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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-01
Out Of the christmas Jar.


To make the. department especially
helpful. Nine. Merri will give the de-
partment to-day entirely up to ideas
for the approaching Christmas sea-
son. The daily papers for some time
have been warning US to make our
purchases early. but there are always
some who by force. of circumstances
or habit are late. For some weeks
past every available suggestion for
the holidays has been jotted down.
hoping that every reader would in
this way be able to find something for
her own special need. Many of these
are merely hints upon which to en-
large as each individual deems best
The first on the spindle is q now
and jolly method Of distributing pres
ents. suitable for Sunday. school.
club or large party for children. Ar
range q stage with q curtain. which,
when raised. will show a windmill re-
volving with Santa Claus in his usual
costume. but acting In the capacity
Of the miller. Swarming around In
busy manner. Brownies, in costumes
Of the dude. policeman. the Irishman
and the Indian. all dumping the con-
tents 1T paper sacks into the hopper
from which Santa" explains the
gifts for all. both great and small.
will soon emerge" AS the arms Of the
mill turn. out of big spout will tum-
BILE the tissue-paper-w parcels.
much to the establishment of the spec
tators. During all this performance
music played softly adds to the mys-
terry. and the proper lighting of the
stage is also important. To give a
touch Of seasonable interest the mill
might be represented as being on top
of the north pole. using quantities Of
diamond dust and cotton for the back
ground and having two figures dressed
as Cook" and "Peary' as "Santa's"
assistants. Just the right person
must be chosen to impersonate
Santa" one who can keep q string Of
nonsense going and mystify the chill.
dren.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-01


EmEer. these beds being bouncy, and
more resilient than the stat bed on
which Grandma Pillbeck frazzled away
IL eternity.
II seems that some years ago Grand.
IA PiIbeck read in q paper that over
Aaeping in the morning could be cas-
~ avoided, and as she:was q regular
~le1sleeper, she took the article to
AeArt 1t said that 1t was only nee
<zYy to get a clock. and before re-
affng, set the hands to point to the
Asired rising time. and stare at them
AuuE and well, and when the hands
naached that position In the morning
- sleeper would unfailingly awaken.
IN Grandma Pillbeck got a tin clock
~ 81 cents and tried it. She set the
lands at six O'Clock. and stared at
Nem for ten minutes. and then set
SAe clock at the proper time and went
- bed. and, sure enough, at exactly
AfI O'Clock the next morning she
-lkened- She was delighted. and
ID it again the next night. and the
next morning she again awakened at
IN O'Clock precisely. After that she
hpt ii up regularly. and 1t never
alSlad- For about three years she
aed ut six o'clock every night. and
HE1kened at six o'clock every morn
TX. and by that time she had ac-
N111rea the habit Of rising whenever
90 hands q the clock pointed to six.
EhE found that she had looked at the
SElDck 80 often that it was no longer
nDoessary to look at 1t before going to
AA|whenever the hands pointed to
OK lhe had to jump out of bed
. IKhgut i've weeks ago. while Grand
- PnIbeck was sleeping peacefully
n the middle OF the night. she sud-
Only jumped out of bed as II Inn
1sRsd By an irresistible impulse. or,
- she expressed 1t, as II some one
- kicked me out" and when she
NEhtnd her lamp she saw that the
duck was pointing to six o'clock
snefhiDg had gone wrong with the
unA e the tin clock. as things are
- - - wrong with the inwards of
.emn 39cent clocks. and the cl0ck
S1 running too fast. but As long as
sEae vas up she thought she might as
1<dI stay up, 50 she did. But In three
Ihsurs The hanGs Of the clock had run
1ssO1nd to six again. and Grandma
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-01
Avold,no Popularity.

How shall We avoid popularity"
John Wesley once asked his preach
srs. and straightway gave tham the
answer in q set Of rules. Here y rule
1: Warn the people among WHOM you
IRE most of esteeming or living 700 too
much" And here ia rule s: '-Converss
sparingly with those who are partis-
alarly fond of you"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-01
Jack in the Box.

At a club party for children last
year they had q big box on plat
form covered with red cambria to
which sprays Of holly were pinned. At
just the right moment Santa Claus
appeared. saying he had an assistant
this year who was SO popular he just
had to keep him shut up. He said all
children loved him SO that he was
sure he would be recognized immedi-
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-01

II the Questi0ner fails 20 find out
the chosen article. he is informed
what word is selected and mas to try
his fortune again. II he succeeds. his
place is taken by one of the other
players. whom he may select.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-01
A POSI- Hunt.


Most children are ardent post card
collectors. so this party win appeal
to them. There should be enough
cards to permit Of each guest having
three or four when the final distribu-
ton takes place. Use ordinary cards.
inexpensive. with q few colored ones
and . half q dozen with Christmas
symbols. Hide them throughout the
rooms. explaining that uncolored
cards score one. colored ones count
two points. and Christmas cards score
three. Allow ten minutes for the
hunt. then blow Q whistle, which
means that all turn In their cards to
have the score made up. The Christ
mas cards 60 to the winners. and the
cards are divided equally
between the guests. after reading on
the scores
MADAME MERRI
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-01

Pillbeck felt herself irresistably inn
PEELED to get into bed again. or, as
she expressed 1t, "as IL some one had
kicked me into bed"
AS she lay there, thinking what
would be the best thing to do. she fell
into q doze. and she must have slept
three hours. for. the first thing she
knew she was irresistably impelled
out of bed again. The hands Of the
clock were pointing to six!
That afternoon Orlando Pillbeck.
her son, took the tin clock and .
screwdriver and set to work to cor
rect the clock. and Grandma Pillbeck
had . long rest out OF bed. for Orlando
found he could not get all the parts
back into the tin clock that he had
taken out Of It, but about shutdown
he gave 1t up. and put all the parts
he could back into the clock. He had
to leave out the little jigger that
keeps the clock from running away
with itself. But BY leaving the clock
unwound, and setting the hands per-
sonally when she wanted to go to bed.
and having Orlando set them at six
when 1t was time for her to get up.
she did very well. until Orlando hap
pened to go away for . week Of fish
ing. That week grandma slept a
whole week, and when Orlando re-
turned and set the clock she was SO
week from lack Of food that she wob.
bled. So Orlando decided to get q
new tin clock. and when the peddler
came around he traded I'm the old one
and IS cents for q new one.
All would have been well. but 1t
seems that Grandma Pillbeck had be-
come attuned to the old clock-as you
might say-and did not respond to
the new one. and the peddler must
have given the old clock to his chill
dren to play with when he got home.
His children must have spent their
days winding the old tin clock and al
lowing it to run down at the rate of
"a hours a minute. They were prob
ably early risers. those children. and
went to bed late. and played with the
old tin clock industriously. for from
si{ q. m. until nine p. m. Grandma
Pillbeck responded to the hands Of
the clock. Every few seconds she
was irresistably impelled into bed.
and every few seconds she was ir.
resistably impelled out again. as the
hands of the clock marked six. 1t
was pitiful to see, the sober-faced old
lady bouncing into bed and out of It
She would stand with q scared ex.
preston. and suddenly she would
twitch. and into bed she would go. and
Immediately she would twitch. and out
she would come. She wore OF a
great deal OF flesh on the stats of the
bed. but the clock made faster and
faster time. and at last she only had
time to hit the floor before she went
back and hit the Stats.
Orlando tried to find where the
peddler lived, SO he could take the
clock away from him, but no one
knew, and Grandma Pillbeck bounced
beyond the troubles of this world at
eight o'clock last Thursday morning.
Copyright. 1903. by W. G. Chapman.)
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-01

a Domestic Aeran0emoat.
"Bluster and his wife seen t. get
along very well together.
That's because they have sss asids
one day in the week to d al their
lighting. On the other days they
keep the peace"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-01

ately. Then he unlocked the box and
Jack" leaped out with q spring. his
arms full Of packages: Jack is push
ed down into the box with . great
deal Of difficulty and Santa" COM
mands him to look for more presents.
and hooks the box. In a moment I'M
hooking. when Jack" springs up with
more parcels. This act may be re-
peated several times.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-01
Warning.


mo. Alice" c0unsels the fond
mamma. you should not marry Mr..
Leftover. II you do yon will re-
gret it."
why, mamma? Because he il q
widower?"
Not exactly. He will not make q
good husband"
why, mamma! Everybody knows
that while his wife vas alive he was
q shining model for all the other hus-
bands In town. He never drank,
or swore: he never stayed out
late at night: he never danced with
any one but her-he was simply per.
feet"
Il know, my child. And I want to
tell you that q man who has been
held down that way during his first
marriage will know how to dodge such
rules the second time."-Life.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-01
Using the Hammer.
There was a sound Of knocking.
'Hark!" exclaimed the Man.

There was a sound OF knocking.
'Hark!" exclaimed the Man.
The sound was repeated. The Man
trembled. Hope filed his breast. Long.
and weary had been his struggle. and
now-and now-perhaps-he dared
not give utterance to his hope.
The Woman intuitively knew what
was In his thoughts. She was more
bold. being q Woman
Perhaps 1t Is Opportunity knock
ing" she suggested.
The Man threw open the door.
There was no one there. who
knocks!" he cried. but the night wind
merely Knocked him. And then the
truth dawned upon the Man. and sad
ly he returned to his task. for he re-
allied that It was only some Of his
neighbors using the hammer!-Chica-
60 ec0rd-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
HANDLES NAVAL AFFAIRS. Rear Admiral Nicholson Takes Mev
 CTS Place for a While,

Washington. December N-Rear Ad- miral Reginald F. Nicholson. the youngest rear admiral in point of service, in reality only a captain. was today acting secre- tarv of the navy
 Secretary Meyer was absent on im- portant private business and Assistant Secretary Winthrop was inspecting the navy yard at New York. so Rear Admiral Nicholson. who was installed last week as chief of. the bureau of navigation, be- came the head of the department for the time being. Rear admirals of all varieties waited their time and the pleasure of the latest admiral to transact the business of the day with the head of the depart ment
 Such situation as arose today was foreseen by Secretary Meyer some time ago, and he asked the Attorney General for an opinion as to whether one of the aids appointed recently by the Secretary as his official advisers could act as Sec retary in his absence, and that of the as- sistant secretary. The Attorney General responded in the negative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
THRILLING RESCUE
 IS MADE AT SEA

New York, December T.-Capt Edgar Bigelow. his wife and small child, and the four members of the crew of the American schooner Eugene Borda, which was storm wrecked on November 2e, while carrying a cargo of lumber from Nova Scotia to Philadelphia, wsrs brought to port today by the Red Star line steamship Vader1and, which effected their thrilling rescue while on it's last eastward trip. The Vaderland took the rescued people to Antwerp and then brought them back 10 this country. The captains wife in speaking of the rescue at sea, said that the small boat from the vaderland could get only within 20 feet of the schooner and that from that distance her 4-year- old daughter was hurled from the deck of the Borda to the Netherlands rescu- ing crew.
 All on the schooner were suffering from hunger when picked up as the entire food supply had been soaked with sea water When the lights of the Vaderland were sighted late at night, Captain Bigelow, with difficulty, found piece of dry ma terial to soak with oil so that a distress signal could be lighted. The night be- fore they had burned distress lights made from their underwear when a big liner hove in sight, but the signals were not seen and the sufferers were left to their misery.
 At Antwerp it was necessary for the American consul to obtain passage home for the shipwrecked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
Marriage Licenses Issued.

Marriage licenses have been issued as follows from the office of the probate court: Corinne Roberts.
 John D. Pickelsimoner of Coalburg to Miss Ida Jones.
 George E. Shaw of Birmingham to Miss Eliza Bottomley
 Ernest o. Glenn of Ensley to Miss Lula B. Bozeman.
 Henry Hicks of Empire to Miss Lela Martin.
 Huger Lee Fitts of Augusta to Miss Kathleen Klisby.
 c. S. Jones of Gadsden to Miss Anna Grace Hamlin. \ Marzene Knighton to Miss Nellie Nor ris.
 c, Adkins of Demopolis to Miss Mary Lizzie Hall.
 James Harrison of Wilton to Miss Jes- sic Prestridge.
 William Quarles of Bessemer to Miss Ona Goodwin.
 James w. Powell of Bradford to Miss Pearlie Thomas
 E. J. McAuly of Mobile to Miss Marian G. Black.
 S. J. Billingsley of Clanton to Miss Matte Horsley.
 Samuel Montgomery of Nettleton to Miss Mamie Maddox.
 James Eskew of Atlanta to Miss Jamie Brinkley.
 Steve wright of sayre to Miss Bessie Shannon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
WASTE OF cITvs MONEY.
Buffalo Is Suffering From Extrava.
 gances in Public Funds.

Buffalo. N. Y, December T.-An ex-- travagant use of public funds. favoritism to contractors on friendly terms with the administration and other shortcomings are charged against the executive branch es of the city government in a report submitted to the trustees of the chamber of commerce today by the mu- nicipal affairs committee of the organiza- tion.
 No charges of graft is made against any official. but the report alleges that it is shown from city records that supplies and work have been paid for by the city at from 33 to 700 per cent above market prices; that work has been inefficiently done. and that the psyrolls have been car rying the names of scores of men who make but slight return to the city for their salaries. The committee recom- mends a new city charter along the lines of the Des Moines plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
FUTURE GAMBLING
 WILL BE TAKEN UP

Washington, December 27.-Gambling in futures will form the subject of a confer ence to be held at the White House. The President proposes to arrive. if possible. at a method of preventing an unnecessary amount of stock market trading in future deliveries of wheat, corn, cotton and oth- CT products.
 The President has invited number of officials to confer with him regarding the subject among them Secretary Knox, At torney General wickersham, Representa- tive Scott. Representative Lowering of Massachusetts and Commissioner of Cor porations Herbert Knox Smith.
 The Cotton exchange in New York and lik bodies in other cities have been sub jected to close inquiry by the commls- sioner of corporations. Incidentally the federal authorities have made inquiries as to gambling in futures as a general proposition, with the result that . deci- sion has been reached that tho federal government should deal with the question 90 far as 1t lies in it's power and au- thority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
part block ss5. survey of Birmingham.

part block Ss5. survey of Birmingham, fronting 70 feet on the west side of Whitaker street near its intersection with the north line of Holly avenue and extending back 153 feet to an alley.
 s45oo-Harry L. Trott to w L. Will Hams, part of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 13. town ship 17 south, range west.
 $4oOo-G. F. Cramton to the Texas com pany. lots 1T to 20 inclusive. survey of section 23, township r. range west
 s2000-O. R. Morris to James E Wood, lots and 1, block L. survey of East Highlands addition to Pratt City
 s12oo-North Birmingham Land company to W. T. Newton, lots ss and A. block 45, North Birmingham Land company's s second addition to North Birmingham.
 s110o-J. E. McCarty to J. E. Evans, part of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 20 township 16, range west.
 s1ooO--Ben Cooley to Charles J. Dough- erty. lots 10. Il and 12 blocks 16-D, East Lake Land company's survey of East Lake
 s1250-G. M Latham to. Dr. George S. Brown, the west half of lots and g., block l, survey of Hale Springs.
 $2000--A merica Hagood to Cora H. Be- thea. lots and 10, block 4, Hagood sur vey of East Elyton.
 $15O0--John Mitch to J. P. Couch, part of lot 2. w. B. Copeland's survey of Woodlawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
MANY SPEAKERS
 CARNEGIE HALL

New York, December 27.--A series of unfortunate occurrences marked the open- ing here today of the twenty-fifth anni- versary meeting of the American His torical and the American Economic asso- ciations.
 On account of the storm, President Taft was unable to attend. Dr. William Gra- ham Sumner of Yale. who was to have taken an important part in the proceed ings, was stricken with sudden illness at his hotel; Andrew Carnegie fell in Gen. tral park and injured his knee, and s. N. D. North, acting president of the Amer ican Statistical society. which held a meeting this afternoon, could not be pres- ent because of illness.
 Nearly thousand prominent scholars from home and abroad have assembled here for the meetings. The delegates were welcomed at Carnegie hall tonight. Joseph H. Choate and Governor Hughes were the principal speakers.
 Among the pominent foreign delegates present are Sir Horace Plunkitt, who or eanized the Irish agricultural organiza- tion society, to promote the betterment of Irish conditions in economic lines: Dr. George N. Pfothero, editor of the Lon don Quarterly Review; T. Colenbrander of Holland; Camille Enlart of Paris, Fl. c. Altemarat of Ovideo, Spain; Eduard Meyer of Berlin and Sir Frederick Mac milan, the London publisher
 Governor Hughes said in part:
 T rejoice that we are drawing more and more, to legislative service men who have had special training and who can take the long as well as the short view.
 What we need more than anything else al this time. 1t seems to me Is a gen. eral understanding in administrative places in our legislative halls and upon the bench, that knowledge of history and economic study is not only not be re- garded with derision, but should be treat ed as matter of first and invaluable inn p0rtance.
 T think the time will come when we will actually have a tariff framed in &C., cordance with expert study and in the light of facts ascertained and known and read by all men, so that they may duly prepare the same in accordance with just interests of the people,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
LIGHTHOUSE CUT
 IN TWO BY SHIP

Newport News. Va. December H-Hav- ing been rammed and almost cut in two by the four -masted schooner Mall colmn Baxter, Jr, the Thlmble ShoaI lighthouse, located four miles almost due east from Old Point Comfort, and near the tail of the horseshoe in lower Ches- apeake Bay, caught fire and was totally destroyed at S:30 o'clock this morning. Keeper Hudgins and his assistants, J. R. Thomas and T. L. Faulcher. put off in a life boat and were subsequently, picked up by a rescue crew from the United States scout cruiser Birmingham, now anchored in Hampton Roads. The men were taken to the cruiser and landed at Old Point Comfort late this evening"
 The schooner was inward bound for Hampton roads in ballast and was pro- ceeding under sail. The strong westerly wind and swift tide threw her of her course and without warning she crashed into the frame lighthouse. The house crumbled before the vessel like a box and in the mash-up the stove in the lighthouse was overturned. The hot coals set the building on fire and all efforts of the occupants of the light house to extinguIsh 1t were futile. See ing that the flames must destroy the building, the lighthouse men lowered a life boat and set out for shore.
 After the collision the Malcomn Baxter veered off and anchored, but was later lowed to Norfolk for repairs. The vessel was damaged about the bow. Immedi- ately after the flames broke through the rear of the building launch from the Birmingham steamer for the lighthouse at full speed and picked up the men from the lighthouse.
 request has been made of the light house board that a lightship be placed near the wreck. until a new lighthouse can be built.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
STORM DAMAGE IS WORST IN YEARS Eastern Massachusetts Suffers
 Very Heavily MANY VESSELS ARE LOST With Communication Cut of From Many Points 1t Is Feared That F Loss of Life Will Be
 Very Large.

New York, December 27.-With the news of the probable loss of the big five-masted schooner Davis Palmer, with her crew of 12 men. off Boston harbor, and of the wrecking of nine other vessels along the Massachusetts coast. the opening chapter of the toll taken on the sea by the great storm which swept New England Saturday night and Sunday was barred to the world today.
 Cape Cod is still cut off and with the is feared a tale of marine disasters {. and storm damage unequaled in years will be related
 Wreckage borne into Boston harbor today is believed to be that of the Davis Palmer. A signal box among the wreck contained Burgee with the Palmers name, as also did a quarter board found nearby. The wreck itself has not been located.
 The three-masted sch ooner Nan Ytasket was hurled ashore at Scituate. Volunteer life savers with the brooches buoy rescued her crew of 10 ss-tnen.
 The schooner Belle Halliday is ashore at Brant Point, Nantucket, ex- posed to the fury of the sea- The fate of her crew is unknown. but it is be- lieved that they have been rescued.
 On the rocky shores of Martha's Vineyard two waterlogged schooners are being swept by every sea. The crews of both have been taken off,
 At Provincetown the sloop Bonito is aground and on the flats of Plymouth harbor are four small schooners sfmi- larly distressed.
 The work of filling the gaps in tele- graph and telephone wire systems and in railroad and trolley lines which had been opened by the blizzard is pro- ceeding.
 Southeastern Massach usetts Cape Gods peninsula particularly, and Rhode Island suffered most from the storm and are still in the most demoralized condition as far as wire and trans portation service go. Many places in south eastern Massachusetts have not witnessed the arrival of a railroad train for two days. New Bedford and Fall River have been cut off from tele- graphic communication from the out. side world since Sunday morning.
 With traffic completely tied up on the eastern shores of Virginia and Maryland
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28

as the result of the winters worst snow storm. no mail had reached Norfolk up to noon today from the north and seat since Saturday night, with the exception of one small pouch, which came in through Washington during last night. The snow precipitation along the central lines of the New York, Philadelphia and Nor folk railroad Is reported as upwards of 30 inches. Winds ranging from 40 to 50 miles an hour yesterday so drifted the snow as to block all trains worse than ever. Passengers who left Norfolk last night by steamer are still storm bound at Cape Charles. All telegraphic com munication is cut on north of Cape Charles.