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Is to be "forearmed." This forewarns all good people in
town that there is a place where "best of all kindsv of
groceries
can be had, and money saved in buying them.
On our shelves? It's the stock of "best of
all kinds of groceries" referred to. It's a
saving of dollars when you buy our goods.
Compare prices and see.
HENRY RAGATZ & CO.
THIRTEENTH ST, COLUMBUS, NEB.
GOT THE MISSIVES MIXED.
Author's Carelessness That Might
Have Had Dire Results.
i" Judge Shute, the author, tells this
story on himself:
"My careless habit of mixing letters
nearly got me into a serious scrape
some years ago. I was then paying
ardent and persistent attentions to the
present Mrs. S. I also had a client, a
very aged woman, for whom I was
conducting a trivial law suit, hut
which, like all law suits in which
women are parties, assumed tremen
dous importance in her eyes.
! "I wrote two letters, one to the
young lady, as follows:
i "My Dear Miss K.: Will you ride
with me Saturday afternoon? I have
secured a new saddler, which, I think,
you will like If agreeable be ready at
about two o'clock.'
"To the old lady, who had annoyed
mo greatly by practically demanding
my entire time 'and attention, I ''ad
dressed the following:
" 'Dear Madam: I am unable to give
you any more of my time and atten
tion. The matter is now settled, and
I have other engagements of greater
Importance to which I must devote my
whole time.'
"These letters got mixed the letter
to Miss K. being addressed to the old
lady; the letter to the old lady to
Miss K. v
"Hearing nothing I was on hand
with the horse, and a very stony-faced
young lady requested an explanation
tof the letter. Whether the old lady
was ready that afternoon I never knew,
as I sent a clerk to explain matters.
"As a matter of fact, I lost a client
and very nearly lost a wife."
Still Believe in Witchcraft.
' How many English readers who
have read the witch trial of Vienna
know that such women as Marie
Nebily, performing just such tricks,
are to be found here? Marie seems
'to have surprised the Austrian judge
by her story of the Hungarian shep
herd. Stephen Stephanovics, who is
90 years old and who sells charms
and in whom she believes. He made
.the remark, which we have so often
heard before, .that the world is not in
the middle aces. But the judge is
wrong. A great part of mankind is
In the middle ages, if by that is meant
that it believes in witchcraft The
credulous Austrian woman who
thought that her husband could be
cured of extravagance if she gave a
half of one of his socks to Marie Ne
bily, who would then for a small con
sideration in money give a powder to
cure htm of spendthrift habits, has
many French and English fellow-believers.
White and black witches
thrive in many parts of this country.
And what is more, they not only make
dupes but not a few of them really be
.lieve in their own charms, as the
!woman Nebily asserted that she did.
! London Outlook
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J Hot Unnatural Error.
I A. freshman who had entered one
' the large universities and was not
much accustomed to the ways either
'of institutions of learning or of cities,
'was returning late one evening from
To G. WALKER
LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEER
NEWMAN GROYE NEB.
I give special attention to all kinds of Auction Sales. Have
made sale ;'in eight different states. I am also booked for some of the
best thorobred sales to be held in the Uaited States this season. Am
thoroughly posted on Pedigrees and the value of live stock and hum
property. All kinds of thoroughbred cattle bought and sold on com
missioa, I also solicit orders ibr stocken and feeders. Can give best
of reference as to my work. Terms and dates caa be had at my of
fice, first door north of the Frst Natioaalbaak. I have the Moaroe
and long distance Bell phones.
a" lecture. Avnen near his lodgings
he was halted by two masked men,
iwho "held him up" in true metropoli
'tan style.
One of them leveled the convention
al revolver at the young man while
the other relieved him of his watch,
pocketboolc and other valuables.
; He made no mention of the matter
to anybody at the time, but a few day
later he reported it to the president
of the university.
"It wasn't a great deal," he said,
"but it was more than I like to lose,
and I think it's an outrage to treat
a boy that way."
"Why didn't you tell me of this
sooner?" asked the president.
"I supposed they would bring the
things back to me the next morning,"
he answered. "It was a couple of
sophomores -hazing me, wasn't it?"
Old Man Was Interested.
The term of Senator Hale of Maine
expires March' 3, 1911. In 1R81 he sue
ceeded in the senate Hannibal Has
lin, , Lincoln's vice president In hie
first term.
"What kind of a chap Is that En
gene Hale?" asked old Zach Chandler,
United States senator from Michigan,
of the late Hamilton Fish, President
Grant's secretary of state.
"He's one of the coming men front
Maine," replied the secretary. "One
of the the rising young congressmen,
of Maine. Why?"
"Oh, I just wanted to know," re-'
plied old Zach. "He's courtin' my
darter. I wanted to know somethin'
about him if there's anythin' im
him."
Miss Chandler and the young con
gressman from Maine were married
shortly afterward. N. Y. Sun.
.Frenchmen Balk at Cheeks.
Frenchmen have never cared f
checks. They do not understand tin
A few days ago a French journalist
who had received a check on a wck
known London bank showed It to mo
and asked me what he ought te o
with it
"Has it any value?" he asked.
"Why, certainly," I said. "Yea sim
ply Indorse it on the back, take ft to
your banker and he will give yon the
amount written on it"
But he seemed somewhat akeptkall
and I could see that he would much,
have preferred a postal order. But at
last a serious attempt is to be made
by parliament to teach the Frenchman,
how to make use of the check. It will
however, require the sanction of a spe
cial law before the masses will believe
that there is any real good In the 'sys
tem. It is proposed to Introduce the
check with the assistance of the post
office and to issue checkboards for a.
sum not inferior to $20. N. T. Times.
Proposed French Piano Tax.
The monster which French lawgiv
ers intend to attack is ubiquitous. Its
name is "piano. and the minister of
finance seriously thinks of proposing:
a tax on those Instruments not used!
in a professional capacity and, they,,
of course, from the majority. There
axe in France about 500,000 pianos,,
and a tax of, say, 10s, would bring In.
the respectable sum of 250,000. It
is very tempting to n minister who
straggles with aa annual deficit
London Bystander.
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BHbLWOOD
Mr. Royal Jedeviae aed Miss Mabel
Carpenter were united in UMrriage lest
at the M. E. parsonage,
Bev. H.
After the
tying the r knot
it sapper was servea
at the
of Mr.nud Mrs. Jud
OarpaaUr, the hrieVs
parents. The
have the well
bride and groom
of their assay
in thai
eosaatunity.
rati Bent, ir-
it
Lincoln
Thursday moraine and
rai
it
that he went to net
He, undoubtly.is going to "work things
on the sly;" eat the boys monad Bell
wood are keeping an eye on hint.
Mrs. Eliza Vincent and Mra.&a
Miskler, who have, beta quite, ill "re
cently, we lean, are getting better.
Gay Boutoa'e baby ie also sick so are
Geo. Meyera two children. Biney
Boaatiage baby, J. J. Roberts two
children and Charley Hayae's wife and
two ohildrea.'
Mr.PeterKartof lellwod and
Lirzie Lehowets of David Oity, were
aaited in marriage at St Peter's Catholie
church Tuesday morning. Peter ieoee
of Bell wood's oldest and moat respected
basin bm ssea. The bride, we lean, an
til recently, a raa store near the U.
P. depot at David City aad is highly
respected by all who knew her. The
Gazette joiae in with their aamerona
friends ia extending congratulations.
Talk aboat prices for hoes. -T
Millerof FaUertoa sold hie beach of
Pounk China swine lest week at auction
aad,they averaged aboat MB a head.
The public library will be open to the
public oa Wednesday aad Satardey
from two to five ofclockof each week
also oa Wedaesday evenings from sevea
until nine.
Grand OnaaoaUor Lyde of Fall City
Grand Keeper of Becord and Heals of
liiacoln aad Grand Traetee Kramer of
Columbus were in the city and paid
Sylvan Lodge K. aad P. an ofkial That
Wednesday night. ' .
Jusi as we are closing our forme we
learn that EL M. Vaaght and MraL
Campbell were married at Columbus
yesterday. They were accompanied on
their trip by Mr. andnfrs. Dan Corcoran.
It is all right, Elbert, provided you do
the right thing by the Editor.
Joe Krnnse came very near having a
serious fire Tuesday night A hanging
lamp fell and broke setting the carpet
on fire. Mm, Kraase, however, smothered
the fire with some clothing aad succeed
ed in throwing the lamp oat doom. The
only damage done was to the carpet
which was ruined.
The Primrose Becord- says that "a
foxy young pallet, wearing high heeled
slippers, with a neat, well turned ankle
eacsed in fancy black punctured socks,
dropped into town and started down the
street soliting for a charitable institu
tion. Every rooster in town bit, aad
after liaing her pockets she joined her
pal, a slick, well fed guy, aad hit the
next train out of town. The next week
a shabby woman with a game leg, no
hip pads aad no punture socks, dropp
ed into town aad told her story and
offered to sell a broom holder for ten
cents. 8he was turned down by every
rooster who had coughed up fifty cents
to the first pullet" Well, what are you
kicking about? A womsn who will go
about town begging, wearing nothing
but a game leg ought to be turned
down, she ought to have been arrested.
Had abe covered even the game leg with
apuBOtured sock it woald have been
something.
' Platte Center
Fnm the Sisaal
Mr. C. W, Freemaa aad family will
move to Colambas before epriag, where
they will live for the present. As pre
viously announced Mr. Freeman bought
a farm near Kearney some weeks ago,
but the family will aot occupy the place
at least aot for the present
Prof. Lecom tells us that the young
Jap now attending oar pablic school aa
a pupil ia the primary room is the most
studious aad painstaking student he
ever saw. The Jsp is making rapid
program and will be well alongin "read
ing, ritiag and 'rithatettt" before the
term closes.
Something of aaidea of the amount
of srain which has beea rolliag. here
recently can be formed when it is stated
that the Oauha Elevator Go. took ia
oneatmdred and ten loads of grain last
8atartey. This is only the amount re
ceived by one of the three elevatcrs
operated here.
The explosion of a stadeat lamp oa
the dinning room table at the Frank
Carraher home about eight o'clock last
Friday evening came very close to being
a serioae affair. Mrs. Oarraher was ia
the net of lighting the lama, which had
evidently beea filled so full that some
of the fiaid had raa dowa the outside;
this was ignited by the match aad at
once the contents of the lamp were
aflame, Mrs. Carraher picked up the
lampaad started for the kitchen, bat
jast as she passed the door flames reach
ed her heads aad she dropped it In
stantly the room was fliled wiih flames.
Mr. Oarraher, who was .at the well,
JIM'S PLACE
I earry the best af evurytaJaa?
in sty line. The drinking 13.
lie ie iavitei ta eeuwiaadeee
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1. M. POST
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Columbus, , - Nebraska.
G. N. McELFBESH
ATTORNEY AT .LAW '
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Columbus, - -, Nebraska, t
saw the names through the wiadow,
rushed in and threw the lamp oat of the
back door. He then closed the doors.
Not enough gas had escaped into the
room so but that it burned out before
igniting the wood work, although the
paint was badly blistered. The table
cloth on, the dining room table was
destroyed and the top of the table was
blistered. It seems little abort of a
miracle that Mrs. Carraher esoapped
with a comparatively light barn on one
hand and wrist Had any of the fluid
spilled on her clothing nothing could
have saved her from severe burns, if not
worse. An alarm of fire was given and
a crowd of people hurried to the scene
but the danger was over before they ar
rived. HCMPHHKT
From the Deaocnt
One of the saddest deaths which oc
curred in this section for n long time
was the death of Miss Mathilda Hittner
last Friday at the home -of her sister.
Mrs. Chas. Bender, between St Bernard
and Cornlea. It it always sad to see a
young life summoned by the grim reap
er, bat the fact that on Tuesday, Jan
uary 29,th, the deceased wss to be mar
ried to John Jasper, of the St. Bernard
neighborhood, makes her only death
doubly sad. Miss Mathilda was taken
ill a couple of weeks sgo with a slight
cold which later developed into pneu
monia. She was 23 years of age.
Some time ago a little Columbus girl
was premised a trip to the sunny slope
of California, so in order to be supplied
with sufficient pin money on the trip
she began to save up her pennies
nickles and dimes. When the time,
which had been set for departure rolled
around, the little girl had a considerable
amount of money to her credit, but for
some reason or other the time of de
parture was postponed. It wsa post
phoned again and in fact several times.
One dsy the little girl took her money
up town and began spending it right
gnd left in real "Coal Oil Johnny" fash
ion. After she hsd spent the lsst cent
ehe went home and her mamma asked
her what she was going to do for
spending money on her California trip,
and the little girl replied, "oh, there
ain't no California."
A wedding in which a great many
people of Humphreyand vicinity' are in
terrested occurred Wednesday morning
of this week when Cba& Pfeifer of this
week when Miss Pauline Eva Bender
were united in marriage St Francis
church, Bev. Father Eurzer officiating.
Mies Mary Olmer and Miss Celia Bender
sister of the bride were the bridesmaids
and 8immon Bender, brother 'of the
bride, and The. Pfeifer brother of the
groom were the groomsmen. The young
couple left on the noon train for Spald
ing, Neb., to visit friends and expect to
be at home to their friends in Humphrey
after March 15. The bride is the eldest
dsughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bender
who reside east of town and the groom
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pfeifer of
Spalding, who a number of years ago
were residents of this community. JCr.
Pfeifer is in the employ of the Humph
Electric Light snd Telephone Co, and
enjoya the acquaintance of a Urge cir
cle of admiring frienda The bride was
bom and raised in this community snd
is known to be a young lady of many
admirable accomplishments. The
Democrat joins in extending cocgratula-
tioaa,
UXDSAY.
FroiiTbePoat.
Dr. Evans reports the following birth:
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Buhl a girl on the.
26tb, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Buhl a boy on
the 27th and Mr. and Mrs. Ole Nelson a
boy on the 28th.
Miss Gertrude Canfield was forced to
dismiss school Friday owing to illness
and went to her home at Humphrey in
the evening where she is still coofioed to
her bed with LaGrippe.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Christensen of Looking Glass,
died a week ago Monday at the age of
2 years, 8 months snd 0 days. Funeral
services were held Tuesday from the
home.
Wm. Winkler was taken suddenly ill
Tuesdsy evening with heart trouble and
ia still confined to his bed. No one could
be secured to take charge of his mail
route Wedaesday but Peter Bettinger
took the mail Thursday.
CKESTOX.
Vnm The Btatetmin.
The livery team Dr. Morris drove on
Tuesday, got loose, while be was in the
Kemper home and ran away. They did
not run far, however, the roads being
slippery, they ran on a field of plowed
land, upset the buggy, both horses falling
down. One of them has its head pretty
badlybruiesd. The buggy was some
what demolished, but easily repaired.
Oar obtigiog station agent, W. O. Me
Oaata, and family will soon be transfer
red to Hemes, B.U., which ie indeed
regretted by the people of Creston and
vicinity. The name of hie audessor'
that is to be here, has not been an
nounced. Mr. aad Mrs. W. H. Dean arrived the
latter part of last week from Portland
Ocegaa, for aa extended visit. Mr.
Deaa inteudeawkingmoreissprovuients
on his fans east of town. Mrs. Deaa
has beea considerably under the weath
er with a bad cold since .arrivinc in
SEMI-ANNUAL: ;
CLEARING SALE
Of Men's, Young' Men's and Children's
vSuits and Overcoats.
The big twite yearly clothing event is again at hand oar big clean-up of broken lota. We
started the Fall season, with the greatest line of clothes ever brought to Cohunbua. The
selling has been phenomenal naturally this leaves more small lots than ever before.
Our Established Custom is to Carry Notting Ovor
But to ctoen each season with a clean stock of the best clothes possible to obtain. Oar great"
Semi-Annual Half Price sale enables as to do this. The garments we offer were not purchased
for "Special Sale" purposes and have no ficticious "values" attached to them. Nor do we resort
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Eleventh St. Columbus, Neb.
WITH THE SINEWS OF WAR
And In Oilskin Overalls, Mr. Sweeney
Went Forth Rejoicing.
It came upon Mr. Anthony Sweeney,
ironworker, standing at 100th street
and Second avenue, yesterday after
noon that if he would maintain the al
coholic status of the celebration som
thing must be done at once in the
financial line, says the New York
Herald.
Swaying slightly, he ran over in his
mind his friends and the barkeepers'
he knew, with a view to monetary
negotiations. The outlook was posi
tively unpromising. He had not ono
penny anywhere. His watch, a pin
and several other trinkets had gone
long ago.
Over across the street was a pawn
broking establishment he was .wont to
patronise on ocasion. A great idea
came to him. He stiffened up, thought
a moment and then headed for the
place.
There was the usual late Saturday
afternoon crowd in the establishment
Mr. Sweeney steered a delicate course
through the patrons Into a little cubby
hole marked "private box." Several
minutes later he thrust forward a
pawnable article and demanded:
"Two dollars on 'em."
"What, two dollars two dollars on
those, I couldn't do it look, it's cot
ton, it's old one dollar and fifty
cents, and then I'm giving away
money."
Mr. Sweeney took the money. As
he went out into the store there was
a gasp. Making toward the door was
Mr. Sweeney, clad as usual as to bis
coat, vest, hat and shoes, but the in
tervening space showed a scarcity of
clothing.
'ICome back! Ton can't go out that
way!" asserted' the pawnbroker.
"Here take back your pants and give
me back my dollar and a half."
"I will not," answered Mr. Sweeney,
calmly.
There was great excitement as Mr.
Sweeney hid himself behind a show
case for further diplomatic conference,
finally a pair of oilskin overalls were
handed out, and Mr. Sweeney put
them on and walked out into the
world.
"I hope they freeze you!" was the
pawnbroker's, parting shot.
Romance of Bull Ring.
At Cartagena, Rafael Gonxales,
known professionally aa Machaquito,
the most brilliant swordsman of the
Spanish bullrings, .captured the re
gard of aa Anglo-Spanish girl, Senorita
Angeles dementaoa, who flung him
her fan into the arena. He responded
with a chivalrous and picturesque
salute, and dedicated to .the lady the
death of ate second ban. His stroke,
which was successful, proved also the
"couoe.de foedre," for Senorita An
to the old trick nf markine the larice nn a few
dollars then remarking them at one-half the in
flated value we simply take all the odda and ends
and small lots and make an honest redaction of.,
one-half the regular selling price, regardless the
cost and defy any one to find the slightest trace of. .
trickery in our methods.
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"No Juggling of Values" You simply select
the Underwear and pay us .three-fourths, of the.
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The Great Forge and Race Scenes, Most Realistic Scenes Ever
Produced on the Stage Thoroughbred Horses and a .
. Flock of Wonderful Trained Carrier Pigeons.
Hear Doon Sing Popular Irish Ballads
North Opera House, Feb. !2, '07.
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