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The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
TAKE DUTCH CENSUS

cult to make the people understand
what was meant by every question or
to get at the correct names. birth and
marriage dates. the religious belief or
business or employment of the peo-
pie.
One old woman had answered the
question. What Is your principal bust
ness or employment" by writing:
Praying to God for my sovereign and
my country" That she truly consid-
cred this her principal mission in life
could be seen by referring to the cen
sus papers of ten years ago, when
she had answered the same question
In the same way.
OF course. there were many anus
ing mistakes made-for instance. when
a father named as the chief business
of his son Of II years. being an
idiot" Another father gave his little
daughters chief employment as 'eat-
ing" There seemed to be a good
deal Of difference Of opinion among
the people as to who is really the
head of the household" Some house
holds were described as having as
many heads" as members" In
others the husbands had named their
wives as the heads"
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two at the wheel. | will talk 10 them
from the rail-
took my position there. with Lady
Darlington and Celeste close at hand
but somewhat sheltered under the lee
of the lorSboat from the singing
wind. The herd came shufling aft
and ranged themselves awkwardly
enough on the open deck. De Nova
cast his eyes over them. counting
then climbed the short ladder and
Joined me.
"All here. monsieur" Then lowered
his voice. "Mapes was dead in re
fO'c'stle."
"Mapes. Oh. he was the man who
fell from the foreyard?'
"Oui. an it all makes &c crew feel
scare"
! glanced at the group. and around
at the stern vision of sea. Altogether
il formed a dismal. disheartening pic.
ture-the men, bundled up in their
heavy clothing. stamping their feet on
The deck. their ragged boards forkins
out. their eyes cleaning beneath the
peaks of wooden caps drawn low.
shutting impatiently. and occasionally
moving over To the rail to spit: the
yacht. long battered by the seas,
stripped of every unnecessary adorn-
ment, her matches battened down. her
funnel rusty. her sails close reefed.
her forward deck a sheet of glistening
ice. the sharp wind whistling through
the frozen rigging as she staggered
through cold. gray. wintry sea.
straining and sroaning in every timber
as the cleaning surses struck her
quarter and the relentless wheel held
her to the course. The whole view
photographed itself indelibly upon my
mind. and | chung TO the rail. gazing
about and down into those upturned
faces below.
Men" / said. finally. shadowing my
lips with one hand 10 keep the words
from being blown away. Il am no sea
orator, and what | have TO say will be
short. No doubt you know pretty
we'll already what has happened on
board during the night. All need say
is. that Mr. futile is dead: he went
crazy and shot himself. Now. the
reason l called you aft is this. You
are no regular articled crew. on an
ordinary voyage between ports. None
Of you have signed papers. aud you
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Mrs. Hester cordrey Attributes Long
Life to Flowing She Did When
She Was Young.

Delmar. Del.-Mrs. Hester Cordrey.
known as Aunt Hester. celebrated her
one hundred and thirteenth birthday
at her home here the other day. With
her were her four grandchildren and
ten great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Godfrey was born in 1897. nine
miles from this town. on farm.
where she lived until she married. She
was married twice. but was the moth
er of only one child. Her health has
been remarkable until within the last
year Her eyesight is good and she
has lost only one tooth.
When asked to what she attributed
her old age. Mrs. Cordrey said:
When l was little girl ! used to
60 out ana work on the farm like the
uen Many days have I plowed all
day and come to the barn after dark
ard MIXED seven cows. There we're
only two pCys and father. AID In those
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Mystery of Mentality Seems Designed
to Be Hidden from Mankind.

We say of one who has destroyed
his life: He must have been mentally
unbalanced" Was he? What is the
proof that comes from an action mere
Il contrary TO the ordinary rule OF
;ite? And what is balance? In every
walk of life We meet with the unbal-
anced. or the mentally dying. The IA
matte is the man with large mental
force, but with only one outlet. He
looks on the world through a single
window. HIS salvation is to open
many windows TO his soul. The busi-
ness man struggles with sinsleness Of
purpose. The student lives among the
fancies of his brain. But extreme ap-
plication brings the same results as
extreme inattention. The rush of ur-
ban life and the desola:ion of the
farm produce identical results. In a
thousand persons the gradations from
the extreme of brute physical domino
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Enunerators in Holland Have
Same Trouble as Elsewhere.
Facts Difficult to Get Because Many
Persons Are Apparently Too Stupid
to Give information-Some
Amusing Answers.

The Hague-Cards with questions
to be answered for the decennial cen.
sus of Holland-were distributed re-
Gently. About 100000 cards were
sent out. The experience OF the cen
sus enumerators. like that in many
other countries. is discouraging or
amusing. according to the point of
view one takes of the matter. 1t is
discouraging II one thinks that edu-
cation has been compulsory in the
Netherlands for many years and that
there Is so little to show for It, For
it is patent that all those heads OF
families" who had to fill in their own
census cards and see to 1t that the
other members OF their family filled in
theirs show a remarkable lack of edu.
cation and even of plain common
sense or intelligence.
Many were absolutely unwilling to
fill in their cards: others really could
neither read nor write or got hopeless
ly muddled in the questions and an
swers. Lots of the cards got lost or
too much soiled for use. Some pow
erty-stricken people asked the enumer-
ators whether they could get soup on
such a card" or whether they could
get work" on 1t. But few could un-
derstand the use of the cards or of the
census. although the whole affair had
been explained to the children in al!
the schools. so that they might be able
10 help their parents in filling out the
cards.
Only In those cases where people
were really unat.e. though willing. to
do SD were the census enumerators
allowed to fill out the cards from die.
tation. Even then It was often Diff
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
HOW TO DETECT FRESH EGGS
Or. Wiley Gives House Committee
Practical Demonstration on Cold
Storage Product.

Washington.-It Is easily possible to
tell the difference between fresh egg
ard a cold storage egg without break
ing the shell. and dealers in the Dis
trict of Columbia who sell stored eggs
for strictly fresh" ones may be prose
cuted and convicted. according to
statements of DR.. Harvey W. Wiley.
the governments chief chemist. at the
high cost of living" hearing being
conducted by house subcommittee
DR.. Wiley brought with him a large
number of fresh eggs and also some OF
the cold storage variety. Dropping
them into a large vessel of water con
tanning ten per cent salt solution. the
fresh eggs Immediately sank to the
bottom and the refrigerated ones
ioated on the surface When asked
low he knew the eggs were fresh DR.
Wiley replied that one Of the inspectors
lad watched the hens lay them the
day before
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Bird Once Abundant in Michigan
Now Almost Exterminated.
Trappers In That State Caught Them
In Large Numbers BY Use Of
Nets and a System Of
Ceeoys.

South Haven. Wholesome thirty.
five or forty years ago some of the
locality around South Haven was 4
great numbering country and today in
uncleared brush land there are to be
seen trenindirg one of those early
days. firmly imbedded in the ground
immense pine stumps. relics of those
one-timc Llonarchs OF the forest.
These stumps will measure in circum-
ference ten or fifteen feet Oid-timers
and settlers recall the fact that those
pine forests were once the breeding
and nesting place Of myriads Of wild
pigeons. that roasted. bred and went
unmoleSted: that they increased in
such quantities that when they made
a fight they would darken the sky
like black cloud. The younger gen.
Grafton of spOrtsmen. however. has
probably never seen a living specimen
of that bird. his acquaintance with
pigeons being entirely confined to the
plucked specimens Of tame pigeons
on the stands of the dealers in the
market places.
One of the old-timers of the early
days who followed the fight of 1873
and was much interestd in the pigeon
business of that time said that the
disappearance of the wild pigeon from
its former haunts has established the
fact that it is now entirely confined to
the wilds OF British North America
He followed the roosts and routes Of
the flights and the last one seen by
him in Michigan was in the spring
Of 1876. Tho main body of birds dis
appeared across the Straits of Mack
!nac. much to the distress of METERS.
At PetOskey and its immediate
neighborhood in 1873 a flock of pig.
cons appeared in a considerable num-
Der. but not more than a few thou
sands were seen in one body. The
nests in Michigan extended usually
for about twenty-eigh miles. averag-
ing about two miles wide. The birds
usually arrived in two separate bod
!es: one came directly from the south
by land the other following the coast
nf Wisconsin. The latter body came
IN from the lake at about O'Clock in
the afternoon. II was a compact mass
of pigeons. at least five miles long by
one mile wide. In 1875 some Chicago
nlen came over to Michigan and EN-.
oioyed 200 men and boys in netting
the pigeons. This slaughter. together
with advent of the woodmen in the
Wineries contributed moro than ,ov
thing else to the humiliation of the
Wild pigeon in Michigan.
The old-timer. in describing the ia
king of pigeons in nets. speaks of them
as seines. which were so rugged that
upon being sprung they fell upon the
birds which at the moment were on
the ground. There we're two methods BY
which the pigeons were decoyed. one
by batting. whereby a single pigeon.
attracted by the food scattered about.
called a great number of his fellows.
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FEW WILD PIGEONS
upon whom. when collected in SUN.
cient numbers. the net was sprung.

upon whom. when collected In sum.
cient numbers. the net was sprung.
1t was not an an uncommon thing
10 trap from 300 to 500 pigeons at
every cast ard. as the casts were nu-
merous. the number taken throughout
the day was large. Another method
consisted of trapping the pigeons as
they flew over the net. That required
the use of decoy birds. whose eyes
were sewed up and a light weight at
tached to their legs to prevent them
from flying away. These decoys were
thrown into the air when flock was
passing by to attract their attention.
while trained decoys-that Is. pigeons
trained to act as il alighting-were
worked industriously at the same
time. If they brought down the flight
the net was sprung at four corners.
The captives were taken out and dis
posed of according to the purpose OF
the METERS. Some were kept alive in
coops. while the balance were killed
and packed Immediately for market
This account applies to the period
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| colorless. | dwelt upon the man 5
cinations. my discovery of him in the
main cabin. and his final mad act e;
self-destructiCn. The very relating o.
the tragic story served to clear my
own mind and StrenSi hen my resolve.
''What-what will this mean to u.s.
she questioned. her lips trembling:
will ii release us from our bondage
Will it result in abandoning this crazy
search after treasurer"
Honestly do not know, Lady Da .
iington." | acknowledged with relu--
tance. The present attitude of II e
crew remains TO be discovered. Prac-
tical1y We are as helpless as before
My one advantage lies in the fact that
| am the only navigator on board. Ye:
they have power TO compel Inc TO do
their will. cannot battle against
them alone
But You no longer believe in Tat
ties story
Il never have really believed t.
tut this is not question Of what
believe; ii all hangs upon the faith C:
the men forward"
But if they realize he was insane.
surely they must also decide that mis-
treasure ship was likewise a de-
lusion."
l shook my head, gravely doubling
her conclusion.
Il regret to say | possess no such
expectation. The average sailor, Lady
Darlington, is not given to reasoning;
he Is more a creature Of impulse.
fear we are already too close TO our
goal TO row be turned back by the
mates d, ath. The men will insist on
completing the voyage. l intend to
have the entire crew piped aft after
breakfast. and viii talk to them
wish You 10 go on deck with me at
the time. and hear all that is said" |
paused. in'eatly watching the express
sion OF her face. Whatever decision
| may be driven to. hope it will not
forfeit me your respect"
oh. no.
"icu will retain confidence in me.
even if the bow OF the Sea Queen con-
tinues 10 point southwark"
She lifted her gray eyes to mine in
unshaGOwed frankness
Whatever YOU think best, Mr.. Ste
phenS. | shall believe 10 be right" she
responded. softly. VIII my trust help
you?"
1T is the one thing needed. Thus
armed | can fight ii out"
The meal following was far from
cheerful. although the bright sun
Streamed down through the deck tran
som 10 fall in golden bars along the
table. as our thoughts would constant
ly recur to that silent figure lying in
the nearby bunk. while our conversa-
ton was largely about him. and the
consequences of his death.
Finally. bidding both mistress and
maid prepare themselves for an early
call TO the deck. l went forward to the
bridge, relieving De Ncva while he de-
seconded to the main cabin for his
breakfast. The crew had already COM
pleted their meal and swarmed out of
the forecastle. apparently aware that
something was in the wind. noticed
big Bill Anderson circulating among
the various groups. talking earnestly,
and felt cor WINGED the crew was en-
deaVoring TO settle upon some united
course OF action. Brutal and I'M
learned as he was. the boatSwain was
thorough sealawyer, understanding
we'll how TO influence his mates. and
with enough at stake in this game tn
render him desperate. The second
mate joined ne.
Call all hands aft. Mr. De Nova"
said, after a glance into his face.
every man Jack of them, except the
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Remains Always Sealed Book

ton to the extreme of nervous force
are found. and all are susceptible to
the unknown law which, without
warning. extinguishes the inner light
and leaves the afflicted cropping in the
darkness.
Was poverty, i'll health or dishonor
confronting the Eapless one? Did he
have the things that men desire. and
was he about to lose them? Did any
one of a thousand things impend
which try mems courage and test their
powers of resistance and philosophy?
And if We cannot find one of these
tangible, material things. we shake
our heads sagely and leave the ques.
ton unanswered. Why should it be
unanswered? There are things we
know and things We may not learn
And among the latter is the mystery
of mentality.
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when flocks of pigeons were large and
numerous. The last occasion when
nets were profitably used was in 1877.
OLD DEED IS VERY VALUABLE
Document Found. Said to BE Connect.
ing Link Of Claim to $780,
100000 Estate.

Toledo. o.. Mar SIN rummaginG
over old papers in a trunk. Harry b.
Alexander of New Philadelphia. o..
has come across an ancient parch-
ment that proved to be a deed dated
June Il. 1851. from agents Gf Lord
Baltimore to William A. Price. and
conveying Lands now the heart Of
Baltimore. Md. for the sum of eleven
pounds sterling.
This is said to be the connecting
link Of the claim of the Price heirs to
an estate now valued at $500. 1000. 900.
Price gave long lease on the lands.
but this lease was destroyed when the
British burned the city in 1912.
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SYNOPSIS.
~ R4En4kL R4RRLSN

Til" SER opens with the introduction
Of Joia SrrpDe:.s. adv enlurer. 4 MaSs:l-
"Husrtl. I...H InsarOon"d by authorities AT
VALPARAISO. Chile. Icing Interested in
mining operations in bolivia, he WAS de-
n"gncei 10 Cniir as an insurrrcll"n.st
and as a cons -IucnCc was hiding. At his
i.niei niS attention was attracted by AN
Englshrnan and Il young woman.
Stephens rescued the young Woman from
q drunken officer. lie was thanked
her. Admiral! of the Peruvian navy con-
been declared between Chile and Peru
i,id offered him the Office Of captain. lie
"'Sired that that night the Esmeralda. "A
chilean vessel. should be captured
stephens met q motley crew. 10 which he
MIS- assigned IL" gave them final in
structions. They boarded the vessel They
successfully captured the vessel supposed
TO Zoe the Esmeralda. through strategy.
Capt Stephens gay" directions for the do
parture OF the craft. He entered the cab
and her maid Stephens quickly learned
the wrong Vessel had been captured
IL was Lord I,arlnGtnn's private yacht
IL" lords wifi" and maid being ahnard.
tie explained the situation I" her lady
ship Then First Mat" futile laid bar"
III. plot. saying that Ia" S"a Queen lad
ben taken in order L" go L" III" Antar"-
Tie circle. Tutrlc explained that on
former voyage. lac had l.arn"d that Ia"
Donna Isabel WAS lost in l.J%. He had
found IL frozen in hug" case of L."
"n an island and contained much gold
Stephens consented To to- the captain
Of tin. expedition. ii" told LADY
darlington. She greatly alarmed.
but expressed confidence ia hn. The
Sea Queen encountered vessel in tn"
fog. itph"DS attempted tn communicate.
This caused "A fierce struggle and he waiS
overcome. Tuttlc finally squarnS TIA" sill
UGti"n. Then H." Sea Queen headed south
iiGaln. Under Tuttl'.'S guidance the YES
r-l mad" progress toward its goal.
DE N"va. ia" mate. told Stephens that he
believed Tuttl". now acting as skipper,
insane because Of his queer actions.
Stephens WAS awakened 10y crashing OF
glass. He SAW Tuttle in I'm" grip "f a
spaSm of religious mania and "Ter"amc
i.tm. IT, sailor upon resaininS his senses
MaY iakt.n Ill
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
Busy Woman ll3 Years Ola

days 1t was no disgrace for q woman
to work. SO used to help out and
save hiring extra labor.
III girl now was to go out and
plant corn or cut wheat she would be
considered slave. but We were
praised then for being industrious. II
girls these years would do more work
and think less Of their 'parlor' they
would be more healthy and i've
longer"
Mrs. Cordrey now has a plot OF
ground which she cultiyates yearly
uDaiGed
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Find Hidden Treasure.

Huntington. w. Va.-While digging
into hole to capture a rabbit Grant
Bennett and Gordon Farrow of Gray
son. KY. unearthed an old tin can
lister containing $4S2 in gold and sill.
yer coin. A cabin near the place
where the money was found was oc-
cupied a quarter of a century ago By
John Stevenson. hermit. who died sud-
denly.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
Famous Game COMING eaek7

Nebraska City. Neb-The FIRST wild
turkey seen here in years was killed
the other day in the woods between
here and Piattsmouth by John Dun
gan. The man vas hunting rabbits.
and as he passed ciump OF brush he
heard the call Of gobb!er. As Dun
gan approached the gobbler few away
with the ease of a swallow. DUNCAN
fred and brought the bird down
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Wise Thought.

We need to be careful how Ne deal
With those about US. when every death
carries to sc:le small circle of sur.
vfvors thoughts Of SO much omitted
and SO little done-of So many things
forgotten and so many more which
might have been repaired.-Olivep
Twist.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06

Few German Female Physicians.
There are only So female physicians
In the German empire.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06

Il Doesn't Appeal to Him.
The man who has no sons is always
slow TO accept the theory that boys
will be boys as a good excuse.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-07
NORTHERN PACIFIC AND
BURLINGTON BLOCKED

BILLINGS. Mont. Jan. 6.-Completely
blOckudcd by The dcrailment cf Il snow
pillow and 2 wrccEing train at Grey Cliu
seventy miles west of this city there
were ~ o'clncE This evening eighteen
transcontjncutal trainsi OF the Northern
Pacific and Burlington lying on side
tracks in Billings and Livingston. await
ing the clearing OF the track. At 8
O'Clock this evening IL was forty eight
hours since an caStbound train had
reached this city and the railroad OFF,
Gers declared that II viii bc some time
and tho blockade liitcd.
The blockade Is caused by the derail-
meur Of . special cncin" attached to o
snuwrlow. which ran OF Tho track while
rounding u curve near Grey Clllf. Tues
day afternoon.
Tn" wTecEiuE train WAS at once dis
patched from Livingston. but the wreck
or WIS also GoYliled near the same spot.
neccssitatiug The shoyclinG away OF tho
snow hY hmnd.
In this work tho railroad has been
tyre.iiy hamDcred on account of the high
winds which Yesterday in 'lan hour wiped
out The work done 10y, the. section hands
In tlc preceding day, and lcft conditions
even worse ;han they were prior 10 the
Geruiimcnt
The worst storm inI yo%rs Is raging IN
the vicinity of GuoybBgeok and Big Tim
bcr. md II Is Saior tho RAILROAD is having
considerable diihcultY,in getting mon Ia
dix, nuI the deValcd Nrfckcr and in Keep
ing tho men at worlt Who arc row on
t'tS taD,
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National Guard News

a new course oi study now being pur-
sued 81 the National Guard is map read
ine. Ii is required of all officers and
open 10 any enlisted uan who wishes TO
attend The course is under the iDstygc-
zion Of Lieutenant c. \. Weiser OF Fort
Douglas. who is giving a series Of lee
turcs. Lieutenant WeiseT has been con-
nected With this particular branch Of the
service Tor number OF years. Ad1utGnt
General Wedewood has arranged for a
complete study Of the work and VIII hold
an examination al the close Of the course.
The lecture THURSDAY evening con-
sisted of the conventional signs in map
readings. the scale directions and con
tour lines. The first three were fully dis
cusseG, while the latter Will form the
main topic OF discussion next Friday
evening. 4 great deal OF tho lecture was
from blackboard illustrations.
il possible Captain Bourne of the sig
nal corps win hold a map reading school
and make 1T 4 requirement along with
the regular signal work Tho work corn"s
! I'm the signal department, but il is one
OF the higher branches.
Captain Wcbo of the first battery held
Il special meeting of the non commits
stoned officers in order TO 20 over the
work for the coming drill.
The new wireless equipment OF the sig
nal corps is now set UP and the wireless
experiments with tho Instruments. Cap
tain Bourne is arranging With Biou;cn-
ant Bell OF the pos, for signal practice
with the wireless and also with visual
apparatus
Aiaio Williams il now planning for the
.2@-caliUrr Ilfn match between the stair
officers and Company j Of Ogden, the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-07
MEN AND RAILROADS
FAIL TO COMPROMISE
Cannot Get Together on Common
Grounds, and No End in
Sight.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Mr Perfam
vas heenly disappointed by his failure TO
bring about settlements of the switch
men strike. He had a conference in
The afternoon with Chairman Knapp,
but II resulted in nothing.
SubscIuent TO this the mediators'
sta teplent announcing the abandonment
ot Their efforts 30 bring together the
sTHers and railroad officials. was given
10 thS public. Mr.. Perham expressed as
ton'shment at the statement and ar once
sought another interview with Chairman
Knapp. The latter confirmed the state
rnent 10 M. Perha,n. bur assured him
that. II The media tors could be OF service
a. any time in the future. they would be
glad 10 act.
Mr. Perham said sftcrward that while
the mediators appa rentlv had abandoned
tnelr efforts To bring about an adjust
nlent. he proposed 10 stick to il.
ST. PAUL. Mimi. Jan. 6.-The news
from Washington that MessrS. Enspp.
Neill and Perhapl had decided nothing
further could he done TO settle the
sWitchmen's strike here was discourae-
ing 10 the strike leaders.
President Hawley Of tho sHltchmen,
asked if he would csll off the strike now
that settlement was impossible, said.
Oh, no; we intend 10 stick"