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R?friV" ' a: V r r- -i"rza -" --J ' " - , .;v5 v, iv5- ''-KS; .asssssss Popular Prioed Store Our Thanksgiving Sale will open Tomorrow Tailored Coats, Suits and Dresses at $109 $15, $22 and $25 Route No. 4. Gopple of Follerton is husking .oorm for Liebig Bros. Mm. Thomas Kulaof Columbus vis ited at the home of Charles Kula a few days last week. Mm. George Simpson returned last week from an extended visit with her parnate at Bethany, Mo. Julius McKim of Halsey, Neb., arrived last Saturday for a few days' visit with August Johnson and family. Mrs. W. T. Beesley bf Syracuse, Neb., arrived Tuesday for a visit with her daughter, Mm. Frank Soedan. Fraak Hall and Glare Patterson are helping E. M. Blore with getting out Us. squash seeds during vacation week. Bohool in district 71, Miss May Done ghne teacher, closed last Friday for the ' annaal corn husking vacation of one month. Last week Chris Hilmer bought what is known as the old John Oibb place, on the divide between Shell creek and Lost creek, for 9117 per acre. A year ago Foley Bros, bought the old Warner place, paying f 100 per acre for it. and last -Wednesday they sold it for $125 per acre, clearing $4,000 on the deal. They then bought the Aden place of 240 acres, northwest of Oconee, paying $26,000 for it. Q. 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 Adelpbi terrace; to another I am "one of those dunned Socialists." A discussion in a club of very young ladles as to wheth er I could be more appropriately de scribed as an old Josser or an old geeacr 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 tram hour to hour and emergency to a emergency, but what you can ee w. me. Cteorge Bernard Shaw in the Laaioa Nation, In Reviewing O. K. Chesterton's "George Bernard Shaw." The Airship in War. 1 Defense in warfare usually keeps pace with the attack, and already spe cial artillery is being designed to cope with the airship peril. At the worst airship could only carry out an exploit. The risk, however. m'kteat enough to make it advisahin that the next Hague conference should turn Its attention to this subject Man kind may, perhaps, discover soldarity enough to decide that the last of its great discoveries shall be Innocent Cows Vanish with Wife. Washington, Pa. James Edmonds of' Manifold reported to local officers that his wife and four cows disap peared simultaneously after he had left to go to work in a mine. No trace of the woman has been discov ered. "'Edmonds says his wife shipped a sewing nachine, three trunks and a barrel containing household goods to Pittsburg. The Way to Happiness. To look fearlessly upon life; to ac cept the laws of nature, not with meek resignation, hut as her sons, who dare (,to search and question; to have peace and confidence within our souls .these are the beliefs that make for aptUess. Matcrllnck. Truthful Evasion. "Have any luck fishing yesterday V asked the man who gibes at angling. "Bare," replied the truthful fisher man.' "I brought home a fine string.4 Then, to ease his conscience, he added, under his breath: - There wasn't anything on it, how Ladies' Cloaks, Skirts aniJackets Our New Fall and Winter Line of Ladies' Suits, Cloaks, Skirts, Children's Cloaks and Coats is now complete. We can save you money in this department Call and be convinced. We are always glad to show our goods. We are showing a complete new line of Ladies, Gents' and Children's Sweaters The Celebrated ST.rTMirVT TTMTT SrofAM i .: j ... are all the vogue. SPECIAL THIS WEEK-Gents' "Four In Hand" Ties, 20 cents each, 3 for 50 cents. In all the late colors. We ala) carry a Complete lone of Staple and Fancy Dry! Goods La dies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Comlorte, Blanlrets Carpets and Shoes ' J. H. GALLEY 605 ELEVENTH ST. One-fourth off on - til Tfiti pnrrrhar (1 . with Suits. -- i EXTINCT VOLCANO THEIR HOME Remarkable Abode and Still More Re markable Industry of People of Saba. Saba, in the West Indies, is one of -the most extraordinary places in the world. By courtesy it is called an island, but It is really nothing more than the summit of an extinct volcano sticking up out of the sea. Inside the crater live the only inhabitants of Saba. They live there because' there is no where else for them to live,' the out side slopes being nearly as steep as the sides of a house. The place belongs to Holland, and the people are all Dutch. Neverthe less, they speak English as their na tive tongue. They call their crater town Bottom, because it is situated on top of a mountain. Although surrounded on all sides by the sea, they often spend weeks with out seeing It, for that involves a long climb up to the rim of the crater. Still less frequently do they touch salt water, because to do so they must, in addition, climb downward for a dis tance of 1,500 feet by a precipitous rock-hewn path, known as the Ladder. It is, however, in regard to their staple industry that these Dutch peo ple who speak English, and who live aloft in a volcano in a summit city called Bottom, reach the extreme of topsy-turvydom. One might imagine them making balloons or kites, or, in fact, anything but what they make, which is ships. y Not ocean-going liners, of course, but good, serviceable schooners and luggers, whose repute .is great all over the Windward islands. The ships, when finished, have to be hauled up to the rim of the crater and then lowered over a precipice into the sea. Stray Stories. NOTES ABSENCE OF HONESTY Few Articles Forgotten in Cars Turned In by Passengers, De clares Conductor. The man In the. rabbit hutch was talking. x r$ "It's wonderful what a difference the pay-as-you-enter makes with lost articles," he said. "I guess we turn in about one-tenth the stuff we used to pick up in the cars before we were confined to this box. You see, we used to walk through the car for fares, and If there was an umbrella or a grip, or anything of that sort, left in one of the seats, we ran a good chance of seeing it and restoring it to the owner. Now we can't do that We have to stay here at the rear, and W6 "have hardly any chance at all to pick up anything left on the car." "But the passengers turn in some of the things they find, don't they?" I asked. There was a great and sad knowl edge of human nature in the conduc tor's smile. "Do they? Not much," he said. "Ask the man who has charge of lost ar ticles over at the De Baliviere station He'll tell you that we handle almost nothing there now, whereas we re stored quantities of stuff to the own ers under the pay-when-discovered system." My eye but what thieves we are! "Why, I used to pick up an um brella or two on my car every day, and now there Is not one handed ovet to me in seven days," he resumed. Here, then, is a valid objection to the pay-as-you-enter one, we have never thought of: It Is making all of us thieves! St Louis Post-Dispatch. Also Somewhat Rare. The best treasure among men Is a frugal tongue. Hesiod. Cathedral Insured for Large Sum. St Paul's Cathedral. London, la in sured for $475,000. -, OFFICE ON, EDGE OF FOREST Mountain Stream Furniahee Power fer Plant of Western Newspaper Environs .Wild. Seattle, Wash. Perhaps the most ilcturesquely situated newspaper of Ice in the country Is that of the Meg iphone at Qullcene, Wash. The own it is M. F. Satterlee, a pioneer news paper man. He says: "It Is hardly possible there Is an jther newspaper in the world situated to a similar way to the Megaphone es tablishment On the one hand, within 'ess than four rods of the office, Is a drgin forest, extending back to Walk r mountain, while on the other are the waters of the Pacific ocean, which pay daily visits within one, hundred 'eet of the huge water wheel driving the Megaphone press. The wheel is turned by a sparkling mountain stream :hat flows in front of the office and then empties into the bay. We can reach out of the window of the estab lishment and pick from the tree Early Transparent apples, while within twenty-five feet are apples of eight other fcinds and pears, prunes, plums and cherries are but a few steps away. "Of wild fruit there are blackber ries and salmon' berries within a rifle range of the editorial desk. Then we can go out on a wharf, 200 feet from the office door, and catch salmon trout, salmon, perch and rock cod, while the beach Is one spread of clam beds; and fuel, In the shape of fir bark, broken In the proper lengths for the office stove, floats to us on svery tide, as it loosens from the log booms in tow to the mills. The Mega phone office nestles at the foot of Walker mountain, whose shadow in summer falls upon the spot at four p. m., and where the morning sun, flashing across the Taraboo peninsula, casts its beams at an early hour. In winter the place is sheltered from the blasts of the sou'easters which roar over the sound. From the Megaphone place can be seen the moonbeams glistening on the waters of Quileen bay and miles out on Hood canal. CHASED INTO RIVER BY BULL Two Jersey Men Have Narrow Escape from Being Gored to Death in Saving Woman. Montclair, N. J. In saving Miss 'Ruth Manning of Paterson from an enraged bull near Singac, Reynold Thomas and Guy Taylor of this city had a narrow escape from being gored to death. The bull was owned by a farmer named Pier, who lives not far from the home of Mme. Schumann-Heihke, near Singac. It was rampaging up and down the road when Miss Manning came along. Some crimson ribbons on her gown aroused the bull to at tack. Bellowing furiously, the bull charged on Miss Manning, who turned and ran. The young men arrived on the scene just as the bull started after her. Toung Thomas hit the bull with a stone and it turned on him and bowled him over. The bull was trampling on Thomas and attempting to gore him when Taylor smashed him over the head with a fence rail. Then the bull rushed at Taylor, who dashed off at a ten-second clip. The bull was young and speedy, too, and began to gain on Taylor. Feeling that he could not keep up the pace for long, Taylor turned toward the Pas saic river, which runs parallel with the road at this point. Into the river Taylor dashed, fol lowed by the bull, which, after wading out shoulder deep, abandoned the chase. At this juncture the owner of the bull and farm hands arrived, and with pitchforks finally drove the bull back to the farm. Young Thomas was not severely hurt when trampled on by the bull and Taylor did not mind his ducking. Miss Manning warmly thanked the two young men. A Curiosity.. The Pennsylvania engineer who stopped his train to rescue a kitten asleep on the track is no doubt an ob ject qf curious interest ,to automobil ists. New York World. Guessed His Money Was Gone. "You didn'tgo through my pockets last night, as usual." "No; when I found a long hair on your coat I knew ft wouldn't do any good." uuung wear, iney ' - i COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA COBRAS EAT SK Awful Clash at Meal Time in Philadelphia Zoo. Scions of Tint Families of India" Fail to Appreciate Atmosphere of the "City of rotherly Love." Philadelphia, Pa. Three snakes are raising cain out In the zoological gar dens. They are raising so much cain that all the zoo men, from Superin tendent Carson down, are getting snakes. They arrived at the gardens the other day, and ever since then have been whipping up one constant row and shattering the nerves of everybody roundabout It Is easy enough to understand, even In the case of hardened and sea soned snake men. For these three troublous serpents are variously known by such nerve-soothing epi thets as snake-eating cobras, or s the tree-climbing "cobras, or giant cobras. And, when they -bite they kill. Their venom has no antidote. ' It might be added that this species Is the only variety of real snakes that will show fight to a man without be ing first attacked by him. In the zo ology of the imagination there are, of course, other well-known varieties oL equally active sepentlnes, but they are pink or blue or green or yellow In color, and they are hard to grasp, while these snake-eaters at the zoo are a plain stony 'gray and can be distinctly felt, if any one cares to try. They are the latest and snappiest thing in the cannibal line, are these cobras, and the story of their trans portation to the gardens and of their subsequent lively pranks Is no mere silly season yarn. It' is a story, as the critics of fiction would say, "filled with the whipcords and the bite of real life." They come of one of the first, best and rarest families of India. They are scarce and they are valuable. Tnere are plenty of your common, man-eating cobras In India, but your snake eater is a prize. Consequently, when Robert D. Car son, superintendent of the zoological gardens, heard that three of them were en route to New York in a wooden box he hurried over and bought them, eating up a good slice of zoo money In the transaction. He bought them of an Indian wild ani mal trainer. When they arrived at the zoo they caused great excitement, for every well-Informed zoo keeper knows the reputation of the snake-eating cobra. The' next day these snakes boiled up into one of the worst and one of the most remarkable stews ever en countered at the zoo. Keeper Hess had thrown in the usual daily meal of one snake per snake to the cobras, on the natural assumption that each snake eater would make a dive for a de tached victim. Some time later he heard the noise of a regular whip cracking scrap in the cobra cage and hurried to the scene. Two of the cobras were trying to swallow the same snake. One had started at the head and the other at the tail of their victim, and when they met swallowing hard, at the middle, In a head-on collision, the air was thick with flying, flashing cobra. Hess stood electrified and helpless before the strange sight. What to do was a question, so he just watched. By and by they sank to the floor and started In a strenuous gulping contest, each trying to swallow the other in-, side, snake and all. It resolved Itself into a question of which snake had the rudest yawn and the most jaw, and soon the smaller cobra began a slow and unpleasant journey down bis brother cobra's mouth. That was too much for Hess. To be a cannibal is bad. To swallow one's brother Is hideous. Hess raised a narrow portion of the sliding door, pulled the head of the two-snake-swallowing snake out a little way, and then untelescoped the smaller cobra, which he afterward slowly deprived of the lunch that was In him by draw ing him off the snake that was half inside him and half inside the other cobra. This was a perilous task, as cobra number three was In the offing, wink ing his weather eye at the wholesale disgorging. But Hess got away with the job and Is now recovering from the strain. "' That is the story of those three scrapping snakes to date. The gentle creatures are among the choicest prizes that have been gathered In by the zoo officials in recent years. Rain Bares Radium Mine. Telluride, Col. That a deposit of pitchblende AWhlch Thomas F. Walsh recently declared was likely to be found In the mining districts of Col orado, exists near here, and has been laid bare as an effect of the recent floods, Is the declaration of a party of prospectors. The announcement has caused considerable excitement and a party of experienced miners will go at once to the yellow sandstone cliff which it is said contains traces of the precious radium mineral and thorough ly Investigate It Horses Are Scarce. Washington. Quartermaster Gen eral Aleshire has received a report from an officer who has been Investi gating that horses suitable for cavalry and artillery are scarce and high In most of the central western states. The officer said he did not' believe an order for five or six carloads of horses could be filled in Iowa. Shelter for Foot Soldiers. In military maneuvers the infantry must do more or less work under cov er, and it Is frequently essential fox the soldier to work his way along' the surface of the ground by creeping or crawling. In order to facilitate this a genius of Stuttgart has Invented a de vice, consisting of wheels, rollers or runners, attached to a frame or to tent poles, knapsacks or other suitable parts of the equipment The utility of this Invention remains to be proved by practical experience, but there can be no question of Its novelty -and ori- I t.1fv giaality. Special Hosiery Sale Saturday, November 6 V Beginning at 9 a. m. Hosiery lor women and children at twenty-five per cent less than its real worth. Plain block hose, fancy drop stitch hose, hose with white heels and toes, hose with white feet, plain colored hosiery, ail in fast colors in bal brigganand lisle; worth regularly 15c, 20c, 25c, 35c, 50c and up to 75c per pair. There are about fifty dozen in the lot, and they will be placed on sale Satur day morning, at Niny o'clock sharp. No more than four pairs wiU be sold to any one customer. Choose and pick as you will. Tour choice of any pair" of hose in the lot , SEES SON III DREAM Boy Had Been Missing for More Than Ten Years. Mother's Vision Impels Her Write Naval Authorities in Washington for Informa tion Regarding Lad. to San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Hannah Friedman, a resident of this city, saw in her vision her eldest boy, who had been missing for ten years, in the uniform of a blue jacket of the United States navy. So vivid was the impres sion upon her by the dream that she obeyed an Inexplicable impulse to write to the naval authorities at Washington. The officials not only substantiated the vision, but were able to bring the mother and son to gether. The finding of one son led vto the finding of another. Both young men now are working, in this city, striving to save sufficient money to pay their mother's railroad fare from New York. Mrs. Friedman and her husband were living happily together ten years r.go. Their two boys, Mervyn, eight years old, and Jesse, six, were at tending school. The little family had ittle or nothing to worry them. Then Friedman began to neglect nis wife for other company. He gath ored together whatever funds he could, and in company with his af finity and the two children, he went to New York. At the age of 16 Mervyn was en tered In the United States navy by the father. Jesse, who had some tal ent as an amateur actor, appeared successfully in theaters in New York. The mother never gave up hope of seeing her boys. Had she not moved she would have heard from them, for the boys, never forgetting their par ent, wrote to her at various times, but the letters were returned. This led them to think she was dead. Mrs. Friedman dreamed that her eldest boy was In the United States navy. He stood before her as In real life, grown stalwart, looking every inch a blue jacket. Then she awoke. The more Mrs. Friedman thought of the vision the more she felt that It was true. She wrote to the navy de partment at Washington In the hope of ascertaining whether a boy named Mervyn Friedman was in the ranks. The letter was referred to the bureau of navigation. The roll was exam ined, with the result that the boy was found, The tidings were sent to the mother, who was overjoyed at her good for tune. She. sold the few effects she had, and with barely enough money to pay her fare, she hurried on to New York. She went to the home of herJ sister, Mrs. E. Schumacher, and at the first oportunity visited the navy yard. With her heart full of expectation, she boarded the Prairie and asked to see young Friedman. The boy came on deck. Mother gazed upon son, son upon mother. There was no recogni tion. The mother yearned to take the boy of her dream In her arms, but she feared that she might be mistaken. Her voice trembled as she asked if he were Mervyn Friedman and whether he came from San Francisco Then the boy quickly identified hlm-l self. When the mother told of her I own life he mingled his tears with hers. Young Friedman then told of his brother Jesse and of his father. Jesse, through his aid, was soon found. Then there was a joyful reunion. Having found his mother, Mervyn declared he wanted to return to civil life that he might be with her. He, did not want her to work any more. Jesse also joined In the idea. As Mervyn had two more years to yserve In the navy, it was impossible for him to get his release unless In fluence was brought to bear on the authorities at Washington. Mrs. 'Friedman enlisted the services of Sen ator Bourne of Oregon and Congress' m Jnllua Kahn of this city.y. She nrmA 1aOao a Mi Afllner 9 tics wrote letters to each, telling of her .BBBBBBBSW BBBBbBbBBBbW sflLsSSSS. VbBBbV JbbV HB Ktek sWsssV mEUWw need for her boy. Congressman Kahn, touched by her apepal, submitted the correspondence to the secretary oi the navy. After some delay the navy depart ment acquiesced In the recommenda tions of the Pacific coast representa tives. Young Friedman was given an honorable discharge. Bidding his mother good-by, he hurired to San Francisco to find employment He was accompanied by bis younget brother. Mrs. Friedman remained with her sister In New York. Ban on Tobacco. Liberty, Mo. The faculty of Wil liam Jewell college has given out the statement that the college would nc longer give financial aid to ministerial students who smoke. It has been the custom of the college for many yean to admit ministerial students free of tuition and give financial assistance to needy students. The ruling is caus ing much comment, but the faculty de clines to give out any statement con cerning the ruling at present Rats Eat Tax Money. Boston. When the genial tax cot lector of the little town of Leicester brushed the dust off the town safe and opened the big iron door for business his eyes bulged with amazement He .discovered that rats had eaten up all the money, 200 In crisp new bills. A portion of the money, after being pre pared in small bits for the rats' feast; had been left over. The tax collector says he is glad he made a bank de posit the night before. Forsakes the World. Determined to get away from all in fluences of home, relatives and friends during her novitiate of three years, so as to minimize all probability of her changing her present purpose to de vote her life to the church, Bern dette Imwalle, the beautiful young daughter of Henry Imwalle, mayor of St Bernard, left Thursday for Namur, Belgium, where she will enter the convent of Notre Dame. Her father and mother are heart sick at the thought of losing their only daughter for all time, but, con' vinced that she would be unhappy If they should try to prevent her from carrying out her resolve they have ac quiesced in her determination. Cin cinnati Commercial Tribune. Enigmatical Calamity. Men have often abandoned what was visible for the sake of what was uncertain, have not got what they ex pected, and have lost what they has being unfortunate by an enigmatical sort of calamity. Demetrius Phat ereus. False Pretense. Mrs. Hyup "I was so disappointed In Dr. Pullem!" . Mrs. Hyer "In what respect?" "Mrs. Hyup-r-"I un derstood he was a great bridge ex pert but he was only a dentist" Puck. To Keep from Catching Cold. The best means of preventing a "cold" are: Never sit in a room that Is not thoroughly ventilated, and avoid especially any room occupied by a person suffering from a "cold." BUGGIES We are overstocked on Baggies, and as we are going into the automobile business, we will give a liberal discount on Moon, Veils, John Deere and Marshalltown Buggies. Call and look over our large stock and get first choice. W. J. VOSS & CO. LA BBsWuBBBBBm xMSVsrSSV9SiWsr ssr Mw ft W vtn - uw&t BIGGER 3Jr:S !.M OUR N'AVt Reduction Gear Being Perfected Which Is Aimed to Transform Mod ern Marine Architecture. Pittsburg, Pa. "The reduction gear Invented by Rear Admiral Melville. John H. McAIpine and George West Inghouse is expected to result in arm ing the United States navy with 14 iach guns instead of 12-inch guns, which are now carried," said a per sonal representative of George West laghouse, and it came out later that for some time a representative of the navy has been at the Westinghouse shops watching the tests of a new re duction gear for turbines, which is ex pected to transform ocean craft by re ducing the weight of engine room equipment. Within the past week a representa tive of the British government visited East Pittsburg and looked over the models to make a report to the Brit ish navy. The Westinghouse interests at Pitts burg, decline positively to give any de tailed description of the new gear, saying it la not yet complete and that there are some things which they have been obliged to withhold even from the navy experts. They admit that by the new Invention it is hoped the tur bines on ocean going vessels which have made up a great portion of the weight will be greatly reduced in size and weight and still do more effective work. The lighter machinery on a battle ship will permit additional displace ment to be given over to the heaviei guns, according to othe Ideas of the Westinghouse people. A saving of at least $2,500,000 in the construction of the heavier ocean liners Is also claimed. PIANIST SAILS AS STEWARD Woman Professional Musician, Unable to Secure Berth. Signs with Crew snd Paid for Labor. Boston. It isn't often that a pro fesslonal pianist comes to this coun try as a member of a steamship's crew and Is paid good money for her serv ices as a stewardess, but that's what happened to Miss Hermine Luders of Hamburg, according to her statement on the Bethania, shortly after the liner arrived from Hamburg. Miss Luders, who says she gave pianoforte lessons to Miss Ethe? Roosevelt, told reporters she was un able to secure passage on any of the regular liners leaving Europe because their accommodations had been filled by returning tourists. At her wlt't end to get to this country at the earliest possible date, Miss Luders ap piled to an official connected with one of the great steamship companies for advice. The result was that the young woman was signed as a stewardess on the Bethania and therefore was en titled to the wages of that position and what tips passengers might be stow. Miss Luders thought the whole affair a good joke and told of her ex periences in white cap and long apron to a party of friends at the pier. She remained in Boston a few days and then left for New York to fill eagage- ts. . . . - f7 - - --;- -. - .. : ... it--;.. .fV. i' .-. . t-i - 1
