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Js? -;; v e; 5, J. . . tnr -j . fS . '- ,N v I i i lr. U- r P 4 r I .; c . In the Kitchen Handy articles for comfort and clean liness are just as necessary and as folly appreciated as articles for other parts of the house. gHaEsPaafHaf w cfQV gHKc3BaHBnuC& Ap TJwaar Mops, Brushes, Brooms, As well as clothes lines, Pearline, Sapo lio and other items, can always be had here, "Johnny-on-the4pot," and at low est possible prices.' Leave an order. You know you need them. 13th St. ITEMS OF INTEREST CLAKKS. From the Enterprise. Mrs. Lizzie Stearns who is at the Columbus hospital is reported to beget ting along nicely. . ThAfAnd hall for the delegates to Uli peace conference at the Hague amount ed to SKHI.O00. And to think this monej might have been spent for a torpedo boat. The Chicago Tribune assures tb country that "Chicago has confidence t throw at the birds.' It also has a gooi mnny confidence men who ouyht to be thrown into jail. Thos. Lamb was a passenger east bouud Tuesday enroute to Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he will spend the win ter for the benefit of his health. We truBt Uncle Tom will return home much improved. SILVEB CREEK. From the Sand. Dyo F. Davis visited his sister, Mrs. U. J. Brain, near Columbus over 8unda last. Mrs. D. M. Sigler and children left Wednesday for their new home at Etna, Custer county. Mr. Sigler preceded them a few days witu their household goods. According to the mandate of the die trict court in the case of the remonstra t rs vs. the granting of a liquor license to Frank Ferguson toconduct a saloon in Silver Creek the village board met last Saturday and issued a license. Mr. Ferguson at onoe commenced business at the old saloon stand on South Bail road street. Once more the elevators are buying grain and business conditions will soon adjust themselves to a normal condition. Grain movements will be small for a few weeks, but the demand will soon re store prices and our farmers will let loose. You can't scare a man loose when he has taters in the celler, a log in the parlor and the banker owes him money. Nebraska is all right. James L. West of Omaha, a brother of Mrs. O. L. Hill of this place died last Monday. The remains were taken to Schuyler where they ware interred Wednesday. Mr. West left an estate of about $12,000 and as he was a single man it will go to Mrs. Hill, her sister Annie, and brother John of Schuyler. O. L. Hill and Jobs West have been appointed administrators of the estatr. FRISCHHOLZ BROS. .SHOES CLOTHING Gents' Furnishing Goods RELIABLE GOODS AT BIGHT PRICES. FRISCHHOLZ BROS. 405 11th Street, Columbus. HENRY RAGATZ & CO. ABOUT OUR NEIGH BORS AND FRIENDS CLIPPED FROM OUR EXCHANGES j st. kdwakd. From the Advance. Wm. Duncan left Moaday for Oolmm bus where he will do mason work. Miss Edna Vietha returned hone yesterday from Columbus where she had undergone a surgical operation at St. Mary's hospital. Edward C. Hall was born at Ox Bow, Jefferson coanty, N. T ,'on the 38th of October, 1856, and died at St. Mary's hospital, Columbus, Nebraska, on No vember 6, 1907, aged 51 yean aad 8 days In Feburary 1885, he married Miss Elizabeth R. Bengler. To this anion ten children were born, nine of which ire living. He came to Nebraska twenty two years ago. He and hia companion have traveled life's highway 25 years. He was a provident husband, a good neighbor and a loving father. MONROE. From the Bepablioan. Mrs. Edwin Hoare and daughter. Alice are visiting friends is Lincoln. Mrs. Eva Perkins of Columbus was visiting Monroe relatives laat weak. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Webster and chil dren were at David City over Sunday. Kingsley Thurston, who had his ankle broken several weeks ago, is able to be around with the aid of cratches. Mub Mayme Stndley was called to Ureston Thursday evening as her brother Hiram is quite sick with typhoid fever Chas. Mc Williams returned from Cen tral City last week and is now employed in the Potter-Kelley grocery store, at his old position. Mrs. E. & Dack came up from Omaha Monday for a visit with the home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Dack expect to leave Omaha soon and will move on Mr. Daok'8 farm near Havens. G. M. Hall, formerly of Monroe, but now of Columbus, was here Thursday. iieo. carries a rural route out of Colusa bus, but is now taking his annual leave and is putting in his time selling candy for the Poesch candy factory at Colum bus. Mr. and Mrs. S. R Fraak of Torriag- ton, Wyo., are guesta at the home of their son, Dr. W. W. Frank, while en- route to their old home at Coin, Io. Mr. Frank recently purchased a tact of land ia Wyoming that is under irrigation and is much pleased with the prospects for the future of that country. nuTifiWonrii of Oetavia, about ssra years died at Oetavia Satur day laat of haan trouble; Ex-oouaiy eteravM.' J. Boss, who was operated on for appendicitis, .is out of the hospital and hia saaay friends ia David Qty aad throughout the county are glad to sue him around again. B. Buffalo, who runa the ami wagon west of BeUwood, keeps hia vehicle hasted by agasonae stove which keeps aim warm aad comfortable these chilly days while oa hia round assoag the Wall 8treet, as will be beea by market report, has kaocked the bottom oat of prices. It the farmers wil: just ooniiaue holding their jfcraia aad live stock, we believe it will laally bring our eastern aeighbors to their knees. Polk county has offered to contribute one fourth the aruease toward building a new bridge across the Platte. Butler county still resseins dormaat, and as uear as we can lern will not be in a harry in regard to paying aay part of the expense. It was reported in last week's Gazette toat Miss Josephine Thompson had a severe attack of diphtheria and that her iiese was a serious one. We are glad to be able to stale this week that she is uow out of danger aad that her case Jul aot prove - to be diphtheria, but a severe attack of toaailitia. No matter where a saaa ia located, he oalieveshe knowus of a place where money is easily and reauily made; a place where the nelds are alwaya greeu, aad where there are no hot winds. But after he sell, out at a sacrifice, and moves, he finds that the reports from tha place are dishonest, and tbat it hut its drawbacks and disadvantages; that hot wiada blow occasionally, and that success is only possible there by adopt ing the same hard rules required by success everywhere. Aa exchange aays it is easy enough to get rich if you want to badly enough. Here lathe way to do it: Work like fury sixteen hours a day at least, run backasd forth to your meals, hurr your wife into hysterics if she doesn't nave every meal ready just wheu you get there, sleep as little as you can and live; grasp every dollar ia eight and dig foi Home you think are covered up; pincL your pocketbook, ahrivel your soul and overwork your body, aad you will make noney. You will be rich when yon are old, if you live. Look at the condition of the working man today, remarks an exchanger- Who is he? The tinners are continually going up the spout, the plumbers are always in the gutter, the paper hangers are up against the wall, bankers are always compelled to raise the dough, the black, dsoith is always ou the strike, the police man has to be on his beat to live, the shoemakers have to work oo their upper. nd get waxed in the end, the clock makers ran ou tick aad never on time, barbers have to akin people to live, the ash woman is alwaya in the soak and she is the only oae you can see hanging on the line. FUTR CKNTKB From the 8icaaL Miss Tessie Began was a Oolumbut visitor Wednesday. W. F. Dineen of Columbus was a busi ness visitor here Wednesday. Mrs. W. J. Brsasch was renewing acquaintances in Columbus Tuesday. R. 8. Dickinson, of Columbus, wat looking after business interests here Monday. Misses Pearl and Ruby Freeman, of Columbus, spent Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. W. J.Brsasah. Mrs. B. H. 8chrosder of Columbus, visited with relatives hers from Satur day aooa until 8uaday noon. - Misnss Irene aad Evelyn Oarrig, of Oolumbas, are apeadiag the week here with their cousin. OUra Gentleman. Mrs. Daa Hayes aad Mrs. Loais'Calla han, of Lindsay, were visiting their many friends at this place last Saturday and Sunday. . Mrs. Mary Murphy died at her home in this village at 8:30 this morning. er death was not unexpected, she having been sick for many months, Mrs. T. Lyons and daughter, Miss Alice, were pleasant visitors at the Mur phy home slat week returning to their home at Columbua Tuesday. Misses Bertha Schupbaek, Katie Lacfasiager and Lena 8oamocket were guesta of Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Luchsing er Saturday. They wars here in attend-, ance at the teachers martins;. Misses Nellie Featou aad Susie Hayes were returning home from Miss Nellie's school in the Began district, Monday evening, when their hone became scared at some cattle that were lying down on the road side aad tipped them oat of the buggy. Miss Nellie escaped unhurt, but Miss Susie had her face and shouldVr somewhat bruised. The buggy aad hsrasss were more or less broken. SJMm Jacob Maurer died at her home ia Boyd county last Tuesday, after a proloaged illness. Deceased was s sister of Mrs. August Jaaassa.aad a daughter of. the lata Jacob Gearing of Greed Prairie. She leaves a huadand, Ave children, mother and brother and sister. Her aga was about 38 years. The resaaias reached Humphrey Thurs day and the. burial took place Friday aew her old home oa Grand Prairie. 'Atthemeetiegof the aeaoofboard Wednesday afternoon Mr. A. J. Patter son, of Omaha, was choeea as priacipal of our pablic schools, to take the place of Prof. LeeroB, who had teadered his resigaatioa, totakeaffeotat the end of this mouth, Mr. Pattsrsou, who was oae of tha assay aasjioaata, was here laat week, sad evidently made a favorable with the board. Ha ia a COLUMBUS MEAT MARKET We.iuvite sll.wbo.desire choice . etsak, aad the very best cuts of all '.ether sseats to call at our aursfet oa Eleventh streets We also handle pooltryand ten aad oysters ia season. S.E. MARTY fe CO Telephone No. 1. - Colambuii. Neb. BRUCE WEBB AUCTIONEER Creates, Hea. Dates can be tnsile at tha Journsl Office GKNOA. From the Leader. B. E. Gardener loaded his household furniture and departed for his new borne in Oklahoaia the first of the week. Tht departure of the Gardner family w witnessed with regret by a large circl of friends in this city. Old age has claimed another of GeuoaV citizens. Oa Monday morning at about nine o'clock H. O. Craig passed over tin inrk river to his eternal rest. For leveral months he has been confined tr uis bed gradually failing and his demici has been expected for teveral weeks the deceased was one of Genoa's oldest ind most highly respected citizens. Ni ne knew Mr. Craig but to love him ant! bis desth is a bereavenint to the entire oi immunity which joins the bereaved re latives in mourning bis death. He was 79 years of age and had been a resident of Genoa for about 16 years and a resi dent of Nance county for 30 years. The funeral was held yesterday under the iuspiceaof the Masonic lodge of which order the deceased had been a promin mt member for many years. From the Times. Last Thursdsy evening George Chase mounted a step lsdder to adjust a stove pipe, and fell and broke his arm. Moral : Let the women do that kind of work. J6hnM.Devine of Plainview, Texas, was in Genoa for a few hours Tuesday. Did you ever hear the name Devine be fore? Refresh your memory' and you will recall tbat during the palmy dayt of the populist party, John Devine was the leader of that political organiza tion in this congressional district. Iu 1894 he was a candidate forcungrebs on he populist ticket. George D. Mickel John was the republican nominee and Judge Heneley of Columbus represent--d the democrats in the fight. Since re tiring from politics Devine has made ood in the land business and now jounis nis weaiin in six ngures. n now belongs to that class know as pluto crats he so strongly denounced on the tump thirteen yeaiS ago. HnupuHir. from the Deaorrat Attorney Drake was a Columbus visit or Sunday. Chas. Munroe speat Sunday with hit parents at Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Geitzen were Omaha visitors this week, being called there by the serious illness of Mrs Louie Gietzen who submitted to an operation for a oaucer. Mr. Gietzen has returned and reports the lady somewhat improved with fair chances for recovery. Mrs. Gietzen remained) in Omaha for a longer stay. On Tuesday morning of last Week at 4:20 o'clock, at the home of her grand parents in this city, Mias Clara Coopet passed to that great beyond from whence no traveler returns. Clara F K. Cooper was born near' Valparaiso, Nebraska, on the22ddy of March, 18S5. tnen at the age of four years Clara' mother died and she then came to make her home with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Smith of . this place, who were then living at Columbus, later at Lindsay and for the past few years in Humphrey. She was a graduate of the Lindsay high school in the 1897 clae6 and until 1904 she taught school at dif ferent places. Besides her grandparents, relatives of the deceased living here or near by are Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Jos. N. Smith of this place, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Kruse of the Cornlea neighborhood and Mr. and Mrs J. B. Loeffler of Cedar Rapids, Nebr., all uncles and aunts. The fuueral watt held from St. Francis church Satur day morning at 9 o'clock and the re mains laid to rest in St. Francis ceme tery and the autumn leaves will fall up on another grave that hides from our fight all that is mortal of a true and noble lady. Mayahe rest in peace. FUIiIiKKTOK. Praia the Past . Grandma Hardta, who went to Colnm bun laat week to make her home with her grandson, Clyde Templeton, hss re .urned and will visit frieude here until the Templeton family moves and h settled. Irvin Fuller received a telegram Fri day morning stating that his brother, Fred, is seriously ill with peritonitis at iia home inOklahoma City. He left oo the noon train and was joined in Omaha by his sister, Mrs. Curtis, who aocompa aied him aouta. r Mrs. busanah Hoover died at her aoaaeialhe north part of town thin moraing at six o'clock. She had beeaM ill for souse Utile tisae but death came as a result of heart failure due to old aga, beiag nearly 82 years old. She was bora hi Harrison ooanty, Ohio, hat had lived here a aamber of yeara. 8heis survived by several children, three of whom were with her ia her laat hour. The body wattaksa to Geaea Friday aad laid ta rest ia the ceaietery at that 1 Evelya, the two year old daughter of Mr. aad Mrs. Thssdsrs Rahuars, had a rather peculiar accident laat week whieh nearly resulted lathe loss ofjaa eye. One of the aeighbor children came ia to play with her aad ia aa attempt Io lift her up let her fall forward atrikiBg her ia -the eya with a hat pin. Mrs. BeisMrs saw atoaea that tha child waa badly hart aad carried bar to Dr. Batber, who by immediate atteatkm saved the eye. though he thinks there will alwaya re main a alight scar ontbe aria. axaioir. From the Ansa. Miss' Lela Sheltoa, daughter of Mm. Fraak Mathews, weat to Wallace, Idaho. Monday to make her home. A. 8piegal waa ia town Thursday, re joicing in tha fact of beiag doae busk ing oora. Ho said he had mora com than usual. His average was about 95 bushels to the acre. Grandma Poppen concluded her visit here and went to Lincoln Friday even ing of last week. Her granddaughter, Alta Keaterson, weat as far as Columbus to visit a cousin over Sunday. Last Friday night about 10 o'clock as Dr. J. H. Smith was coming down town after aoass medicine, he had an accident whioh caused him to feel rather sore for several days. Just as he was comiag past Browder's furniture store he went to go around a ditch which had been dug across the walk to lay water pipes in, but didn't notice that there bad6esc one dug in the street, so fell iato it, fractur ing two of his ribs and bruising hiss-up generally. It was feared for awhile that the fall might prove serious aa ha had considerable trouble with his heart, but he seems to be getting along all right now and ia able to get down town and help look after the office practice. CKHTRAL CTTT. From the Nonpareil, Boy Cooper, who severely injured hia hand while working with a Union Pa cific bridge gang a few weeks sgo, is improving slowly. Blood poison threat ened the hand for a time bnt danger from that source has been averted. Friends in this city have received osrds aunouneiBg the wedding of Miss MsbleSeeley to Joe McKay, which will take place at the home of the bride's parents in Palmer on November 37th. Both of these young people are well known in Central City. Sam Johnson, the gardner, sold a tur nip Friday which weighed four pounds. Sam waa at a loss to know whether to sell the vegetable by the bushel or by the ton, but finally compromised by eel ling it at the pound rate. How stuff does grow ia Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. McOsbe have ceived word that their eon Charlie re- married on the 27th of last month to a Seattle young lady. Charlie has a good position there as a street ear conductor. His friends here will take a great deal of pleasure in forwardingtheir congratula tions. urunxen tngineer in cab. One day recently a locomotive en gineer named Gatie was ordered to 'ake an express engine from Chau nont to Chalona-sur-Marne. in France. The official who gave him the order did not notice that Gatle was drunk. At Saint-Dirier the fact was noticed and the station master vainly tried to induce him to leave his locomotive. After this Gatle evidently feared to 3top, for, putting his engine at full speed he tore along the line in the di rection of Chalons. He paid no atten tion to signals, but rushed through station after station at sixty miles an hour. By a miracle he accomplished about sixty miles without . accident, and finally reached .the station at Chalons.' Here" the Paris-Nancy ex press was standing on the main line, when the officials were horrified to aee the powerful engine rushing into the station. A catastrophe seemed in evitable, when a switchman named Pecave, with great presence of mind, seized the lever of a switch and wait ed for the engine to reach them. He waited till the first four wheela had passed and then threw the poiata open. The 'result was to sand the rear wheels onto the other line, there by forcing the locomotive off the rails. It ploughed along the ground for i hundred yards and then stopped. A young stoker who accompanied the crazy driver did not dare to embark on a struggle with him. All he could do was to keep the whistle going con tinually. Even after the derailment the driver had to be dragged from hia engine by .main force. Railroad Mileage and Earnings. Poor's Manual for 1907 la instruc tive on the point of the reasonable ness of average American railway rates. The completed mileage at the beginning, of 19t7 waa 2S2.C3I miles, an increase of 5,294 miles over the previous year. The average receipts a passenger carried waa 2.011 cents a mile, against 2.028 the year before an appreciable decrease. The aver age freight revenue a toa a mile waa 76f-thoasandtha of a cent, as against 784-thousandths la 1905. The average Interest rate oa railway bonds in 190S was 3.99 per cant, .and the average dividend on all stock was 3.03 per cent. These returns are smaller than are expected oa capital lavested la moat kinds of business. The total liabilities of all railways In the United States were $17,534,331,(33. of which $7,851,107,778 waa bonds and $7,108. 408,976 waa stock. There were other bond obligations aad accrued liabili ties of various klnda exceeding $1, 500,009,000. Groan earnings were $2. 346,640.286; net. $790,187,812. Tha passeager earnings were $521,231,377; freight, $1,659,925,643; .other. $165,483.- 306. The operating expenses $1,556,452,574. The number of eengcrs carried was 815,774.118, aad the passenger mileage waa 26,842. 462.029. aad tha freight mileage 216. 653.795.696. HARD ADD 80PT COAL-, DEDE1S FILLED FEOMFT LT. P. 9. 8MITM LUMBtt CO. rgnajC'5 ;,-3SW '-to W-. r rfrvvSfFS: (KgS&Sg&$$g .' . .-" - i .. . , ; " lllVJllplraal-auiwM ' I ragLanualsVWWwanuaBnuaanl 1 BnuflBnu'anuanuanuuBurailsBr.gl r fVgaVgaVgaVgaVafSH ?ijt muuMBSsasBnuanuanuauaT.aunl aw aja. wf a. ia anuanuanuanuanuaalBnuBsl . ,jssv- anualaW am I v BLsBBBuaaaBaw- , sum HUtr cream of tuurtar m ;j WSr Wong ixwder Malras )j Food MoreDdadoasand ttxne No Alum No Pbotrpha tet 1 . Caiw Must f Taken to Ktaf Alum A From tho Food BnuanuW 'm. wwsbbbbisbb wsbubuI ubbbbbuuuuuuuuu' bbbbbbs mMv aHaaali aVU aw a tslsraasi aa aaJaias; pwwwsr." Prs S. W. Jshaaaa. Tela GsaVajet -I tsajavel aVsk ( ssuaa asJ uffAWauuak asssale alaauma sahs) T Inl IT sate lawaaw "gaaaawsssssBBBBB) " !' " i ALL SWISS MAY tEAR ARMt. Entire Papulation Drilled ta Be Called On te and Liable Fight. The army of Switzerland, theoret ically 50.000 strong. Is practically In visible except at some afternoon of rile shooting or target shooting, oa the rifle range of the commune. Guar anteed in Its neutrality, aad land bounded by the guarantors, Switzer land, says the Boston Transcript, has really no enemies from whom mili tary Invasion Is to be apprehended. But the whole population Is liable to Lmllitary duty all the same aad duly .'performs it. first and last, ia all class es of society. The elementary mil itary drill is taken by boys at ten years of age aa play and gymnastics at school. At 17 all the youth of Switzerland are taken bodily into the army, every one of them, and from that age to 50 each Is liable for service in defense of his country, and. In fact, does give up of bis time from study, business or pleaaure, as the case may be, from 45 days a year, .when he la 20, to 16 daya every other year till he la. 32. after which the demand of the army upon him Is for only nine days' service In every four years until he is 44. The basic principle is that every able bodied man should accustom him self in the use of arms and thus the home of democracy claims at the same time, to be the first of the European nations to Introduce universal mili tary service. Tet you seldom see a soldier In Switzerland, where all the civilians are by turns soldiers; It is another case of not being able to see the for est for the trees. The general staff Is the only permanent and visible part of the half million military hosts. It consists of the commander-in-chief, who receives a salary of ten dollars a day. and his staff. Yet the Tell legend persists In enthusiasm with which the Swiss citizen-soldiery take up their tours of duty -as they arrive to each and all. The' wealthy taxpayer stands in he ranks side by side with the mechanic; the broker from the city and the peasant from the moun tains share the same quarters and equal hardships. There are no crack corps; the career is open to talents; each ia assigned tasks according to abilitlea; the son of a groom may work himself to the position of the FOB ECONOMY BURN GAS We say this because gas is so much cheap er than other fuel, that the savins; is considerable. Our price is $1.75 HKrOftt. . Subject toa discount for prompt payment s REMEMBER That to the first consumers we give free 1000 feet of gas. Labor is cheaper now than it will be later in the winter or next spring, so the reason is plain why it u best to get in among the first customers. It will be to the interest of every consumer to boy all fixtures of the company and by the time the plant k ready for operation, we will have a large stock to select from. December 1 is the day f or turning gas into the mains, so don't delay. Do not let our solicitor leave your place without aim ing an application for gas service. Columbus gas Co., Ind. Phone 365 Office 1207 Platte St. only general, ana rue nca uuut ... may graduate frost the araty aa a grooaa. tidying the barracka. It la said that the Swiss enlisted mea per form feats, of BKuataln. climbing with their mule-borae artillery that aaake available poiata of vaatage which ta the ordinary military eya would seem Inaccessible. Aa army that makes the smallest possible draft on the public purse aad oa the labor supply of the country aad yet lacludea la its per sonnel all callings aad every who ia physically it aad not urgently demanded, aay aa-railroad maa or telegrapher, la tha Meal mili tary establishment for a dosaoc ratio age. Mildly Harmful. . "Such aa article.- said Dr. H. P. Jadsoa, tha new head of the Uaiver alty of Chicago, ia declining a rather uaaaual laterview. "would aot oaly ha futile, hut even, ia a mild way. harm ful. "It would be like the work of tha aareful houeekeeper. ' "There waa aa oM general who had brought home from the war a aplea dai lag a lag ail ton with bullets, faded with' lerce auaa aad stained with the dust aad Mood of battle. This superb trophy huag over the auatel la his library. "Wen, oae aalueky day he engaged a aew housekeeper, aad the next week adassi hia' lag. He raag at once. "Where la that lag of adaer he said, poiatlBg aaxioualy to the empty apace oa the walL "1 have beea workrag oa It, air,' the housekeeper answered. Tve washed it thorowajkly aad aewed ap all the reata aad daraed all the holes, aad whea I hriag it back to you. sir. I'm sure youll say it looks quite aa good aa new. " The Naval Militia Sized. Up. Ia the whole aaval militia fleet of 22 vessels, there are oaly two or th-e upon which the naval militia can learn anything which will fit It for erv- ""tee la the navy la time "of war. The fleet consists of one old monitor, oae old cruiser, seven aaval gunboats, nine yachts, two sailing ships aad a nondescript. Army aad Navy Life. Explained. Prue She claims that she tells only white lies. Dolly Pshaw! That girl la color blind. Smart Set a i ". t r-,x " ?&, A t- g.fe-..--f V-S .vi; te!J.Z5tzik2i:jfi&, feyfeI r . -'5 'wai.. &&jggtay -cut SfeaKsasas &ffe--g,L v"i; fc?vG -. r v lBe j?KMv? f