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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
Eho Collar Of Mater.

The waters of the seas, lakes. rivers
and streams in general are very often
coli rc,l. For instance. the water OF
the Mediterranean sea Is not coloriess.
but green-BIue: also there Is brilliant
red river in South America. The 81
Lawrence. i'm Canada. is pale green
and the Ottawa golden brown Where
these two rivers meet quite frequently
whole broad patches remain unmixed-
Here is a gold patch and there green
one. Otherwise than this water re-
fleets the co...rs of its surroundings.
and Il SO called Emerald pool In the
White mountains is green because the
birches on its borders In early summer
are brilliant green. The Blue grotto.
in Capri. Italy. shows Il remarkably
rich color, near To green-blue. because
all the lish, received in that groff"
comes through the water 1t Its en-
trance. and. as has been said. the Med
iterranean is green-blue- The water
Of the 1cySerS in the Yellowstone park
are also coloreG by natural mineral
dyes. You can dye your own glass or
water by a piece Of the bloOdroot plant.
Try II. That will be a vegetable dye
st. Nicholas.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
MADE SURE OF IT.
The Gift Was Delayed, but the Groom
Got the Bird.

The Gift Was Delayed. but the Groom
Got the Bird.
A wealthy patron Of the turf in New
York told an amusing story Of a IA
vorite groom and q turkey.
Il had once promised this groom,
he said, "a Christmas turkey, but
somehow In the rush and furry OF
December I forgot it. 1t was some
days after Christmas when ! remem-
bered how had overlooked my faith
full old friend.
Meeting him in the paddock one
morning and intending to make good
nv forgetfulness. I said to the groom
by way Of joke:
"Well. jenkins. how did you ike
that turkey ] sent you:
LIT was q very fine bird, sir said
the groom 4 came very near losing II.
though
".How so? said I. astonished.
".Well. SIR said jenkins, Christ
mas morning came. and your turkey
hadn't reached me. so I rushed right
of to the express company and asked
the manager what he meant by not
sending the bird up. The manager
apologized. sir, very politely. and he
took me into a back room. where there
were ten or fifteen turkeys hanging.
and he said the labels had been lost
of them and I'D just better take
ms choice. So I chose the largest. sir.
knowing your generosity. and 1t was
fine. It ate grand. Thank You very
much indeed, sir "-Washington Star.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
WATSON VS.. BRYAN.

The Hon. Thomas f. Watson Of
Georgia challenges the Hon. William
J. Bryan of Nebraska to Joint debate
and offers to donate to the peerless
and the matches" 81 ,00Ocash in hand
paid, if he will accept the defiance
and come to the scratch. But the vul-
gar herd is disappointed in the subject
selected by the intrepid Georgia
champion-foreign missions. This.
We take it, is a quasi religious issue,
and more fit for the oratory offs clergy
man than statesman. But Mr..
Brvan's lecture entitled The prince
of Peace" evidences that he is at home
in the pulpit, and entitled to rank as a
near preacher at least. We have never
imagined the Hon. Tom with other job
than journalist. historian and states
man, though it is possible that he can
also play the role of hardshell BaP-
fist preacher.
These two young gentlemen-they
were very young men-first met as
members of the Fifth second congress.
Mr.. Bryan adhered to the democratic
organization; Mr.. Watson vas a popu-
list, though earlier he had been an
elector on the Cleveland ticket. Not
withstanding the populist strength in
that congress was mainly from Kansas
Nebraska AMI other western states
Sockless Simpson, about as attractive
demagogue as congress ever saw, alb
dicated the primacy and was instru'
mental in securing the nomination Of
Watson by the pops of speaker.
1t was the natural thing, for thu
Hon. Tom, then, as now, was chockful
of individuality, backed by a courage
that could gaze an eagle blind. Bu1
while the Georgian's ability was rec
opnized BY all, he was not gifted viii
that tunefu1 verbosity that soon made
the Hon. Bryan a very distinguished
member of that congress, and while
the Honorable Tom is incapable O
envy, it was apparent that he wa
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
THE GERMAN IDEA.

Prof: Ward Meyer Of the University
of Berlin is featuring at Harvard as an
Exchange professor" and has ex'
pressedsthese views:
IF, for example, the Monroe doc
trine were violated, the United States
would appeal to the sword, and not to
The Hague. True, the United States
does not own South America, vet they
consider it to their advantage to keep
other nations from gaining foothold
there. Inevitably this attitude must
lead to war as the only solution"
How happens this distinguished pro-
fessor of Berlin to select the Monroe
doctrine for a subject, and TO illustrate
it bv South America: The doctrine is
also being expounded above our north.
ern border. \ few years ago the pre-
mier of the dominion was against
entangling Canada i'll the vortex OF
transatlantic troubles, but now he is
sure that war upon England mean:
war with Canada, and tbat-Our Cana
dian cousins sav-means war with the
United States.
The Monroe doctrine means what
Americans say it means. 1t does moi
mean what many foreigners say II
means. Nevertheless, discussions Off
8 foreigners are always interesting
and may illuminate American mind
regarding their own thoughts. suci
Expressions as those quoted above ar
Useful if only in eliciting correction
of errors.
The United States is not conquer
ing nation" nor animated by "lan'
hunger" as Prof. Never asserts. W.
rejected Cuba when We might hav'
taken it, and there are many Of us VIII
would like to reject the Philippine
compatibly with our responsibilities
There is no nation whose possession
are not secure against our coveteous
ness. Contentment with our own 4
the justification of our attitude regard
ing unlawful acquisitions Of American
territory. 1t is about equally usefu
that Germany should understand
Monroeism and that We should under
stand the German understandings
New York Tribune.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
The Dialogue That Took Place After
the Dance Ended.

The Dialogue That Took Place After
the Dance Ended.
4 we'll known and popular Los An
geles physician upon the occasion OF
a recent visit to q professional friend
at Fresno (the physician In charge Of
the state institution for the deaf and
dumb was invited to attend one Of
the periodical hops" given the in
mates. All the unfOrtunates and a
goOdly sprinkling Of guests were pres
ent
Before the function had progressed
very far the Fresno physician ap-
preached his Los Angeles medical
friend with. Get busy. doctor-' The
doctor got busy. Although tipping the
scales Mt 2lO, he IS an easy and grace
full dancer and much enjoys the exer-
else. Approaching young lady Of
singular sweetness and beauty. he in
dicated his desire to dance with her.
She proved to he rs witching with her
feet as with her eyes. and our Los An
geles friend, in contempt Of all con-
vention. danced two or three numbers
with her.
At the close Of the last one q gen.
tleman approached his charming part
ner and asked for the next dance. Il
should he delighted to favor you, my
friedn." said she In q voice no less
sweet than her face. but I've prom
ised to dance the next number with
this dummy here-'
Each had taken the other for IN in
mate!-LOs Angeles Times.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23

A story Is related OF q Manchester
fisherman who once tried to lure the
dainty trout from some Of the nearby
brooks. The fisherman did not get
bite in the brooks. He drove back to
Manchester rather disheartened and
went to q restaurant to get something
to eat. He asked the restaurant keep
er II he had any trout and received an
Affirmative reply. He ordered some OF
the trout for his supper and then told
the proprietor that he might put two
or three of the uncOOked fish In his
fish basket out at the door. as he
didn't care to 60 home and receive the
raillery Of his friends. The proprietor
Of the restaurant told one Of the clerks
to carry out the order, and 1t was sup
posed to have been done faithfully.
But the clerk was not very alert.
and when the FISHERMAN got home
and opened up the fish basket to his
astonished wife there repOsed two fine
salt mackerel. and the fisherman has
not got through explaining yet.-Man-
chester Union
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
Commas.

The French do not. as rule, employ
inverted commas to indicate dialogue,
but they employ the dash to Indicate
. change Of speakers, which is just as
bad. Certainly many punctuation marks
are sadly misused or overused- Dick
ems flung unnecessary commas all over
his pages-whOle battalions Of them.
Walter Pater also employed them with
extraordinary prodisality. frequently
before the word and" where the con-
junction rendered them superduous.
Pater was also overload Of the mark
Of exclamation, so that when he drops
q "Yes" into his measured style 1t must
needs appear as YES" But. though
the Bible does without inverted COM
mas, there Is real art In its punctua-
ton. How admirably it marks the Ca
dence and helps the drama in that
great story Of the prodigal son!-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
il, Salmon p. Chase of Ohio, Edwards

in, Salmon P. Chase of Ohio, Edwards
Bates of Missouri, William L. Dayton,
of New jersey, John Mclean Of Ohio
and Jacob Collamar of Vermont.
These delegates held the balance of
power. On the second ballot the
break to Lincoln began. Pennsylva'
mia cast her fifty.two votes for the ILL.,
noisan after going into conference.
This was regarded as certain index
of what happened on the third ballot.
Lincoln on the second ballot got lSl
votes, while Seward had 1874. On the
last ballot the break gathered full head
way. As the ballot progressed it be-
came plain that Lincoln was running
in advance Of Seward. Suddenly the
word went around the hall: Two
hundred and thirty.one and one-half
for Lincoln. Two and one-half more
will give him the nomination..
An instant of silence followed, &C
cording to the chroniclers Of the cpl
sode. The convention was graphing
with the idea. Then the chairman Of
the Ohio delegation sprang upon his
chair and cried: "Mr. President,
| rise to change our vote from Mr.. Chase
to Mr.. Lincoln" Lincoln was thu
nominee.-The. Union.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
AFTER THE COLLISION.

Effects Upon the Nerves Of Wrecks
Upon the Rails.
A wreck sometimes upsets even the
most iron nerved. Once the wreck
master on his arrival noticed bare
headed man in overalls. covered with
coal dust and blood. sitting beside his
engine with tears running down MS
face. He recognized him a the en-
eipeer, who had been hauled out q lew
minutes before from under the mass
Of twisted. battered steel that had
once been . locomotive. Sinculariy
enough, beyond q few cuts and bruises
he was unhurt. He was crying BE-
cause he could net find his cap thst
he had bought new that day and beg
ged the wreck master to help MIN
hunt for 1t.
A passenger conductor OF . train
that was derailed and had plunged
down an embankment crawled out OF
the confusion and rendered cool and
efficient help during the half hour BE-
fore the wreck train arrived. A ntue
later the wreck master CHANGED 70
look around and saw the conductor
standing beside him holding q match
box to his ear and shaking It. Pres
entity he put 1t back In his pocket, but
took It out again in q moment and
repeated his action.
"Whats the matter with you:
asked the wreck master.
MY watch has stopped. cant gel
It to going. and I don't know wha'
time 1t Is" answered the condu"tor
still listening to his matchbox.
The wreck master took the conduct
or By the shoulders and shook him
roughly. Then he came to."-Thad
deus s. Dayton in Harper's Weekly.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
NOTICE.

Diouysious Eersch and Kate Eisenshimmsi.
s,efrndsnts. will take notice that the lsth day
or February. 1917. Michael Zueiiine. piainun
herein 6lei his petition in the District Court 81
Plate cOopty, Nebraska. against said defend
ants. the object and prayer Of which 10 to auie.
plaintiffs title To Lot humber Twelve tis, and
RiocL nnmber Three 81 in Fedderson's Addition
to the Village Of Humphrey. Nebraska, rs
ss.inst any claim If the defendants therein OF
thereto and plaintiff prsys for decree qoieths
his title To said property a. a9ainst any claims
OF said defendants and barrina said defendanfs
from any right. title. or interest therein ana iS
such other and further relief rs may seem 10 th'
Court just and equitable.
Non Are rpuuire.i t. answer said petition On al
before the 18th day Of March, 1910
Na MICHAEL ZCERLISE, Plaintiff.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
culpeoer's Remedies.

Old time physicians prescribed even
more unsavory remedies than rancid
butter, which was Emperor Menelik's
cure for malarial fever. In "Culpep-
er's Herbal" published originally in
1856 and reprinted as recently as 1870.
are such prescriptions as ''oil wherein
frogs have been sodden till all the
flesh is OF from their bones" horse
leeches burned into powder" and
"black soap and beaten ginger" Some
Of Culpeper's remedies are Of q more
practical nature. IF redhot gold be
quenched in wine." he says. "and the
wine drunk it cheers the vitals and
cures the plague. Outwardly used 1t
takes away spots and leprosis."
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chagrined to seet the house 60 wild over
the fervid, ford, musical rhetoric OF
the gentleman from Nebraska.
Later Mr.. Watson ran for vice pre-
sident on one or two tickets headed by
Mr.. Bryan, and all doctors in PadEa,
assisted by all the lawyers in Philadel'
phia, could not convince him in ], 900
wears that both tickets were not of the
kangaroo sort.
Well bet Tom Watson $4,000
that the peerless" and the "matchless
does not accept the challenge.-Wash'
ington Post.
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to call. One of these dark haired
youths can trace his ancestry to good
old Puritan stock. The others fore
fathers may have met the Puritans
when they came to these shores, for he
was from the Carlisle Indian school.
The point is, you could not tell
which was the Indian.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
littla Too Much.

- wife has q right to expect much
Of her husband" remarked the philO-
sophically inclined person musingly.
Yes, suppose she has," replied the
meek appearing man with wilted look
Ing whiskers. II suppose she has. but
when she expects him to live up. stead
liz and without swerving. to the motto
on her first husbands tombstone
somehow think she Il expecting more
than she really ought to expect from
common, everyday. earthly man."
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1t Was a gathering bright with the
promise Of q splendid and deserved
success success on which hangs the
future of . free people and their free
institutions Omaha World Herald.
These are the closing words Of .
powerful editorial on the recent demo.
cratic love feast in Lincoln where
many ambitious democrats forgot self,
forgot the allurements of power and
patronage, and allayed the itch for
Office with the balm Of devotion to i'm.
perishable principles. In his desire to
promote the freedom Of . free people,
and to perpetuate free institutions,
Jim Dahlman forgot some of the inn
portant things he intended to have
said, and the same remain unspoken
up to the present time. But the occa-
sion, as has been we'll said, Was bright
with the promise of q splendid and
deserved success" and Jim basked in
the sunshine of it::along with the rest
of them as happy IS any aspiring poll
tician could be hearing the boys boiler
their heads off for the fellow whose
scalp he wants lifted. Some were
happy to a degree in trying to forget
the admonition of William J. Bryan
printed in the morning newspaper
feeling that harmony must prevail in
spite of helIandhighwater, or the i'm
preston would 90 out that the future
of free institutions had been tempered
with in the household of its friends.
And so these fellows. it sppsars,
Subdued their spunk and spite;
They ate their grub. and gave three cheers,
And seemed 20 feel all right.
A few spoke ont the least bit rude
Of Bryan's recent stand;
| Judge Howard. silent and subtued.
| Kept still to heat the hand.
| Charles Wooster didn't give dang:
Deep sorrow seams his brow.
Because he sees NO place to hang
| His hopes Of freedom now.
bright with the promise of success-
Hear ys the siren sons:"
do not know. but rather guess
They put the case too strong. -BiIby.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
M.kina II Pleasant For Her.

Mrs. GoOdsOle (remOving her wraps
I've owed you q call for a long time.
you know. l hate to be In debt. and
I lust felt that couldn't rest easy
until I had discharged my obligations
by coming to see you. Mrs. Sliptung
Why. my dear Mrs. GOodsOle. you
shouldn't have felt that way at all
Chicago Tribune.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
Her Nationality.

When small Sigrid made her hrsi
appearance In an American school
says Harper's Magazine, she was ask
I'd the usual pulling questions. one
Of which was:
what Is your nationality, Sigrid"
..Sigrid tossed her daxen braids
I'm an American Of Norwegian de
sign" she said promptly.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
lnspirinQ Air.

He-So you think married life Oush'
10 be one grand. sweet song: She
Yes. He-And what air would yos
prefer for this matrimonial song: 81
A millionaire,
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
Not Guilty.

1t was 4 a. III. and Bilkins crept
softly into the house and removed his
shoes. but as he tiptoed up the stairs
one Of the treads gave . loud creak.
rs that you. JOhn:" demanded Mrs.
BilLins from above.
NO. my love-" replied Bilktns. Its
the stairs"-Judse
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23

Insurgency is . breaking out Of the
unrest that has been working among
the common people in the republican
party for some years. The 50 called
leaders have been leading away from
first principles and toward the interests
of the corporations. the trusts and the
moneyed classes. he.conmor herd
have stood this As long As 10 possible.
Roosevelt was the first insurgent.
His insurgency became SO pronounced
that in 1904 the interests would have
defeated his nomination If they could.
He was a bluff. bold, open fighter and
his work gave a great impetus to the
uprising that is DOW felt in every vot'
ing precinct in America. Today some
are insurging because President TAFT is
not making the noise that Roosevelt
did. These are criticising the presi-
dent without waiting to see his hand
or the moves that he is making. There
is always a danger that the pendulum
will swing too far; that the kicks will
be too hard and become unreasonable;
that we may stand against true reform
while clamoring for it. The masses
often run wild when they get started.
The writer believes in insurgency, but
he would have zeal tempered with judg'
ment and discretion and not run mad.
-Ainsworth Star-Journal.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
Paid Him Back.

The Mean Thing-YOu're so conceit-
ed, Connie. that I believe when you
get into heaven the first question you'll
ask will be. Are my wings On
straight:"- Connie-Yes. dear. and l
shall he sorry that you won't be there
to tell me.-Illustrated Bits.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
aeciorocal Aelp.

Doctor-Well. my good woman. what
do you want: Beggar-A quarter. doc
tor. Give me a quarter and Ill Tel
everybody that you helped me-
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23

She-SbOrt stories seem quite the
thing just now. He-I should say 30.
Nearly every fellow l meet stops and
tells NE how short he is.-Boston Tran
script
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Now They Dent Speak

Now They Don't SPEAK.
Belief silly men act when they
propose: Why. my husband acted like
a perfect fool. Nelle-Thats what
everybody thought when your engage
ment was announced.-Clevelan Lead
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23

Death Is the golden key that p>h.
the palace If eternity.-Ai'ion-
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
oood lmaoinatioa.

Teddy, after having a drink Of plain
soda water. was asked how he liked It
Not very WELL" he replied. 1t
tastes too much a. though my foot had
gone asleep in my mouth "-SuccsD
MAXINE.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
The Chatterhox.

Miss Chatter IS q sort Of talking
machine. isn't she?'
NO. not q perfect machine. She
lacks the exhaust Baltimore Amer.
lean.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23
Discretion.

You say you left the house this
morning and then went back. Don't
you know that's unlucky?
1T would have been a blamed sigh'
unluckier for me II hadn't gone
back"
why so?"
MY wife called me."-LippincoeeJ
Magazine.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-02-23

A good man does good merely By
iiving-Bulwef.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-26

to show he acknowledges his indebted
ness. In 1908 he was the chief defender
OF the action of the Republican party
on the trust question.
ut Will be remembered, also, that he
was the first official to oppose the in
come tax. and his opposition came after
Mr.. Rockefeller had announced hostility
to the income tax amendment.
THE corporation attorneys who filed
an argument against the income tax with
the Albany legislature presented the
same argument Governor Hughes did, and
these corporation attorneys, with Cover
nor Hughes's powerful aid barely sue
ceeded In preventing the ratification Of
the amendment by the state OF New
York What would he do on the supreme
bench II any question arose Affecting the
income tax?
"IIis speeches show he feels no hostility
toward private monopolles. and there Is
no reason to doubt his decisions would
be In line with his speeches.
Governor Hughes eXemplifes the indi-
vidual virtues and naturally demands
honesty In the public service. but he is
a shining illustration of that peculiar
type OF citizen developed in this country
during the present generation-the citizen
who personally opposes vice and Is a
punisher of small crimes. but shows no
indignation at the larger forms Of legal
izcd robbery