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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
Walker Township.

L. f. Anderson is visiting his brother
in law, Gust Dahlin, in Boone county.
Mre. Thilda Johnson Of Genoa is visit
ing at John Swanson's.
Fred Nelson and Swan Nickieson
were among those who bought stock at
the stock sale in St. Edward last Satur-
day.
Since selling land in this locality, T.
P. johnson is visiting in Chicago, where
his wife has been for sometime.
Dahlman and Rood finished threshing
Friday. They say there was light
run this year
Threshing is about completed in this
neighborhood, and farmers are beginning
to think about beginning to pick corn the
coming week.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
Scotch ModeetY.

Love of country is SO fine a virtue
that it seems difficult to carry 1t to
excess. A resident of q small village
in the north of Scotland paid bust.
ness visit to Londop the other day.
He happened to call on q merchant
who was unknown to him but had
once made a stay in his native place.
In the course of conversation the Wis
itor made use of an expression that
led the other to exclaim: Surely.
you come from Glen McLuskie?" The
assertion, however. was denied. Pres.
entity, to the merchants surprise. an.
other Glen McLuskie expression was
heard. My dear Mr.. MacTavish, ]
feel convinced that you are a Glen
McLuskie man after ALL" insisted the
merchant.
"Weel," returned the other, "I'll no
deny it any longer"
Then why didn't you say so at
first?" demanded the Englishman.
"Weel,'' was the calm response, Il
didna like to boast o. it in London"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
TAKING A MEAN ADVANTAGE
Negro PusiIIst's Amusing Reason for
Refusing to Continue Fistie
Combat.

A negro waiter In q Paducah hotel
had an idea he was q prizefghter. be-
ing stirred to deeds within the
squared circle BY hearing of the PROV
ess of Peter Jackson and John John
son. They matched him with q Swede
from Chicago. and the fight came OF
in a barn. Early In the first round
the Swede landed . hard one on the
negro's nose. hattening that organ
about six degrees more than nature
did. The crack bothered the negro.
and the Swede was quick to take no
tice Of it. The Swede kept pounding
at the negro's nose, pounding It stead
lily. After he had the negro's nose
spread away around by his ears, In
the third round. the negro rushed to
his corner and began tearing madly
at the gloves.
"Here!" shouted his second. "ain't
you going to fight no more?"
mo, sah." replied the negro, with
great dignity. II amt goin' to fight
no more wiz no gentleman what don't
scatter his blows."-Saturday Even
ing Post
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
RUssIA's INLAND WATERWAY
earaes Ten Abreast on the voloa
Waiting Their Turn at the Wharvos
Not an lnfroquent Sight.

Russia's great waterway II the
7olga; 1t has q navigable length Of
t.500 miles. some 200 miles further
han the distance from St Louis to
;he sea by the Mississippi. The Rus
sian winters are 20 cold that the sea-
son Of navigation IL barely six months
ong. as against ten to twelve months
IN the lower Mississippi from St
Louis.
From the head Of barge navigation
he Volga communicates with st. Pc
sersburg by way Of the scheksna river
Ind series Of canals. making .
grand water way. connecting the Bal
tic with the Caspian.
When ]. A. Ockerson Of the Missis-
sippi river commission was at Ry-
oinsk, at the junction Of the volga
with the Scheksna last summer no
saw barges lying ten abreast In the
stream. waiting their turn at the
Wharves.
A strange thing about the Volga IL
the fact that the heaviest tonnage Is
upstream. The trade in petroleum
and its products alone runs above
100000 tons annually, there are up
ward of a thousand boats engaged In
It exclusively.
Steel tank barges Of 1000 tons are
much used In this oil traflc. st. Pc
tersburg. separated from the Volga BY
hundreds of miles of river and canal.
nevertheless receives from It more
than seven hundred thousand tons IN.
pually.
At Nijni-Novgorod, on the upper
Volga, the boats arriving have num-
bered as many as 1900 In the course
OF a six-months' season. So rapidly
has the traffic been growing that tho
number of vessels engaged In 1t In
creased 100 per cent. between 1884
and 1895. and has a further increase
OF sc per cent since. Most Of the
boats are built in Russia.
The steamers al burn oil. The gov.
eminent project, according to which
the river has been improved, provides
for a depth of eight feet.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
TESTING STRENGTH OF BRAIN
Simple Means BY Which One May %.
termins on Which Side Of
Boundary He L.

II the theory Of q New York mag
istrate Is correct It II easy to ascer.
tain ones state Of mind without hiring
an expensive alienist and submitting
ones self to an embarrassing volley
of questions. Any one who has . Turk
ing suspicion that perhaps the strain
Of life is too great and who wants
to know the truth without evasion or
polite subterfuge. has but to close the
eyes and try to put the tip Of the In
dex finger Of the right hand on the
end of the nose. According to the
metropolitan Judge this IL an unfailins
test of sanity. Whoever 10 able to do
this at the first trial u presumably
sane. II the finger and the nose do
not touch there u Q screw loose some
where
1t would perhaps be well for every
one who has . conscientious regard
for the welfare Of others and who
wants to maintain an even mental bal,
ance to apply this test every day. say.
the first thing In the morning on aris-
ing. II the. finger and the nose come
into conjunction promptly all Ii well.
II there is a failure to occult 1t Ia time
to take advice. So simple q test can
be conducted secretly. It II unneces-
sary to ask. rs my nose on straight"
No mirrors are required. No one
need be called In to help. Just touch
the nose with the eyes shut and the
day begins sanely. That will be
great comfort to many q man who now
rises without perfect assurance that
he IL on the right side of the faint
line that marks the boundary.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
CLEOPATRA and corsets.


II Cleopatra wore corsets she may
rank as a royal champion Of them
with Catherine de Medicis. who 10
credited with having introduced the
busked corset into France from Italy
Male monarchs have been less friend
~. Joseph II. of Austria tried to dis
courage the corset by making It part
of the costume Of a convicted womaA
of bad character: Napoleon. shaking
his head over the tight lacing OF his
day, told DR.. Corvisart that he saw
in 1t sign Of frivolous tastes and .
menace of coming decadence. The
Restoration kings. Louis XVIII. and
Charles K, were equally hostile. For
merly. said the latter. France had
been full of Venuses, Dianas and Nj
obes, but now there were only wasps.
The revolution alone Temporarily put
down the garment that has triumph
antly defled kings.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
BELIEF IN CHARMS
sAIo TO BE GENERAL IN BRITISH
ISLES.
Words Used to Cure Disease or Work
Evil-curious Reason for Die.
like to Giving Names to
Strangers.

Two writer's In the Occult Review.
published in London. England. con-
tribute an interesting article on the
"Survivals of Old Magical Customs in
Great Britain" The majority of the
cases mentioned by them are connect
ed with belief in the power Of words,
which may be either charms. that is
words having magical power Of their
own when written or spoken, or the
power conferred by the possession Of
names over the people or things they
indicate, for in a certain stage of
mind culture the name Is regarded as
actually being part Of the owner.
It Is said that in North Ireland and
Arran many of the natives absolutely
refuse to tell their names because the
knowledge would enable the inquirer
to call" them, no matter how far he
was from them and whenever he cared
to do 30. Moreover. they also believe
that any spell worked on the written
name would have the same effect as If
worked on the owner. All over Great
Britain this instructive dislike to Civ
ing ones name to a stranger exists.
Dislike to the pronunciation of their
names IL not confined to human be.
ings. Certain Scotch and English fish
ermen believe that the salmon and
pig have a similar objection to being
named. but they may be called the
red fish" or the queer fellow"
Nowhere was the power of words
greater than In Ireland. where the
chief weapon of the poet was the
satire. A poet would recite a satire
which would blight crops. dry cows
or raise ulcerous blisters on the face
Of it, object
Word formulate were generally used
to cure disease. q formula used for
epilepsy runs: 81 conjure thee BY
the sun and by the moon and by the
Holy Gospel Of the day, delivered by
God unto his servants Hubert. Giles,
Cornelius and John. that you arise and
fall no more" This had to be wills
pered into the patients ear Just after
an attack.
In q Roman Catholic church in Ash
ton-in-Makerheld there Is still pre-
served In q white silk bag a hand
which is still held in veneration. and
cures are said to have been wrought
by It. The hand Is said to have been
that Of one Father Edmund Arrow
smith, who was executed at Lancaster
In 1923 for apparently no other offense
than that Of being true to his faith.
After his execution one Of his friends
cut OF his hand. which was preserved
for many years at Bryn hall in Lam
cashire and afterward removed to
Ashton.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
Words of Advice for Fools.


There is a fool born every minute,
so we are told, but there Is also q
great mortality among them. There
are fewer active ones alive to-day than
there were last week, or than there
will be next Monday morning. 1t
seems useless to say much to this
kind of people, but we do wish to give
a few suggestions in the interest Of
those who are not fools, but friends
and relatives of fools. Unless you are
an expert boatman, do not take a boat
out on the water, and in no event un-
less you are able to control all those
who are in it. Do not try to see how
deep you can dive nor how far you
can swim into danger. Do not try to
see if your automobile can make 20
miles an hour, as guaranteed by the
man from whom you bought 1t. Do
not blow your brains out simply be-
cause the girl doesn't like you or be-
cause you can't pay your debts. Let
others do the Observation-Disclosures
Inquirer.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
HOBBIES DON'T MIX
WIFE ADORED OLD CHINA AND
HUSBAND LIKED CATS.
And the Two Llklnas. In Conjunction
With Swedish Cook, Threatened
to Break Up Once Happy
Home.

Aunt Eunice," said young Mrs. Bill
1ngs. putting down her pen and push
ing back the pile of scribbling paper
In front Of her. Aunt Eunice. why
does a woman who loves china want
to marry a man who adores cats?'
Aunt Eunice went on with her
placid knitting and deity avoided
direct answer
rs that a conundrum?" she asked.
II never guessed one In my life. And
II it's the theme of a problem novel.
Nan. you needn't tell me. because l
don't like them"
Mrs. Billings laughed. NO. 1t isn't
q conundrum." she said. ITS a
catastrophe almost, and it looks as
II It might resolve itself into prob
lem novel at any moment. I'm the
woman love china; Ned's the man
he adores cats; and the result Is
that three of my best soup plates and
four of my cherished oatmeal saucers
have been smashed to atoms in the
last fortnight. You know, Hilma feeds
the cats. but Ned Is always sure that
she never gives them enough and so.
as soon as he gets back from recita-
lions. he feeds them again. In the
shed. Of course. and with my best
china. and then Hilma comes along
on her earnest Swedish feet and does
the rest. I'm getting discouraged"
Here the library door opened and
Prof Billings stood on the threshold.
a broken plate in his hand. his man
ner wavering between nonchalance
and anticipation.
Another victim. Mamie" he tried
to say cheerfully. "Hilma walked
heavily again. Fortunately it's an
old"
But Mrs. Billings had flown to his
side and was examining the frag-
ments.
"Old! should say it was, That's
just the trouble" she cried with
tragedy. Its my best, my only piece
of real pink luster. Oh. Ned. how
could you take it," There were tears
in her voice and in her eyes. too.
Man, I'm awfully sorry" said her
abject husband. Il promise I'll never
take anything but tin dipper after
this" and his air of subdued and sin
cere melancholy was so genuine that
Mrs. Billings smiled in spite of her
grievance.
VERY WELL" she scolded, "but don't
ever let me hear you say again that
The Ring and the Book is your
fav0rite poem, because it isn't. It's
I love little pussy. youths Com
panion.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
Helen Tricks Good Work.

Miss Helen Frick, daughter of the
Pittsburg millionaire, is said to be
taking the greatest pleasure in her
philanthropic work. transporting city
waits down to the farm which her
father has given her for the purpose
She also has a boat where the half.
sick children may lie and dream
themselves back to health. Miss
Prick is most enthusiastic, and, to-
gether with her mother, has most SEN
sible ideas as to how the money of
her father should be spent, and he
leaves it all to them Miss Prick is
petite type of girl, with auburn hair.
and has most charming manners and
q merry disposition that counts for
much in the sort of work that she de.
sires to do.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
A Lost Art,

Lost AT.
Unfortunately, the American ten.
dency to talk shop on every occa
sion, added to the necessity for every
one being expert in some special line.
making some one thing always para
mount in his mind, has gradually penn
etrated into the draw1ng-rooms and
the clubs, until generalities Of CONVEX.
sation become impossible. The stu.
alton 10 such that after one individual
delivers himself Of his monologue the
next man, always awaiting impa
tiently for . cue. starts upon his and
20 Il goes the rounds. Small wonden
then, - the Atlantic Monthly puts II,
the women. with their versatility Of
interest, are disguised with the stu.
alton.
It % dimcult for a woman to listen
politely to dissertation ON the stock
market fluctuations when she finds
herself In masculine society, and
while women are generous In giving
every man credit for being master Of
his own particular speciality, they pins
Tor some indication that he win relax
and dive attention to them. The men
thsusslves. some Of them, realize the
state Of affairs, but they are helpless
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
Marriage.

', Marriage.
Marriage 10 = divine institution 20
ably managed BY man that although
It has been doing business for sew.
eral thousand years. It IL not yet on
. dividend-paying basis.
Il II the biggest trust on earth. for
its capital stock Il love. consisting Of
two-thirds faith, which IL preferred,
and one-third hope. which 10 common.
No goods are sent on trial, and II
not % represented you must make the
best Of It. II you are Door: otherwise
the matter may be arranged. for while
svowedly . domestic corporation. and
union in its sympathies. marriage 10
also benevolent In its scope, giving
moro employment to poor lawyers
than al other corporations taken TO-
gether.
Notwithstanding repeated failures,
its bonds are the best security Of the
kind on the market, and will not seek
investors: at least, until sometime
better ofIers.-Life.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
What Bothered Him.

A peculiar instance Of connubial af.
lection occurred some time ago in
Vermont An aged couple, who
through half century of married life
had wrangled with each other, were
in all probability soon to be separated
The husband was taken sick, and was
believed to be near his end. The old
wife came to his bedside and after
carefully examining and taking stock
of his condition, exclaimed: "Why
daddy, your feet are cold, your hands
are cold, and your nose is cold"
"Wa'al, let 'em be cold"
IVY, daddy, you're goin' to die"
"Wa'al. guess l know what I'm
bout"
Daddy, watts to BEGUN of me II
you die?"
Il dunno. and l don't care. Wat
I want to know is, watts to BEGUN Of
me?".
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
The Plot.

You told me there was a plot in
your show" said the auditor. reproaeb
fully.
WELL" answered the musical com.
edy manager. there is. I'm trying tc
locate one now. think the leader of
the beauty chorus has organized
conspiracy to break up the Comedians
topical song"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06

Regulating Morals by the Clock.
Isn't it perfectly marvellous how .
certain act may be legal until the
clock strikes and crime thereafter?
There is piano-playing, for instance
In the city of Washington anybody
who pleases may bang on q piano until
midnight without interference. but q
soon as the clock strikes II piano
playing becomes crime. and the play
er is liable to be marched OF to jail
and locked up: To our mind. nine
tenths of all piano banging II Grim
inality, no matter at what time II
takes place: yet we fail to understand
why banging at 1859 p. m. u less rep
rehensible than similar banging at
1901 a. m. Do We run our morals
by the clock?-Savannah News.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
Route No. 4.

While threshing for Adolph Lauden-
klos last Saturday Mayberger & Poef-
fel's threehing machine set fire to the
grain stacks, and two were burned up,
also the self feeder on the machine.
Four other stacks of grain, close by,
were saved by hard work.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06

la0P0oorooeNejo0d.
EJack Sent me Q handsome -m1rTog3
Coe$my birthday"
20. that accounts for It."
"Acceunts for What?"
yesterday he asked mo 8.NkQ
IN ever got ton old to be pleaSo0
q lookiD
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
He Knew He 0uslness.

He kn0W His 0u0In0oO.
Kind-Hearted Maiden (1lshing for q
stray penny In her purse)-I suppose
you poor blind people feel your mis-.
fortunes keenly?
Blind Mendicant-Yes. indeed. The
Lord only knows how miss the pleas
ure Of being able to look into the
beautiful faces Of the handsome and
lovely ladies who are kind enough to
donate
Kind-Hearted Maiden (fishing out 4
shilling)-Here. poor fellow. take this.
I'm sure you are deserving.-Scraps.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
He Knew.

Great novelist (dictatins) - The
storm increased in fury. rain fell In
torrents and the gale shrieked al
aight -like-what shall I say!
Secretary Gather Of three)-Like q
baby cutting its teeth.-Pearson's
Weekly.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
New Sort Of NaledletorY.

Usually the graduates dre q lot Of
oratory at the committee and the com
mittee hands the graduates . lot oS
advice. But we had something new q
the commencement last night"
"How was that?"
"The valedictorian said he wanted
work, and the gentleman presidins
gave him q job."-Washington Herald
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
Why Gold Bricks Sell.

de man dat answers a gold brick
circular" said Uncle Eben, makes
de old mistake. Instead O. tellin'
Satan to git behind i'm, he thinks he
kin git ahead O Satan
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
A Suspicious Sign.

"Old Moneybags - afraid hat
prince he bought for his daughter -
bogus one"
"Why sol"
when it came to settling up -
asked for the princes debts, and The
fellow told him he hadn't any.-Bnlti.
more American.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
A Black Record.

There goes man of low life and
dark deeds"
Mercy on us! What does he dog"
CLEANS cellars and shovels In coal"
Baltimore American.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
Funny, BY Gum.

One Of the funniest sights In the
world Is . toothless man trying to
chew the rag."-Manchester Union,
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-10-06
4 Lost Day.

4 Lost Day.
The most completely lost Of all days
q that upon which you have not
lsuEhed.-Chamfort
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-20
Or. Hodges to Tallahassee.

From Tuesdays Daily sun:
DR. J. Harrison Hodges. a member
Of the State Board Of Medical Examin-
ers. expects 10 leave today for ITALIA
hassee. where the board will conduct
the spring examinations for appli'
cants for license 20 practice medicine
In Florida. Two examinations are
held annually-One In the spring, the
other In the fall.
The people Of Florida have little
idea Of the rapidly increasing mem
bership OF the medical profession In
Florida Dr. Hodges states that from
fifty 10 sixty applicants come Uefore
the board for permission % practice
az each meeting.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-20
VOTER MUST PAY
HIS OWN POLL TAX
BILL TO THIS EFFECT WAS PASS.
= Ed BV HOUSE.
Senator Taliafsrro and Congressman
Clark Wire Denial That They
Are Using Passes.

TALLAHASSEE. May iG.-After
much discussion the House Saturday
passed the bin prohibiting paying of
poil taxes by other than the voter for
whom the tax Is paid. and the bill
requiring newspapers 10 mark an
news, editorials and cartoons which
are paid for as advertising matter.
Five voted against the latter measure.
Governor GilchTist for the first
time used his veto power lie sub.
mitted messages TO the two houses
vetoing the bill extending the powers
OF the city Of DeLand and making
void a bonding election held I'm that
city. Constitutional grounds were
given by the Governor.
The Pass Question.
Considerable discussion has been
made upon the report rendered by
the committee appointed to Sc
cure the names of those officials
90 whom passes have been issued by
the transportation companies.
A telegram was received from Sen
atOr J. p. TaliaferrO denying that he
has ridden on a pass since the pass
ing Of a Federal law. The telegram
was spread on journal and referred
90 the committee investigating the
report made by the committee con-
sulting railroad commission books.
The following telegram was re-
ceived Saturday afternoon by Speak
er Farris from Hon. Frank Clark:
Washington. ID. C., May l5.-HOn.
Ion L. Farris. Speaker Florida House
OF Representatives. Tallahassee. Fla:
l denounce as unqualiledly and base
~ false any intimation by legislative
committee OF other persons that I
have violated any law In use of rail.
road transportation in Florida or else.
where. defy these TO institute pro.
ceedings here, there or anywhere. II
they are honest and have proof let
them proceed. II they have not the
proof, they are not honest. and dare
not proceed. I ask this telegram be
read 20 house.
FRANK CLARK"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-20
MELRosE NOTES.

MELROsE. May l7.-Rey. b. r.
Moseley and family have moved into
the house Of Rev. Julian.
Among those who have gone North
for the summer are Rev. Julian and
family and Mrs. A. Grimes.
Rev. c. r. Hedrick and Mr.. A. Cur
r. OBLIGATED al the services az Trim
lty church last Sunday. Agreeable TO
the Governors proclamation, the dec
oratlons were Of white roses only
Two good showers fell on sunday
They were much appreciated By our
farmers
The santa Pc" took quite a crowd
over 10 the canal on Friday 90 enjoy
a hshfry and 90 pick blackberries
which are very plentiful ON the canal
banks
M. Beckham an5 family Of Wind.
sor we're visitors AZ ~ c. Wilson's
last week
The Melrose station Of the East
Florida Telephone Company az A. A.
McRaes Il nov In hne working or
der and h doing quite q business.