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- x? iX t-i. t. CIn wtws g xrtmiaL Columbus. Wafer..: ' '- Eatacadatthe Poeto!Eca.CoIambB.Habr.,ae aocoad clw mail matter. TKBXS OTSUBSCBIKZOa: One f Mr, by aail. portage prepaid 11.50 WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 13. IK. BTROTHEB & STOCKWELL. Proprietor!. SMXWALB-The date opposite joaraass ea year Mwr, or wrapper ahowa to wkat ti yoar liaaillition la paid. ,Thas Jan05 abowa that payasat baa bean metiroi op to Jan. 1, 1908, VaMS to Feb. 1,1806 and won. Wbem payment It-Bid, the data, which answers as a reoaipt, wUlbeobangedacconlingly. DlflOONTINUANCES-Koeponaible aabacrib aaa will eoati&ne to recdTe this joomal sntil the pakUafcaraara notified by letter to diaoontbue, whaa all arrearages moat be paid. If yomdonot wiafa the Journal continued for another year af ter the H"" paid for has expired, yon ehonld prarioaaly notify na to disoontiane it CHANGE IN ADDRESS-Whea ordering- a sbaaae ia the addreBa,BnbBcribeis ahoald be eara to give their old as well as their new addraea. A large amount of wet eye drivel is being shed by the democratic press over the failure of Governor Shallen berger to receive an invitation to an Omaha banquet, and Jim Dahlman is charged with being responsible for the insult to the governor. The prediction made a year ago that people wouldn't be able to pay. their taxes if Taft was elected, has not been verified. The delinquent tax list of Platte county as published in the official papers makes less than four columns. Compare the list of today with that published during the days of the last democratic administration. This north pole controvery is a mat ter of widespread interest and there are those who are getting excited over it and both Cook and Peary have their warm partisans. But we venture to say that the large majority of people are in full sympathy with the editor up in the timber districts of Michigan, who gives vent to the following: "Up in this neck of the woods, people do not seem to get excited over who dis covered the north pole. Some people are so skeptical as to doubt both Cook and Peary, Some don't give ad who, what, where, how, which or when and then some. And as for the editor of this .uncivilized and unscientific sheet, we never did believe in either a north or a south .pple, and we shall diejust as happy tfttiout seeing these icicles as though lire had slept with them as bed fellow Norfolk News Will the iconoclasts never let up? Have we no spot upon which to rest our feet and feel sure of solid and se cure footing? Here comes the Lon don Jewish World with the belated information that Methuselah, reputed to have been 969 years of age, when he passed from earth, was in reality a callow youth of but 78. Adam, said to have been with us 930 years, seems, according to the new chronology, to have been cut down at the tender age 75 years and six months, while Abra ham dropped off' at 72 and Isaac at 74, Jacob, who figured himself at 147 when he let go, would have been but 73 had he measured his life in the kind of years we are using now. So we see how easy it is to obtain errone ous impressions concerning historical events recorded in terms that did not mean the same at the time they were written as they do at the present mo ment Bixby. There has been some comment in democratic papers because Judge Sul livan is on of the attorneys seeking to defeat thecorporationjtax law. It was claimed that he should not be a candi date forjudge and appear in the role of a. corporation attorney. The editor of the Columbus Telegram clipped several articles from democratic news papers and sent them to Judge Sulli van, requesting that the judge write, giving a record of the case. He re ceived an answer that was not what he wanted, but it is a letter that should be read intelligently by every voter in the state. Judge Sullivan believes that the supreme court should be non partisan, and he is doing all he can to make it such. The letter shows the independence of the judge perhaps he is too much that way, but it would cost him several times the salary to ac cept a position on the supreme bench, as he has a. large practice. Nebraska City Daily News. ' Declaring that a minister of the gos pel cannot live.an honest life and hold his job, Rev. D. H. Carrick of Law raoce, Kas., exchanges the pulpit for street car. He meant that he could not preach the truth as hesaw it with out crushing the toes of many of his congregation. The persons hit would become his enemies, and soon he would kave to give way to one of smoother tongue. Human nature being about the ansae in the church as out, it may he assumed that the Kansas preacher is. measurably right Similar asser tions have been made of teachers in colleges, particularly economists, and nBtrwholiy "aisprdved. " 33te press is( frequently accusedof a lack of "frefr .dom, and, caught between the prejudi ces of its-subscribers and the -pressure of its advertisers, it has tooroften earn ed the impeachment. Liberty is still a costly commodity. Wendell Phil lips has left' us the stinging opinion that "The community which dares not protect its humbliest and most hated member in the free utterance oi his opinion, no matter how false or hate ful, is only a gang of slaves." But tolerance is still so rare that while men no longer pay their lives for liberty of thought, they must still .not seldom sacrifice their living if they would say all they think. State Journal. W. H.ROBBINS. Aside from the candidate for mem ber of the county board, the republi cans have only one candidate in the field in Platte county, W. H. Bobbins, of Lindsay, for sheriff. Mr. Bobbins is a farmer, in which vocation he has been successful. Although not general ly known throughout the county, he is well spoken of by his neighbors and friends in and around Lindsay, and it is predicted that he will receive a large vote in that vicinity. Pitted against the republican candi date is the democratic machine candi date backed by the machina mana gers and a democratic majority of 1,000. But people are becoming tired of machine rule and machine made candidates and there is a tendency among the voters of both parties to ig nore partisan politics in local 'affairs and vote for the man regardless of his political affiliation. Platte . county has been brutlally demecratic so long that for the good of the county generally the election of a few republicans would io fill the offices in the court house would mean a sav ing of money to the tax payer, The perpetual rule of any one party in lo cal affairs leads to extravagance and carelessness in the expenditure of pub lic money. Next month the voters of Platte co unty will have an oppoptunity to com mence court house -cleaning, and al though the name of only one republi can will appear on the ballot, he should receive not only the votes of his own party but also the votes of enough in dependent democrats to secure his ele ction. The time to commence court house cleaning is now. BURKETT DISCUSSES THE TAR- IFF BILL. In a' speech before the old soldiers of Farragut Post last Tuesday night he said in part: "The tariff bill did not suit me in every particular. I am not going to tell you people that it did. If they had let me make the tariff bill I could have called in a few helpers around Lincoln and made one that would have suited us better, although it might not have suited the whole country any belter than the one we now have. But it would have suited me and the fellows that made it bet ter. I remember I wanted free lum ber. Your senators thought that our people wanted free lumber, but you know of a state up there on the Pacific coast called Washington, and they have two senators and those two senat- ors.stood upon the floor of the senate ana'said their people did not want Canadians hauling lumber over here and by the eternals they would not have it. Their people wanted the tariff on lumber raised. And when I heard them say that I knew there would be a fight. And we lined up and made the air blue with our speech es and we made' everybody blue who read those speeches. Then Ave yoted. We did not get free lumber, but Wash ington and Oregon did not get any in crease. But I tell you what we did get; as a result of that vote there in congress we got it reduced about half. Of course I was disappointed 50 per cent, but these Washington men were diappointed 200 per cent. Some peo ple go squawking around and want to know why we did not revise all the schedules downward. The answer is that some of them ought not to have been reduced. Some .of the congress men were for revision upward rather than downward. There were both democrats .and republicans on that side. A high tariff, lumber democrat can handicap a downward revision just as much as a republican can. So the result was we got the composite opinion of all and that is the tariff law we passed. A rather excitable nan was 'talking the other day about something he did not like about the government and declared that there would be a revolution if we did not get what we want pretty soon. I asked him the question: 'Who is going to rebel?' 'Are you going to take Neb raska out or the union, are you going to secede?' He replied, Oh, no, I do not mean that' and I said,,' As longas Nebraska is a part or the union, and as long as there is a reverence of the memory of you veterans, Nebraska ia .going tp stay in the union. ' .And jest so long you tfiU.abide by the decision, of thenfrajority-of-'Uie states. Ton' .may noflike if, but that is the way our government is made.' "I cannot discuss the tariff bill in detail here, but letme say that better than to denounce it all is to find out -the good and applaud it as patriots should do; locate the bad and improve it as sta teaman should do. Do aa Ab raham Lincoln did-do' the 'best yon can, curb your impatience, and ask God to enlighten the erring brethern. I am of no different opinion now than I was when we were making the' tariff bill last spring upon some of those sche dules, and for one I purpose to keep' going along the lines that I have started out I propose to keep all we got that is right and getting more that is right just as fast as we can. I am not going to allow the manufacturers of Europe to inspire a bill nor the in terests of European labor to move :.me to any injustice to American labor. I am going to stand for that justice to all men, that symmetry' in legislation that will meet the honest demands of every section of the country and that progress in legislation that will; meet thejehanged industrial conditions of the twentieth century. But gentle men, I am not going to whine and whimper, damn and cuss and club be cause I have been out voted. I have no use for the grumbler. I got my inspiration in this life from an old soldier. I have had'it bred iutO me that their is no country on the face of the earth that is equal to America. I like to fight, butl cannot'kick. -There is a legitimate field for the mule,-' but' I have never wanted to" "believe his place was in the great drama of hu man affairs." WHAT GOVERNOR JOHNSON ACCOMPLISHED. Aided, in compeling the sleeping car companies 'operating in" Minnesota to pay taxes io proportion to their earn ings. Recommended and signed a mortg age registry tax law. Gave his indorsement to legislation making "a 15 per -cent reduction in commodity freight rates, followed Iat&f by one cutting merchandise rates in the slate fully 20' per cent" Those rates are now in litigation and the state's side of the case received valua ble aid from Governor Johnson. Was largely responsible for the en actment of the 2-cent passenger fare law. Urged it at. a meeting of the state editors and followed his stand with a special message to the legisla ture. Urged and signed a bill doing away with free railroad transportation. Caused the legislature to create free employment bureau. Was the principal in the passage by the legislature of the Employers' Lia bility Commission Act, something that promises much for labor in the state. Recommended and signed several laws aiding in the agriculture develop ment of the state's swamp lands. Caused the passage of a law permit ting the sale of state made twine out side the state. Gave his sanction to a bill authoriz ing the state to make and sell farm machinery. Was a leader in insurance reform and gave his approval to measures thf ' bw Pat Minnesota in the lead in this respect Was always opposed to ship subsidy. Was a dominant figure in the fam ous national conference on insurance called by President Roosevelt, and 'named the famous committee of fifteen whose recommendations were embodi ed iu law3 passed by Minnesota and about a dozen' other slates'." 'Figured prominently in the nation al conservation congress- which met in Washington.1'' ''" '- : Lent his voice and his aid at all times to tariff revision.-r-From the Duluth News-Tribune. "- .THE SUPREMACY OF THE SEA. .Lord Charles Beresford would like to have GreatJiritain, her colonies and the United States unite? for the purr pose of warding "off the -war which he 'fears may- make; the-world red with fire and blood. In-hfs opinion, if the statesmen of those" 'countries get to gether and say there- shall be no war, then-waT-fcill be averted. Vtt - That1neanif in effect,' that the Unit ed States shall assist Great Britain in her. present effort to prevent the Ger mans from increasing their navy. The absurdity of such an undertaking, on the part of this country will- occur to the average person who stops to re- c llect that Americans have engaged in two wars with England, and that in our civil war she was far from being a good international neighbor,' to say nothing of. being a friendly cotraa. ' ' Why, then, should ,we .interfere in- me nvsiry, now exiaun&QMweea.ner and Germany?. Lord Beresford's ana were, is, "In order that we (England) may hold what we have,-namely, -the supremacy of theses. But why should the United States wish to guarantee to Britannia the rulership of. the .waves? '; The noble lord gives no explioit an swer to that question. Evidently'he thinks we ought to kelp out John Bull because we do not not need to be sup reme on the sea, as our natural re sources are so great that we are not de pendent on any other part of the world. Mr. J. J. Hill, however, thinks we may soon be, in ameasure, dependent on other countries for food supplies, and urges us to increase the number of our foreign markets. We think his advice is excellent Perhaps the day may come when the -lordship of the oceans may be essential to the existen ce of Uncle Sam. But whether it comes or not, one thing should always be eager, to extend the domain of our industrial' and commercial conquest, and that is' the good-will of all peoples in the world. ' Therefore, we must not get tied up with any other nation. The words of Jefferson, warning his countrymen against entangling allian ces, areas valuable today as they ever were. Boston Globe. WONDERFUL WEAPON OF WAR. Immense Possibilities in New Engine of Destruction, but Both Sides Are Involved. Mr. Francis Bowles, president of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company,. re cently chief constructor of the United States navy, relates a good story, showing the humorous side of the daily life of the head of a big ship building concern. A perfectly normal-looking man re cently called on Mr. Bowles at his of fice and explained at some length that he was an inventor possessing an in vention which would' revolutionize modern warfare. Thinking that the easiest way to be rid of his unwel come guest would be to hear him out, Mr. Bowles ordered the gentleman to be brief. The inventor then proceeded to outline this modern engine of war as a torpedo whose course and speed were to be arranged, directed, and controlled from the firing ship at a distance of several miles, so that said torpedo would navigate itself nicely Into the middle of an enemy's forma tion. On arrival at this point a key touched on the 'firing ship would de tonate the high-explosive contained in this new torpedo, causing a hole in the sea of 500 feet depth and propor tionate diameter. Into this "hole" the enemy's fleet was to drop accommodatingly. The closing of the .waters would form a wave of a hundred feet in height, which would swamp any opponent so fortunate as. to avoid being dropped "in the hole." The inventor did not mention the effect of said wave on the "home talent" anxiously awaiting the outcome on the firing ship. Upon the lack of a proper show of enthu siasm by Mr. Bowles the caller re garded him disapprovingly, but bright ened considerably as he was about to leave by offering the chief a. thirty-day option on his invention. Missing Islands. It is reported that the Nimrod, the stout little ship that carried Lieut Shackleton and his men to Antartica, has accepted a commission that will 'lengthen her homeward voyage by a few weeks. She is going to search for some missing islands. They are on the map, but whether they are actually in existence Is very doubtful A group bearing her own name the Nimrods was searched for in 1851 and could not be found. Another, the Emerald not our Hiberian sister has not been seen since 1841, when it was described as possessing "lofty, high peaked mountains." "Dougherty Isl and" has not been sighted for half a century. Possibly the convivial marin ers of a bygone generation, surveying the horizon through capacious tum blers, occasionally fancied they saw islands as well aa sea serpents. Sportive Prospects. "You have settled a liberal allow ance on your titled son-in-law?" "I have," answered Mr. Cumrox. "Do you think he can manage to keep out of debt?" "I dunno about that. One of us is bound to feel more or less pinched Which- it is will probably depend on whether I can persuade him to play Ipoker or he can induce me to try bac carat" A titerary Note. i Summer Boarder (just arrived from Boston) What are the six best sellers in this locality? ! Farmer Stubblegrass That depends Ion whether you want to store perta ters or cider In 'em. Puck. A, Primer of tlfe.. Only a dreamer asks Time1 and Tide to wait for him, whence might "head" them off, sell Time for money and make Tide turn a mill wheel. At lanta Constitution: The Facta as They Were. . "Your grandfather used to be my graadfather'n hired -man." "Yes, aud your grandfather died owing him a year's wages. Eh, what?" Cleve land Leader. , Feminine Finance. The girl who has the least chance of being trained. i the one whose fa ther takaa uaactioa to himself in not "bothering his womenfolk" with his worldly affairs. The Queen. A Question. Would It be permissible to refer to the bureau before which the modern Society lady dresses herself as a bu reau of fine arts? Morals and Manners. T have a respect for ourselves guide our morals, and to have a deference fer'others guides our man- ATE THE "DOCTORED" MELON. Cow's . Glimpse of HI ah Life . That Forever Qayoora Distate'fer Ordinary Things. . On the honeysuckle-wreathed porch in the pleasant twilight the farmer told to his city boarders stories, more or less true, of country life. "That cow Sukey of mine," he said, "won't touch watermelon unless it's champagne-soaked, New York' style. Think of that now!"- The boarders thought of it with a good deal 'of cynical laughter. "It came about like this," the farm er resumed. "I had a broker here last year who got very -sweeton a young lady boarder, the daughter of a divine. Hearing' the girl say she loved . watermelon, the broker 'se lected a splendid fruit himself .In at the township, brought it home, in Jected a full quart bottle of the -best champagne into it and put it in the icebox.for dinner. . "It seems the cook, when she sliced open the melon the Injection had left no scars smelt the liquor and thought the thing was spoilt So, saying noth ing,, she tossed it Into the swillbox In the garden. "There old Sukey-foundit. She was wiser than the cook; She soon finished it off, lock, stock and barrel.' , Then she staggered to a shady tree, lay down, -and snored like a' cheap motor car for seven or ..eight hours." The farmer removed a bit' of straw from his wiskers. "She woke up In a wretched tem per, but she won't look at an ordinary undoctored melon sfnee that day," he said. Buffalo Express. MESSINA'S ONE-LEGGED HERO Cripple Who Rose to Heights of Hero ism During the Disaster to -Italfah City. A young man, a cripple, with only one ' leg, clambering with a crutch, among the ruins, saved- scores of peo ple, says a writer in McClure'q,..giv ing an account of the Messina earth' quake. Untiringly he searched among the wreckage, he brought back to us everything.he could,find;.heitook. bits of chocolate, out of his mouth to put into the mouth, forever open, of cry ing children. A marvel in truth, was the forethought of this man. Where did he unearth a crate of apples? He hid them, -he defended them from .the violence of the greedy; and through the night he went among the huts, dis trlbuting quarters of apples to each one of us in his turn, with. calculating parsimony, with implacable justice. He explored t the ruined city -In .every direction, to find a way.' to. escape, to open a road for us We could see him hinging like a mountain goat over the edge of frightful .precipices. .At night he . never rested unless it were to make a pillow for himself for -those who did not know where to lay their heads, amid the mire, the blood and the ruin.. The name of this hero is Sava tore Stellario.. . . Macadam and Vegetables. With good roads you would1 not need to buy your vegetables in the country. In many parts of New -England small fruits and vegetables are bought from dealers who send to New York. New York gets them from New Jersey and Delaware and the south.' Your New York farmer does not raise vegetables in quantities because until recently roads' did not permit him 4o market such a perishable' product in quanti ties. This holds good of the very place where I live in New England. The same condition exists in 'the cow country and the grain country. Pota toes and onions your' Dakota farnfer can market in quantities. ''Therefore he raises them; but because bad roads cut him off from the market half the year he does not raise the more per ishable vegetables. Vegetables he buys from California at fancy prices another tax for bad roads. In fact, owing to bad roads there have been; seasons when New Yorkers were pay-" ing $la bushel for their potatoes and western farmers --were glad to sell them at 15 cents for -pig feed and starch. Collier's .Weekly. Photographing Sound.' Prof. Dayton C. Miller of -Cleveland,, O., says he has discovered a- means' .of- photographing -sound. He claims' by, the use.-of .his device it will be pos sible to distinguish on films the dif. ference between the' human voice and; the tones of a musical7 instrument The invention directly photographs the sound waver, magnifying them J 2,000 times, and recording them on films. . - In his invention Prof. Miller hasj -used, a harmonic. analyzer, an instru-4 ment made in Switzerland, which sep-.J arates sound waves into tneir compos sent parts Van Norden Magazine. Washing Pets.. Cats and dogs 'should be washed at least once a week, says a writer. Dc not keep the cats in a draft while the Juris drying. Any cat even the alley; ,breed,.is liable to suffer from, earache. Use warm water with a' good amount of borax.' Never rub soap on the fur; or hair; have it dissolved ready for? -use. Keep the little poodle dogs on' a blanket to dry. Cut the hair away, .from the eyes. This fringe that hangs over the eyes will cause-blindness. Magnetic. "I want a man with "some -experience as a public performer," ex plained the stout man. "I .think 111 do," said the applicant hopefully. "I'm the only man on our 'block who uses a lawn mower In the evening." Puck. , Emtio Going. "It is easy enough to hitch your, "wagon to a star," declared the theatri cal manager. "Say on." "How to ieep from being bounced out of the "wagon Is the question." Louisville Courier-Journal. A Foxy Suaaestion. "I wish yon would glre my clerks a 'talk on salesmanship," said- the retail dealer. "Better let '. watch aw .selling you a big- bill," suggested the traveling atan.-LouIsville ..Courier COAL Pocahontas Smokeless Illinois, Rock Springs and Colorado Coals v at prices that will interest you. Let us figure with you lor your winter's supply. T. B. Hord Bell 188 YOUR LAST CHANCE To the Carrott River District in Canada $12.50 for the Bound Trip from Omaha Monday, October 18 A. P. GROVES, Columbus, Neb. Low One Way Colonist Rates in effect every day from September 15, to October 15. inclusive. 1909, To Many Points in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho UNION PACIFIC "Tke 8afe Road to Travel" A farm in the Pacific Northwest yields big returns. Go while good land may be obtained at a moderate price. For literature and information relative to rates, routes, etc, call on or address: E. G. BROWN, Agent HE DISTURBED THE SCHEDULE Unfortunate Result of Man's Interfer ence in the Affairs of the Household. The Von Doe family has a clock that gains an hour In every 24. It comes pretty near to requiring an account ant and a card index for the Von Does to tell the exact time. First they must recall the last time the clock was set and then subtract from the time recorded one hour for every day since the clock had the same time as other clocks. When John Von Doe arose the other' morning he looked at his watch and' turned the clock back an hour, assuming a duty that usually had fall en -upon his wife. That afternoon he called up his wife to. tell her he would bring two friends home for dinner and to be sure to have the meal on time. When they arrived at six o'clock Mrs. Von Doe sat In her chair read ing a magazine and hadn't made a i fflapn Old Books Rebound In fact, for anything in the book binding line bring your "work to Journal Office Phone 100 Grain Co. Ind. 206 via.. move toward getting anything to eat. The conversation turned to the clock. "Do you know," said Mrs. Von Doe, "I thought it must be about as late as the clock said and I called up the tel ephone exchange a while ago. The girl said it was six o'clock, the same as the clock did, hut I didn't believe her because I hadn't set the clock back and I never knew it to be less than an hour fast Careful I The woman of the house where you're Invited to dinner may insist that she has nothing in the bouse "fit to eat," but we wouldn't advise you to criticise the heaviness of her bread or the soggiaess of her cake. Los An geles Express. Disadvantage. "Don't you realize that you are Inaaclally handicapped by bad roads?" "Of course we realize it," answered Fanaer CorntosseL "No automobllist travel fast enough to give us an far eeUectln' a fine." Binding i i f wJouraaL - z
