:3-5srrrz " t;"3: -Mt- ew.jS.rT'jjiKfef i r nS22 I v l I. iMtYlwl J. POESCH'S 10c Candy Counter Nothing Over 10c per Pound. Post Cards, lc each; 10c per dozen CORDITE. Made of Two Powerful Explosives Kneaded Into Paste. Cordite is the outcome of the slmnse paradox that if you mix together two powerful explosives the result is a smokeless slow burning powder. Ni troglycerin and gun cotton mixed to gether with a little petroleum jelly make cordite. It is curious to see the two deadly explosives being kneaded together into a paste by women with the same unconcern as dough is knead ed for bread. Indeed, machines simi lar to those used in bakeries take up the work and knead the buff colored cordite paste for seven hours. Then it Is forced through molds and issues in long cords hence the name cordite the thickness of which is varied ac cording to the weapon in which it is to be used. For big guns cordite is half an inch thick and cut into lengths of thirty seven inches. Rather more than a. thousand of these cordite sticks pack ed in two bundles make up the car tridge for a twelve inch gun. For the rifle cordite is preed into a very thin string, like the finest macaroni, and sixty of these strands one inch and a half long make the neat little bundle which lies iuide the cartridge case. For some European armies cordite is made in flat thin strips like whale bone. Kept away from fire, cordite can be handled with impunity. Lon don Graphic. Matd. Any one with half an eye could see that he was madly in love with her, but he had not courage enough to pat his fate to the test. But she was a young lady who knew her way about. as the saying goes, and one night she suggested a game of chess. lie, poor fellow, eagerly swallowed the bait If he was a novice at lovemaking he w,as certainly no novice at chess, and he soon had the fair maid hopelessly beaten. "Ah!" he exclaimed as he put her In a hopeless corner. "You're in a tight corner now. Miss Mabel." She looked at him with those beauti ful eyes of hers and then said: "I hadn't noticed any compression. George. Have I no escape'" "None whatever," said the guileless George. "I shall mate you next move. "Oh. George!" said she, with a be coming blush. "Er hadn't you better ask father first:" They are married now. and George often wonders if she is as dense at chess as she would make him believe. Sameness of Opinion. "I suppose." said the young man with the soiled collar and baggy trou sers as he sat down beside a stranger on one of the park benches, "you would not take me for a member of a million aire's family, would you?" "No," answered the stranger after sizing him up; "frankly speaking. I wouldn't." "Neither would the millionaire."' re joined the young man sadly. "I asked him last night." St. I'aul Pioneer Press. Stuck to His Bargain. Exasperated Purchaser I Hdn't yott guarantee that this parrot would re peat every word lie heard? Bird Dealer Certainly 1 did. "But he doesn't repeat a single word." "lie repeats every word he hears, but he never hears any. He is as deaf hs a iost." Lincoln With His Children. It was a frequent custom of Lincoln, this of carrying his children on his shoulder. He rarely went down street that he did not have one of his young er boys mounted on his shoulder, while another hung to the tail of his long coat The antics of the boys with their father and the species of tyranny they exercised over him are still sub jects of talk in Springfield. Mr. Ro land Diller. who was a neighbor of Mr. Lincoln, told one of the best of the stories. He was called to the door one day by hearing a great noise of children crying, and there was Mr. Lincoln striding by with the boys, both of whom were wailing aloud. "Why. Mr. Lincoln, what's the matter with the boys?" he asked. "Just what's the matter with the whole world," Lincoln replied. "I've got three walnuts and each wants two." From Tarbell's "Life of Lin coln." - Neglected Opportunities. "This is the site of an ancient city." announced the Arab guide. "As you see, not one stone remains upon an other." "You fellows lack enterprise," com mented the tourist. "Why don't you take some of this building material and construct some ruins?" Pittsburg Post. A HINDU WIZARD. His Trick That Puzzled an Occidental Master of Magic. Sbmeof the tricks of the Hindu wizards are past understanding, ac cording to an occidental master of magic who was speaking of his orien tal rivals. This is what be says he saw a Hindu wizard do In a club in Lucknow: "He took a board and placed it on four glass goblets, thus elevating it from the floor. A youngster sitting on the board was requested to place his hands together, palms up. Then the Juggler took a glass of water and poured it into the outstretched hands of the boy. In the meantime the boy had been mesmerized, and his atten tion was fixed on a point indicated by the magician. Gradually the water turned green In color and then devel opel Into a jelly which increased in density until it became as solid as a atone. Out of the center of this ap peared the head of a snake, which gradually developed until in the place of the water there appeared a hissing reptile. I was amazed, I can assure you, but the trick was not yet com pleted. Hitting the reptile upon the head with his wand, the juggler took it up carefully and placed It back in the glass. As we looked it became transformed into a jelly, which in turn melted into a greenish colored water. Clearer and clearer became the fluid until It was of its original color, and then the juggler placed it to his lips and drank the entire contents. This was the most wonderful trick I ever saw performed, and it is as mysterious to me today as it was then." BANKING IN ENGLAND. Started by London Goldsmiths In the Seventeenth Century. The business of banking was not in troduced into England until the seven teenth centurj when it began to be undertaken by goldsmiths in London, who appear to have borrowed it from Holland. It was attacked, as Innova tions commonly are. Mr. Gilbart in his "History and Principles of Bank ing" quotes from n pamphlet publish ed in 1G7G. entitled "The Mystery of the New Fashioned Goldsmiths or Bankers Discovered." a passage that may be reproduced: "Much about the same time the time of the civil commotion the gold smiths (or new fashioned bankers) be gan to receive the rents of gentlemen's estates remitted to town and to allow them and others who put cash into their hands some interest for It if it remained but a single month in their hands or even a lesser time. There was a great allurement to put money Into their hands, which would bear Interest till the day they wanted it. and they could also draw it out by 100 or 30. etc.. at a time as they wanted It with infinitely less trouble than if they had lent it out on either real or personal security. The conse quence was that it quickly brought a great quantity of cash into their hands, so that the chief or greatest of them was now enabled to supply Cromwell with money in advauce on the revenues as his occasion required upon great advantages to themselves." Nothing Miraculous. "You had rheumatism in your right leg for years and were cured of it in an instant? How?" "By being accidentally mixed up In a train wreck. My right leg Is a cork leg now." Chicago Tribune. vwx yw Let your Christmas gift to rela tives and friends be a portrait of the Mttle ones in whom they are so inter ested. It will be appreciated. To secure the best service and full attention to detail, come now be fore the rush. ELITE STUDIO Saley's Old Stand Fooled the Poor Savages. Robert Louis Stevenson used to re late the following amusing story told him by a south sea trader. He had been In the habit of carrying all sorts of tinned meats, which the natives bought with avidity. Each tin was branded with a colored picture a cow for beef, a sheep for mutton and a fish for sardines. It happened that the firm which furnished the mutton thought it a good plan to alter its labels, that its goods might be more easily distinguished from the others. The mark chosen was the figure of a frock coated Stiggius-likc individual in a chimney pot hat. The natives at once came to the conclusion that the tins coutaiued potted missionary, and there was a great run on the new line of goods. The Poor English Landlord. I have been a property owner for nearly forty years and during that pe riod have lost from depreciation J5. 000. from empty houses 10,000 and from defaulting tenants over 3,000, or a total loss of over 40,000. During this forty years I have never known a defaulting tenant honest enough to pay a shilllug off the arrears when once he removed from the neighbor hood. Letter in London Telegraph. Industrious. "So your club is going to give a lec ture tonight?" said the tall suffragette. "What will be the topic?" "Home industries." responded the president. "And what do you consider home in dustries?" "Why. our husbands, who remain at borne and mind the babies and wash the dishes while we attend the club." Chicago News. ifyyyuTAfyyyi-ywnfyuyuyuyuyyuwnfyuuuuuuuuyyyuw SPECIAL ...on... SALE I a5v CHILDREN'S SWEATER COATS lOc BAOXX Saturday, December 3, 1910 Watch Our Window Display A Good Way to Cook Trout. Build jour Gre and let it burn until you hare a good bed of hot stones and ashes. Have your trout, cleaned and washed, ready at hand on anything convenient. Pluck an armful of bal sam twigs. Rake out your fire, leav ing a base of hot stones and ashes. Upon this base lay balsam twigs till you have a layer from sis to ten inches thick. Now put your trout in a row upon this layer and cover with another layer of equal thickness. Over all lay ashes and hot stones. Then smoke your pipe for, say, twenty min utes. When at last you gently remove the coverings you will think at first that the trout have not been cooked at all. There they lie in all their moist beauty, colored as when they first came to your basket. Bat be careful how you handle them or they will fall apart, so tender are they. Steamed through and through by the heated essences of the balsam, they give out a faint aromatic redolence that adds a subtle perfection to the flavor. Ban nister Merwin in Outing. The Old Turnpikes. The first great American highway, that between New York and Philadel phia, was long known as "the old York road." Its construction in 1711 was an example which led the colonists at other points along the Atlantic sea board to construct similar roads where there were no water routes. They were usually built by chartered com panies and were called turnpikes or toll roads. Pennsylvania. Connecticut and New Jersey had many roads of the kind. The first macadam road in America was built iu 1702 between Philadelphia and Lancaster. In 1S11 there were said to be 4,500 miles of chartered turnpikes in New England and New York. During the next twen ty years the national government spent many millions of dollars in con structing great highways, but the pan ic of 15SJ7 and the building of railroads and cannls put an end to that branch of government work. Youth's Com panion. Cape of Good Hope. The Cape vf Good Hope lies at a considerable distance from the end of Soutli Africa and is. in fact, the middle of the three promontories, severally inconspicuous, which jointly terminate a slender peninsula, some twenty miles in length, forming the barrier between False hay and the Atlantic ocean on the west. These three headlands, lying near together and commonly undivided on a map of moderate scale, are locally designated Cap..' Point. It was here that Bartholomew Diaz first encoun tered in full force the prevalent south easterly gales and denounced the rug ged, threatening, threefold promontory under the sounding appellation of the Cape of Storms, to be afterward re christened by pious, trustful hearts the Cape of Good Hope. J The Origin of Pyrography. About a century ago an artist named Cranch was standing one day in front of a fire in his home at Axminster. Over the fireplace was an oaken man telpiece, and it occurred to Cranch that this expanse of wood might be improved by a little ornamentation. He picked up the poker, heated It red hot and began to sketcli in a bold de sign. The result pleased him so much that he elaborated his work and began to attempt other fire pictures on pan els of wood. These met with a ready sale, and Cranch soon gave all his tlmo to his new art 'This was the be ginning of what is now known as pyrography. An Amendment. A health hint says, "Do not bolt your food." Aud a comedian comes back with the observation, "It Is much better to use a padlock." Exchange. Pleasant. The Friend Your wife doesn't ap pear to be In very good humor, IIus band No. She thinks I've invited you to dinner. Jean Qui Bit. Bad laws are the worst of tyranny. Burke. fifiil as .ftt WKSBB M xyMlfJ ff1 Jc$ h eft III vll In ill trufrtt. KlactiJ CCCftjWfe pVEN the most critical college man cannot but like our two button models. They have an elegance of tailoring and smartness of style which will force the attention of anyone having any ideas about clever style. GREISEN BROS. COLUMBUS, NEB. H. F. GREINER Groceries and Staple Dry Goods Corner Eleventh and Olive Streets Our goods are of the best quality, second to none, and will be sold only for cash. Notice our prices in Groceries and see what a dollar will buy. 1 8 pounds of Sugar for. . . $ ,00 5 lbs of First Class Coffee--. $1.00 12 Cans of Sweet Corn $1.00 12 Cans Peas $1.00 28 bars ol Lenox Soap $1.00 3 pks Egg-o-see Corn Flakes 25C Honey, per comb 15c Cranberries, extra fine, per quart 10c Dill Pickles, per gal 45c Sour Pickles, per gal 35c Sweet Pickles, per doz 10c Home made Sauerkraut, per gal 30c A Bread Plate or Salad Dish fee f All with 3 lbs ol Fine Coffee 01 ilIU One package of Rice with Silver QC Plated Spoon Z3u Best Imported Fat Herring, per doz 50C DRY GOODS Come in and examine our stock of Dry Goods. It is now complete and well selected UNDERWEAR We have it for ladies, children and men I in single garments or umon suits. A good line of Cotton and Woolen Blan kets from 48c to $3.50. Men's dress and working shirts, wont ing pants, overalls and sweaters, also boys' knee pants. A fine selection oi Sofa Pillows and Jap anese drawn work. Have curtain and roller shades will be sold at reduced prices. In Hosiery we have the Armor Plate, the best made. -Try a pair. A line of Ladies9 Dress Skirts of fine quality. Come and notice the prices. Also Ladies' Silk and Laundried Waists. OUTING FLANNELS Now is the season, they will be sold at 200 yards at 5c Fancy Outing, worth 15c 10c Dress Outing worth 15c 12 l-2c In Our New Store We are now located in our new building, which is at the old place, and are carrying a larger stock of Silverware, Jewelry Watches, Clocks FOR THE HOLIDAYS We have many articles in Silver ware, Jewelry and Watches, suitable for Christmas Presents. CARL FROEMEL, 507 W. 1 1th St. Jeweler vV A hi i a : So .nci lOo STORES TOE JOURNAL FOR PRINTING