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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

"A poor little mad boy" eoatinuel
the skipper. hastily, who came aboard
IN London and said poor old San
Brown was his father"
'No-you. father" cried the boy;
shrilly.
He calls everybody his father"
said the skipper, with . smile Of
anguish: that's the form his madness
takes. He called Jem here his father"
mo. he didn't" said the mate,
bluntly.
And then he thought Charlie was
his father"
mo, SIR" said Mr.. Legge. with re.
spectful firmness.
Il see," said Mrs. Hunt. with q bit.
ter smile, land these men have all
come up prepared to swear that the
boy said Sam was his father. Haven't
you?"
Yes. num-" chorused the crew, de-
lighted at being understood SO easily.
There was an uncomfortable silence
during which the crew, standing for
the most part on one leg in sympathy
with their chiefs embarrassment
nudged each other to say something
to clear the character of a man whom
all esteemed.
You ungrateful little devil" burst
out Mr.. Legge, at length: after the
kind way the skipper treated you, too. !"
did he treat him kindly?" inquired
the captains wife. in conversational
tones.
Like a fa-like a uncle, num-" said
the thoughtless Mr.. Legge. Gave i'm
a passage on the ship and fairly spoilt
i'm. We was all surprised at the fuss
e made Of i'm; wasn't we. Harry?"
Look here, Polly" he began.
Don't talk to me-" was the reply.
II wonder you can look me in the
face"
Il thought there was something 90
cret going on" said Mrs. Hunt. I've
often looked. at you when you've been
sitting in that chair, with q worried
look on your face. and wondered what
1t was. But never thought 1t was 30
bad as this. I'll do you the credit to
say that l never thought of such q
thing as this.-What did you say?-
WHAT"
y said damn" said the skipper,
explosively.
Even as he spoke the handle turned.
and the door opening a few inches
disclosed the anxious face of Master
Jones.
'Mother!" he said, softly.
Mrs. Hunt stiffened in her chair and
her arms fell by her side as she gazed
in speeches. amazement.
Mother, can I come in" said the
boy.
"Oh, Polly" sighed the skipper.
Mrs. Hunt strove to regain the utter
ance of which establishment had de-
prived her.
T-what-Joe- be q fool!"
yes, I've no doubt" said tho skip
per. Electrically. ''Oh. Polly! Polly!
Polly"
What do yeu mean by calling me
'mother?" she demanded. I'm not
your mother"
Yes, you are" said Master Jones.
Mrs. Hunt eyed him in bewilder.
ment, and then, reused to a sense Of
her position by a renewed gurgling
from the shippers chair. set to work
to try and thump that misguided man
into a more serious frame of mind.
Failing in this, she sat down. and.
after futile struggle. began to laugh
herself, and that SO heartily that
Master Jones, smiling sympathetically.
closed the door, and came boldly into
the room.
The statement. generally believed.
that Capt. Hunt and his wife adopted
him, is incorrect, the skipper &C.
for his continued presence in
the house by the simple explanation
that he had adopted them. An ex-
PLANTATION which Mr.. Samuel Brown,
for one, finds quite easy Of acceptance.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
Church Prayer-Meeting

A large church in Chattanooga,
Tenn, has a thermometer fixed upon
its wall, whose highest point numbers
its entire church membership, and
whose mercury is set at the number in
attendance on the church prayer
meeting. There must be something
startling about this to look At In black
and white II the church prayer-meet-
ing is attended in proportion to its
membership as 1t 10 In many Of our
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
Blouse for Blue Suit.

One of the best blouses designed for
afternoon wear with suit of old blue
liberty cloth is of old blue soft net
1t is lined with China cilk to match.
It has mousquetaire sleeves with
ruffle down the back, three-inch
chemisette with high stock of Mechlin
net and a bold design of embroidery
done in silver thread over bust and
shOulderS
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
To Keen from InhaIIno Dust.

II, when you are ready to do your
weekly sweeping, you will place a
small piece of cold cream in each nos
tril you will not inhale any dust in
the head, as it will all stick to the
cold cream, and can be easily removed
With q handkerchief This = also
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
Dveino a White Blouse.

The girl who has a new fall suit and
who wants a thin waist to match It
will have trouble in finding 1t. The
easier method is this: Buy q well-fit-
ting plated ecrue net blouse with
frill down front, long sleeves and high
stock; then take it to the dyers with q
sample of the suit. The result 70 ex-
cellent
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

The first for girl Of 10 Jap silk delicate pink
ming Tucked used 70. sleeve: f
q
Five silk SO inches wid IN yards tucked
ribbon,
a 6 is
Of the silk The
ucked and q frin
1
amho
ming silk
girl of to
the by
WIDE
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
JoHNNYs HOME LESSONS.
Tells About His Work Of Last Year
and Hopes for improvement.

vacation is over, and must return
to school again. think Of this with
the greatest pleasure. shall fall In
love with my teacher, and the walk
between my home and the schoolhouse
will be romantic.
Last term had photography, writ
ing. history. grammar, mathematics.
drawing, current events and about II
other things. This term hope shall
have about 50 studies.
Last term 1 had to study all day
and until ten o'clock at night, and
then get up at six in the morning and
go at 1t again. This term I hope I
shall have to study all night and al
day Sundays.
Nothing does a growing boy %
much good as to work his head %
much that he has no appetite, and goes
about wishing he was dead. He
ought to be made to take up at least
40 studies that will be Of no use to
him whateve: as a man.
Last term, in order to be perfect
in my studies from day to day. had
to have the help of my father. my
mother, my brother, my sister and my
uncle Jim. My father and Uncle Jim
did the swearing for the whole crowd
Of us.
This term they will all help me
again, and I shall have the aid Of
grandpa and grandma besides. think
we shall get through the work every
night by midnight.
There are boys going to private
schools who don't have more than six
studies, and who have time for recrea-
ton and sleep, but don't envy them.
1t is such boys that grow up to be-
come pirates in the end. The way
to make good man of boy is to
send him to public school and cram
him so full of knowledge that he will
go around with his eyes half shut and
his mouth wide open."-Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
Peculiar Classifications,

A Florida judge ruled that mullet
we're not fish, but birds, because they
had gizzards. The customs officials
In New York ruled that frogs were
0sh and must pay duty as such. A
game warden In Maine gained popu-
larity BY declaring oysters were game
and 90 acquired jurisdiction. And
now comes q decision from the Gus
tom-house that bagpipes are toys and
can not be classed as musical instru-
0ents for purposes Of taxation.-F1ori-
q Times Union.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

good when riding in the dust during
the summer. and again in the sharp
winter weather, if you place some of
the cold cream in your nOstrils before
going out in the air. it often saves
a hard cold, and will be appreciated
by any one troubled with catarrh in
the head.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
Two Questions,

Should the maid always place the
plate when served at the left of the
guest. and in passing bread or any.
thing else should 1t be from the right /?
Please tell me something to say in
answer to an announcement of a birth.
WILBUR.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

There are many ways to make
money. Much depends upon the tai.
emit at your command. plays" ba-,
Ears. supper at which the men serve,
birthday and measuring, also weight
parties. all bring money into the treas
ury.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

Christian churches. It is said that the
church prayer-meeting is a sure indi-
cation of the spiritual condition of the
church.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
Ways to Earn Money.

would like to know of q few DIFF
ferent ways that a school class Of
young ladies and men could earn q lit
tie money. Hoping to read your an
swer soon, A. N. NUYER.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
Preserving the Peace.

At the muzzle of a gun a Milwaukee
man tried to force his wife to make
up . quarrel. Well, that's the way
international peace is made and pre-.
served.-CleveIand Leader.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

On your invitations state that the
party is given in honor of your friend.
Do not inclose her card. A stationer
will give you the proper form.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
A Turkey Dinner.

A Turkey Dinner.
have been helped so much by read
ing your hints to hostesses" that I
am writing to you for the first time
in regard to a dinner I want to give
in a few weeks. l am going to have
turkey, cranberries. mashed potatoes
and sweet potatoes, corn and celery,
scallOped oysters and pie. I would
like to have a salad, but do not know
what kind to serve. VIII you kindly
tell me when to serve the salad-if 1t
would be permissible for me to put 1t
at each persons plate before the meal
or II should serve It at the table?
will you please tell me II my list is
Iall right. I would be very thankful
ff you would give me any suggestions.
as l want everything right. I have
lovely little home, and l do want to
have a nice dinner. EVELYN G.
Your ideas are good and your dinner
will certainly be nice. Here is the
way l would arrange it: First, q clear
soup. then the turkey. oyster stufing,
mashed potatoes. sweet potato Gro
quotes with tiny sausage balls,
creamed onions or tomatoes. celery.
jelly, sailed nuts. an apple or fruit
salad served as a course with cheese
waters. individual pies, whatever va
riety you wish, with coffee. The cram
berries I would serve in an ice or in
small molds, one for each person.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

Aerial Screw for Motor-Boat.
A new motorboat is propelled by
an aerial screw. Under favorable con-
ditions high speed is attained.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
Dance for a Friend.

Dance for q Friend.
We are to give q dance at our home
for q friend who is to be married
soon. Should we inclose her card or
mention her name In the invitation?
L. N. s.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
FOR TME M@STE$S|
Advice Oh MATTERS Of EDtertaiD-
n0eDt aDd Other Interesting
Subjects, by Madame
MerFi.

this mundane sphere simply write Q
note of congratulation to the mother
expressing your best wishes for the
little stranger.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

The plate is placed at the right and
the dishes passed at the left always.
When you hear of q new arrival in
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
Regrets for Invitation,

regrets TOR invitation.
VIII you kindly advise me as to the
way to send regrets to an invitation
printed on a card as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
Miss Smith
Mr.. Frank Miller
request the pleasure Of your company
Wednesday evening. November fourth
at eight o'clock
Dancing 1t ten O'Clock Elks' Hall.
MARY L. H.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

Write q note in third person de-
clfning the invitation and send to the
address of the first-named hostess.
MADAME MERRI.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

Use stars and wreaths of holly,
cedar and mistletoe with festoons Of
cedar and great scarlet bows. Then
have plenty of candles. For the pres
ents, a great red stocking or Q Christ
mas pie.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
Christmas Decorations.

Christmas Dissertations.
Can you suggest some new way Of
decorating for Christmas this year?
We have always had tree. but I
would like a change II possible and
still have the house look attractive.
FLORA.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
4 Social Evenino.

A Social Evening.
I board in small family hotel and
would like to entertain about 80
guests that live In the house. As quite
number do not play cards, I thought
you could tell me some other way
just social evening. R.L.T.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

Without cards you must have some
thing in which all the guests would be
equally interested, so l would suggest
q character party" Request each
one to come as some famous person,
guess who is who and award several
prizes.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

The good farmer is not always the
good business man. How is it with
you?
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

See that your crops do not suffer
from cold, wet feet, by draining the
land.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

The manure that IL allowed to &C.
emulate in the pile will lose about
so per cent. of its value.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

Cool the milk as soon after draw
ing as is possible. This applies to
winter as well as summer
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

The completion of the 100000 agri-
cultural building by the Missouri
state college next September will
mark another advance step in a farm
education in that state.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

The successful farmer ia the farmer
who knows what his land viii pro-
duce, who raises what he can most
readily market and who follows up
his work so that it is always well in
hand
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

Shut-in poultry should be provided
with plenty of exercise. Feed the
grain in deep litter and make them
scratch for every bit they get. They
will enjoy 1t better.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-05-01
The GasoIene Diety.

In going over an account of the recent
contests of the speed maniacs in the
Briarcliff and Vanderbilt cup auto races
the mind of the reader is apt to revert to
the bygone days of the chariot racers
In one respect, at least, the contestants
of a former age have the advantage of
comparison. In chariot race the
drivers chose the restricted track of the
ampitheatre; while our intrepid genius
of the present time scorns such impede
menta and betakes himself to the beaten
tracks of commerce and pleasure, drives
his ponderous engine out onI the high
roads and runs everything down that
presumes to get in the way.
Were the accidents always confined to
the autoists objection to this course
might be more slow in coming. But,
unfortunately, it is from the ranks of
the innocent public that the greater
number of victims are drawn for sacri-
fee to the god of gasolene.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-05-01
She Was a Stayer,

One of the longest visits on record
is one that was made by a woman in
the south. Perhaps such thing could
not have happened in a less hospitable
part of the country. The visitor was
one of those most unfortunate waits
and strays of the country-a refined
woman with no home of her own. That
was in the days when women Were ex-
pected to be cared for and not go out
into the world to look out for them
selves. This woman went one day to
spend the day with a friend, and she
remained for twenty-five years. She
outlived the father and mother OF the
family, took their places to some ex-
tent In the hearts OF the children. and
for all those years she lived there hap
py and beloved and giving in return
for her home those services which can.
not be hired.-ExchaRge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-05-01
A PROCLAIM

Throughout the country there is a
strong and rapidly growing movement in
favor of the preservation and cultivation
of the forests and other wooded areas
and the encouragement Of a proper re.
gard for trees, plants and .shrubbery
With heartiest commentator of this
movement and with strong belief In its
peculiar fitness to our State, / hereby
name, Friday, the eighth day of May
1908, Arbor Day.
The day should not be observed as a
mere perfunctory occasion but in such a
manner that our people, especially our
girls and boys, shall gain fuller knowl-
edge and higher appreciation OF the aes.
thetic and practical value of trees and
tree culture. There is an especial de-
mand for this knowledge and its applca-
ton in Vermont, which is dependent in
30 large measure for its prosperity upon
the proper use and preservation of its
forests. 1t is well also to make this OBJ
servance an opportunity for intoxicating
a love of the natural world and the worth
OF out-of- door life. By appropriate exer'
cises and object lessons, therefore, lei
there be taught the great wrong to this
and to future generations of an Ignorant
and reckless destruction of our forests and
the great importance of the care of trees
and the uses to which they may be put in
the identifying of grounds both public and
private. Thus shall we make real con
tribution to the protection and develop
ment of our natural resources, and
worthily promote the welfare Of the
State.
Given under my hand and the Seal Of
the State, at Proctor, this twenty fourth
day of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred eight. and OF
the Independence of the United States
the one hundred thirty-second.
FLETCHER d. PROCTOR.
By the Governor,
BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, JR.,
Sec'y of Civil and Military Affairs
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-05-01
AN OLD TIME DRINK.
Refreshing Switched and tho Way II
Used to Be Made.

OSeo 10 DC mduos
They don't make it nowadays-not
mostly. But they used to make II
years ago, and how good It was! The
corn lot had to be cultivated, and 1t
was very hot up there on the hillside.
When they loaded the cultivator and
the hoes and spades On the stone boat
and hitched the two horses to that dry
ground vessel, they slowed away az
part of the cargo big stone jug. And
when the corn lot was reached the jug
was slowed away in a shady fen,e
corner under the butternut tree and
covered over with grass to keep 1t
cool. What was in the jug? Switched
1t was made Of vinegar molasseS gin
ger and water. The water was drawn
from the spring beside the kitchen and
was as cold as ice could have made it.
And the stone jug kept 1t cold. The
vinegar gave it pleasant acidity, the
ginger little ''tang'-that's what they
called IL up in 1.-The country"-and the
molasses just sweetened 1t a bit. And
how good it was to go over into the
fence corner and take few swallows
out Of that Jug Of switched!
Come on, let's go and get glass Of
Ice cream soda. 1t will be somewhere
about the hundredth part as good as a
draft Of switched out Of that store jug
in the fence corner in the corn lot up
In the country.-Utica Observer
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-05-01

Middlebury, always beautiful, is this
spring becoming more so than ever, spirit
of genuine reform apparently having
taken possession of the community. There
is still room for improvement, though not
so much in the way of landscape garden.
ing as in regard to the adjustment of the
-mouthed, splitting loafer who be-
comes fixture on our streets Just at dusk
each evening-Sundays and otherwise.
The filthy condition of the front of prom
inent business house on Main street one
morning last week was simply beyond
description here. If the fire hose could
be turned on some of these nocturnal
sessions much good would result, not
only from a moral but sanitary point of
vipw
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-05-01
THE FIR GATE PELICAN.
II Is a Small Bird With an Enormous
Stretch of Winq.


The frigate pelican, or man-of-war
bird, is usually found between the
tropics Although when stripped of its
feathers II is hardly larger than a
pigeon, yet no man can touch at the
same time the tips of its extended
wings. The long wing bones are ex-
ceedingly light, and the whole ap-
paratus of air cells is extremely de-
veloped, so that its real weight is very
trifling. 1t flies at great height
above the water and from that eleva-
ton pounces down on fish, especially
preferring the poor, prosecuted flying
fish for its prey.
Under the throat of the frigate peli-
can is large pouch of a deep rcd
color. which can be distended with air
at the pleasure of the bird. The pouch
is larger and of a more brilliant red in
the male than in his consort, and the
general plumage of the female is not SO
bright as that of the male.
Although its swiftness Of wing and
general activity enable it to snatch a
fish from the surface of the water or
to pounce upon the flying fish before it
can again seek the protection Of its
native element, yet 1t too often uses
its powers in robbing other birds of
their lawful prey. 1t is enabled in
some mysterious way to find its way
home by night, even though it may be
400 or 500 miles from land. The length
of the male bird is three feet and the
expanse Of wing eight feet.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-05-01
"ELLEN
OR WHISPERlNCS OF AN OLD PINE j"
BY JOSEPH BATTELL
SECOND EDITION

BY JOSEPH BATTELl

THE sounds of the world made by elastic bodies and
every such will make the sound it made to make,
and will make Others
This principle covers the whole question sounds
heard the telephone made For the explanation given
by scientists textbooks, elsewhere that they made
by the daram any other part of the receiving instrument
is impossible.
Many sounds heard and untold millions may be heard
the telephone, any telephone The diafram any dafram
make but which is hardly than scratch All the
them be made by the instruments whether natural
artificial, made make them
In every know where the sounds
heard a telephone made They made the
sending instrument the only exception being sounds
duced into the wire by called induction There other
explanation possible follows wherever the distance is
Siderable they carried their destination by the electric
current Again there other explanation possible And
this only possible but absolutely certain repeatedly
proven in " Ellen"
1t follows again that sound is n6nesmal particles of matter
the its kindred sensations, odor and light is also
first discovered by the great electrician Oersted and
scientist Ritter that sound eectrica that is is in part
composed of electricity in which unquesonaby consists
power And it spreads in the atmosphere
easily electric display flashes through the heavens.
This further popularity belongs sound that when uttered
in homogeneous medium air, spreads in all directions
Although uttered in tube carried in wire follows the
course of the conductor.
The subject of sound in all its phases fully discussed
in this OF Ellen, and the first explanation
its action graphophone we'll telephone, the
in which graphophone record is made is here given
The book comprises 977 pages including Part L. entire
system of Geomety,-n which every Proposition is
demonstrated lines, far ntelgeny than in the
old system and with less than half the words-and review
of Trgonometry, 1872 pages and Part H. by far the
thorough consideration of sound that has been published
7o7 pages.
Printed superior paper and illustrated with Is very beau
tul pictures of Vermont scenery. Cloth So. Morocco full
gilt, ST. Vol l., 81 and So. Express postage, paid
Address American Publishing Company, Mddlebury VT,
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