V :i ft i" I f Wm. DIETRIOHS ' S&JS. Painting Plain .in i1 orn.imout.il P.ilntlnn ot .ill Kinds. Oltu or Cotintrti. 1ml T.-l ui. ('OM'MIIUH, Nl:l. R. W. HOBART Attorney - at - Law Olllco over Columbus Stale Hunk. Will rnictii-o in all the Courts. rt. M. POST flttornou : at : Law Golnmhti.s, Nob. DR. OHftS. il. PLflTZ IIO.MF.OPATIUO PhiiiGian and Surgeon. P. (. Illcu'lt ; ; Columbus G. J. GARLOW Lawyer Ollii'n over , , ... CiilumtHiu Stale Punk Gollimhll.S, Nflll. T i. rtiimca, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Urttw, Ollvn HI., fnnrtli door north of l'lmt Nr.ttoniillliilik. rOI.UMIUIS. NWIIIAHKA. DONT WASTE GRAIN! A Cheaply Mtulo Wuroii Will Waste Enough Grain to Buy a Good One. Our wngonn Mill not scatter your grain whiloouthornadto market or overtax your homes with needless heavy draught. Wo keep mily tho Latent and 15FHT in Itoggies and Carriages All KifiitH or FARM IMPLEMENTS. ttir (Mir horse shoes stirkf mill don't lame your horses THY TH KM. LOUIS bCHREIBER. BEGHBR, flOGKENBBRGBR & CHAMBERS Real Estate Insurance Loans Choice list of Lands for sale. Wo are prepared to supply the spring demand for dwellings and lots. Wo have money to loan on real estate in small or large amounts for from 1 to 10 years. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS ftfc ll uhs HAt0. Ahvnvs nll.ilili' l.inllc. ml. Iruri;lt f ir nill'IIKNTKIt'M KftlJI.IWII In Kc. I iiml 4Jllll IIH'tJllllC Initio, Ml'.'lll'll '-Mill Ml. I' flhlwill Tnltc noiilhrr. Iti-fiisc ilmim-roii viilnll tiilloiKinnil Imitation. Iiu ul your Hcna-i-i, r ti'ii'l l'. In Manii.H (r I'lii-Hi'iiliti-k, Toll iiiitnlulK mi. I "llrlh-r litr l.nitli'.." 01 ,ifr, lit rflnril .llnll. Iii.iiimi ii.iiiiiiiiiil-t culil Ii (til IIIUVKNtN. OIIIOJIIIHTKU CHKMIPAl. CO UIUV HatlUon iuur. I'lllLA., i'A. IICDIIOB lhUpll KILL"" COUGH AND CURE the LUNGS Dr. lim$ WITH New Discovery forC: rONSUMPTION' Prleo OUGHS and Gl)c & $1.00 Free Trial. iOLDS Burett and Quickest Uuro for all THEOAT and LUNO TliOUB. LKS, orMONEV BACK. Ow lIeiohbofl - III I t GENOA. IKrom tiit iMnior l Harry Itiuman of St. Kdwnrd lm. accepted a position us bookkeeper in tho First National hank. Mm. Daggett In packing her hoti co lloid goods preparatory to shipping them to Oroightott whom ho goes to join hnr husband. A gang of U. 1'. workmen arrived In t )wn tho lust of the week and ho. k:ii i work ou n side truck for the brick yard. This Is something tho brick vntil pooplu neoiled hndly and which they have boon work Inn for tho past year or more and wo nre clad to an nounce that they aro cottlni! It. Clnirllo Kenllehl tlnpnrlfi today for KaiiMi whore ho (joes to join nn In ilitui h.ind which 1h being orngntzod to ttavel and give concerts the com tii): summer and fall. I'llhnoro lotinty Ih the Morm center of the Ilislan fly. That county will lose the hull; of Its wheat crop this yuir. The south part of Yoik county and the north part of Thayor county are more or loss nlTeetcd and some of tho adjoining counties uro nUo silent ly ilauiaKoil. Wo have hetird of no couiiilatnt of dnmnpo to tho whnat from those parts in thlH miction. Tho Hclgrndo hnll team camo down accompanied by about fifty citionH of tlmr burK on Friday , last with tho in tention of carry hm homo with them the scalps of tho Indian hall team of l Ml h city. lint ahiH, alack I human ox poctatioiiH aro prono to ilUnppnintiuontH and tho Kolerado murlers looked like "Milrty-cents" whon tho wily rediueii uot thrmiKh with them. Bcoro i:t to ft in favor of tho Hcdioon. About ono hundred aii.l fifty KUcstH iiFseiuhlnd at tho homo of Air. and Mrs. Alfred llratt at ton o'clock Wed nesday morning to witness tho mar riago of their dnuRhotr. Frances, to Mr. boniard D. (lornian. At exactly ton o'clock tho bridal procession en ured tho parlors to tho strains of (ho wedding much, played by MissMvrtlo llratt and formed beneath a floral arch where tho words that bound tho happy couple in tho bonds of wedlock wore pronounced by tho Itev. ,T. II. Madely, pastor of the freshytoriau church. Tho Missel?ortha .Tones and Alice Ilasly acted as bride's maids while F. M. Unborn and Will Irish untod iu tho like capacity to tho Krootn, Mit-Fcs Hattlo and Nan Rratt, sisters of tho bride, acted as llowor girls. Tho hriile's dress was a beautiful white silk trimmed with Kylot embroidery and.' imported Point Del'rlte lace, while the groom was drossuil in tho conventional black. After tho con gratulations, light refreshment wore served and at eleven thirty tho newly married conplo departed tor tho depot iu a carriage properly doc orated with old shoes, etc., hauled hv about a do.on youug men Mr. and Mrs. Gorman departod ou tho noon train for Omaha whom they will re main until Saturday when tliov will join an excursion ol'Shri tiers ou a trip in Niagara Falls and oilier points in I no east. They expect to lie ahsout several weens and on their return will begin housekeeping in tho residence now occupied by A. K. dates. Bellwood, llli'lluooil Oui'tliO llnv ,T. T. Hoberts, as yet, has uot found his watch, which he dropped iu tho cemetery on Docoration day. Well, wo boliovo tho fellow who keeps a preacher's wateli will haven tough time of It when ho comes iu contact with St. l'etor. "Ho in his mother' pet," people cay of a young man And some one adds: "If ho marries that girl she will take it out of him." Kd Onsingor expected to linvn his oven in full blast this week , but will uot bo able to do so. His baker will noxfc Tuesday and if his ovon nrrives on time, which has boon ordered from Chicago, ho will have His llrf-t batch of bakery goods ready for tho public about tho latter part of the week. Ouh Menver and Miss Julia Cloister, Jasper Uoll and MIhh Minnio Hopkins, Joo Kroizinger, (loo, Loomis andMlss .Toslo Harper, OhnrJey Hill and Miss May Lillio, John Minick ami Miss Anna Miller, Kalph Harris and Miss Magpie MoGaflln, all drovo to David Oity Wodnosday evening and nttsmled ii farowoll pirty given by Miss Jessio Meyer, who is about to leave for Yellow Stono Park, Montana. All spout the evening with Miss Meyer very plensantly and worn loyally treat ed to a bountoous supply of rofrosh incuts. A farowoll pp.rty was tondorod Mr. nnd Mrs Ooo. Siiniun Saturday ovon lug at thoir homo which was llllnd to overflowing by tho good pooplo ofllol wood and vicinity. After all had en joyed thomnolvos a short time, Kov. J T. Hoborts lu bohalf of those as sembled prosentodMr. anil Mrs.Slnuns :i.ri in gold as a tokon of respect lor thorn Mr.Klmms for many yoars has been hnporlntoiidont of tho M. E.Sun day school and lias worked hard for rho np-buihlitiL' of the school and also has been an active member in church work. Ah Mr. ami Mrs. Slmins nre about to loavo for (Janaila, thoy will and Village take wlfh them tho best wishes of everybody In this communiy Humphrey, "OUl.tliO lVllllKTllt.) 11 ' T Lunger and son Mr. and Mrs. A. . fr, weBt returned Tuesday night . n.( Point whero they visited frioniis . relatives n couple of weeks. J. K. llngg, i:. L. Oalloaher, Dr. Oadhois and others went down to Co lumbus last Sunday to attend tho Knights of Columbus ;iodo. 00 new mombrrs were taken Into tho nrdor. Mrs. 13. T. Dlckinmn and daughtor Mabel, were culled to Anoka this week ou account of tho serious illness of the oldest daughter of Fred Dick inson who is sick with pneumonia. Mr and Mrs. K. P Kwlng leftSun day noun for Chicago to buy somo goods for the MclCilllp-Kwlng store. From there tliov went, to Culver, Ind., to visit thoir son who Is nttetiding sol ool at that place. ljihn Uevees hns resigned his posi tion in O'Hhnii's elevator and will try his lucl; at soiling Wat kins patent machines. We understand that ho has purchased of A. Fauginnti tho light to sell Nance county A postnl card from P. II. Bonder requests tho Democrat to sond thoir papor to lit Park nvenuo, Council Muffs, Iowa instead of Hod Oak, Iowa. Wo presume from this that tho family has moved to Council Muffs to live. P. K MoKillip. J. T. StoffeB. .las. MoDormott and Ooorgo Smith, wont to Albion and Cedar Kaphls Monday afternoon. They made tho trip in Mr. McKiliip'H automobile. Leaving hero shorthly after dinner, thoy ntteuded to business in Albion audOodarllaplds took supper with Jos. VnnAokorn nnd wore back to Humphrey hv 'i o'clock same day. Leigh ll'rom tin, Worlill Mrs. Wm.Llirunswiok wont to To katnaha Tuesday as a dolngatn from the local Christian Kndoavor to tho state association. Monday morning oconrrod a change in the employees of tho Mnplo Valley Stafo Hank. II. W. Graves, who for the ptift flvo yenrs. has boon tho otliciout and valued assistant cash ier stopped down and out having sold his block of stock to Mr. Ed. Wurdo man who succeeds htm ns assistant cashier. Tho management of the in stitution will bo tho sauio iu tho fu ture as tho past. Mr. V. V. Graves, who for mom than a do.eu years has boon enshoir is still in tho sarao po sition nnd will continue with the management, AH other olllcors are tho same us before. Since our Inst two meetings have been held by the young of Leigh nnd vicinity with a view of organizing a brass band. The first meeting wns held the latter part of the week and the subject of organization was dis cussed iiml tilKrors elected. Tho fol lowing were chosen ns permanent offi cers; Chester Kibler. president ; Kit gene llvhind vino-president ;Dr Jung bluth, secretary ; Clark Oarltnu, treas urer; Kov. II C. Langley, instructor and leader. Kd Wurdcman broke groundMouilay for tho erection of his now residence on the lots which he recently pur chased northeast ot'theCoiigrogntioual church. Wo luive uot soon tho plnns of the building but iiiidcrstnd that it is to be spacious nnd modern In ovorv apnniutmoiit. Notice. Holders of county warrants of any description uro requested to present them to tho county treasurer for payment nt once, ns Interest ou same cloned Juno I. Diotrich liochor County Troaurer. ANNOUNCEMENT. f.'-'OO of Platto County Independent Telephone Co's. fi yonr IS por cont bonds are yet offered for sale nt ir with accrued interest l'MMl of these bonds were taken by investors in three lots of fl(KK), $1000 nnd S0. Names of partlos will bo furnished on reiuost. Thoy consider them first class uftor caretul investi gation. It you am getting Ioh than (i por cent on your monoy you should by nil means invest igato this invest ment opportunity. nomemher those bonds are in denominations of f I(K) eadli nnd nro ust as good for tho man with I0) to invost as tho man with IOOt). We aro also now offering on tho same terms tMOO 0f m y0fir bonds duo May I, 11)05. These bonds nro just riH safe nun draw tho same rato of interest nnd will appeal to those duslring a mom permanent invest mont. Wo now havo over 10 orders for telo phones on our books nnd enn with ease increase our prohont lisi 100 dur ing the current yonr. (J T. IWKKKTT, Soo'y. ; CATHERINETHE QFEAt. ' An Ulrt Woninn Win Tiling Kii of 11k lltisoinux., A ivwiit wiiti;r my of (Viillirrlno tho tlreat, riiiprcsd of lluslu fiom the year 1703 to 1 Tttd ,.. "She ro' ut 0 and lit her own lire. Her table )v, Ideally simple. From the reproach of overeating and over drinking s1m was free. Though she could not slug a note, ului and Prince DushkolT, who could slug no better, oe "Wtujiiilly performed In a concert. A . " 'url of the most exalted nod midden .. rdjilll lones was tho rldlculotw dihv 'hm jho other, coiisc(uence, one seco.. ' " mil- with sclentllle shrugs and ah . emu, self complacent airs and grimaces of imislrlaii. Prom this perhaps she pitssd to a cat concert and Imitated the purring of u cat lu the most did! and ludicrous maimer, ahva.vs taking rare to titltl appropriate, half comic, half sentimental wonls, which she In vented for the occasion, or else, spitting like a rat lu it passion, with her bad. Up, she maidenly boxed the first person In her way. malting up her hand I n t .x a paw and mewing outrageously." When playing wtilxt one night Catticr I tie could not get her page to answer the bell. "After she hail rung twice, again without effect, she left the room, looking daggers, mid did not reappear for it considerable time. The company supposed that the unfortunate page was destined to Siberia or at least the knout. Am n matter of fact, Catherine on entering the antechamber found the page, like his bettors, busy nt whist. "When the hell rang he happened to have mi Interesting hand that ho could not imike up his mind to quit It. Now, what did the empress doV She dispatched the page on her errand and then quietly sat down to hold his cards until he should return." THE AGRA DIAMOND. Oilil Miiiuii'r In Wlilrh II AVna in die -ttli'il Out of llllllll. Like many other diamonds, the Agra diamond has had adventures. It gct Its. name from the fact that It was tak en ut the battle of Agra lu l.VJtl by the Emperor Itaber, who wai the founder of the Mogul empire In India. The MarquN of Donegal I was In Agra In ISTiT, when the diamond was taken from the king of Delhi. Douegall was ut the time engaged as secretary and belonged to the same regiment as the youug otllccr who obtained possession of the diamond. It was resolved among them to smuggle It home to England rather (ban give It up and to share In the loot money. The question arose how were they to get It home. No one seemed able to hit upon a method that would be lll;ely to meet with success until the last evening pre vloii.s to the departure of the regiment During the course of dinner the youn gest subaltern suddenly Jumped up and said: "I have It. We will conceal the diamond In a horse ball and make tho horse swallow It." This met with gen eral approbation, a ball was secured, the Inside scooped out, the diamond In serted, the end Hlopistl up and tho horse made to swallow It. When the regiment reached the perl of embarkation tho horse was taken 111 mid had to be shot. The diamond was taken from his stomach nnd brought over to P.nglnud. It was sub sequently sold to the Duke of Ilrtuis wick, and since then It has bien rcctit from a l'ort. si.x carat stone to thirty one and a hall' carats lu order to get rid of the black spots hi It, and It is the most perfect and brilliant diamond of a rose pink color. AmlrcM- Jobtiiioii' WrMliiir. The letters of President Taylor nro rare, but perhaps those of Andrew Johnson are the rarest, us he did but little of his own writing. Ills sou conducted most of his correspondence mid signed his lather's name to the letters. It Is related that one reason why President Johnson wrote so little was owing to an accident which hap pened to lilm when he was working ut his trade us tailor. One day u tailor's heavy Iron goose fell on his arm, so Injuring that member that he round It extremely dillicult to indulge lu pen iiiiiushlp thereafter. Andrew Johnson was tho poorest writer among the presidents us well us the rarest. Ills handwriting was very much or a scrawl and can scarcely be deciphered by the average reader. Nulurnl CriiNM of IViii-In. Fume curious things have been found In tho briny deep, but one of the odd est Is nn ecclealiiHtlcal emblem made of pearls which wuh washed ashore on the coast of West. Australia. There are nine good sized gems In this natural curiosity. These havo been Joined to gether to form a perfect. Latin cross. Seven pearls of equal size comprise the upright and two more form the trans verse piece. Tho Joining has I u tin1 work of nature. The odd prize, dls covered In a pearl o. titer. Is mild to ho worth at least $.".0,000. It Is called the (Jrcat Southern Cross pearl. iioih. Mass Ami of which variety Is your wife, the clinging vino or the self hm Hertlve? Cass A little of both. When she wants a new dress or a new hat she generally begins lu the clinging vino role. If that doem't bring the money, then she changes to the seir as sertive, and well, she Invariably gets the dress or the hat. 0lMIXltfM. "Why does he wish to marry her?" "He snyH people should marry their opposltes," "Why, they uro both dark." "Yes, but he hasn't a cent, and hint has a million dollars." Pittsburg Post. If you get angry with a man or wo man, make up your mind what you are going to uay and then don't say it. ROOSEVELT AS A READER. t'lli lril.l... ...... ,-." ""I'liny llfnii Mini ' is icmur,,,,!,!,. tluit. win. all his dm U". President lioosovdt .manages to ?""' H,,' "'reading, a wilier In the April Century says. I have no r.votd of thepresident's re cent reading, but It Is not u secret that ke Is "keeping up the puce." Some of my friends are still "reading at" Mm ley's three thick volumes ofCladstonu's life. The president, of eom-se ..,.rt tlietn promptly, gaining. , ,,,,, , only a fresh hut a much more ravora hie Wow of the great leader, whom, he , " ' ininerto railed to mi '-v, iir unci iinnerio railed to mi j- -UiUnluj; not loiigtigj that lloosuvclt Bcetnet. Jo iiiiie" derstatiih told me that his eye en the authors of their house, and now and then a private letter full of appreciation would pass through the publisher's bauds ou the way to an an titer, lu the thick of the campaign or 1001 1 'happen to know that he reread nil or Maeiuilay's "History or Eng land," all iff Musics' "History of the Pulled Stales" mid Dickens' "Martin Chuzlewlt." - The other afternoon h was handed a new book, a net very long dissertation on it matter of current Interest. Tluit evening he entertained a number of guests at dinner, and later thete was a musical parly at the White House, at which he was present. At luncheon the next day the giver said to him, "Mr. President, of course you have not had time to look at that hookV" "Oh, yes," said the president, "i have read It." Whereupon he proved that he had done so by his criticism of the work. One day lately a hook of short stories was scut to him. Almost by return mall came a letter thanking the sender and saying he had already enjoyed the r.to rles greatly lu serial publication. How tloc.i be manage to do II V All 1 know about this Is that, In the first place, ho has by nature or practice the faculty of extremely rapid reading. There are some men of letters and "general renders" who never have Imh'ii able to acquire this art. Others can take lu paragraphs or pages well nigh nt a glance. 'Hie president must be one of these photographic readers, wlio take almost Instantly the Impression of u whole paragraph or nearly a whole page, the eye running along the due with llghtnlugllke rapidity and leap ing to the more Important phrases as by Instinct. I have known the follow ing to occur: A congressman makes a statement to him and hands him a typo written paper. Almost Immediately the president hands It bade to him, where upon the congressman says depiecat Ingly: "Mr. President, may I uot leave Ibis paper with yon? I am noxious that yon should road It?" "Hut," nn HWers lliu president, "I have read It. You can oxnmltio mo hi It If you wish." NAVAL SHOOTING EXPLOITS Yfce Wlnconftln'a f.tinnrra lltt Tnnti-t at i:vfr- Shot With IIIk Mima. Vrom tho Asiatic station there re cently camo In private let tots rcmurkit bio tales of target tiring ou the baltle Bhlp Wisconsin, nays u Washington dispatch to the New York Herald. Training her batteries across the Binooth witters ut Cavlte, Philippine Islands, upon a rectangular canvas sail target seventeen feet high and twenty one feet long moored 1,000 yards ills taut, Uio gun pointers of the Wisconsin mode a scrlca of shots probabl uupre cedentod In naval history. Eight gun polnteTH of the Wisconsin each flnxl cloven rihofa and made elev en liltn lu 0 minutes -JO seconds with Uio four tlilrteeiihrli gnus, an average of 1.01 hits per gun per minute. The best previous record was made by the gun pointers of the ship last year, whon tho score was nine hits out of ten sltota In C minutes 10 seconds. Tho lstst six huh gun pointer on the Wisconsin made H.fi lilts per minute, nnd the average for the six Inch bat tery was o. II hits per gun per minute. Tho best six pounder semlaiitomatte gun made nineteen hits per gun per minute, and the average of the siv pounder battery was 1 1,7,'t hits per gun per minute. GOLD FOUND IN HENS. OrPKou .l I lie r Now llulnu Clili-hoiiM ii nil MiikliiK Them Seriili'li, John W. Smith, a miner and rancher of Sardine creek, near Cold lllll, Ore., has found so much gold lu every one of the chickens ho has killed Iiml he la now buying tip old hens lor the pur Htso of turning them loose until they have picked up enough dust and small nuggets to pay for their lives ami a profit besides, saya a dispatch from Cold lllll, die. Though Smllh is nn old prospector, the hens uro more successful than be has been lu finding "colors." lu wiln he has searched for the vein fiom which tho finer nuggets round their way Into the chickens' glzzmiR Smith was on Cold lllll the other day with a quantity of dust that he bad taken from chickens ami one dmi; From the duck he had obtained dust worth a dollar. t'nlli-il HInli'N Armr Mnni-uvrrs. For tho sham battle lu June near Hampton Itoads some .7.",ooo will be expended for telephone ami other elec trical appliances lu order to determine their value In the defense or Fort Mou roe, says the Philadelphia Public Lcdg it. Moth army and navy forces will bo placed ou u war footing as regards supplies, organization, administration and operation. To preserve the health and secure tl unfort of the army there will ho I'cfrlgorntorM and mos qiilto nets. The artillery troop-i will number about ,ri,000, and perhaps an ef fort will be made to convince congress that the artillery force N too small to meet tho sorvico demands on.lt. I . . . m Hotel Merz..,' ...Old Grand Pacific Remodeled Now Open to the 1'ubllo $1 and 41.25 a Dau lWh,,W fT'-'" '"rnituro-New I liirnbing -Electric Lights -Hlcamliont .:..:.....;...............,MMMitMk Nut that's good bread! Made with YEAST FOAM The Wonderful Yeast Try it once use it forever.' 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