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The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23
SHE LOVED. SNUFF.
remarkable Will and Funeral Of {.
Queer EnQlishwoman.

Remarkable Will and Funeral Of =
Queer Enslishwoman.
The will Of Mrs. Margaret Thomp.
son. which Is preserved as a curiosity
at Somerset House. England, is a trib.
ute to the delights and consultations OF
SNUFF. The testatrix directed that in
her coffin should he buried with her all
her handkerchiefs and sufficient Of the
best Scotch snuff to cover her body.
This she preferred to flowers. as moth
ing could he more fragrant and SO re-
freshing to me as that precious pow
der" Further. the six greatest SNUFF
takers in the parish Of st. James.
Westminster, were to be her bearers.
Six old maids. each bearing in her
hand q box filed with the best Scotch
snuff to take for their refreshment as
they walked, were to bear the pail
Before the corpse the minister was to
walk, carrying and partaking Of a
pound Of snuff. At every twenty yards
q handful Of snuff was to be delivered
to the bystanders, and at the door Of
the testatriX's house were to Ike placed
two bushels Of the same quality Of
snuff for gratuitOus distribution. In
order to insure the carrying out Of her
wishes the testatrix made the legacies
given by the will dependent upon an
exact and literal fulfillment Of the
above named. In closing
She hade all concerned IN roporl1 SnufP
IS the grand cordial Of nature.
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23
SENATOR BEVERIDGE.

The defeat of Senator Albert j.
Beveridge of Indiana is the most con-
spicuous casualty sustained by the in.
surgents since the inception of the
movement. Real tears will be she'd in
the insurgent inner circle over the
elimination of the brilliant young
Indianan, and on the regular side there
will be regret over the setback in so
promising public career. Even case
hardened Indiana politicians who have
strongly diaapproved the insurgency Of
Beverage will find reason for sorrow
over HE downfall. Undoubtedly it
means that the flames of factional
differences will blaze in Indiana for
years to come.
Misled by the aggressiveness of more
fortunately situated insurgent leaders,
Senator Beveridge attempted to do in
the close state of Indiana what IaFOl.
lette had done in the state where the
democrats as a political force had been
all but wiped out. Beverage tried to
cut loose from his republican moor.
ings and create Beveridge party in
Indiana, recruiting it from progressive
republican and progressive democratic
ranks. This was politically impossi.
BILE in Indiana, because the first stir.
rings of republican disorganization
filled the democrats with confidence
that they could 60 in and win. When
Beverage snapped his fingers in the
faces of the regular republicans and
beckoned to the democrats t, come
forward and take their places behind
him the democrats baked. They saw
that Beveridge had made democratic
victory a certainty, and they preferred
q democratic victory to Beverage
victory.
The Indiana outcome was logical.
In a smaller way it typifies the work.
ing ofthe same law that gave the dem.
ocrats the control of congress as soon
as the republicans began to advertise
their inability to stick together
Sioux City Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23

sun, they are journeying through
space, without by any means keeping
STEP" The observer must, consequent.
ly, in the first place measure motions
that are almost beyond the reach Of
measurement, and in the second place
distinguishes the real movements of
the individual stars from their appar.
ent movements due to the actual
motion of the earth.
Yet, difficult rs this task is, it has
been attempted over and over again,
and astronomers are still engaged on
it. There are two things that they
wish particularly to learn: 1) in ex-
actly what direction we are thus
journeying through space, and (2) just
how fast We are going. The latest
results indicate that the point toward
which We are moving lies in the east.
ern part of the constellation Hercules,
not far from the very brilliant star
Vega. 1t is thought that the entire
solar system is moving through space
at the rate of II miles a second, but
estimates as to this vary.-The Union.
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23
MISSOURI'S WELFARE.

The almost certain defeat, by big
adverse majorities, of all the proposed
constitutional amendments submitted
to the people of Missouri shows that
the judgment of the people was very
completely overshadowed by the pre-.
JUDGES engendered by the prohibition
question.
Therecord is certainly not creditable
to the state. But it is hardly to be be-
lieved that the city and country resi-.
dents of this commonwealth would
have voted down every progressive
proposal, if it had not been for that
proposition question. Here is Missou-
ri left with its university inadequately
cared for, its seat of government and
its records housed in an old, dilapid-
ated capitol. its bad roads denied a
policy which would have made them
eventually good. Even the amend.
ments merely to permit certain cities
to procure local betterments q: local
expense, and subject to subsequent To-
cal approval, 60 down in general dis
aster.
The prohibition question should not
soon again be raised to interrupt or
obstruct the course of the states prog
ress. That question has been answer
ed quite decisively, and unless the
brewers, by arrogant disregard of the
peoples demand for strict regulation,
force it to the front. it should be per-
mitted to rest.
The people of Missouri desire and
need opportunity for impartial con.
sideration of the states welfare.-Kan.
sas City Times.
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23
THE BEITED PLAID.
This Was the Original Dress Of the
Scottish Highlander.

This Was the Original Dress Of the
Scottish Highlander.
The original dress Of the highlander
was the belied plaid. This was a piece
Of tartan cloth. two yards broad and
four long, which was drawn around
the waist in nicely adjusted folds aid
tightly buckled with Il belt The lower
part came down to the knees in much
the same manner rs the modern kilt.
while the upper part was drawn up
and adjusted to the left shoulder, so
that the right arm might be perfectly
free. This upper part was the plaid.
which was used rs a covering for the
shoulders AMI body in wet weather.
and when the use Of both arms was
required 1t was fastened across the
breast with a brooch, often curiously
enriched. \ brooch was also used to
fasten the plaid on the left shoulder
To attire himself IN the belted plaid
required on the part Of the highlander
no small amount Of Gexterity. The
usual way was to lay 1t on the floor
and after carefully arranging the
folds to lie down upon it and then
buckle it on. The lower end was fas-
tened at the right hip. The utility Of
such a dress In the highlands is OBJ
vious, for the plaid rendered the man
Indifferent to storms and prepared to
pass a night in the open air in the
most inclement weather. while the
loose undergarment enabled him to
wade rivers or ascend mountains with
equal ease. 1t was thus peculiarly
adapted to the warrior. the hunter and
the shepherd.-LOndon Mail.
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THE REFERENDUM BALLOT.

A glance at the yards and yards of
ballot used at the recent election in
South Dakota, where the initiative and
referendum prevails, is enough to make
even the NEST ardent referendum
supporters skeptical oyer the political
results of such plan.
To q casual observer it would ap-
pear that not one man in fifty would
ever read the great quantity of fine
print on the ballots, giving the laws
that are to be decided upon. And
surely not one man in a hundred could
give the time and thought for intelli-
gent investigation that a vote upon
such proposition should require.
1t has been proved that in a Ne
braska primary campaign, where a
multitude of candidates are to be voted
on, the average voter will be acquaint-
ed with but a very few and will vote
the balance of the ticket on the hit or
miss plan. 1t may be imagined how
much more of an uniformed vote
might be cast upon propositions so
complex as laws.
In modern business, the specialist is
permitted to do the important things
because he can do them better than
the lack of all trades. The manager
of q big corporation will hire specially
trained men to do their various work,
and will hold them responsible for the
results. The man who attempts to
take care of the multitude of details,
soon finds himself swamped and moth
ing done as it should be.
/ It's a good deal the same IN the
referendum ballot. The average citi-
zen under our present system employs
specialists to make the laws-men who
have time to concentrate their atten-
ion upon the intricate propositions
arising. 1t is difficult to imagine how
Intelligent legislation can arise from
submitting a mass of technical reading
natter to the voter for decision. The
7oter hasn't the time and won't take
he time, in the average case, to intel.
|Eigently cast his ballot upon these
,ropositions.-Norfolk News.
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23
WHERE ARE WE GOINGs

One Of the most difficult questions
that astronomers have to solve is the
direction and velocity of the flight Of
the solar system through space. We
ordinarily speak of the world going
round the sun as if that revolution was
performed year after year in the same
path, the sun standing still while the
earth moves. But, as matter of fact,
the sun moves as we'll as the earth.
Our planet goes round the sun from
east to west, but at the same time. the
sun moves from south to north. The
earth, therefore, is really travelling, not
in a beaten circle, but in q spiral line,
which is gradually carrying it toward
certain stars in the northern sky. And,
of course. all the other planets also
travel in spirals, going at the same
time round and round the sun, and
with the sun toward the north.
The simplest proof that this motion
of the solar system really exists is the
fact that in that part of the sky toward
which We are going the stars are OBJ
served to be slowly moving apart,
while in the opposite part of the heav-
ems they are drawing together.
But now comes the difficulty. On
account of the immense distance of the
stars, the apparent motions exhibited
by them Us a result of our varying
distance from them are exceedingly
slight; far too slight to be detected
without the aid of the most delicate
instruments, applied with an accuracy
and precision that only great skill and
long practice can give.
Then too, each star has IN actual
motion of its own-one in one direction
and another in another-for, like our !
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23
The Japansse Policeman.

Japan has a police force modelled
after the French system. In various
places throughout Tokyo there are
small kabancho. which resemble SEN
try boxes. but are larger. Three men
are attached to each box daily. One
remains inside resting. while another
stands Mt the door. and the third pa
trolls a beat. returning at regular in
tervaS to the box. Stations are
changed every eight hours. After
twenty-four hours work the three off,
GERS are given the same length Of time
to rest. and three other men are sent to
the box. During their "o6" days the
men are employed in taking census re-
turns, making reports regarding the
condition Of streets. bridges. embank-
mentS. drains and cemeteries. They
also report weddings. births. deaths,
theatrical performances and the pres
ence Of suspicious persons.-Harper's
Weekly.
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Toned IL Down.

'King Edward" said an English WIS.,
itor in New York, hated snobbish-
ness. To show how ridiculous snOb-
bishness was he used often to tell
about an alphabet book Of his child
hood.
This book had alliterative sentences
arranged under each letter, thus:
"'Callous Caroline caned a cur cruel
IT,
Henry hated the heat Of heavy
hats
Under the letter V came the face
tiOus sentence:
"'Villiam Wilkins wiped his veskit.'
But the young princes snObbish
tutors thought this sentence too vulgar
and low for their charge and accord
ingly they substituted for it the more
refined and genteel line:
"'Vincent Yining viewed q vacant
villa"
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23

Here Is an explanation Of the old
horseshoe superstition: st. Dunstan
was q skilled farrier. One day while
ut work in his forge the devil entered
in disguise and requested Dunstan to
shoe his single hoof" The saint. al
though he recognized his malign Gus
toner. acceded. but caused him 50
much pain during the operation that
Satan begged him to desist. This st.
Dunstan did. but only after he had
made the evil one promise that neither
he nor any Of the lesser evil spirits.
his servants. would ever modest the
Of q house where the horse
shoe was displayed.
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23
INDIAN SIGNAL FIRES.

The transparency of the atmosphere
upon the plains is such that objects can
be seen at great distances; mountain,
for example, presents . distinct and
bold outline at fifty or sixty miles, and
may occasionally be seen Is far As a
hundred miles.
The Indians, availing themselves Of
this fact, have been in the habit Of
practicing q system Of telegraphing BY
means Of smokes during the day and
fires by night; and. I dare say, there
are but few travellers who have crossed
the mountains to California that have
not seen these signals made and res
pended to from peak to peak in rapid
succession. The Indians thus make
known to their friends many items Of
information highly important to them.
If enemies or strangers make their
appearance in the country, the fact is
telegraphed at once, giving them time
to secure their animals and prepare for
attack, defense or flight.
War or hunting parties, after having
been absent q long time from their
cratic friends at home, and, not
knowing where to find them, make
use ofthe same preconcerted signals to
indicate their presence. Very dense
smokes may be raised by kindIing a
large fire with dry wood, and piIing
upon it the green boughs Of pine,
balsam or hemlOck. This throws oil
q heavy cloud Of black smoke which
can be seen very far. This simple
method Of telegraphing. 50 useful to
the savage both in war and peace,
may in my judgment be used to ad.
vantage in the movements of troops
cooperating in separate columns in
the Indian country.-Captain Bur-
tons "Overland Expeditions" (1S63. }
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23
The Art Of Carnentrv.

How many common figurative ex-
pressions in our language are Dor
rowed from the art Of carpentry may
be seen from the following sentence:
The lawyer who filed the bill. shaved
the note. cut an acquaintance, split a
hair, made an entry. got up a case,
framed an Indictment. impaneled a
jury. put them into a box, nailed a
witness. hammered a judge and bored
q whole court. all in one day, has since
laid down law and turned carpenter"
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a Iono Wait.

At q Denver hotel woman went
into one Of the telephone booths and
sat down. 1t Is not possible to get a
telephone number from the bOOth-the
girl ut the board has to call It. The
girl went to the booth. did you want
q telephone number:" she asked Of the
woman.
mo" replied the woman. I'm just
ArgOnaut.
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PLATTE
COUNTY, NEBRASKA.

In the matter Of the estate Of Freeman u. Cook
inRham. deceased.
Notice in hereby given that In parsuance Of an
order of the District Court Of Platte cOonty.
Nebsasks, made ON the 22nd day Of October.
1910, for the sale Of tho real estate hereinafter
described. Tho undessiRned will sell at public
door Of the Court House in the city Of Columbus.
in Platte county. Nebraska. ON the 18th day Of
November, 1910. ct the hOer Of 2o'clock y. M.
the following described real estate. tO-vit:
(5) and six (6) in Block numbes eighteen (l8l
in L0cknef's second addition to the village Of
Humphrey. Nebraska. said property will BE- sold
- one parcel. "
EUGENIA 1. COOklNGHAM.
Administrative Of the estate OF Freeman NJ.
COOkingham, deceased.
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"reminiscences Of Edward Everett Hale

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George S. Merria
Edward Everett Hale said that q
good biography Of Lincoln could have
been made by asking each of a hum
dred men, taken just Is you meet them
to tell you his own particular story
about Lincoln. That would not be q
bad way to compile a biography Of
Hale himself.
I came to know him in the early
'7Os, when I was managing editor Of
the Christian Union-now the Out
look-and he was an occasional con-
tributor.
One fortunate day Mr.. Hale appear
ed in the Christian Union Office. He
was tall, with a face no one could pass
without noticing: dome-like forehead,
deep set gray blue eyes, swarthy com.
plexion, haggard lines, . sweet and
ready smile, grizzled hair and q full
beard. His talk was graphic, wide
ranging, full of suggestion and enter
tainment; he was a prince of takers.
When my wife and l made what
was practically our first visit to Boston,
Mr.. Hale, on whom we had no claim
beyond brief acquaintance, volunte-
cred to introduce US to some of the at.
fractions of the town, and gave up two
of his busy days to act as the most de.
lightfll of cicerones. He showed US
not only the famous features of the
Hub-buildings, monuments, historic
spCts-but odd and out of the way
matters Of interest. He took us to one
place Git was in winter where every
day a dinner was given to any person
who asked for it: I'VE don't publish
it abroad, but no man in Boston need
90 without . dinner" He illustrated
the best interiors of the city by show.
ing US through the house ola merchant
price-a delightful abode, with open
fires and fresh flowers everywhere.
Finally he brought US in touch with
his own work. We attended a meet.
ing in his church of class ofladies to
whom he was giving a series oflectures
on American history. After hearing
bis talk, one felt like discarding all
other pursuits to study history! The
evening of the same day, he took US to
one of his church parlors where he had
invited fifteen or twenty of his young
people, on the threshold of manhood
and womanhood. His purpose was to
enlist them in an informal way in act.
i've service to people around them. In
an hours talk be gave them his fami-
liar gospel of helpfalness, with illustra-
tons suited to their age and circum.
stances, and with q sweet persuasive
ness. Then they all sang together
America" and The Breaking Waves
Dashed High" When the meeting
ended, the youngsters came round him,
halfeager, halfsby, with questions and
proposals: "Mr. Hale, could do 50.
and.so." "Would there be a chance
for me in this direction or in that?"
And so they enlisted for the good
fght-not by profession, but by be.
ginning with some definite line Of &C
ton.
The way Doctor Hale remembered
individual cases and faces was wonder.
full. His congregation was spread
from Newfoundland to Alaska. 1t
was said Of q certain mother, "Her
heart had a separate cell of money
for each of her children" and Hale
to have an individual niche
for each one of the thousands of souls.
A woman who knew him only by re-
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23
He Told Aar.

''What II II. do you suppose. that
keeps the moon In place and prevents
II from falling:" asked Araminta.
II think il must be the beams" re-
piled Charlie softly.
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23

Contrary Human Mature.
81 suppose 1t is our natural contrari.
ness which makes us do such paradox.
zeal things"
"Such as what?"
"As makes US long for things when
We are short."-Baltimore American.
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23
The Silver linino.

In life troubles will come whichIlook
- II they would never pass away. The
night and the storm look as II they
would last forever. but the coming Of
the calm and the morning cannot Be
stayed
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23

putation found herself moved to con.
fide in him and ask his advice in q
domestic problem closely affecting her
happiness. He listened attentively,
then said; This is. too serious and
complicated for an offhand answer.
Come again in a few days and l will
tell you what I think" Some unex.
pected turn of affairs opened the W.
mans way, and she did not return.
Several years afterward she was leav.
ing train at a railway station, and as
she passed down the aisle she saw him
they had never meet but once) oc-
cuPying q seat. With 20 sign from
her he recognized her, and leaned for
ward with the exclamation, MY
child, you never came back"
Ofhis Will must give one instance
the only saying Of his own which l
ever heard him recall. He was visit
ing Horace Mann in the early days Of
Antioch College, and in their walk
about the grounds they encountered q
sin reading, "Gentlemen are request
ed not to spit tobacco juice in the pre-.
sence of ladies'" Hale exclaimed
against it. but it is necessary" said
Mann. AT least soften somehow"
said Hale. "Put it il Latin" How
could you say it in LatiL?' asked
Mann. "Why," replied Hale, pro-
mptly, NE quid nimis-ne quid nigh
MISE"
suppose Hale's exuberant imagina.
ton sometimes took him off his feet,
made him over hopeful in his estimat.
e, and betrayed him into practical
mistakes. He was not q first class
business man, and he sometimes got
into difficulties from which his friends
had to extricate him-a help they
were glad to give. But, in the large
and just view, his vivid fancy, along
with bis humor and playfallness, con-
tributed vastly not only to getting
good work done, but done with ease
and joy. Never was sinner who had
and made so much fun as this saint!
l once happened into the lecture room
Of his church when he was giving a
reading from his own stories. The
story chosen was THE Yellow Dog
one of his fantasies. 1t started with
the going of Joseph to Egypt as prison.
er of a company of Midianties, as told
in Genesis. Joseph, SO ran the tale,
one night tried to steal away and 90
back to Canaan. He got safely as far
as the borders of the encampment.
when a yellow dog barked. gave the
alarm, and Joseph was recaptured.
Now, said the story, If the yellow dog
had not barked, Joseph would have
escaped, Jacobs family would never
have gone to Egypt, and the whole
course of the worlds history would
have been different. And then en-.
sued supposititious history Of what
might have been for the next forty or
fifty generations! As l listened to his
drollery l had my eye on the audience
and they were the best of all. A CON-
pany of genuine Bostonians-cultiva-
ted, serious, with high purposes and q
good deal of dead.in.earnest (all this
one easily guessed if he didn't see)--
and all these excellent folks with q
broad smile often ripping into laugh.
ter over q ridiculous story Of a yellow
dog and history that never happen
ed! And I said to myself, "Who EN-.
broiders serious gospel with a halo of
mirth like our dear old Hale"
The Columbus journal., 1910-11-23
PonA'a ProfaraneA

The Prince Of Wales Of Pope's time
once said to the poet:
"Mr. Pope. do you not like kings?
'Sir." replied the poet. II prefer the
Hon before the claws are grown"
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The reward Of one ,ty.is. thespowsP
to ful6n another.
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George S. Merriam in the Outlook.