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The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03
LESSON IN MISSIONARY WORK.

LESSON IN MISSIONARY WORK.
Elsie Sigel, granddaughter of the
famous civil war general, voluntarily
entered the field of settlement work
among the Chinese of New York City.
She was a missionary among the
heather Chinese in the thickly popu-
lated section of foreign New York
City. She was found murdered, her
mutilated body being packed in an old
steamer trunk. The man or men to
whom she had brought the message of
the gospel turned upon her and killed
her.
1t is almost incomprehenslble that
the girl should have fallen in love with
her Celestial convert, and yet there
are the incrimirating letters said to
have been written by her. If this
element of romance was an actual fact,
then jealousy or revenge must have
been an element. Certainly there was
treachery somewhere, and Convert
ed" Chinaman murdered the young
girl missionary.
Here is a lesson in missionary work,
and the question arises, does it pay to
sacrifice lives and treasure in an
attempt to compel the followers of
religions older than ours to accept
Christianity? Will somebody answer
this question: Cleveland Press.
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03

Cardboard Takes Qualities Of Metal.
An eighth-inch disk of cardboard re-
volved on the shaft of an electric mo-
tor of highest speed gets stiff, owing
to the rotary tension, which makes It
behave like metal, and 1t can no long
er be bent. If struck with a hammer
sound emits like that from bronze.
1t easily saws a cigar box In two.
similarly as a disk of soft iron, when
rapidly rotated, cuts through heavy
armor plate. Centrifugal force does
many other strange things. Among
others, when a small chain is looped
around a high-speed rotary drum the
chain can be showed on the drum to
the ground, where it bounces up and
when struck acts like ring Of solid
metal.
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03

The comment reproduced from the
State Journal yesterday, to the effect
that while the bank guaranty law was
in process of formation last yea. men,
bers of its staff were given a confden-
tial tip that the platform promise had
to be fulfilled, but that something
would be put into the law which the
courts would be unable to swallow,
recalls the statement made by a local
banker during the campaign of 1908,
to the effect that a large number of
Omaha's bankers were against Sheldon
because he had, prior to the republican
convention of that year, favored the
deposit guaranty proposition and there
was . quiet understanding that Gov.
ernor Shallenberger would really be
opposed to the plan. The Grand
Island banker referred to is still q
resident of the city, and will no doubt
recall the statement. 1t is difficult to
believe that there should be such an
understanding and that Governor
Shallenberger should be a party to it,
but it will not be so difficult to believe
If what the State Journal intimates is
true.-Grand Island Independent.
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03

Champ Clark continues to. predict
that the democrats will have a work
ing majority" in the next house. The
trouble is, however, that democratic
maiorities in congress, no matter how
large, seldom can be made to work
because they invariablylget busy fight
ing with each other.-Pittsburg Ga.
zette- Times.
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03
r'AyVrouno eSnies.

A code Of playground ethics" has
ben promulgated by George E. Rose,
an educator In Rosedale: "Never
fight: never run; never get licked" II
q fellow swats you on one cheek,
swat him on the other also. Do Il
cheerfully. sood-naturedly. without
malice or anger. Anger is the divid-
ing line between play and hostility.
Keep on the manly side Of this line.
The hardest knocks on that side are
nothing. a. every hero Of the gridiron
will attest Mere looks or words on
the other side cut like q knife.-Ka1-
sas City Star.
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03
AND FREE LUMBER.

BURKETT AND FREE LUMBER.
1t becomes necessary to cali in the
Congressional Record to arbitrate the
difference between Charles o. Whedon
and Senator Burkett over the position
of the latter on the lumber tariff. The
senator explained recently in a speech
in Lincoln that he favored free lumber
and had supported it in the senate.
Mr.. Whedon thereupon pointed out
Mr.. Burkett's vote against a free lum-
Der amendment and wanted to know
what kind of support free lumber
received from that position. Mr..
Burkett's answer is that it was "bun-
come amendment" so much so in fact
that it could command the support of
not a single republican insurgent. On
May "a, 1909, Mr.. Johnston Of Ala
bama offered the following substitute:
Nothing contained in this act shall
prevent the admission free of duty of
the following articles: Lumber Of all
kinds, laths, shingles, doors and door
locks and hinges, window frames, win
dow sashes, bricks, lime, cement, slate
roofing, nails, carpenters tools. COM
mon window glass not exceeding
16x24 inches, tin plate for roofs, lin.
seed oil and white lead.
On this omnibus amendment thir.
teen democrats voted aye. The num-
Der Of noes was sixty-four, with four
teen senators, mostly democrats, not
voting. 1t is necessary to rule, on
this evidence and the further fact that
Senator Burkett on the day this
amendment was voted down made q
long speech on the floor of the senate
advocating free lumber, that Mr..
Whedon's point is not we'll taken. If
he has any further evidence on this or
any other point in the senator's record
it will be submitted to the intelligent
people of Nebraska who are after all
the final judges in this interesting
debate.-Linc0ln Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03
Frances New GLORY.

In this conquest of the air France
has earned a glory of which nothing
can deprive her. After all the foolish
talk about French decadence it is re.
freshing to see the aspiring germs of
France soaring triumphant into un
travelled heights. Only America con.
tests her supremacy in q domain
which she has made her own. France
may be proud of what is happening
at Betheny. The spectacle is one full
of reproach to ourselves. but we do
not grudge France her glory. We re
ioice in her renaissance. She has re.
sumed her role as pioneer Of hu
nanity.-London Chronicle.
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03
81. Pierre Still Desolats.

There is absolutely no truth in the
report printed recently in q number OF
American newspapers that st. Pierre.
Martinique. Is being rebuilt" said
Chester w. Martin of the American
consular service, stationed at Bridge.
town. Barbados, to the Washington
Herald.
Il visited st. Pierre not long ago"
said Mr.. Martin, land the only houses
that I saw there were two houses
which were put up by the French gov.
eminent and are used by the gen.
darmes. The French government has
cleared up and excavated the scene OF
desolation and laid bare the streets;
but there is no intention of rebuilding
so far as am aware.
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03
Favors High.Neek Gowns.

The duchess Of Fife, better known
as the princess royal, who is q daueh
ter of King Edward, has started IN
earnest campaign for high-neck eve.
ming dresses. The duchess has been
appearing In court and at the opera in
gowns unusually high. and her ex
ample is being followed BY many WON
en- In london. including Americans.
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03
British swindIsrs In China.

The British endeavor to secure mod.
ifications of the loan regulations to
conform to the Kowloon terms. claim.
ing that these are best to insure an
honest administration of the railways
finances, has been given q rude shock
by the arrest of the British chief &C.
countant of the Kowl00n railway 1t
Canton. charged with heavy embezzle.
ment. The Chinese are therefore not
impressed with the claimed superior
ity Of the Kowloon terms, and they
refuse to consider any change In the
Yang-tse regulations
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03

Missouri lmpressions Of
Shelbina, Mo.-"Say; do you know
I lost the opportunity Of lifetimer'
said . frosty haired citizen Of this
town to . group Of the oldest inhabi.
tants sitting on the benches in the
railroad park. II might have had
chairs and tables and pipes and things
worth hundreds, Thousands, of dollars
by now.
"When the bushwhackers began
raising Hades up and down the old
Hannibal and St. Joe until nobody
wanted to travel the government sent
. rather short, stout man up here to
look after things. He only had .
handful of men and was 80 quiet and
easy going that nobody thought he
amounted to shucks.
1--WE never took much stock in him
till We began to notice that he would
not let his soldiers rob our hen houses
and take our horses. If any of the
men took anything all We had to do
was to make . roar to the quiet, stolid
looking fellow and he'd say q few short
words to somebody and we'd get it
back with an apology. That quiet fel-
low, who generally wore . cigar in his
mouth, was . st. Louis wood seller,
Col. u. s. Grant by name"
whats that got to do with gliding
your farniture?" asked . listener.
"Oh, I forgot. When We found he
was q pretty decent sort Of . Yankee
and wasn't out here to raid Us my wife
told me to invite him over to supper
one night, and he q come too if l had
asked him. Wish I had now. Think
of the value rs relics he'd have given
to my furniture?
LET me tell you" the narrator went
on, chat man Grant soon had more
friends in those parts than anybody.
OF course we were all for the Johnnie
Rebs, but We respected the square
fellows on the other side. Grant knew
which way our feelings were, and he
never talked politics or got into any
controversies. He and his men pro-
tected the railroad at the big bridge,
and made the bushwhackers afraid to
light there. That's all the duty he had
here then.
Lots of our people went out to his
camp on the river and became &C.
quainted with him. He talked to
them about fishing and hunting and
woodcraft and the thousand and one
homely little occupations that lie near.
est the countrymen's life; but l noticed
that he would a good deal rather listen
than talk. He seemed to be gifted
that way, and he would remember
everything you told him that was
worth remembering.
ION each side of US were Union com.
manders who at that time were talked
about considerably as being fierce and
warlike. One was in charge of . large
force at Palmyra and the other in
charge Of the department Of Northern
Missouri at Macon. Some time during
the war each of these commanders
ordered military executions of ten men
in their respective jurisdictions. I'll
bet under the same circumstances
Grant wouldn't have done anything
like that.
"Here within the length of sixty
miles three men were making history
in their own peculiar way, two Of them
BY q rigorous enforcement Of the mill.
tary law, and the other by quiet, un'
attention to duty. Of the
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03

three the quiet man u the only. ole
whose name ever got into the histories.
"When Col. Grant first came to
these parts most Of the southern men
liked out Grant heard Of that, and
he sent couriers out after them, telling
them to come back home and extend
ing . cordial invitation to come to bis
camp and get acquainted. Those who
accepted the invitation were astonished
at the plain soldiers hospitality and
evident good will.
He talked to them in his easy, bus.
inesslike way, explained the difference
between . soldier and . marauder, and
said tina: when his men required feed
for their horses or provisions for them.
selves orders would be issued and the
government would pay for the sup
plies. He said the fact that We were
southern sympathizers wouldn't make
any difference 50 long rs We didn't
come At him With guns.
I'VE all thought it was . pity that
such . man should be . Yankee, and
. citizen asked hin one day how he
could fight to free the 'niggers,' being
in al other respects 50 much of q gen.
tleman. I never heard Col. Grants
answer, but several people about here
did, and they quote him this way:
"'This war is not to free the mig
gers; if I thought it was I'd take my
men and join the SOUTH
"You may be sure that didn't lessen
his popularity any in this neck of the
woods. We considered Col. Grant q
pretty good rebel from that time on,
and looked with confidence to his lin
ing up alongside of Bob Lee before the
war was over. Well, he did line up
alongside of Lee, but not the way We
hoped that he would.
ut was while Col. Grant was max.
ing his headquarters hereabout that he
was ordered to hunt up and attack
Col. Tom Harris and his confederate
soldiers, who were becoming somewhat
audacious. Harris was then much
better known than Grant. He had
been engaged in a number of lively
skirmishes and was said to be q hard
and swift fighter.
"Grant knew all this, and notice
in reading some sketches about him
since the war that he was just bit
uneasy about the outcome of the ex-
pected encounter. Nevertheless he led
his men bravely enough in the direc.
ton of Harris camp. The union
forces halted before ascending the hill,
while muskets and ammunition was
examined, bayonets fixed and prayers
said by the devout. Then the order
came to march, the big hill was sur
mounted. revealing q naked plain and
. hastily abandoned camp. Harris
and his warriors had skedaddled.
"'I'll admit I was suffering from
stage fright when We went up that hill,'
said Col. Grant, but it never occurred
to me till then that Harris might be
bothered with the same disease
THAT gave rise to Grants oft quot.
ed expression that when going into
battle I try to remember that the
enemy might be Is much afraid of me
- I am of him.
"After Col. Grant left here I read Of
many mean things said about him by
his enemies, but I didn't take much
stock in 'em. He never said mean
things about other people, and that
kind of . man doesn't need any de-
Tending"
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03
4 Black Record.

There goes . man Of low life and
lark deeds"
Mercy on Us! What does he dot"
CLEANS cellars and shovels In coal"
baltimore American.
The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03
WEST BOUND.
EAST BOUND.
Daily except Sunday.

M0xI:
Nos. I. 4, and arc extra fare trains.
Nos. 4. 5, - and u arc local passengefs.
Noa. s. and 50 arc local frsights.
Nos. . and 10 are mail trains only.
No. II dne IN Omaha AS p. m.
No. Q due In OmaAa $40 p. u.
The Washington bee., 1909-10-09
statesmen WANTED.

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They must all be energetic, earn
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If YOU are a producer and looking
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Lincoln Memorial Building Com
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The Man with Mechanical Ability.

The man with a natural aptitude for
mechanics received so many invita-
tions to take automobile trips with
friends who acted as their own chauf-
feur that he came to be envied by his
less fortunate acquaintance. One day
the popular guest cOndescended to en-
tighten them as to his true status.
You fellows needn't get green
eyed" he said. Il haven't such a
snap, after all, What they want me
to go along for is to blow up the tires
and make repairs in case of an acci-
dent. / wouldn't be such hot favor
ite if I wasn't so proficient in that
line. That knowledge is somewhat
CALLING, but as l enjoy the trips l swal-
low my pride and accept the invita-
tions."
The Washington bee., 1909-10-09
Virtues of the Hazel Twin-

Hazel twigs long have been used as
instruments with which to discover
water under ground. The twig has at
various times been credited with many
marvellous powers. Not only could it
discover water, but concealed Iodes of
metal, especially silver, were be-
trayed by the hazel, which, according
to tradition, was guided by the pixies
who guarded the treasures of the
earth. In France the divining rod of
hazel was used in the pursuit of
criminals, while in many of the met.I-
burning of hazel nuts played a part.
The Washington bee., 1909-10-09
USES WINGS TO CATCH FISH
cording to Observations Made
by Naturalist.

Habits of the cormorant and of our
native fish hawk are generally known.
Their methods of taking fish are very
much like those of birds of prey. But
the cassOwary fishes according to a
method of its own. A wellknown nat
uralist witnessed its operations on a
river in the island of New Britain.
He saw a cassOwary come down to
the waters edge and stand for some
minutes apparently watching the wa
ter carefully. 1t then stepped into the
river where IL was about three feet
deep, and partially squatting down,
spread its wings out, submerging
them, the feathers being spread
and ruffied.
The bird remained motiOnless, and
kept its eyes closed as if in sleep. II
remained in this position for quar-.
ter of an hour, when suddenly closing
its wings and Strengthening its feath'
ers it stepped out on the bank. Here
is shook itself several times, where,
upon a quantity of small fishes fell
out of its wings and from amid its
feathers. These the bird Immediately
picked up and swallowed.
The fishes had evidently mistaken
the feathers for a kind of weed that
grows In the water along the banks
of the rivers in this island and which
resembles the feathers of the cassO-
wary. The smaller fishes hide in these
weeds to avoid the larger ones that
prey on them.
The Washington bee., 1909-10-09
Had No Complaint to Make.

Two young women boarded a crowd
ed street car anG were obliged TO
stand, says the Washington Post. One
of them, to steady herself, took hold
of what she supposed was her friends
hand. They had stood thus for some
time, when, on looking down she dis
covered that she was holding a mans
hand. Greatly embarrassed, she ex-
claimed: "Oh, I've got the wrong
hand!" Whereupon the man, with a
smile. stretched forth his other hand,
saying: Here is the other one,
madam"
The Washington bee., 1909-10-09
ONLY AS OLD AS SHE LOOKS
Woman of To-Day Retains Youthful
ness Longer Than Her Grand
mother Did.

Women in Switzerland grow old
more gracefully than any of the other
women in Europe, according to a let
ter to the Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.
That does not mean that women who
work hard in youth and sap their lives
out before they are 80 are pretty.
Not even American women Of that
type are beautiful Perhaps 1t means
that, owing to social and economic
conditions, women do not have to
wear themselves out as their mothers
did, and hence they are beautiful in
their forties and ffties. 1t may be
pertinent to digress here and present
this query: Are not women the world
over, as a rule. adding a decade to
their years of youth? 1t does seem
that there are more handsome women
between 50 and So than there were
% years ago. Or perhaps a boy in
his teens isn't so charitable to the
minor failings of woman in her for
ties as a man is in his forties But
discsunting the pride of youth, 1t
does seem that to-day. all over the
world, the woman whose family in
come is between $40 and $1,000 a
week-a wide range, suTely-this
woman retains her youthful fresh
ness and charm longer than her
grandmother retained hers. Labor.
saving machinery seems to have done
that much for the woman in general
everywhere in civilization.
The Washington bee., 1909-10-09
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Wonder of Nature.

A noted divine was very fond of
riding on horseback, and, being vastly
cOnceited about his fine figure, wore
stays to show it off One day he was
thrown from his horse and lay prone
on the road A farm laborer from a
neighboring field ran to his assistance.
The fiTst-aid man began to feel the
parson all over, and suddenly yelled
out to another laborer:
Rim, Jock, for heavens sake, for a
doctor. Here's a mans ribs running
north and sooth instead of east and
west"
The Washington bee., 1909-10-09
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JOHN 7. KENNY

Wines, Liquors, and Cigars
lust the place to visit before you
take the boat. or after leaving
the boat. This place is at 62o
nth street, southwest, near the
river. $if&'
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Thomas Walker. Attorney
SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA
HOLDING PROBATE COURT

No. 1910 Administration
This is to gige notice -
That the subscriber of the District OF Colunl-
bia has obtained from the Probate Court of the
District Of oIumbia, Letters testamentaTy on the
estate ofNIarv NJ Johnson, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased ave hereby
warned to exhibit the same. with vouchers there
OF legally authenticated, 10 the subscriber on OF
before the soth day of September, A. D. 1910 oth
sTise fhr,, NAV bv law be excluded from all
benefit OF said estate.
Given under my hand this 5oth day of Septem
Der, 1909, G.. NJ III
Attest James Tanner Reg
ister of Wills for the District of
Columbia, Clerk of the Probate
Court.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
THOMAS WALKER, ATTORNEY.
SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA

HOLDING A PROBATE COURT
No. I5-Sz Administration
This IS 20 give notice,
That the subscriber Of Burrvile, d. c has OBJ
tanned from the Probate Court of the District OF
Columbia, Letters testamentaTy on the estate OF
Eihe Ware late OF the DIstri-t OF Columbia de-
ceased. All persons having claims against the
deceased are hereby warned 10 exhibit the same,
with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated,
TO the subscriber, on or before the 27th day OF
September, 1910; otherwise they may by law be
excluded from all benefit OF said estate.
Given der my hand this 9TH day OF Septem-
Der, 1909.
Edgar w. Porter,
BurTville, ID. c.
ATTEST; lanes Tanner, Register OF Wills for the
DistTiCtOl -o,umbIa. Clerk OF the Probate8CouIt l.