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Old(X)NTIN0ANCE8-kespoiuible sobserib. ars ail! coatiaos to ncaiv this Jooraal antil the pabliHtH-ra ere aotifed by letter to discontinue, ahsa all fi.-waru mart be paid. If yon do not aish the ioamaTeoatiaaed for another year af (MTthe time paid for has expired, yoa should preTinssly notify as to diseonOBBe it. rHANOK IN to aive their old ADDBESB-Whea ordering a abase in the addrsai.SBbsBiibsr sboeld be sore tid as aau as tneir new aoareaa. A incrrv Christmas. going Down m Missouri they are to go the limit in event the state wins its suit against the Standard Oil com pany by confiscating the property of that cortoration in the state. They claim tliH is one of the fieualties for the violation of the auti-trust law. ApjK'als to shoppers in this rush wrson to make their purchases as far as jiossihle in the early hours of the day, thus sparing the nerves and mus cles of weary clerks at nightfall, are reasonable and ought to be produc tive of the releif which they intend. The small philanthropies of life are great blessings. New York Tribune. At last South Omaha has a new postmaster, H. L. Howe having been confirmed by the senate. It is usual for nominations for postmasterships to go over far one day, but in order to .settle matters at once this was not done. This appointment, in vjew of the fact that another name had been seut to the senate, is a victory for Congressman Kennedy. It remains to be seen whether the Texas legislature will re-elect Senator Bailey in the face of the exposure of his connection with the Standard Oil company and other corporations. At the primaries Senator Bailey was given, a unanimous endorsement for re-election by the democrats of the loiic Star state, and this in a way places the legislature in a trying position. It may lie a little early for New Years resolutions, hut there is one ,- resolution we would suggest that our democratic friends make and keep: lloolve to vote the republican tick et. If you want to make sure that good prosperous times may coutinue, affiliate with the republican party. If you want to lie on the side of prov idence, lie a republican. If you want to see good economic laws passed and enforced, lie a republican. If you are fir the golden rule and the square deal, stand up for Roosevelt and the republican party. A call has been issued for the for mation of a "government ownership of railroads leagueto meet in Omaha on Decemlier 27. We do not expect to join this league, but would respect ' fully suggest that our Edgar Howard b i made the head push of the organi zation, and then if Bryan's ideas are followed the Union Pacific and Bur lington and Missouri main lines will lie owned by the government and the branch lines owned by the state. Then we suggest that Chris Gruentber be made president of them. The county could own all the switches within Platte county and Charlie Carrig would lie the right manager for them. City Clerk Becker anti Mayor .Phil ips might run the depots and Judge W. N. Hensley would be their rail road attorney. Then the "common people" could all expect to get pas ses, at least just before election. Everybody knows and everybody admits that there is a good deal to hypnotism and that there is a good deal of mystery and uncertainty about it - No one fully understands or comprehends it Nearly everyone would like to know more about, it but the show at the North opera house last week was a poor exhibition of it An ordinary hypnotist is supposed to' liave a piercing.eye, a brilliant mind and striking personality. " The man who gathered in'the dimes and dol lars at the opera house had neither. Most men who claim to hypnotize are satisfied to "hypo" one person - at time, bat this man would take a whole stage tun and ib one minute or even a second, by merely saying, "yon are asleep, sound asleep, nut asleep, dead asleep," claim all as hypnotized. Then he would have his subjects act as aoakeys, butterfly chasers, orators aad con doctors, bat the latter tricks T were all doe by mea traveling with kin ia his ptey, They performed a few amir stasis, bat they, were crude to be ckasei as ajpaotissa. Tbe London season In the accepted meaning of tbe term extends from tbe opening of parliament in the middle of February to the Eton and Harrow match in July. For these five months London is the fashionable center of tbe world, and houses in the west end are almost unobtainable. Tbe cost of a season in town to those who aspire to take their place in society runs to a huge sum, and even tbe country M. P. whose wife desires a small house on Font street or Sloane square finds that 1,000 goes a com paratively .little way, even though he limits his entertaining to a few small dinner parties for ills intimate friends and perhaps one reception. It may be said at once that there is no limit to what may be spent by an ambitious hostess for one evening's entertainment, and it is by no means an uncommon thing for a ball or a large dinner party to run well into four fig ures. A few years ago tbe Duchess of Devonshire gave a fancy dress ball at her palatial town house in Picca dilly at which practically the whole of London society was present, headed by the king and queen. This was one of the most magnificent events of its kind ever organized, and It was esti mated at the time by those who were well qualified to judge that it must have cost nearer 10,000 than 5,000. This, however, was quite exceptional and, indeed, is outside the powers of all but a very few. to imitate. Without aspiring to these heights a lady desir ing to live in tbe wesr end of London and to maintain a reasonably "smart" reputation needs a very long pocket book. House rent, of course, is one of the biggest items. While many either own their town houses or lease them for a term of years, most of those who do not propose to live permanently in Lon don hire a house unfurnished for the season. This may cost anywhere from 400 to 1,000 for a period of six months. According to one of the lead ing house and estate agents in the west end, C00 is about the average paid for a good house for a season. This does not, of course, include rates and taxes. Kates, however, in the fashionable residential quarters of Lon don are very light, owing to the fact that there are practically no poor to be provided for in these parishes. The next expense to be considered is in connection with carriages and motors. Very few of those who only spend the season in town bring their own carriages with them, preferring to hire from job masters. A smart vic toria and a pair of horses, with coachman and footman, cost about 5 guineas a week, though- much more has to be paid for special horses, silver plated harness, etc. A brougham Is al most a necessity for evening work, and this costs at least another 2 guineas a week, or one of the fashionable elec tric landaulets can be hired for 2 guineas a week. Thus for a three months' visit at least 100 must be 'as signed for carriages. It is the entertaining that a society lady is compelled to dc, however, that runs away with the money. It is neces sary for her to give at least two even ing receptions during her stay in town, and for each of these 250 is not too much to set aside. A string band will cost anything up to 30 or 40, accord ing to the number and quality of mu sicians, while if one of the Guards' bands be aspired to .the sum just nam ed will need to be doubled. Then there are singers and other entertainers to engage, and these may cost anything from 1 to 100 each. ' Supper or light refreshment, togeth er with the necessary wine, waiters, helpers, 'eta, does not leave much change out of 100, even with tbe ut most economy, and, of course, the sum that could be spent on this item has no limit At a stand up supper given by a well known American resident in London last season 10 per head for each of tbe 200 guests present was paid to a leading contractor, and the writer is informed that this is nothing out-of the way and. Indeed, is often exceeded in the course of a London season. Flowers are a very important feature with every hostess, and weekly florist bills of 20 are by no means uncom mon. At a reception a short time ago it was estimated that the cut flowers and plants used for the decoration of the rooms must have cost at the very least 1,000. These, however, included banks of rare orchids and other costly flowers.v Ten pounds a week may be assigned for flowers and 100 for a ten weeks' season. Dinner parties are also very expen 6ive, and here again it is almost impos sible to assign any definite sum, but 200 over and above the ordinary ex penses of the household may safely be put down under this head. We now approach a very delicate question, but one of paramount inter est to the fair sex that of gowns for .the aspiring society hostess. A lead ing judge the other day stated in court that 1,000 might not be too much to give by a lady of position, and in such a case might even be a necessity, so that it Is very hard to say what amourft of money may not be spent In this direction. It is impossible, of course, for a lady to appear at more than two balls or re ceptions In the same frock in the course of a season, and. as she will attend at the very least twenty of these, she will require a dozen or fifteen dresses, eacli f which will cost anything up to 50, or, say 1,000 for dresses. These will probably be -worn outdater at the then' ten and minor functions or will be put away to be .worn at hunt balls ami similar entertainments when tbe wear er returns to her country home. An in crea "jig number of society ladies sell their castoff frocks to secondhand deal ers, but they rarely or never get more than 90 per cent of the original price for them. -Then tfaeaa is the presentation at 'court to be taken into consideration. Hiia Is an Indispensable function f 01 any lady, aa otherwise she cannot re- has obtained the confidence of tbe public. 1 L It complies with the Pore Food Lews of all c it is cae oniv nien-craae rawdpr anii at- a t 3. It is not made bv a. Bakincr PnwiW T . Food DreDared with it is free fmm Bnoiuot & It is the strongest Baking Powder 00 the PiflrVtt. tlfOOaoo given for any substance). injurious to health found In Calumet I calaaaet Is so carefallyand sdeatfficalrr prepared that the neutralization of the Ingredients is absolutely perfect. Therefore. Calumet leaves a RocbeOe Salts or Alum in tbe food. It Is chemically correct. apewJ5PwffrMeai 1 AH Grocers are AsOMrizsi It 1 Hfe. c?nmetBaklne Powder costs little. Costs a lutle more than tbe cbeap, injurious powders now on the market, but is a big- wnii v uib trosK powaers. Try Calumet fcpcernai&J eeive recognition in society. The writ er has the authority of a well known leader of fashion for the statement that this costs, witli the greatest economy 500. There are many other minor items mounting up in the aggregate to a goodly sum which might be' considered, such as servants, visits to theaters, res taurnuts, etc. From the foregoing, how ever, it will be clear that 5.000 is not too much for a lady who. while. anxious to avoid any unnecessary extrava gance, is at the same time anxious tc make her mark in London. This sounds a very large sum, but it is one that is more often than not exceeded by those who, after all, take but a minor posi tion in what Jeames de la Fluche des ignated the "hupper suckles." What the real leaders of society spend dur ing the course of a season it is almost impossible to guess. London Tit-Bits. w- :.av-f J Is tf.i gsr "aW SteaatttfSr "CSaS&ssssa THE MASTER VICE. Aa Sucli Im ProcrtiKtlnittioit lienor! bed 'by a Coufesitcd Victim. "The ban of my existence." said the procrastinating man, "has been my habit of putting tilings off. I never do today what I can put off till tomorrow. -The result is that 1 am always put ting things off and never doing any more than is necessary for my current daily hand to mouth support, aud so, as the saying is, I never have anything. I am uotindependeut, but always de pendent upon somebody else for the work that will enable me to live, aud so I can never say my soul is my own. I must do the work I am set to do by some stranger man, whether I like it or nol, and m I plod along, just getting through, while the man who collars things gets on. "Of late years as I have come to real ize its evil effects and the enormous difficulty of overcoming it I have come to think that the master vice of all is procrastination. And coming to think thus has disturbed me a little, because I have to give up an originally pre conceived and long cherished notion. "I had long held that the most near ly ineradicable of personal "vices was gambling, but now I thought the most difficult of all vices to cure oneself of was that ol" procrastination. Was I wrong theuV And could it be that I was wrong now? "This, as I say, disturbed me a little, but now on this point I vest quite easy, for I have discovered, contradictory as this at first thought might seem, that I was right then and that I am wrong now. "For now I discover that the vice of gambling is but another phase of, or at least the outcrop of, that of procras tination. The great majority of those given over to gambling hope to get something for nothing; they hope to get money without effort. They put off from day to day the hard, unflinch ing work that would give them a sure thing, without chances, on the race of life and make just enough to indulge their vice and their vain hopes. "So gambling is really but a form or outcome of the vice of procrastination. And by the same line of reasoning I suppose we might say the same of uruukenuess, which is essentially a procrastinating vice. We put things off today; today we will drink; we will work tomorrow. "And I don't know but what Ave should find that every ill proceeds from the vice .of procrastination, and so this, which might seem but a form of lazi ness, is really the master vice, and I am one of its most closely bound vic tims; I don't drink and I don't gam ble, but I have got the fatal habit of putting things off." New York Sun. Dr. J. w. Terry OF OMAHA EYE SPECIALIST EXPERT OPTICIAN Best Equipped Optical Offices Im The West in the front rooms over Pollock & Co. 's Drug Store. .Will be in Columbus offices 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 Waea DrieaV ejaeer Aran Cleseiy 1 male Flaater at Pacta. .At its marine resideace, away down ta deep water, the aame on the door tdate woaJd be "Astropbyton," and it -belongs to a species called cjuiurans. It has a well marked coatrol disk, not unlike a clam, but has no shell. From this central bodyradiate arms; five in number, like those of the familiar star fish, and these arms are divided into minute branches, like the twigs on a tree, until they number in some cases a thousand separately defined hairlike tendrils. While the body is not large, the branches when extended measure about eighteen Inches in diameter. The creature has the power of .incurling these branches until it closely resem bles a shallow dish. This it does wheu caught and about to die, remaining In that shape when dried. It has been given the name of basket fish. It frequently (when caught by a dredge, for that is the only way it can be taken) throws off these arms or parts of them, so that a perfect speci men is hard to be procured in its natu ral condition. These arms' and their subdivisions are almost white when dried and close ly resemble plaster of paris. They are very brittle, easily broken and cannot be repaired. The fish live among the roots of seaweeds and are supposed to feed upon these, moving about by wriggling and clambering with their arms or fastening upon tbe roots and pulling themselves along. Most of the knowledge regarding their habits la conjecture, for none have been taken alive and kept for suf ficient time to give them proper ex amination and study. St. Nicbokts. zmmmmmmmm Men's winter Caps And Gloves . Winter Wearing Apparel At HARTS you will find all the newest sty les in Mens'and Boy's Suits and Overcoats fresh lrom 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. Backache Any person having backache, kidney pains or bladder trouble who will take two or three Pine-ules upon retiring at night shall be relieved before morning. B0b Iks SMdidasl Tbtass sf tas afflVV ends mi aad cssias eft- m tsiaed fromtks Vattr Pies have teal nctcaized by tme lailcsl scs Maries far enrteries. laPias-alssweeflsf aUsf tke virtues of the Mattve Mm that an ef vahw ia relieving all IMmj aid BlaHtr Itukk Prcpsfod wf P1NE-ULB MEDICINE CO- CHICAGO 20tb geQtQTj Drug Store, PJitU fettir HOW TO KEEP YOUNG. Be Haaefal, Avoid Worry aad See taa Aaauas Side af Life. Women more than men are possess ed with a dread of growing old, not realizing that maturity has its charms and compensations. We wish yonug people softener had it Impressed uiou them that they may provide for a hai py old age"' by laying up a reserve of sound health and a store of happy memories as well as by cultivating tastes and resources which will out last youth. As for those who are al ready approaching middle age, there is no surer way to grow old premature ly than to dread the future. It is es sential, if we wish to keep young, to cultivate that hopeful habit of mind so characteristic of youth the hope which makes one able to say with Browning, "The best is yet to come," and with Lucy Larcum, "Every year life is lar ger and deeper and. more beautiful in its possibilities." Allied with this at titude of expectancy must be the abil ity to see tbe amusing side of life. Worry and vexation over what would better be laughed at result in disfigur ing wrinkles. Above all. If the years bring us, as they should, a better un derstanding of ourselves, a broadening of active human sympathies, a tinner faith in Providence, we shall find life abundantly worth the living, no mat ter what may be the number of our birthdays. Western Review. TXTA . w .'U.-f 1. "c-010 uuw auuwiug a large asso: ment of Men's Winter Caps with inside bands in both cloth and fur lined Prices from $1.00 to $1,25 and $1.50 1 iaflmKaaaEiL (i xllaamaf m "aai 9" A complete new line of Gloves and Mittens in both dress and working. , Ladies' Kid Gloves The Simmons Gloves M?K1MW.NS U Prices $1, $1.25, $1.50 Silk lined Sner!e Gloves in Klhck and Colors ml f Price pi.JJ Also a complete line of Ladies' and Misses' Golf .gloves and mittens. J. H. GAL.LEY, 3 DRY GOODS, fiLOTHING. HATS. CAPS, "" J SHOES, LA OIKS' CLOAKS AND CARPETS Z 505 Eleventh Street, Columbus, Neb. Tke Heart af a Child. That which disparages us and quick ens revolt Is no less a factor in a child's emotional life. But there is this difference we have the better oppor tunity to defend ourselves and to ob talu reparation. So there is a certain pathetic pleasure In standing with hu manity where Its joys, Its longings, its embarrassments and its disappoint ments are simplest and newest, and. perforce, where impotency is absolute. Give me this most uncommercial, this divinest of enterprises for my own! Give me a child to be at home with, to be in absolute confidence with! If I cannot refashion my warped, wrin kled and discolored old sonl Into the unbiased graces and the ethereal puri ty of the spirit of the child, let me now and again open that little door and shut myself In that little heart, just for the sheer delight of It. Patterson Du Bols in Success Magazine. 0. B. Tone tht liver, move the bowels olesise the system. Dade's Little Liver Pills never gripe. Sold by 20th Century Drn Store, Platte Center, Neb. Burhanp Testifies After lour Years. G. R. Burhnns of Carlisle Center, N. Y.. writes: "About fonr years ajn I wrote you stating that I bad been entire ly cured of a severe kidney trouble by tak ing lees than two bottles of Foley's Kid ney Cure. It entirely stopped tbe brick duet sediment, and pain and symptoms of kidney disease disappeared. I am glad to 6ay that I have never had a re turn of any of those symptoms during he four ears that have elapsed and I am evidently cured to stay cured, and heartily recommend Foley's Kidney Cure to any one suffering from kidney j or bladder trouble." Bad For Tan Han. New Year's eve, which Is sacred to St Sylvester, is celebrated in Berlin by the blowing of tin horns: the ring ing of bells and all other devices for making a noise. The only horse play Indulged hi is at the expense of the wearer of the silk tile. Any one on the street is privileged to bring his cane down on the crown of the of fending headgear as bard and as often as he can. When the man with the dilapidated hat complains to the po lice the only consolation he gets is, "It serves you, right for wearing It on Syl vester night." Fine California Wines & Brandies For the Holiday Trade. I have just received a car load of fine California Wines and Brandies, cousistin' of the well known brands: Angelica. Ports, Sherry, Tokay, Keisling and Zinfandel Also choice California Grape Brandy The best know brand of Kentucky Whiskey. aaaaaSaaaBaaaaaal aaaaaVJaaBaSaBBBaaBajajatBaBaaajaKaBBBBj aBBaBBaaBBBBBaBaBaSJSJBHaBaa We guarantee all our goods to be absolutely pure. Wm. BUCHER, Eleventh, St. m A & & C o C o t , C c ' 6 a I S w T V 3Wr -J.. ' be mm Mhm ;js crf-'-'-ci.; .u 01 graieiui customers in jjfgj e-rv -::it.- a:tc-t the WONDERFUL BkST UN I MENT- r!?IiERSTC !55y I Tl :'3&M m WORLD'S J Ma U j! f 1&W gpkd r KS BBS5S m If 115 n ir-. -ji.- ..si i nr nncrt x v ux rKi. tx. rA 1 bv l aratn ': - v.i a t i? zz-z.yi i V Law Dam, "You are anaenftc," says the phy sician after thumping and prodding. You sbouin practice deep breathing." "Deep breathing!" retorts the pa tient "Why. doctor, that Is just what I do all the time. I work in a subway cellar sixty feet below the street levelsJudge. laalaeerltr. Be honest with yourself, whatever the temptations. Say nothing to oth ers that you do not think and play no tricks with yonr own mind. Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour of tbe world insincerity is the most dan gerous. J. A. Froude. use DEAM'S US OIL? Oae Klad aff Taaalar. "Poor "Yes, my son." "What kind of wood do they most In tanning?" "WelL when I went to school, my boy, met used birch." Yonkers Statesman. eve ni IfHlj INDsllfUctetfagf Herts wJtfcoptaSair ' am btj s :o j - i f - ; 1 - ". . ' V m 1 :LZ 3. J: itVjl'T.(!U rrr' nc'rfS Ulncs. !!! U lilfIi;"(.)-hai.IH 1 llP.i J.f;.t. '.lis. h-jiM-xs nrl viilil u vails . csm'fl :iirr, itrii. w:inre.'te. -fi 1 tnji VG CflCTVS OIL Is N Irn'fnf'., !'t yiti.s il ii ' ViVp rc.i t S) Mi. rr:it(Sit . jir-w jT.o-i.yj v ii.fi...iit.. fCIS'G ( I .j' 'rt'KWs im ill -.,. .int ? '. .!. -1 .-im I ". i.,"'r-.r.... ,-, vf,,,( 1 1 --; Ii I. i'.c u -. vjfar- i.ttvfs. O.V.-.V o 'IcV.'W. CUnton. torn: If ;i: "is. ' yum tf, j;!M'.- Pollock & Co. .A t t t Do not borrow trouble. Tbe Interest Is too high. Dallas News. T f T T T f T T -? Mr T V f r T T f Holiday Groceries AT KEATING and SCHRAM'S As the Holidays are drawing near one naturally looks about for the best to be had lor 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. Dea't Be Iatposea Uses Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey and Tar aa a throat and lung remedy, anu on account or the great aa-rit aad popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many imitations have similar soanriing names. Beware of them. Tbe genuine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a yellow package. Ask for it and refae any subs'itnte. It is tbe best remedy VCt eouglei aad eolds. C H. Deck. A FEW REMINDERS Chase fc Sanborn's Coffee, The Very Best For Your Money. ' Cereal Blend per pound 20c South Sea per pound 25c Ji Special Blend... per pound 30c Ju " ava Per pound 35c Mandheliiig- Java per pound 35c We handle The Celebrated Chase & San borne Teas. Xmas Trees. Xmas Candies Xmas Nuts. Xmas Fruit. V- if- if, - if- li- -A l-J. cf. u ll- si, tf. iL if- KEATING and SCHRAM Eleventh Street Columbus, Nebraska. aflA. .-.j. . jj, j. ..'.'.'.. - - 5 & C d i 2 iX if, i-X ' if- i? JOURNAL ADS ALWAYS BRING RESULTS - if-if-if-f- if-if- if i7- 11 v - tC-5. A zz A . v-. 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