THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURfl, A.
THE TKTItAIIElRAL.H
PLATES TO INSPIRE TALK.
Cony A:i A FEED FOlt HEX.
m fi m
Sen. Davis of West Virgin
ia has reached that Affo
HAS MANY MILLIONS
Called The Grand OU Man" of
West Virginia by tho People of
the Mountuin Stale I In ? .nock
ed Dr. Osier's ClUurofurni Tlu-ory
Oullcy-Wcst.
!!enry Gassaway Davlg is proudly
i .a affectionately called "Ite Grand
: J JMun" of West Virginia by the
I-. of tho ..Mountain State. He U
:..)vn personally to hundreds of
; aeni, and known of by every ouo
,t them.
In West Virginia they call him
"L'ncle Henry Gassaway," never
taking the trouble to add the super
fluity of hU last name. "There Is
only one 'Uncle Henry Gassaway,' "
bo there Is no use of going to the
trouble of adding on the Davis. W"st
Virginians are always Interested In
what their "Undo Henry Gassaway"
is saying and doing.
Senator Davis is 83 years of ago,
uii. I has had more to do with knock
ing Dr. Osier's chloroform theory
galley-west than any other specimen
of robustuous age extent. He was
HENRY O. DAVIS,
born in Maryland, November 16,
!S23, and the traditions of that
d old State are still near and dear
him. He likes hlB chicken a 'a
aryland, and terrapin tickles his
ate more pleasingly than
other article of gas
tvnomlc Indulgence. Davis was
born of poor parents, and school ad
vantages were denied him, so he had
to go to work very -early In life. He
worked In a store as a boy, then be
came an employe of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad as a brakeman. He
worked at this for several years, and
then was promoted to a conductor.
He later on quit the railroad and
embarked In the mercantile busi
ness with his brother, Thomas B.,
at Piedmont, W. Va. Tt was there
that he laid the foundation of his
great fortune, which Is believed to
amount to $30,000,000.
Senator Davis had early taken an
interest In politics, and was elected
a member of the House of Delegates
in 18C5. In 1867 he became a State
Senator, and In 1871, he was elected
a United States Senatoi. He was
re-elected in 1877, which term he
served out, but declined to stand as
a candidate for a third term. His
last official connection was a dele
gate to the Panama Congress. In
1001 he was nominated for Vice
President on the . ticket with Par
ker. He was very desirous of get
t'rg a v.ood big vote in his State, and
really hoped to carry it. But West
Virginia gave the biggest Republican
maority that year 'i Its history,
Roosevelt carrying the State by over
thirty-one thousrnd.
"Uncle Henry Gassaway" hag a
palatial mansion, "Graceland," at
Elklns. It tops one of the three
stately hills which stand side by
side, and on tho other two hills are
two other multi-millionaire palaces,
one occupied by Seautor Elklns and
th other by Richard C. Kerens of
Missouri. The Elklns residence
looks for all the world like a feudal
castle.
He is a powerfully built man,
over 6 feet, walks with a sprightly,
elastic step, and has solved the prob
lem of never getting old, In the sens
that most of 85 do.
Long Distance ibilloon Record,
Many notable trips have been
made in balloons. In 1346 Mr.
Wise started from St Louli and
came down in Hendemon county,
New Ycrk. having made about eight
hundred miles.
This stood as the orld's lonfc dis
tance record until the Paris Exposi
tion of 1900, when the Count de la
Vaulx sailed over into Russia. His
3,'K.tanct was about twelve hundred
mill's and he was in the air over
thirty-six hours.
The present record for time was
astabllshed by two German aero
nuuts. They succeeded in remaining
In the air over fifty-one hoan.
When the German Emperor at
tends a musical comedy he often
joraposes two or three original
Jokes, which are handed from the
royal box to the leading comedian
tor interpolation.
Ir. Hell's Attempted Solution of
tho Problem of Man flying.
It is a queer thiught that grave nd
famous scientists sometimes betake
themselves In dead earnest to the
childhood sport of blowing bubbles,
not for sport, but to study gome
very difficult and hard to under
stand problems that trouble their
learned minds. Perhaps !t is even
queerer to see a man whose name is
known the world over for his learn
ing, his Inventions, his wonderful
mind and his earnestness in the pur
-.. . . . , . . .
duii ui Knowienge, cnastng after a
queer looking kite, and noting Its
behavior, and doing this, too, In the
most serious manner.
For It Is a serious mutter, hls
scientific kite-flying, and '.he work,
as It is done by Dr. Alexander Gra
ham H.M1, tho famous inventor of
tho Bell telephone and dozens of
other useful things, 3 a tusk which
he hopes will some day result In a
practical solution of that most baf
fling of riddles how is man to
learn lo fly?
That a plane surface of not too
great weight, properly held at an
angle with moving air, will rise In
the air and stay up, Is a fact known
to every boy who ever bejsed rags
from "mother" for tho 'all of his
kite. Tho problem of (lying is to
get a klto big enough to hold a
man or men, strong enoueh to s'and
tho strain, etendy enough to fly with
out danger, and stable enough to
fly without a cord, and to alight with
out destroying itself.
It would seem that if a kite of. sny,
ten square feet surface would lift
ten pounds in a certain wind, a kite
cf twenty square feet would lift
twenty pounds, and thir'.y squire
feet thirty pounds, nnd ho on. Hut,
unfortunatijy, for this easy solu.lon
of the problem, when two or more
kites are added, each to each, ihey
lack strength, and, to get tjie
strength, more weight must be put
into the frames and In toss "lars
and braces; so that, when the kite
gets very large, indeed, lar;e enough
to lift a great deal of weight, "it
weighs as much as It will nit? To
make a kite which would grow
stronger as it was made larger a
kite the lifting power of which would
increase Just as fast as the weight,
and which would be Junt as strong
(in proportion) big as It was small
was the first step In Dr. Hell's prob
lem. This has been done, within
wide limits, and the result Is a kit
called by the hard namo of "tetrahe.
dral."
The tetrahedral kite files easily; 11
will rise from the ground without
a man's having to run with a cord,
except in the lightest of breezes. It
will fly in a dead calm tf pulled fast
enough. It has no tall, nnd needs
none; but it flies more steadily in
some shape than in others, and tet
ter with the cord at one place than
another, and there, also, are special
problems that will have to be work
ed out to obtain the best results.
St. Nicholas.
Electric Sunburn,
On board a cruiser recently under
repair at Portsmouth, England, it
became necesary to make a holt in
the shutter of a turret. The mo
chanlcal processes commonly em
ployed for work of this kind are so
Blow that an officer asked permission
to melt the hole by using nho eloctria
arc. This operation though well
known, attracted many curious spje
tators, from the captain down to the
Bailors. All went well, rnd the
solid steel under the action of the
current flowed like melted 3lass.
But ou the morrow, everyone who
had witnessed the operation was
either half blinded or horribly burn
ed. The officer who had lirocted the
work, had the skin of his face com
pletely scorched, and of a deep cop
per color; it gave off a asrous liquid
like that from a burn. Several sail
ors who were at some distance from
the turret had their vision so af
fected that they were sent to the
hospital and It was feared that they
might lose their sight.
This is a characteristic 2ase of
"electric sunburn." It Is well kaown
that In Its common and weakest form
sunburn consists merely in a slight
redness of the skin accompanied by
a burning irritation. Sometimes, es
pecially If the uubjoct h.is remained
a long time in bright sunlight, tlU
skin becomes really painful and be
comes red and wollen as in erysipe
las. Later, blisters, filial with a
clear liquid, may appear on the af
fected parts. Los Angeles Herald.
A Sympathetic Victim,
There is a good story going th
rounds in Pittsburg of a young man,
formerly a stock broker, who drop
ped many thousands in speculation
during the early spring.
One night, shortly after going to
bed, the Pittsburger was awakened
by strange signs. At his irst motion
to Jump up he was greeted by a
hoarse voice. "If you stir you're a
dead man!" it said. "I'm looking
for money"
"In that case," pleasantly answer
ed the erstwhile speculator, "kindly
allow me to arise and 3tnke a light
I shall deem it a fovar to ie permit
ted to assist in the search.
Modesty of M. Fulllcres.
It would be difficult to find a more
modest man in high places than M.
Fallleres, the French President. "You
are asking ma," he said, not long ago,
to an interviewer, "to blow my own
trumpet, and I cannot gratify you. I
remember every hour of my life that
my grandfather waa a blacksmith,
While my father waa a registrar."
One of the Missions of Highly Dece
rned Chlnnware.
Artistically decorated conversa
tion plates are now found in the
homes of many of New York's most
exclusive sets. Some of the finest
specimens cost as much as $2,000 a
do'en, but they may be bought as
low as $300, says What to Eat. The
custom originated in the passing of
an exquisitely decorated plate for
tho nd miration and approval of din
ner gnoBts, and from what developed
Jntn an established custom of having
a choice china plate at each guest's
plHre when the guests take their
f"?nH. The m. rita of the plates then
form n subject of conversation bo
fore the dinner Is served. Artists of
jrrent skill perform the work of
decorating (he china. Ench of the
m-'nd colors requires a separate
flrlni? to assure the original tint of
lis durability.
Although these plates Bhow the
same color seltenie in sets, each plate
hr.s Its own picture, probably the
miniature production of some fa
moiu painting. Or, among the new
est of these beautiful plates, curious
and wonderful effects are produced
on rims and centers in the popular
hlphly glazed porcelain, of which
turquoise blue is the color in highest
favor, accompanied always by fila
prons or encrustations of gold. Gold
is a never failing factor in tho deco
ration of all conversation plates, ;,ad
as tho only beautifler of compi to
china table cervices it Is decidcly la
vogno.
New Field For Women.
Ah?
Miss Amanda Clement, a student
at Yankton College, Qankton, S.
D., is probably the only woman
In the country who functions aa
professional baseball umpire. She is
seventeen years old, handsome and
healthy, a fine athlete and can throw
a baseball 205 feet. She acquired
her knowledge of the game from hor
brother who is a professional base
ball player. Her home is in Hud
son, S. D.
Dcniund For Women Gardeners.
Owners of private gardens are re
ported to be manifesting a desire to
obtain ladles skilled horticulture to
take charge of gardening operations,
says the London Dully News.
Tho journal published in connec
tion with Studley College, in War
wickshire, which was founded by
Lady Warwick, states that this de
mand is growing, and that constant
applications aro being recoived at
the college for lady students, either
to take entire charge of gardens or
to superintend the men gardeners.
There is apparently a tendency
among lady gardeners to demand
higher wages than men. Lady stu
dents are therefore warned to be
content with a fair salary and to
show willing "to work as many hours
as men."
Tho Horticultural College at
Swnnley admits women as well as
men, and since its establishment
eighteen or nineteen years ago many
scores of students have been trained
there.
Household Suggestions.
When washing china silk add a
slight suggestion of starch and It
will look like new.
In blending flour and water if a
fork is used it will not lump.
Beating cocoa with an egg beator
before removing from the Are is an
Improvement, and a few drops of
vaniila in the cocoa pot will make It
still better.
To beat whites of eggs quickly,
add a pinch of salt.
A few drops of lemon Juice makes
cuke frosting white.
A little flour put over the top of a
oak ) will prevent the icing from run
ning. Sprinkle clothes with hot water
and a whisk broom,
t'.crape a raw potato and apply to
a lir.ru. Instant relief will follow.
Throw flour on kerosene flames.
To Rest ore Faded Upholstery.
Pont the dust out good, then
brush. Apply strong lather of castile
xoup with hard brushy wash off with,
clear water. Then wash with alum
wutor. When dry, the colors will
look as well as ever. When colors
aro faded beyond reopvery, they may
be touched up with a pencil dipped
In water colors of suitable shad
mixed with gum water.
The orange stick la the only nail
cleaner necessary, Th stick prop
erly pointed win not injure toe ei
aruol gr the cuticle aroupfl tha p
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f -V. t
Kllmtilntc Egg Lnylng nnd Keeps
Hen in Good Condition.
On the average fnrm, the cheapest
ration is usually corn, and I know of
nothing the average hen will prefer
for her mainstay in cold weather.
Under ordinary farm conditions, the
hen Is cheaply wintered when she hns
Just, corn enough to keep hor in good
Tosh a llttlo fat, but not overfat
and ready to hunt tho barnyard over
on mild days for any waste grains
from other farm stock. In her corn
supply should be Included all the
moldy and damaged ears, for several
ivi"oiw. First, she tal;ea It a grain
ru a time, and eo need not eat any
wliich is totally unfit, as other anl
ihhIh may do. Second, some ob
servers have thought that their hens
actually did bettor on damaged corn
than -on sound grain, probably b-j-cnitsa
of Its softness, nnd since even
the damaged grain should bo put to
r.omo use, the hen which Is on a
l. nlnteiiance rallon should linvo a
f.ilr trial as to her ability to get
tuoro out of it than nnlmals to whlh
it Is evidently distasteful. It may
fomotimos happen that swie other
grain, or even some nitrogenous sub
Mince like sUIm milk, may be avail
able and even cheaper than corn,
nnd In this caso winter e;;gs may bo
laid whether or no, and if so, will Lo
had at the greatest possible percent
n40 of profit. Tho point is that tie
average farmer cannot afford to buy
nitrogenous foods to stimulate e?g
Living under tho conditions wlil-:h
normally surround him in winter.
Tho hen which has had enough corn,
but not too much, Is usually In good
shape to give a large and profitable
egg yield as soon as nature gives tho
hint by sending up the first blades
of grass, or even before.
Poultry House Ventilation.
It is a very difficult matter to ven
tilate a poultry house without caus
ing draughts of air on the fowls p.t
night. Tho proper mode is .to keep
the poultry house clean, leave the
doors open during the day, and shut
tho house at night, allowing no ven
tilation at all. We have found that
it is very difficult to keep the freBh
air from coming in, and it is a fact
that many who take pains to render
tho poultry house warm and com
fortable, by stopping all cracks and
crevices, and by lining the house
with paper, make a hole in the roof
or gablo ends, which they style a
"ventilator," and thus lot in more
cold than they desire.
There is not as much foul air in a
po-iltry house as may bo supposed.
The severe cold renders all gases
heavy, and less volatile matter ex
lets. Fill a poultry house with
smoke, and close the door; then step
outside and notice where it escapes.
You will at once be convinced that
you need no "ventilator," and that
despite all our precautions, your
house is full of air holes that you
cannot easily close, and your birds
are liable to roup and other disease.
A Homo Made Fruit Ladder.
A handy fruit ladder can easily be
made with Just a common ladder
and two long stout props. The props
should bo provided wtth forks at tho
the ends which fit over the rungs of
the ladder. The proper arrange-
ments of the props in order to secure
a firm ladder is shown in the cut.
The advantage of thU form of friilt
ladder, over the common step-ladder
lu that by means of the movable
props the ladder can be placed in
any desirable position without dis
turbing the branches or fruit.
Shipping Poultry Vtidrawn.
Practically all dressed poultry
should be shipped to market un
drawn. It is claimed that it keeps
much bettor. The bnsis for this
claim is that the incision In a drawn
fowl readily admits molds and
germs of different kinds into the
body, where they find ideal condi
tions for rapid multiplication. The
cavity Is dark, damp and not easily
accessible and frequently a drawn
bird which outwardly appears all
right Is really unfit for food. As it
roqulres considerable time to draw
the birds contained in an ordinary
shipment and there la a decided loss
li weight as well, stock should be
shipped undrawn.
Planting tho Potato.
Many experiments have been made
to ascertain the best depth for plant
ing. The results, with some excep
tions, favor planting not less than
four Inches deep. The favorable ef
foi s of deep planting were especially
mnrkod on well prepared, friable
soil and In dry seasons.
Very deep planting is open to ob
jection because of the Increased la
bor of harvesting and the danger of
n deficient Btand when weathor con
dlMons are unfavorable. Vory shal
low planting reduces the yield and
Injures the quality of the crop,
mm
Tho Kind You Have Always
in uso for over SO years,
and
&Jtfj-ft . sonal supervision si nco Its Infancy.
jt'CUcAiASi Allow no onotodeceivo you lu this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-pood" nro hut
Experiments that trlflo with nnd endanger tlio heuHh of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment
What is CASTORIA
Castoriii is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil. Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphino nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ago Is Its guarantee It destroys Worm)
nnd allays Fcvcrishncss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Vowels, giving healthy and natural bleep.
The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
JO
Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Vmi etNT.un eoMMmr. t Murray srif ct. new Venn am.
tlouclio'0 Suggestions.
To keep a house free from flies
during the hot weather keep a small
branch of common elderberry tree In
the kitchen and other places where
thoy are troublesome.
When tea and coffee pots get din
3olored, fill vlth water and baking
joda (teaspoonful to pint of water),
ind boll for several hours, wash and
they will be like new.
If necessary to put bright tinware
or granite over fire where It vlll bo
invoked grease thoroughly before
putting over .he blaze and tho black
will wash oft with soap and water.
To keep beans irom burning when
jven is too hot, lift lid from bean
pot, replace with a deep saucer filled
with cold water.
Complexion Cures.
Pimples and blackheads are very
jften merely the result of a super
Iclal cleaning of the face.
Hot water opens the pores and
joap cleanses them.
For thlB reason they should both
e used every day.
Before goii.g to bed the face
hould be washed In warm water and
ap and then rinsed thoroughly.
This shouid be foKowed by an an-
plication of cold cream rubbed thor-
)i ghly into the skin.
What remains on the skin should
e rubbed off with a solt cloth.
In the morning a thorough rlrslng
!th cold water should follow the
ath lu warm ntt hot water.
Six Good Hints.
A bag 01 hot sand relives neural
gia. Warm bnrnx water
landruff.
will remove
Tlsht clothes ane. indigestion cauo
'tod noses.
A hot bath taken at night affords
efreahlng sleep.
For a runaround on the finger
hlcken the yolk of an egg and apply.
Persons of defective siitht whon
reading a n.eedlo should hold
t over something white, by which
te sight will be asnisted.
Furnish Their Own Wine,
Members of the royal tamlly al
ways send their own wlno to publlo
dinners, and in many cases their own
special brands of cigars also. The
wine 13 In the charge of a responsible
servant In the employ of the royal
household, whose duty it Is to stand
behind the chair of his master, aud
wait upon him.
The Valuablo Sunflower.
An eminent Spanish scientist has
made the recent discovery that the
Sunflower yields a splendid febrifuge
that can be used as a substitution
for quinine. Accordingly, the sun
flower should not only, by Its grow
ing, exert great fever dispelling ef
fects, but also yield a product which
1. used advantageously in all fevers.
Civilized Indians.
The Pima Indian t ho lives on the
banks of Gila m
Spanish Heela). are the mo. t civil -
led of any North American ludiuns.
.--j ... ,,. uuuBca, mmiuirtUluro !
useful articles and are known for I
Btmpilcity of character, ptacw- '
fulness and honesty, j
Steel Cars.
The data about the manuacturft of
Meel tar in this country are not at
d- nlte as might be desl eO. but tin
Knllwu) Agu report tho iut:v.l).-r 01
all steel .tars ordered lu IDIiT to b0
'i.i'OO, and of cars with ttuei u::jer-
i
Bought nnd which lias been
has horno tho slgnaturo of
has been nintlo under his pcr-
Signature of
Kipling's Words Brirg $1.00 Fuch.
A London journal recently con
tained the announcement that Kip
ling received $15,000 for li s "Sev
en Seas," the highest price ever
paid in advance purchase for any
single manuscript, yet that was the
one production of that author that
had not repaid the publisher. It is
Faid that a witty American wrote
him thus:
Dear Sir I hear you are retail
ing literature at the rate of a dollar
a word. I inclose Si for sample.
Kipling was equal lo the occas
ion. He wrote back the one word
"Thanks" and kept the dollar.
Aew York Hor I J.
Trespass Notices.
Card sijjns ' 'No Trespassing" for
sale at this office. They are print
ed in accordance with the late act
of 1903. Price 5 cents each, tf
Nature's Way Is Best.
The function-strenirtlit'niiiL' and tis-
sue-buildinir plan of treating chronic,
ingenue and olihUnate runes "I tliseuxe
as pursued by J)r. Tierce, in following
after ture!n plan of restoring health.
lie uhcs natural remedies, Unit is ex
tracts f 0111 native medicinal root, pre
pared by process. "s wrought out by the
exH-iiditure of much time and nnney,
without the use of alcohol, and iy skill
ful combination in just the right pro
portions. Used as ingredients of Dr. J ieree's
Ciolden Medical Discovery, iliack
Clierrybark, Queen's root, (iolden Seal
root, liloodroot ami Htone root, Hpecml
ly exert their influence in eases of lunft
bronchial and throat troubles, 11 nd (bis
'Discovery" Is, therefore, 1 hovcreljrn
remedy for brouchit s, laryngitis,
chronic coughs, catarrh and kindred
ailments.
The above native' roots also have the
strongest posille endorsement from
the leading medical writers, of all the
several schools of p.aetice, for the cure
not only of the disease named ubove
but also for Indigestion, torpor of liver,
or biliousness, obstinate constipation,
kidney and bladder trouble and ca
tarrh, no matter where located.
Send to Dr. II. V. Tierce, of llufl-do.
N. Y., 'or free booklet telling all ubcmt
the medicinal roots composing thin
wondertul medicine. There is no alco
hol iu it.
"Wigg "That fellow in the prisoners
dock has been in jail six times." WajrK
"What does he do between times?"
What is a cou in the head ? Noth
ing to worry about if you treat it wiili
Kly's Cream Halm. Neglected, the
cold may grow into catarrh, und th
air-passaues Ikj so inflamed that '"
have to tight for every breath. H'"
trie that Kly's Cream Halm ma-tew
catarrh, promptly. Hut von know the
oldsayln about the oil nee of pieveif
tlon. Therefore use Cream Halm wl eu
the cold In the head shows itself. All
druggists, 60c, or mailed by Kly Hros,
5u Warren Htreet. New York.
Hloblta "Do you believe tlist every
man Iirm hi- m i,.., ' Kl,,l,l.i-"Oh ! I
don't know,
Many a fellow B'ves
himself away
' A RcHab!
I klCITiedV
4. i
n
Ely's Croam Balm r&rkSl
IS q'iii'kly I.b',0fiM)J.
f.iw-. W.miuI At Ones.
11 1
I " i . itjiM'i, t),HUU'
u"iu. iui.j promote
tho d mom.
brane rumiUiniifroin
CatiMvu and drives
Hwuy u Cold in the
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l.lU
nf.d iiuiekly. lie II At C
Jtr.,s the Kens. of I Hi f" t
T.-wto mid K.m.'ll. Full 3izo 50 ctii. , '
uUn or by niuil. Ia lii)Ui 1 form, 1
Kly li: ot'ao;.j. 0 ) V.'arwr gsrout, No'