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-..- GolumttuBB Motor. Consolidated with the Columbus Times April 1. 19Mrwith the Pltte County Argus January 1, iww. Filtered at the Poatoffice.Colambas.Nebr..aa .oondlaae mail matter. tbbbu orsuBsoBtrzioii: One year, by mail. poMaa pmid tLM jjix mUs... " Three moatka .. .-............ WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2C. 1910. 8TBOTHEB & STOCKWELL. Proprietors. BkNEWALS The date opposite y oar Base on yosr paper, or wrapper shows to what time your subscription U paid. Thus JanOB shows that payment has been reoeiTed up to Jan. 1,1905. Peb06 to Feb. 1,1806 and so on. When payment Is made, the date, which answers aa a reowpi, wUlbeehaacedMoordincIy. DiflCX)NTINUANCE8-KeBponBlble enbscrlb. ers will continue to receiTe this Journal nntil the publishers are notified by letter to discontinue, when all arrearages mast be paid. It you do not wish the Journal continued for another year af ter the time paid for has expired, you should preTioasly notify us to discontinue it CHANGE IN ADDBE88-When ordering change in the address, sobscribere should be sure to giTe their old as well as their new address. Jim Dahlman has filed his name as a democratic, candidate for governor, but it isn't always the early bird that gets the worm. What has become of that eminent reformer, Senator King. If he attend ed the hater's convention he was con spicuous as a silent delegate. Genoa was the first town in the state to organize a Burkett club. Nearly every business man in the town some of them democrats are members of the club. Burkett clubs are being organized throughout the state and a strong campaign will commence at once to secure the election of meu to the leg islature favorable to the re-election of Senator Burkett The politicians who boss the Anti Saloon League announce that they will not ask the party conventions to endorse county option, but will wait until nominations for the legislature are .made and then demand that the candidates pledge themselves to sup port a ounty option measure, if they desire the support of the league. The fact that the next legislature will elect a U. S. senator is not taken into con aideration by the leagueites. Repub licans who desire to see Burkett or some other able champion of the prin ciples of their party elected senator will not be caught by the confidence game framed up by the league schemers. WHY THIS DIFFERENCE? Gifford Pinchot is a rich man, and not a very useful one, yet he is very popular with the people. William Randolph Hearst is a very rich man, and not a particularly useful one. Yet he "stands in" with the people, and they seem to worship him. The peo ple tax themselves cheerfully to make him richer, and march in torchlight processions to make him more famous. Why do not the people hate these men, as they hate other plutocrats? Is it because Hearst and Pinchot accused other men of being Thieves, Bribe Takers and Disgraced Whelps gener ally? Is it possible that we the people are so debased that we accept scandal as Patriotism? Some of these days, it will appear that We, the People, have our faults, and that someone should start a maga zine to throw them up to us occasion ally, for our own good. Atchison Globe. PATRIOTISM RUN MAD. You may wonder why Germany worries Great Britain. Here are a few reasons: Every male German, no matter what his social status, is com pelled to serve two years in the army, except that the term may be shortened to one year in the case of university students who are able to pay for their own equipment and sustenance. At the end of this term of active service, the German soldier is placed on the reserve lists, and there he remains for five years, with a few weeks of active training every summer. Then he en ters the landwehr, and remains sub ject to call for a further period of twelve years. After that, until he is 45, he belongs to the landstrum, or last line of defense. The number of ' men-actuallyunderarms the standing army-in Germany is 620,000, and to these, incase of war, could be called 1,500,000 reservists young men just out of service, and still trained an nually. Back of these is the land wehr, the second reserves, with another million and a half, which gives -an army of 3,500,000 trained troops with out touching the last line. Arms and ammunition are constantly kept in .readiness for that number. Every surgeon or physician in the country is subject to call. The' Germans are the ever ready in this war game. Drake Watson. A GRAND FIZZLE The- much advertised state meeting of the. Taft and Burkett haters held at Line )ln on the 20th was a firde. Out side of Lancaster county less than a score, of representatives were present, and instead of denouncing Taft, the president was praised and compli me nted by some of the speakers. But in Barkett's case it. was different The speakers denounced the senator in unmeasured terms. The great crime charged against Burkett was that he voted for a tariff bill which the repub lican congress approves and a repub lican president signed. Although the meeting was a failure as to the object sought, yet prelimi nary steps were taken to organize a new party for the purpose of making an anti-Burkett campaign. "Any thing to beat Burkett!" appears to be the campaign cry of the new party, even to the extent of assisting in the election of a democrat to succeed him. One of the surprises of the stunt was the failure of the little band of Bur kett haters and Taft defamers to send a delegation to the meeting. The jeweled crown wearers of Lincoln had been led to believe that Platte county republicans were almost unanimous in their hostility to Taft and Burkett, and the absence of a delegation of sore heads from this locality was a dis appointment. SENATOR E. J. BURKETT. The meeting of so-called republican "insurgents" in Lincoln Monday sought to develop opposition to Sena tor R J. Burkett This in the face of the fact that Elmer J. Burkett, a Lincoln boy grown to manhood in their midst, but five years ago was regu larly commissioned by the people of Nebraska to represent them in the senate of the United States. He had ably and faithfully represented his county in the legislature of the state, his congressional district in the house of representatives for six years, and his elevation to the senate was both a recognition of his unswerving fidelity, and an expression of high confidence in his integrity and judgment. It may truthfully be said that Sena tor Burkett is the first senator from Nebraska to hold a commission direct from the people. He was voted for at the primaries, nominated in stato con vention, and his candidacy was over whelmingly endorsed by the people in voting for legislative candidates who later elected him unanimously United States senator. The people endorsed the candidacy of Senator Burkett be cause he was a progi sive republican and they knew from experience that he couldbe trusted to earnestly endeavor to carry their views on public ques tions into legislative effect fn passing from the louse to the senate, Mr. Burkett took with him an experience in legislative affairs, and an understanding of the people's needs, which afforded at once intelligent guidance in his attitude on all public questions. Senator Burkett throughout his public career has been an aggressive champion of the people's rights. He has squarely and courageously faced every important question that has arisen during his congressional incum bency, and has dealt with problems affecting the general welfare with such intelligence and fortitude as to even challenge the admiration of his oppon ents. His position on every important issue has resolutely evidenced that his one and uppermost thought is to con serve and promote the best interests of the people of this state. Senator Burkett stood squarely with Roosevelt in the correction of wrongs and in the promotion of reforms, and he is just as ardently augmenting the efforts of President Taft in spreading the arm of regulatory legislation around corporate privileges. He rec ognizes the essentiality of corporations in meeting the great commercial de mands of this country, but he believes that capital under all circumstances and conditions occupies a position of servitude, and as such should by legis lation be required to respond to all just demands of the people. He holds that capital is the servant, and the people its lawful master, and that the interests of both are best conserved by legislation which will afford the widest latitude to commercial effort while yet fully preserving this essential rela tionship. Senator Burkett is rounding out his first term as senator. He is closing twelve years of faithful service as a national legislator. If he shall again be a candidate for the senate, surely he may safely predicate his appeal to the people on a record which for zeal, fidelity, honesty and well directed effort stands without an equal in the political annals of Nebraska.. The action of a small band of Lin coln "insurgents" can certainly not blind the people of Lincoln or of the state of Nebraska to the long and hon orable service-rendered by this young man who commands important recog nition already at the nation s capitol, who has achieved 'much needed legis lation for the citizens of the state in the past, and is fully equipped to do valiant service for the progressive ideas of. his party in the future. Beatrice "Express. THE NORTHERN LIGHTS. The American association for the advancement of science is told by Dr. W. L. Dudley of Vanderbilt univer sity that he has discovered the cause of that mighty .and mysterious force which routs the darkness of the contin uous Arctic night, the aurora borealis It is neon, a newly discovered gas. At the poles it is subjected to the vast pressure of extreme cold and is flashed into light by the action of electric currents. Even to the lay mind, that appears entirely plausible. This explanation if it be one has long eluded us. Since the time when superstitious, primitive man stood awe struck, the human mind has speculated upon this gorgous display of colon in the northern heavens. Most of us can recall that in our childhood we were told that it was the reflection of the midnight sun upon the eternal ice bergs. That was an explanation full of poetry and romance. That the reflection, however, would carry 3,000 miles seemed, even to the immature judgment, improbable. More modern theories, that the aurora'was caused by the passage of electric currents through the upper air strata, had to satisfy us until now, when we are given Dr. Dudley's hypothesis. Whatever the cause, nature is aston ishingly lavish in these northern lights. Best to appreciate them, one must be camped by some silent lake or the rapids of some northern river, far up in the Canadian wilderness. One must be sleeping upon a bed of balsam bough, wrapped in the cathedral quiet of the northern night, broken only by the maniacal laugh of some wandering loon. One must have left the warmth and cheer of the camp fire and the company of the Jirilliant northern stars. Then the zenith flames in pur ple, orange, violet, green, crimson, and through the canvas walls of the tent there comes an illumination as daz zling as the searchlight of a battle ship. Streamers, filmy curtains of light, are flung across the northern heavens and roll backward and for ward, all centering in the vast canopy above. The wilderness, thejocks, the gaunt pines, the ridges and ravines are lighted as by the noonday sun, but it is a yellow and greenish light that brings unreality and ghastliness. It is small marvel that primitive man fell upon his knees and prayed to a God whose name he did not know and felt only his presence and his might The "friction of neon against mer cury" appears a very prosaic sort of a process for a phenomenon so impress ive. But no doubt Dr. Dudley is right Detroit Journal. DIXIE. The Grand Army men who cannot restrain the rapid beating of their pulses when they hear the strains of "Dixie" may convince themselves that they are not unpatriotic by reading the report of the chief of the musical division of the congressional library. He finds that "Dixie" now leads all of the American songs in "patriotic pop ularity." That means that it is now a national and not a sectional air. Its greatest vogue is yet in the south, but any prejudice that may exist against it in the north is fast passing away. "Dixie" was written just before the war by D. D. Emmett and was first performed by a minstrel company in New York. It was appropriated by the south at once and became a great confederate battle song. Since the war it has won its way slowly but surely in the north and its almost uni versal acceptance now is a sign that this is a reunited country. One reason for the acceptance of a once hated song is found in the paucity of music expressing the spirit of the American people. "America" is borrowed from the Germans, through the English. "The Star Spangled Banner" is an inspiring air, but can be used with effect only by good military bands. "Yankee Doodle" is musical and ver bal doggerel. A nation that needs music to express its feelings so keenly that it almost makes "Hot Time" a national air can afford to unite on "Dixie" and be thankful for the joy ous and uplifting quality of its melody. As the people of this country have about given up the attempt to sing, the lack of dignity in the words can readily be excused. Lincoln Journal. The Little Thing Counted. The I'astor (dining with the family) Ah. yes, Hrother Smithers. it is the lit tle things of this life that count! Lit tie Willie (in a loud whisper) Maw, that's the sixth' hiscuit he's took. Ex change. Emotionaf. "What sort of rote docs Rounder take In the new drama?' "An emotional one.- In the big scene be Is offered a drink' which be has to refuse." . .' Labor bestowed on trifles Is' silly. Martial. AS TAFT SEES IT Washington dispatch: It is no longer a secret that President Taft and his advisors have become- somewhat vexed at the prevailing character of criticism that is sweeping the country, in and ont of the republican party, criticism that is aimed against the co operation the president is trying to es tablish between himself and the lead ers of theparty in the twp houses of congress, and which must be establish ed if-there is to be any forward step during the session that .is now under way. This criticism, as the president and his friends see it, loses sight of all the fundamentals in the existing state of affairs. It is not a question of 'whether the presidentlikes Senator Aldrich, Speak er Canaon, and their associates in con gress, or whether they like him, or ap prove his policies. -He might enter tain for all of them a profound dislike, personally and officially, . and yet, if the present session of congress is to do anything to give the country the legis lation it is demanding, he must work with these men and they must work with him. Failure to do this would bring the present session of congress to an in glorious end on the eve of apolitical campaign, the party pledges unfulfill ed, the p sident more or less discred ited with the people, and would pave the way for the election of a democ ratic house in November. The democrats could ask for noth ing better than that the president list en to the advice of may of his well meaning friends all over the country, and bring on a breach himself with the congress leaders. Such a course would result in legislative stagnation during the remainder of the sixty nrst congress, continue the same thoroughout the sixty-second congress under the beneficent management of a democratic house, and bring the Taft administration to a close on March 4, 1913, with the record of nothing done. The foregoing are the plain facts and the president is anxious to ha,ve all his friends in the country under stand them. As he sees the case, a break between him and the leaders of either house of congress, no matter how much people seem to think they would be pleased to see it brought about could only result in party dis aster. And so he has made up his mind to disregard the criticisms here referred to and work with those leaders in the most cordial sort of way, to the end that the present session of .congress may have to its credit legislation that will appeal to the country by showing a real intent on the part of the repub licans to carry out their platform pledges. President Taft realizes that he came into that high office at a time when the difficulties surrounding it were very great. Some of this difficulty has been caused by his political ene mies, much of it by men within the re publican party. Many in this latter class sincerely wish him well, and would be glad to help in any way pos sible; but other of them are under the influence of the so-called ultra-insurgents of the house and senate, and, therefore, hardly in a position to do him justice, even if disposed to do so. To all these critics the president has one reply that they are demanding that he do something which he has no power to do except by associat ing with the republican party and the men who lead it in the house and senate. The general feeling of these administration critics, as the president sees it, is that he should enact laws without any party and reach affirmative results by the united power of his good right hand. The president believes that the ab-1 Military Rats. An old military dictionary tells us that rats were sometimes used in war for the purpose of firing powder maga zines by means of lighted matches tied to their tails. We cannot offhand re call any historical instance of this, but presumably It did occur, seeing that Marshal Vanbati laid down special rules for counteracting it. Anyhow, the dodge is as old as Samson, who. yon may recall, used foxes in a similar way for a somewhat similar purpose. As to the royal rat catcher, we may add that he bad a special official livery. According to Pennant's "British Zool ogy." it consisted of a scarlet costume, embroidered with yellow worsted, in which, were figures of mice destroying wheat sheaves. By the way. rats were not the only animals honored with a special catcher. Leicester, for instance, used to pay a yearly salary of.JEl lis; GO. to its municipal mole .catcher. London Standard. Of Vital Importance. Mrs. Benham The doctor .says that mother won't live until morning. Ben ham Does he promise that or merely predict it? New York Press.. . He Knew. Young-Woman (adorInglyIt must' be .awfully nice to-be wise and ..know, oh, everything!- Yale Senior-it is: Yale Co'urant . surdity of this view will ultimately be recognized by the people, although there is a possibility that this will not happen until after the republican party has been defeated two or .three times. It is, of coarse, obvious that all the president can do is to do the best he can to make the government as good as he can and to secure as much legis lation as he can in the-right direction. It should also be obvious that, in doing J these things, he must use those in struments which are indispensable to the passage of. laws. This statement is elementary, and the president .ails to understand why his friends do.kotidl understand' it The .truth is and he. and hisad visers'h'ave. beerrquicfc to realize it that the Tfcited States' is now passing through a period of supreme hypocrisy in which the man who makes the.loud est protestations of.hatred of monopoly and political -corruption and bossism. has a great advantage. The person is at a disadvantage upon whom fklls-the necessity for affirmative action,, and the enactment of beneficial legislation. The i rresponsi bl.e ones are free to formulate their ideals,- and make mouths before the public, in .fa vor of them and then blame others for not coming up to these ideals in prac tice. This has frequently been the case in America politics, and President Taft realizes his fate is not different from that of men who have been pre sident before-.hiin. But he is anxious that these people who are sincerely desirous of his suc cess, and that of the party whose leader he is, should remember that he is laboring entirely to do something, that his the full measure of respon sibilty to the country; that he person ally has a good deal more at stake in seeing something- done than anybody else. He is not aud cannot be in sym pathy with the idea that he is to stop all the activities here referred to and make enemies of congress leaders, and of all those who in the present con gress have the power to bring about the reforms which he has adverted. As to his own political future he is supremely indifferent. He feels that, he can well afford to get along with one term as president, if he can point back to things done, and not to a record of noise and fury, and hypocritical de magogy. The future concerns him not in the least. He is busy with the present and is willing that the future should take care of itself. He does want the approval of his countrymen, and this he feels sure he is to receive if not now, then at some future time. When in the light of his historical perspective his administra tion is judged by its true relation to the real issues the present day. As to all these issues he feels certain that his attitude is correct. The trouble with people who look at the president and try to pass judg ment upon him from the outside, is that they do not take into considera tion the responsibility they would have if they were in his place trying to do something, and were looking about to find out how. In other words, as the president tells his visitors these days, if his critics were to get down to 'brass tacks" and talk about practical steps to be taken, and just how this was to be done, they would stop condemning everything, and no longer find as much satisfac tion in the gloom they think prevails in political affairs. And while doing, this, it is the belief of the president that they would reach a state of mind that would give their views on public affairs a real permanent view. So much by way of comment' on the pres ent situation that represents the pres ident's views. arfy Earrings. The earring "is not a modern Inven tion, for more than" twenty centuries ago the daughter of Aristotle, wore goldcu hoops. The philosopher's .'daugh ter's earrings 'were found, in her tomb near Chalcis.- in Euboea, by exploring archaeologists, and certainly modern workmanship cannot produce '.their, equal. In each, golden hoop swung a' tin- dove, with precious- stones for eyes and bands of minute gems to. give the -color of the iridescent breast and wiugs. The feathers were" of gran ulated gold, aud the tail .feathers wero. so inarvelously wrought and adjusted that they acted like a balance, as In a living bird, so that -the exquisite minia ture creatures whenever "The. wearef moved or Jaugued or tossed her head would move and balance themselves upon their pendent perches. - " -i ! ; Ancient Eyeglasses. .. "Indeed, thp ancients did have eye glasses," said'.the schoolgirl. "."My his-; tory says, The Romans .wprn- extreme1 ly .fond. sof spectacles. "New York post . . .. .-.. -. . .-:. --. The Yird. "' ..'. Slyer Try. one. of these long cigars. They measure four -to the yard. XJyer What yard-.tbe graveyard? Chicago News. -.. . . Stubborn, labor conquers everything: .-VJrjD.. l- ' . v a COAL Pocahontas Smokeless Illinois, Rock Spring's and Colorado Coals at pricee that will interest you. Let us figure with you tor your, winter's supply. T.B. Bell 188 Hord Lcfc Us Prove To YOU That '" You Want This Minneapolis Heat Regulator " Wc can provide it arfel prove, that if you have it- .installed, vou," won'taell- it . tor what.it cost you. ' Let Ua Take the Rule - . . ..If you are not satisfied and .it does not do all: we claim, we will take it out and .'give your money back. . We Hafjdle.Uie.Mn4iaMapelk,f. ' inThis City Because-1-. ' We kiiow this is the best Heat .Regu lator made regardless of price, and we know the' price puts it 'within the 'reach of every households Furnace or Boiler AH Kinds oFuel. "Saves its Cost in a Season! A. DUSSELL & SON niiini mi larai Columbus, Nebraska' Not Worth a Ruth. "Not worth u'rush' is. as 4 popular Baying, the predecessor of the now' more common Simile, "not worth :i straw." In precarpct days-it was tin custom" to-strew the doors of dwelling houses. When guests of rank were en tertained iresh'rushes-were- spread for them, "but folk, of lower degree had t be content with rushes that had al ready been "used, while" still humble:- persons had none, as not even bein;j "worth a rush." London -Standard,, A New Line To The Nbrthweat Through The Big, Horn Basin The Bio; Horn Basin, is fast settling tip and offers the greatest opportunities for farmers, and '.especially FARM RENTERS, to secure fine government irrigated: farms at the mere cost of the water, andoften. A SINGLE CROP CAN BE MADE TO PAY FOR THE FARM. Ten yearly payments without interest. This .is cheaper' than pitying rent in any locality. ". With the completion of. the new line-this promises to be come a.great wealth producing region. The oil, ' gas. and irrigation of the Big Horn Basin will make that country a combination- of ..farm and industrial prosperity. ."' Writeme for ,f ulldescriptiye literature. ; Jo with me;to .the'Basin arid let me help you select a new home.. ' . :" .. DOLLARS PAID FOR RENT ARE LOST. Mam Old Books Rebound. In lact, for anything in the book binding .toe. .bring your- w&rk to . .-. . .. . - ;.,:s:: ;. . .:'-. ,". Journal Off Icev - ". .Phone 166 : r Grain Co Ind. 206 When He Feels Safe. ' Bacon. A -mam feels 'more secun when his views" are- indorsed by otk- ers. Egbert Especially so if the iimii in question is u baseball umpire. Yun- kers Statesmap. Out on Tap. Fuddy "Did you, ever notice tlut successful men. are generally bald? Duddy Certainly. They came out 'A top. Boston Transcript. (& iiT 'iMirf' I D...CLEM.jDEAVERi General Agent LaBd. Seekers Information Bureau, Room. 6, "Q" Building, Omaha, Nebraska. BiiidiD g X t k-. ?- -VJt t