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." . - - IL- e H i h fa '-$ook Sensation !) of the Popular Priced Store Winter Opening Friday and Saturday. A cordial invi tation extended to all. A beautiful showin of Furs and the smart fur hats. Special Brook Mink coats, regular $75 $48. See our flame window. ANTS A PEST IN LOUISIANA Novel Entertainment. We wish to call the attention of onr readers to the advertisement of the cat tle driving contest and the exhibition of military and high schooi horsemanship by Mr. Aug. Volkmann. The entertain ment will be a novelty for Columbus in its entire programme. In tbe cattle driving contest every rider will be re quired to cat bis steer out of the herd, drive him on tbe racetrack and take him on a good run down the home stretch under tbe wire; and then and thore turn him and start him in tbe opposite direc tion. The high school and military riding exhibition by Mr. Volkmann is alone worth tbe moderate price of ad mission. We consider this novel enter tainment well worthy of our patronage and we feel confident that the people of Columbus and vicinity will not fail to attend in great numbers and thus en courage the promoters of this enterprise. only five years ago. There is not a poor play in the Fisher company list, nor a poor player in the company which comes here from tbe New Grand Theatre, Souix City. To introduce the Fisher Players to tbe bes'j patrons of Columbus, ladies will be admitted free on the opening night for the performance of "The Heir To The Hoorah "' Next Week at the Opera House. There will come to the Opera House next week, The Ernest Fisher Players, a high class aggregation of clever people, drawn from stock companies and pro ductions of New York, Chicago and Minneapolis. They will appear in a list of recent metropolitan successes, presented in the best possible style with beautiful scenery and sumptuous stage appointments. The opening will be the "Heir To The Hoorah," a comedy of life in a Rocky Mountain mining camp, which kept New York laughing for most of a season Marriage Licenses. Christ C Michaelson, Columbus 21 Bertha M. Hake, Columbus 20 Edwin Aherne, Columbus 25 Emma M. iluller, Columbus 24 John .7. Meier, Omaha ToneBureick, Omaha 29 Frank W. Water, Platte Center 22 Julia A. Bonk, Columbus 18 Orange Crop Threatened with Destruc tion, According to a Lead , ing State Authority. Warfare of a most strenuous charac ter will have to be undertaken against the ant pest in Louisiana within the next few years if the orange crop is to continue. This is the opinion of Wilmon H. Newell, secretary of the State Crop Pest commission. "Strange to say, correspondence, which I have had with other sections of the world has established that the same kind of ants which are devastat ing the vegitation of this state and causing thousands of dollars' worth of damage annually are equally as much a pest in other places," says Mr. Newell. "From Portugal, from the Ma deira islands, from South Africa, from California and from Brazil, their home, the damage reported is large. The greatest harm in Louisiana seems to have been done in the orange farms of the lower coast sections. By eat ing the tender buds of the orange trees they make them almost barren, and after the ants come all sorts of parasitic scale animals which' com plete the destruction. New Orleans Times Democrat. Purity Drug Store You can cake of get a fine 29 1 G. B. S. on Himself. Like all men, I play many parts; and none of them is more or less real than another. To one audience I am the occupier of a house in Adelphi terrace; to another I am "one of those damned Socialists." A discussion in a club of very young ladies as to wheth er I could be more appropriately de scribed as an old josser or an old geezer ended in the carrying of an amendment in favor of an old bromide. I am also a soul of infinite worth. 1 am, in short, not only what I can make of myself, which varies greatly fron hour to hour and emergency to no-emergency, but what you can .ce in me. George Bernard Shaw in the London Nation, in Reviewing G. K. Chesterton's "George Bernard Shaw." AROUSED TOO MUCH INTEREST NORTH THEATRE One Week, Commencing Monday, Nov. 1st Ernest Fisher and Associate Players Presenting by Special Permission of New York Producers Kirke LaSheU's Cowboy Comedy The Heir To The Hurrah Mrs. Fiske's Leah Kleschna Carlotta Nillson's The Three Of Us Chas Frohman's Charlie's Aunt Marie Correlli's Thelma Elaborate production of Quo Vadis All Special Scenery Company of High Class Artistic Players All High Royalty Plays Fir?t time at popular prices 10c-20c-30c-50c HIMMBKHSIEIZSHS; Why City Woman Preferred Chicken Dinner to Keeping Father's Present as a Pet. A Massachusetts farmer not long ago sent a large black hen to his mar ried daughter, who lives in Springfield and who. wished to keep the present as a pet Upon the arrival of the fowl it was immediately placed in a coop which chanced to be within sight of the street. It wasn't long before a neighbor, passing by, said: "Got a hen, haven't you?" "Yes," said the new owner. - "Nice, black one, isn't it?" "Yes." This neighbor was almost immedi ately followed by another, who made the customary observation: "Why, you have a hen!" "Yes." T&l "Just one?" "Yes." "Coal black hen, isn't it?" "Yes." An intermission of a few minutes; then another neighbor. "Well, I do declare, you have a " "Mary!" called out the lady of the house. "Kill the hen for dinner!" Lippincott's Magazine. SOAP FREE by bringing in your Palm Olive Soap Cou pons as advertised in The Ladies' Home Journal Horstman & Kersenbrock Druggists Union Block Olive Street MONUMENT FOR HERO'S GRAVE g5rag?r. .. j, . , n Jipgy, BUG We are overstocked on Buggies, and as we are going into the automobile business, we will give a liberal discount on Moon, Veils, John Deere and Marshalltown Buggies. Gall and look over our large stock and get first choice. W. J. VOSS & CO. French Birthrate Grows. France, after all, may not be fail ing. Last year's census of that coun try, where the signs of decadence are usually believed to reveal themselves in a declining population, shows that in 1908 there was an excess of births over deaths amounting to 46,411. In two years prior to 1907 there was an excess of deaths over births. But the excess of births over deaths last year was higher than the average for the preceding ten years. It is noteworthy that for 190S the number of deaths was the smallest in 11 years and con siderably smaller, of course, than in the average for the preceding ten years. The birthrate, then, is 'a recov ery. And marriages are the largest in 11 years, five per cent., greater than the average for the decade. Feeling That Last Resting Place of Sam Houston Should Not Re main Unmarked. In a quiet nook in the Huntsville cemetery repose the remains of Gen. Sam Houston, whose name will ever he linked with the history of Texas because of "his patriotic and able serv ice rendered the state both before and after Texas became a state. It fc marked by a cheap marble slab bear ing this simple inscription: "Gen. Sam Houston. Born March 2, 1793, died July 26, .1863." The Thirtieth legislature, through the efforts of Senator McDonald Meachum and Col. A. T. McKinney, senator and representative from that district, made an appropriation of $10,000 to erect a suitable monument over Gen. Houston's grave, but unless it has been done very recently no con tract has been let for the work, the relatives of Gen. Houston, it is said, being unable to agree upon a suitable design. But what does a monument amount to anyhow? "We live in deeds," not in monuments. Gen. Houston needs no monument to keep his memory fresh in the minds and hearts of Tex ans. The most imposing monument that "could be erected at his grave would crumble into dust before his name and history are forgotten in Texas. But the monument should be there, not for Gen. Houston's sake, but as an evidence of our own appre ciation and recognition of patriotic service. Wills Point (Tex.) Chronicle. " w "- m By Rr' '"'JiSim . I SPECIAL BARGAINS Ladies9 Suits lor the Last Day. of October $ Bigger values never shorn ii Cilimiis 15 Ladies' worsted suits $8.50 20 Ladies' suits worth $17.50 $9.98 25 Ladies' suits worth up to $25.00- $14.50 15 Ladies' suits worth up to $35.00 $22.50 BOYISH FEAT WON GENERAL ALSO READY WITH A BLUFF The Good Dinner. The successful housekeeper was planning a dinner for a few of her hus band's friends. "I must have apple pie and cheese for dessert," she remarked without a flicker of indecision. "But I should think you would want something more dainty this time of year," suggested the woman who al ways worried herself sick over a com pany dinner, "an ice or a frozen pud ding." "Oh, but apple pie is my husband's favorite dish. When he has company I always serve what he likes best; then he thinks his guests have had such a good dinner, and everybody is happy. At least my husband and I are happy, and if the guests aren't no one is the wiser." Quick Thought That Probably Saved American from Death at the Hands of Mob. John Lover, the wild animal expert of the Philadelphia Zoo, was talking about big game hunting in Uganda. "You must be quick," Mr. Lover ended. "You" must be as quick as a cousin of mine once was in White chapel. "It was Jack the Ripper time. Do you remember that terrible time? All Whitechapel, all the world, was on edge. "My cousin, looking for excitement, wandered one night through the dark est and dismalest alleys and courts of the Whitechapel slums, and all of a sudden a woman blocked his way. " 'Give me your money, all of it,' she said, 'or I'll scream out that you're Jack the Ripper. If this crowd gets at you then ' "My cousin was always phenomenal ly quick. He took the woman's arm in a viselike grip, and he let his eyes blaze to hers. " 'Madam,' he hissed, 'I am Jack the Ripper.' "And with a smothered scream she turned and fled." IMBhiI l whhebmii ii i i nammmmmtm&mm Cultivate Optimism. Believe in the better side of men. It is optimism that reanx saves seopla Ian Maclaren. Ladies' Cloaks, Skirts and Jackets Our New Fall and Winter Line of Ladies' Suits, Cloaks, Skirts, Children's Cloaks &&&j?aB3&JrJL ?? save you money always glad to show our goods. We are showing a complete new line of Ladies, Gents' and Children's Sweaters ,JhJlftfviSCHMIDTraiTSWtersfOTg0lf'aut0ingand0Ung ar. They SPECIAL THIS WEEK-Gents' "Four In Hand" Ties 20 cent each, 3 Tor 50 cents. In all the late colors ' te We also carry a Complete Line of Staple and Fancy Drvi Goods Tju dies' and Gente' Furnishing Goods, Comlorte, Blankete ' Carpets and Shoes .' J. H. GALLEY SQ5 ELEVENTH ST. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA Sparrows Kill Turkeys. English sparrows kill turkeys in Rhode Island, according to Dr. Philip B. Hadley. They convey the "black head" disease, whose fatal prevalence among turkeys is threatening the ruin of turkey farming in the state. Dr. Hadley says that poultry, generally game birds, and some wild song birds, have the amoeba or coccldium, which causes the disease, and so why he lays all the blame to the English sparrow does not quite appear, unless because the little pest has earned so bad a name on other accounts. The British grouse are troubled in a way similar to the turkey. And the seri ousness of the case is illustrated by Dr. Hadley in the statement that whereas 30 years ago Block island alone used to send out more than 40, 000 pounds a year, the turkeys now raised there can only be counted by dozens. Exhibition of Courage Determined Youngster's Vocation to Be the Army. In his "Memoirs of Eighty Years," Dr. Gordon Hake, who was a nephew of Gen. Charles Gordon, tells how he won the approbation of his uncle, later celebrated as the hero of Khar tum. It was by a boyish feat which he learned in his school days. Most boys feel a vaulting ambition at that age, but too few of them in later years fulfill its aims. I may mention here, in taking leave of my boyhood, that there was a bath at Islington called Peerless pool, to which in summer the boys of the school were sent to bathe. It was a large mass of water, oblong in shape, with a wide promenade. There we would spend a whole after noon, sent there by the authorities when the half-holiday was at hand. There, to excite the wonder and ap plause of the other boys, I punished myself by taking the longest run to the water's edge that was obtainable within the inclosure, and by leading somersault-fashion into the air to a great height and reaching the water in a seated posture. In doing this I inflicted on myself a punishment equal to that of being flogged. Being somewhat sheepish at the age of 15, I did not stand very high in the estimation of my uncle, Gen. Gordon, while staying with him at Woolwich; but one day he took me down to the Thames to bathe. There was a platform, probably for the soldiers to jump from into the water. This afforded me a long run, and I resolved on performing my feat. My uncle was perfectly amazed at it, and often alluded to it with sur prise in later years. After this dis play of my pluck, he was much in favor of my going into the army. Youth's Companion. !iSiS-3Sikw'i,i&Si2 '?.' ? -vr' Scene from "The Heir To The Hurrah" North Theatre, Monday, Nov. 1 Compliments of the COLUMBUS JOURNAL Cut this tut Frat Ticktt ft tht FISHER STOCK CO. PRODUCTION MONDAY NIGHT will take you This Coupon, if accompanied by One Paid Admission. and one friend to see "THE HEIR TO THE HURRAH" Monday Night, Nov. 1 Prices lc, 2c, 3c, 5c NEEDLESS SACRIFICE OF LIFE New Idea in Egg Boiling. Porcelain eggs that are hollow and unscrew make the latest egg boilers. They are of various sizes, according as the breakfaster wants one, two or three eggs. In their usage the cook opens the real egg, drops its contents into the egg of porcelain, takes it off when it is soft, medium or hard, as re quired, and serves it in the porcelain that cooked it, set in a little silver stand. The advantage of thi3 novel egg boiler is that no bad eggs, but only good ones, need be boiled, and the service is achieved in a manner the least troublesome and the most appetizing. Constant Supply of Pure Milk Will Re sult in Immense Reduction of Infant Mortality. The problem of the milk supply for the babies is one that has to be solved all the year round. The mortality from the gastro-intestinal diseases is heaviest during the summer, but the babies need pure milk quite as much in the winter as in the summer, and the municipalities that fail to insure it for them are virtually asleep at the switch. The eventual wrecking of countless baby lives is inevitable. The city fathers who make no provision for the supervision of the sources of the milk supply are not only virtually asleep, but recklessly extravagant Dr. Goler's estimate is $500 a month for a city the size of Rochester. Put opposite this amount the economic loss, due to the appalling waste of baby life. It is estimated that 375,000 babies under one year old died in this country last year. Economists put the financial value of each of these babies at $90, so that the total loss, ex pressed merely in dollars and cents, amounted to $33,750,000. And yet physicians say that at least one-half of this waste could have been pre vented by the adequate supervision of the sources of the milk supply. A EEAL TREAT Exhibition of military and high-school riding and cattle driving contest for prizes at the Columbus Race Track FRIDAY OCTOBER Open to entries from Platte and Adjoining Counties 29 Mr. August Volkmann, an ex-officer of the German army, will give an exhibition in high school horse training. Come and see him put Lady Grace," a Kentucky-bred saddle horse, through the different gaits. See him ride "Caesar," a Nebraska-bred saddle horse trained by him. See the horses jump fences and ditches, and see them obey every verbal command of their trainer and rider. An attraction of inter est to ladies and children, as well as to men and boys. The Philosopher of Folly. "Originality is a fine thing," says the Philosopher of Folly, "even if you have to steal it" Her Company. Don't judge a woman by the com pany she is compelled to entertain. Illustrated Bits. All a Matter of Comparison. In blind man's land a one-eyed man is a celebrity. Baltimore' Sun. Apropos of Taxes. Apropos of New York's 1909 assess ment rolls, Lawson Purdy, president of the department of taxes, told a re porter a story about Gladstone. "Gladstone had no great scientific knowledge," he said, "and at a dinner when Faraday described an important new scientific discovery, the premier showed indifference. 'After all,' he said, hiding a yawn behind his hand, 'what use will it evei be?' " 'Why,' said Faraday, 'there's every probability, sir, that some day you'R be able to tax it.' "Washington Post Cattle Driving Events Class "A" Class "B' Class "C". 1st Priza . 15.M .... 19.M 2nd Prize $2t.M lt.ff 5.N 3rd Prize $lt.H 5.H 2.M The Dog in the Game. "The boys in our street have a fine time skating," said the woman with a boy of her own. "One of them has a big St. Bernard dog, gentle as a kitten and so playful! This dog chases around the street with them when they get their skates on, pushing them by turn by his head from the rear, until they go sailing half way through the long block without any effort o) their own." Class A," open to everybody; entrance fee, 13.00. Class "B," open to boys under 18 years, entrance fee, $1.50. Class "C," open to boys under 14 years, entrance fee, 50c. Make application for entrance to any member of the committee. Peformance begins at 2 o'clock Admission - - - 25 Cents To any part of the grounds , WM. ERNST, C. J. CARRIG, AEBERT STENGER, Committee ': i ! I'