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Te3Z&,ZZ U P c c t CiUmbusJouraai 0lu.ni.ltij. reefer- KaLarmi r tk Hoetoriic. Coluaiboo. Notor.. a comicla mini matter FCBL1SHED WEDNESDAYS BY CMnatas Jwrial Co., (INCOUl'OliATED.f TSHxa or scBsCKirrxoN: taw, by nmil, poekyje prepaid.. His Moath ........... Xara month. ............. ........... $1.50 40 WEDNESDAY. FEU. 22. 1W5. fSZTESIX 2. A22: riits RENEWALS- The lat i f ixit joar name on jjurlaper. or wrapper oho s to wtiat tuimjoiir Subscription i isiid. Thu JjinO't hoi that taynvxit luu bvn ivcfhtii iij to Jan-1. 1'--. FebuS to Feb. 1. V.& nl ni m. VI.-u ii.nicnt is made, the date, which nmcr a a receipt, will be chanuixl accordingly. DISCONTINUANCES -Ke-jKmhibli'snb-cril cr will continue to rtvi thif journal until the publishers are notified by Mkt to ditcoatiuu. when all anvarHen muft U tnid It jou do not wih the Journal continued for anotlier ear ut ter the time paid for ha expired, jou houid (ireviuuttly notify u t discontinue it. ClfANGK IN ADDKESS -When ordering a change in the addrfft.ub'rriU'i-houId Injure to giro their old as well as their new nddrc-t). The Lord bates a " quitter" than a hotel girl hates a"kictter. worse. It will Boon be the season for the cweet yonng things to stroll ami stroll and itrolL Men and women moralized moht abont wrongs of which they them selves are most guilty. If von have a message for one en gaged in editorial work, deliver as ex peditiously as may be, and then in mercy move on.- 13ixby. If yon want to know about the Journal's piano contest, ask the Lord. If he doesn't know, ask the editor of the' Argus. Cheer up, brother. Hoch Liwsonizad some twelve or twenty women into taking his matri monial stock and then Cndwicked them ont of their money and jewels. The love-making season opened Sun day in the parlors of one of Columbus' leading hotels. It is always disgust ing to see a pretty girl ranggled up in a fellow's lap, that is, in another fellow's lap. King Leopold of Belciuiu aspires also to be King of millionaires. His methods differ from those of hisAmer oan fraters. He borrows money from his subjects with which to speculate while his American brethern steal theirs through watered securities. The constant and open violation ct our constitution, constitutes a cate chism in crime and lawlessness. Il is a greater and more serious menace to sound government and public mor als, than all the corporation abuses combined. Jt cannot bo chanced too soon. A religions revival is spreading over the civilized world. It is 6uccested in an exchange that we are moving so rapidly that we cannot keep our bear ings, and that we always look for piritural guidance in such cases. Rockefeller should be appointed the evangelist in the American crusade. When a man lying on his back writes an editorial, it perhaps is not strange that a title intended to read "Not a Remedy", should be twisted into "Edgar Not a Remedy." But such a mistake is not pleasinc to the man who always endeavors to refer to his editorial brothers courteouslv in all matters personal. We have been- handed a package' Which we judge will hold us for some time. The editor of the Biene, bv way of argument on the question of the supervisor steals, remarks that we are a past master in the nrt of dis torting the truth, n villainous calum niator and the grossest kind of a linr. We are now smoking it in our pipe. The Journal seconds the Telegram's motion to have un agent appointed on commission to And out the amount of tax paid illegally by Platte county to the state. Provided, the Telegram will amend its motion to make it include aa investigation of Platte county rec ords, to see how much money has been paid illegally by individual tax-pay-era to pay for Platte county govern ment. The Telegram, never speaking, still is 6ilent, still is silent. On the supervisors' conduct, on the county printing graft. All its editorial sayings tell of graft in distant lands. Where its guilty fancy paint6, from the crime-stains on its hands. When you say "please put it back," the "silence" speaks with ac cents sure, And it answers never more ! The reading public is almost losing interest, waiting for Mr. Donohoe to show wherein Mr. Lawson lied in his articles on "frenzied finance." So far, he has told no more than Mr. Lawson admitted in the begnning. namely, that Lawson is "as bad as the worst of them." Still, he has told enough of Mr. Lawson's advertising abilities to convince the average reader that Mr. Lawson's Frenzied Finance is simply another money-making product of that dishonest, resourceful brain. If it is worth to taxpayers of Plat te county a hich court of investisra tion and the space in five democratic newspapers paid '25 per cent more than the legal rate, to know that the supervisors were not guilty of negli fieace in 1904 for permitting robberies which ocurred in 1003, how many courts of investigation and how much space paid for at illegal rates would it be worth for them to know that the same innocent supervisors might be removed from office for taking ore than the law allows for super visors services: and that the same iamoceat newspaper men who so in wigaaatly resented the charge that they had -violated their 1904 contract i really guilty of a much worse i? Don't ail speak at once. t 'reSttOC OU a au K feCow kadt before iter imlaetBr. iTtBg boots, wklch 1 said CATECHISM. Q. How are printed stzpplis furn ished the eoaufj ? A On. contract. Q. Why? A. The law requires it. Q Explain. A. The law -ays tuat the county clerk .-nail make aa estimate of fcup- plien needed and advertise lor bids and that the county supervisors shall award the contract for tho same to the lowefct bidder. Q. How cau a county clerk arrive at a correct eotimato of supplies need ed? A. By taking what has been usol in the past as a basis. O. Have county clerks in Platte county followed this rule. A. No. g. What rule have they followed': A. Custom. (t What has been tho custom. A. To make estimates on only n small part of tho entiro supply needed aud to includo in that estimato items that would not be used at all. Q. Why has this been done? A. To enable thg favorite demo cratic paper to underbid competitors and at tho same time to collect from tho taxpayers whatever it might see fit to charge. Q. Whose duty is it to see that the favorite newspaper and the county clerk shall not conspire together to violate tho law and rob the tax payers: A. The duty of the supervisors. Q. Is it easy for them to protect the taxpayers' interest in this matter? A. Yes. Q. How: A. Simply by directing tho county clerk to make an estimate of all tho supplies actually needed and then to award contracts by items instead of by units. '). How would this plan havo work ed this year: A. The Telegram Company would have been given tho contract to furn ish below cost supplies which will probably not be needed, while other papers would have been given the award for most of the supplies which will actually bo used. Q. Why do not tho supervisors do the business tnat way: A. Perhaps if they insisted on hav ing their favorite paper compete as required bv law. their favorite miht insist on their refusing to allow bills or certain supervisors' services and for the printing of the proceedings in violation of law. Q. Have wo a law that would stop these corrupt practices? A. Yes. Q. How? A. The present contract for supplies could bo sot aside on the ground of fraud, and the county clerk mandam need to make an estimate according to law. Q. Will tho law bo enforced? A. No. (,. Will tho taxpayers carrect theso abuses. A. Yes. Q. When and how? A. At the next election. LOGIC. The editor of tho Bieue admits that the supervisors are paying monev illegally to him and the other four democratic pauers of the county, and submits nu nreutnent in defence of the practice which is surely a masterpiece. His coarse of reasoning is as follows: Tho law does not specifically authorize this illecal act. Neither does the law specifically authorize tho Colum bus school board to tr.ko money from tho general school fund to pay tho ex penses cf the graduating ceremonies. Therefore, if tho supervisors are doing wrong the members of tho school board nro also doing wrong. And since ono wronrr of course justifies an other, theroforo all hands are doino right. In this exenrsion into the realm of logic, our erudite friend overlooks one point, namely: Necessary incidental oxueuses are left to the discretion of the school board, aud in providing for the necessary commencement exercises the scliool board performs a perfectly legal act; whereas, tho law plainly stipulates the amount which shall be paid to newspapers for publication of proceedincs, and in exceeding this amount openly and defiantly the board of supervisors performs a perfectly illegal act. However, we imagine tho board of education needs on defense from at tacks of the Biene, while the board of supervisors does need it and needs it bad. And while we are on the joint subjects of the Biene and education, we are reminded of tho fact that in the same issue of that valuable and enlightened periodical the editor takes up the matter of the govern ment weather bureau vs Rev. Hicks, and ably champions the caase of the latter gentleman, remarking that he has observed that Hicks hits the weather about as often as the govern ment forecasters do. In the light of these circumstances, we greatly fear that the editor of the Biene got loose and wrote his own ed itorials last week. POPULAR ELECTION. One of the strongest presentations of the arguments for and against pop ular elections and the direct primary system, is found in the opinions of Benton aud Calhoun, who took opposite positions as to the effect of the convention system on the working of the electoral college designed by the constitution for the election of President. Benton's remedy was to let the peo ple vot direct for the President. He drew a roseate picture of citizens co ins to the polls, each declaring who, in his individual opinion, was the fittest man for President. He com pared the spactacle that was seen in the city states of antiquity, when the Roman citizen advanced to the pells and proclaimed : "I vote for Cato to be consul the Athenian, 'I vote for Aristides to be Archon' ; the Theban, 'I vote forPelopidas to be Boeotarch'. " Calhoun, on the other hand, argued that popular elections "so for from giving power to the people.- would be the most effectual way that could be devised of divesting them of it and transferring it to party managers and. cliques.' 1 vonni uac he. taK ROOSEVELT AXD Eli VAX. One of the best recent cartoons we have gees is end labeled "Railroad travel mat- stronger friends" ana showing- Kcoteveit and Bryan lying tide by side in the fame bed. which is labelled freight rate les:laticu ' The main qneiiou suggested by this cartoon is which oue Las gene lo-tbe the other fellow's bed? Some demo crats tay "UccsGvi'lr hi;s come to us." A very little reflection i tequired to show that Bryan is tho visitor. Tho la.t Nouras-ka democratic plat form wiitten by llr. Bryan contained a plank declaring for tno state owner ship of railroads. The difference between the policy of stato owneis-hip advocated by Mr. Bryan and that of federal control through the Interstate Comraerco Comtnit-siou advocated by Mr. Roose velt, it the difference between cen tralization and decentralization; tho differerence between stato's rights and national unity. Stato ownership is a consistent Jeffersonian-Jacksouiau democratic policy. Federal control through the enlarge ment f the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commis-.iou.is a consistent Hcniilton-federalist-repnbilcan policy. Old school democrats will never con sent to Roosevelt's ' 'railroad program nor his corporation licenso" proposi tion. . , In so far as Brvnn agrees wita Rooso- velt on theso questions he ceases to be an old school democrat and becomes a socialistic lepublicau, if that term may be used. Bryan inado his fame in a campaign against plutocracy. Millions of people in all parties believed ho was playing the right tuue, but that ho was piuy ing in a minor hey with many dis cords. Roosevelt h.i rtruck tho right chord, and Bryan is to bo congratu lated for accepting the instruction, though he hah to ouu; into tho re publican camp . find an ii'strusnent correctly keyed t.a which to play. The eniy mfc-nun- mat can be drawn from Bryan's action is that he is growing wir-er with sge,r.U(i thnt he is toning down from :.u extremist, a revolutionist to an evolutionist, like Roosevelt. Bryan's promintneo today is due solely to the fact that ho preached tho gospel of rtfona j.-icohtimed by the populist, lh not to lus advocacy ot a singlo t ittn'it pare dt,i::ocratic-freu-trade-state's tight principle. And th-3 gJMtil of the populists trimmed ot a tew of its vagariss. is good progressive republicana-in. Tho populist harness of federal owner ship never did fit tho democratic stato's rights mute hence the popocra tic fusion coat was lost in tho first mud hole. With the explosion of the "free sil ver fallacy" and tho " imperialism fake", tho prcsperitv of tho last eight years has worn tho radical edge oil' the populist viaws as it has the views of Bryan. At last it may ba said that tho pro gressive Roosevelt republicanism has claimed all the populists and promises to engulf Bran. He needs now only to oxchango hi.s free trade coat for Roosevelt's tariff revision mantle to enable him to accept the republican nomination for President in 1!0S. TWO El X 1S. There nro two schools of financors. The uiombors of ono sucseed by deal ing in" present " or followiog the ad age, "A penny saved is a penny earned." Members of the other suc ceed by dealing in "futures", by sac rificing a little present securities for a larger future profit. "A good bus iness man," to members of the first school is the man who satisfied with small results, a good bookkeeper, a good colloctor.n man who counts time by fractions of a second, who watches his employers liko a hawk, and works his wife and children to death if he has auy, a man who keeps his expenes below his income by giving the lea-t possible returns for money paid him. "A good business man" according to tho other school, is a man of big soul, courageous who is willing to rik teraunrary failure, for greater fu ture accomplishment, confident in his strength to overcome minor obstacles, a man who realizes the dpbt that every individual ewes to the society in which he lives, and who is not afraid to share his earnings with that so ciety, a man liberal with his employees, gonerous in his family, who would rather fail ten times than to make menials cf his wile and children if he has them. The first man succeeds in a small way aai is despised by the world. The second man sometimes in a large way but generally succeeds in a large way and is loved by the world. SHOULDER BLOWS. The Columbus Telegram said some thing last week about late C. E. Bent lev which punctuied th Argus ed itor's "rfservoir of tears," and called forth from that pious gentleman what he himselr is pleased to call some "snonider blows." Since tho editor of the Telegram ceaed long aco to read tho moral doc trine brought to light through the Co lumbus Argas, it in doubtful if his calm seieuity will bo disturbed by those "shoulder blows." However, the editor of the Argus probably feels relieved by calling tho editor of the Telegram a " patron of the bar" and feels that he Las avenged in his half page cf fiery rhetoric the "insults" heaped upon the " Argas family" by Brother Howard's little sermon on morals, drawn from the mysterious death of Mr. Bentley. And sinco Brother Burrcss feels relieved, and since Brother Howard doesn't know what a terrible flogging ho ras received, the Columbus news paper world will probably wag ser enely on. As for the merits of the question at issue, the morbid will read guilt into the telegraphic accounts of Mr. Bent ley's death, in spite of all explana tions to the contrary. And the friendB and relatives of Mr. Bentley would believe him innocent if the circumstances were "two million" times as incriminating as they in fact are. No good and considerable harm can come, therefore, from a morbid editorial discussion of the matter. m THE CONSTITUTION. The makers of Nebraska's "grass hopper" coustitntion in 1S73 made an admirable constitution fcr the time. Th?ir work wns commendable ml it tutght have been n.ure permact -it, li;..: tt.ty r.ol itiMlrt the mistake m;i:lo bv i.iiv other staty constitnticui.l couvtuttens viz , that of confuting the duties of constitution mr.kurs with lhu-3 of I:tv makers A constitution should contain only the fundamental rules mid principles of Koverumeut, and the general re straints and limitations necessary to make the people secure. The constitutional convention that goes into tho law making business should uiaLo it just as easy to amend tho legislative' sections of tho con stitution as it is for legislatures to re peal laws. Nebraska's constitutional conven tion of lbT.l acted in a legislative ca pauty wh3:i it inserted that clause in the constitution providing that the state debt should not exceed $100,000. That was a wise rule for n grasshopper legislature, but it coulu nut bo adopted as a general rule. Our federal constitution has lived aud enabled car nation to live, simply because its provisions uro conducted in general terms and because we had a John ilarshall to give a liberal rather than a strict construction to thote provisions. Had our federal constitution stated things in terms of dollars and cents as oar state constitution noes, it cenld not havo been expanded by judicial decisions ; and so slow is the prcceFs of amendments, that the United Stttes would have became a dependency be fore its constitution could havo been amended to mer-t new coudit: ns. Uebraskr.'s constitution imposes some impossible conditions upon th" present uoreratiou. We therefore in sult it by violating it aud we there" y e-t an example fcr lawlessness Iowa. New Hampshire, rdichiciiu, New York, Ohio, Maryland aud Vir ginia provide in their constitutions for calling constitutional conventions for amendments ranging from every seven to every twenty vcats Nebraska's constitution mtskes amendment so diilicnit thit no amend ment has ever cirried. It is easier to violate it than amend it. IIOXESTV. All the bulkiboo :.bsut "auti pns-s" legislation is uonsruso. Every member of tho present legis lature held ppjiis right hand and sol eiuly declared "nor will I accopt or receive, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable thing from nny corporation, company or person." If nine nut of evpry ten members havo nnt violatod that oath by accept ing a pass from one or more railroad companies, it is becanso they had the pass in their pockets at tho time of taking tho oath, and becauso' they construe the oath to telate only to the futuro or to the ether fellow. If public opinion on the subject is not strong enough to prevent legisla tors from violating a solemn oath, what could be expected of a mere law on i ho-subject. Tho whole question will bo settled when public opinion demands that our representatives keep inviolate their oath of office. NOT A REMEDY. Edgar Howard will discuss the anti pass question beforo tho state editor ial association next week at Kearney. Brother Howard's position oa this question is probably suggested in an editorial in I."st week's Telegram. In that editorial ho takes tho position that tho remedy cf tho "jass evil" lies not in nnti-pas iegisluton but in a reduction of passenger mileage. We agree that anti-pass legislation would not reach the disease, bnt it is difficult to see wherein a reduction of parsenger mileage would rean il. The railroads iieed friends in our leg islative halls iu the matter of freight rnte legislation, revenue laws aud a thousand other lines, which are great er sources of income than passenger trailic. In fact if lower local passenger rates were secured, tho railroads could easily pluy even by raising tho ssaie of long distance and excursion rates which aro tho lowest to be found in the world. Tho reduction of local passenger rates is desirable. But that such legis lation would havo the slightest effect to on the "pass evil" mav well ba doubted. GOOD GUE.SS. The Telegram in discussing the appointment of L. G. Gutzmer to tho position or bookkeeper at the Norfolk asylum, intimated that he did work for the republican ticket last fall on tito promise of an appointment. It al so said that he has been promised the position of deputy state auditor and had been turned down and that he would probably be turned down in his promised appointment at Norfolk. Theso intimations and statements are all true except four. First, Lenny Gutzmer was a repub lican and worked for the republican ticket before he was promised an appointment. Second. Ho was never promised the position in the auditor's oilier-, as re pore 1 i thcTonnraland other papers Third, He is not likely to be turned down at Norfolk. And if he is, he will not blame the republican party nor nny politician in Platte county. As an example cf guessing this does "tolerably well." EXTRAVAGANCE. Representative Hoare needs no de fense for voting against the expense of au investigation cf theNorfolk asylum. The writer was in the House when the resolution was introduced calling for a committee to investigate the ex penditure of $100,000 for "repairing" the Norfolk asylum. It was pointed out that the com mittee who had the building in charge and the state architect were at hand and could explain the whole matter, saving the expanse of a useless inves tigation. The "gang" who opposed the in vestigation, didvit on the ground of common sense and economy, and Fred Hoare is to be commended for his po sition on the question. No dishonesty in the construction of the building was suggested. LEW WALLACE. The fame of Law Wallace rests up--n his first novel. Cen Hur. It is com monly called a religion novel, aud has even bten calltd i argument for the religion ot Cbrtsf It wuld be ban! :o find auy rthgiuus .rgt;t:tcut iu it. 1 It assumes the divinitv of Christ ami thu httenil truth of niiranles, and then, employing tho privilege of notion, weaves tno web of a very hu man story. Thu oue dominatiug idea of the book Ben Hur is Hevcnge.tt very human idea likewise a good Old Tes tament idea, but certainly lar from tho teachings ot Christ. Leaving nut the Oriental color and the religions settings, which aro mere literary inci dents, Ben Hur teaches secondarily tho perfidy of woman in lovo matters and primarily the great and satisiying doctrino of Vengenco ; not divine ven geance bnt human vengeance, nursed and fed through months and years, and finally consummated by tho own band of the injured man. Net only that, but consummated by a trick in a horse race, a trick which would rule an American driver forever off tho turf. Probably every man who over read Ben Hur, when ho finally got through the mnstcrlul description of the chariot r-.co and cancht his breath ngain, felt like clapping his hands in joyful realisation of the gnat human principle that r-ei -0 is sweet. Lew Wallace": fuie cannot rest en his teaching ot the doctrine of ''hri't, but he has real and lasting initio as one of tho greatest writers of histor ical fiction and ns a master of English. His style is moro liko that cf Scott than cf any other English wiimr, and in narration ho even approaches Victor Hugo. Ho was one of tho rtat Am erican writers, a good soldier and a profound scholar, and his inemuiy will bo held in honor by the Ameri can people. THE DRAINAGE HIT' 'If. The atmosphere seems to bo charged with trouble for tita promoters- of the county drainage ditch. Tho survey for tho ditoh. tho iejj.il uotico publication and other details including tho assefsmtnt of e'osi-s to tho soveral property Judders nfr-rted havo buon completed and March 7 i set bv the county snporviscrs fcr the hearing of complaints ngakist tne as sessment. And it is tho nsse'Fnr.cnt tf cods against certain property o. jer:.nff ct etl by tho ditch that in u. using tho disturbance in tho atmosphere. The law seems to protdo for the construction of drainage ditches r.r connty oxpense on the petition of cer tain owners of swampy lauds, the ex pense to be assessed and collected later from the land owners effected. And the work so far seems to havo been conducted along legal lines, though many question the expediency of it. But Baruoy McTaggait and a num ber moro who own laud five or six miles from the land of tito patitionois insist that tho ditch for hich the count j- proposes to make them help ia will not only not benefit their, but it will bo a positive injury. They assert that their land is valuable chiefly ns hay land and that the pro duction of hay depends udoii the over flow which the ditch will divert. These parties will undoubtedly be heard from on March 7 when a plenty of eloquence may be looked far from both sides of the issue. FOR LOWER RATES. Representative Fred Hoaro is recog nized as ono of the hardest and most conscientious workers on tho floor of tho House. Ono of the lenders of that body told tho writer that "that man Hcaro never lets op on a committee until he gets what he wants. Ho is ono of tho most pers"s eut follows I ever saw." Wo hopo thnt Representative Hoare will not "wear ont," beforo doing some effectivo work for ono of the freiirht rnte bills now before the Hoase. While there is a wide-spread belief thar. passenger rates in Nebraska should ba not above two conts a mile, it would be easy for tho railroads to offset such a reduction by raising ex cursion rates. And sinco it is tho pcorer clakscs who generally take ad vantage of reduced rates, it Is doubt ful if such a redaction would result in real benefit. On the other hand, freight charges reach the pockets of all of producer and cons amor alike. It would bo far better, therefore, if only one cf these measures can pass, to push tho freight rate bill aud drop tho other. This is no party question. It is to be hoped, therefore, that Platte county will offer a solid and enthusiastic del egation for lower, but reasonable, f reicht rater. COLUMBINES. His Holiness, Colonel Dowie, hns mnde a serious mistake. A year nzo he undertook to pny a million dollars in a year's time, and when the ap pointed time came around he dug up tho million. With his creat commer cial engacity he Fhcnld have foreseen that a graft which is worth a million a year could nst hope to c?cape com petition. The competitor has arisen in tho form of a lady. Tho now gospfli plant whii'h sh will install as a rival to Undo Dowio's Ziou will bo known as Purgatoryno, not Purgatory ; we mean Paradise and the lady will be known as the General Shepherdess of Paradise. That's tho way it usually goes in this world. A fellow gets an idea and banks on it, takes the chances and stands the expense of advertising, and just when he gets out of the woods and gets a good paying graft some other hungry scoundrel shows up and starts a rival factory. It was the same way in the breakfast food bus iness, tho soap butiness, the ten-cent magazine business. That million dollar episode may have been necess ary from the exigencies cf the time, but to let it get into tho newspapers was u very bad break for a business man. - -a A bishop of the Catholic church in Scranton, Fa., has preached a sermon in which he unequivocally declares that boys should be permitted to play athletic games on Sunday. He tells how the boys of Scranton arc employed in the coal mine3 for 'six days in the week with never a ray of sunlight, and says: "I say let them play base tall or foot ball or any other kind cf ball to their hearts content. The treed Lord wi!l be pleaded to sei thera do it. I aver. providing they are irood boys ' The saiu rttcdiri r sp,.lv to the jouci: tuert. apart fiom school bovs. iu every communitv Tukr the Cc lutuLus bas'u b.ill icnui :md prob;bly every member of it i.s a; werK from eight o'clock Mondnv moraine to six o'cloc:: Saturday night. Occasionally you run across something thnt has so much horse sense about it that it neither requires argument for nor ad mits of argument against. Wo submit the foregoing quotation from the Right Rev. M. J.Hoban. bishon of Scranton, as an example. If nny man cau find any argument against it, wo should be mighty glad to hear it. v.. M. POST Attorney : a : Law Columbus. Nrb. i. sriKK5. -iTToitrrrv at law Orin"-. lHiTi St., finrtli iloor north ef first Ni noun! 1 ink. coi.uviiujs. m:huaska. DR. CllFiS. il. PLflTZ mniKOP-vrnrc Pftysfclan artfJ Surgeon. I. O. Block : : Columbus G. J. GftRLOW 0:!i-. -r tV'.nti.m:- S.:r Itir.k GC:L'Tjbl!S. FJj!. Miss Hsrr-Sat Koiif?man is ;r.'p ire : to T.o t.ll i it Is of iii?t elcss OR E f ? ffl ft ii ft! 0 :.t I.er l"j,ne. r v.:,l j,o out i th- .'ay. 1 Mrs. Cn.vi'r.-, On iJ'.u'k Ks,0t f Second W.ir i V. -hiMl Ho is,. 01, Jith Stros't. ui.-- ia wlztji.gu t.T-.f j nra rc BEGH&R, & j-j ft. H HT! u" "?r o n&m a-sje&B insiirsn6 U Choice list of Lands for sale. We arc prepared to supply the spring demand for dwellings and lots. We have money to joan on real estate in small or large amounts for from 1 to 10 years. DONT WASTE GRAIN! A Cheaply T'ladc Wagon Will Waste Enous.li Grain to Hny a Good O210. Our wagons will not cratter yourgrain whileon the road to markelor overtax your horses with needless heavy draught. Wo keep only the Latest and JJKST in Buggies and Carriages -All Kiaila of FARM IMPLEMENTS. B3r 0r:r horse sliors stick and don't ituno your Iiorses TKY TJIK31. LOUiS SCHftEIBER. 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WINE of k.M f. sM iew.mrm 1 GRE 8 otr S Slfe &talSk&i Sic- .1 We haveau endless assort ment of strictly up-to-date Clothing. They are sold right. Don'tjro shabby when for a lew "plunks" you can look well and feel well. Good fit guaranteed. --: vX uvhmm c c. vin'iil GREISEN ..I I tli Street. COLUMBUS, jSfrsJw-SBsV k iiiiiniBiiiiit niiim iiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiniinii 4- C -ff r-7,'- J h . i'. i J 1. I'uro Uz7cra Oil iu ilm fouuUxuion I :Ii Vnltit DurnMUty. S. Tin- ci-nor.:'. i5-oiii21i- nKRlt 3t-a(t.r-niT.iI Iu1n(H I hnfMsl on (lit: sacs, tltt n: t ol tluua nro :uInlH-ritll Willi Inferior elL 2. All pjiini 1m i:r-.l rtiiiinl IntonTIIICKFASTi:. anil h? KmmIt ntxert paint nutfi -r itnii litut etvry cnllon of lliW paMCe wMk7 Kallon 0 "C.U ; j c.u iuwo (o lake 1W worU for IU partly. .-. '!r J ?".v KoiMlyMUrd Fnlnt.ynn pny the KrMry.JflxMl Iaiat price fur i ins umiil "oil." or from 21S u timet IhrMittt price for I lie f rtsfi, jiuro raw oil la your local dealvr'tt barrel. C. Ttaero Is n pairs! iTboie makers STOP, Mttvn the swale to . pitted; conti'iit wl'.U ttie profit oit t!u pnint alono aaailUMwlaar that any 11 jenr II lioy can usis Hit pusio aatl tht pare raw mSL both bone'it sy:ratoIy from ttiv local lmi r. Simply Mir tea-ether. yon imio nn nlisIt::-Iy pure linmred ell paint that baa eeat veat 4 at least 25, Ievs ttmxi any HlKh CraUo" Keatly.Jllxed fatet. Am X heaettt price lr both imlnt anl oil aaU your mi rrnwil Z . This paint Is Klaloch llnnse Paint: which In made te a full line ef Mnnclard. popular nml liVKAULli clorw. It is not a aatrat palnt-irN jsutt the trool old lim-trl-il tint materlato. Kroaad toKvthcr ready for yuu to thin down with tUe pure raw oil. . WHEREVER WE HAVE NO AGENT. YOU? OWN DEALER WILL TGET "KINLOCH" FOR YOU. IF SHOWN This AD.. BY WRITING DIRECT X KIKLOCH PAINT COMPANY. ST. LOUISp. n 1 ;n n u 1 1 1 i t ! i ; n 1 1 1 e mi HiiitiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiMiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiniiiiiiiiu.ii;iiii:i:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii chim I S Have Arranged With I Dr. Teny, TIig well-known Eye Speciaist r: rind "Rxnnrt Onlifinn nr OrtmltM to a&fain make regular montlilv "Q0 visits to Columbus, so that my customers and friends may have an opportunity of consulting trulv an expert about E E their eyes. Dr. Terry lias done optical work for more than two hundred persons of Columbus and vicinity, -and I all speak in highest terms of his wonderful skill. 5 The doctor carries a com pleto Got of opthalmic instruments and can z: correct, the most complicated defects of virion. All Ins uork is Kran- teed to !).- satifactory. .Spectacles and eyo chibses Feicntitically litted. Kyo "last-es lilted to any nose. Come in and eeo the doctor'; new lufocsi! lense. It iseometliin new--ad..uhli, It-uKi.. y,-t invisible. N'o lir.es or E markkas 111 tlie ordinary doul.!.. leiii-e. Also ask to beo the "Toribcns" lense. The above le.iM-s are simply wonderful. Dr. Terry will I.- in Colnmhtis one week, from rVhruary 27th to E Isirch -Ith. He will he at my Moro from ! a. m. to '.'. p. m. ami at tho IMeridian Hottl i.rl)rsfrom :: toS . m. Consultation ami examination free. Dun't mi'-s this cost exc llent opportunity of consulting an expert E E about your eves. " S 1 A. BrodfdeKer, Jeweler. 1 i : i i 1 1 1 n ! u i n i r ; n 1 1 1 1 i t n n ; i ; 1 1 1 1 1 : t : r m i r ; 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 n f 1 1 u 1 1 1 1 1 h 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 j i niu r 1 1 1 1 1 tia MitmtwmwrrwmwTrm: isnersion Sale! I BaavaBBBaanaaaawenB m a a-ma- avaaew-aaaaaeaewKxaaAataawaraaaaaBBaBaianBBBBBaaBaBBBBaB - aaaak taiaaii a i a an iai i t n ia t mrw nin aaaa aaaa jmJMjm- "a Of Doroo-Jersey I. Poland China Registered, and as good hogs as can be found anywhere in the country. Consisting of 45 HEAD BROOD SOWS, 30 HEAD FALL PIGS, and Ssme BOARS. 20 Head Cattle, Bulls and heifers, 7 of which are pedigreed Poll Durham, as follows: Four Cows, 4 years old. One Bull, 2 years old. One Buil Calf 10 months old. One Heiler Calf, 10 months old. Selected from two of the best herds in Iowa. For C:ita!oL'UC aMrts C. O. Johnson after Feb. 12. Farm 2 miles West of Osceola. Nebraska. C. G. rmmtuuumumumtwmuv S YX von.iry . m t-- ROS. NEBRASKA FA P r,fi F R i lt tt lU i,;,-v ou iLiLLLLJLli t tako .Mtttr dtbo apart and ehtj it l' freight tooitr shop and bav it tolled on our new SICOW'S UOTAKY I IM' SiiAKl'lNin: V ami tli tnj..i;tr. i".ut r.s '-.'Urautu' that it will d. brttor uork and stay sli;.r; tnuv as long. Tiit ii'a- n m. tn rollings! dtte it :s math , to of an meh larger and thrsUvl :: Hi... t hard and tujioutli. tu'ik it g it i'nt v.iMi-r. V will jay th f;.':ht otif v.sM.nr, if on will takottr disc apsTt a:.. I brim: 111 miiy th lil.idt-s. tw wilt allow ytui '2. cutf tb lid!. Tho j.rico is 20r j.or biii.iV. "i siIm bandlo the New I. P. 1'low- a plow tbnt i guarsinteo in ovi'ry wax to work whtrt inn iilow will Mork and to ptill easier than :u, plow nimif. H. G, PERSON, Up-to-Datd BtaC'ksmith, Icth Sorur.t. Columbus. .x .1 a Oy TOI 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 111 mi 1 ii fei??BsS 45P JOHNSON J& w i 1 i r1 I ? T lr.V, k v 4 goy .
