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y Is Salesmen Doctors Can Save Money with a Ford llailrond travel i ueuelly uncotu fortnble. Cooped up in u stufiy day coach is an experience tbat most trav eling salesmen despise. Besides its diecomfort. it's expensive. Railroad and livery bill- are always high and make a continual pull on the pocket book. If you are wipe you'll save tlm outlay and make traveling enjoyable and healthy, by purchasing a Ford. The original pur chase price of the Model T is email. Consider, that fir the price you gel car with all the useful equipment necessary to uiuko anv trio under any conditio!.:;. Your journeys from town to town arc quickly made; you are comfortable in the fresh air and jon are saving both time and money. No more pokey trains to wait for you are your own engineer, coudnctor and brakemau. Ford light weight saves tires and tires save money. Light weight saves wear and automobile wear is expen sive. Vanadium steel construction means strength and streiic,th means durability all points that prove the Ford ca- the best for road travel of all kinds. ,i Only $775 Fully Equipped-. 0. B. Columbus FORD MOTOR CO. SOLD G0TTBER6 WEST 13TH ST. "MIND YOUR PS AND Q"3' One Theory Is That the Old Saying Originated In the Printing Office. Several explanations have been given of the origin of the phrase "Mind your P's and Q's." One Is that It is derived from an old custom of hanging a slate up in an alehouse on which was written P or Q that is. pint or quart against the name of each customer according to the quan tity which he had drunk; to be paid when the wages were given on Satur day night. Another explanation given in the Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette Is that the sentence originally was "Mind your toupees and queues." The tou pee was an artificial lock of hair and the queue the pigtail of olden time. A riddle used to be in vogue as fol lows: "Who is the best person to keep the alphabet in order? Answer: A barber, because he ties up the queues and puts toupees in irons." Charles Knight gives the most plausible explanation, as follows: "I have always thought that the phrase 'Mind your P's and Q's' was de rived from the schoolroom or the printing office. The forms of the small p's and q's in the Roman type have already been puzzling to the child and the printer's apprentice. In the one the downward stroke is on the left of the oval; in the other, on the right "Now, when the types are reversed, as they are when in process of dis tribution they are returned by the compositor to his case, the mind of the young printer is puzzled to dis tinguish the p from the q. In sorting pi or a mixed heap of letters, -where the p and the q arc not in connection with any other letter forming a word, I think it would be almost impossible for an inexperienced person to distin guish which is which upon the in stant." Arts and Crafts in Japan. Of a total membership of SC9, as reported at the annual meeting In the Twentieth Century club, the Society of Arts and Crafts has 237 member! in Boston. 133 In Massachusetts out side of Boston, twenty-six in other states and territories and five In for eign countries, one being In Japan. The Jury reported that tho work in metals had Improved much during tho year, enamels have Improved In color and design. Wood carving has ini prored somewhat; textile work and embroidery hare not Improved, nor has work in ceramics. The member ship committee reported that eighty. six craftsmen and sixteen associates were added to the society during the year and fifty-one have dropped out of membership. MONUMENTS tion Day. We have just received a large assortment of Monuments and Markers of the latest designs and work manship on them cannot be excelled, as our power cut ters give an equipment unequalled in this part of the state EARNEST 6. B&RGMflN 616 West 12th St. Bell Phone 114 Golumbus, Nebraska You The medical profession is one that usually requires instaut service. The doctor's time is never bis own day or night. He must answer calls prompt ly or lose his practice The horse and buggy used by the doctor to hasten his call is fast being pushed into the background and supplanted by the motor car. In design the Ford Tor pedo Runabout is the ideal car for the doctor. It is very speedy on the road and always relia ble. The old say ing that "Time is money" iB more thau true in the case of the profes Hional man. In this jtejTri;MP - light and powerful Ford car the doc tor can cover double the ground and make twice the calls that would be possible with the horae and buggy. As to economy in upkeep, it is impos sible to Gnd a superior to the Model T Ford On account of its design, light weight and strong construction, gaso Hue, oil bills nnd general upkeep have been reduced to the minimum. The many hundreds of docton who are to day using Ford cars, are getting from 25 to 30 miles from a single gallon of gasoline. It's this economy in nil Model T cars tbat has made Ford the popular car for the busy practitioner. BY AUTO CO. COLUMBUS, NEB. SHIPS THAT KICK LIKE MULE 'Serious Consequences Sometimes En- sue to the Man r.t Steer ing Wheel. Vhen sailors join a ship almost the first question asked by each one as he takes the wheel for the first time is: "Does she kick?" Kicking, as it is called by seamen. Is due to the action of the water under the lee of th rudder, when the ves sel's stern, which has for the moment been borne skyward on the crest of a wave, falls back again into the trough with such terrific force as to make her tremble fore and aft. and perhaps wrench the wheel from the grasp of the steersman. Sometimes it happens that he is taken unawares, and being unable to let go In time he is flung right over the wheel to the other side of the deck, often receiving serious injuries. Some times a man will be pitched right over board into the sea, and a recent case is known of a man who received a blow under the chin from one of the spokes and died a few days later from the effects. In some of the worst types of kick ing straps are used regularly in near ly all weather, and many sailors re fuse to go to sea in ships which are known to be confirmed kickers. "One Man." "I have a servant girl who is capable nnd good naturcd and whom I wouldn't willingly part with, but she troubles me one way." said Mrs. Clockley to a visitor. "She is a Finn and knows but a few words of English, so the ar rival of anyone from a guest to a gro cer boy is heralded by her footsteps and the solemn words: " 'One man.' "It is laughable and vexing. I have to go all the way downstairs to ascer tain who it is. I am thinkinir of hav- i ing a series of mirrors put up to rc ! fleet the visitor's image upstairs. Or ! perhaps 1 can invent a conning tower such as submarines are equipped with. "At any rate I shall never be able to stand it until she learns enough English to tell who wants me." f K( tS t (f rrfK (S(f(F The lh Franklin M'dse. Go. I Cl5 (Not Inc.) " ib .... . ! r, Ladies and Man's Fine Tailor Made Suits and Top Goats ib ib J 612 West 12th St. v'i b Columbus, Nebraska i b iv Now is the time' to select a Monument, so" as To have it ready for Decora OF SUCH ARE PROOFREADERS Uttle Miss Has Painful Struggle Dur ing Spelling Lesson Conducted by Her Father. Ralph Royston, who is a salesman for one of tho big printing machinery houses, lives In Dyker Heights, Brook lyn. He has five children and one of the youngsters, a girl, is a notoriously bad speller. The other evening Mr. Royston was endeavoring to help the child with her studies. The girl had to spell "even ly," and with much painful effort she started "e," then "t." then hesitated and haltingly suggested "e" again, and having progressed thus far stopped. "Well, go on," said the father, as he pronounced "evenly" slowly and care fully, to help the youngster. "What's after 'e-v-e'r The HtUe girl thought and thought and then suddenly saw light. "R," she said. Her father, who couldn't understand why she could not get the word right, asked her with some Impatience. "Why V?" "Oh, yes," exclaimed the HtUe one with a glad cry of triumph, "that's It! E-V-E-R-Y-R. Evenly." Mr. Rovston lauxhed and the sisters and brother of the struggling speller laughed, and then the little girl under stood that she had blundered terribly. And then she did what a little miss is sure to do at such a time. She wept ASIATICS ON BRITISH SHIPS Growing Preference for Chinese Sea men Over Britons for 8ervice Under Red Ensign. One of the principal grievances complained of by the union, we be lieve, is the alleged growing prefer ence of ship owners for Asiatic sea men, particularly Chinese seamen, to British seamen, for service under the red ensign. The recent declaration by Winston Churchill, home secretary, Is to the following pertinent effect: With regard to the alleged dumping of Chi nese labor on British ships, the fig ures show that the number of British seamen employed in the British mer cantile marino is steadily increasing, while the number of Lascars and Asi atics of all kinds was stationary. In 1905 there were 263,686 persons em ployed, of whom 180,492 were British and 43,483 were Lascars and Asiatics. In 1908 thero were 19S.474 British and 43,960 Lascars and Asiatics, an in crease of nearly 18,000 British sea men in four years. It should be re membered that a very large propor tion of Lascars and Asiatics employed were natives of India and British sub jects. Shanghai Times. The Astronomer's Cat The Rev. T. E. Espln, who recently achieved considerable fame by discov ering a new star, possesses a tabby cat. says the London Globe. The story of Mr. Espin's cat In his own words Is this: "Last February, re turning from church on a cold night, with the ground covered with snow, I heard lamentations very Bimllar to what Jeremiah would have uttered, and on searching about found a young and quite small cat on the window sill vers' cold and very starved. I took him in and fed him and mado inquir ies, but have never obtained the least clue as to his owner. He was then about six months old. We became keenly attached and his affection has been so great that on more than one occasion he saved me the trouble of eating my dinner by being first in the field." Damning Evidence. "Madam," says the agent of the black hand, "we have a photograph of you and Count do Gaylelgh riding In an automobile. Send $10,000 to us or we will publish tho picture." "What care I?" haughtily says the lady. "The Count is a gentleman in even way and, besides, he is going to marry my daughter. There can be no scandal connected with my riding with him." 'That's not the point It was an 1908 model car." With a low moan the unfortunate woman sank to the floor, after giving a feeble indicatlo that on reviving from her faint she would write a check for the hush money. Life. Opium In Barrel Staves. Through some clever work on the part of the customs secret service men 199 cans of opium hidden in the -taves of barrels containing lamp blacking were seized recently and the would-be importer and his assistants were arrested. As the staves of the barrels were rather thick just in tho center instead of being hollowed out. the smugglers had carved out a small r,ort of pocket large enough to contain a narrow can of opium in each stave. When the staves were set together it was impos sible to see these openings. Manila Times. Dosed by Doser by Arithmetic. Before wireless telegraphy was thought of. and the patient rould com municate with the shore doctor, the captain was the ship's doctor, says the London Chronicle. He had a med icine chest with numbered bottles, and a bock of instructions. There is a ship's carpenter still living who owes his life to the captain's treatment. It was rheumatism. The captain read in the book of instructions: "In cases of rheumatism one tablespoonful of No. 1 1 three times a day." There had been a run on Xo. 11. But "6" and "5" were full. "I reckon that makes 11."' said the captain. And he cured the carpenter by arithmetic. The Galaxy of Double Stars. Coburgi Lane count . . viliac:" cf S00 people, boasts two pairs of twins " era within the last six weeks, and six pairs of various ages in attendance upon its public schools. Upon the basis of thes facts Colonel Roosevelt is to be invited to visit Coburg while in the state and say a tew encourag ing and congratulatory words to the parents of the Yllage. Portland Or. gooian. COHDTG TO COLUMBUS ASSOCIATED DOCTORS, SPE CIALISTS, WILL BE AT THE THURSTON HOTEL Mondau and Tuesdau. Mau l and 2. and will remain TWO DAYS ONLY Remarkable Success of These Tal ented Physicians in the Treat ment of Chronic Diseases. OFFERTHEIR SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE The Atfeociutcd Doctors, licensed by the Btute of Nebraska for the treatment of deformities and all nervous and chro nic diuvasee of men, women uud children, offer to all who call on this trip, consult ation, examination, advice free, making no charires whatever, except the nctual cost of medicine. All that is asked iir return for these valuable services ib that every person treated will state the re sult obtained to their friends and thus prove to the sick and alllicted in every city and locality, that at last treatments have been discovered that are reasonably sure and certain in their effect. These doctors arc considered by many former patients among America'! lead ing stomach and nerve specialists and are experts in the treatment of chronic diseases nnd to great and wonderful have been their results tbat in tunny cases it is hard indeed to lied the divid ing line between skill ucd miracle. Diseases of the stomach, intestines, liver, blood, skiu, nerves, heart, epleen, kidneyor bladder, rheumatism, tciatica, diabetes, bed-wet line. leg ulcers, weak lungs and those alllicted with long standing, deep-seated, chronic diseases, tbat have ballled the skill of the family phjbieian should not fail to call. According to their systesti no mora operations for appendicitis, jrall stone?, tumors, goiter or certain foims of can cer. They wero among tin- lir.-t in America tp earn the name of the "Blood less Surgeons," by doing, away with knife, with blood and with all pain in the successful treatment of llsest dan gerous diseases. If you have kidney or bladder trouble, bring a two ounce bottle of your urine for chemical analysis and microscopic examination. Deafness often has been cured in six ty dove. No matter what your ailmetit iuuj be, no matter what olhrri may hae told you, no matter what, experience' you uity have had with other physicians--, it will bo to your advantage to ee them at once. Have it forever nettled in your mind. If your ci6e i ii.eurabU' they will give you such advice as may relieve and staj' tho diseaeo ! not put off this duty juit owe youre!f or friends or relatives who are MitTering- because f your sickmse, hb a visit l his time coAe you nothing nnd may help juu. Remember, thin free offer in for two daysouly. Married ladies must ootue with their husbands nnd minors with their fathers. Office ut Thurston hotel, Columbus, Monday and Tmeiluy, May S and !. Hours 10 a. m. to S p. in. Complex American Legal Problems. Xo country has such complex and varied problems to cope with as tho United States. Conditions arising by reason of the heavy tide of immigra tion from all countries, including gen tiles. Jews, Greeks, Turks. Mohamme dans, those of all religions and thoser with none; those coming to promul gate socialistic doctrines, the perplex ing Chinese and Japanese questions ic the west, the abolition of slavery, the rights of trusts, the organization and rise of federations of labor, have raised perplexing quest Ions which have demanded tho attention more or less of tho criminal arm of the law. "Not a hole! Another week without darning9 Iron Clad -that's why. Ask for Cooper Wells & Co.'s Sio. 99 and get stockings that not only look well and fit per fectly with no seams to annoy, but which give remarkable ser vice. ufe recommend them. For Sale Bu J. H. GALLEY 11: W-sQflr lm Columbia, Nebraska SOME GOOD THINGS TO EAT Novel x Combination of Freeh Mush rooms With -.Ssusssss- Dtllclous Egg Dish. "Have you ever tried broiled, saus ages with mushrooms?" asks 'a cor respondent of the Epicure. "As a matter of fact the sausages are not broiled at all, bufcthe smallest of breakfast sausages are laid In a sizzling hot frying pan and cooked brown on ono side, then turned and taken out to drain on paper when suf ficiently cooked. "Some fresh mushrooms that have been peeled are then set cooking In the sausage fat, and are served -with the sausages on slices of toast which have been buttered. For a change add, a few slices of bacon to the dish ofj sausages before cooking the mushrooms. "A certain egg dish that was in vented in a Latin quarter studio in Paris is delicious. Butter some little earthen dishes such as are used for shirred eggs and break one or two eggs into each. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, grate on a liberal quantity of dry Gruyere cheese, add some bits of butter, pour over cream to cover and bake in a? hot oven until the eggs are set. "For another dish: Put a sweet Mexican pepper on Pimento morrones tho tinned variety In the bottom of a custard cup or earthen egg cup, break in a fresh egg, add salt, pepper and butter, and bake until the egg Is 'sufficiently cooked. Servo with fingers of crisp buttered toast" COULD TELL HIS LUCKY DAYS Man Who Creates Sensation at Monte Carlo Talks of His Good Fortune. "Will Darnborough," said a Bloom ington man, "is tho sensation of the Riviera. He has been winning at Mon te Carlo at tho rate of thirty or forty thousand a day. "Will told mo last month, at tho Cercle de la Mediterraneo in Nice, that he attributed his good fortune to the fact that he could always tell his lucky days. "He said with a laugh tbat the first turn of the wheel told him everything. In its startling revelations the wheol, he said, suggested the young earl who fell in love with tho pretty Monte Carol chambermaid. "The yonug earl found a Monte Carlo chambermaid so irresistiblo that he proposed to her and was, of course, accepted. So one night he took her motoring, and in tho course of tho ride ho produced a bottle of champagne. " Til open it,' said tho pretty cham bermaid. 'Oh, let mo open it.' "And while the car sped along the Comiche in the moonlight she un fastened tho foil and wire and twisted out tho huge cork so deftly that not a drop of tho champagne escaped. "But the young earl pushed rudely from him the pretty, smiling chamber maid. "'You have deceived me, he mut tered, hoarsely, 'I am not your first love.' " Chrysanthemum Marvels. Tho great autumn shows of chrysan themums at Dangozaka. near Tokio, offer many wonders to their crowds of visitors. You will see tho flowers in long ranks, each plant a facsimllo of tho next beside it, with exactly tho same number of blooms on each. And not merely that; the top bloom will be fully opened, nnd so make ono of a perfectly level line of fully opened blooms; the next will bo nearly opened and again one of a similar row; the flowers of tho third row are open to a less degreo; and so they de crease to the feet of the plants, where a row of close green buds extends so that the wholo long rank presents a constantly repeated scale of all the beauties of tho opening flower from bud to fullest bloom. And the marvel does not stop even here, for not only the blossoms but the leaves are matched in numuer and situation. In other places Instead of straight lines the plants aro disposed fan fashion or In the shape of an umbrella. More Widows Than Widowers. The proportion of remarriages shows an almost continuous decrease, says the registrar-general In his re port on tho births, deaths and mar riages in England and Wales during 1909. Tho number of widows, he states, is always much greater than that of widowers, because in tho first placo men marry later in life than women; secondly, because the duration of male life is shorter than that of fe male life and thirdly, because tho proportion of widows who remarry is much lower than the proportion of widowers who remarry. Marriages of persons described as divorced havo steadily increased and in. the year 1900 were the highest on record. Sings Hymns to Her Chickens. A woman living near here never ?ays "Chlcky. chlcky, chick". when she wishes to feed her chickens. When she goes to the hennery with feed she sings a church hymn, such as "Rock of Ages" or "Holy Bible. Book Divine; Precious Treasure. Thou Art Mine!" and the "biddies" make a bco line rush toward her from all parts of the yard. The chickens recognize her voire, nnd will not rush to any other person with the same speed, even if the Fame hymns are sung. Clay City correspondence Indianapolis News. Then He Struck. A few days ago a second-class stok er was paraded before tho command ing officer cf tho Devonport naval bar racks on a charge of insubordination. His Insubordination tool; the form of resistance to being introduced to the swimming bath. Asked what he had to say for himself, tho youth replied: "Sir. I've only bin in the navy three days. The first day the doctor drawed six of my teeth. The second day I was vaccinated. And the third day the petty officer he says, 'Cum along. we'ae a-golng to drown yer!'" Lon-domTruth. H. F. GREINER CROCERIES AND STAPLE DRY GOODS Corner nth and Olivo Street Our Goods are the Best Money Can Buy and are Sold for CASH We have a fine line of Embroidery for' 10c and 15c a yard. Our Silk Waists are oi the latest J 7C style and pattern, from $3 to iri 1 9 Ladies' Gauze Vests of all descrip- CAp tions, from 10c to j)u Allover Embroidery and Flounces, JZ from 50c per yard to 1 3b A good line of Men's fine Shirts, QC from 50c to tf I iZ J II you need any Window Shades, we c Ap have them to sell, each, 25c to JUu GROCERIES Our line of cannot be beat in Quality as they are the best money can buy Now if you are looking for bargains, we have them to offer, strictly on cash basis: AC LBS. OF SUGAR FOR Id Will be sold with every $500 worth oi Merchandise. Satur day, April 22. FLOUR the home made product everybody knows it will be sold on the same day, PER SACK I A BARS OF LENOX SOAP I U here's where you get more than your money's worth. COFFEE, the regular 25c kind and Tea for 25c per lb. 5 LBS. FOR COME IN-WE WILL INTEREST YOU We always pay the highest market price for Produce and special care will be given to telephone orders. GUWJER WAS NOT FLATTERE0 Ladies Visiting the Warship "Put Their Dirty Paws" AH Over His immaculate Qun. A company of ladles were visiting aa Ironciml. .tjhI paused for a moment on tho upper deck to examine the can non. Their admiration was excited by the shining condition of the great monsters and one of tho younger mem bers of tho party, standing near the gun, placed her delicately-gloved hand on tho hrass mountings, at tho same tinio malting some remark about its beautiful polish. The gunnor whose duty it was to kopp the brasswork bright did not ap poar to he greatly pleased with the feminine compliments, and the ladies had no sooner moved away than ho seized a cloth, sprang to the cannon which the young lady had touched, and commenced nibbing It fiercely, all the v;hi!" casting malevolent glances after the retreating party. The officer of tho deck noticed his action, and remarked: "Well. Smith, you don't seem to be tickled as I should think a man would he with all that flattery." "Flattery!" said Smith, bitterly. ' Tain't enough for them to come and look at if nib, nib. mi "but they've lot to go and put thir dirty pav.-s all over it." And he kept on scrubbing the brasswork with his fiercest energy. YOU are going to LOOK YOUR BEST in that NEW EASTER SUIT. There's no better time for some new PICTURES and they are ideal Easter remembrances for vour friends. ELITE STUDIO $1 25c SI MERELY OBEYING ORDERS Policemen of Mexico City Taka-Cvary Instruction in a Literal Sense. Mexico City Is possibly the best po liced metropolis in the world, but Its officers, while vigilant, take every In struction given them in a literal sense. They will arrest anybody or anything that violates a city ordinance. A short time ago. says a New York er, who recently spent some time In that city, there was a collision be tween two automobiles, one of the machines being so badly damaged that It had to be left at the place where tho accident occurred. The persons occupying the machine were promptly bundled Into the auto which was able to proceed and the entire party went to the police station. But that did not excuse the broken car. It was formally arrested on the Bwt and an officer detailed to see that it did not get up and limp back to Its garage. By tome chance the broken automobile was forgotten for two days. at tho end of which time the police captain discovered that he was shy me gendarme. Investigation discov ered tho gendarme asleep in the ma chine, where he had camped out ever uince charged with Its care. And It Is very cold up on this Mexican pla teau at night, as Mexico City Is more than a mile above Eea level. T m 1 h i j '-X&$ -."fcr