;8 S I it i, .. m ' i ')? H l H i If! I 13' ; f j V 111 AUTO M BARGAINS In order to make room for new stock, we offer the following Automobiles at very low prices far less than cost. If you are going to buy a car, better come and see these before buying. They are remarkable bargains and will sell in a short time, so act promptly. 4 Cylinder 30 H. P. Overland Touring Car, ttreen Color, 5 passenger, all new tires, paint in good conition and runs as good an new. has a Speedo meter, mud chains and extra tire. Costa as it .stands $1,495. OUR SPECIAL PRICE $1,000 lleo 2 cylinder 5 passenger Touring Car, with top. Speedometer, etc, in good running condition, all tires good. Cost new $1,150. OUR SPECIAL PRICE $750 Reo 2 cylinder 24 H. P. 2 or 4 pasBenuer roadster, new paint and new tire?, engine overhauled and in bent condition, color black with crew m run ning 'gear, cost new $1,050. OUR SPECIAL PRICE $600 Iteo runabout, has only been run a little, paint as good as new and the car is not damaged $5.00 worth, lias windshield, extra tires and mnd chains. Cost as it stands, with extra boek so it easily carries four, $595. OUR SPECIAL PRICE $450 If you are interested in any. of these, come in and look them over before they are gone. Remember all of them are in good condition, as we sold them all new, but have taken them in on other cars where the owner wanted a larger car of a new model. Come and see them or write immediately. Columbus Automobile Co. Columbus, Nebraska Crockery We have a few odds and ends left, such as plates, cups, saucers, meat plates, etc., also a stock of China and Japanese goods, which will go at a 50 per cent Discount DINNER SETS in 50 and 100 piece sets at a very low price. Try and see us on these prices. JOHANNES & KRUMLAND Advertised Letters. Following is it hat of nnclmmed mnil mutter remaining in the post ollice at Columbus, Nebraska, for tho penoil end ing August -f I'.llo: j"Ltra BiitH .lwmA Column. En no no F. Coon. Jack Davis, A. C. Eihel, Mr LncrotiH Given, E. C. Henderson i, Frank It Johnston, .1. W. Naely. ChhIs H.J. Uniittie, Pat Curtis, .Miss Em Davis, V. H. Finney. Mrs. H W. Green. Mary E. Oagrui, Mis? W. Hainer, E. C. Henderson '2, Jim Halloran, J. C Kimble 2, Miks V. Meyer. F. W. Meyer. Fred Miller :5. Leonard Miller, W. V. O'dullivan, .lad.- UockeMler, Mihh Hattie Sehnrse. .1. C. White. Parties railing for any of the above will pleaBe nay advertised. Cam. Kkamek, l If. BBRECX. ly CT B WmMi T1 RBUUUBf) Everyone Should Turn Out And See the Omaha Motor Club When they arrive at Columbus Friday, August 26th At noon. They all stop at the GOTTBERG GARAGE for gasoline. Columbus has been tendered the honor to place a FORD cur in this contest, to be driven by a Columbus driver. GOTTBERG Columbns, OBI LE Crockery Marriage Licenses. Ralph L. Drake, Columbus 23 Florence A. Ungel, Columbus 23 Lester W. Carson. Silver Creek 21 Mattie I'nmp. Silver Creek IS Byron H. Bond, Silver Creek 22 Mary Frantsen. Silver Creek 22 Carl .Swnnben;, Columbm 27 Mary Uumgartner, Columbus 21 John II. Zipper, Osceola 2:: Balbirm Kotlar, Columbus IS Fred W Brnggernian. Columbus 2fi Mary J . Din eon, Platte Center i!4 Rrncst Bather, Clinton, la "fi Mary F Chriatiio, Genoa 5 AUTO CO. Nebraska II AUCTION STORIES Unexpected Prizes That Have Been Won by Bidders. A GREAT BARGAIN IN EGGS. Hew Two Specimens of the Great Auk Species Were Bought For 99 and Sold For 2,000 An Old Picture That Had a Valuable Lining. "Of course I hare met with a good many Interesting experiences during my career as an auctioneer," relates Henry Stevens In a London magazine, "but the most striking of them all oc curred, I think, In connection with a great auk's egg. "Some years ago a young fellow rode over to an obscure furniture sale at the country village In the hope of se curing a bargain to help in furnishing a home in view of his Intended mar riage. And a bargain he did get, though not of the kind he originally thought of. . "One of the lots put up for sale was a basketful of shells, eggs and other ornaments which had attracted the at tention of an old lady who happened, to be present Just as they were on the point of being knocked down to her the young man was struck by the ap pearance of two large eggs In the bas ket, and, thinking he might as well have them as curiosities, he started to bid, with the result that tho lot was knocked down to him for $9. "Upon examining the eggs it oc curred to him that he might be able to make a profit on their Bale. He ac cordingly wrapped them up in a band- kerchief and brought them to me. "As soon as they had washed off the grime which covered them I discovered that they were eggs of no less a bird than the great auk, and as a result of their sale a few weeks later I handed the astute young bargain hunter a check for $2,000. "At another sale which I conducted there was an old picture so covered with dirt and grime that it was almost Impossible to see what it was like. This was hung upon the wall in a prominent position, but did not appar ently find favor in the eyes of any of the dealers who were present No re serve price was placed upon this pic ture, which had been put into the sale by a local pawnbroker to whom it bail been pledged and not redeemed. "In spite of every effort on the part of the auctioneer, it was eventually knocked down to a young man who had looked into the sale quite casually In order to waste half an hour during which he had to wait for a train. Tak ing a great fancy to the frame, which was of oak. blackened with age. he hazarded a bid of $5, at which price it was knocked down to him without any competition. "As be did not want the picture, he asked the auctioneer whether he would mind trying to get a bid for it if he cut it out of the frame, and, being an swered In the affirmative, he took out his knife and neatly cut through the canvas all round the edge. "Imagine the astonishment of him self and all present when, hidden be hind the canvas, he discovered Ave bills for $100 cacli. Evidently the pic ture had been used to conceal the sav ings of some previous owner, who had died without disclosing the secret and whose hard won fortune thus came into the hands of a total stranger. "I should quote as very interesting a sale at Rutland Gate, where there were only the remains of the furni ture, a firm having been allowed to take what they chose to their rooms. It was accordingly after the nature of a rummage sale, but In one cupboard which had been overlooked were what the junior clerk described as three silver cups. The auctioneer was sit ting In his office when a gentleman drove up in a hansom cab, anxious to speak about these cups, for which he offered no less than $1,500. "The auctioneer was so much sur prised that he thought his visitor must have some reason for this high bid, and he wisely determined not to take the first offer he received. 'Ob, I don't think they will take that,' he said, and with this answer the gentleman had to be content An expert was called on to examine the so called cups, and he discovered them to be in reality six teenth century chalices, for which he himself made an offer of $2,100. The three cups were subsequently sold for $5,7ri0. but it was only by the slightest chance that they had not gone for a mere song. "I shall never forget an incident which occurred In connection with, the sale of some valuable shells. The bid ding for one large shell in particular was much more brisk than I had an ticipated, but the reason for this be came apparent when at last it was knocked down to a gentleman In a very excited condition, who directly It was handed to him flung it upon the ground and trampled it to atoms, at the same time shouting out in a loud voice that now that one was destroyed be possessed the only specimen in the world-" ! They're All a Bluff. Scene Railroad car on the New York Central going up the Hudson river, passing Yonkers. First Traveler Say, have you heard about the Palisades? Second Traveler No. What about them? First Traveler Why. they say they're all a bluff. New York Herald. The man who has not attained to elf government cannot safely lira der tho law of liberty. Wagner. Malicious. Youngleigli-Which is the better way to propose, orally or by letter? Cynl cus By letter, certainly. There's a chance that ycu might forget to mail it Exchange. Why, Indeed? She Why does woman take a man's' name when she marries him? He Why does she take everything else he" got? When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but aur severity. Eliot THE OIL WELL SHOOTER. Sometimes Hewn Into Eternity With Hie Own Ammunition. In certain of the petroleum produc ing districts it becomes necessary some times in opening an oil well sometimes when the well has become clogged or apparently exhausted to begin or re new the flow by exploding nitroglyc erin at the bottom of the well. This explosive is employed because It Is ex plodes readily by the dropping of a weight upon it A man who carries nitroglycerin from well to well for this purpose Is known In the oil regions as a "shooter." The shooter .has a wagon in which to carry his explosive. A square box un der the seat is carefully padded, and when it has been solidly filled with cans of nitroglycerin, which is a molasses-like fluid, he fastens down the cover and drives slowly away to the well that he is to shoot Usually he makes the trip very early In the morn ing to avoid the customary travel and so diminish the chance of danger. For the most part the roads are bad, and the wagon jolts along In a way to make any one but an old shooter de cidedly nervous. If It is dark there Is great danger that a wheel may drop Into a hole with force enough to deto nate the explosive. Several wagons bearing shooters and their loads nave been blown up, but no one ever lived to tell what sort of jar caused the ex plosion. In such a case little Is ever found ex cept the great hole in the ground which the explosion has dug, with possibly a wneei or tne wagon a quarter of a mile away in one direction and another In the opposite direction. The shooter generally takes from 80 to 240 quarts of nitroglycerin In his wagon. The smaller amount Is quite enough if it should explode to leave no trace of the driver of the vehicle. When the shooter reaches the well which is to be treated long torpedo tubes are placed within the casing of the well, and the nitroglycerin is poured carefully into them. The well may be 1,500 feet deep and is seldom less than a thousand. When one of the tubes Is filled it is lowered with the utmost care to the bottom of the well. This operation Is repeated until the shoot er Is satisfied that the load is heavy enough to accomplish the purpose. When all is ready a bar of iron, known as a "go-devil," is dropped into the well. The Instant it leaves bis hand the shooter takes to his heels, seeking a place of safety. Suddenly the earth trembles; there Is a crash, followed by a snap; a muf fled sound arises and becomes louder and louder until a column of oil and water shoots from 75 to 100 feet into the air. The country for hundreds of feet around is filled with clouds of spray floating to leeward. When this subsides the well is in operation and the shooter receives his fee and. drives away. Harper's Weekly. The Dead Man's Hand. Charms as cures for sickness were common in England a century ago. Lady Wake, who was born In 1800, tells of a grewsome cure adopted for tho removal of some birthmarks which disfigured her face. Her mother was persuaded that 'a dead man's hand laid upon my cheek and hands would effectually remove the marks," she writes. "As a man could, not be killed for the occasion, it was necessary to wait till some one died. An okl man at last did die in one of the nearest cottages, and I was taken there In my sleep. I remember afterward being constantly stopped by the widow, who always examined my cheek In order to ascertain the state of her husband's body, as the marks, she told my nurse, would certainly fade nway.as he turn ed Into dust Whatever the cause of tho cure, the marks in time disap peared." -It's the Cut" An aged country rector who had an old tailor as his clerk, returning from his church one Sunday with the lat ter, thus addressed him: "Thomas, I cannot think how it is that our church should be getting thinner, for I am 6ure I preach as well as ever I did and ought to have far more experience than I had when I first came among you." "Indeed," replied Thomas. "Ill tell you what; old parsons nowadays are just like old tailors, for I'm sure I sew as well as ever I did in my life, and the cloth is the same, but if s the cut, air. Ah, it's the new cut" Pearson's Weekly. Funerals In England. At the time of Queen Victoria's fu neral a writer In the Undertakers Journal complained that, while royal burals were still conducted in an im pressive manner, a sad lack of cere monial distinguished the funerals of the nobility. "Item after Item has been abandoned, idea after idea has been dropied. each meaning a distinct loss to our business. An undertaker In the west end. referring to the re cent death of a noble lord, confided to me: 'Forty years ago 1 burled a mem ber of that family, and the funeral bill came to 1.250 ($0250). Ten years later I burled another, when it came to just over 700 (S300). Fifteen years ago 1 burled a third, at a cost of 320 ($1.G00). but the bill for this one did not reach 75 ($375).' " Origin of a Famous Saying. Euclid, who Is sometimes called the father of mathematics, taught this subject In the famous school at Alex andria. Being asked one day by tho king of Egypt (Ptolemy Soter) whether he could not teach him the science In a shorter way, Euclid answered In words that have been memorable ever since. -Sire, there Is no royal road t learning." Not many scraps of conver sation have lived, as this reply has. for 2500 years. Luck. Tommy Pop. what Is luck? Tommy's Pop Luck, my son. Is what comes to a man who has the oppor tunity of buying something for a mere song, but who can't sing. Philadel phia Itecord. A Bird In the Hand. A woman Is a person who would rattier have her husband at home o nights than in the Hall of Fame. Gal veston News. WHIPPEOTHE UON A Contest Between Human and Brute Strength. SANDOW WAS THE VICTOR. Stripped to the Waist, the Strena Man Wrestled With the Enraged Animal, Who Was Mittened and Muzzled, and Thoroughly Subdued Him. The story that Richard, later term ed "Coeur de Lion," derived his name from the feat of tearing a live lion's heart out of its body is usually re garded today as apochrypbaL At this distance of time it 13 Impossible to tell what was the truth. But if Rich ard had the strength of Sandow and strove'-with the lion under conditions similar to those under which Sandow wrestled with a menagerie lion In San Francisco some years ago there may be a basis of fact for the legend. In the Strand Magazine Mr. Sandow told of the event: It was to be a struggle between brute strength and human strength. Merely in order to prevent the lion from tearing me to pieces with his claws, mittens were to be placed on his feet and a muzzle over his head. This Hon. I must tell you, was a par ticularly fierce animal and only a week before had enjoyed a dish that was not on the menu his keeper. Well, the engagement was accord ingly made and "A Lion Fight with Sandow" widely advertised. The an nouncement, I am told, sent a thrill through the cities for a hundred miles round, and in order to be equipped for a performance which would be found to attract hundreds of thousands of people I decided to rehearse my fight with the lion beforehand. 1 had it in my mind that the effect of mlttenlng and muzzling the beast might be to put him off the fight by frightening him, and, realizing how foolish I should appear facing a lion that would not fight. I was desirous of making certain that this should not be the case. Accordingly the Hon was mittened and muzzled, but only with the aid of six strong men. and I entered the cage unarmed and stripped to the waist What happened was in direct opposi tion to my expectations: bagging his paws and Incasing bis head in a wire cage only served to enrage the brute. and no sooner had I stepped inside than he crouched preparatory to springing upon me. His eyes ablaze with fury, he hurled himself through the air, but missed, for I bad stepped aside, and before he had time to recover I caught him with my left arm round the throat and round the middle with my right, and, although his weight was 530 pounds, I lifted him as high as my shoulder, gave him a huge hug to instill Into his mind that he must respect me and tossed him to the floor. Roaring with rage, the beast rushed fiercely toward me and raised his huge paw to strike a heavy blow at my head. As his paw cut through space I felt the air fairly whistle and realized not only my lucky escape, but the Uon's weak point and my strong one. If only he struck me once I knew it would be my coup dc grace, and I took particular care that he never should. As I ducked my head to avoid the blow I succeeded in getting a good grip round the lion's body, with my chest touching his and his feet over my shoulders and hugged him with all my strength. The more he scratched and tore the harder I hugged him, and, although his feet were protected by mittens, his claws tore through my tights and part of my skin. But I had him as in a vise; his mighty efforts to get away proved of no avail. Before leaving the cage, however, I was determined to try just one other feat Moving away from the lion, I stood with my back toward him, thus openly inviting him to jump on me. At once he sprang right on my back. Throwing up my arms, I gripped his head, then caught him firmly by the neck and in one moment shot him clean over my head, assisted by the animal's own impetus, and launched him before me like a sack of sawdust, the action causing him to turn a com plete somersault While be lay there, dazed, the door was unlocked, and I went out, my legs and neck bleeding and with scratches all over my body. But for these trifles I cared nothing. I felt that I had con quered that Hon and that I should have Uttle difficulty In mastering it on the next occasion in public. So thoroughly was he tamed, how ever, that the great fight lasted but two minutes. When he would fight no more I lifted him up and walked round the arena with him on my shoulders, he remaining as firm as a rock and as quiet as an old sheep. Mower of the Air. There Is a plant in .Chile and a simi lar one in Japan called the "flower of the air." It is so called because It ap pears to have no root and la never fixed to the earth. It twines round a dry tree or sterile rock. Each shoot produces two or three flowers like a lOy white, transparent and odorifer ous. It Is capable of being transported 000 to 700 miles and vegetates as It travels suspended on a twig. Different Style. Edward, aged six, was sent to a bar ber shop to get his hair cut The bar ber who was assigned to the Job had red hair. "Would you like to have your hair cut like mine?" asked the barber.. "No, sir," answered Edward. "Cut It some other color, please." Chicago News. Poor Service. As the fire truck came clanging along the street car tracks Uncle Ben stood at the corner and waved his hat "Ding it!" be exclaimed when the truck had passed. "That wouldn't stop neither." Buffalo Express. Happiness is a bird we pursue our life long without catching it Yirey. Never quit when failure stares yon la the face. A little more energy often changes a failure into a great Pioneer Crude Oil Burner Company Incorporated under the laws of Oklahoma Capital Stock $30,000.00 We are putting in burners every day, and our patrons are more -than pleased with them. We are furnishing our patrons a 60 gallon oil tank at a nominal cost so they can have a supply of oil on hand. A ROMANCE IN SIGHT. Started by the Unmasking of the Pair of Fraud. Not until boarding houses cease to ex ist will all their romances be written. Shabby romances, some of them are. Uke that of the young woman who got so tired of being called "poor thing" because she received no invitations and had to cat all her meals at the boarding bouse table that she took to eating alone once In awhile at a cheap restaurant and then brazenly lying, about the friends who bad invited her to dinner. There was a young man in that bouse who never went anywhere ei ther. The first night the girl stayed out life's desolation nearly overpowered him. "Even that poor little white faced soul has made friends who want her." be said. "Nobody wants me. I'm no good on earth. Then on rare occasions bis place at the table was vacant "New friends?" asked the landlady. "Yes. lied the young man. One night the man and the girl met in a twenty-flve cent restaurant They blushed: they fenced: they finally con fessed. "We're a pair of frauds," said the girl. "It's awful to think that tonight when we go home we will have to swear that we nave been dining with friends. "Well. said the young man. "ain't we?1-New York Press. SHE WAS AGGRESSIVE. Lucky For the Little Man He Was Not Her Husband. The lady In the offside corner of the tramcar possessed a truculent air and a discolored eye. "Funny thing any one can't take a penny ride without everybody glarln at 'em." she remarked, fixing a small gentleman wearing gray whiskers and a somewhat rusty top hat with her normal optic. The small gentleman suddenly be came Interested In a soap advertise ment "If any one can't 'avo a black eye without Tom. Dick and Harry askln questions things are comln' to a pretty pass." continued the lady. Silence, allied with soap advertise ment study, though eminently discreet was ineffective. "You I'm a-talkln to." The lady nrodded the small gentleman's knee with her umbrella. "Bin settin' there this Inst ten minutes, you ave. won derin' if my 'usban gives it to me. If It'll ease yer mind, 'e did. Is there anything else?" "Madam," the small gentleman com menced, "had 1 been your husband" "I should 'a got ofT at th cemetery with a wreath Instead o goln ter the 'orsepltal with a visitor's ticket" snap ped the lady, "and the wreath wouldn't 'a been expensive either." London Ideas. Alaska's Coast Region. The coast region of Alaska has a mild climate,' not colder than the northern part of Puget sound or of Scotland. The stand of trees is dense. averaging for considerable areas 25,000 feet per acre. Sitka spruce forming about 20 per cent of the stand and western hemlock about 75 per cent Although by far the most abundant species, western hemlock does not pro duce ns large individual trees as the spruce or western red cedar, the for mer occasionally showing a diameter of six feet with a height of ISO feet and the cedar diameters of from three to four feet Cynical. 'Ton seem to find your book very interesting. Miss Maidstone." "Yes; it Is one of the most charming stories I have ever read, and so true to life. Every man In it is a villain W SEPT. 5 "9 sA wLi ncolnh mm TMCISTATCS BCST PRODUCTS Wi IT WRIGHT BROS. AEROPL'ANE Yi 1 IOMBARDO SYMPHONY BAND IF IW AND OPERA CONCERT COMPANY ifl Ml CREAT RACES PATTERSON SHOWS M I MM m BASE BALL FIREWORKS M I NIGHT RACES -VAUDEVILLE jfAl M. VOGEL RATTLESNAKE BITES. Simple Rules For Treatment if You Have the Nerve to Use Them. Th treatment of a rattlesnake wound resolves Itself Into the appli cation or a few very simple rules. In the first place, a person wounded by a snake usually does the very thing he should not do that is. goes tearing off at top speed for the nearest human habitation, thereby Increasing the cir culation and disseminating the virus through the system more rapidly. The man should sit calmly down and bind his handkerchief around the limb (If it is si limb), break off a stout twig and Insert beneath the handkerchief, producing a rude tourniquet, and twist until the circulation is effectually shut off. With a sharp knife make an X in cision over the wound, taking care to penetrate deeper than the fangs have done. If he has good teeth and no canker in bis mouth, be may now luck vigorously upon the wound. It does no good to suck the original wound. It is quite difficult to get any virus back through an opening not greater in caliber than a fine needle. If all this Is done without delay the chances are that the patient will suf fer no greater Inconvenience from bis experience. If he chances to have bandy a stick of silver nitrate be can cauterize the wound thoroughly. Fail ing that, a brand from the Are will serve. After a time he may release bis tourniquet somewhat and permit a portion of the retained blood to en ter toe circulation. The system is ca pable of taking care of a great deal of poison If it is allowed to flow into the blood gradually. Outing. SET HIM THINKING. Tho Reason Hie Wifo Gave For Dis liking Postponements. Just when Mrs. Ackroyd had finish d packing her trunks and after William Ackroyd had bought railway tickets for her and their two daughters little Bessie came down with a severe case of whooping cough. The doctor posi tively refused to let the child start ou a long journey, and even if he had thought It safe for the little one to leave home he assured Mrs. Ackroyd that she would not be permitted to take the patient into a hotel anywhere. -Isn't It a shame?" the distressed lady walled. "Here we are with every thing In our trunks, and my husband has even bought our berths in the sleeper." "It is unfortunate, but I don't know what you can do except sit down and wait four or five days. It may be safe then for you to start away." When het husband got home that evening Mrs Ackroyd was weeping. "Don't take it so hard, dear," he said. "It might be a good deal worse. Our little one is likely to get along all right The doctor says the case isn't an unusually severe one, and when I telephoned him this afternoon be said he thought it might be safe for you to start away by tho end of the week.' "I know. He told me the same thing. But I feel that we'll never go. I never postponed anything yet that didn't turn out sadly. 1 once postponed a wedding, and the marriage never took place." Ilalf an hour later William Ackroyd was still sitting In a corner alone thinking it over. Chicago Record-Herald. Matrimonial Felicity. Mrs. Qiiaekenboss Am yo daughtah happily mar'd, Sistah Sagg? Mrs. Sagg She sho is! Bless good ness, she's done got a husband dat's skecreri to death of her! Woman's Home Companion. You can conquer your cares more quickly If yon do net continually car ry a long face. iv it ---