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1 V a r Hints For mm Picnics. What Des that name recall to your mind? Visions of spiders, ants, toads and other horrid insects not invited? Piles of cake, with only enough bread to go around once the salt forgotten eo the hard boiled eggs were a "drug In the market-" The coffee bottle leaked so half the quantity was wasted and you went home hungry declaring it was the last picnic you would ever go to. Well picnics can he made most de lightful. First of all the party must be thoroughly congenial, all well ac quainted, even one stranger is apt to make things somewhat formal, but of course this all will depend on the per Eon. Ten or twelve is a good number. The place to go to must not be too far away and If possible should be near water If only a small stream. The girls should meet and decide upon the lunch each one knowing definitely what they are to furnish. One will bring the sandwiches, another the cake, pickles, olives, cheese, crackers and jelly, with sugar for coffee and Fait being divided b2tween two more. I'otatoes to roast and butter falling to another. Corn if in season makes an agreeable addition. To one may fall the responsibility or Feeing that the dishes, coffee pot and table linen are provided. All these lit tle items are carefully talked over. lap.r napkins can be used and plates for each one cut out of white stiff pa per, with quotations written around If liked, smaller plates can be made for butler. Small pieces of soft paper should ateo bo provided with which to hold the potato, for they are to bo roasted. To the girl who furnishes the sandwiches I will tell her just how. Get a can of corn beef, remove any gristle, chop very fine, then make a dressing, like for cabbage salad. One egg. lump of butter, salt, pepper and mustard, with one cup of vinegar, di luted with water if too strong, is a good rule, boil until it thickens, being rareful not to let it curdle; pour this over the meat and mix thoroughly with a spoon. The bread must not be too fresh, but not dry. Cut In thin slices, spread with butter, then the meat. Cut off the crust or not. as you like. To look pretty, these sandwiches can be tied with ribbons in piles of a dozen, pack In a covered paste board box which can be thrown away, saving one basket to carry home. The hard boiled eggs can be left In the shell and each one ornamented with a quotation, or itakcn out of the shell and wrapped In tissue paper. Cabbage or salmon sal ad or any kind that Is liked can be Some Girls' Dresses THE first Is a simple sailor dress suitable for either linen or serge, the plain skirt is turned up with a deep hem: the blouse is slipped over the head, therefore no fastening is necessary: white drill or linn collar and cuffs are worn. Materials re quired: 4 yards 41 inches wide. In the second we show a useful gym nasium drois; the tunic is drawn in at the waist by a be't, and is trimmed with braid at the lower tdge. so also 1 A Conundrum Tea. Of all the novel and interesting ways of entertaining one's guests I think the Conundrum Tea party took the best, for one given recently was the talk of the town, for several days after its occurrence. The guests were 2C in number, fill ing two tables and as two sisters were the hostesses, one presided at each table. Everything in the way of china anil floral decorations were simply per fect At each place was found a card with the name of the person who was to occupy the chair, but besides the name, there was a conundrum. Each guest had the privilege of guessing her own first and if she failed it was passed en to the nest person. The one who guessed the largest number of conundrums received tho firt prize and the one who answered the least received the "consoiatlon" piize. There were prizes provided for each table. I can assure you there was no laci. of conversation. After tea. the prizes were distributed, games were played and from the lateness of the hiur when the guests departed ' Hostess TIMELY SUGGESTIONS for Those Planning Seasonable Entertainments made and carried in a glass fruit Jar. The small dainty pieces of celery are nice If the distance is not far so they will keep fresh, but if the pieces are wrapped in wet paper, then a nap kin cr a towel put around them they will be found very nice and crisp. Lettuce sandwiches are appe tizing If made properly. Use only the small tender leaves, place with a dash or salad dressing between twc thin slices of bread. The can opener and an olive fork must not be forgotten, although a hat pin has been made to serve very well for the latter. Some like radishes, and even onions are not disdained. Supposing the boys furnish the con veyance and driver. Each one must be ready when the wagonnette ar rives. The baskets are snugly stored away and the merry party start. After arriving the fire should be built and when it Is one mass of red coals, take the potatoes, put each one deep down under and each ear of corn unhusked It will take about forty minutes tc cook these properly. Meanwhile the table Is prepared and when all It ready, not one thing is found missing People never know what there is in a potato till they have eaten one roasted, with salt and butter. After the baskets have all been re packed with the little that Is left, dishes, spoons and Jars returned tc their proper owners, comes the camf. fire, around which they all gather, songs and stories told, till the stars and moon illumine the sky and all arc reminded that picnics must end. To. start at three or four in the afternoon gives ample time, providing the dis tance Is not great, which should not be the case. Generally the mistake Is made of going too far and staying too long and having a large party. Fruits, such as bananas, cherries, plums and apples make a welcome ad dition. MADAME MERRI. Butterfly motifs are extensively used. Wide stitching Is again In vogue for girls. There has been a revival of silvex filigree. Some of the chiffon veils aro hem stitched on all four sides. Parasols and stockings match the gown, whether the shoes do or not. White wash ribbons are fast re placing the colored ones for lingerie. are the collar and cuffs; these are ol white cloth. About 2 inches of the knickers show below the skirt. Ma terials required: 5 yards 4C inches wide. 1 dozen yards braid. 1 he third would also be a good style for gymnasium; it has two wide box pleats down back and front, and is slightly drawn in at the waist by a band which is crossed in front. 'Ma terials required: 5 yards 4G inches wide. t am sure every one had a delightfui j time. To Keep Centerpieces. A large tube or roll of art cardboarc or heavy paper, covered with linen and embroidered or. rather, covered with linen that has been embroidered will keep centerpieces and like em broideries from showing the wrinkle ' of careless use. Kookcloth lines this ' tube, and the whole is fastenel anc bound with inch-wide satin ribbon ! which ends in strings wherewith tc j fasten the tube after rolling. Place a , sheet of blue tissue paper betweer aeh two pieces after laying them within; this will keep thier color from turning yellow if they are'laij awa for any considerable length of time. Jinx's Narrow Escape. "J Ins broke his leg yesterday. I hear." "Yes, I saxv him do It. I declare. It looked to me like he triee to do it! "I am sorry. He had promised tc come over to the house a.iJ hear m; little girl recite this evening." "Ah, that supplies the motive." MsriiNGigN Gossip Uncle Sam Probes WASHINGTON. One of the Inves tigating committees set in motion at the late session of congress that is expected to yield some interesting re sults is the subcommittee of five sena tors, members of the judiciary com mittee, who have been directed to In vestigate and report on the workings of the "third degree." as exemplified by federal officers in criminal prosecu tions. The Investigation will take a wide range. One member of the committee will be sent to Oklahoma to learn what basis there is for the charge made b7 Gov. Haskell and his friends, that the prosecutions started against him under the Roosevelt administra tion were inspired by personal malice, and that the methods resorted to by the special agents of the government in their efforts to convict Haskell, were-discreditable. Another branch of the investigation will relate to some of the western prosecutions, especially those con ducted by Robert Kay Devlin, as United States attorney for the North ern district of California. Devlin's nomination was hung up In the Judi ciary committes of the senate for a long time, on a complaint that he had persecuted Dr. Perrin. one of the de fendants in certain land-fraud cases, who. after being indicted, was finally discharged for want of evidence. A special agent of the department of justice sent out to investigate the charge made a written report that Dr. Perrin should never have been In dicted; that Improper methods were employed to bring about his indict ment, and even after the government officers were aware that they could not make a case against Dr. Perrin. "Corpse" Aroused by HERE'S a dead man in that al- 1 ley." This exclamation by an excited col ored man at Eleventh and E streets, in Washington, caused considerable consternation among pedestrians and loungers in that vicinity a few days ago. He pointed to a narrow alleyway on the north side of E street between Eleven and Twelfth streets, between two buildings. Pretty soon the mouth of the little alley was blocked by curious people. A business man in the neighborhood who peered over the beads of the mor bid crowd and saw a man stretched out full length, and apparently very ill or dead. In the alleyway, telephoned to the Emergency hospital for an am bulance. Other men ran hither and thither in search of a policeman. "He may be drunk," suggested an old man as he gazed at the prostrate form. Sold MacVeagh Spotted Vinegar; Fi JAMES WILSON, secretary or agri culture, has been hot-footing It aft er a Chicago man who had the temerity to sell Franklin MacVeagh, secretary of the treasury, a barrel of bogus vinegar MacVeagh bought the vinegar believing It was the real thing, the kind that father used to make ou the farm, fit to put on let tuce and pickle pigs feet with and all that sort of thing. The looks and smell of the stuff made him suspicious, and so be hal looed for the pure food inspectors to conc and examine. They reported the alleged vinegar was in reality adulterated and artificially colored and misbranded. A criminal Informa tion was filed -against the luckless storekeeper and he was taken into the United States court, accused of deceiving and misleading MacVeagh. Government's O. K. KNOWS WHAT JAtl WORTH I AiRlCHjV A RECENT bulletin of the depart ment of agriculture in Washing ion has taken up :he ca.-e of the toad. t dispelling the "host of vague and lu ' dicrous fancies as to its venomous . qualities. Its medicinal virtues, or most commonly, the hidden toudstone of priceless value." Touching toads, says the bulletin, does not produce warts ca the bands The toad's breath does not cause con vulsions In children, nor does a toad in a newly dug well insure a good and unfailing water supply, nor In a new made cellar will one brins prosperity o the household. The Massachusetts experiment sta tion has been investigating the hab its, food and economic value of the :oad. and the result establishes its laim to consideration and apprecia Ion. First of all. as to the longevity f the toad, the investigators express jha nnlninn that roan toads reach an 1 iVJV ViVA 2J- TS "i aft Third Degree System the indictment was allowed to bang over bis head for many months, to bis great personal detriment. The methods of Francis J. Heney and Detective Burns may be Inquired into, and it is not unlikely that some attention may be given to the charge made against the method of adminis tering the criminal laws in Alaska, especially at Juneau, where the United States attorney and United States marshal were recently removed from office on the complaint of Got. Walter E. Clark. The resolution directing an Investi gation was offered by Senator Hey burn of Idaho, and was based upon reports in newspapers of the police methods employed in the Sayler mur der case at Atlantic City. That rase was not one with which the federal government had to do, but. In as much as the methods complained of may infringe the constitutional guarantee of the individual citizen, the commit tee feels that it has jurisdiction, and that case along with others com plained of will be investigated. One of the members of the commit tee said the committee intended to go about its work not with the idea of furnishing material for a sensation, or of finding material upon which to utter denunciations, but to determine whether corrective legislation is de sirable. At the committee's first meeting the general scope of the work was dis cussed and two subcommittees ap pointed, one of which will investigate the cases in the far west an-l the oth er will confine its activities to the eastern states. The committee il composed of the following senators: Hrandegee of Connecticut, chairman; Itorah of Idaho and Drown of Nebras ka, Republicans, and Stone of Mis souri and Overman of North Carolina, Democrats. The western subcommit tee will be composed of Senators Borah, Brown and Stone and the east ern subcommittee of Senator Brande gee, Borah and Overman. Noise, Runs Away "No." another man declared. "I reckon It is a case of heat prostra tion." "I think he's just dreamin' about Jack Johnson's victory," said, a third. In the meantime the Emergency hos pital ambulance with clanging gong arrived on the scene, and a policeman with perspiration streaming down his face rushed up to the mouth of th alley and was forcing his way through the crowd to get at the supposed dead man. The noise aroused the "corpse." The prostrate figure slowly arose, dis closing the stalwart form of a negro. He gazed in astonishment at the crowd that blocked up the entrance to the alley and saw the policeman and white-coated Emergency surgeon el bowing their way toward him. With a yawn and a stretch of his arms, the negro darted into the side door of a printing office, slamming the door be hind him. Investigation disclosed the fact that the negro has been employed at the printing establishment a number of years. He said he was tired and went out into the quiet, cool alleyway to take a nap during the lunch hour. That was all. The man pleaded guilty and was fined $25. He promised to be good. A Buffalo milling concern has been fined for mixing ground corncobs with flour middlings. The same concern was also found guilty of putting ground corncobs In a "gluten" preparation. A lot of "raisins." shipped from Califor nia tu Texas, was discovered to be in part a decomposed vegetable sub stance. A Chicago firm selling a "quick-rising" buckwheat flour has been fined for fraud in having sold in reality a mixture of wheat flour and buckwheat without any quick rising properties. Another Buffalo dealer was raught selling to Michigan folk a wonderful "hair tonic" which was advertised to cure headache and loss or hair and all sorts of thins. Analysis showed it contained 9S.5 per cent, of alcohol and nothing to cure anything The dealer was let off with a fine A Michigan man was detected selling in large quantities a "hay fever cure" composed of 99.95 per rent, rocaine hydocloride. He was fiued $100 Sev eral lemon extracts and vanilla ex tract fakers have been recently eaugnt and punished. on the Lowly Toad age of at least ten or fiiteeu years They also believe it possible tor the toad to live for a limited time with out food, but doubt stories about toads being found in recks and tiees "The toad." says the p.mpli!et. "is a nocturnal animal, and ventures out during the day only when tempted by an abundance of food or when the air and moving insects, centipeds. etc At is full of moisture. It eats only living night, soon after sundown, or even be lore on cool evenings. It emerges from its shelter and slowly hops about in search of fcod. Almost a regular beat is covered. In the country this in cludes forays along roadsides, into gar dens and cultivated fields and wher ever insect food is abundant and grass or other thick herbage does not pre vent locomotion. In cities and suburb an villages the lawns, walks aud par ticularly the spots beneath electric lamps are favorite bunting grounds "As a rule the toad feeds continu ously throughout the night, consum lng in 24 hours an axnqunt of food equal in bulk about four times the stomach capacity. A careful examina tion of the contents of the stomachs of a large number of toads shows that 98 per cent, of its food was animal mat ter worms. Insects, etc. A TESHIBLE CASS OF DBOFSY. Lebaaoa, lad., Slaa Gives Vivid Descrlptiea at HI SanTerlaa;. John T. Anderson, 613 W. Main St, Lebanon, Ind., gays: "I was taken suddenly -with agon izing pains through my kidneys, followed by a stoppage of the urine. I was soon In such agony I could not lie in bed and for weeks sat in a chair propped up by pillows. The urine was mostly blood and had to be drawn with a catheter. My limbs were swollen to twice their nor mal size. The doctor finally said he rould do no more and my family gave up hope. It was at this time I began using Doan's Kidney Pills and gradu ally improved until well. I gained twenty-eight pounds and have had no trouble since." Remember the name Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. K. Y. Autoing and Optics. "Is not auto driving terribly hard on the eyes?" we asked. "Well. I guess not," replied the chauffeur, withering us with scorn. "Why. before I got to runnin' a car I was thinkin' o gettin' specks, my eye sight was that poor I couldn't see the contribution box in church until it was so near past me it was too late to dig for any money. But I hadn't been runnin' that wagon two days till I could tee a policeman's little finger stickin' out from behind a tree four J miles away. I could even see which way a coppers eyeballs were turned If he was standin in the shade three miles off. Hard on the eyes! Well, not much! It's the best medicine for weak eyes that was ever invented, don't you forget It." She Lives in Bingville. A south Missouri paper is carrying this ad.: "Attractive woman, not a day over thirty, would be pleased to" corre spond with eligible man. Not abso lutely necessary that he should be young. Would prefer one with prop erty, but one with a good paying posl- I tion would be satisfactory. The young lady Is of medium height, has brown ' hair and gray eyes, not fat. although. I most decidedly, she is not skinny. Her friends say she is a fine looking woman. Object matrimony. Reason for this advertisement, the young woman lives in a little dinky town, where the best catches are the boys I behind the counters In the dry goods , and clothing stores, and every one of I them is spoken for by the time he Is out of his short pants. Address Hazel Eyes, Box 23. Bingville. Mo." Kansas City Star. Casey at the Bat. This famous poem is contained in the Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910, together with records, schedules for both leagues and other valuable baseball information compiled by au thorities. This interesting book sent by the Coca-Cola Co.. of Atlanta. Ga.. on receipt of 2c stamp for postage. Also copy of their booklet "The Truth About Coca-Cola" which tells all about this delicious beverage and why it is so pure, wholesome and refreshing. Are yon ever hot tired thirsty? Drink Coca-Cola it is cooling, re lieves fatigue and quenches the thirst. At soda fountains and car bonated in bottles 5c everywhere. Back to the Tall Timber. Alfred Are you going to pass your racation at the seashore? Gilbert No, thank you. It's the woods- for mine this year. Alfred Don't like the shore, eh? Gilbert Oh. I like it well enough, but It's too risky. I passed my vaca tion there last year and bad several narrow escapes. Alfred From drowning? Gilbert No; summer girls. Sevon of them proposed to me. FINE POST CARDS FREE. A Big Package Sent to All of Our Readers Who Write at Once. To any reader of this paper who writes immediately and incloses 2-cent stamp we will mail a set of five most beautiful post cards you ever saw. Or we will send our big magazine on trial 3 months and set of eight choic est Floral Motto. Birthday and Friend ship cards, all different. In exquisite colors, silk fini u, beautifully em bossed, all for only 10 cents; 3 full sets. 24 cards all different, and one year's subscription, 25 cents. Address Household Postcard Dept.. 95 Capper BIdg., Topeka Kan. Old Advice. Manager You never get this scene right. Your business with the sweet peas is all wrong and you forget when you are to speak you get your lines all mixed up. Actress All ripht. sir. I'll be more attentive and fix the sweet peas and try to get my lines In the right place. Manager Your course is very sim ple. 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Intent on knowing every one, was in- ' traduced to Senator Julius C. Burrows of Michigan. ' "The name Burrows Is very famil iar to me," he said. "I am certain that you are a man of some promi nence." ' "Yes." replied Senator Burrows. "I am the man that 'died at first just before Casey came to bat In that cele brated ball game in Mudville." Suc cess Magazine. ROUTT COUNTY, COLORADO, LAND BOOM PREDICTED. Keen observers predict a big boom in propcrty.in Wantland, Colorado, the new town which is being built in the center of the Little Snake River Val ley in Routt County. Colorado. A big irrigation system is being built to irri gate G0.000 acres of very fine land sur rounding Wantland. The land Is be ing sold by the State of Colorado for 50 cents per 3cre. under the Carey Act. and water rights cost $35.00 an acre, in ten year payments. Sugar fac tories, flour mills, canneries, etc.. are among the possible industries to be lo cated at Wantland. 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