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GAVEL MADE OF MANY WOODS s SHE HAD HIM ON THE KOOK. Maiden V. el! Knew Lover Could Not Resist Culinary Bait She Had So Cleverly Cast. .T.inet li-'l molded the domestic af fairs of the family with whom she lived for n many years that the news of her intended marriage had much the effect of an earthquake. "Have jou and David been engaged long?" ventured the mistress of the house hold. "One week when next Sabbath comes," stated Janet briefly. "And ai 1 had you any thought of marrying b.."ore that?" asked her mis tress. "Times T had and times I had not." sq'd the imperturbable Janet, "as any person will. But a month ago when I gave David a wee bit of the cake I'd been making and he said to me: 'Janet, have you the recipe firm in your mind, lass, so you could make it if Mrs. .Mann's book would be far from your reach?' I knew well the time was drawing short. "And when." said Janet, closing her eyes at the recollection. 'I said to him. "David, lad. the recipe is copied in a little book of my own,' and I saw the clint in his eye I reckoned 'twould be within the month he'd ask me." TOLD TO USE CUTICURA. After Specialist Failed to Cure Her In tense Itching Eczema Had Been Tortured and Disfigured But Was Soon Cured of Dread Humor. "I contracted eczema and suffered Intensely for about ten months. At times I thought I would scratch my self to pieces. My face and arms were covered with large red patches, so that I was ashamed to go out. I was advised to go to a doctor who was a specialist In skin diseases, but I received very little relief. I tried every known remedy, with the same results. I thought I would never get bet ter until a friend of mine told mo to try the Cuticura Remedies. So I tried them, and after four or five applications of Cuticura Ointment I was relieved of my unbearable itching. I used two sets of the Cuticura Remedies, and I am completely cured. Miss Barbara Krai. Highlandtown, Md.. Jan. 9. 'OS." PoUor Drug & Chcm. Conk. So'.o Propi, Boston. THAT FROZE HIM. XT vs "I suppose," he said. Ingratiatingly, "you often get spoken to by men?" "Yes." she replied, "and by monk eys. But to-night there don't seem to be any men about!" Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beau ty. Home laundering would be equal ly satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening tie goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of youi work. Encouraging. "Tell me frankly, sir. what do you think of my daughter's voice?" "Well, madam. I think she may have a brilliant future in water-color painting." In It. "I tell you what. I like a friend who is a friend in need." "Then you ought to love me. I'm ahvavs in need." Kansas City Star. rCRRT DAV1.V PAINKILLER FnTaNUiarnc!illlirr.ia (ln-Tid of whiskey) use PilnWiller. Korcoln-.diarrhiM and stmiiueroiimp'ainl tills UMnlicine never tails. lOc.oourMc buttles. Life has one great purpose, the growth ol character. Wesley. Tt the judgment of many smokers that Lewi-" Single Binder ."ic cigar equals in quality mot lOe cigars . Only a putty life is afraid of being worn out. Qmr Nebraska Directory lXtJJUT-ruuu'''''B'iiii ii "i!1 " - - r- - i t?f tict'o nciiTii onnue u-5"' mi i outturn, nuuma b-l ICI7 nnu. e nuiui urn luii uuufciw oi. uhiuiji, ntD. Reliable Dentistry at MwUrftU Prices. TYPEWRITERS ft. i to ' 2irr's nrlre. Cah or tlm m. Brats. Kenled, rent applies. Wenblp Anywhere for free examination. .NoJ 'j tl. M rilrf rbictaraiti!it wtfff-r II t.tumi I ...IS! Vimmm EM-..0-ika. bain Hay Tools are the Best InsUtonhaviugthem. Ask your local Jealer.or JOHN DEERE OMAHA Eft 9 1 r M. Spiesberger li Son Co. Whtltsalt Hilliitry Ths Best In the West OMAHA, M IB. Th cW with thm La AUNmil Hd PrmtmdmJ CAREY'S ROOFING Hail mnd Firm KUtimr Ask yoor daaler or SUNDERLAND ROOFING & SUPPLY CO. Omaha. : : : ; - fUhr-ate Gift to Medical Institute Is of His torical Interest1 Contains Seven-ty-Seven Pieces. Kansas City, Mo. During the an nual session of the American Institute of Homeopathy, held in this city a year ago. Dr. William Davis Foster or Kansas City was elected president of the institute for the following year. To show his appreciation of his elec tion Dr. Foster had made a gavel which he presented to the institute. A year was required for Dr. Foster to get together the material of which it is made. The gavel is made of 77 pieces of wood, a piece from every state - a -a a W- sWvY Gavel Which Contains 77 Pieces cl Wood. and territory in the United States and from Germany and France. There are pieces from the houses or tht possessions of all of the pioneers ol homeopathy. Each piece in the gavei is numbered. In a bound volume called the "Gavel Book," is contained all the correspondence bearing upon the gathering of the material of which the gavel Is made. The varieties of wood used include mahogany, white pine, ebony, black walnut, rosewood, sequoia gigantea. vegetable ivory, sur render oak, Arizona ironwood, red wood, a bit from an Indian medicine man's tomahawk from Alaska, orange wood, diamond willow, fir, petrified wood, yellow cedar, cherry and yel low pine. Each piece is numbered with a small gilt number. In the "Gavel Book" under a corresponding number is a short biographical sketch of the person of whom the piece is a souvenir. The ends of the gavel arc gold. One end is engraved with "Similia Similibut Curentur." Upon the others is engraved "Presented to the American Institute of Homeopa thy by William Davis Foster. M. D.. President 1900." The handle is ebony tipped with ivory. MENTIONED FOR THE CABINET Washington Rumor Says Congress man Scott of Kansas May Succeed Secretary Wilson. Washington. There is a revival in Washington of the gossip that Secre tary Wilson will retire from the de- Congressman C. F. Scott. partment of agriculture in December and that Representative Scott of Kan sas will succeed hihm. Several prom inent papers have printed stories tc that effect. It was said at the White House lhat the matter had not been con sidered there, and Representative Scott said that the president had never mentioned the subject to him. Secretary Wilson has held the place under three presidents McKinley. Roosevelt and Taft and holds the record for cabinet servict. Charles F. Scott represents the Sec ond Kansas district, is chairman ol the committee on agriculture, and Is serving his fifth term in congress Two of his terms were as congress nian-at-large. He was born in Kan sas, lives in Iola and is editor and owner of the Iola Register. Broke His Spirit. "Boo-hoo!" sobbed little Jimmy: "it don't pay to be patriotic these times." "What's the trouble, my little man?" asked the kind-hearted old gen tleman in the park. "Why. the teacher said after she read a Bunker hill poem, 'Let the eagle scream' and when I stuck sticks at the eagle up in the zoo to make him scream the cops chased me two blocks. Boo-hoo!" 9 I fJj- iS :--.- f ch ---T.r' .sC ' ':& i AIROBI. British, East Af rica. I guess everybody in the civilized world knows that ex-President Theo dore Roosevelt of the United States is getting two American dollars for every word of "copy" he writes for a certain New York publication. There fore the business of bagging the gnus in this lonely spot on the world's map has a double meaning. Spell it gnus or news suit your self they are pronounced alike. The only difference is that you get one with a rifle of heavy bore and the other by means of mental ingenuity. Mr. Roosevelt, I have discovered makes his own news. And he sells his own news. Hence his declaration that "because there are no journal ists with this expedition all appar ently authentic reports are barren ri V2 T-z- ir-' 'J??J& ''II r: -w m. -i W, 'tf? . ill s V A v. KL w. nn fy-Jr0 1 I in the make-up of the semi-savage blacks. Eighty-four souls comprised the small army which Mr. Roosevelt took with him from Mombasa. Bwana Tumbo dressed his aides up in Amer ican made loose shirts and khaki trousers. Of their own choice were queer little skull caps decorated with feathers and tassels. Wall tents, the y m i3sei & fr-vj vs at X ; .W K ; IHK 5A IP&fc-J MNS&U same used can cers. as those by Ameri- army offi- provided &r7MIT mERVAHTA 31! "JFOOSEVFLT y ftUHTINfr .a-fe ....' - 4 UffifTUMC '&i falsehoods or are obtained by means of bribing ignorant ser vants and it stands to reason that for the sake of a bribe one of evil intentions is not above inventing falsehoods foi' the purpose of obtaining the bribes." Be that as it may, early in the month of August Mr. Roose velt will impart sdme of his news to a select gathering of East Africans at a banquet. You can't keep reporters from a ban quet, consequently at the time of writing there is no reason to suppose that the world will not get the former American execu tive's remarks in full. Mr. Roosevelt will tell his hunting experiences, his views on world politics and lots of other things which will astonish his staid British hosts and will set them to thinking. The world at large is getting little Roosevelt "stuff," as the editors call it. The reason for it is said to be the hunter's desire to pursue the life of a nimrod undisturbed by eager news paper men. They are on his trail every day, but they keep out of sight. Entering the port of Mombasa, Theodore Roosevelt and his big stick made an instantaneous bit. He was strenuous. Britishers are slow of movement and thought; they are deliberate. Not so with the American hero. He thought quickly, spoke quickly and said things which made the inhabitants stand up and shout. He talked about the great country which the British bad built and al most civilized in Africa. He made other points which tickled his hosts and he was solid with them from the minute he put foot on the gang plank of the steamer which brought him from Naples, Italy. He told his East African friends that he wanted to be treated like a regula tion American citizen, not like a former president of the United States. This, the British seemed to think, was a first class invitation to treat him like a king, which they did. With his entourage riding in the passenger compartments of a primitive Uganda railway coach, Mr. Roosevelt gave a real strenuosity ex hibition by daring Acting Governor Jackson to ride with him on the cowcatcher. He said there was more breeze on the front of the train any way. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Roosevelt then stopped the outfit and took positions of vantage ahead of the fireman and engineer. This tickled the Britishers. Nobody had ever thought of riding on the front of an engine be fore in East Africa. They had always done the most commonplace thing by seating themselves on the "cushions." So, because he was different from their kind, they liked the American from the start. 53 - W&5J F JStsWl; fc-a -. at 40 yards. The beast was charging him in dangerous fashion. Not long ago Mr. Roosevelt captured two baby antetlopes and sent them to his daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Long worth, who by this time doubtless has received them. More than 1,500 speci mens had been cap tured by the Roose velt party up to the time of this writ ing and before the expedititon weighs anchor for other shores probably 1.000 more will have reached the taxidermists. Lions, wildebeests, antelopes, giraffes, hippo potami, rhinoceri. tigers, monkeys and dozens of other varieties are among the trophies of the chase. To Kermit Roosevelt the expedition has been a source of wonderment and pleasure. Every thing was new to him. He had read about the lAttQVEi fftPC the ex-president's sleeping quarters and his patriotism was fully shown by the fact that the American stars and stripes float ed from the flag pole before Roosevelt's tent. The colors were dipped at sun rise and sunset in accordance with the United States army cus torn. The Roosevelt camp presented a unique scene Situated in the snter was Mr. Roose velt's adobe, which also housed Kermit Before it floated the American flag and grouped around it along miniature "streets' were the "pup tents" of the porters, gunbearers bush beaters, cooks and other servants. Kermit Roosevelt's personal servant, Ju ma by name, became as devoted to his young master as though the latter were of regal heri tage. He followed him everywhere and was at his side dur ing the rhinoceros in cident in which Ker- mit's life was per iled. Juma's gaudy tur ban, khaki half-hose and American-made calfskin shoes, which were a present from Kermit. marked him as a man to be envied among his fellows. The ex-president said that whenever he needed Kermit for any .matter whatsoever, it .was onoly necessary to scan the horizon for Juma's gay headpiece. During his hunting, travels and speaking Bwana Tumbo never has lost sight of his writing He is writing a chapter here and there, whenever he has the time or inclination to devote a few hours to the book of travels which he has half completed. Mr. R. D. Cuninghame, Mr. Roosevelt's hunter, is typical of the African sportsman and is declared to know more about game in this section of the world than any other game expert. No more unique sight was ever presented to the casual obserer than that which met my eye when I alighted from a Uganda railway coach at Kapiti Plains, where Mr. Roosevelt and his army were grouped. The station is on Sir Alfred Pease's ranch or estate, as it is known here. "The Plains" consists of hardly more than the signboard which tells its name. Mr. Roosevelt's "army" was drawn up about him, the ex-president was conversing with Hunter Cuninghame and the former executive's gunbearer, Abdallah bin Said was awaiting orders from his chief. Of the army Abdallah is most devoted to his master and the frequent lashings which the heads of the expedi- TfarM The ride that day lasted 50 miles, when the en gine, being a union engine, refused to work over eight hours and gave out. The next day the ride was repeated and to-day half the British East African highbrows ride on the front of the en gine when they want to make an impression. Once on Sir George MacMUIan's ranch the real sport of the expedition commenced. MacMUIan's ranch is a notorious hangout for man-eating lions. They roar around the ranch at night and tear up things generally. Colorado mountain lions were easily beneath the hunting prowess of Mr. Roosevelt and he proved that Af rican lions are also-rans alongside of the Ameri can brand by depleting the kingdom of Leo by six in two days, thereby setting a new record for huntsmen in this section of Africa. A big, hungry hippopotamus chased Mr. Roosevelt one day. Formulating his plans as he sped along through the jungle, the ex-president led the enraged animal to the open and set two steel bullets clashing between his eyes when the hippo was only 100 feet away. Kermit had a similar experience with a rhinoceros and, display ing the family traits of bis father, stood his ground and succeeded in dispatching Mr. Rhiro mvstprinncnpsa nf riarkrsr Afrina hitt harl never been given an opportunity to even peer into the . "on ae often . compelled to administer to quell character. He is a sniiue type of African and be cause of his good qualities he commands better pay than the rest of his fellows. The man who aided Mr. Roosevelt in getting his expedition ready cautioned him against asking any of his servants to do duties for which any of the others were hired. The labor union instinct is second nature with the attache of the African hunting expedition. Let a gun bearer try to do the work of a porter or bush beater and there is war in camp at once Neither may the game carriers beat the game into sight. Perhaps this system is for the best after all for the reason that every man specializes and therefore is able to do his own allotted work to a better advantage. It is said here that Mr. Roosevelt's entire expe dition will cost between $15,000 and $20,000, which to an American hunter may seem an enormous price. But hunting wild game in Africa is a heavy undertaking and in order to go through with such a task that amount of money is actually neces sary. But the party is getting results and that is what they figure is the proper viewpoint. Having arrived in the Stoik district Kermit and his father had plenty of game upon which to exhibit their prowess. The younger Roosevelt immediately set about establish'ng-a hunting record by bagging the biggest lion which, up to that time, had found its way to the taxidermist of the party. In the Stoik district Mr. Roosevelt shot many buffaloes, their skins being preserved for the Smithsonian institution. confines of a real lion hunting camp. At the present writing both Kermit and his father are in the best c" health, both wearing a swarthy tan which is darker than the jungle stained khaki suits in which most of the hunting is done. A short time ago Mr. Roosevelt visited the American mission near here and he expressed pleasure at the work which the organization is doing for the African savage. The morning of the day he visited the mission he spent in hunt ing Culubra. monkeys and succeeded in shooting several, which were added to the list of speci mens. Officials here have expressed the belief that Mr. Roosevelt's bagging of game is justifiable in view of the fact that hjs specimens are being secured for the purpose of stocking up the Smithsonian institution at Washington. Perhaps the biggest test of Rooseveltian stren uosity came when the party crossed the desert west of this city. In this instance they were compelled to go for more than a week without procuring water. All the liquid refreshment they had was carried with them in great water skins, suitable for this purpose. Bwana Tumbo, which is an African expression of reverence, was the nickname which Mr. Roose velt's native servants soon attached to him. and when I met the ex-president at Kapiti Flains station, where he was obliged to stop during his travels, he seemed pleased to be reminded of the tict that he had struck a responsive chord Disposing of It Cheaply. Client This copy of my will is all right, but I want the original written on a slate. Lawyer Beg pardon, but what Is your object? Client So my heirs won't have any difficulty in breaking it. Soldier Something of a Hoodoo. John Ross, the British general who led the force that burned Washington, was killed in a battle with the Ameri can army at North Point, Md., near Baltimore. The Americans were de feated. Ross fell into the arms of Capt. McDougall. and the same officer caught Gen. Packenham in his arms at the battle of New Orleans. Is Kept Too Busy. The real martyr never has time to eajoy the honor. Best and Worst Cigarette There are two thlnzs that smokers who travel extensively are agreed upon: That the worst cigarette ever forced upon an unsuspecting stranger is the French, and the best cigarette Is the' Russian. One writer describes the French cigarette as follows: "The tobacco, which has been aptly described as consisting of scorched linen flavored with assafoetida and glue, is very coarsely cut, more so than for the pipe in England, and very dark. To reduce its strength it is steeped in water. The resultant cigarette is indescribably horrible: English smokers fail to recognize it as tobacco. Yet of those cigarettes, France smokes some three hundred billions a year; in any form but that of the cigarette it would be intolera ble. An Englishman will face un moved the armies of France or the bowlings of her mobs, but from her cigarettes he flies apace." The Russian cigarette, which is so deservedly popular in California, i3 the exact opposite of the horrible mix ture which masquerades in France un der the name of cigarette. The Rus sian cigarette is equipped with a pa per holder, thus giving a cool, satis fying smoke, and is composed of the most delicate blends of Turkish to bacco, carefully selected and pains takingly prepared by experts whe spend their lives in learning just what will produce the perfect cigarette. WHY PEOPLE SUFFER. Too often the kidneys are the cause, and the sufferer is not aware of iu Sick kidneys bring backache and side pains, lameness and stiffness, dizzi ness, headaches, tired feeling, urinary troubles. Doan'3 Kid ney Pills euro the cause. Mrs. N. E. Craves. Villisca, Iowa, says: "I suf fered from kidney trouble for years. The secretions were disordered, there were pains in my back and swellings of the ankles. Often I had smother (ng spells. I had to be helped about, Doan's Kidney Pills cured me five years ago and I have been well since. They saved my life." Remember the name Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. T. --a JgyWtC KNEW SOMETHING OF IT. aTZLsBBBBBBBBBa MBSSBsf BSSBBBBBBBBBLsBBBBBBBBM sIvlllllllMiWifflH Williams (shaking his fountain pen) You have no Idea how easily these pens run! His Neighbor (applying a blotter to bis trousers) Oh, I have an inkling. A Case for Sympathy. Two matrons of a certain western city, whose respective matrimonial ventures did not In the first instance prove altogether satisfactory, met at a woman's club one day, when the first matron remarked: "Hattie, I met your 'ex,' dear old Tom. the day before yesterday. We talked much of you." "Is that so?" asked the other ma tron. "Did he seem sorry when you told him of my second marriage?" "Indeed, he did; and said so most frankly!" "Honest?" "Honest! Ileasaid he was extremely sorry, though, he added, he didn't know the man personally." Lippin cott's Magazine. No Need of Interference. The two neighbors who were pass ing the little cottage heard sounds as of a terrific conflict inside and stopped to listen. Presently they heard a loud thump, as if somebody had fallen to the floor. "Grogan is beating his wife again!" they said. Bursting the door open, they rushed into the house. "What's the trouble here?"-they de manded. "Ther ain't no trouble, gentlemen." calmly answered Mrs. Grogan. who had her husband down and was sit ting on his head. "Gwan!" Spoken from Experience. It was the grammar class and the teacher had asked for words ending with "ous." "Can any one." she said, 'give me a word like 'dangerous. meaning full of danger, 'hazardous.' full of hazard?" There was silence for a moment. Then a boy in the back row put up his hand. "Well, Bobby, what Is your word?" "Please. Miss," came the reply, "pious, full of pie!" Fully Realized. He frowned in perplexity on hearing she was out again. "I wonder, Jimmy, If your sister re alizes," he said bitterly, "that I have treated her to three taxi rides and four open-air concerts this month?" "You bet she realizes it." said the small boy, grinning. "That's why she's keepin' her engagement to Joa Johnson a secret." Saving Her Blushes. "I have here." said the young In ventor, "a device that will be a boon to the typists." "What is it?" asked the manufao turer of typewriters. "It's an extra key. Whenever the operator can't spell a word she presses this key and it makes a blur!" HOME TESTING A Sure and Easy Test on Cofftex, To decide the all important ques tion of coffee, whether or not it is really the hidden cause of physical ails and approaching fixed diseases, one should make a test of ten days by leaving off coffee entirely and using we.-made Postum. If relief follows you may know to a certainty that coffee has been your vicious enemy. Of course you can take it back to your heart again, if you like to keep sick. A lady says: "I had suffered with stomach trouble, nervousness and ter rible sick headaches ever since I was a little child, for my people were al ways great coffee drinkers and let us children have all we wanted. I got so I thought I could not live without coffee, but I would not acknowledge that it caused my suffering. "Then I read so many articles about Postum that I decided to give it a fair trial. I bad not used it two weeks in place of coffee until I began to feel like a different person. The headache and nervousness disappeared and whereas I used to be sick two or three days out of a week while drinking cof fee I am now well and strong and sturdy seven days a week, thanks to Postum. "I had been using Postum three months and had never been sick a day when I thought I would expert ment and see if it really was coffee that caused the trouble, so I began to drink coffee again and inside of a week I had a sick spell. I was so ill I was, soon convinced that coffee was the cause of all my misery and I went back to Postum with the result th I was soon well and strong again and determined to stick to Postum and leave coffee alone in the future." Read the little book. "The Road ?- Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever r?atj the atMve letter f A irw ae appear frost time to tlrae. TTfcejr re sraaiaft (ctkS aad fall ag f I