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From In Stml
Visb liiuu Hodigpr of the T-l:.nd in
Polk c iimty and Ben F. Sulci! of St
Panl were married hL Columbus last
Monday.
Gcorne Starosl k:i. who livis on the
I-lnnd. n reported as bein n very iek
ni'iu, he havisg been setiously injured
sonic time ago by falling ftom a load of
hny onto the tongue of hi wagon.
Then was a new cooo in town Thurs
day. He was in charge of Dug Arbor
gnst who captnred him with a pitchfork
while the ooon was sleeping peacefully
in one of Dug's hayetacke. The coon
Las been skinned and eaten, Ed KalTncr
netting most of it, but Lew Cotton
won't tell which part he got.
ntTMfnuEY.
Prom tln Dpnuxrat
Sheriff Oarrig was in town Wednesday
and closed the Nick Stoffel saloon on an
attachment secured 13- Frank Leach.
Osiar Yanhorn had the misfortnne to
get his left leg broken below the knee
one day last week while skating. He
fell on the ice and some other boys fell
on top of him. It whs not realized at
first thut the leg was broken and Dr.
Muldoon was not called for 24 houis.
Agnes Mostek has asked the courts to
grant her a divorce from Peter Mostek,
and also protect her from an attack
which she fears her husband will make
after learning that she has tiled the suit.
Her story jb one hardship during her
twenty years of married life. She al
leges that soon sifter her marriage to
Mostek in 1SSS he became a habitual
drunkard, and for the past ten years he
his squandered his means for drink,
compelling bib wife and children to make
the family livinr and maintain the heme.
On the day after New Year she claims
that Mostek drove her and the children
from their home, two of the children be
ing sick, and they have since been living
off the charity of neighbors. It was the
last attack which prompted the divorce
proceedings.
GENOA.
From tliH Time-. , -
Arthur L. Leedom, the Albion prin-1
ter who was sentenced to serve a term
of six years in the penitentiary, was
pnn'oned by Governor Sheldon, just
previous to that gentleman's retirement
from office The conditions imposed by
Governor Sheldon are that Leedom shall
abstain from the use of liqtor; 6hall re
port to the sheriff o'f Boone county
monthly of Lie work and conduct; shall
support his faiiily and remain in Albion
leaving there only upon the consent of
the sheriff. He shall not leave the state.
Should he violate any of the conditions
of the pardon he is to be recommitted to
the penitentiary and no good time al
lowance will be made him or for time be
has been out.
Workmen employed in tunneling un
der Toronto B ly, Canada, found hnman
footprints in the blup clay seventy feet
below the present water level. The
find was in what is called the interglacial
deposits, and geologically is given an
age from 50,000 to 100,000 years. The
footprints looked like a trail, well over
100 in number, and from large prints to
a child's foot. All toed in, and all were
made with moccasined feet. All pointed
north except where some turned off to
one side. The footprints were found in
two different lots, and between them
FRISCHHOLZ BROS,
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CLOTHING
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BORS AND FRIENDS
CLIPPED FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
were picked np pieces of stone wbic'.i
. appeared to be petrified twigs. It is
; considered the mot important geologi
cal di;poverv relating to man over found
m America.
llEMiWOOD.
From the Gazette.
A young man in Alexis township, who
went calling on his best girl Sunday
evening froze both ears one going and
one coming home and now carries his
listeners in slings.
If yon are a citizen and resident of
Great Britian or Ireland, are seventy
years old, have never been in the poor
house or in jail, have been reasonably
industrious throughout yonr life and
have no considerable income of your own
you are now entitled to a pension of
something like a dollar a week from the
government The new age pension law
went into effect the first of the year. Al
ready 700,000 applicants for pensions
have appeared, bat 200,000 of these have
been rejected as not coming under the
provisions of the act.
Three men of different nationalities
j were once conversing; the Englishman
asked the Frenchman of what national
ity he would have been had he not been
a Frenchman. "An Englishman, I sup
pose," he replied. "What do yon think
you would have been?" "Oh, an Irish
man, perhaps," replied the Englishman
with a wink. Then, curious to bear the
answer the Irishman would make, he
aked, "Paddy, what do you suppose
yon would have been had you not been
an Irishman?" "Begorra and I wonld a
been ashamed was the reply.
rc&IiEBTOX.
From the Post.
It was fonnd upon exnmination that
the county commissioners of Boone
county made a mistake in measuring the
distance across the river west of St. Ed
ward and tied the county up on a con
tract, for a steel bridge that is fifty fee!
too short. It remains to be seen wheth
er the county can procure the additional
fifty feet needed to complete the struc
ture at the contract price. If not pos
sible, the taxpayers are out bv reason of
'gross carelessness on the part of the
M - -
county board," so says a Boone county
paper.
From the News-Journal.
Dan Lord cams in the first of the
week from Colorado to look after his
ranch interests on the sonth side.
A postal card from "Slim" Gay from
Chicago says that we people of Nebras
ka known nothing of cold weather. It
is so cold down in Chicago that a fellow
hardly dare take off his overcoat to eat
P. Watters and family returned last
Satnrday from a visit with relatives in
Oklahoma. Pete says the part of the
country he was in had poor crops last
year and things were not in very good
shape.
A poor fellow named Jones, presum
ably Tbos. Jones, was found one day last
week in a rave near Genoa, in Prairie
Creek township, in a demented condition.
He was sent to Hastings last Saturday
in company of the sheriff. It seems that
neighboring counties must be unloading
her insane upon this county. They pro
bably buy these poor unfortunates a
ticket and send them adrift. It is cost
ing Nance county quite a sum to care
for people who simply drift in from some
where no one knows, not even the
patients.
Columbus.
XOKBOE.
From the Bepablican.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Bead was placed under quarantine Mon
day of this week, th'eir daughter Leone
being sick with diphtheria.
The cold snap of last week froze the
liver over and now teams can cross, so
the farmers of south of the river are
marketing their produce in Monroe.
Geo. Emerson is shelling and shipping
his seed sweet corn to Fremont this
week, where it will be cleaned and sack
ed for market. Besides this Mr. Emer
son also raised some excellent seed corn
of tha common variety, which will be
much in demond in a short time.
What hits became of the project to or
ganize a Farmers' association at Monroe?
Do not let this matter go by default, as
that is one of the things that will be a
benefit to not only the town, but to all
farmers living tributary to Moo roe
They are a success in many other towns
like this and there is no reason why
there should not be one here.
Carrie, the little four year old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Smyer, died
last Friday evening, after a short illness
with diphtheria. The funeral which
was held Saturday, was private on ac
count of the disease, and burial was in
the Friends cemetery. At present the
home is free from the dread disease and
the quarantine will be raised Friday.
Foreman Gilfrey and a represenative
of the Kaiz-Crag Construction company
have been here iht8 week, and put the
water works in good condition all leaks
having been repaired. Wednesday and
Thursday te6ts were made and the mains
and tank he'd the necessary pressure
without any trouble whatever. Water
was thrown over the top of the Hord
eleva'or Wednesday and the pressure
was held at one hundred pounds with
one stream. There seems no doubt
but what the system will be satisf artory,
and the village board will hold a meet
ing some time in the near future to ac
cept the plant.
ALBION.
From the News.
Lieut. Lawrence Hohl left Saturday
to join his command in the west, after a
month's leave. A part of this time he
spent in Oklahoma.
Judge Riley issued 111 marriage li
censes in 1908, as against 107 for the
year 1907. March seems to have been
the banner month with 16 licenses, while
May has only two to its credit.
It is said that when there is a large
snow fall in the Rocky mountains, there
is no danger of a drouth in this section.
There has been the largest snow fall du
ring the past few weeks in the mountians
that has occurred for several years.
Mark up your western land another
notch.
Earl Crouch, son of Mr. and Mis. Wm.
Crouch of this place, was married New
Years day to a Miss Crosby at DeNair.
Oali. Earl is a Boone county boy and
has a great many friends who extend to
him and his bride their best wishes.
They will make their home at DeNair.
where he has been engaged in business
for some time.
Mrs A. L. Rush and children left last
Wednesday evening for their new home
at Columbus. While we are sorry to lose
this family from our midst, yet no doubt
the move is for their best interests. Mr.
Rush has been in business in Albion for
a good many years and has proven him
self to be a business man of considerable
ability, especially in the handling of
grain. As manager of the Hord elevator
at Columbus he will be engaged in a
work which ie very much to his liking.
PLATTE CENTBB
From the Signal.
The people oi St. Anthony and vicin
ity were sadly shocked when the un
welcome news became known last Tues
day morning that Peter, the third eld
est son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Greisen,
sr., had died, after a short illness. The
deceased was taken ill about seven days
before his death with an ordinary cold,
whnh quickly developed into pneumonia.
Medical aid was summoned from Platte
Center and Columbus, and a sister of
Charity from St. Mary's hospital was se
cured as a trained nurse, but science and
the best of attention could not prevail
against the treacherous disease, and
death claimed this young life on Tues
day, January 12th, 1909, at 7 o'clock, a.
m. Peter Greisen, jr , was born Febru
ery 23, 1890. He was a good young man
in the truest and noblest sense of that
word. Always industrious and obedient,
and ever anxious and willing to mind his
work cheerfully and without complaint,
he held a high place in the affections of
his parents and (brothers and sisters.
The funeral was .held Thursday morn
ing from St. Anthony's church, and his
remains were laid to rest beside those of
his grandparents and his brother Max.
Six companions of the departed young
man acted as pall bearers, as follows:
Joseph Gronenthal, Nick Mausbacb,
Frank Krings, Henry Schmidt. Willie
Schmidt and Herman Krings. Besides
his parents the deceased left to mourn bis
untimely loss the following brothers and
sisters: Mrs. Theresia Berndt. Frank.
Mrs. Annie Gilsdorf, John, Sophia, Phil
lip, wacob, Hilarius and Lena.
The Amateur Gunner.
"Ma," asked the little rabbit, "is it
true that pa was shot by an amateur
gunner?" "Not at all!" snorted the
mother rabbit, scornfully; "the gunner
was shooting at something else, while
your poor father sat behind him and
laughed. Unfortunately the gun
kicked, and the man sat down on
your father and killed him."
Uses of Romance.
I believe with all my soul in ro
mance; that is, in a certain high-hearted,
eager dealing with life. I think
that one ought to expect to find things
beautiful and people interesting, not
to take delight in detecting mean
nesses and failures. Benson.
FUR com
There is nothing
better lor a man
in cold weather
than a nice fur
coat. My line of
fur and fur lined
coats- is better
and larger than
ever. It will pay
you to come and
look at them
F. H. RUSCHE
Eleventh Street
WANTED
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The right party can
been re an excellent position, salary
or commi'-siou for Columbus and vi
cinity. Htate age, former occupation
and siveivference. Addrebs LOCK
BOX 438, Lincoln, Neb.
Men Do Not "Na2."
Men as husbands are not so fclthfu.
as women; they are not so tender;
they do not forgive, as women do, con
duct which disgraces them publicly;
they are not so patient with physical
pain; but they have a shining virtue
they do not nag!
It is not like a man to thresh out
an old injury after every grain of cir
cumstance has been extracted and the
flail raises nothing but dust. Nor is it
like a man to tumble into the traps
ot his own logic and rescue himself by
a burst of temper or a flood of tears
Men fly into passions over trifles just
about as much as women, and often
more violently. Their language, for in
stance, in regard to overdone beef
steak frequently is not fit for a lady's
ears. And it seems irrational to be
upset, as men are, by the misbehavior
of collar buttons. Still, It may be ad
mitted that while they fly Into pas
sions they do not fly into the same
passions again and again. And when
they forgive they forgive; they do not
simply take the offense away and put
it in cold storage. Octave Thanet in
Harper's Bazar.
Danger Will Still Be Braved.
A medical journal in issuing a warn
ing against kissing tells of a young
man who was inoculated with a seri
ous illness by a friendly kiss lroni a
young woman. He, in turn, kissed hi.
fiancee, the journal in question nes
lecting to state whether she knew oi
the prior kiss. The fiancee kissed her
girl friends, they kissed their sweet
hearts and everybody got sick. In an
other case a tuberculous young womar
kissed her sweetheart, and both diec
within'the year. But in spite of these
awful warnings and advice about
either nonosculation or antiseptic
osculation, kissing in the good old
fashioned way will continue popular.
Cririn c; Muciln.
This favorite n:acrial cf the "su'
u:er gill" derives its nomo fiom b
iu?f first made at Mosul or Moussu',
town iu Turkish Asia. From there i
was introduced int..) India, and firs
brought to England in 1J70. A few
years afterward it was manufactured
in large quantities in France and
England, and in the present day English-made
muslins rival in fineness the
most delicate of gauzy muslins made
in India.
When the Sea Flows Into the Seine.
A strange phenomenon takes place
at little Caudebec twice a year. The
sea, announced by a thundering sound
and an undulating swell that runs
along the river's face, comes up from
the channel and flows into the Seine.
Tranquil and hitherto unruffled, the
river receives this violent visitor in
one undulous wave that rushes like
a tide along the surface of the water
Harper's Monthly Magazine.
Why Not?
Why may not a goose say thus:
"All the parts of the universe I have
an interest in: The earth serves me
to walk upon, the sun to light me; the
stars have their influence upon me;
I have an advantage by the winds and
such by the waters; there is nothing
that yon heavenly roof looks upon so
favorably as me. I am the darling of
Nature. Is it not man that keeps and
serves me?" Montaigne.
World's Rice-Growing Country.
Japan grows about 40 times as much
rice as is, produced in the United
States. Over seven per cent, of the
land in the Japanese islands is used
for the rice crop. In this country the
proportion is one acre out of 2,000.
PILES! PILES! PILES!
Williams' Indian Pile Ointment will cure
Blind, Bleeding and Itching Pjles. It absorbs
the tamore, allays itching at once, acts as a poul
tice, gives instant mlicf . William-' Indian Pile
Ointment is prepared for Piles and itching of the
private parts. Sold by druggists, mail .r"0c and
$L00. Williams' MTg. Co.. Props., Cleveland. O.
COLUMBUS
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We invite all who desire choice
steak, and the very best cuts of
all other meats to call at our
market on Eleventh street. We
also handle poultry and fish and
oysters in season.
S. E. MARTY & CO.
Telephone No. 1. - Columbus. Neb.
BRUCE WEBB
AUCTIONEER
Crestem, ICe'b.
Dates can be made at the
Journal Office
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THEY INJURE CHILDREN.
Ordinary Carthartics and Pills and
'Harsh Physic Cause Distress
ing Complaints.
You cannot be over-careful in the
selection of medicine for children. Only
the very gentlest bowel medicine should
ever be given. Ordinary pills, cathartics
and purgatives are too apt to do more
harm than good. They cause griping,
nausea and other distressing after-effects
that are frequently health destroying and
a life-lasting annoyance.
Wt personally recommend and guar
antee Rexall Orderlies as the safest and
most dependable remedy for constipa
tion end associate bowel disorders. We
have such absolute faith in the supreme
virtues of this remedy that we sell it on
our guarantee of money back in ev- ry
instance where it fails to give entire sat
isfaction, and we urge all in need of
such medicine to try it at our risk.
Rexall Orderlies contain an entirely
new ingredient which is odorless, taste
less and colorless. It embrases all the
best qualities of the soothing, laxative,
strengthening and healing remedial
active principles of the best known in
testinal regulator tonics.
Rexall Orderlies are extremely pleas
ant to tike, are particularly prompt and
agreeable in action, may be taken at any
time, day or night; do not cause diarrh
oea, nausea, griping, excessive looseness,
or other undesirable effects. They have
a very naturul action upon the glands
and organs with which they come in
contact, act as a positive and regulative
tonic upon the relax, dry muscular coat
of the bowel, remove irritation, dryness
and soreness, overcome weakness, and
tone and strengthen the nerves and
muscles, and restore the bowels and
associate organs to more vigorous and
healthy activity.
Rexall Orderlies not only cure consti
pation, but they remove the cause of
this ailment. They also overcome the
necessity of constantly taking laxatives
to keep the bowels in normal condition.
There is really no similar medicine to
good as Rexall Orderlies, especially for
children, aged and delica'e persons.
They are prepared in tablet form and in
two sizes of packages; 12 tablets. 10c,
and :i6 tablets, 25c. Pollock & Co. the
I druggists on the corner.
Changes in Union Pacific Train
Service.
On January 17th, the Uuon Pacific
will put in service on its trains numbers
111 and 14, running between Omaha and
North Platte, (known as -The North
Platte Local"). Pullman Buffet Parlor
cars. These cars are of the latest pat
tern, seventy feet long, elegantly fur
nished and decorated, and contain thir
ty five seats. The cars have an ample
smoking room, and are fitted up with
every convenience known in the latest
style of car building; a well-equipped
buffet for eerving meals i a part of the
equipment of the car, and it is thought
that these facilities will fill a loug felt
want of the Nebraska local passengers.
These parlor cars are in addition to the
regular couch and chair car equipment
on these trains. Train number 1IJ, which
is now due to leave Omaha at 7:42 a. m ,
will hereafter leave Omaha at 8:15 a. m.,
and will be run over tLe old line as at
present, hut on a fast schedule, putting
it into Gardiner, Nebraska, thirteen
miles weBt of Colutn'ius, ahead of the
Overland Limited number 1.
In addition to this, trains numbers 7
and 8 (known as the "Los Angeles Lim
ited") will be equipped with the most
modern electric lighted chair cars, which
will run between Omaha and North
Platte and between Rawlins and Ogden
These chair cars are for the accommoda
tion of local passengers, and may be
used without extra charge beyond pay
ment of regular fare. Heretofore, pas
sengers using these trains have boen
compelled to pay Pullman rates in ad
dition to regular rates, because t'nin
carried no other equipment
Trains numbers 1 and 2 (the Over
land Limited) will not, after January
17th, handlo purely local state buities,
for tha reason that through California
travel has grown so heavy thai they have
been badly overcrowded, and through
passengers have made many complants
on that point.
In addition to the Overland Limited
trains 1 and 2, the Union Pacific has the
following trains on its lines in Nebraska
which handle local business.
Westbound: Numbers I). 5, 7, 11 and
13. Eastbound: Numbers 4, 6; 8, 10, 12
and 14. It also has in service two mo
tor cars, numbers 17 and 8. running be
tween Omaha and Valley, via the old
main line, through South Omaha, as well
as trains 27 and 28, running between
Omaha and Beatrice, via the old main
line.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
has a greater number of trains handling
local, business in Nebraska than any
other railroad in the state.
How to Keep Young.
It is true that the neophobia of the
old has its cause in mental attitude
rather than in physical decay. It is
not that the mental power is less, but
It is natural for a man to rely on the
thinking he did in his twenties and to
refuse to reopen questions he "set
tled" half a lifetime ago.
This atrophy of thought can be
avoided if the danger is foreseen, and
a man deliberately forms the habit of
breaking thought habits. It can be
escaped if a man recognizes that he is
borne on a stream of social change
and that, instead of trusting to the
perspective in which things appeared
in his youth, he must look and look
again. From Social Psychology, by E
A. Ross.
Discouraging Vagabondage.
The Luxemburg government is treat
ing incorrigible vagabonds to bread
and water for the first four days cf
their imprisonment, and to the lowest
scale of ordinary diet twice a week
afterward. The prisons are said to
be emptying fast.
ArwSWSc --3 -- ---. tifsRlF'J Soft -UBwi
EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY
should be photographed at regular intervals. The photographs are a
pictorial history of their progress and growth. .
HAVE' YOUR FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHED
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here and yoa will semi U-bt portraits it is possible to
they are all with yoa. The dearest posae-Mion ia some horn
some loteu one who tifts anae (twajr or beyoBd.
Successor to Was. Helwig. DeH ART STUDIO.
SPENT MUCH FOR EMBROIDERY.
Napoleon I. Had., Costly Coronation
Robe and Throns;
An old Parisian firm which deals in
embroideries and supplied artistic
needlework to the court of Louis XVI.
is still in possession of the accounts
of former centuries, and .an inspection
of these books reveals some interest
ing facts. Napoleon I. was economical
as compared withthe Empress Jose
phine, but bis bills were considerable.
The embroidery on his coronation
robe cost 10,500 francs,' and an em
broidered coat cost 3,500. This coat
became too small for him after he had
worn It a year, andheordered pieces
of cloth to be inserted at the seams
and covered with embroideryt
The bill for the first ..Napoleon's
throne amounted to 53,970 francs.
The outer drapery of purple velvet
trimmed with gold lace cost lj),200
francs. The red velvet panels were
strewn with embroidered golden bees
at five francs apiece. The inner
drapery of blue satin, with gold lace,
was 9,600 francs, and the gold em
broidered stripes for the inner trim
ming cost 8,500 francs. The em
broidery on the blue velvet cushion
cost 3.020 francs, and the foot cushion
1,200. In addition there were 1.050
bees embroidered on the panels of the
canopy at a cost of 5,250 francs.
NOT OF MUCH USE FOR EITHER.
Stove Too Large for Chapel and Too
Small for Cemetery.
The heating of churches In winter
was by no means general In tip early(
days of New England, the warmth and
fervor of the worshipers piety supply-
ing to some degree the lack of bo'dily
heat.
For some years after its erection
there was no means of heating the
little St. Augustine's chapel in South
Koston, and Father Lynch, one of the
early pastors, often had a very cold
ride to the chapel in winter. He ac
coidingly suggested to the, parishion
ers that a stove would be a nice thing
to have. The parishioners 'raised the
money and bought the stove, which
was of generous size and quite large
enough to heat the whole chapel. In
fact, it was too large, for the men who
brought it were unable to get it in
through the door, and so they left it
just outside in the cemetery, where it
was standing when Father Lynch ar
rived the following Sunday morning
He took in the situation at a glance
and said to the little group of parish
ioners who were shivering in the cold:
"Friends, I think you must have
misunderstood what I said last Sunday
about the stove. We want to heat the
chape, and not the cemetery"
Rats' Cold Weather Retreat.
Many animals snuggle together for
warmth in bitter weather as the
squirrels and the rats. Those who go
ratting in hedges and dells in the win
ter know they may try a dozen fresh
ly-used burrows without finding a rat
when suddenly from a single hole
the rats will come pouring out in a
stream of frenzied fur. Twenty or
more rats will be together in one
hole.
They are clever enough to block up
a hole on the windward side to keep
out the draught so that when a rat
hole is noted, newly stopped with soil,
turnip leaves or grass, here is almost
certain indication that rats are with
in. Liko the squirrels they store food
tor winter and the keeper may find
it more difficult to secure his potatoes
from frost than from the attack of
the most numerous of his furred foes.
Bloom on the Egg.
"I know these eggs, at least, are
fresh." said the young housewife. "As
I took them from the basket, a white
bloom, like the down of a peach, came
off my hands."
Her husband, a food expert, gave a
sneering laugh.
'In that case," he said. "I will fore
go my usual morning omelette. That
bloom, as you so poetically call it,, is
lime dust. It shows that the eggs are
pickled. Lime dust, which rubs off
like flour, is the surest test we have
for pickled eggs a not unwholesome
article, but not to be compared with
the new-laid sort."
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TO SEND BACK SHIP'S SOUNDS.
Experiments with New Safety Device
for Foggy Weather.
The United States government is. ex
perimenting in San Francisco bay
with a safety device for foggy weather
which is remarkable In the uniqueness
of its idea. It is nothing less than a
fog buoy which will make no noise of
Its own, but which" will be expected to
catch the sound waves of a vessel's
whistle and echo them back across the
water.
The buoy, or structure, is construct
ed of corrugated iron sheeting, placed"
on piles,' and built in three, wings
placed at different angles. Each wing
is 32 feet square.
The idea was given birth accidental
ly. There has always been much
trouble in the upper part of San Fran
cisco bay because the shore lights
cannot be seen when the weather is
bad. Pilots and skippers began to no
tice, however, how clearly the corru
gated steel warehouses around Benicia
returned the sound of their whistles,
and for some time have been guiding
their way along by the echoes. The
government is confident that the new
buoys will act in the same manner.
ILL OMEN OF SPILLING SALT.
Superstitioa Has Come Down to Us
from the Ancient Romans.
Girls and boys have all heard, per
haps, that it is "unlucky" to spill salt,
but that the evil effects may probably
be averted by throwing some of it
over your right shoulder. It is won
derful how old some of these super
stitions are! This one about the salt,
for example, came to us from the
ancient Romans. Salt was regarded
by them as an emblem of purification,
and they always placed some on the
head of a victim in sacrifice. If .the
salt were spilled in doing this, it waa
looked upon as a bad omen.
It is said that the Romans got the
custom from the Jews, and after a
while the spilling of salt on any occa
sion was regarded as unlucky. The
custom of throwing a part of it over
the right shoulder arose from their
belief that anything pertaining to the
right side was lucky, but to the left
side, unlucky.
All Germicides Not Good.
Of late many countries have been
making official testa as to the value ot
germicides. As a result it is declared
that the public should be careful in the
selection of a disinfectant, for there
are in the market many which have
no germicidal action whatever. Prof.
Hewlett, as a result of his tests, says
that not only Is the public defrauded,
but there is also a grave danger intro
duced when a person believed he was
using something which would totally
destroy germs and was thereby lulled
into a sense of security when in reali
ty no sense of security was justified.
He claims that for many years past
sanitary authorities have been living
in a fool's paradise vainly imagining
that the fluids they have been sprink
ling around have been dealing death
and destruction to all germs and bac
terial intruders. His advice is that
before buying a germicide the public
should insist on receiving with it a
copy of a report on its value by a bac
teriologist or properly qualified medi
cal man of standing.
Real Love as a Boon.
Love temporarily obscures the glass
of vanity. To be accurate, it takes the
quicksilver off the back and turns it
into a window pane through which we
are able to see far beyond the per
sonal reflection to which It was once
dedicated exclusively. Therefore, any
real love, since It widens the horizon
line of the lover, is an infinite boon,
whether he wins or loses the object
of his heart.
Introspection Not, for All.
Solitude can be delightful only to
the innocent. Leszczynski.
Portuguese Proverb. ,
There is never wanting a dog to
bark at you.
Obedience the First Requisite.
To -learn obeying is the fundamental
art of governing. CarlyJe.
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