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1 asaw'"i"' "-- ; fc-gsssyy'y .l.irn,uiit..il i y m i i ,! t jWeWMi r fe c - u s l .' i: 1 . a I. i .1 . -. ESTABLISHED MAT 11. 1670. alurofcusSonrual. ColuniljtiK. Nclr- ' Entered at the 1'oBtoHice. Colambns. Nebr.. as cond-clis mail mutter. rUHLISUED WEDNESDAYS BY Columbus Journal Co., (INCOltrOUATED.) TEKMH or 8CBSCBIPTIOS: Oaeyenr. by mail, postage prepaid.. Hix months. ............... ...- Three months ...tl-M ... ... .40 WEDNESDAY. DEC. 7. 19M. r2S32s::x s. ass:??, siits. KENFW LS The dnto i.jsito yonrname on tr.nrtt.Mr or wninncr hJiouk to what time your SSSffi i- A t"" j5- i-rr, paynx-nt Iirh Ixh.ji ren-iv.' nj to .Inn. 1. 1SU Ktii'tohVI l.iwr. find boon. When iiymnt ia mad.-, tin dato, which answers n n receipt, will bechMwd ncconlingly. DISCOXTINI'ANCKS-Uooponsiblepnbscrib. arewill continue to n-cvivo this journal until the nnbliMi.TMire notificl by letter to dihcontinue when all nrmnrnK. mnrt. Im vatd. If you do not wish the Journal continued for nnotuer year nt ter the time iaid for luw expire!, you uhoultt previously notify u t di-continue it. CIlANCiK IN ADDKESS-When orclerinn a change in tho .uldre. mi lcrHers should be euro to k'ivo their old a well :is their new :iddren. Why this Flange silence in and about Buzzard '6 Bay? Said a Columbus school teacher, who.lives at Buzzard's Bay:" Replied a precocious infant, "Mr. Buzzard." Columbus needs n pavilion for sales and exhibitions of stock and poultry, and it needs no less a public library and gymnasium. Who will be the first to say how to secure them? Mr. Bryan, Mr. Watson and Mr. Hearst could no doubt harmonize the old party, but nobody lias yet appeared to undertake the job of harmonizing Mr. Bryan, Mr. Watson ami Mr. Hearst. Tho New York Central is now run ning a train with a 3.000 horso-power electric engine, and a now invention in steam engines is announced where by the efficiency of tho present steam locomotive is to bo more than donbled. Electricity versus steam in the nutter of locomotion is still an open question. Three women have been arrested in Omaha for selling sinucgled lace. They had operated a week boforo they wero discovered. And then they were discovered through tho treachery of ono of the trio who, through jealousy, "peached" on tho others. Tho onlv successful woman criminal is the one whose only accomplices aro men. It is always " woman against woman." Tho fall of Port Arthur seems to be an approaching fact at la't. If tho gallant garrison had to hold out only antil somebody canio to relieve them, they might do it. But iu this caso there is nobody coming. Russia's chiet crown of glory in the war so far is tho heroic resistance which Stoessel and his men aro making against tho inevitable at Port Arthur. It-has been suggested by somo of tho newspaper people of Nebraska that the selection of M. A. Brown, editor of tho Kearney Hub, as messenger to carry the electoral vote of the state to Washington would be deserved recognition of life long ser vice to tho party and incidentally a graceful compliment to tho newspaper craft. Mr. Brown has been a voter for and supporter of tho republican tickets in Nebraska for thirty-one years. During all this timo he has never asked for an oEco except the postmastership of Kearney and his re quest was twico turned down under rather aggravating circumstances. His name never appeared on a ballot un til this fall, when it was enrolled among the Roosevelt electors. Mr. Brown as all the newspaper men know has borne the heat and burden of many strenuous'campaigns in the state. Their verdict will be that the only fault to find with the plan to send him to Washington as a messenger i6 that it is entirely too modest a re ward for his long and faithful service. State Journal. THE SPOILS. The board cf supervisors has adver tised for bids to furnish the county with the ensulngvear's supply of bocks, legal blanks and other articles of stationery. Tho furnishing of these supplies is to be awarded to the lowest bidder who is responsible and capable. This is business. It is what the sup-rvisors would do &if it was to be paid for with their own money in stead of the money of the tax-payers. There is another matter for which the mouev of the tax-payers in ex pended and that is the publication of the proceedings of the supervisors and the delinquent tax list. As is known to" every Journal reader, there are now five democratic papers in the 1 county which are receiving in the aggregate per cent more than the law allows to be paid for this service. This of course will be remedied by the new board, so that no more will "be paid than the maximum allowed by law. As a simple matter of partv policy, the democratic board can hard- ly afford to continue a practice which ia in open violation of law, merely for the sake of a few hundred dollars extra rako-off to the . democratic papers. The doctrine of spoils to the victor, which is so dear to the Jacksoniah heart, need not be disputed when applied to salaried offices or services for which there is a fixed remuner ation. But when it comes to paying -nwmbers of one party considerably more, for certain services than would .be asked by others equally capable and equally responsible for doing the same work, democratic tax-payers . might 'not be able to see the beauties of the spoils system. '"The Journal will try and pull .- through, whether it gets a whack at county printing or not, but w should '. like to have the board of supervisors . m consider this question : If it is right (as it undoubtedly is) to let the print ' ing of legal blanks to the lowest bidder, why not follow the same coarse in regard to' the' other county 'printing and 'indeed all other applies r aaavioM for which the tax-payers have to pay? - The new -board has an opportunity - ! MtaMUk'a record for economy and ladMlalet ration. THE RAILROADS AGAIN. t Tho editor ui ino Telegram has been courteous in all his newspaper discussions with the editor of the Journal. His courtesy, in fact, has only been equalled by the absurdity of his arguments and his apparent ignorance of the issues which he has attempted to discuss. Early in thea campaign this fall, he made war on what he was pleased to term the "infamous railroad revenue law." Ignoring the official returns of the assesssors which showed that railroad valuation had increased un der the new. law more than that of any other class of property in the state, save only moneys and bonds, which were also to a large extent, corpor ation nronerty. he persisted in .declar ing that the railroads were pleased with the law which they had made. The democratic papers in Nebraska, that were not torn from their moor ings by the fusion tide, including such solid papers as the Howells Journal, admitted the self evident testimony of official records, and agreed, with this paper, that the tax officers, and not the law, were re sponsible for the incease or decrease in taxes, and that the railroads were suffering more under the law than other classes of property. Previous to election, however, the railroads made no objection to their assessment and their silence afforded the strongest possible testimony in support of the false arguments of Berge and of fusion sheets like the Telegram. And the Telegram did not fail to make use of its silent allies, the railroads, in its attempt to elect a legislature pledged to repeal a law which was no less distasteful to the railroads than it was to tho editor of the Telegram. But in fpite of the efforts of the railroads ablv supported by the Tele gram and tho eloquent voice of Berge, tho voters 6aw tho truth and sent back to the legislature, representatives of tho party responsible for that law. Even tho democratic phalanxes of old Platte refused to march nnder the whip of the Telegram and to the niusio of the railroads. And it is not strange that our brother who has been mado to feel that he was cut out of timber of no commoner sort than that labeled "congressional" and who has arroeatod to himself thefleadorship of tho dominant party in tho "banner democratic county" of Nebraska should feel chagrined, not to say sore, to bo repudiated and have his colossal arguments scornded Jby his devout followers. But it is hardly conceivable that our esteemed brother should assume the absurd position of saying as he did last week that the railroads could not avoid tho payment of the taxes under tho old law so they had tho new ono passed, which permits them to re sist payment. Tho fact is that not a single lettei of the old law has been changed, so far as the dutios of tho county treas urer to collect, and tho duties of cor jwrations to pay. taxes are concerned. The railroads could liave resorted to tho federal conrts last year to resist their taxes, ju6t- the same as they are doing this year. The federal consti tution provides that the federal courts have jurisdiction over cases arising wherein the citizens of different states aro parties. In resorting to the fed eral courts, the railroads are simply taking advantage of a constitutional right. The only reason why a citizen of Nebraska cannot resist payment of his taxes in the federal conrts. is that the jurisdiction of tho federal court docs not extend to cases arising be tween citizens of the samo state. Had the railroads chosen to resist payment under state law, they would havo been subject to the same restric tions as an individual would be in making like resistance. Under the new revenue law, the same as nnder the old, tax payors are required to tender their tax in f nil, paying nnder pro test, if they deem the tax excessive. This annlies to railroads as well as to the individuals. In the case of corporations, however, the county treasurer is required to "notify" them of delinquent taxes. And if thev re fuse to par, they aro deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine. This explains why the treasurers nnder tho recent injunction are restrained from "notifying" the railroads. Whether railroads should be allowed to employ the federal courts to resist state taxes is a broad question. The right is constitutional and can be taken away only by changing the constitu tion. The Journal is not defending the railroads in their attempt to resist their taxes. We are simply showing that the new revenue law has nothing to do with that fact, except that it has worked to raise the railroads' taxes, and that the county treasurer has exactly the same authority to collect them, that he enjoyed under the old law. We adviso the editor of the Telegram to "bait" his hook with facts, the next time he goes out for "sun fisn." THE NEXT SENATOR. Newspapers of the state generally seem to be taking it for granted that Congressman Burkett of Lincoln is to be made United States senator to succeed Mr. Dietrich. Accordingly, the World-Herald has taken time by the forelock and by a simple change.of the name in its old reliable stereotype has proceeded to announce that Bur kett was nominated for senator by the Union Pacific and Northwestern railroads, acting through their agents in the state convention last summer. It almost seems to us that we have heard something like this before. It hath "a familiar sound. Now, since we come to think of it. wo remember that eacn separate and individual can didate who has been on a republican ticket, since the World-Herald has 6tood as the Palladium of our liberties has been nominated by the railroads. Democratic auxiliary Palladiums will please copy. But however stereotyped and how ever wearisome this good old song of the World-Herald et al, the fact re mains .that Mr. Burkett is not nomi nated for United States senator any more than the rest of us. The repub lican state convention had no more right to nominate a senator than oar ooaaty convention or a convention ia Halifax would have. The national constitution has somewhat to sav abont the choosing of United States senators, and a Nebraska state con vention has no appellate jurisdiction over the old constitution, however much the latter may be disfigured just now by the 'the big stick and the man on horseback. It will be the duty of the members of the approaching session of the Ne braska legislature to vote for the man of their own individual choice for the office of senator, nntrammeled and unbiased by the action of any convention. Mr. Barken' only title to precedence will be his superior qualifications to the office, supposing that hfi possesses any ouch- Thero are many republicans who do not consider Mr. Burkett eminently qualified for this office, and who would prefer to see another elected. The 6enatorship was not the issue of the campaign in which the members-elect were chosen. The issue was the revenue law and the endorsement of the president. The legislature is not bound to any man. TROUBLE IK COLORADO. The situation in Colorado la alarm ing to friends of peace. On the face of the returns, tho democratic nom inee for Governor was elected by a plurality of about 11,300. The sup porters of Governor Peabody. the re publican nominee, however, assert that his ostensible plurality is tho outcome of gross frauds in a number of counties. An official recount will be needed to decide the dispute Under tho law, the recounting must be done by the State legislature, bar the composition of this body is itself in doubt. The election of no fewer than eleven State Representatives and three State Senators is disputed. Tho settlement of these fonrteen contro versies depends on the judicial decis ions rendered in twenty-seven dis puted precincts in tho city of 12ener. Now. the decisions thns far rendered by the Stato Supreme Conrt in regard to these precinct havs been favorable to thel republicans. It is thorefore conceivable that the republicans will control the State legislature and de clare Governor Peabody re-elected by an official recounting of the ballot. The democrats, and especially the spokesmen of union labor, say on their part that thev will not allow Governor Peabodv to retniu his seat. Wo do not seo what they can do about it for if the republicans control tb.e legislature, and thus secure the gov ernorship, they will have at their disposal not enly the stato militia, but also assistance from tho regular army of the United States, which the con stitution requires tho president to furnish when requested by a state leg islatnr i or executive Tho notion of Cripple Creek miners that Mr. Roose velt wculd or could interfere to seat Adams by force against the wishes of the state lrgislatnro and executive is of courso absurd. There is, by the way. 1 more at 6take than a governorship iu this contest, for the next governor will have the appointment of two judges of tho supreme court. Har per's Weekly. DONT HOB YOURSELF. It is instructive to watch the local express men at the trains these days. They ore handling many, too many, packages, bearing the labels of Omaha department stores and Chicago cata logue houses. Again we insist that tho patrons of these foreign merchants are not only indirectly taking money from their own pockets by clipping tho home industries which have made their property or their occupations valuable, but they are directly robb ing themselves by payiaff more money, when express is added, for the foreign artiole and getting an inferior article. The size, assortment, quality and up-to-dateness of the stock of Colum bus merchants are a marvel to visitors from other towns. And the prices some of which appear in the Journal every day or every week, will stand comparison with those in any city in the state. Now that the holiday season is at hand, the Journal urges everyone of its readers to read carefully every ad appearing in its columns, and then go to the merchants whose ads you real and examine their wares. If yon will do this, yon will spend your money at home, and the local express companies will be kept busy sending out holiday packages from Columbus stores, rather than receiving them from the foreign stores. AX OPPORTUNITY. What has become of the canning fac tory proposition? A few of onr most enterprising business men are doing some hard thinking and they will not give up without a struggle. But while they are trying to'stlr the timid Co lumbus capital out of hiding, the chances are three to one that some of our sister towns whose capitalists are a little less cowardly, will start a factory and take money that might just as well come to Columbus. And then all our conservative capitalists will have to do will be to wait and prav that the enterprise in their sister towns may fail as a justification of their conservatism. Mr. Miller's proposition may not have been a good one. But his work here did this much. It revealed the fact that there is sufficient idle capital in Columbus to establish and operate a factory costing from $10,000 to $100, 000. It remains with the possessors of this capital to say whether it shall lie in the banks or be invested in some productive enterprise, that will add to the wealth of the community. PLATTE COUNTY TREASURER ENJOINED. IX A. Recher, county treasurer of Platte county, cannot proceed accord ing to law. to collect the 1904 taxes of the Burlington and nf the Union Pacific railroads. This is the effect of an order received yesterday by telegraph, issuing from Judge Hun ger's court. Following is the text of the Telegram : Omaha, Nebr., Nov. 30, '04. D. A. Becher, Treasurer of Platte county. You are hereby notified that on this day the honorable Was: H. Manger, Judge of the circuit court of the United States for districted Nebraska, temporary injunction against yon commanding and restraining you from in any manner atempting to collect the taxes levied against the Union Pacific and the C. B. &Q railroad companies, under section 161, chapter 73, session of laws of 1903,and restraining you from notifying any officer or agent of said companies in your county, that said taxes are de linquent and restraining you from notifying any officer or agent of said company to pay over any money that may be in their hands or that may hereafter come to their hands, to yon, and this order yon will obey and gov ern yourself accordingly. F. S. Mathews. U. S. Marshall. COLUMBINES. We had just as well look the situa- tionin the face. Congress is in session. These numerous plunges through the Loup bridge shows what foolish negligence it is not to teach threshing machines to swim, when they are young. ZZZ 2," What makes 'em all love Mary so r" The little children cry. "Cause Mary's dad has got the dough," Says I. There are many forms and degrees of unbappinoss in this world, but the man who has just about sounded the depths cf wretchedness is ho whose itovntrd nnd uncomplaining wifo asks him for money when he has not wherewith to inset the demand and don't know whe.ro in Sam Hill he is going to tet it. Wti do not qaewtiou tha dignity of labor or the upliftiug influence of honest poverty, and genertcallv we havn nothing against tho horny-handed and tho dust-begiimed ncd the man with the lion and, tho rest of the bunch. But somehow wo have never been ablo to work up n feeling of complete brotherhood with the in dividual who wipes his noso on his pants by way of his fingers. u g ? - Thero was a fellow one time who was engaged in taking straw away from a threshing machine for ten hours pei diem, and in putting twins to sleep for from two to eight hours per noctam, and ho thought ho was busy. So ho quit and started to run a nowsiaper. He may now be found in tho north hnlf of block lCti iu the little boneyard on the hill. The im mediate cause of his demi so was that he thoughtlessly took a chaw of Battle Axo one morning, and passed away abont 3 p. m. from strangulation be cause he couldn't find time to spit. -5- Tako a good man who is perfectly satisfied with his lot in life, with a good living income from his little 40-acro plot or his little corner groc ery, and send him to the legislature. He'll lie awake nights wishing he was in congress. Then if he gets to congress he'll wish he was speaker. Then if he gets to be speaker he'll wish he was president. Then when he is president he'll wish he was a millionaire. And if he ever gets to be a millionaire he'll wish he was dead. Then after he has checked in-of course we cannot speak with assurance as to what he thinks then, but we have a strong suspicion that he wishes he was back in the little corner gro cery or on the little 40 acre plot. We have heard a good deal about tho enssedness of the young fellow who allows his poor old mother to chop the wood and milk the cow and do the washing, and when he is married refuses to let his wifey carry a loaf of bread up stairs for fear she may sprain her breath or something. A careful compilation of statistics has shown us that out of a total of one hondred cases there were sixty-five where the young man didn't want his mother to do the heavy chores but she was under the impression that she was turning out a second Daniel Webster ansVthought she might as well do the wasning so he could have a little more money with which to purchase neckties. In thirty-three of the re maining canon the wifey refused to do the washing because the neighbor women didn't do it and moreover it would queer the satin finish of her lillie-wnite hands. The remaining two cases were families who never had any washing done. Thas we see that glittering generalities are very dangerous things to jump at. ATCHIS01 GLOBE SIGHTS. "The short stories appearing in the magazines seem to me to be very poor but I cannot write better ones." Drake Watson. We don't beleive there is a more hopeless, helpless, looking mortal in the world than the widower when he looks around at his children. It must take a good deal of courage for a gro cer to look critical when he tastes the butter the farmer's wife brines in while she stands and watches him. While at the world's fair, we noticed this: When business became dull in the Filipino village, a barker would take six or seven freaks, and go out into the main grounds of the exposi tion. After marching around awhile, and creating a disturbance, he would head his freak for the Philipino vill age, and a great crowd of jays always followed him. The same thing can be done anywhere. Some time ago daughter fixed up an Indian conwr, and the Indian erase stalked through the entire bouse. Later it was the Dutch craze, and queer figures in wooden shoes be gan to eppear on everything from sofa cushions to plates. Now daughter has struck a new gait: it is the Egyptian fad. This is tha worst of all. The Indian, and the Dutch girl were preferable to the figure built like a triangle. Complaint is made chat a certain Atchison woman doesn't come out of her shell; that she is very reserved aad reticent, talks little of herself and less of her neighbors Why "com plain?" Why not rejoice that there is a person ia town knows enough to talk? We regret that we are not at liberty to publish her name, believing that it would be a good thing for every oae to know and admire her. mo (500 nrs AMn ccrrr it AT fiRAV5' NW - 1W Wtl- I I n -Ml -r . w. ,3 THE JOURNAL will give this Beautiful Piano to the Platte county young lady receiv- ;jf ing the most votes from JournaVsubscribers before noon, FEBRUARY 15th, 1905. This i. Piano is standard. i is nor me cneapesr, ous one oi xne oest graues inaue Dy ocory oc uiarK. It is the most expensive and best Piano ever given away by a Nebraska newspaper. You have to see the instrument to appreciate it. WHO CAN ENTER: 1 Each'couteitant inusl ba resident in Platte countv. 2 She must lie unmarried. 3 She must be under .() years of age. ' .1- . ' HOW TO ENTER: 1. Cut the coupons out of the Journal, write on them the name of the youug lady you want to vote for, r.n.1 send them in. . 2. Get a;iiew;cash subscriber to tho Wkkki.v or Daily Journal. . . 3. Gcttprcsent"sul)scrilcrs to lnl' tht'ir subc"Pt5ou advance. : 4. Get dclinituMit. subscribers to pay all or part of their back subscription. 5. Call orCwrite us for a receipt book, so you can receipt ibrtfic money you collect. . EZS (jitcf triVOf5 V. ' tr. "-c PbfetoKIPTION -Seven and proved scale; threo pedals, foldin- action supports, nickel-plated pedal menes; depth, . feet 1 inches. Case, Hungarian walnnt. cross-banded, veneered and highly polished, For every cent that you send us on subscription we will credit one vote to the voting lady that you may dusigiutc. Every dollar u ill iv cu votes 8 1.50 for a year's subscription to the weekly Journal will give you lot) votes. During this contest ONLY, every subscriber who pays 81.50 or more, in advance, on subscription to the Weekly Journal will recive a years subscription to either the Los Angeles Times Illustrated Weekly Magazine or "Der National-Banner" ami "J.is FaniiHeii-Jouriiiil" (German). This is not one of those contests where the winning contestant gets everything and the subscriber gets nothing. In order to put the Daily Journal in every home in Columbus and on the rural mail routes leading out of Columbus wc offer a special rate, through this contest only, of $.".00 a year for the Daily Journal by mail, or 84.00 delivered by carrier in the city, if paid in advance. Those who send their subscriptions direct to us should give us instructions as to whom their votes shall be east tor. Contestants for the 8500 piano should get to work early, as it wiil be easier to get subscriptions now than after the county has been can vassed by others. Remember this is a piano of standard make that is sold for $500 by R. V. Salcy and guaranteed by him as well as the company. Young ladies, go to Grays' and see this instrument. It' you want it, cut a. coupon from the Journal, write your name on it and send it in. That starts you. Every town in Tlattc county should have a contestant and the country should be represented. One stands as good a show as another. The contest will be absolutely fair, the votes being placed in a closed box, to be opened only at the close of the contest in the presence of the contestants. Write the name of 3'our favorite on this Coupon and send it to The COLUMBUS JOURNAL was ever sorry for silence; no ono I ever harmed the other by keeping still. At least, the instances aro vcrv rare. No one was eren given nervocs pros tration by liring in the house with a eilent woman, and farther is is the silent girl who marries ar.d talk-talker who remains at homo. A man '-a idea of a home is not a place where there is a bnzz like a saw mill. " INSULT THEIR TEETH. That's Wliat People Do Who Da ?c! Masticate Their Food. People who swallow their foo;l whole are Insulting their teeth. The teeth are there to perform their duty, and the one who falls to use them is implying that they are not fit for the duty as signed them. Aain, he Is letting them get rusty by disuse. Don't favor the teeth until it is nec essary. Give them plenty of work to do Eat crusts, and when eating meat spare not the work of the teeth. Few people will eat food from dirty fingers, yet hosts of men, wtiineu ami children eat food with poorly kept teeth. What kind of care of the stom ach Is thlst Dressing tables and vest pockets, are filled with nail files, but the silk thread or the rubber band for removing parti cles of food from between the teeth i more essential. If the person who neg lects his teeth would look often in tho glass p smile broadly he would know how his greetings alTect his friends. This is not vanity. It would remove from many every particle of conceit. Any smile is spoiled by illy kept teeth. Brush the teeth before and after eat ing. Carry the brush in a pocket or handbag. Use the silk thread or rubber band after meals. It can be carried with the brush. V Xe t Spealc to HI. "Row, dear." said Mr. Polkley, "who bad Just been accepted, "when shall I speak to your father:-" Ton neednt bother," replied the dear glrL Pa said he'd speak to you tomorrow If you 'didn't speak to me to- mrpnlu.. Tjwlggi-, -; STORY & I W I ' one-third fall-lmard cnard wi octaves, ivory keys, polished ebony sharps, overetrnng bass, iron fram-. tlireo unisons. mratiiiK action. im . full nnm.l KwiniT rt. rantinnnnn nipkftl hinirafl on fall-tuvinl and lid. iiifttal-cased hammer rail, nifi.'-i pi .ti a th graduating pedals and practice mnlller. composite wrcst-nlank. Mefcht. feet 8 inches; width ; Tw ONE VOTE FOIi Name Address In the Journal's EMv53EcJMst TZZSESaBBMSSESimEZ HOBO STEW. A Cnllr.sry Triumph That In Dear to the Tramp. The profr--ionaI hobo generally trav els ami or-or;.tv-s aloi.e. but if upon ar riving at so-ne large town or city he happens to ir.eet other congenial mem bers of his profession a pooling of in terests is Sv:.:etiines undertaken, a ho bo camp sei. up, and the town is sys tematically worked. The spot or a camp usually chosen is in the outskirts on some wo'i.leil tract not too far from the railroad. Here the profits are di vided and the different territories al lotted. At nightfall all congregate to this point vith the spoil and supplies, aad over the "hobo stew" incidents of the day are discussed. '-Hobo stew" is a triumph of culinary art that these gentry have a particular weakness for. A large iron pot is purchased, beggeJ or stolen r.-i.l half filled with water. Into this are thrown pieces of beef, pork, chicken (from some robbed hen roost), bread, potatoes, carrots, onions and, in fact, everything edible that has been or cr.n be secured. When the sa vory mess 's sufficiently boiled it is eaten with much gusto by the tramp. These camps are never kept in exist ence long, however, because the hobo realizes that the danger of detection and a roundup is an ever present one when a large number remain long to gether in any one camp. Professional tramps, like the birds, have regular mi gratory seasons. From April to Sep tember this tide cf immigration is to ward the n.-rtharn and eastern states and the region of the middle west. From Nove-ibor on through the win ter his peregrinations take him south, southwest and to the southern Pacific coast. Pilgrim. i Cheerlnx Jfewa, Willie Papa is going to let you mar ry sister. Fcatherstone How do you know? Willie He said after all it was better than nothing. Ensaged For Good. Clara Are you engaged to Douglas for good? Gertrude It looks so. I don't think he'll ever be able to marry me. " CLARK GIVEN AWAY! -rA-ms -MSBBBBBBBBBBBl SHOO Piano Contest. THE BRIDE'S PORTION. At 0:m- Time It "W'aH Stated la tha YVeli!i:ic Aoaiiuiicc'iM-nl. It was a common custom In the eighteenth century, especially during the reign of George II.. to insert no tices of marriage stating the bride's portion in contemporary periodicals and newspapers both In England und Scotland. Almost every number of the Gentle man's Magazine at that time contain ed several of these records, of which the following, in 1731. is a specimen: "Married, the Itevd. Mr. Roger Waina, of York, about twenty-six year of age, to a Lincolnshire lady, upwards of eighty, with whom he is to have S.- ! 000 in money, J09 per annum, and a coach and four, during life only." Sometin.es the notice merely describe-; tl.' brlue as :: lady with a "good postion" or a "genteel fortune."' One of the latest notices was in Aris Birmingham Gazette, July 14, 1S00, which recorded the marriage of Mr. Canning, undersecretary of state, to Miss Scott, "with 100,000 fortune." London Telegraph. Butterflies and 3Tothn. Though butterflies and moth3 are found widely distributed all over the globe they are by far raest abundant in the tropics. For instance. Ilrazil can pliow to the eollectnr net Io tlinr TM different species within an hour's walk of Para. There are not half as many in all Europe. In Britain there are 07 species, and in all Europe there are 300 different kinds. They are found as far north as Spitzbergen, on the Alps to a height of 0.000 feet and on the Andes np to 1S.0CO feet. As there are some 200,000 species it Is easy to see why butterfly hunters are great travelers. Easier to Xaaase. Virginia I have looked the matter over from all sides. Jack offers me a fortune and Harold nothing but his brains. Hazel I suppose you will take the one you love the best? Virginia' I have concluded that I can take bet ter care of Jack's, money than of- Har old's brains. New York Press. USZ'UHaH SiXSS gi: QTORC kVllnULJ ' Write the name of your favorite, on this Cupon and send it to The COLUMBUS JOURNAL rjtfra Why the Golfer Married. "In Scotland,"' said :,n KnglM'mSn, "golf is almost a disease. I htrd ! " long ago of an elderly bach 1 ;r i:i Edinburgh who had played golf fr 'n his boyhood up. lie had never courird' a girl because, lie said, go'f hadn't, allowed him the time. "Hence everybody was strrprisou enc day to hear that the cniity old gen- . tleman was to be married. Acatldie the caddies are men in Scotland went to him. wrung him by the hr.r.;I and said sentimentally: ' 'Man. I'm glad yer goln to eil. T think ye must love her dearly. I knov.:. your life will be all bliss and swcfV-s... ncss now. and I envy ye the rcoidcV days o' romance in store. " 'Pooh, pooh. Kobcrt.'- said the oi-'" ; er. 'It's nothing of that sort. Mut;-:-inann, the champion, loci: a -vslfc- I- -f. . year, and it improved his came. -i. " am just taking one in the ho- tlv.i' . It will ImpriiVt? mine." -V nriclsa or the By II Man. . . . " Near ALcrystwith. on the vet .t-i3t-of "Wales, where the Monk river lifers", through a black, yawning- cbys-s. tltery is a single areh bridge of imkuD'.-rit antiquity. The popular legend- sr-.v that it was buiit by the devil, and fa J' and near it Is known as "the r!i-i-i of Devils" or "the T.xriC: of ;l:e r.Til Man." Brlt-'sli antiquarians rr.v unlse-.l in the belief that it was built Ir. thef early monks, but that fact docs aotV affect the popnlar legend in the least.-:-"Old Harry s' part In its c'rjctiontciwr . never questioned by the inhabitants, tf Cardiganshire. Grose says tbnt "Cv: bridge is an honor to the liaml ':'J:;t built it, whether that hand be Si'-iVs-; or that of seme monk." .: .-' tife'a Change. The great novel., the great b-I: o! any sort, is na longer being written far . exactly the same reason .that tuo Gq";a? . Ic cathedral is no longer being built, not because men bave-bewme jncapi- '' ble of it nor because its p?siT)iliii-. are exhausted, but because uu;rcsp-n chnnges-in social and'ocouomrq-eoa'V'' tions have rendered it imposs'ble IL . Wells. - - - -:- J ". : .i I