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The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
TOO MUCH EVEN FOR EDISON
Great Inventor Could Not Make HE
New Storage Battery Absolutely
FootProof.

In order to make his storage battery
absolutely fool-proof Thomas Edison
devised Q machine for abusing the bat
terry in every known way. but although
he Is one of our most brilliant inven-
tors. Mr.. Edison had to admit that
when 1t came to inventing methods Of
abusing electrical apparatus. he could
not compete with the fool operator.
Try a. he would to forestall every
conceivable method Of in1uring the ap-
paratus, some stupid man would devise
. now and unthought-of method for
putting 1t out Of business.
In this connection. says the Scienti-
dc American, It Is interesting to note
that q discussion on foolproof devices
was held before the West Of Scotland
branch Of the Association Of Mining
Electrical Engineers. One Of the speak
ers argued that 1t was unnecessary to
attempt to make apparatus entirely
fool-proof. and that It was bad prac-
tice to surround electrical gear with
devices and safeguards which would
interfere with the action Of the trained
enGineer. Another speaker pointed to
the fact that there are not a. many
folio oper,tors as one would imagine:
that the so-called fool" Is an ignorant
man. and that It would be better to.
educate him than to prevent him from
doing injury to himself or to machin-
cry By means Of safeguards. while
him to remain ignorant
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
CAPACITY FOR LIVING.

The editor of the Healthy Home,
published in Athol, recently had a
talk in Washington with Justice
Holmes of the United States supreme
court, who reached the age of three
score and ten last month. The inter.
viewer found this son of Massachusetts,
tall, slender, with clear skin and
smooth face, except for familiar mus
tsche-quick, active, alert and lover
of fresh air." Justice Holmes was
asked, show can man live and work
80 as to remain vigorous and useful
even to old sge?" The reply was:
"Be born with capacity for living"
The caller desired to show what Jus.
tice Holmes had learned from expert
euce regarding such things rs food. ex.
ercise, methods of work and the use of
tobacco, and the response is thus quot.
cd:
"Alcohol and tobacco are poisons,
and if you take them at all, you must
understand that you are poisoning
yourself for fun. After forty-five a
man had better not work at night if
he can helpit have found exercise
to be important, but think those
who attempt to do mental work may
easily take too much. 1t is burning
the candle at both ends, for exercise
calls for nervous energy when you al
ready have spent all you have. But
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no doubt one needs . little. I come
out of the court room in the afternoon
weary, oppressed and uncomfortable,
and walk to my house. The change
in my feelings - . result of this exer'
else is real and immediate. So far as
food is concerned. 1 enjoy my meals,
take rather . hearty breakfast, but
probably am looked upon rs . rather
abstemious eater. I believe it is .
good thing to have some interest out
side ones own work or profession.
The weak point of our American life
on the part of business men is the lack
of such interests. You remember the
story Of the old woman who vas asked
how she had managed to keep alive,
vigorous for so many years, and her
reply was, Il live human" A man
must learn his own constitution, his
strength and weakness, and adapt his
work and conduct SO rs to avoid his
own special weak points in the effort
to accomplish the end he has in view.
The great pleasure in life consists in
realizing ones faculties up to, but not
beyond. their limit. In other words,
in having interesting and useful work
on which you can spend al your
powers"
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
CARDINAL GIBBONS.

Nation wide observances began the
past week, celebrating the ordination
of Cardinal Gibbons to the priesthood,
and the twenty.ffth anniversary of
his elevation to the cardinalate.
Cardinal Gibbons is said to be the
only archbishop in the world who has
no carriage of his own. Although he
will be II years old July q, you can
see him almost any afternoon, winter
or summer, tramPing along Baltimore's
streets. In the fluttering jam Of
Charles street, . thoroughfare of fash
ionable shoppers and parading dam
dies, you will note . spare and erect
old gentleman, With . straight rim.
med silk hat, distinct in style from
the modes of the moment, and with
. touch of scarlet under the brim. It
is james, Cardinal Gibbons, on no
leisurely stroll, but swinging along at .
steady pace over Baltimores hills, at
. rate that makes many . visiting
puff: He is not usually
until he has reeled of four to
Eve miles, whether storm or sunshine
II to Be faced.
Hyou ne . Newspaper man seeking
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17

tariff tinkering. Senator Bailey Of
Texas has cleari6ed it by saying that
declaring for . revenue tariff % only
snunciatipg . principle but applying
It 10 - matter of detail" This is .
vital distinction, and in drawing it,
Democratic congresses hare always
thrown al lines of business into such
uncertainty and hesitation that, even
before their worst work is done, COM
mercial paralysis has set in. 1t is a.
ways . question of Who shall lose the
revenue needed for . revenue tariff.
Our confidence that Champ Clark
would zee that the Ninth Missouri lost
none of it, if he should be elected
speaker has now been justified. He is
standing pat against free raw wool.
His growing troubles are told in
Washington dispatches reF orting the
action Of the caucus of the New York
and New jersey House Democrats in
demanding that the House shall 60 on
record with . bill placing oil raw wool
on the free list Democratic repre-.
sentatives from other populous indus.
trial states in which wool growers are
Insignificant in number, are preparing
to take like action. Speaker CLARK,
however, and Chairman Underwood
of the Ways and Means Committee,
are frantically pointing out that i'm.
ports on raw wool pay so much revenue
that to put the material on the free list
would be to strike q blow at govern
ment finances. Let the tariff be re.
duced to the revenue only point, but
let it be reduced on other things than
wool, says the speaker and the floor
leader of the Democratic House.
"Cut down the tariff TO . revenue bas-
Is" cry oil of the Democrats in Con-
gress. "but don't do any cutting in my
section" History is repeating itself
in causes. Who may presume that it
will not repeat itself in efiects?-St.
Louis GLOBE. = Democrat.
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the federal bench after reelection 70
congress. The new Nebrasks Law
provides that . vacancy occurring in
the house or senate during . special or
regular session shall be filed BY
appointment BY the governor or some
qualified elector of the same political
affiliation as the previous incumbent
The present vacancy, to be sure, does
not occur during . special or regular
session, and the governors right "a
appoint will not become effective, and,
therefore, may not be exercised, unless
the legislature should be reconvened.
The proviso which would limit the
governor in making IN appointment "a
. legislative vacancy to members Of
the same political party - the preced'
ing incumbent is, We believe, decidedly
open to question. If the Legislature
could raise the bar in this fashion
here, what would stand in the way Of
the same provision rs to other appoint
ments by the governor? Could the
legislature restrict the governor on
party lines in filling . vacancy on the
bench, for example, or could it prevent
the governor from appointing IN attor'
ney general of his own instead Of
opposite political persuasion, a. did the
last governor of Nebraska? We real.
ize that each branch of the legislature
is the sole judge Of the qualifications
Of its own members, 80 where the
vacancy could be claimed by the
majority party, it might enforce this
rule by refusing admission to an un'
acceptable appointee. But We also
venture to assert the belief that no
such restriction would hold water
against a governor in accord with the
controlling majority in the legislature.
Omaha Bee.
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SAFETY OF TRAVEL AT SEA.

SAFETY OF TRAVEL AT SEA.
1t is barely five years since the
wireless telegraph passed out of the
experimental stage and was universal
ly recognized as q practical means Of
long distance communication. BY
July every ocean going steamship
company leaving an American port
that carries fifty persons, including
passengers and crew, by law must be
equipped with a wireless telegraph out
fit capable of sending messages 100
miles.
Nothing more important has been
done in many years to increase the
safety of travel at sea than the general
installation of wireless. Under the
new system not only will every steam
ship be provided with better means of
self.protection, but it will be a means
of protection for other ships. The
quickness with which relief arrived
from different quarters at the time Of
the collision that resulted in the sink.
ing of the Republic demonstrated once
for all how hereafter the ocean is to
be dotted with life saving stations.
Other uses of the wireless at sea arc
to be regarded as a convenience for
passengers and owners that could be
dispensed with without great loss.
The compulsory adoption Of it by all
passenger carrying steamships has
now become almost as much Of safe
guard against disaster as a proper
equipment of life boats.-New York
World.
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Il came as q great shock to me to
flnd that In Scotland the Londoner n
regarded a. . foreigner argued the
point with my friends IN Aberdeen, but
all to no purpose. Nor was this the
only shock I received. The people do
not dress IKE Harry Lauder, and the
corkscrew curls he affects 10 quite
wrong. I experienced great dimculty
in providing myself with q stick Of
the Lauder pattern. and then found
that the best people do not carry
them.
Also. they speak strange language
down there-one that does not reeem-
BILE in the least the anaemic Scots
tongue We heard in What Every
Woman Knows" This other II q
broader. stronger. more formidable
language altogether. a. realized
when the guard on the train sat BE-
side me and talked for twenty miles
and I understood not q word.-London
Graphic.
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FOOLED SALT WATER SAILOR


Tho skipper Of the w. H. Oliver
was In . reminiscent mood - he eat
In the hotel window watching the
many theater lovers wade through
the mud on their way to the brilliant
" lighted entrance.
That long. slim fellow there re.
minds me Of the Waterman I had on
the ship last year." he said. He was
city-bred but when he came on board
the ship would not admit he was any
thing but q salt water sailor. I first
saw him on the fo'c's1e, slushing
down the deck. I asked him where he
came from.
"1 Just blew in from salt WATER he
replied. and I knew in a minute he
was handing me bunk.
He was 30 willing to show he knew
everything that We fixed up q joke on
him when he was casting the lead up
on Superior in q fog. The mate left
him casting on the fo'c's'le calling the
depth and tasting the butter to place
the location. In the end Of the lead
there was tallow to catch the soil ON
the lake bottom. BY the soil We could
tell where We were at.
The new Waterman heaved the
lead. The mate stepped forward and
when the lead came over the side
substituted ono which he had heated
to red hot color in the furnace at the
place where the tallow was placed
-'How deep Is it?' I cried.
''About I'VE fathoms,' he answered.
What's on the butter?' I called.
He brought the lead to his lips.
touched his tongue to the hot tip and
Jumped q foot In the air. dropping the
lead on the mates foot.
"'Great God. captain. stop the ship
he beloved. We will be In hell In
five minutes.'"
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A QUESTIONABLE RESTRIC-
TON.

The death of Representative Minor,
who was q member of the house from
Lancaster county, creates the first leg
islative vacancy after the enactment of
the law creating q new way Of filling
it. Heretofore vacancies in the legis.
lature, similarly to vacancies in the
national house of representatives, have
been filed only by . new commission
from the electors of the district given
at either . special election or at an
intervening regular election. Over in
the Ninth Iowa district, for example,
a special election is soon to be held to
choose a successor to Congressman
Walter !, Smith, who was appointed to
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Ihafe'e Truth In lt.

Jack London. at publishers dinner
In New York, said Of industry:
The boy who starts at the bottom
In some big concern thinks all he
needs to do IL to work his very best.
and then his Employer will raise him
M and up till finally. he 10 made gen
efal manager.
As q matter Of fact, the truth lies
nearer LaWBon's case.
dawson said the head Of q rich
firm. Z have noticed that you work
with amazing sest- No detail Of the
business IL too small to escape you.
NJ task 10 too hard. You are tho {lrst
10 arrive In the morning. You arc the
last to leave at"
"'Oh, thank you. cir; thank you.
SIR. cried Lawson. expecting his sal
ary to be doubled.
"'Hence. Lawson,' his employer
ended. with q snarling laugh. III ask
you to dig out tho flrst Of tho month.
Il IL men Of your caliber who get q
business down pat and then 90 and
start rival establishments In tho next
block"
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
THE VOGUE OF BRIBERY.

THE VOGUE OF BRIBERY.
The indictment of City Chamberlain
Hyde in New York on the charge of
accepting brides, and on other charges,
taken in connection with the recent
exposures of corrupt legislators in diff
ferent parts of the country and the
long tale of debauchery in politics,
tends to convey the impression that
dishonesty has never been so rampant
in America Is it Is at present. Every.
where there is the same story Of vote
selling and vote buying, Of the utiliza-
ton Of public Office for the advance.
ment of private interests, and it is
because of this dishonesty that men are
seeking to change our form of govern
ment, some thinking that democracy
itself has proved a failure and others
being convinced that the trouble lies
in too little control of their own affairs
by the people themselves.
The truth is that there is less cor
ruption in politics today, in all parts
of the world, than in any other period
Of history. The difference is that
today We know what is going on, while
debauchery was kept hidden before.
Bribery was certain to thrive until
publicity became IS general as it now
is. The vigilance Of the press, the
million eyes of which are ever on the
watch, sheds light on dark places.
Dishonesty cannot thrive in the open
cir, and the press forces it sooner or
later into the open air. Where .
hundred years ago we did not hear Of
the tenth of the political debaucbery
that was going on, today We probably
hear Of nine tenths Of it. Men are no
moro dishonest than they were hun.
dred years ago. They are probably
more honest in the aggregate and
publicity is tending to bring about
even . higher political consciousness.
We need not fear that We live in
degenerate days. We do not. We
are in . period of political evolution,
the chief object Of which is to do away
with political gangrene. It's not that
things are worse than they used to he,
but that our eyes are being opened,
and with the opening Of our eyes We
may expect q great change for the !
better in conditions themselves.-I
Charleston News and Courier.
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HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.

ND AON1 NEfEAl lNS ITSELF.
After former Speaker Cannon had
pinned present Speaker Clark to an
issue of the Congressional Record,
and left him Tutoring there, Mr..
Clark made q loud noise with his
white wings. The then speaker of the
House had pinned the speaker to be
on an issue of the Record in which he
appeared rs saying that free raw wool
would be an excellent thing for every
body. In later issue of the Record,
Mr.. Clark had had this opinion strick.
en- out, because there are many sheep
in the Ninth Missouri District, The
noise made by his white wings, when
pinned, was to the effect that he advo.
Gates the laying Of tariff for revenue
only, and that. in the laying of
such tariff, regard must be had for
those industries most in need of
protection. What he said, in brief.
was that, when it comes to laying q
tariff for revenue only, the Ninth Mis-.
souri, can always depend on him to zee
that q large share of the revenue must
be raised on things raised and made in
its borders.
We expressed, at the time, our sin.
oere conviction that that was just what
he would do in the pinch. 1t Is not .
new idea. It is as old Il Democratic
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THE FALL OF JUAREZ.

The fall of Juarez, through the sur.
render of the veteran Navarro, is IN.
questionably q heavy blow to the fed.
cral power in Mexico and signal tri'
umph for the Madero rebels. Itseems
to complete insurrecto command Of
the north and to encourage more az
gressive rebellion elsewhere.
But all of this does not constitute
the vital fact in this revolution, which
is the change that has come over the
civil powers in Mexico City, where for
the first time in a generation, Presi'
dent Diaz's name falls in derision or
severe criticism from the lips of men
who heretofore have meekly bowed to
his iron will and given themselves,
their speech and their action to bis
command. Thus in the halls of the
Mexican congress is now found the
pivot of the revolution. It is plain
that the old era is passing and new
era is at hand. Whatever may come
of this war, of Madero or his demands
and followers, Diaz's day ofsupreme
rule is over and Mexico is facing q
new method Of government.
This changing process might easily
be reflected in the half hearted vim
that animated Navarro's men and, in.
deed, in the abrupt decision of the old
warrior, himself, to surrender instead
of die fighting, as he had but . few
hours before declared his intention to
do. Our own soldiers over the river
agree with the rebels that the task of
taking Juarez was all to easy. The
federal commander must have seen the
mutinous spirit among his men and
known the futility Of fighting that
and Madero. too. Madero's speech
and treatment Of his csptives Was hu-
name and magnanimous. and undcubt.
edly he told the truth when he said
most of them fought only as . matter
of discipline and not for love of coun-
try or principle, . force that will de.
feat any army.
From sfar it seems that the federals
blundered badly by not Fastening re-
Inducements if they meant to hold
Juarez, since they had ample warning
Of the attack. What effect the loss of
Juarez will have on Diaz is the ques.
ton to which the answer will soon de-
velop.-Omaha Bee.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17

Mayor Harrison's presidential CAN
didacy has been formally announced.
The number of democratic candidates
already in the field indicates that the
democrats have strong hopes of being
able to win next time.-ChicagO Rec
ord. Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17

A Nebraska man was fined Sl75 for
stealing two kisses, and a New York
woman was allowed 6 cents for being
robbed of one. The quotations on
OSCILLATION seem to depend entirely
upon who is to get the money.-Buf:
falo Express.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17

An Omaha female sOmnambulist
boarded a street car in her Pajamas
and rode down town. She said after
ward that she remembered nothing
about it, but she woke up everybody
else in the town.-HOustOn POST.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17

Nebraska is SO much at the front in
matters of social legislation that there
is new law forbidding night work by
women. But it has been thrown into
court.-Washington Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1911-05-17
The hei0ht Of Accuracy.

G. d. Gibson was talking at his stu
do, In West Thirty-6rst street. about
the historical accuracy Of Alma Tade-
mas paintings.
They do say" Mr.. Gibson declared,
that Alma Tadema once painted Q
picture Of an Assyrian bath wherein
every bath towel was marked Nebu.
chadnezzar' in the corner IN cuneaform
characters"
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KNOCKING ARBITRATION
TREATY.

TREATY.
1t has already developed that the
main body of protest received in Wash
ington against the proposed Anglo
American arbitration treaty comes
from Irish societies. That these pro.
testants are more Irish than the Irish
at home can easily be believed, for Mr..
Redmond has not announced that the
Irish party in Parliament was opposed
T." the negotiations now in progress.
Yet there is nothing surprising in the
attitude of the Irish societies in Amer.
ica. The people most enthusiastically
devoted to Britain are usually TO be
found living across the seas, in such
cities as Melbourne. Calcutta, Pretoria
and Toronto. The imperialist in
Ontario usually puts the king or the
British prime minister to shame. And
so the Irishman in Boston or New
York easily outstrips the Irishman in
Cork or Dublin in sublimated dislike
of England.
This is q state of mind which un.
doubtedly exists and should be dissi.
pated before many more years shall
have passed. From the British point
of view, Ireland should be placated for
the sake of imperial interests. In his
speech at Manchester Saturday after
noon. Premier Asquith truly said that
"for the first time there is really good
understanding between the democra-
cies of both islands. Material ties
quite apart from all questions of senti.
ment bind them together in indissolu.
bic union. During the last few years
the Irish question has come to be re.
garded more and more as the most
urgent part of Great Britain's great
imperial problem" Urgent it is. For
Britain's relations with America must
always be more or less dependent upon
two great connections-Canada and
Ireland.
The Irish connection between Brit
ain and America will probably remain
hopeless until the home rule question
is settled. But Englishmen more and
more are realizing the necessity for
home rule in order that Anglo-Ameri.
can relations may assume . normal
aspect. The proposed arbitration
treaty, in support of which Messrs.
Asquith and Balfour both spoke elo-
quently a few days ago, would enjoy
fairer prospects if the Irish question
had already been eliminated from
British politics and if the inhabitants
of Ireland could be brought, as they
easily could, to appreciate the value to
themselves of the closest moral and
Peace-making ties between the United
Kingdom and the United States.
Grant home rule, satisfy the Irish
people at home that England no Ion.
ger Expresses them, but rather is de.
voted to the promotion of their inter.
ests, and there would be soon no more
enthusiastic advocates than the inhab.
itants of the Emerald isle of the arbi.
trail agreement which the administra.
ton is now endeavoring to frame. And
this is because, under normal condi.
tions, the Irish of the United Kingdom
would have every inducement, mate
rial and moral, to desire that their
country should be brought into the
closest possible touch with the oversee
republic which has become the home
of the larger portion Of the Irish race.
Mass Republican.
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The three witches were preparing
thar broth.
you are funny people," sa3d Mao
beth. Ito set up your Kitchen out
here on the blasted heath and Prepare
your supper In the rain"
That's all right. Mac" replied the
first witch. We are sunragettes and
don't believe In home cooking"
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"Mr. Bryan will do his part says
the Commoner. Wasn't the letter ~"
left of the end of that last word?-
Washington Post.