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1 SI "I Mi :S Columbus gourual. Columbus. Nebr. Cooaolidated with the Colciabcs Tiaos April 1. 1904; with the Platte Cooaty Arcs January 1,1903. Kaurd at the PoatorSc. Colnmbm. Xabr.. a oal-cli aial Whiter IBBX& OF9CBSCSIITI05 t)Mr, by mall, porta prplii . fl.SC jli tcoctha... ..... " rxra month 0 WEDNESDAY. 3IAK H 2. 1911. 8TBOTHEU A STOOKWELL. Proprietors. atNEWALd The date opposite your n.ne on oor paper, or wrapper aLowa to what toe your anbecription ia paid. The Jas ehowi that payment La been received op to Jan. 1, 1(05, U to Feb. 1. IMS aad o on. When payment i made, the date, which anew-rt a a receipt, will be chanced accordingly. OldCONTINUANCE3-KpoMiL!e enbecrib n will continue to receive this foomal sntil the pabUahera are notified by letter to discontinue, when all arrearage aut be paid. If yon do not wiah the Journal continued for another year af ter the time paid for ha expired, yos thooid prerloaalj notify c to discontinue it. CHANGE IN ADDKESS-When ordering a jhaaa in the addreu.cubacribers should be aura to live their old a well a their new addrea. Senator Dolliver defines an insur gent as "one who wants to hear a hill read hefore it is passed." One year hence democrats will set up the claim that Mr. Bryan was the first man to advocate county option. Chas. O. Whedon is neglecting his campaign of education on the tariff question. It has heen at least ten days since the Lincoln Journal printed a communication from him on the ugar schedule. Jim Dahlmau has parted company with Mr. Bryan. Let it he said to Dahlman's credit that he didn't shed any tears or oiier an apology for his act, when he turned hi- hack on the prohibition leader. A wealthy philanthropist offers to furnish underclothing free to the poor children of Omaha. This is a much more humane way of giving than stocking a public library with Mary J. Holmes' novels. Now that Bryan and Jim Dahlmau have heen heard from on the question of county option, it i up to Governor Shallenberger to take the public into his confidem-e and tell them where he stand- on the new paramount issue. Democratic organs that were busily engaged a month ago in the attempt to create a sentiment against Burkett by displaying marked sympathy for Whe don 's effort to break into the senate, are quiet now. They haw trouble of their own. W. H. Or ton, chairman of the Nance county democratic central com mittee, in an interview with the repre sentative of a Lincoln paper, says: "I atn pleased with Mr. Bryan's announce ment. It suits us. I don't know of a democrat in Nanc county who would vote for Dahlraan for governor." John Weems, who represents Platte and Nance counties in the lower house of the legislature, after reading Bryan's announcement in favor of county option, says he will vote for a county option measure that "would allow of the wet or dry problem in a county being settled one way or the other for four years. There is some opposition among the democrats of Nebraska to Mr. Bryan on account of his stand on county option. The dissatisfaction will soon disappear. When Bryan snaps his fingers anil gives the command to crawl nine-tenths of the democrats of the state will wiggle to his feet and eat corn out of his hand. Mr. Bryan is he democratic party. Tlmt weak and effeminate pictures jf Christ nave a bad effect 01. 1mvs is the belief of l'rof. George B. Gilbert, of the Hartford School of Theology, as expressed in an address on "The Church and the Bad Boy." "Many pictures of Christ, not the weak, fem- mine ainu, are needed in a noys room," he said. "Christ never was represented as a bearded man in the early churches. Christ, in a picture for the boy, should be shown as young, round limbed, strong and active. Have a picture of Christ in a boys' room kicking over the money chang ers' table and smashing them over the head with it."--Atchison Globe. .A comparison of indebtedness as between Kansas and Nebraska affords food for reflection. Beginning with the year 18&0 when Kansas adopted prohibition we fiud the ier capita indebtedness of that state was Sl.97, while that of Nebraska a license state was 10.50. Ten years of pro hibition had raised the per capita in debtedness of Kansas to S2S.49 1 nearly double,) while Nebraskan had re duced their indebtedness to S 14.07. In 1899 the per capita indebtedness of the whole United States was $13.10, w:l,irh shows that Nebraska's indebted iSnsatVas above the averagVof all the' rfates 810.31. The State. ness was 83.49 below the average,while STEPHENS UNDECIDED. The announcement that Dan V. Stephens, of Fremont, would become a candidate for U. S. senator was given out a few weeks ago; but it appears that Mr. Stephens has not fully decided what course he will take. He would like to draw a salary from the public for filling some kind of a position, and senator or representative looks good to him. Although he was not included as one of the shining lights in the frame up of the demo cratic banquet at Lincoln, and did not remain in the city the night of the meeting and dine in the kitchen with the cooks, where the ward politicians were exacted to feed, yet the lemon handed out to him by the Shallen berger crowd did not contain enough acid to sour him on the party. Dan is still willing to sacrifice himself on the party altar. According to a dispatch sent out from Fremont, "Stephens is very much undecided on two propositions now open to him. Congressman Latta, so it is said, has agreed to get out of the way at -the close of hia next term if re-elected and support Stephens for congress. Stephens looks well on this, but fears that E. R. Guerneyof Fre mont, his personal friend, may want the job then and he would dislike to go against him. That leaves the sen ate, which js abig and broad field. So if no announcement is forthcoming for the senate, then it may be assumed that Mr. Stephens has'decided to wait for Mr. Latta's shoes." A NATIONAL DISGRACE That the number of criminal homi cides in the United States each year is practically forty-three times greater than in Canada and eight times great er than in Belgium, which has the greatest number of any European country; that in the United States the average criminal serves but seven years of a life sentence, and that at the presout time only about one murderer in every seventy four is punished, were statements in an address delivered by Dr. Andrew D. White, former presi dent uf Cornell University and former ambassador to Germany and Russia. He said: "The number of felonious homicidt-.-per year per million population fo various countries follows: Canada, ". Germany, 4 to r. England and Wale.-, 10 to 11: France, 14 to 1": Belgium. 1": United States, more than VliK These figures are based ou an average taken for eight years. It seem.- impossible that on on side of an iniairinarv hue homicide could be so much more prevalent.than on the other, as in the case of Canada and the United States. But the rea sou is that on one side law prevails and not chicanery, and that on the other side has taken place a break up in the administration of criminal law. "By far the greatest of all causes is the fact that the administration of criminal law has become simply a ame. A trial is a game between two re c or three lawyers: the whole thing has become very much a fare-." The Union. TIFFS WITH JAPAN. Jur vigilant revenue service ap pears to have got us into another snarl with the touchy Jap. No matter to what extent her sunjects vioiaie American laws, the home government at Tokio takes the matter up with Washington in a spirit that betrays a feeling of irritation. The arrest of a score or more of Japanese bird poach ers caught red handed on an island in the Hawaiian group is the lafst of a series of happenings which have caused bad feeling in the Pacific. Proof of their guilt was positive, as they had a quarter oia minion uiru wings in their possession when overhauled. Of course the contraband stuff was con fiscated and the Japanese government apprised of the detention of her ma rauding subjects. As the state depart ment hesitates to give out the corres pondence which resulted, the precise stand taken by Tokio can only he sur mised. Americans caught poaching on the bird reserves fostened by this government are severely punished, but jtiit what disposition will be made of the offending Japs depends on the outcome of the diplomatic representa tions now in progress. Doubtless the incident will be clos ed without serious friction, but sooner or later the people of this country will grow weary of pacifying the irascible little brown men aud will handle the poachers as men who take their lives in their own hands deserve to be han dled. Washington Pest. Representative Henry, of Texas, almost cracked the dome of the capitol building in his frothy denunciation of the republican party for the alleged ruin it has wrought throughout the country. He claimed that republicans have "ground the 40 per cent of our population living in the country into the very dust for the benefit of a few. PIanJ have be?n forcetl to b"(Jon 'their calling on the farms by your in-' creased cost of living to seek more remunerative employment in the busi ness centers." How many farmers in Nebraska have been compelled to leave their land and seek employment in the cities? Have you noticed farmers crowding into Columbus from the sur rounding country asking for work in order to keep the wolf from the door? Representative Henry's speech sounds like a campaign editorial in a demo cratic organ. THE WONDERFUL Y. M. C. A. The wealthy people of America, be it said to their credit, give generously to all good causes when they know their gifts will le wisely spent. In the past ten years no other religious organization has received so much money as the Y. M. C. A. Millions have been raised for new buildings all over the land, and with no apparent strain. Its businesslike administra tion of its vast resources, its energy in pushing its work in the city and through its railroad, army and navy branches and its fine policy in fol lowing the army in all recent wars, have created for it a world-wide en thusiasm. At the last banquet of the international committee Senator Root affirmed that they had made their way by working with men more than by talking to them, saying, "Come with us." not "Go, do that." By their ap peal to all classes of Christians, as well as non-Christians, they have kept out of doctrinal theology, and by their activity in good works they have es caped cant in religion. All interested in saving our boys and young men re joice in their world-wide success. Leslie's. THE PANAMA .CANAL IN WAR. The strategic value of the Panama canal is estimated to be equivalent to a fleet of large battleships. This is the conclusion of Dr. Cornish, given before the Royal Geographical Society in London. Taking the cost of the canal at S.,00,)00,00), which would only build forty first-class battleships nowadays, the United States will have a go 1 bargain, aud be able to cover a total coast line without any material increase in her vessels. The canal will double the sea efficiency of our fleet for half the sum of money "that would otherwise be necessary to maintain communication between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. At the same time the mer chant marine of the United States will some day be developed, and justify the people in maintaining a naval armam ent that will be fully equal to that of other nations. National Magazine. The creamery company at Saliua, Kas., that has been convicted of sell ing l-r ounces of butter for a pound. receiving a fine of 31,500 fur the of fense, put in a plea that no misrepre sentation was intended or effected, that everylody knew or ought to have known that a print of butter was a "short pound." The defense was very properly overruled. Short pounds of butter exist only where the laws per mit this form of fraud upon the public. In Nebraska before the pure food law was passed it was common for merch ants to order from the creamerv com panies one hundred pounds of butter put up into one hundred and ten or one hundred and twenty packages. The manufacturers, to meet this de mand, were obliged to arrange special apparatus for cutting masses of butter into any sizes demanded by the trade. The result of this system was of course to give the people less butter than they thought they were getting. They may not have been, paying more than the butter was worth' in all cases, hut they were deceived and had no sure means of measuring the treatment they were receiving at the hand of the dealers. The only way to insure the square deal in matters of this kind is to standardize the package. If it al ways remains at the same size the price will theoretically at least con form to the amount of the butter con tained. A full pound is naturally the amount recognized by law as making up a "pound print." Lincoln Journal. WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER. Washington, February 25, 1910. "Hobby Night" at the National Press Club in Washington was a most unique celebration. It illustrated forcibly the significance of that well- worn phrase "llie power of the press." What would be thought of a manager who tried to get together for an eve ning on the same platform half a score of public men who to a greater or less degree epitomized the greatest issues pending in our national life? More over, what manager would have the nerve, not to speak of the capital, to try and secure for the same evening men like Speaker Cannon, probably the most discussed man in America today; "Champ" Clark, the Minority Leader in the House of Representa tives; Gifford Pinchot, the foremost Conservationist in America and per- haps in the world; Commander Peary, the hero of the Arctic Circle, whose name ia sow secure ia history; "Fight ing Bob"LafolIette, of Wiacoawaa, Dr. Wiley, of Pure Food and Drugs fame, and Willis L. Moore, Director of the National Weather Bureau. Why, almost any one of the above nassed notables could commaad his own figure, and wonld furnish a peg on which to hang a two weeks Chautau qua session! But all the'Press Club had to do was to drop each of them a postal card .to come to the club aad talk of his "Hobby" and the thing was done. Of course it was merely a social event, and perhaps the considerations above should not be suggested. Why not say that these notables were simp ly the guests of the Club, invited be cause of the mutual friendship be tween them and members of the club. Just a gathering of friends, the more clever of whom gave amateur stunts to amuse the rest of the company. Quite right All the same, it provided every newspaper man in Washington with a day's copy, and every reader of papers in the country was reminded once more of the thingsbeing done by the men who spoke. That, however, is because it took place in Washing ton, where everything is more or less of interest to the rest of the country. Mark Sullivan, of Collier's Maga zine, was there. He writes "Comment on Congress" for his weekly, and was taking notes. A recent comment of his gives Senator Burkett exoneration in a peculiar way from the charge of "playing politics when he tried to keep the Senate at work by objecting to too frequent adjournment. After quoting the Congressional Record Mr. Sullivan said: "In all probability this is not a case where the public will suffer by delay. The nearer the votes on progressive legislation come to the days when in dividual Congressmen and Senators are Ivefore their constituents for re election, the more responsive to the people's will is Congress apt to be." Senator Burkett is credited by his colleagues with having delivered the very best speech on Postal Savings Bank since that bill has been before Congress. In many ways it is an im portant contribution to that very im portant subject. And it is really strange how men, in the belief that they are doing only the ordinary thing are doing something extraordinary. When Senator Burkett read the speech of SeuatorjRayner of Mary land, who, by the way, is a close con structionist of the constitution, oppos ing the pending postal saying measure, Burkett saw au opportunity for a broad'eonstruction'of the constitution in its application to legislation of the postal savings bank character. He then conceived the idea that as Rayner was a narrow constructionist, while he believed in the broader powers of the constitutiou, he would answer the Senator from that old com monwealth. And he labored on that speech. He consulted authorities and he shaped it. He put it into logical sequence. And when the time came for him to speak, he felt that he was not only doing his duty by the bill but by the constituents he in part re presents. That done, his work would be over. But somehow- or other the speech has been . the talk 'of the retiring rooms and both sides of the Senate, and he has received more congratula tions than usually come to men in his position. The appreciation was unex pected. He did not suppose he was doing anything out of the ordinary, and yet he has had more applications from Senators for copies of his re marks than he ever had before for any speech he has made in Congress. It seeniedjto catch the fancy of the Senate. While dignified there was here and there u rapier.thrust of the trained master of the sword. It pierced without leaving any wound particularly, but it showed as nothing has done during the present session of Congress, how little ground the oppon ents of the postal savings bank bill have to stand upon, and is believed to have clarified'the" situation mightily. A Family Affair. Casey's wife was at the hospital, where she bad undergone a serious op eration a few days before. Mrs. Kelley called to Inquire as to Mrs. Casey's condition. "Is she restln' quietly?" Mrs. Kel ley asked. "No. but I am." saM Casey. Ex zaange. His Earthly Task. "Do you think the deacon will be entirely happy In the hereafter:" "Why not?' "I fear the good man will feel lonelj with no church mortgage to 11t. Loulsvllle Courier-Journal. Fait Good. "Don't you honestly believe there Is more good than evil In the world:" "Ah! You've fonnd a dollar you didn't know you had, haven't you Chicago Record-Herald. It takes a sthrong man to be mean. Whin I give a tip 'tis not because 1 want to, but because I'm afraid of what the waiter Hi think. Mr. Doolty wwtuarwTiaa! - . .ttafa.alaialalalalalalalaawaSW7 Jt&m MmmomnmtM .XLV a sm? aaBSawaw awj awawawawawawwV j & -2wBBwa ' jbw aa wLSSwSwkwTwiwaflw) apHwHwkrwhi2b ifI'HK" ' " SSBmL - ni-f .aawawPwwPlwPSw l jfzPsu wBwawEZiflawawawBwawV awawaW aaV iaaSPmSar - awawawawawvawawawawa waw -HSwfe' - J BfawawawBwL awawawawM wawawawawawExr .----- alalalaBS2la.alalalH 9 af 1aatf - VwawawaPtaSQlawHH 'PSL Vfvlawl ImKM yC '!& BawaawawBBwasPEawawVfnaV . m a s ar . "j"id. 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But theft Is neither my trade nor my habit, and I beg you to accept as a souvenir of my crime and my enthusiasm ror your talent the walking stick which will reach you at the same time as this letter." The cane was one with a massive gold head In which was set a gem of value. Th Clack's Annoying Habit. Mrs. Benham bad just seated herself to work at a bit of embroidery that re quired particular care and attention when there came a ring at the tele phone. "I just know- that's Mrs. Gum my," she said as she laid down her work and went to answer the caiL "Whenever I am unusually busy and haven't any time to spare she rings me up and talks to me by the hour.' She was right It was Mrs. Gum my, who was fully as talkative as ever. She began with a long story. and when fairly in the middle of it the clock on the wall of the room be gan to strike. "Wait a moment." interposed Mrs. Benham. "I can't hear you until this noise stops." "What made that noise':" asked Mrs. Gummy after it had ceased. "It was only the clock.' answered the patient Mrs. lieuham. "You know it always strikes once or twice when we get to talking." The conversation did not last long after that. Youth's Companion. A Curious Trap. A curious labyriuth in which ele phants are captured alive is to be seen near Ayuthia, formerly the capital of Slam. The labyrinth is formed of a double row uf immense tree trunks set firmly in the ground, the space be tween them gradually narrowing. Where it begins, at the edge of the forest, the opening of the labyrinth Is more than a mile wide, but as it ap proaches Ayuthia it becomes so nar now that the elephants cannot turn around. Suspecting no danger, the wild elephant enters the broad open ing at the forest end. lured on by a tame elephant The gradual narrow ing of the boundaries is not observed until the elephant tiuds himself in close quarters. Having reached the end of the labyrinth, the tame elephant Is allowed to pass through a gate, while men lying in wait slip shackles over the feet of the captives. The sport is a dangerous one. for the en raged elephants sometimes crush the hunters under their feet Bull Baiting. Although bull baiting was a cruel pastime, it was also a fultilliug of the law, for formerly no butcher was al lowed to offer for sale the flesh of any bull that had not been baited. The goading of the auimal in a fury was supposed to have some Influence on the flesh. In a similar belief the flesh of a bunted hare was thought to be superior in flavor to that of one that had been shot, and a present of "a hunted hare" was considered to be a special compli ment In the records of the corpora tion of Leicester. England, the follow ing order appears: "At a common hall. held on Thursday before St Simon and St Jude, 1407. 'no butcher to kill a bull till baited. " At Winchester It was or dered (reign of Henry VIII.) "that from nensforth ther shai be no but stake set before any mayor's dore to bayte any bull, but onlie at the bull ringe within the saide cytie." Gender of the Sword. Among the many curious notions ob taining among the different races us ing the sword may be noted the gen der of the weapon. In the north of Europe it was either masculine, as In Britain, or neuter, as in Germany, while in the south it was uniformly feminine. Its force and cruelty ap pealed to the northern mind. Its grace and elegance attracted the warriors of the sunny south. It typified to the one strength, to the other dignity. Timtly Warning. Proprietor I am satisfied with your work. Pusher, and I will raise your salary from $10 to $12 a week; but, mind, that does not mean that you must go and get married on the strength of It New York Times. A Dozen Eggs. The Teacher How many eggs are there In a dozen? The Pupil FiT fresh ones, five doubtful ones and two bad ones. Cleveland Leader. -Sf-fB IMJAIVIUK Yur Chans. The little chances linger aud return, but the great chances come and go aiul never come again. If we could loot buek over the lives of the people by whom we are surrounded, bow many great and rich opportunities would we see that they have permitted to drift by them unimproved! A Lin n jcnkyn. Lawson What sort of man Is BJen kyns, anyway? Dawson Well, bis wife always goes with him when he buys a suit ol clothes. Somervllle Journal. Th Cnsultatin. "My wife always consults me about every article of attire she buys frocks, bats, shoes, gloves, everything." "My wife does, too taat is. aae me for the money." Sartorial. "Ever go to that tailor?" "Yes. Most expensive man. I got two suits from him a.dreaa salt aad a lawsuit" Llpplncotfs! Better TVANY homes should hive better bath rooms ' than they now have. We have always tried not onlv to do plumbing than we ever before, but better than any body else can do. The vol ume of work we are now doing shows how we are suc ceeding. We use oaljr foniae "JlwawkaaT phunbint fixtures aaJ ewploy onrjr experienced workmea. Our repair ing service is prompt and reliable. A. DUSSELL & SON, Celaamkaa. Wrtrmk FEBRUARY BULLETIN of SPECIAL RATES 9 Homeseekers' Excursion: Fbroary 1st and l-'tb. am! the first m ; third Tuesdays of each ubeqaeBt taoats, tothe West. Northwest and Soiu: west, new farm land regions A ehaaea for a splendid tour of the West at i.-r low rate. Winter Tourist Rates: Daily through February ami March to all S,u -era, Golf, Cuban and California resorts. Vory Champ Ome Way Bates To Paget Soumtl aad Pacific Coast Only 325.00 from waatara aad caatral Nebraska to Settle. I'-rtiat Spokane. Bntte, Helena, San Fraaciaeo, Loa Angeles ami other fttr wtem ,!r tinationB. Ticket old from Mareh 1st to April lStb. 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