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JI'II Sf sEp-vaw i'M- .IWj JjapmSieBs ?-- -?"- -4- ----- . , r r.A L -Jt igv W.6 hJV v i 'CM VV-fl ". - --, Columbus gottroal. Colombua, Nobr. Alwayth ; -: iVv s- iiA w- .. .. .si Special Sale of High Brads - r pep's Winter Caps 1 I And Cloves 1 5?' Kstand the PoatoiBoa, ColambM. Nabr M krmi-alAM mail matter. nuu or SUBSCBIKIOS; One year, by mail, postage prepaid tLM Xtilv nSOSiCAS W WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1906. R. G. STROTHER Editor F. K. STROTHER .Manager $3 - Baking ir i&. r S 1 Powder lL5 ff r SwS 1 PIANOS7 H r Jl 1? V k. i r l, I??' f r J' 4 In I J Q i A fjpleing, Irers & Vond, Everett, Packard, Richmond, Kohler A Campbell Aad sany oilier makes favorably known to critics the world over. We save yon from $50 to $150 on any piano during this sale. Be wise; come in at once while the stock is complete. Let us deliver a piano to your home without any pay ment down and pay at your convenience. Here are a few quotations that will positively convince any skeptical person that our Opening Sale Pricea-can never toe duplicated: TT ri .-. $250 Mahogany cue, very nine in appearance, in qual ity eqoml to those sold by small dealers at $250. Our Special Sale Price $ 125 $300 oak case, designed Colonial, quality same as those sold by small dealers at $300. Our Special Sale Price $ 148 $350 Mahogany or Walnut, beautiful' case design, artis tic in tone and action. Finish and material equal to any thing sold by small dealers for $350. Our Special Sale Pr. $ 187 t X J - $375, 1907 design, old standard make, beautiful tone, admired by all lovers of art and beauty and could not be sold by a small dealer for less than $375. Our Special $237.50 I vi $400, San Domingo Mahogany. Its equal in tone and design is rare and makes a beautiful ornament to any Ijaslpr. Pronounced perfect by critics and would becheap at$00 -from small dealers. Our Special Sale Price........ $ 255 - $460 Circassian Walnut case. Tone faultless,durability mparalled and enjoys the highest reputation the world oyer. The finish and workmanship is perfect Small deal ers can not supply that high grade piano at any price. Our Special Sale Price. $ 295 $500 Upright Grand. Marvelous tone that can be found in these pianos only and have more individual pat- entsand improvements than any other make. This is a raro bargain at $500. Our Special Sale Price $ 375 wri? t - FPF" Fi f ,t f 26 COPIES OF SHEET MUSIC FREE! COLEE .A.ILT3D S 1. 1 ABOUT ' IT. i P ...,. m w.w w arap"v rr and Square Pianos taken in exchange for new ones at fair MMMarket Valua. 'JUJ! P. PPPw . w w Free Music Lessons. r In addition to tkete xemarkable low prices we give free, without any charge whatever, three souths of music lessons to any one buying a piano during the sale. Just think of getting a musical education without paying for it from any teacher you lik and we pay the bill. Besides we do not ask you to pay ONE EflT':MWL Just come in, select your piano we deliver it at your home, 'Begin to take-lesson and pay at your convenience, say $5, $6, $8 or $10 per HMwiMi. am snporcani iacxor is uiai we give Andfshow no fa voim. A child can select a piano here just as well as an expert. Vitz ft HI I I '3- 4 fE-. ?ir -wf"rrr Our Guarantee lm ironclad and every piano sold by us is covered with it We also make pro vWons for exchanging pianos if for some reason you should like to do so within one year,, and we allow the full price paid. C Til :i.Ii ;7Z. ftbove all things Remember will only last a- few days and to take advantage of these low prices and yon must come at once. Write or phoneuf you can not call. Dur- we are open evenings. n!K THE BENNETT COMPANY ,- .... LEAPING PIANO HOUSE IN THE WEST a CokmAm. Both 'pfcoKf 197. German Natl Bank Bld'g. Columbus, j r. i JSj s RENEWALS The date oonoelte toot joar paper, or wrapper ehowa to what time roar flobecription ie paid. Thna JaaOS shows that payment hue been received op to Jan. 1, 1806, FebOS to Feb. 1,1905 and eo on. When payment ir made, the date, which anewera aa reoeipt, will be changed accordincly. DiSCONTINUANCES-Reeponeible snbaerib en will continue to receive this Journal until the publishers are notified by letter to discontinue, when all arrearages must be paid. If you do not wish the Journal continued for another year af ter the time paid for has expired, yoa should previously notify us to discontinue it. CHANGE IN ADDRESS-When ordering a change in the address, subscribers should be sura to give their old as well aa their new address. Governor-elect George L. Sheldon is now taking a rest after his strenu ous, successful campaign, but soon it is expected he will announce his ap pointments. Platte county does not expect, nor ask much at his hands. Lyda McMahon, as superintendent of the Geneva institution, has been such a complete success and given universal satisfaction, and in the interest of good government she will surely hold her position. Dr. C. D. Evans, as surgeon general, fills the position very acceptably. There is no salary, and no perquisites attached to the posi tion, and if the doctor is willing to again devote his time and abilities in the interest of the state, we think the governor will be glad to reappoint him. Lon Gutzmer is employed as book keeper at the Norfolk asylum. He is competent and indus trious, and will undoubtedly be re appointed. Dr. Young, superinten dent of the Norfolk asylum, though not originally from Platte county, but having married his good wife from here, is now considered one of our Columbus boys. Dr. Young has made the diseases of the mind a study, and there are very few in Nebraska who have, so that without doubt, in the interest of humanity, he will re main at the head of the Norfolk asylum. Out in San Francisco there are about sixty Japs attending the public schools. They are nearly all full grown men and women and the Cali fornians do not want their little children to associate with them, and want to put all Japs into one 'School. We in Nebraska and the east look upon the Japanese as a clean, thrift, bright people. Californians class them with the Chinese tricky, treach erous, without morals. It is claimed that, labor unions ore largely respon sible for the .whole agitation. Roose velt, in his fearless, open way, says that the Japs must have a square deal. The law department of the United States is to appeal to our highest courts to decide whether a state can legally be in conflict with 'United States treaties. It does seem, without going into the merits of the case, that if by law we can create "jim crow cars" and the like, we can have the right to regulate the attend ance in our public schools. Santa Claus wants it distinctly un derstood that he thinks the people of Platte county will be wise if they patronize the merchants of Columbus' rather than send on to the catalogue houses. When you figure the ex pense of sending, the expense of re ceiving the goods, the liability of not receiving just the right thing and then having to exchange, Santa says, wise people, young and old, buy at home and do not put off buying your Christmas presents, either. Now is the accepted time. Look over the Journal ads and get busy at once. The suggestion made by the com mercial committee of the Columbus Commercial Club, that a practical road man be secured for the farmers' institute, is a good one and should be carried out. While the town people are interested in good roads from a business stand point, the farmers are also interested from the fact that they use the highways .every day in the yaar, and will appreciate any practi cal suggestions along that line. The treasurer of the republican state central committee has issued a .statement showing the amount of funds collected and the manner in which fhey wer.3 disbursed during the cam paign. 1 nereis still a balance on hand of Soa?.fc, although the expen ditures exceeded the receipts, a bal ance from a year ago making up the deficit. And now the telegraph companies are going to do away with free busi ness. The Postal company has made the statement that after the first of the year all free business will be done away with. Ualtaqve'a Seal. On the city sail of Dubuque, la., ap pear the words "La petite nult," and strangers are always puzzled by them. Why should Dubuque be called "the little night?" It is explained that the place originally w.as settled by an old miner named Dubuque. When the In dians granted certain lands to Dubuque the document was drawn up in French in Prairie du Ohien. The clerk who did the work believed that "la petite' nult" meant "the old miner," and his mistake has perpetuated a phrase which, however pretty, has no signifi cance in its present connection. Blew Hla Own Hon. A certain colonel who was In com mand of the Perthshire yeomanry was at an evening party In Edinburgh com plaining loudly of bis officers,-alleging that all the duties of the regiment de volved upon him. "I am," he said, "to all Intents and purposes my own major, my own captain, my own lieutenant, my own cornet." "To say nothing of being your ain trumpeter too," remark ed a grim old Scottish lady, sotto voce. Quick Wit. There is no more effective weapon to defend us from impertinence or rude ness than quick, sharp wit. But few men have it, ami it is born with them. If we try to imitate it we end in ill nature and scurrility. Wit cannot be forced into growth. But courtesy and good temper can. These weapons are sure and grow brighter and stronger with age. Didn't tike Taxea. Cases against George Washington ap pear here and there in old documents. No less than three claims were entered against him during the year 1787 to compel him to pay taxes. The hu morous clerkrcommentlng on these ac tions, remarked, "George Washington, Esq., appeareth not to like taxes." Modern Life. All the accessories of modern life In crease so rapidly that there is little likelihood of 'its expenditure diminish ing or of life becoming more simple and less costly. Black and White. We are now showing a large assort ment of Men's Winter Caps with inside bands in both cloth and fur lined- Prices from $LOO to $125 and $1.50 HM&2S?5EHkW Hr.sLjZsZZ 52a MieeiNCM CjVrVi - H Chaaeed. Maude You wouldn't know my fiance now if you met him. Nell Why, has he changed so much as that? Maude That isn't it exactly. Tvo changed him. You can't get even with a physician by returning his calls. The Source of Chalybeate "Water. The chalybeate waters of Tunbrldge Wells are said to owe tliolr ruddy tint and queer taste to the fact that St. Dunstan flung his pinchers Into them after that memorable encounter re corded in the old rhyme St. Dunstan, as the story goes. Once pulled the devil by the nose With redhot tonss. which made him roar That he was heard three miles or more or that the glowing proboscis and a long snout is one of the most marked features of-the fiend in the mediaeval art was itself plunged Into the healing well when its owner had taken a fly ing leap out of the saint's cell at May field, some nine or ten miles away. London Queen. Keal Etsate Loans. We are prepared to make loans on all kinds of real estate at the lowest rates on easy terms. Becher, Houke berger & Chambers. Advertise in the Journal for quick results. Winter Wearing Apparel At HARTS you will find all the newest sty les in Mens'and Boy's Suits and Overcoats fresh from the fingers of the best tailors in America. Investigate, it will be profitable for you before you spend your money elsewhere, HART'S 13th Street, Columbus. Dr. J. W. Terry. OF OMAHA EYE SPECIALIST EXPERT OPTICIAN Best Equipped Optical Ofliees 1m The West in the front rooms over Pollock & Co. 's Drugstore. Will be in CoIumbu3 offises Sunday, on day, Tuesday and Wednesday of each week. Spectacles and eye glasses scientifically fitted and repaired. Eye Glasees adjusted to any nose. CONSULTATION FREE Z A complete new line of Gloves and - Mittens in both dress and working. Ladies' Kid g Gloves Z The Simmons - ITIOVCS M?K1MIN E Prices $1, $1.25. $1.50 J Silk lined Suede Gloven in Black and Colors 1 f Price ?10W -g g Also a complete line of Ladies' and z Z Misses' Golf gloves and mittens. Z I J. H. GALLEY, 1 tl DRY GOODS, CLOTHING. HATS, CAPS, 12 SHOES, LADIES' CLOAKS AND CARPETS J g 505 Eleventh Street, Columbus, Neb. Fine California Wines & Brandies For the Holiday Trade. I have just received a car load of fine California Wines and Brandies, consisting of the well known brands: Angelica. Ports, Sherry, Tokay, Reisling and Zinfandel Also choice California Grape Brandy The best know brand of Kentucky Whiskey. We guarantee all our goods to be absolutely pure. Wm. BUCHER, Eleventh, St. Holiday brocenes 4 f T V AT KEATING and SCNRAM'S As the Holidays are drawing near one naturally looks about for the best to be had for that season of the year. At our -store you will not be disappointed as we are pre pared to give the very best and purest goods that money can buy. A FEW REMINDERS Chase & Sanborn's Coffee, The Very Best For Your Money. Cereal Blend per pound 20c South Sea . per pound 25c Special Blend per pound 30c O. (x. Java "-per pound 35c Mandheling Java per pound 35c We handle The Celebrated Chase & San borne Teas. Xmas Trees. Xmas Candies Xmas Nuts. Xmas Fruit. KEATING and SCHRAM Eleventh Street. Columbus, Nebraska. ' JOURNAL ADS ALWAYS BRING RESULTS. & .v. - i- r.y. GJ3i JOt-, -S ii-?Vi!,f 3fo2f JkJ'-l .-- . ijti' i - . si.syksail