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-fgik'-i i V" ? 3- -$-' v-i---j.j-:- ,.-, , j-if- 'Jf .i''V'i'r,'-it Vy-J .'2 ' -r oInmbii5 f ourual. Columbtm. Nebr. Entered at the Postoffioe.Colsaibue.N.ibr ,ss ito&nd-cleGS mail nattar. inifB OF flCBSOBXTTIOK: Oaajaar, by mail, postage prepaid $U-0 Six mcmtha -75 Thr8 month 0 WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1808. 8TBOTHER & STOCKWELL, Proprietors. RENEWALS-The date opposite roar nims on f oar paper, or wrapper shove to what time yonr tabscription is paid. Thus Jan05 shows that payment has been received np to Jan. 1,1906, FebOS to Feb. 1, 1905 and so on. When payment I made, the date, which answers as a receipt, wtll be chanced accordingly. DlflCOSTlNUANCES-Hesponaibto snbscrib re will continue to receive this journal until the publishers are notified by letter to discontinue, when all arrearages mast be paid. If yon do not wish the Journal continued for another year af ter the time paid for has expired, you should previously notify us to dieconriBnw it CHANGE IN ADDRESS When ordering a change in the address, subscribers should be sure to give their old as well as their new address. Champ Clark continues tcTpredict that the democrats will have a "work ing majority" in the next house. The trouble is, however, that democratic majorities in congress, no matter how large, seldom can be made to "work" because they invariablytget busy fight ing with each other. Pittsburg Gazette-Times. . There are preachers who love noto riety and not unlike men of other call ings some will go to any extent to obtain it. The "affinity" cult cap tured some of them. 1 Then there is the socialist preacher and only a few weeks ago a Chicago divine gained a mo ment's notoriety by denying the divin ity of the, Bible and Christ. Kansas, home of freaks, comes forward with a preacher who has forsaken the pulpit and taken to street car driving, claim ing that a minister of the gospel can not live an honest life; that he dare cot preach the truth or he will con demn the lives of the most of his con gregation. The preacher, like other' brethren who have tried to get in the limelight by the advocacy of some fantastic notion, blinds himself to some of the teachings to which he was supposed to be exponent. Christianity teaches, if it teaches any one thing plainer than another, that man is human and full of errors and it is the part of the church to have charity and overlook his frailties and endeavor to lead him to better things. Lyons Sun. The comment reproduced from the State Journal yesterday, to the effect that while the bank guaranty law was in process of formation last year mem bers of its staff were given a confiden tial tip that the platform promise had to be fulfilled, but that something would be put into the law which the courts would be unable to swallow, recalls the statement made by a local banker during the campaign of 1908, to the effect that a large number of Omaha's bankers were against Sheldon because he had, prior to the republican convention of that year, favored the deposit guaranty propositionnd there was a quiet understanding that Gov ernor Shallenberger would really be opposed to the plan. The Grand Island banker referred to is still a resident of the city, and will no doubt recall the statement It is difficult to believe that there should be such an understanding and that Governor Shallenberger should be a party to it, but it will not be so difficult to believe if what the -State Journal intimates is true. Grand Island Independent. A. new idea in marriage laws is visi ble on the American horizon, and it is an indication of healthful common sense. In North and South Dakota and in Washington laws are already in force that no marriage license can be issued unless the contracting parties can produce a satisfactory physician's certificate. How the new laws will work remains, of course, to be seen. But one point is positive; the very necessity of having a physician's cer tificate is going to act as a deterrent to scores of marriages that should not be solemnized. Another advantage will be,, even if the new laws will not work out in a practical way, that the very mention of a physician's certificate in the case of marriages will call public . attention to the evil which made this step necessary, just as the liws of "2fo spitting allowed" called attention to the evil of tuberculosis back of the mandate. Every step taken to insure more common sense and a higher standard in the marriage relation is a distinct advantage to the common good. Too long have we been shamefully lax in our marriage laws; the time has come to protect the marriage altar from the profanation to which it has been so criminally subjected. We want to make it easily possible for our TOMg people to marry, but there is a distinction between "easily possible" and "dangerously easy." Edw. Bok. BURKETT AND FREE LUMBER. It becomes necessary to call in the Congressional Uecord to arbitrate the difference between Charles O. Whedon and Senator Burkett over the position of the latter on the lumber tariff. The senator explained recently in a speech in Lincoln that he favored free lumber and "had supported it in the senate. Mr. Whedon thereupon pointed out Mr. Burkett's vote against a free lum ber amendment and wanted to know what kind of support free lumber received from ,that position. Mr. Burkett's answer is that it was a "bun come amendment," so much so in fact that it could command the support of not a single republican insurgent On May 24, 1909, Mr. Johnston of Ala bama offered the following substitute: Nothing contained in this act shall prevent the admission free of duty of the following articles: Lumber of all kinds, laths, shingles, doors and door locks and hinges, window frames, win dow sashes, bricks, lime, cement, slate roofing, nails, carpenter's tools, com mon window glass not exceeding 16x24 inches, tin plate for roofs, lin seed oil and white lead. On this omnibus amendment thir teen democrats voted aye. The num ber of noes was sixty-four, with four teen senators, mostly democrats, not voting. It is necessary to rule, on this evidence and the further fact that Senator Burkett on the day this amendment was voted down made a leng speech on the floor of the senate advocating free lumber, that Mr. Whedon's point is not well taken. If he has any further evidence on this or any other point in the senator's record it will be submitted to the intelligent people of Nebraska who are after all the final judges in this interesting debate. Lincoln Journal. LESSON IN MISSIONARY WORK. Elsie Sigel, granddaughter of the famous civil war general, voluntarily entered the field of settlement work among the Chinese of New York City. She was a missionary among the heathen Chinese in the thickly popu lated section of foreign New York City. She was found murdered, her mutilated bod being packed in an old steamer trunk. The man or men to whom she had brought the message of the gospel turned upon her and killed her. It 13 almost incomprehensible that the girl should have fallen in love with her Celestial convert, and yet there are the incriminating letters said to have been written by her. If this element of romance was an actual fact, then jealousy or revenge must have been an element Certainly there was treachery somewhere, and a "convert ed" Chinaman murdered the young girl missionary. Here is a lesson in missionary work, and the question arises, does it pay to sacrifice lives and treasure in an attempt to compel the followers of religions older than ours to accept Christianity? Will somebody answer this question? Cleveland Press. SEEING AN ACQUAINTANCE HANGED. Ever see a man hanged that you knew? It's a queer sensation; differ ent from anything else in the world. I witnessed the hanging of a man the other day with whom I had become acquainted while reporting his trial for the New Orleans Times-Democrat. I was assigned to write up the hanging; it was not idle curiosity that took me there. Avery Blount was the man hanged. His trial in April in Amite City, La., was written up in The Globe at the time. Amite is the seat of Tangipahoa parish, which has become noted for its murders and assassinations. Previous to the Blount case, there had been seventeen or eighteen killings within a year, and no one was ever punished. "Bloody Tangipahoa," it is called all over the South. Blount was indict ed for killing a man, his wife and an other woman, in a lonely road one night During the trial the. court house, and jail, and prisoner, were guarded by state troops. Soldiers were also there at the time of the hanging. The Blount case is one of the most noted ones of recent years. Blount was hanged last Friday; Friday is "Hangman's day" in the South. Blount was a man with won derful nerve. He maintained his in nocence from the time he was arrested, and he died declaring he was not guil ty. The hanging took place in the top of the parish jail, a permanent gal lows having been built. Blount was the first white man that has ever been legally executed in Tangipahoa, which parish has been the scene of more crime than any other parish or county in the South. The quarters were small, and there were about twenty-five men to witness the death penalty inflicted. When Blount came up the stairs, his step was firm and determined. He looked each man in tb.e eye. He was not pale; neither did he look frighten-, ed. Half an hour before he.had pro fessed religion. He had nothing to say. "While the sheriff read the death warrant, Blount stood on the trap door. He was the most composed man in the crowd. There wasn't a tremble of his hands or legs. He gave me a glance of recog nition. I was more scared than he, and the sheriff's hands could hardly hold the death warrant I had talked with Blount frequently during the two weeks of the trial. Every week or so during the summer, I had visited him in the parish prison in New Orleans, where he was for safe keeping: He was always sending for me, his idea being to get stories printed attacking the character of those who testified against him. How does a man feel who has been sentenced to death? I often ask my self that question, and wondered every time I visited Blount He was always full of hope. It is human nature to cling to hope, no matter what the law has said. Blount did, and all others do, even until the last moment If it hadn't been for whisky, Avery Blount would haye escaped the trouble which cost him his life, at the end of nine feet of rope. Because the sheriff was nervous, and had trouble in adjusting the noose, there was a delay. Blount stood on the trap ten minutes. Condemned men almost invariably have a certain look; a certain paleness that suggests fear, agony, dread and misery. Not so with Avery Blount His complex ion was pink as the day he was arrest ed; the day after the killing. I don't understand how men can walk to the gallows. I studied the man. He almost seemed defiant l occurred to me once that possibly after all, although the noose was being put around his neck, he would yet cheat the gallows. Many other thoughts flashed through my brain. I could not help wondering how he felt; how he could so CDolly stand on the gallows. He was not more than 3 feet from me. And I kept think ing: "He is a strong, healthy man; in a moment he will be dead." Blount evidently was thinking about other things. After the rope had been put around his neck, Avery kneeled to the floor of the trap to pray. The sheriff asked him to pray out loud. He said he couldn't. A deputy prayed for him. Then he stood erect His hands were handcuffed behind him, and his feet schackled. The black cap was put on. Still he did not scream or yell. He stood there as composed as ever. Everything was ready. The sheriff stepped back to pull the lever. It seemed an age before the fatal click was heard. When the trap doors fly out from under a man, the body seems to re main there the fraction of a second. Of course it does'nt, but it looks that way. Then the body drops; it seems almost to shoot, or fly. Blount's body did not move a muscle. It was as clean a job as is possible. The only delay was the ten minutes with the man on the trap. That suspense was terrible; terrible for all but Blount, who cried when he bid his relatives goodbye, but there were no tears in hi3 eyes at the last If he had broken down, I don't know what I would have done. I think I would have cried, too, and begged for him. He was as cool as though we were all tak ing part in an amateur play, as though Blount's part were no more danger ous than the parts played by the offi cers, witnesses and reporters. And when he fell, it was sickening. I felt as though the rest of us had fooled Blount; that he had met death when he no more expected it than the rest of us did. Atchison Globe. Cardboard Takes Qualities of Metal. An eighth-inch disk of cardboard re volved on the shaft of an electric mo tor of highest speed gets stiff, owing to the rotary tension, which makes it behave like metal, and it can no long-' er be bent If struck with a hammer a sound emits like that from bronze. It easily saws a cigar box in two, similarly as a disk of soft iron, when rapidly rotated, cuts through heavy armor plate. Centrifugal force does many other strange things. Among others, when a small chain is looped around a high-speed rotary drum the chain can be shoved -off the drum to the ground, where it bounces up and when struck acts like a ring of solid metal. France's New Glory. In this conquest of the air France has earned a glory of which nothing can deprive her. After all the foolish talk about French decadence it is re freshing to see the aspiring germs of France soaring triumphant into un traveled heights. Only America con tests her supremacy in a domain which she has made her own. France may be proud of what is happening at Betheny. The spectacle is one full of reproach to ourselves, but we do not grudge France her glory. We re juice in her renaissance. She has re sumed her role as a pioneer of hu inanity. London Chronicle. Favors High-Neck Gowns. The duchess of Fife, better known as the princess royal, who is a daugh ter of King Edward, has started an earnest campaign for high-neck eve ning dresses. The duchess has been appearing 4n court and at the opera in gowns unusually high, and her ex ample is being followed by many won en in London, Including Americans, WHEN GRANT WIS A COLONEL Missouri Impression of Shelbina, Mo. "Say; do you know I lost the opportunity of a lifetime?" said a frosty haired citizen of this town to a group of the oldest inhabi tants sitting on the benches in the railroad park. "I might have had chain and tables and pipes and things worth hundreds, thousands, of dollars by now. "When the bushwhackers began raising Hades up and down the ,old Hannibal and St Joe until nobody wanted to travel the government sent a rather short, stout man up here to look after things. He only had a handful of men and was so quiet and easy going that nobody thought he amounted to shucks. "We never took much stock in him till we began to notice that he would not let his soldiers rob our hen houses and take our horses. If any of the men took anything all we had to do was to make a roar to the quiet, stolid looking fellow and he'd say a few short words to somebody and we'd get it back with an apology. That quiet fel low, who generally wore a cigar in his mouth, was a St Louis wood seller, Col. U. S. Grant by name." "What's that got to do with gilding your furniture?" asked a listener. "Ob, I forgot When we found he was a pretty decent sort of a Yankee and wasn't out here to raid us my wife told me to invite him over to supper one night, and he' V come too if I had asked him. Wish I had now. Think of the value as relics he'd have given to my furniture? "Let me tell you," the narrator went on, "that man Grant soon had more friends in those parts than anybody. Of course we were all for the Johnnie Bebs, but we respected the square fellows on the other side. Grant knew which way. our feelings were, and he never talked politics or got into any controversies. He and his men pro tected the railroad at the big bridge, and made the bushwhackers afraid to light there. That's all the duty he had here then. "Lots of our people went out to his camp on the river and became ac quainted with him. He talked to them about fishing and hunting and woodcraft and the thousand and one homely little occupations that lie near est the countrymen's life; but I noticed that he would a good deal rather listen than talk. He seemed to be gifted that way, and he would remember everything you told him that was worth remembering. "On each side of us were Union com manders who at that time were talked about considerably as being fierce and warlike. One was in charge of a large force at Palmyra and the other in charge of the department of Northern Missouri at Macon. Some time during the war each of these commanders ordered military executions of ten men in their respective jurisdictions. I'll bet under the same circumstances Grant wouldn't have done anything like that "Here within the length of sixty miles three men were making history in their own peculiar way, two of them by a rigorous enforcement of the mili tary law, and the other by quiet, un ostentatious attention to duty. Of the St Pierre Still Desolate. "There is absolutely no. truth in the report printed recently in a number of American newspapers that St Pierre, Martinique, is being rebuilt" said Chester. W. Martin of the American consular service, stationed at Bridge town, Barbados, to the Washington Herald. "I visited St Pierre 'not long ago.' said Mr. Martin, "and the only houses that I saw there were two houses which were put up by the French gov ernment and are used by the gen darmes. The French government has cleared up and excavated the scene of desolation and laid bare the streets; but there is no intention of rebuilding so far as I am aware." British Swindlers in China. The British endeavor to secure mod ifications of the loan regulations to conform to the Kowloon terms, claim ing that these are best to insure an honest administration of the railway's finances, has been given a rude shock by the arrest of the British chief ac countant of the Kowloon railway at Canton, charged with heavy embezzle ment The Chinese are therefore not impressed with the claimed superior ity of the Kowloon terms, and they refuse to consider any change in the Tang-tse regulation. (Mijroiina ecmes. A code of "playground ethics' has ben promulgated by George E. Rose, an educator in Rosedale: "Never fight; never run; never get licked." If a fellow swats you on one cheek, swat him on the other also. Do it cheerfully, good-naturedly, without malice or anger. Anger is the divid ing line between play and hostility. Keep on the manly side of this line. The hardest knocks on that side are nothing, as every hero of the gridiron will attest Mere looks or words on .the other side cat like a knife. Kan- L sas City Star. a Owlet, Short, Stout Man three the quiet man is the only.oce whose aaaae ever got into the histories. "When Col., Grant first came to these parts most of the southern men hiked out Grant beard of that, and he sent couriers out after them, telling them to come back-home and extend ing a cordial invitation to come to his camp and get acquainted. Those who accepted the invitation were astonished at the plain soldier's hospitality and evident good will. "He talked to them in his easy, bus inesslike way, explained the difference between a soldier and a marauder, and said that when his men required feed for their horses or provisions for them selves orders would be issued and the government would pay for the sup plies. He said the fact that we were southern sympathizers wouldn't make any difference so long as we didn't come at him with guns. "We all thought it was a pity that such a man should be a Yankee, and a citizen asked nin one day how he could fight to free the 'niggers,' being in all other respects so much of a gen tleman. I never heard Col. Grant's answer, but several people about here did, and they quote him this way: "'This war is not to free the nig gers; if I thought it was I'd take my men and join the south.' "You may be sure that didn't lessen his popularity any in this neck of the woods. We considered Col. Grant a pretty good rebel from that time on, and looked with confidence to his lin ing up alongside of Bob Lee before the war was over. Well, he did line up alongside of Lee, but not the way we hoped that he would. "It was while Col. Grant was mak ing his headquarters hereabout that he was ordered to hunt up and attack Col. Tom Harris and his confederate soldiers, who were becoming somewhat audacious. Harris was then much belter known than Grant He had been engaged in a number of lively skirmishes and was said to be a hard and swift-fighter. "Grant knew all this, and I notice in reading some' sketches about him since the war that he was just a bit uneasy about the outcome of the ex pected encounter. Nevertheless he led his men bravely enough in the direc tion of Harris' camp. The union forces halted before ascending the hill, while muskets and ammunition was examined, bayonets fixed and prayers said by the devout Then the order came to march, the big hill was sur- 1 mounted, revealing a naked plain and a hastily abandoned camp. Harris and his warriors had skedaddled. "'I'll admit I was suffering from stage fright when we went up that hill,' said Col. Grant, 'but it never occurred to me till then that Harris might be bothered with the same disease.' "That gave rise to Grant's oft quot ed expression that when going into battle I try to remember that the enemy might be as much afraid of me as I am of him.' "After Col. Grant left here I read of many mean things said about him by his enemies, but I didn't take much stock in 'em. He never said mean things about other people, and that kind of a man doesn't need any de fending." A Black Record. There goes a man of low life and lark deeds." "Mercy on us! What does he do?" "Cleans cellars and shovels in coal" Baltimore American. ARTICLES OF-INCORPORATION OF PLATTE LONG DISTANCE COMPANY. The Basra of the corporation shall be "Platte Long Distance Company." Theprincioal place of trail rtin it ita business shall Colnmbns. coantr of Platte and state of Ne- CUBK ua nnsiness snail De breaks, ThM natare of the bnsinesa to be transacted shall be to construct, operate and maintain tele phone poles, wires or other electric conduits, as It may deem beat for the transmission of messa ges, sounds, signals, heat, light or power, the generating ana producing of electric current, the transmitting and selling of electric current. To bay or sell patents, appliances, materials, apparataa, machinery and supplies of all kinds, to acquire, hold and sell public or other fran chises and contracts. To install electric wires and appliances for any purpose To buy, hold, construct or acquire, or to rent or lease such real estate and buildings as may be necessary for the conducting of the business, and to enter into any and all contracts for the purchase, sale and furnishing of heat, light, power, or for the transmission of messages, sounds or signals, and to connect the lines or plants of this com pany with the lines of plants of such other comnanr or companies aa it may desire. To borrow money for the use of the said corpora tion in the acquisition of or conduct of any of its business and to secure the payment of such money by tie execution of mortgages upon the property, real or personal, of the corporation The capital stock of this corporation shall be tUOJOMJSS, divided into shares of S100.00 each. StOJOODM preferred and $70,000.00 common. All of said stock to be paid up and non assessable when Issnnil Said stock shall be issued at each times as the board of directors may proride. and may be paid for in either money, property, ser vices or otberjhings of Talne and shall be trans ferrable only on the books of the corporation. The cancers of this corporation shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary and a Xreassrer, any wo ot which wu hmtt wi u held by the same person. There shall be a board of not leas than three (3) Directors who shall be elected from and by the stockholders at the meetings. Until the irst annual meet ing, the officers of this corporation shall be as follows: President, Samuel B. Gregg; Vice President. Andrew Anderson; Secretary and Treasurer. Louis Lightaer. The highest amount of indebtedness shall not at any one time exceed one half of the paid up capital stock of the company. The STiitrmnn of this corporation shall com mence on the 23rd day of Jane, 1900, and coa tmae for the period of SB years. In witness whereof we hare hereuntoset our hands and ssato this Had day of Jane. 1S. na sInmxB.OBsoo. ASDBXW ASDEBSOJC. Louis Lhjhtsxb. s-fJBlk. Overland Cars Spend more time in active service every day than any kind of cars in existence. This is partly due to their immunity from motor troubles. But it is also due to the fact that anybody in the family can safely drive the Overland it quickly becomes an all around convenience for the whole household. i The Overland owner and his family do more motoring daily and for a longer service period than any others. The Overland goes farther at less expense than other motor cars. It is less severe on tires, less wasteful of power. The old bugaboo of maintenance cost has no place with the Overland. It achieves economy and real motor ability and motor style in one. Columbus Automobile 60. Eleventh Street COAL Pocahontas Smokeless Illinois. Rock Spring's and Colorado Coals at prices that will interest you. Let us figure with you tor your winter's supply. T. B. fiord Bell 188 COLUMBUS MEAT MARKET 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. iwni PACIFIC THE TllLE WIST No. II... . No. IS...., No.1 No. 9 No. 7 ..... No. 15 No. 3 No. 5 .... . No. 50 No. 63 No. 19 Bomra. ... 3:49 am ,.. .1131 am ... 9:10 am ...111 am ... 3:10 pm ... 6:23 pm ... 635pm ... 2:15 am ... 70 am ... 3:00 pm ... 8:45 pm CAST BOUITD. No. 4 628 am No. 12 10 am No. la 1:00 d 130 pm No. 6 4 JO am No. 18 2:t6pm No. 10 3:06 pm No. 8 6:1ft pm No. 2 91 pm No. 60 405 pm No.SC 5:00 am No. 20 702 am Hoarouc No.77mxd..d 7:20 am No. 29 pas ..d 7.O0pm No. 30 pas ..a 100 pm No. 78 mxd.. a 040 pm SPALDI5Q ALBION. No. 79 mzd..d 8.-00 am No. 11 pas ..d 130 pm No. 32 pas ..al230pm No. 88 mxd..a 7:00 pm Daily except Bandar. HOTS: Woe. 1, 8, 7 and 8 are extra (ara trains. Noa. 4. 5, 13 and 14 are local passengers. Noa. 58 and 50 are local freights. Noa. 9 and IS are mail trains only. No. 14 dae in Oman 4:46 p.m. No.SdMLa0makai4Sp.ai. L Magazine Binding Bmaal mass! I Old Books I I Rebound I SBbbbI Bmaal I In fact, for anything in the book I I binding line bring your work to I I 6fte I I Journal Office I I Phone 160 I afQKau4 I k capacity: 24 hours a day Columbus, Nebraska Grain Co. Ind. 206 HOT WATER KEAtlN is Ftr the Farm Rome All the comforts of town life can now be had on the farm. Heat the house with hot water, and get the maximum amount of comfort at a minimum cost The day of the base burner in the country home is rapid ly passing. WHY NOT HAVE THE BEST The time to install a heating' plant is from now on. Once installed, they last a life time. Come in and let ns tell you about it, or drop us a card stating what yon want. 1. IISSELL & SOU Plumbing; and Hot Water Heating COLUMBUS. NEB. Mima an excellent D6sition. galarr or commission for Colnmbas and vi cinity. State age, former occupation nad give reference. Address LOCK BOX 438, Lincoln, Neb. WANTEBL . . I The right party can A i N r i- yr '.' T i 1 -J- gj)-BjiillSi' X71 -i ."-SI si "'l t-r-