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The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07

e ENATOR ELKINS will not oppose
- the marriage of his daughter Kath-
crime to the duke of the Abruzzi after
all. The wedding probably will be
solemnized in November
IL the duke were as sure of this as
is Washington society, he would be
spared a lot of worry As matter of
fact, the duke is about to start for
Washington. fearing all the while that
the senator will withdraw his consent
to the marriage on account of Queen
Helena's unrelenting opposition.
The duke fears Senator Elkins will
play the part of a high spirited Ameri-
can and endeavOr to prevent the mar
riage, fearing that with the Italian
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
Fiji islanders Sugar Cane Dance.

Fiji islanders Sugar cane Dance.
A very curious and exceedingly
clever dance may be witnessed in Fiji,
called by the natives the sugar cane
meke," or sugar cane dance. 1t repre-
sents the growth of the sugar cane.
In the first figure the dancers squat
low on the ground, shake their heads,
shut their eyes and murmur slowly
and softly an unintelligible sentence,
Gradually they all stand up together,
growing taller and taller. and as they
grow" they wave their arms and
tremble' all over from ankle to head,
like the tall, tasselled cane waving in
the wind, and still they keep on chant
ing louder and louder.
The last figure represents series
of combats meant to symbolic the ex-
actions of the chiefs, who compel the
"kaisi." willing or unwilling, to come
and cut their crops.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
THIS LANGUAGE OF OURS
robbed of his feat or his feet.

rODDeU OF MS IeaC or MS feet.
We say that Anne Boleyn and other
ladies were beheaded, meaning that
they were placed upon a block and
had their heads chopped of. But
take. again, the word befuddled-we
speak of a man being in such condi-
tion. But do we mean that he lay
down on a block and had his fuddle
chopped of? Certainly, certainly not!
So you see how untrustworthy this
language of ours is.
Glass is dismissed. Take the next
two pages for the next lesson
Judges Library.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07

Beyond the moiling sea Is peace,
The peace Of home and love and all
To which, a cruiser of the sea,
I speed away as shadows fall!
Behind is coastline, grim and stark,
The dangers that sailor braves
Who in some fair. sequestered vale
Has harbor where the river laves.
All! In that sweet and fragrant vale,
That fair, sequestered. hallOwed spot,
A refuge from the stOrm-swept sea,
There stands secure my lowly cot!
And as the colors gild the sky
And on the sunset vapOrs cling,
I haste toward the harbOr land
The harbor land where Love is King!
Upon the weary seas of life
Where tempests rage and breakers
beat,
I go through all the danger lure
To this, my haven and retreat!
All, here no wave can search me out,
No beetling rock can pierce the foam.
For there is harbOr, safe, secure
The harbOr of my Love-and Home!
900
Small Talk.
Somehow, good luck is apt to be
standing right in the path of the man
that hustles hardest.
4 4 4
The trouble with a lot Of people
who ask for bread is that they are in
suited unless you give them pie.
4 & 4
Inasmuch as our forests are being
denuded, the small boy of the future
will have to be spanked with a slate
shingle.
II man is wise enough to fool the
public and make a lot of money out of
it, that's another story, but the man
who merely thinks he is wise enough,
is a bigger fool than the public.
600
Experience.
When roasting ears have turned to gold
And lettuce goes to seed,
When radishes are full of pith
And blossom like a weed,
IT'S then the ruralite begins,
Within his garden sere,
To brag about what he will do
In that same spot next year!
This spring he planted rather late
And did not work the ground;
His beds were diamond-shaped and
square
They should have been more round"
He sowed the seeds too thick in drills
Instead of casting free
And that's the reason why the truck
Was scanty-as you see!
But next year, he will know just how
To make a garden grow.
You wait and see what he will do.
And when and how and sOt
All, poor suburbanite, next year
I'll write the same old rhyme
Your crops will be failure in
The good old summer time!
a
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
How Il Felt.

An Irish maid in the service Of a
Washington family recently sought
permission of her mistress to take
An afternoon off for the purpose of
consulting a dentist.
Upon her return, the mistress said:
"Well, Rosalie, did you have the
tooth filled?"
Il did, num-"
"And what did the dentist fill It
With-god or amalgam?"
Il don't know just what 1t was,
mum; but from the way feel.
should think it was with thunder and
lightning, num-"
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
He Had a Chance,

wouldn't you just as lief have had
little brother as a little sister,"
asked Margaret's mother. The little
one hesitated a moment and then said,
well mother, boys are rather noisy
and troublesome, but what with my
bringing up and paps bringing up and
your bringing up he might not have
turned out to be so very bad!"-
Deliueatof.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
Australia's Wild Oysters.

Oysters are sometimes regarded as
dangerous but they are not usually
considered savage. A Queensland
Judge. however, has decided that they
are wild beasts. Before a royal COM
mission on the pearling industry,
which has been sitting at Brisbane, .
witness stated that eight years ago he
had laid 100000 shells in the neigh
borh9od Of Friday island. The Jap
anese stole the shells, and the district
court judge held that as pearl shell
oysters were Ald animals there was
no penalty for stealing them.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

- mercury will surely destroy the sense Of smel1
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on preocrtp.
tons from reputable physicians the damage they
will do Is ten fold to the good you possibly d.
rive from them. Halls Catarh Cure. manufactur1
by F. J. Cheney Co.. Toledo. O.. contains no mef-
curry. and Is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system. In
buying Halls Catanh Cure be sure you get th3
genuine. 1t b taken internally and made In Toledo.
Ohio. by +. J. Cheney Co. Testimonials freet
Sold by DruggistA Price. 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pulls for constipation.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
Nameless, But All Rioht.

What play did you see?" asked the
amiable mistress of her maid, who had
been taken by her best young man to
the theater the evening before.
They didn't tell tue name of It,"
returned the maid. 1T said on the
outside of the theater that it was
AS You Like IT, and I did like 1t.
but I don't know the name"-New
York Times.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
Great Exhibit of Aerial Craft Planned

One of the LilienthaTs two-winged
gliding machines, a model Of Har-
graves compressed air flying machine,
which few 319 feet; Stringfellow's
aeroplane model, exhibited in the
Crystal palace. London, in 1856, and
numerous motors. properlers. wings.
kites and other interesting parts of
aeroplanes, are now in possession of
the Smithsonian institution
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
Sr~M4e4~
Uncle Alien.

Il see the government is going into
the airship business" said Uncle Allen
Sparks. Sooner or later the airship
will get into politics, and then we'll
have machine politicians and flying
machine politicians"
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
Africa's Name.

The name of the African continent
is of uncertain derivation. The name
was first applied to the neighborhood
of Carthage and later extended to the
whole continent. Tripoli is a province
belonging to the Turkish empire.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07

to trouble me so &C.
verely that at last I
had to give up. I
took to my bed and
stayed there four
months, suffering in
tense pain. dizziness,
headache and 1ns
hammation Of the
bladder. Thou g b
without hope. I be-
gan using Doan'S
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
A Polite Boy.

"I understand that your little boy 10
very polite"
"Yes."
Its nice to see children well
brought up. 1 like to see little boys
get up and give their seats to ladies'"
THAT boy got down out Of a pear
tree yesterday and gave his seat to .
Nulldog before he left the lot where
the tree was."-HOustOn Post
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
Same Eeelina.

And haven't you ever taken q ride
In an autOmobile?" asked the man
with the new machine, pityingly.
NO." replied the plain person. but
I fell out Of . third-story window
0once."
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07

Sheer white goods, In fact, any fno
wash goods when new. owe much OF
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered. this being done In .
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory il proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
Seing good Starch, which has suniOent
strength to stiffen. without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance Of your work.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
LYDIA AEPlNKHANn'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Will Young, of 6 Columbia
Ave, .Rockland, Me-, says:
81 was troubled for long time with
dreadful backachcs and a pain in nv
side, and was miserable in every way.
/ doctOred until was discouraged and
thought would never get well. / read
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound had done for others and
decided to try it; after taking three
bottles can truly say that never felt
50 we'll in my life"
Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl
Pa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
II had very severe backaches. and
pressing-down pains. IcOuld not sleep,
and had no appetite. Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound cured mo
and made me feel like a new woman"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been tho
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
tion, dizziness or nervous prostration.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07

Kidney Pills, and In three months was
completely cured. The trouble has
never returned"
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
Gloomy.

What is the gloomiest spot on
earth?"
"A summer resort when it's rain.
ing."-Detroit Free Press.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
NOT DOLLARS, BUT EGGS.

First Thespian len l was play.
Ing in Kansas City and getting my
200 a night
Second Ditto Hold on. there.
Monty; make that five!
First Thespian-No. Jack; upon my
honor-2O0 a night regular. Eggs are
cheap there.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
A Preliminary Requirement.

Tom-Why don't you get a new
suit?
Dick-I can't find a new tailor
Half Holiday.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07

After All Hope Had Vanished.

Mrs. J. H. Bennett, So Fountain St,
Me-, says. MY back used
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-07
W0MAn'S s
BAckACHE

The back is the handspring Of
woman's organism. 1t quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. It
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight in the lower part of
the body, that a woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
to a healthy. normal condition il
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
DIVORCE SUIT TRAGEDY.
Pueblo Broker Kills Himself After
Shooting His Wife.

Pueblo.-Mad with jealousy and
love for the woman who had repudiated
him, Sherman l. Cammack, we'll
known broker, Thursday night enticed
his wife into his office in the Central
black, and after short conversation
shot her three times, mortaily wound
ing her, and then blew out his brains.
While the wounded woman lay on
the floor beside the body of her hus-
band she implored those attracted by
the sound of the shots to tell her that
he was not dead, and repeated over and
over:
his faults. l wish that 1 could die
with him. The bullets were sweet to
me, for l knew that he would kill him
self when l was dead"
The shooting had been anticipated
by Cammack's friends, to several of
whom he had expressed his intention
of killing the woman under certain con
ditions. Since his wife filed suit for di-
vorce over a week ago Cammack has
been very friendly with her and has
DetH ldhluS HtT W ulHutiS anu tiiSd-
ters. His friends now realize that he
was only trying to get the opportunity
to kill her when no one was around.
Lying on bed at st. Mary's hos
pital, paralyzed from the hips down and
with death staring her in the face, Mrs.
Cammack tonight made a statement of
the events leading up to the shooting.
For a mortally wounded woman she
was remarkably self-possessed and
clear-headed Mrs. Cammack said:
Mr. Cammack wanted 60 see me to-
night to arrange about our divorce and
the alimony. 1 saw him and was with
him for several hours this afternoon
When we parted early this evening he
asked me to go to supper with him, but
told him l would rather not and he
then asked me to see him in his Office
later.
Il arrived at the Office about o'clock
but he was not there, and | seated my
self and waited. He came in in few
minutes and we started to talk over the
divorce.
81 told him l could never live with
him again. He pleaded with me, but
told him that we had tried it so long
unhappily that it would be useless to
try to go on any more.
''He pleaded time and again, until I
began to cry and asked him to stop, as
it would be useless to talk further and
that it was paining me more than l
could say to hear him. After had said
this he stood up in front of me and
said:
My little girl, love you and will
never be happy without you. 1 can
not be happy without you
when he said this he went over to
the desk and took out a revolver.
thought he was going to kill himself,
and begged him to stop. He turned
toward me and fired the revolver.
81 put my hand to my head and
turned away, but 1 was too late.
could feel the fire as it shot from the
gun and felt the powder as it hit my
face. I then fell and did not know
clearly what was going on about me-
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
Mother Gets Her Child.

Denver.-In denying an application
for supersedeas in the case of Peter
Breene, in error, versus Bernice
Breene, in error, the Supreme Court de-
cided that child only three years old
is better off with its mother than with
it's father, although both are perfectly
fit persons to have control of it. Breene,
fromerly State Treasurer of Colorado
had his baby daughter in New York
and was forced to go there and bring
it back 10 Colorado by Judge Carleton
NJ. Bliss of the District Court, on ha-
beas corpus proceeding. The defense
alleged that the court was without jur-
isdiction to take the child from it's
father when the latter was a fit per-
son to have its custody; also that it
was without jurisdiction when habeas
corpus applied to person outside of
the state in which it was issued.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
Why Troops Are Going West.

ington.-Inquiry at the War
Department into the report from
Omaha that arrangements are being
made for the mobilization of large
part of the army on the Pacific coast
about the time Admiral Evans fleet
arrives there develops the fact that
all of the regular troop movements
now in contemplation are incident to
dispatch of certain regiments to the
Philippines to relieve soldiers who have
had their full term of service there
and are entitled to discharge.
Assistant Secretary Oliver has been
in correspondence with the governors
of many states and territories with a
view to the cooperation of the militia
with the regular army in an active pro-
gram of joint drills and maneuvres. 1t
is known that several of these govern
ors already are in correspondence with
railroad transportation agencies rela-
tive to the movement of their militia
forces to the sites of the proposed
camps and it is believed that this is
the foundation for the assumption that
large troop movements toward the Pa
cific coast are projected.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
Pixies Peak Kite Experiments.

Colorado Springs.-Reports received
from Washington are that the govern
ment will conduct aero-electrical ex-
periments on an extensive scale on the
summit OF Pixies Peak next summer,
when the proposed weather bureau sta
tion is established at the top of the ia
nous old mountain.
President Sells of the Cog road is in
receipt of a communication from wealth
er bureau headquarters at Washington
saying that it is practically certain that
the bill providing for a station on the
top of the peak will pass Congress and
that, in this event, extensive expert
mental work will be conducted next
summer with huge aeroplane kites. The
kites will fly from the summit in tan
dems of three and four, carrying copper
plates.
The object of the experiments will be
to determine the effect of atmosphere
electricity on the weather conditions.
A complete set of instruments will be
installed to which the electricity from
the air will be conducted from the kites
for analysis and investigation.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
cUTIcURA CURED FOUR
Southern Woman Suffered with Itch
Ing, Burning Rash-Three Little
Babies Had Skin Troubles.

'My baby had running sore on his
neck and nothing that l did for it took
effect until used Cuticura. My face
was nearly full of letter or some sim
ilar skin disease. 1t would itch and
burn so that l could hardly stand it..
Two cakes of Cuticura Soap and box
of Cuticura Ointment cured me. Two
years after it broke out on my hands
and wrist. Sometimes 1 would go
nearly crazy for it itched so badly. l
went back to my old standby, that
had never failed me-one set of Cuti-
cura Remedies did the work. One
set also cured my uncle's baby whose
head was a cake of sores, and another
baby who was in the same fix. Mrs.
Lille Wilcher, ITO Eleventh ST., Chat
tanooga, Tenn, Feb. 16, 1907"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
CUBS FOOD
They Thrive on Grape-Nuto.

Healthy babies don't cry and the
well-nourished baby that is fed on
Grape-Nuts is never a crying baby.
Many babies who cannot take any
other food relish the perfect food,
Grape Nuts, and get well.
my little baby was given up by
three doctors who said that the con-
densed milk on which 1 fed her had
ruined the childs stomach. One Of
the doctors told me that the only
thing to do would be to try Grape
Nuts, SO got some and prepared it as
follows: 1 soaked IL tablespoonfuls
in one pint of cold water for half an
hour, then strained off the liquid and
mixed II teaspoonfuls of this strained
Grape-Nuts juice with six teaspoonfuls
of rich milk, put in pinch of salt
and little sugar, warmed it and gave
it to baby every two hours.
In this simple, easy way 1 saved
baby's life and have built her up to a
strong healthy child, rosy and laugh
ing. The food must certainly be per-
feet to have such a wonderful effect as
this. can truthfully say 1 think it
is the best food in the world to raise
delicate babies on, and is also a deli.
cious healthful food for grown-ups as
we have discovered in our family"
Grape-Nuts is equally valuable to
the strong, healthy man or woman. II
stands for the true theory of health
There's Reason. Read "The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01

Mr.. Herbert Knox Smith, whose zeal in the
cause of economic reform has been in no wise
abated by the panic which he and his kind did
SO much to bring on, is out with an answer to
President Moffett, of the Standard Oil Com
pary of Indiana. The publication of this an
swer it is officially given out, was delayed sew
eral weeks, "for business reasons" because it
was not deemed advisable to further excite
the public mind, which was profoundly dis
turbed by the crisis. Now that the storm
clouds have rolled by, however, the Commits
sioner rushes again into the fray.
Our readers remember that the chief points
in the defence of the Standard Oil Company, as
presented by President Moffett, were 1) that
the date of six cents on oil from Whiting to
East st. Louis has been issued to the Standard
Oil Company as the lawful rate by employees
of the Alton, (2) that the 1S-cent rate on file
with the Interstate Commerce Commission was
a class and not a commodity rate. never being
intended to apply to oil, (3) that oil was
shipped in large quantities between Whiting
and East ST. Louis over the Chicago & East
ern Illinois at 6A cents per hundred pounds,
which has been filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission as the lawful rate, and (4)
that the 1S-cent rate on oil was entirely out or
proportion to lawful rates on other commodi-
ties between these points of similar char
acter, and of greater value, such for example,
eight cents President Moffett also stated that
thousands of tons of freight had been sent by
other shippers between these points under
substantially the same conditions as governed
the shipments of the Standard Oil Company.
This defence of the Standard Oil Company
was widely quoted and has undoubtedly exert
ed powerful influence upon the public mind.
Naturally the Administration, which has
staked the success of its campaign against
the trusts" upon the result of its attack upon
this company endeavors to Offset this infiu-
ence, and hence the new deliverance of Com
missioner Smith.
We need hardly to point out that his rebut-
tai argument is extremely weak, although as
strong no doubt as the circumstances would
warrant. He answers the points made by Presi-
dent Moffett substantially as follows: (D The
Standard Oil Company had traffic department,
and should have known that the six-cent rate
had not been filed, (2) no answer, (3) the Chi
cago &c Eastern Illinois rate was secret rate
because it read, not from Whiting, but from
Doton which is described as "a village Of
about 1 500 population just outside of Chicago.
It's only claim to note is that it has been for
many years the point of origin for this and
similar secret rates" The Commissioner ad-
mits in describing this rate that there was a
note attached stating that the rate could also
be used from Whiting.
The press has quite generally hailed this
statement of the Commissioner of Corpora
tons a conclusive refutation of what is evil
IDENTIFY recognized as the strongest rebuttal
argument advanced by the Standard.
In fact 1t is as weak and inconclusive the
remainder of his argument The lines of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois do not run into
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
What Hubby Missed.

81 was telephoning the other night"
said the girl, land voice crossed
mine, a whispering voice. 1 couldn't
help wondering what the game was.
What are you whispering for?' l
asked.
Hush she said, still in the whis-
per. I'm trying to talk under my
breath. l don't want my husband to
hear. Please get off the wire. Won't
you?
81 got off the wire, but I couldn't
sleep very well that night for wonder
ing what it was she didn't want her
husband to hear"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
Secondhand Goods.

81 don't think it is so nice to have a
truthful child" said she. mot so
truthful child as my neighbor has
across the hall. The other morning l
missed my paper that is left at my
door. knocked and asked her if she
had seen it. She said no, but her
small son, aged five, ran to the table
and got it and brought it to me.
Here he said, mamma took it to
read it, but you can have it. She is
through with IL now"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
What Becomes of the Coke?

A teacher was explaining to her
is obtained.
Much of the gas we use Is ex-
tracted from COAL" she said, "and
after the gas has been taken out, the
coal becomes coke. In some parts of
this country gas is obtained by
boring deep holes in the ground and
such gas is called natural gas"
Does the natural gas come from
the fires down in the bad placer" in
quired a boy eagerly. "If it does,
what does Satan do with all the coke
he has left?"
1t is needless to say that the
teacher did not answer the question.
ILLUSTRATED Magazine.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01

'T have called" said the captious
critic, ito find out what reason you
can give for representing the New
Year as a nude small boy"
THAT is DONE" responded the art
editor, because the year does not get
its close until the 31st of December"