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V A' , ? ,. -it !'-' ; $. ; -""Try-. 'l f Vv 5- ' M - - - i h 1 112- 1 i ; SsWttttTtTtttTttT i HORSE mwwwnwwwwwwwmwK w 1 EL ! 2. f will sell at my barn in Columbus, Nebraska, FRIDAY, APRIL 5th, 1907, 160 HEAD OF SHE HAD A OmCVANCC HORSES 150 Consistine of 100 head of good draft horses weighing from 1200 to 1600 pounds; 50 head of good driving horses. Also 30 head of hig Mules. This will be the last Sate of the Season. ' Come in and bring your marketable horses. I will have buyers here from all eastern markets, who will buy, not lobkv & THOMAS BRANIGAN. 3 t W. I. BLAIN, Auctioneer H. A. CLARKE, Clerk. CORRESPONDENCE f iMtt It. C. Prank Flakue m building n new oorn crib. Mrs. Mary Bom is having a new barn bant on her farm. aBoyerk building a new honsefor one of hia boys on the Chris Meedel place, which he bought this spring. Me. 5. hTummerBros. were marketing oorn the Irst of the week. B. Oloott of Illinoia ia here visiting hia brotheia and' sieters. Chas. Oloott was ahearing hiaaheep. abomt SSO head; that kept oat of hia huge Joe Nitoh and Chaa Bedding moved their traction engine from the island, where it broke down laat winter. baa, has moved biaatock to Silver Creek, where he haa opened a atom. ' Mr. Heat er atill retains hia home in Colambaa and also his farm bomeia Platte einet. Polk county. Mr. and Mm. Albert Horatof wareviaiting at their old home in Valley precinct. HARD AND SOFT COAL ORDERS FILLED PROMPT LY. P. D. SMITH LUMBER CO. lasts la. 4. , J. J. Banee waa in Coiumbaa, last 8aturday, the first time -for aiz weeks. John Joasi was shelling corn for Chris HOmar with hia gasoline outfit Qeorge SimpaoB haa moved onto one of the C.H.. Sheldon's farm, northeast f Colambaa, JAWIlke is building a large hog hoase on hia fsrm, which is ooenpied by Bobert Rupprecht Joseph Hoerle snd Miss Louise Seib- lerweresurried at the German Evan gelieal charoh oa Stearns Prairie last Tharsday. The groom is a resident of Chambera. Neb where they will make their hoase. They left Saturday for Ctserwaterforashort visit vrith relatives. 8dMtl lata. Spring vacation ia here oooe more, and all the children are wearing happy faces, especially the "Boys," who ate already preparing their hooka and Unas. Next week the Teacher's assooiation will meet in Norfolk. Averyuterest ing program haa been planed, in which Sank Sherman, Prof. BriteU. and the Misses Sheehan, Boss, Bidner and Mrs. Briadley will respond. All teachers are invited to attend. The debate given at Central City laat week waa jast another victory added to the Columbus list, Althoagh no jndges were present, it waa plainly seen that Colambaa held the wianing card. The debaters who rwnnaaantml Golnmhna were. Miss Marie Iffinnecker, Paul Boon, J and George Beeder. Miss Grate Mace accompanied them and waa numbered with the readers. soription and developing it into a national park, k asking for subscrip tions of small amount; so the work; would represent the whole people. While a few wealthy men would an doubtedly he willing to donate the aaoaey, the aasociation does not desire, this. One or the first dtiseaaof Colam baa to respond to'this request ia Israel Oluok, and ha ia in receipt of a neat cer tificate of hoaorary membership of the Lincoln Fam 'association. Dr. D: T. Martyn, Jr.. Cwlnmaau State Bank building. Monday af ternooa the fire department was called to west Thirteenth street, a small barn belonging to Herman Wolf having caaght fire' from some burning rubbish. The department waa unable to reach the building with the hose sad a backet brigade aooa had the blase under control. The loss is luminal, being not over $40. Whan the alarm was sounded a paaaaager train was stand ing at the Union Pacifio depot and block ed the croasings so thst it wag necessary for the hook and ladder and hose cart to make an extra run of aiz blocks to get to the fire. Had the blase been a big one Joe delay would hare meant a much larger losa. ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS Asmtels. 3. i are commencing apriag work. Louis BaDy baa added a very suitable addition to his barn. Had Murdoch's genial countenance was gracing the route laat Sunday. Henry Behle ebeUed out. hia big crib of corn the Utter part 6t last week.- Mia. Gilletof Columbus waa a guest at. the home of Mm. Brunken Sunday. Fred Fiamme waa looking after busi ness interests at the oapitol of Platte seaaty Tuesday. Henry Bakenhua waa swapping yarns Oasldsy afternoon with his old time friend John Brunken. ' Maada Bonk who makes her home in Oolambaa, ia visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bosk this week. of the road overseers are looking after their roads, while the others seem to he following the eld way of thisking, that when it is wet the roads cenaot be and when it k dry they don't ft. What do the people pay a road tax far anyway? PaOc Csanty i vQbTISjBBQSjSMSJbbV shadnlsh Knmmer was visit svr at asaahaatk Mens, boys and womena shoes at three quarter's regular price Friday sad Sat urday. The Grand Leader Uth at. Subaoripthm to atock ia Series Q of Columbus Land, Loan & Building aaso ciation will be received at oaacaof secretary- H. Hochenberger. 8t Mrs. C. E. Pollock's ton of Grace church Guild will give a supper in the room east of the Gerasan National Bank on Tuesday, evening, April X. The Missionary 8ociety of the Con- gregatioaal charoh will be entertained by Mm. Frank Gotten. A bueiness meet ing has been punned, after whioh light ref reshmenta will be served. Henry Lambertnes of northwest of Monroe waa in the city Tuesday, having brought down a load of household goods for Herman Lammera, who k moving into the residence property he recently purchased on east fourteenth street. H. a Elliott k wearing a pair of crutches, on aocoant of a badly spraiaed ankle. When returning from TTinias last week he stopped in Lincoln, snd while there had the miafbrtaae to slip oa the eklewalk and wrench hia ankle. Warner Bros. $1.00 Bust Proof Corsets for 48o Saturday in the Mill ead The Oread Leader. Uth at. ratter leem your caiMrea to get the aavug habit. Start them with a pass book m the Equitable Building Losa snd , Clnl We have the following CosJs now on hand: Bock Spring Lamp and Nat and Slack, Colorado Lamp and Nat, Kear ney Lamp, Trenton Lump, Weir Nut, 8emi Anthracite Foresee Coal, Hard Coal both sizes, Best Penaylvaaia. NKWXAV& WjOCBT of Bed Cloud, Neb. hia otdhoaae in Clear attending school aadia at the home of Mr. B.F.Mkknz. Eaul 8chott of Osceola k visiting us with her father, Mr. Freid aaiteiU. Mrs. Joseph Schilz over the wUl em the west are they will the to Polk,Hordvflle with- aaaawhoM dWr mmwhter. Anna came asms Ihaassil sill place Miss haraharohaehooL Peak county people ha raoagaiir A hy the goTera meat sad train will oarry audi aadOaatral(hty. oaths newliae, enthavmgitwait atBtiamakargaadhe aWivavad by laxalcarrian. BaaaaMeathwhaaaaJdaated agree- ary atata on Eleventh R. a Palmer the tailar, oleaae, dyea and repairs Ledie's and Gents' clothing. Hate cleaned and reMooked. Battona made to order. Agent Germaaia Dye Works. Kebraekaphoae la the baginning God created the heaveaa and the earth, then the editor aad the liberal advertiaer. The nxt day it snowed and Ha created the man who does' not belkve ia advartisiag, an other who 6!oes not tske hk trade paper then he rested. The devU then ant Anna in '"to the momldiag room and ereatidthe nun who takes the paper for aeven years and fsila to pay for it After he had completed that sorry Job ami had jast a few lumps of mad left, he created the excuse for a man to asttle hia smb aoription by informing the noataaaater to hk peaer Yafasad.M--x. Gnat Ckvah-Iaetar Day tarvieea. Celebratioaaof the Holy Eaoharistfor Commuaioaa'7 a. m. and 8 a. m, High celebration and pmoeesion 11 a. m. Proceaaienal hymn, Jesua Christ k .' risen today. .....Worgan Kyrie................. ...Semper Gloria Tibi, Gratiaa Tibi Semper Credo 8emper Hymn, HekRieen Neander Offertory eolo from the Beeurreotion ' sung by Mr. Fred Saffron Snraam Cords. .Semper anosas.... .........,... ....Semper Beneaiotue...... ............ ...Semper AgnneDeL 8emper Gloria iaExcelsk. Samner BeccesioBal hymn, At the Lambs High feast we nag.... Elvey At 330 k mu, a apecial children's fes tal service will be held when the scholars of the Sunday achool will present their annual lenten offering. At7:30 p. m. epecisl festal aerviee attended by Geth aanune Comauadery Na 21, K. T. . Prooeseional hymn, Jesua Christ k rieen loosy..... ..Worgan Choral Evaaaoag. Tallk sMgnmoec. ..................... .Dorey NanoDiaoittk.. Dorey Vesper hymn. Now the day ia over ..... ..Barahy Hymn, He k rieen Neander Easter earaaon by the Ber. Arthur A J. Weetoott, Ph. D Offertory aolo from the leearrectioa aungbyMr.Ffad Saffron I Becemioaal hyms, All hail the now- I erot jesua Mame Hotdea Amerioa,'' The Raaalt aff m Weman'e Dahrtaf Into Ktyseelegy. ' "Bsh!-she said, and lang -her ckmretto into the grate. Swishing their silk skirts the others tamed from the club wtedow with inquiring looks. "Bah!"' aha said again.' "Can we woman neverbe rid of the shackles that nun haa bean madias; on as ever since the cave bear's day? Girls, Tve been reading etymology, and do yon know what Eva found out? I have found oat that oar vary titles of honor are but' the badges of oar servitude. "Lady for instance, aaya my ety mology, manna one who wajte. A lady is a female who waits at table while n nun gorges hlnuelf. "Wife nieahs a weaver. The wife ia the- woman who weaves her hus band's and children's clothes. Spinster k a spinner girl who mast spin a lifetime's supply of linen before' any nun will take her off the oTd f cOks hanss. Wa Arm? --- wmmrm mAlllnr m. ZTT ,T V V- wa neea wora reiorm. uei reformer rise and abolish the words lady, apfnatar and wife from the language, and let suitable substi tutes lor them ha invented.' - "Hear, hear!" rose s aoprano chores. SALTING THtr DUCK MARSHES, : tii. Practice DJf nWGnNtMf wVlwV Call It A California'-newspaper chronicles the prowess of a .large number of mighty almrods who recently killed the limit aumbetvof dacks on various preserve . groanda previously batted with food which had, made the birds tame and unsuspicious. This "barnyard sport" doea not ap peal to a Recreation correspondent, who objects to unnecessary slaughter, even if the law doea admit the killing of half a hundred ducks. -, The practie. of "salting duck :marshes and lakes with com and other .grain, and then "burning them out" on the opening day la simply a phase of the degeneracy of latter-day dack shooting. "" -V . The birds get ao that they win come in for the grain like chickens at the .call of a housewife. It requires no hunting skill to' find the game and It la ao ridiculously tame from non-molestation and constant feeding at the baited pouts 'that the shooting Is aboutas dlflcutt as shooting at n poal try ahow and killing a rooster. AVOID An Unseen BniWER Mfoot TO GUARD "SHIPS aemnat the wnaeai una unman onuson uoiuanm waammmmpm To guard your home against the utv seen dangers of food products, the Govern ment has enacted a pure food law. The law compels the manufiicturers of balrirhf powder to print the ingredients on the label of each can. UM r. af it nwaa awt ROYAL ROYAL vapwxe, Pathetic Ixei One of .the brightest and nicest lit tle patients In the surgical ward of one of the big city hospitals lay on her bed moaning with pain. She had just :come to consciousness after a alight operation, and though only Eve yean old was exhibiting heroic nerve. Yet aha couldn't keep; from occa ahmal.low crtea.,-8he waa the sort of chUd who hatea above all thugs to give trouble and when one of the nurses atopped before her and, aa she thought, looked, a bit reproachfally dowh;at her jfka explained, between thetrjejroxysms,"wlth n pitiful smile: "Oh; MissSailth, I can't help it, I caa'tkalp it .nt not'nsed to opera- 0- . "C' Impressionism. My Improaeioalitlc pupil had reach ed the atage where' she painted In or ange, pea greaa and purple, and being .in Paris she thought she would call upan Whistler and nuke his acquaint ance, writes William M. Chase. Mr. Whistler aaw bar work, and was duly Impressed.' ' "What am yon trying to dor nak ed the arthw.;: ' : "Mr. Whistler, I am trying to paint nature aa I sea it," returned the girl with great eemeetneaa. "Isn't that rlghtr "Oh, yes," said Whistler, "that a an right, provided yon don't sea things aa yoa paint" v COLONIST RATES In Effect March 1st to April 30th .Go the Mountain Way. Insist that your ticket reads via Colorado Midland Railway. THROUGH TOURIST GilRS LesfliMslas rerttond $25.00 $22.50 BaaKsav fsienin $20.00 ( (AboTe Bates apply from Mteoori Biver common poiats and mat thereof. east of the river elishtlr higher.) Ask 9. L, PEAKlNa General Aarot. 219 9. ltth Bbeet. Omaha. HORKLL LAW. Geaeral Ageat, SM gheidley BaDdia. Kansas City. or yoar own. local agent oa aayrailroadl or O. . aPEEKS. Geaeral Psssenser Assat, Dearer. Colorado. B Bates MIDLAND ROUTE 4- Ofta Man Killed by Accident. -. In ltfC them were held la Spain 585 bull lights, an Increase of 35 as com pared with 1M6. vTheae Involved the killing of 2.87t. bulls, valued at $1(3, 7ft. The value of the horses (mostly poor old akatea) killed la these en counters amounted to $117,M0. Other expenses aassunted to over $35t ,000. In the corridas S3 eapadaatook part, one of whom waa a woman, and 849 toreroa, whose salaries amounted to a total of .fWt.OOO, The total esti mated expendltnm.was $1.70,t0 and the reeefpta.-were $2,400,000. There .were- numerous accidents, hut only oaa had a fatal result -' Hie Awful Threat. A little eon of one of the bishops la India waa once restrained by hia nurse from aa action am her judgment highly improper. - Thi' youngster's Judgment duTered. How to; bring the nurse to terms was a'ouestlon he pondered seri ously for a minute. Then a bright idea atrack him, and he threatened solemnly: If yon doa't let me do It right away I shall go oat and worship Mola!" -How Is that, coloneir "Do you think my wife will get In?" , Still determined not to appear to di vine his meaning, the bishop said: "Excuse me, colonel, but please ex plain. "I simply mean this, bishop: Do you think that St Peter will let the old lady pass through the pearly gates?" 1- have not a doubt of it colonel." "Then you think that you can guar antee that she will get in?" "So far as my opinion Is worth any thing, I cannot for a' moment ques tion If "Well, then, if that is so I do not think I shall be confirmed. In fact I do not see that I need to be. Ton see, bishop, it is Just this way: If the old lady gets In and they lock the door against the old man she will simply raise Cain until she gets me let in. And she's sure to succeed." It was in vain that the bishop tried to convince him the futility of such an argument His faith in his wife's in fluence waa too strong to be shaken by anything the clergyman could allege. ' SALT MINING IN MICHIGAN. TRIED OUT COFFIN IN LIFE. Christian OUTiCOF telenet's Hia Lean Supply In the Lower Peninsula tfeally Inexhaustible. Prac- HEKNEW HIS WIFE. CaaVlamfSall ntaSsWwb eulsi wtFemnfumja aunmnmu1 SJ A Turn Haadsd Baby. One day Mr.Donbleday had his twin babies downtown, tacked la their dou-We-saded carriage, facing each other, with only their little round heads showing oat of the blankets. A hoy caaght sight of the babies, and ha cried la astonishment: "Oh, mamma, look quick! There la a baby with h a both ends!-. Influence Would Gates for Him. Bishop Talbot fm rears the boy' bishop" of Wyoming and hut now Mahdp of central Penaayh vaaia, often found himself faced by unusual problems in his life In the pioneer west Ham Is one of. the host of amusing ones, described by him la hia recently published book of street ia Oolnnt- TsuUneolu m far te object the swrehaaunsT of the old Lincoln hnamtn il hy popular enh- lf OnCE TO TAKE DKPOnHlOM. ivomutK. FarreU. ilrfianmsl ia aa JSK!!? aoanor nataa ""' "raK . rarrau m 1 I"RU is "rliilLJ wui nm BflKMWi v Uthvrf Iwll iaat vT MM Z. m. "J 3 " Lit " aB. ? on oa jrort aid -- v. w efW.A. arrT?. -.. -- awaaajai vfll taka j MMii v.amasBvwwaaHeaaaa, a"""""" aammy fJO aslaJamaKanfaa CaVasal SmmT taaananT astwasm maaBawasanaasattBlmaBuwMoaav nnimasnBT) A the closa of one of his meetugs aaa who waa known aa the "colonel- said to him quietly: 1 should Ilka to ask yon a few qusa ttoaa If yon do not object" 1 shan be only too glad to answer if I nan, cetoneL Please pro- "Wan, bishop, do yoa think my wife w a good woaaanr Y)MoftlwsmKlhamaveTknowa.'' TkyrjuthsakahelsaChristiaar If aha la not I should doubt wheth er any of na eould ha so eonatdsmd. lo you think aha wffl I "Wan. now. The lower peninsula of Ifichigan is almost entirely underlaid with a stratum of rock salt averaging In thickness about 300 feet and varying in depth from 600 to 1,200 feet aaya the Technical World. This bed of rock salt. Is saturated with brine to n degree of strength of 84 to SO per cent It is practically Inexhaustible, caused by a large area of rock salt outcrop pug In the bottom of Lake Huron, the process of seep supplying hundreds of salt wells with thousands of barrels of brine pumped out dally. - In the city of Saginaw them has Just been completed and put in oper ation the moat modem salt plant In America, since advantage haa beea taken of all new devices, machinery and methods of iiamtHg the product tending to economy in salt "Mng These factors and that of utilising the waste steam from the Saginaw Plate- glass company, of which the salt plant la an adjunct have reduced the cost of producing; salt to a figure surprising to au salt experts. Automatic machinery has so sup planted labor in every process that from the rock salt to the barrel load ed In the car for shipment no hand haa touched a crystal. Only the mas ter saltmaker, a well-known salt ex pert and a few helpers are required to watch the machinery' aad keep It la perfect running order. Preparation sag Sleep. Charles .Humphrey, who has Just been burled, belleved-Jn a trial funeral Instead of trial murriages, says a New Haven correspondent of the New York Times. He was a Christian Scientist and In 50 of the 70 yean of bis life he preached disbelief In death. "There la no such thing as death, not n hit more than there Is disease," said he. "What the profane call death .Is simply n long sleep. I am going to make ready for It . by getting Into practice.'' Humphrey, who was a car penter, bunt himself a coffin. The box was of black walnut and was hand somely polished, and bore this Inscrip tion: "I sleep, but I shall awaken." It was trimmed, cushioned and ele gantly upholstered, and for months he lay la It for hia trials of bis long sleep .he must Inherit For weeks he occu pied it at the onlce of the local under taker In whose rooms he built It The playful undertaker's assistant one day pointed him out while asleep to a prospective purchaser as a perfectly embalmed specimen. Furious at the bantering that 'followed this prank. Humparey took hia "dormitory," as he called it and removed to bis local boarding house. He slept la It tin he went to the Odd Fellows Hoase. In New London. three months ago. His wife died three yean ago. Before her death he had converted her to his views of humor taUty. and he built for her also a coffin In which she slept before her death. He also built one for bis mother-in-law. She didn't use It code of regulations by which the fas- aten of that country provided that any actor actress without her consent leas of what the play might be. weuM be subject to a flue of many franca Leslie's Weekly. ''-aBBBaaaBSwaBaBSBB - I qanomi 1 wffl ten yon Miss WooUey. "that the keepen I have aver met have college-bred women." Miss WooUey, who for six yean haa been of Mount Holyoke. la a great belie In the saving grace of tkm. the liberal education that flta a girl aa weU for in a profession aa R tkm mistress of her own erany the proposition la Miss WooUey from b found that although many girls to college with the Idea of some apecial work the object Uvea geaeraUy settle down to tic life before long, aad them mat that It was weU that they went to college. The girl with a "mission" is not as common aa aha need to ha bans, and tt la for gener more than anything else that take coUege work in order that thaw may Be better Sited for the tn life In which they Snd na special wark does to bicimi reversed, but nTthahr I. Reversible When the Srat lady of the land met the flrst lord of the land she, with a gracious bow, presented her card, en which was written her name Eva. "oc nowag uow sue man K. L whether from right to left or from loft to right and desiring to he right na either case, he took his pencil anal wrote: "Madam I'm Adam." : Of course, this Is old. ' - There Is hi Harlem to-day. however. a contractor and sealer hi glass -when weary from writing his from left to right process without tn nay way the spelllaa: Leon NoeL : Hln EewcatlefuI'Llantt. A lawyer tn Washington was tahV tag some coUeagaea of neat retorta ha :had heard In court when ha was re minded of the tnterchanga af esabV ments between n western Judge aad a aarp-toagaed attorney from ' The Judge, a quick-tempered had had several "run-us" with ;sel whea suddenly he observed: : "I can teacb yon law, Mr. but I cannot teach yon : "That la true, your honor." retertei tae uaicaao lawyer. Weekly. Perktee. ONLY ANIMAL THAT KISSES. Man's Peculiarity .Wright a Seen to Novelist. Play- by A man Interested In art. Ham M. Chase waa caning oa n friend ;aad. seeing a reasarkaUy Saa portrait asked whose It was. "Oh, that la am ancestor of mine," er of the picture. Tea. replied the other, "I aad.lt would have af mine UI suit" returned the w of cemse," ""' SavVwL Ww vhsBrTaaNaT esVAsnwQeS Uncertainty. TIs set ssrsBlttoa ante aasa The cMaaats's way to know. One saaurte yea must wieU seat yea aaeral a faa.. - Why a salute of the Ups. ordinarily known aa a Idas, should be given such prominence tn the Uterature and drama of the world, both biblical and historical, cannot be solved by re course to any written authority; yet daring aU these yean since the be ginning of time this peculiar saluta tion doea not appear to have lost hi value, nor la them any immediate prospect of Its ao doing. What the iplaywrlght the novelist aad the poet 'would do without this peg apoa which to hang n plot It would' be difficult to nay, aad this applies especially to tke playwrights, for doaena of f amlliar dramatle prodactloas, several of which have graced the New York stage this season, have found their greatest factor, the wheel upon which the machinery of the scenes runs and tan plot aepeaas, u a wee tnat of a CUTTING STEEL WITH YARN. Cute Ona Sar m 1S d Another In g Heura. What the drop of hardest stone la only to what a thread of water doea to asm i watMSfthnfa. vwrth.eaaa. was ammoama working away ac m outside window, dmmed what ha MaJ. McClaughry. ami prison at Fort: found a prisoner who be pounding stone one of the ban to 1 The aua Anally wW wus aw waa lneuced to gtva Mraom. a grating of the sasss oesenpaon waa placed la his caM. aaya Popular Mechanics, aad a gnard atatloaed over him to exact the maf of the statement With the limestone dust aad sWrata from, the atone pile, the yam from hia w s mile water this 1 tha heaaemer steel bar hi IS BOUTS. With Una ami two " mm magera aa anade th em acta 1 to thai ? am cat avtJSMSSj aanaUa wHaMrV m aim m awn p aaaaaaaaaast ward's aatlsnua. it 'A lWrC: -j r -B .- r- - , ?? v 5-j- tJXimi' -c -!- ,ii aBVaUBbSK. --t-- -T!t "ITC r--J t v y tt vey4" :-?&i v-r,'',-i---, .2 ?lS' aaaH x - H-1T.Z-L! i