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The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
JUST ADDED HIS TESTIMONY.
In the Absence Of knowledge Of Bib
litIcai Text u Was Best Cowboy
Could Do.

Once upon q time, not SO long ago.
a couple of c0wpunchers found them
selves guests in the home of minis
ter of the gospel whose custom was
to hold family worship of q morning.
and to conclude the same by asking
each one present to give some quota
ton from the Scriptures. One after
another repeated some text, says
Recreation, until at last it came the
turn Of Jim Buistoke of the CrowfoOt
ranch.
MY dear young friend" said the
dominic. as he saw the latter hesitat-
ing. surely can recall some verse
from the Bible"
Jim's face was bathed with perspir-
alton, but at last there came to him
some approximation of q memory of
something he had read or heard at
some stage of his life about the first
chapter Of Genesis. At last he broke
out: God made the world"
The dominic lifted q hand to hide q
sudden smile, but bowed to Jim's
neighbor In the circle. Curley was
even worse OF than Jim had been, and
for the life of him could not think of
At last. remembering the
virtue of q good BLUM. he
twisted one foot around his chair leg
and. with all the confidence he could
remarked: He shore did,"
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
WORRY OF THE DRUG CLERK
Curious Mania Some People Have for
Getting Medicine Prepared and
Not Taking u.

The woman left the prescription
and said she would call for the med.
!cine in half an hour.
I'll bet five dollars she won't" said
the clerk. "She just looks like the
kind that gets medicine put up for
the fun of the thing"
Il didn't suppose there was anybody
foolish enough to take her fun that
way" remarked the next customer"
oh! yes. there are such people, lots
Of Them" said the clerk. Seldom a
week passes that we do not put up a
prescription that is never called for.
Why in the world the people who thus
neglect their remedies after ordering
them compounded will 60 to the trou-
bic and expense of consulting doctor
is more than l can figure out. Ii they
don't want to take the stuff prescribed
they certainly don't have to, but they
might at least have the grace to come
in and take it home after we have
gone to the trouble to prepare it, and
not throw it back q dead loss on our
hands. Why, I've got regular morgue
back there for the repOse of uncalled
for bottles of medicine. l keep the
stuff indefinitely, hoping that in case
the customer has not been carried of
by sudden death she will show up
again some time and ask for the bot
tie. If l happen to know the delin-
quents address l send it around C. o.
d., but people who make practice of
ordering medicine that they never in.
tend to take are not apt to leave their
card with the druggist
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
Advertised Letters.

Following is list OF unclaimed mail
matter remaining in the post Office at
Columbus, Nebraska, for the period end
ing August Is. 1909:
Letters-L Allen, L NJ Fairchild, Joe
Hytrek. Lee Hough. Otto Henderson.
Guy Kephart, W s Linlnger. Werno f
Mckee. Joe Aah8ska. Fred Norman,
Mrs A L Phelps. Mrs z H REASON. Miss
Helen Kodak, Herman Richter g, Jacob
Smith. Arthur Troyer. A r Wright, Mrs
Lucy Winand, Alvin Warner.
Cards--Nr and Mrs VIM NJ brennan,
Robt Dick, Jack johnson. Ed Reno.
Billie Reynolds. Lucien Stebbins. Harry
Tsbke. Charley Wagner. Martha Zim-
norman. H ID King, Miss Della Kim
bali 2. Miss Hel-u Miller. Marcenus
Miller. Mrs Maud Maynard. Donald Il
Moore.
Parties calling for any of the above
will please say advertised.
CARL KRAMER. =. NJ.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
What a Man May Do.

know of one conspicuous example
Of what may be done by men of in
herited fortune. A young man of
ample means who did not wish to en-
gage in any business pursuit thor
Oughly educated himself here and
abroad at the universities. He then
made himself master of a technical
pursuit by the study of forestry
abroad After a year or two of pro-
fessional work he relinquished it to
accept a responsible position in the
government, where he is now render
ing great and highly appreciated serv-
i've in working out the best policy for
conserving our forests and other nat
ural resOurces.-Fr0m A. Barton Hep
burns 1.-The American Business Man."
in the Century.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
SEES RETURN OF WITCHcaAFT
Much Food for Thought Furnished In
an Article by Prof. William Ora
ham Sumner.

Belief in witchcraft is not dead. It
is latent, and may burst forth anew at
any moment The difference (from
age to age) is not so much in the
amount of credulity as in the direc-
ton it takes" At the present day 1t
10 in politics. Lecky thought that
the cause of persecution was the in
tensity of dogmatic opinion. That may
be cause No man is tolerant above
anything about which he cares very
much, and In regard to which he
thinks that he has the truth" Strug-
giles for political power, however,
cause even intenser rage. 1t is po-
litical factions which in the future
may return in violent repression Of
dissent In the history of city after
city we meet with the intensest ran
cor between classes and factions, and
we find this rancOr producing ex-
tremes of beastly cruelty, when in
terest seems to call for 1t. The cases
Of the Van Arteveldes of Wullen-
weber, in Lubbock, of the Democrats in
Client, in 1889, as well as the proceed
ings of the committees of safety
against Tories in the American revo-
luton, may suffice as examples. So
cialism is. in its spirit and program.
well capable of producing new phe-
nOmena of despotism and persecution
in order to get or retain social pow
er. Anarchists who are fanatical
enough to throw bombs into theaters
or restaurants, or to murder kings and
presidents just because they are such,
are capable of anything which witch
judges or inquisitors have done. II
they should think that party success
called for it. If bad times should
come again upon the civilized world
through overpopulation and an unfa-
yorable economic conjuncture, popu-
lar education would decline, and
classes would be more widely sepa-
rated. 1t must then be expected that
the old demonism would burst forth
again and would reproduce the old
phenomena. Prof. William Graham
Sumner, in the Forum.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
HAD DWELLING IN ODD NEST
Deadly "caroIina TarantuIa" Caught
by Boys on Plantation in
That State.

Mr.. A. w. Pickens of Garvin town.
ship brought to this Office Saturday an
enormous spider which he called a
Carolina tarantula II was captured
by some boys on his plantation.
The spider was an inch and half
long and half an inch broad before
having been killed and drawn to its
smallest compass. Before being killed
It was much larger. The animal was
equipped with ten legs, four at the
prov and six at the stern, and q par
ticularly wicked looking mouth. The
bite of this spider. Mr.. Pickens says.
is as deadly as that of a rattlesnake.
Some boys on Mr.. Pickens' planta-
ton found q peculiar looking hole in
the ground and decided to investigate.
After digging for a while they came
upon an odd looking nest. Frying 1t
open they found the spider inside.
The nest was provided with trap
door, which the spider could close
after himself as he went into the nest,
and would be safe from intruders. Mr..
Pickens brought the nest to the city
with him. 1t was a very ingeniOusly
contrived affair and was of almost as
much interest as the spider ITSELF
Anderson Mail.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
Modesty Of Great Man Of Science.

Modesty Of Great Man Of Science.
The modesty Of a great man of
science is shown in the relations be-
tween Darwin and his publisher, John
Murray. When he sent to his pub
Usher the famous Origin Of Species. !"
Darwin wrote: 1T may be conceit,
but believe the subject will interest
the public. and am sure that the
views are original. II you think 9th
erwise, l must repeat my request that
you will freely reject my work. ]
shall be little disappointed: I shall
be In no way injured" He was las
founded" at the fact that the trade or.
dered 1893 copies before publication
and delighted with DR.. Wilberforce's
article in the Quarterly Review. II am
quizzed splendidly." he said. Il really
believe that I enjoyed 1t as much as
If I had not been the unfortunate
butt" When he brought to Mr.. Muir.
ray his book on earthworms of which
seven editions were sold within q
year. Darwin said: Il doubt very
much whether it will interest the pub
lie, as the subject is not an attrac
tive One."-Science Progress.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
German Prince Now Merchant.

Prince Henry XXXII. of Reuss has
just passed his examination at the
Commercial academy at Cologne
whereby he secures diploma as a
qualified merchant The prince, who
has been studying at the Cologne COM
mercial college for two years, is the
first prince in Germany who has
trained himself for a commercial
career. He will follow up his success
full examination by entering the Office
of a great Hamburg merchant as a
voluntary unpaid clerk. and in this
capacity he will serve his apprentice
ship. His choice of a business calling
is regarded as remarkable sign of
the times.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18

Legislative Page Revises Scripture.
Edwin A. Merritt. Jr.. majority
leader of the assembly. was among
the foremost opponents of Gov
Hughes INSTRUMENTATION bill. In
the course of his opposing Oratorical
flight he said, referring to the existing
political-convention system:
I'VE are getting along all right at
the present time. We don't want an
uncertainty for a certainty. The thing
that has passed through the test of
long experience is what we want.
know of nothing which will so illus
trate what want to point out as that
phrase Of the scriptures which says:
BY their fruits ye shall know them"
what was that he said?" asked
Assemblyman Jesse 8. Phillips of an
assembly page who stood near him.
HE said, BY your boots we'll show
them.'" returned the boy. with en-
phatic earnestness.-Alban Core
spondence of New York Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
laps HAVE THRIFTY SCHEME
Seek Disposition Of Russian Postage
Stamps Aeesulno % Them -
opollo o. War.

Among our good neighbors the Japa-
nese nothing u wasted: out Of all and
everything they endsavor to extract
benefit, says Q 81. Petersburg news
paper. Thus, for example. during the
so-Japanese war the japanese %
cured more than $4,000 rubless
worth Of Russian postage and revenue
stamps abandoned by US in various
postomces. branches thereof. and sun;
dry other establishments. Now the
enterprisng japanese are trying to
dispose Of these stamps among Rus
SLAMS.
For this purpose they have special
agents who offer them to Russian
arrivals for half their value. A certain
Caucasian. also Of an enterprising turn
Of mind. proceeding to Japan on bust.
ness. encountered one of these agents
at Yokohama and tempted by easy
gain bought various stamps valued 1t
1900 rubles for 1000 rubles only. The
stamps were successfully conveyed to
Vladivostok. but unhappily the agents
Of the detective force got wind Of
the AFFAIR.
One Of these agents visited the Can,
casian in the guise Of . stamp pur.
chaser, and In order not to rouse sus.
picion and for greater verisimilitude
laid some money ON the table When
the merchant" left the room for the
stamps the signal was given to the
ambuscade and no sooner had the
owner returned than the agent met
him revolver in hand and arrested
him on the spot with his wife and
con1iscated the stamps. When It ap-
peared that the stamps were really
Russian the prisoner was released
after three days detention.
It IL reported that the money will
be returned to him. but that the
stamps will remain for the benefit of
the excheQuer. It Is said that In the
case Of a big buyer of these stamps
the japanese offer to land him safely |
on Russian territory, with his booty,
in 2 torpedo boat or special steamer,
but whether or not this offer has yet |
been accepted Is unknown.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
Eskimo Graves Of Stone.

To the Eskimo mind. everything
animate or inanimate possesses soul.
Thus. in their graves we found they
invariably placed every cherished pos
session. that their spirits might serve
the departed spirit in the same capaci-
ties In the life to come. There is lit
tie room for burial beneath the scanty
earth In Labrador. even if the frost
would permit it. So the grave con-
sists of upright stones. with long, fiat
ones laid across. These not only
serve to keep the wolves from the
body, but wide chinks also afford the
spirits free passage in and out.-From
Wilfred T. Grenfell's Experiences on
the Labrador" in the Century.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
Four Good Habits.

There are four good habits-punc-
tua'ity. accuracy. steadiness. and dis
patch. Without the first of these
time is wasted: without the second
mistakes the most hurtful to your own
credit and interest and that of others
may be committed; without the third
nothing can be well done, and with
out the fOruth opportunities of great
advantage ars lost which 1t is impos-
sible to recall
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
Oil Memorial.

The movement to raise 100000 for
a memorial to the oil industry has
been started in earnest, and it is ex.
pected that the corner stone will be
laid next August, which is the fiftieth
anniversary of the drilling of the first
oil we'll The memorial will consist Of
a monument and plot Of ground and
a road a mile and a half long. from
Titusville to the site of the first we'll
which is in Venango county.
The work of raising the money is In
the hands of Titusville women belong
ing to the Daughters of the American
revolution. and they expect to get
funds from all parts of the United
States.
The latest scheme of the women is
to have the school children of Titus
vile raise mile and half of pen
MES This would be 13O.6SO. and
would net $1,3O6S0. Each child has
been given strips of cloth for eight
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
At the Embassy Ball.

Did you say the dark gentleman
was a general?"
Yes, that's Gen. Cabalero. Next to
him is Gen. Lope de POncho. They
are all generals in that bunch"
How fine! And they are distin-
guished men, of cOurse?"
well, not 80 distinguished as the
eccentric little man who is talking to
the ambassador That's Sebastiano
Colino. There are q Central Ameri.
can generals in the room. He Is
the only private. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
His Oishonest Hair.

They sat at a little table on the
balcony at the Ninth ward summer
garden. looking over the railing at q
man at table below.
THAT man." he was telling her, lis
. scoundrel. He hasn't an honest
hair in his head"
From here" she commented, "it
looks a. If hf hadn't any hair. to
speak of. It's a pity that what he
has can't be just little bit honest.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
Too Much for the Frenchman.

100 MUCH TOR the frenchman.
A story is told of Frenchman, who
was very anxious to see an American
business man at his home The first
morning when he called at the house
the maid replied to his query:
The master is not down yet"
meaning downstairs.
The following morning he called
again. and was met with:
The master is not up yet" mean.
ing that he had not yet arisen from
his bed.
The Frenchman, looking at her with
doubtful eye. paused for a few sec
0nds.
"Eet is YER deef'cult. but eef ze
mademoiselle will tell me when ze
master will be neither up nor down,
but In re middle, zen will call at Eat
time."-Joe Mitchell Chapple, in the
National Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18

Impure and bad smelling cistern
water is often caused by the growth
within 1t of microscopic plants called
algea. Sulphate Of copper will quick
ly kill these germs. and any other
germs. The common name Is blue
Ntrol. Try it in stock tanks. also,
which have green scum in then. A
piece the size Of a grain of wheat will
be enough for q barrel of tsater.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
Miraculous Strawberry Box.

Miraculous Strawberry Box.
Luther Burbank, at a dinner in San
Ia Rosa. replied modestly with an an
ecdote to q eulogy of his new crea-
ton. the spineless cactus.
Really. you know" said the plant
wizard, the spineless cactus is moth
ing like SO marvellous as the straw
berry box that the fashionable fruit
erer of the east uses. That is ere
alton indeed"
He smiled.
"A fashionable New York fruiter-
err" he said, told his new boy one
June morning to 60 to the back Of his
shop and I'LL q box with two-dollar
grade Strawberries for Mrs Van
Code.
THE boy a moment later called
from the rear:
"'Hey. there amt enough berries
here to fill this box
1.-The fruiterer hurried back him
self. He looked at the box, then he
sneered at the boy.
why, you young greenhOrn, ne
said, you've got II upside down."
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
Much Relieved.

"Mr. Flippy." said the naughty young
damsel, whose ancestors had come
over with William the ConQueror, you
forget yourself"
That's it," exclaimed Mr.. F1ippy,
beaming ON her. Thank you SO much
Miss Wayback. knew l had forgot
ten something. and I was SO afraid II
was nv umbrella"
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
jars Wonderful Nerve

A Japanese laborer who was injured
by an explosion of dynamite while
clearing land on a ranch near Seat
tie. Wash. exhibited considerable
nerve when 1t was found that the am
putatiOn of an arm was necessary.
He refused to take an anesthetic and
during the operation the Japanese
cOOlly gazed into looking glass and
watched the amputation
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
In the Kings Name.

An Odor of unconscious humor hangs
about a justice of the peace of whom
q Canadian contributor to the London
Outlook tells.
His name was Alexander Beggs, and
one day q farmer was brought up b.
fore him for allowing a COW with an
infectious disease to wander at large.
The magistrate promptly ordered the
COW shot and fined the owner SO.
But when he filed up the conviction
slip, by q slip of the pen he sentenced
the owner to be shot and the COW to
be fined SO. Then. as the kings
direct representative. he signed it:
Edward VII per Alexander Beggs.
J. p"
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
SOFTENED THE CAPS HEART
Remarkable Catch Made by "sig Bill"
LANCE Was Worth $500 to
the Player.

The greatest individual feat ever
performed was one by which Bill
LANCE, now retired, saved q game for
Chicago and 5000 for himself in Wash
ington. in 1895, writes H. s. Fuller
ton in the American Magazine. There
is an odd story connected with the
play. Lange had missed a train in
Boston two days before, failed to
reach New York in time to play there
and Arson had fined him 800. There.
upon he missed a train to Washing
tOn-arrived on the grounds after the
teams had practiced and just in time
to play, and for that Arson fined him
another 500. The game that after
noon went eleven innings. Chicago
scoring one run in the eleventh.
There were two men out and runner
on the bases. when Kip" Setback.
then one of the hardest hitters, smot0
the ball a terrific blow and sent 1t
flying over Lange's head toward the
center field fence The hit seemed q
sure home run, but LANCE. a man
weighing 225 pounds. turned and.
without looking, sprinted desperately
straight out toward the fence. racing
with the flying ball. At the last in
slant. as the ball was going over his
head. Lange leaped. stuck up both
hands, turned sOmersault and
crashed against the fence. The
boards splindered, one entire panel
crashed outward, and out of the
wreckage crawled LANCE, holding the
ball in his hand, and the crowd went
mad. LANCE came limping in. with
the crowd standing on seats shouting.
and he said to Arson: Fines go.
Cap?" Nope" said Arson, and the
catch had saved the big fielder $500.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
Parental Cruelty.

Sweet Seventeen" writes to us
us about q very serious grievance, but
once more we must say that We re.
fuse to interfere in what. after all
Is q purely domestic affair. Sweet
Seventeen" wrote q sex novel last
year. and 1t has just been published
anonymously. Her mother now re.
fuses to allow her to read it on the
ground that It IL not 1T for her.-Lon.
don Punch.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
A Crippled Organ.

Alfred at the window watching an
old organ grinder with an Old-fash-
Toned. stick-propped barrel organ. and
listening to the dulcet strains Of
Home, Sweet Home" suddenly ex-
claims: Poor old organ! She's only
got one Leg"
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
A Tangled Maze.

II don't know whether this girl &C,
cepts my offer of marriage or not"
Doesn't she say"
Doesn't seem to-"
well. can't you read between the
lines?"
mo: / can't. She has written be
tween the lines and also across the
lines In three different directions"
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
PUTS cRIMP IN PIANO FIEND
Scheme Of Lons-sufserino Couple Re-
suited In Considerable Abate-
ment Of Nuisance,

We've found q joyful way to stop
the continual playing of piano in the
nat below u.s." said young matron
to girl friend. Unfortunately, the
remedy is only applicable when the
nuisance is In the fiat below one, SO
I'm afraid 1t won't do other people
much good. However. it has been
most efacacious in our own case.
Every evening about $3.50. I think
1t is, when the man of the house gets
home. some one starts this fearful tin
panny piano going. and they are &C.
customed to keep it up at frequent
intervals all evening until we get so
tired Of o. Gee. Be Sweet to Me KID
and that sort of music that we almost
grow mad. The other evening we had
two friends to dinner, and when the
music down stairs had been going for
some time one of our friends suggest
ed that we make use of 1t and have a
dance. The idea no sooner took root
than We had the rugs up and were
doing the merriest barn dance you
ever saw, and we took little care to
tread softly. It was not long before
the music ceased, and it was some
thing like an hour before they began
to play again. Almost at the same
time, even though we were in the mid
die Of our salad. we got up and began
to two-step. with the result that again
the music stopped. Even If we were
Q little delayed with our dinner, We
had put an end to the abominable
music. and. incidentally, we had better
appetites for the dessert and cheese
Now every, time they begin George
and dance as hard as we can to the
music. and the consequence is we are
having more peace in our own home"
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
An AmicabIe Settlement

An Amicabie Settlement.
"HOw's he getting along with his
wife nOw?'
Much better She's resigned from
her bridge whist club and he's agreed
to wear his coat during meal tines
Detroit Free Press.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
Comma Into Her Own.

"She Is enjoying the heydey OF .
woman's life." What Is that?" AFTER
having to ask her husband for every
cent she had for 30 years she has
come into his life insurance."-St
Louis Post Dispatch.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
A hushand's Thouaht.

II spend some of the happiest mo
ments Of my life In here" said the
man. showing his library to friend.
"Oh. don't you allow your wife in
here?" quickly asked the friend
Yonkers Statesman.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18

country's Output Of Fiction.
Five books Of fiction are Paolished
daily In this country.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18

Can't Grow Two Crops at Once.
The trouble with q lot of long.
haired geniuses." Mr.. Taukaway says
lis that the insides of their heads
never produce as we'll as the outsides
do"
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18

Many Shades Of Blue in Indigo.
Indigo furnishes nearly so shades
Of blue.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18

No One Without a Fault.
The Talmud: He who seeks a fault
less brother will have to remain
bTOtherless.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18

Concrete from Mill Refuse.
Concrete is made from the refuse
Of soap mill at Calcutta.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
The Salmon a Sprinter.

THe SaImoh q Sprinkler.
For short spurts. the salmon is the
fastest swimmer of the fish tribe.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
He Onlv Thine a.

A mans opinion of himself doesn't
really affect the size of his hatband.-
Ralph ConnOr.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-18
Notice..

All accounts due the Nebraska Biene
are payable to E A. Harms.