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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-30
Of 1903
NONEM Der.

/ Venezuela: Expiration OF time limit
given by Holland In the case OF the
port OF Curacao.
Political The national election result
ed In the choice of w. III. Taft. Fop-
ular vote: Republican, 7.G31,61i; Demo-
cratic, 6.393.ls2; Socialist, 4iS,453; Pro-
hibitionist, "a. .22; Independence league,
1886; Peoples party, 1851: Socialist
Labor, l5.4-l: total for all tickets, H.
&3.O4l.
Fire: Pembroke, Ont. loss OF 10000
in the business section.
Obituary: Tomas Estrada Palma, first
president OF Cuba, at Santiago: aged
~
Personal: President Charles w. Eliot of
Harvard university resigned the posi-
tion he has held since 1StS
G The Balkans: 10 soldiers killed by
Bosnian refugees, VINO dynamitcd the
Austrian barracks at konitZa, Iierze-
goy1na.
l. Football: Hars4,d defeated Carlisle
Indians. II to 0. at Cambridge. Wis
Consin defeated Minnesota 3 to o. at
Minneapolis
g. Obituary: Victorlen Sardou, French
dramatist. author OF many popular
plays seen on the American stage. In
Paris: aged II.
q The Navy: Battleship Dakota OF the
Dreadnought class and the largest in
the world to date, launched at quincy
Mass.
Convention: American Federation of
Labor met at Denver.
10 Standard OIL Fine: Governments APP
peal for a rehearing denied by the fed
eral circuit court at Chicago.
II. Railroad Accident: killed at Little
Woods, La, on the New Orleans and
Northwestern.
Mine Disaster: At Hamm. Germany. over
800 killed by explosion in the Radbod
mine.
Convention: 18th annual session OF the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
opened at Atlanta.
L. Fire: Brooklyn's oldest playhouse, the
Park theater, burned
L. China: Death OF the emperor, Kwang
Seu, announced at Pekin.
IL Cuban Affairs: Gen. Jose Miguel Go
mex elected president by the Liberals
Football: Yale defeated PRINCETON, IL to
6. Chicago and Cornell plae<d to tie
score OF to g. Pennsylvania defeated
Michigan, 29 to 0, at Ann Arhor.
lS Obituary: Tsze Hsi An, dowaEer en-
press OF China. in Pekin; aged H.
Annie Lee Wister. translator of Ger
man novels, at WallinGford Pa.
Convention: First American Catholic
congress opened in Chicago.
IL Fire: In Bardstown. Ky. loss OF 500,
nm n IL
Ior,, ,,arahou.a. ord go noo ooy.rn-
n,.r, ~
Co,w.,,Ion A,o,,,. de.n w,,srw.vs
onrsrss. in nolt,more
q. Marine DisassSk: Boiler explosion and
ca.,.r n, nayom corIa n LiIlao
.nS % ,niureG
Football: Harvard defeated Yale. 4 to o.
at New Haven.
,.ua .,auo -, pns,on '"
Is. Marine Disaster: steamer Sardinia
burned at sea Off Malta; over 100
aea,hs ~ n,r s,,,,o
unveiled In Washington.
D. sporting: fennsyFania ueieateu cor
Wapnar IN E,at car won the Grand
Prize Of the Automobile club. driving
+o2 miles in hours 10 minutes 81 sec.
ohub' nj caNhhhhH he'CHeI heiea'eu
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
iAR. JONES Il! An EMERGENCY.
Except for Single Unfortunate Incl
dent He Was Just the Man to
Deal with u.

When Jones reached home the other
night he found Mrs. Jones huddled up
In a corner of the sofa weeping. and
about four inches of water ON the
kitchen floor.
The sJoneses hadn't been married
very long. 50 he contented himself
with general remark concerning the
nonresourcefulness of women and
asked how 1t happened.
The water pipe under the sink
BURST" Mrs. Jones told him.
Jones smiled pityingly. walked de-
liberately to the kitchen closet and
produced a wrench. Opening the Gel
lar door with confident air he de-
scended to the region below.
After humping at least seven OBJ
stacles he finally reached the wall and
reached out for the cock which he had
noticed in a pipe which traversed the
wall. He applied his wrench and shut
1t OF.
Patting himself on the back for be-
ing able to cope with an emergency,
he started back upstairs Just half
way up the steps he bumped into his
wife.
Mrs. Jones was the first to speak.
%, DEAR" she said, what in the
world did you turn OF the gas for?"-
Philadelphia Times.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

Ex-Governor Taylor, Of Kentucky,
has been pardoned for a crime be
never committed. He was indicted by
bipartisan grand jury for completely in
the murder of Governor Gobel, and
sought an asylum in Indiana, where
he has since been engaged in the prac-
tice of law. Requisitions for Taylor
were repeatedly refused by two gov.
ernors of the Hoosier state and he was
not molested. Immediately after the
death of Gobel the Kentucky legisla-
ture passed bill appropriating $780,.
600 for the arrest and conviction of
the murderers of the notorious execu.
tive, and presumably innocent men
we're arrested and others for whom
warrants were issued fled from the
state. The large reward offered for
Gobel's assassins caused Wholesale
perjury, and the pardon issued to for.
mer Governor Williams meets with
approval in Kentucky now that the
passions and prejudices caused by the
crime have become tempered with
sanity and justice.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Moving on Short Notice.

I was lying on the floor of an old
country loghouse one summer day,
near a big. open fireplace. when I
heard a peculiar. frightened squeak.
got up to see what looked like a
huge mouse moving at a very rapid
walk across the room. When l got
closer look I saw that it was a mother
mouse moving her whole family. At
least, hope there was none left be-
hind. for very soon a small snake, but
large enough to put into a panic the
mother of four less than half-grown
children, came through the empty fire.
place, and after the little fugitive
The mother mouse had two in her
mouth, and fastened to either side of
her, apparently holding on with their
mouths and for dear life" were the
other. two. killed the snake, and
watched the moving family disappear
through . hole In the corner.-St.
Nicholas.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
NOT THE SPEAKERS PROVINCE
Orator to Follow Was Proper Person
to Comply with Request Of
Enthusiast.

Preachers of all denominations oc-
cupied chairs upon the platform. They
were giving their voices and influence
to the overthrow Of q political boss.
The Presbyterian clergyman had the
floor and most vigorously attacked the
enemy. He delivered some fierce, tell
ing thrusts. and the audience was
with him. The boss received some
cruel jabs.
That's right, soak him." encour-
aged q man with q stentorian voice
who had standing room in the rear.
As the clergyman warmed up to his
subject the interrupting soak him."
came from the rear with greater pow
er and frequency.
7 The speaker paused. He was not
irritated, but gently threw the audi
ence into . good-natured hysteria by
saying:
The Intentions Of the gentleman
In the rear are good, but wholly mop
perfume and Ill advised. If he'll kind
ly reserve his comments for the next
speaker, Brother Herrick of the Bap-
list church, he'll be accommodated,
no doubt"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
WHAT IS A SOUTHERN DEMO
Graf.

Mr.. Bryan repudiates Secretary
Dickinson Is a representative of the
south and of southern democracy. I'm
sentiment he is entirely out of harmony
with the people whom he is supposed
to represent in the cabinet. If the
president wanted to appoint a demo-
crat he ought to appoint q sure-enough
democrat, and not one in name only"
The World has never been able to
get satisfactory answer to its question
"What is q Democrat" Now that
Mr.. Bryan has narrowed the issue,
perhaps somebody would tells us,
"What is q southern Democrat
Does he favor . tariff for revenue on
ly? Or does he favor q tariff on ium-
Der? Or on rice? Or on sugar. Or
on hides? Does he vote with his party
in congress, or does he vote with the
republicans when they need his vote?
Secretary Dickinson may be some-
what wabbly in the democratic faith,
as Mr.. Bryan charges; but does that
disqualify him Is q representative
southern democrat? Does it not rath-
er prove that he is9-New Y ork World.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

You can find almost anything in
Oklahoma from . horse thief down to
Governor Haskell, but about the worst
thing aside from the latter that has
been unearthed is the law governing
election returns. The precinct inspec-
tor is responsible for the election
returns. If the vote cast in his pre-
cinct fails to make . return the next
day after election, the inspector loses
81 of the s. salary he receives; if he
fails to make . return within . year he
may be fined $25. The law makes it
possible for the inspector to defeat the
will Of the people of any county, if
the contest happens to be close, by
holding back the returns if the result
does not favor his party, and the only
penalty for his act would be . fine of
t25. This Is Haskellism, to which
Mr.. Bryan points with so much pride.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

The American citizen is prone to
thump his chest, and exclaim: 81 am
the people" as though he, reigned
supreme. And this idea of the power
Of the people is good for the country,
and an incentive to patriotism. But
it should be tempered with . knowl-
edge Of the facts, and little iudg.
ment The facts are that the people
do not rule, whatever the intent of the
constitution. They have = say in
things, to be sure. They elect their
agents, but after that, the agents run
things. The people, for instance, do not
approve Of the way their money i
wasted through Official channels, bat
with ill their boasted power, they do
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

The people of this country were eat
ing poisoned food. The president,
the secretary and the treasurer met,
discussed the matter and the Pure
Food association, greatly to be shifted
at by the entrenched forces of culinary
poison, began its work. 1t had no mo-
ney. 1t had no newspapers. News
papers and magazines ten years ago
were taking millions of dollars in ad-
vertising from manufactures of impro-
per foods. But the pure food show
began to appear in American cities
and towns just Is the tuberculosis ex.
hibit is moving over the country to.
day. The people learned the truth.
The Wholesale grocers' associations
took up the fight, and in spite of all
the money behind the manufacturers
of the adulterated and poisonous food,
the pure food and drug act passed
congress and became q law. The
of hundreds of men and, wo-
men who were willing to give their
time, their service and their names to
the cause Of pure food for the masses
vas more potent than al the legisla-
tive machinery, al the lobby Of retail
Gro, oil the food Of kilograms from
growers and Ill tho forces of selfish-
neA-William Allen White.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
THE INCOME TAX IDEA.

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.n.c.mert ,.,onld not h d;ficuH
=, $500. .-.h..a;..-.;.Lc.,
IL NAV ..llvl s,thsm.e,v.. IN . common
c.,.. 1880. ;..,.,.. ...,a,..,.,
to the .Aldr;cb t.r;ff hill These ara
the democ,.t. ~ho I'll, .n,,o,. Se,..
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
ANGER an 4 Virtue.

Anger is one of the sinews of the
soul; he that wants it hath a manned
mind. and with Jacob. sinew-shrunk in
the hollow of his thigh, must needs
halt. Nor is it good to converse with
such as cannot be angry. and, with the
Caspian sea, never ebb nor flow This
anger is either heavenly, when one is
offended for God, or hellish, when
offended with God and goodness. or
earthly. in temporal matters, which
earthly anger may also be hellish. II
for no cause. no great cause. too hot
or too long.-ThOmas Fuller.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

Seventy-nine new woods. all val
liable. have just been discovered in
Papua British New Guinea by .
Queensland government expert.
Woods for cabinet-making and orna-
ment. for boats. piles. railway car
riages. Orders and many other uses
are among those found. The best lie
along the banks Of the enormous Pa
puan rivers. The government at Port
Moresby has decided to make q
small charge for rent instead of leas-
ing free, As in the case of agricultural
lands.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
HE'S FOUND ONE.

5lnce his last defeAt Tor the pre9l-
dency six months ago. Mr.. Bryan has
been somewhat 1t loss for . new
issue. He has been taking an inven-
tory of sentiment in strongly demo-
cratic states and discovered that the
prohibition sentiment is very strong,
and tia: there is . possibility that the
sentiment may spread to such an
extent that the states which usually
cast their votes in'the electoral college
for the democratic nominee will de-
mand . plank in the next national
convention of the democratic party for
national prohibition.
Here is one issue, ct least, that Mr..
Bryan cannot truthfally claim to
originate, but if the future is to be
judged to some extent by the past, Mr..
Bryan will insist that he, and not Neil
Dow, is the first Statesman" that ever
advocated the prohibition of the sale
and manufacture Of liquor.
As a preliminary step in the direc-
ton of prohibition, Nh. Bryan, in his
Commoner, denounces the republican
party for licensing the sale of liquor in
prohibition communities, and pirates
about local self.government, or "home
rule" as it is called in the last plat
form adopted by the democrats Of
Nebraska. Mr.. Bryan believes that
the Payne tariff bill should be amend
ed so that it would be impossible for q
man to secure q government liquor
license in town or county which has
been voted dry.
1t has taken Mr.. Bryan seventeen
years to discover that q law of this
kind is sorely needed. It has not yet
been forgotten that M. Bryan was a
member of congress when the Wilson
tariff measure was passed, and that he
was q member of the committee that
had the bill in charge and reported it
to the house. Nov Mr.. Bryan has
thrown q fit because the republican
party is Gin league with the liquor
interests of the country" and criticises
them from the standpoint of a prohibi-
ZIONIST for not enacting legislation he
refused to champion during the time
he served in congress.
Mr.. Bryan will shift his position
q year from now and advocate county
option, and three years hence will
throw aside the mask he now wears
and become the outspoken champion
of national prohibition. With him it
will be the paramount issue of the
hour and the fearless leader" will
attempt for the fourth time to break
into the white house on the "para-
mount issue" mule.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Not Our Discovery.

The Greek, EratOsthenes, $50 B. c..
taught the doctrine Of the rotundity
OF the earth. and the ideas of the
sphere. its poles. axis. the equator.
arctic and antarctic circles. equinoc-
tfal points andthe solstices were quite
generally entertained by the wise men
of that time. There were plenty Of
men in Rome. therefore. who were
prepared to talk about the earth as a
sphere and to make globes illustrating
their IDEAS
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

We Touch One Another on An Sides.
No individual can b happy unless
the circumstances Of those around
him be 30 adjusted q to conspire
With his interest For, In human So
cfety, no happiness or misery stands
unconnected and independent Our
fortunes are interviewer BY threads IN
Vulnerable. We touch one another On
al sides. One mans misfortune or
success, his wisdom or his folly, Oft
On By it, consequences reaches
through multitudes.-BlaiI.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

not stop it. A change of administra.
ton or legislature does not turn the
trick since all those who play politics,
play similar game. And. until the
people find a way to regulate this
matter, and q number of others not
run to suit them, or for the best, they
have small reason for conceit concern.
ing their power. The power ofgovern-
ment lies largely with the politicians,
and it might help the people to find it
out, although they have other things
to learn.-AtchisOn Globe.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Bean Milk.

pigeon milk IL q myth" said 4
milkman, rbut there actually is q bean
milk. It Is drunk, put in tea and cot
fee, and even frozen for ice cream
The Japs are its inventors. This milk
is made of the SOFA bean. The bean
Il first soaked. then boiled In water.
After the liquid turns white sugar and
phosphate Of potash are added, and
the boiling 10 kept mp till . substance
Of the thickness Of molasses IL OBJ
tanned. Nobody could tell this bean
milk<from condensed milk, and when
water IL added It can't be told from
the fresh. The japanese poor use
nothing else"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Turtle Which poe.n'. Grow uo.

A Turtle Which Doesn't Grow Up.
A Brooklyn boy who spent last sum
mer in Connecticut found a turtles
egg in the course of his country wan
behring's. He broke the shell and
found inside perfectly formed tur
tie. He resolved to bring up the tur
tie for a pet and experienced no diff.
Guilty in feeding and caring for it.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
To Prevent Smoke.

Here is a hint on preventing the
smoke that usually accompanies ad-
ding fresh fuel to an open fire or
crate. When adding the new wood
put it at the back. drawing the pieces
already burning to the front to keep
in the heat and prevent smoke.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

The Daughters of the Revolution
quarrel is worse than Washington's
generals. Women are much like men
when it comes to seeking Office. There's
usually charges and counter charges,
bosses, rings and hot air.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Fashion, Not Health.

In nine cases out of ten, says the
Iowa health bulletin. II a physician
tells a woman that in order to i'm
prove her health she must wear her
clothes in certain way she will fol-
low the advice of her dressmaker in.
stead
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

In 1000 cities and 100000 towns
and villages in China men are being
drilled for service in the army; mill
tary schools are being erected; arse
mails and powder mills are being built
and other preparations made to equip
and place in the field IN army of four
million soldierA For centuries China
he's bean .. standpatter, but she is
moving At Last. The ancient kingdom
took . long stride forward when she
resolved to wipe out the opium traffic
which Christian England forced upon
China after . bloody war. England
wanted . market for the opium grown
in India, and looked upon the four
hundred million human beings in the
Flovery Kingdom and resolved to
make them slaves to the deadly drug.
Flint, England sent her missionaries
and bibles, and then followed with her
ships Of war filed with fighting men,
and these in turn we're followed by
India's opium. The world knows the
rssult The Chinese became IN opium
eating and opium smoking people.
When China places four million SOL
diss In tho field armed With modern
weapons, puts in commission the battle
lin now In course Of construction and
otAsss Tat are to follow, Japan, Rus
- and other nations Of the world will
lays more respect for the Heather
Ci1ea."
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

AL tuD IaiA u Stamping OuC Cne
liquor traffic by one decisive blow will
not come to pass. If national prohi-
bition is adopted there must be q grad.
ual curtailment of the business until
the last brewery is closed and last
distillery goes out of business, and
when that time comes, provision must
be made for raising revenue by taxa
ton to reimburse the government for
the money now received by taxing the
manufacturers and vendors of liquors.
Immediate prohibition one week from
today would bring q panic upon the
country. According to figures pre-.
sented by William H. Lee, president
of the Merchants.L aclede National
Bank of St. Louis, statewide prohibi.
ton would wipe out an investment of
s1O0,OOO,OOO, throw $4,000 persons
out of work in Missouri, and would
cause the state to lose annually &c.
600, 900 in wages, "a, SOC, 600 in rentals,
S21, 100000 for material, $4,000, 900
for freight and express charges, and
$50, 1000 for contingent expenses,
besides reducing taxable property
$4,000, 900, and cutting off 81, 400, 900
revenue. IF this would be the result
of prohibition in one state, what would
follow when all the states mounted the
water wagon. Up to the present time
the prohibition leaders have not come
forward with q reasonable plan for
raising about $3.50, OOO, 900 in revenue
which the government would be cut
out of by prohibition. The suggestion
has been made that government tax
Of ten cents an acre would yield more
thsn enough revenue to make up the
deficiency. This is the idea of some
of the prominent prohibition leaders of
the South, who are now at work in
their party creating sentiment for
the adoption Of q plank in the next
national convention of the democratic
party in favor of prohibition. This
question of taxation cannot be separ-
ated from the prohibition question, and
the leaders in the democratic party of
the South realize it; they know that
the same platform that contains a
national prohibition plank must also
contain . declaration in favor of q
government land tax or some other
form of taxation to provide revenue
for the government.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
For Soueakv Boots.

Very squeaky boots may be silenced
by just allowing the sOles to stand In
either olive or castor oil for about
twelve hours; then take out and let
them dry well.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Women and Mountaineerino.

One Of the chief difficulties In q
woman's undertaking an expedition in
mountain climbing is that. whatever
her experience, every man believes
that he knows better what should be
done than she-Harper's Magazine.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

At . Sunday meeting Of farmers neal
Oomstock, in Custer county, there was
IN almost unanimous expression of sen-
timsnt in favor Of trading with the
merchants who had opposed licensing q
saloon in that village. It 10 this senti.
ment among tho farmers that makes the
brewing interests fearful OF county
option.-Lincoln State Journal.
The above sounds like . yelled sug.
gestion from . farmers alliance organ
Of twenty years ago, when members
Of that organization instituted the
boycott against business men in South
Dakota, Kansas and in some parts of
Nebraska to force them to vote for
alliance candidates for Office. In
Kansas scores of republican news
papers were crippled by the alliance
organization. Merchants who adver-
tised in republican papers were mott
fed to withdraw their advertisements
or the alliance would boycott them.
The notice copied above from the
Journal is nothing more than q gentle
hint for the prohibitionists to get busy
and use the old alliance weapon to
pound into submission all who do not
agree with them. A boycott is a wea-
pom that sometimes cuts both ways.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

wv WS0UUO60s
The instinct Of selfcontrol. Of gen
tleness. Of consideration and fore.
thought and quick sympathy. which
90 to make mp what We call good
breeding: the absence Of noise and
hurry. and thousand and one little
ways BY which We can please people.
Or avoid displeasing them-are an
taught ~ BY our own hearts. Good
manners are the Ane flowers Of cult
walton, and everybody can have then.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
What has become of Crazy Snake,
The government does not intend to
let Haskell escape. Another grand
jury has been summoned to probe the
Muskogee town lot land frauds.

The time is now ripe for the organ
ization of . Mems Christian Temper
ance Union in Albion. OF the thirty
free holders in that town who signed
saloon petitions, ten of them are
women.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Cheese Is Nourishina.

Cheese is an excellent substitute
for meat. and there is infinite variety
in the ways of preparing it, so that
one may not readily tire Of it.