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-tstr 2 TCt- -,,,-r- 3S--- iTxmt C&SiSkS!K&SIlS6rTOiSS5MtH iMMMAfeiiytt ? I I i E s LI Columbus. Nebr. Consolidated with the Columbus Times April 1, 1904; with the Platte County Argus January 1.1906. Katsndatthe Postoffio. Columbus. Nbr.,M isoosrt ilsii mail matter. TBSMB OFBDBBCKUTIOH : Oasrsar, by mall, posts prspsld fLSO Biz moatha .75 TktmmemtkM 40 WSDNEBDAT. NOVEMBER 30. 1P10. 8TBOTHKB A COMPANY. Proprietors. RfcNKWALS The date opposite your name on your paper, or wrapper shows to what time your mbaeription Is paid. Thus JanOS shows that payaaat baa been rsoeiTod np to Jan. 1,1905, FebOS to Feb. 1, 1906 and so on. When payment U aaade,the date, which answers as a receipt, will be ohaated sooordlng ly. DidCONTINUANCES-Beaponaible sabecrib. rs will continue to receire this joaranl until the pvbliahers are notified by letter to discontinue, when all arrearages must be paid. If yon do not wish the Jomrnal continued for another year af ter the time paid for has expired, yon should prerioaaly notify as to discontinue it. CHANGE IN ADDBESS-When ordering a change in the address. subscribers should be sura to give their old as well aa their new address. AS TO COUNTY OPTION. The fact that Nebraska elected a republican governor and state ticket, and a democratic legislature, might seem queer to an outside observer, unacquainted with the situation. The result can have but one meaning. The only possible interpretation of such an election is that the people chose Aid rich and the republican state officials because they had more confidence in them than in Dahlman and the. ticket named by the democrats, without re gard to county option, and that they chose a democratic legislature because they were not enthusiastic over county option. The lawmaking body has thus been made very close on the option issue, while the other officers have been selected because of their superior fitness for the responsibilities involved, as compared with Dahlman and his ticket. The News pointed out in advance that there was more involved in the governorship than county option. The legislature is where the county option was more of a real issue. Apparently the voters took this view and chose the republican state ticket without regard to option, voting for democratic lawmakers with county option in mind. Norfolk News. SPLENDID SAN FRANCISCO. Leaving out Berlin and New York, and even New York makes uo such first impression, San Francisco is the most concretely magnificent city in the world. With a courage and faith that can well be called sublime, the city rallied upon its ruins, not to re store, for there was nothing left, but to remake. The three great hotels, the Palace, the Fairrcount and the St. Francis, excel the newest and the best to be found in New York. The Phel an Building is an example of an office structure that would loom up even in the metropolis. It is but one. The bank buildings are visions of splendor. Even Chinatown replaced itself with modernity. Nor is the aera covered small. The city is one of magnificent distances, and Faith has gone and built where it listed, regardless of as surances or knowledge of the future. Moreover, this building was done at perhaps the greatest expense for labor ever known, the organized artisans taking small pity on the stricken town into which the Nation and even the distant Orient poured relief. What is the future going to bring the city? By annexation it could bring itself above the million mark, but this is like deepening a well by hauling earth around the top. Los Angeles is pressing it closely. It is now overbuilt to some extent on the business side. The chilly fact is that its industries are fading away, going extensively to the hospitable city to the south, where labor is free. New York World. TOM CARTER. And Senator Tom Carter, "the bishop of the flock," is among the slain. The ingratitude of republicans, or at least of the sheep growers of the republic of Montana, was never more manifest It was to Senator Carter more than to anybody else, unless it was Reed Smoot, that the wool sched ules were revised upward in making the new tariff bill. That schedule has been a petard to a lot of congressmen, and its godfather is among those hoisted by it. In Uncle Tom the sen ate loses one of the faithfulest cogs of the machine. In Senator Raynor's famous roll call of the woolen hier archy of the senate is a portrait of-the Montana senator, now so soon to be a lame duck, which is universally acclaimed as a masterpiece of fine outline and true tone. Said the Marylander: When I speak of the senator from Utah as the chaplain of the garrison I must not omit the fact that the senior senator from Montana is the bishop of the entire flock. He does I not h mi fa to hnwovAr irTion tha tliov. logians who are under him are absent upon their pastoral calls to step down from his high elevation and occupy the place of moderator of the assembly and superintendent of the Sunday school upon the other side of the chamber. The senior senator is the great pacifier of his party. There is do hole so nar row or so deep that any of his col leagues can get into that he cannot crawl in after them and bring them back to the surface. There is no complexity or difficulty so great that he cannot relieve the situation. In losing Carter the senate loses a rare set of whiskers. Fortunately what we lose in Tom Carter we gain in John Kern. State Journal. INFANTILE PARALYSIS. The most important thing that the public needs to know about the terri ble disease, poliomyelitis, called infan tile paralysis, is that it is contagious. The certain knowledge of this fact is very recent, and is consequently un known not only to the general public but to the great majority of even good physicians. The disease has recently been shown to be caused by a living organism so small that it can pass through the fin est bacterial filter. Experiments on monkeys, in the Rockfeller Institute, under the direction of Dr. Flexner, have succeeded in isolating the germ, which is so small that it is doubtful if by any device it has been seen. That it is a living organism is shown, how ever, Dr. Flexner points out, by the fact that extremely minute quantities of the virus "suffice to carry infection through an indefinite series of animals. We have propagated the virus now through twenty-five generations, rep resenting twenty-five separate series of monkeys, and as many removes from the original human material supplying it, and the activity of the virus for the monkeys has increased rather than diminished in the course, and as the re sult of, the successive transplanta tions. For all practical purposes, therefore, the germ, though unseen, is discovered. They can inoculate monkeys with the disease and can produce in them im munization, much in the same way as the smallpox virus is used on human beings. As yet, however, the dis covery has not affected the direct treatment of the disease, since the pre paration of a serum antidote sufficient ly strong to overcome the virus has not yet been made. What these experi ments on monkeys have surely accom plished, however, is to establish beyond doubt the infectious and contagious nature of the lisease; and when this fact is sufficiently realized by the pub lic, the disease will be greatly lessened in extent and possibly stamped out by quarantine and generally preventive measures. A large percentage of the cripples one sees is the result of this disease. You hear someone say that a certain child was dropped by its nurse and so developed a "hump" back; that a cer tain man with a wasted and useless arm "caught cold" when a child; that some deformity was due to the effect of malaria or some other disease. Such "accidents" and alleged effects from illness are now thought to be largely the result of this germ disease. It is probably that a very laige per centage of the worst of these deformi ties may be averted by proper treat ment The disease itself canLot as yet be treated. For that we must wait for the preparation of an antitoxin and for more knowledge of the symp toms, so as to be able to make a diag nosis before the paralysis occurs and damage is done. All that can be done at present is to treat the effects of the disease. The paralysis results from the destruction of nerve cells in the spinal cords. A function of these cells is to supply nu trition to the muscles. With the des truction or disturbance of the cells, the nutrition of the muscles is cut off and they tend to wither and die. The essential treatment is directed keeping the affected muscles in as good a state of preservation as possible un til the spontaneous improvement in the nervous system takes place and the cells resume their function of supply ing nutrition. It is essential that when the nervous force returns it should find sound muscles to effect Drugs are sometimes given, but the es sential treatment consists of massage, electricity, and muscular exercises. Some physicians place great reliance upon electricity, properly applied, but massage and exercise are relied upon especially by the majority of practi tioners, as a means of keeping the mus cles intact until the cord resumes its activity. It is probable that all these are of use in some cases and at certain stages. The general care of the drild is extremely important It should be kept as much as possible in the open air and should have the most nourish ing food. The therapeutic value of hopeful ness is decided. If the parents, nurse, or child is discouraged, the effect is un favorable. Belief that a limb may ul timately be properly used tends to have a direct muscular result. The concentration of the child's mind, and its cheerful concentration, on the ex ercises, is helpful. The fatalistic attitude toward par alysis, so long held, forms a bad moral atmophere for the stricken child. He should believe that he will get entirely well, and should be cheerful, interested happy, and free from all possible nerv ous irritation. Hutchins Hapgood in Collier's Weekly. JACKSON AS AN EX-PRESIDENT Andrew Jackson retired from the White House more popular than when he entered, after naming his successor, as he thought for two terms. His part ing commands to his friends were to annex Texas and look out for the Ore gon boundary. In the boundary dis pute he wished the country to get "54 40 or fight" Leaving Washington he said he washed his hands of politics. But back in Tennessee they gave him a dinner at which he told Mrs. Polk, ac cording to her story, that the Presiden tial scepter would soon return to Ten nessee and her own fair self should be the queen. Jackson corresponded much with Van Buren and seemed pieasea witn nis administration, so that after three years he forced Van Buren's renomination, in the face of no little opposition. Jackson took the stump for his candidate in the West and worked hard, but it cannot be said wisely. When the Whigs under Harrison carried the election Jackson took bis medicine and began to lay pipes for the next election. He was an old man, in the poorest of health, but his spirit and popularity were of the greatest and Democrats in North and South looked upon him as capable of making or breaking a candidate. Now came sharp work inside the par ty. Van Buren, up to his defeat by Harrison, had been able to count on Jackson's support. But it became known that he did not favor the im mediate annexation of Texas, Jack son's r.et scheme, and the New York man's enemies set about tc destroy him on this issue. There is little doubt about Jackson's part in this contest. Slavery men obtained from him a let ter favoring the immediate annexation of Texas. Gradually they drew from Van Buren a public letter against the Texas resolution. Van Buren made his position clear, and then the Jack son letter was produced. Apparently disgusted with the trick which had been played upon him, Jackson hasten ed to write a second letter in which he said that he thought so much of Van Buren that the Texas question would make no difference between them. Nevertheless, he failed to mention the Presidency, and the public saw the old allies seemingly at odds, politically if not personally. From this and other points, there is good reason to believe that Jackson did not consider Van Buren a desirable candidate in 1844. Van Buren never pursued a braver course than when he made no effort to dodge the Texas issue, even though it was apparent that his position as ac centuated by Jackson's letter would cost him the nomination. He was the choice of a majority of the delegates at the convention, but could not over come the two-thirds rule. Polk, whom admirers called "a whole hogged Democrat," was nominated and elect ed. Polk consulted Jackson, but not Van Buren, about his Cabinet selec tions. Jackson did not approve of Buchanan as Secretary of State. Polk recalled that Jackson had sent Buchanan as Minister to Russia. "Yes, I did," shouted the general. "It was as far as I could send him out of sight, and where he would do the least harm. I would have sent him to the North Pole if we had had a mini ster there." Which went to show the frankness with which Jackson address ed one President, and what he thought about a later executive. Jackson died that summer, after Polk's inaugura tion. It was said that hard campaign ing killed him. Jackson's last letter was written to Polk, who mentions it in his diary as a "confidential letter of friendship communicating information touching on the official conduct a person high in office, in reference to which Gener al Jackson in his dying moments thought it proper to put me on my guard." So the "Old Hero" stood by until the end. Conklin Mann in the Outlook. FRANKLIN ON EARLY MAR RIAGE. Indeed, from marriages that have fallen under my observation, I am rather inclined to think that early ones stand the best chance of happi ness. The temper and habits of the young are not yet become so stiff, and uncomplying, as when more advanced in life; they form more easily to each other, and hence, many occasions of disgust are removed. And if youth has less of that prudence which is necessary to manage a family, yet the I parents and elder friends of young married persons are generally at hand to afford their advice, which amply supplies that defect, and, by early marriage, youth is sooner formed to regular and useful life; and possibly some of those accidents or connections, that might have injured the constitu tion, or reputation, or both, are thereby happily prevented. Particular circumstances of particu lar persons may possibly sometimes make it prudent to delay entering into that state; but, in general, when Nature has rendered our bodies fit for it, the presumption is in Nature's favor, that she has not judged amiss in making us desire it. Late marriages are often attended, too, with this further inconvenieuce, that there is not the same chance that the parents should live to see their offspring edu cated. "Late children," says the Spanish proverb, "are early orphans." A melancholy reflection to those whose case it may be! With us in America marriages are generally in the morn ing of life; our children are therefore educated and settled by noon; and tl.us our business being done, we have afurnoon and evening to ourselves. THE MASTER BUILDER. It was after three railroad engineers had, for one reason or another, resign ed from the big undertaking to which they had from time to time been appointed, that the government did what it might very well have done in the first place. Wallace, the first engineer who undertook the work of constructing the canal, threw up the job for reasons best known to himself. He was succeeded by Stevens, who went the way of his predecessor, via the resignation route. Shonts was next to be appointed chairman of the canal commission and chief engineer of the undertaking. Shonts resigned. When the news was brought to Wash ington, President Roosevelt banged his fist upon a table and announced with much heat that he would appoint a man who would stay on the job until he said he could quit Thus it came about that Colonel Goethals, a member of the engineer corps of the army, was detailed for the work. Previously to his selection for this conspicuous office the army man had never emerged from the obscurity of everyday work well done. It was therefore among the possibilities that he might prove unequal to a task which had already baffled three of the leading engineers of the country. But it was a moral certainty that he would not follow the course of his three predecessors and voluntarily abandon it. For, while army officers have many virtues, res ignation is not one of them. But the colonel made good. Those closely associated with him aud who, from a knowledge of his capabilities, his energy and his sterling character, had recommended his appointment, knew that he would. Those of the canal zone who knew nothing of the man were soon to make the same dis covery, and incidentally a few of them were to receive some jolts. The first to acquire knowledge that a new type of man had succeeded to the control of canal affairs was a division superin tendent It seems that, under previ ous regimes, when the engineer-in-chief issued an order, there would always be someone to tell him how the order could not be executed or to show him some better way of doing it And perchance the thing would not be done at all or mayhap the better way would be essayed. It was a few days after Colonel Goethals had assumed charge of affairs that he had occasion to issue an order. Directly appeared a volu ble division superintendent who came to tell him how impracticable it was to carry out the order. The army man listened while the other argued. Even tually the voluble one exhausted all of his arguments and cheerfully opined that the colonel had been brought to his way of thinking. "I hope sir," he concluded, "that you see the force of my argument" "But I was not arguing," came the calm reply. "I was issuing an order. Kindly see that it is obeyed." The man who has charge of thirty thousand men, and on his hands the greatest engineering work of the cen tury, must needs have many things to think about One of the conspicuous traits of this officer is that he has time for everything. Not long ago one of the canal officials sought out the colonel and represented to him that the work on a certain building which was under construction in the Canal Zone, and which was to have been completed on September 15, was pro ceeding so slowly that the work would probably not be done before the end of the year. "Get into my carriage " the colonel said to his caller: "we'll drive over to the building and see about it." Arriving at the building, the foreman was summoned. "This house," said the colonel in his usual quiet manner, "is to be ready on September loth." Whereupon the foreman called high heaven to witness how impossible it was to have the work done by that date. After he had enumerated the many insurmountable difficulties and had found a period, Colonel Goethals, sitting erect in his carriage, quietly observed: "I'm afraid that yon did not understand me. What I said was that the house is to be ready on Sep tember 15." The dazed foreman gasped, and, after recovering his breath, managed to stammer, "We will do the best we can, sir." "Still,' said Colonel Goethals in his even voice, "you did not understand me; what I said was that the house is to be ready on September 15." It is a matter of record that the house was ready on time, and no one who is familiar with Colonel Goethals and his .methods doubts but that the canal will also be ready on time. Special correspondent in Harper's Weekly. FAMOUS STAR GROUP. The Constellation Orion In Legend and Literature. The constellation Orion is mentioned In the literature of all ages. In Egypt It represented Horus. the young or ris ing sun. in a boat surmounted by stars, closely followed by Sirius. which was shown as a cow. It has also been found sculptured on the walls of Thebes 5,000 years ago. And on the men of that early time it shone down from the same position and with the same brightness as it does on us today, a striking example of the uncbange ableness of the heavens. From the days of the early Hindus to the present the constellation has for some reason borne always a stormy character. Allusions to its direful in fluence are found everywhere among the classic writers. Thus Milton wrote: When with fierco winds Orion arrived Hath vexed the Red sea coast. The loss of the Roman squadron in the first Punic war was ascribed to the fleets having sailed just after the ris ing of Orion. The group has also been employed as a calendar sign, its morn ing rising indicating the beginning of summer, its midnight rising the season of grape gathering and its early even ing rising the arrival of winter, with its attendant storms. In recent times the group has always represented a great hunter or warrior. Its present title came into Greek astronomy from the Euphrates and originally signified the light of heaven. BABY TURTLES. They Know Just What to Do and Do It Without Guidance. Just so soon as a baby turtle emerges from the egg oft he scuttles down to the sea. He has no one to teach him. no one to guide him. In bis curious little brain there is implanted a streak of caution based upon the fact that until a certaiu period in his life his armor is soft and uo defense against hungry fish, and he at once seeks the shelter in the tropical profusion of the gulf weed, which holds within its branching fronds an astonishing abun dance of marine life. Here the young turtle feeds unmolested while his ar mor undergoes the hardening process. Whatever the young sea turtle eats and wherever he eats it facts not gen erally ascertained one thing is cer tain, it agrees with him immensely. He leads a pleasant sort of life, bask ing in the tropical sun and cruising leisurely in the cool depths. Once he has attained the weight of twenty-five ionnds. which usually oc curs within the first year, the turtle is free from all danger. After that uo fish or mammal, however ravenous, however well armed with teeth, inter feres with the turtle. When once he has withdrawn bis head from its position of outlook Into the folds of his neck between the two shells intending devourers may strug gle in rain to make an impression upon him. Harper's Weekly. The Roar of China's Ducks. Tourists in China are always sur prised by the number of ducks they see. There arc more ducks in China than in all the rest of the world. Their voices arc a familiar sound in every town and country spot of the seacoast and the interior of the vast empire. Even in the large cities ducks abound. They dodge between the cool ies' legs. They flit squawking out of the way of the horses. Their indig nant quack will not unseldom drown the roar of urban commerce. Children herd ducks on every road, on every pond, on every farm, on ever lake, on every river. There is no back yard without its duck house. There is no boat, little or great, without its duck quarters. AH over the laud there are great duck hatching establishments, many of them of n capacity huge enough to produce 50,000 young ducks every year. Duck among the Chinese Is a staple delicacy. It is salted and smoked like ham or beef. New York World. Willing to Be Reasonable. "Do you believe in long engage ments''" he asked after she had con sented to be his. "yes, dearest." she replied. "I have always thought it was such a mistake for two people to rush into matrimony before they learned to really know each other." "Well, about how long would you wish the engagement to be?" "Let me see! Would you think it was too long if we didn't get married until a week from next Thursday?' Chicago Record-Herald. Fellow Worms. Before Longfellow bought the house in Cambridge so associated with his memory it was owned and occupied by old Mrs. Craigie. Mrs. Craigie was a woman of many eccentricities. Some one once tried to persuade her to have her trees tarred to protect them from caterpillars, which also invaded her neighbors' trees. She refused to be so cruel to the caterpillars. "They are our fellow worms." she said. Annoying. First Angel What is that spirit f uss- tn nhnntO Swnml AntrGl She SOTS her hatpins stick out beyond her halo. J narpers oazar. YOU MAY HELP US There are three parties to a telephone call the person making the call, the person called and the Telephone Company. These three must co-operate if the most ef ficient service is to be given. You can assist us by Consulting; the directorjo be sure yon have the correct number memory plays tricks. By speaking directly into the transmitter in a clear, distinct voice. By separating; the figures of the telephone num ber when calliag, for example. Red 12M. Red one-two-three-four. By correcting the operator if she repeats the number incorrectly. By moving the receiver hook slowly up and down three or four times if the operator does not ans wer promptly. By saving much time by identifying yourself when answering, as, "John Smith talking," instead of saying, "Hello," and causing unnecessary delay No mechanical device can ever take the place of human ingenuity in telephone service; a central operator is a vital part of telephone equipment. IS The Eaglefs First Flight. H. B. Mucpherson gives a dramatic account of the first flight of an eaglet whose life from babyhood be had watched. One day he ventured to the edge of the cliff containing his cradle and looked about Suddenly bis moth er swung past on silent wings and "tried to tempt him from his fast ness." But be was unwilling or afraid. Again the mother hovered round, and a wild, weird cry rang through the glen. "For the first time I had heard the yelp of the adult eagle, the voice of the queen of birds calling to her young. The eaglet cheeped continuous ly until he flapped to the very edge of the ubyss, listening to her call. And now be, too, chnnged his cry; his voice seemed to break, and the adult yell burst from his throat. The eagles called to each other, yelp answering yelp. The young eagle gazed round him, spread out his giant wings and vanished forever from my sight among the ledges below. The eaglet had left the nest and had flown." Detected. It was at a Fourth of July meeting In a little city. The mayor, William Smith, rose and at dignified length read the Declaration of Independence. There was a pause; then from one of the mayor's old schoolmates came the loud whisper: "Bill never writ that. lie ain't smart enough." New York Times. Unapproachable. Tall Student Your father is touchy. Isn't he? Short Student No. That's the trouble. Yon can't touch him at all C.hlrntm New. THAT WILL MAKE YOU RICH The greatest combination of industrialism and farming, now rapidly developing, ia to be found along the Burlington Route in the vicinity of SHERIDAN. WYOMING. HARDIN and BILLINGS, HON., Axon the BIG HORN BASIN, where large, deeded, alfalfa ranches that have made millionaires of the owners, are being divided into small farms, and where Government irri gated homesteads and Carey Act Lands are available. A WONDERFULLY RICH COUNTRY: You can get bold of an irrigated farm within a radius of a few miles of excellent coil, natural gas, illuminat ing oil, building materials, fast growing towns that have varied industries PERSONALLY CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS: On the first and third Tuesdaye I personally conduct Iandseekera' excursions to see these landn. sHlfmmsBBBBl HsBBBBBBBBBBBSSBsfli BBBBSsVMbBBBBBSBBSBBBBBBBBbMbBBSSBBBBBBS . w Magazine Binding I Old Books I I Rebound I I In fact, for anything in tbe book I I binding line bring your work to I I 5fte I I Journal Office I I Phone 184 I Nebraska Telephone Co. D. J. ECHOLS, Local Manager Didn't Like the Suit. "Sir," said the young man as he en tered the library for the purpose of in terviewing the father of the only girl. "I am in love with your daughter. Have you any objection to my suit?" The'old man looked the y. m. over from head to foot. "I sure have." he replied. "Why. I wouldn't wear a misfit suit like that to a dog tight. Why don't you try some other tailor?" Chicago News. An Inconsistency. There is a strange inconsistency In ''Hamlet." It Is where I la inlet speaks of "the undiscovered country, from whose bourne no traveler return." and yet the play hinges largely upon the fact that lie has had interviews with his father's ghost, who had. of tourse. come back from the undiscov ered countrv. PROBATE NOTICE. State of Nebraska, l'latto county. n : In tho t ounty tourt, ia and for paid county: In the matter of theeetateof Hannah Dmiw. ! deceatted. late of mill connty. At a Mstion or tlie County lonrt lor mini county. holilen at tli Connty Jndge'ti office in ColumbuH, in saiil county on the IVth day of November. A. D.. 1910. piewnt John ltattermnn. Connty Jucltce. On readimtand filing the duly verified twtition of (Jeo. E. Davis, praying that lettertt of administration be itumed to 1'nnirl Selirain on theeutnte of mill decedent Thenuion. it ia ordered that tho 10th day of DeceniUr. A. I.. WIO. at 2 o'clock p. m.. In aiWKned for thn ligprinKof ""' petition at ! County JdiIko'h office in traitl county. And it i further ordered, that duo lentil nutii- be KiTen of the pendency and hearinicof wiiil petition by publication in the Colunibuw Jour nal three consecutive weeks. (A true copy of the ordor.) (Seal) JOHN KATTKKMAN. Connty Judge. Dated. Columbus, Neb., November 21st. UU. K&U D. CLEM DEflVER. General Agent Land Seekers Infermatlen Bureau 1004 Farnam Street. Omaha, Nebr. V T -'