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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
COVER UP DEFECTS
REASON FOR CLOTHING THE HUI
MAN FORM DIVINE.
According to Writer In London Peri
odicai, Vanity 10 Responsible for
Garments Prescribed by
Present Fashion.

II was the opinion of Cetawayo. q
noble African monarch who despised
all garments, that We took to clothing
to keep ourselves clean. because We
were too lazy to wash ourselves. This,
however, was an error on his ma1esty's
part. The simple fact is that we
adopted clothes because We were
ashamed of our appearance. says a
writer in London Ideas.
To begin with. leg coverings were
invented to conceal bOny knees and
shapeless calves. Boots were artfully
devised to curtain of ugly feet from
the public gaze and silence loud jeers
The hat, it is easy TO see. was the
crafty invention of some frivolous
patriarch with q bald head, who was
anxious to hide 1t in order that he
could cut a youthful figure with the
ladies.
Gloves were devised by pretentious
women of the lower middle class in
Herculaneum, who wanted to pose as
gentlefolk. Having to do their own
homework, they hit upon this ingeni-
Gus plan of covering the redness and
roughness of their hands. Thus they
were able to cut a dash and delude so
ciety into the belief that they kept
servants. Hence the name kid
gloves.
Socks derived their name originally
from shocks, as describing the effect
frequently produced on the mind by
the spectacle of feet in their naked
size and simplicity.
Shirts, and, after them. doublets and
coats. were resources to cover pigeon
breasts, hollow chests and curved
spines. The collar is development
of the silken scarf or bandage, first
worn by that hideous old pOrcupine,
Rameses l., pharaoh of Egypt. u con-
ceal boil on his neck.
Coming to the face, we find the
veil. This was introduced owing to
the annoyance occasiOned to King
Ptolemy by the countenance Of one of
his ladies. She developed a squint.
and one day the king, being uncertain
whether she was cycling him or not.
shouted furiOusly: Cover that WON
ans face!" The offensive cOuntenance
was. instantly Obscured by window
curtain torn down by resourceful
cOurtier. And thus wells for OBJ
jectionable faces rapidly became pop
ular.
Now, We have been told, and are
being told again, by count
less scientists. that in strength and
beauty we are a deteriorating race.
Our forefathers-and mOthers-had
their little flaws in figure. but. COM
pared with us. they were perfect
Venuses and Adonises.
A high authority says that scarce
" one man in a hundred is properly
and most women would
be shapeless without the cunning
curves of their stays" Another stern
says: I'VE are physically
people, round shOuldered.
sunken Joined, narrow chested, crook
ed ribbed. splay footed, knock kneed,
short winded and weak backed"
So, on the whole. clothes are not
only desirable, but indispensable. To
cast them of and permit an astonished
universe to see US as we really are
would be a great mistake.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
THE RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.
What Happened When Resident Sent
Hurry Call to LonelyviIle Fire Chief.

Billups smelled smoke, and investl'
cation divulged the dread fact that his
house was on fire.
Now, inasmuch as Billups lives on In
the country, two miles away from the
hose company, he became very much
agitated. and ran at once to the tele'
phone. After ringing three or four
times he connected with old 81 Hop
kins. the IRE chief of Lonelyville.
"That you. Silas?" he cried agitated-
~ over the wire. At
"Ya-as, who's this?" came the an
swer.
"why, I'm Billups. My house is on
fire, and"
who'd you say?"
"Billups. old man. For the love Of
heavens, hurry the engine over, here.
Ny house Is on fire."
Whose haouse dye say"
mine, 'Biliups'."
Wa'al. wanter know. Who sot It -
II don't know, but ring the alarm.
win you? And send the boys up quick. y
Wa'al, dunno as I kin, Mr.. Billups.
My wife. she's got the key to the fire.
house, and she's gone daown t Sallie'a
house for supper. Besides. Bill Jones,
he's gone to Centerville to buy q kyow.
an Jim, he's daown to Missus Holli.
berry's place pickin' cherries."
well. for heavens sake, do some:
thing, can't you?" reared Billups.
Wa-al. I'd like e oblige ye squire.
but dunno ~ I kin. Leastways not
till t0-morrer mornin'"
Tomorrow morning be hanged, Hos:
kins! The house u burning now"
Wa-al, mebbe I might git up some
time this evening, Mr.. Billups."
This evening nothing! Why, the
roofs ablaze 1t this very moment"
Wa-al, I tell ye. squire. II it's a. bad
~ that, what think ye'd better do
We'll. 90 on! I'm listening"
Got postage stamp?"
Yea"
Wa-al. preaps ye'd better stick II
onto IN envelope and send word to tn
insurance people. Il it's got to tn roof
they amt much ne q my cnmins ont
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

1ENBWAL0DAeda es opposite yoaf nnDe O
yoaf papse, q vnppse shows 70 what dns yoaf
sphoaipGina = paid. Thns Jan6 ehovs thaf
pagnanE - bssa received up 20 Jan. I. NO
Ibh0 - Ish. I. ~ I'D % q. Whsa payment
- moda, - d.. vhicA ansWsGs - Q roeotUt.
van - eAnOsd aooqcdinGly.
euvill ooaiinndto Eocoive til Journal until ths
pahliaAses ~ noGiAsd b. lsetsf 10 disoontinna.
vAsa I'll snsasaU0 nnst b paid. II ,yoa DO not
vilh IL Joaznal eoatinusd for anotAsr year r.
~ - tins paid for hes sxpired. yoa Gh0ald
pssvloaaly notify - b disoootinns It.
CHANGE IN ADDRR0SEWbsa ordering Q
shan0 n IL sddrsss. sahscEibsns should b sars
g atvo thair cd . vii . thoaf n0v addreos.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

II ye want me to, I'll SEND my boy
Willie up after the letter, an he kin
take it daown to the post-omce an
mail 1t for ye."
you be" began Billups. but he
didn't finish. The fire had reached the
telephone wires and destroyed the con.
nectiOn.-New York Herald.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

Reports Seeing lepreekaun.
A real live Leprechaun. one of the
little folk. is reported to have made
his appearance at Newport. Upper
AIRY, where people are credulous. A
wellknOwn resident Of the district
whilst on his way home with cree
Of peat. was startled at the appearance
of diminutive man. He was dresses
in tightly-fitting pants. coat of brown
white shoes, grey stockings, and
brown cap. set OF by red tassel. Ap
parently years are telling even on the
Leprechaun, for he walked with
limp. The gentleman who saw the
mannikin was so anxious to capture
him that he forgot that to lose sigh
of him even for an instant Is fatal t.
ones chances of getting the pot q
fairy gold. The man stopped to picl
up a missile with which to level the
Leprechaun, as he expressed 1t. WheS
he looked up the cute little fairy hat
vanished.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

Two years ago the Commoner and
other democratic papers claimed that
the republicans were unduly extrava-
CANT in appropriating the peoples
money. Ithas always been the policy
ofthe democratic party to cry economy
when republicans are in power, and to
practice extravagance when they
assume control. The legislature which
recently adjourned not only appro-
priated q much money as the repub-
Gcan legislature did two years ago,
but half million dollars more.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Figures on Drink Question.

Speaking before the Church of Eng.
land Temperance society recently the
bishop of London said that. as the re-
suit of an inquiry regarding the drinA
evil. Is doctors stated that in the
middle class there was a decrease OF
drinking. SO in fashionable practice
spoke of the increase among the we'll
TODD, and 80 of the increase among
working women. At the request of the
home office % London public houses
were watched for four days, and &c.
$40 women, with 10.471 children. en-
tered. The chief cause, said the
bishop. of drinking among the wellto
do war want of occupation; among the
poorer classes 1t was overwork ano
OverwOrry.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

Jim Dahlman says Shallenberger
has killed the democratic party. As
political prophet the COW boy mayor
is very unreliable. 1t will be recalled
that last summer he predicted that q
man named Dahlman would be nomi.
mated and elected governor Of
Nebraska,
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Plain n Oaylioht.

TITS dish-u-way, sah," explained old
Brother Swank to . befuddled friend.
Orthodoxy am De doxy dat / makes
muhse'f-dat II de orthor Of, you un-
erstand. Uhwell, and dis yah hector
doxy am de udder mans doxy dat he's
allus uh-hectorin' mo wild. Do dat
make It clare to 20 apprehension,
Brudder Tarrf-Puck.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

In signing the "day light bill" Gov
ernor Shallenberger has strengthened
himself politically. While he will
lose the support of the Dahlman fac
ton Of the democratic party in Omaha,
there viii be added to his following in
the campaign next year thousands of
republican prohibitionists. Outside of
Douglas county democrats will remain
loyal to the governor, and the chances
are that he will be renominated and
reelected governor. Another element
Of strength that will assist the COVER
nor in the next campaign, is the "pie
machine" which the Legislature has
made it possible fo- the governor to
construct and use for his political ad.
vancement. While the action of the
governor in signing the daylight bill
Is not wholly approved by members of
his party in Columbus, the democratic
machine Is too we'll oiled for any
serious revolt to occur, and when the
next state election occurs the sore
spots will have disappeared and re-
publican prohibition admirers of Shall
lenberger and democrats who now feel
sore ct him viii be found pulling
together and shouting in unison.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Qualities IN Men.

A sad nature sheds forth twilight
A merry and mirthful nature brings
daylight. A suspicious nature insensi-
bly, imparts its chill to every generous
soul within its reach. A bold and
frank nature overcomes meanness In
men. Frmness makes them 'Arm.
F1rmness makes them nne. Taste d.
reefs. stimulates and develops tasta.
Henry Ward Beecher.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Letter ~E" Caused Trouble.

The letter ''e" has caused a quaint
quarrel between the parish council ant
the overseers of Brockenhurst, Hants
England. The parish council decided
some time ago to add 'e" to the name
of their village, but when the Overseer
received precepts for Brockenhursts
they refused to pay. as they said they
did not know Of such place. COnse
Quently the council has no money ana
has got into debt; and now the over
seers are being begged to pay, at all
events. under protest, and leave the
"e" question to be threshed out at the
annual parish meeting.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

Governor Shallenberger vetoed the
bill establishing an experiment station
in the western part of the state, but
approved measures creating positions
and providing salaries for the various
new commissions. 1t requires coil" to
run the Shallenberger machine.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

The people Of the dry counties in
Missouri Who voted ont the saloon have
fled . protest against the consideration
of Q bill introduced In the legislature
increasing the tax levy.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

The legislatufe passed . Law pro-
hibiting drinking liquor BY the COM
mon herd on railway trains in Ne.
braska. The Law does not apply to
gentlemen" who patronize the diner
attached to the train.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

James r. Keene and ]. B. Haggin
recently sold in Buenos Aires IS thor
oughbreds from their racing and breed
ing farms in the United States. The
sales were only fairly successful be
cause American horses were previous
" unknown there
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

A magazine writer has computed
that rats destroy yearly In the United
States $10c, 000. 900 worth Of property.
He estimates that rodents destroy
5000. 900 worth Of property in New
York alonO.-NoW York American.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

As predicted by the Journal Gov.
ernor Shallenberger vetoed several of
the numerous appropriation bills for
new buildings, and there is war from
several localities.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
The national banks of Omaha have
decided to fight the new law guaran-
teeing bank deposits.

Temperance billiard and pool halls
are considered "dens Of vice" by the
citizens of York, and have been voted
down and out. -.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

Three of the ''tin" colonies on the
governors staff have announced that
they will resign as . rebuke to Shall
lenberger for signing the daylight bill.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
Room At the Ton.

There is plenty of room at the
top" quoted the moralizer.
"Yes," rejOined the demoralizer,
"anC there always will be unless facil
tiles for getting there are improved
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14


opposed to the sale and manufacture
of liquor actually comes to pass, it will
be necessary for the government to
devise means for securing money from
some other source. It takes money
lots Of itAto run Uncle Sans govern
ment. For the year 1907 the internal
revenue taxes on spirits and fermented
liquors announced to more than $500
0OO.00o.s 70 make up this shortage,
in the event the breweries and distil-
leries are eo,mpelled to close, the gov
eminent would be obliged to tax tea
and coffee, incomes, inheritanoes. or
other things in order to secure the
necessary funds to build battle ships,
support the army and pay congress.
men and senators and other Office
holders their salaries. After the
liquor question has been disposed Of
the tobacco question will doubtless
come up for discussion, and when laws
are passed and enforced prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of the mar
cotic weed, Uncle Sans pocket viii
suffer again to the amount of $50, 0OO,-
600 or 100000, 900, in internal rev.
enue tax yearly paid BY the tobacco
interests. This would have to be made
up in some manner, and the only way
out of the difficulty would be to in.
crease the tax on other articles manu-
featured It home. The Lincoln Jour-
nal, which PROCESSES to be authority in
fortelling future events. predicts that
within fifty years there will be a great
moral uprising against tea and coffee
drinking. From the Journals fore
cast Of the future war against tea and
coffee, the inference Is drawn that those
who indulge in tea and coffee half a
century from now will be considered
incorporate, and many of the children
in Nebraska at the present time will
live to participate in political contests
when the coffee candidate will be
alluded to in as sneering q manner by
the moral uplifiers As the "whisky
candidate" is today. There is q ten.
dency in both political parties toward
what is termed "paternalism." The
individual rights Of man are being
contested and curtailed in the name Of
morality" and good government. "
Stringent laws do not make men moral.
A general disrespect for laws of all
kinds breeds anarchy. On the other
hand the suppression of individual
rights leads to mental slavery and des.
potism. The men who move between
the lines of anarchy and despotism are
travelling the safe road. The nation
that drifts to one of the other extremes
must suffer. This has been the history
Of every nation that existed. Take
Russia as an example. There is no
middle road in the politics of that
country; there the two extremes exist.
In the name of liberty anarchy is
assailing the stronghold of despotism,
and in the name of patriotism des-
potism is attempting to suppress
anarchy. The outcome will be a mid
die course between two widely diverg-
ing lines which will recognize the
political and individual rights of the
Russian people.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
WHERE JEFFERSON DAVIS LIVED.

w. f. Curtis in Chi
The home Of Jefferson Davis, on the
bank of the. Mississippi Sound, about
foar miles west Of Biloxi, Mississippi,
is now = snug harbor for 1876 aged and
infrm veterans of the Confederate
army and tventy-seven widows and
wives of veterans.. Unlike the homes
for Union soldiers in the North,
women are admitted upon the same
terms as the men, and have barracks
and messroom set apart for their use.
The plantation has been known .as
"Beauvoir" for generations. In Eng
land the name is pronounced! Beaver"
but here it is given the French pro-
nunciation- "Bo-vaw." It embraces
eighty-seven acres Of land, chiefly pine
forest. The place has never been cal-
tivated 70 any extent only : garden
and : vineyard of scuppernong grapes,
from which . good deal Divine has
been made both for family use and for
sale in years past. -
Beauvoir belonged to the ancestors
Of Mrs. Sarah Dorsey, an ancient
Mississippi family, and was inherited
BY her. She wss an intimate friend Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis, and when Mr..
Davis determined to write his memoirs
Mrs. Dorsey invited him to come here
and occupy the house. he came orr
ginally IS her guest, but after he had
been here two years he, bought the
place for $4,000, paying 5000 down
add giving his notes for the balance.
When Mrs. Dorsey died q year or so
later she bequeathed Beauvoir to him
and after him to Miss Winnie Davis,
his daughter, and instructed her exec
utors to cancel the: notes and refund
the $1,000 he had already paid.
Mr.. Davis lived here until his death,
and Beauvoir was the mecca to which
devoted adherents of the lost cause
made pilgrimages from all parts of the
South. People who resided in Biloxi
at the time speak of Mr.. Davis in a
reverential manner, and the fact that
he lived here is still regarded as the
highest distinction of the town.
In 1874, while in New Orleans
writing up the White league troubles,
I came out tointerview the venerable
president of the. Confederate states.
He received me very graciously and
sat for an hour or more upon the gal
lery of Beauvoir discussing the politi.
cal situation in Louisiana, which was
then very exciting. The White league
had captured the state government
from Governor Kellogg and had estab-
lished Governor Penn, the democratic
candidate at the previous election, in
authority At the Hotel Royal. There
had been . collision between the police
and the White league on Canal street,
in front of the custom house, and
about forty men were killed. General
Sheridan came down shortly after,
declared martial Law and took control
Of the situation.
Under the circumstances Mr.. Davis
declined to be interviewed for publica.
ton. He said that he was no longer
= factor in public affairs and must
decline to express any opinions lest he
might disturb the plans of his friends
or excite controversy, and thus destroy
his own peace of mind. He preferred
to remain peacefully in retirement.
He asked me many questions about
the situation in New Orleans and the
feeling in Washington, however. He
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

ago ,Record-Herald.
expressed the warmest admiration for,
General Grant, who Was then presi.
dent, but declared that he was being
deceived BY the republican politicians,
and was very intense in his hostility to
Judge Williams, who was the Attor-
ney General, and was directing the
federal interference in Southern affairs
through the United States marshals,
district attorneys and special agents of
the Department Of justice.
He was also bitter in his condemna-
ton of the "Force BILL" which was
then pending in the house Of represen.
tatives and authorizing the president
to use the military arm of the govern
ment in suppressing political riots and
assisting the officers of the Depart.
ment of Justice in arresting and pros
ecuting the Ku;Klux, the White
league and other political organiza-
tions, and, individuals who were accus-
ed of violations of the election laws.
Mr.. Davis spoke with moderation,
however, and more in sorrow than in
anger. He declared that the federal
government might use all the author
'ity that could be- devised, but ulti-
mately the white people of the South
would triumph and recover control Of
political affairs. He also discussed
negro suffrage from the conventional
Southern standpoint, and declared it
the greatest mistake that congress and
the republican party had made. From
his point Of view the "carpet-bagger'
element, as it was called-the North.
ern politicians who had remained. in
the South after the Union army had
been Withdrawn and were at that time
in control of the local governments Of
all the Southern states-were invaders
of the South, but he was convinced
that their period of domination would
be brief and that the property owners
who had been born and bred in that
section would ultimately find means to
recover and retain control of affairs.
He said that the death of President
Lincoln was the greatest calamity that
could have happened to the South,
because, he believed, had Lincoln been
spared, his reconstruction policy would
have been entirely different from that
adopted by President johnson under
the advice of BENJAMIN F. Butler,
Thaddeus Stevens and other Northern
radicals. He believed that Lincoln
would have recognized the property
holders and taxpayers of the South As
the safest men to reorganize the local
governments and would have intrusted
the duty Of reconstruction to them
rather than to aliens who did not
understand conditions or the tempera-
ment of the people and had nothing
at stake except their own personal
ambitions.
Although his visitor was q very
young reporter, just out of college and
with very little experience or knowl.
edge of the world, Mr.. Davis spoke to
him as seriously and as earnestly as if
he had been . statesman, and placed
absolute reliance upon his assurances
that his words would not be published.
1t was only when began to ask him
about certain points of controversy in
the history of secession and the con.
duct of the war that he declined to
speak, and then explained politely
that I could find all he wished to say
upon those topics in his memoirs.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14
CHANGING OVER THE LIST.

photographs looking
better photographs be bad
Would Go Their Photographs.
the photographs be had Justified
yourself. DeF1ART STUDIO
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-14

Hungry Thespiana
they looked as If they would have
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-08
CONVICTED WHILE
CONFINED IN BED
coLoRED WOMAN DECLARED BE-
FORE U. s. JUDGE THAT SHE
WAS IN BED WHEN SENTENCED
COUPLE RELEASED TO APP
PEAR FOR TRIAL LATER.

That she was tried, convicted and
sentenced to serve eighteen months In
the Ward county Jail, while confined 70
a bed in the jail, unable to appear In
court, was the declaration OF Mrs.
Mary Webb, colored, when arraigned
before Judge Charles r. Amidon In
the federal court this morning With
her husband she is charged with SELL
ing liquor without government license.
oscer Webb, the husband, made a
very good appearance In court. He
claimed that neither OF them had ever
sold liquor but that they had kept
beer In their restaurant at Williston
for their own use. They were ar
rested year ago last fall on state
warrant
1t was stated that shortly after hse
was sentenced TO jail, Mrs. Webb was
taken to jamestown for treatment in
the state insane asylum and after be-
ing discharged there was returned 10
Ward county to finish the term In jail
The judge held that their case was
worthy Of investigation. They were
ordered taken back to Minot and turn
ed over to the sheriff, who in turn Will
release the coupl~ on their own rec
ognizance to appear at the next term
of federal court at Minot, which con.
venes Oct. IL.