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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17
Drinking Vessels.

Beakers still survive, but some 9th.
er drinking vessels of the past have
wellnigh disappeared from use. Drink.
ing horns. for instance. although of
unbeatable material. seem to have
vanished from our inns. In Wiltshire
one occasionally hears an old stage.
order harm of YELL" and in Worces.
tershire and Herefordshire cider ID
drunk out Of horns; but they do not
appear to be used in any other part
Of England. Whistle tankards. too.
common enough a. one time, are OBJ
solete. The corporation of Hull has
one of these tankards. in which the
whistle comes into play when the
tankard is empty. and this Is said to
be the only one of its kind in England.
London Chronicle.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17
The Most Beautiful Thinq,

A newspaper recently invited its
readers to state in a few words what
they considered the most beautiful
thing in the world. The first prize
was awarded to the sender of the an
swer: THE eyes of my mother" The
dream of that which we know to be
impossible" suggested an imaginative
person. and this brought him second
prize But the most amusing thing
was that which read: The most beau.
tiful thing in the world is to see q
man carrying his mother-in-law across
4 dangerous river without making any
attempt to drop her in"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17
the Ballot BOX.

The ballot box seems sacred to me.
and l never voted without removing
my hat. The men in the voting booths
are always amused at this attitude.
but to me the voting privilege will be
always treated with great respect. A
man should pray as he votes and vote
as he prays.-Rev. r. S. Macarthur.
Baptist. New York city.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17
DlSTEMpER

In all its forms among all ages Of horses,
as well As dogs, cured and others in same
stable prevented from having the disease
with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE.
Every bottle guaranteed Over Goo, goo
bottles sold last year $50 and Sl.OO. Any
good druggist, or send to manufacturers.
Agents wanted. Spohn Medical Co., Spec.
Contagious Diseases. Goshen, Ind.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17
Far From Bohemia.

Bjenks-How Is that lean. unscis-
sored bohemian getting on these
days?
Tjarks-Why. they say he Is desper-
ately In love with the girl down In
the laundry and IS to be married soon.
Something suspicious about It. though.
Bjenks-l should say so. What Is =
true bohemian doing around laun-
dry. anyway?
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

Incidence strangles talent; genius
In a slothful man resembles a beauti-
full ornament at the top of a very high
spire.-Madame de Puysieux.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

Lovely nut holders may be made
Tor ordered from a firm making a
specially of novelties) by having
small butterflies poised on the rims
of the cups which hold the nuts. This
is a beautiful decorative scheme es-
pecially fitting at this season.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17
Harsh.

Gerald-Coffee keeps me awake.
Geraldine-Me. too: I always drink
an extra cup when l know you are
coming to call
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17
Butterfly Dinner.

Have butterfly candle shades. but.
terfly place cards and. II possible. a
lovely overhead decoration with a
number of delicately made paper but
terfiies fluttering from the ceiling at
the end of fine silk strings. Serve
the following menu:
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17
Kill the Flies Now and Keen

disease away. A DAISY FLY KILLER
will 90 it. Kills thousands Lasts all season.
Ask your dealer. or send zoe to II. SOM
Frs, $50 Dekalb Ave-. Brooklyn, n. y,
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

Smokers find Lewis Single Binder Sc
cigar better quality than most l0c cigars.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

You cannot step twice into the same
stream. for as you are stepping IN.
other, and yet other. waters flow ON.
-HeraclituS
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17
His Effort.

"Now, Johnny" said the teacher.
you may try your hand at writing a
short story"
A few minutes later Johnny handed
up his slate on which was written:
us boys all loves our teacher
Harpers Bazaar.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

It Is q gOuc thing to know where
you are going, and what you are going
there for.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

Farms for rent sale crop payments J. Null.
Ia L. SluCN Civ. Iowa.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17
Consomrne With Peas.

Consomme With Peas.
Oyster Croquettes- CucUmbers.
Braised Sweet Breads. Asparagus Tips.
Veal Ffllet With Brain Fritters.
Pineapple and Celery Salad.
Pistachio and Vanilla Ice Cream In
MerinCue Shells.
BLACK CoHFoe
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17
Beware Hasty Speech.

We are master OF the unspoken
word: tie spoken word Is mastsr o.
ES.-Voltaire.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

Every man is just enough OF a liar
20 keep himself amused.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

popular patterns are those which
show the use Of black in combination
with another color. white or q bright
shade.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

Say. 'Ras. Eddie Jones SEE he's got
! real bloodhound and We want to
hire you to run ahead Of him for
about eight miles to see II he's aI6
good"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

Let amusement fill in the chinks OF
your life. rot the great spaces there
of-Parker.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

Apply only from Aseptic Tubes to
Prevent Infection. Murine Eye Salve In
Tubes-New Size CSC. Murine Eye LiQ-
utd S5c-50c. Eye Books in each Pkg.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

The friend who takes your pal
sometimes forgets to return it.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup fer ChildreB
teeJhing. softens the gums. reduces intamma-
ton, aliays pain, cures wind collie. sc bottle.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

Lewis Single Binder straight SC cigar.
You pay Zoe for cigars not SO good.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

~ RAY and black tweed would look
exceedingly smart made up in
this style. 1t has the skirt
made with a wide box plat down
center of front and trimmed below
knees by a band of material cut on
the cross and edged with black velvet
ribbon.
The Russian coat has slight fullness
in front. also on basque; a braided
band is worn round waist. and tabs to
match trim the fronts. while strap to
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

Heroism is endurance for one mo-
ment mOre.-W. T. Grenfell.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-17

correspond with skirt is taken down
edges of fronts.
Hat Of felt is turned up at the sides
and trimmed with two quilts, kept in
position by a buckle. Velvet ribboa
encircles the crown. The whole pro-
ducing very chic appearance.
Materials required: Six and one
half yards tweed IS inches wide. nine
yards ribbon velvet, four yards braid.
twenty buttons. seven yards silk or
satin for lining coat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03
Cu1len's Annual Visit to Gay Coney Island

regular habiinents and deferrng all o.
MS ablutionarr ambitions to the blessed
hour when. under the providence OF
heaven and with the permission OF the
car fo~dles he can get back to his own
bathtub
This is precisely what the undersigned
mas done on no less than four ocra sions
curing the past nine years. He has known
plenty OF other persons 20 do IT. When
You take regular ocean hath Won A,
not have that feeling that on peril ~
Your very life. you must keen vo,fr mouth
as tlshiy closed as if II We're padlocked
Tor the purpose of excluding from yo,,r
system so much as one-eirhth of q dron
OF the sea water: but you can't help hlIr
feel that way when YOU ger into the
coney Island bathing water. | can
lmaslne nothing liquid that | should nor
Willingly absorb INTO my system even in
wholesale quantities. than so much AZ a
FEW drops of that same Coney Island
water. | think ] should taste in TO the
idst day or my life. not because il would
be likely to be especially tasteful in the
evil sense. but because IL requires SO lit
tie imagination, in looking at that water
TO develop Eruesome inner or subcon-
scious sense or what II very well might
taste like.
The worst imitation OF meal that I
ever saw in the civilized world, from the
Straits of Sunda to Port Said-and | ask
to be credited when | state that I have
partaken. from force of appetite and 10
ward off sheer starvation, some of tho
evilst meals ever heard of-was hurled
at me, all in a messy bunch, upon the
occasion of my last visit at Coney Island
There were five human beings in my
party. / was the cunnin' little host
Somebody had wished this restaurant
upon me. | paid $50 per copy or $40
for the five meals, before being permitted
to sit down at a table with my party.
I have merely SKINNED the surface of
the sadnesses which one runs up against
when he does his annual Coney Island
pilgrimage If he is such a hard-fucker as
TO be led into making such a pilgrimage.
But 1t is necessary to make any sort of a
rounded picture TO touch upon the horrors
of getting away from Coney Island after
the Iong, dreary day.
Getting down there isn't SO bad, though
it's bad enough, whether one goes by
boat or rail. But getting back is simply
equivalent to putting ones self in jeop-
ardy Of life and limb.
This is on account OF the prevalence on
the boats and trains OF the large and
enthusiastic passels of abie-bodied young
feilers whose idea of mirth and laughter
is to murder each other and the pas
sengers riding with them. 1 don't say
that they really start out to murder
But their sense Of jollity impele them,
as beginning Or the fun. to insult the
woman folk, and particularly the young
and attractive woman folk upon whom
they clap their eyes.
Coney Island is known all over the
world Everybody who hasn't been
there has a hankering. at some time
or another. to visit IT. IT Is for the
guidance of this enormous crowd OF
persons that I am setting down these
few little facts
CLARENCE acUL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03

season at Coney Island is al
ways enough for me, if not
heap too much.
| always put that annual visit to Coney
off as long as possible. but along to-
ward the finish of the season l am sort
of blindfoIded and led down there by
some friend from another city. who. never
before having been at Coney Island. and
having heard of the fame of the queer.
freakish place all his life, grabs a-hold
of me in a weak moment - my own
weak moment, l mean - and gets me to
act as his cicerone and chaperon through
the foolish mazes of the place.
And even So after I've gone through
the dreary performance of visiting Coney
Island, even to please an lnsistent irlend
| always wonder, on the way back, ana
for long time thereafter. just why l
happened to yield to the-er-I was going
to write temptation, but 1t never is that,
it is sort of carelessness, born OF a for
getfulness of the miseries I've endured at
Coney during all of the previous years.
I think | can safely say that. OF all
the places of amusement, in this broad
land or any other broad land, the fame
OF Coney Island is the least Justlhed Of
its kind, of course. Coney Island is the
biggest how we Americans love that
word biggest Institution not only in
the United States. but in all the world;
but when you say of its kind you let
yourself out
have never yet met a really intelligent
man or woman who really could place his
or her hand upon his or her heart ana
say after a visit to Coney Island that
he or she had actually enjoyed himself
or herself.
On the contrary, every intelligent per-
son of either sex that l have ever known
including intelligent New Workers, who
about New York isn't the greatest ever
has admitted that a visit to Coney Island
has meant being bored rerilously close to
the verge OF absolute extinction.
Coney. you will read, is the great
place for the masses. Fine! That fits 1t
exactly. But why should anybody. after
an feel i.lrelled to visit any great
place for the naSSes?'
Ncbody possessed Of the mind OF a
1Io,stein calf ever really found the
masses" an agreeable bunch 10 brush ell
bows with: and when you go to Coney
yo,,'re pretty liable to brush elbows with
something like 10000 OF EN-. THE
sage. 1.-THE masses has an excellently
kanoo sound when used by spcllbinde-
nm the stump: 1.-The masses has d fine,
aIl-hands- together sound when used in a
l,cok or brochure, written by a socioloSist;
but-when you're so lost TO all sense OF
self-consiGerationa az to permit yourself TO
be pulled around and hauled and mauled
Nv one teeming, squirining half-a-m million
bunch of the masses, and at the same time
try to auto-hypnotiZe yourself into the
belief that you're having fun, then the
present writer believes that it about time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03

all of the brightest perpetual green. AS
1t Is seen once. so it is all the year
round few days elapsing without show
ers Of rain to lay the dust and irrigate
the vegetation in this torrid region close
under the line Of the equator
The town itself is divided into the
r.rglish. Chinese and Malay sections or
districts. The English district is laid
out in squares; the Chinese section is a
busy place. the streets are wide and
the houses, as r,ile, are all uniform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03

own wealthy countrymen. as boatmen
hack and carriage runners and as
coolies on plantations. The other
classes of the population. with the cX-
ception of the white man. are so few
in number as to call for no particular
description.
The native of India accommodates
himself more easily to Punishment than
the European or American, because his
ideas lead to predestination and his
habits are simple. III the early days, it
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mandarns Of China make these settle
ments their gratuitous penal stations
arrive in the Straits naked and almost
skeletons. So great. however. are the
facilities for all who are willing 70
work. few months suffice to tur1
them into clean, stout, well fed me-
chanics or agricultural laborers. and
if they can resist their prevailing vices
gambling and opium smoking-a few
years see them prosperous planters or
merchants. Some Of the Cinnamon at
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loWance, and on the expiration OF theiT
sentence a great number of them go
into business of some kind, and it is
claimed that these men are as well II
not better behaved than many of their
native neighbors of higher pretensions.
The Straits Settlements are very far
in advance of any place in India. The
country is highly cultivated and is
thoroughly interested in good roass.
One can travel from end to end of the
island comfortably along level and
well kept roads, passing through groveS
of nutmeg and fruit trees of all de-
scriptions. sugar cane fields. rice fields.
every variety of tropical verdure;
past elegant houses of Europeans
scattered about everywhere. surround
ed by gardens full of the richest and
rarest flowers in the world: houses
open to the winds on all sides. requir
ing no protection beyond what is nee
essary against the visits of petty pill
ferers.
There is probably no city in the world
with such a motley crowd of itinerant
yendors of wares and fruits, cakes and
vegetables There are the Malays, gen
orally with fruit the Cinnamon, with a
mixture of all sorts, and Kings with
cakes and different kinds of nuts. The
Malays and Cinnamon always use the
shoulder stick, having equally balanced
loads at either end: the Killings, on the
contrary, carry their wares on the head
in trays.
The travelling cook shops of the Chi
nese are probably the most extra ordinary
things that are carried in this way. They
are suspended one of the common
shoulder sticks, consisting of box on
one side and a basket on the other: the
former containing a fire and small cop
per cauldron for soup; the latter loaded
with rice. vermicelli, cakes, jellies and
condiments, and though the writer never
tasted any of their dishes. he was as
sured that what they serve up at a mo-
ment's notice is most savory and that
their sweets are delicious. Three cents
will purchase d substantial meal of three
or four dishes from these itinerant
reStaurateurS.
Tigers are in great numbers on the
Island of Singapore. They are very
numerous and ferocious and are great
lnan-eaters for want of other prey 1t
Is claimed there are between three and
four hundred people. mainly coolies,
killed and eaten by these tigers every
year. SO that it is really not safe to
i've more than four or five miles from
the city. Many people have given up
their country villas on this account.
The authorities have had a difficult
time to remedy this evil, as there Is a
constant supply Of tigers from the pri-
meval forests of the peninsula of Malacca
and Siam, and they swim across the mar
row strait that separates the island from
the mainland \ reward of $50 is paid
by the government for every tiger killed
on the island.
The inland scenery of Singapore is ex-
ceedingIy lovely. The city itself extends
but a short distance from the beach and
where the city ends the country com
mences. made UP of primsvsl forest and
jungle
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Singapore are men of enormous wealth
and conduct a business of astounding
extent and complications, yet it Is
claimed few of them had dollar upon
arrival at this place.
The Malays are the natives of the
island The Killings. or natives Of the
Madras coast, are employed as traders.
shopkeepers. hawkers. as domestic
servants. by the Europeans and their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03

for you, or We or me. or us. to go con-
suit specialist. where Wen have the
satisfactic of finding out that ne doeSn
know any more about our mental state
than we do curse Ives.
Why should any grown-up person, Wh"
has attained the state Of civilization
which impels him occasionally to trim
and otherwise fix up his fiageTnalIs. Try
to convince himself that he's enjoying
himself when he gees TO a place ike
Coney Island? When we 60 there We
shoot the chutes. loop the loop. ride IN
the barrel o love. bump the bumps. go
through all the foolish ballyhoo shows.
eat hot dogs that we find IT Impossible
to eradicate from our systems from one
moon to another. perchance partake OF
beer that has every imaginable quality of
coal oil except the combuStihle property,
and go through all the rest or the pro-
gram of the low-brows for whom Coney
Island really was intended; and all the
time we are conscious that We are wear
ing wan smile which is meant to con-
vince the persons we are with tnat we
are extracting pleasure from this tommy
rottish sort of thing: and our only com
fort for thus seeking to portray an OBJ
viously untrue part is that the rest or
EN-. are wearing identically the same
kind of wan, gray, deceptive grins.
Generally on the day we go to Coney
Island. the day is so inexpressibly gummy
and sticky that we find it difficult to
resist the temptation to take sea bath,
and always we keenly regret yielding TO
that temptation.
In the first place, when YOU go In bath
ing at Coney Island you don't get an
ocean bath. because Coney isn't on the
ocean at all, contrary to the impression
which folks who haven't visited the place
generally possess. Coney Island Is iocat-
Cd on the other end of New York bay,
and there isn't anything surIy oceahs
or in the least Atiantic-Cty-ish ABOUT q
hath in that kind of water. The littie
measley waveIets lap I'D softly ana WIFI
a sort of brackish mildneSs on the pep
bly beach: there isn't any roar OF pfeah-
ers: there's no surf line. and you don get
any view of the fine large comhers breaR
ing out where the shadows begin And
in the second place. the water Is eHces-
sively and annoyingly dirty, Tor the very
obvious reason that the garbage scoWs
dump themselves, or are dumped az
point not more than mile or SO from
the Coney strand. with the result tnat
that strand almost always. when the Toe
is setting in, is beieweled with Tar IRON
interesting layout OF watermelon flnds
and portions of paese cahbages ana cast
off particles OF UnintefestihG -iooklhs
cocker meat and other things of that
sort that 10 not furnish the least tempta-
tior 70 one to lave himself In the brack-
ish brine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03

TOHORE. the palace OF the Sultan
of Johore and room full of
cut-Slass furniture worth more
than A million dollars. is one of
the most interesting sights to be
seen at Singapore Straits Settlements
more commonly known a part OF
India. In this room there are chairs,
tables. settees enormous chandeliers.
cande!abra, flowers. and, in fact, every
thing in the room is of cut glass. with
the exception of one common rocker
and the draperies.
The palace of the Sultan of Johore
who coded Singapore to the English
and to whom the adjacent kingdom be
longs is located near the buria
grounds of the Malay princes Just :.
short distance from Singapore. An
other parsonage the ex-rajah of Sin
gapore. lives near the city This chic.
formerly held Singapore under the sui.
tan. There are many curiosities of i'm
mense value scattered throughout tn,
palace of the Sultan of Johore beauti-
full paintings by old masters idols O
ancient lineage, the dra perieS Ia sov
eral OF the rooms being worth d for
tune in themselves
of gigantic idol which the native.
call the Gold Jesus representing u.
indian Buddha. This idol is claimed
he made of solid gold. IL has two i'm
mense fangs or teeth protruding out .
each side of the mouth. and il can we
me imagined how this adds to the ex
treme hideousnesS of the countenanc.
ne IDOL sits with its legs crossed L.
dian fashion. and altogether Is one of t.
most fearsome sights TO be seen in In
orient. The figure is seated upon "a
altar In one of the temples with ::
great many candles and offerings q
the devout Hindoo in front On fou
strings stretched before II are sus
pended a number of precious stones O
great price which are also offerings o
the devout Buddhists The native
claim this figure represents Buddha ..
he VIII appear on the occasion OF his
second coming upon earth
The Island of Singapore is about rwsn.v
seven miles long and fourteen broad an,
contains an area OF > Nj square miles T.
Is separated from the mainland OF Johora
by the "old straits Ii was first set
Lied IN A. ID. 1l6i by one Sri Sura IA
wana, and historians claim that Ratab
Buan of Amdan Niagara, after conquarlnp
the state of Johore with certain natives
of India tklinsSI. proceeded in 12u to a
country then called "famansk'' and after
ward returned TO Killing" leaving the
stone inscription in memory of his visit
and victory
The entrance to Singapore harbor is
beautiful. The visitor will pass close
to Johns Island and several others on
the left literally covered with plneap-
pie, nutmeg and cocoanut plantations,
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is said, when convict discipline was rot
so well understood as it is now, the
convict transported from India used to
engage in traffic and amass money:
Punishment was in some cases sought
and crimes were sometimes committed
by the natives to obtain il. but now
work. Still quite a few of them con-
trive to save money out Of their al
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covered with a yellow wash giving them
the appearance of stucco. The interior
of the Chinese houses is not so Hat
tering.
Every year about the beginning Of
the noftheas' monsoon December
and january vase numbers of Chinese
arrive from China. Many of these peo-
pie. driven out of their own country
by crime or poverty-it is claimed the