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. fflrw See that Stripe Tliat Is distinctive of Cooper.Wells & Co.s Style No. 69 One of the best, l:nown 25 cent blockings made. 2-ply Egyptian yam with suihcient twist to cive most wear. We recommend No. 69 to our pat rons because we Lelieve in it. Conies in black riiilv. Sizei Hsto 10 Try it J. H. GALLEY ITEMS OF INTEREST HKM.WOOI). From the Gazette. The hum of the thresher l? now lieanl in the land. Th iunlity of wheat is re ported good; lint tht) number of hushols to the acre is not iiito iih large as last year. The iialiiy, perhaps, will more than make up for the falling off in quan tity. The man who wrestles with the cow and learns the calf to such, who casta the corn before the swine, is now in the Kreateet luck, for butter's on the upper Krade, veal's higher than a kite, pork is climbing up tin- scale and heef is out of aight; eggs he gathers every day from his Poland chicken coop are almost worth their weight in gold and we are in the eoup. Uiscorn liriiigs him a fancy price it's rising every da' and he rakes iu all kinds of men for a half load of hay. The farmer is in the saddle and when he comes to town the rest of iih by right should go away back and sit down. HUMIMIUEY. From the Democrat Anton iFungmann left last Thursday evening for Krinu, Sashatchewan, Can ada, where be will remain for several weeks in the capacity of demonstrator and sales agent for the International Harvester Oo. Tuesday was a scene in Humphrey long to he remembered. Diers Bros, received a car of peaches and sold them all out in eight hours. Streets were mi crowded with teams that some had to wait a long time to get nlong the thor oughfare. Judges Thomas and 1'oBt were up from Columbus Tuesday forenoon to make personal investigation of the matter of H. T. Hachea endeavoring to withdraw a part of his land south of town from the village. Judge Thomas will undoubt edly render a decision in the ca6e in n few days, it having been put up to the judge to decide by reason of going through court some time ago. I.KIOII. From the World. Nearly all the corn is doing fine through this dry weather and if we get a rain soon there will be a big crop John Hyland threshed his winter wheat ami oats Monday and ieports that his oats made from oil to4."i bushels per acre. 1'retty good yield for this dry year Henry Hauiaun is now buying his meat at the meat market the same as the rest of us common mortals Last Friday night someone helped himself to the sup ply in Henry's smoke-house and he says he hopes the fellow will continue to grow fat until the devil gets him. Ohae Hart arrived here Wednesday evening from Carroll. Iowa, where his folks now reside. Chas reports that his mother recently had a stroke of paraly sis and is in a helpless condition. Her many friends hero will be pained to learn of her misfortune and will hope for her speedy recovery. FRISCHHOLZ BROS. SHOES CLOTHING Gents' Furnishing Goods RELIABLE GOODS AT RIGHT PRICES. FRISCHHOLZ BROS. 405 11th Street, SffiGlirirai ce59K2wmiiWH f kl Not Irnn But Lota nf Hard Wear in Them. 505 Eleventh Street Columbus ABOUT OUR NEIGH BORS AND FRIENDS CLIPPED FROM OUR EXCHANGES aciinvLKit. From the Hun. Kudolph O. Jenny of Leigh, has been granted a patent for a corn rake, and elevating machine. Miss Catherine O'Callaghan returned to her home at Platte Center Sunday after a three weeks visit with her sister and relatives here. (i. W. Dowell of Ilichland is moving bis family to Schuyler and will make his future home here. Until recently he was foreman on the Reisch Hros. ranch at Richland, but in the future will devote bis attention to real estate. We hava just beard of a school ma'am introducing a new feature in her school. When one of the girls miss a word the boy who spells it gets permission to kies her. The result is the girls are becom ing poor spellers while the boys are im proving right along. Many of the farmers in this vicinity arc threshing their winter wheat crop and the yield is far beyond their expec tations, running from IS to 25 bushels per acre. We beard of one Celd where the yield was :12 bushels. If it could have been foreseen that the yield would have been so good, less wheat would linve been plowed up and the ground put into other crops. We understand the kernel is much better than common and that the test runs from 61 to i pounds per bushel. GENOA. From t ho Time". John Hanson sold the Grst load of new wheat in Genoa last Saturday for SS. cents. It tested ft!. Mr. Hanson had '2t acres which averaged -i bushels an exceptionally large yield, owing to the unfavorable weather that prevailed last spring. Wednesday, a stranger stepped off the afternoon train and asked to be directed to the home of Mrs. Dirks, who lives in the south part of town. The stranger was a brother of Mrs. Dirks and bad not seen his sister since she was a young lady, :i!l years ago. Down in S. J. Ellis' native state (North Carolina), a white man was nrrnigned for stealing chickeuB from a negro. The jury was composed of seven white men and five negroes, and one of lh latter was made foreman. They came into court and the clerk demanded: "Have you agreed upon a verdict?" "Yes, sah." What is il?" "De jury am gone demo crat, sah. andde prisoneram not guilty." Dr. D. Q. Wnlker. of Lindsay, sus tained a compound Potts fracture of the right leg in an automobile accident last Friday morning while returning from the firemen's tournament at Newman Grove. The doctor was found pinioned tinder his machine, which had upset. with his leg splintered and hot water from the radiator scalding him. He was taken to Newman Grove and his injuries attended to. Columbus. PLATTE CBNTSB From the Signal. Jaa. Burrows arrived borne from Lin coln Saturday night, accompanied by his grandson, Bertie Doughtery, who on Monday went out to Aire. Marie Thoma zin's farm, where be will for the present make his home. A. G. Parker, after a vacation of three months, again assumed the duties of station agent at this point Wednesday. Mr. Whittaker. who has been doing the work during Mr. Parker's absence, went to Cortland, Neb., to allow the agent there to take a vacation. Chris Hagetnann shipped a load of grass fed cattle to the South Omaha market Monday evening. It is seldom that cattle are shipped from this part of the state that have not been fed grain. Scarcity of feed in pastures is making many farmers realize that they have too much stock. While out riding last Sunday Misses Mary and Florence Dunn were thrown from the buggy by their horse becoming frightened at a calf beside the road. Mary sustained three broken ribs, while Florence escaped with a sprained foot and wrist. We learn that the young ladies are both doing nicely. The car load f cattle which were scorched in the burning car west of town last week Wednesday were held in the stock yards here until .Thursday even ing when they were shipped to Omaha. The railroad company paid the owner the market price for them and disposed of them for what they would bring. The Farmers State bank opened its doors for business Monday morning as announced last week. Mat Nicbauer came up from Columbus Sunday even ing and was on hand to assume his duties as assistant cashier. Mr. Kileen was also here, but returned to Schuyler in the evening. There is but little room in the temporary quarters and the furni ture is not on an elaborate scale, but it will answer until the new building is ready. Mr. Dowd assures us that the business so far is very satisfactory. O. J. Carrig and family spent last week down on his farm, living in a tent. He let on that he was helping the boys in the harvest Held, and to prove that he bad beek working in the sun he is show ing blisters on his hands and sunburns on his neck to his Columbus friends. We are credibly informed that those blisters are the result of excessive usn of a knife and fork, and the sun burns from lying down in the shade and having an attack of that "tired feeling" when the buu moved al'ing. The only thing use ful he did was to keep the ant mires out of the lunch basket. AIilUON. From the News. Mrs. Jas. Nevela and Itonney and daughter. Mm. King, went lo Frontier county Wednesday to see how Mr. Nov els is getting along on the farm. Loyd Kesterson sustained a broken arm Saturday. He was riding a horse when it went through some trees. In some way Loyd got caught on one of the trees anil was pulled off the horse, fall ing and breaking his arm. Mrs. L Hold left Tuesday morning for Sayer. Wis , to spend a few weeks. This town is located right in the midst of the lake region of northern Wisconsin and an ideal place to spend if summer vaca tion. Mr. Hold and Clara expect to join her in two weeks. Notwithstanding the Mayor's pro clamation of recent date, relative to the riding of wheels on the sidewalks, there are some boys who still persist in open ly violating the ordinance. Hiding wheels on the sidewalk and especially with the recklessness which some dis play is dangerous and ought to be stop ped. Miss Ora Mansfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kd. Mansfield of this city, was severly burned in a gasoline stove ex plosion Sunday morning. She had arisen to prepare the breakfast before the other members of ihe family were up. The stove was one of the kind that has to be generated iiefore lightiug, and it seems that it had not been working right for several days. After generating it she attempted to light it but it did not work and she poured some more gasoline into the generating cup, think ing that it had not generated sufficient ly. The cup being hot the gasoline ex ploded when she attempted to pour in more, throwing the burning oil over her Her folks were sleeping in a tent and she rushed into the tent nnd her father threw a blanket over her smothering the llames. Her face, neck, chest and arms were badly burned but left arm was much the worse. It was thought for a time that she was burned internally, but they now believe this is not the case. ST. EDWARD From the Advance. Frank McFaydcn left Tuesday for Columbus where he will be a patient at St. Mary's hospital. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Houston left Mon day for Columbus where Mrs. Houston will enter St. Mary's hospital for treat ment. Earl Styles and Will Burrows left Monday for Boulder, Colo., where they will join T. Christenson and sons for a months trip in the mountains. The boys say they are going to kill the lar gest bear in all the Rockies, catch the largest trout that ever swam in brooks and wind up the trip by breaking the wildest broncho at the Frontier celebra tion at Cheyenne. Last Monday Hirschel Grape brought to the mill some new wheat that looked al most too good to be true. It tested sixty-four pounds to the bushel and Mr. N. O. Blackburn, our miller, says tliat in his thirty-four years experience in the milling business he has never seen wheat that looked so good nor tested such weight. Of course Mr. Grape knows a thing or two about farming, but above all he is wise enough to stay right here in Boone county where a fellow can't help but make good. COLUMBUS MEAT MARKET We invite all who desire choice steak, and the very best cuts of all other meats to call at our market on Eleventh street. Wc also handle poultryand fish and oysters in season. S. E. MARTY & CO. Telephone No. 1. - Columbus, Neb. Pottery and Secrtcy. In the royal manufactory of pottery at Meissen, Saxony, the work was for merly carried on with the utmost se crecy to prevent the processes from becoming known elsewhere. The es tablishment was a complete fortress, the portcullis of which was not raised day or night, no stranger being per mitted to enter for any purpose what ever. Every workman, even the chief Inspector, was sworn to silence. This injunction was formally repeated every month to the superior officers employ ed, while the workmen had constantly before their eyes in large letters the warning motto, "Be Secret Unto Death." It was well known that any person divulging the process would be imprisoned for life iu the castle of Koenlgstein. Evcu the king himself when he took strangers of distinction to visit the works was enjoined to se crecy. One of the foremen, however, escaped and assisted in establishing a manufactory in Vienna, from which the secrets spread all over Germany. Her Diamond Necklace. Brown is a very careful man. lie Is superlatively careful. So careful is he that he has insured his insurance money. Now, Brown has a wife. Wives have to be given birthday presents, and on his wife's first birthday after their marriage be gave her a beautiful dia mond necklace. This was not as reck less as you might think, for each stone on the necklace represented a year of Mrs. Brown's life, and he let every one know that And he arranged to give Mrs. Brown a new diamond each birthday. And he let the neighbors know that too. He has just missed giving his wife a birthday present for the ninth succes sive year. As to when greed will conquer pride nnd his wife will ask for another birth day present, we shall have to wait and see. Pearson's. The Salt Charm Failed. Some three years before the Franco German war broke out Count Secken dorff accompanied King William I. on his visit to Napoleon III. nnd was present at the celebrated dejeuner giv en in the Pavilion de Diane at Fon tainebleau. King William, who was sitting next the empress, was asked by her to pass the salt, and in comply ing with this request he threw a little salt over his shoulder. Upon the em press exclaiming, "Why do you do that?' the king explained that in his country it was the custom to do so when passing the salt to ward off bad luck and any chance of a quarrel. The empress in a prettily turned speech at once replied. "But surely there Is no danger of anything interfering with our friendship." In less than three years the Germans had crossed the Rhine. London Spectator. Why Not Pass the Plate? They ought to pass the plate at church weddings. It comes natural to do it in church, and to do so would add a pretty and useful employment to the duties of the ushers, who always have a little spare time before the bride arrives. And, really, getting married is more expensive than ever, and, though wedding presents are ex cellent In their way, what the .young people usually need the most Is cash. Instead of the list of gifts which the newspapers sometimes print we should read. "The collection yielded $4,000, 000." That would be nice. It is much easier to store and care for money than plate and glass! And money al ways fits and there Is no such thing as an embarrassing duplication of dollars. -Life. A High Priced Fricassee. Lord Alvanley, a noted wit and high liver in England a hundred years or so ago, insisted on having an apple tart on his dinner table every day throughout the year. On one occasion be paid a caterer 1,000 for a luncheon put up in a basket that sufficed a small boating party going up the Thames. Being one of n dozen men dining together at a London club where each was re quired to produce his own dish, Alvan lcy's, as the most expensive, won him the advantage of being entertained free of cost. This benefit was gained at an expense of $540, that being the price of a simple fricassee composed entirely of the "noix." or small pieces at each side of the back, taken from thirteen kinds of birds, among them being 100 snipe, 40 woodcocks and 20 pheasants in all about S00 birds. Our Eccentric Phrases. Why do we always talk of putting on a coat and vest? Who puts on a coat before a vest? We also say put ting on shoes and stockings. Who puts on shoes before the stockings? We also put up signs telling people to wipe their feet when we mean their boots or shoes. And a father tells a loy he will warm his jacket when he means to warm his pantaloons. We are a little eccentric iu our phrases at times. An Odd Epitaph. The following epitaph is to be found In a cemetery within seven miles of New York's city ball: Reader, pass on; don't waste your time O'er bad biography and bitter rhyme. For what I am this crumbling" clay ln: sures. And what I was Is no affair ot yours. In the Game. "I am in the hands of my friends," said the political sidestepper. "Yes," replied the harsh critic, "and every time your friends look over their hands they seem impatient for a new deaL" Washington Star. I CKNTBAL CITY. From the Nonpareil. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Hord departed Saturday for a trip to Europe. They stopped for a day in Omaha, being joined there by their eon Herbert, who accom panied them aa far aa New York. They are going to Neuheim, Germany, where Mr. Hord will take a course of treat ment at the famoua springs. He has been urged by a number of friends to go to that place and at last decided to act upon their advice. It is to be hoped that he and his wife will have a pleasant voyage and that Mr. Hord will return with his health restored. The community was aroused Tuesday morning when the news came in from Mead township that John E. Copeland. who Uvea on the Brannan farm eight miles north of town, bad disappeared and it was feared that he had met with an accident or was the victim of foul play. Word of the disappearance came to Sheriff Her and beat once organized a posse and several auto loads went out to the place to make a search for the miss ing man. Mr. Copeland was lost seen at his home on Thursday. Mrs. Cope land the previous day had gone to Schuy ler for a visit with her parents. Thurs day Mr. Copeland took u load of corn to ClarkB and sold it and then came to Cen tral City and drew out what money he had in the Central City National bank. Going home he turned all his stock into the pasture changed his clothes and left, the last seen of him be ing when neighbors saw him walking in the direction of Clarke. "I can't stand it any longer." This was the note E. E. Bnggs, Union Pacific agent at Hordville, found on the stand in his son Victor's room yesterday morn ing when he went to look for the boy. Hanging from a ahelf in the room by the shawl strap waa the body of bis son cold in death. Mr. Briggs bad passed his son's room a few minutes previous and glancing in saw him near the shelf with his back to the wall but he suppos ed that Victor waB practicing some gym nastic exercises as he did that quite of ten. Shortly after this, however, a noise in the room caused him to step to the door and look in and he then saw nt a glance what had taken place. He cut the body down at once nnd summoned Dr. Jnrmin who arrived in a few min utes. They worked over the body for some time but were unable to restore life. Victor has nover been strong and for the past few years has been battling with consumption. In recent months he has seemed better. This week, however, he felt rather worse than usual and his condition seemed to prey on his mind. In a talk with his mother Tuesday he made expressions that in the light of his act indicate he had been thinking of sui cide for some time. Go Out Into the Union Pacific Country Where there are greater opportiuiities and less competition; where nature is generous in both climate and soil. It is in this section that thousands will find homes in the next few years. GO VIA UNION PACIFIC bow Homeseekers' Fares First and Third Tuesday of Each Month During 1910 To Many Points in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Washington For information relative to rates, routes, etc., - call on or address B. G. BROWN, Agent, Columbus, Neb MONROE. From the Kepobliraa. Mrs. M. Sheridan of Columbus is visit ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Gleason, this week. Lee Nunnally arrived Snnday evening from Washington, called here by the An al illness of his brother, Harvey. O. W. Ho'.lmgabead.Mra.l). W Jenk- insnn and Mrs. L. J. Hollingshead were called to Denver last Friday by the death of Mr. HolliDgshead's eldest bro ther, Jesse Hollingshead. They left that evening for Denver, returning Tuesday after I he funeral. Mr. Hollings head bad a nnmber of acquaintances in Monroe and vicinity, as he visited here on different occasions. After suffering for six years with rheu matism, five of which he has been con fined to his bed, Harvey Nunnally pass ed away at his home Thursday morning, aged 24 years, three months and twenty two days. Harvey Nunnally was born in Booneville, Mo, March 29. 1888 He came to Monroe with the family in 11XM), and has since made this place his home. Six years ago he was stricken with the malady that resulted in bis death, and tince that time has been a patient suffer er, lie leaves besides bis parents, three brothers. Chas. of Monroe, and Lee and Hesse of Tamma, Wuh., and three sis ters, Mrs. Noris Fifield and the Misses Minnie and Ida of Monroe. Funeral services were held Friday at i! p. in., from the Presbyterian church, and were conducted by Hev. Ahlaman, of the Albion Baptist church. SILVER CIIREK. From the Snnil B. C. Ackerman, mayor of Havens, and Katie Itohinaon, living on the old Clutter farm, were married Wednesday. They were in Silver Creek Wednesday on their way to Fremont and other points to enjoy their honeymoon. Mrs. Jessie Hazencamp, formerly Miss Jessie Bailey, aneiceof N. L. and J. N. Squier. died last week at Laramie, Wyo , leaving a three months old baby boy. Some years ago she spent one piimmer here and will lie remembered by many. A tire at the Sutton place Thureday morning destroyed the threshing mach ine of II. N Wilson. A few bushels of Charlie Carson's wheat was also burned. Wilson says that the machine wan in sured. The fire caught from a hot box on the separator. I.OCAI, KF.l'KKSKNTATIVK-Snlary $100 to i'M) monthly. Kxtm coininl-Mon and otlire x-Ix'li-ov. Kt-iiv?wiitntiv niunt bno utticient ciu-li lornriy tttH'k to iiiply the demand creat ed by New ! nnd other condition-. Send refcrencm. IWition prrmiiient. Kapid ad vancement to Kootl man. Addri-u Stiirin Thayer, Salon Dint-tor, IU) National bank t'oin merce Knildinir, MiimeMli", .Minn. JllEHgJErfl I k "The Safe Road" Electric Block Signals Dining Car Meals and Service "Best in the World" Electric Light Always Ready Brilliant Clean Safe Have your house wired X Columbus Light, Heat & Power Co. party I uwtir nn excellent- uoeitioa. Hilary or coinuiii'i'iuu for Colambae and vl- cinity. Htate nice, former occupation niul itivt. reference. AddnM lAHJm BOX 43S. I.incolu, Neb. WIN PACIFIC THE TULE WKHT BOUND. IWANTEDl The right jFpfs2rl AST BOUND. No. 4 .'....... 4:32 a a No. 12 10::t7pm No. 14 5:34 am No. It 2:4 pm No. 18 2:1 pm No. 10 3:05 pm No. 18 5:f.7pm No. 2 .' 8:30 pm No. 22. 1:20 pm No. 20 MUpB No. 24 7:12 am Nir. 8 . tt:15pm tOHBR. SPALDINO ALBION. No. 7.mxd..d 0:00am .No. 31 pas ..dlJOpm No. 32 pan ..a!2J0pm No. 80 mxd.. a 7:00 pm No. 11 .. . 8 HI a m . 123 a ui .10:23 a nt .ll:Tnm . 3:05 p iu . H:23 ni . ASM in . nar. i ui .11:10 a m No. 13 No. 1 No. It No. 17 Xo.15 No.S No. 5 No. 21. No. lit II :20 a in No. -S HSM p in No. 7 ... '.':35 pm NORFOLK. No.77nixd d 7:20 am No. 1 pan ..d7Unm No. so pa ..a 1:10 pm No. 78 uixd..a :10 pm Daily ex cept Snnday. not: Nob. 1. 2, 7 and 8 are extra fare traiaa. No. 4. r, 13 and 14 are local paaaoagere. No. SH nnd M are local freights. Noa. V and lit are mail trains only. No 14 due in Omaha 4 :4S p. h. .. No. 8 dna in Omaha 3:09 p. a. e. i. . Tim Tafclt No. 22, Vrum. (daily ex. Hunday) leave... 7i3Sa m tit: :a, Vtt. A Ac. (d'y ex. ijatprduy.) y..r.0 p m No. 21, 1'aiM). (daily ex. Sunday) arrive. .ttO p m No. 31. Frt. .V Ac. (d'y ex. Sunday) ar. ..0:15 a m 1 LB