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The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24

Lady Pertly-What did father shy
when you asked him II you could
marry me? The Honorable Gussie-
He didn't absolutely refuse. but he
made very severe condition. Lady
P-What was It? The Hon. Gle
said he would see me hanged first!-
London Mall.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24
Rice In the Orient.

Rice is kept for use in the orient in
its husk. just like horse oats or un-
thrashed wheat 1t Is called paddy"
and Is beaten or thrashed for daily use.
But pure husked rice is too rough and
unattractive looking for world mar
kets. so it is polished in revolving cyl
inders with French chalk to make it
pretty. pearly and smooth. But this
robs it of its outer layer and most val
liable food qualities. Polished rice IS
regarded rs poison in Japan and is
known to produce the dreadful epidem-
ic disease beribcri in Japanese who
live too exclusively on a rice diet and
eating little or no meat.-Exchange.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24
wen 0upDSlO0.

An inveterate Wit and punster asked
the captain Of q craft loaded with
boards how he managed to get dinner
on the passage Why" replied the
skipper. I'VE always cook aboard"
Cook a board. do your rejoined the
wag. Then see you have been well
provided with provisions this trip. At
all events"-L0hdon Tit-Bits.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24
Bad Combinations.

RambO-l have a pair of glasses ut
home that make me see double Bald
win-Yes; I've seen you using them.
One is beer mug and the other IS q
whisky tumbler. Tribune.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24

Mis-. Bronson-My husband Is plain
spoken He calls q spade spade. Mrs.
woodson-So does mine. but must de-
cline to repeat what hefcalls the lawn
mower.-Boston Globe.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24

MY boys back from college,"
How does he take holt on the
farm
II hain't seen him make no cane
rush for the wood pile."-Kansas City
Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24
LOOK Op.

We dig and toll. We worry and fret,
and all the while close over US bends
the infinite wonder and beauty of na-
ture. saying: Look up. my child! Feel
my smile and be gladr-G. 8. Mef-
Ram.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24
6. 3. { 9.
Time Table

No. r. Fri. 4 Ac. Idly ex. Saturday, ". 500 m
No. q, lass. (daily ex. Sunday arrive. 9.2O N
No. 81. Fri. Il Ac. (d'y ex. Sunday CHS .
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24

Howard-When Dr.. lnciaion opefat-
ed on me he left pair Of surgical scis-
sors in my anatomy. Can I sue him
for damages2 Lawyer-Better just
send him q large bill for stoeage-Life.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24
Cats and Docs.

According to French investigator.
amount Of reasoning power. often act
upon reflex notions and can associate
ideas from which they draw infer
ences. Dogs. nnd still more SD cats. he
says. learn to initiate the voice and
movements Of their masters or mis-
tresses. lie has noticed old watchdOss
which when they barked had peculiar
intOnatiOns which rescmbled the voices
Of their masters. Cats try by the way
in which they cry to make their mis-
tresses understand exactly what they
want.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24
Canstie.

caustic.
The Cirl-What's your opinion of
women who initiate men? The Man
They're idiots. The Girl-Then the
Imitation is successful. - Cleveland
Leader.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24
The Particular Sex.

A blind girl lately discarded her af-
6anced lover because confidential
friend informed her that the young
man Observation-Disclosures Ledger
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24

Peev1shness covers with its dark fog
even ths most distant horizon.-RicA-
ter.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-24
WEST BOUND.
RAsT BOUND,
BRANCHES.
Daily except sunday,

MOTIF:
NOs. I, 2, and 3 arc extra faro trains.
Nos. I, 8, Is and II are local passengefo.
NOe. - and 80 are local freiehts.
Nos. and Is are mail trains only.
No II due in Omaha l:lS p. m.
No. dua in Omaha $40 D. m.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17
Savings Made in the Naval Service

/ against ship. man against man and Of
ficer against officer. In this way every
one has been put upon his mettle and
results have closely measured the
relative worth of the various ships
and officers.
The cost of work at navy yards
has fallen materially. Steel castings
made at navy yards have been re-
duced from about cents a pound to
about cents. and iron castings have
been cut from about AZ cents a
pound to ~.
Although the navy has increased in
size, the cost of the coal is expected
to be about s1,Oo0.0O0 less during the
current fiscal year than during the
previous one. The estimates for fuel
for the coming year have been de-
creased by s1,OOO,O00. Improvement
has been made in the use of lubri-
eating oil. The cost of supplies has
been reduced by more than 20 per
cent, and in freight and transporta-
ton of supplies there has been a
saving of about 100000.
The most serious waste of funds
under the navy department has prob
ably been that due to expenditures
upon vessels that are not fit to take
part in any future war. There are
many of these vessels that will prob
ably be relegated to the reserve or
be placed out of commission in the
near future
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17
Supreme Court May Unsquat 800, 900

the suits involving the title of the
eastern Kentucky lands will be taken
up.
About 100000 acres of land are
said to lie under the doubtful title of
these blanket" grants. On the other
hand, 100000 citizens of Kentucky
have entered these lands. Claimants
under the blanket" grants call them
"squatters."
The attorney general of the com
monwealth Of Kentucky has. ap-
peared yin the supreme court to as
sert in defense of their claim of title
that they are the people who have
built up the state, and erected a COM
monwealth, with its court houses and
school houses, it's municipalities and
internal improvements.
They have for years, the attorney
general has said in a brief, filed with
the court, paid taxes on the land.
while a search of the records, where
such information would be found, he
says, shows that the sum total of all
taxes paid by the claimants under the
Virginia grants in litigation, since
the organization of Kentucky in 1892,
to the present time, does not exceed
SIS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

Mrs. George Congdon had run into
Philadelphia for the day to visit her
mother. She had brought with her
her girl baby, ten months old, and
had been accompanied by her hus-
band as nurse girl His business was
IN the city, and at five o'clock he
would call for and take her home.
he understood babies. He knew that
they should be held head downward
that they should be given father
ly finger to bite when they cried, and
that tickling the bottoms of their feet
when they had the collie was certain
cure.
That was the finest baby in the
state of Pennsylvania. The father,
the mother, the grandmother, Aunt
Ethel and all the neighbors at the
Congdon suburban home said SO.
Realizing, young as she was, that
she would be kept awake at night
when her sparkling days came, she
got as much infant sleep as possible.
Mrs. Huntington, the grandmother,
had very little to do with the baby.
1t was her duty to recommend sage
tee and catnip mixture and mild
mustard plasters and to declare that
the baby looked justs like it's father.
Having done this. her duties were
ended.
Ethel Huntington, Mrs. Congdon' S
only sister, was nineteen years old.
She was not to blame for being an
aunt at that age. Some of the girls
poked fun at her, but she was loyal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17
Uncle Sam Goes After White Slavers

will be started simultaneously in New
York, Philadelphia. Pittsburg, Chicago
and San Francisco.
Officers at ports of entry have been
asked to increase their vigilance and
to inspect female immigrants with pc.
culiar care. Meanwhile officers at in.
land cities will watch and report the
movements of all suspects.
In New York some months ago Dis
trict Attorney Whitman made an ef-
fort to trap some of the men back
of the trade in that city, but they es-
capped. The only way to capture the
offenders, according to the agents of
the department of justice, is tn have
the authorities of all the large cities
act together. The governm ent agents
will not try to clean up" the vari-
Gus cities. They will simply go after
the leaders of the syndicate.
In Chicago some arrests have been
made, but these are only the begin
ming of the general crusade, it is
said. In several cases it was found
that men in that city had brought
women from France. Some of the
lines developed in Chicago by these
arrests can be traced throughout the
country.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17
Will Scrutinize the Bank Borrowers

strain their credit soon get beyond the
resources Of their home banks. They
go abroad for loans. Note brokers de-
rive their profit from this practise.
When failures occur it often happens
that the bankrupt is debtor to banks
at points remote from each other.
One lender does not know how many
others have been buying the same
sort Of paper. Reliance on business
statements becomes trust on broken
reeds by changed conditions as well
as by over-sanguine estimates.
The new policy of Comptroller Muir
ray will tend to restrict credit at both
ends of the transaction. Borrowers
who expand unduly will take warning
when they learn that record of all
their loans is kept for review. They
will discern the need of caution in put
ting out their obligations, and will do
less business on other peoples cap
ital. They will feel some alarm at the
broad semi-publicity of their affairs
and will reduce their appeals to lend
ers. TIE weakest of the large bor-
rowers will first be compelled to re-
duce their loans. All who rely too
much on borrowing will see the veil
lifted from their operations and will
come to act knowing that they are do
ing business in the open. Those who
are fairly entitled to the credit which
they ask can get no harm. The dan.
ger of the output of bad paper will be
diminished, and banks will be warned
against assets not desirable.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17
A Case of Pity Misplaced

A good many books and plays are
based on the idea of a mans taking
up line of thought or action and
sticking to it long enough to carry 1t
through. But working toward such a
climax demands q rigorous consist
ency that may not be true to nature,
for see from concrete example how
real life slews US round.
Here is the case of man who was
drugged and robbed of his life's sa-
wings. He pursued the offender for
months, over hundreds of miles,
caught him and secured his convic-
ton and Imprisonment. A well-exe-
cuted piece Of vengeance, you say; a
public duty handsomely performed.
But no; the avenger weakens, turns
tail, back-pedals or whatever you
like, and is now working as hard to
get the criminal pardoned as he once
worked to get him Jailed.
Such lack Of consistency and con-
tiuuity Is, of course, ruinous to a we'll
rounded plot. Clearly. there is always
the risk that stated vengeance may
produce revulsion Of feeling and
that justice may be elbowed out By
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

THE government of the United
/ States has turned its whole detec-
tive machinery TOWARD unearthing and
destroying the white slave traffic, as
it exists between the states or between
foreign countries anc the United
States. It Is the plan of the depart
ment of justice to make one sweep on
all the large cities at once, and strike,
II possible, one staggering blow at the
traffic,
The governments authority comes
from the Mann act, imposing upon the
interstate aspects of the crime penal
ties of five years Imprisonment or
fine Of $1,000. According to informa-
ton already received at Washington.
Pittsburs is the center Of the trade.
though clues discovered in Chicago
make that city an important substa-
sion. The firsts swoop, it is Intended,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

WITH navy increasing in size, the
w estimates for the expense of the
naval establishment for the next f1s-
cal year show saving of over $4,-
100000. as compared with the amount
appropriated last year. For the pres
ent fiscal year the estimates were
$10,000,000 less than the appropria.
tons for the preceding year. The
two years taken together show econ
omy with increased efficiency
Competition in the fleet has been
encouraged and has resulted in better
target practise, economy in coal con.
sumption and in consumption of sup
plies. Full power trials of vessels
under cruising conditions have been
conducted. The fastest battleships
on the recent full power trials were
the only ones repaired at navy yards
under the present system Of navy
yard organization.
The greatest progress in the navy
has been in target practise. 1t has
been due to carefully conducted COM
petitions. where ship has been pitted
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

Observation-Disclosures of the
W Currency Murray is now hard at
work in making sharper and more
searching the official supervision and
control of the national banks. He re-
quires the examiners to make their
investigations more complete and ex.
acting. He has changed examiners
from one district to another, and If
they thus lose something of knowledge
about local conditions, they are set
free from influences which breed par
TALLY and prejudice. Official inquiry
Is in this way lifted above cliques and
the mastery of one or two institutions
in city.
The latest step is to call on the ex-
aminers in the several districts to
make out lists of the concerns which
are largest borrowers at the banks.
Such reports from the II districts are
to be tabulated at the Washington
Office which will be so created clear
ing house Of commercial credits. The
record is to be kept in confidence,
and the names of banks carrying
heavy lines of paper will not be ex-
posed.
Individuals and corporations which
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

to the child. She characterized it as
the incest. sweetest, brightest, hand
soonest, darlingest thing ever born,
and If she could have kissed it oft
ener she would certainly have fiat
tened its nose.
Mrs. Congdon and baby were duly
left at grandma's and duly welcomed.
The infant was kissed, toasted,
Rugged, flattered and talked to. and
the day passed without calamity.
Along toward five o'clock in the after
noon Mr.. Congdon telephoned that his
firm had given him an errand to do,
and that the wife must make her way
home alone. This brought Ethel to
the front She would not only ac-
company her sister to the depot in
the taxi, but take the train home
with her and hold that "darlingest''
on her lap all the way. 1t was set
tied at once that this should be the
program, and at certain hour it
was carried out. That is, the two
ladies and the young prodigy were
landed at the Chestnut street depot
GVChtJ 4uAAulS0 wv ldLC III OuS lIdlu
and thirty minutes too early for an
other.
The ladies' waiting room, of course,
was the only place left to them.
After ten minutes Mrs. Congdon went
out to bug a ticket for Ethel, having
her own return in her purse She
met friends and stopped to chat-the
history Of the baby had to be told.
She was proud of the opportunity to
tell it.
Time was passing and Aunt Ethel
became impatient. More time passed,
and she became alarmed She picked
up the sleeping baby and walked out
into the general room to find her
sister. Just then young man wait
ing for train tainted away Some
said it was case of love, and some
that he had weak heart. A crowd
gathered. Just then somebody said
the depot was on fire. He lied about
1t, but his object was praiseworthy.
He wanted to add to the excitement,
and he certainly did.
Young Aunt Ethel was impetuous
and excitable. Down went baby on
a vacant seat. and away rushed the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

n HE legal battle which has ragged
4 in Kentucky for several genera
tions over the validity of so-called
blanket" grants of land by Virginia,
the mother state, and even Kentucky
itself during the earlier years Of
statehood, has come before the Su-
preme court of the United States for
decision. Titles to lands now said to
be worth at least $10,000,000 depend
upon the decision of the court. Orig
inally some of the land was procured
at cents an acre.
Arguments were made as to the
constitutionality of the Kentucky
statute under which it is claimed a
forfeiture of the title to 100000 acres
of land, held by the Kentucky Union
company, would be worked in favor
of the occupants of the land. Imme-
diately after this case, it is expected
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

The Haitian gunboat that went to
the bottom with ten generals on board,
worked greater havoc among the big
titles than the flare-backs on the yes.
sells of the bigger naval powers. But
considering the ease with which the
titles can be reproduce1, it is a ques.
ton whether the destruction of a
half-score seamen at blow on the bat
tleships is not the more costly way
70 keeping the peace.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

The back to the farm" movement
sets another boost in the tuberculosis
statistics supplied by the census bu-
reau. From these figures 1t appears
that the occupation most favorable to
health and to freedom from consump-
ton ia farming. In other words, out.
door life and activity near to natures
haert conduce to longevity.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

American returning tourists will
now not only have to pay the duty on
what is in their trunks, but also on
the trunks themselves. And about the
only way of smuggling left now Is to
bring trunk and contents over in an
airship ...-.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

When a man rents fiat all he can
do about the place is to sit around and
look out of the window. But when
he occupies a humble cottage he has
many things to keep his mind off his
other troubles.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17
Curious Oath,

VUFIoU8 Odth.
In the second oath administered TO
a man about to take his seat In the
supreme court of the United States he
swears among other things, ito do
equal right to the poor and to the
rich 1t has been in the oaths from
the beginning Of the government. and
must have been fashioned for the ex.
press purpose of assuring the poor
that they should have justice in the
highest tribunal of the land. The
terms used are good plain English
and easily understood.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

A man whose automobile broke
down the other day offered $1,000 for
a new and vigorous profane oath. A
man who wants to swear and doesn't
know how may not be good. but sim
ply lacking in imagination.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

The Connecticut tobacco crop and
the New Jersey cranberry crop are big
ger this year than they have been for
a long, long time. Unfortunately few
of us can live on cranberries and Con.
oecticut tobacco.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

In one respect the colleges are not
up to date. They issue no life and
accident insurance policies to the
young men who go out on the football
field to battle for alma mater.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17
Politics and cucumbers.

And what" asked a visitor to the
North Dakota state fair, do you call
that kind of cucumber
"That," replied Fargo politician,
els the insurgent cucumber. 1t doesn't
always agree with party" Every,
body'A
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17
An Example.

IT don't believe in spirituaiism and
I wouldn't have anybody in my employ
who did"
"Yet only yesterday | saw one OF
your clerks who had sold some liquor
to a customer, and he was doing some
spirit wrapping"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17
Microscopic.

You'll not find steak like this in
q hurry" boasted the tall waiter.
And the guest looked up with an
Icy smile.
Il should say not. It 10 SO securely
hidden under these few chips OF po
tatoes it Is doubtful i ] ind it al"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17
Brilliant Idea.

Uncle Treetop ION his way to the
dentists office)-"Most likely it'll stop
aching by the time / get In the chair.
II It does, I'll pretend I've made mis-
take and tell him want haircut"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

It has been pointed out that that
New York judge who decided that a
man is not obliged to support his
mother-in-law is bachelor. Where
ignorance is bliss" and the rest Of it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

There is a man in New Zealand who
lays claim to 100000 worth OF
property in New York city. He would
have a better chance If the New York
ers had not seen 1t first.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

A Virginia father with Sc children Is
a convict. but under the circumstances
he deserves some sympathy. Think OF
supporting such family on the aver
age salary!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17
Not The Only Sufferer.

The domesticated ostrich had just
been relieved of his tips" Trimmed
again." he groaned; Il wonder why
the S. p. G. A. doesn't agitate for
anti-tipping legislation"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

II you chew your food with suffi-
cient care you will live long time
in fact, you. will have to live long
time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

Chicago university professors have
quit making sensational statements
One of em tells us rs bit OF news
that woman has ruled man for GEN.
turieS.'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

Z In an aeroplane race there seems to
be no such possibility as betting on
sure thing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

There are lovely bits of coloring to
be observed about sunrise these crisp
mornings, not including that on the
early pedestrians nose.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

Cheer up!. Soon the big chrysan-
themums will be competing for the
worlds championship at the flower
show.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

With forty bankers in the Leaven-
worth prison that institution is be-
coming too aristocratic for plain
folks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

Strictly fresh eggs are said to be
few, but that does not discourage the
cheerful sign painter at the corner
grocery.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

Fine weather brings out fine birds
on fine hats.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

So many automobile accidents at
railroad grade crossings teach the
necessity of care on the part OF
drivers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

The age of aviation calls for a
race of spectators with eyes on the
tops of their heads.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

Japan exported nearly 100000
pounds of human hair last year. Do
you buy your wife her share?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

We've come to the conclusion that
autumn has spring beaten forty ways
from the jack.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

A western farmer extinguished a
blaze in his kitchen with milk.
Enough said.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

Here is where the foolhardy man
begins dangerous intimacy with the
pneumonia germ.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-17

A throne upheld by bayonets is sure
to fall sooner or later.