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The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
LUGGAGE TOO EMOTIONAL"
Why the Drummer Had to Pay In
Advance at q hotelSln Staun.
ton, Va.

Representative Carter Glass Of
LyncAburg, Va. tells the following
story and says that every word OF 1t
is'true:
Il stopped on at, Stanton one night
not SO very long ago and It was along
about midnight when I alighted from
the c. & o. train. With the exception
Of couple Of negroes and a big red
faced drummer I was the onlycpas-
senger to get of. There wasn't any
bus at the station, and we-the drum
mer and had; to shoof It to the hotel
(there was only one). When We got
there We woke up the night clerk
who was also porter and bell-hop, and
after IlregisterediI stuck the pen back
in the half potato on the desk. My
newly made acquaintance. the drum
mer, had registered before me and
was Raging with; the night clerk.
"1'll have to ask you to pay in ad-
vance, remarked the clerk to the
drummer.
isn't my luggage good enough Sc
curity?' replied the travelling man.
who had never travelled in Virginia
before.
"I am afraid, old man. 1t is a lit
tie too emotional answered the clerk
with yawn.
Emotional? questioned the tired
guest.
"'Sure. emotional. It's easily moved
explained the clerk.
We'll, that drummer had to pay his
bill in advance. The clerk must have
sized me up right away for an honest
man, for my grip wasn't as big as
this salesman's and I didn't have to
settle until l was ready to check out
the next morning."
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
GROSS CRUELTY TO BOOKS
Librarian Protests Against the Way
Some People Handle Volumes
In Street Cars.

The way some people handle books
in street cars knocks that old Sunday
school rrecept, Let not your angry
passions rise into smithereens SO far
as am concerned" said the librarian.
4 get especially wrathy when the
abused books happen to belong to a
public library. Most of them do be-
long there.
Persons carrying a great pile OF
books are the worst offenders. 4
bunch of books carried under the arm
get pretty unInanageabie. They slip
and slide around as if they had been
creased.
"One way TO prevent that is to slip
the top cover of the bottom book into
the lower cover of the book just
above it. and so on through the pile
The books cannot slip then, but
heaven help the covers. They will
get torn loose in no time.
Every once in while subscriber
who wants to save himself the trouble
Of chasing books in the street locks a
bundle of them together that way re-
fore leaving the library. but usually
somebody who knows the effects stops
him. In street cars he is free to do
as he chooses unless some librarian
catches him at ii. Maybe they have
no right TO interfere then, but most
Of them DO"
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
BIGGEST DAM IN THE WORLD
Reservoir to Cover 56.4 Square Miles
and Hold 10000. 900, 600 Cubic
Feet Of Water.

A dam larger than any now built
or building in the world is to be con-
structed in connection with NAM
moth irrigation enterprise which will
soon be undertaken in the presidency
of Madras, British India, known as
the Cauvery reservoir project.
The project includes the construc-
ton of a huge masonry dam across
the Cauvery river, for impoundinS the
food waters during the monsoon sea-
sons. and the construction of sys-
TEN of canals through large sections
of the unirrigated deltaic region in
order to distribute the flow.
There are now under irrigation in
the Cauvery deltaic systems 100000
acres, and the crop area will be in
creased by the new works about
473.OO0 acres
The dam will be 6.352 feet in length
and 202 feet from the lowest level Of
its foundations to the roadway on top
and 206 feet to the top of its parapets.
The height from the average level Of
the river bed to the roadway will be
173 feet, and the full level of the
reservoir will be six feet less. In
masonry it will contain 3S.5OO.000
cubic feet.
The next three dams in size are the
Assouan, in Egypt, with 100000
cubic feet of masonry; the Croton in
New York. 100000. and the Olive
Bridge dam in New York. $4,000. 900.
1t is estimated that IL years will be
required to complete the Cauvery
dam. and that the cost. including the
canals. s12,491,555. The area sub
merged by the impounded waters I'M
der the new project will be SAG
square miles, and the effective capa-
city of the reservoir $4,000, OOO, 900
cubic feet.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
Two Points of View.

Nice discrimination would he re.
quired to decide which is the ressi-
mist and which the optimist in the ap-
pended Civil war Renaissance.
During one of the battles OF Muir.
freesboro group of wounded men
was huddled about a field hosni:al
waiting surgical attention when 4 big
brawny trooper. with a bullet in his
left leg and another in his right arm,
hobbled up. holding his wounded arm
In his left hand.
Doc" he drawled. the Johnnies
came pretty near hitting me"
Another fellow, blowing blood CO.
piously from his nose, the point of
which had been shot off. promptly in
terposed:
Doctor. the rascals'-sputter-
came near"-another blow and smut
ter-"missing me."-Youth's Compan-
Ion.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
DID Not Cinoer.

State Senator Bowerman of Oregon
defended n participant in a shooting
scrape recently and a material point
in the case hinged upon the testimony
OF an aged Tennesseean. Where
were you when this shot was flred?"
queried counsel for the defense Il
was about ten feet behind the Teller
what got shot" And were you there
when the marshal arrived" mo,
sab: ! want nowhere nigh the
place" You must have Travelled pref
~ fast" suggested Mr. Bowerman.
The witness projected his goatee over
the rail Of the witness stand and in
confidential tone of voice said: We'll,
Jay, I'll tell we; I made jest three
tracks between KnoX's livery barn
ard the cotehouse."
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
ODD WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
How William Cullen Bryant Informed
His Mother That He Had Been
Married.

The following letter from William
Culient Bryant to his mother indicates
that the author of "Thanatopsis" and
the immortal lines ITO Water
fowl could enjoy his joke on occa
sion:
Dear Mother: / hasten to send you
the melancholy intelligence OF what
has lately happened to me.
Early on the evening of the 18th
day of the present month was at
neighboring house in this village. Sew
eral people of both sexes were assem-
bled in one of the apartments, and
three or four others, with myself, were
in another.
At last came a little elderly gentle
man, pale, thin, with a solemn coun
tenance. pleuritic voice. hooked nose
and hollow eyes, 1t was not long be
fore We were summoned to attend IN
the apartment where he and the rest
of the company were gathered.
We went in and took our seats; the
little elderly gentleman with the hook
ed nose prayed, and we all stood up
When he had finished, most of us sal
down
The gentleman with the hooked nose
then muttered certain cabalistic eN
pressions, which was too much fright
ened to remember; but recollect thai
at the conclusion / was given to I'm
derstand that / was married to q
young lady by the name Of Frances
Fairchild. whom 1 perceived standing
by my side, and whom l hope in the
course of few months to have the
pleasure of introducing to you as youI
daushter-in-law, which is a matter OF
some interest to the poor girl, who has
neither father nor mother in the
world-Prof. Chubb, In Stories Of
Authors
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
Coke.

The production Of coke in beehive
ovens and retorts in the United
States in 1909 was 39.315,O65 short
tons. worth ss9.965.4s3. against &c.
O33.51s tons. worth s62.4s3.9s3 IN
1908. The increase was 51.o2 pei
cent. in quantity and 1892 per cent
in value. Notwithstanding this in
crease tho output was still 1864?
short tons and s21,513,643 below thu
high record made in 1907, which was
4O.779.5s4 short tons. valued at Sill,
539I26. The 1909 increase over 1908
was mainly made in the last half OF
that year.
The average price a ton was $2.4e
in 1908. against 1929 in 1909. while In
1907 the average price was $2.74 .
ton. Coke made In the by.product
ovens is the more profitable. At the
close Of 1909 there were $40 of them
under construction. Their product
in 1909 averaged In price $3.27'a ton
against $40 for the output of the
beehive ovens.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
LAKE LASTS FIVE MONTHS
During Rest Of the Year the Balkan
Peasants Raise Crops on lts
Bed,

On the route from Gravosa, q Dali
NATHAN port on the Adriatic, to Mos
tar, former capital of Herzegovina. is
situated lake of remarkable char
acter ard behavior-and of almost
equally remarkable name. An Eng
Iish woman. Maude NJ. Holbach. writ
ing of her travels through those two
Balkan states lately annexed to the
empire of Francis Joseph. Bosnia and
Herzegovina, has thus described Lake
Popovopoije:
For more than an hour We jour-
neyed along the shores Of desolate
mountain lake, shut in by barren
mountains, which the guide book told
us bears the unpronounceable name
of Popovopolje, and is only lake dur
ing five months of the year. 1t dries
up in summer so completely that the
ground can be cultivated. The inhab-
itants of its banks must have a SIM
liar experience to the jewellers in the
villages along the Nile. who are &C.
customed to go about on dry land half
the year and the other half by boat.
This lake puzzled us not a little
when first We saw 1t, for the trees
growing here and there out Of the
water plainly showed inundation; and
on the other hand, the primitive lit
tie canoes here and there on its banks
showed that the inundatiOn, If such.
was expected and prepared for.
The waters are said to escape In
summer through underground courses.
and in proof of this a special kind Of
fish is found in this lake which could
not otherwise get there.-Youth's
Companion.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
BACK TO HIS AUTOMOBILE
Senator divers Experience In Dis
earding the Luxury Proves very
Far From Satisfactory.

No more will George +. Oliver.
United States senator from Pennsyi'
yania. endeavor to mix with the COM
mon people.
Senator divers determination to 70
turn to the luxury of an automobile Is
due to his discovery that all men look
alike to the motormen Of street cars In
Washington. Senator divers auto had
not come to take him home, and ne
stood in the street stamping his feet
in the snow and impatiently waiting
for a car. Presently one came bowl
ing down the street at top speed. He
commanded the motorman to stop BY
raising his hand, and. never dreaming
that his senatorial mandate would be
ignored, prepared to get aboard.
The car slowed down just sufficient.
" to deceive the senator. but the mo
torman was merely reducing speed q
bit to get around a curve. Senator
Oliver grasped the handle Of the car.
was promptly yanked OF his feet, and
the street was in q fair way Of being
swept Of its snow by the immaculate
clothing Of the indignant senator when
that individual came to the conclu-
sion that he could not get aboard the
car without inviting the legislature OF
Pennsylvania to name a successor to
the late George T. Oliver. He released
his hold on the handle. slid along the
slippery pavement for a few feet, and
delivered himself of a few choice re-
marks which would have shocked the
parliamentary feeling Of Vice-Presi
dent Sherman.
do you know whom you passed." .
passenger asked the conductor.
Il suppose twas a senator, but his
nickel don't look any bigger than any
one else's when the car is late This
is one place where we can give the
best of them the go-by, see."-Wash-
ington Times.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
SOLITUDE OF THE L0ND0NER
There Is One City Where Man Need
Take No Part in Com
munai Life.

Winston Churchill, who was the
guest of the evening at the st. David's
day dinner at the Trocadero, drew
picture of the solitude of London.
Where else in the world" he asked,
have you freedom such as you have
in London now? Here a man. SO long
rs he does not break the law or have
practical Jokes played on him. may
live. year after year, without ques-
tons being asked him as to where he
comes from or what he thinks.
He may be richer than the dreams
of avarice or poorer than the night
mare of poverty. But no one is going
to make any inquiry, and unless he
seeks them for himself he will he
charged with no public duties. He
will be asked to take part in no COM
munal life. he will have no neighbors.
and he will submit himself TO the
judgment of no circle of friends.
why, the last people in the world
that Londoner knows are those that
live next door to him. so that his
manners, his morals, his probity, his
prosperity, his ruin, give no concern TO
those who live at his side-no more
concern than their qualities and viz
tues are to him.
In this mighty labyrinth of streets,
crowded as they are with the vastest
aggregation of human beings that the
history of the world can show. n man
can enjoy a complete detachment from
all forms of civic and social obligation,
he may find in this country a solitude
more effectively secure in the midst
of this great city than will ever be az
forded to the wanderer in the steppes
of Russia or the deserts OF Sahara
London, think you will agree. has
produced a freedom more complete.
and think will add clore slattern!y.
than any that has yet been discover
able among men."-London Express.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
where There IS NO BREAD
This Staple Food Is Never Seen In q
Village Not Far From
Vienna.

There are regions wherein the poor,
er classes Of peasantry eat little or nc
bread. Baked loaves Of bread are prac
tically unknown in many parts Of
southern Austria and Italy and
throughout the agricultural district Of
Rumania.
1t is said that in the village of tho
Obersteiermark, not far from Vienna,
bread is never seen. the staple food
being sterz. a kind Of porridge made
from ground beech nuts, taken at
breakfast with fresh or curled milk
at dinner with broth or fried lard. and
with milk again for supper. This dish
IS also known as heiden and takes the
place of bread not only in the Austrian
district named, but in Carinthia and IL
many parts of the Tyrol.
In northern Italy the peasants affect
n substitute for bread called polenta,
a porridge made of boiled grain. Pc
lenta is not, however. allowed to gran
ulate" like Scotch porridge or like the
Austrian sterz, but IS boiled into 8
solid budding, which is cut up and
portioned out with string. 1t Is eater
cold as often as 1t IS hot. and is IL
every sense the Italians daily bread.
A variation of polenta, called mama
liza, Is said to be the favorite food OF
the poorer classes of Rumania. Mama
liga is like polenta. in that it is made
of boiled grain. but it Is unlike the lat
ter in one important respect-the
grains arc not allowed to settle into a
solid mass, but are kept distinct. after
the fashion Of oatmeal porridge.-Tit
Bits.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
MATS LIFE FULL Of WOE
His Shirt Is Soaked in Glue and Con-
crete and Buttons Always
Come Off.

The onward march of civilization
has its obstacles. Shirts being made
for man and not man for shirts, every
time man gets a new shirt or one
comes back from the laundry the NOR
al uplift needs the application of the
safety brake and the emergency clutch
to keep US from dropping into the Gel
lar again.
Shirts are made of various kinds OF
materials. After the sewing is fin
ished they are left for a few hours
in a strong mixture of glue and con-
crete This fastens the back to the
bosom and sticks the sleeves together.
Fulton holes are then made in the
ncckband and the band is then stepped
in cement so that the button holes can
not be opened. The bosom is then
adorned with buttons. These buttons
are Sewed on with one weak thread,
so that when you try to button the
shirt. after having pried it apart with
paper knife and strong language,
the buttons will fly away merrily.
Shirts that are Numbered are always
sent back with the lower button but
toned in, and all the button holes
glued tight.
Dress shirts are made with veneered
bosoms. with little round holes where
the studs are only supposed to be
placed. These bosoms are absolutely
inflexible and the studs cannot be in
serted without the. aid of sledge
hammer, which is damaging to the dis
position.
The man who will invent n button
less shirt, which cannot be starched
in the neckband, will earn n monument
which will be illuminated at night.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
Made Hit With Waiter.

J. Everson Powell, u. F. H.. of the
Dean Valley Hunt, rode with the
ChagTin Valley Hunt the other day
10 talk horse show for the Columbus
meet and made & hit with Charles
Johnson. a colored waiter at the club
in Gates Mill.
After a time Johnson approached
Ivan Enger, the steward, to ask the
meaning Of the mysterious letters M.
F. H"
oh, that said Enger, without
winkins an eyelash. Why, that
means Master OF the Fish Hounds
Johnson's eyes grew large as sau-
GERS. Nah Lo'dy," he whispered.
"Mahster oh de Fish Houn's! Amt he
de dandy."-Cleveland Leader.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
Prima Facie Proof.

After the report had been current
for week that Johns wife, whom
John had met and married and was
still secluding in Chicago. was ugly
as sin. friend who had Johns in
terests ut heart ran down the author
of the rumor with the intention of
making her retreat.
How do you know she is ugly?'
he asked Have you ever seen
herr
No. said the experienced gossip
II never have, neither have I seen
her picture nor anybody who has eth.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17

she is ugly because ! had It straight
from person who lives in Chicago
that when she ordered a dozen pictures
taken just awhile before the wedding
the photographer made her pay in ad
vance. and photographer never does
tina. unless the subject is so ugly that
she will he discouraged when she sees
tho pictures and refuse to accept
them on the ground that he hasn't
dc-a good work. If you don't believe
me- ask a photographer"
But Johns champion let the matter
drop.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
Killed by an Insult,

NJ. Borini. an elderly cabinetmaker.
living In the Eaux-vives quarter of
Geneva, died last night under ex-
lraordinary circumstances. He was
visited by a customer with whom he
had quarreled, and the dispute con-
.inued yesterday, when the customer
In his anger said: Monsieur. you are
thief" The cabinetmaker, who had
q very good reputation in Geneva,
staggered under the insult and fell to
the ground. He was carried 10 his
bedroom, where he died a few hours
Correspondent London
EXPRESS.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
His Exclamation.

Insurance Adiuster docking at the
remaiSs OF the parlor furniture)-is
this all you managed to save out of
the fire?
Owner tprofuseIy apologetic)-Yes,
sir. I'm awfUlly sorry, but kind O.
felt that I really ought to get my wife
and children Cut OF the building first
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
dramatic Criticism.

Kin Hubbard. the Indiana humorist,
,nce was assigned to cover perform
ance of Uncle Toms Cabin" Hub
h,rd had his brain-chi!d. old ABE Mar
Tin" report the play. This was the
critique: Uncle Toms CABIN played
down T. Melodeon hall las night. Tn
dogs was good, but they had poor sup
mort Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
Knew More Than All Of Them.

The Lawyer-Are you acquainted
with any of the men on the jury?
The Witness-Yes. sir; more than
half of them.
The Lawyer-Are you willing to
swear that you know more than half
Of them:
The Witness-Say. il it comes to
that I'm willing to swear that ! know
,,ora than all of them put together.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
Birds of a Feather,

The man who was trying to become
. an expert canoeist was discoursinc on
his canoe.
What do You think I've named II p"
he asked.
They knew not.
The New England Conscience
-- why"
Because it's almost always upset"
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
rhe Unreal and the Real.

Most of our ills are purely fn1ag-
mary"
YES" replied the materiaiist. But
when you eat mushrooms and develop
toadstool symptoms there is usually
something more than imagination to
be reckoned with"
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
Limitations.

John" asked Mrs Dorkins. what
is a political con game"
"Why, lists 4 frame-up, you
know"
Yes. but what is a frame-up?"
"A-er-piece OF bunk. OF course;
can't you"
What is piece of bunk
"Oh. shucks," exclaimed Mr.. Dor
kins. Whats the use OF trying to tell
\ .omau ANYTHING about nnlitic=i"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-28
YUSSIF MAHMOUT
TO MEET INDIAN

Stories in the Chicago papers tell
OF the probable matching the present
season Of Yussif Mahmout, the won
derful Turk, and Karla, the sensation
from India. the same wrestler VINO
has been chosen to wrestle before
King George Of England, when the
monarch goes to the far east to wit
ness the durbar at Delhi.
This season the world may come
to some realization of the greatness
Of Mahmout, the starved man or
Europe, who has for two lean seasons
been without work. The wonderful
Turk Is so good that few Wrestlers
care to tangle with him. Some of the
keener critics of the game declare that
Mahmout is every bit as good as Frank
A. Gotch. Charles Cutler. the famous
American heavyweight wrestler. said
last fall that he believed Mahmout
was the greatest wrestler In the whole
world.
A match between Mahmout and
Karla, the swarthy son of the mystic
east, would be a match exciting a
great deal of interest. Few followers
of the wrestling game know how good
Karla is. r. B. Benjamin rates him
as a better man than Cana, the Ia
nous wrestler who came out OF India
and made a sensation In London.
Also it might be said, because OF the
comparative idleness of Mahmout the
past year and a half. few have real
lied how. great is the Turk. A con-
test between the man Mr.. Benjamin
claims is by far the greatest wrestler
from the great mysterious a. OF
India, O country that is said to be filled
with great wrestlers, and q man, many
believe. will be the mex champion of
the world, would attract wide interest
and would eliminate knocking at the
wrestling room occupied by Frank A.
Gofch
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-28
AGGIES
THE S. D.

Fargo. N. D.. Oct. 2s.-The A. C.
football squad has gone YER the N. p.
for Brookings. s. D.. where today the
team will meet the South Dakota ag-
giles. So far this a the A. G.
has met opponents. who proved to be
inferior in class and the aggies have
piled up large scores. But without
doubt they play against a team, which
will test their strength and only by
the best team work, with each man
playing his hardest will the larger end
of the score fall to the "A. c.
Although the farmers defeated Alb
erdeen normal by a larger score than
the South Dakota aggregation. this
cannot be used in judging the out
was played carly in the season and
since the South Dakota college has
shown great improvement.
The coyote farmers met the Univer.
sity of South Dakota, a team which
played a s to 0 game with the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. In this game they
displayed good team work and speed
holding their stronger opponents to
the low score Of is to g.. Neverthe-
week and feel confident Of victory, al
though the team is still somewhat
battleworn for several of the players
are handicapped with charley horses
and bad ankles.
Coach Rueber, has since last Sat-
urday's game worked out a bunch Of
new plays. which will keep the South
Dakota aggies guessing. Night foot
ball school has been held this week in
the armory and these new plays mas
tered with swift signal practice. The
team was accompanied on its trip by
Business Manager Dean Keene, Stu
dent Manager Colley, Coach Rueber
and Trainer Wirtenberger.