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The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
BROUGHT UP HOT Water.


The Friction Of the Boat Made the
Ocean Almost Boil.
The steamship was speeding over
seas with a record breaking list Of
passengers when one Of the gay. young
and inQuiring girls who are found on
every trip skipped up to the captain
and asked:
Captain. are We really going fast?
It seems rs II We were just crawling"
Fast" answered the captain gruff-
~, "of course we're going fast With
nothing to see but water and sky you
can't judge our speed. but. my dear
young lady. the friction of the boat IS
so great 1t makes the water hot aft"
II don't believe it." giggled the girl.
and the captain. with q great show Of
Indignation. called for a rope and
bucket to prove his words. These
brought. he slung the pail down aft Of
the vessel directly under the drainpipe
Of the galley. where hot water runs
all day. and brought It up smoking. to
the establishment Of the awstruck girl
A long. lean Yankee who had been
watching the performance then came
forward and drawled. Say, cap. that
must make you change your course
mighty often"
Change my courseY' clustered the
captain. what would I change my
course fOry'
'Well." said the Yankee slowly. 80
darn much friction as that must wear
the ocean out mighty quick."-Phila-
delphia Times
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
TAR AND FEATHERS.


4 Cost Of These Means Exerueiatina
Torture 70 the Victim.
People who read of tarring and
teatherins know that the punishment
Is q very unpleasant one. but few i'm.
agine how terribly painful and dan
gerous It Is. Hardened tar II very
hard to remove from the skin. and
when feathers are added It forms q
kind of cement that sticks closer than
q brother. As soon as the tar sets the
victims suffering begins. It contracts
as 1t cools. and every one Of the little
veins on the body is pulled. causing the
most exquisite agony. The perspira-
ton is entirely stopped, and unless the
tar is removed death Is certain to en-
sue.
But the removal Is no easy task and
requires several days. The tar cannot
be softened by the application Of heat
and must be peeled of bit by bit.
sweet oil being used to make the proc
ess less painful. The irritation to the
skin Is very great, as the hairs cannot
be disengaged. but must be pulled out
or cut of. No man can be cleaned OF
tar in a single day. as the pain Of the
operation would be too excruciating
for endurance. and until this Is done he
has to suffer from a pain like that OF
10000 pin pricks. Numbers Of men
have died under the torture, and none
who have gone through IT regard tar
and featherinS as anything but most
fearful infection.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
One Consolation.

During the time he acted as United
States consul in Glasgow Bret Harte
occasionally INDUCED in a days sport
with the gun. and it was during one of
his shooting excursions that the hu-
morist met with an accident which
might have disfigurcd him for the re-
mainder Of his life. his face being
badly cut through the recoil Of m
overloaded gun. Fortunately the doc
tors skill prevented him from being
permanently marked.
Writing about the occurrence to his
friend. 7. Edgar Pemberton. who
quotes the letter in his 'Tribute to
Bret Harte." the novelist concludes his
letter by telling Of an amusing effort
which was made to console him on ac-
count Of the accident.
when the surgeon was stitching me
together" he wrote. 1.-The son Of the
house. a boy Of twelve. came timidly
to the door of my room.
TELL Mr.. Bret Harte it's all right
he said. He killed the hare"
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
A CURIOUS ANIMAL.
Tho Sea Cucumber Can Part With and
Replace Its Organs.

Tho Sea Cucumber Can Part With and
Replace Its Organs.
Among the curious animals which in
habit the sea We may take the hOlO.
thuria, or sea cucumber. so called from
its resemblance to the cucumber.
When this animal is attacked by an
enemy it does not stand up and fight.
but by n sudden movement It elects its
teeth. stomach, digestive apparatus
and nearly all its intestines and then
shrivels its body up to almost nothing
When. however. the danger is past
the animal commences to replace the
organs which it has voluntarily parted
with, and in n short time the animal
IS rs perfect rs ever it was.
DR.. tombstone kept one in water for
a long time. and one day he forgot to
change the water. The creature i'm
consequence elected its intcstincs and
shriveled up, but when the water was
changed all its organs were repro
duced. Although the animal is not
eaten in Europe. 1t is a favorite with
the Chinese. and the fishing forms an
important part of the industry Of the
east. Thousands Of junks are annual,
ly used in fishing for trepang. rs the
animals are called.-London Tit-Bits.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19

IL Presence on the Hudson Bay Com
pany's Boat Explained.

IL Presence on tho Hudson Bay Com.
pany's Boat Explained.
1t Is or was rule Of the Hudson
Bay compal, nat no woman he al
lowed passage on its boats. One day
some years ago as steamer OF the
company nearcd one of the northern
most ports string of white garments
was seen stretched across the deck
The watchers were amazed. for to
them the wash line suggested only the
presence of a woman aboard the boat.
Comment was freely made of the
scandal that would ensue and the
shakeup that would follow. When the
boat locked the line of washing had
disappeared-still another proof of the
scandal.
Later one of the landsmen said to
the captain:
why, how did 1t happen that you
carried a woman passenger this trip"
There was never n woman along
the whole voyage" was the indignant
answer. "What do you mean?"
IF there WAS no woman aboard
where did all that white wash come
FROM was the triumphant reply.
The captain looked puzzled for
moment. and then he laughed.
oh" he said. land didn't We have
Lord StrathcOna. the governor himself.
along with us OH this trip: And every
day doesn't he insist on having his
clean white shirt. no matter how far
north we are? That's the white wash
you saw strung along deck. And.
what's more. doesn't his lordship in
sist upon having his London paper
laid beside his plate every morning. no
matter II II is a year old ?"-Pearson's
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
THE COTTON GIN.
Whitney Got the ldea From the Work
Of IN Old Negro.

Whitney Got the Idea From the Work
Of IN Old Negro.
Ell Whitney. the inventor Of the cot
ton gin. got the germ Of bis great idea
from seeing through the 1ntersticcs Of
hut an old negro work q hand saw
among the freshly picked cotton stored
within.
The teeth of the saw tore the lint
from the seed easily and quickly. ald
young Whitney the was barely thir-
teen ut the fimeD realized Mt once that
a machine working u number Of SINH
lar saws simultaneously would rcvoln
tiOnize the cotton growing industry
He said nothing to anybody. but se,
to work buildin: models and expert
mentins. His difficulties were enor
nous. for he not only had to make hi-
own wheels. cOgs. ETC.. but he had also
first to forge his Owl tools and even
to manufacture the paint wherewith
to color his many plans and drawings
But he succeeded In the end. and.
though the outbreak Of war and other
hindrances prevented the invention
from being actually placed upon the
market until many years afierward
the first complete cotton gin ever con.
strucfed was built from those very
models and plans and with scarcely y
single alienation.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
Cows That Never Drink.

The wild COW" of Arabia. in reality
an antelope. the Beatrix oryx. is said
never to drink. which is probably cor
rect. for unless these animals can de-
scend the wells they can find no drink
ing water for ten months in the year
There is no surface water. and rain
falls but precariously during the win
ter. Only once during my journey did
/ find pool Of rainwater. caught in Il
hollow rock. and even this I should
have passed by without knowing of
its existence had not my camels sniff
ed it from a distance and obstinately
refused to be turned from going in
that direction. These antelope, how
ever. are provided by nature with
curious food supply, especially design
ed as a thirst quencher. This is
parasite which grows on the roots of
the desert bushes and forms a long
spadix full Of water and juice. The
antelope dig deep holes in the sand in
order to get at these.-Widc World
Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
NEW JERSEY TEA.

Red Root. That Did Good Service In
Revolutionary Days.
You housekeepers of today whose f.
vorite brands of Orange Pekoe. Eng
lish breakfast. India and CeylOn. etc.
diffuse their fragrance over your tea
table would hardly suppose that tea.
or. rather. a fairly good substitute for
II, was once made from the leaves Of
one Of our prettiest New Jersey wild
flowers. Yet so it was in the old tur-
bulent days Of the American RevOlu-
ton. when they had so much trouble
over the imported article and used
various beverages rs substitutes for
that to which they had become accus-
toned.
New Jersey tea. or red root. as 1t IS
also called. Is low growing shrub
with many branches. seldom over
three feet high. and Is found from
Canada to Florida. growing usually in
dry wooded sections. 1t Is very abun-
dant In New Jersey. for which 1t Is
named. 1t blooms profuseIy in July
and IS so snowy. with its many pam
icled white blossoms. as to be quite
worth a place In the gardens as an
ornamental shrub. 1t has dark red
root. with leaves dOwny beneath and
very much veined. by which it is easily
distinguished from the pure tea. An
infusion Of the leaves prepared In the
same manner as the genuine article
has somewhat the taste Of ordinary
grades Of the tea Of the orient. but is
not supposed to possess any Of its
stimulating MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
TOBACCO IN THE ARCTIC.

Resource Of Miners When They Can
Neither Chew Nor Smoke.
"When the wind IS blowing thirty
miles an hour and the temperature IS
40 below 1t Is some cold" said q man
from Alaska. IF a man used tobacco
in the ordinary way out Of doors dur.
ing such weather and got his lips wet
through smoking a pipe or chewing he
would be apt to get into trouble. First
thing he knew he'd have his lips crack
ed, and they would be raw all winter
long.
1.-The regulars stationed at the MILL
tary POSTS up in Alaska found that II
they tied a tobacco leaf In their arm
pit previous to undesircd duty they
would become very sick and could pass
the post surgeon for hospital. getting
rid Of detail work they wanted to
avoid.
The miners up there learned some
thing Of this and found that the tObac-
CO craving could be satisfied by bind
ing quantity of the leaf either In the
armpit or against the solar plexus.
This avoided broken and bleeding lips
during the winter. and they weren't
prevented from smoking indoors as
well II they wanted to. 1t was the out
door smoking or chewing that made all
the trOuble."-New York Sun.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
FUN IN THE HOME.


Make Life There Joyous and 9sr Out
Business Worries
Whatever your lot In life. keep Joy
with you. says OrisOn SWEET Marden
In Success Magazine Ii IL great
healer. Sorrow. worry. jealousy. envy.
bal temper. create friction aud grind
away thu delicate human machinery
20 that TIN. brain loses It's cunning.
Half the misery In the world would
be avoided II the people would make
business Of havin. plenty Of fun at
home instead IF running every where
else In search Of It,
Now For Rest and Fun" mo
Business Troubles Allowed Here"
These are good home building notices.
When you have had perplexing
day. when things have gone WRONG
with you and you 20 home Mt night
exhausted. discouraged. blue. instead
of making your home miserable by
going over your troubles and trials
just bury them. Instead Of dragging
them home and making yourself and
your family unhappy with them and
spelling the whole evening. just lock
everything that Is disasreeable In your
Office
Just resolve that your home shall be
a place for bright pictures and pleas
ant memories. kindly feelings toward
everybody and IN corking good time"
generally. II you do this you will be
surprised to see how your vocation or
business wrinkles will be ir0ned out
in the morning and how the crooked
things will be Strengthened.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
A DEED OF DARING.
TwsRay.ssvso Lives Saved By One
Man On . 8hipWrsek.

TwsRty.ssvsn Lives SaNsd By One
Man In . Shipwrsek.
A historic case Of daring and endur.
ance rarely equaled in life saving an
nails was that Of the rescue Of twenty
seven souls BY one man In 1861. The
fishing schooner Sea Clipper was div
en- BY the tempest against q reef near
the Spotted islands on that coast and
speedily went to pieces Captain VII
liam Jackman. In charge Of fishing
crew at these islands. had wandered
in q direction he had never been be-
fore as II by inspiration and suddenly
saw the whole tragedy enacted before
his eyes Hurrying his one eompan-
Ion back to the fishing station to sum-
mon help. he plunged into the bowling
swirl himself and eleven times swan
to the ship. Each time he took back
a human being to safety. battling
splendidly against wind and tide.
Then help arrived. but no means was
available Of communicating with the
vessel. 50 Jackman fastened q rope
around his waist and made fifteen
more trips. returning with a castaway
on each occasion. 1t was then discov-
cred that a woman had been overlook
ed and left on board. and the belief
was expressed that she was dead. but
he declared that he would not leave
her there. living or dead. Accordingly
he plunged into the surf again and
soon bore the hapless creature to the
shore, where. divesting himself Of his
1annels. he wrapped hem round her.
as she was almost at deaths door. She
expired few hours later. but lived
long enough to thank her preserver
for his noble efforts In her behalf
Wide World Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19

Stop The brakes Of the motor
were suddenly applied. pandemonium
Of whirlins wheels ensued. and the mo-
tOrist came face to face with COnsta-
ble Coppem. who had been hiding In
the hedge.
Excuse me. Sir" said the portly pO-
liceman. taking out his notebook and
pencil. but you exceeded the speed
limit by two miles over q measured
piece of road"
81 have done nothing of the kind"
retorted the mot0rist. land. besides
'Well. II you don't believe me III
cal! tho sergeant. bein' as It was i'm
as took the time. He's in the pigsty
yOnder."
Don't trouble. Robert" the other
FASTENED to reply. Il would sooner
pay fifty fines than disturb the SER
geant at his meals!'-LOndon Answers.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
Ruler Of Russia's TitIe.

The general allusion to the ruler of
Russia as the car is. strictly speaking.
incorrect His official title is emperor
and autocrat." Car is the old Rus
sian word for lord or prince and was
abandoned by Peter the Great on his
triumphal return from Poltava. his
browning victory over Charles MI. of
Sweden. Since then the Russian mon
arch has been officially entitled en-
peror. and Mt the congress of Vienna
In 1915 his right to the imperial term
was admitted by the powers. with the
proviso that. though he was emperor.
he had no precedence over the kings
Of western Europe.-St. James Ga
xefte
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
Ais Bad Dream.

Truly oriental was the defense put
forward by a prisoner at Allpore.
Charged with stealing a Hindu idol
with its ornaments. he stated that the
goddess told him in a dream the night
before that. as she was not properly
worshiped by the Hindu priest. she
would be better taken care Of by him.
q MOhammedaD. and that unless he
took charge of her worship she would
in her wrath destroy his whole family.
The magistrate. however. was not sat-
isfied with the story and sentenced the
accused to two months rigorous i'm
prisonment and to pay q fine.-Bom-
bay Gazette.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
Way to Treat venison.

The sportsman was explaining to a
few of his uninitiafed friends.
If you don't like venison." he said.
1T is because it has not been prepared
properly. I think know the kind you
have tried to eat, and l agree with
you 1t IS not lit. After the deer has
been shot the carcass probably has
been allowed to lie around until the
blood has discolored the meat and
really has almost tainted It Few
hunters dress their game carefully
enough. AS soon as a deer IS killed
the carcass should be thoroughly bled.
skinned. the entrails removed and the
meat hung up in the dry air for some
hours. Thorough and prompt bleeding
is of the utmost importance. venison
prepared in this way is comparatively
light in colOr-that is. It IS a clear.
bright red. and the fat IS white and
clean. There IS no strong. rank taste"
New York Press.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
euIwsr lytton and His Chorus.

The Princess von Racowitsa met
Bulwer Lytton in the Riviera toward
the end Of the fifties. He was then.
she says in her autobiography. past
his first youth: his fame was at its
zenith. He seemed to me antedilu-
Wan. with his long dyed curls and his
old fashioned dress. He dressed exact
" in the fashion of the twenties. with
long coats reaching to the ankles, knee
breeches and long colored waistcoats.
Also he appeared always with young
lady who adOred him and who was
followed by a manservant carrying
a harp. She sat at his feet and ap-
peared, as he did. in the costume of
1890. With long flowing curls, called
Anglaises. He read aloud from his
own works, and in especially poetic
passages his Alice accompanied him
with arpeggi0s on the harp"
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
A MASTER OF METAPHOR.
Il Must Have Relieved Him to Get Thi.
Out of His System.

Il Must Have Relieved Him to Get This
Out Of His System.
A water consumer i'm a certain city.
whose supply had been turned off he
cause he wouldn't pay. wrote to the
department as follows:
I'm the matter Of shutting off the
water on unpaid bills your company
is fast becoming a regular crystallized
Russian bureaucracy. running in n
groove and deaf to the appeals Of re-
form. There is no use Of your trying
to impugn the verify of this indict-
ment by shaking your official heads in
the teeth Of your own deeds.
If you will persist in this kind Of
thing widespread conflagration Of
the pOpulace will be so imminent that
1t will require only a spark to let loose
the dogs Of war in our midst. Will
you persist i'm hurting the cornerstone
OF our personal liberty to your wolfish
hounds OF collectors thirstins for its
blood? II you persist the first thing
you know you will have the chariot
OF justly Indignant revolution roll
ing along in our midst and gnashins
its teeth as it rolls.
IF YOUR rascally collectors are per-
United to continue coming to our doors
with unblushing footsteps, with cloaks
OF hypocriticaI compunction in their
mouths. and compel payment from
your patrons this policy will result in
cutting the wool OF the sheep that
lays the golden egg until you have
pumped it dry, and then farewell, a
long farewell. to our Wanted pros
perity. "-Everybody's.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
When to Eat Fruit.

To obtain the most benefit from the
succulent fruits they should be eaten
at the end of the chief meal. Bananas
are an exception and may be eaten
with any meal. They are very &C.
ceptable cut in thin slices and eaten
with bread and butter Stewed fruits
often have their virtues wasted
through being eaten ut the wrong time.
Six or eight stewed prunes half an
hour before breakfast are beneficial:
SO are stewed figs or stewed apples
eaten before breakfast. Peeled or
anses cut into thin slices so that the
juice Is set free. with sugar strewn
over the slices. are not unlike pine
apple and form highly efficacious aid
to digestion Grapes should never be
eaten except after the chief meal of
the day. Taken when the stomach is
comparatively empty. they are a spe-
cially harmful fruit.-Family Doctor
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
Easily Exclaimed.

'They have to admit in the old
world" said 4 New York theatrical
man. that we've got them beaten on
every count. Talk to them about the
matter and they can only bubble.
"'Oh. yes said an English banker
to me the other day. you've got
great country. the greatest country in
the world. there's no denying that
''Then he gave 4 nasty laugh.
"'But look 1T your fires he said.
Your terrible fires are a disgrace to
mankind
"'Oh. our fires said l. are due tc
the friction caused by our rapid
growth"
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
CYCLONE FORMATION.
The Mechanical Laws Are the Same
~ In Whirlpool.

The Mechanical Laws Are the Same
~ In . Whirlpool.
Any one can make the exact counter
part Of a cyclone II he SO desires. OF
course a cyclone is caused by the air
over big area getting warm and
light with small pressure. This Dir
consequently tries to rise almost in q
body and leaves a partial vacuum be-
hind, but the outside cold air rushes
in from all sides. Nos. 1t is a scien-
tific and mechanical trsth that when a
fluid runs In from all sides toward a
central point It causes q whirlpool or
rotation of the full The exact anal
ogy Of a cyclone. then. although with
the fluid water instead Of air. Is seen
when the stopper IS pulled out Of the
bottom Of basin full Of water. An
almost perfect vacuum. as far rs the
water IS concerned, IS caused by the
water Immediately over the stopper
running out The rest Of the water
rushes In from all directions. and a
whirlpool IS the result There Is one
difference here from the air cyclone.
In the air the force with which It
rushes toward the center greatly COM
presses the air whirlins at that point
and makes 1t very dense-so dense. in
fact, that a straw carried in the cen
trail whirl can be driven into a big
block Of wood without bending. or
course in whirlpool the water is not
remaining practically the
same in density all the time That
IS one highly important property Of
water: It IS practically incompressible
Nevertheless It IS very interesting to
see the whirl form in a basin and
know that the mechanical laws are
the same as In the formation Of q c.
clone many miles wide.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
Sugar.


Our word sugar" IS said to be de-
rived from the Arabic "sukkar," the
article itself having got into Europe
through the Arabian Mohammedans.
who Overran a great part Of the world
in the seventh. eighth and ninth cen
turtles. According to DR.. Van Lipp-
man, n Dutch writer. rs a result Of the
Arab invasion Of Persia sugar found
its way into Arabia. whence again
its culture was carried to Cyprus.
Rhodes, Sicily and Egypt. In the last
named country the preparation Of sug-
ar was greatly improved. and the
Egyptian product became widely IA
nous From Egypt the industry
spread along the northern coasts of
Africa and 80 entered Spain. where.
about the year 1850. some fourteen re-
fineries were in operation. Columbus
introduced sugar cane into the new
world-Arg0naut.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19
Protection From liohtnino.

Sir Oliver Lodge stated that the
problem of securing protection from
lightning consisted In finding the best
method Of dissipatins the enormous
energy Of the fash. but that 1t was not
wise to get rid Of the energy too
quickly. A thin iron wire il cOnsid-
cred tho best lightning conductor from
the electrical! point Of view. but 1t Is
almost impossible to protect a building
from lightning unless 1t is completely
enveloped in Il metal cage. 1t is by no
means true that a building IS safe
when provided with conductor reach
Ing up TO the highest part Of the
building.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-19

A popularity Of that most beautiful
Of South African antelopes the spring
box Is that II always leaps over human
tracks. II II at once exceedingly shy
and marvelOusly active. and the rea-
son for this strange antic Is It's In
tense suspicion Of any possible enc
mics. among whom II has come to rec
Ognize man rs the most dangerous II
IS not only with human tracks that the
spriDgbOk goes through this perform
ance. for Il does the same with the
tracks of lions or even when il gets
wind OF lion. The leap IL exceeding
" graceful. and the animal covers from
twelve to fifteen feet at each bound.
1t drops on all four feet at once and
Immediately rises again. making clear
spring without any run. Its usual gait
when not pursued is a light sprinGy
trot. The springbOk usually travels
with its nose to the ground. rs II CON
stantly on the lookout for the scent OF
enemies