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CHANGE IN ADKE--When onWicK a
clmiiip in the address, onb-frilxTsriiouhl he sure
to give their old as well ai th-ir new tuldrcv.
Now will they put it back?
"Uncle" Kelloch is strenuously for
ninst Dr. Osier's extermination policy.
It looks as it our board of supervis
ors had a good many " nntrammeled
adrisers"in the drainage ditch matter.
Will Borne of the milliners tell up ia
advance what members of the feathery
tribe will be sacrificed this spring to
please man's eye": Wo want to com
pose an eloquent appeal to the nauchty
women on n favorite humsso hcciety
topic.
Sheriff Carrig liolcls up his right
hand and declares that the eloquence
Of a Colnmbus attorney during the
drainage ditch trial last week drove
a little black dog to a .vaicide's grave.
The pup, nftor duo deliberation, leap
ed through a second storv window to
escape.
After all, the question is not vneth
er the beef trnst has made largo or
small profits, but, whether it 1ms vio
lated the law. It is of courso as
natural as life for the World-Herald
et al. to jump on Commissioner liar
field becau60 ho reported tho facts as
he fonnd them. Yellow journalism
does't go mnch on factp.
Ont in Colorado tho band still plays
on. A stato senator shows money
which was paid him by a railroad
magnate to vote for t he beating of
Adams. The railroad man tays it's
a blooming lie. Meanwhile both of
them have been indicted on criminal
charges. Life is surely worth living
in Colorado.
Representative Hcaro made a speech
he other day just in timo to kill a biU
to raise the salaries of county super
visors. Ho mado tho point that in
his county some of tho supervisors
were in the habit of drawing twice
as mnch as the 'law allows anyway,
that if tho salary was raised from !00
to $400, one supervisor would draw
$S0O instead of ?G0. The argument
was convincing. Wonder if that bill
was inspired from I'lotiu county V
There is an amount oi iuooaiuderato
carelessness on the part of soujo who at
tend plays and leave between acts,
returning at the beginning of tho next
act. They pay no more than ladies
and men who do not "go out between
acts,' and yet they are privileged to
come in late, and by their talking and
finding their 6oats. make so mnch noise
that even if an actor speaks in a loud
voice he cannot possibly to hratd. It
is a great annoyance that occurs night
after night. Even tho lit tie boys on
the front rows are imitating their
elders and add to the genoral confus
ion. It is a' selfish nuisance and
ought to be done away with for the
sake of attentive listeners who have
paid to hear tho play.
Will Colnmbus play l.a-o ball this
season? This is the inetion now imi
tating the minds of the It v:rs ci the
national game in Columbus. Past
season: show that we liso the came
and tnrn ont well when unytiiint: like
an exhibition of the ckiuo is billed.
There is no lack of aood bail material
here and a local orgnui.itit-n would
be made to pay this .-nion. Surround
ing towns are now organized nnd an
nnnsual spirit is beiug injected into
the sport. Sunday ball i-; the enly
profitable proposition here and it pro
perly managed the lovprs of tue iranse
who are "in the hames" working
week days, could find enjoyment and
recreation with small expvn- Some
of the "old leaguers" are getting ner
vous and tossing of tho sphere is fre
qaently seen in rho alleys and streets.
Prof. T. M. Hodgman, state inspec
tor of high schools, viited the Co
lambus schools yesterdav. He found
everything so satisfactory and ship
shape that he did not consider it ne
cessary to examine into the detailed
workings of the school. H expressrd
himself as mnch snprteed and gratified
at the completenesss of equipment ami
thoroughness of method which he
fomnd in the Columbus high school.
FroLHodgman's duties do not include
grade inspection, his office being the
rating of the state high schools so as
to determine the terms npen which
.- high school graduates will ba admitted
to the university. Graduates of the
high schools are admitted to the
liversity withont examination
such schools are known
as "accredited" high schools. Co
lumbus is in the number of those
whose schools are thus accredited. To
Journal representative Prof.Hcdg
Hut said that, while his official busi
ness was only with the high school,
ha could not help but notice the up-to-date
and efficient working of the
entire school system of Columbus.
His long experience had shown him
that the one most necessary condition
to a successful school is harmony
TTffg all the members of the teach
ing force, the school board and tha
ciliiOM Wltbont knowing local con
ditions, Prof. Hodgman raid he was
that this spirit of co-operation
confidence in the school manage-
.existed here, julging entirely
. the efficiency and perfect work-
Jag ef the Columbus schools.
THEATRE PATRONAGE.
Colnmbus has one of the -best opera
houses in Nebraska. In spite of the
" knocking" that is heard against the
attractions that come to Colnmbns,
sober reflection wili force any one to
admit that a large majority of the
attractions booked in Colnmbns dur
inc.thn past year are really far above
the average booked " in cities of this
size. It is true, several attractions
that appeared here dnring the winter
were a disgrace to tho management of
the North Opera Honse and shonld
have had the curtains rung down in
the first act. But it mest be remem
bered that opera houses like the Boyd
in Omaha also get poor attractions
once in awhile.
Fako attractions are more expensive
in the long ran to theater managers
than thy are to the public.
Situated as Colnmbus is, the right
Kind of theatre sentiment on the
part of Colnmbns citizens coupled
with a repntation for first rate at
tractions to which Colnmbus is really
cutitled.ght to build up a greater
patronage from tho towns tributary
to Columbus that would mean thous
ands of dollars a year to our hotels
and business men. Local organizations
should try ana arrange their dates for
functions so as not to interfere or con
flict with theatre dates. Our theatre
going citizens should refuse to attend
poor attractions bnt they should at
the same time refrain from knocking
the general reputation of our theatre
in a wav that keeps many away from
the really good plays.
A broad spirit of co-operation is
necessary in a city the size of Colum
bus to enable a manager to get the
first class attractions.
LAW OR PROGRESS.
David Willcox and Charles Spen
cer, two railroad presidents have filed
exhaustive briefs relating to rates,
with the Congressional committees
on interstate commerce. These briefs
have been neatly bound in pamphlet
form and sent broadcast to the press
of tho county. Another pamphlet
containing a series of editorials on
the same nubjoct from tne Railway
Age and other periodicals is sent out
with tho briefs in question. The
arguments against President Roose
velt's railroad program, contained in
these pamphlets are masterful. No
trick known to tho master logician,
the skilled stntistienn, the practiced
lawyer, has been lett unturned. In
deed, the argnments from the stand
point of established law and preced
ent, like John O.Calhoun's arguments
on state's rights, are unanswerable.
It was difficult by an appeal to logic
and history to overturn Calhoun's
argument that the federal government
could not possess greater powers than
those granted to it by the thirteen
oricnal states, but national existence
demanded that Calhoun's logic be
sacrificed. Likewise these railroad
presidents may have proved by all the
rules of logic and statistics that the
public has been incapable through the
Interstate Commerco Commission of
controlling rates. Bnt their logic will
have to go down and out before the
voice of public opinion of whichPres
ident Roosavelt is the unerring mouth
piece. Tho public's interest in trans
portation has outgrown law and pre
cedent. When President Roosevelt gets thro'
with this Congress, there will be new
laws and a different set of prececdeuts
upon which railroad presidents may
build their scholarly briefs. And per
haps their conclusions will be differ
ent. Laws do not lay out new lines of
progress. Progross paves the way
for law. Vested rights always ap
peals to law as it is, to prevent chang
ing it to conform to the demands of
progress. For all progress is in the
direction of an increase in the power
of the masses, or of the public.
These railroad presidents have con
tributed something to literature, but
they have not permanently blocked the
public's ultimate control of rates.
The hand writing is on the wall.
IF BOYS GO U'ROXG.
There will be something doing in
Columbus before longt if certain re
ports are trne. There are said to be
joints in Columbus, more demoraliz
ing to boys than the saloons, where
beys whose main attention should be
given to study are siven some very
impressive and attractive lessons in
gambling and extravagance.
We do not care to enter into discus
sion of this question on mere hear-say
evidence. However, parents cannot
over-estimate tho importance of this
subject, when their sons are forming
habits of gambling, cigarette smoking
and other vices which have led some
of the brightest boys of Colnmbns to
leave homo and may lead to worse
things.
If wo were asked to 'suggest a rem
edy for the evils, we should not begin
by criticising either the bays or the
joints. The boys are not bad natur
ally, and the joints exist simply be
cause there is n demand for them.
Too many of the boys have fathers
who are educating their sons and pro
viding them with spending money.
Idleness or leisure affords tbn op
portunity for the formation of habits
of vice. Take awnv the opportunity
and the habits will not be formed.
Make him work like the devil,"
is the best advice that was ever given
tc a father for his sen.
THE POSTMASTER QUESTION.
An announcement from Washington
by the Associated Press outlines a
policy to be followed by the adminis
tration that will no doubt set at rest
the talk about the postmaster suc
cession in Columbus. The dispatch
says that after a cabinet meeting it
was announced that the uniform policy
of the president would be to retain in
office the present incumbents during
satisfactory service. This is in line
with the announcement that was made
seme time ago to the effect that the
case of each postmaster would be
settled on ita merits without regard
to the term of prior service.
No complaint has been made against
Postmaster Kramer except that he
has already held the office for several
years, and in the matter of endorse
ment he has the backing of almost the
entire business interests of Columbus
In fact, at the present time there are
no other candidates for the place and
no opposition to Mr. Kramer's re
appointment. The story that was circulated some
time ago, and taken up by 6ome of
the opposition papers; to the effect
that no old-service postmasters would
be re-appointed, is of course without
foundation.
The position cf postmaster in Co
lumbus does n'.t belong to any man,
and the Journal has taken no side in
the contest as long as thore wan a con
test. Kowever.since there is no long
er any opposition to Mr. Kramer, and
since he has the endorsement of so
large a part of the citizens, wo very
gladly congratulate him on the suc
cessful way in which he has conduct
ed the office and tho apparently cer
tain prospect of his re-appointment.
NEBRASKA RATES.
The Journal has repeateJly urged
the importance of freight, rate legis
lation bv the present legislature, ad
mitting that the through rates in the
United States as a whole aro low, wo
hove urged that high local rates in
Nebraska are destructive to local in
dustries depending upon local markets.
The State Journal contains an excell
ent editorial oa this subject which
we reprint and urge upon the atten
tion not only of ourPlntte county rep
resentatives bnt of every Journal read
er: All examination of freight schedules
shows that the practice of making
through tariffs from tho iuerior
grain stations of Nebraska to the sen
board or to Chicago and St. Louis no
longer obtains. To find how mnch
it will cost to carry one hundred
pounds of wheat from Colnmbus to
St. Louis it is necessary to add the
Nebraska distance tariff, which is 13
cents for tho ninety-four miles to
Omaha, to tho tbroneh rate at 1) cents
from Omaha to St. Louis making the
total 21 cents for entixe haul. Tho
Union Pacific charges more for carry
ing this wheat ninety-four miles in
Nebraska than tho cli-imep for hauling
it 487 miles east of the river.
This Colnmbus rato is not excep
tional, but in typical or all the grain
rates in Nebraska. The Nebraska
farmer in the extreme eastern edge of
the state doss enj07 a law through
rate to market, but tho knowledge of
that fact does not scotho tho feelings
of the farmer one hundred miles in
land who is obliged to pay twico as
much for n rervice only n small per
centage more expensive.
When tho stato wa young thcio was
virtually bat one industry. Grain
was raised by all the farmers, and
was immediately shipped out of the
state. Now there are feeding lots
everywhere that mora than consume
the local supply of corn. Nebraska
has flouring mills, breweries, cereal
mills and other industries, and it has
feeding lots to which grain is carried
by rail. More than that Missouri and
other states call for cram, which now
goes on the high distance tariff, nnd
secures little or no benefit of the low
through rate to St. Louis. As the
state becomes more settled the ten
dency will be to develop more local
industries and to give the rr-ilroads
steadily increasing local tonnage. But
this development will be retarded by
the maintenance of local distance
rate? that act as a clog upon local in-ciustrv.
RAILROAD LEGISLA TIOX.
One house of the Missouri leisgla
tnre has passed a bill providing that
no corporation shall be allowed to
build, own or operate railroads in the
state unless it is chartered under tho
laws nf Missouri. Barring tho ever
present danger of unconstitutionality,
this may be a hint which will put
state governments on the right
track toward eftectivo regulation of
the big corporations.
Suppose the Standnrd Oil Co., were
required to get a charter from the
state of Kansas, subject of course to
revocations bv the state of Kausns. It
may be fairly assured that at the
prosent time the state of Kansas
wouldn't do much to Standard Oil.
And there seems to bo no reason why
a complete monopoly liko the Stand
ard should ba subject to tho same reg
ulation as railroads and other public
utilities. To nil lutent the Standard
Oil company is a public utility cor
poration. So is the beef trnts.
Of coarse the Standard Oil Co. is
an extremo example Likewse the
people of Kansas are extremists in
whatever they do The state of Miss
ouri and the railroads are more con
servative and average examples. If
tho bill which has passed the Miss
ouri senate should become a law, a
Missouri charter would havo to be
secured by every railraod now operat
ing in Missonri, with tho exception of
the Missouri Pacific which is already
chartered in that state. If other states
then should follow the example, the
railroads would be pretty well en the
defensive. Then it the Interstate
Commerce commission should bo court
of appeal to which tho states or the
railroads might resort, the radical
actions of wildeyed legislatures might
be kept in restraint and traffic rates
eqnitably adjusted and maintained.
Very probably tho Missouri bill will
never be passed, but tho incident
might be a suggestion from which
good will came.
MEX FOR FARMERS.
The following letter mav be of in
terest to farmers wanting help :
Dear Editor : The Associated Char
ities aim to find employment as one
cf their chief ways of aiding. In
this city are many men accustomed to
farm work who have been misled as
to the city's opportunities. We meet
such men constantly and it is our
hope that we can bring them into
touch with farmers needing help. We
make no charge for this service to
either party. Will you, through the
columns of your paper, benefit your
readers by informing them of the ex
istence of this bureau and of its free
service to farmers and farm help. To
do this will be practical help to your
subscribers as well as to unemployed
men.
Thanking yon for anything you may
do in this line I am.
very truly yours,
Stephen P. Morris.
Sup't Associated Charities
Headquarters, Rooms 1 and 2Market
House, Omaha. Nebr.
THE BIG DITCH.
The engineering committee of the
Isthmian Canal Commission, consist-
it g of Commissioners Burr, Parsons,
and Davis, recommends a sea levol
canal with a bottom width of 159 feet
and minimum depth of water of 33 ft,
and with twin tidal locks nt Mirefioies.
whose usable dimensions shall ba
1000 feet long and 1C0 feet wide. The
cost of such a cnuul the commissioners
estimate to be $230, .".U0, 000. The esti
mate includes allowances for admin
istration, engineering, sanitation, and
contingencies, amounting to $:S.5G0,
000. It does not include allownnce
for interest during construction, for
expanse of governing the canal zone
or for water supply, sewers, and pav
ing in Panama and Colon, which last
expenses are finally to be repaid by
the people of those cities. The time
necessary to bntid a sea-Ieel canal
tho committee computes to be ten or
twelve years, thereby considerably
cutting under Senator Morgan's esti
mate nf fifty years at the lowest, and
probably uevor. The committee's
recommendations are based on full
engineering reports, nnd constitute
the conclusion of a report to tho com
mission dated February 14. This re
port hold that the surface of the canal
should in no place be more than 6ixty
feer abovo the sea-level. At that
level tho cost of tho canal is put at
S17S.COO.COO. A thirty-foot level would
cost ?lt;4,2C0,GC0. The committtee
was unanimous in recommending the
sea-level canal, which will cost $70, -74-2,000
more than the lock canal with
a snmmit level of eighty-fivo feet. pro
posed by the former Isthmian Canal
Commission. The committee thinks
the sca-Icvcl canal well worth the
difference, and wo presume that will
be tho general conclusion of expert
observers.
One consideration that had weight
with the committee in recommending
tho inoro expensive plan wa tho dem
onstration bv actual experiment in
the Cnlebra Cut that excavation can
bo dona with new American stcam
sbovels at a cost of fifty cents a cubic
yard, against eight cents, the earlier
estimate. The saving from this diff
erence will bo about .$15,000,000 for
the entire work. A dam at Gamboa
200 feet high is recommended to con
trol tho Chargres River, Seuntor Mor
gan's great bug-bear, with tunnels to
dispose of rho water it collects. The
older preposition for a dam at Bahio,
the practicability of which was co
mnch disenssed, seems to have been
abandoned. Tho commissioners ex
press entire confidence that tho dam
and lake at Gamboa, with the drain
age tunnels, will tnke efficient enre of
the nnrnly Chargres. Immediate work
is recommended in constructing a safe
harbor at Colon, in completing the di
vers canals alreudy begun to carry
awny from the canal the waters of var
ious small riverr, and on three small
dnnis. across the Chargres and Boca
Minii rivers, all at wlrch tho canai
is to be built. Tho chief engineer es
timates that in two years time 1C0
steam-shovels can be installed, with
the necessary tracks, capr.blo of a
yuarlv record of .'$0,000,000 yards of
excavation. The American people are
anxious to see these shovels nt work.
THE CI TV ELECTION.
How about the city election? Shall
we have a citizens' ticket or "shall we
have two strictly party tickets?
Theso aro the chief questions of con
versation on the streets, and the pen
plo on the streets who hnvo lived long
enough in Columbus to see both plans
tried nro better qualified than we are
to answer them.
Good government in the city is
mnch more important thau the ques
tion of whether the democrats or the
republicans shall win. In fact, good
government shonld bo tho only issue.
If w-e can soenre it better by elimin
ating party, let us eliminate party. If
wo can seenro it Letter through the
agency of party, let us put up two
straight tickets.
The sentinvmt of the majority in Co
!ua.bus we believe favors a citi
23.13' ticket, provided we can h:ivo a
citizens' ticket in fact and not n com
promio ticket fixed up by a s.mii
cliqae in each party, who under cover
of the name "citizens," hope to man
ipulate the election to suit their own
needs.
If we are to name a citizens' ticket,
tho two political organizations as
such should keep their hands off. It
has been suggested and we believe the
majority of the taxpayers in Colum
ba's favor the suggestion, that if we
aro to huve a citizens' ticket the peo
ple cf Columbus should meet in mass
convention, and name their ticket,
without the aid of the slate-makers,
in the good old-fashioned democratic
way, candidates being named for
merit only, and without regard to
party.
If the s ate is to be figured out in
advance, a few men argee upon how
many democrats and how many repub
licans shall be chosen, then we are
against the so-called" citizens' ticket."
If the property ownors of Columbus
are not competent to name the officers
of their choice, then their interests are
safer in the hands of the political or
ganizations who would have to stand
or fall on their record.
Tho be?t people of the city are
-.ini-st fue compromise pre gram.
Th.y wil insis; on an open, above
board citizens' ticket, or an out and
oat party contest.
Speaking only for ourselves, we be
lieve Columbus had a good, clean ad
ministration during the past year.
We believe that Mayor Boettoher has
acted for what he deemed the best
interests of Columbus, without con
sideration of party. And if we are to
have mass convention, we should like
to see Mayor Boettcher renominated,
not becauss he is a democrat, but be
cause we believe be is straight. If a
majority does not concur in this belief,
there are other good citizens inColum
bus who could be named. Speaking
from our own observations again, we
believe that Columbus has had a most
excellent council. Not one council in
fifty could have unravelled the knotty
lighting question eo harmoniously as
our present council has done it. The
appointive officers of the city, includ
ing the police officers have made
equally good records. U the naming
of candidates is left to a mass conven
tion, we believe that our citizens will
adopt the policy, "Let well enough
alone."
CO J. UBS SIXES.
Members of the Ministers' association
of Lincoln are protesting against the
dances which are held by students of
the state university. It gees without
saving that ether ministers of that
city erf. not protesting. Seme church
es sea no sin in dancing: others do.
Those same ministers who denounce
dancing would have no scruples against
going to a theatre in Lent; others
would, who nevertheless see no harm
in dancing. Some ministers would
go to n base ball game on Snudav bnt
not on SaturJny; others vico versa.
Some ministers will not eat hog meat ;
others will, but not on Friday. And
so on ad infinitum and then some. The
men who give of their time nnd Inbor,
in the honest belief that they aro up
lifting humanity, should not be ridic
uled. But when they try to make a
twentieth century moral codo cut of
mediaeval superstitions and errors,
how can yoa helu it? And when each
creed is ditto; en t from all tho others,
what is a poor fellow to do:
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We can sen no reason why one boy
should not be allowed to black another
boy's optic, provided both boys aro
willing nnd provided i.v- is done in a
courteous and helpful manner. Tho
mere fact that honi" bovs insist on be
iue rudo abjur .'!" :mttors is no rea
son why tho lrpit;:...ito practice of the
art shonld bo l.-.nued and barred.
Up to dato.every able-bodied repub
lican in Columbus has applied for n
job as one of tho three citv mail
carriers. A few dem icratic country
precincts are yet to bo heard from,
as they sav in Kentucky when they
count the vote and it is found want
ing. "Russian army in retreat Jup
pursuing closely along tho whole
lino " It hath a familiar sound.
Tho controversy going en be
tween Rnprescutntivo Ernst of the
legislature and J. II. Ager, lobbyist
for tho Burlington road, is at least
of valno In tho way of educating the
general public. They will tell some
truth about each other.
Tho state school snperiutendeut of
Utah has testified under oath that in
at least half uf tho school of that
state Mormonisrn is taught. Tha lives
of Washington and Lincoln ere not
taught to the children; instead they
study the lives of the great JoeSmith,
the great Brighnni Young, ncd no
doubt also tho great King Solomon.
And still we wonder at crime.
CATECISM.
Q. Has Porter put it back ?
A. No.
Q. Has Ernst put it back?
A. No.
Q. Has Bender put it back?
A. No.
Q. Has the Bienegrnm pet it back?
A. Not yet.
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(From the files cf tho JourualMarch
13, 1&72).
On the nintn day of April next the
voters of Platte county will be called
upon to decide whether or not they
will crente the special bridge fund cf
75,COO, with an annanl interest of
7,500 for tho purpose of coustrncting
a permanent bridgo across tho Lonn
river near Colambns.ouo bridge across
Wardeinann Creek, one across Tracy
Creek, one across Looking GlassCreek
and at least two other bridges on
upper Shell Creek in our county. The
principal to be paid in SO years, in
1!)02.
Mark Twain's new book "Rough
ing It" is written in his best style
and is having an immense sate. This
is not an advertisament.
We learn that Messrs. A. Stall and
A. J. Arnold are about bringing to Co
lnmbus from Illiuois some stands of
bees, to try tho experiment cf bee
raising in Nebraska.
Schuyler has a bank.
Ihcre are IOC students nt tho State
university, cue-third of whom are
young ladies.
District 44 and Vicinity.
The school board met last Friday
afternoon immediately after school.
The Columbas township board will
meet at the Town hall on Tuesday
March 28th at 0 o'clock a. m.
The annual town meeting will be
held at town hall on Tuesday Arpil 4
nt 0:20 a. m. and all interested in
tax levy should be present and be
heard.
James Frazer of Columbus was cut
this way Friday buying cattle. Jim's
way of dealing with farmers is much
as it was twenty years ago. honest nnd
sincere with an occasional remark for
emphasis, that usually gets the steers.
Saturday several bunches of cattle
came in and Jim and his right hand
man, Joe Tiffany, were handling them
at the U. P. stock yards.
We had an account of some fish that
were taken during tho recent high
water in the Loup but since hearing
(ho capi'nl fish story told by John
Byrnes and .foe Faublo as takii'g n'acs
on tha Vincent Inland daring una of
ciitir rccenc hanting trips to that
place. We are glad ours did not appear
before your readers. Jast ask the boys
about it, also the number of burlap
sacks they were short.
The winter wheat plants have sur
vived the extreme cold of the winter
and since the rays of sun have bared
the ground of hnow the plants show a
healthy green color and have started
to grow.
Please bear with oar weakness while
wo predict for this season a dryer
summer than we have had for the past
three years.
A few days ago George Drinnin
loaded two strong calves a few days
old into his road wagon at the Dairy
farm of Fred Scofield just east nf the
city and started out home without
roping them ;af ter traveling a distance
the calves became restless and tried
to free themselves from their cramped
position but ne hung on to both with
some difficulty and when he arrived
in port one calf occupied the seat with
him and the other was held between
his knees.
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Attorney : at : Law
Columbus. Neb.
X D. STIKES.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Offlo. Olive St.. fourth door north of First
NrtionalKank.
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DR. GHftS. . PLATZ
HOMEOPATHIC
PhysiGian and Surgeon.
P. O. Block
Columbus
G. d. OARLOW
lawyer
Oilire ier . . .,
Columbus Stato Hank OOIUmbUS. NOD.
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Eml Estate
Insurance
Loans
Choice list of Lands for sale.
We are prepared to supphr 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 Made "Wagon
Will Waste Enough
Grain to Buy a
Good One.
Onr wagons will not scatter
yonrgrniu whiloon tho road to
market or overtax yonr horses
with needless heavy draught.
Wo keep only tho Latest and IJEST in
Buggies and. Carriages
-All Kiails of
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
2T Onr horse shoes stick
and don't lame your horses
TRY TUEJI.
LOUIS SCKREiBER.
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always ready in any emergency to
ireat ailments mat are iroquent in
any family, such as indiire&tion.
biliousness, colds, diarrhoea, and
stomarh aclics.
Thedford's TM.ifV-T)raiifTlif ?a tli
standard, never-failing remedy for
tuomacn, noyei, liver and Kidney
troubles. It is a cure for the dornes-
1 tic ills which bo ircquently summon
thfi tlnrinr. If is no rrrxvl frtrfliilli-nn
as jit is for prown persons. A dose of
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lu.a iiimitiiif Kvry uay win boon
cure the ninst. nlistinnr mao nf flt-c-
! pepsia or constipation, and when
. uirccu'u unngd quicK reuci.
DA3.-vh.le, 111., Dec 23, 1303.
Thedford's Black-Drancht has been onr
xaamr aoctor Tor tlvc years and we want
no other. When anr of us feci badly we
take a dose, and aro all rlttht in twelve
hours. Wo have spent lotn of money for
uucior uins. rui get alonjf just as well
wa jNacK-vniugm. IUA u bajjeb.
Ask tout dealer for a vackaee of
xneaioraa mack-Draught and if be i
does not keep it send 25c. to The Chatta
nooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooca. Tenn.
and a package will bo mailed to too.
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Ely's Cream Balm
This Remedy is a Specific,
Sure to Cive Satisfaction.
CIVES RELIEF AT ONCE.
It cleanses, soothes, heals, and protects tho
diseased membrane. It cares Catarrh and
drives away a Cold in the Head quickly.
Restores the-Senses of Taste and Smell.
Easy to use. Contains no injurious drugs.
Applied into the nostrils and absorbed.
Largo Size, CO cents at Druggists or by
mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St., New York.
GRE1SEN BROS'
..The Clothiers..
We have an endless assort
ment of strictly up-to-date
Clothing. They are sold
right. Don't go shabby
when for a lew "plunks "
you can look well and feel
well. Good fit guaranteed.
GREISEN BROS
.11th
COLUMBUS,
Home Restaurant and Meat Market
The best of everything in the eating
line. Meals at all hours, day or night
Fresh Fish every day during Lent
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!!". e,.!"-af-PP,r DURABLE color. It to not a patent
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fhcr ready fcr yoa to thai dewa with the pare rnw oil.
o ... JKHI SS"3' WE HAVE N0 AGENT. YOUR OWN DEALER WILL
GET "KINLOCH" FOR YOU. IF SHOWN THIS AD.. BY WRITINQ DIRECT TO
KINLOCH PAINT COMPAPiY. ST. LOUIS10.
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NEBRASKA
FA RMrTRSI11 win p"-v )ott
rMnmc.no! to tJlke yonr
diso apart and
ship it by freight to our shop and havo
it rolled on our now SKOW'S KOTARY
DISO SHAIU'EXEIL We and the
manufacturers guarantee that it will
do btttr work and stay sharp twico as
long. Tho reason is, in rolling a disc it
is made 3B to 3i: of nn inch larger aod
tho stool is mado hard and smooth, mak
ing it cut easier. Wo will pay the
freight ono way. or. if yon will take yonr
disc anart and bring in only tho blades,
wo will allow you tl."coff tho bill. The
price is '20c pr blade. Wo also handle
the New T. IX Plow a plow that we
gnarantoe in every way to work where
nny plow will work nnd to pull easier
than nny plow mado.
H. G. PERSON.
Up-to-Date Blacksmith,
I3th Street. Griimtiis.
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