U-3ssftr- . :- i :? n h1 t n Is' .' i I) K PLUMBING is more seasonable now than at any other time in ibe year. If you bnve plumbing thai should be done for the betterment of .sanitary con ditions, you ought to send for us at once. WL WONT OVERCHARGE but wo will Kimrantee to do your work aa well, if not better, than you could have it done elsewhere. 411-413 W 13th St. Columbus. Nob ITEMS OF INTEREST i i.i:k-i From iIim Kulniii". Down in Kansas they are mukini; sausage out of rabbits It is rather n new dish, but thoHe who have tried itsay it ia all right anil worth considering in thepe. days of increased cost of living. What might have proved a serious ac cident happend while G. A. McConnell was separating cream Mondny morning. The sepal at or eploded with such force that it tore the machine loose from the lioor and threw a part of it across the room making a hole in the plasterini;. The separator was damaged Iieyond re pair, but fortunately no one was hurt. SIIKI.KY. From tho Sun. Mr. Geo. Messing was at Columbus last Saturday and sold four ferrets, re ceiving four dolh'.is. apiece. He was do ing .tiite a little hunting with them this winter. While the Jaa brothers iren trapping for wolves recently, they were surprised one morni:::.' by finding two of William I flatter doga in the trnp. Tho dogs were so mad that blanketn were thrown over them to hold them down until they could be removed from the traps. Mr. Amhro (iabriel, who has for the past three years r more attended faith fully to ringing the bells in the Catholic church promptly on time, morning. noon and night, was not forgotten by Santa Ohms this year. The citizens of the town made up a purse of Si -15, which they presented him in appreciation of his services. AI.UION. From tin N'wst. E. T. Long was up from his ftirm on business Tuesday momiDg He has lived in Boono county forty years, which is n long as anyone has Walter Roberts went down to Colum bus Saturday evenu.g After a few days visit with his mother and sister tiiere he i, going on to Chicago to visit his bro ther Harold and family. Mrs C. M. Cott-rmnn who returned just recently from the Philippines, is here visiting relatives and friends. She stopped in Omaha when she arrived thero for a visit with her daughter Xana, who came here with her to spend the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Love arrived here Satur day from Canada. Mrs. Love is a neice of E. Lambouru. They are coming here to n.ake their home with Mr. Lam bourn. Mr. Love expects to return to Canada in u few dajs on business and to complete arrnngments for moving here. it.lerton From the Now! ltirn:il. A pound package of butter is six in ches long. If all the butter made in Nebraska in one year were placed in pound cartoons and the cartoons stacked up end on end. it would make a column of butter the best in the world O.S20 mile. high. Laid end to end it would paralel every mile of railroad track in the state of Nebraska Postiuaster General Hitchcock has an ISZ2S FRISCHHOLZ BRO SHOES CLOTHING Gents9 Furnishing Goods RELIABLE GOODS AT RIGHT PRICES. FRISCHHOLZ BROS. 405 11th Street, A. Dussell 8L Son ABOUT OUR NEIGH BORS AND FRIENDS CLIPPED FROM OUR EXCHANGES nounced that alter next January, the government will discontinue the printing of stamped envelopes, and recommends that the same be done by the local news papers, in every town where there is a newspaper printed. The department will also soon make a ruling, that no first class mail will be allowed tranmis sion through the mails, until it has a re turn card printed or written thereon. Having n return card on first class mail mntter will insure the delivery of ibe same back to the sender should it fail to find the person to whom addressed, ami will greatly decrease the matter going to tha dead letter office. OSCEOLA. From tli- Kecurd. That there is a well defined determina tion to fire the Meyers building at the southwest corner of the square, occupi ed by the hardware firm of Albin and Jackson, it now seems to beu certaint . Another attempt wns made Monday night, but like the one a few weeks ago, it was clumsy and failed. The other time the fire was pet in the cellar under the store and wa set on the top of a machine oil barrel, the party evidently supposing it wob inflamable oil. This time the attempt was made in the mach ine ware house in the rear of the store, where a lot of machinery and implements are stored. Waste material saturated with oil was found in the building and the tire was ignited in front of a row of barrels containing machine oil. As the blaze llared up, it ignited the top of an old carriage that stood within a few feet of the barrels and the top of the rifl was pretty badly burned, the cushions also being destroyed. The flames were discovered again by nightwatchman Heed and the fire alarm turned in. Very shortly the company responded and the stream that was thrown onto the blaze soon put it out, with slight loss. 4'eiiai: ir.U'ins From tho Outlook. The trustees sale, which was conduct ed by Attorney Drake of Humphrey, at the opera house in Cedar Knpids last Thursday morning, wa3 not very well attended, owing, no doubt, to the stormy weather. As a consequence, the bidding was slow The laud comprised a section in all, but not all together. The whole bunch was finally sold for $44 an acre. A gentleman from Columbus was the lucky bidder. It is said that some of this land is worth better than Sfif an ncre. One of the most unique Christmas gifts we ever heard of wns the one given S. S. Hadley by n neice living in the east. The gift is a family history dat ing back 2:55 j-ears, and it is complete from that date until the present time with sketches of the ancestors. The his tory comprises about twelve sheets of paper the size of this page and we un derstand the lady who took the pains and trouble to fathom out this work, worked six years on same. Coming generations will have no trouble to keep the history complete indefinitely from now on and a thousand years hence will make interesting reading to the members of the family who take part in the world's doing at that time. Columbus. M0NB0K. From the Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Morrow of College Mew, are visiting at the home of their daugh ter, Mrs. Ohas McWilhams. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Crawford and eon left last week for a visit at Kalonia, Ia. and other points in that locality. Mr. and Mrs. Sar Percy and children of Valley, Neb., arrived Saturday to spend Christmas with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. U. J. Hill and daughters Hazel and Genevieve, left Friday for Dennison, la., to spend Christmas with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Alcock arrived the last of the week from Butte, Neb for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. David McWilliams. Last week Vestel Moore traded bis residence property in Monroe for a res tanrant business at Merna, Neb., and Thursday of this week be ami Mrs. Moore left for that place to take charge of it. W. L. Obrist and Dexter Obrist of Centralis, Wa-b., arrived last week, called here by the serious illness of their father. M. Obrist. W. L was formerly a resident of this locality, but this is Dex ter' s first visit to this locality. Their father is much improved at present, and W. L. Obrist is visiting at Polk. Net., for a few days. The recent change in the trains on the Union Pacific main line has caused much inconviencc here, so far as the mail service is concerned. Omaha dail ies reach herein the afternoon instead of the morning, and this delays them twenty-four hours on the rural routes, and the same condition also exists regarding the letter mail, to a certain extent. There has been some talk of the old sche dule being put back, and the additional service on the branches has been sug gested, but it is quite probable that when business on the main line picks up the night mail train will ttgaiu be put on. Wm. Dikes und his sister, Mrs. Preston accompanied by Sirs. Preston's daugh ter, arrived last week for a visit with old time acquaintances of years ago. Id the early days Mr. Dikes' father owned a homestead that has since been washed away by the Loup river, being located about half way between Monroe and Oconee where the big bend in the stream now is. In l$7f Mr. Dikes left here and went west, and later moved to Texas which has j-ince been his home, and this is his first visit here in a third of a cen tury. His sister, Mrs. Preston, resides at Springfield, Neb., and she was here about twenty five years ago. When Mr. Dikes left here he was a boy, and he could hardly realize that such a change had taken place here. During their etay tbey were guests of the Kelley and Smith families, and also C. E. Cbapin at Oconee. They left the first of the week for Springfield, where after a short visit Mr. Dikes will return to his home in TexaB. PLATTE CKNTEB From the S ureal. Mr. Patrick Carey, whose illness we meutioned in a recent issue, is not im proving satisfactorily, and his condition is precarious. Mrs. Alice Sullivan and three children r.f Columbus, and Mrs. Jerry Grady of Colfax county, have been speeding the holidays at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sullivan. Mrs. Ed Ballon aud children and Mrs. Herman Brodfnehrer and little son re turned Thursday to their home at Col umbus, after spending a week with their numerous relatives at this place. The Nebraska Telephone company sent their workmen here again last week and they dug up and reset their poles along Michael Spellicy's premise?. They this time placed them 27 feet from the middle of the road, as the 6tatute sajs tbey may, and they think they will let them remain for a time. We bear a man who was out hunting Monday tell about scaring rabbits out of trees. A listner laughed at the idea that rabbits climbed trees, but several listeners said that they had frequently scared tbem from the branches of trees. What do you know aliont this? Did you ever see a rabbit climb a tree? On her way from the depot last Satur day, just after the passenger train had gone south, Mrs. Harry Hill lost her pocket book containing seven dollars. She did not miB it until she was over town; by that time all who were at the depot had also come over town. The purse was picked up by Mies Fannie Higgins and returned to the owner. Miss Higgins just the day before fonnd a pnrse containing sixty cents which she has not yet found an owner for. DON'T BE BALD. Nearly Anyone May Secure a Splen did Growth of Hair. We have a remedy that has a record of growing hair and curing baldness in 13 out of every 100 cases where used accord ing to directions for a reasonable length of time. That may seem like a strong statement it is, and we mean it to be, and no one should doubt it until tbey have put our claims to an actual test. We are so certain Rexall 0:;" Hair Tonic will cure dandruff, prevent bald ness, stimulate the scalp and hair roots stop falling hair and grow new hair, that we personally give our positive guarantee to refund every penny paid us for it in every instance where it docs not give entire satisfaction to the user. Rexall "93" Hair Tonic is as pleasant to use as clear spring water. It is de lightfully perfumed, and does not grease or gum the hair. Two sizes, 50c and Sl.OO. With our guarantee back of it, you certainly take no risk. Sold only at our store the Rexall store. Pollock & Co., corner 13th and North streets. ;jv,.''lM c ,, 5' f(pMMyi mmi b Bread-: KinciiJ 3k Co Claintf. CVEN 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. BREAKING A CUSTOM. How the Salt Shaker Was Introduced to tho Spaniard. Until a few years ago no Spaniard had ou his dining table any other re ceptacle for salt than the old style open cellar. An cuterprisiug Briton saw this, noted that the salt was al ways dirty and gummy aud deter mined to introduce a certain famous salt shaker from which clean salt would run freely in the dampest weather, P.ravely he started to tour Spain for the company. "No. senor; no est costumbre usar mas quo esto" ("No. sir; it's not cus tomary to use more than that" the old cellar), was the answer of every dealer to whom he presented the nov elty. Again and again he was re buffed. He began to despair when, standing one day gaziug into a Jew eler's window, a brilliant Idea struck him. He entered. Realizing the child like curiosity aud impressionable char acter of his quarry, he persuaded the jeweler to display a shaker In bis window and coached him about sell ing it A Spaniard came along, look ed In the window, saw the curious ob ject, investigated. "It is very pretty for the toilet ta ble," he remarked after prolonged scrutiny, "perhaps useful for the chil dren. What goes in It perfume?" Indifferently the jeweler glanced up from some scribbling. "No, sir; only salt" "Man, salt!'' "Yes. Possibly I could get you a lit tlethe kind that doesn't get sticky to try. But I don't know." The simple gentleman was amazed, angry, affronted, by the novelty, but he took It aud an ounce or two of the special salt home with him. The jew eler ordered another shaker and more samples of salt. By and by the gen tleman had used all bis salt and want ed more of the same kind. The busi ness of that company today Is worth many figures in Spain every year, and, more than that, as It Is "costumbre" now to use that particular sort of shaker and brand of salt there Is vir tually no competition. Arthur Stanley Iliggs in Century. Bossing ths Boss. "Your clerks .veeni to be In a good humor," remarked the friend of the great merchant. "Yes." replied the great merchant "My wife has Just been in, and It tickles them to death to see somebody boss me around." Philadelphia Rec ord. On Her Side. "I didn't know you had nny Idea of marrying her." "I didn't The Idea was here." Llpplncott's. UNION PACIFIC THE TIILE WEST BOCNP. No. No. No. No. No. EAST No. J .... No. 12.... No. i! . .. No. Iti No. 10 ... No. IS No. 2 .... No.2i.... No.a No. 21 No. 3 ... nousD. .... 1:21am . . . .il a si .... 2:hSpm .... 2:11 pro .... 3.-05 pm .... o"7 p di ... Spn ,... lOpm .... 3:W p m .... 7:12 a m 5:liipm II :. a m 1 10:2Sn:u ' ll-l.ii.i li SACi t) m 15 i.;ii ji :u 21 ........ (:" ji ai ii:l'i in 21 11: Unm W lliOam . .. ?.!$ p m No. No. No. No. No. No. "Spn BH INCHES. SORFOI.K. SPALDINO & AI.EIOX. No. i.mxd. dTriUam 1 No.TP mxd..d ri.-OOam No.2ipas ..d7lrTpm No. 31 pas ..it 1:30 pm No.SOpas ..a l:lipm , No. si pa ..nliJOpm No. smxd..at:10pra J No. eO mxd..a 70 p m Daily except Scaduy. xorz: Nos. 1, 2, 7 aud a ar extra fare trains. Nos. 1. 5, 13 and 11 are local pasarairpra. Noa. ra and 59 are local freights. Nos. v and 16 are mail trains only. No 14 doe ia Omaha 4:15 p. m. No. 8 dn in Omaha 50 p. m. G. B. i Q. Tin Tails & I? vS9(,iai1' Sa---) leave-X 7:25 a m w S- E11 ,c--, (d y ex Saturday) MSjOO p m 5- ; ""-cVul-;f .-- St---y2 am-..ft p m No. 81. Frt. & Ac. (d'y ex. Sunday) ar. ..8:15 a m V m t i r x..M -u i. HOWKLLS From the Journal. The top price for Maple Greek preciuct land, 9160 per acre, was paid Iaat Friday when Olans Anderson sold eighty acres owned by him six miles straight eouth of Howella to John Muller for thai price. After making the purchased, John sold 10 acres of his home place to bis brother Henry P. Muller, for the seme price, giving the bojs 209-acre farms tach. We regret to state that the sale of Mr. Andersons place means that Mr. Ander son will leave Colfax county, after a re sidence of nearly forty years, he having purchased a Dodge county farm a few miles north of Ames, However, he still has an interest in Colfax county as he retains his old homestead in Maple Creek precinct which is farmed by one of his sons. If the lean years are coming, and in dications seem to point that way, it be hooves him who would weather the storm to exercise care in bis expendi tures). In the last ten years our people, as a whole, have been traveling a rapid pace and it is high time a halt was call ed. Economy should b.' the watch word all along the line: avoid going into debt live within your income, and strive to save a little every month, und "bard times" will have no terrors for you. If you cannot secure work at the wuge you think you should have, work for what you can get, and above every thing do not be idle. Work and economy are the two sure roads to independence und suc cess. If yon have not traveled on ibis road, commence following it with the new year and you will never regret the step in after life. SILVEH CHEEK. From the Sand. Dr. Robinson has been ill for the past few weeks and on Wednesday he went to Columbus for treatment at a hospital. Reports are favorable and we hope to see the doctor home and well in a few daya George Rose and bis daughter Juanita are in a hospital at Columbus. Both of tbem are suffering with appendicitis and are there for treatment. We hope to see them home soon, both well and happy. One of the old settlers of Merrick co unty and a man who has built bouses and lived in Silver Creek died last Satur day evening at G:'V) o'clock nt Hudeon, Mich., and was buried Tuesday. Sand is sorry that it has no more particulars at hand, hut mails ate slow now. There will lie a wolfe hunt in the valley in Polk county, Monday, January 9 to which the public are invited. The west line will be the Kropatch farm, north line the river channel, east line John Bernt's farm, south line the Platte Valley bluffs with tho round up at the Gerrard pasture at noon. Xo rifles on ly shot guns loaded with not heavier than No. I shot. Cuptains, A. Joban sen, Nels Ilaeselbach, Jan. Hoadiey aud James Garner. LEIOH. From the World. Henry Loscke, jr., has sold his farm that John Wanek has been renting to Adolf Marty for $110 per ncre. Floyd Brisack. 12 year-old son of Fred Brisack formerly of this place bnt now residing in Oregon, recently shot a wild cat which measured fifty-seven inches from tip to tip. H. Johannes has finished busking corn and the hoys are repairing tenet e. They say there is no frost m the ground at all. They jUBt scratch ibe snow away and dig with spade and auuer. Henry Moeller niado bis wife a Xtuas present of a new washing machine rigged to bo run by a small engine which eaves Mrs. Moeller a great deal of burd work and makes wash day a pleasure. Dan Penrod heard from his wif. who waa reported cut and bruised in h wieck near Chicago while on her way to Indi ana for a visit last week. She said nothing about being hurt but lost her baggage by fire as the baggage and mail cars were burned. THERE'S NO RISK. If This Medicine Does Not Benefit You Pay Nothing. A physician who made a specialty of stomach trouble-?, particularly dyspep sia, after years of study perfected the formula from which Re.xnll Dyspepsia Tablets are made. Our experience with Kexall Dyspepsia Tablets leads ns to believe them to be the greatest remedy known for the relief of acnte indigestion and chronic dys pepsia. Their ingredients are soothing and healing to the intir.med membranes of the stomach. 1 hey are rich in pep sin, one of the grcHteet digestive aids known to medicine. The relief tbey afford is almost immediate. Their use with persistency and regularity for n shoit time brings about a cessation of the pains caused by stomach disorders. Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets will insure , healthy appetite, aid digestion and pro mote nutrition. As evidence of our sincere faith in Rexall Dyspepsia Tab lets. e ask yon to try tbem at our risk. If they do not give you entire satisfac tion, we will return you the money you paid us for them, witbont question or formality. They come in three sizes, prices 25 cents, 60 cents and 31.00. Re member you can obtain them only at the Rexall store. Pollock & Co , corner 13th and North streets. A Faithful Ssrvant. Carlyle told once of a lawsuit pend ing hi Scotland affecting the succes sion to a great estate of which he had known something. The case depended on a family secret known only to on old servant, who refused to reveal It. A kirk minister was sent to tell he; she must speak on peril of her soul -Peril of my saul!" she said. "And would ye put the honor of an aitld Scottish family in competition with tbr saul of a poor creature like me?" Onaha, Exhibits from every westers state, wnu to growa and Hon to grow it. Exhibits irrigation and dry fanning methods. Exhibits showing how to raise more corn wheat h?S;ar."a!fa,aU,1 ,otatoes- Good roads ex fllDit ant, lectures how to prevent hog chol era. .Moving pictures and illustrated lectures Son 2TcentJsnd . Ad- Come to the Omaha Land Shwi INSULTED THE KING. The Joke a Printer Turned on Louis Philippe and M. Thiers. One morning during the reign of Louis Philippe there appeared iu the Constitutionuel the following startling paragraph: "His majesty the king received M. Thiers yesterday at the Tuilerles and charged him with the formation of a new cabinet The distinguished states man hastened to reply to the king: "'I have only one regret, which is that I cannot wring your neck like a turkey's.' " A few Hues lower down there was another paragraph running to the fol lowing effect: "The efforts of justice have been promptly crowned with success. The murderer of the Rue du Pot-de-Fer has been arrested in a house of bad reputa tion. Led at once before the judge of instruction, the wretch had the hardi hood to address the magistrate in terms of coarse insult, winding up with the following words, which amply show that there remains not a spark of con science or right feeling iu this hard ened soul: "'God aud man are my witnesses that 1 have never had any other am bition than to serve your august per son and my country loyally to the best of my ability.' " The printer had just cleverly managed to interchange the two addresses. The cream of the joke was that it was uni versally known how very little love there was lost between the king and the minister. Strauss' Reminiscences Last of the Old Orators. The late Senator John Warwick Daniel of Virginia may be said to have been the last of the old fash ioned orators in the house of the con script fathers. His fame will rest not ou his lawbooks, which were excel lent; not on his speeches in house and senate, which were strong, but on two masterly orations on Lee and Stone wall Jackson delivered before his en trance into congress. It may well be doubted whether anything superior to them, considered simply as orations, can be found iu the literature of the world. They would have delighted Cicero himself. Champ Clark in Cen tury. Novelty Fop New Yorkers. "That sunrise flTeet is all wronsl" said the stnf: manager of a New York, musical show. "What's the difference':" replied the scene painter. "Nobody who goes to a musical comedy In New York knows what a suurise looks like." Washing ton Star. Holding a WakeDitto a Girl. Miss T.ovelelgh The professor was telling us today about the mcon. lie says the moou Is a dead body. Jack Spooner That so? Then suppose we sit up awhile with the corpse. Boston Transcript. ffff.'f vrr. - l-s I " ' V?-? ' . j sj , -s...:L5; fin The Omaha -"Mawv j i. . ?: J-s'.l-n i--iJKS" '' r. yn&r. oiWfflswgB&uBuaaek R3jg3B3 MEB5B-.. dMgMBBMB&aWiiriaVLlM Vl t"fwaaaaaaaaaaaaawijaBaaaaaaaaaaaaaajaacv i will do this for you: 0 5 S .- ! a-L i in vou live in rne inrn !t will teach you how to raise more corn: to test and Klect si'i-d: to kep your land in maximum producing order; to com bat insect pests, and solve almost every other farm problem. !If vou have monev to Siv thf Union Pacific exhibit and the great number of open ings for investment in the Union Pacific country. if you want to move elsewhere It will giw you an unparalleled opportunity of getting Just information you are looking for. .-- you want to see the west Come and sec It under one roof If If you want a good time. You'll find abundant entertainment. Come via Union Pacific Standard Road of the West ELECTRIC BLOCK SIGNALS. DUSTLESS. PERFECT TRACK. EXCELLENT DINING CARS. January 18 to yfer PMMICI5 f XI1INI Jaal8 2 showin: Virtuous Indignation. "The reporter who came to see about the faucy ball was a horrid creature." "Why'r" "He asked for my picture to publish with the accouut. and I told him Indig nantly I did not care for such notori ety. Then I had to go out of the room c minute and forget my picture, which was lying on the table near where he was standing, .ind" "He took it and put it In?" "X-uo: he I-I-rt it there." Raltlmore amerienn. " IN OUR NEW HOME In the Meridian Annex You will find us better equipped that ever to attend to your wants in Electric Lighting and Electric Irons Let us wire your house Columbus Light. Heat & Power Co. COLUMBUS We invito all who desire choice steak, nuts the very best cuts of all other meats to call at our market on Eleventh street. We also handle poultryand fish und oysters in season. 8. E. MARTY & CO. Telephone No. 1. - 0Jnmbu. NV. DO YOU WANT TO BUY Tli Ix-bt irrij:atc(l Inntl, with th beat wntrr rfcht. Which iia pralacvd Imro jht cropn for ilii iut io jphw. Tries r'jiioDal!i 'IVrniK vry any. For por tirnlait. wrilo Iwuir- Conner. Omahn, Neti. r"-'L- WV L.Us '"V ' r.v,- -. - V ih ,?-.;rYr! Land Show -k . tfit invert the 28, 1911 ---r!-----fftfcaW- Clt J-aF t .&s1i3Bf I ll'iliawMBSSSSfcjir t- BB-I.at.- -BW-ak .W-K-BK - IT MR T jRnbal k V - JL