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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
helping Lonely Women.


Massachusetts, has long held the
record Of possessing the greatest pro.
portional surplus of women of any
state in the union. There are said tC
be no less than 100000 spinsters and
widows in the Bay state who must
look out for themselves. and there
has been much discussion of schemes
for their benefit and relief. Recently
prominent business and professional
women OF Boston have organized for
the purpose of getting the state to ale
in purchasing small tracts of land, on
which lone women can engage in ag
ricultural pursuits. The W0men'S
Massachusetts, Homestead association
intends to have it, beenflciaries cult
vats small plots and raise flowers.
herbs. mushrooms. strawberries. vege
tables. squads. chickens, bees and pigs
Cheap. comfortable homes will be bull,
on these plots. and necessary nipple.
ments also will be supplied. A wealthy
New York woman stands ready to con
tribute 100000 to the project. and .
Brookline (Aass.) philanthr03ist has
offered to lend his big farm for expert
ments along this line.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

The first state prohibitory law was
passed in Maine in 1916. In 1851 a
more stringent law was adopted. Yer
mont in 1882, New Hampshire in
1856 and Connecticut in 1854 adopted
the Maine law. Then the great pro-
hibition wave" As it was called at the
time, spread to New York and cam
paigu for state wide prohibition was
fought. Thecontest resulted in favor
of the prohibitionists, and from 1855
to 1857 New York was on the water
wagon. It was not until twenty. five
years later, after nearly all the states
named above had repealed the prohi-
bition laws passed in the fifties, or
refused to enforce it, that the move
ment crossed the Mississippi. In 1880
Kansas adopted prohibition, and after
trying in vain to enforce the law did
manage to close the saloons and trans
fer tho liquor traffic to the drug stores.
Iowa passed . prohibitory law in 1882,
but the law VAS declared unconstitu.
tioual. In 1884 Iowa tried il again
and got . prohibitory law that with
stood the constitutional test, but the
Law finally became so unpopular that
the legislature repealed it in 1894.
North and South Dakota came into
tie Union o. prohibition states, but in
1896 South Dakota returned to the
license system of regulating the liquor
traffic. Since the first Maine Law was
pa.sed and up to the time the move
meut gained strength in the south,
tventy.six states had passed . Prohi-
bitory Law. but of this number only
three states- Maine, Kansas and
North Dakota have retained the law.
The North has had its prohibition
vsve," and the Southern states are
nov having . like experience.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

The Peoria Journal, . strong demo-
cratic paper that supported Bryan in
1908. has become disgusted with the
members of its party in congress, and
scores them for. violating the tariff
plank Of the Denver platform. The
Journal, in demanding the nomination
of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, Is in
perfect harmony with the sentiment
that prevails in Nebraska and other
western states: Nominate Theodore
Roosevelt, nominate for congress men
who will stand by him in the great
work that he inaugurated and that he
should have been allowed to finish, and
the people will. get what they want,
and through him that power will be
restored to the people that is now in
the hands of a few. Theodore Roose-
welt is greater and better than his
party or any other party. Theodore
Roosevelt should not be party choice.
He should be nominated by the people
regardless Of party. and that people
would elect him just as surely as God
reigns."
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
NationaIitlss Of Amerlea's Presidents

Nationalities Of Amsriea's Presidents
With two exceptions. every presi
dent Of the United States since Wash
ingtOn has had British ancestors. In
Guiding Mr.. Taft, the twenty-sixth
holder of the presidency. Is were Of
English descent, and these include
Washington. Lincoln. Garfield and
Cleveland; i've Of Scotch-Irish descent
jackson. Polk. Buchanan. Arthur
and Mckinley: three Scotch-MOnroe
Grant and Hayes; and one Welsh
Jefferson. The two exceptions. Van
Buren, and Roosevelt, as their names
suggest, had Dutch ancestry. though
Ireland has put In . claim for Mr.
Roosevelt.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

How the United States is to secure a
representative system which will less
en- the evils growing out of the over
emphasis of district loyalty is one of
the problems for the future to solve.
No one would today suggest that our
congressman and senators should be
directly chosen to represent industries
instead of localities. But contain it is
that . senator directly representing
the cotton or iron industries, known to
the people q such and unable to hide
himself behind flamboyant oratory
about the "people" of this state, would
be better under control than one NOM
inally representing state but &C
tually . group of industries. The man
who will furnish the idea for q mtrs
effective basis of popular representa-
ton will prove one of the most valua-
bic ofour political investors Chicago
Record Herald.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
Disastrously Deceived.

Oso0OIVOOsy O0SSsVSOs
Miss Ethel Barrymore described II
Q luncheon In Boston the way she hood.
winked the reporters over her wed.
ding.
For one reporter. q pretty girl.
was sorry." said Miss Barrymore.
"She told me she was horribly fooled
she lost . tWo-column story-soms
ten dollars.
"She said she was almost as disas-
trously fooled as she had once been
at home in her girlhood. They were
playing. she said. blindman's buzz and
she was the blind man. She crept
about bit. caught hold Of some one.
explored little with her hands. and
cried in triumph:
AHA. I know who this Is. This IL
Uncle Jabez Carpenter. can feel his
funny mustache and his wiry old wills.
kers'
But. the girl explained. 1t wasn't
her Uncle Jabez Carpenter at all. It
was her rich old Aunt Annie Plummer,
who cut her forthwith from her will
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

After bowling for years against .
protective tariff. Senator Tillman Of
South Carolina, stood up in the senate
lest Wednesday and made speech in
favor of IN amendment to the Aldrich
bill placing duty of ten cents pound
on tea. In the next campaign Till
man will take the stump and rant
about the rObber tariff.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
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88NEWAl8-Ths dats opposite Jour name On
So0f papss. Or vnppsr shows TO what time your
01hsRiptioA b paid. Thus jams shows that
payDsot has bssa rsosivsd- ap 10 Jan. I. 1905.
NsAoS 20 Feb. I. l16 and % On. When payment
, oods. ths dats. which answers . Q rsosipt,
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DiDCONTINUANCR3-ks spoosibl suhsosib-
asviu ooatinas 70 rscsivs this jo1rnal until ths
pahlisAsss - noei1sd b. letter 70 discontinue.
vh0 Ill aErsaraess must b paid. II Jon do not
WisA - Joor1al oootinnsd for another year A.
~ - dine paid Tor has expired. yoa should
pssvioasly sotify % 70 disoootinns It.
CHANGE IN ADDRESS-Whsu ordering .
sAaaas In IL sddrsss. sobscsibers shonld b sure
. give ehals old - vsll - thsar usv address
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
CnAUTAUQUA
DATES

The chautauqua dates are just right
for the locality.
The talent on this program 10 Tar
stronger than that Of any assembly
in this part Of the state.
Leading public men.
Orators Of national fame.
Musical companies with years Of
success back Of them.
Watch for the chautauqua dates.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

The first load of new wheat sold in
Kansas was brought to market Thurs.
day of last week. The price paid was
$1.1O, or Is cents less than the price
fixed BY the Equity trust Evidently
Kansas farmers have made up their
minds not tO "hOld their wheat fur
better prices"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

How would q plank like this in the
republican state platform suit our pro-
hibition and county option friends:
I'VE resilirm our answering devotion
to tho personal rights and liberties of
our citizens. The first concern of all
good government is the virtue and
sobristy OF the people and the purity of
the home. The republican party cor
daily sympathizes with all wise and
wsll-dirsoted efforts for the promotion
Of Temperance and morality"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

Governor Sballenberger ;s boiling
over with rage. His agitation is caus-
cd by the federal court granting a
Temporary injunction against the
enforcement Of the state bank law
passed BY the Legislature, and he con.
templates inflicting upon the people q
special session of Nebraska's law
makers.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
Pneumatic Knee Cans.


Let me sell you q pair Of new pat
emit pneumatic knee caps, madam %
the salesman said. They save scrub
women from housemaid's knee"
The knee caps were of rubber.
They fitted ON the knee with straps
and buckles. They were the size Of q
mans hand. and they cost $3.50. The
kind-hearted visitor bought q pair "a
give to IN aged pensioner.
These testimonials 60 with them
madam" the clerk said. Eight doc
tors testify here that the pneumatic
disease called housemaid's knes
changes .scrubbing from . torturing
70 . bearable occupation, such q
even you or might try"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

state.
The obligations of . community
based on Christianity were especially
recognized in the message on the pro-
posed insurance scheme sent by Will.
liam I, to the reichstag in 1884 and this
ideal of . Christian duty on the part
fthe state enforced BY the demands
Of the growing Socialist party had .
determining influence on the passage
of the bills. The imperial plan worked
under Bismarck contemplated three
branches Of insurance against sick
ness. old age and invslidity. The bill
providing against sickness became q
law in 1883, that against accidents
was passed in 1884 and that respect.
ing old age and invsIidity in 1889, so
for . score Of years. the workingmen
rs part If the Dati.D's industrial ma.
chine which must he cared for has
been recognized.
In his sketch "f the scheme Mr..
Lewis says: Insurance against sick
ness is compulsory upon wOrkmen and
employees in all Of the main employ
ments which are designated in s"ne
detail 10 the laws-m mainly upon those
receiving wages ar salary Of not more
than $476 per snnum, but upon GER
tain classes Of w"rkmea, regardless Of
ages. 1t may be extended to those en-
gagged in domestic industry, agricul.
ture and forestry.
"The range of accident insurance is
similar, and it is subject to similar ex.
tension. but it is compulsory on those
receiving wages not exceeding STA
per annum. Old-age and invalidity
insurance applies to all workmen above
16 years Of age. to apprentices and do
mestic servants, without regard to the
amount Of earnings, and to employees,
teachers, etc, Who earn less than $476
. year.
"Reckouing not only those insured
but their families, the insurance ex.
tends to more than one half of the pO-
pulation Of the empire. There is a
wholesome provision that the insur'
ance shall not in any case be assigned,
mortgaged or attached under legal pro.
cess, nor shall the benefits be waived
by any contract between the parties.
The contributions for sickness in.
surance are made, one.third by the EN-.
ployers and two.thirds by the employ.
es; for accident insurance entirely by
employers, and for old age and invali.
dity insurance employers and employ.
e. contribute equally, the state adding
to their joint contribution for each an.
nuity q subsidy of $11.9O per annum.
While in accident insurance the EN-.
ployer meets the entire charge, be is
largely exempt from liabilities on &C.
count ofaccidents. The charge varies
much according to the greater or lese
hazard of the industry; this hazard is
not averaged between the various in.
dustries. but each must meet its own"
*
The development of this scheme has
shown to the German people that q
state cannot afford to be Indifferent to
anything which affects the workers
capacity to produce. Accidents and
sickness harm not only the individual
but the community Of which he is a
part. Estate Insurance" is published
by Houghton-Miffiin Company and
costs $1.25.-Henry Barrett Cham
berlin in Chicago Record Herald.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
To De Expected.

You have made money by turning
your talents to advertising work, bU
have you not lost your literary pres
tige?" asked the friend.
"Well, I must admit" replied the
poet, that l have received q good
deal OF 'ad.' verse criticism"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

Like the senators who favor IN
income tax, the men who have capital
invested in breweries in Tennessee.
hope that the supreme court Of the
United States will reverse . former
decision rendered. The income tax
Law passed in 1893 Was declared un.
constitutional. I'm 1887 the supreme
court held that the fourteenth amend.
ment to the constitution that mo state
shall make or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges Of immu.
mites of citizens of the United States,
nor shall any state deprive any person
of property without due process of
Law" did not apply to saloon property,
and held that it is within the discre.
tionary police power Of q state to pro-
tect the public health, safety and
morals, even BY the destruction Of
property without compensation. Be-
lieving that the state does not possess
the constitutional authority tn destroy
or e,n6scate their property without
compensation, the Tennessee Brewing
Company has secured an order from
the court which restraints, temporarily.
the enforcement Of the state prohibi-
tory law go far rs it applies to the bus
iness Of the company named. The
case will be watched with interest
throughout the country. and if the
supreme court reverses its former de.
cision, az rendered in the Kansas case,
and decides in favor Of the brewing
company, y" won't hear much shout
ing among prohibitionists. Naturally,
Columbus people will be interested in
the legal fight which has been com.
menced by the Tennessee Brewing
Company. as the decision, when rem.
dered, will effect the brewery here in
the event Of . prohibitory law in
Nebraska.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

SINE people get into Jail charged
with queer crimes. A man is in Jail
at North Platte for Kidnapping his
own child, and . Hastings woman has
been arrested for stealing q bible.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
Once!

Once!
II console myself" said the fellow
l knew. with the knowledge that
when I was q baby there were some
people who thought was . very
handsome baby"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
A Toast.

To Eve. who. recognizing the value
Of higher education, secured it for
herself and her descendants, while
Adam thought only of tickling his
palate.-M. A. Watson, In Judge.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

Hear this great philosopher on
take the Sunny Side"
Beauchamp always pleases and you
will miss one of the real treats OF
the ChautauQua if you fail to hear
him.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
INSURANCE rs a FUNCTION
OF The STATE

Though not the leader in progressive
legislation for wage earners, England
having awakened to sense of the in.
adequacy Of its ancient system of poor
laws and enacted an oldage pension Law
under which certain classes of working
people who have reached the age Of
70 are given q pension of 5 shilliDgs .
week, its statesman are discussing
other measures BY which the economic
insecurity of workingmen under the
present industrial system may be less.
ened. Mr.. Churchill and Mr.. Lloyd.
George have proposed measure Of
state insurance against sickness and
Observation-Disclosures which
not even the most thrifty and temper.
ate are immune. The suggestion has
met with the usual opposition fr""'
the element in every community which
80 highly respects that natural law I'D.
der which bodies tend to remain in q
state Of rest that it OverloOks the fact
that nevertheless things, even such
stable things rs government forms. do
move.
To Americans weighted by tradi'
tionsl fear'of ''paternalism" aud slow
to admit the fact that since here in this
democracy many desirable ends have
been accomplished through collective
agencies, more social legislation is not
only desirable, but inevitable, the pro-
position that insurance is as properly
within the functions of state as are
public education, public highways,
public control of water ways, health,
sanitation and care of the insane and
poor may seem 80 Utopian as not "a
enter into the realm of practical poll
tics. Yet, though it is still matter
ouly of discussion in Great Britain
compulsory state insurance for work
men has been in actual practice for
more than twenty years in that most
practical and energetic nation, the
German Empire.
*
Frank w. Lewis, member of the
Boston bar and careful student of So
cial problems, has devoted much time
to the worldwide agitation which il
resulting in old-age pensions and other
measures for the relief of those who
without help of some kind are destined
to be submerged by industrial condi.
tons over which they have no control
The result Of his study he has embodi.
ed in . book on "State Insurance" in
which with other valuable information
he sets forth a clear statement of the
insurance plan as it is followed in
Germany. His sympathies are re-
vealed in the descriptive phrase follow
ing the title Of his book, which reads
Estate Insurance, q Social and Indus.
trial Need"
Oddly enough the policy of compul
sorry state insurance, which in Ameri'
can eyes is 80 strongly socialistic and
opposed to the old individualistic the
DRY of letting each man work out his
own salvation, was proposed by the
iron.handed Bismarck as a remedy fol
what seemed to him a malignant form
of Socialism. To cure it, he prescribed
incubation. But behind his imperious
will there must be recognized a solici.
tude for the working classes on the
part Of the royal house which accept.
ed the declaration of Frederick the
Great that to hold the balance between
the classes is the supreme duty of the
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
Chivalry's Motto.

The motto of chivalry is also the
motto q wisdom: to serve all. but
love only 0ne.-Balzac.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
Statistics.

OF the 1901 young women who
tainted last year, 99S fell into the
arms of men, two fell on the floor and
one into a waterbutt-Life.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

New Use for Onions.
A woman has cured her husband of
q bad attack of "aflinititis" by feeding
him on raw onions.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

The dutifulness of children il the
foundation Of all virtues Cicero.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

No Cheap Grades.
There are no varying degrees Of
sincerity
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
Miss Pauline kirkSmith
SaxaphOne

Reed instruments are always pOpu
Tar and among them the saxaphOne
is leader. Miss Kirksmith on bari
tone saxaphOne will please the Chau
tauqua audience with number OF
excellent solos. as well as with hei
work in the Kirksmith company.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
Woke Up with q Thirst.

WOHo Up WIN = JhJSSt.
Queen Elizabeth of England is re-
puted to have drunk q quart of ale
every day With her breakfast
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
Remark Of the Crouch.

Remark Of the Crouch.
when Johnny came marching
home" grumbled the Philosopher Of
Folly. 1T was probably because the
cars were 90 crowded he couldn't
ride"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07
That Energetic Boy,

When he wants to 60 some place .
boy can do work In ten minutes
which would ordinarily take him halt
. day.-Atchison Globe.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

cellent illustrations OF the varied pooel-
bilities of suggestion. The affected per-
sons were seized with quaking and
trembling. or with calculations and roll
ing on the ground. accompanied with
either deep rsmorse or intense joy, or
with swsyine motion and sboutingof
more or less meaningless phrases. In
the great revival in Ohio in 1900 lat one
OF the meetiues al Cane Ridge it 10 esti.
mated that twenty thousand people were
pr. sent) some were taken with "the
jerks" some with the holy laugh"
others with barking aronnd . tree in
veritable dog fashion-th-y were ''tree-
ing the DEVIL" etc. During the Dark
Ages thirteenth Century, the FlaRel-
lsuts, seized by unexsmpled remorse.
marched about in procession, almost
entirely naked. scourRing themselves
with leather thongs that brought the
blood.
One of the recent mental spidemics of
this nature 10 that among the DOnkobers,
Q Russian sect settled in the Canadian
Northwest. Fist thov discarded the
use of animals in their farm work, hitch
ing themselves to the plov. etc. Then
they left their homes On masse and wan
dered about naked or half clad in quest
OF the Saviour Neither reasoning nor
entreaty could turn them back, as huo-
ger, cold and other hardships had not
done. Nothing but force on the part OF
the Canadian authorities finally brought
the fanatics back to their homes.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-07

Dated May q, 1909.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-02


THE hat Is very becoming to you,
declared the salesman.
I'm not sure, | can't make up my
mind" says the customer, studying
the mirror.
"Oh, but it is 1t suits your face
exactly. You have a face, If you will
pardon me for saying SO, that calls
for hats of style few people can
wear Now, put that hat on any
body else and they wouldn't wear il
with the distinction that you will.
But isn't it too wider"
mo indeed. With a straight, fine
ly chiseled nose like yours, and with
your eyes YOU can wear wide hat
That's the very hat for you"
But 1t isn't like the other hats
That's just it, If any one of a
hundred others could wear this hat
as you can they would be delighted
1t isn't everybody whose face is of
the exact type for this hat. You'll
take it? Thank you"
No, gentle reader. This is not
another fling at women and their
senseless subservience to fashion
This is the verbatim report of the
sale of new hat to a man.-Chicago
Evening Post