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The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28

After Nebuchadnezzar had
stripped Jerusalem Of her treas-
ure, and had taken the best Of
the people captive to Babylon,
he placed Gedaliah over the few
who had been left to care for
the land and dress the vine
yards. A few months after this
lshmaeI formed plot, muir
dered CedaIiah and assumed
control, and then entered into
an agreement to deliver all the
people into the hands Of the
Ammonites. Johanan and
band Of men who had escaped
lshmael's murderous hand. bold
ly attacked the latter AZ he was
on his way to the Ammonites,
recovering the spoil and the
people and returning with them
to Jerusalem. Johanan then
became governor over the city,
and fearing the wrath Of Neb-
uehadnezzar because Of the
things which had been hap
pening At Jerusalem, he de-
termined to flee into Egypt.
But before doing 50 he and the
people sought the advice Of the
Prophet jeremiah, declaring SOL
emnly: 1--WE will obey the voice
Of the Lord our God, to whom
we send thee" Ten days later
jeremiah brings them Gods
message, commanding them to
remain in Jerusalem and prom
isins to protect and prosper
them, but warning them that IL
they went into Egypt, they
should perish by the sword,
famine and pestiIenee. Then
Johanan and the people repu-
dated the prophet, charging
that he had spoken a lie and
not Gods message, and forth
with they seized him and forced
him TO accompany them into
Egypt.
Such was the apparent re-
ward for standing with God and
speaking his message. Did it
pay?
Temporarily. perhaps, no.
From the standpoint of eternity,
yes.
Hesitate, then, not to speak
Gods word, because you feel or
know it will not be received.
Speak it because il 10 Gods
truth, and must finally pre-.
vail,
How many Johanans there
are in the world to-day. Con-
scious they are Of the need Of
Divine wisdom and guidance,
but wiIIfui. Pretending to be
desirous Of knowing Gods mes
sage until that message runs
counter to their own purposes
or ambitions, and then ready to
justify their point Of view by
repudiatins Gods message. To
such there remains but one re-
suit. Human failure, and d.
vine judgment.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
Her Summer Studio In ENGLAND.

Her Summer Studio In England.
One of the American women who
have q studio abroad besides one in
New York is Miss Alethea Hill Plat.
It IL in Chagford, Devonshire. Eng
land that Miss Platt has the studio
during the season Of the year when
artists like to work out Of DOORS
Chagford is q small village on the edge
Of Dartmoor.
Miss Platt' is interested in painting
the old thatched farmhouses with
roses over the doorways and Dart
moor in the distance. This season, ac-
cording to word received here by
friends of Miss Platt, she also contem-
plated a visit to Germany to paint
some interiors. For that purpose she
will visit Gutachbei- -Hornberg in the
Black forest.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
THE STORY.

ECTHOU speakest falsely"
] Like the keen blade Of q knife
the words cut through to the very
depths of Jeremiah's heart Silently,
but with a look upon his face which
told OF the depth Of agony which
surged within, the prophet turned
from the group of men standing be-
fore him and walked away. Further
protest or pleading on his part were
useless. 1t was very plain that 10
hanan. the governor Of Jerusalem, and
the band Of men with him. had not
wanted Gods message. but rather in.
dorsement of the course which they
had determined to follow. and when
the word of God had been directly
counter to these plans, they had
turned upon the prophet. fiercely de-
nouncing him rs q false prophet, and
declaring vehemently:
The Lord our God hath not sent
thee to say, Go not into Egypt to SO.
journ there But Baruch, the son of
Neriah. setteth thee on against us,
for to deliver US into the hand of the
Chaldeans. that they might put us to
death. and carry us away captives
into Babylon"
Ten days before the scene with
which our story opens there had come
to jeremiah a deputation headed by
Johanan earnestly beseeching him
that he. the prophet, should seek the
presence OF their God and learn his
will concerning the remnant which
still remained in Jerusalem. And when
he had assented to do this thing for
them they had solemnly pledged to
obey, saying:
Whether it be good or evil. we
will obey the voice of the Lord our
God, to whom we send thee; that it
may be well with US. when We obey
the voice of the Lord our God"
And with these reassuring words
ringing in his ears. jeremiah had
Withdrawn to a quiet retreat outside
the walls Of jerusalem. whittier hs
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28

tragic death. identified the college in
the popular mind with the assassin
ated president henceforth.
Harry Augustus Garfield succeeds
President Henry Hopkins, who died a
month ago. Graduated from Williams
% years ago, Mr. Garfield is now As
years old.
Born in Hiram, o., Harry Augustus
Garfield returned to his native state
as soon as his legal education was
finished. After his graduation from
Williams he was master for one year
Of st. Paufs school, Concord, N. H.,
where he was prepared for college.
then he studied law for a year in
Columbia law school and in the office
of Bangs. StetsOn, Tracey & Mac
Veagh. The following year he con
tinued his law studies at the Inns of
Court, in London, and at Oxford uni
versity, devOting much attention tc
the courses in political science. Upon
his return to the United States in the
spring of 1888 he was admitted to the
bar in Ohio.
III S"hSs 1000, lCu uISS
Belle HI. Mason of Cleveland. daughter
j, of leading railroad lawyer. After
his marriage he formed a partnership
with his brother James and began the
practice of law in Cleveland. They
soon developed large practice.
Harry Garfield took a keen interest
in politics and was the organizer of
the Municipal association, which de-
feated and broke up the notorious Nc
Kisson gang, then controlling city poll.
tics. Until 1903 Harry Garfield served
this association as president and in
1898 he was president also of the
Cleveland chamber of commerce.
In 1903 he retired from the practice
of law to accept the chair of politics
at Princeton university. Here he made
q record for learning and ability by
his lectures on colonial government
and government by party
The selection of Mr. Garfield for the
presidency of Williams college is an
other example Of the tendency of New
England institutions of learning to Sc
lect for their heads men Of a different
type from the college presidents Of
former years, who were uniformly
<lergymen, Of little or no experience
with the world outside of college walls.
President Eliot of Harvard was 4
chemist, President Hadley of Yale was
an economist and President Luther Of
Trinity college (Hartford) was 4
mathematician. Outside of New Eng
land the tendency has been more pro.
nounced.
The college draws students from
every state in the union. as well as
from several foreign countries. Alum,
nj associations of the college are to-
be found in all the large cities of the
United States. Williams has been
called 'the cradle of foreign missions"
and its name is mentioned with the
spread of the missionary movement.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28

VESPASIAN WARNER. commission
er of pensions, told President
Roosevelt the other day of a remark
able case of stricken conscience. Some
time ago the commissioner received a
letter from a pensioner of the civil
war surrendering his certificate and
enclosing two $500 coupon bonds Of
the United States and a .raft for $172.
thereby making full restitution to the
government of all money he had re-
ceived on account of the certificate of
pensions.
Commissioner Warner refused to
give the name Of the soldier and de-
clared he had not disclosed 1t to the
treasurer of the United States. to
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28

| through a hundred aspects of the ever
varying Japanese scenery. there is a
footpath to Miyanoshita; but one must
leave Atami at daybreak to reach
! that little warm.bath paradise before
dark, and then one will be very health
lily tired! The Atami fishermen are
rough, rather saturnine fellows, accus-
toned to the hardest work and the
most constant risks. They have to
beat out a considerable distance for
their catch, and the sea round those
coasts is as capricious as a spoilt
child, smiling at one moment and
going into RACES at the next. The
boats keep pretty close together. and
run to harbor with an alacrity that is
instructive as to the strength of the
storms) at the first symptoms of q
squall. So many have never come
home at all!
Although Atami is but a short dis
tance down the coast from Tokyo,
change and progress have made but
little way there. The old beliefs hold
tenaciously. perhaps because they are
men who wrest a living from the sea
are those who come closest to the un-
tanned elements in nature, and, there
fore, have more of the primeval man
in their composition than any inland
folk can retain. What can representa-
tive government and higher education
do for the toilers Of the sea? Their
business is with an element that laws
cannot bind nor armies terrorize, that
will smile or frOwn at it's own mysteri-
GUS will, as it has smiled and frowned
since the world began. So they let
the new instruction preach to those
who lead easier lives than theirs, and
they cling to the old observances
which give them ope. and incidental
ly bring some gaiety into their own
hard lives.
Very different from the deep-sea
fisherman's life is that of the river and
canal boatman. With its one sail set
to catch the softly constant breeze, his
little craft winds in and out of the
endless waterways that are never
rufiled by oh-shore storms, and draws
into snug shelter when the steady
Japanese rain pours down. The in
land boatman sees, perhaps, more of
the country than any of his fellow-in-
habitants, and he has less trouble than
most of them in providing for his
wants. The river fish are rather poor
in flavor compared with those of the
great BLACK Salt" as the local gulf
stream is called; but they are readily
caught and furnish many a good meal.
The japanese are all fond Of fish
ing; 1t suits their patient, philosophic
temperaments. l have heard prim, el-
derly court ladies acknowledge that It
was the one reiaxation which save
them real pleasure. l am sure they
envied, as often did. the life of the
river boatman. who. never hurried in
the delivery Of his cargo of rice or
straw, stones or earthenware, can cast
his netted stone down for an anchor
under the shade of a spreading tree.
throw . line and wait for the gladden.
ing nibble that IL sure to come in
time.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
Civil War Veteran Returns Pension

whom was turned over the conscience
money.
When the conscience contribution
first arrived the commissioner caused
an examination to be made Of the rec
ords in the case. On the showing the
veteran was entitled to his pension
beyond a question. A specia! exam
iner was sent out to make an investi-
cation on the theory that the soldier
might be mentally irresponsible.
The conscience-stricken man was
found to be in excellent health and
of sound mind. Thereupon the &C.
count with conscience was declared
closed and the bonds and money
were turned into the miscellaneous
receipts Of the treasury department.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
JUST A CHEAP ONE.
Campaign speI'binder Could Have
Done Much Better for $25.

He had made a fair speech in favor
of his political candidate for governor
and against the other. and When he
had finished a friend stepped forward
and shook hands with him and said:
Il want to compliment you on your
effort. 1t was great"
Then you liked my remarks, eh?''
They were bang-up. I didn't know
it was in you to crate the way you
did,"
%, did fairly well. I guess. But
you must remember at the same time
that this was only cheap speech.
The regular orator failed them, and
they rung me In for SIS. OF course. l
could not spread myself for that. Say.
wish I had been making q regular
$25 speech. II l had been I should
have called the opposition candidate
q liar"
Il should have shown his utter un-
fitness for offise.
Il should have proved that his elec-
ton would ruin the country.
Il should have advanced statistics
to chill the blood.
Il should have appealed to my hear
ers not to bring about state of an
archy and bankruptcy.
Il should have summoned every
patriot in the audience to go to the
polls early and die for American lib
erty.
Il should have trotted out Bunker
Hill, the American eagle and the star
spangled banner and waved them
around until men would have busted q
lung In cheering for them.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
AmEZ

Atami! The name calls up one of
the strangest and loveliest spots in
Japan, place where the orange trees
seem to be in perpetual fruit. where
warm winds blow almost all the year
round, yet where the sea rolls in with
unceasing thunderings. loud as on any
Atlantic coast, to be drowned in their
turn by the terrific roar of the geyser.
which bursts forth thrice in the "a
hours. clouding the air with its fierce
white steam.
On either side of the smooth curves
Of the bay the rocks run far out into
the sea-black. forbidding rocks,
honey-combed with deep caves. where
you can row through arched water
ways. rough and crested by the ever
lasting breakers beyond, and come out
into the sunshine again accompanied
by huge sea-birds startled from their
eyries by the passage Of your boat.
Your boatman must steer carefully,
for the depths are spiky with sub
merged crags running up to the day
light, here and there, in island spires,
where scarlet lilies have taken root
and are waving their flaming banners
in the midday sun. That is in high
summer; but If it be winter, the land
may be clothed in snow, the sea is
one stretch of frosty diamond and
sapphire. softened in the foreground
by clouds of surf that breaks over the
rocks In pearly spray, blush in the
shade and rosy gold where it leaps
high against the sun. And behind you,
through the foothills, one road to the
outer world runs low between groves
OF greenest trees covered with the
tiny fiery globes 6. the Mandarin or
ange. which will cnly grow in warm
and sheltered spots.
Directly behind the town the other
road winds through the rice fields,
up to the ruined temple in whose
grove stands the Oldest tree in Japan,
the great camphOr tree, reruted to
have lived for thousand years. Still
1t filings out tent above tent of radiant
verdure, though its base is so worn
and hollow that little chapel has
been made in the trunk, with a seat
where travellers can rest and mediate
on the superiority of trees to men,
No wonder that earth clothes crate
fully the venerable roots of this patri-
arch tree! Ages ago. the local wise
men say, when the geyser tore its way
up from the heart Of the world, 1t
belched its boiling flood into Atami
bay and killed all the fish, so that the
people were desperate. seeing their
livelihood destroyed before their eyes.
Then the good priest of the temple,
earnestly for his flock, threw
q branch of the sacred tree on the sea,
the boiling spring to re-
turn to earth and do no more damage.
1t obeyed: and l am sure
that the priest, like q practical Japa.
nese, took advantage of its submission
to set reasonable hours for its bub-
blings up. for, since the memory of
man, 1t returns every eight hours, ILL.,
Ing the hundreds Of water-pipes that
are laid to carry It away and provide
hot water for the Inhabitants of Atami.
Dropping from here and wandering
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
HARRY A. GARFIELD
SON OF MARTYREo PRESIDENT
HEADS WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
Installed a. Successor Of Recently De-
ceased Prof. Henry Hopkins
Turned from Law and Poll
tics to Teaching.

BOStOn.-FOr the exercises attend
ing the induction into Office of Harry
Augustus Garfield as president of Viii
liams college. which took place few
days ago. the pleasant little town of
WilliamstOwn. in western Massachu-
setts, entertained the largest crowd
in its history. Presidents OF nearly
fOur-scOre universities or colleges and
a great number of prominent eiuca-
well as the alumni generally were
present.
Williams college has become famous
through two great names. Hopkins and
Garfield. in its III years of activity.
Mark Hopkins. who was president of
the most fOrceful and renowned Of
modern educators. James A. Garfield,
the president of the United States.
who was shot by an assassin. was a
graduate of Williams and sent his four
sons to the college. Harry Augustus
Garfield is the Oldest son. the others
graduated being James Rudolph Gar
field. the secretary OF the interior;
Irwin Mcdowell Garfield and Abram
Garfield.
Until James A. Garfield became q
candidate for the presidency. Williams,
though well known in New England.
was hardly known nationally Opened
as a school of higher learning in 1871.
1t was for many decades a modest in
stitution. obscured among New Eng
land colleges by the fame of Harvard
and Yale. but winning notice from the
educational world by it's graduates and
especially by its life under Mark Hop
kins as president. The attention
brought to it by Garfields nomination
for president, his election and his
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
Novelties In Hatpins.

Hatpins have come to be such an
important feature Of the modern cha
peau that she who can make them for
herself and have pins to harmonize
with every hat is indeed fortunate.
Sealing wax can be used with charm
ing effect by those who have the
requisite skill In the manufacture of
hatpins. and apparently to meet this
demand the wax of the markets has
taken on the most artistic colors.
There are rumors also of a prepara-
tion in which real flowers can be
dipped, coming out all silvered or
golden or coppered. as the case may
be. the finished product being used to
head a hatpin.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28

"As I said. this was only q cheap
efort-a few remarks for SIS, but II
they have pleased you and strength.
ened your belief in our cause. why
why"
And they drank together and ag.
ured out that the country was saved
asain.-CineinDati Enquirer.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
An Oil.Makino Nut.

A new oil-making nut has been dis
covered in the Philippine islands.
which promises to have an important
effect upon the trade in linseed oil.
A sample of these nuts, called "lum-
bang" in Manila and ''kimire'' in Java,
has been subjected to tests in Mar
seilles, where the nuts have been
found to produce an oil closely resem-
bling hnseed oil.
1t appears to have q positive COM
mercial value.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
A Sion of Success.

shes certain to be a big hii on
the stage this year."
why she was a fiat failure last
year."
Il know, but she's going to wear
directoire gown and do a Salome
dance this season and can't fall
Detroit Free Press.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
The Sailors PRAYER Book.

This is what you call the sailors
prayer book" q seaman said bitterly.
as he kicked a holystone out Of the
way. why is 1t called that! Well, In
the first place 1t is called that because
in using it. in holystoning the deck.
the sailor has to kneel down. and in
the second place. because all holy.
stoning is done on Sunday. Don't
you know the chantey?-
Six days shalt thou work and do all that
thou art able.
And on the seventh holystone the decks
and scrape the cable.
The stone is called holystone be-
cause the first holystones were bits
of tombs stolen from cemeteries. It's
got a pious, religious sound-holy, and
prayer book. and Sunday and all that
but it is when he is using this stone
that the seaman is most profane."
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
Not Worth Repeatino.

Kind Lady-But that isn't the same
story you told me the last time you
were here.
The Hobo-'Course it amt. Youse
didn't berleeve de odder one.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
a Married Man,

Station Sergeant-Are you married. !
Prisoner-No, sir.
Oficer-Beggin' your pardon. sarge,
he's wrong. When we searched him
We found in his pockets. a clipped
recipe for curin' Group. q sample of
silk, an two unposted letters In .
woman's handwritin' q week Old
London Tit Bits.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
Johnny's Lamb.

Johnny had a little lamb,
His fleece was black az night:
And he could butt to beat the kand.
For he was built to fight.
Chicago Daily Newa,
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28
Strange.

Strange.
When debts pile up,
'Tis then We know,
Although it's strange,
That down we go.
-Detrojt Free pn9R
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-28

The Mightiness of Truth.
Truth is mighty" said the moral
list.
YES" rejoined the demoralizer. 1T
is mighty scarce" Chicago Daily
News.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-05-15
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