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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
THOUGHTS OF THE OLD HOME.
When All Eiee 10 Forgotten, Those
linger in the Memory.

You can't forget, no matter how
hard you may try, for your old home.
the one you first knew. is so deeply
impressed upon your mind that all the
glories. the riches and the blandish-
ments of modern times cannot blot the
picture out, and in spite Of all you 90
back to it by the memory route. and
linger there often. and more often n
the years gather around you.
That is why you like to read OF the
old days, even though you would not
have them return.
Do you ever tell your children about
your old home. and of your visits to
granddaddy's; your tours of explora-
ton through old attics infested with
wasp's nests, and hanging with dried
herbs. seed corn, sickles and one truck
and another?
And, maybe, some time you may
have slept in an attic under q clap
board roof through which you could
see the stars. and through which sifted
fine snow when the wind was strong.
Nor were you cold, for the homemade
blankets and the quilts the girls had
pieced. and the coverlets that grand
mother had woven were warm on top,
while the thick straw tick, and the
soft feather tick formed Q nest that
would be warm and comfy" any
where.
You would hardly regard these a. es-
sential to your comfort in your new
then, and are blessed to recall and talk
about now.
Would you forget distributing
Gazette Times.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
sTlLLED AUDIENCE IN MOMENT
Presence Of Mind Of Daniel Webster
Averted Great Peril.

Once, when Daniel Webster was ad-
dressing q political meeting in Faneuil
hall, the standing multitude within the
hall. pressed by those who we're en-
deavoring to enter from without. be-
gan to sway to and fro, solid mass
Of human bodies, rs helpless to coun-
teract the movement as II Faneuil
hall were being rocked by an earth
quake. The orator was In the midst
Of . stirring appeal. urging the neces-
sity Of individual exertion and un-
flinching patriotism to avert the dan
gers that threatened the political
party whose principles he espoused,
when he perceived the terrible sway.
ing Of the packed assembly and the
Imminent danger that might ensue.
Webster stopped short in the middle
of . sentence. advanced to the edge
Of the platform, extended his arm in
IN authoritative attitude, and, In q
stentorian voice Of command. cried
out: Let each man stand firm!" The
effect was instantaneous. Each man
stood firm: the great heaving mass
Of humanity regained its equilibrium.
and. save the long breath Of relief
that filed the air. perfect stiffness en-
sued. THAT" exclaimed the great
orator, els what We call self-govern-
ment!"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

Should Genuine Heroes Be Dead?
Real heroes are like Sherman's def
milton of good Indians" they arc
all dead. They commit suicide as he
roes by appearing in the music halls
by qualifying as professional athletes
by giving out too many newspaper in
terviews, by yielding too readily to the
camera, by succumbing to kissing
bees, by becoming too strong to work
in one method or another by seek.
ing to capitalize the admiration of the
moment into permanent maintenance
and support. II they escape suicide
they are asphyxiated by the adulation
of mankind or extinguished in its
speedy forgetfulness.-New York Mail
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Penalty Of Eirmness,

The comptroller Of the treasury Is
IN autocrat whose decision overrides
even that Of the chief magistrate Of
the nation Some years ago the then
incumbent Of the Office refused to sign
Q warrant for money which Gen. Grant
thought it proper to expend. THAT il
right" the president said; II admire
your 6rmness. Where your conscience
h concerned. never permit yourself to
be coerced. You may consider your
self clear in this affair. for shall ap-
point q new comptroller tomorrow"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
NOT A DEALER IN FLArreRv.
African Native Gave Straight Answer
to Straight Question.

The negroes of Africa are simple
and direct in speech. 1t never occurs
to them, writes Mr.. r. H. Milligan In
The Jungle Folk in Africa" that the
purpose of language Is to conceal
thought, and to commiserate the Afri-
can for his color is q waste of SYM
patty. In illustration Of this Mr. MIL
ligan gives IN amusing conversation
with one Of his pupils.
One day, when was talking to Bo-
jedi, something In the course Of the
conversation prompted be to ask him
whether he would like to be . white
man. He replied respectfully but em-
phatically in the negative. l wished to
know his reason. He hesitated to tell
nae; but / was insistent, and at last he
replied:
well. we think We are bettsr-look.
ing"
fgasped when I thought Of the vast
ly Unlocking faces l had seen in the
jungles, and in apology for myself, I
said:
But you have not seen US In our
own country, where there Is no ma
laria, and where We are not yellow and
green"
He quietly asked what color we were
In our own country. to which prompt
ly replied, Pink and white"
Looking at me steadily for . mo-
ment, he remarked:
"Mr. Milligan, II I should see you
In your own country I don't believe l
should know you."-Youth's Compan-
Ion.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
The Courage Of Opinions.


The ways In which people form
their opinions are most remarkable.
Every man, when he begins his rea-
sonable life, finds certain general opin-
ions current In the world. He il
shaped BY these opinions in one way
or another, either directly or by reac-
ton. II he n soft and plastic, like the
majority Of people. he takes the opin-
ions that are about him for his own.
II he IL seif-assertive and defiant, he
takes the opposite Of these opinions
and gives to them his vehement ad-
herence. We know the two kinds
kell, and a. We ordinarily see them.
the fault which 10 at the root of both
II Intellectual cowardice. One man
clings servilely to the old ready-made
opinions which he finds, because he is
afraid Of being called rash and rad
ical; another rejects the traditions Of
his people from fear Of being thought.
fearful and timid and . slave.-Phil-
lips Brooks.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Sad 70 Sad.

A mother, who was rather fond Of
the cheaper 10, 20. 30-cent melodrama.
one afternoon took her young daugh-
ter, who had grown to consider her
self above that sort of thing.
The daughter was bored, but the
mother was greatly interested, and
finally. when the heroine had got into
seemingly inextricable position.
broke down and sobbed heartily.
Mother. wouldn't cry here" whis-
pered the daughter significantly, ac-
centing the last word:
Let me alone" replied the other
Historically. If a thing is sad. it's
sad; I can't cry according to price,
Life.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
LIVE AFTER DEATH
VITAL ORGANS SLOW To- CEASE
FUNCTIONS. !,
Al Parts Of the Body % Not Stimuli.
tanoousiy Give Up Their Work
* Where Science Admits
Itself It Fault.

To the unscientiac citizen Il 10 some
thing Of q surprise to learn that large
parts Of the body are alive and useful
after the phenomenon popularity known
- death has taken place.
Few Of ~ suspect, for example, that
our kidneys and hearts after we have
died ourselves can in most cases be
resuscitated and that II by some sur.
gical miracle they could be trans
planted into another body they would
quickly resume their functions.
This, however. II . well demonstrate
Cd medical fact.
The human heart has been removed
from the body more than 80 hours
after death and made to beat again.
DR.. Carrel Of the Rockefeller institute
has taken the heart from one dog and
inserted It In the neck Of another,
connecting the a0rta with the, carotid
artery Of the new heart and the vens
cava with its jugular vein. In . few
moments the live dog had two hearts
rhythmically beating. one recording
a pulse of 80 and the other 100.
Science has yet formed no precise
definition of death, says McClure's.
The human body teens and quivers
with life, only q small part of which
becomes a part of individual conscious
ness.
An artery. thoroughly disinfected,
placed in an ordinary culture tube and
then closed to the access of all bac-
terra, will not putrefy. Under ordinary
circumstances. however. 1t will under
go autolytic disintegration. Complete
desiccation will preserve 1t against
this latter process.
Autolysis does not take place except
in the presence of water, this explains
why Egyptian mummies, which were
thoroughly dried before being placed
away in the tomb, have resisted for
30 centuries the autolytic ferment
Normal blood serum Is another sub
stance which inhibits to a considerable
degree autolytic degeneration.
Cold, while it doesnot entirely check
the process. makes 1t exceedingly
slow. It is upon refrigeration that DR.
Carrel has thus far chiefly depended
for preserving arteries. In order to
prevent putrefication he places them
in sterilized culture tubes and then
he puts away the tubes in large Ice
chests, which maintain a temperature
just above the freezing point. Here
they live in a condition of suspended
animation.
Dry and shriveled as they appear,
they are still living tissue. and al
though the animals from which they
have been taken have long since gone
to their final rest these fragments. II
placed In q new living host, once mOre
take up the thread Of existence. That
the arteries could be removed from a
man recently dead and have their
vitality and usefulness preserved in
this same fashion Is certain.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
A Forest Under the Sand.

What some believe to be a buried
prehistoric forest on the New Jersey
coast near the Sandy Hook military
reservation, has been discovered by
army engineers while boring for an ad-
ditional water supply. When the test
pipes were down nearly 400 feet .
broad strata of wood was found. A!
one point the borers reported tina!
they went through 20 feet Of wood
Investigations are being made in the
interest of archaeology. II f0res:
flourished where the sand dunes are
now, 1t is believed it was covered
with sand by the action of the sea
until buried.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Seeinu and Thinking.

Most people see an object when they
think of 1t. They can see before their
eyes a geometrical drawing or the hg-
ures on . chessboard when they think
of them. In order to think at all most
men make use Of images, though they
may be of different kinds. Thus, one
man when he thinks of Italy" sees
just the printed word; another see the
country's outline on a map: another
may see the country spread out before
him, with its villages and towns
smouldering in the plains. Psycholo-
gists are beginning to classify the diff
ferent aids or images of which men
make use. Some, for example, hear
the words Of their thought within
themselves; others read them, as II
the words were written generally In
black on q white ground.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
LAST OF THE MEDICINE MEN
Aut-cho-nu-pah Had Long Been 4
Power Among the Indians.

Hut-cho-nu-pah, last of the medicine
men, died last month in the Snake
hills of the Greek nation. He was 81
years old. For half a century he had
been one Of the most turbulent spirits
in Oklahoma.
Hut-chonu-pah led the last rebellion
of the Creeks in 1890. His faction was
subdued by the Creeks themselves be
fore the United States troops go,
there. In a battle Hut-cho-nu-pah':
band was annihilated and he was con
demned to death.
But so great was the awe in which
the old medicine man was held tina,
no one could be found to be his execu
toner. With his adherents dead and
himself imprisoned, his influence was
so potent that he compelled the cleo
ton of a friend as chief and was par
doned.
The medicine man fought for the
northern forces during the civil war
He always asserted that he was unde,
the special protection of the Supreme
Being.-Indian's Friend.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Better THAN ANY PHYSICIAN
Mr.. Browns Remarks Quickly Brought
Wife Back from. 0orderiand.

william. dear" feebly called tho in
valid wife, who was supposed to be
nearing the end Of her earthly career.
'Yes, darling" answered the sorrow
ing husband. What is it,"
when I am gone" said she. II feel
that for the sake of the motherless lit
tie ones you should marry again"
DO you really think it would be
best, darling?" asked the faithful Will
liam.
"Yes. William, I really do" replied
the invalid. after Q reasonable
length of time you should seek the
companionship Of some good woman"
do you know. my dsar?" said the
husband. that you have lifted q great
burden from my mind? Now. there is
that charming Widow Jones across the
way. She has acted rather friendly
toward me ever since you were taken
Ill. OF course, dear she could never
MI your place. but she is young.
plump and pretty, and I'm sure she
would do her best to lessen my grief."
william Henry Brown exclaimed
the female whose days were supposed
to be numbered, as she partly raised
herself upon the pillow, If you ever
dare install that redheaded. freckled-
faced. squint-eyed hussy in my shoes,
rn-rll-" And then she tainted.
But the next day Mrs. Brown was
able to sit up. and two days later she
was downstairs.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Authors witty Remark.

AOSUOV0 why NeW06Ws
Knglake, the author of "Eothen,"
was afflicted with govt. and he had q
fancy to try . lady doctor. and wrote
to one to ask il govt was beyond her
scope. She replied: Dear sir. govt Is
not beyond my scope, but men are"
It was Kinglake who uttered one of
the neatest mots on the peculiar char
acter Of the Times. He had little fond
ness for that Journal, in spite OF per-
sonal friendships which might have
been expected to soften his view Of the
question. The paper was still to him
. sort Of juggernaut. irresistible and
Hateful. On seeing the announcement
of the new editors marriage, he ex-
claimed: Heavens! that brings the
Times into relations With humanity"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
The Queen Of s.


A correspondent sends an amusing
story Of q yisit which the archbishop
of Canterbury recently paid to q Ger
tain Sunday school. For few min
utes Dr.. Davidson took in hand class
of small girls who we're going over the
story Of Solomon. Now" he asked.
who was the great queen who trav-
eled 50 many miles and miles to see
the king?" No one answered. why.
you all know. The queen who came to
see the king?" Still no one seemed to
remember. you do know, am sure"
persisted DR.. Davidson. THE name
begins with 8; and she was . very
great queen" Just then little hand
shot up, and q shrill voice cried:
Please, know. the Queen of Spades"
NJ. A. p.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Where Dante May Have Studied.

Where Dante May Have Studied.
st, Edmund's hall. Oxford, Eng, is
now the sole survivor of the original
halls" from which university life
arose at Oxford. 1t bears the name
not Of the martyred Saxon monarch,
but Of Archbishop Edmund Rich, who
possibly about 1919 delivered near this
spot the first Oxford lectures on Aris-
totle. This legend once enabled the
present principal to retoft that IL
Dante really visited Oxford he might
conceivably have studied at St Ed
mund's hall. but not at Queens col
lege. which did not then exist.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

In one of the Basque provinces of
Spain there il q prison which opens
the doors every morning and the pris-
oners 90 into the town for Homework.
gardening or some trade. Some act
as commissioners. In the evening
they quietly return at the appointed
time to the prison, and the TALLER most
carefully Identifies them before with.
drawing the bolts for their admission.
Once q prisoner ventured to present
himself at the gates Of the prison in
. state Of inebriety. and the jaileP
refused to admit him. ITO punish
you" he said. you will tonight sleep
out Of doors" And the prisoner, 1t il
recorded, in spite of tears and en-.
treaties, was condemned to pass the
night outside of prison!
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Advertised Letters.

Following 10 . list OF unclaimed mail
matter remaining in the post Office at
Columbus, Nebraska, for the period end
ing April IA. 1909:
LetterR Frank Henshsw, 8 A Foster
Lumber Go, Miss Janet Lewis, James e
Robinson, Doctor Dale ] Woods, W
koss, Nm P Way.
Parties calling for any Of the above
viii please Say advertised.
CARL KRANKR, r. r.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
On Dolno Happy.

Pleasures are more beneficial than
duties because, ike the quality Of
mercy; they are not strained. and they
are thrice blessed. There must always
be two to . kiss, and there may b .
score In . Jest: bat wherever there n
IN element Of sacrifice. the favor 10
conferred With pain and received With
confusion. There II no duty We %
much underrate - Tie duty q being
happy. Dy being happy, We shower
oponyuouO bo0a1fS unnn IL YoG1A 4
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Reliable Weather.

$50 you are going to the north pole
next year,"
YES" answered the arctic explorer
you must like the climate"
mo. But there is some satisfaction
In knowing that when q cold wave IL
predicted you won't make any mis-
take in starting fire and putting on
your heavy clothes"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Warning to Householder.

The frank statement of q burglar
who was caught with the goods" after
q good description of him had been
obtained from a pawnbrOker. should
serve as q warning to careless occu-
pants of houses. says the Albany Jour.
nal. This candid housebreaker un-
bosomed himself as follows:
1T Is easy to rob houses. In my
two-months' experience I have had to
break into only one Of the nine houses
have robbed, the others all being
easy BY reason Of unlocked windows."
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Cost, Le.e 10 Eeed Women

COSTS Less 20 tee0 women
In . small Philadelphia restaurant
that caters to persons bn economy
bent the bill Of fare is headed by this
notice: Regular dinner-Men, Is
cents: women, Is cents" How 10
this!" asked . chance customer be-
longing to the sex most heavily
taxed. You charge N fellows ten
cents more than you do the women.
What have We done that We Should b
20 Disseminated against?" You eat
more" was the plain rejoinder. TT
doesn't cost nearly 20 much to feed
women ~ men. but We are the 1rst
concern In this part Of town that has
been brave enough to say % IN plain
print Many foreign restaurants have
recognized that fact. and have regu-
:ated their charges accordingly"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Oriental phlloeophv.

Il . good for our arrogant western
spirit to meet the calm, II somewhat
backward. philosophy Of the orient.
When the motor cars which raced
from New York to Paris went through
China. the Chinese were not alarmed
or excited. A mandarin blandly ex-
planned Il thus: There 10 nothing ex-
traordinaEy. in The motor car. There
10 nothing Extraordinary In anything.
Men invs0ted Il yesterday. They will
invent something else tomorrow. Stin
the world Ooos round. and. We are not
IN atom tie happier" A refreshing
draft q cod wind upon our fevered
progress-YoutA's COMPANION.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

was just reading of a man who
has hen that can sing; another man
has . hen which Whistles and initiates
various birds" Il don't care for these
vaudeville hens. A hen should stick
to the legit and lay eggs."-Kansas
City Journal
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

I'VE thought you would be married
by now" they told the girl. The last
time we saw you you were with a fel
low you seemed so fond Of"
You did," she sighed. Il was.
still am awfully fond Of him. but. you
see, It takes two to get married"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

6a1py maa q . hap11 voma. Il . bst-
tse thing 70 ~ than . 1vepound
note. He q che - . raAiating focus Of
eood vim: and their entrance into .
room 70 a though another candle had
been lighted.-RoNert Louis Stevenson.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
PostprandiaI "stieker."

PostprandiaI "stieker."
what sort of an after-dinner speak.
or Is Bliggins?
Zone of the kind who starts in by
saying they didn't expect to be called
on, and then proceed to demonstrate
that they can't be called of"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Natures Limitation.

Croesus, the richest man of his day,
told Scion that "the gods are jealous
Of human prosperity" The German
proverb better expresses It: "Trees
aFe not permitted to grow up into the
GH.:
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
4 Probability.

It IL probable that Eve wanted that
apple because the serpent made hel
believe Il had been marked down.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
COAL.

We have al the leading grsdes of
soft coal. Also Penna. hard coal and
6emianthracite furnace coal.
NEWMAN & WEIGH.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Walker Township.

Leonard Swanson, Who spent the Eas-
tsr vacation with his parents, returned
to the. Genoa High school last Wednes-
day to again take up his studies.
The funeral of Mn 10. Nelson was
held from tho Danish Lutheran church
Lest Tuesday afternoon and the remains
laid to rest in the cemetery near the
church beside her husband, who passed
away some years ago.
10. Nelson Of Pomroy, Washington,
who came Ill the way from that state to
attend the funeral Of his mother, is
making IN extended visit among his rel
stives. NJ. Nelson 10 brother to Mn.
John Swanson and Mn. Martin Olson,
and it ID now about twenty years since
- left here. and he had not seen either
his mother or sisters during that time.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
What She Went For.

What She Went For.
First ShopgirlHMiss Blank Is going
away.
Second Shopgirl-;s she leaving for
good?
First ShopgirlENo. for better q
UoroA
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

The indestrucdble floral color n yell
low. You cannot even With sulphur.
ous acid fumes. destroy It Take .
heartease and Try. You win consume
tho purple tint easily enough. but the
yellow win - e permanence for III
your 0lthy fumes.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
IN THE TEETH OF HURRICANE.
What Sallorman Meant When He Told
Of IN Adventure In Force 10.

Doubtless there were many puzzled
readers when q deep-sea skipper rolled
into this harbor . few days ago and
reported that his ship Rad been be-
lated by a gale which had piped up to
force TO-" Force TO-" 1t was ex-
planned. meant something like . hurri-
cane.
It il . term borrowed from the Beau
fort scale, . scheme ef wind measure
ments devised BY the British admiral
Beaufort before the days Of ocean
going steam. Force I was . calm.
force light breese, and 20 on up
the hurricane velocity.
Perhaps, too. the Beaufort scale may
give q clew to those who have been
wondering for some time at the title
Of . popular German picture. It 10 Just
one expanse Of frowning cloud and
storm tossed billow, and the artist has
named 1t "Windstarke 10. 11."-Nsw
York Sun.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Route No. 4

Route No. 4.
Ferdinand Aalskite is working for
Dodds Bros.
Mrs. John Elmer, who was very sick
last week, Is Commissioning.
Sbsldon 4 Son shipped . car Of hogs
from tho Winslow switch Monday.
Ed Maybereer has torn down the barn
On tho Dawson farm and is putting mp
nice now one. -
Tho banns Ut marriage of Miss Mar
gsret Dineen and VIM. Foley we're
announced at st. Joseph's church last
Sunday, for the first time.
Otto Bolt left Tuesday for an extended
trip through the west, and should he
find land that suits him, will invest.
Before he returns be will visit j. II.
Hyatt, formerly Of this county, who is
now located near Boise, Idaho.
il. Donughue's landlord was out from
Omaha last week and decided that q
large now barn and machine sheds were
necessary, end he went to Platte Center
and bought the lumber, and workmen
arc now putting up the buildings.