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The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15
Chasing The Men.

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Women deny chasing the men. but
it is related that Franz Liszt, the
great pianoist, Was compelled to be.
come . priest to escape be'Dg married
against bis will.
Liszt met Countess d'Agoult when
he was %. She was married, and had
three children, but their affairs lasted
ten years, during which time they
had several children. This affair was
not Liszt' fault; the countess chased
him. She was older than he, and paid
much attention. Finally, she arrang.
ed that she and her mother should
meet List in some distant city; she
was to 60 to one hotel, and Liszt to an
other. When he arrived at bis hotel,
the countess had possession Of his
room! She threw herselfin his arms.
What could be done? One Of their
daughters married Hans Won BulOw;
she and Richard Wagner fell in love,
and Won Buelow gave her to Wagner.
1t is stated that once . visitor called
to see Liszt, and found him asleep At
the piano, with twelve women around
him. The women became 80 madly in
love with Liszt that they didn't know
what they were doing in his presence;
once . beautiful Russian countess
pointed . pistol at him because he
scorned her love.
The Princess Caroline, Of Sven.
Wittgenstein left her husband, and
went to live with List. She took
care Of his children, and made his
home comfortable, but he did not leve
her. Her husband divorced her; but
List did not marry her.
Liszt's home became . Mecca, and
bis lady worshipers made pilgrimages
to see him. One woman, TO whom he
was Indifferent, used to moan. "If
Liszt would only love me for . single
hour. that would be joy enough for
me-" IL it any wonder he had to en-.
Ter . monastery at 6s, to get rid Of bis
lady admiren3
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15

There appears to be some Dahlman
sentiment among the democrats OF Col.
umbns, but the sentiment is not strong
enough to break the grip the local ma
chine has on the party, in Platte county.
Platte county has the strongest and
most brutal organization in the stste
No man or set of men have ever been
able to pry loose the grip OF the machine,
and any attempt to do SO this year will
prove q failure The machine has de-
cided that Platte county democrats shall
not support Dahlmsn. The friends Of
the Omaha man may be able to sneak in
few votes for him at the primary elec-
ton, but the bosses will see to it that
no organized effort is made to boost for
the man who has defied Bryan. Shsllen-
berger and Edgar Howard.
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15
OUR CAPITAL.

Unlike London or Paris or Berlin,
Washington is single hearteadly in the
business of being a capital. That
means that it attains to . great deal Of
gaiety in its spare time, in city where
spare time is measured out in double
handfals. Washington is a social
center for many grades of society; SO.
although the social season for gold lace
aristocrats ends soon after Lent, for
the rest of US real gaiety at the capital
begins with the first warm days Of
March and progresses with the buds
and leaves. In front of Washington
most pretentiOus hotel half of the con.
veyances that are backed up to the
curb are taxicabs. and the other half
are one horse hacks. The taxi is for
them; the hacks for the rest of US! The
chief duty that We ordinary folks owe
to form in the capital is that of smok-
ing . gift cigar in the Office Of the
representative from our congressional
district. After that we stroll out to
enjoy the freedom Of the city; to relish
the general cheer. Down the broad
sidewalks under the elm trees, from
late afternoon till bedtime, school
boys and clerks exult in horse play or
60 marching as many Is six abreast
and singing in "close harmony" In
appropriate ratio to this army Of the
easy going and the care free, there are
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15

ed that the citys money Is quite Is
sacred as private funds. and the men
who have plundered the city treasury
are being treated like ordinary thugs
This action is directly in line with
the fearless stand Uncle Sam has TAX
en- in sending to Jail rich bankers who
violated the federal banking laws.
When courts treat criminals of all
classes alike and enforce laws without
fear or favor, there will be less reason
for the political unrest 90 prevalent in
America.-Naehville Tennessean.
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15

general opinion seems to be that using
tobacco is . bed habit; not very bad,
but % bod that men wouldn't learn it
if they were beginning over, and had
their present knowledge Of the weed.
But there is always opposition, and not
oil men want to quit. And not want.
ing to quit, it 10 for them to make .
defense; there are always arguments
for the defense. Here is one offered
BY . correspondent to the Chicago
Tribune: you may say that the
world did without smoke for q mighty
long time, Why not now: But you
must admit that since tobacco was
introduced to the world it has wit.
messed the greatest things done by
brain power. Tobacco did it. Why,
every conceivable invention Is either
perfected now or 30 near it that the
inventive field is nearly used up and
inventors are leaving the field and
retiring. The brains responsible fol
our present civilization are found
mostly in the tobacco era. Even the
Ladies' Home Journal advises girls
not tn marry . man who does not use
the weed in smoky form. That paper
rightly contends that the non-user i
likely to get irritated after dinner
whereas . smoker would be quiet and
behave himself, soothed by the balm
Of . fragrant Havana. To . girl in
love Q smoker Is more desirable be-
cause he writes . better love letter
which Is more efficient than stal
gazing"
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15

A copy of the Blair Pilot containing q
double-lesded, double column editorial
calling on the republicans Of Nebraska
to get together and nominate former
Governor Sheldon to head the ticket,
has been received at the Journal Office.
The Pilot article contains the announce.
ment that the breweries defeated Shell
don two years ago. The returns. how.
ever, prove this assertion untrue. Shell.
don was defeated by the prohibitionists
of Boone, Polk, York and some OF the
other counties that have been prominent
in shouting for county option aud pro-
hibitiOn
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15

hordes of pretty school girls and un-
employed young women. Flirting and
love making nay be studied here At
great advantage. Multitudes Of grin
ming negroes beighten the impression
of pleasantness and leisure. The
motor cars glide softly and at . speed
regulated by comfort; and there are
more carriages left in Washington
than in most other prominent cities.
The presence of senators and repre-
sentativee, half of whose duties are
social, and of scores of scientists to
whom discoveries are of the greatest
importance, but lapse Of time is of no
moment whatever, adds further to the
general impression of ease. Ina dairy
lunch room in Washington we have
heard q porter and q counter man
argue for fifteen minutes over the best
way to arrange strawberries on . sau-
Ger. Philosophy, too, is given much
attention. In restaurants We have
heard morality. religion and govern
ment discussed over the breakfast
table calmly and At great length
These stravs show that the rest of Us
enjoy the capital as much in our OWL
vay as any one in the exclusive social
set does. As We saunter down the
avenues bordering and debating, Of
ride in economical luxury in q one
horse hack, the city reminds US Of q
college town in commencement time
|-COlliers.
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15
WORKINGMEN'S INSURANCE.

WOkklNCMEN'S INSURANCE.
After many years Of agitation France
has followed the example and model Of
Germany in adopting general scheme
Of workingmen's insurance. Under
this plan there is to be created an
insurance fund made up by yearly
contributions from workingmen Of
$3.50, from working women Of sl.2O.
and from minors Of 80 cents. Employ.
ers are obliged to contribute . like
amount for each person in their en-
ploy. The fund thus raised will be
increased by additions from the nation
al treasury. The existing old age
pension scheme will be consolidated
with the new system, which includes.
like the German system, sick benefits
and accident insurance. All State
employees in France already are PEN
stoned land this includes railroad EN-.
ployes, miners aud seamen). The
new system will add about 1900, 600
working people. or practically al of
the working people of the country. It
is calculated that the State will have
at first to contribute about $50, 600, 900
q year, but it is believed that this will
be gradually reduced in few years to
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS News.
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15
ATCHISON GLOBE NOTES.
A Startling Statement.

A Startling Statement.
People are always too ready to fav.
or defendants 10 personal injury suits.
They do not stop to consider that this
unfair frieudliness results in Thousands
Of unjust personal injury suits, and
that finally the people must pay the
bill. Here is . startling statement:
About q year ago Minnesota ap-
pointed . committee to study the sub
ject of compensation for personal in
juries resulting from industrial acct.
dents. By q search Of court records
of Hennepin county, in which Minnea.
polls is situated. the committee dis
covered that the sum which the people
Of the county pay out yearly in court
costs accruing from the trial Of per.
soual-damage cases exceeds the sum Of
al the verdicts recovered BY the plain
tits in such cases. BY paying the
damages out of their own pockets.
without litigation, taxpayers could
have saved money. And rather less
than half the amount Of the damages
named in the verdicts actually reaches
the injured persons or their dependent.
Contingencies lawyers and trial costs
absorb the remainder.
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15
DIR KOCH'S GREAT WORK.

About thirty five years ago DR.
kock rendered invaluable service u
the world by his Investigation Of anth
rax or splenic fever, a disease greatly
dreaded by owners of cattle aud sheep,
This discovery raised him from the
position Of . country doctor to . world
famous medical authority and gave
the opportunity Of studying tubercu'
losis, the germ Of which he isolated
nearly thirty years ago. Tuberculin
which he invented, has not proved II
he hoped, q specific for tuberculosis
but it has heea . valuable aid to doc
tors in diagnosing the disease in hum.
an beings and animals, but chiefly
means Of ascertaining if = human be.
ing has the disease.
DR.. Koch declared that tuberculosis
was not communicated from animals to
mankind, and medical opinion in this
country aud England has strongly
contradicted him, and it has been re.
peatedly stated that he had been re.
fated. And yet at the recent meeting
in Washington ofthe National Society
for the Study and Prevention of Tub
berculosis . resolution Was adopted,
based upon exhaustive investigation in
New York. saying that only about 2
per cent of the cases of tuberculosis can
be traced to milk and these are wholly
among young children. The position
taken by these American experts Wa
very nearly Is comprehensive Is that
which Dr.. Koch had taken. and which
had arrayed against him most Of the
Engliah speaking doctors.-Philadel.
phia Record.
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15
WHAT WOULD YOU DOa

What sort of attitude would the
world be in If DR.. Frederick A. Cook
were after all to produce indubitable
proof that his claim of having discOv-
cred the north pole ahead Of Peary
was true? 1t would look like lending
countenance to an impossibility to
speculate upon what possible atone
ment the world could make to the
man for his pitifal degradation. but it
is not at all impossible.
On the contrary, friends of DR.. Cook
have recently insisted that he has Of
late been in Scotland preparing for q
dash to Etah to procure the proofs
which he seems not to have brought
with him upon his return from the
Arctic regions. His best friends, and
he still has few who cling to the hope
that he will yet vindicate himself in
the eyes Of enlightened mankind, do
not pretend to know he expects to get
to Etah. Without the means 80 essen.
tial to equipment for such voyage
and for his sustenance while making
it, their only hope is that some trading
vessel from Denmark may give him
passage.
One can almost wish that he will Ike
able to prove that he was not, as sus.
pected, the perpetrator of the greatest
hoax in history. Should he do SO
humanity would feel relieved Of serious
apprehension for its reputation. 1t
would feel like the community in which
it has just been discovered that the
man about to he executed is innocent.
And it would make amends commen.
surate with the humiliation it has i'm.
posed upon the doctor. But it would
first have to he doubly assured that
the proofs wee not simply another
hoax. And if there is anything Of
the genuine man in DR.. Cook he we'll
might perish in an effort to make good
his claim rather than 60 through life
lodging his own name aud identity
Lincoln Star.
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15
THE POsTOFFICE DEPARTMENT

THE POSTOFFlCE DEPARTMENT
The Postofice Department Of the
United States is the largest business
enterprise in the world, in the exPen.
ditures involved, the number Of per.
sons employed and the service rem.
dered. There are many things about
it of peculiar interest. During the
nineteenth century, and up to the
present time, it has doubled its busi-
ness once every ten years, except in
two of the decades. This fact in itself
is deeply significant. 1t necessitates
methods Of management which can
expand with equal rapidity, and they,
in turn, require change o we'll a.
growth. No other business offers such
. problem; nor is the end even in
sight so long as population increases.
There are many reasons Why the
POstOfice Department is just now .
subject of serious study. 1t has
always been conducted at loss. 1t
has long been considered that this
would gradually be reduced in amount,
until it should finally disappear. The
facts, however, have not justified thia
belief: The ten year doubling Of the
business hes been accompanied by ex.
penditures which have somewhat more
than doubled during the same periods.
That is not in accordance with the
experience Of the most successful pri.
vate commercial enterprises, in which
an increase of one. tenth in the number
Of employees is often sufficient to care
for . two fold increase of business. II
is probable that the next few years
may see radical changes in. postofice
organization and Management. They
are likely to include divisional sys.
tenn, and . permanent superintendent,
independent of political appointment.
" outh's Companion.
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15

All this talk, by few democrats OF
Platte county of revolving and making q
fight against the machine will end
in smoke. When the whip cracks
they will fall in line and take their medi.
cine as usual.
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15
"Old Joe" Cannon appears to have q
few friends left in Iowa after all that has
been said against him.

The vail Of the Bryan organs for q
special session OF the legislature breaks
out occasionally, but Governor Shsllen-
berger ignores the bulldozers-remsin-
ing silent.
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15

The present liquor law is good enough
and strong enough for the editor OF the
Albion Argus. mo one can start 81
loon now till the town says SO, and this
is state wide." ia the way the Argue puts
it.
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15
The Great White Lie?

The Ballinger case will likely at
tract more attention now than eyer
before: those against Ballinger an.
nounce that President Taft has been
caught in . lie!
Some time ago the president wrote
. letter exoLerating Ballinger. The
Much. Raking newspapers now declare
that this letter was written by . sub
ordinate Of Ballingeris, and signed by
Taft. Taft says the original draft Of
the letter was drawn by Oscar Lawler.
assistant attorney general for the in
terror department. At his CTaft's) re-
quest. When the letter was brought
to TAFT, be changed its language to
suit himself: This is the regular pro-
ceeding in matters Of that kind, but
the Muck. Rakers are making much
of it.
A clerk named Kerby has jumped
into the lime light with Clifford Pin.
chot; be is the author of the latest
story. and is hoping to be discharged,
in order that he may bec"me martyr.
All the fuss that has been made
over Ballinger has been made by sub
ordinates looking for notoriety, and
exploited by Muck Raking newspapers
looking for circulation. 1t is al ridi-
culous, and all unfair, but now comes
q SIS week clerk named Kerby who
is trying to prove the president is .
liar, in order that he may earn some
thing from the Muck. Raking news
papers.
This feature Of the story is pitifal:
the people really should be ashamed
Of themselves for their longing to see
the president caught in lie"
TAFT does not believe Ballinger has
done any wrong, therefore he stands
by him. This is perfectly proper. If
you were accused unjustly by a sensa-
tional liar, would you not expect hon.
est men to stand BY you?
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15
KEEP YOUR EYE ON the
BuRklNGTON'S new MAIN LINE
THROUGH CENTRAL, WYOMING
THE BIG HORN BASIN

well started its great wealth producing that
only appeals to farmers looking for lands upon
which to establish homes under most favorable conditions
and Manufacturer towns that sprngng
where material in plenty be handled at profit.
The business opportunities consist of locations for
Banks General Stores Creameres Blacksmith Shops Butcher
Shops Barber Shops Bakeries Harness Shops Hotels and
Restaurants Farm Implement Dealers Lumber Dealers Flour
ing Mills Canning Factories Furniture Factories Lawyers
Doctors and Dentists.
WORKMEN NEEDED: All kinds of labor is in great
get $500 $500 per day. aborers from to
5000 month; there is not an idle man in the Basin
CHEAP RATES: Iandseekers' excursion to look
this country, June 9TH and 2st, and July 5th
D. GLEN DEhVER General hQent
X6l||||||I iii Land Seekers ln'ormsson Bureau
lll4o,. 1904 Farnam Street. Omaha. Nobr.
The Columbus journal., 1910-06-15
Defending Tobacco.

You may think every man who
smokes wants to quit, and can't. The
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-06
A Gastronomio Joy.

Of all the superb victuals which. by their great variety and unique colloca- ton, make Maryland the Eden and Arcadia of every man who loves good eating. the planked shad is probably the most powerful and poignant in its appeal to the senses The wild duck, though it sets the palate to vibrating like an aeOlian harp. has no thrill for the eye. It is a small and unlovely bird of a dull color and ungraceful outline.\ So. too, the diamond back terrapin. It has no more beauty in death than a plate of soup. And cer- tain other exquisite delicatessen, for all their sweetness, do not soothe the sense of smell. Of such are the raw oyster, the boiled hard crab and the Magothy river cabbage. But the planked shad--ah. here we come to a delicacy which enchants US alike through the eyes. the palate and the nose! As it comes upon the table it has the imperial dignity of a Charle- magne. It's noble head moves one to reverence; the epicycloid curve of its tail is like the curl of a great comber upon a coral beach. And it radiates perfume as of Araby.-Baldmore Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-06
Water Under Deserts.

Some of the most curious phenomena of the world are the underground wa ter supplies beneath deserts. In the Rajputana deserts water is held in vast quantities in sandstone beds un- der the scorched surface and is drawn up from wells sunk into the strata. Bikaner raises its walls in the midst of weary. almost rainless waste of sand and depends on these hidden cis- terms for it's very existence. Whence 1t comes. where is the outfall and what quantity runs under the baked sand remain a mystery ID one we'll at Bikaner it has been ascertafned that the water supply is equal to 10000 gal Ions an hour. which is held to point to the conclusion that there is an enor- nous subterranean flow and that the snow fed rivers of the Himalayas must be the source. People in Bikaner say that pieces of wood dropped into one well have come up iD another. The idea of an underground river opens up a wide range of possibilities to the i'm agination.-Times of India.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-06

prevailing fashion in Brooklyn's ex- elusive social community. He will be close enough to Colonel Willis L. ogden to say Good morning" to him from
 his front porch. The Cregcent Athletic
 Club, with its imposing building and well equipped gymnasium. Is only al block away, but Johnson will not have ] to depend upon this exclusive organi-l Zat1on to asisst him in keeping in con- cition, for his prospective new honel boasts a yard well adapted for hand ball, rope skipping and open air sparr- ing with "Kid" Cotton and others whoi
 assisted him in the battle with Jeffr1es at Reno Should he be excluded from particfpa- tfon in affairs at the Heights Casino, his prospective home has a. terraced
 front stoop large enough to accomn1o-
 date an ordinary sized orchestra and
 leave room for a cotillon or a cake
 walk. Another prospective nefghbor
 will be the Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight
 Hillis. It may be that some of ths
 other neighbors who, with Henry Ward
 Beecher, fought for the emancipation
 of the slaves, will now feel that their
 predictions of a half century ago re- garding the possibilities of negro ad- vancement have been fulfilled
 Should Johnson ever feel the need of spiritual consolation he can attend
 worship at historic Plymouth Church,
 St. Ann's on the Heights, Holy Trinity
 Episcopal, St Charles Borromeo. the
 old First Presbyterian and numerous
 others. Near by on the Heights are also located most of the large hotels
 and fashionable apartment houses in
 Brooklyn. Among the hotels are GT8 Margaret, the Standish Arms. the St. George, the Bossert and the Mansion House. and such apartment houses as 1, the Touraine. the Riverv1ew and tbs Pierrepont-Henry. The Long Island
 Historical Society. a block and a half away, and the Brooklyn Public h. brary, also near by. will supply literary
 nourishment to Johnson. Within a stones throw is the Hamilton Club. and equidistant the still more excIu- sive Brooklyn Club, where various
 judges congregate and digest law and other thiuos