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niii,ii.uiMW3aaogBaaafwewBMWlw - . it I- i is .- . I' t:.: C SPECIAL On April 1st, we shall open our magnificent Dress Making parlors in front part of bur second floor, and will be under the entire control and management of MRS. SALMON & WOODS. We have made special efforts to place this Department before the public, and shall guaran tee all workmanship. A trial will suffice to prove its merits of Fashion and Low Prices. J". - ZBst:r"be:r Sz Co. Columbus gcrm-nat Entered at the Post-offioo. Columbus, Nob., aa second-class mail matter. ISSUED EYKBlf WEDNESDAY -T K. TtmiSTER & CO., Colmnbufi, Neb. M. tejkts of sc33onirnos: One year, by mail, postage prepaid,... Sis months. . . ... Throe months - ..$2X0 ... .!A Payable in Advance. pySpecimen copies mailed Iree, on applica tion. TO SUBSCniBEKS. When subscribers chnniw their plaeo of resi dence they hhonld at once notify us by lttu-r or in.st.al card, Rivinc both their r.rm-r am. then present pa-tt-oiucc , the firfat enables r.s to nw.'. End the name on oar mailing list, from w.iicii, being in type, we each week prim, either oa the wrapper or on the marcin of joiirJouusAI u.e date to which your .subscription in pnii or ae counted for. llemittances should be rnmS. either by money-order, resibterod letter or drill payable to the order of R & TO OOEntSPOKDESTS. All communications, tosecum attention, rnsit be accom-winied by the full name of t.ic write We reserve the rijdit to reject any -siKnu-or:- and cannot acree to return the eeuie. e i" a correaiondent in every scliool-difitnrt Platte county, one or kooJ judgment, win liablo in every way. Write plainly, each it. eparatcly. Oivons facta. . i WEDNESDAY. Al'lllL -, ISM. "The man who must o to market pays tlio price of getting tliero." Maxdfacture your material as near as possible to the place of production. 'Do EVEitrrniNO that may bo done to secure a homo market for your pro ducts." Agriculture, manufactures and com . merco constitute the triangle of material prosperity. It is believed that tho bill for the ad mission of Idaho will be taken up in the house in a few days. Mb. Cure, of Wahoo, Neb., has been reinstated in his position in tho treasury department at Washington. M. G. Ccrtis, living not many miles west of Albion, Nob., last week had his house, furniture, barn and two horees burned. "The farmer, near a market, is always enriching his land. The farmer, distant fram a market, is always impoverishing his land." "Free traders say wo must not at tempt labors in which other nations ex cel. True Americans 6ay wo must equal other nations in all good work." It is thought the best way to have it done is for tho district attorneys of tho . TJ. S. to mako their own selection of deputies, which will msuro a prompt appointment by the attorney-general. Hon. Jons Steen. commissioner of 'public lands and buildings, is in Wash ington looking after business connected with the state indemnity school lands. While he is away ho expects to seenre for tho state about 40,000 additional acres of land. Ouaiu. is to bo honored, Nov. 27-29, with a meeting of American musical composers, the first of the kind ever held in this country. Mrs. Thurber stands at the head of the scheme; she desires to place American music on a plane with other branches of American art. James TcmiiiL. a highly respected citizen of Montclair, N. J., has lately detected -as the burglar who has been robbing houses right and left for a year past. A search or his house revealed thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, money and plate hid in tho cellar. lie and his pretty wife were both highly reputed in Montclair and good church members, but now are in jail. Tire United States is tho best market in-the world, and it is little wonder that the manufacturers of tue olu conntry wish to reach it with their wares. Finil--imrthe tariff a barrier, many of them are coming here for business, and these are some of tho designs of a tariff, to se cure diversified industries in our land, to develop our own natural resources, to lessen the cost of transportation both of raw material and of manufactured goods, by bringing both as near together as possible, and urns, witnoui Dealing down the laborers, cheapen the articles to consumers. XymaSt Trumbull, ex-governor, ex secretary of state, ex-supreme judge, ex member of congress, and ex-United . States senator, is still practicing law in Chicago at the ago of seventy-seven. He is in good health and his legal abil ity is said to be as great as ever, and there is no good reason why this should not be the case in very many more in stances than now. The good brains who have sought work, nourishment and stimulation in thinking, have generally been long-lived and forceful, even when physical environments were not of the best, y. The Norfolk News takes up the gaunt let for that city as against the Fremont Tribune,, and "remarks concerning the ambitions of Fremont: "If Fremont succeeds in getting a public building ' at the expense of Norfolk, it is welcome . to it That would be part and parcel of the whole course of that city toward not " only Norfolk but north Nebraska aa weL And after robbing Norfolk and tfce northern part of the state of their fast rights, Fremont will trot ont three for candidate and ask the people of this setiee to support them. That will .be so Biatter of surprise, either, because Feenoet will always be expected to be lrcM). . It comes natural to that city. Jferfelk people may be branded as lob feywts, but nobody can accuse then of a NOTICE HUNTING A SITUATION. Bead by Mfcs Ella Wells at the Teachers' As sociation at Platte Center, Feb. 22d. Another link in the chain of my life was almost rounded, riveted and welded to those before. There were sixteen now. I had grown up in that atmos phere of progress and activity, so characteristic of the western country.' Little wonder my good old aunt raised her hands and exclaimed: ''Going to teach what?" "Teach school of course," I answered indignantly, with all the haughtiness my five feet of stature could command. My aunt remonstrated; set ting forth the difficulties and hardships to bo encountered. (Poor auntie is not up with the times, I fear). No, I went on to explain, it is a lovely, high, noble vocation. The children will come to me soft as clav to be moulded into beautiful forms; as young twigs lobe lient the right way. I will lie their guiding spirit; will instil into their vountr minds noble aspirations; and when they grow up and fill high positions, they will remember the little school house by tho roadside, and their hearts will le filled with grati tude towards me who was their first in spiration. My aunt brought me down from the clouds by enquiring, "when I was going to be examined?" The county superin tendent would examine applicants in tho high school building on the next Saturday. I wonder if ho chose a north room to counteract the heating effect produced by the surrounding black board full of questions? More probably though to correspond with his own icy manner. I shivered and was afraid. He was a man "who spake no more than was need," however, seeing I had no pencil, ho sharpened his own and gave it to me; this somewhat encouraged me and I set to work. The certificate came in due time 90 per cent. Armed with it I went to get a school about three miles from town, paying thirty-five dollars. "Do you want a teacher?" I stammered. I could think of nothing else and my cheeks burned under the director's scrutiniz ing gaze. "Yes, but the other directors think best not to hire a young, inexpe rienced teacher. I presume, of course, yon have never taught? We have two scholars wno study algebra, so want, an advanced teacher. Very sorry, Miss, would give it to you if I could." Too young and inexperienced, thought L All the way home I was trying to devise 6ome way to appear older, the only out come of which was the lengthening of my dress several inches, and formu lating -a mode of application, viz: Mr. , director of district I believe. If you have not made arrangement for a teacher during the ensuing term, I would offer myself in that capacity. Hoping to be able to fill the position satisfactorily, etc. At the next place a woman admitted us, and stepping outside the door, "John, here are a couple of school marms to see you." Directly he ap peared, a veritable Santa Clans. "So vou are both after our school, eh?" I said that I was. "Well, as I am a peaceable man and wouldn't fall ont with my neighbor for the world, I gen erally let the other directors decide about the 6chool.marms." I" enquired where the other gentlemen lived and took my leave. Mr. B's house stood near the road a little further on, A man was standing in the open door with his hands in his pockets; here was a chance to say my little speech, that somehow wouldn't fit at the last inter view. "Got a certificate?" I said I had, also told him of my interview with Mr. A. "Why, yes, you can have the school," and he "turned and walked into the house. Where's the difficulty in getting a situation? I mused. School would begin in a month. With the impatience of youth I waited one, two, three, half of the next; then a pos tal came saying, "we feared it would be difficult for'a lady to find board here, so have hired n gentleman." (I learned he had offered to teach for five dollars less per month). Now I was blessed with avast amount of determination, and looked around for another school. Soon I was on the track of one in an adjoining county. The director wrote me, "We have not hired a teacher; if you have a certificate in this county, I think there will be no trouble about your getting it. School begins in a week." I will take my cer tificate to that Snpt., thought I, and he will endorse it. lint he wouldn't; said he did not do things that way. At the end of the second day .1 came home with leave to teach in both counties. Sent a fomal application for the school and waited. I met a friend who casu ally remarked that a son of one of the members of the board had been hired for tho summer term. The.cost of that little trip, the long list of examination questions, the useless worry and work: his fair promises; the thought that I would not be able to secure a school for the summer term were all calculated to arouse my indignation towards all school boards in general and this one in particular. The flame of my lamp reached that little record of two days work, especial ly now since useless; one figure after another disappeared; I sighed and it was wafted away. Miss Proctor's poem kept running through my head. Verily, I mused, how true of some peo ple's words. Nothing daunted I applied for a school J in a small town, lor the winter, almost before the summer term had begun. "German aren't you?" when he heard my name. I replied in astonishment that my father's -family was German. "Well the folks around here are mostly Irish and they don't get on very well with Germans; very sorry,, though, aa I wouldn't have any objections to yon, myself." Something about the man's manner indicated that his mind was made up about me, or rather against Mind I took my leave. (His wife's niece taught the school.) My next encounter took me to the ex treme corner of the county. That tenac Ssifil WE have just opened a superb assortment of plaids and stripes and also plain and fancy weaves material. Noth ing more fashionable for children's spring outer gar ments than beautiful plaid and stripes. We show them in all colors and combinations. We invite you to come and see us when you want to get the worth of your money. P. 8. Remember that we are all sharp eompetition. Ox'lgrlxi.atox- ity of purpose prompted me not only to get a school but to get one on the scene of 60 many disappointments. An old woman admitted me into the kitchen, dining room and parlor. The member of the school board was seated by the stove, his can drawn well down over his ears. I stated the object of my visit and satisfied my catechist's. curiosity on a number of points, viz: my age, had I ever taught, my religion, could I teach ""gography and figgering." Then follow ed quite a lengthy discussion on the re sponsibilities of 'school directors; some one was always dissatisfied with their choice, etc. I suggested that they run it on the lottery plan; put the names of applicants in a box, shake them up and draw one. Ho looked at mo with a blank kind of a stare, then said " Miss Brown has applied for onr school, but in case she does not want it yon ean have it. Next day I met Miss Brown and con gratulated her on having secured a school. "No, I guess not," she said. Then I told her of my application and of its having been previously engaged to her. "Well, since they are so kind, per haps I will take it." I was getting tired, bnt I believe if you stick to any game of chance long enough you will win. I got the address of fii-e school directors, wrote five letters of application, enclosing in each a self addressed envelope, and waited. In three days one came back in a lady's delicate ' handwriting, telling me the school was already engaged. Another came in a week saying "got here two late, iust encaged a teacher." Two never returned: the fifth read thus: "Our school is not engaged for the next term; come at once and we will try and make some arrangements." I went, signed a contract for three months, but some how I had lost some of my enthusiasm and interest in the work. Sometime after, I noticed a coolness on the part of a friend toward me. The whys and wherefores were this: She had taught a term in this district, and went away with the promise of the school for next term; had come back to find the contract signed, and supposed I had in trigued against her. Next year I am going to bribe the board and get a school in town. Per haps then I will be able to write np my subject more comprehensively. Washington Letter. From oar regular correspondent. The house has passed the reglar an nual pension appropriation bill. It car ries $98,500,000. In the discussion on the bill it was evident that the republi can members are in favor of a service pension. Several of the speeches were very strong arguments in favor of such a measure, and they were received with high applause on the republican aide of the house. The house has seated Mr. Mudd, the republican contestant from Maryland, and this week the committee on elec tions expect to dispose of the four con tested cases upon which arguments have been heard. These are Posey v. Parret, Bowen v. Buchanan, Waddill v. Wise, and McDuffee v. Turpin. The democrats of the house committee on territories have made a minority re port against the bill for the admission of Wyoming as a state. The bill will be passed just tho same as if they had not made it. Tho Three America's congress have passed a resolution favoring the subsi dising of one or more lines of steamships between San Francisco and Valparaiso, and also recommending government aid to a company to lay a cable connecting San Francisco with all the principal ports of Central and South America. Owing to the fact that several im portant interests affected by the new tariff bill are asking to be heard before the measure is reported to the house, it is not likely. that it will be reported be fore the last of this or the first of next week, and it is possible that several im portant changes may be made in -it. The house has passed the bill to place Gen. J. C. Fremont on the retired list of the army with the rank of Major-Gen-eral. The Tanner case is likely to be all crone over acain. in the house before long, as a resolution has been adopted calling on the secretary of the interior for all the evidence taken in the investi gation made in the tension office last year. Senator Sherman in an able argument in favor of his bill against trusts said: "If this conntry will not endure a king in political power it should not endure a long over the production, transporta tion and sale of the necessities of life. If it will not submit to an emperor it should not submit to an autocrat in trade." He alluded to the Standard Oil company, the Diamond Match company and the sugar trust as the kind of organ ization the measure was aimed at Senator Ingalls gave notice that he should offer an amendment to the bill to prohibit speculation in "futures" or " options." The senate committee on appropria tions has reported favorably the house joint resolution authorizing the appoint ment of thirty medical examiners for the pension office. This resolution, which has already passed the house, was offer ed because Gen. Baum, the commission er of pensions, stated that he could not secure satisfactory examiners through the civil service commissioners. The federal election bill introduced by Mr. Lodge has not made a very favor able impression upon republican a, though it has greatly alarmed the south ern democrats. The principal objection to it is that it is too complicated and cumbersome. Many republican mem bers have expressed, themselves as op posed to any federal election law at this time. Mr. Lodge says he has no idea of unduly pawing his bill: he only wants it carefully considered and discussed. On the 5th day of April Senator Ed munds will have served twenty-four con secutive yean in the senate. IMNO GOCfl flO Pieces of strictly all J J wool Plaid and stripes especially adapted for If If outer garments only 37 1 cents a yard. We defy competition on these goods. Omaha prices 50 and 65c, look at home before ordering and save money. We are the originators of low prices in Columbus. We have the largest and finest line of dry goods in Columbus. Political Faith. Ed. Journal: It is a great gratifica tion for a person to know that his prin ciple is right and sound, political or sec ular, and tho fact is demonstrated every day even by people who try to ignore it, yet have to adopt the principle in their ever- day business in order to make it a success. There is a class of people who try to make it appear that protection to home industries can be maintained without enactments of law, or any guard for their defense. But any one who de sires to post himself can easily see that it will not work. One of the strongest planks in the re publican platformis the plank of pro tection of home industries. And every avenue of industry of our country, to be successful, rests alone on the fact that it must be protected, as the only sure way to the upbuilding of our conntry to an independent, prosperous and wealthy position among the nations of Christen dom. It is the only plan to make com modities cheap, and our markets regular and lasting for all time to come. And to illustrate these facts, I wish to quote a part of an article read at tho late Farmers' Institute, written under the head of Home Industries. I do not know the writer's political belief, neither is it necessary. AH I want to show is that the protection of home industries is the necessary, proper and only feasible plan to make onr country prosperous, and wealthy. The principle is just as necessary for the whole country, as it is for our county town. He says: "While it must be admitted that the milling in dustry of Nebraska far exceeds its con suming capacity, yet you see our (Treat and grand state overrun with flour from the south, shipped in under much lower railroad rates than Nebraska mills are granted by local roads for the same distance in onr state, thus forcing Ne braska mills to curtail their out put, run on half time or less, working not only great harm to the milling industry of our state in general, but to the infinite injury of Nebraska wheat growers, de priving them of their legitimate, local, home market." Further on he says: "The cause of this is: First, lower rates in favor of Missouri and Kansas, dis criminating against Nebraska mills. Second, the relative lower prices of win ter wheat flour in the world's market. Third, and not least, the greed of some merchants to encourage the use of for eign flour for their own personal gain, regardless of the permanent injury in flicted by such a course on home indus tries, and of the loss to the farmer, by depressing home markets," Further on he says: "What I have said is a fair rep resentation of the state of affairs in onr line of home industries, and is probably more or less true throughout Nebraska." And he might have added throughout the United States if the democratic party had their way about it. Every citizen of the United States should heed the appeal of Mr. Schupbach. Support home industries, your mills, your groce ries, merchants, breweries, cigar fac tories and in fact all and everything that tends to build up industries, encourage others to come and build more, by that means we will be happy, wealthy and wise. Oh, but, says Mr. Democrat in Colum bus, I do not care for any bloated manu facturer, they are the only people that make any money under protection. I am opposed to any law that makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. "Pro pose to buy where I can get goods the cheapest," forgetting in his blind ness that if the rich get richer, all poor people mnst advance in proportion, or nearly so. The notion that the poor will get poorer is a false assertion; people who believe that in order that the poor may prosper, it is necessary to cripple the rich and destroy their business, should, I think, go and soak their heads, for there is no excuse in existance for any such belief. If a colony or nation is prosperous and wealthy all its mem bers must and do share the same, the drones are fat and sleek if not clothed with so much power, and have their share of the sweets according to their natural ability to procure them. J. O.K. Senator Saeman's Speech. There was no reply from the demo cratic side of the senate to Mr. Sher man's plain declarations as to the origin and condition of the so-called negro question. The senator from Ohio charged, and provoked no effective reply, that if the negro were suddenly endowed with all the rights of citizenship it was the steadfast, malicious, well-planned determination of the southerners to keep him in a state of real serfdom, while nominally free, that made his citi zenship with suffrage the only available means of resistance. - While the merit able outcome of emancipation and re publican policy must have been the full citizenship of the negro, yet there might have been a apace for education between mgggR BWSIJ" I A Pieces of all wool plaid flan- nel spring weight at 30c a yard, compare them with any of your Omaha prices fully worth 45c. Henriettas in all colors 12, 18, and 25c a yard. Drap Dealma in all colors and black 40c, Omaha prices 50 c a yard. We have bargains in beaded wraps, bargains in satines, in fact bargains in everything we sell. always in the ring and will meet his newly acquired freedom and his ab solute citizenship. But the south made this impossible. Its first acts after the surrender were toward the exclusion of the negro from the rights of man; ho was to have no place upon any jury, he was to be a discredited witness in suits be tween himself and a white man; ho was not to be left free to seek employment or to gain the best terms in exchange for his labor; he was to be a hereditary serf or peon, as he had leen a hereditary slave; he was to gain nothing but free dom from the auction block; not even that if he were found to te " a vagrant," and laws were constructed which made vagrants of nearly all negroes in the south. Tho south itself is ramon.iililA for the premature citizenship of the ne- gro; if, indeed, his citizenship were pre mature. The well-meant act of congress has, however, been made abortive by fraud and force. The negro has the right but not the power to vote in the southern states. These states have a representa tion in congress and in the electoral col lege wholly disproportioned to their voting populations. The right to vote is one thing, the power another; bnt where the right is the power should be, and congress should see that where it ought to be it shall be. Party politics have nothing to do with the issue. Mr. Sher man well said that if every negro in the south should vote the democratic ticket the republican party would lie as strong as it now is, perhaps even stronger. For nearly thirty years the republican party has maintained power by aid of a ma jority of white votes freely cast and fair ly counted. The vote of the negroes in the south if freely counted would 'in crease the republican majorities, but would not make the election of republi can presidents more certain. The econ omic not the party question lies behind the negro question. When the necrro votes freely, whether as a democrat or as a republican, he will not be the despised and oppressed creature that he now is in the south. He is despised and oppressed because he has not the power to use his civic rights. Inter Ocean. Marked Interest is now shown by eastern people in the settlement of Oregon and Washington, particularly that region adjacent to Pa get Sound. The reason for this is the almost unlimited resources that have lately been opened up, and the surprising growth or Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and other cities and towns along Puget Sound. The Union Pacific on account of its fast time, Short Line, through Pullman palace sleepers, free reclining chair cars, elegant dining cars, and free Pullman colonist sleepers, from the Missouri river, is the favorite route to this region, and tickets via this route should be asked for. For complete information relative to this remarkable section, time of trains, rates, pamphlets, etc., call on your near est ticket agent or address J. R Meagher, Columbus, or R L Lomax, lien'l rasa. Agt, Umaha, Neb. 50-3 Potatoes. Any one having about 150 bushels of good White Elephant seed potatoes can sell the same by addressing this office, stating price. The highest civilization is secured only through diversified industry. Baeklea'n Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcere, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required, It is gnranteed to give perfect satisfac tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by David Dowty. 3 'Diversified industry against famine." is a defence In a recent article in the Youth's Com panion, on "how to cure a cold,"' the writer advises a hot lemonade to be tak et at bed time. It is a dangerous treat ment, especially during the severe cold weather of the winter months, as it opens the pores of the skin and leaves the sys tem in such a' condition that another and much more severe cold is almost certain to be contracted. Many years constant use and the experience of thousands of persons of all ages, nas fully demonstrat ed that there is nothing better for a severe cold than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It acts in perfect harmony with nature, relieves the lungs, liquefies the tough tenacious mucous, making it easier to expectorate, and restores the system to a strong and healthy condi tion. Fifty cent bottles for sale by all druggists. "Whxbz all must wages must be low." shovel and hoe Mr. T. A. Deroven, merchant. Deroven, La., says: "The 8L Patrick's Pills went like hot cakes." People who have once tried them are never satisfied with any other kind. Their action and reliability as a cathartic is what makes them popu lar. For sale by all druggists. IQ Pieces of silken brilliantines III 38in wide 45c a yard. This comes in all the new spring shades, and black, Omaha price 50c a yd 42 in Sicilian brilliantines in all colors and black 55c a yard Oma ha price 62c a yard. Better ones at 75, 80 and 90c a yard. 42 pieces of figured Challies i wool only 8c a yard, Omaha prices 10 and 121 c a yard. Figured Debeige down to 7c a yard. t The Xew Discovery. You have heard your friends and neighbors talking about it. Yon may yourself bo one of the many who know from personal experience just how good a thing it is. If you have ever tried it, you are one of its staunch friends, be cause the wonderful thing about it is, that when once given a trial, Dr. King's New Discovery ever after holds a place in the house. If yon have never used it and should be afflicted with n cough, cold or any throat, lung or chest trouble secure a bottle at once and givo it a fair trial. It is guaranteed ever' time, or money refunded. Trial bottle free at David Dowty'a drug store. "The rewards of lalwr increase as oe- i cupations become diversified.' A Sound lpal Opinion. E. Bainbridge Mumlay, Esq., Count Attorney, Clay county. Tex., says: "Ha used Electric Bitters with most haw results. My brother also was very !o . with malarial fever and jaundice. b:i was cored by timely use of this modi cine. Arn satisfied Elec-tric Bitter saved my life." Mr. D. I. Wilcovson, or Horse Cav Ky., adds a like testimony, saying: 15. positively believes he would have d:o . had it not been for Electric Bitters. This great remedy will ward off, t well as cure Malarial Diseases, and fo. all Kidney, Liver and Stomach Dino ders stands uneqnaled.- Price 0 centts and SI at Dvid Dowty's drug store. HE LAEGEST IN F1IKT STICI west of Omaha, at The best manufactories of the conntry represented. Not to be undersold by anybody. Come and see prices at GRELSEN BROS. This to the most PBAOTXOAXt HMB-OOT BHOB cvar hweated. . Itls very GSNTZKZi and DBSSSTaadgtre do aameprotecttoaasabootoroYer-gatteb tH convenient to put oa and tho top cam bo adjusted te a any an mo oj bmbpit moving me smaa. ftoraatebj GREISEN BROS. 13tb Oct.'MJ-tf E. D. Fitzpafrick Ittks, Stattatry, Untie, Ttyt and Fancy Gttfs. Pianos Ops Baby Carriages, EXPRESS WAGONS BASK BALL (iOOItS. lath St.. Cl but, Wefcr. Gains In 180 or THE Unit CiRtral Lift iRSMraMi d., Of Cincinnati, O., made the following gains in lt9: A gain in surplus of - - $ 126,06157 A gain in income of - - - 620,557 28 A gain in assets of - - 1,0686211 Gross assets, Dec. 31, 1889 5,665,855 70 New business, 1889 - - -19,623,686 00 Insurance in force in Neb. 14200,000 00 This Mlid and prosperous company has a large baaines. in Colnatboa and vicinity. Good men who can seenre basines, wanted as agents. Liberal contracts and good territory given. Ad dress. J. M. Edxwtos, State Agrat. - SmchSm Room 22. Bnrr Block, Lincoln. Neb EMORY - - - - - .. J W until -- m. emm ratwliae. TntJaoaialg) rraa mil parts m thm gtofc. rtcmpttm , Prices hcifoidHF rat. Co,lr"r BM V9 HiPBnV mCsIim v Jf r. SECOND We arc prepared to show new designs ami new patterns in CARPETS this Spring. INGRAIN CARPETS, 37c vd. INGRAIN UN ION CHAIN 'CARPETS, 45c and 50c. ALL-WOOL INGRAIN SUPER CARPETS, 60 and 6oc. Be?t grade INGRAIN ALL-WOOL CARPETS, 75e yd. Hundreds of Patterns, to select from. HEMP CARPETS, 18c vd. Rest 3-PLY HEMP CARPETS, Am.-., others ask 30 and 35c. LACE CURTAINS. 20 pairs of 3 vards Ions: LACE CURTAINS nnlv 09c pair. 18 pairs NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS only dl.50 pair, 3 yards long. " .G 16 pairs NOTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS $2.00 pair, 3 yards long. LACE CURTAINS BY THE YARD: 50-inch wide lace only 20c. 54-inch wide lace down to 25c. 60-inch wide lace only 30c. CURTAIN SCRIM 7c yd. FIGURED ETEMINE curtain material 12k yd. WINDOW SHADES all new patterns, 45, 50 and 75c. J. A. Barber & CO., Columbus, Neb. HENRY LUBKER OF COLUMBUS, NEB., IS AGENT FOR THE FOLLOWING- LIST OF TIME-TRIED and APPROVED Farm Implements! Seeders and Harrows. Strowbridge Broadcast Seeder. Niagara force-feed wagon box seeder. IIoos-' ier broadcast force-feed eleven-foot seeder. The liest broadcast seeder on wheels, which will measnre your grain and ground :ls it sows, nnd make a pretty fair estimate of the crop. It will sow anything from a half-grown timothy seed to a . silk dress. Hoosier press drill. Climax disc harrow and seeder combined. Cli max disc harrow without seeder attachments. Plows and Cultivators. Wier plows. Wier cultivators, Wier lever harrows, Wier listers, the only per fect listers made, Wier cultivators for listed corn, something entirely new. Come nnd see it. Price $11, to correspond with the hard times. Flying Dutchman riding plows, Flying Dutchman walking plows, Flying Dutchman 'gang plows. Dandy cultivator, guaranteed to scour in any soil. Little ' Joker tongueless cultivator. Orvis plows. Orvis cultivators, Orvis hollow steel teeth harrows. Budlong disc cultivators. Standard corn planter, Standard chock rower, the simplest and strongest check rower made. Drops the corn in the' right place every time. Maud S. Cultivator, the queen of all cultivators, has won the race in corn field as Maud S. has on every race track. Corn Planters. Drills and Check Rowers. Moline Champion corn planter, drill and check rower combined. Three machines in one, and for the price of one. Come and see it. Twill do your poor heart good. Tait check rower. Peoria Advance corn planters nnd chock rowers. Mowers, Binders and Hay Rakes. Standard mowers, four-, five-, six-, and seven-foot cut; can be drawn by two horses in the heaviest grass. If yon don't )elieve it, buy one nnd try it. Stand ard hay rakes, Hoosier bay rakes, Tiger self-dump hay rake, which anyone can operate. Taylor No. 4 self-dump hay rake. Hollingsworth hay rakes. Osborn binder, Osborn mower, Empire binder, simplest, strongest and light-, est binder in Uncle Sam's dominions. Threshers. The Minnesota Chief threshing machines. Halladay wind mills. Grinders and Shellers. I X L feed grinders and corn shellers and horse powers. Besides a full stock of extras for everything in the line of implements. Anything not on hand will be ordered on short notice. Bverytliiiigr Goes at reduced prices. No better place to buy for cash if you have it, and if you havn't there is no better place to buy on time. When you are in town come and seeand get a picture for the baby. Becker's Block, Thirteeuth and L streets. Special Aiionil! FOR THE NEXT 6o DAYS WE OFFKK OUR LAROK ANP COMPUCTR STOCK OF ' GENTS' Furnishing Goods ! BOOTS 4 SHOES, AT timtly-:-Reiieefcl-:-Priteg ! FTCall. examine Goods and learn prices. I Greisen Bros. & Co. S2ep&6-y. LB N: FLOOR ! J lttfrUm STATEMENT or The HQtatl Life iBsiruce Ci OK NEW YOKK. RICHARD A. McCUftDY. Pmshxht. ' Forth jwu-.adinj Dec 31it, 1889. Amlt, . 0l3,4t,3-JS . Jarrea la At, - tlt,3ie,174 !. .... tM444i Isrrta la Kar.Is. $1,J17,1M 81 lUri-lpt. SM1M19 . larrravs dsrlsg yrsr. ... $!,,&; IS PsU 1'ulIry.HuMen, - - lltSeM' 3 Isrrrske Usrlss; jsar. ... f 47S,M IS niaks smbmhI. - - - - $UI,e,M ? . Isrrtate imrlmtf jtar. 94&ft8&222 Khakiaforre, .... fMS.Me.an Increase !r.rUa- jr. - f9eV't'M . PolSrlet la force, .... ISSM Iscrraxe daring yrsr. - - SSjMi ". P.AUU nrlttru la JV. - - . UiJKl . Iirmtf Tr 18J, . . '- 1 !,-"- TNE AttlTS All MflSTM At FMllWt: '! liesl Etste am Bea4 A JUrtgag tiwinv . .... Sc9.5i,Ma'M : CsilHt State Ba4aaa4 eiar fcrraritie. ... - tZiUI V Least en CelUterat Serarttlss, . .Si,ie . Cakk la Baaas aa-l Tmt Cwsaat at laterrtt, - .... $,MM2 7 lateret srrraet. PreatlaaM Vffcr- red aa4 ia traasK etc. - . $3,ftl,JMte aisMeitSzaet . llahllltles tfarietfag IwwiU'J, Yr. . R- Wlsaew ' AatteV SffJfM. - aM. 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