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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
HOW "A SHIP WAS NAMED

How the, Vixen got her present name
is a favorite navy story. Commander
Alexander Sharp, Jr., now of the cruiser
Chattanooga, was naval aid to Theodore
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
navy, at the outbreak Of the Spanish
war and he applied for the command
OF vessel. He was then only a lieu
tenant and was not entitled to large
ship. John D. Long, secretary of the
navy, decided to assign him to command
the Josephine. tMr. Secretary,' said
Sharp. MY wife's name is Josephine
and wish you would change the name
OF the yacht [ am to commando "And
what does Mrs. Sharp say9" asked Mr..
Long: NSbe. said,'' answered Sharp,
."that if you kept the name it would
be the only 2, Josephine in! I ever com.
of the navy, 81 shall change the YES
sells name to the Vixen.' and the
Vixen she became. r.'.,.:--,'a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
NEXT SEASON
d the Old baseburner sat,

Around the old basebnrner sat, ,
A crowd engaged in friendly chat;
They threshed one subject Ger and DER;
A subject often threshed before IN 8
Next season. &
Said one Of these loud, gabby men,
81 batted last year Just one-ten;
But you guys keep your lamps on me,
m bat around three thirty three
Next season."
''My batting eye is clear, aall right,
I'll knock the horsehide out OF sight;
You betcher your life TIN still the goods.
I'll chase the pitchers to the woods
Next season..
my arm is. far from being dead;
Last year I lost my curves and speed, 81.
But I'll have all Of both Z need &
Next season.
"Pll have some curves that, shoot around
The batter's neck and hit the ground;
j u put the whiskers on the sphere,
II knock my catchers out. fear
- Next season. - s2s
And still another said, "r know
My fielding game last year was slow.
YOn fellows think I've lost my skill,
But say, yod want to wait until
Next season. 2
Then. with the. session at fits close. So s.
The bunch Of faded stars arose
Aud shouted, We don like to brag,
But watch our team cop out the nak--
Next season. =
III =. ~ o00-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
HOW THE AUNT SEES TT

There's a lesson to be learned from
this brief extract from an article in
the Overland Monthly: - I know one
kick over an anthill just to see what
the ants will do. know how it feels
to be an ant That is what one Stan.
ford girl said few hours after the
earthquake Of April 10. Boston Globe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
POLITE CEYLoNEsE

William Jennings Bryan, describing
his world tour in New York, praised
the Ceylonese.
fsThe Ceylonese,'' said Mr.. Bryan,
most tactful people you can imagine.
-. They have a, proverb that gives
some idea Of their delicacy. This prov
erb says: s.s
cit is safer to pull the tail Of a ii
ger than to call d lady's attention to
her first pray hair. ~ Is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
This Looks Logical.

To the Skidoo Problem Editor:
The least common multiple of the ven mum.
bers to %, inclusfve,4plus 1 is the smallest
number that is divisible by each of the given
numbers with always a remainder of 1. This,
then, is the number Of pennies the collector had
provided it is exactly divisible by %. The
least common multiple tof the given numbers is
122, 1e2, go. Add 1 and we have 1922, 1872, SOL,
which we find contains % exactly 1898 sO7
times Therefore the collector had 1872, 792, 5e1
pennies Helen Bibbins,
- -, 4 - Chatfeld Mimi
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Apparently the turkey divided tn

honors yesterday with the Skidoo
Problem. One received about as much
attention as the other, judging from
the inundation Of mail that flowed in
upon the Skidoo Problem editor, be-
ginning early this morning. journal
readers, after, disposing Of their al
mince pie, sat down comfortably with
pad and pencil and went at the Skidoo
Problem, determined to figure out to
a certainty just how many pennies the
coin collector had, as. stated in the
problem above. - -, -, 50 =
But the answers arrived at were al
most as diverse as those sending them
IN. There were the usual number who
found that the number Of pennies was
20, that being the magic skidoo num-
Der. There was also the usual bunch
who multiplied the magic % by itself
they were sure fulfilled all the condi-
class did a lot, Of iguring With least
common multiple and greatest common
divisors and prime numbers and 50 on.
arriving at tremendous results reaching
up In some cases into septillions or
more. -
Meanwhile ian the lists LIST are still open
Mes IS still hung up where everybody
has fair chance at it. There are two
things. that must characterize the win
ming, answer: It must be correct and
it must be cleverer than any other cor
rect answer. For others who do nearly
as well there are % cute Skidoo but
tons. Mathematical sharps may send
In as many answers as they like.
Here are few random selections
from the days mail: -,
Voice from st. Louis Park.
70 the skidoo Problem Editor:
thlnx the boys father had 1928 pennies
and the boy got % boxes and put 1O1 PENNIES
IN each box, making; an even number in each
ooA' Ls'--:'..'. -Gertie Small,
St. Louis Park,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
What Is the Answer?
To the Skidoo Problem Editor:

70 r1e SKld00 Problem Editor: -- ~ - :"
The answer is S51, or any number which will
be determined by adding any multiple of 1,150
to 1t, starting with s51. These figures can
still be augmented by others. but this is sufa-
sient'5as SOL pennies is the lowest number
mat can be used. First you must determine
an equal number Of boxes. as an equal number
of pennies must be put in each box and as 1t
must be formed in groups Of two it can only
be done by assOcfating first and last number Of
boxes together, making ten groups Of rs each
snd 90 81 IL pennies n each e, box saaple
and 10 is %, Z and Is Is rs, IS and II is 25.
8 and Is is 25, 10 and Is is %, II and IA is
70, IL and Is is 20; % boxes, "a In each, equals
800. This leaves one over in every case. Now
place 81 pennies in each of the % boxes and you
nave none left IF the time spent In working
out this sk1doo problem was employed in 1ncreas-
Ing the phonetic. vocabulary or the coinage Of
new words, .skidoo, g. would not be Tin It."
Edith Mckay, Brainerd, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
Ernest's Earnest Effort.

To the Skidoo Problem Editor:
In regard to that skidoo problem, worked it
and got Al as the answer. I think there are IL
boxes with pennies In each box and II boxes
with penny in each, making in all AZ pennies
III Ernest Otte
= At w Sd st, Northfeld MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
Works It by Using Simplicity.

To the Skidoo Problem Editor: -...s,.s4 :
Iaklng simplicity and the number % as indi-
cated,r we may by using % boxes to hold %
pennies Zone in a box) meet all requirements
OF the problem. Now :tlet The J ournal,
consistently with its reputation for fairness,
remove all stigma from hthe chosen number
-Subscriber; sol I'd av Sc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
Only Three ATTEMPTS.
To the 'skidoo Problem Editor:

TO the skidoo Problem Editor: 4 ~.
The coin collector had 500 pennies To nrove
this we will divide this number by 2, the num-
! Per OF boxes he first used and you will have
zso4 IN each box and I left second
attempt he, used % boxes; divide by % and you
have "a in each box and left over. In his
third attempt he used 20 boxes; divide 500 by
- and you have % in each box and none left
over. r.i e. c. Devine, ~
419 .Colfax .Av N.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
SkZDOO AND TURKEY is
.... DIVIDE THE #HONORS

" the boy put the same number OF pennies IL
~ boxes there was one penny in each box ant
IN ~ boxes there were % pennies in all. ~.
! s.. Albert Fonnier, 2436 9th av s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
Twas Hard Work.
TO the skidoo Problem Editor:

To the skidoo Problem Editor:
In looking over the numbers from to 23
find that on reaching 5 and 10 respectively it
would be absolutely necessary for the numbers
to end In l, in order that when divided BY
them we would have remainder. Now, some
number ending in 4 when multiplied by g. the
number OF boxes In all. wiz bring the NUMBER
ending In l desired. So I started with the
very lowest, which is I; in like manner I pro.
ceeded with ~, q, 81, A and so on until had
reached 26, 56s, 0S7. This was the only one
when multiplied by %, could be divided by all
OF the numbers from to % and have 1 renain
IN each case So we have 20 boxes and 20, 56S, 3
number Of pennies Is IS times 2s, 5ss, ne, 0s7.
which is 81 ,0S0,47O,OO pennies, or the correct
answer according ito the requirements Of said
problem. II 5I were trying to pay of the mort
gage on the odd farm. could not have worked
harder. 80 Clara Cavillia,
4. f sss3 fss s5S II 24S Fremont Avenue NJ
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Just a Few septi11ions.
m &hn Skidnn prnhIn... r,a:lA.. IS


TO the Skidoo Problem Editor:
| The following Is my solution to the skidoo
problem; Multiply from q to 20 inclusive and 10
the result add 1, SO that there viii always 10
remainder Of 1 after dividing by any number
from to- 22 inclusiye; then multiply the result
by q. go that the divided by
2S without any remainde and the result is
.84e 09o 0o0o Go1 02s, the correct an
swer 10 the skidoo problem. d 3
Charles 3. Chamberlain, Jr.,
E Excelsior Mir
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He Had Another Thought.

AS understand 1t, your skidoo problem is as
follows: II there are q pennies put into q
boxes and the same number in each box. there
Is y times % which is 500 pennies in the
This is another thought that came to me-.
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2A7.c4a NIcOLLETJAV.

Hardware, Cutlery, Tools, Paints,
Athletic Goods. kitchenWare, Etc.
CUT PRICE, WEEKLY SNAPS.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-03-16

Have your eyes tested and glasses
fitted by L. Burkett, at Perdue's
jewelry store.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-03-16
WTNN PARISH TEACHERS.
Proceedings of the Regular Monthly Session Held IN the
High School Auditorium Last Saturday-fso programme
For the Next Meeting.

The association was then
favored with paper on Music
and How | Teach it," by Miss
Peters, which was considered by
all one of the rare treats OF the
day. Miss Hawkins followed IN
this discussion.
The paper by Miss Corney on
the fourth and fifth years course
IN Geography was good and
heartily endorsed by Mr.. Shofner.
Drawing and what prominence
it should receive was ably DIS
cussed by Hiss Noise and illus
trated by Il drawing OF "or
Rabbit; then Miss WATSON
made every teacher think 1t I'M
possible to teach without some
knowledge of drawing.
The Association regretted the
absence of Hon. Geo. W. Reid OF
Monroe, who was unable to at
tend.
Prof. Simons, representing
Students Reference work, was
present and entertained the Asso-
citation with review of the
programme, bringing out the
good points in each OF the various
numbers in manner edifyiug to
those present.
The Association then adjourned
to meet on Tuesday night, April
II, in the WINFIELD digh School,
building. There will be no
program at this meeting, but
each teacher is expected to give a
Baton Rouge Toast. At this
meeting arrangements will be
perfected to start TO Baton
Rouge Wednesday by way of
Monroe, and down the 0uachita
by boat to the capital,
Every teacher is expected to
come prepared to make the trip.
j. NIXON,
Acting Cor. Secty.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-03-16

The Winn Parish Teachers
Association met pursuant Co
preyious announcement in the
High School Building with a
goodly number of teachers
present. The opening song,
"Amerioa," was sung by all
present, after which each teacher
answered to the roll call with
some interesting thing about our
Parish. This discussion w a S
opened up by the president pay
ing a high tribute to our most
energetic and enthusiastic Super
intendent. We also learned du-
ring this discussion that while
there may be some Inconvenience
attached to the people living ten
miles apart as they do in parts of
our parish, there is consolation
in that in such communities
peace and harmony usually
prevails.
The Course of Study-Liter-
allure and Reading course cover
ing fourth, fifth. sixth, seventh
and eighth years work. Miss
Corbit had made prepare
tions to lead in this discussion,
but owing to sore. throat. she
was excused and Mr.. Nichols
had an opportunity to explain his
ideas of the course, and was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Shell, who gave
some good thoughts on what
supplementary reading should be
used i'm the schools and how to
teach it.
Elementary Agriculture was
then thoroughly discussed By
by Messrs. Dutton and Payne
and | think all the teachers
received renewed inspiration to
encourage the youths of our
parlsh tn ramaIn On the farms
and improve them rather than
congregate in the towns.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-03-16

Thfs paper goes into the
ofiic>s ana homes OF the
people not a. an iatruder,
hut as a welcome visitor.
u Will take your announce
msnfs much cheaper than
you can send them to any
considerable number on cir
cu1ars which VIII be thrown
away after y glanss.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-06

reply. But I'd like to be sure of be-
slowing my cherished name on real
good one. I'd hate to have bad one
running in my name. My friends Of a
racing turn would be guying me all
the time about my namesake's perform
ances.'
"'Well,' said Ziegler, you're pretty
good judge Of race horse yourself.
Now here are two of my cracks in
these two stalls. I'll have 'em led out
into my paddock by one of the stable
hands, and you can look them over and
take your pick of them. Whichever
one you like the better I'll name after
you
Done said Mr.. Longworth, and the
two yearlings were led into the open.
"They were both fine lockers, but Mr..
Longworth liked the appearance of the
larger one of the two the better
That one" he said, pointing to his
pick. He looks good to me-
He's christened Mick Longworth,' -
them said Mr.. Ziegler, and the colt was
duly named Nick Longworth and regis
tered with the Jockey Club under that
name.
Now, the other colt of the pair from
which Mr.. Longworth made his selec-
ton was afterward named Hermis.
Sounds kind O. familiar to you, Ell,
that name. Hermis? Well, / should
think it would sound familiar, seeing
that, in the deliberate belief of many of
the most astute horsemen in this coun-
try, Hermis was absolutely the finest
race horse ever foaled in the United
States, a speed and distance marvel,
a bulldog who never knew when he
was beaten, and an animal worthy to
be ranked with the very greatest race
horses of all time in this or any other
country.
$50 much for Hermis, the one that
Mr.. Longworth didn't pick out. AS for
the one that he did pick out, and that
was named Nick Longworth-well,
Nick was worth about 1912 as rae
ing proposition, and that's about all.
He could win a selling race once in a
while On Thursdays when the wind was
ou'-sou'east by nor, but hecouldn'tget
out of his own way in running with
even fair handicap horses, and he lost
about twenty times to one win, and
it really did come to pass that Mr..
Longworth's Cincinnati friends guyed
him numerically about his namesake
horse. Mr.. Longworth never, of course,
told his guying friends that he'd actu-
ally had the chance to get so noble an
animal as Hermis named after him.
He probably felt that the situation was
bad enough as it was.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-06

Rightfully comes she by the title,
Cor according to statistics the Ameri-
can hen yields more money annually
than any other one farm product. With
eggs as low as a cent a piece-a very
cheap and nutritious food-a well
bred hen laying about two hundred
eggs year has a value Of 81. An
estimate is made that 81 a year will
keep her in comfortable if not luxuri-
Gus, quarters. The trouble is that
millions OF barnyard scrubs do not
yield a hundred eggs a year.
According to Government authori-
ties the earning from the egg and
poultry industry amounts to about
$2S0, 100000. Cotton, the king Of crops
with value reaching up to $259,O0O,-
900, is thus dethroned by the magnifi-
cient earnings OF the fowl.
During 1905 the total value Of all the
gold, silver, wool and sheep produced
in the United States was $272,000, 900.
The wheat crop, considered the most
valuable of all agricultural products
had value in the same period of
| 1925, 100000. The great American
hog, consumed at home and abroad,
was valued at about $1S6,529, 035. The
sugar production of the country was
only $20,000,000. The combined value
Of the oat and potato crops was only
$160,000,000. The Industrious little
gaIlus domesticus produces enough
eggs to require a train of refrigerator
cars 900 miles long filed with 43,000,.
900 crates, each Of which holds $50
eggs. The value of the egg as a food
product is equal to that of any food
stuff Of its size.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-06
Winter Exr.Laying Contest.

a novel egg-laying competition at
the Lady Warwick's Ladies' Agricul-
tural College is reported by Consul
Daniels at Sheffield, England. The
conclusions reached are that breed does
not govern so much as the laying
strain or families of q breed highly de-
veloped as egg producers. The pen OF
four Buff Orpingtons led from October
16 to November 16 by producing 49
eggs, and again November 16 to Decem-
Der 16 with 120 eggs. One thing the
present competition shows is the little
help it is to birds to be what show
enthusiasts call beautifully marked"
for as often as not it is the ordinary
looking competitors, birds q show
Judge would laugh at, that have the
biggest total Of egge to their credit.
In the winter laying competition what
stands bird in good stead is not that
its father was the winner Of medal,
but that its mother and grandmother
were wonderful layers, and that It's
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-06
THE NEGRO As A EARMER. !.
Becker Washington Says Ne 10 At
Mie Worst in Large Cities /,

Booker T. Washington in an address
at Washington, d. c., recently struck
a keynote when he stated that "The
negro is at his worst in the crowded
life of a large city, and at his best in
the rural districts where he swns and
cultivates the soil.
The speaker said the demand in the
South for negroes trained for teachers
and leaders in the class room, and the
factory was tremendous; but more
pressing yet was the demand from the
best white people of that section for
negroes to take charge Of their farms,
diaries and other industries. This de-
mand Is shown, he said, by the fact
that every one Of the 525 students who
left Tuskegee last summer had been en-
gagged weeks before the end Of the term.
Washington is solicited by mail, tele-
graph, and in person to furnish
trained negroes, and could have found
places for twice the number had they
been forthcoming.
Association with the white people
has given the negro new wants, de-
sires and ambitions" said Mr.. Wash
ington; "To these, education is neces-
sary, both to appreciate fully thanewly
awakened feelings and to provide
means for their rational satisfaction.
Hence, from the most selfish point OF
view, the right kind of education is
beneficial for the negro"
That the negro is not naturally an
idler is shown, the speaker said, by the
trebling of the South's industrial
wealth in the last twenty years, with
out any appreciable increase in immi
grafton. This advance is due, hi
thought, in great part to the vel
directed labor of the negro.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-06
LONG W0RTH GUESSED WRONG.
Missed the Opportunity to Get FAM
GUS Horse Named After Him.

When a man becomes famous, all
the incidents Of his past life are laid
bare. There is a great story going
around of how Nick Longworth came
near to attaining to fame some years
ago, in connection with horses.
"The story runs" according to a
prominent horseman, "that some years
ago H, M. Ziegler, Of Cincinnati, the
noted owner of thoroughbreds, and an
intimate friend Of Mr.. Longworth,
took the latter down to his Kentucky
thoroughbred farm to show him his
collection Of fine yearlings.
"All Of these yearlings were as YET
unnamed.
Longworth,' said Ziegler, as they
strolled about the stalls, you'd better
let me name one Of these yearlings
after you. They're swell bunch, ant
almost all of them are well-nigh bount
to do something big in the world
"I don't mind. was Longworth''
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-06

The Bureau of Animal Industry has
Just prepared a short bulletin embody-
ing a number of useful hints to poultry
raisers. In submitting the text to Secre-
tary Wilson. Chief Melvin of the
Bureau stated that the article was pre-
pared with the special end in view of
furthering the purpose Of his Bureau
to give the raisers Of poultry, especially
the general farmer, the best informa-
ton possible in a very concise form.
The article Is written by G. Arthur
Bell, Assistant Animal Husbandman of
the Bureau of Animal Industry.
Selection of q Variety.
Pure breeds are desirable, says Mr..
Bell, as with these one has a flock of
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-06
Extending the Weather Service.

In order that the work of the
Weather Bureau may be of greatest
possible benefit to the people of the
United States, and especially to that
class which is dependent upon the
weather, Prof. Willis L. Moore, the
chief, has been making arrangements
by which such agriculturists as have
telephones and want the service, may
obtain weather forecasts within a few
minutes after the announcement Of
telephone advice as to the state of com
ing weather. This is operating in New
York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan
and other states Recently the Weather
Bureau made arrangements for an ex
tension of this service in Maryland
Virginia and West Virginia
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-06

plenty Of exercise. No set rules can be
given for feeding, as conditions vary,
and there are different methods Of feed
ing different breeds.
A good system to follow for winter
feeding is mash once a day and grain
scattered in the litter twice a day. The
mash may be fed dry or slightly moist
ened. When the former, 1t is usually
put into a trough or hopper hung
against the wall and the fowls allowed
access to it at all times.
The mash fed at the Maine Expert
ment Station is as follows, in the pro
portions Indicated:
200 pounds wheat bran.
100 pounds corn meal.
100 pounds wheat middlings.
100 pounds linseed meal.
100 pounds gluten meal.
100 pounds beef scrap.