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Divorce.

Divorce tears up the roots and pulls
away the foundation OF the FAMILY
and family life. Differ as we may
about the ground on which divorce
NAV be allowed, there is a consensus
of opinion in all churches that divorce
is a menace to society and threatens
ruin to the home.-Bishop William
G.. DOane.
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l'rInrer's Error Costly.

One of the printers who set type
for the Congressional directory. at
Washington, D. c., got Choice Bos-
we'll Randell, Representative from
Texas, as a member Of the Commit
tee on Ways and Means from Tenn
essee." Eight thousand volumes con
tanning the error were recalled. They
sell in the Capitol document rooms
at fifty cents a CODY.
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Others Had Tried 1t.

The police court magistrate of a
town in southern Kentucky was walk
ing down the street one November
evening with his friend John Mark
ham, a distiller.
Judge. said Mr.. Markham, have
you ever tried my Number One brand
of Old Markham"
mo, John" admitted the judge,
"but I tried three men in court this
morning who had tried it.'-Every-
body's Magazine.
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A Means to the End.

The church is not the last word in
Christianity. The church is a means
to the end. It is to do its work so
we'll that after awhile it will be un-
necessary. In the holy city John saw
there was no temple.-Rev. James l.
Vance.
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QUIET Hour ]
IF I CAN LIVE

IF I can live
TO make some pale face brighter, and to
give
4 second lustre to some tear-dimmed eye,
Or cen impart q
)ne throb of comfort to an aching heart,
)r cheer some wayworn soul in passing by;
If I can lend =
\ strong hand to the fallen or defend
The right against q single envious strain,
My life, though bare,
Perhaps of much that seemeth dear and
fair d
To us of earth, will not have been in vain.
Most near t to H Rsssss 10Y far from earth,s
Is bidding cloud give way to sun and
shine;
And twill be well,
if on that day Of days the angels tell
Of me, She did her best for one Of Thine.
Helen Hunt Jackson.
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Causos Eumbleness.

It is not the sight of our sinful
heart that huEbles us; it is the sight
of Jesus Christ. Il am undone, for
mine eyes have seen the King
Andrew Bonar.
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Motor CABS DIsplace Hansoms.

Motor cabs are displacing the his
toric hansoms in London. There
was only one motor cab in the city in
1909, but last year nearly 5000 were
licensed.
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Subject: Believing and Doing, James
2:14:26-Golden Text: James
2:2O--Commit Verse 26-Com.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
TO FEEL THE LIQUOR.
halfDrowned Man Evidently Was Not
Used to Taking Water.

Horace Bixey, the doyen of Missis-
sippi pilots, is still at the wheel at so.
To him Mark Twain served his appren-
ticeship.
A Vicksburg reporter asked Mr.. Blk
ey recipe for a hale old age.
Temperance, young man." the pilot
replied. "Intemperance is what kills
us OF. oh, the Victims" he said, in his
whimsical way, "the sad victims of in
temperance l have seen!
"Once I remember a passenger of
ours fell overheard. We fished him
out with a boathook after he had been
soaking on the bottom half an hour or
so. We laid him limp and sopping on
the dock, and a steward ran for the
whisky bottle
AS pried the mans mouth open to
pour some whisky down his throat, his
lips moved. A kind of murmur came
from them. I put my ear down close
to listen and l heard the halfdrowned
wretch say:
Roll me on bari fust to git some
o this water out. It'll weaken the
Ticker. cleveland Leader.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
With The Firemen's League.

Hose Company No. 2 landed in first
place last Sunday by defeating the
Hoolkies by . score OF 6 to 3. This gives
the Hookies an even break with the
Hose Companies, they having won one
and lost one to each. Now, if the No.
is will trim up the No. 2's Sunday, the
standing Of all three teams will be even.
There was some snsppy playing on
both sides Sunday, as the score indicates,
AID With little more practice our base
ball friends will be able to see as good a
gains q though they were witnessing q
Western league contest.
Otto Boettcher, who had the No. Is
ut his mercy two weeks ago, started in
to do the twirling for the No. 2's, but he
did not make good and the old reliable
var horse, John Staub, finished the
game. Walter Heuer was again in the
box for the Hookies. and it seems that
neither team can get on to his curves.
Batteries-Hookies, Walter Heuer and
Chas airschbruner; Hose Company No.
3, Otto Boettcher, John Staub and WAL
ter Boettcher. Umpire, Ed Brsnigan.
Next Sundays game will be between
tho l's and 2's.
Following is the standing of the teams:
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
"Worthy" Of Charity.

The terms worthy" and "un-
worthy" still appear in the reports of
a few benighted charitable societies
Such societies as have appreciated
the absurdities of their use are at
least in a hopeful condition and the
others, 1t may well be believed. will
shortly Danish them as terms in the
vocabulary of charity work. II charity
is to work with only those who are
worthy" by the same token physi-
clans should only have good patients.
probation officers only good boys,
ministers only perfect parishioners,
hospitals only patients with six let
tiers of recommendation and a record
for abstinence. Imagine an ambu-
lance surgeon carefully examining the
pockets of the victim of an accident
to see II he had documentary proof of
his being of good moral character"
Just as the ambulance surgeon finds
out whether the victim is "helpable."
SO does the real associated charities
find out in what way its patients are
helpable Worthy" and unworthy"
are generally cloaks for ignorant. fu-
tile, lazy dole giving, not for real
treatment at all. 1t would give the
patient little ether and
send him home, no matter how many
fractures he had.-Charities and the
Commons.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
INCOME OF EUROPEAN. RULERS
Russian Gear by Far the Wealthiest OF
Them All.

The donations given by the various
royalties of Europe for the relief of the
sufferers in the Italian earthquake
make a comparison of their incomes
interesting. The cars private income.
derived from over a million square
miles of cultivated lands and from his
mines in Siberia, added to what he re-
ceives from the state, makes him by
far the richest monarch in the world,
and probably the richest that has ever
lived. King Edward receives $780,
900; but little more than a fourth of
this goes into the privy purse A stip-
ulated sum is invariably set aside for
household expenses, salaries, pensions.
charities. rewards, etc. The reichstag
allows the German emperor about
$780, 900. He has also a salary as king
of Prussia which amounts to about
100000. He has great estates and
many resources at his disposal, but his
expenses are tremendous.
The emperor of Austria is also king
Of Hungary. and, therefore, like the
German emperor, draws two salaries.
The amounts of each, in his case, Is
nearly $3.0OO.OOO. The king of Italy
receives about $3.sO0.OOO a year; but
out of this allowances are paid to the
queen dOwager. to the duke of Genoa
and to the children of the duke of
Aosta. King Alfonso has an allowance
Of 100000, and as provision is made
for other members of the Spanish roy
al family outside of this the sum quoted
is practically all his own to spend as
he pleases. Leopold ii. receives about
$780, 900, but he has keen business in
stincts and all the world knows of the
way in which he augments his salary
to crafty his luxurious tastes-Bell-
man.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
SIGN OF THE CROSS
ITS USE UNIvERSAl THROUGH.
OUT RUSSIA.
Grave and Aged, YoSng and eddy
Are Allie In Their Frequent En-.
ploymont Of Saered Emblem
d chrietianlty.

The Russian II crossing himself an
day long. When he first comes forth
In the open cir In the morning, II no
church be In sight from his own door.
he listens for the first sound Of some
bell. then turning toward it crosses
himself with great fervor. to insure
blessing on the undertakings of the
day. He crosses himself before and
after each meal. When you make q
bargain with him he crosses himself
that 1t may prosper. When the peas
ant who Is to drive you takes the
refns in his hands. he crosses himself
to keep away from accidents. and
every steeple he passes gets the same
mark Of respect. Sometimes the edi-
fice thus saluted is so far OF that the
stranger wonders at the Quickness
show in discovering it, and is often at
a loss to discern the distant hamlet
where 1t stands.
In like manner. the person sitting
beside you in any public conveyance
crosses himself every time you start
with new horses. II you give a child
a piece of money. its little hand Is up
in a moment to make the sign Of the
cross by way of blessing and thank
ing you. No Russian ever passes q
church without pausing when he
comes opposite the center to make the
sign Of the cross. 1t is not alone the
grave and aged who pause at these
places. but also the giddy and young.
You have just seen some gray-haired
general do It; but wait one minute-a
laughing band of youngsters are COM
ing up. Now they are opposite the
church or the shrine-their mirth and
their talk have ceased-each crosses
himself devoutly-utters a prayer or
twO-yOu see the lips moving-and
then they pass gravely on. the laugh
and jest being resumed only when
they are some way of.
So far is this crossing custom car
ried that when q Russian enters your
room he cannot say good morning"
till he has crossed himself at the
Saviour's picture. A man in any pub
lie way. such as an inn-keeper, must
always have a picture hung in his own
apartment In addition to that in the
public room, to which each Russian
turns before he sits down to eat.-Ex-
change.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
Artificial Sapphires.

An interesting communication has
ben submitted to the Academy of Sci
ences regarding the recent discovery
Of M. Paris. a young chemist, who has
succeeded in making artificial
sapphires. Hitherto efforts in this d.
rection have failed. for, while able to
produce rubies, no chemist has been
able to obtain the hue of the sapphire.
NJ Paris, who has been carrying out
his experiments in the laboratory of
the Pasteur institute, has at last over
come the color difficulty To the
molten mass of ingredients in the cru
chile he added oxide of cobalt, calx and
magnesia. and the effect was to! give
to the artificially manufactured stones
the intense blue of the true sapphire
1t is very difficult to detect the arti-
fetal sapphire from the real stone
Paris Dispatch in London Chronicle.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
aut NOT TIL Then.

In the dim and misty future when
the face of things wears another smile,
and politics takes up new line of bat
tie, and education takes on a new
hope, and the philosophy Of good will
and real comfort dwells in the hearts
of the people, and selfishness hides in
the caves of despair, and people talk
of real things, and the seats Of the
scornful are empty, and courtesy
dwells In every household and street
car, and business refuses to take an
undue advantage, and the taxpayer is
considered, and the boss IL labeled
with the trilobites, and good books are
read and new jokes are told, and men
and women say good things Of one an
other, and political plumber Is a crime.
and splitting on the sidewalks is dis
grace, and the ships sail through the
Panama canal, and The Hague tribunal
ordains arbitration-then we will have
peace on earth for a thousand years,
and the antipodes will sit down with
the celestials in heavenly places, but
not till then.-Ohio State Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
MANY YEARS AGO.
Files Of the Journal May i2, 1875.

Files Of the Journal May IL, 1875.
Engine Company No. 1. at their meet
ing Monday evening, refused to adopt Q
resolution to dispense with the annual
ball, but the resolution expressing the
wish Of the members of the company that
the chief engineer call them ont for pra.
tice at least once week was adopted.
Quite q number of men have been en-
ployed by VIM. Burgess. U. 8. Indian
agent for the Pawnees, to 60 to the new
reservation to aid in making improve
ments. Among the number are Frank
Gillett, o. P. Reed, Mcdonald, Robert
Curren, Lorenzo CLARK, Will Coolidge,
two sons of w. B. Coffin, and several
others whose names we did not get.
A commercial traveller was calling on
Henry Bros. the other day, and hearing
q remark in regard to the ravages of
grasshoppers, past and probably pro-
spective, he wonderingly asked if the
people in these parts had not heard Of
the method adopted at Burlington, Ia,
the place Of his residence. They hadn't
OF course they hadn't, as there had been
no one to tell them of the Burlington
method. "Well," he said, that's strange
Our way is that when they are found on
a field of grain, We 60 to the middle of it
and read them the Changers obligation.
and they get out jnstanter." We do not
known what the Changers obligation is.
and we are very sure We cannot vouch
for the effacy of the Burlington method
nor neither for the truth and veracity of
the commercial traveller, but if it is so,
the Changers obligation will be in de-
mand il the grasshoppers come. Per
haps if some good granger would speak
the word now it would prevent their
coming.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
Thomas we're overcome by the heat and

Thomas we're overcome BY the heat and
died.
About one hundred people from Platte
Center, Columbus and Ocouee gathered
ct the home of Ed Msybereer last Sat-
urday night and enjoyed q dance in his
new barn.
The home of John Elmer was released
from quarantine last Saturday, all those
Who we're afflicted with small pox having
recovered. With the exception OF Mr..
Elmer and the hired man, Herman Al
YES, the entire fsmily had seige OF the
disease
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
Power In Silence.

Here Is q hint for the women who
fidget and fret and fuss. Go into the
silence at certain times of the day.
Ono need not necessarily retire for for.
NAL prayer. He who is in the path of
duty needs no prayers" said a wise Or.
iental. But in the silence you will find
the peace and strengthen prayer. In
Withdrawing from the pressure of
things and getting In touch with the
great sources Of power. you will alb
sorb power.-Edwin Markham, in the
Rcd Book
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
IN PERPETUAL ,FEUD
NEVER TRUCE BETWEEN VARlE.
TIES OF ANTS.
Small Creatures Are lnveterate Fight
ere, ~ Well % Having Qualities
Of Industry That Rival the
Busy Bee.

ION the morning Of August H.
says q writer in Suburban Life"
gathered few black ants and mum.
Der Of their small brown. egg-shaped
cocoons from an ant hill in my yard
and placed them In q shallow glass
box. an artificial nest, where watched
their behavior.
mot long after this I discovered q
winged black ant promenading under
the apple tree-very likely . blood
sister Of the others. for when placed
her with them she was not attacked.
as was a large ant with red thorax
that later J introduced among them.
Strange how ants recognize both
friends and enemies-through the sense
Of smell rather than by the sense of
sight No sooner do two ants meet
than they cross noses. so to speak, In
order to ascertain who Is who. II the
insects find that they belong to diff
ferent communities war is at once de-
clared.
This was the case when the ant
with the red thorax was confined with
the black ants. How vicious both spe-
cies were. how they snapped at and
bit each other! One black ant sue
ceeded in grabbing an antenna
(feeler) of her antagonist, to which
she held as the big red ant dragged
her from place to place.
Another black ant smelled her op-
nd h@ NJ
the enemy, who was thus greatly
handicapped in her movements. Still
she succeeded In killing both black
ants, although she could not free her
self from their death grip until came
to her assistance.
"The queen had remained inactive
during the conflict and had taken no
part in cleaning up the nest; when all
was again in order a worker ant ap-
preached her and after q short an
tenna conversation began to tug at
her wings. Apparently this was to
give the royal sister to understand
that she must discard them and as
sumo the responsibilities Of egg lay
ing, the work for which she had been
most carefully reared.
"The young queen was not inclined
to give up her gauzy appendages.
however, 50 presently the worker re-
sumed her efforts to loosen them, but
with no show of animosity. Failing to
accomplish her purpose. she next
caught the queen by her antenna and
led her gently about the nest and then
held her in q corner for at least 20
minutes.
During this time the other ants
came and touched her caressingly
with their antennae. and one went SO
far as to offer her food from its
mouth. It was a clear case Of coaxing.
They wanted this queen mother to de-
posit eggs and found q new colony.
do not know that arguments finally
overcame the queens reluctance to
give up her freedom. The next day
saw that she had yielded to the en-
of her sisters. She was wing
less and depositing very minute eggs.
"The black ants have what appear
to be good-natured wrestling matches
among themselves. They are con-
stantly on the move doing something,
carrying the unwieldy oocoons from
one place to another, regurgitating
food for q companion or making elab-
ate toilets"
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
IN LITTLE OLD new YORK. "
incident That % Typical of Lie In
the Crest Metropolis o.
the Country.

An old woman. rusty Of gown and
white of hair. got on q crowded Fifth
avenue elevated railroad train In
Brooklyn. As far as the eye could
reach male persons were hidden by
outspread newspapers.
Half way down the car q young
woman arose and came down the
aisle. There was no mistaking what
she was. She belonged to that class
Of women which Is styled "the unfor
tunate class" by the charitably dis
posed. and get . harsher name from
those who still stand for the use of
the Scarlet Letter. She edged her
way through the crowd. with Q back
ward look which prevented any male
person from claiming her empty seat
Wont you take my seat?" she said
with a charming smile. and the poor
old woman in the rusty gown looked
up at her and thanked her with q
smile that TRANSPORTED the meager old
face. and hobbled to the seat
The newspaper-hidden male persons
covered closer than ever behind their
hiding places. A young man on the
other side Of the car got up with q
slight flush and somewhat Of q shame
faced look.
Tive got tired Of giving up my seat
to women who don't thank you. be-
cause don't think they're ladies'" he
said. tipping his hat. and don't do
1t any more, but I think you de
serve It."
Typical. all Of It. Very New York.
ish.-New York Times.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
MUCH FOOD GOES TO WASTE.
0y pssts. Such - Hestile Insects and
Plants, Farmers Annually
Lose 500, 00oo.

One way to provide new food IL to
save what No have. An apple or .
grain Of corn saved II an apple or q
grain Of corn gained. Upon all the
growing products Of the earth an In
cessant war II waged BY hostile In
sects and plants. Some Of these pests
are animalEfiies. mites. caterpillars.
etc.-others. Hike rusts. mildew. hunt.
smut and mold are low forms Of plant
life. But whatever their nature. origin
or method Of work. the total destruc-
ton wrought by these pests amounts
in the United States to no less than
100000. 900 annually. says Success.
Now. 500. 100. 900 may not be q
large sum. though It compares meas
urably with our total annual expendi.
lures and IL more than six times all
the interest annually paid on all mort
cages on all the $50. 900 .000. 900 worth
Of farms in the United States. But.
II We could save these $700. 000. 900. We
should Increase our total income from
farms BY almost nth. and We could
easily increase the population fed BY
some 10000. 900 or 10000. 900.
We have already begun in this way
to save . good many millions. We
have drawn upon chemistry. We have
invented sprays and washes. fumiga'
tors and insecticides and have used
them with varying success! Some;
times We fail. There was once q con
test between the people Of Massachu-
sets and . caterpillar. and after ex-
pending $S.000. 900 and infinite pa
thence. the people gave in and the
caterpillar won out.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
Straw Hat Sent by Parcel Post.

SSs" ssoS SOUS " 6oUCSu VOVgs
It rained one day when Prof. George
Weston. Instructor In the romance
languages In Harvard. was touring
Switzerland on foot At the little VII
lage Of Maloja on the edge of the
Engadine. just before entering Italy.
he went to the little postofllce to mail
letter home. Outside was the dill
gence ready to start sover the same
road. He asked the driver to carry
his straw hat. a. he did not wish to
get It wet. NO." said the man. 81
am not permitted to carry anything
besides the mails. You must put q
stamp on your hat and mail It II you
want It to CO." Weston offered his
hat to the postmistress, who weighed
It and attached . tag with . stamp
and addressed to him In Castagena,
Italy. II was showed in the mail
bag. and when he arrived there IVES
ton called for It and found that 1t had
not been damaged any more than 1t
would have been in the rain.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
Iona Strands.

The man with the crouch and the In
corrigible joker sat 1t opposite tables
In the lunch room.
Confound this service!" blurted the
man with the crouch. Il wonder why
my order II 50 long. have been
waiting an hour"
what did you order?" asked tho
incorrigible Joker. with . merry
twinkle In his eye.
"Crullers."
"Oh, cheer up. man! My order will
be longer than yours"
Think SOL"
Sure, I ordered noodles. They are
longer than crullers. aren't they!'
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
TIE Weddjno Rino Fjnoer.

The idea that the wedding ring
should be worn on the third finger of
the left hand because "a nerve con.
meets this finger with the heart" is
says the writer Of an article in Won
ans Life. Of Roman origin. but, oddly
enough, II not continued on the con
tinent as in England, for in France.
Belgium and Germany. and most other
European nations. the engagement
ring" finger Il the third finger of the
left hand. while. the wedding ring
finger u tho third finger Of the right
ha1d
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
Route No. I.

Albert Lemp is hauling material for
new barn.
Nearly everyone on the route is busy
planting corn.
Joseph HenRgler arrived Monday from
Stock vile to look after his farm interests
here.
Miss Rose Muller was the guest of her
teacher. Miss Grace Benson, in Colum.
bus, Tuesday.
Miss Ella Henggler of Stockville is
here to remain three months with his
sister, Mrs. Jos. Schumacher.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
Another Suggestion.

What's the reason your boy doesn't
like to work on q farm? He's fond
Of outdoor exercise"
TN workin' on that problem now.
answered Farmer Corntossel. IF
these uplift experts could make AZ
rangements to have plowin' records
printed in the sportiA' news I think
Josh could be persuade1 to take IN
interest" -Washingto Star.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
0lHieult WRITING.

Can you write backwards and up
side DOWN." said . deaf mute. Il can.
Watch me"
He laid . book on the table BE-
tween the reporter and himself he
sat facing the reporter wrote
simply, backwards and upside down.
you read mo easily. All deaf
mutes who communicate By writing
should write like this-it 10 20 much
lasier for the person they are con
veFsing With-hut most Of them are
too lazy 70 learn. I can write IN this
Vay - words Q minuto.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
Reply to Varsity Critics.

The varsities are not the sinks Of
iniquity they are sometimes said to
be. High spirits and levity are there
in abundance. but, considering these
few years are the best of ones whole
life as far as opportunities for enjoy
ment and bodily health 60. this is not
surprising.-Tatler.