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The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
Sloopinu In Church.

''Charies." said old Mrs. Spreckles to
her husband. I'm 50 ashamed Of the
way you go to sleep In church Sunday
after Sunday that I don't know what
TO 10. can't hardly hold my head up
ard look the people In the face after
the services. You are such q devout
man on week days that don't see why
you show SO much disrespect for ga
cred things on the Sabbath"
There's no disrespect intended" an
swered Mr.. Spreckles. Il am like the
little boy next door. All week he
hooks forward eagerly to the Sunday
auto ride bis uncle gives him. 1t is
the browning event Of the week to
him. Yet he goes to sleep Invariably
before he has ridden a mile, and he
doesn't wake up until 1t Is all over.
Because Willie goes to sleep is no sign
that the ride Is not doing him any
good, b it?'-Newark News.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
ALASKA.


a Land q ..ArSat H1oeueess ano @
Amazing Distances
Alaska on some near Tomorrow b
expected by an of1cial Of the pnited
States geographical survey to have .
half million increase in population.
The metal and coal mining industries
should each support at least 10o0oo
and II q third Of the hand classed %
arabic Is now available for, farming Il
will furnish 10000 homestesds. sup.
porting over 1O0OO.
The tourist who travels to Glacier
Bay. the capital Of juneau. and the
picturesque Eitka must not suppose he
has seen Alaska.
He could skirt another 5000 miles Of
coast line 10 Cordova, valdes and
Seward. and then, writes q correspond
ent of the San Francisco Chronicle. II
he would see Alaska his journey II only
well begun.
DR. the gold fields Of Fairbanks
would be 400 miles to the north, and
those of Nome would be a distant a.
New York Is from Chicago.
It would be a stir greater distance
to the seal rookeries Of the Pribilof
islands and the great tundras Of the
north. with their herds Of wild rein
deer and their lonely Eskimo igloos.
while to reach the westernmost Aleu-
tian island would require q Journey
half as long as that from New York
to Seattle.
Should the tourist retrace his steps
to Skagway, cross the White pass and
follow the mighty Yukon for 1900
miles to Bering sea his knowledge Of
Alaska. while much enlarged. would
still be incomplete.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05

Thsie casss esein eaeiy, end. MY
Win tiwsbands By Hard .Vbsek. \
Filipino women know how TO win
Ansbands," says an American woman
who Is living at Manila. "lt h q con-
mon thing In the Islands to zee a girl.
young and brown and strong, cFuSA1ng
rice with / heavy wooden mallet, while
around her sit q number of admk1ng
sNains. looking on, but never dream
3lx Of offering to 6elp. And the gili
doesn't expect II. She pounds cheerful
y. away. and by and BY her reward
comes In d husband to work for.
Life accustoms the Filipino woman
TO labor at q very early age. !, Az q
tiny girl she II rarely seen without an
appendage In the shape Of a: baby
brother or sister perched on her little
brown hip. When she grows few
inches taller and few degrees strong
er she is pressed into service asa wa
ter carrier. bearing heavy jars Of wa
ter poised gracefully on her. head
from the river to her home. Now, too.
she works In the fields. and q vivid bit
Of color she makes In her short Killed
scarlet skirt. When she becomes
woman-and she IL a woman at fifteen
or before -she may have a small shop
to tend. and there Is the rice to beat
and much other work to do. -
Marriage brings no vacation. She u
pretty sure to have many children to
-
and frequently has stall in the mar
ket for several hours day. But when
the women are really old then their
rest time comes. They sit quietly BY.
looking on as life goes past them. but
taking part no more. In spite Of the
hard labor they have had there q gen
erally a very peaceful look in the
brown. wrinkled faces of these old
women."-New York Tribune.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
Dogs and so.nsrsauIts.

AS there IS more than one way Of
cooking a goose. SO there Is more than
one method Of teaching dog to throw
somersaults.- But the most practical
and thorough manner IS to fasten a
cord around the body Of the animal
close to the fore legs, and two people
should hold the ends Of the cord on
either side Of the unfortunate dog. A
third party, armed with stout rope.
takes a position Immediately in front
Of the canine acrobat and with meas
ured and mastery stroke dogs the
floor at close quarters to the dogs nose.
At each stroke Of the rope the dog
springs backward, and that movement
II the trainers golden opportunity. As
the dog springs backward the rope
passing under its body IS jerked up
ward, and, although the first few at
tempts may prove futile, the somer-
sault Is acquired In course Of time. An
intelligent dog soon sickens Of this or
der Of things and throws somersaults
without the assistance Of ropes.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05

A through train on the Rock Island
stopped q few moments at tine Engle-
wood station one day. A passenger
got OF to walk around a little. As the
train began to move again the passen.
ger jumped aboard, but just then he
discovered that he had but one over.
shoe Thinking that he dropped the
other somewhere on the platform and
- the train was going too fast for him
to Jump OF and recover it. he pulled
or the remaining shoe and threw It on
the platform, exclaiming. "Therethat
makes a good pair Of overshoes for
somebody" Entering the car, he pro
ceeded to bis seat There. to his great
astouishment. was his overshoe. A
look Of intense disgust came upon his
face. but he did not hesitate. Quickly
picking up the lone arctic. he hurried
70 the platform, threw the shoe as far
% he could back toward the other one
and shouted, by Jimmy, there is a
pair Of overshoes for somebody!-Ar-
4onaut.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05

Tho Woman With the Transfer.
With transfer ticket punched to
expire at Il O'Clock an elderly woman
got on q car.
Il can't take this. lady," said the
conductor. You see. it's marked for
II. but now it's ten minutes of 2. The
tickets been dead for nearly two
hours"
SWELL" was the woman's reply, II
took the first car could get after
leaving the bank I had to wait to
have my interest figured up"
If 1t took 'em two hours to figure
the interest on my money l wouldn't
argue about a transfer. I'd pay my
fare or ride in an auto" said the con-
ductor.
The woman made no retort. but
fished a nickel out of her hand bag and
gave it to the conductor-New York
Press.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
One of Fields jokes.

Edward Everett Hale greatly enjoy.
ed . joke which was perpetrated on
him by Eugene Field. Field celebrat-
ed one Of DR.. Hale's visits to Chicago
by giving luncheon in his honor and
inviting number of prominent per-
sons to meet him. Field was aware"
said DR.. Hale. that was temper
ance man. and therefore l was some
what surprised to see that the table
on which the luncheon was served was
very abundantly supplied with bottles
labeled Whisky Brandy and Cham
pagne.' But when these bottles came
to be uncorked they were all found
to contain nothing but water-
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
ORIGIN OF THE ROD.
Ussd n Driving oxsn, Il Came Handy
In Aaaaaurino Land.

Uss6 n orivins oxsn, lt Came Handy
Ia Measuring Land.
The origin Of the rod, pole or perch
q. q lmeal and superficial measure has
been traced to the tOd. pole or goad
used to urge and direct team Of oxen
pulling q plow. So 1t came about It
kas used az . convenient and handy
hand measure In feudal times by the
nrds in alIotting plots Of land for ag'
Ficulturai purpores to the villeins and
Others
One rod wide and forty long built up
a quarter Of an acre. The furI0ns, OF
four poles vide and same depth e..
1orty poles, one acre-was Convenient
length for furrow before turning the
pluw. Of course these lengths some
what varied in different parts Of the
eouptry where soils and agriculture
varied, but gradually the slight varia'
ions grew lexs, and finally the present
aecepted statutory acre was evolved.
Gunter's chain Of sixty-six feet (ten
square. chains to the acre. was invent
ed by the Rev. Edmund Gunter 1851
1920. He was q professor Of astrone.
my 1t Gresham college, London. and
1ngeniously adapted 1t to facilitate dee.
imal calculations In land measure.
ments. The use Of the rod in superb.
cal measurements Of brick work and
hneally In hedges, bitches and fences
followed as a convenient existing
mooSure.-Buildefs'J Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
In. rhunder sound;no smoI<e.

The Victoria falls. the native name
for which Is si-oa-Tounya. or the
Thunder Sounding Smoke. have right
ly been called the most beautiful gem
In the whole Of the earth's scenery. No
pen picture or photograph can give the
faintest idea of the marvellous gran
deur and beauty of the scene. The
majesty and mystery Of the gigantic
gorges. the foaming torrents. the Won
derful atmospheric e6ects-all come
upon one with force and power ~
though nothing had ever before been
read or heard In consecti0n With
them. The falls by moonlight are q
truly fascinating spectacle. The roar
ing clouds Of spray. the s0mber rain
forest. the stream Of the Zambezi
shimmering far above the trembling
earth. the lunar rainbow. combine to
make an inimitable picture.
Where the Zambezi takes its mighty
plunge Of sheer 40 feet the river =
over q mile wide. or. to be exact. 6H00
feet-Rand Mail.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
Graft In the Household.

The tipping system has become acute
now that graft il boldly recognized -
business" and the world has no
shame for the majority Of workers In
the vineyard. A charming young ma
iron exclaimed the other day that
graft had even invaded her household.
She was asked how that were posi-
bic and replied, II have discovered
that my most trusted and faithful maid
has been approached BY some one who
shall be nameless to advise the cook,
who II another treasure, to leave me-"
But she did not?' Yes. she did,"
said the young matron. laughing.
Yes, she did. and I don't blame her
for the price. Ny nice Julia was paid
SO to sell me out. and the cooks
wages are about double what I can
pay" "A case Of bribery" mot at
all-plain. unvarnished graft" was the
philosophic response.-Boston Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
A Monumental Bull.

At Kilkenny castle may be seen Il
''monumentar' Irish bull in the form
of a tombstone erectpd to the memory
Of a former retainer Of the OrmonGa
family. The stone bears the truly Hi
bernian inscription. "Erected by John
Toole In Memory Of His rosierity.
Britannia Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
Needed the Knife.

Speaking Of table etiquette, General
E. Burd Grub told a story about Q
man who was justified In eating pie
with knife. Smith was standing In
hotel lobby one day, according to
the general. talking to Jones. when the
conversation turned to q dinner that
had been given at the home Of a mu-
tual acquaintance named Brown.
You should have seen Barton" re.
marked Jones. referring to one Of the
guests. Il thought be had better Ia.
bic manners. When his pie was served
he actually ate 1t with bis knife"
II don't blame him for that" was
the startling reply Of Smith.
You don't blame him?' repeated
Jones in amazement.
mo" smilingly Joined Smith. Il have
eaten pie at Browns myself, and 1t ia .
wonder to me that Barton didn't take
an ax."-Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
And Yet the kina Died.


During the fatal illness Of King
Charles II. Of England there were four.
teen doctors In attendance, and they
dosed him In the course Of i've and
q half days with the following drugs
and powders: Orange infusion Of the
metals, white vitriol dissolved In com.
pound peony water, powder Of sacred
bitter. strip Of buckthorn, common
decoction for clysters, rock salt, emetic
wine. two blend pills, bryony COM
pound, powder Of white hellebore roots,
powder Of cowslip flowers, best man
IA, cream Of tartar. barley and liq-
uorice, sweet almond kernels, sal am
moniac. antidotal milk water. mallow
root. melon seeds, chicken broth. bark
Of elm, q julep Of black cherry water.
flowers Of lime. lilies Of the valley.
spirit Of lavender. prepared pearls and
white sugar candy, SIENNA leaves. ale,
strip Of cloves. Goa stone, Rhine wine.
oriental bezoar stone and number OF
other medicines.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
Horse or Beet 7


The first day horse WAS served out al
Kimberley some of il was cOokpd Tor
the officers NESS at the mounted camp.
At the table Peakman said:
"Gentlemen. am sorry to say that
we were unable to get all our ration in
beef today and bad to take part if il
in horsefiesh. This which l am cary
ing is beef: the horse is at the other
end. and any one who prefers it can
help himself"
Nobody did prefer it. and so they all
ate beef and made good dinner.
When they had finished Peakman sud
denly exclaimed:
by Jove. gentlemen. ! find ! have
made a mistake in the joints. This is
the horsefiesh and the other is beef"
1t was just dodge Of his to get
them started on the hOrsef1esh.-Diary
of Dr. Oliver AShe.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
rate. which was in 1924 and 1905 81 so
per 500 property valuation. and which
Is now $40 pc. 800"
A GREAT TAX BURDEN.

The Pittsburg Kansan says: "State
taxes are nearly 100000 in excess
OF anything levied before, That's the
situation in Kansas. Do the people
IKE It? Not much, but they that
dance must pay the fiddler"
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
Charming Away Tigers.

No woodcutter will 60 about his
task in the Indian forests unless he Is
accompanied by faker. who is sup
posed to exercise power over tigers
and wild animals generally. Before
work Is commenced the faker assem-
bles all the members Of his party in q
clearance at the edge Of the forest and
erects q number Of huts. In which he
places images Of certain deities. After
offerings have been presented to the
images the particular forest Is decIar-
ed to be free Of tigers. and the wood
cutters In virtue Of the presents they
have made to the deities are supposed
to be under their special protection.
II after all these precautions a tiger
seixes one Of the party the faker
speedily takes his departure without
waiting to otter supernuous explana-
ooas.-Calcutta Statesman.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
Turtles Of the Amazon.

The fresh water turtle Of the ANA.
eon grows to great size. especially on
the upper river. where full grown ones
three feet In length. two in width and
weighing 200 pounds are often seen.
Every house has its little pond or cor.
raj to hold a stock Of these animals
through the season Of dearth. the wet
months. Those who have Indians In
their employ send them out for
month when the waters arr low to C.
lect stock; others purchase their sup
ply.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
AnatesnieaI exert.

When q butcher .anaWered the bo1l
of his telephone instrument one 61y
the shrill voice Of q little girl Sreseod
Ms ears. Hello: u that 4f. WllDoo?
"Yes." be answered kindly.
Wei. can You tell % Whece grand
paaD liver ~ We've got 20: pat= q bot
1annel o. Il. and We can't Ind itr~
Lo06oo Telegraph.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
Drinking and sms;sine In Korea.

Drinking and Smelling In Korea.
The Aoreaus are inveierate smokers
q ereen tobacco. which they use In
pipes With tiny bowls and stems two
q three fert hong. They stick their
ptpes down the back OF the NECK when
not uainG them.
There b 4 deal Of drinking. too.
tDo0&h they have many proverbs
against it-"Heaven aud earth are too
small Tor a drunEen man." w bite
WhIAky makes red face" ''rbere ID
- bottom to the appetite for drink"
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05

The royal Bengal tiger - infe4ted
with one Of the stranxest creatures
that ever lived. 1t b said to be q fact
easily demonstrated or proved BY one
who has access to SOCIOLOGICAL collec.
don that the web Of the foot Of tigers
Of The above named speries b inbabit.
"a by q bleodsuekinS insect shout the
si1e q common nsa whjch n d per-
1oct counterpart Of Q tiger In every
particular. shape. claws. tail and
Veripe6 Included.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05

Lies 4 reckoning We capnot make
tWice over. You cannot mend q wrong
subtraction BY doing your addition
sight.-Geoeee Eliot
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05

An Example.
~. whats q cynical smiler'
so9r mother WIN show you. M
me oext time tell her I can't
o1o ID tho money che w,nts~
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
Ne Lived Welt.

6e-YeA be lives on the fat Of the
land. She-What 70 be: ae-An suti.
eat medicine manufactures. - Comic
Cuts.
The Columbus journal., 1910-01-05
WHATS THE MATTER WITH
kANSAS?"

The Kansas City Daily Star of Nov.
Is. 1909. contains the following edi-
toFial: kansas has been able to boast
Of an increased total value of it's farm
products every year, expect one. in the
past fourteen years. But this has
been due to.advancing prices of farm
products rather than to increased pro.
duction. In some respects Kansas as
riculture u periloualy near the verge
of stasnatton. or even Of decadence.
The state never has been able to raise
. bigger corn crop than 1t produced
twenty years ago. There have beer
eight years in two decades when the
number of swine was greater than
Coburn reports on the farms this
year. Kansas had more cattle ten
years ago. and more hogs twenty
years ago.. than at the present time.
Records such as these are forgotten
In the general jubilation over steady
increases in the value Of the aggre.
gate output Of the farms. They fur.
nish indubitable evidence that. pros.
porous as Kansas is, the state is nor
making the Roadway in agriculture
that It should be making. Compare.
sons with other states are as unfavor-
able as CT mparisons Of present with
past production. The average yield OF
corn per acre In Kansas for ten
years was 23.1 bushels to the acre.
compared with 27.7 bushels In Ne
braska. and 34.5 bushels In Illinois"
(The Star does not attempt to an
swer the query propounded in the
above headline. The one simple an
swer IL that prohibition drives out OF
a state its enterprising and indus
trious producers Of wealthy
IN TIE HOLE.
Kansas City. Kan. Is deep tn the
financial hole. The city council
passed an ordinance in October au-
thofi4ing the issue and sale of mu-
In paying the city's debts. A citizen
vent into court and enjoined the sale
Of bonds. Here is q statement Of the
condition Of that city in 1908: THE
public treasury In Kansas City. Kan.
Is empty The deficiency in the gen.
sral fund reaches over $139.OO0. From
his fund the current expenses. includ-
ing maintenance Of the fire depart |
nent. are paid. Formerly the saloon
licenses and fines caused an annual
payment into the treasury Of about
100000. sall Of which Is lost to the
eity. This caused the cuttiss down
pf the police force to less than one
half its former number. Last Feb
ruary one Of the banks of Kansas City. |
KAN. refused to cash q city warrans
Ior the reason that the bank was then
carrying like warrants eighteen
months older than the one presented
n February. The loss OF revenue !
made it necessary to raise the tax
The Detroit times., 1910-12-02
BETTER CAR SERVICE OUT
JEFFERSON AVE. IN 10 DAYS
D. U. r. Superintendent Makes
Promise to Council Committee
and Manufacturers.

Aid Koenig's amendment to the
Fairview car service ordinance was
the only obstruction In the wheels
when the council committee on pub
lie utilities met. Friday morning, TO
confer with the east-end manufac-
tlrers and the ID. u. X. representa-
tives, relative TO improved car ser
vice out Jefferson. The ordinance as
first drafted called for six-minute
service to the Alter road during the
day. Koenig insisted on introducing
an amendment calling for two-min-
ute service during the hours when
workingmen's tickets are in effect.
In the conference, Friday, Reuben
H. Hill. representing the Hudson
Motor Car Co.; w. r. Anderson, of
the Anderson Forge & Machine o.,
and others interested in the street
car service, said that the two-minute
clause was useless and not asked for
by them. Harry Bullen, superintend-
ent of the ID. u. r.. said that Ii was
impracticable, and that the company
would run carst take care of the
factory workers as soon az It's new Y
at the Alter road ia completed Bul.
len promised the Y and the service
In 10 days
The Detroit times., 1910-12-02
A. /. FRAZER HOME
LOOTED Of FURS
AND JEWELS
Porch Climber Pulls Of Bold Job
While Members of Family Are at
Dinner, Carrying Away Property
Worth $1,000.
Presence of Intruder in Upstairs
Rooms Discovered and Man Makes
Hasty Exit Through Window.

Allan Fl. Frazer, prominent Detroit
attorney and former prosecutor for
Wayne county. entertained a nimble-
footed, nimble-fingered guest, Thurs
day evening. The visitor made a most
daring and spectacular entrance to
the Frazer home, No. 1886 Woodward
ave. via second-story window, while
the family was a dinner. When he
departed, little more hurriedly than
he had anticipated. he took with him
200 worth Of the Frazer jewels and
furs.
II Mr.. Frazer and his wife had not
heard the prowler at his work. their
loss would have been much heavier.
Frazers diamonds under a pin cush-
ion. In his haste, he also overlooked
six diamond stick pins belonging to
Mr. Frazer
The thief was daring person. The
Frazer home is at Woodward and Hol-
brook-aves., a corner brilliantly light
ed. He came about o'clock, an hour
when cars are passing constantly. Be-
sides, the house was brilliantly
lighted.
He was equipped with a pair Of
climbers, such as telegraph linemen
use. as the marks OF his ascent are
plainly visible In one Of the porch
steps. He pried open window Of a
front bedroom and entered.
He made the fatal mistake of leav-
ing this window partly open. This
created draft and caused door to
slam, attracting the attention OF Mr..
and Mrs. Frazer. A little later they
heard their visitor proving about.
Mr. Frazer went upstairs and his
wife ran to the front room. The
burglar departed by the window lie
entered. Mrs. Frazer got TO the porch
in time to see him drop heavily from
the porch to the ground. Bending
close to the ground, the fellow sped
down the street and disappeared
around corner.
An inventory of the Frazer valu-
ables revealed the following missing
articles: A set of mink furs belong
ing TO Mrs. Frazer, worth several
hundred dollars; solid gold back
comb, set with pearls; diamond
breast pin; pair of coral ear rings,
and an opal pin
My sister, George, was over to
the house Thanksgiving" said Mr..
Frazer. Friday morning. She was
telling Mrs. Frazer that she Is too
careless about her Jewels My sister
remarked that day that the porch
climbers would get us If We didn't
watch out"
The Detroit times., 1910-12-02

iastic fisherman, presented him with
a fine rod and reel as a mark OF their
esteem. During the evening a num-
Der Of old friends OF the captain drop
ped in to pay their respects.
Capt. Bowman entered the service
as call man. Dec. /, 1873 He was pro-
noted successfully to foreman, lieu
tenant and captain, holding the last
title for "a years. He has been con-
nected at different times with COM
panies 5. Z, II. IS and 20, and has
witnessed great changes in the depart
ment
No one will miss the kindly captain
more than little Jimmie Atherton,
the newsboy who has been carrying
The Times to the engine house for
several months past. He was a great
favorite with Capt. Bowman, who took
an interest In the lad and was largely
instrumental In securing a bicycle for
him. Among the souvenirs of his re-
tirement, the captain prizes none more
highly than a letter he received from
his little paper boy" Jimmie Is only
9 years old, so he Is not experiendced
In letter writing, but he had no diff
ficulty in expressing himself to Capt
Bowman. Here's the letter just as
Jimmie wrote II:
Dear Sir
am telling you how bad feel
because you are going away. I
will tell you how my mother feal
about IL. She Is very sorry. She
Is the same as me, | am very
sorry myself. | did not want that
nickle you gave me. You was
good 10 me always. You gave
most money In the fire engine
house for my wheel. And you al.
ways gave me money. When |
got around with my papers you
was always good to me always.
Your paper boy.
JAMES ATHERTON.
No. 1349 Baldwin-ave.