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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-08

mild my Juggling you, Miss Barr. It's
q case of necessity"
'T1l be good" said Ara.
Cautiously picking his way, Delos
Elder did not notice the confding clasp
of her arms or her soft cheek press
ed against his neck. He was only
conscious of her behaving beautifully
on a rather perilous journey and that
sure footing was the imperative need.
As he trundled his delicate burden
home in the dusty barrow all his
thoughts were apparently bent on
smooth wheeling, lest a jolt should
bring her additional pain.
Hatless, coatless, perspiring, on
trudged the concerted Delos and up to
Judge Barr's summer cottage at last,
to halt painting, weary and thankful.
aThere!" he gasped. 81 hope you
weren't much joggled. Call some one
I'm going back to find my hat. You
have been very brave. Tomorrow,
when / am p~resentable, / shall inquire
for you. Let us hope nothing serious
will result from this experience. 1t
was entirely my fault, Miss Barr"
"In forgive you" said the girl. 1t
was too dark for him to see her eyes,
else, disheveled as he was, he might
have stayed.
Bearing his dusty coat over ar arm
he backed away with n hasty word of
farewell, and a portly man strobe out
to the piazza.
"What's going on here?" demanded
a thunderous voice. cara, child, why.
Is anything wrong?"
Delos, In the darkness, heard the
preciated the effort.
"Oh, l twisted my ankle, father. A
man was kind enough to wheel me
home. He wouldn't stop to be
thanked. 1 guess you'll have to carry
me In, father"
A fortnight later Miss Seely had a
call from the judge.
"Carolyn," said he, what can you
tell me of young Elder? He is visit
ing here, l believe"
OH Delos?" replied his hostess,
smiling. Eyes, he's still with us. Well,
Mr.. Elder is an old friend Of mine,
judge. He has some brains, plenty of
money, an excellent character, belongs
to n good family and is extremely par
ticular regarding his clothes. Lately
I haven't seen much of Delos. He
has taken to out Of door exercise; goes
tramping and m%eandering about He
must have lost himself n evening
awhile ago, for he anne in greatly ex-
hausted and a sight to behold. 1t was
the next day he called at your house, l
think. l remember he told me that
Ara had strained her foot. How is it?"
"That didn't amount to much" said
the old gentleman thoughtfully. "She
was walking on it In a couple Of
days"
ooh, so soon! l didn't know. l
wrote her a note, but got no reply, so
feared she was badly laid up. I've felt
sorry for Delos, for l wanted Ara to
see a good deal of him. Once l told
her, and not SO much In q joke, either,
that they were the very ones to fall
1MAfove with each other"
The look of disappointment faded
from her face as she saw a twinkle In
her visitors eye.
"No?" she exclaimed.
THAT'S it, Carolyn" observed the
Judge, bursting into a laugh. "They
haver'
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VANITY OF coNvIcTS.
The Way Some Men Spruce Up In the
P~enitentiary.

P~enitentiary.
1.-THE vainest lot of men l ever did
know are behind these walls" remark
ed a convict in the p~enitentiary. For
fastidious dressing and cleanliness l
have never seen anything like 1t. Those
who have been accustomed to sleeking
up on the outside grow much worse In
here, and those who never even combed
their hair on the outside have it as
clearly parted as they can. / know of
a hundred instances where convicts
have risked being padded or having
time taken away just for the sake of
shaving. They get hold of q razor or
improvise one and keep 1t in their cells.
They all have mirrors in their cells
along with the calendars.
81 know of one instance of aetrdsted
prisoner who begged for weeks to be
allowed to wear a hat instead of the
prison cap because he thought he did
not look well In 1t. Whenever they get
an opportunity they press their trou-
sers. They saw collars for Sundays
and appear very clean and neat and
nice In chapel. l guess it Is all be-
cause they have time to think about
themselves more han ever. If a man
has nothing but himself to think about
he takes more pride in himself. Or
maybe they want something with which
to pass away the time in their cells
Columbus Dispatch.
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PUBLIC PUNISHMENT.
The Days of the Whipping Post,
Stocks and Branding Irons.

Up until the end of the war and q
little while after the whipping post and
stocks stood not far from the north
west corner of the courthouse and be-
tween that building and the present
p~ostofice, and there the last whipping
took place, though as 1t began it was
sought to be stopped by a federal off,
GER. The sheriff was, however, simply
carrying out the mandate of the old
court of pleas and quarter sessions. 4
In those days the stocks and the
whipping post, too, were special attrac-
tons, notably to boys. The latter were
allowed to ridicule people who sat in
the stocks, which held their hands and
feet, but not to throw anything at
them.
OF course this deprived the boys of
some degree of pleasure, yet they con-
trived to get a good deal of fun out of
the thing anyway. 1t seems odd now
ven to think of such scenes as these
must have been. Figure to yourself
passing by the courthouse green at
Charlotte or Raleigh and seeing a gen.
tleman held by the ankles and wrists
by wooden bars, sitting there In the
sunshine for all the world to look at.
Those were the days of the branding
iron too. A set of gives of iron, In use
for holding the ankles or wrists, are on
exhibition here, but of branding irons
there are one These were used here
In January, 1865, for the last tlme.-
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer.
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The Family Doc.

An Edinburgh clergyman says: "Ev-
cry family should have a dog. 1t is
like a perpetual baby. 1t betrays no
some questions, never gets into debt,
never comes down late to breakfast
and Is always ready for a bit of fun"
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To Save lime.

The Parson-I intend to pray that
you may forgive Casey for throwing
that brick at you. The Patient-Mebbe
yer riv'renee 'ud be saving tonne if
ye'd just wait till OF get well and then
pray for Casey.-London Fun.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-08

Wife-What luck? Husband-None
whatever. Wife-Were there no serv-
ants at the intelligence office? Hus-
.band-Yes, lots of them, but they had
all worked for us before.-Saturday
Sunset.
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h Will. Saw.

When Willie saw a peacock for the
first time he said to his mother:
"Oh, mamma, you should have seen
It'll Electric lights all over the ferns
and a turkey Observation-Disclosures.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-08

against the black dizziness. No, she
simply would not faint. She would
not! The man heard her grit her
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18
SEEDS ADAPTED FOR FLYING


It is strange that man has been so
long in learning to fly. Nature in the
seed has for aeons shown him good
working aeroplane. The seed of the
silver maple and the ash often fly In
the summer 40 or so yards. The
seeds wing is an extension of the
pod. When the seed breaks loose
from its bough the wing whirls rapid
ly round the. body as an axis. its front
edge striking the air higher than the
rest of its surface. and thus producing
air pressure in an upward direction
that carries the tiny aeroplane on and
up in its fight.
The linden seed clusters show IN
aeroplane of tremendous strength. The
seeds hang on a single stem from the
center of one large wing. When this
seed aeroplane sets forth the wing re-
wolves and points upward, bearing on
ward its weight of seeds with q power
greater than any bird puts forth. The
box elder. the pine and the catalpa are
other trees whose existence is per-
petuated by the aeronautical skill of
their little seeds.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18
DEMOCRATS ON TARIFF RE-
FORM.

The organs of the democratic party
of Nebraska are devoting . large
amount Of space in attempting to con.
vince the people that their party stood
for genuine tariff reform At the late
session of congress.
The fact of the matter is that TWEEN
ty-four of the thirty-one democractic
senators voted with the New England
senators ON several occasions for high
protective duties. The senators from
Florida and Louisiana announced
themselves q protectionists and voted
against almost every amendment for
downward revision. Twenty other
democratic senators voted for protec.
ton in spots. Eight democratic sena-
tors delivered high protection speeches,
and some of them took the occasion to
denounce and repudiate the tariff
plank in the Denver platform. Only
seven democratic senators out OF
thirty one stood for tariff reform as
demanded by the national democratic
convention.
Democratic senators voted for high
protective tariff on hides, iron ore, lead,
zinc, wool and woolens, print paper,
pine apples. cotton cloth, tea, lumber
and petroleum.
In the house forty out Of the III
democratic members voted for high
protective duties and repudiated the
tariff plank in their national platform.
This is the record Of . party that has
for years been demanding tariff reform;
that has gone before the people in
every congressional campaign since
1866 crying down with the protective
tariff" Their own representatives in
c-ngress have endorsed the record as
one of shame aud deceit and of false
pretenses.
If the democratic party, Is main.
tained by the organs representing that
party in Nebraska, has been true to it's
platform pledges, and is worthy of the
confidence of the people, then the edi-
tors who defend that party are as false
as the representatives Of the demo-
cratic party in congress who voted with
New England and other eastern sena-
tors against genuine revision. 1t was
not until President Taft served notice
on the Aldrich republicans and AID.
rich democrats that any concessions
were made which tended to redeem
the promises made in the platforms of
the two parties.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18

speed" Means to Acquire Success.
When we use the slang too slow"
as applied to non-success we are
speaking correctly. according to ety.
mology, for SLOW" conveys an idea
opposite to that of speed" and for
more than 10000 years the root from
which speed" has grown has pre-
served its influence in q dozen Ian
guages and has continually signifed
the idea of quickness in grasping. in
drawing to, in extending. in making
room for action, in bringing pros.
perity and success by reaching out.
Our Aryan ancestors used the little
word spa" and from it has grown.
among scores of other words, our
word speed" which, through the cen.
turtles, has not been restricted to its
meaning of velocity. 1t conveyed the
thought of velocity that reached out
for success. 1t meant having room
for action, to increase in the direction
of prosperity. Without spa" there
was no success"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18

the full power Of its eloquence and
zeal the moral side Of every political
issue in which a question of public
morals is involved; as did the clergy
Of Missouri, almost without exception,
in the campaign waged by Governor
Folk against political corruption in
1904. and as did the clergy Of Philadel-
phia, San Francisco and other cities in
recent political campaigns Of similar
nature. Wherever the clergy have
fully performed this duty. good order,
decency, aud, in the highest seuse. liber-
ty, have resulted; where they have
failed or neglected to perform it. cor
ruptiou sits enthroned in high places
and law and order are hut name
Thomas Speed Mosby.
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states. In the entire union only three
states-New York. Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts, Kansas in her
assessment Of property.-Norfolk
News.
SPREAD OVER LONG DISTANCE
oeandma's Good Reason for Referring
70 Her courtshlp ~ q Lengthy
One.

Grandma" asked one Of the little
girls, what was the longest courtship
you ever heard of" What question.
child" exclaimed grandmother. What
put that into your head?" "Oh. l
Just wanted to know"
well. deary." said grandma, with .
pensive smile. Il think the longest one
I ever knew anything about was the
courtship between your grandfather
and me, more than so years ago. List
en-, and will tell you about it.
1T was q few years after they had
discovered gold in California, and peo-
pie began to flock there from all over
the country. You know there were
no railroads running out that way
then, and everybody had to travel In
wagons. In the little town away back
east where we lived several families
that had the California fever dubbed
together and went in q sort of cara
van. Our family was was one OF
them. I was q girl Of about 20.
your grandfather, who was few
years older, belonged to one OF the
other families He began counting me
almost as soon as we started, and he
kept it up all the way across the coun'
try, but 1 didn't say Yes till we got
to California"
How long did it take you to 60
there?"
'Six months
six months? Why, grandma. that
wasn't so awfully long courtship!"
why, child" said grandma, 1T was
three thousand miles!"-Youth's Com
panion.
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NOTICE

At special meeting of the stockhold-rs Of
the Ele, atnr Roller Mills Co held al the ollie
of thu. papy AZ ~ o'clo.'k a. ~. at Columbus,
Nebraska, August 9TH. lSS the following re--''-
luton was y seed by unanimous vote 81 "a the
stock issued
Resolved That Article . of our iNc1r porafion
be and is hereby amended to read:
Article !. The authorized stock of this cOrpo-
ration shall he 100000, divided into shares Of
$50 10 each and nun bered from To 500 cunsecu-
lively. To- be subscribed and paid required b.
a majority Of the Board of Directors. ard tn bs
represented by certificates. signed 10y the Presi-
dent and couniersigned by the Secretary.
1874 PAUL A. JAEGaI Sec'y.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18

The Lincoln Journal reads q lecture
to the Personal Liberty league Of
Gage county for trying to ascertain
how candidates stand upon the license
question. When the prohibition league
made . like investigation, and certain
leaders announced that their support
would be withheld from candidates for
county judge of Lancaster county who
did not agree With them on this ques-
ton, the corrupting influence of such
interference did not appear, but when
the other side makes q move, the bad
mess of the thing is plainly written on
the face of it.-Beatrice Sun.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18

The gentle Cowper," who wrote
that he would not count among his
friends the man who needlessly sci
foot upon q worm, urged King George
to take the sword to the Americans
during the dark days Immediately fol.
lowing 1776. Old Samuel johnson,
who was dirty and ugly. if brainy,
roundly abused the American revolu.
tionists and lied about them. Adam
Smith once expressed an admirable
estimate of johnson, which we regret
cannot be reproduced here. Smith
and johnson, both noted moralists,
met to exchange views Is to how the
world might be benefited. Within
five minutes they quarreIed, and John.
son called Smith . liar, and Smiths
reply was . term now used in Amer
ica to provoke . fight. We regret
that it cannot be printed here, it 60
aptly described the noted old buffer.
Charles Wesley, Who originated the
word Methodist" and who wrote
hundreds of hymns now used in relig.
ioas vorship. was . believer in kings.
.nA <.,s>n..1 Ah> -, ~ ;uSl..,>.nl~-
in America according to manuscripts
lately discovered. However, Ameri.
cans are disposed to make much Of
Wesley, and johnson, and Cowper,
although no form Of denunciation is
severe enough for Thomas Paine, also
aa Eaelishman, but patriot, and the
man vho used the first phrase, "The
Uni1s1 GATES of America."-Atchisou
Globe.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18

Mayor Jim Dahlman alludes to
Governor Shallenberger and friends
as "a bunch of four.ffushers," and de-
mands that they put all their chips in
the center of the table" And thus
the war between the two factions of
the democratic party goes on with the
mayor Of Omaha slightly in the lead.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18
The EtioloQy Of Pain.

e. G. Janeway of New York says
that we should be cautious in labelling
q severe pain as hysterical Pain due
to toxic influences may bafae US un-
less we make diligent inquiry Of tho
patient end his friends. Sciatica
should be carefully scrutinized, since
o condition that seems simple may
be caused by pressure of a malignant
growth. Pain In the abdomen may
come from 'he kidney instead of the
appendix. and 1t requires careful
search to know whether pain comes
from the kidney, gall bladder or ap-
pendix. Pain of ataxia may simulate
some of these conditions. Pain in
angina pectoris Is severe and charac-
teristic when combined with in
creased blood pressure and ashy lips
IL should not be mistaken.-Medica
Record.
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g, .vs thsis old ~ vsll - thsar nsv address.
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First Duty of Japanese Parents.

Duty of Japanese parents is To find
matrimonial companions for their sons
and daughters. and the nOnfuliillInent
of this duty is regarded as a disgrace
both to the young people and to the
parents
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18
Story OF an Eq0.

Burman Hunter while on trip
near Unadilla found an egg beside
egg home and set 1t under a hen. and
now Mr. Hunter has one of the finest
ll-days old wild ducks ever seem
COrdele Rambler.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18

With Jim Dahlman % the demo-
cratic nominee for governor there are
not Q few democrats in Platte county
Who would be compelled to masticate
. very large dish of crow or support
the republican candidate.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18

Wild West and sai Thrilling Battle scenes scenes.
R0UcnR1OERS A Al Sasiea!.
INDIANS f Pisin ss e w nsd Ps aae Oh '''
GnvnoRnV& BROUGHT direct from Ranch
OVVU OVU - and Prairie Ranges.
ADA0& Swarthy Bedouin Athletes and
0SUAoO0S Desert-born Acrobats.
SOLDIERS Military Men INV. u Warike
C0$SnCKS Relies: Ridsrsfrom Far
mEX0GAmS Real Rough.ideIs from
WILD WEST GIRLS 1 d &. s Ssssss
PlA1uSmEn A Mahs;' o Of W H;s:e!y
lAUCERS Graceful CavalryneHn in
ARTILLERY 6 6si!ls .sd 1l Exhibits Of
vAQUER0S n Mssie. ny Ee.t Of the
JAPANESE ir Dns h. ias' fsl s Ess.. Men,
AkkSn0EI ac1a * shet"johnnis BAKER BAKER
RuRAllE$ Typ r sdn Ms@pf ss, Of Next
2n0DDuES Perfection in Rapid Drills
CNVH8U3Y The Pride Of the Army.
DRAc00nS k ki1e'. orn befso SThs
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Webster's SPELLING Book Popular

Webster's Spelling Book Popular.
The book which is the very best
seller in this country, outside the hi
BILE, has been the humble Webster's
Spelling book. ii being computed that
upward OF 30.000.O00 copies of this
work have been disposed of in the
United States
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18

The solitary side of our nature de-
mands leisure for reflection upon sub
jects on which the dash and whirl of
daily business. so long as its clouds
rise thick about us. forbid the intel
lect to fasten itself.-FrOude.
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THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
The following is taken from lee
tare of the late Father Vaughn on
"The Power Of Love-"
"Men in blue and gray who looked
with hate into one another eyes and
tried to shoot away the life Of \
brother, have crept close together to
die in the trembling twilight. Men
and horses lie heaped in confusion.
Men with their threats cut, aud men
with their scalps lying bare and their
heads raised to Heaven and they are
crying. Water. my God! water!' and
in oil Gods world there is not soul
to answer. Yes, there is an answer.
See, there come two women, stealing
over the battlefield, creeping along
under the beams of the moon. Is it
some mother, come out to look for her
son in The midst of death? Is it some
woman who seeks the man to whom
she has pledged her lover All, no.
The cross of Christ is on her breast,
the bonnet of St. Vincent on her head.
Two little Sisters Of Charity, alone
with God and night. How they move
without fear through that valley of
death and darkness! How tenderly
they stoop DER each dying soldier!
For them there is no North or South,
no blue or gray. no nationality. no
creed, no denomination. In every
soldiers upturned face they see the
face of Christ. How tenderly they
moisten the parched lips, how they
cool the fevered brow, how they close
the gaping wound, how they murmur
words of consolation in the dying ear,
how they take last message to bring
back to the mother and the wife and
the loved ones far away! Even there
even in the death and the blood and
the carnage Of battle-the power of
love rules supreme. And stamped
forever is that lesson of love that as it
leads on in the vanguard Of civiliza.
ton it may teach to the world Amer.
ica's story; the fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of mantle glorious,
the splendid lesson of love" -Dubu
que Telegraph. Herald.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18
An Episode In Court.

"You are charged with snatching
q woman's pocket-b0ok."
Il know it, judge. But 1 wouldn't
do such a thing. hungry and broke as
I am
TOO conscientious, I suppose"
mo. 1 don't pretend that. But
Why should snatch q woman's
pocket-b00k? What would want with
a couple Of car tickets, q powder rag.
q piece of chewing gun and q dress.
makers address,"
Once more q shrewd criminal over.
shot his mark. His familiarity with
the contents convicted him
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18

Senator Burkett WAS interviewed on
his arrival in Lincoln regarding the
tariff bill and said that while he was
not altogether satisfied with it, it was
the best that could be secured. He
says mo man in congress ever got all
he went after, and that is certainly
true of the tariff measure" Says the
senator: This is a big country and
Law of such wide import as q tariff
revision must be q series of comprom-
ises. That Is what the measure just
passed is, and it is a good law" Sem
ator Burkett recognizes the fact that
if one senator got all be wanted, all
the rest would get what they didn't
want. and further that without reas-
enable compromises . tariff bill
couldn't be passed in . thousand years.
Beatrice Express.
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PoIsons Dangerous to Make.

PoIeonS Dangerous to Make.
A good many p0isons are dangerous
to manufacture. Mereuric methide.
for instance, brings madness to those
who work too long at making 1t. A
gas rises from It that is not imme-
diately fatal. but which causes tenn.
porary insanity. which n,ay, Of course.
become permanent.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18
LOGICAL.

A common aphOrism is. Nothing Is
sure in this world" Now, If nothing
Is sure in this world We can't be sure
that anything is sure. consequently.
we are not sure that nothing is sure.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18
Superior PineacpIe in Demand

One kind of Mexican pineapple.
known as the cayenne. is entirely free
from spines. and the flesh is much
more tender and juicy. These cost
up to IS cents apiece, and the demand
Is far ahead of the supply