The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24

| S~6tlSl0CsCIy II oC1oA oAsAJ $780,
fact deep and In case of fire pumps
drv in less than IN hour. Water works
are of little valae il the supply can be
| easily exhausted. the fact is it should
be inexharstible. There should also
be q fire limit established requiring
all new buildings in the business dis.
trict to be OF brick, and as nearly fire
p.oof as possible. Frame rows are .
| continual menace regardless Of fire
protection and should be relegated to
| the past.
When we observe q number Of boys,
young men, middle aged men, and
Old men c~ongregatcd . the sidewalks
Of . town. and especially ON the bridge
ratings of this village. engaged in the
pleasant pastime Of .expectorating and
throwing cigar stubs and other filth
where the pnssersby are compelled to
walk. also going into committee OF
the whole. IL pass remarks and opin-
ions OH evesy M:au, woman or child
who is SO unfortunate ns to 60 BY. aud
POSSESS tho further misfortune to mind
their own business as they 90 TO AID
fro in the earth and up and down in
il, u wonder comes yer ~. and We
ask ourselves. where was that rolf re-
spect and gOMl which is in
hsrent in every N possessing the in
stincts of y gentleman. mislaid when
they were horn: Surely Providense Q
did not give them n verv large supply.
Perhaps they are T." he Vitied rather
than c%ii,;rii. ~ i cannot distil
blood from tur"l,'. nor garner ngs
from thisile>.' NOR can you expect
any regard for the rights Of others
from young or OLD meD who have no
respect for themselves 1t is q shame
and n disgrnce that a lady cannot walk
a block without having to dodge from
one side of the walk to the other in
order to avoid contact with the to-
bacco spittle of the travesties on hi
hood referred to. A man with SO
small an amount of respect for him .
self surely possesses no regard for the
rights and comforts of III theirs. and
when delicate wOmanhO0d is compel.
ell to associate with such men as those
describ ad is it any wonder when she
discovers herself yoked to such beasts
in the form of nlen that SO many wO.
men apply for divorce:
Call ON Regain for cheap farm loans,
lands and INSURANCE in the old Ger.
man of FreepOrt.
Some small boys tried to steal q
ride On the tank of the passenger
train last night and were promptly
kicked off Inv the engineer. More
EOw1r to his II 4 l: may teach thu III
u useful lesson.
Mrs X. a. kshOe will construct a
large implement huu.e during the
coming year, having the plans now
about completed.
Mrs. ". O'Callaphan and son, James
c.. we're visiting friends here yestsr.
lay. James will return to Pittsbure,
Pa. next week at which place he i.
employed by the Penn. Il. Il. 20.
p. F. Carey has changed the inter.
ior of his furniture store in a manner
that makes tho effect beautiful in the
extreme.
Lawrence Enzmenger was transact.
ing business in this vllhge Tuesday.
q. l.. Schiller. Albert and ID. II.
Carlig appraised the assets Of ]. n.
SLecht. the bankrupt OnMOnday night.
finding property to tho amount OF
$iS5.3 81. The claims arc said 10 be
over 5000 against him.
The Monroe Telephone Company is
unloading and distributing poles at
this point for the line that will run
southeast of town. The Ike will ex-
tend about nine miles and start In
with about thirty subscribers.
The Platte Center aud Humphrey
ball teams will play atHumphrey next
Sunday and the boys promise to come
home with the scalps of the Humph-
rey nine DANGLING ut their belts. See
that you do it boys. for they really are
q pudding and we'll stuffed.