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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25
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PhiLo Cub and the Auto Hen
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68 A,dhor Of Pigs is Pigs Etc. W.
ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL

Omma. Mocha, POppa. TOocha-Rick.
Stick. Stan, Staw-O-U-T. all OUT"
But the most s!addening thing to
the hard heart of man was to see the
way in which Philo helped supply a
mothers care to those little chicks.
They seemed to sense right at first
that the hot-water bottle was the
only mother they had, and they would
run to it, chirping out their little joys
and sorrows. and Philo kept it full
of hot water, so it would feel cosy
and comfortable to the chicks. He
used to sneak away once in awhile
and dig a worm or two in the potato
Garden, and come back and drape 1t
through the handle Of the stopper OF
the bottle. and then stand on behind
the door and oluck like . hen does
when it has found . worm. and then
he would smile when the chicks ran
up and grabbed the worm. When the
chicks got large enough to venture
out . little Philo tied . string to the
hot-water bottle and dragged 1t
around the yard after them.
He got 30 thoroughly into the no
ton that the hot-water bottle was
really a hen that sometimes he would
drag 1t over into his vegetable gar.
den, and then shoe at it to drive 1t
out. He treated that auto-hen just
as a mother hen should be treated.
Probably he took to it more because
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the very near future-f0r the next
legislature does not meet until Janu-
airy of 1911. There are others who
point to the experience of South Da-
kota. which for 20 years fought the
evils of lax divorce laws before a re-
peal was secured. and say that the
moralists of Nevada have an equally
stubborn task before them. But Ne
vada is cleaning house. In the last
session of the legislature. after gam
ing being permitted for 40 years with
c0gnizance of law, bill abolishing
gambling was passed-the act to take
effect in November of 1910-and 1t is
believed that If that could be done,
the slack divorce laws can be more
easily repealed.
In the meantime the hotel men and
cottage renters of Reno and the d.
vorce lawyers will continue to -four
ish. Partisan toilettes and 60 horse
power automobiles will fash and dart
through the quiet thoroughfares at all
sorts of hours. Men and women will
continue to become citizens" of Ne
vada on a siX-months' rssidence-and
leave the state forever the day after
securing their divorce DEGREES.
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he was a bachelor and lived alone.
He had less to distract his thoughts.
The hot-water bottle grew so realis.
tically hen-like to PhilO that when
the chicks got old enough to care for
themselves, and Philo had a cousin
from the city stay to dinner. he went
into his back yard and looked over
the chicks He saw that they were
not old enough to broil yet. so he got
his AK and bounced down on the auto
hen, and chopped the stopper clean
of. 1t wasn't until Philo grabbed
what was left of the hOt-water bottle
and started TO pick the feathers of
that he realized it was not real
hen
That is why say it is mighty lucky
hot-water bottles don't have feath-
ers. Ii they did have Philo Gubb
would ka:e gone right ahead and
cooked and eaten Aunt RhinOcOiura' S
and as PhilO is one of those who be
lieve everything should be chewed to
pulp before it is swallowed. he
would have sat there at his dining
room table and have chewed his low
er jaw clean of.
Copyright, 1869. by ". G. ChapmanD
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the nest, with an oil stove at his side
and a tea kettle OF water boiling away
on the oil stove. He was like moth
er to those eggs, and il was most al
fecting to hear him while he had the
bottle in his hands, filing it and say
ing: Now, now, dearies. don't be I'M
patient, daddy will have mudder full
of hot water in a minute, and then
mudder will cuddle dearies up again
The eggs seemed to understand the
love PhilO Gubb was shOwering OIL
them, too. OF course an egg cant
show it's affection very well. Next to
a china door knob an egg is about the
dumbest uneffusive thing there is. but
those eggs used 10 lie there and smile
no, not smile-they used to lie there
and look up at-nO. they didn't look
up-anyway, they used to lie there.
They used to lie there as quiet as L"
6rick-bats. They were just placidly
happy. as you might say. Care free,
knowing Philo would take good care
of them and protect them.
Well, one egg got broken! 1t was
nearly the death Of PhilO, and OILY
the fact that there were IL left kept
him alive. He just couldn't allow him.
self to die of grief when there were
u motherless eggs depending on him.
so he braced up and tried to hide his
sorrow, and kept the hot water bottle
warm.
The day those eggs Matched out was
the gladdest in the life OF PhilO Cub.
He was a proud man. can tell you.
He gave each one name as 1t
pecked its way out. The first he
called Eeny, and although he tried
to be impartial anyone could see he
liked this eldest a little the best The
uext one he named Meeny. and the
next Cracky The others. as they
came he named Feeny, Omma, Moo
cha, Poppa, Toocha. Rick. Stick. Stan
and the last of all, the baby, as you
might say. Staw. l remember how
proud he was when Uncle Ashod
Clute asked him how the eggs were
doing Philo spoke right up. Says
he:
"Eeny, Meeny. Cracky. Feeny-
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come back for several days 1t might be men,
toned in this connection that the divorce colony
has brought to Reno 100 motor cars.
The leading hotels are always crowded, and
the rents for cottages have appreciated, on the
average to the extent OF so per cent. in the last
six months. In some instances the increase has
been much greater. One cottage that rented for
SEQ month in January last, now returns its own
er a rental of 500 month.
Perhaps the one thing that endears Reno to
the visiting divorce more than anything else Is
its proximity to San Francisco. One may board a
train in Reno and be in the Pacific coast metrop-
oils in ten hours. Despite its manifold attrac-
lions, life in Reno is likely TO wear irksOme upon
those who have been used TO existence in larger
centors. and the visitors. to great extent. soon
er or later during their stay, take trip or half
a dozen trips over the Sierras to the city by the
Golden Gate.
Such visits while afforGing relief from the
monotony OF life in Reno. do not impair the resi-
dence qualifications necessary to the obtaining
of divorce. To again quote the Nevada divorce
authority already mentioned:
Under the provisions of Section % OF the
Marriage and Divorce act, the plaintiff must re-
side il the state for period of at least six
months This is not construed to mean that in
order to fully comply with the statute the party
must remain here continuously for said period.
So if party comes to Nevada. and in good faith.
takes Up 4 residence. the party may leave the
state AZ any Time AFTER establShlng RESIDENCE
may so and travel when and wherever the party
chooses. and may return to the state whenever in
clination prompts. and yet such temporary alb
sence would not in any wise affect the legality of
the residence established, but the party would be
entitled under the law to bring suit any time
after the lapse of six months from the date resi-
dence was originally established notwithstanding
the partys absence from the state during said
period.
Biased somewhat by the financial seductions
of the situation, and yet 10 learn the lesson that
such state OF affairs only result in the NOR
al degradation of the youth OF the community
lesson which caused South Dakota to reform her
divorce laws-Reno appears TO be perfectly con-
tented with things they are.
But Reno is busily engaged in cleaning house
and it is felt by the most reflective observers that
the divorce laws OF Nevada as written will
be thing of the past in the near future Not in
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all parts of her farm at least once day. This is
more of pleasure than task. because she usu-
ally amuses herself on tn. way by taking snap
shots with her camera playing with one or
more dogs. Fond though .he queen is of outdoor
life. she avoids hard exercise. Yachting and driv-
ing she enjoys. but she never has played golf
put ball over tennis Est.
Persistent automobilng. she believes. offers the
quickest means known for getting rid Of a nice
complexion and gaining 10000 wrinkles.
Queen Alexandra believes much in fresh air
and exercise out of doors that she has sometimes
SLEPT in tent she had put up for her at San
dringham. Once. asked how she managed to
keep young, she said: Fresh air and exercise are
the best eiixirs Of youth
Queen Alexandras particular hobby is photog-
raphy and that takes her out of doors a great
deal. She is said now to possess albums contain
ing 10000 photographs. all taken by her own
hands, representing royal and important person
ages. places and festivals in all parts of Europe
For period OF 16 years now the queen has been
devOtee of the camera. She possesses five cam.
Wherever the queen gocs-be it a cruise in the
royal yacht. to her home in Denmark or a ride
across country in the Highlands-she is never
without her camera That she uses it well is evil
dent when it is stated that during one of her Med
iterranean cruises she secured 400 photographs
III six weeks. Then it is very seldom too that
the queen throws out picture destroys a neg
alive because the subject is not up to the mark
In her way OF going to work she is most method
zeal. Her photographs fill many albums and I'M
der each photograph her majesty has written a
description OF the picture and the date when taken
They include great variety of subjects, from the
kings stud horses taken in the old days at the
annual sale at Wolferton to portraits of her
grandchildren on the lawn at Sandringham and
the ruins of the Parthcnon. The photographs of
her grandchildren fill three albums alone and now
amount to several thousand They depict them at
their games romping with each other and one
that made the king roar with laughter when he
it, has caught two OF the younger sons of the
Princess of Wales. each endeavoring to exert his
right to a certain toy by the free use of his fists
What she regards one of her best photo
graphs of the king is that which depicts him talk
ing to Lord Sufield in the grounds Of Marlborough
house
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25

persons fainting never goes so far
as a loss OF consciousness or loss O!
control of the limbs. And in these
the sudden weakness is often brought
to an end by sueeze caused by ma
tme herself without any external aid.
A grain CT two of pepper, snuff or to-
bacco introduced into the nose or tick.
ling its interior lightly will usually
insure a sneeze. These simple proce-
dGves 0 others similar in character
may prove invaluable when smelling
salt. and other elegant aids are ab-
sesc
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cureG 10 results from ii for the time being
But everything comes to him that waits. and
when the people of South Dakota arose in their
wrath last November and. by a referendum vote.
declared that any one who desired to get di-
sorce in South Dakota would have to live there
4 wear instead OF six months as had been the re-
auirement previously. the seeker of relief from
present matrimonial ties began to take the long
tourney westward to Nevada. where it takes but
A six months residence to be in position to go
before the courts of the state as plaintiff in a
divorce S:!it-
w. ii. Schnitzer, Reno divorce specialist. has
written = treatise on divorce practice and pro
cedure in which he throws an Illuminating ray
IN the wherefore OF the popularity OF Reno as a
divorce center. He says
While the laws OF the eastern and middle
western states generally contain some provision
tor the dissolution OF the marriage tie 1t Is OBJ
riouS 10 the reader that in cases where extreme
cruelty dcsertion. and failure to provide form the
basis OF the grievance. the law in such states Of
,ers no substantial relief the aggrieved party.
because the requirements of proof. duration OF
offense confederation of plaintiff and procedure
under court rules are SO eNactinS and lrksome
that the desired relief sought by the applicant is
rendered impossible of attainment. Summing up
The situation il exists in the eastern states
reSpecting the domestic relation law, the client
when consulting local counsel is almost invari-
ably advised that upon the facts submitted he
she is without remedy. Here in Nevada the ap
p!icant, without deception fraud, upon
almost any charge from which lack of harmonious
relations may he reasonably inferred may apply
10 our courts and prompt results by de-
cree OF absolute divorce, valid and binding in
law"
While there are about 81 cases now on the
docket III the district court. there are in Reno
today over $50 individuals establishing resi-
ience for divorce purposes. a majority OF whom
are women.
The charms of Nevada divorce center
.aave only Just begun to percOiate into the con-
sciousreSS of the outside world.
Reno has objection to the present status
II affairs II is estimated that the revenue OF the
own from the divorce colony at present is close
30 81 900 600 year and that it will rapidly in
crease from this on. To community OF but 49,
900 population this is small consideration.
Why Reno is preferred to any other commun
IL in the state place OF residence by those
seeking divorces is because 81 the manifold ad-
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Wasn't Certain.

What is that you are reading
John" queried the better half of the
other half. who was deeply interested
in a newspaper article.
Il don't know, my dear" replied her
husband. I've only read about two
thirds of it. and I'm not sure whether
it Is a love story or patent-medicine
advertisement"
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known as "Rick's."
which is the local
Monte Carlo" Kicks
has all the convent
enceS for those who
desire to make a stay,
and frequently parties
who go there TO spend
a few. hours forget to
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ALL ARE TIPPED in BOHEMIA

the minimum coin by each days end.
Tipping. it was ascertained in an
other of Bohemia's larger towns. is SO
fully recognized that the head waiter
at a cafe pays a rent for his post. sup
plies all the journals for the coffee
room and looks after the other wait
ers. and then makes an income larger
than that of a university professor
all out of his tips.
After supper a. one Of the delight
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25
Human Weakness.

It was at the Bertillon room.
You have the system down pretty
fine" commented the visitor.
YES" responded the police examin-
err, "even to the Identification by
finger prints"
But how do you get the finger i'm
preston when the prisoner is unwiil-
ing to let you have it,"
''Oh. through strategy. We just hang
a Wet Paint sign on the wall. and
the prisoner IL certain to touch It
when We are not hooking"
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full open air cafes Of the capital it was
found that approximately one should
give a half krone. ten cents. to the
head waiter who took payment. four
cents 10 the under waiter who brought
the viands. and a cent to the boy who
brought-and even brought again as
one glass was firished-the beer.
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School Municipality.

In one of the schools OF Brooklyn
they have Junior Municipality
with a mayor and other officials. The
girls are in the majority, so they have
elected one OF themselves mayor. The
officers appoint monitors. boys on the
boys side and girls on the girls side.
and these see that there is no fighting
or other disturbance Then on holi-
days girls visit the home and give
the others lessons in taking care OF
the baby and hygiene generally which
they have learned from the teachers
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Aroused Curiosity.

Beg pardon" said the hotel clerk.
but what is your name?"
Name echoed the indignant guest.
who had just registered. Don't you
sec my signature there on the regis
teri"
Il do" answered the clerk. calmly.
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ing good health to
this fact. When a
young girl she was
fond of swimming.
rowing and driv-
ing. and even now
she never permits
a day to go by
without taking
some exercise. Ii
the weather is too
bad for walking
she passes several
hours at billiards.
She is wonder
fully skilled with
the cue and is
proud of her game.
But in nice wealth
er her favorite ex-
ercise is walking.
At S an d r in E.
hnna aho s.iciAc
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means SO much
to me that for the sake of other suffer-
ing women I am willing to make my
trouble public so you may publish
this letter. "-MEs. CHAs. BARCLAY,
RID, Graniteyille, vt.
No other medicine for wcman's ills
has received such widespread and I'M
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of cures of female ills as has Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years it has been
curing female complaints such as
Inflammation. liberation, local weak
nesses, fibrOid tumOrs, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, indigestion
and nervous prOstration, and it IS
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period of change OF life.
It costs but little to try Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. snd.
as Mrs. Barclaysays. it is worth noun
tains of gold to suffering women.
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sQuaws would a year ago sit and play
cards a, she corners OF the public
squares may be seen to-day handsome
womea in Paris gowns sauntering in
:hc afternoon sun. On the veranda
of the heading hotel where a year ago
we're the silence and desolatiOn that
The panic of 1907 produced, idly sit
ard fight with ennui groups of men
and women. who look forward. in
mental vision, to the time when they
will be able to forsake this frontier
post OF civilization and whirl an eager
i!ignt back TO their homes in the east.
But they are looking for divorces at
present, and so they must stay here
for at least six months from date of
arrival TO satisfy the requirements of
the Nevada divorce laws with regard
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25

may enjoy. The royal lady of European court
longer sits in regal spendCr in her palace sur
rounded by ladies in waiting ready to minister to
her most languid wish but You may meet her
motoring in the country riding horseback in
the park. 1t is an excellent example they are
setting for their countrywomen in this respect
Queen Alexandra is devotee of outdoor life In
deed. she attributes keeping young and enioy-
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25
Benz fcial SneeZe.

There is no more sure cure for an
attack of faintness than a hearty
sneeze. 1t Immediately stimulates tie
blood vessels Of the brain. In many
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25

More than 100000 pounds of human
hair Are exported from Hongkong 10
this country annually.
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TO residence For Reno has succeeded to the emnence
formerly occupied by Sioux Falls as the divorce center OF
America Some farsis;hed lawyer got into the Nevada
l,gsl,rrre years and when he again
,here was divorce among the statutes OF Nevada
that length, breadth. height elasticity and all other
Qualities that commend themselves the seeker
.asv matrimonial freedom. could not be surpassed
where in the union equaled the Dakota
law though and Nevada and the Nevada lawyer
.,roa no results from he being
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25

1rOm NERVOUSNESS
andother annoying
symptoms, and /
can truly say that
LydiaE.P inktnm's
Vegetable Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
of gold to me, as it
restored my health
and strength. /
never forget to tell
my friends what
I,ydiaEPinkham'S
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25

EMO. Nev.-The popula-
ton and social life Of Re-
no. New. are undergoing a
great change. Where u
year or SO ago the Optf-
mistic mining promoter.
in his corduroy or khaki
and his high russell shoes,
was wont to dispOrt him.
self, to-day may be seen
men OF the east flashing
by in high-powered auto
mobiles Where WaShOe
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25
Frolics of a Real Queen

That queens are very human be-
irSs after all is evidenced by their
delight in the outdoor pleasures
which even their humblest subjects
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25
Even the Street Car Conductor Gets
Tips-Pay for Privilege Of Serving.

In the city Of Prague tip to the
tramway conductor is considered de
rigueur. The orthodox tip consists OF
but two heller. or two-tenths Of q
penny, yet rs STRAP hanging is al
lowed for in considering the carrying
capacity Of the car the conductors
should have got a goodly pocxetful OF
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
SAYS Mrs. Chas. Barclay

Graniteville, VT. ~ was passing
through the Changeof Life and suffered
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25

Tell the Dealer you want Lewis Single
Binder cigar for its rich, mellow quality.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25

Don't dope yourself for every little
pain. 1t only hurts your stomach. Such
pain comes usually from local nfiam-
nation. A little rubbing with Hamlins
Wizard Oil will stop it Immediately.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-25

The world sprinkled 81 600, 900 worth
of pepper on its food in 1908.
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During her courtship NO girl is IN
favor of disarmament.
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Don't forget that divorce suit
costs more than q wedding suit.
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usually precious metals in difficult
centrally situated
found n American community
beautiful Tuckee
nights is
tersa comparatively mild.
altitude $500 feet makes the atmosphere somewhat trying
with affections the
only to 8
abound
mionares paronze 40
Springs Five miles Reno
medicinal Springs
beautiful driving
magnificent edince
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teachers receipt Of Is cts. in STAMPS 1jnch hsrI
maple. brass edged rule. JOHN G. WOODWARD
4 CO. Candy Men"c Council Biufss, -.
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