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The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
LINCOLN AND DAVIS.

On the 18th day of February, one
hundred years ago, Abraham Lincoln
was born in . log cabin in Hardin
county, Kentucky. Eight months
previous, another child WAS born in >
luxurious home in Todd county, in
the same state. Jefferson Davis was
. little more than eight months old
when the Great Emancipator made his
appearance in Hardin county. These
two children represented the two ex-
trenes of society in the South at that
time. Lincoln represented what in
that day was termed the "poor white
trash"-the hardy mountaiDeers whose
blood for one hundred and fifty years
had not mingled with the blood Of
people from foreign lands. They were
distinctly American in sentiment,
blood, bone and sinew; they we're
opposed to slavery and the slave arts.
tocracy; they were intensely patriotic
in their devotion to the Union and the
flag. jefferson Davis came from .
people that believed in human slavery,
and held in contempt the people that
gave to the country the man who was
raised up by the Almighty 10 free the
slaves that titled the Davis lands when
young Davis was born. With social
position, wealth and friends, and en-
dowed with ability and personal meg.
netism, jefferson Davis future was
assured. How different the early life
of Lincoln! His was . struggle for
existence and education, and . place
in the world. Where an ordinary
man would have become discouraged
and given up the fight. Lincoln plod-
ded on. It was . long road rough
road-but it ended 1t the white house
in Washington about the same time
the man born in Todd county walked
into another presidential mansion
the one at Richmond, Virginia. With
the coming Of these two men into
their new positions, the war clouds
were gathering. The representative
of the slave aristocracy and the repre-.
sentative of the people opposed to dis
union were face to face in q mighty
conflict in q struggle for supremacy
which shook the earth the thunder IF
artillery and drenched the land with
the best blood of the North and South.
In the end, the man born in Hardin
county was victorious and the man
from Todd county went to his grave
forgiven but not forgotten by that
section of the Union he attempted to
crush with his aristocracy. Lincoln's
place in history is secure. His name
will ever shine as one of the brightest
that adorns the annals of Time.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
Rare Gases In the Alr.

Samples Of pure air from q height
Of eight and one-half miles have been
collected by Teisserence de Fort. the
French investigator. in his observa-
tons on the rare gases, especially
argO2. neon and helium. The collect
ing apparatus vacuum tube drawn
out to . fine point at one end-was
carried up by q large sounding bal-
loon. At the desired height an cleo.
tromagnetic device operated BY .
barometer broke of the point admit
ting the air. and a few minutes later
. second contact sent a battery cur.
rent through a platinum wire around
the broken end. melting the glass and
sealing the tube. All samples thus
obtained show argon and neon, NO
helium being found in air from above
six miles.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

their own crude opinions on the sub
ject; but those authorities are apt to
be Influenced BY prosaic fact rather
than by divine instinct.
1t is told of two steerage passengers
whose steamer entered New York on
the morning Of the glorious Fourth.
that one Of them. an Englishman, lis
cannOnade and cracker firing that
ushered in the dawn Of Freedom At
last he turned to his companion and
wondered what was the meaning Of all
the blooming row."
The other smiled scornfully. "Arrah.
g'wan, you foreigner! This Is the day
we bate yees!"-Sunday Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
puzzIina Canadian Time.

VOA3UWs9 ~Oss0Ss0S sSsSs
A traveller at the Union depot 70
Gently was looking up some Canadian
connections.
You connect with q train leaving
1t 1890 o'clock and arriving At your
destination at 1910" O. E. Barbre,
the Information dispenser. said.
What in thunder are you talking
about?" the traveller demanded.
Then Barbre had to explain that
several Of the CANADIAN railroads use
the 24-hour system of time. using
clocks with figures beginning at mid.
night and counting the hours straight
through to midnight again. The train
the traveller desired to take left his
connecting station at 1:20 O'Clock in
the afternoon and arrived ut the des-
tination at 1910 o'clock that night
Kansas City Star.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

Old Soldier Thus Derives Title q
Orderly to Emperor.

The manager of a Paris insurance
company was decorated with the
Legion of Honor a few days ago. and
the clerks in the employ of the com.
pany presented him a piece of plate.
to which their visiting cards were at.
tached.
Looking over these. he was puzzled
by the visiting card of the ONCE
boy" an old soldier from the lnval.
ides, who was employed to open the
ONCE doors from nine to four. Under
the mans name was the title: The
Emperor's Orderly"
He sent for the old soldier. who
stumped in and saluted.
''Of what emperor are you the or
derby. and how" he asked. The old
Invalide drew himself up to attention.
Il am the orderly to the emperor. -
he said. Napoleon. Ii petit caporal. !"
But he is dead"
He has been dead for some time -
answered the soldier. Il dust his tomb
for him.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

The Humphrey bill, providing for
election of United States senators by
the Oregon plan, is in the interest Of
w. j. Bryan. When the Peerless
leader first attracted public attention
he aspired to represent Nebraska in
the senate, but the attempt was fail.
ure. He has learned by experience,
and With the aid of the Humphrey
bill hopes to secure enough republican
votes to land the nomination, and then
it will be up to the legislature to
endorse the will Of the people. But
the republicans are not going to be
caught mapping this time, even if the
bill passes.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
Photoqraphinq the atars.

In measuring the sensitiveness of
Photographic plates ut different tenn
peratures, SO as to determine the best
temperature for star photography. an
English astronomer has discovered tho
curious fact that for some plates the
best temperatures for photograDhing
very faint stars and somewhat bright
or stars are not the same. Thus BE-
tween - and Is degrees centigrade
the plate becomes slower for faint
stars when slightly warmed. whereas
At the same time It becomes faster
for brighter stars. The expert In a.
Economical photography will therefore
hereafter regulate the temperature of
his plates according to the brightness
Of the particular celestial objects on
which he is working.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

Congress appears to have abandoned
it, efforts to discredit the president
since the undignified speech of Repre-
sentative Rainey of Illinois, in which
he charged the president, President.
elect Taft, Charles p. Taft and Oliver
Nelson Cromwell with having bribed
the national assembly Of the Republic
Of Panama in order to secure certain
concessions on the isthmus. In the
same speech Rainey accused the presi-
dent with insulting . young lady on
the public highway near Washington.
The last charge against the president
has been branded q false by the
lady, through her mother, and the
frst charge has been denounced q
false BY the national assembly Of Pan
ana in . resolution protesting against
~sthe slanderous assertions made" by
the Illinois Congressman. In it, BELT
tlsing process congress has got decid'
>dy Tie voEst Of it.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
The Wise Wife-chooser.

w. T. Turner, the Lusitania's new
captain. has for motto: ITO get to
port safe il to get there soon." He
said In New York the other day:
ITO be quick, to be prompt-that
IL the secret of success In sailoring, in
life, and in matrimony.
AT = Christmas dinner aboard my
old ship. the Car0nia. the lady on my
right said: -.>
"a good way to pick out q hus-
band would be to see how patiently
the man waits. when very hungry. for
q Christmas dinner that is behind
time
Madam said I. q good way to
pick out q wife is to choose the w0m-
an whose dinners. Christmas or other
wise, are never behind time
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

The people of Platte county are
more interested in securing bridges
spanning the Loup and Platte riverz
than they are in the length of sheets
In hotels. If the senators and repre-.
DESTROYS of doing something for their
constituents they should, at least, make
IN effort to secure the passage of q bill
providing for making bridges across
the streams above mentioned state
bridges, to be constructed and kept in
repair at state expense. There's too
much horse play and not enough horse
sense displayed at present among the
'1aw" makers at Lincoln.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
Money and ID 0ravsbaeleo.

sOuey SO0 10 Ob0WO0SWOs
Some people are loft money just In
the nick OF time. and make good use of
It: Il 10 ruinous to others to receive
money that they have never earned.
A good many people would never do
any work at all II 1t wasn't for the
fact that they had to. and 70 . wise
Providence DEGREES that money shall
not come their way except by the
sweat Of their brow.-The Captain.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

IF you are . democrat, don't become
. "Sour Dough" if the present legisla-
ture fails to incorporate the word
immediate" in the proposed law guar.
anteeing bank deposits.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

000O0 SOUOsO0SO0 OoOsV0 0UOs
To many peoples the goose was .
sacred bird, and even to this day
there are found many. especially In
Asia, who will not kill . goose. The
levout cherish . fond fancy that all
geese perform IN aerial pilgrimage to
the h0liest of lakes in the Himalayas
every year, transporting the sins Of
the neighborhood. returning with .
new stock Of inspiration for the en-
coura9oment Of tho devOut.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

The members of the Nebraska cen.
ate are not built on the economy plan
when it comes to asking something
from the general government They
passed . resolution requesting the
state delegation in congress to support
. measure appropriating $500. 600. 900
for river and harbor improvements.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

After wrangling for nearly thirty
days the lower house of the Nebraska
legislature has succeeded in passing
one reform" measure-the bed sheet
bill. 1.-THE bill goes through the sem
ate and the governor approves it, al
hotels in the state will be required to
have bed sheets no less than nine feet
long.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
Woman's Remarkable Fest

Though the compiling of . diction-
AIRY Is . task that even u corps Of
trained editors undertake with no
slight hesitation, . Washington wom-
an, Mrs. George H. Gorham. finished
the remarkable feat Of writing IN
idiomatic French-English. English
French dictionary entirely unaided.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
THE MARTYR MOTHER.

Maternal martydom is a state Of
mind which evey mother who loves
her children and who wants to hold
their love in return should dreal. The
martyr-mother is the woman who en-
ters the estate of matrimony thought.
lessly, bears children willingly, and
then when the real responsibilities Of
wifehood and motherhood press upon
her more heavily than she anticipated,
holds a grudge against husband and
children, and rises in rebellion against
conditions of her own creating. IF
I'd known what married life meant, do
you think I'd ever married the best
man lving?" she demands. "A
married woman today is nothing but
an unpaid hired girl, dressmaker and
teacher all in one, who never has an
afternoon of: It'swcrk early and late
with no one to appreciate you, nor say
thank you kindly" There she sits.
modify, the picture of domestic mar
tyrdom. Her husband, behind the
evening paper, sets his teeth hard on
his cigar or pipe and says not a word.
He knows the wisdom of silence. Al
80 the futility of argument.
IF she had known what marriage
meant, she never would have married!
Yes she was one of q good sized fam.
lily. She must have seen the busy life
her own mother led. She must have
known after visiting this relative and
that, one girl friend after another, that
the way of the mother is strewn with
no roses, save those of love, which are
invisible to the selfish eye. Did she
imagine for one instant that Is q wife
and mother she would be immune from
all responsibility, exempt from all bur-
denss The man behind the newspaper
knew when he asked her to marry him
that he would be expected to support
her and the children who came to bless
their union. He does not say: "Well
if I'd known how much you and these
children were going to cost me, I'd
never have married you"
The average man does not regard
himself - a domestic martyr. And
even if he does think 80, he does not
propose that his men friends shall
known it. But the martyr mother is
quite without pride. One of her sort,
. perfectly healthy, well-gromed, WE'LL
dressed and well-housed martyr-moth-
er was summing up her troubles the
other day in the presence of her two
daughters, both under twenty.
"HI have my way, neither of my
girls will every marry. A mother IL
. perfect slave, never free from worry
from the time the first child Is born
until she herself u laid in her grave.
I WAS such . lively girl, invited every
where, but from the day Of my mar.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
Glory.

How many metals make the bronze
Of Corinth! Insults on boards or on
paper. the spot Of ink or charcoal or
mud. the dreg. Of heart, OF mind and
Of body. the dirt of calumny, all these.
under the sun, dry. harden, turn into
bronze solid and brilliant-a pure
bronze. which is called gl0ry!-Catulls
NendeS.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
No Chance to Talk.

No Chance to Talk.
What has become of that lively
friend of yours met some time ago?
l never see him with you now"
mo, alas! He has joined the great
silent majority"
"Ah! he is dead?"
NO; married"
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

The suggestion that, when New
Mexico becomes . state the name be
changed to Lincoln, will meet with
the unanimous approval of the Amer
lean people.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

must % 4mputate0. ana SUM o.--:>
are wiped out Of existence after suf-
fering hours Of untold agony and ex-
posture before the eyes Of their help.
less comrades.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma,
who has posed as a political reformer,
must answer another charge. He has
been indicted in the U. s. district
court, with other prominent politicians
of his state, for town lot frauds. 1t
viii be remembered that Haskell was
treasurer of the democratic national
oommittee-the personal choice of
Mr.. Bryan-but when he was exposed
- . common swindler, was forced to
resign. Haskell was the big man at
the Denver convention and acted q
chairman of the platform committee,
and for his services to the Nebraskan,
It MAS understood that he was slated
for . cabinet position in the event of
Bryan's election.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
III. idea Of GETTING Work.

HE Idea Of Getting Work.
Kind Old Lady-Have you ever
made an effort to get work?
Beggar-Yes, ma'am. Last month I
got work for two members of my fam
lily. but neither of them would take
it-Illustrated Bita.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
lnxantoe az hansom Cab

The hanson cab was the invontlon
Of Joseph Aloysius Hanson, a emin-
emit English architect, who Aourished
about Is years ago. He invented what
he called the patent safety cab abeut
1S33 and died In 11Sa.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

Up to the present time the demo-
cratic legislature has not redeemed .
single promise made in the state plat
form.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
WITH THE AIR He eREATHED
Emigrant from the Green Isle Al
sorbed AmOricanism.

How long It requires an Irishman to
become an American IL another story.
The federal statutes. of course. have
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

The Trademark of Minnesota.
Very few of our statesmen have
pushed the clouds away 80 often and
so successfully as Knute. If you think
he does not know the exact value of
being scandinavian in Minnesota,
please forget it, for he does. Also, if
you think he is not politician from
the ends of his stubby toes to the top
of his square head, please forget that,
for be is. Moreover, do not entertain
any doubts about his ability, his integ-
rity, his resourcerulness, his rank as q
Senator and his strength at home. =
Knute Nelson is a sort of q trade.
mark for Minnesota. Statesmen come
and statesmen 60 from that fine North
State, but Nelson goes on forever. To
be sure! They can't stop him!
You see, the Scandinavians hang
together You may talk about other
nationalities in our body polite being
clannish, but they are mere morgan
lied crowds when it comes to compar-
ing them to the big, blond fellows who
have played so important q part in the
upbuilding Of the Northwest.
"Who shall we nominate for county
judger' asked the county chairman in
Minnesota of his committeeman.
"Ole Olson"
"Who for county clerk?''
"John johnson"
"Who for county treasurer
"Pete Petersen"
"Sheriff''
"Swan Swanson"
CONSTABLE"
Jim Jones"
Perplexed, the chairman looked
around. "Why Jim Jones?" he asked.
"Oh," replied the proposer of Jones,
we've got to do something to catch
the American vote"
Now, that is the kind of q constit-
uency behind Knute Nelson. They
are for him and he is for them. He
knows them and they know him.
Nelsons You bet, born in Norway,
too, and glad of it, and garnering,
garnering, garnering all the busy
years. Saturday Evening Post.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

When . man purchases IN automo-
bile, he at once becomes IN advocate
Of good roads.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
Tulips Like the lioht.

Jumps Like the Ii9ht.
Tulips are very sensitive to the
light. During a cloudy day they will
sometimes close their petals, and not
open them until the sunlight returns.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

rage pleasure Was taken out Of my
life. Each child represented practi
cally two years of social obscurity. and
by the time my children were old
enough for me to leave them, society
had forgotten me. When it wasn't
measels, it was the, chickenpox
When George had not broken hi
arm, Nellie had earache.
Don't worry about that mother, .
one of her daughters said. "I'll never
marry. I might make some man a
unhappy As you make father-some
girls as miserable % you make us."
Perhaps you will say that the man
did the proposing. Granted. Blu,
nine women out of ten bring the man
to the proposal point. The man may
not know it, but the average woman
foreordains the marriage which he il
pleased to think he planned. And
even if . proposal comes Unexpectedly
and without collusion on the part Of
the woman, she is free to decline
Very few women are coerced into
matrimony. The real trouble lies in
the fact that in deciding the question
of q life-mate, the rights of the chill.
dren yet unborn are seldom considered.
A woman does not say, "Will this man
be q worthy father of the children !
bears" I have even heard girls say
! with false modesty that no nice girl
will discuss that phase of matrimony.
Yet it is almost invariably the girl
who marries without giving one hours
thought to the responsibilities she il
assuming who degenerates into the
martyr-mother, evil genius of an I'M.
happy home. The martyr-mother is
absolutely unreasonable. Returning
to the unpleasant scene described
above, that mother to my certain
knowledge is an autocrat in her own
home. Her husband is consulted only
on finances. 1t is her wish that the
bulk of their income should be spent
on the education, dress and social life
of her children.
The household which is cursed by q
martyr-mother must be unhappy. For
in every home the mother is the foun.
tainhead of happiness or misery. In
spite of all the up-to-date improve
ments that make the domestic life
more simple for the housewife, science
and invention have never evolved q
substitute for the mother. The honor
of moulding the characters of her
children remains here. No man can
usurp this inalienable right of woman
hood. God never gave him the talent,
the mysterious power. But he did
give it to US women, and the woman
who martyrizes herself and abuses
this precious gift wanders day after
day farther from the path of happi-
ness.-Mary Brown in Paris Modes.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10
PREACHERS OPINION OF APPEAL
TO "PRINcIPLE."

IN HE View the Stumbling Block to
Reconciliation Between Err;ng
Brethren % In That Wor3
Used by Stiffnecked.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-10

And still the hank guarantee law
hangs fire.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-02
DRIFTING SOULS.

All, there be souls none understand;
Like clouds, they can not touch the
land,
Drive as they may, by field or town;
Then we look wise at this and frown,
And we cry Fool" and cry Take
hold
OF earth, and fashion gods Of gold"
ships, they blow and
blow,
Sail to and fro, and then go down
In unknown seas that none shall
know,
Without one ripple Of renown.
Poor, drifting dreamers, sailing by
They seem to only live and die.
Call them not fools The test of
worth
Is not the hold they have on earth;
Lo! there be bentless souls sea-blown
That know not any harbor known;
And oft for this the reason is
They touch on fairer shores than this.
.Jauquin Miller in "The Ship in the
Desert"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-02

Major Cornoyer undertaken the task
It might have resulted in failure and
in disaster to the then small village
Of Pendleton.
Following those stirring times Ma
jor Cornoyer lived more than so
years, being almost four score and
ten when he died, During his life
time he saw this county transformed
from an unfenced tract of bunchgrass
and sagebrush into fertile farming
section. New people have been
steadily arriving aud the Indians
whom he formerly governed have
mostly passed away.
But while those tsirrlng days are
past and in the busy present people
have little time for "reminiscences, yet
the records of such men as Major
Cornoyer VIII never be entirely for
gotten. He was one who played a
strong and manly part in the drama
Of frontier life and he is entitled to
an honorable place in Umatilla
county's gallery of heroes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-02
DOES IT APPLY HERE?

The local morning paper is devot-
ing its time very assiduously to serv-
ing as q subsidized organ for monopo-
l'stic corporations. Its latest move
has been to join in throwing stones
at the Eugene administration for its
efforts towards securing municipal
water system.
This morning the Tribune played
up" the fact that the Eugene people
have paid Frank C. Kelsay consider
able money for engineering work he
has done in connection with the ef-
forts to secure a better water supply
for Eugene. 1t is charged that Mr..
Kelsay's schemes are "untenable."
But his chief offence is that he has
drawn plans for a municipal electric
pumping plant and tnat when those
plans are carried out the Willamette
valley company will have to give up
its present contract for pumping wa
ter for the city of Eugene.
Now this same Mr.. Kelsay has also
been in the employ of the Pendleton
water commission. Last summer and
fall he devoted much time to making
calculations for gravity water sys-
TEN for this city. Doubtless he was
well paid for his service as he should
have been, being an engineer of high
But if the plans for gravity wa
ter system for Pendleton should be
carried out the Northwestern Gas &
Electric company will lose its contract
for pumping water for the city. Is
this why the Tribune has gone out of
its way to throw stones at Mr.. Kel-
say? Does it's criticism of that gen.
tleman apply to the work he has done
for Pendleton as we'll as to that he
has done for Eugene?