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SSBBBBBBBBBBS'BmftZl tH? sbbbbbIsbbbbbbvMb aTsBPBsTkl vflajk SSBBBBBBBBBBBs9l9BjBSKrr ffTYBSSBBk bbbbbbbbbw"bbbbbbbbw wW 'MrrrrSSSS BBBBBBwBkBBaL.aBT sTlTPfr,BSSSSS Mops, Brushes, Brooms, As well as clothes lines, Pearline, Sapo lio and other items, can always be had here, "Johimy-on-the-spot," and at low est poasible prices. Leave an order. You know you need them. I3th S. ITEMS OF INTEREST aiLVKB CBBBK. Proaai tans SaaawmL Mr. aad Mm. A. K. Both aad Mn. J. S. Alpoaga wara Colaatbaa Tiaitoia Wadaeaday. Mra. Joka. Pataraoa of Golaaibaa apeat Thakativiaic with bar pareats, Mr. aad Mta.G.W.MerriL . Mra. Mattia Baadall of Colarabaa aad Miaa Blaaehe O'Goaaor of Genoa were Thaakajriviaff caaata at thair aMHhara. Mra. Haaaah O'Connor. 8T. KOWASD. from tbe Adraace. 'Mias Maa Burrowa rataraed f roa a waak'a yiait witL relatina atOolambaa. 'araadan Hoyt went down to Go laaibaa Uoaday to vieit relatiraa until after Thanksgiving. Mr. aad Mn. Earneet 8ebaek aad ehildraa waatdowa to Oolaaibos Mon day on a Tiait to relative. A letter from Loop City reached thia office this morning announcing the ar rival of Kathryn Ellen Hinmaa on Nor 19. 1907. at tha home of Mr. and Mn. Harry A. Hinmaa. Mr. aad Mrs. J. & Adaaw arrived Tuesday from Lake Stdeoa an extended visit with relatives. Mr. Adams disposed of his business interests at Lakeside and has so far aot definitely decided apon cis fatare pi LIHDSAT. Frost the Feat.1 Now that we an to have a water work system we mast have a fire department. The hose can has already arrived aad woalditaot be wise to call a meeting aad form aa orgaaizaition. Miaa Kate Borer aad Peter Berger, the form the 17 year old daughter of Mr. end Mrs. Peter Borer, well-to to peo ple liviag a few miles soathwestof Lind say aad tbe Utter a farm head employ ed by them, wen the parties forming aa elopement. Taesday asoraing Mr. Berger boarded the passenger aad want to Hamphrey where he hired a team aad drove back to Taeo. Hittnera at which place Miss Borer waa working aad was accompanied back by the y oang lady. They then took thetraia toOo lambaa aad ao tnoa has been nude. Mr. Borer aad M. L Bamakem went dowa to Oalambas yesterday bat could aot locate them. The cease for the elepmeatis aot known as the subject of marriage waa aot even broached by the yoaas coaple, who an held ia high es- ley her pareats aad irtenda. FRISCHHOLZ BROS. snoES CLOTHING Gents' Furnisnin Goods I lalysmoetweeafiTeaadaixe'eloekTass- llrlT II I 11 If TT (fe.1 I T - I . v a tha tasdmin IflnllllLI i;ii -af JUtyxir JfJUUKSK fast wfsb aiN) rama lantna- I beea m& 1. I wntlwagbt latr'l ' 'iv I ' br aim I sim asm 1 1 1 1 Sm I "V bWb mm maS mm I F Lsmll I- 1" M M BJBJ fBJ 7 TBlay aasssi aBpiaalf'l1- tW . . . .. .. . TV. -- - mmmmm. . m A . aa I - xitti sa-eetv uoiumbiii. I -- " -TT.r r a tl rAonrnrA-rtfa Mnmt hem mm 4 CO. ABOUT OUR NEIGH BORS AND FRIENDS CLIPPED FROM OUR EXCHANGES FULUCBTOH. Fraa tke HnmJoanaL Sandy Gnawold, Nabraaka's aportiaf oraela,anaatMoBday hamoa tha sand ban. He was the tint of him nM ' friend. Sam BichaKwd. Word ooBMa from California Graat Stnefc, oaoe a naidaat of that place, receatly died from a at.oke of paralyaia. Ha Ured at ' Hantiactoa Lyaua Harris hat sold his plaoa, knows as tha Woodliae farm, toB.F. ParviB.for80aaacr. Thia is the top price we believe, for farm land ia this section. The farm ia close to town and well improved. r , . 7v. . - Then are ao hodcarrien in Japan. Tha native builders have a method of transporting mortar which makes it eeem store like play than work to the oalookar. The saortaria mixed ia a pile in the street One man makes Una ap into balls of aboat six nonnda each. which be tosses to a man who stands on a ladder midway between the roof aad tie around. Thia man eatehea the hall aad tomes it ho to a ana who ataada oa the roof. ALBIOX. FroattheArsaa, ' Agaea Gee went to Columbus Thare day to speed the day with frieada. Mn. Loran Clark visited frieada in St. Edward over Sunday aad retaraed home Monday afternoon. Mrs. B. JealtiaaoB who has beea hare atteading the faaerel of her Brother, Mrs. W. H. Morris, retained to bar hosM at Loup City Monday. James Nevele arrived home from his western trip Thursday morning. He had beea goae for aboat three weeks aad when last heard from waa qaite sick ao that his folks wen getting con siderably worried. Mra. O. W. Templetoa aad child transferred ben Monday. She been to Fullerton to visit her parents before going to O'Neil where Mr. Tem pleton has a position on n new demooret paper started there. B. F. McBride of lower Cedar, one of the old timen aad aa original aimon pan democrat, the only genuine blown in tbe bottle kind, waa in the city Mon day. Baa says he ia aot feeliag at all well and hie health is badly shattered. He showed as tha aeedletaat dwelt ia his aaatomy f or over twenty yean aad chat worked oat a few months ago. Whether that baa nnythinr to do with his pnseat phyetcel condition he does aot kaow. Kebi, Satarday Ve aid Prairie. Mr. sat from Goto Mrs. J. F. Carrig at- giviag day with their Surveyor QoMobaU has ban ap fi Oetambwstbm weak earveyiag tea part of tha Martia Barn farm wkith waa parchsssd ay Tom Lyneh aad Pat OJoa- Mrs.Jos8oha whoaederweat aa opsratiaa at St. Mary'a hospital ia wiiawM UII1 Jt aiealy. which bar maay friaada wfll be pleaaedtolaara. Mrs.0. J. Carrie ud baby cameap from Colmmbaa lastSatarday, aad while ben wara gaents at tha hoaan of Mr. aad Mrs. Eagene Mackaa aad Mr. aad Mrs. R. W. Osatlsmsa, retaraiag bona dayeveeiag. Ervia Nieholsoa last weak bad oliae engine iaatallad oa bis farm soata wastof towatfor thaparnoaa af pamp tag water for hiaatoak, Thanana.aita a aambsr of these sagiaesia this vieiai- ty, they havag saaalaatad wiad auUa, TbayoostaoaaoratbaaawiadadlLan lam liable te get oat of repair, aad they do the work whether tha wind atowa or aot. Yesterday sroraiagwhea Mr. aad Mrs. Joe, Liabay and thair aaa John wan com lag to towa, driviag a team of males hitched toa two seated baggy, at the B W.OeaUemaa farm oaa aide of the pole, when it ia attached to the axle, came loose. John got oat to tx it aad tha team started aad got away from him. They came iato towa with the baggy awkiag eaake ttaeke all the way Mrs. LMbigaittiagiatheseat.Mr. Lie big hanging to the hied aad of tha bag gy aad tha liaaa dragging. Aa they tamed north at the bank comer Dick Began canght the males by their heads aad etopped theaa. No oaa waa hart and nothing was brokea. It is nmsrk able that the team ahoald ran folly a aaile.tura low ooraan, aad with bat oaeaide of tha pole faataaad aothing happened. BToxaoa. laanaleWam, Mr. aad Mrs. a O. Terry wen at Colambae Wedaeadsy. Born on 8aaday, October 34, to Mr. and Mn. Boy Tharstoa, a bob. Mrs. Kdwia Hoan aad daaghter Alice retaraed from Liasola Tasaday. MiaaMabla Tbantoa of Geaoaapeat Saaday at the home of Mr. and Mm. Maaaiagtoa. Half. Schram, aooompaaied by bar daaghter Mim Helen, wan ia Colnm baa this week. Miaa Daiey Cash of Albion was an over 8uaday gaeat at tha home of Mr. sad Mrs. Priest. WTE. Cole, who baa beea confined to his room for soaae time, is maeh better aad will sooa be able to be oat agaia. F. K. Strother baa been ap from Oolnmbaa thia week assist lag ia makisg tha traasfer of the Kelly -Potter Merean tile Go, stock to J.pl. OarUale. Mr. aad Mrs. 0. W. Talbitsar left Taesday for Niks, O, aad Batter, Pa., whan they wiU visit Mrs. Talbitxer'a father. They expect to nmsia in the sast aatil spriag. Taesday nfternoon aparks from tbe. engiaeofthe pimingH traia set fire to sosae bay atocka baloagiag to&E. Ohspin, aboat a mile west of Oeoaee, aad baraed tbna atocka. Tha eeetion men wen near at the time aad aaceead ediaaaving three other ataoka. Frost tha LoeUaseiae. Charley Zeigter topped 'the ssarket for hogaia So. Omaha last week It wsslve cents, bat the peckere have pat the pool pries down to aader four siaoe. Charley was ia lack open. Qua Bscher of Oolambaa waa ia towa oa Tuesday. Gas ia oaa of the early birds of Nebraska, waa ban whea we oameia'aV. Helaof thefirmof Beeher, Hookeaberger Chambers, tbe live irm of real eatata maa of Colambua. They wish yon a Marry F. T. Walker of Oolambaa waa calliagoa frieada and relatives ia town a few daya this week. Mr. aad Mra. Thed Magaire went dowa to Oolambns Moaday to eoasult a physician ia regard to Mr. Magairesia jnredknes. John Toresaa and Sunday at his borne aaar Taraov, after aa illaeas of asvaral weeks, the immediate eaaaa of bis death being a paralytic stroke. Gab Pedanoa aad Mary toawkaat Satarday eve aiag bom Pierre, 8oath Dakota, aear they have beea boldiag dowa far tha past few asoataa. They have lived tha reqaired amoaatof time on thair hnmsstmils aad they an eatiUed to patieauto tha lead. Home steed life asssmW hare agreed with the girisas they an JaoUag healthr aad Oltis a atnbaof war. alyaieba in aad six Valoak Tasa day bi At the time of at five e'etnek last tobeaosmwaatim- McOttiswaa anaadtowaaU ngly ia his fl"V w wUmvaaana Ke.U 40Saat Ke.llattdUUdSpm "p. Mm 0w !...... 2tMpsi ffwK aw.. SdMlpenl Mo. 8 -Mpm No. t ZdHpm No. 98 Mlm noaiOLK. sr-Auao a Kumom. KaHaud ASdSam Ke.sas ..d7:3ai Ma.saa ..aUtm lto.m..tMlBn Ko.7faud. N.81aw . No. tt pat. Moiaaai. .dSJSaai ,aUpm .a 748am Dell? BOB: cm. 1.1 7 aad Si fefeasli'iSftaar- hoi. s aan am awii uauw only. No MdseiaOawka4.-ttp.au No.SdaaiBOaahaS3Wp.au OBVOA. the Item. Fred Besler Las nrrivsd from Obsrlin, Ohio. Ha expects to nmsia Inn a few daya aad then go to bharidsa, Wyom ing. He says that his father ia bow liv iag at Psadalton, Ongoa. Mrs. Mary Hart of this city met with qaite aa acoideot last Friday. ' While splitting wood aha fell sad fractured bar shoakler. -Aa she Uvea aloae aad ao one to care for her. Mat Mort Irish, bar raigbbor, kindly volaateend to anna heraatilsha neovan from herniary. What is termed a religions awakea ingis aboat to take plsee in Follertoa, A stock company has been formed to baild a tabernaokle aad secare theser viesa of Bev. Lincoln McOonaelL a pro fessional evangelist. Theoraaade against His Satanic Majeaty will open aome tiawia January. From tha Mr. Ladeaberg sad daaghter of Oo lnmbns wen visiting their daughter and sister in thia city the first of the week. C L. Harris, who took Mrs. Harris to Kansas a few weeks ago for her btaltb, returned today. We an glad to be able to report that Mm, Harris is some better then whea abe left Genoa. Let's see didnt sosae fellow predict that, owiag to spots on the snn, or eome thing of tbe eort, we would have a apell of weather aboat the 20th of the present month If the weather the past week was caused by "spots on the sua" what m the mstter with hiring aome fellow to paiatafew spots on the "Orb of day" that won't come off. W. a Irish aad Miss Tillie Person wen married at the home of the bride's parents on the Looking Glass valley oa Wednesday evening last, Bev. C. W. Wimberly officiating. The wedding was a qaiet one, only n few of the re latives being preseat. Mr. aad Mm. Irish will coutinae to make their home in thin city aad will oosapy the residence formerly owned by J. M Perrigo. I LEIOB. Froat the World. Jack Price was over from Ooluaibns this week. Wo. Loeeke and Carl 8chutte had buainen at Columbus Satarday. Henry 8chlueter took a sick horse to Columbaa Tasaday aad had it treated by Veteriaary 8argoea Garstaneon. Mr. Schlaeter returned Thursday with hie horse completely cared. Gerd Asche won a suspicions look on his face Monday morning nnd finally called the editor aside and told him that a tea pound girl had arrived at their home the evening before. Last Friday morning Bodolf, Charlie, John and Emil Hobza greatly surprised their brother Ed by driving into hie yard at four o'clock in the morning with four huge loads of oora which they had gathered from his field while be waa still in the land of dreams. Thia was only the beginning of their daya work. Ao Ed was a little behind with his hank ing, his brothere took thia mesne of helping him out which was greatly ap preciated by aim. Aa Joe Klinsky was driving into darkson from the aonth, last Satarday Boon, he noticed that tbe stnbblefie'd ad joining the town was on fire. He hast ened to notify the citisens who at first scoffed at the idea of any possible dan ger, but ere many moments had elapsed tbe fir itself came roaring over tbe hill at a f arioaa rete of speed. Thoroughly aroaeed. citizens sad fireman both turn ed oat ia full force and by their com bined effortn aucceededln checking the fiime just as they reached the residence portion of the town. HARD AND SOFT COAL ORDERS FILLED PROMPT LY. P. D. 8MITH LUMBER GO. AUCTIONEER -Dates oaa be made at the Joaraal Omos COLUMBUS Wa iavlto aU who desire choice atsak.aad the very best eata of all ether maste to call at.oar We &u u Me.1 STCV MsvlS Ke.a Ito.5 .US an .Uaa .UJSaai .Uilia . SJSai Ma . dSBpat . 74Saa intlmr Bail-II I amillKll- I esiAnjSJESSSJBJI8njV WWIMJia fvanr a-BimsMBial mVaVas Maahaw apaaajgaavm mayiamf mmnay Tha railroad companies la former daya spared ao expense when It came to the coastractioB or ornameatatioa of their loooamotlvaa. which were aot oaly tha pets of the aagtaeen aad tha pride of tha whole road bat also dally asoviag adrertteenaats of the service. Ia these tweatieti ceatary daya of black, pooled locomotives whose aua ten change every trip It aeeaa a far cry back to the romantic daya of rsil roadiag. whea every road tried to oat- do Its rivals la tha way of dandy en glaea, of which tha eagJneen wara tha ahaolata masters. No oaa bat a certain apeclSai aa glaaar waa allowed to ma oaa of theaa eagJaee aader aay drcaawtaaeaa, aad whea it became aecessary to place tbe engine la the shop for Jt thoroagh ovarhaaliag tha eaglneer alt work aatil tha machinists had got throaga. Perhaps the beat examples of all dandy engines were two boaght by the New Haven road la the 'Sea. ' Theaa engines, which ware moasten for those days, had driving wheels Iva feet nine laches ia diameter aad coat aboat 16.01 each. Tha cab waa nude of aolld walaat Inside the roof of the cab waa composed of narrow alternate strips of amhogany and walaat The aide windowa wara nude of stained Jast aa much expense waa lacarred to make the outside of the engine at tractive. First, the frame waa made of planed steel, highly polished. The driven were all painted red, with a tiny black stripe. From the cab to the sand box every thing waa covered with brass, even the Jacket of the boiler, while from the aaad box to the stack the boiler waa covered with Russian Iron. Around the dome and tha aaad box waa a cov ering of bran and the cyllnden aad steam chests were enclosed with the same1 metal. Strips of bran were mid along the edge of tha running boards and the hand raile were of brass pip ing, with large bells of brass, eagles or something of the kind at the end. Oa the side of the headlight of No. 18, whose engineer waa Edward Chat terton, waa painted the United Statea coat of arms, while the tender of No. 14 had the same device on the aide. The tender waa painted black and enameled, while all .the striping waa Biade with gold leaf. The engineer or No. 34, Mayaard 8mith, alwaya wore white duck, aa la deed did maay of the other old tun engineers, aad he waa very exacting. When he climbed Into the cab of his engine jast before starting oa a trip he would take out his white handker chief aad wipe the different braaa fit tings la the cab to see If all had beea properly cleaned. ' Many of the engines in aae la the early daya were named instead of be ing numbered. On the New Haven A Hartford road, which connected the two cities before the consolidation, the engines bore such namea as Andro meda, Venus, Orient and Adonis. Some engines had landscapes painted on the sides of the cab. In those daya the engineer was the aristocrat .among railroad men. Aa aooa aa he reached the end of his ran he would take off his overalls, tura over the engine to a hostler, wash his hands at the tender cock and step off right at the station, his work done until the return trip. If any repairs were seeded he did not consider that his duty had beea fulfilled whea a report had beea turned la. He made it his particular baai aeaa persoaally to aee that the repalre ware properly executed. Oftea aa eaglneer would spead houn of hw owa time to get his machine Into tha very best condition. Under the preseat system the engineer gets away aa aooa as possible and doesn't show up again until ready to take out his runonce mora. . Railroad Statistics. The lateratate commerce aton has made public aa abstract of Its nineteenth annual statistical report covering tha year ending Juan M), 190S, showing the par valae of nil. way capital outstanding waa $147f . 41i;478, or $67,36 per mile of the rail waya In the United States. Of thia over 33 per cent paid no dividends. Of the railways stock outstanding S3, 267,175,799 was owned by railway cor porations and of railway bonds 1841, 305,930 waa ao reported. The aggre gate gross earnings from the operated mileage of 222,340 miles of lines were 1225.765,107, being $243,282,761 great er than la 1905. Their operating ax peases were 31,536,877,271, or $146, 275413 more than la 1905. The net earnings aggregated $788,887,896, aa Increase of $97,007,844. Deducting fixed and other charges, the report says $385,186,328 is the set Ibcobm for the year available for divtdeads or surplus. There were 977,507,838 paa aeagere carried, aa iacrease of over 00.000,000. aad 1.641,374,219 teas of freight carried, aa Iacrease of over 202,000,000. The report shows that 10,018 per bobs ware killed aad 97,700 Injured. There was a total of 1.521.356 per aoas oa the pay roU. . The report shows that one passenger waa killed for every 2427,941 carried, while la 1905 oae was killed for every 1,375, 850. Oaa persoa waa injured for every 74476, as against oaa la every 70,055 in 1905. Living Aprlna Indiaa library la tag oae. Aa Arlsoas jadaa, who baa stadylag this tribe, says that they select aeveral proatialag yoaths of their tribe from tine to taw for living libraries of their traditioae, sad they an carefalry iastractad Is the historical legends nartoJaiag to their tribe, baiag required to faithfully to aseasory. They la tare their sBceasaors, sad thus the trsdUfcms ia theexaet kfYlbiksmXiekMt XwmlwtkwUmfmkt Ths( lBprwes lie lteam0Mxmt1ni Its Vse wL Protectkm and Guarantf3t) Against Alum Food TRAVELING BY ELEPHANT. Uncomfortable Hewdah Fording Riv en and Passing Through Forests. There were two elephants at our disposal -and myself and the interpre ter rode the first, each occupying half of the bowdah. The howdah has a 'peculiar and objectionable habit of nearly sacceedlag ia cutting your legs ia two.. If yoa haag your legs outside you may pad the edge aa much aa you like, bat if yoa are aew to tha game yoa will wake la about half an hour from an uneasy dose with the painful coavictioB "that the lower halves of your legs hsve dropped off. On squirming up Into a position from which you can view the outside world yoH will see they are still dang ling there, but with an irresponsibili ty which suggests that they have beea frayed through to the last shred. Ab normal efforts allow you to drag them safely inside and yoa think it will be better In future to keep them there. The elephant Is almost as fine a ve hicle to see the surrounding country from aa a London bus, and there is a considerable-elemeat of excitement in his progression. The elephant I rode had a fatal habit when it came to a river bank or bit of rough ground of looking around and picking out what seemed the worst bit he could see. Dowa oae aide of a river It seemed aa If he waa engaged in trying to stand oa his head and I could look out of the howdah, although I was ly ing therein, and observe the fishes darting over the stoaes la the water just under my lord's noble forehead. More than once on these journeys the beast would patiently slouch through the trees and bushes off the track in search of something' edible quite re garless of the fact that the branches threatened to sweep howdah and everything else over the stern. But quite one of the most peculiar sensations waa when they took it into their heads to have a scratch against the telegraph poles. It would be a wonderful line which could with stand the solid work the elephant ex pects its posts to carry out and when the number two beast leaned too hard and the post snapped I could almost see the mild and somewhat indignant surprise reflected from one Intelligent face to the other. Singapore Free Press. CLOSIIfi 00! ! HAVING too many irons in the fire . I have decided to close out my racket store between now. and Christmas. . Our goods are all marked in plain figures and as an inducement we will give ABSOLUTELY FREE With each and every 25c purchase, T goods to the value of ul) With each 50c purchase goods iAeT to the value of IUU With every $1.00 purchase OCaT - goods to the value of tMl - BUSCHMAN'S RACKET STORE Third Door North First Nat'l Bank IUMsnWWIIINNIIIII Dr. Flaw Mb TWO STRANGE TREES. Tha Mlajava Yucca t Tha Creeping Oak af California has oaa tree which Is tha persoalficaUoa of sxyatery. Fouad Bowhere else la the world. R had a mysterious origia aad thrivaa la a ra gfcm of saystery. The Mojava yucca la a vegetable freak which has developed into a speclea. It haa tha characteristica of aeveral plaata, to which ao nlatioa ahip can be traced. It ia aa endogea, yet ita hark abows concentric rings such as characterise the exogeaous stems. It lives aad thrives ia great aumbers la a regkm early devoid of vegetatloa. la a land of heat aad thirst sad barrenness. Another tree la California which haa a peculiar personality la the creep ing oak of Monterey. Nowhere ia the vegetable Uagdom caa be fouad ao true a representative of monopoly. The tree la of gnarly growth, its limbs, like those of the sycamore, bending nnd twisting 1b all directions.' Wherever a branch touches tha earth it takea root and becomes, aa it were, another trunk, though still a branch of the aula stem, drawing BoarisBBMBt both from the parent stem nnd from the aew aonrce. Ia this manner the tree la spread till It has taken possession of five acres of ground, and it la still advaaciag. P. ELMagaxlae. She Meant a Mantle. Thomas A. Edisoa was discussing at Atlantic City the various devices for Increasing the brilliance and diminish ing the cost of n gas jet. "Many of tbese devices have for base a mantle," he said. "Ton knuw what a mantle looks like? Thea youll appreciate a remark I overheard la a hardware dealer's. "A young woman eatered the shop aad said: " 'Have yoa got those things for Im proving a gas light?" "Yes, madam.' said the dealer. Here is a complete set, fittiags. chim ney nnd mantle, all for ' M 'Oh. I doa't want the set,' said the young woman. Tve got the metal part and the chimney, but the little white ehlrt is busted. 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