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All the contforts of
town life can now be
had on the farm.
Heat the house with
hot water, and get the
maximum amount of
comfort at a minimum
cost. The day of the
base burner in the
country home is rapid
ly passing.
WHY NOT HAVE THE BEST
The time to install a beating
plant is from now on.
Once installed, they last a life
time. Come in and let ns tell you
abont it, or drop us a card Btating
what you want.
1. DUSSELL t SON
Plumbing and Hot Water
Heating
COLUMBUS, NEB.
Route No. 4.
While threshing for Adolph Lauden
klos last Saturday Mayberger & Poef
fel's threshing machine set fire to the
grain stacks, and two were burned np,
also the self feeder on the machine.
Four other stacks of grain, close by,
were saved by hard work.
Walker Township.
L. E. Anderson is visiting his brother-in-
law, Gust Dahlin, in Boone county.
Mrs. Thilda Johnson of Genoa is visit
ing at John Swanson's
Fred Nelson and Swan Nickieson
were among those who bought stock at
the stock sale in St. Edward last Satur
day. Since selling land in this locality, P.
P. Johnson is visiting in Chicago, where
his wife has been for sometime.
Dahlman and Hood finished threshing
Friday. They say there w.ib a light
run this year.
Threshing is about completed in this
neighborhood, and farmers are begining
to think about begining to pick corn the
coming week.
"The Man of the Hour" which comes
to North Theatre on Wednesday Oct. 13
has begun its fourth year with undimin-
ished success It is one of those plays
of such dramatic strength that it sub
merges the identity of the actors. Us
i nally one playgoer says to another,
"Have you seen So-and-so in such and
such a play?" But when this George
Broadhurst play is talked about the
query is: "Have you seen, The Man of
the Hour'?", which proveB, after all,
that "the play is the thing". , Mr.
Broadhurst has very skilfully brought
out the intluence of good women and 60
adds much to the charm and popularity
of the play. His quartette of fond
lovers is composed of whole-some, natur
al young people. Thero fs nothing arti
fical or hysterical about their love-making.
The special cast which will be seen
here includes Arthur Maitland, Felix
Haney,John Moore, William Cullington,
T. S. Gnise, M. J. MacQnarrie, Paul
i Byron, William Lloyd, H. J. Hewitt,
George AJ Cameron, Edward Dewey,
Madeline Winthrop, Anna Header and
Florence Mack.
Helen Frick's Good Work.
Miss Helen Frick, daughter of the
Pittsburg millionaire, is said to be
. taking the greatest pleasure in her
philanthropic work, transporting city
waifs down to the farm which her
father has given her for the purpose.
She also has a boat where the half
sick children may lie and dream
themselves back to health. Miss
Frick Is most enthusiastic, and, to
gether with her mother, has most sen
sible ideas as to how the money of
her father should be spent, and he
leaves it all to them. Miss Frick is
a petite type of girl, with auburn hair,
and has most charming manners and
a merry disposition that counts for
much in the sort of work that she de
sires to do.
NORTH THEATRE
Wednesday, Oct. 13
WM. A. BRADY AND JOS. K. GRISMEK. ANNOUNCE
THE MAN HOUR
BY GEORGE BROADHURST.
NOW IN ITS FOURTH PHENOMENAL YEAR
THE PLAY THAT HAS MADE ALL AMERICA TALK '
Presented here exactly as seen for two years at the Savory Theatre, New
York
Five months at the Illinois Theatre, Chicago
" Six months at the Tremont Theatre, Boston
And four months at the Garrick Theatre, Philadelphia r
"The Best Play I Have Ever Seen" COLONEL ROOSEVELT
Prices, 50c, 75c, $1.00 $1.50.
Route No. 5.
Mrs. O. G- Adkin3 and son left Toes
day for Wymore, where she will visit her
brolhej-in-law.
Walter Wade is building an addition
to his house.
Hy. Eoyeart had an operation for can
cerlast Thursday. "
A crowd of Wilmer Barn's friends
dropped in on him last Friday evening
and gave him a pleasant surprise. Re
freshments were served at a late hour
and all report a good time.
Mies Anna Bonner is able to be up and
around the house, but Miss Ella will be
compelled to remain in bed a few days
longer. They are recovering from a
siege of typhoid fever.
H. J. Houser has purchased a house
and lots in Columbus, located on Six
teenth street, south of the Third ward
school.
Miss Marie Wilson, who attended the
the party at J. J. Barnes' Friday night,
visited until Sunday with the Misses
'Edith and Florence Barnes.
The Barnes young folks and Miss
Marie Wilson visited Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Donoghue
Why Cold E ricks Sell.
"De man dat answers a gold brick
circular," said Uncle -Eben, "makes
de old mistake. Instead o' tellin'
Satan to git behind 'inir he thinks he
kin git ahead o' Satan."
A Black Record.
""'There goes a man of low life and
dark deeds."
"Mercy on us! What does he do?"
"Cleans cellars and shovels In coal."
Baltimore American.
Words of Advice for Fools.
There is a fool born every minute,
so we are told, but there is also a
great mortality among them. There
are fewer active ones alive to-day than
there wero last week, or than there
will be next Monday morning. It
seems useless to say much to this
kind of people, but we do wish to give
a few suggestions In the interest of
those who are not fools, but friends
and relatives of fools. Unless you are
an expert boatman, do not take a boat
out on the water, and in no event un
less you are able to control all those
who are in it. Do not try to see how
deep you can dive nor how far you
can swim into danger. Do not try to
see if your automobile can make 70
miles an hour, as guaranteed by the
man from whom you bought it. Do
not blow your brains out simply be
cause the girl doesn't like you or be
cause you can't pay your debts. Let
others do the worrying. Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Scotch Modesty.
Love of country is so fine a virtue
that it seems difficult to carry It to
excess. A resident of a smaU village
in the north of Scotland paid a busl
ness visit to London? the other day.
He happened to call on a merchant
who was unknown to him but .had
once made a stay in his native place.
In the course of conversation the vis
itor made use of an expression that
led the other to exclaim: "Surely,
you come from Glen McLuskle?" The
assertion, however, was denied. Pres
ently, to the merchant's surprise, an
other Glen McLuskie expression wad
heard. "My dear Mr. MacTavish, 1
feel convinced that you are a Glen
McLuskle man after all," insisted the
merchant.
"Weel," returned the other, "I'll no'
deny it any longer."
"Then why didn't you say so at
first?" demanded the Englishman.
"Weel," was the calm response, "1
didna like to boast o' it in London."
What Bothered Him.
A peculiar instance of connubial af
fection occurred some time ago In
Vermont. An aged couple, who
through half a century of married life
had wrangled with each other, were
in all probability soon to be separated
The husband was taken sick, and was
believed to be near his end. The old
wife came to his bedside and after
carefully examining and taking stock
of his condition, exclaimed: "Why
daddy, your feet are cold, your hands
are cold, and your nose is cold."
"Wa'al, let 'em be cold."
"W'y, daddy, you're goin' to die."
"Wa'al. I guess I know what I'm
bout."
"Daddy, w'at's to becum of me II
you die?"
"I dunno, and I don't care. Wat
I want to know is, w'at's to becum of
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Parges Ten Abreast on the Volga
Waiting Their Turn at the Wharves
Not an Infrequent Sight.
Russia's great waterway la the
Volga; It has a navigable length of"
1.500 miles, some 280 miles further
dura the distance from 8t Louis to
die sea by the' Mississippi. The Rus
sian winters are so cold that the sea-
ion of navigation Is barely six months
'ong, as against ten to twelve months
in the lower Mississippi from St
Louis.
v From the head of barge navigation
he Volga communicates with St Pe
tersburg by way of the Scheksna river
tad a series of canals, making a
fcrand water way, connecting the Bal
tic with the Caspian.
When J. A. Ockerson of the Missis
ilppi river commission was at Ry
binsk, at the junction of the Volga
with the Scheksna last summer he
aw barges lying ten abreast In the
ttream, waiting their turn at the
wharves.
A strange thing about the Volga Is
the fact that the heaviest tonnage Is
upstream. The trade In petroleum
and its products alone runs above
6,000,000 tons annually, there are up
ward of a thousand boats engaged In
It exclusively.
Steel tank barges of 1,000 tons are
much used in this oil traffic. St Pe
tersburg. separated from the Volga by
hundreds of miles of river and canal,
nevertheless receives from It more
than seven hundred thousand tons an
nually. ,
At ,NiJni-Novgorod, on the upper
Volga, the boats arriving have num
bered as many as 7,600 In the course
of a six-months' season. So rapidly
has the traffic been growing that the
number of vessels engaged In It In
creased 100 per cent between 1884
and 1895, and has a further Increase
of 66 per cent since. Most of the
boats are built In Russia.
The steamers al burn oil. The gov
ernment project according to which
the river has been Improved, provides
for a depth of eight feet
Cleopatra and Corsets.
If Cleopatra wore corsets she may
rank as a royal champion of them
with Catherine de Medicls, who la
credited with having introduced the
busked corset into France from Italy,
Male monarchs have been less friend
ly. Joseph II. of Austria tried to dis
courage the corset by making It part
of the costume of a convicted womal
of bad character; Napoleon, shaking
his head over the tight lacing of his
day, told Dr. Corvlsart that he saw
in it a sign of frivolous tastes and a
menace of coming decadence. Tht
Restoration kings, Louis XV1IL and
Charles X., were equally hostile. For
merly, said the latter, France had
been full of Venuses, Dianas and Nt
obes, but now there were only wasps,
The revolution alone temporarily put
down the garment that has triumph
antly defied kings.
Regulating Morals by the Clock.
Isn't it perfectly marvelous how a
certain act may be legal until tht
clock strikes and a crime thereafter!
There is piano-playing, for Instance
In the city of Washington anybody
who pleases may bang on a piano until
midnight without interference, but at
soon as the clock strikes 13 piano
playing becomes a crime, and the play
er is liable to be marched off to jail
and locked up:x To our mind, nine
tenths of all piano banging Is crlnv
lnality, no matter at what time It
takes place; yet we fall to understand
why banging at 11:69 p. m. Is less rep
rehensible than similar banging at
12:01 a. m. Do we run our morals
by the clock? Savannah News. '
New Sort of Valedictory.
'"Usually the graduates fire a lot of
oratory at the committee ana tie com
mittee hands the graduates s lot of
advice. But we had something new si
the commencement last night"
"How was that?".
"The valedictorian said he wanted
work, and the gentleman presiding
gave him a job." Washington Herald.
A Suspicious Sign.
"Old Moneybags Is afraid that
prince he bought for his daughter Is a
bogus one."
"Why so?"
"When it came to settling np he
ssked for the prince's debts, sad the
fellow told him he hadn't any." altfr
more American. -
.The Big Ball Room Scene in "The Man of the Hour"
NORTH THEATRE. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
atlre ef Oliver Wendell Holme..
The peculiarities which Dr. Holmes,
fond most amusing were those which
he himself shared, says 8. M. Croth
ers In the Atlantic. There Is Indeed
an old prudential maxim to the eflect
that people who live In glass houses
should not- throw stones. This, In
natural saying, .takes for granted that
we should sll enjoy smashing our
neighbors' glass If we could Insure
the safety of our own. Dr. Holmes
was of s different disposition. His
satire, like his charity, began at home.
He was quits proud of the glass house
In which he lived, and at the same
time he enjoyed throwing stones. If
he broke a window now and then It
was a satisfaction to think It was his
own. No one valued more highly the
Intellectual characteristics of Boston,
but he also saw the amusing side of
the local virtues. You may have
watched the prestld!gltateur plunge
his hand Into spirits of ether, and then
touching s match to' It hold it aloft
like a blazing torch. The quick evap
oration of the, ether formed a film of
moisture sufficient to protect the hand
from the thin flame. So Dr. Holmes'
satire played round the New England
conscience and did not the least harm
to It
-' Marriage.
Marriage la's divine institution so
ably managed, by man that although
It has been doing business for sev
eral thousand years. It Is not yet on
a dividend-paying basis.
It Is the biggest trust on earth, for
Its capital stock Is love, consisting of
two-thirds faith, which Is preferred,
and one-third hope, which Is common.
No goods are sent on trial, and If
not as represented you must make the
best of It If you are poor; otherwise
the matter may be arranged, for while
avowedly a domestic corporation, and
union In Its sympathies, marriage Is
slso benevolent In Its scope, giving
more employment to poor lawyers
than all 'other corporations taken to
gether. Notwithstanding repeated failures,
Its bonds are the best security of the
kind on the market and will not seek
Investors; at least until something
better offers. Life.
He Knew His uslness.
Kind-Hearted Maiden (fishing for a
stray penny In her purse) I suppose
you poor blind people feel your mis
fortunes keenly?
Blind Mendicant Yes, Indeed. The
Lord only knows how I miss the pleas
ure of being able to look into the
beautiful faces of the handsome and
lovely ladles who are kind 'enough to
donate
Kind-Hearted Maiden (fishing out a
shilling) Here, poor fellow, take this.
I'm sure you sre deserving. Scraps.
HsrOsarsstiPrlsfsJ.
; Clack seat ms a haadome-mlrroq
for'y blrthoay.-
"0, that accounts for it"
"Accounts for whatr
Testerday he asked me
la ever got ton old to be pi
ilooklo
Horses and Mules
I have a car of choice
broke horses, snd mules,
and will sell them reasona
ble. I will also buy horses and
mules;
RANDALL.
One halt mile northwest of
Oshmbms.
v-
Palace
Meat Market
CARL FALK, Proprietor
Solicits a share of your
patronage
ThirteentirStret
BELIEF IN CHARMS
SAID TO BE GENERAL IN BRITISH
ISLES.
Words Used to Cure Disease or Work
Evil Curious Reason for Dis
like to Giving Names to
Strangers.
Two writers In the Occult Review,
published in London, England, con
tribute an interesting article on the
"Survivals of Old Magical Customs in
Great Britain." The majority of the
cases mentioned by them are connect
ed with a belief in the power of words,
which may be either charms, that is
words having a magical power of their
own when written or spoken, or the
power conferred by the possession of
names over the people or things they
indicate, for in a certain stage of
mind culture the name Is regarded as
actually being part of the owner.
It is said that In North Ireland and
Arran'many of the natives absolutely
refuse to tell their names because the,
knowledge would enable the inquirer
to "call" them, no matter how far he
was from them and whenever he cared
to do so. Moreover, they also believe
that any spell worked on the written
name would have the same effect as if
worked on the owner. All over Great
Britain this instinctive dislike to giv
ing one's name to a stranger exists.
Dislike to the pronunciation of their
names Is not confined to human be
ings. Certain Scotch and English fish
ermen believe that the salmon and.
pig have a similar objection to being
named, but they may be called the
"red fish" or the "queer fellow."
Nowhere was the power of words
greater than in Ireland, where the
phief weapon of the poet was the
satire. A poet would recite a satire
which would blight crops, dry cows
or raise ulcerous blisters on the face
of Its object
Word formulae were generally used
to cure disease, a formula used for
epilepsy runs: "I conjure thee by,
the sun and by the moon and by the
Holy Gospel of the day, delivered by
God unto his servants Hubert, Giles,
Cornelius and John, that you arise and
fall no more." This had to be whis
pered Into the patient's ear Just after
an attack.
In a Roman Catholic church in Asht
ton-In-Makerfield there is still' pre
served in a white silk bag a hand
which Is still held In veneration, and
cures are said to have been wrought
by It The hand is said to have been
that of one Father Edmund Arrow
smith, who was executed at Lancaster
In 1628 for apparently no other offense
than that of being true to his faith.
After his execution one of his friends
cut off his hand, which was preserved
for many years at Bryn hall in Lan
cashire and afterward removed to
Ashton.
A Lost Art.
Unfortunately, the American ten
dency to "talk shop" on every occa
sion, added to the necessity for every
pne oeuifi exyert ui oumo diicvmu uuc)
piirfag some one thing always para
mount in his mind, has gradually peni
etrated into the drawing-rooms and
the clubs, until generalities of convert
satlon become Impossible. The sltu
atlon Is such that after one Individual
delivers himself of his monologue the
next man, always awaiting Impa
tiently for a cue, starts upon his and
so it goes the rounds. Small wonder
then, as the Atlantic Monthly puts it,
the women, with their versatility of
interest sre disgusted with the situ
atlon.
It is difficult for a woman to listen
politely to a dissertation on the stock
market fluctuations when she finds
herself In masculine society, and
while women are generous in giving
every man credit for being master of
his own particular specialty, they pins
'for some indication that he will relM
and give attention to them. The men
themselves, some of them, realize the
stats of affairs, but they are helpless
A Lost .Day.
The most completely lost of all days
is that upen which you have not
laughed. Chamfort
Funny, By Gum.
'One of the funniest sights In the
world is a toothless man trying to
lehsw the rag." Manchester Union.
TESTING STRENGTH OF BRAIN
Simple Means by Which Ons Msy Ps
termine on Which tide of
Boundary Hs la.
If the theory of a New York mag
istrate is correct it is easy to ascer
tain one's state of mind without hiring
an expensive alienist and submitting
one's self to an embarrassing volley
of questions. Any one who has a lurk
ing suspicion that perhaps the strain
of life is too great and who wants
to know the truth without evasion or
polite subterfuge, has but to close the
eyes and try to put the tip of the In
dex finger of the right hand on the
end of the nose. According to the
metropolitan Judge this Is an unfailing
test of sanity. Whoever Is able to do
this at the first trial Is presumably
sane. If the finger snd the nose do
not touch there la a screw loose some
where It would perhaps be well for every
one who has a conscientious regard
for the welfare of others and who
wants to maintain an even mental bal
ance to apply this test every day, say,
the first thing in the morning on aris
ing. If the. finger and the nose come
into conjunction promptly all Is well.
If there is a failure to occult it Is time
to take advice. So simple a test can
be conducted secretly. It Is unneces
sary to ask. "Is my nose on straight?"
No mirrors are required. No one
need be called in to help. Just touch
the nose with the eyes shut snd the
day begins sanely. That will be a
great comfort to many a man who now
rises without perfect assurance that
he is on the right side of the faint
line that marks the boundary.
TAKING A MEAN ADVANTAGE
Negro Pugilist's Amusing Reason for
Refusing to Continue Fistic
Combat
A negro waiter in a Paducah hotel
had an idea he was a prizefighter, be
jng stirred to deeds within the
squared circle by hearing of the prow
ess of Peter Jackson and John John
son. They matched him with a Swede
from Chicago, and the fight came off
In a barn. Early In the first round
the Swede landed a hard one on the
negro's nose, flattening that organ
about six degrees more than nature
did. The crack bothered the negro,
and the Swede was quick to take no
tice of it The Swede kept pounding
at the negro's nose, pounding It stead
ily. After he "had the negro's nose
spread away around by bis ears, in
the third round, the negro rushed to
his corner and began tearing madly
at the gloves.
"Here!" shouted bis second, "ain't
you going to fight no more?"
"No, sah," replied the negro, with
great dignity, "I ain't goln' to light
no more wiv' no gentleman what don't
scatter his blows." Saturday Even
ing Post
He Knew.
Great novelist (dictating) The
itorm increased in fury, rain fell in
torrents and the gale shrieked all
night like like what shall I say?
Secretary (father of three) Like a
baby cutting its teeth. Pearson's
Weekly.
The Purity
Union Block,
Will be open
Tuesday Noon,
' Everything is new, fresh, bright and clean
Call and look us over.
Souvenirs for all, opening day
Horstman & KersenbrocK
DRUGGISTS
13th
' HOBBIES D0NT MKj
WIFE ADORED OLD CHINA AND
HUSBAND LIKED CATS.
And the Two Likings, In Conjunction
with Swedish Cook, Threatened
to Break Up Once Happy
Home.
"Aunt Eunice," said young Mrs. Bill
ings, putting down her pen and push
ing hack the pile of scribbling paper
in front of her, "Aunt Eunice, why
does a woman who loves china want
to marry a man who adores cats?"
Aunt Eunice went on with her
placid knitting and deftly avoided a
direct answer.
"Is that a conundrum?" Bhe asked.
"1 never guessed one in my life. And
if It's the theme of a problem novel.
Nan, you needn't tell me. because I
dont like them."
Mrs. Billings laughed. "No, It isn't
a conundrum." she said. "It's a
catastrophe almost, and it looks ns
if It might resolve itself Into a prob
lem novel at any moment. I'm the
woman I love china; Ned's the man
he adores cats; and tho result Is
that three of my best soup plates and
four of my cherished oatmeal saucers
have been smashed to atoms in the
last fortnight You know, Hilma feeds
the cats, but Ned is always sure that
she never gives them enough and so,
as soon as ho gets back from recita
tions, he feeds them again. In the
shed, of course, and with my best
china, and then Hilma comes along
on her earnest Swedish feet and does
the rest I'm getting discouraged "
Here tho library door opened and
Prof. Billings stood on the threshold,
a broken plate in his hand, his man
ner wavering between nonchalance
and anticipation.
"Another victim, Nannie." he tried
to say cheerfully. "Hilma walked
heavily again. Fortunately it's an
old"
But Mrs. Billings had flown to his
side and was examining the frag
ments. "Old! I should say it was! That's
Just the trouble," she cried with
tragedy. "It's my best, my only piece
of real pink luster. Oh, Ned, how
could you take it?" There were tears
in her voice and in her eyes, too.
"Nan, I'm awfully sorry!" said her
abject husband. "I promise I'll never
take anything hut a tin dipper after
this." and his air of subdued and sin
cere melancholy was so genuine that
Mrs. Billings smiled in spite of her
grievance.
"Very well," she scolded, "but don't
ever let me hear you say again that
The Ring and the Book' is your
favorite poem, because it isn't. It's
I love little pussy.' "Youth's Com
panion, i
The Plot.
"You told me there was a plot in
your show," said the auditor, reproach
fully.
"Well," answered the musical com
edy manager, "there is. I'm trying tc
locate one now. I think the leader of
the beauty chorus has organized a
conspiracy to break up the cemedian's
topical song."
Drug Store
Olive street
for business
Oct. 12, 1909
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