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(fohnnbus Jgottmal. Colombua, Nebr. Consolidated with the OolnmbuB Timee April 1, 1KW; with tlic Platte County Argus January 1. 1908. Kr.iril it t ho Poatofilco. Colnrobnt. Kbr.. .i.'-'ODJl-rlaas mull mattrr TBK or flCBSOBIRIOB : One year, by mail, poatacaprapoid ....VLM Six moatha .71 Three moaths .48 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29. 1311. STHOTHER & COMPANY. Proprietors. KIsNEWAIjS The date opposite yoar name oa 7 oar paper, or wrapper shows to what time yoar aabecription is paid. Thus JanOS shows that payment has been receded np to Jan. 1,1905, Feb to Feb. 1, 1905 and so on. When payment is made, the date, which answers aa a reoeipt. will be chanted accordingly. DiBCONTINUANCKtt-Keepontible eabscrib are will oontinae to receive this 1. ami antil the pablishers are notified by letter to discontinue. when all arrearages most be paid. If yon do not wish the Journal cuu'.irnml for another year af ter the time paid for Lab expired, yon should previously notify ca to -Hwcontinae it. CHANGE IN ADIMESS-When orderins a a hangs in the address, subscribers should be sare to ie their old aa wrllas their new address. THE POLITICAL EFFECT. Writing on behalf of the farmers in opposition to the reciprocity bill, Mr. S. M. Wallace of Clay Center puts the following smoke in the public pipe: From a political standpoint it has been asked, where will the protection ist go since the democrats also are divided on the question of protection? Speaking for myself nnd voicing the sentiments expressed by every well informed farmer with whom I have talked upon this subject, democrat or republican, we will throw aside the political affiliations of years and go to the free trade wing of the democratic party, should this agreement become a law, justifying ourselves upou the ground of "equal rights to all, special privileges to none." That is to say, take away the far mer's protection, and he will proceed to take away the protection of every body else. Take away his special privileges and he will adopt the motto, "equal rights to all, special privileges to none." Mr. Wallace would pro ceed by going to the "free trade wiDg of the democratic party." Presuma bly, however, those thus turned against protective privileges would act through whatever agency offered the result, and this is as likely to be one party as the other. This means, if a true prophecy, that the steel tariff, the tariff on woolen and cotton goods, farm machinery and all would come down as a result of the reciprocity bil 1. For as the farmer falleth, there will the tarifi lie. Can that be why John Dalzell and the rest of the stand patters oppose the bill so bitterly? It means that reciprocity is not to be considered by the farmer with respect solely to its immediate effect. He might lose by the reci procity bill alone, while gaining grandh' by the indirect effects to follow as suggested by Mr. Wallace. Lin coln Journal. GIANTS OF THE CRIMINAL BAR. It is undoubtedly true that in former times, in all parts of the country, it was considered more importaut and more creditable to save a man's life or liberty than to get a verdict where property only was concerned. These days have passed, however, as far as New York is concerned, and in a les ser degree, possibly, in nearly all the other states; and despite the agitation on the subject, they are never likely to return. It is interesting to turn back more than a century and a quarter, to the earliest days of the republic, and the careers of two lawyers who would have been giants in any age or in any country, and who were antagonistic in character and purpose Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Both men accepted criminal as well as civil cases. One of the greatest efforts of Hamilton's life was his appearance for oneCrosswell. charged with publishing a scandalous libel upon Thomas Jeffer son, me court was divided in its verdict, but the prisoner was never punished. Aaron Burr, that erratic genius, who lacked a balance wheel, is said never to have lost a case in which he alone was counsel. It is also of record that he won a case in which, by a queer trick of fate, his associate coun sel was Hamilton. It was a murder case. The actions and manner of the principal witness against the prisoner seemed to Burr exceedingly suspicious and it is said that both Burr and Hamilton were undecided in their own minds which was the guilty party, the witness or the prisoner. Hamilton's summing up was perfunctory. Burr began to address the jury when it was nearly dark. The witness for the pro secution was leaning against a pillar. His face was pallid and covered with perspiration. He listened intently to the lawyer. Suddenly Burr seized a large candelabrum, and throwing the light on the face of the witness, shouted "Behold the murderer, gentlemen!" The witness turned and rushed from the court room, and the prisoner was j acquitted. F. P. Ward, in H&rjjer's j Weekly. RECIPROSITY COMMENT. The Canadian reciprocity agreement has at last made it tossible for lions and lambs to lie down together. Washington Post. Well, the insurgents of the west know a lot more about the beauties of protection than they did before Cana dian reciprocity was closed. Bing hamtou Republican. May the Good Lord deliver us from any more "Reciprocity," will be incor porated in all our prayers, after the president tries his Canadian one on the people. Plaza (N. D.) Pioneer. Can it be that Colonel Bryan is to express his opinion on waiting Canadian reciprocity until he hears what Messrs. Harmon and Gayuor think of it? San Francisco Chronicle. The tarifi commission is an injury for the country for several reasons. The theory is fine, but the result will be disastrous. It disturbs trade be cause manufacturers never know where they are at they have no means of knowing when their particular lines are to be changed. Waterloo (III.) Republican. The republican party has for fifty years stood committed to the policy of protection to the American farmer and the American wage earner and no man can in just a fortnight commit it to a policy which would turn the party inside out, make it right-abcut face, and meet itself coming back. Albany (M . Capital. Governor elect Wilson says that James K. Marti tie mu.-t be elected United States senator, nnd insists that there can be no cotni rouiise; but the way to Washington for him doesn't apear dear at this time, and it is to be hoped that ttie democrats will find some man whose tarifi sentiments are more in harmony with those of the people than Mr. Marline's are. Tren ton State Gazette. The American tarifi commission is different from the German commission. The German commission has manu facturers and mill men ou its board, the American commission has neither. How can a tariff commission get facts when it has no expert ou the board? How can a blacksmith make tarifi laws for the watch maker, or the shoe maker make laws for the paper mills? Waterloo (111.) Republican. Politics makes strange bedfellows. Here is Senator Cummins of Iowa, insurgent of iusurgents, contending for revision of the tarifi' by schedules aud declaring that this is the issue of the future between the insurgents and reg ulars. Yet President Taft has de clared for schedule revision. And again Senator Cummins is a leader in the new "progressive league" organ ized largely to make war on Mr. Taft. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The fuss over high prices will get its quietus when the workingman finds cheap foreign goods invading the American market and knocking him out of his job. Xo workingman re mains au admirer of cheapness very long after he finds out that a thing is dear to the man who wants to buy when he hasn't the money to buy it with, and lacks a job which would enable him to get the necessary cash. San Francisco Chronicle. Canada has paid 81G,7oO,000 in bounties to establish the steel industry m that country. It is a large sum for a small population to pay in bounties, considering that a protective tarifi is also imposed. But Canada will be the gainer if able successfully to compete with foreign producers. The trouble arises from lack of coal and iron ore in sufficient quantities to produce the steel for use where chiefly needed. Still, Canada is to be congratulated on her pluck in establishing industries in view of severe competition. Many of our farmers are much stirred up over the proposed reciproc ity with Canada. They don't want their wheat put on the market with Canadian wheat. This is about all the advantage the North Dakota farmer gets out of the tariff, and if they take that away, they will get the North Dakota farmer going on record for free trade in its entirety. Our mem bers of congress are all opposed to the plan and they will put it up to the president and congress in a way that is likely toknock it out. Plaza (N.D.) Pioneer. The standpatter is now all that stands between the present prosjterous conditions in this country aud demo cratic insurgent tariff tampering, free trade tendencies and consequent dam age to business. The standpatter believes in the old time tried republi can principles, that have met all emergencies and bestowed such great an' lasting benefits, and he is also pro- gressive along safe and sane line, but te not believe, that true progressive ness means the discarding of all repul lican policies and the smashing of the protective tariff. Tiffin Tribune. It seems that the people of this country are fated to go back on them selves once in awhile. They become prosperous and happy under the poli cies of the republican party, and becoming jealous of the surpassing prosperity of certain persons and cer tain concerns, they, prospering them selves beyond any time in previous years, vote a party into power always proven disastrous to every human interest. If such voters could only be made to bear alone the burdens of the adversity they thus bring about, then the innocent people could smile and bear the situation. Greenville (Ohio) Courier. We are told, in Chicago, that there is no great demand for beef at the present time aud prices of cattle are made to sag to correspond to this decreased demand. A year ago we were told that there was not enough food to feed the nation aud that cry seems to have haunted the president and his advisers until they arranged for the free admission of the food pro ducts of Canada, in exchange for certain small favors extended by Can ada to eastern manufacturing "inter ests." But the farmers fail to see any reason why their products should be swapped off that way to make businese for others. If the object in Canadian reciprocity is still, as claimed in the cast, cheaper food products, it might as well be dropped, for the farmers do not want to see food products go any lower than they are at the present time. Lower prices will mean ruin for the farmers, of whose welfare we have in late years done a great deal of boasting. We may soon be in need of some legislation to boost prices of food products. It begins to look that way now. Cedar Rapids Republican. SEWARD'S WAR CURE. The report from Mexico that a de monstration by the United States might unite the insurrectionists aud the government party against a com mon foe, recalls that curious incident of the Civil War when Secretary Se ward proposed to Lincoln to deliberate ly provoke war with Frauce and Spain in the expectation that the South would "join with the North in a com mon cause." Lincoln suprcssed the memorandum, aud it was not niado public until a quarter of a century later. It was dated April 1, 1801, and was entitled, "Some Thoughts for the President's Consideration." The document was extraordinary, both in its criticism of the President and in its suggestions of policy. It began with the assertion that a month had passed since the inaugura tion and that the administration was still without a policy, foreign or dom estic Therefore, a radical change was urged. "We must change the ques tion before the public," Seward said, "from one upon slavery or about sla very, for a question upon uuion or dis union." To do this he proposed that war be declared agaiust France and Spain and that all the governments in North and South America lie organi zed in a crusade to enforce the Mon roe doctrine. This policy, once decided upon, must be1 carried out by someone with out debate or discussiou of auy sort. "It is not in my especial province," the Secretary added, "but I neither seek to evade nor assume responsibil ity." The implication was that Lincoln was a failure as President, as had been demonstrated by a month's trial; that the country needed a radical change and that Seward was willing to dis place Lincoln as Chief Executive. The proposal was so wild and its im plications so offensive that the Presi dent might readily have felt that it made the position of his Secretary of State untenable. A rupture in the Cabinet, however, would have been most unfortunate at that time, parti cularly as it would have involved the man who had been the leading Repub lican of the country up to the time of the national convention. Whatever may have been Lincoln's personal feelings in the matter be made no sigu of irritation. His reply to Seward was a calm summary of the situation, poiuting out that the admin istration was following a definite policy in which Seward had hitherto concured. If a change of policy should seem advisable the President himself must of course carrv it out. But there seem ed to be no good reason for a change. So far as is known neither man ever referred to the subject again, but a few weeks later the disillusioned Seward wrote, "There is but one vote in the Cabinet and that is cast by the Presi dent." Kansas City Star. How Could Ha? Aunt You will never learn bow to manager jour money. Karl Nephew Can you wonder at It, auntie? Sly acquaintance with it Js always so short. -FHeirende Blatter. i THE LINCOLN INAUGURAL. . Charles Francis Adams is one of the few men well known in Boston present at the inauguration. He was visiting his father, win) was then in congress. "I remember dining on the day pre ceding the inauguration," said Mr. Adams to the Boston Herald, "at the house of Secretary Seward. It was Sunday, aud the midday meal was of a very informal character. There were eight or teu guests, visitors iu Washington like myself. "After the conversation had follow ed commonplace topics for sometime Secretary Seward caused something of a stir by announcing that he had spent a part of the morning in reading the manuscript of the inaugural address which Mr. Lincoln was to deliver on the following da. Of course, Mr. Seward did not give any detailed in formation as to it, but he said that he thought it was a very sensible docu ment, and that it would be generally considered satisfactory. "He then added, which iu the light of subsequent events proved a perti nent comment, that he considered the most characteristic of the president's style was a vein of sentiment aud im agination which ran through lib writ ing. "The day of the iuauguration was clear and, as I remembered it, some what blustery. Any one who has ever encountered on Pennsylvania avenue a March dust borne on a March wiud is not likely even in the Washington of today to covet a repetition of the experience, and fifty years ago the streets, as yet unpaved, were always either impassable from mud or ankle deep in dust. None the less for that, from an early hour the whole town seemed to gather toward the capitol. "During the earlier proceedings I was present in the reporters' gallery of the .-cuate chamber, surreptitiously smuggled in, as I remember it, under the friendly wing of General James Watson Webb, the famous editor of the New York Courier aud Enquirer; but I can recall nothing of what took place below, except the impression made on me by the two chief person alities of the occasion the outgoing president and the president-elect. In spite of his wry neck and dubious age, I could not but feel that Mr. Buchan an was undeniably the more present able man of the two; his tail, large figure and white head appeared well beside Mr. Lincoln's lank, angular form and hirsute face; nor did the dress and bearing of the latter indi cate that knowledge which was desir able of the amenities of the time and place. As a whole the scene impress ed me as being distinctly uuimpressivc. "Duriug the delivery of the inaugur al I could only distinguish Lincoln's words now aud then, without at all following the trend of J.he address. As a spectacle it was not heartening. The capitol, it must be remembered, was at that time in u wholly unfinish ed coudiliou, aud derricks rose from the great dome as well as from the sedate aud representative wiugs. "On the staging front I t-aw a tall, ungainly man addressing a motely gathering some thousands in num ber with a voice elevated to its high est pitch; but his delivery, as I remem ber it, was good quiet, accompanied by little gesture and with small pre tense at oratory. The grounds at the east front are so large that it is diffi cult ever to compute correctly as audi ence there gathered. I should say, however, that the mob of citizens ou that occasion did not exceed four or five thousand. "It was a very ordinary gathering, with a somewhat noticeable absence of pomp, stale, ceremony, or even of con stabulary. As I remembered not a uniform was to be seen. I recall it as a species of mass meeting evincing lit tle enthusiasm; but silent, attentive, appreciative, and wonderfully respec table and orderly. "Throughout, however, a curious sense of uneasiness prevailed iisortof nervous expectancy. The thought was ever present in my mind, as I fancy in that of every individual there of something on the program about to occur. I did not myself really fear, much less expect it; but, none the less, I very distinctly recall the latent men tal suggestion what if some southern fire eater or fanatical secessionist should now bring this ceremony to a sudden close hy a deed of violence by a pistol bullet from near at hand, or a rifle shot from sonic distant win dow yonder? There was, however, no crazed and theatrical John Wilkes Booth in that gathering, or at least, if there were, he did not put himself in evidence; and so the tragic outcome of fburyears later whs not then furstallcd. "Prcsidcntly the inaugural was brought to a close, and the audience melted slowly away. As I left the ground on my way towards Layfayettc square, I chanced across Senator Sum mer, and joined him iu the walk back. He was iu great spirits; he was pleaded with the iuaugural, and evidently much relieved that tho occasion had I passed away in orderly fashion and without a hitch. The party to which he belonged was at last in firm posses sion of the machinery of government. Referring to the address, he expressed, I remember, strong approval of it say ing, in slightly oratorical, though ex tremely characteristic fashion, that it suggested to him the old simile of a hand of iron in a velvet glove.' "As wo went westward along F street, we came up to General Scott's carriage. When Mr. Sumner address ed him through the carriage window he was looking intently down the other way, toward Pennsylvania avenue. But when he heard Mr. Sumner's voice he turned arouud with an expression of extreme satisfaction. He shook hands with us and remarked that everything was going as smoothly and quietly as it could. His prediction has subsequently proved true, but the all pervading sense of alarm then manifest was not without reasou." COLD, UNFEELING WRETCH Though His Wife Has Saved Him Money, and Looks Well, He Is Not Interested. "John, will you please unhook my waist?" "All right, as soon as I get my col lar off." "Don't you think this dress is be coming?" "Yep." "I think it makes me look slimmer than I look in any of the rest of my dresses, don't you?" "I guess so." "Did you see anybody there who was dressed in better taste than I?" "Nope." "And Think how cheaply I got it made. Do you remember that pink dress I had two years ago?" "I dunno." "O. yes, you remember it, John. Tho one I had made when I went to St. Louis. Would you suspect that I have had all the beaded trimming from that gown put on this one?" "No." "Well, I have. If I had bought it now it would have cost $25. Don't you think I managed well?" "Uh huh." "Do you suppose there's another woman In this town who dresses as splendidly as I do on what you allow me for clothes?" "I've never thought anything about it." "Well, you would think about it ir you got such bills as most women make their husbands pay. Did you see any one there who looked better than I did?" "I didn't look around much." "Did you ever see me when I looked better?" "I guess not." "Think what it means to you when I make such a fine appearance. Every body must get the impression that you are able to give me a much larger al lowance than you do for clothes. It gives the impression that you are prosperous. Can't you see what an advantage it is to have people get such an idea?" "I've never noticed it." "O, pshaw! One might as well talk to n stick as to you!" How Good Health Tells. Poor physical health handicaps many girl workers and prevents the highest development of their powers. 'An anaemic brain produces poorer work than one that is nourished by blood rich In red corpuscles. The dys peptic girl is irritable, seedy, and out of sorts when all her vitality is called ton to make a special effort in her work. "Nerves" may make all the dif ference between success or failure. To keep her health up to a good standard ought to be the aim of every girl who wishes to make something of her life. Too many girls allow themselves to drop into poor health, which is so apt to become chronic un less the tendency is checked at the be ginning. A girl owes a duty to herself to keep fit and well and attend to her digestion, her muscles, her breathing. The habits of breathing properly, chewing the food thoroughly, daily ex ercises out of doors, are all small mat ters; bxit one or two rules of daily conduct occasionally broken contrive after a time to affect physical health and personality both. Once let a girl make her mind up to cultivate a habit of self-development, and she follows these rules almost automatically. Each detail may be unimportant in itself, but the sum of them is not. They are the points that tell in the making of what should be every girl's aim to obtain health and personality. Safest to Fly High. That it is safer for an airman to fly high than comparatively near the ground is indicated by meteorological tests carried out on behalf of the British air ofiico at Teddington. A kite with a special recording appara tus has been sent up to various heights, and it has been shown that on a gusty day sudden fluctuations in the pressure of the wind which are an airman's peril diminish percept ibly as a kite ascends. What airmen have discovered when in flight is that dangerous gusts sweep over woods and hills or througii valleys. For this reason when passing across country they seek to maintain an altitude of at least 7,000 feet. Cabbage and Potatoes Make Men. A steady diet of cabbage and pota toes for breakfast, dinner and supper will make a stalwart and brawny raca of men. according to Rev. V. Losa of Coraopolis. who spoke before the Out look Alliance. Rev. Mr. Losa, who Is superintendent of 20 missions for for eigners supported in the neighborhood of Pittsburg by the Presbyterian church, said that the average wage in their native land of the big", sturdy Slovaks and Ruthenians who come to Pittsburg is about sixteen cents a day, and that cabbage and potatoes is their chief diet, with meat perhaps two or three times a year. Rev. Mr. Losa Is a Bohemian by birth and has labored among foreigners in and around this city for 12 years. Pittsburg Dispatch, ROYAL BAKING Makes Hmw Bakisg Easy SAVES FLOUR BUTTER EGGS A4 makes the cake sightly, freedom JUyml Ck Bk-8M Receipts-Free. SeniNmme ml Address ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK. Turned the Tables. Two hunters, returning from the Cat ski Us. decided to try onie New York city humor upon tin; agent of a little railroad station in the foothills. "When does the V.A'J train get in?" asked one. The old man regarded him seriously and at length. "Waal," said he, "she generally gets in just a leetle behind the engine." Later they approached him respect fully. "About time that train is due. isn't it. unde?" "Yes-." said the agent, "she's about due. There comes the conductor's dog." Everybody's. The Very Idea! .Mr. Wuggs I'm thro'ish with Bump. I told him we are going to name our baby after some great personage and asked him for a suggestion. Mrs. Woggs What did he say? Mr. Woggs lie said. "Name it after ours." Puck. a Attractive Rates for March VERY LOW ONE-WAY RATES TO PACIFIC COAST. A general basis of 2.(X for one-way colonist tickets to California, Oregon, Washing ton and the Far Wet, daily from March 10th to April 10th. Tickets are honored in couches anil through touribt (deepen;. THROUGH TOURIST SLEEPING SERVICE. Everyday to Los Angeles, via Denver, Scenic Colorado, Salt Lake Route. Every day to San Francisco, March loth to April 10th, via Denver. Scenic Col orado, Ogden; personally conducted tourist sleeper excursions every Thnre day and Sunday to 'Frisco, thence Lo3 Angeles via Coast Line. Every day to Seattle, Portland and Northwest. HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS. March ?th nud '21ut, to new territory toutb, west and northwest, including Big Llorn Basin. YELLOWSTONE PARK. Think now about touring the Park luis summer; inquire about the new and attractive way through this wonderland, an eight-day personally conducted camping tour from Cody, via the scenic entrance, every thing provided; different from all other tours. An ideal recreative and Bcenic outing for a email party of friends to take. Address Aaron Holm, Proprietor, Cody, Wyo., or the undersigned. If you are expecting to make any kind of u en turner tour I shall be glad to have you get in touch with me early. Hffii s..yjtSAA ?:s St3L-TH?t2.& J Pa be y,i ,. C u r'r r - - '.'X- ..r. b 'Svraet J3BCw-'fc &ii.. S''-Tv" ' ,. 1-iJUl -17 Si :-iiillP! UHE Mnne Old Books Rebound In fact, for anything in the book binding line bring your work to Z5e Journal Office Phone 184 POWDER ligater,fier flavored, aa4 issues Its from alam. ion cannot dream yourself into :i character; you must hammer and f.irue fourself one. James .Anthony Kron !. NoriCr. Xtiet i. hereby uivrn that tln nnIerbiinil, liy virtue of a chnttlo mrt(we in th form of a mortww note, dntinl December -'nil. I'JtH. unil t'xprutMl by Jin. S. F. Trhp anil Mr. W. !,. Mctjuown. mojliniirore, to K. W. Saley. nmrt-tsixvt-, nnd dnly tiled in the itlicitf theCt.uoty Clerk iu and for tho roanty of Platte, ttntoof Xt-hraaku. on March tilth. 1111. to noctire tho laj merit of a certain irtnii-tory uotn for$i"iO.(pi, tinted IKHvmber "Jnd. I'.KH. and pajahloto K. V. Saley. and tin which then in now tine the Mini of SrCi.to, with Interest thennn at the mtrof ID jkt cent icr annum from February lt. WHO. ttnd default having Itct-n made in the payment of Haiti note and the amount duo thereon anil no suit or other procittlin'-at Inn having been institute! 1 to recover t-nitl turn or any part thereof; Therefore. I will hell to tho hfchetit bidder for uli at public auction, at the office nnd utore room of the Anditorinm Mnme Company, at tll Wot i:tth Mree t, and Ix-int: iu the North opera hnu-e. folumhuf. Platte r uuty, Nebmitkn, ou Wednesday. April VMi, l'.MI.at Z o'clock p.m.. he follow in j: tlecnIHl projwrty, to-wit: One Trjler l'iano, StIo II, No. lltiio, mahogany case, one Mool and onewirf. K. W. SALEY. .Mortgagee. b. F. RECTOR, Ticket Agent Columbus. Nebr. L. W. WAK&L&Y. Gen'!. Passenger Agent. OmdtM. Nnkr .r;.'.jv'. 71 tJ!fS-Zl.jAe-Uu. f - . 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