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WHY DON'T IT?
The Columbus: Telegram and Journ
al are devoting considerable newspaper
apaoe each week to defending and ex
posing grafts and frauds. It makes
sensational space filler, but why don't
the Journal invoke the majesty of the
law to prove its charges and bring the
multitude of boodlers and grafters it
Mas found, tinder the lime light of
psblic scrutiny? Yes why don't it?
'Madison Chronicle.
Our brother of the Chronicle has
evidently not followed very carefully
the editorial pageti of either the Journ
al or the Telegram, hence he is par
donable for making some wrong infer
ences. The Journal confesses to pointing
out some specific instances of "graft"
In Platte county and writing the
names of the grafters very plainly.
But if the Chronicle editor r-as
ever discovered any denial of our
charges or any defense of the grafters
in the Telegram, he has a better micro
scope than ours.
The Journal Has already brought
these instances of graft " under the
lime light of public scrutiny" more
effectively than it could by "invoking
the majesty of the law. " The Journ
al can prove every one of its charges
in a court of law. But what's the
use when our charges are admitted to
be true by the men whom acts have
been questioned? It would be like
trying a man after he has pleaded
"guilty." Of course any tax-payer
can go into court and recover money
paid out illegally by the county super
visors. And any tax-payers is at lib
erty to verify the Journal's charges
from the county records.
But it has become well established
custom amour the American people to
administer punishment at the polls for
the abuse of a public trust. The
ballot box is just as effective and
a little cheaper than a court of law.
That's "why."
TEDDY AND THE TRUSTS.
It begins to look as though there
might be some trouble ahead for the
richest man in the world, and some
trouble also for the members of the
beef trust. One Theodore Roosevelt
has taken up the matter of these two
vampires, with the understanding
that all laws.whichcan be found hav
ing application to the case will be ad
ministered without regaid to persons,
saoney or Sunday school affiliations.
One very interesting provision of the
much discussed Sherman anti-trust
law is a section which is called the
criminal section of the act. This
enumerates certain offenses which
mast be atoned by imprisonment of
the responsible men of the corporation
committing the offenses. The prac
tical working of this provision may
be appreciated by a comparison be
tween what might have happened in
the case of the beef trust in Missouri
last year and what actually did hap
pen. Thepackers' combine was found
guilty of violating the law and each
one of the companies in the combin
ation was fined the sum of $.1,000,
which, as a magazine writer points
out, was to them comewbat less than
five cents would be to the ordinary
citizen. That is what actually hap-
What might have happened
to take several members of the
Armour, Swift and Cudahy families
and give them steady employment in
the twine factory at JeffersonCity.Mo.
for a year or two. It is very easy to
imagine whether this would inculcate
in these gentlemen a greater measure
of respect for the law than a fine of
5.000.
The Standard Oil has so far evaded
very law which has been aimed at it.
The trouble seems to be that we have
ever had a law which was construct
ed to deal with monopolies alone. A
law framed in general terms would
hurt the smaller concerns before it
would touch the Standard. Every
asaa who is in business is trying with
all his might and main to put his
competitors out of business, just what
Rockefeller is doing, or rather has
already done. When pablic sentiment
gets to the point where it will compel
congress to legislate directly and
smMifioallygainEt monopolies, some
thing may be done. The mere fact
that Standard Oil has attained its
present position right in the face of
one continuous law-suit proves 'that
the laws are inadequate or have not
been enforced. The State of Kansas
is embarking in-the oil refining bus
iness as a 'Competitor of Brother
' "Rockefeller. The State of Kansas ex
pects the federal government to com
pel the trust to play fair. The pres
Meat .has instructed Commissioner
Uarield to make a careful examination
and report. Ths country is awaiting
developments with an idea that there
will be something doing. On one
aide is overwhelming popular senti
ment, led by the most progressive and
popular president since Lincoln; on
the other side is the greatest aggre
nation of money power in the history
af the world. The developments will
rely be interesting and instructive.
la very f oolif h to be a grand
WHENWILL THEY PUT IT BACK?
Whan Patrick E. McKillip cuts his
hair.
When Henry Carrig ornaments his
real estate sign with a republican
white elephant.
When Blake Maher and Judge Holl.
enbeok"sign"as the Romeo and Juliet
in Roosevelt's Railroad Quartet ,
When the Columbus Telegram comes
out of hibernation and trades its" vir
tuous lady" role for that of "heavy
villian."
When the Nebraska Biene prints
the supervisors' proceedings in Irish
dialect at the legal rate.
When Caplain Wagner is made captain-in-chief
of a republican ice-boat
in Hades.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION.
The bill passed by the bouse of rep
resentatives makes an appropriation
for naval expenditures of nearly f 100,
000,000 and provides for two battle
ships. This is a considerable reduc
tion from the department estimates
which contemplated three battleships.
The administration is understood to
have been quite insistent upon the
program of the' Navy department for
enlarging the navy, but owing to.the
prospective treasury deficit and the
general sentiment in favor of keeping
down expenditures wherever it was
practicable to do mo without injury to
the public service, a good deal of op
position arose among the republicans
to the department's recommendations.
Whether or not a like feeling exists
among the senate republicans is not
known, but it is probable that body
will not support the three-battleship
recommendation of the department.
The question of naval appropriations
has come to be one of commanding
interest. The prevailing sentiment
in the country is unquestionably in
favor of maintaining and gradually
enlarging the navy. We cannot safely
permit any weakening of our sea pow
er. But there is also a feeling that we
should not build up the navy at the
expense of other important public in
terests. In a speech by Representa
tive Littlefield of Maine he presented
figures showing that naval appropri
ations for 1898-1905,inclusive, amount
ed to over tG81.000.000 and he pointed I
out chat in point of tonnage we shall
be the third naval power in the world
when the Teasels now authorized are
completed, exceeded only by Great
Britain and France, while in the mat
ter of efficiency we shall perhaps be
second. There are some who think
that the United States ought to take
first place among the naval owners
but it is doubtful if a majority of the
people are ready to approve such a
policy of expenditure as would be
necessary to give us that position. We
should not permit the navy to decline
and there is no likelihood that this
will be permitted at any time in the
future. On the other hand there is
no good reason for rushing naval en
largement especially if in order to do
so other interest must be neglected or
receive less consideration than is de
manded in the public welfare.
The house naval appropriation is
sufficiently liberal under existing con
ditions and it is perhaps safe to say
it will be increased by tne senate.
Omaha Bee.
DOES IT PAY.
The Eighteenth Annual Bulletin of
the Nebraska Experiment Station, just
published, contains some striking re
sults which should interest every
farmer and lead him to send a request
to the Experiment Station.at Lincoln,
asking for bulletins published at this
Station. The Station makes the fol
lowing statements regarding a few of
the results of experiments carried on
at the Station.
The winter wheat production of the
State has increased 10.000.000 bushels
per vear, due largely to the work of
the Experiment Station.
Kherson oats, introduced from Russia
by the Station, out yield the common
varieties by ten bushels per acre in
central Nebraska. Experiments with
corn to secure better adapted varieties
have increased the yield 10,000.000 to
30,000,000 bushels, and will result in
still further increase.
Experiments at the Station prove that
land which has been seeded to alfalfa
will grow from 10 to 35 bushels more
corn per acre than other lands.
Apple scab has been almost perfectly
controlled by spraying with Bordeaux
mixture. Cedar rust on apple trees
has been controlled with Bordeaux
mixture. Straw mulches have greatly
increased the yield of garden vegeta
bles and improved the quality of cab
bage, tomatoes, beans and cucumbers.
Milk fever has been treated with
practically no loss, by inflating the
udder of the cow with air when the
first symptoms of the disease appear
ed. Feeding experiments have shown
that alfalfa hay and corn is the most
economical ration for fattening steers.
Tnis ration gave a profit of fSper head
more than where corn and prairie hay
was fed.
Extensive experiments in feeding al
falfa nav with grain to hogs are now
in progress which show the great
economic value of alfalfa when fed
in connection with a grain ration.
Eigteen thousand hand separators
have been purchased by farmers in the
last six years, and the number of
cows used for dairy purposes has in
creased 200.000 in this time.
One hundred and fifty farmers in
stitutes will be held during the season
of 1904-1905, if sufficient funds are
available. You can secure tne bulletins
of the Experiment Station free by
writing to the Director of the Agri
cultural Experiment Station, Lincoln,
Nebr.
THE ORIGINAL CONSTITU
TION. A. E. Sheldon,dlrector of field work
for the NebraskalStateHi8torical So
ciety some time ago dug out of the
"dust and gtoom"of a state house vault
the minute of the constitutional con
vention of 1871. Mr. Sheldon writing
of these documents says'They areof
rare and stirring interest. The great
questions of, public policy and inter
pretation argued today in our courts
and upon our platforms, revenue, cor
poration liability and control.munici
pal instttlutions were there debated
by such giants of young Nebraska as
Mason, Maxwell, Anderson, Woolworth,
Weaver, Wakely, Lake, Boyd, and many
others now noted."
Mr. Sheldon also has all the original
matter relating to the conventions-of
1864, I860 and lS75,except the minutes
of the 1875 convention which framed
our present constitution.
The Hcnse of Representatives, by
resolution, has transferred this matter
to the Stato His-torinal Society for
publication. It will fill ihree large
voloms and cost about$.'500 to print it.
It is highly important to preserve
theso invaluable historical documents
and to have them priutui while there
are survivors whu may be consulted
and who may road proof. It is to be
hoped, therefore, that the senate fi
nance committee will report favorably
for the small appropriation required
for this important work.
SQUELCHED AGAIN.
We have been called down again,
and called down good and plenty. We
had thought that we had reached the
limit of earthly triLulation in the
sorrowful compassion which the Ar
gus has extended to us, the silent dis
dain of the Telegram and the crushing
sarcasm of the German Supplement.
But it seems not. Here cometh one from
afar off, even from Merrick county,
and lands on us with both hands and
both feet, not to mention punctuation
marks.
We have always believed in giving
both sides of a question, even though
we get the worst of it thereby. Ac
cordingly we herewith print, verba
tim et litteratim, a communication
which w have just received from an
outraged citizen :
Central City, Neb.. Feb. 23, 1905.
To the Editor of Colombus Journal,
Columbus, Nebr.
Dear sir: it wonld be much easer
for a Republican Editor to go through
the Eye of a ueadip. than to tell the
truth about W. J. Brran. the onley
cose for this strange coincident is in
the fact that Mr. Br van. is sn much
larger inteilectcaly than the average
Republican Editor he is not able to
understand him. to i-ooipair a Repub
lican Editor to Mr. Bryan world be
like comparing alieh'ning Bag of a
Dark night to the Glaring sunrayp. of
the nocuday snn, they have served
corporations fo long that thare minds
has become warped, nieacy of them
now has conicntcU to denounce Mr,
Rosevelt for his reform Ideas, they
will soon be calling hitn a nanacrhist
for trying to infon-a Democratic Prin
caplcs. Yours Vev Respectfully,
M. D. HADDOX.
INDIVIDUAL Oli COMMUNAL.
Oar constitutions, federal and state,
stand for a minimum of goverument,
a maximum of individual liberty. The
makers of our constitutions had suffer
ed the ills of too much government,
and tney naturally could not foresee
the ills of too much individual liberty.
Unhampered by government re
straints, strong individuals and groups
of etrong individuals have grasped so
much of wealth and power that many
of us are led to fear lest these strong
individuals, whom in organization we
call trusts, may become stronger than
government.
The agitation, for federal control,
for municipal ownership, is simply a
swinging back of the pendulum from
the extreme "individual freedom"
idea of our forefathers toward the
''strong government "idea from which
they suffered.
And the serious question which con
fronts the American people today is
to decide juEt how much of individual
initiative and power it is cafe to trans
fer to the government.
A wholesale transfer of the indi
vidual powers of onrMorgan andRocke-
fellers to the hands of the less com
petent public officials would be ajnmp
from the "frying pan to the fire. 'But
there is probably no danger of such a
wholesale transfer of power. Brothers
Rockefeller and Morgan ride with a
pretty firm seat in the legislative sad
dle of our state and nation.
A TIME COMIXG.
The railroad lobby at Lincoln who
are fighting against anv and all rail
road legislation on the theory that
"the farmers are eo prosperous tbat
they are demanding no changes," will
be rudely awakened from that delus
ive dream, if not by the present legis
lature, bv some other legislature not
very distant in the future.
Railroads form one of the most im
portant parts of onr industrial sys
tem. They should have a voice in
legislation proportionate to their im
portance. But the public's interest in
transportation is greater than the
railroad's interest. And the public in
Nebraska feel tbat local freight rates
in Nebraska' are too high1 and that
there should be a reasonable reduction.
And the railroads had better submit to
a reasonable reduction at the hands of
reasonable men who want to be fair
than to be forced to stand an unreason
able redaction at the hands of a body
of men aroused to unfairness by con
tinued abuses.
The Journal wishes to go on record
emphatically in urging Platte county
representatives to use their utmost in
fluence for the passage of just one
reasonable freight rate bill.
.4 YANKEE TRICK,
Yankees are not all dead, nor are
they confined to the bounds of the
New England states. And thanks to
this fact, Nebraska may discover an
unconstitutional method of constitu
tional amendment that will work
some long needed changes in our ob
solete constitution.
A Nebraska legislator has hit upon
the happy thought of increasing the
constitutional number of judges of the
supreme court, without submitting
the question of a constitutional amend
ment to a vote at a general election,
as required by the constitution. He
proposes to have the partv conventions
nominate six judges, and have it un
derstood that every vote cast for an
additional judge, is to be counted
as a vote for a constitutional amend
ment, to increase the number of
judges.
If this plan will stand the test in
our supreme court, it promises us a
quick and practicable means of amend
ment. All honor to this Yankee, if
he turns the trick.
If some of that surplus water in the
Loup were now being piled up in a
reservoir, to be used to run a trolley
car from Omaha to Beatrice, we
might save some expense in the matter
of dynamite.
BRYAN AND STANDARD OIL.
The Washington correspondent to
the Chicago Tribune is authority for
the statement that W.J.Bryan." Tom"
Taggart and Senator Penrose have
contaminated the pore white lining
of their pockets by the potssrscit u of
the "Foster Icai-e." This leaae, i
well known, covers several hemtred
thousand acres of Ramus oil land,
secured from tho O.-ago Iudians. The
Standard Oil Company is operating
under this lease which the Kansas
legislature is trying to have set aside
on grounds of fraud. It will look
funny to see President Roosevelt join
the name of his "railroad bedfellow"
with that of Rockefeller in suit for
violation of the Sherman anti-trust
law.
It will doubtless develop that Bryan
is an innocent partner of Rockefeller
in this alleged fraudulent lease.
THE BIGGEST TRUST.
They tell us now that the most
grasping, the most absolute trust of all
is tne "refrigerator car" trust. Is it
not strange that we should have read
the signs on the refrigerator cars for
all these years, and paid exorbitant
prices for fruit "out of season, "with
out even guessing the trust's exis
tence? The" beef" magnates aro mixing up
a nice does for themselves. They are
said to be operating in the same old
way, utterly ignoring the injunction
of cur highest court. Meanwhile a
grand jury is grinding away in Chic
ago, and it may grind ont some strip
ed clothing for our arrogant brethern
who choose to place themselves on the
level of highwaymen.
COME AHEAD.
If we should get a power canal and
Columbus should increate and multi
ply and have a pormlation of ten
thoufranr1, what would be the greatest
of all the great blessings that would
follow:
Old Platte county would be in the
republican fold just as safe and sure
as Lancaster county. Let her come.
STRONG RESOLUTIONS.
Tne editors in convention atKearney
this week went on record most em
phaticaly in favor of a direct primaiy
law and against the political pass.
If the boys hong together on these
propositions they will win out. Pub
lic opinion and not legislation is the
cure for the pass-evil.
The erratic Senator Chandler of
New Hampshire sees in the dim fu
ture the election of Bryan to the pres
idency and then government owner
ship, free silver and everythng tbat
Bryan used to think he stood for. The
gentleman from New Hampshire
seems to forget that the president is
not the- law-making branch of the
government and furthermore tbat Mr.
Bryan is an advocate of the gold stand
ard, unless he has flopped again since
the last campaign.
Never give in was the lesson taught
to young husbands by Helen Grantly's
' Her Lord and Master." We saw at
least oneColumbus young husband who
admits he has started wrong but
thinks it may not be too late to re
treat. Another soon to be young hus
band is thanking his stars Helen
Grantly did not delay her date here
till May.
And the floods came and the ice de
scended, and took out a piece of the
Loup bridge. Thank the Lord, there's
one thing thoy'll have to put back.
Spring is surely here. Two of the
Journal's correspondents are writing
poetry this week.
COLUMBINES.
We are in favor of the bill to remove
the state capital from Lincoln to Co
lumbus. We have experienced this
imigration ourself and we recommend
it to the state capital or anybody else
who may to seeking a change.
We would respectfully call the at
tention of t he World-Eerald. Telegram,
Silver Creek Sand, et al to the fact
that the partnership of Mickey, Rocke
feller & God has undergone tome
change in membership. It transpires
that tho celebratedFoeterLease where
by the Standard Oil Co. maintains its
monopoly in the South and West, is
owned by one W. J. Bryan and other
Lincoln men. We are not informed as
to whether the style of the firm will
now be Bryan, Mickey, Rockefeller
& God, or whether by the advent
of the new member the political
affilations of the partnership have been
changed and Mr. Mickey thereby elim
inated. Anyway, it's darned unfor
tunate right at this time when Mr.
Bryan is joyfully proclaiming that he
is a follower of Roosevelt in the fight
against the octopus. Poor old Kansas!
And William was the greatest Pop of
them all.
I'm going down to Omaha,
To Omaha today,
To hear a man I never saw
Upon the fiddle play.
I'm off for Omaha, I my.
To see the man thev call Ysaye.
It does beat all how folks will go.
Nor stop to reason why.
To hear a Frenchman pull a bow
And watch his fingers fly.
And read the dreamlight in 'is eye.
Thai's why I'm off to see Ysaye.
Now 1 can tease a fiddle some,
"Durang" and "Old Rye Straw,"
Though I wa'nt raised in Belgium.
But down by Arkansaw.
And folks don't flock to Omaha
To hear me as they do Yaye.
O. that confounded heathen name !
I havent time today
To make it rhyme, but all the same
I'll near the geezer play.
I say, I see, I sigh, I saw,
I'll see you down at Omaha.
If a fellow adopts a practice of writ
ing foolishness, and continues it for
some time, and especially if he looks
a little foolish anyway, he is gener
ally up against it when he undertakes
to talk sense. However, we have al
ways believed in tackling anything
that we saw anybody else do, and ia
pursuance of this policy we shall now
for a brief moment make as near an
approach to a dignified form of expres
sion as any member of our family has
ever accomplished. The topio upon
which this serious discourse is now
n process of deliverance is Eagene
Yaye, a man who plays on the violin.
There are paople who believe
that the production of musical
tones which oliftive a prescribed se
quenre iif time acd pitch is mus
ic Snch people chouid purchase a
phonograph ithoat delay. Other
people are of the opinion that if a per
former should tday behind a curtain,
ont of sight of his audience, those of
the audience who possessed musical
appreciation would get the same en
joyment from the performance as if he
were in sight. The exponents of this
idea should own an automatic piano
player. When yon find a world leader
in any branch of tho musical art, the
technical performance is not more vi
tal to the forming of your judgment
than is the performer himself. If a
man has within him a spirit which
can be played into his instrument, it
will be radiated from him likewise at
all other times, off the stage as well
as on.
Ysaye is 43 years old, something over
six feet tall, and weighs about 230
pounds. He has the forehead of Plato,
the eye of Daniel Webster, and in his
mouth and jaw he resembles William
McKinley. Bis straight black hair
he wears long, after the manner or
Liszt. His voice is like the roar of
a bull, he shakes hiuuls like c bear and
his expression nud manner are those
of a baby. Not a little baby, how
ever, but a big, fat, buster of a baby
who is tickled to death to see every
body and wants to pat everybody on
the head and be good friends with the
world.
On the stage he presents a very re
reshing variety of gigantic awkward
ness and the most delicate grace. To
a spectator he seeaii absolutely uncon
scious of everything while he plays.
Hn will go through a bravura pas
sage with bis feet about a yard apart,
his head bent down over bis violin,
every tone as clear a a piccolo note,
and finish with a fierce dath of hpecd
in chords, harmonics and staccato,
shake his black mane like a lion, and
settle back into a little melcdv with
a tone as delicate and soft as the vibra
tion of a harp string.
It is very hard to describe the per
son and playing of this Ysaye wihout
drifting into extravagances of langu
age. His tone was the most otautifnl
we have ever heard and his execution
was of course perfect. He is past the
stage of technic. The program ranged
from the mighty Kreutzer Sonata to
Schumann's Abendlied. His only en
core number was a part of the Bach
Chaoonne and another movement from
the same sonata. He bad a masterful
accompanist, one who seemed to un
derstand that he was not playing the
solo himself.
Ysaye's fiddle speaks for itself in
the fact that it was made by Joseph
Gnarnerius in old Cremcna. in the
days of Shakespeare, and is played
npon by the man who is generally
considered the greatest violinist of
the time.
Big Woodmen Doings.
Albion, Nebr. Febr.. 24 1005 (spe
cial.) The Modern Woodmen of
America held a rousing meeting at
their ball in this city last night.
About sixty new members were adopt
ed and the most exciting time ever had
in a lodge room was participated in.
E E. Kester and J.O. Burgess of Lin
coln conducted the work of the order
and Mr. Keaster gave a very eloquent
address to the members of the lodge
and te candidates. For the last three
weeks the Woodmen have been work
ing hard getting new members and
that success cmwned their efforts was
clearly demonstrated in the fact that
they got so many.
Mr.E.Rymer, Deputy Head Counsel
of Lincoln and Mr. James of Madison
have been here working in the inter
est of the lodge and another bunch of
new ones will be taken in a week
from tonight. This makes the Albion
Camp No. 651 of the M. W. A. the
largest in this congressional district
and the members here are more than
proud of their record. Albion certain
ly is a Woodman town as they have
the only lodge hall in the city and the
largest membership by far of any
local lodge. A banquet was given
after the initiation by the Ladies of
the Royal Neighbors. The revelry
kept up uctil about two a. m. and
the topic of conversation on tho streets
this morning is the "Woodman initia
tion of hut night."
Sweet Clover! How sweet the words
fall from the tongue.Sweet Clover,
Mr theme, my topic my song.
Tis laden with memories of olden
times.
And smacks of our youth and fond
lover's rhyme.
Sweet Clover! It takes us back to
the years.
When Life was all sunshine.unwat-
ered by tears ;
For it leads us away to a far away day
Then cares were unknown, and all
life was gay ;
And it leaves as alone in our spring
time career
"The air. sweet with Clover", for
that's what vou hear.
'Tisastory of love, as pure and
sweet
As the clover itself, for, wherever
you meet
On the fields or hillside its potent
perfume
It drives away cares, and it ban
ishes gloom.
Just so does the play, of Sweet
Clover its tone
Is a strong moral factor, wherever
'tis shown;
For it teaches what's good, and de
nounces what's bad.
In laughable scenes, and scenes that
are sad.
'Tisa play that's akin to the first
morning's sun
When all is serene, save the little
bird's song;
Yet one, that will roll o'er your
thoughts like a billow,
When the evening's done and you
seek the soft pillow
'Twill linger on" lixe the scent of
8weet Clover."
When the curtain rings down, and
the "last act" is over.
Jno. Marnice Sullivan.
Jfi&$ Special Kedked
Pilflr Excirsion Kates
Washington. D.C. and return, dates
eale.Febraary 23 toMarch 2nd 1905 in
clasive. Returning March 16th.
J. A. Kuhn Agent, Omaha.
Monroe Telephone Co. Elects Ofletrs .
Monroe, Nebr., Febr. 25 (Special to
Journal, It was a stormy meeting
held last Wednesday by the stockhold
ers of tho . Monroa Independent tele
phone Company. It was all about
whether an asessmeat of 15 per cent
should be mado on the stock. The
stock was 6old in the first place at 625
a share with the condition that an
assessment of 15 per cent might be
made to increase the capital. E. B.
Dahnals and other stockholders ob
jected to the collect Ton of this assess
ment and turned out in force to elect a
majority of the directors favorable to
their way of thinking. And they suc
ceeded. For directors they elected E. B.
Dannals. president, W. H. Joy. vice
president; A. D. Fellers, secretary;
Wm. Webster, treasurer; Petor Mat
son, Rhine Rade. and N. E. Cooney.
ft. M. POST
attorney : at : Law
Columbus. Neb.
T D. 8TIBE8,
ATTORBTBT AT LAW.
OSoa, OUto at., fourth door north of First
Nr.tionalBank.
COLUMnrjS. NKRRABKA.
DR. CflflS. A. PLftTZ
HOMEOPATHIC
Phusiclan and Surgeon.
P. O. Block
Colnmbus
6. J. GftRLOW
Lawyer
Office over . . .
Columbus State Itank GOIUmbUS. Neb.
Miss Harriett Kauffman
is prepared to do all
kinds of first-class .
.DRESSMAKING.
.at ber home, or will go out
by the day.
Mrs. Cramers, One Block East of Second
Ward School Honse on 9th Street.
BEGfl&R,
H06KENB&RG&R
& CHAMBERS
Real Estate
Insurance
Loans
Choice list of Lands for sale.
We are prepared to supply the
spring demand for dwellings
and lots. We have money to
loan on real estate in small or
large amounts for from 1 to 10
years.
DONT WASTE GRAIN!
A Cheaply Made Wagon
Will Waste Enough
Grain to Buy a
Good One.
Our wagons will not scatter
your grain whileon the road to
market or overtax your horses
with needlees heavy dranght.
We keep only the Latest and BEST in
Buggies and Carriages
S-All Kinds of
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
J6T Our horse shoes stick
and don't lame your horses
TRY THEM.
LOUIS SCHREIBER.
CURES
STOMACH
JShjb
-f-UB pooy gets roi "
food properly digested. J
mmb 12 --
xieaiulY aigeeiiua uiauu puo
blood for the body, bnt stomach
troubles arise from carelessness
in eating and stomach disorders
upset the entire system. Improp
erly masticated food sours on the
stomach, causing distressing
;.. lm1liin and niUlflPa.
When over-eating is persisted ia
tne stomacn oecomes weaseneu
md worn out and dyspepsia
flyimn the victim.
Thedford's Black-Draught
cures dyspepsia, it rrees ice
stomach and bowels of congested
matter and crives the stomach
new life. The stomach ia quickly
invigorated and the natural
stimulation results in a good
appetite, with the power to war
oughly digest food.
"; You c build up your stomach
with this mild and natural
remedy. Try Thedford's Black
Draught today. You can bur
package from your dealer for
25c7lf he does not keep it, send
the money to The Chattanooga
Medicine Co., Chattanopga,
Tenn., and a package will be
mailed you.
THEDFORD'S
-DKUJGHTJ
GREISEN BROS'
The (Mis?
We have an endless assort
ment of strictly up-to-date
Clothing. They are sold
right. Don't go shabby
whenfor a lew "plunks"
you can look weland feel
well. Good fit guaranteed.
GREISEN
.11th
COLUMBUS,
I Nome Restaurant
TI3
Hamburger Steaks
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Kersenbrock & Burke
EJME
iiiiiiiinnii 111 mi iiimiiiiiHini 1 1 nninnm
I The P. D.
:Lvateria,l.,
Soft Coal.
T Yards on loth Street, near Ii &
HENRY RIEDER, Manager.
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ISOME PAINT
1. Pnro ZJnscrd Oil ia tlic foau:i;ion : nil I'.il.it rtarabllitj.
2. T&o proiwrnl prcjnriirc apnlnnt i:'mljr-Jll-l Pninfn I featvl
a tbe but xuac most of Iheaa are 8Mlnlu-riUe4 wlih Inferior oJL
-. L.AM Ftat armt icroaia tafeia TniCK PASTE, and the RmmIt
allM 1 "oU"-joai fcave to lake Ma word for its pmrityT
kw for lab. raancd -oil."
ake freab, pare raw ell
8. There Is a aalat bM naiim nfmi h . . .
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rr- ."w i if "r.j i aw a
T lis partly aaaiaraaUlt j.
a. Tata aalat Is Klalora Hm
.StaltK???"??""! DVKABLE rolors. It Hi aot a aateat
Fij-fcv J Kl flme-trif-4 pnimt material. aeaa4
WHEREVER WF HAVF HA ARPNT vntto miu niri r
;qet-kinloch- for you. if shown
i"fcn l-Mltvi uwiurAHil, til. LUUISJJp.
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I Dispersion Sale! j
I Of Duroc-Jersey Tf fi fl fl
& Poland China fl U U U f
- Registered, and as good hogs as
Z can be found anywhere in the country. Z
g Consisting of 45 HEAD BROOD zS
SOWS, 30 HEAD FALL PIGS, and
.S Ssme BOARS. 2
g 20 Head Cattle, Bulls and heifers, g
m 7 of which are pedigreed Poll Durham, --
Z as follows: "S
Eour Cows, 4 years old. g
ne Bull, 2 years old. Z
Z One Buil Calf 10 months old. Z
g One Heifer Calf, 10 months old.
1 Selected from two of the best herds
g in Iowa.
For Catalogues aiWrcas C. G. Johnson after Feb. 12.
Sa2?ta- 6. 0.
Nebraska.
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BROS
Street.
NEBRASKA
FARMERS! Tr
tlise apart and
rliip it ly freight to utr shop and have
it rolled on our now SKOWS ltOTAKY
DISC SMAKl'KXK!;. Wo and the
numufni-tiirers gun tan tee that it will
do better work anil stay shiirp tvic as
long. The reas n ia. in rolling a diee it
is made ".. to ,. of ; n meli larger and
the steel is made hinl and smooth, mak
ing it rut easier. We will pay tht
freight one wav. or. if yon will tnkeyour
disu apart :n,d hring in only the. blades,
v.e uili j,l'-w jon -J-VotT the hill. The
price is U: per Made. We also handle
the Now 1. 1). r.'ow-a plow that we
guarantee in every way to work when
any plow will work and to pull easier
than any plow made.
H. G. PERSON,
Up-to-Date BlaGksmith,
!3th Street. Cohjmbus.
and Meat Market 1
Homemade Sausage
SMITH CO.
2Zaa;d. arid.
Prices rigQn.t
M tlepot. Both Phones
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