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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02


the poll list of his precinct as we'll as
his a, b, c, and keep tab" on deaths.
removals, new residents, etc.
Politics affords a shining example
Of the wisdom of the rule about open
ing hostilities yourself. Never wait
for the other fellow to assail your abil-
ity. Always start out by soaking
him. And by this is not meant by any
means to throw mud" or indulge in
abuse. Far from it. Do it in gentle
manly way. Get him on the defensive
and keep him there If possible. One
of the surest ways to do this is to
prepare a lot of questions, no matter
how irrelevant to the questions at is
sue, if there happens to be any ''is-
sue" and keep hammering away at
him with these questions.
Never answer any question yourself.
Print your platform on your cards, if
you are a candidate, but don't answer
any questions about 1t. The platform
speaks for itself, don't it? A profess
sional politician ought to be able to
convince the most captious questioner
that Ibis platform" faces every way
to the four corners of the earth and
was meant for the blessing of all men.
When he starts on his career he must
expect to go slowly, as a rule, emery
ing from one unimpOrtant position to
another until he has either become a
power himself, or has been useful
enough to some BOSS" to be placed
on ticket. Once fairly launched in
a political Office, and he becomes a
target for the press and public criti-
cism, and his native ability IL sub
jected to the corrosive test of having
power placed in his hands.
A good politician must always be
on the alert to catch the instant at
its forward top" and direct the cur
rent of any popular movement into the
proper channel. If there is reform
movement in the air he must not only
champion it, but he must be in the
lead of the crusaders. The public are
the sheep, the politician is the bell
wether.
1 remember a typical instance of
this kind.
A certain paving scheme was be-
ing preached, and in the district
where it was proposed to introduce
it, there were a great many Swedish
American citizens who opposed the
improvement. Nearly all of them I'M
derstood the English language as
well their own tongue. A grand
mass meeting was called for and held
amid tumultuous enthusiasm. A we'll
known Swedish-American was select
ed as chairman, and a Swede Sec
rotary duly installed. Two speeches
were made in Swedish, and then a
popular Irish politician made a ring.
ing address amid great applause. He
was followed by a German lawyer
who was even more fiery, If anything.
than his predecessor in denouncing
the outrage contemplated. The law.
yer was also a politician.
A call for names was started and a
club formed. There were 367 Swed.
ish-American members of the club and
the Irishman and the German. 1863 mem
bers in all. And at the next meeting,
postponed two weeks to elect officers,
the Irishman was elected president
and the German secretary and treas
urer. ERNEST M'GAFFEY.
Copyright. 1908. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
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Trick Of Young Girl Yields Coed Finan-
ciaI Returns.

The 15-year-old daughter of farm
er living on the shores Of Chesapeake
bay, where wild ducks are found in
greater numbers than anywhere else
in the United States. has proved her
self a better hunter than any of the
men who make a living by it. She no
ticed that at one spot hundreds Of
ducks came ashore to eat the sorrel
plant. She got a peck Of corn, soaked
it for two days in whisky. and then
at night scattered it on the ground.
Her father laughed at the idea, but
he laughed too soon. The next morn
ing large number of the ducks came
ashore for the sorrel. but took the
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
DUCKS ON A SPREE.

corn instead. The result was that
over so of them were made SO drunk
that they were easily captured on the
shore or by a boat. and the girl made
over s25 at one haul Perhaps ducks
shouldn't be tempted to become
drunkards, but it is certainly an easy
and profitable way to gather them
in for the market. The wonder is
if the people who eat them will also
become hilarious?
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
Art in Spanish Bank Notes

the notes are to present pictures Of
wellknown buildings in Spain, exc
cuted with a perfection that will defy
counterfeiting.
The pictures are to be SO beautiful
that amateurs will be tempted to
frame them" says one Spanish news
paper. Hardly" rejoins another.
the cost Of the set will be LET'S
pesetas. you see." To the Spanish
mind $33S.50 is great deal Of money.
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Graduated from ,he Bible.

Octave Thanet tells story of an old
darby in Florida who was anxious to
learn to read, so that he could read
the Bible. He said that If he could
read the Bible he would want nothing
else. A friend of the narrator taught
him to read. Some time afterward she
visited his cabin and asked his wife
how his Bible reading was getting on.
Laws. Miss Fanny" said this per
son. he jes' suttinly kin read fine.
He's done got outen de Bible an IND
de newspapers"
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70 bafEle the counterfeiters. who are
both numerous and cunning In Madfid,
the Bank of Spain has pursued the
policy of changing its notes with great
frequency and retiring each issue as
fast as possible.
The bank has now determined on .
new plan. 1t has placed an order for
q series of notes with an English con-
cern. and 1t will relE for safety upon
. special color process. In addition
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-02
Line Pays No Dividends.

The coach line that Alfred Wander
bilt has established between the Hol.
land house. New York, and Ardsley on
the Hudson is not a paying business.
All the fares received in one season
would not buy one of the eight Ken
lucky blooded horses that draw the
coach. The round trip fare is S..
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CHAPTER XIX.
A Deal in Stocks.

The VOLTAGE, scanned with hatred
and anger, and hideous with evil pas
sions, that had glowered for a mo-
ment out of the smoky frame of the
Chinese den, was still haunting me as
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The first duty of woman is her
duty to her parents, and afterward to
her husband and her husbands par
eutS.
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REFUSED
REINSTATEMENT
A. A. U. Committee Declines to
Lift His Thirty Days
Suspension.

PHILADELPHIA. February 1.-The
registration committee of the Middle
Atlantic Association of the A. A. u.
met yesterday morning, and though
they reopened the matter Of the sus-
pension of Melvin Sheppard of the
Irish-American Athletic Club, of New
York. who has been barred until March
I'd. the committee refused to raise the
bar.
E Influence in many ways was brought
to cause reinstatement of the Irish
American crack. the committee, after
carefully discussing the matter, hear
ing evidence and consulting the off,
Gals of the Company l meet, held a
private conclave. and at IL o'clock they
received the decision of Mr.. Jackson,
OF Scranton, Pa, member of the COM
mittee, and then they made public their
second decision reaffirming their first
verdict. The vote was unanimous.
Word was flashed to the national
registration committee in New York,
ana Sheppard Will have to await the
expiration Of his suspension before he
is allowed to compete.
The committee concluded that It
would be establishing bad precedent.
owing to #Sheppard's distinction in the
lathletic world. Men of his type and
renown, should set good example to
other athletes. and not hold amateur
sport up to ridicule.
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STILL SEARCHING
FORT TWO. UMP|RES
So Far Mace Is the Only One
Secured by Secretary Gregory,
Who Wants Only Best.

Secretary Gregory. of the Virginia
State League. stated yesterday that
he is still on the hunt for two UNI
pires. Mace is the only one secured
SO far and he seems to be good one.
Following out his intention to have
only the best men, those who have
been tried and found not wanting.
Mr.. Gregory yesterday promptly tore
up an application he received from
Pat Rollins, who. 1t will be remembered
ed. was here Tor n short time when
the league first started. Pat failed to
make good for more reasons than one.
Others followed and went their way,
and few that came We're found to be
satisfactory. Therefore. the secretary
will see to 1t that no such difficulty
is encountered this season. a bad
umpire can cause more trouble, more
.Nuarrellng and create more i'll feel
Ing than any other one cause, and It
shehooves the Virginia League to get
only men upon whom they know they
can rely.
Lipe will be here In few days now,
and, perhaps he will be able to help
matters along. But things are every
whore al standstill now. One begins
( to forget baseball when the ground
Is covered in snow and slusll and when
the bitter wind blows the dust from
where once the grass was green The
very idea of baseball makes one
SILVER.
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.ARG0NAUTS TO ROW
At HENLEY REGATTA
Famous Canadian Oarsmen For
tunately Colonists, and
Are Eligible.

s PHILADELPHIA, PA, February L.
The famous eight of the Argonaut
Club, of Toronto, the one that won the
championship OF the United States and
Canada last year In the fastest time
ever made over the national course at
Philadelphia, will be the only crew
entered at the Henley regatta this
year, outside Of those OF England.
The ban placed on foreign crews
by the stewards of the swell English
regatta does not bar Canadian crews
Joe Wright, the famous strike oar OF
the ArSonauts, who, next to Terence
German. has stroked more crews to
victory than any living man, is re-
Earded as the most proficient graduate
coach in Canada. and his success with
the Toronto oarsmen is proof that
he has few equals In the world as a
developer Of winners.
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-FOUR FIGHT CLUBS
ON THE COAST
Supervisors Are Up in the Air
About Granting
Licenses,

@ SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, February L.
-Four clubs have made their appear
ance on the pugilistic map, and the
board of supervisors have now under
question of granting
permits to the Occidental Club pre-
sided over by Jack Gleason; the WASH
ington Club, whose destinies are guild
ed by sam Berger; the. Pacific Club.
managed by Luke Marisch, and the
Ffaeffel
Jack Gleason is after the February
date. as he plans to match Abe Attcll
and frankie Neil for Washington's
birthday. The rest of the managers
also are after the first date. If all
the rumors can be believed there will
be several new promoters in the field
shortly.
However. If more than four clubs
are granted permits 1t will not make
1t profitable for the people who are
behind them, as 1t will be necessary
to have three dates to make any money,
because the first show, unless 1t is
an exceptionally good. drawing card:
Will hardly paw the license fee e., Of I
10 make any, Interest on the invest;
,ment fand to pay for the trouble and
worry Of handling Il big go.
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ct the real good men of his time
Letter jackson, Frank SlaNin and Joe
Goddard--any one of whom could have
sent the Boston boy to grass in short
.order." Thut is one side of the nnes-
Now comes an Interview with Billy
Madden, Who ought to be about as
good a judge of the lighting man as
any Zone. that could he picked out Off
hand, He. says: "llm ,Ieftries would not
have ha tiaa chance In the world With
was in his prime. I've heard d lot OF
talk q bout what JeffB and ibis mountain
OF streng would have done against
the Old Roman. but let same4stsll you
that, 'Yeses hem al I'm ~ :
the king. y. 4!iSa YIN TX # wan 88
While am llot 80 cocl Vi d uleaS Us
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If JOHN l. SULLIVAN HAD MT JINl JEEFRlES

.maker. Ha has In charge the Ontarlc
Athletic Club, OF Philadelphia, ans
proposes to arrange ana put on lights,
IL lis probable that Jack will give n
certificates With each bout that 1t ls5
on tho level. otherwise, aud unless
the cert itieate is backed up ny son,e-s
body whose word may be depended
upon, 1t Is hardly likely that Jacks
club will be much os a success.
There Is more trouble In sight for
Abe Attel.. who Is buslly engaged stnf
Robson the hard-hitting little Eng
fish feather, has come hack To this
country looking for a bout With the
Anne rican champion, Inasmuch4 as Rob
AIN. lit Ii doubtful If Abe ~ iii d0 any
| business WITH him, for y time at leask ~
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Madden seems to be that Sullivan
would have been able to have taken
Jeffries's measure with ease at any
time in his career. OH the other hand
this talk of John Z. meeting only
third ters and not being ablet TO land
on a clever man, is toNlaugh,
his fights from. the time he nut Steve
TAYLOR out at Harry Hil's and fought
one of the greatest lights with jain
BLOOD that | eyer SAM up to tile time
out by8lim Corhett ana ii have seen
pretty much all Of the good ones In
action since. SnlliyanS WAS tn ma turnl
silsshteri he could hit the hnraest blow
Was wrecked by drink, 4 a q not Believe
there was q man thai ev en- lived who
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FAT PURSES
ON, ION But Big:

Saratoga to Have Short Season, But Big
F5s' Stakes.
+ NEW YORK. February There will be
a commemorative liberalty by the Sara toga.
Association for the racing season this year.
Though the meeting has been shortenedfto
ton and fora part OF ita time there is COM
potion with the Yonkers track. noneEof the
stakes have been eliminated, and there will
over 100000 in the twenty-one days "f
racing. s.
The only change Will be- In tho Great
Republic which will be reduced to nm add
ell value OF $4,000 instead Of the guar
arteed value of 100000, as IT was Inst year
.Thla change brings the stake back to TIM
conditions that prevailed for the running In
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SCHOLES 10 TAKE
PART IN OLYMPIC GAMES

TORONTO ONT. February LIN antici.
patton of the Olympic regatta to be held
in England next season Louis scholes, tho
ex-Henley champion. Will try again, and
with that end in view is already doing light
road and gymnasium work by way of pre-
pnrntion. Scholes in form was an eHcep-
tionally good man. both In and out Of the
beat. He is also an extremely clever. boxed:
Scholess winning the diamonds in 1901
over II, S., Kelly tile holder. was regarded
on the other side as a remarkable fcnt.
He covered the course In minutes 231-5
seconds Ten Eyck's time for the same
course in 1897 was s minutes IS seconds,
scholes made two tries before landing the
nuc h-coveted trophy, his first effort being
made in 1902. when he was beaten by G.
s Titus of New York; X s5.ls - AZ
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nY LEEE THONIPsON.

a NEW YORK, February What,
would have been the result had John
Il. Sullivan, in his prime, met In the
ring James ] 4, Jeffries, In. his Sprlme?
This Is purely an academic question,
for, Of course, the two nentneSers can
In fact, never could Sha ve---met under
5!he conditions named. iit$5
The question Is prompted by two {; ar r
tices which recently have a nenret In
local sporting pnpars.8 One sporting
writer 4 In speaking OF Sullivan, SAYS:
nJohn II, Sui Ivan was IA heavy litter.
but was In the same class$as. Maher
In he matter OF cleYel,n ss.S Sui Ivan
lever landed Ills blows on ~ eyer
ioxers III re tainad the championsl lp
ar America for ten Wears sinnIy for
the treason that he ne use d 10 ightf ans
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TOMMY MURPHY is
S'HARD-LUCll" KID

NEW YORK, February 1.-Tommy Mu,-
ply Is In hard luck. Having to call off his
match with Packy Mcfarland was the lat
esf bit of misfortune. Tommy took that
match on In good faith, and had plenty of
confidence in his ability to win. He began
training hard and showed frst-class form
And then he twisted the knee thnt he hurt
ir tho Summers fight and put II In sucil
bat shape that he will have to keep quiet
for several weeks.
Tommy Is the original hartl-luck kid. He
is natural fighter. and under the tuition
os Frank Erne developed Into very clever
fighting boxer, His scraps with Young
C0rbett. Benny Yanger, Dick Hyland and
other nrst-class men showed his ability.
Snail things often put fighter out Of the
gene. Tommy would have been all right
to-day but for his knee.
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could have bcaten him.

SThe Idea that he could not land on
a clever man is nonsense. They do
not grow any cleverer men tn their
hands and feet than Charley Mitchell
Sullivan got to him all Eight ana
fought him to q standstill with IA
I When he met Mitchell In France
sullivan was no more tneH sre go John
t. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was HE n
who nut Jack Dempsey on Will en- she
met Jack O'lirien. fsf3.5
Won't II were; poss'hle for sullivan
1affties Nine VI ae of life aS
,nrtrmeHof condition, but i do know that
u would very clcerfully pay for q roma
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MADDEN G 0Es ABROAD
Has Not Severed His Connection Witt,

Has Not SCVErHU HIS r COnneCtlON WIFI
Hitchc0cks.
NEW YORK. February 1.--Before depart
Ing for Europe to look the racing situation
over with the iden of making Great Britain
operations. John L. Madden dissolved his
partnership with Francis R.i.s Hitchcock in
TIE ownership of Dandellon land the two
year-old Drum Major. Dandelion6i Is still In
tho Madden stable, which Charles 7, Patter-
son is handling at Rennngs,i but he Is ex-
clusively Mr.. FIltchcock's property. He Will
be ar the Hitchcock colors next season. and
probably be retired to tho stud next year,
The partnership of Madden Sand the
brothers Hitchcock In tho ownership of the
stations Galore, Requltal and Yankee and
In divers broodmnres Mt Hamburg Place hns
not been Cancelled. And Madden and
Thomas Hitchcock. Jr., are stu the joint
has boon named for the great handcaps ana
weight-for- a sc races 10 be run during the
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trip ticket from New York to san
francisco and II good stin' price for
ringsile SCAT II such a match We're
possible. IL 8
Battling Nelson remarked recently;
gC,nns.p Whether orr not that Wish
has any reasonable basis viii denend
largely upon the result Of the scrap
between tile Battler and Rudolph un-9
shnla, at Los Angeles, next "Wednesday
might, y, !. 5ss
81 ,nders tard that the Boerl is II hard
nut for any man to crack, and " M e
son takes his measure In decisive style
another {matcll between himAnnd EGanS
would Re The atu.al outcome ann
slius gone on the principle that some
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M Tin seIIlng.y

LOS ANGELES, CAL. February i An
q, dnance has gone into effect hero witch
prevents the selling OF tips on the streets
several qualifications which have Eratu;t olls-
~ ara insIstently traduced racing mon ana
siatGrests in general. a t553
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No Nicer Yesterday

Owing to the Indictment weather yes
terday& and the almost impossible go-
ing, Deep Run hounds We're not UNI
kenneed Weather permittfng, the
usual meet will be held next Saturday.
afternODn, 55ld
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Sporting Letters ct

The sporting editor OF The Times
Dispatch will gladly answer In these
columns my question regarding
sporting mnttcrs. communications
on sporting subjects will nlso be
printed, and comments will be made.
Address Sporting Editor, Times-Dis-
patch.
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Sporting Editor of the Times Dispatch:
Sir-Please advise me if the follow
ing record is correct:
worlds title in ten-mile roller
skating race In 6:054-5. .
AS the record is printed he made
each mile in considerable less time
than minute.
Thanking you for an answer, I am
W. II. AN1AroNs.
Sporting Editor of The Times -Dispatch
Sir,-Will you please state in the
College s2,oOo,OG0 to abolish inter-
collegiate athletics. and why the offer
was refused. a. wv. S.
Miss Jeane, of Philadelphia, Re-
fused because Swarthmore wished to
maintain Intercollegiate athletics.
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Rowing Coaches In Demand.

NEW YORK, February 1.There never
were so many demands for professional row
Ing coaches TO train college, school and
club crews as now. This Is duo to several
causes. one OF which is that rowing or
ganizato,is. other than university. are fast
beginning to realize tho necessity Of n paid
raentor to tutor candidates for aquatic
honors Also to the fact that college boat
clubs nre extending their ambitions with an
ldea of entering open regattas more fire.
oueutly than in the past ~
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The record should be 1G:05A-5: u .
PAPKE AN APOLLO

NEW YORK. February 1.-Wil9ie Pupke
is the Apollo OF fighters Physically he is
a model. He is built for the lighting game
from MS toes TO the top Of his neal There
CT his makeup that the most critical Of
sculptors would care to have changed. For
twenty-one-yearold lad his development
is remarkable.
/ Papke weighs l56 pounds stripped. lie
Isn't t:ne." for he didn't have to train down
to nee: Stanton In Boston, Paplse stands
freaclttis styenty-one inches. This is only
an inch less than the reach OF jim Gor5ett.
former heavyweight champion wl:o Is Just
fi.v1irchcs taller than the new kls of The
mtlulcwc!I.hts
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body must lick Cans sometime. and
that&if he keeps at 1t long enough he

body 1mWst dick Cams sometlMe, I'M
thatslf he Keeps at 1t long enough he
may DO the man.
Billy Papko looks like the goods.
His recent fight With stanton. at Sos,
ton. shows that the Westerner Is all
.thatghi friends have clailsied for him..
He hns very much the look to me OF
the champion at his weight
h He is quick, can stand punishment,i
has the punch and looks like he en- oys
fighting for the sake OF the fight.
These are qualities which make the
championship thonors, l.si III
Jack O,Brlen, having found 1t sprac-
>ttcallv impossible to7rehahi litata him
Sci IN the tighting Same ms; a$ "A Il lltelS
suoW appears as 9 W'ters \ q nd ma 4
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ment is quietly in the market for a
number Of thoroughbred stations and
brood mares. 1t Is the program Of the
government to. encourage horse-raising
and breeding throughout Japan. so
that the empire may in time be de-
pendent In the matter Of first-class
cavalry mounts
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Continued on Second page.)a
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French interest in athletics is stead.
i)y growing. i called attention re-
Gently to the Interest in boxing in
Paris. AT a recent Rugby football
match between the teams off the Stnde
Frnncais and one from bordeaux, fully
10000 spectators were on hand, and
they followed the race with the keen
1estsnterest.
Il For the first time special train was
run from Bordeaux for the match.
M. Paul Bourillon. once champion
lcYclist OF France, and known as the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-04

WE SELL OyERH0LT. FIVE YEARS OLD.
bottled In bond, at dollar per bottle; also
pure Sherwood at one dollar per bottle, w.
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