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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

all three left the steamer at Willemstad
Castro, who, while president of Venezuela. often
tried in the wrong way, to do the right thing TOT
his country, attempted to break up this vast
SMUGGLING conspiracy. But his efforts resulted
only in precipitating a bitter quarrel with Hol'
land that barely missed becoming real war; and
in fastening his own downfall. His successor
backed down as gracefully as possible and much
of Venezuela's imports are still being trans
shipped At Willemstad.
One other industry has Curacao that IL OF espe-
cial moment to her neighbors Of the mainland.
That is the manufacture of revolutions. The
island il favorite refuge for deposed presidents.
defeated revolutionists and other refugees. They
may always be found In the clean little cafes of
the capital connecting plots to regain lost power
and awaiting the psychological moment" for
starting new rising Of the people against the
"tyrants" These patriots" are always ready to
talk volubly Of their hopes and plans. and 20 VIII
lenstad has become the great distributing point
for sensational and unreliable news concerning
on: volatile sister republics
Curacao really is the top Of an almost sub
merged volcano, like many other islands of the
West Indies, and lies almost within sight of the
coast Of Venezuela. For many months at q
stretch not a drop Of rain falls there. and the
whole island looks like big bare brown and gray
rock. Then comes wet week. and grass and
shrubbery spring up as by magic and clothe hill
and valley in q mantle of green. But 1t is only
grass and shrubbery. for there Is not tree on
the island more than ten feet In height. The an
cient crater has become large. beautiful lake Of
irregular outline, known as the Schottegat. This
connects with the sea by the STREAM" which
flows through q break in the craters rim. The
stream is Willemstad's harbor. but the larger
steamers have to 60 into the Schottegat to turn
around On both sides of the stream IL built the
quaint city. which looks as II It had been brought
bodily from the Zuyder Zee. Its two parts are
Joined by q long pontoon tollbridge at one end Of
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
GENERAL BOOTH
IS 80 YEARS OLD
SALVATION Array CELEBRATES
THE ANNIVERSARY.
ALL LANDS 90 HIM HONOR
Day 10 Married In America ~ tauneh
inn q His Plan for . University
ct Humanity.

New Y0rk.-With great mass meet
fnSs In every city and rejoicing wher-
ever Its soldiers are found. the Saliva
ton Army on Saturday celebrated the
sightieth birthday OF its founder and
commanderin-chief. Gen. william
Booth. An the Christian world par
ticipated in the occasion. for every
where the venerable philanthropist is
honored for his deeds for unfortunate
humanity. 49,.
Gen Booth himself presided over
several monster mass meetings in
London. His advanced age and the
fact that De was operated Oh recently
for cataract did not deter him from
taking part in the celebrations held by
his devoted soldiers.
UntvsesiGy q humanity Launched.
In America the day was marked
especially by the launching of another
OF Gen. Booths original schemes for
social reform in the United States.
At every post of the army was an
nounced the beginning of work to
found . University of Humanity, a
great institute for the training of
workers in social service. The uni
versity will be divided between New
York and Chicago, and it is expected
10 begin With fund of 81 ,0O0. GOO. The
gathering Of this fund is the work
that the army now enters upon in COM
mem0rati0n OF its famous leaders
completion Of his eightieth year.
As much1eeded stone in the great
org1nizational structure that william
Booth has been building during the
past "a years, this idea Of a school
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Who is this man." he finally asked.
why Is he 20 popular hereabouts!'
He is the pastor Of the Presby-
terrain church down in the next block, -
said the stationer. Every bookseller
In the neighborhood is making q spe-
cialty OF his book. That is the usual
way OF doing things when q Clergy.
man brings out q new book. Anybody
else might appear in the publisher
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
CLEARED STATESMAN OF DEBT

ONCE. when his literary work was
set aside. Still he wrote at 1t &C.
casionally tin the beginning Of the
year 1876. when the Eastern question
coming to the front and engrossing
his attention. he. - he thought, T.
nally laid the work aside. He then
wrote . letter to Lord Rowton. inclos-
ing the manuscript. unfinished by
something like 100 pages Of printed
matter. He stated his view that the
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
POPULAR AUTHORS

The Preacher Finds Ready Sale for
His Books In His Parish.
Bent ON an errand of mercy, q city
pr0Wler made his way into . strange
neighborhood What impressed him
most was the bookstore windows. In
every one for blocks around were
stacks OF . new book he had never
heard Of By . writer Of whom be had
oover heard.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

back to the stream again.
Marvellous is the equipment Of this tramway. 1t
consists of small bobtail car with seating ca
pacity for about six persons and NO straps. and
one weary detected little donkey. When the car
reaches the end of its the motive power stands
on three legs and goes to sleep. The car cannot
start back until he wakes up and Wilemstad's
perpetual traction problem is How long VIII the
donkey sleep this timer It would be q most
annoying problem If anyone cared. but no one to
whom time is an object ever uses the tramcar
anyway.
Dutch architecture, somewhat modified to suit
tropical conditions. prevails in Willemstad Tho
business buildings are large and not unattractive.
the public structures decidedly picturesque and
many Of the residences are very handsome. Tho
merchants as a rule are wealthy and. as has been
intimated. not lacking in enterprise. 1t is only
fair to say that many of them conine their activi
ties to business that is above suspicion The port
is an important transshipping point for trade in
the Caribbean. Its business men are wondering
just how the opening of the Panama canal will at
feet their prosperity.
Though Curacao is q Dutch colony. and has been
for centuries, the visitor will flnd few Dutchmen
there: the population is almost wholly negro and
the merchants nearly all Jews. As for language.
you may have your choice. Address the almost
naked lad sitting on the dock ready to dive for
pennies, in Dutch, Spanish. English French. and
he will reply in kind-with q request for money.
Speak to him in "papaimiento" and he will take
you 10 MS Drown BOSOM. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
the talk We TALKS the ordinary language of the
common people and is a curious compound Of the
several tongues named, together with African and
Indian. 1t Is like all and yet strangely unlike any
of them.
The tourist landing on Curacao for the first time
naturally expects be confronted at every by
bottles OF the hqueur to which the island has given
its name, but he is disappointed 1t is there, Of
course. and for sale. but it is not obtruded the
passerby. The small bitter orange from which 1t
is made is grown the island. but the liQueur Is
not manufactured there and never has been 1t Is
q product Of Europe. Gold hligree work, hampers.
iQlaid caskets are offered tourists.
Altogether. though the ordinary sights Of Gu
racao may be exhausted in a day. it is well worth
q longer visit by the leisurey traveller. and he will
find the Inhabitants most hospitable With its riot
Of color, its far overreaching caves. its long
wrought iron signpOsts, its quaint forts and
crooked streets its waterways and boats and gayfy
clad people, Wilemstad should be a paradise for
painters.
The pirates" who infest Curacao nowadays
prey only Oh governments.
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which is'1 pivot and u
the other . Mttle steam
tug that swings the
whole structure open
for entering or depart
ing vessels.
harding the en-
trance To the port are
two Of the most conf
cal little fortresses one
can find in . years
journeying-F0rt Rim
and Fort Amster0am.
A few queer old guns
peep from their en-
brasures and several
diminutive soldiers
from their garris0ns. A
hand grenade might n
most blow either fort
into bits. But they add
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

In the year 1872 lord Beaconsneh
commenced his last novel. "Endymion."
. work undertaken chiefly from the
honorable desire to obtain q sum Of
money that would finally wipe OF q
residue OF monetary engagements. He
worked at it pretty steadily until the
general election Of 1874 called him to
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

LIT TIE piece. OF
Holland flung half
way across the world
into the Caribbean
sea. 0laring streets,
yellow houses, hne
houses, green houses.
all daintily outlined
in white ~ to their
doors, windows and
gables: canals crowd
ed with odd varieties
of YES 8 e Is an d
spanned by quaint
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

t0ll-bridges. And all as neat and clean
and bright rs soap and water and
paint. can make It. That II WHEN
stadt, the port and capital Of Curacao.
and one of the most picturesque spots
In all the picturesque West Indies.
Long years ago 1t was q favorite
resort Of the pirates and buccaneers
that infested the Spanish main. Into
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Exenpla Gratia.

1T is not enough" said the man
Who was fond Of moralizing, that .
man should be prudent most Of the
time; he must be SO all the time. The
foolish action Of few minutes may
spoil the prospects of a lifetime"
That's So" put in Henpeck. IT
only takes q few minutes to get mar.
RED"
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nocently asked the rep
resentative of q great
manufacturing house Of
st. Louis. whom I met
on shipboard.
mo, indeed" he re-
piled. with a laugh.
whats the use? Their
import dues are too
high. l 60 to Willem-
stad and there sell all
my goods for the Vene-
zuelan market"
Two other CONNER
cial travellers who sat
by laughed and winked
and said nothing-and
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

splendid sum Of 10000, a windfan
which enabled him to fulfin his cher
ished desire of paying OF his debts.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

much to the picturesqueness OF the
place. and WillemStad is not ashamed
of them.
OF course. being Dutch, Willemstad
should have a real canal. and tho
visitor soon finds one. and finds. too.
that he must pay small toll for the
privilege of walking over it's high
arched, hundredfoot bridge. Tied up
in this waterway, he will discover all
kinds of queer. highly colored craft
that are used in the island traffic. II
he doesn't wish to cross the bridge.
he may patr0nize the tramway which.
starting from the stream. runs all the
way around the end of the canal and
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05
SUFFRAGETTES GLAD
TO GO TO PRISON
Aristocratic Women Exchange
Fine Raiment For Prison Garb.
REFUSE TO GIVE PEACE BONDS
NJ Am a Woman, Not d Coward
Says One to the "Insulting'' Al.
ternative-Lady Constance Lyt.
ton, One of the Leaders.

London.-The twenty-eight suffra.
gettes who were arrested while trying
to thrust a petition urging their
cause on Premier Asquith, were sen
fenced to Imprisonment.
Most of them are well educated;
many are of aristocratic birth. All
received with equal fortitude the
commitment to the second division"
as the of their Incarceration
is termed in English penology.
That mean that these devoted
women must exchange their fashion
able gowns for the rough and un-
couth prison raiment, dotted with
broad arrows, significant of guilt, as
are "the stripes in America. Their
food will be the ordinary prison fare
of thin porridge, watery cocoa, and
a small allowance of meat and pota-
toes onc a day. They will not be al
lowed to communicate with each
other, and must exercise in single file
in the prison courtyard.
Despite this prospect all the women
went to captivity with every outward
sign of cheerfulness. They might
have given bonds to keep the peace
and escaped Imprisonment. They re-
jected the alternative, which they
pronounced insulting.
Said one: ITO suggest that l be
bound owe is to intimate that l am
a coward. The fact is I am a wom-
an"
Lady Constance Lytton, sister of
Lord Lytton and daughter of a for
mer Viceroy of India (whose fathers
"Last Days of Pompeii" and other
works have delighted so many,
warned her friends that if they got
her released by providing bail she
would repeat her offense.
Twenty-seven women were SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for N
month. An exception was made in
the case of Mrs. Pothick Lawrence.
who, having been previously con-
victed of the same offense, was SEN
fenced to two months imprisonment.
Mrs. Lawrence briefly addressed
the court in behalf of the other suf-
fragettes. She asked the magistrate
to note that the arrested women do
not belong to the la~w-breaking
classes, but are women of honorable
reputation, and that many of them
have done service for the welfare of
the community. Mrs. Lawrence de-
clared that they were entitled to be
treated as political prisoners.
Among the others convicted are
Miss Lawless, Miss Stratford Dugdale,
laughter of Commander Dugdale and
cousin of the Hon. William r. w.
Peel, who was elected in a bye-elec-
ton as a member of the House of
Commons for Taunton; Miss Solo
mon, daughter of the ex-Premier of
Cape Colony, and Mrs. Catherine
Elizabeth Corbett, an aristocratic
supporter of the movement. y
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05
CANNON SURPRISES GAINES
Sends Sergeant alarms to Keep
Tennesseean in Order.
Each Man Accused of Insulting the
Other-Peace Was Not Restored
Till the Mace Was Brought.

Washington, D. CA sharp clash
between Representative Gaines Dem,
Tenn.) and Speaker Cannon occurred
in the House of Representatives in
the course of which each claimed he
had been insulted by the other. So
persistent vas Mr.. Gaines in address,
ing the chair when declared out of
order that the Speaker directed the
Sergeant-at-arms ito compel him to
be in order" Promptly obeying the
directions of the Speaker, the Ser
geant-at-arms, for the first time in
several years, took the mace from its
stand and proceeded toward Mr..
Gaines, but the Speaker called him
back upon hearing the Tennessee
member say he would be in order.
The trouble arose during the read
Ing of the General Deficiency Appro-
priation bill. Mr.. Gaines insisted on
interrupting with a question, and
was held to be out of order.
81 did not know l was not in Or
der" Mr.. Gaines remarked.
The Speaker, with some warmth,
said that Mr.. Gaines had been a men,
Der of the House long enough to
hhO" tho1 ~ Woo AOC Ii OluCl.
1T takes a student like the
Speaker" retorted Mr.. Gaines, ito
know what the rules are, and he has
to study them every minute with
somebody to prompt him"
"The gentleman from Tennessee"
the Speaker holly replied, sis abso-
lutely discourteous and misstates the
facts"
By this time both men were thor
oughly wrought up.
1.-THE gentleman from Tennessee"
came back Mr.. Gaines, "is no more
diseourteous than the Speaker is dis
courteous to him, and the gentleman
from Tennessee has not misstated the
facts"
"The chair desires at all times to
be as impartial as he can, but the
practice has grown up occasionally
for a member, on the supposition that
the Speakers tongue is tied, to insult
him, and the Speaker will not SUBJ
nit to it,"
"The tongue of the gentleman from
Tennessee is tied, and he is insulted
by the chair. The Speaker has done
it for twelve years." replied Mr..
Gaines.
The Speaker commanded Mr..
Gaines to be in order.
1.-THE Speaker will be in order,
too" was Mr.. Gaines fling.
Unable longer to stand Mr.. Gaines
%taunts, the Speaker ordered the Ser
ge~ant-at-arms "to see that he remains
in order" 1t was then that the mace
was taken down.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05
NEW IDEA
Helped Wis. Couple.

1t doesn't pay to stick too closely
to old notions of things. New ideas
often lead to better health, success
and happiness.
A Wis. couple examined an idea
new to them and stepped up several
rounds on the health ladder. The
husband writes:
Several years ago we suffered
from coffee drinking, were s~leepless,
MY wife and l both loved coffee and
thought 1t was a bracer." (delusion).
FINALLY, after years of suffering,
we read of Postum and the harmful
ness of coffee, and believing that to
grow we should give some attention
to new ideas, we decided to test Pos
tum.
when we made it right we liked
it and were relieved of ills caused by
coffee. Our friends noticed the
CHARACTERISED skin, sturdier nerves,
better temper, etc.
These changes were not sudden,
but relief increased as we continued
to drink and enjoy Postum, and we
lost the desire for coffee.
"Many of our friends did not like
Postum at first, because they did not
make it right. But when they boiled
Postum according to directions on
pkg, until it was dark and rich they
liked it better than coffee and were
benefited by the change" There's
a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05
He Knew Him.

Officers of a sikh regiment in India
were annoyed by some native hang
ing about their camp and SHIPPING
them with a rifle. The colonel sent
for his orderly, a native soldier, and
said he wanted a squad to go over
the mountain that night and catch
the miscreant who was annoying
them. The orderly saluted and
begged to be allowed to act alone, as
surfing his colonel that he would soon
catch the culprit. The officer, admir-
ing his pluck, agreed, and the next
morning the soldier walked in with
the head of the sniper. The officers
were loud in their praise of the SOL
dier's valor. ooh, sirs, l had no diff
Guilty." he said. "You see, l knew
his ways. He was my father Chi
cago Daily News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05

The postal business of the world is in
c~reasing at the rate of seven per cent. per
annum. N. Y.-10
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05
Among the WorAefH.

A new lodge of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Clerks has been Instituted
at Lawrence, Mass.
Greater New York Building Traass
Council represents about 80 }L0
building trades workers.
The eighth annual convention OF
the Pennsylvania State Federa.itr of
Labor has been held in Harr u5ltg.
Pa.
Boston (Mass.) unions have begun
a campaign to obtain the 1919 cen
vention of the hotel and restaar c7.A
employees and bartenders' unions al
lance for Boston.
The eighth International Congress
for the Prevention of Industrial Ac-
cidents will be held in Europe this
year. "
Through the generosity of a Mrs.
Murray, a workingman's clubhouse
has recently been erected at Newcas-
tie, England.
The average wage of telegraph op-
orators decreased during the last two
years and during the year 1908 as
compared with the yea 1903.
There are no trade unions in Ger
many composed exclusively of wom-
en-; neither are there separate locals
for women members, as is sometimes
the case in America.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05
TR0LLEYS MUST Be SOLD
Massachusetts Orders RaiIroadto
Give Up Street Lines.
Supreme Court Decision is Sequel to
Bill of Equity Filed by Attorney
General Last Year.

Boston, Mass.-The New York,
must dispose of all it's trolley hold
ings in Massachusetts before July 1,
according to a decision of the Massa-
ehusetts Supreme Court.
The decision is the result of the
bill in equity brought by the attorney
general in May, 1908, and the courts
decision applies to the Worcester and
Southbridge, the Worcester and
Blackstone Valley, the Worcester and
Webster. the Webster and Dudley,
the Springfield, and the Berkshire
street railways.
The decision upholds the ruling of
a single justice of the Supreme Court,
from whom the New Haven Company
appealed on the ground that these
trolley companies were held by the
consolidated companies of Connec-
ticut.
The decree of the full court afirms
the ruling of Justice Rugg, from
which the road appealed. The prin-
cipal contention of the railroad COM
pany was that Justice Riggs decree
was vague and uncertain" On this
point, which is the principal subject
treated, the full bench says:
ut was entirely immaterial to des-
ignate and describe the defendant
nor particularly in the decree, either
by calling it a corporation existing
under laws of Massachusetts,, or by
calling it a corporation existing under
laws of Massachusetts, Connecticut
and Rhode Island. We see no posi-
bility of doubt on the part of the de-
PENDANT in regard to the conditions
that must come into existence to CON
stitute a performance of its duty to
cease to hold or control either d.
rectly or indirectly the stocks re-
ferred to in the information"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05
INAUGURATION PROGRAM.

10 A. M.-President Roosevelt
and President-elect Taft leave
White House.
1890 A. M.-President Roose-
welt and President-elect Taft ar
rive at the Capitol.
1915 a. M.-President Roose-
welt signs last bills passed by the
siXtieth Congress in the Presi-
dents room of the Senate.
11.55 A. M.-President Roose-
welt and President-elect Taft en-
ter Senate chamber to attend in
augural ceremonies inducing
James Schoolcraft Sherman into
the office of Vice-President of the
United States.
~ Noon-Vice-President Fair
banks administers the oath of Of
flee to Mr.. Sherman in the Sem
ate chamber.
1890 p. M.-President Roose-
welt and President-eIect Taft
leave the Senate chamber and
proceed TO the inaugural stand
in front of the Capitol.
12.45 p. M.-WiIliam Howard
Taft takes the Office of the PPesi-
dency of the United States and
begins his inaugural address.
1.25 p. M.-Ex-President
Roosevelt enters his carriage and
is driven to the Union Station
where he takes train for Oyster
Bay.
2.30 p. M.-President Taft be-
gins the review of the great in
augural parade.
$50 p. M.-President Taft at
tends the inaugural ball in the
Pension Building.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05
About Noted People.

President-elect Taft was made q
Mason "at sight" by the Grand Lodge
of Ohio, at Cincinnati.
Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer
was highly honored by King and PEG.
pie upon his return to Stockholm.
The King of Spain recently be.
came an honorary member of the
Royal Automobile Club of Great
Britain.
Charles F. McKim declined to serve
on the commission provided for ir
the Mccall bill to report on a site
in Washington. D. c., for a Lincoln
memorial.
Speaker Joe Cannon's favorite at
titude in the chair at Washington.
D. c., is to sit with his left foot
curled under him.
Professor Charles A. Strong, son.
in-law of John D. Rockefeller, was
bitten by a mailman while a passen.
ger on the Barbarossa.
M. Bunau-Varilla was amused that
changes are to be made in the weight
of the Gatun Dam as announced in a
despatch from Washington, D. G.
The richest farmer in Congress Is
Frank Orren Lowden, of the Illinois
delegation-Mr. Hitt'Y Successor. Be-
fore her marriage Mrs. Lowden was
Miss Florence Pullmtn. of Chicago.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05
The World of Sport.

Evans has signed to umpire in the
american League again.
1t begins to look as though Easton
would be in the Tri-St4te League of
baseball clubs the coming season.
The least worried mar over the re-
ports that Honus Wagner is going to
retire seems to be Barney Dreyfuss.
The National Sporting Club, of
London, which has just installed a
new system of weights in the differ
ent classes, has abolished ringside
weighing. In future contestants will
make the required weight at 8 o'clock
in the afternoon.
Outsiders who are arranging Stall
ings' team for him next season are
taking no account of Charlie Hemp.
hill, leading batsman for the Hill
toppers last eason
The Rensselaer, Amusement Com.
pany of Troy, with a capital of &c.,
600, and organized to take over the
Troy baseball team of the New York
State League, has been incorporated.
Directors of the Columbus Driving
Park Company decided that the bulk
of their September racing program
shall be made up of the National
Irotting Handicap, six stakes, and
two futurities. These events will be
worth $4,000.