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The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
SOME ODD SKINS AND HIDES


Among the skins and hides which
dnd their way into the American and
Canadian markets. are the boar skins,
which come from Mexico, and the hide
Of the Msxican peccary, with fur or
bristles Of q pepper and salt mixture
In color. the beast being Q savage look
ing animal alive. Like deer skins.
boar hides are shipped dry. The boar
skin makes . heavier leather than
deer skin and Is used for glove trim
mings.
Goat skins In large numbers are i'm
ported from the various Latin Amer
lean countries. including the West In
dies; but the great sources Of the
worlds supply of goat skins are
China. Russia and the East Indies In
the order named. From those coun-
tries there are imported annually mil
lions of goat skins which are made
into leather. 80 per cent Of which is
used in the manufacture Of shoes.
Goat skins are shipped principally
dry.
From the countries to the south of
the United States are brought annual.
ly some thousands Of alligator hides.
mostly from Mexico and the United
States Of Colombia, with some from
Ecuador. These alligators are shot
or are speared from boats. Alligator
hides are shipped wet salted. II they
were once dried they never could be
softened sufficiently to be made into
leather
To be kept in perfect condition in
the hot countries the alligator must
be skinned and the hide salted right
away. The supply is still sufficient.
but in the countries from which the
hides are now mainly brought alligaz
tors are diminishing in number. There
are too many hunters and too many
young alligators are taken.
Formerly some alligator leather was
used for shoes and boots. but now It
Is used chiefly in the manufacture Of
handbags and suitcases.
Occasionally q few manatee or sea
COW hides. which come from Mexico.
find their way north. These hides are
shipped wet salted. The manatee hide
tans into a very thick leather. cheap
er than walrus leather but used like 1t
for the making of buffing wheels for
polishing purposes
From Mexico also come q few tiger
cub skins. which are tanned and made
up into rugs.
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
MUST THANK JESFER
ASKING GIRLS PA NOW EASY FOR
THE SUIToR.
Old Custom 10 Happlly Failing Int
0isuse-The Bride 10 the One Who
10 Now Taking All the
Chances.

We've often wondered Why It is IL
ways the bridegroom who is rattled
during the marriage ceremony. when
it's the bride who is taking all the
chances. Not that this question has
anything to do with what We are going
to talk about; but neither has any
thing else. and one must start some
where.
And really 1t IL strange how cool the
girl always is. Our theory Is that this
is because a person doesn't easily get
ratified at the complications that fol-
low the business in which he is an ex-
pert. The tyro is the one who 10
nervous. Getting married q man Is
entering unknown ground. The girl.
on the other hand. has the whole field
plotted. Getting married is her bust
ness-it Is the mans fate.
Where the man falls down first is In
the horrible ordeal of asking papa"
This old custom Is happily falling into
disuse, but in many old.fashioned fam
lilies 1t is still considered necessary.
The conventional picture shows .
timid young man, hat in hand. apr
preaching an ogreish old person to
whom he has to introduce himself.
The young man fully expects to be
killed. but he usually gets OF with .
few minor bruises This Is the way
it is done in the funny papers and In
some of our more conservative famil-
les.
In real life the man has an easier
job. The girl casually announces at
breakfast that she intends to marry
Jack Mamma screams: What!
Didn't l tell you I didn't approve Of
him. Yes" answers the daughter.
cheerfully. but thatll be all right
He doesn't approve Of you. either"
Papa doesn't even get a look-in. To
salve his feelings the young chap con-
sents to call on him. Il suppose Mol
lie told you We were going to get mar
ried, he observes. handing out
cigar. Hope you and l won't let
it interfere with our friendship"
Are you sure you love my daugh-
ter?" asks the old man.
Great Scott" exclaims the young
er, with a giggle. You aren't going
to get sentimental at your time of life,
are you?" The father bushes and Of
fers to buy drink
Sometimes, to be sure. 1t is an or
Deal for the suitor. He considers 1t Q
doubtful compliment when he says:
Can have your daughter?" and the
old man says: NO; but Id like to
give you job with my firm. hate
to see such nerve as yours going to
waste There are SO many come
backs to the Can you support her in
the style to which she has been accus.
tomed?" gag that the modern suitor
has his prospective father-in.law
licked before the conversation is fair.
" started. Life and its problems are
simplified by a sense Of humor.
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
A War on Wild Pioeo,e

great slaughter OF wild pigeons
look place all over the Isle of Wfsb.
this week and IT is estimated ,ha.
quite thousand guns were enrolled
1or the campaign. among them beip.
landowners. occupiers and shooting
tenants who were publicly invited -
take part. .,..a..,, = ,~,,S
Inc guns were stationed in wood,
and coprices over a wide area somn
Dig bags were obtained. The farm.
ers have suffered terribly owing to
the depredations caused BY the wild
pseons.-London Evening Standard.
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12

s6lll" Jordan Has an Experience That
Caps All Stories Of Mis-
fortune.

You've heard all those funny hard
luck stories. but this is one that hap
pens to be true and caps them all.
says the New York correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Times-Star. "Bill" Jor-
dan Is a teamster. He hadn't eaten
for "a hours and had been out of work
for week when he met q man who
promised him a job. Meet me on the
corner of Fiftieth street and Lexing-
ton avenue at nine o'clock in the
morning." said the man. Jordan was
getting weak from hunger He went
to one Of the Bowery pawnbrokers
and traded his clothes for a worse
suit and enough money to fin him with
buckwheat cakes. He had just called
for the cakes in one Of the dumps on
the Bowery where cash accompanies
each order as guarantee of good
faith-and had paid for them-when
dre broke out in the restaurant Jor-
dan managed to seize three of tho
top and ran into the street. munching
them. but his cakes and his money
were irretrievably gone. That was at
night. He walked about all night
and II was bitterly cold night-be-
cause he didn't have a nickel with
which to buy flop" downtown. Jor-
dan Is selfrespecting man and he
would not beg. Pretty shaky from
want Of food and the all night fight
against the cold. he appeared at the
corner OF Fiftieth street and Lexing-
ton avenue an hour before time.
While he was there the explosion took
place in the Grand Central station.
Jordan was shot across tho street By
1t and when he came to some time
later he noticed people laughing at
him. The entire rear elevation of
that miserable old suit he had res
cued from the pawnbroker had been
blown out. He couldn't even walk on
the streets until he had picked up
some CASTOR newspapers and pinned
them across the gaps And then he
dared not sit down. He returned to
the corner where he had been told
to wait and stayed there for hours,
shaking in the chill breeze. waiting
for the man to come to whom he had
hired. In the meantime he volun-
teered his services to those who were
clearing away the ruins. although he
was almost too weak to do any good.
He helped carry out one of the vic
tins Of the explosion. II was the
man who had hired him.
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
Many Suns to Give lIaht.

During the day We say that the
sun shines: during the night We
should say that the suns shine" writes
a Boston correspondent Of the New
York Times. During the day one
sun reigns over us; during the night
many suns sparkle and scintillate up
on us. The only difference IS that
our sun Of day is SO much nearer than
our suns of night: but there is one
sun of night that, during our winter.
far outshines the other sparkling sky
gems. That sun Is Sirius. whose dis
tance has been estimated at 80 bill
lions Of miles. whose size has been
conjectured to be as vast as that Of
seven thousand suns like our own"
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
Mrs. Judkins a Veteran Deer Hunter.

Mrs. Walter Judkins of Portland is
a woman to whom the lure Of the
Maine woods is strong She has Just
returned from her twenty-third season
in the autumn forest, with a record
Of 2S deer to her credit Mrs. Jud-
kins shot her first deer when a girl of
fifteen while in the woods in search
OF partridge in her home town Of
Gilead.
Mrs. Judkins during her twenty
three years Of hunting experience has
tried many varieties of hunting COS
tunes and has finally settled upon
what she deems the most practical.
She wears in the woods a stout gray
sweater. a pair of very full blcomers.
the stout huntsman's stockings and
shoes similar in shape to a moccasin
and waterproof. with top of skin and
vamp and soles of heavy rubber
Kennebunk Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
Happy Idea.

Two Jews had long been bitter enc
mics and had often done each other
all the damage they could. With one
of them this enmity became a mania
and finally he had vision. An angel
appeared to him and said that he
could have one wish. his dearest wish.
gratified, but with this proviso: Ros-
enthal. his enemy. was to receive
twice or double the blessing conferred
on him. WELL" said Ikey, If I wish
for a million dollars. he gets two mil
lion, and ! don't want that" After
puzzling over the problem for some
time. a happy idea struck him. and
putting one hand over one eye he
said: Il wish dot I had one blind
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
A frs,nt<-Paekino Hint,

One girl who is something Of trav-
e,er has for her trunk large sheet Of
blue muslin. This IS put in the bot
tom of the trunk before the packing
IA started. When everything Is in It
is folded over the top Of the clothes
and firmly pinned with safety pins.
With this precaution the girl Il sure
to find her garments as smooth at the
end of a trip as at the start
Another of her packing methods n
to stow in the hatbox Of the trunk AZ
the loose tisue paper that comes to
the house. This does away with q
mad search for tissue paper when
packing Is to be done.
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
DISEASE SPREAD By INSECT:
House Fly. Mosquito and esdbus Aro
Chief Sources Of Con-
taoion.

A Texas physician has demon
strated that smallpox. admittedly Q
filth disease, is communicated only BY
the bite of the bedbug. That
yellow fever and malaria are COM
municable molly by bite Of an In
fected mosquito is also an established
fact The typhoid scourge has Its In
ception in the filth that IL distributed
by the common house fly. Rats scat
ter the bubonic plague. and tubefcu-
losis Is contracted generally through
breathing the germs that are carried
In dust. With these facts known tt
would seem an easy task to reduce or
eliminate the hazard to life that II
found in these dread diseases. Mosqui-
toes may be eliminated by proper
drainage of stagnant pools or BY OIL
ing the surface of such pools. They
do not breed I'm considerable numbers
save In dead water. Those that are
not eliminated by precautionary meas
ures may be shut out Of the homes by
proper screening. House flies breed
in trash and garbage. Destruction Of
these breeding places will to q largo
extent do away with the fly. Those
that are left can be shut out Of the
homes by proper screening. With
Of the facts concerning the
origin Of disease the people arc able
TO make plans for their safety. Con-
certeI effort is necessary. however.
and the civic pride Of every communi-
ty should be enlisted IN warfare
against known dangers such 40 are
found in the presence Of flies and
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12

Platte County Teachers Association
Columbus High school April 10. 1911
at 1:3O p. m.
Vocal Solo Selected -. Hazel From
"History in Primary Grades"
...... .Jcssy Nav. District No.
''School and Life" fe".....
....... Gideon Braun, District No. II
Vocal Solo-Selecte,! !
1890. Prof. O. Collett, Coiumhns
Hugh School
''COnsOlidstion OF Schools. ....
Prof. j. Engleman. Monroe Schools
Rural Life.
Prot. J. Stephenson, Lindsay Schools
domestic Science in Rural
.. Elsie Adams, Monroe Schools
Vocal Solo Selected
Prof. &. Otradovec. Platte Center
Schools.
Reading Of minutes of Humphrey
meeting.
Roll Call.
Eighth Grade Examinations State
Superintendent Orabtree has designated
April 20 and II, May III and II a. the
dates vt the final eighth grade cxGnina-
tions. do not gor9et the dates, a. this
will be the only notice You will receive
Examinations will be held at usual
places.
ImpUrtsn: for the final report
to this Office hav. hccn forwarded Ia
each teacher. PLEASE. leave "a cumulrt.
record uf the work Of the school Year.
whether you cxpec; l." teach in the same
district or elsewhere All reports should
be forwarded within one Week a!t-r the
closing Of school.
Platte County Institute will convene
June t.. and remain ia stsslun five days
No excuses will ha granted, except to
those who Rre in actual Attendance. at a
summer schnoi during the tim. the in-
stitute is In Session.
Teachers cXaInlu;lt,un will he held
April II and -. Teachers whose certi-
fcaies expire duIiI:: the summer should
commence work f." Renewals nn the
above dates.
+. 8 Lecr"n. County Superintendent.
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
Proud of Fine Hail.

The Daughters of the American
Revolution are proud of the fact that
hey have completed their $500. 900 me-
mortal hall in Washington without a
lawsuit or strike" The furnishings
cost $4,000 and the hall is all paid for
except the mortgage put upon i, by
Mrs. Donald Mclean, and that is he.
ing decreased each year.
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
Origin Of Dollar Sion.

Pieces of eight" mean the Spanish
peso duro. or hard dollar. bearing the.
numeral eight and being the value OF,
eight reals.
Our commercial sign for the dollar
is supposed by some authorities t,
have reference to this eight. the YER
tica! strokes representing the Pillars
OF Hercules. which in the beginning
we're stamped on some Of the Spanish
dollars. According to another ac-
count the dollar sign is derived from
the stamp "sR." accompanied by two
vertical strokes.
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
Astute Marplot.

You are going to interest yourself
in this reform enterprise?"
Certainly" replied Senator Sor.
ghum.
But I thought 1t was unfavorable
to your friends"
1T is. And I'm going to interest
myself in 1t far enough to let me Of
fer suggestions that will render 1t i'm
pro octica1"
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
Baroain Sale.

IF you are looking for bargains"
said the broker, Il can suit you. I
can offer YOU some stocks at ten
cents a share"
But why are they so cheap" de.
manded the lady shopper.
You see. they have been slightly
damaged by water"
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12

News That He Has inherited BIG
Fortune Does Not Change
Meclusleey.

A few days ago the calmsst man In
the world arrived here. says the New
York correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Times-Star. He IS John McCluskey.
who. for his sixty years has been .
farm labOrer In Scotland. Some
months ago his brother James died In
this city. and left a large fortune of
several thousand dollars to the broth
er he had not seen since they bade
each other goodby In the heather. 40
years ago. Andrew Wilson. an attor-
ney of this city. was named a. the ad-
ministrator. II was his duty to flnd
the lucky brother He was slicing
turnips for the sheep on his employ
er's farm. up among the mist clad hills
Of Scotland" said Mr.. Wilson. when
] found him. I had traced his life from
the old farm on which he was born
step by step through the 40 years Of
ill-paid and often most unpleasant
labor before approached him. II
was not difficult for he had held but
a few positions in all those years.
Every one In the countryside knew
him.
Are you John McCluskeyr I askod
~ am said he without taking his
eyes from the turnips and the knife.
Your brother James Is dead In
New York. said !.
"'Aweel, aweel, all men must cen
de- said John McCluskey. slicing
away.
"'He left you q great fortune said
|. I want you to come to the house
with me so that I can establish your
and arrange for you to enter
Into possession Of the estate
"1'll talk to ye at sax o'clock. young
mon.' said he. I'll be busy till then.
Thay fortune will keep. but thay tur'
niDs will not"
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
What She Eonoof-

\ lady who had given a workman
Engaged on some work at her house
? glass of beer. Afterwards asked him
if iie-;ked it.
il is pure beer. ! brew II mysaH-
ard il IS composed of'nothins but malt
;pd hcrs."
And water" Joined in the man.
IN. yes. certainly, and. the water.
O., lad forgotten that"
10. you didn't forge; the water.
mann; maybe it,were the malt and
LS.s Won forgot
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
Protection for cranber,le.

Tho weather bureau at WASHINGTON
has decided to establish four stations
In the cranberry belt. II is announced
that one will be located at Halifax
near one Of the biggest cranberry
bogs In the state.
The bureau win arrange the sta
don 20 that in case Of cold weather
The growers in the Cape Cod district
can b notified BY telephone service
to aood their boSs.-Halifax CORE
spoodence Boston Transcript.
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
The Mean Old Thing.

Mrs. Scrappington-You provoke me.
I'll I am absolutely beside myself.
Mr.. Scrappingfon-Then stand of a
little way from yourself and see how
ridiculous you look.-Puck.
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
Congregational Church.

sse1aStSossSAA0s
The Congregational church announce
the following programme for Easte
Sunday. and invites the public TO woB
chip with them.
Morning service IL o'clock.
Organ prelude. Mrs. w. s. Evans
DOxOIOgy. y.............-......
Scripture-The Visit to the Tomb.
Response -''Ssnctus" us".......... Choir
Hymu-"Jesus Christ the Son..
Scripture Visit of Peter and
John to the SePulcher. r.........-
Response .Cboif
Announcements. ts.............
Offertory Mrs. w. ). Exams
Solo-"rhe Lord is Risen Lansing.
...... Miss Galley
Sermon-"Easter i Its Larger Outlook
Anthem Praise Ye the Father.
.sShcii
BenedicIiOn.
IOo0luaC .
Evening pruIramma o'clock.
Organ prelude. M:s. W. ). Evans
Gloria Patri. i.... .........-...
Invocation 49,. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Hymn-"Resurrectio of Jesus Christ
the Son. Congregation
Scripture n. Burial of Jesus. .....
SolO-"rhe Endless Day johnson
Lester T.. Dibbls
Scripture-Tbe Empty Tomb.
Response '.ianctus" s"...... Choir
Anthem ''All Hail" Choir
SOlu-''Christ is kls-n" Mrs. Feas.er
Announcements ............
Violin Duet Tho Alp Maids Dream
Labitzky Misses Marion R"ed-r.
Adria Lay ay.............
Pr8yer....
L,rd's Prayer. Chant .th"ir
Anthem -"taEurrection" Choir
Ofcrtory- ........-..-.
SOIo-"The Voice Triumphant"
Stults s....... M7s HathburE
Chorus-"Ohrist Is Risen .
BenedictiOn. ............
Pcstludc c.....Mr ". :. Evans
WILLIAM l.. DIEBLE. Minister.
The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
QUARREL IN PRIVATE

MAGISTRATE LAYS DOWN LAW
ON FAMILY IIL1S.
IN epits of Better Mannsrs human
Nature 70 Unresenerats- -lnstlnot
for Privacy sssn In Nest
Degraded.
IF you want to quarrel with your
wife," SO the magistrates oraculaI
words are reported. you must do %
strictly in private" Thus does the
law champion the commonweal. Mat
rimonial quarrels It holds. no doubt. to
be an outrage on decency. and cor
rupting to the morals Of the young.
The point, perhaps. seems too obvious
to be Interesting. Some instinct de-
manding privacy for these affairs q
to be detected even In tho most de-
graded. Even when the quarrel leads
to physical violence In the street. hus-
band and wife are agreed in consider
ing 1t a private matter with which
neither the law nor public opinion has
any concern. The ministrations Of
neighbors and police are alike re-
sented.
And why. you ask with indignation.
do these superficial paragraphs con-
Germ themselves with such ugly and
sordid scenes? Purely for ediflcar
ton. We are agreed that In the e1-
treme and brutal case tho law and
the public may very well interfere.
not only for the protection Of the
sufferer, but for the prevention Of in
cidents which are disgusting. But
We do not maintain with suf1cient ve-
hemence that all kinds of matrimonial
quarrels are disgusting to the sensi-
tive mind. You have probably a right
to think your husband fool. You
have no right to call him fool before
anyone else. Not for the sake of his
feelings. but for public decency.
Who. you inquire with indignation.
does call her husband a fool? Such
language belongs to the same low
stratum as black eyes. This Is a mere
prevarication. People Of education
and breeding. do not. indeed. call
spades spades or husbands idiots.
but they imply with a virulence that
far surpasses any mere unadorned
speech. OF course 1t Is not suggest
ed that the wife is any worse than
the husband. He also allows himself
tones and phrases which are designed
to sting.
The old tale of Lord Braxfield still
has its moral. He was at whist, when
his partner displeased him. and he
broke out: What are ye doing. ye
donnart auld-" and then recollected
with an 'Eh. eh. your par
don's begged. ma'am. I took ye for
my ain wife," Manners have changed
for the better, but human nature re-
mains unregenerate. Husbands and
wives. when the weather is bad or
. train is late. still allow themselves
and quips quarrelsome
which are none the less ugly for being
wrapped up.
What they do in private is "a the
sagely suggests. their own
affair. A word that cuts or a tone
that burns in private can be privately
cured with speed. You are unwise II
you cannot forget at leisure what was
said in haste. so long as it was said
without a witness. But the public
sneer Is another matter. An audience
multiplies the effect of everything.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-08
Goes to Paducah.

A deal was consummated Wednes-
day by which DR.. e. c. Evans, of
Hopkinsville. acquires a half inter-
est in the drug store of w. B. Nc
Pherson, at AIS Broadway. DR..
Evans has been in the city for sever
al days and was so we'll pleased with
the business outlook in Paducah
that he decided to join with DR.. Nc.
Pherson. who. throughout his
lengthy stay in Paducah, has sue
ceeded in building up a splendid
business.
DR.. Evans will move his family to
this city in a few days and at once
identify himself with the business
and social life of Paducah. News
Democrat.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-08
Well Said.

'Tb.re is a discussion in Congress.
according to the Washington CORE
spondents a to W ether Caleb Pow
ers the newly elected Congressman
from the Eleventh Congressional Dis
-trict. shall be allowed to retain his
seat because of the fact that he IS q
, convicted felon.
The editor of the Messenger has
not the shadow of a doubt IN MS
mind that Caleb Powers was con-
spirator in'the plot that resulted in
, the murder of William Goebel; that
he aided and abetted that conspir-
p acy: or that he conveniently absented
himself from his private office on the
day that the fatal shot was fired
from a-window of that particular
office. That he attempted to escape
from Frankfort in disguise before
an Indictment was found against
him is known to the writer and to
hundreds of others who were in
Frankfort at the time. That ne was
thrice convicted Of the murder Is a
matter of court record. That he
was finally pardoned by partisan
tGovernor after a farcicaI examina-
ttion is known of all men who kept
I'D with the events of the times
But with that record, he went before
his party in the Eleventh District
and won the nomination and cleo
tim.
Some good people voted for him
eon account of party regularity.
Some voted for him because they
were ignorant of the record. Some
voted for him because they thought
aGoebel ought to have been killed,
and gloried in the murder. Through
this chain of circumstances he was
elected Congressman from his dis
rtrict. There can be no doubt he re
.ceiyed the majority Of the votes
cast. For this reason. we think thai
he ought to be permitted to keep hi
seat and represent his people as bes
he can. IL they can stand it, thu
rest of the country ought to beaI
up under it.