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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-27
yAANAN
The Green
Umbrella
! Its Pursuit Brought Him
Good Luck
By CLARISSA MACKIE

Chester Folsom stood in the doorway
of his club watching the procession of
dripping umbrellas passing up and
down the sidewalk. The newest mem
Der of the Quill and Ink Pot club
froWned disconsolately as he recollect-
ed that the editor Of a popular maya
zine had demanded from him q story
Of amazing adventure at once.
Put plenty of punch in it and have
the love element s%trong-go to it," the
editor had said. and Folsom, who bad
ly needed the forthcoming check, had
been vainly racking his brains for an
idea.
It's like looking for a needle in Il
haystack seeking an adventure in New
York on a rainy day" he grumbled,
setting his broad shoulders against the
doorway.
AT that instant an idea came.
"Ill follow the first green umbrella
that comes along and see what hap
pens" he muttered, with a return Of
his natural enthusiasm. He straight
ened up and looked eagerly up and
down the street, which was one Of the
principal crosstown thoroughfares of
the city.
There it comes
Looming like a gigantic mushroom
among a hundred smaller ones came q
large green umbrella. Originally it
might have been black, but now, worn
by time and weather, it was a most IN
mistakable green. 1t was a cotton
umbrella upheld by a little. dwarfed
old woman whose limp skirts We're
held primly above a pair of small rub
Der boots.
Here goes." said Folsom as he
raised his own umbrella and Joined the
procession.
Suddenly the green umbrella swayed
uncertainty and then turned down
Fourth venue Chester Folsom fol
lowed close behind.
The rain dripped heavily, and Just
when the little old woman paused to
struggle with closing the umbrella Il
little gust of wind tore it out of her
fraii grasp. and it went bounding skit-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-27

INNING away to sea or joining
the army used To be the APP
proved styles followed by
NnIlnr mon of M nlNnntrrnnc
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-27

soldiers OF the army. He is a short,
stochy man. brave to the point of reck-
!esSlleSS and carries his men along by
sheer force of his own determination.
He is Il native of Ohio. forty-nine years
Old and was brought up in Kansas, be-
ing :; graduate of the Kansas State
university. At first he was a newSpa-
per reporter, but later became a bota-
mist for the United States agricultural
department, exploring Death valley
and Alaska. He got his first military
experience as a captain of artillery in
the Cuban service.
For eighteen months he took part in
the battles and sieges which took place
before the American Intervention and
earned lis promotion to lieutenant colo
mel.
He returned to the United States aft
er t~Wenty-thrcc battles sick and wound
ed. but When the Spanish war began
he received Il commission us colonel Of
tn" Twentieth Kansas volunteers and
was sent TO the Philippines.
III the Philippines he oon came to
the front. The swimming of the Rio
Grande de la pampagna in the face of
the enemy covered his command with
distinction. and before long he was
promoted to be b%rigadier general.
This was the reward for the strategy
With which he sought u and cap
tured ~.A@uin&ldo, the most dangerous
Of the Filipino leaders.
At San Francisco when the entire
city was overthrown by earthquake
and threatened by fire it was his
promptitude which checked the spread
of the cont!agration.
any other military officer of rank. and
he has been in command at Fort Leav-
cNWOrth and Hawaii.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-27
NEVER HIT A
STRANGE SNAKE"
Advice Of Engineer Who Once
f'0aol a Python,
II WAS FIFTY FEET LONG.
Another industrial Adventurer In
South America Tells Of Fight With
Two Hundred Wild Hogs-Resieged
Three Hours on Rock.

IA IL INNING away to sea or joining
Mp the army used To be the APP
~ proved styles followed 10y
young men of an adventurous
spirit bent upon seeing the world"
These STYLES have by no means rome
out of fashion. But the wiser young
man of today, who really wishes to
take as his mistress the open road
and the bright face of dan@er,' turns
his back upon both army and navy
and joins what may be called the For
eign Legion of the Army of Industry"
civil engineers who spread civilization
in all corners of the earth.
The New York Times relates some
stories of these wanderers. Among 9TH
ers, it tells that of an engineer in Co
lombia. who said:
There were 40 dangerous animals in
the part of Colombia where I was do
ing the railroad exploration work. l
was told that there We're q few iaguars.
They said that there were boa con-
strictors thirty-f1ve feet long. but the
longest one l ever measured was four
teen feet seven inches.
Didn't Measure This One.
"There was one that I didn't meas
ure, however. and that one 1 am not
likely to forget.
Il was going out from camp along q
little footpath in the jungle. The I'M
derbrush was very dense, but there
was a break in the foliage where the
trail crossed Il big log. l was nearly
upon it when l saw the back of a big
snake moving along the top of the log.
II had a short stick in my hand. and
/ hit the back of the moving snake.
There was a motion in the Jungle
which seemed to me to start about
fifty feet away. and the snakes huge
head poked out of the jungle above
mine and glared back at me.
Seemed Like a Week.
81 stood there looking ut it for may
be q week. maybe II shorter time. The
reptiles back was still there on the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-27

In accordance With military ethics
Brigadier General Frederick Funston
assumed control at Vera Cruz when be
landed with the Fifth brigade. United
States i%ntantry. ut that MeHirHn port.
1t is the usual procedure for the navy
to give way to the army. after an ad-
vance base has been secured. SO soon
as matters can be conveniently arrang-
ed for the transfer.
BY many Brigadier General Funston
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-27
The Nature of the Beast.

The Nature of the Beast.
II thought surely you'd sell that lot
of SnllSagcS.' said the grocer. You
praised it highly enough"
II praised it tun inrnpl much.' said
the assistant. 1T overheard me and
W;l9@"d its tail" New York Post.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-27
They Figure In the Battles In the Air

at top Is shown II French armored aeroplane In the lower picture is a
unique gun used by the Germans to destroy aeropanes 1t is mounted n a
truck, and 1t is claimed that it can be timed and aimed accurately enough
to destroy the sw!ftat flying aircraft
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28

every time you want to do anything you
discover that Society has been organ
lied to prevent you from doing it.
When two delegates from the Hand.
Holders Union are having special
session in the front room with the light
turned low father will get so SUSPECT.
GUS that he will go into the front room
to hunt his pipe and then discover
that he has it in his mouth after he
turns the lights up.
When they are engaged he won u let
her take step without holding on to
her, and he is so careful that she can u
even breathe without his assistance.
But few years after marriage a
street car could run over her and he
would never know the difference.
A skinny girl doesn't mind being re,
minded of it because she knows she
is plump where you won't talk about
it.
Punctuality means waiting around for
half hour until the other fellow gets
there.
The less man has to spend and the
greasier looking he is the more his wife
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28
MuFF1Ep KNOCKS.

You can always give vice good start
by passing laws forbiding it.
Any man who has failed can prove
to you that success is merely a matter
of luck.
The bold-faced type of woman can
be read as easily as a book.
Once in q while you will meet man
who always realizes what an awful
thing the Drink Habit is when it gets
round to his turn to treat
The reason woman knows she has
perfect figure is because she knows
she paid SIS for her corset
Every time we smell perfume on a
man we figure that he must be kind Of
doubtful about himself.
A woman believes everything her
husband tells her until she has been
married two weeks
A girl will let you select a husband
for her, but she will insist on select.
ing the wedding dress herself.
Youth and Beauty amt the whole
thing, Hetty Green is rs years old
but she could get married tomorrow il
she wanted to.
This may be a Free Country. But
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28

and the latter to answer political con-
tingencies-a new "rogues' gallery"
of the House of Representatives is be-
ing compiled by Sergeant-at-arms Cor
don and Elliott Woods, superintendent
of the Capitol
Each Representative is contributing
to the "rogues gallery" one recent
photograph. The photos of all men,
bers will be mounted in a huge dis
play frame hung in the Sergeant al:
arms office. The collection of Repre-
sentatives photographs has been called
the rogues gallery" for years. 0s-
tensibly, the photographs are for iden-
tification purposes on Congressional
pay days. The old collection of pho
tographs showed many members wear
whiskers who are now clean shaven
and vice versa. The Democratic sweep
last year also changed the membership
to large extent and the Sergeant-at-
arms insists upon having a new, up-to-
date Photographic collection.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28
Secret Agents of Several Departments
Still on Job But Old System Is
Out of Fashion.
NO APPROPRIATION FOR
MILITARY SPIES PROVIDED
Interesting Fact Is Brought out That
No Single One Was Employed
During Year 1918.
BY BURTON X. sTANDIsH.
written for the United Press }


Washington, Jan. 2S.-The military
spy, as far as the United States is CON
cerned, has been re1egated to the dis.
card. The Secret Service agents EN-,
ployed by the Treasury Department,
the secret agents and investigators en-
ployed by the Department of Justice
and the Postoffice and State Depart
ments, and men of the same rank en-
ployed by the Departments of Labor
and Commerce on white slave work, la
Dor Investigations, and to ferret out
customs frauds, of course, are still on
the payrolls But the old spy system
in vogue with the War Department, and
so much written about in song and
story, is relic of the past, according
to officials of this branch of the gov
ernment.
This fact, which undoubtedly will
prove disconcerting to the novelists and
romance writers, came out when esti-
mates of the War Department recently
published for 1914, failed to carry an
appropriation for military spies. :"
Battle SCARED war generals and majors,
upon being questioned regarding the
commission several days ago, furnished
tie further interesting fact that during
1913 not single military spy" was
employed as SUCH
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28

In discussing the passing of the mill
tary spy, one of the "desk general" "
at the War Departmental soldier, by
the way, who has seen his share of ac-
tive service lodging bullets-was led
10 the observation that "times aint
what they used to be" in matter per-
tanning to the science Of war. lie point
ed out the fact that the next war be-
tween two world powers will find no
small amount of fighting both high in
the air and. under the ocean s surface,
by virtue of the near-perfection of the
aeroplane and dirigible, and the sub
marine.
"The battlefield Of the future" said
the old "war dog" whose feats are
known to everyone who has read late
histories of the United States, twill
present a vastly different scene from
what it did ten, or even five years
ago, The famous, kicking, army mule
has gone the way of the military spy,
The automobile truck has just about
pushed him off the war maps. Even
the comparatively recent but cumber-
some wires and paraphernalia of the
signal corps has been partially displaced
by wireless telegraphy and telephony,
and except on. rare occasions, the bay
onet and sabre will be supplanted by
the long range guns, just as the old
bod of graphing two wooden ships
side by side followed by boarding and
hand.to.hand fighting, has entirely been
done away with through the perfection
of fighting ships of steel and guns
'that carry seven miles. "
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28
REACHING THE SPOT.
1t Has Been Done, So Scores of Salem
Citizens Say.

To get rid of an aching back.
The sharp twinges,
The Tired.out feelings,
You must reach the spot--get at the
cause.
In many cases It's the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Salem Citizens testify.
Mrs. George Stotler, 17O6 Mission
street., Salem, Ore, says "I have given
Doan s Kidney Pills a thorough trial,
having used them off and on during
the past five years and do not hesitate
to say that they are the best kidney
medicine to be had. l had attacks of
kidney complaint and my back got
lame and sore. Since first using Doan $
Kidney Pills, I have always had some
thing that will help my kidneys and
rid me of kidney ailments in a short
time.
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan s Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Stotler had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28

then protected all herds in the immedi-
ate vicinity by incubation. The idea
was to form zone of immune animals
around the infected center.
Hog cholera is caused by germ that
exists in the blood. 1t is an organism
so small that the most pow
erful microscopes do not show 1t. How
ever, it is easy to demonstrate its pres
ence by inoculating a small part of the
blood from sick hog into a well one,
which produces the hog cholera.
Frost Helps Prevent 1t.
Hog cholera is disease which seems
to be stopped to degree by the frosts
of winter, although frost cannot be
said to sop case after it has taken
hold of its victim. However, it seems
to prevent the rapid spread of the dis
ease. The result is that in spring time
the affection is as a rule at the lowest
ebb but increases rapidly from that
time until fall.
Hog cholera does not seem to affect
any particular breed Of hogs more than
another, and while generally the care
less farmer is more apt to have the
disease among his hogs than the care
full one, the disease sometimes occurs
whore the conditions are sanitary. IT
is hoped that the work may be extend
ed gradually until the disease is com.
pletely controlled or eliminated. The
fact that hog cholera is carried not only
by the hogs themselves, but by birds,
dogs, streams and even on the feet of
men going from one farm to another
shows how necessary it is that the cam
paign be thorough and that farmers
exert their best efforts to assist in the
work.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28
Marked Decrease in Losses Sustained
by Farmers Is Reported from
Several Districts.
ACTS AS PREVENTIVE AND
CURES IN EARLY STAGES
Large Proportion of Cases Successfully
Treated Proves Wisdom of Using
Cholera Serum.
UNITED PRESS LEASED w1nn.l

Washington, Jan. 2S.-The Depart
ment Of Agriculture, during the past
year, has ben conducting campaigns in
Indiana, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska
to control the contagious disease of
hogs known as "hog cholera" by means
of anti-hog-cholera serum and farm
quarantines. In one county (Pettis
county Missouri) where there was a
loss of s per cent in 1911 and 25.6 per
cent in 1912 of all hogs raised, there
was only loss of 14.7 per cent up to
November, 1913. This decrease was
due to the use Of serum, which, al
though not used there by the Depart
ment S agents until August, 1918, ma
terially reduced the loss. About 10000
hogs were raised during the past year
and of the 10000 that died of the hog
cholera only about 1000 were lost after
the active use of serum and quaran-
tine measures were, inaugurated.
Lowers Losses Greatly.
In every county where these meas.
ures were employed, even though begun
after the disease had continued its raw
ages for some time, there was less loss
from hog cholera than in either of the
two preceding years.
In addition to its great function as a
preventive, it has been found that the
anti-hog-cholera serum would cure a
large proportion of hogs in the early
stages of the disease and render them
immune after recovery. However, if
hogs are not treated by this serum, from
rs to 100 per cent of all affected herds
die. This serum, so far as is known
is the only thing that will prevent the
disease.
one-Fourth Died.
OF hogs actually sick when treated
the Departments IS inspectors lost but q
per cent during the summer, Of wei
hogs in diseased herds, 2.S per cen
died after being treated and of hogs il
exposed herds less than per cent died
after being inoculated with serum. II
an infected herd there is always Ger
tain proportion of hogs that are well
The inspector examines the hogs whel
he arrives, takes the temperature of al
hogs in the herd and separates the sicl
from the well. The temperature is al
indication of the sickness. The temper
ature of sick hog, unless the hog i
near death, will run above 104 degree
and sometimes as high as l07 or l0i
degrees F,
Some States Making It.
Some states are engaged in the mar
ufacture of serum to cure this disease
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28

Representative Bartholdt of Missouri
with a decided German accent, and like
most of those who do, has decided likes
and dislilses, One man in politics, whose
name is unimportant, had the misfor-
tune to fall into the class of those who
enjoyed The cordial dislike of the Mis-
sourian. Recently this man was appoint
ed to a post in the consular service in
an obscure European country. A friend
who knew of the appointment said to
Barthodlt, ct see your friend has been
sent to a foreign post.
"Yes9" muttered the Congressman.
"Vell, der furriner der better"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28

believes that he spends all his time with
bartepders and blonde sirens.
Some marriages may result from soft.
ening of the heart. But there are a lot
of them that look more like sOftening
of the brain.
A man seldom tells a woman the
truth unless he doesn't care whether
she hates him or Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28
NOMINATIONS coNFIRMEp.

lUNlTED IhEbb LbAbED Wlhbsl
Washington, Jan, 2S.-The senate
confirmed yesterday afternoon the fol-
lowing presidential appointments;
Francis Garrecht, as federal district
attorney for the district Of Washing
ton.
Frank Gould as surveyor general OF
California,
Joseph Allen as receiver of public
money at Visalia,
Miles Wallace as land register at
Vsalia.
Thomas Flynn as federal district at
torney for the district Of Arizona.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28
DEN1soN CONFIRMED.



Washington, Jan. 2s.-The nomina-
tion of Winfred Denison to be a mem
Der Of the Philippine commission and
secretary of the interior for the islands,
was confirmed by the senate yesterday
afternoon. Senator Smoot bitterly OPP
posed Denison's confirmation.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28

Uncle Sam has new crop of stone
breakers, but they're different from
the kind that he puts in stripes at his
raj "Opens" The new variety con-
sists of college graduates assigned to
road building work and put through
every process of the business after pass
ing the stiffest civil service examina-
tion that can be devised.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28

A coiffure genius here is making
money hand over fist by Transforming
straight hair into curly ringlets by an
electrical treatment-at $25 per treat.
TIE guarantees three years permanency
for the curls-come rain or shine.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28

This serum requires special treatment
to preserve its quality and qualified
man to produce it. Sufficient serum
to treat an average hundred-pound
hog costs about thirty cents at a liberal
estimate. The treatment is by hypoder-
mic injection.
The Department IN initiating its cam
paign against the devastating hog dis
etse has only been able to commence
in few of the districts where the
cholera was the most widespread and
where the active cooperation of the
state was offered in enforcing the or
dinary quarantine measures, etc.
The object of the Department has
been to endeavor to control the disease
and if possible, to eliminate it from the
country. To secure this end and the
best efforts of the farmer himself are
necessary. The campaign against this
devastating sickness during 1918 was
planned in the territory selected along
three lines.
The education and organization of
the farmers in the districts selected,
to be carried out primarily by the state
college.
2, The enforcement of sanitation
and restrictive regulations by the state
8. Active supervision by the Bureau
of Animal Industry of the Department
and the inoculation of diseased herds
and exposed herds with the anti-hog
cholera serum.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28

Huerta says that If he resigned con.
ditions would become worse than ever.
If this be possible, he may be correct.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28

Because the styles in whiskers and
congressman have changed so rapidly
the former to answer Dame Fashion
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28
Farmers Keep Posted.

A county in each state was selected
as unit and the method of work in
that county was, briefly for the state
college to secure the cooperation of
intelligent, active farmers in each
township in the county. These men
were called volunteer assistants and
they were to keep in close cOmmunica-
tion with the Department inspector
stationed in that area, keeping him in
formed of conditions and securing sta
tistics concerning the hog industry. In
this manner conditions were pretty well
learned in the territory under inspec-
tion. When an outbreak of hog cholera
was reported the Department S inspec-
tor went to that outbreak and saved
all the hogs he could by treatment, he
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28

A Boston professor claims to have
discovered at what ages, and in what
months and days and hours, boys and
pirls are worst or best.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28
Some States Maxine It.

Some states are engaged in the man
ufacture of serum to cure this disease.