

Knee Pants, 49c. Sizes = to Is
wears. made from short lengths Of fine
fabrics that usually sell Tor 1jl. Fine
finish corduroy and fancy mixed Chsv'
lots. Cut full, strongly seWed seams,
extension Wristbands.
Knee Pants. zoe. Sizes ! to l6
years. Blue cheviot, fancy mixtures
and corduroyS. cut iulI and roOmy, the
kind that usually sell for Sl.00.
Knee Pants, Csc. Sizes g TO 10
years. In the finest cheyiotS and cas-.
simeres, taiIorS' remnants, usually sold
for Sl.iS.
BOYS ToQucs, 4Sc. In navy blue or
cardinal, With white end stripes.
Boys Hockey or Skating Caps.
worth 9Sc.. Mt 09c. In red or
navy, with long cord and ,assel.
second Hoor rear. EAN Bullding
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-08
HE VOTED FOR PiRKER.
ind Then Hans Concluded lie Had Waited
Too Long to Change Ills Politics.

w T.WIIF W NII"N7V TN u ''I1''-''
There is one man in New York Who did
not hear Of Judge Parker's defeat until
late in the day after election, although
he lives IN the heart Of the city. He told
The story a few DAYS ago to a little party
that sat down with him AZ luncheon in a
Broadway cafd.
Il was a sick mpn that day. he said,
meaning election day, although ] did
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-08
Umbrellas Surplus Stock Sale.
For Men and Women

The entire surplus stocks of two leading makers.
Hardly necessary to say that they are away below
regular prices for such excellent grades. The variety
of handles is simply enormous.
Mems and Women's &1.25 Umbrellas 74c
English gloria, 90 and 2s inch sizes
Mems and Women's 900 Umbrellas 96c
Fine Union tatea silk, 26 and % inch sizes.
Women's $3.50 Umbrellas, $l.2S. Pure silk black,
navy and green.
women's 81 so Umbrellas, s23a. TwiIIed silk
Women's $500 Umbrellas, $2.S7 Fine twi..t
silk black and coors.
women's $3.50 Umbrellas, $3.50. Heavy twiIei
silk
l4Vanne silk
Mems and wumen's $1,000 Umbrellas, $3.50.
Heavy l.eVantne silk.
Mems and womens $1,000 Umbrellas, s9.0l
Fine imported Levanine silk.
Mems and Nomen's $4,000 Umbrellas. A11.04
Finest imported LeVantne silk
Main moor. Central Ruldiar
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-07-01
ounnerx In the Amerlcnn Navy.

gunner on the United states bat.
tlcship kentucky, operating Eve
inch gun, has MT a target 2lxlG feet
In size. at distance Of nearly mile,
thirteen times In one minute, missing
only one Of his fourteen shots III
tho squadron had been firing nj an
enemy there would have been no en-.
envy in half an honr said Rear Ad-
mlral Robloy u Evans ir praise OF
this fine work. Three other guuners
did equally well II cost Uncle Sam
good deal OF money 20 enable It's
naval gunners 10 acquire such skin,
but e IS also necessary to produce
men who are capable Of such work,
as is done In this country and Japan
better than anywhere else In the
world at the present time Hartford,
Conn. Times.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-07-01
Muck Lands.

Millions Of acres OF muck land stin
make up the aggregate Of our farming
lands. and In most cases tho muck
lands are not being utilized. In some
swamps the muck graduates slowly
into peat. and OF course the peat is
OF little value except for burning
Some OF tho peat boys OF the United
States comprise thousands OF acres
each The states known TO contain
the largest aggregate OF muck lands
are Illinois, Indiana. Wisconsin. Michi.
gan, Minnesota. Iowa and Florida In
these states the aggregate OF muck
lands runs from 900 10 5000 suuare
miles. Even In the state where tho
aggregate Is only 1000 square miles
the acreage Is thus $4,000. This viii
give some conception OF tho magni.
tude OF tho factor comprised In the
term muck land"
To-day about 30 OF the experiment
stations In this country are deyotlnp
more or less attention TO the manage
ment OF muck lands. Muck lands have
been formed by tho partial decay OF
water plants. but these same pIants
have been prevented from completelv
decaying by the water that has GOV.
cred them. Had the air had n chance
TO get az them it would long AFRO
have completed the decay, and tho
manurial elements contained in the
plants would have helped TO feed new
plants. When drainage has been an.
piled 20 all our muck lands the decay
processes OF nature will be facilitated.
and It is possible that the time will
come when muck lands and peat lands
Will be unknown Adolphus Perry.
Black Hawk Co. la, In Farmers Re
view