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The Forrest City times., 1909-03-05

explosives used in mining. the miner takes his life in his hand every time he touches off a fuse. It is the purpose of the government to continue these experiments until the explosives of the country are standardized in such manner that the miner will have definite idea what these ex plosives will dc.
 After the government has gone far enough in it's experiments. bulletin will be issued recon mending permissible explosives such as stan'i the test. The facts learned concerning these eX. plosives will be called directly 10 the attention of the state mining baasa2s we'll as the oper- atoTs.
 Perhaps the most important and farreaehins experiments far at the station are these ia which il has been definitely shown that coal dust is an explosive equa7 as aaa-atous tha dead. ly fire damp. Thls has been 9 uoored question among mining engineers and mm,.s alike both insisting that fl is impossible H explode ceal aHst unless there is gas present. That the coal dust will explode iH the Ha5na where lherg Is pa sas has been repeatedly shown to several hundred operators and miners at tba testing station, Hhe experts at the station are now bending the.r en.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
FRIENDLY WITH THE sPARRows
Little Feathered Pirates Show Attach
ment for Canary.

An odd story Of bird friendship,
vouched for as true, was told by a
friend the other day:
my sister," said the friend, has q
canary. Every day, when the weather
II fine, she puts its cage out on the
porch where it can enjoy the sunlight
and the air. She has kept this up for
50 many months. putting the cage al.
ways In the same place, that the
canary has made friends with the
sparrows who live near by.
In nesting time. I myself have
seen the canary tear bits of paper
from the floor of its house and push
them out to the sparrows, who use
them in building their nests. When
the winter is at its height, and food
is scarce, have seen the sparrows
hop familiarly up on the outside Of
the canary's cage, and help themselves
from its seed cups. In return they bring
bits of string and horsehair which
they have gathered. and push them
through the wire bars to the canary.
These are quite useless to the little
yellow singer, but 1t seems to ap-
preciate the spirit in which they are
given just the same"
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
What Every Country Editor Knows

What Every Country Editor Knows.
During the eight years I worked IN
a country newspaper Office had am
pie time to study and absorb the daily
incidents in the life and work of a
country editor. learned for a certain
ty that man to qualify for such a
position must be machinist. a poll
tician. financier, a diplomat and a
printer, beside having smattering
of all professions. He must be versa
tile, forgiving. brave. prolific, calm,
temperate in all things and withal, he
must have excellent bodily health
abundant physical strength and a head
filled with concrete knowledge of his
village, the country, the common
wealth and all things Of national and
international moment and importance.
from the best methods OF treating the
pip in light Brahmas to the latest rev.
dictionary disturbances i'm the Bal
kans.-DOn Cameron Shafer in the
Bohemian.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

The Journal has never admired Jim
Dahlman as q man or politician 1t
believes that there are men in Omaha
who would ill the Office Of mayor with
more dignity and reflect more credit
upon the city than the COW boy from
the sand hills. There is a reason for
the present popularity of the mayor Of
Omaha. He has been assailed and
Omaha has been assailed and abused
and misrepresented by the socalled
reformers who are now attempting to
remodel society on plans furnished by
the moral uplifters of Lincoln. The
abuse of Dahlman by moral agitators
throughout the state, turned the tide in
his favor at home. Men who were not
in sympathy with him politically or do
not admire him as q man, voted for
him as man, voted for him as q pro.
test against the ISLANDERS that have
been hurled at Omaha by the Shall
lenberger crowd of Dahlman haters
outside Of. Douglas county.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
NOTICE OY INTERPRETATION.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
have formed corporation under the laws Of the
State of Nebraska
The name OF the corporation is Knights OF
Columbus Home Association" The principal
place OF business is Columbus. Nebraska,
The principal business of the corporation
shall be the maintenance of lodge and club
rooms and pabl &c hall and the acquiring of such
property and the erection and maintenance of
such buildings may be necessary therefor.
The capital stock Of the Corporation Is SIS 600
in shares of SIS % each. OF these four hundred
400 are to be preferred and six hundred (60o)
shares common stock All stock to be issued
when paid for. All subscriptions to stock to be
payable when the aggregate subscriptions
amOont to twO-fifths of the authorized capital.
The corporation shall commence business on
the first day Of April, 1909, and continue for a
period OF twenty five years.
The highest amount of Indebtedness To which
the corporation may at any time subject itself
shall not exceed twO-thrds of the paid up capi-
tai stock.
The affairs of the corporation shall be man.
aged by board of six directors. The officers of
the corporation shall he a President. Secretary,
Treasurer and Manager who will b. selected BY
the directors.
STEPHEN j. RYAN.
AIOIS FRISCHHOLZ,
MARK Mcmahon,
THOMAS WADE,
MARK BURKE,
Dated April %, 1903. FRANK GERBAAZ.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
Request for q Loan.

Hanging in our front hall was q
large japanese hat made Of rice straw.
and the colored girl in the kitchen was
preparing to 60 to a masquerade ball.
20 we were not surprised when she
sent the infant daughter Of the house
into the parlor Mardi Gras evening
with the following note:
Deer lady will you please mann lond
me that hat that hing up in the FRONT
hall please and let me have Is again
and this will be the last time am
going to IVORY you but please lond me
that hat please mann this is the last
time 1 am going to mass (mask) please
lond me the hat please from Myrtle.
please lond me the hat.
Answer soon.
Don't come send me word"
She got the hat--Houston Post
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
"Water Sheep"

A business communication in Arabic
recently reached Manchester firm.
and when translated by Syrian
interpreter. proved to contain re-
quest for the price of cOppering two
water sheep" of certain given dimen-
siOns. The translator was confident
of his version. but admitted that he
did not know what water sheep"
could be- For the moment even the
heads of the firm were puzzled, until
it struck some one that this was the
nearest synonym in the vocabulary
of a pastoral people for hydraulic
ram"
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
Moving Stairs for Walters.

It Is q strange fact that one of the
greatest conveniences possible in the
working mechanism of q hotel is BE-
ing successfully introduced in foreign
hotels, and although manufactured In
New York is only beginning to be
heard of In the United States.
It 10 known AZ an escalat0r, and II Q
moving runaway or stairs for carrying
the waters from the level of the
kitchen to upper dining rooms. Less
than q year ago one Of them was
shipped to a leading hotel In Stock.
holm, Sweden, and some time later an
other to q hotel In Buenos Ayres.
Others are being prepared for ship
ment to hotels In Europe.-Popular
Mechanics.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
First Fare on the Comet.

DR.. John Inglis remembers a CONVEX.
sation with an old gentleman who
claimed to have been the first to pay
passage money on board the first pas
senger steamer In Europe-the his
toric Comet. The voyage undertaken
was from the Broomielaw to Dalmuir
-fourpence now by tramway car-and
the fare was four shillings. 1t was
taken by Henry Bell himself, the Com
ct was stopped and waited for half
an hour till Bell and his passenger
adjourned to an inn, where the first
fare wet the toast of prosperity to the
pioneer passenger steamer.-Glasgow
Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

Although the city election was held
more than q week ago in Lincoln the
fight for the Office of mayor continues
to agitate the political atmosphere of
the Capital City. On the face Of the
returns Judge Love the republican
candidate has . small majority, but
Robert Malone, the democratic nomi-
nee, insists that he has been defrauded
out of the office, and threatens to
commence . contest. Now that the
question of prohibition has been settled
the reformers of Lincoln must have
something to fight about and the ques.
ton as to who should be mayor is
about - harmless . bone to growl over
as anything that could be raised. In
toxicated with success, the so-called
moral element, now that there are no
saloons to fight, ere quarreling among
themselves.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
POINTS OUT DANGER IN EGGS.
Should Be Cooked to Avoid Possibility
Of Infection by Them.

1t has long been known that milk
may be vehicle for the diphtheria
germ, but eggs have not until recently
been suspected of having any part in
the communication of this nOisOme
malady. A recent number of the Lon
municatiOn from DIR. Sambon, one Of
the professors in the London School
of Tropical Medicine, in which it is
shown that fowls as well as birds are
subject to diphtheria, and that eggs
often contain virulent germs of this
disease and may easily be the means
Of spreading the disease. The doctor
claims that he has even found active
diphtheria germs in an egg at his own
breakfast table.
In view of these facts, says Good
Health, it is apparent that eggs must
be invariably cooked to AVOID the dan
ger Of infection. Raw eggs are unQues-
tiOnably quite as dangerous as raw
milk, or possibly even more so. The
egg Is doubtless much more often a
source of serious illness than is gen.
orally supposed. A stale egg or a sick
or infected egg may be the cause of
sudden nausea. vomiting and purging.
the real cause of which may not be
suspected. Certainly the egg is very
far from being the safe and innocent
food which it has so long enjoyed the
reputation of being. Various species
of germs have been found inside the
shells which were apparently fresh. 1t
is known that germ may be picked up
and included in the egg during its
transit along the Oviduct of the fowl
and that germs may penetrate the egg
after it is laid.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
sKILLFUL HANDLER OF RAZOR
English Champion Has Some Remark
able Records to His Credit.

Prof. Hardie is the quick-shaving
champion of England Mr.. Hardie's
record of shaving five men in one min
ute Is seconds stood for some years.
but not long ago the champion of the
razor thought he would try for new
and better times, so he managed to
shave six men in one minute 20 Sec
onds.
Mr.. Hardie little back issued
challenge to the world for $4,000 and
this money can be won by anyone who
will take up the cudgels at either quick
or blindfold shaving. and is able to
beat the existing champions time.
MIR. Hardie can shave one man. no
matter how harsh his beard, in IL Sec
onds, or he will allow himself to be
blindfOlded and then make a clean job
of it in q seconds Besides these
times. which are accomplished by the
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

There was time when Lincoln was
q "sure enough" republican city. But
. change has taken place. The en-.
dorsement of Organism and prohibi.
ton and various other isms coupled
with the advent of the theorists and
extremists has brought the democratic
party to the front and transformed it
from . minority party 70 about an
equal footing with the republicans.
Whenever the prohibition question be-
comes an issue in politics in q northern
state, the republican party suffers loss
of political prestige and the demo-
cratic party gains correspondingly. In
Omaha, where republicans usually
make q good showing, the democratic
candidate for mayor carried the city
by three thousand majority.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

The Missouri legislature passed q
resolution submitting to the people q
statewide prohibition constitutional
amendment. The resolution was
amended in the senate with q tax rider
which provides for doubling the rate
Of taxation. This does not please the
prohibitionists, who are unwilling to
pay the price for the alleged reform
demanded.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

In the days Of the civil war men
skipped to Canada to escape the draft,
and avoid their responsibilities as citi-
zens and patriots, but it was left to w.
j. Bryan to introduce the Canadian
cure to escape the responsibility Of
casting q ballot for or against prohibi-
ton. The day the city election was
held in Lincoln, Mr.. Bryan found it
convenient to fill q lecture date he had
arranged for in advance over in Can
ada.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

One Of the arguments used by the
democrats ut Lincoln to induce voters
t. cast . ballot for prohibition, was the
cry Il viii hurt Bryan if his home city
endorses the saloon when nearly every
democ1atic state has declared for pro-
hibiioa. No doubt this argument in
husnoed many democrats to vote and
voek for prohibition, for the belief is
eniAe seneral If the prohibition senti-
.,e.t Continues to spread Mr.. Bryan
yin spring, = tho paramount issue m
ro1a .sNaf;onal Prohibition.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

discontinued. The superintendent Of
schools in Philadelphia has recon.
mended the adoption Of this lee
ture system, and the matter has been
brought up in Toronto. The Roches-
ter Teachers' association is conducting
. course of lectures, aided financially
BY the board ofeducation. The course
this year includes special lectures for
teachers and lectures on literature and
music. Other cities have free lecture
courses in no way connected with the
schools on their educational system, ON
the order Of the Cooper Union of New
York, with its free lecture system open
for the masses since 1889. and its free
classes in art, applied science and liter
AZURE. The Goodwin institute, Of
Memphis, is one Of the latest additions
to the free lecture halls of the country.
Soon other municipal school systems
may realize, - New York has done,
that the words of Daniel Webster
have . potent meaning: "On the diff.
fusion Of education among the people
rests the preservation and perpetuation
of our free institutions. Make them
intelligent and they will be vigilant."
The adult mind hungers for instruc-
ton just rs keenly as the young one,
and through lectures the busy people
Of the work-a.day world can best be
reached.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

Railway Commissioner Cowgirl is on
the sore list. He was compelled to pay
full fare for the privilege of riding in
Q Pullman car which he insists was
extortion. An ordinary coach ought
to be good enough for plain Jeferso-
nian-Andrew-J ackson-Bryani1ed dem.
ocrat Anyway, when Cowgirl is
served with quail on toast he should
not expect to get such service at ham
sandwich price.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

There is . growing suspicion in Lin
coin that the returns of the city cleo
ton were tempered with. In one
precinct, it is claimed that the vote as
published shows 81 more votes cast in
the mayorality contest than were actu-
ally cast In the ward.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

There is one thing about Jim Dahl
man men admire. He is not afraid to
take the public into his confidence and
tell where he stands on the liquor
question. He is not q "hejger" or a
trimmer" and that is more than can
be said of w. j. Bryan.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

Twenty-Five cents per cuss word is
the fine the law says q man must pay
for using profanity in Nebraska. Let's
all-prohibitionists as we'll as whisky
men"-pay up and wipe out the state
debt before the sun goes down.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

The state supreme court has decided
that the appointees of Governor Shell
don to places on the supreme bench
40 entitled to their seats. The legis-
lature consumed two weeks of valuable
time last winter wrangling over the
act Of Sheldon in making the appoint
ments, and the decision of the supreme
court upholds the contention of the
republican members, who fought
against dragging the question into
partisan politics.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

The saloon keeper has always been
held up rs . horrible example Of that
class of men who have no respect for
law. There is doubtless some truth in
the charge, but people who live in
glass houses should not indulge in the
habit of throwing bick-bats. The
fact is the American people, As . class,
have very little respect for law. State
laws are violated every day, not only
by men who keep saloons, but by other
classes as we'll. The man who always
stands ready to denounce the saloon
keeper for violating the liquor law of
the state, does not hesitate to sell 6
short.measure box of strawberries to q
customer. The man who sells stale
eggs and rotten butter to his patrons
is just as guilty as q violator of law as
the saloon keeper who keeps his place
of business open after hours limited by
the ordinance under which he secures
q license. The beef packer who takes
damaged ham, fills up the holes
which rats have gnawed in it with
pork fat, places it in steel casing,
boils it and sells it to the public as
No. 1 sugar cured ham, is just as much
of q law breaker as the bartender who
sells q glass of beer to minor. When
men come before the public to advo.
cate morality and reform, honest pol
itics and pure lives, they should come
with clean hands. The lips that assail
the curse of intemperance should not
remain silent when other state laws
are knowingly and openly violated.
If the laws already on the statute books
were rigidly enforced there would be
no occasion for this constant warfare
that divides communities and retards
commercial development. There has
always been a demand for more law
for the control of the liquor traffic
| from the antisaloon league, which
claims to represent what is termed "the
better element" If half the energy
expended to secure the enactment Of
more laws were devoted to enforcing
laws that have already been enacted
there would be less noise and better
results. The state is already burdened
with laws, and every session of the
legislature is adding to the number,
and yet the demand is for more and
more. When the people of Nebraska,
and this includes all the saloon and
anti. saloon advocates, respect the laws
now in force, it will be time enough to
enact additional measures pertaining
to the reformation Of society.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

Representative Pat Murphy, of the
Sixteenth Missouri district, has intro
duced Q resolution in the house to
investigate Judges McPherson and
Phillips. Possibly the judges named
above can present . clean bill of their
Official acts, and no harm can come
from giving them an opportunity to do
%. But there is q growing suspicion,
however, that judges who accept free
junketing trips from railway attorneys
viii bear watching.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

There is no great loss without some
small gain. The Punishment Of the
saloon from Lincoln will have ten.
dency to shorten the session of the
next legislature. -.....-
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

RHUEWAI01Th0d af0 0pDos1fo yoof name On
yoaR Dapse. O. Wt1Dp9 SHOWS % VIM o"0 10.
0uhssEivGioa = paid. Thus Senss now ~.
pvnant - bssa received up 20 Jan. l. ~.
1eh3 70 IsA. l. NJ md % On. When paymsoI
y nada. IL daHa. which answsu - 1sosapf'
vall b ehangod aooocdingiy.
Dl1CONTNUANCE8- lponsibls sahsorib-
er,viu ooofinus 70 rsceive this 3oornal until ths
pahliGhas - noEiAsd By letter 10 discontinue,
- IN snsazaoss must b paid. II yoa do not
~ - JoaRnal oootinusd for another ysar a.
~ - time paid for he's expired. yoa shooid
nesvioasly noGify - b diseootinns T.
CHANGE IN ADDRRSSwhsa osdsrins q
$500 n IL sddrsss, suhscsibefs shoud b sura
n 40. IL old . vou . thalf n0W address.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

Columbus continues to improve and
increase in population regardless Of the
reflections cast upon the town in
Bixby's "Daily Drift"
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

Look over your tax receipts and see
if you can discover if you are paying
less taxes now than you did when
Sheldon was governor.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
What Fletcher SAW.

Mr.. Fletcher is credited with assert
ing that II intoxicants are cautiously
slipped they lose all their baleful ef-
lectS.
Unhappily, It may be claimed that
they lose all their pleasing effects as
well.
At the same time. extended expert.
ments along this line are not recon-
mended.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
OVER THE LIST.

aid Of an ordinary razor, Mr.. Hardie
will give any man a perfectly satisfac-
tory shave with the aid of carving
knife in As seconds. and with a pen
knife in % seconds.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

The new Columbus depot will not
be o massive Is expected. But let US
be thankful for even small things.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

There d not an open saloon in Mer-
rick county. Even Silver Creek is on
the water wagon.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
Daily Thought.

The only reason We don't regard
things everywhere ID because We
haven't good eyes.-Julian Hawthorne.
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

Happy Are Physicians!
Their successes shine in the sun
hight. and the earth covers their fail
uraA.-Hoptai4nA
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12
French provsrb.

A jest given too far brings home
batoL
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

A few, too few, cities have followed
New York in having public lectures
adults in connection with the school
system. A lecture bureau Wa main
tanned for awhile In connection with
the Boston school committee, but Was
The Columbus journal., 1909-05-12

In New York, the great polyglot
city of the world, the educational work
is the prime factor in doing away with
the confusion of tongues and making
of the 100 different nationalities gath.
cred there intelligent and reliable
American citizens. In London the
school instruction is in English for the
English. In Paris it is for q French
people. In New York, the largest
Irish and Jewish city on the globe,
and one of the largest Italian and
German, the instruction must be for
all peoples, and toward the one end
perfect assimilation. In one east side
school there are twenty.three nation.
alities represented, and the janitor of
many schools has to be . man of sew.
eral languages.
The public school reaches the child
population in thorough way, the city
Of New York spending twice Is much
on its educational system Is any other
city in the world. Over 5000 teach
ers offer instruction to the 641, 900 or
more children, and the cost Of it Ill to
the city this yearwas 81, 5000 The
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Margaret Dunn, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, Executor of the will of Marg-
sret Dunn, deceased, to the creditors
of, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers, within
ten months after the publication Of
this notice, to said Executor, at his
residence in Custer, Custer county, Ida
no, the same being the place for the
transaction of the business of the es-
tate of said deceased in Custer county,
Idaho.
EDWARD A. MCDONALD,
Executor.
l.. L. GLENNoN, Attorney of Executor
First publication Jan. 5th, 1909.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate OF Elizabeth b. Christian, d,


Estate of Elizabeth B. Christian, De-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, John +. Christian, anministra-
tor of the estate of Elizabeth Il. Chris
tian, deceased, TO the creditors Of. and
all persons having claims against said
deceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within four mon
tbs after the first publication of this
notice, to said administrator, at the
office OF Milton A. Brown, Challis, Ida
no, the same being the place for the
transaction of the business'of said es-
tate in the County Of Custer, State OF
Idaho.
Dated December Goth, 1905
JOHN +. CHRISTIAN,
Administrator.
Milton A. Brown, Attorney for Admin
istrator. Pc. Address. Challis, Idaho.
First publication Jan. 5th, 1909.