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9E f I a ? w hi r i s fi Pi p l fj t L.1 ir P3K r FOR CASH ONLY For ten days, beginning SATURDAY, Jan uary 21, we will give the people of Colum bus and vicinity a chance to buy groceries at prices which no other house in Columbus ever dreamed of quoting. California Canned Goods Splendid goods, packed in good syrups fruits fit for the best tables, at the following sensational prices: Apricots, per can Pears, per can. Peaches, per can. Cherries, (white or black Grapes, per can 2-oound can fancy Hawiian 1-pound can fancy asparagus 20 Pounds of Granulated Sugar for. Look at These Prices Fancy sweet corn, per can 7c Fancy 12 l-2c peas, per can 7c 3-pound can tomatoes 8 l-2c String and wax beans, per can 7 l-2c Kidney beans, per can 7c 3-pound can pumpkin 7 l-2c Sweet corn, peas and beans in 2 dozen case lots, only $1.65. What do You Think of These? K. C. baking powder, 25 oz Health Club baking powder, Arm & Hammer brand soda, pkg 1 pound red salmon 9 bars Swift's Pride soap (or $2.75 a box) White Russian soap, 8 bars for.... (or3.tta box) Sunny Monday soap, 7barsfor (or $3.41 a box) We want to give our customers a taste of good things at prices no Columbus grocer ever before quoted. Remember that these prices stand for ten days, only, and that all sales at these remarkable prices must be for cash or produce. Columbus Mercantile Co. MAIMED CERVANTES. Bravery In BattU of the Fameua Author of "Don Quljoto." An incident of the battle of Lepan to. which broke the power of the Turks In Europe, has an interest for students of lhjrature. "In the Mnr qaesa galley" we quote from Com mander Currej's "Sea Wolves In the Mediterranean" "was lying In bis bed. sick of a fever, a young man twenty-four years of age, a -Spaniard of Alcala de Henares, the son of hon orable parents. we are told, although these parents were poor. When this young man heard that a battle was imminent he rose from his bed and demanded of his captain, Francisco San Pedro, that he should be placed in the post of greatest danger. The captain and others, his friends, coun seled him to remain In his bed. 'Senores,' replied the young man, 'what would be said of Miguel de Cervantes should he take this advice? On every occasion up to this day on which his enemies have offered battle to his majesty I have served like a good soldier, and today I Intend to do so In spite of this sickness and fever.' He was given command of twelve sol diers In a shallop and all day was to be seen where the combat raged most fiercely. He received two wounds in the chest and another which cost him the loss of his left hand. To those to whom, he proudly displayed them In after years he was accustomed to say, 'Wounds In the face or the chest are like stars wblch guide one through honor to the skies.' Of him the chron icler says. He continued the rest of his life with honorable memory of this wonderful occurrence, and. al though be lost the use cf his left hand. It added to the glory of his right.' How glorions was that right hand Is known to all readers of 'El Ingenloso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha.'" A Cautious Scot Stonehaven lies to the south of Aber deen. The London train had drawn up at Stonehaven on account of- a slight mishap a mile or two ahead nnd Andra, the old porter, had got into conversation with a Salvation Army officer, who had popped his head out of the compartment to ask the reason for the delay. "Aye, aye," mused An dra after giving the desired Informa tion, "ye'll be for Aiberdeen, I'm thlnkin'?'' "res, my man," was the reply; "I'm bound for Aberdeen, a very wicked place, I'm told." "What mlcht ye be goln' to dae there, sir, If It's as bad as a that?" asked Andra, rather amused at the visitor's words. "Ah," was the pious answer, "I'm go ing to drive the devil out of' Aber deen." Like lightning came from the old porter the pawky reply, "See an drive him north, chlel; haul him well tothenorthr MMMMMMBi lie lie .12 1-2 12 1-2 .12 1-2 pineapple (sliced). .15 (green or white). 15 $1.00 2tc 18c tc 12c ..25c .25c .25c RELIC OF ANTIQUITY. The Seal That Is So Often Used on Legal Documents. A most absurd thing connected with legal business Is the little piece of red. green or blue paper or daub of sealinz wax which we often place at the end of a signature to a deed, will or otlur Important document It Is a very small thing In size, but one to which a great deal of impor tance is frequently given. It Is a relic of antiquity, and no plausible excuse can be invented for continuing its use Some of the more progressive states have practically abolished its use by legislation, which deprives it of any technical legal significance. In others, however. It Is still used with all se riousness and solemnity, and an a I most magical value is given to it by dignified judges that is little less than ridiculous. A man died years ago leaving part of his estate to another to enjoy while he lived, with the privilege of devising It at his death to others whom Iip might select by a writing under his "hand and seal.' A writing was exe cuted so devising the property, but it was contested by others claiming the property upon the technical ground that the paper contained no seal after the signature and the devise was therefore void. A wise Philadelphia judge closely scrutinized the signature and after carefully listening to the arguments f of lawyers decided that at the end of the signature there was an extra scroll or flourish made with the pen with which the signature was made and that this was sufficient In law to constitute a seal. Case and Comment. Bo Yoursolf. Insist on yourself: never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extremporaneous. half pos session. That which each can do best none but bis Maker can teach him. Where Is the master who could have taught Shakespeare? Where Is the mas ter who could have instructed Frank lin or Washington or Bacon or New ton? Every great man is unique. Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. Emerson. Perplexed. Tour daughter's brain, madam, ap pears to be normal." "Dear, dear, we've never bad any thing of that kind in the family be fore. I'm surer-Cleveland Plain Deal er. Our generosity should aerer exceed urabilittes.-Cicero. ttMteM WONttBSOFliVA This Morten Rock Is a Hott Pt cuKar Subttanoc ItEDHOT SNOW SANDWICHES. Curious Effort on Mount Vesuvius Produce d by the Lava's AssatJafl Preacrtiee a a Nones ndnotcr of Heat-Deadly VeJeanM Aohoo. the mOStfSJBOIlB TOkSUOt la the world, with its mighty Toaalt- inga of lava and duet. Is canty of have set la motto the lava dost aad lava cinders that lie om Its sides, aad torrents of maddy lava have over whelmed towns aad villages as It swept down to the sea. Tl resulting effect from this has beea so great that It changed the face of the coast lino by forming new promontory. Lava Is one of the most earloas of substances. It is sbmply rock melted by a heat so Intense that it flows like thin gruel. When Vesuvius Is In erup tion thousands of tons of It are squirt ed up the "pipe" and oat of the crater. As it flows out over the edge It soon cools and leaves a thick, ropy coatmg, which spreads over the entire conn tryslde. Bat it Is only on the top that It really cools. A few Inches below the sur face of the lava Is often red not Vis itors are often invited to light-their cigarettes In the chinks of a bed of lava that has been lying out In the open air for twenty years or more. It Is the most wonderful noncon ductor of heat known. Borings made through some lava beds hare shown that they are made up of layers of lava and layers of nnmelted snow. As suc cessive torrents of lava came pouring down the surface that lay on the snow cooled at once, and the surface open to the air also cooled at once. But between the two surfaces there was blazing heat; so If yon bored .down through some lava beds yoa would find a cool upper surface, a redhot inside, a cool layer, snow, a cool layer, a redhot one, a cool one and then snow again. In fact, a layer of lava will let nei ther heat nor cold through. If yon built a bouse entirely of lava on a scorching summer day you would still have 95 degrees Inside when there was snow outside. If you built It in the winter Ice would form In your parlor In July. This clearly demonstrates what an extraordinary nonconductor lava Is. There Is, Indeed, on the slopes of Vesuvius a little lava hut Into which summer visitors put bottles of wine to get them chilled. When a volcano throws Its lava out with such tremendous force that It Jets high Into the air it very often falls In the form of dust, owing to the explosive power of the high pressure steam that spurts out with 1L It bursts Into a fine spray and falls as dust dust far finer than any other dust known. It Is so fine, indeed, that sometimes years elapse before it settles. When the mighty Island volcano of Kraka toa blew itself nearly into bits in 1883 with a crashing sound of cannonading that smashed windows hundreds of miles away the lava dust was so thick in the air that for hundreds of miles round midday was as black as night Volumes of Infinitely fine dust sailed round and round the earth In the up per atmosphere and made England's sunsets of that year unusually splen did. It was three years before the upper sir became quite clear again. Lava dust has the same properties as lava. Shepherds on the slopes of Vesuvius sprinkle patches of snow in the winter with lava dust so that they may have It when the scorching days of summer arrive. It was lava dust turned to mud by torrents of rain such as usually come with volcanic outbursts, that, nearly 2.000 years ago. destroyed the famous pleasure city of Herculaneum, and it was showers of volcanic ashes that overwhelmed Pompeii. Herculaneum still lies nearly forty yards from the open air. There are rivers of lava mud that are blotting out towns and villages now. A curious point has always been noticed when Vesuvius is in eruption, and that Is the strong odor of washing day that hangs around the mountain. One might wonder why the slopes of such a mountain are so thickly populated when there Is always dan ger of eruptions and of avalanches of lava mud. 'Well, the reason Is that volcanic soil Is always very fertile. Some of the best wine of Italy comes from Vesuvlan vineyards, and people are ready to take the risks. London American. Ho Got His Answer. "They who ask unpleasant ques tions," said a senator, "mustn't be sur prised If they get unpleasant answers. Yes, the interrogatory politician too of ten finds himself In the boots of Gobsa Golde. "The aged Gobsa Golde was quarrel ing furiously with his youag and beau tiful wife. " 'Didn't you marry me for my mon ey? he yelled. "Mrs. Gobsa Golde tossed her head. '"Yes, of course I did,' she said, 'and If you weren't so stingy with It we'd never have a cross word." I Washington Post Putting Him on His Mettle. The doctor says you have but aa hour to live." "Give me pen and paper," said the dying man feebly. "To make your win?" "No; I am going to give the doctor my note for thirty days. He will hare to keep me alive at least that long to collect itf'-Judge. Helps Trade. "Do yon believe la lore at flrst It busts my "How 80?" "Pa a divorce coart lawyer."' De troit Free mall gat an of tea GROCERIES AND STAPLE DRY m Corner Eleventh and Olive Streets roodiareot the best qnalitr and 70a dont have to mut for they aire sold on a oaah bails, and you reoeive dollar will buy. 4 One-half buahel of Oniom 1 UU 24 ban of Bob White Laundry Soap, I fin for use in hard water til illU N r- 5 pkgs., regular 25c size, Oat Meal. . . .$1.00 18 pounds of Sugar for... $1,01) 5 lbs of Pint Class Coffee $1.00 A Bread Plate or Fruit Dish &ee 1 All with 3 lbs of Fine Coffee tfliUU 14 cans Bex Lye .;. $1.00 28 ban of Lenox Soap $100 DRY GOODS All our Winter Dry Goods will be sold at reduced prices to make room for our new spring stock. We still have a good stock of Blanxets, Quilts, and Underwear of all kinds on hand, which will be closed out. DOING GOOD. He is good mat does good to omen. If he suf en for the good he does he is better s aad if he suf en from them to whom he dkl good he is aimed to that height of goodaess that aothiag but aa in crease of his naffriagi can add to it H it proves his death his virtue s at as suawat it herom pletc Bruyere. Maintaining the Presertien. Mrs. Nagston Why, my dear, the last time I heard yon tell that betting story it was only $12 Instead of $25 that yon lost Mr. Nagston Well, this crowd I'm telling It to Is twice as big as that one was. What Ho Meant. "So your old sweetheart Is going to be married." "Yes." '- "Who is the nappy man?" "There's lots of 'em." "Why, she can marry but one." "That's what I mean." Exchange. Looking Backward. "Boss, I can't live on $2 a week any longer." "Stick It out for awhile," urged his thrifty employer. "Think of how you can brag about It when you've made your fortune, my lad." Louisville Courier-Journal. A Moan Trick. "That's the meanest man I ever ran across," said the book agent. "What has he done?" "Kept me calling day after day and finally said be didn't care anything about reading, but he enjoyed hearing talk." Low Church and Salary. "It must be understood." said the vestryman, who was extremely "low churchi" to the new rector, "that the rector here shall have no surplice" "Gracious!" exclaimed the Rev. Mr. Ncwcome. "How could one have a surplice on the salary you offer?" Flying Predictions. In 1273 Friar Bacon predicted that flying would "shortly" become a gen eral practice, and Bishop Wllkins In 1652 said, "It will yet be as usual to aear a man call for his wings when he Is going on a Journey as It Is now to hear him call for his boots." Dreams as Omens. From the earliest times recorded la history; menhave believed in the prophetic character of dreams. So far as we, know, the flrst to deliberately and systematically attempt the Inter pretation of dreams was Ampbyctyon of Athens, who lived about the year 1490 B. f. The Bible mentions dreams la many places, and we are entitled to conclude from the Biblical refer ences that there were professional In terpreters of dreams who were not In frequently resorted to by the dream ers. Exchange. Punishment ef Children. Parents should remember that every distressing, bloodcurdling story told to a child, every superstitious fear In stilled' Into its young life, end their mental attitude toward the child, their whole, treatment of It, are simply mak ing phonographic records In its nature which 'will be .reproduced with sclen- tile exactness In its future life, says Orison Swett Marden In Success Msga sine. Whatever you do, never punish a child when it is suffering with fear. It Is a creel thing to punish children the way most mothers do anyway, but to punish a child when it is already quivering with terror, and especially when yoa are angry, is terrible. The same principle applies to panlshlng chiHrea In school. Ossein and Scandal. Many people confuse gossip with scsadel. bat the two things are quite different The scandalmonger is usu ally detested, while the gessf p la often aalvorsalry popular. la fact, the popu larity which it brings la Its train la -ite- H. F. GREINER oae of the strongest Incentives to gos sip. A really accomplished gossip Is a social acquisition. Thousands of peo ple who do not gossip themselves like to listen to it It saves them the trou ble of talking. The gossip Is general ly good natured. The scandalmonger seldom Is. After all, what Is more In teresting than human nature? That Is the stock In trade of the gossip, as It la of the novelist and dramatist Lon don Gentlewoman. The Other Side of It. "Wake up, 0811," said the burglar, shaking the men by the shoulder. The man wakes up and Jumps up. "Wha-what do you wa-want?" ha asks. "I went troo dis house las' week an got $10 an' a bum gold watch." ex plained the burglar, "an de papers said dat you said your loss was $100 an' Joolry to de amount o five or six hundred." "Ye-yes." "Well, make good, sport Me part ner dat was watchin on de outside made me cough up de difference be tween what I got an' what you said I got Now, you got to make good. You can't beat me dat way." Judge's Li brary. Between Two Fires. "The fads of sovereigns with their royal etiquette were frequently carried to such lengths," says H. T. Dyer In "Royalty In All Ages," "as to make martyrs of them. What can be more ludicrous than the following: The pal ace was on Are. A soldier who knew the king's sister was In her apartment and must Inevitably have been con sumed In a few minutes by the flames rushed In at the risk of his life and brought her out But Spanish etiquette was woefully broken, and the loyal sol dier was brought to trial and condemn ed to death. The Spanish princess, however, In consideration of the cir cumstance, condescended to pardon the soldier and saved bis life." Aainceurt. Aglncourt, from which Henry V. made his triumphal entry into London, Is our English way of spelling Arm court, Just as Blenheim Is a similar corruption of Blindhelm. In about two and a half hours Henry's little army slew 10,000 Frenchmen, nearly twice as many as England lost outright in battle during the Boer war, lasting over two and a half years, and yet we talk complacently of our "modern arms of prectolonr A monument at Agln court antrks the cemetery of the slain. Few battleaelds have changed their ap pearance so little. The field may be reached within a railway hour from Boulogne, but few tourists go to the scene nf England's most wonderful feat of armal London Chronicle. American Influence In Canada. Wherever the American goes In force and In proportion to his sympathetic reception he leaves as a side Issue the indelible Impression of his vivid per sonality. In such wise he Is changing the sedate old maritime provinces so very rapidly that you can hardly find any difference between them and Maine or Massachusetts. This Is In obedience to a natural law which must bring about such results. His man ners, his speech, his coinage, his means of communication, whether by land or sea, are entirely reciprocal with Can ada, but as he Is mighty and Canada Is feeble numerically the greater, as usual. Includes the less. F. T. Bullen in London Mali Your Oesuaation. Every occupation lifts Itself with the tgifiifif life of him who practices JL The occupation that mill not do that no maa really has a right to occupy hlmaelf aboct.-Palllip Brooks. A Bad Cold. There are two stages In n bad cold,' averred Uacle Allan Sparks. "la the oae stage It afWcts the man that's get ft, aad la the other it afllcts everybody By dealrisg what Is perfectly good wa are part of the diviae power agalast evlL George Eliot foil value lbr your money. Notice what a 12 Coun of Sweet Corn SliOO 12 Cans Peas !. $L00 Iimburger Cheese, per pound 25C Swiss Cheese, per pound 256 Brick Cheese, per pound........ 20C Cream Cheese, per pound 7 20C 12 packakes of Corn Flakes $1.00 We have a good stock on hand and can offer you real bargains in this line. Dried Fruits' We always have a good selection on hand. Special attention will be given to telephone orders. SHAVING IN ITALY. The Barber Must Have Used a Ci cut Saw on This Victim. Italy may be the land of the flea, but It Is not the home of the shave. The barbers there are generally re cruited from the ranks of the butchers or the medical students. They must be able to stand the sight of blood. In the early days of awdldne our slclans called la barbers to do their bleeding for them. In Italy a physician now does his own bleeding If he visits a barber shop flrst Everything Is done in sn orderly manner In the Latin kingdom. The man who yearns to open a tonsorlal parlor appears before the municipality to request his license. No Influence Is required. He does not nave to have a pun. no. ne cultivates tnac later. "Are you Qualified?" demand the cltv ' fathers. "Signorf." responds the applicant re proachfully, "does not my father own a horse, and have I not curried It every Sunday? Besides. I nave worked In the stockyards." "Bene." reply the license givers. "You are Indeed suited In every way. Here are yonr shaving papers. Go forth and scrape acquaintance with the strangers within our gates, but cut only distant acquaintances. To cut your friends Is bad form and bad for em. Then, if the happy oeopbyte bns the tin, be opens up a dissecting par lor. The tin is necessary for razor blades. One Italian traveler was beard to remark: "1 now believe that the mar tyr St Luke was skinned alive. 1 know the man who skinned him. He shaved me this morning." Twelve good men and true looked at bis face and then gave their verdict. He was a truthful man. When a customer enters an Italian barber shop be Is escorted politely to sn operating chair. The back of the chair is stationary, but the headrest lets down to a remarkable degree. The result Is that while the applicant's hips and knees are bent to an angle of ninety degrees his neck stretches so that his head makes sn acute angle with his back,-bis chin pointing direct ly at the ceiling. It requires long prac tice, for stout gentlemen to become ANNUAL BRED SOW OF POLAND CHINAS The Big Boned, Big Litter Roomy Kind AT THE GLOTHER UVEBT BAM COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA Monday, January 30, 1911 AT ONE O'CLOCK P. M. 37-HEAO OF 6ILTS-37 There are 36 big, growthy, Spring Gilts in this offering, and one Fall Gilt The majority are sired by Wille's Big Bone, he by Top Chief . The Gilts are bred to such boars as Wille's Long Price, he by Smooth Price, Big Wonder, by Long Wonder. Both boars are 1000 Prospects. Come early ana see them sell. COL. T.C.CALLAHAN Auctioneer o. I. PURDY ED. R.ROEHL Fie COOD5 the other follow, as comfortable in this position. Then the operator dips his brush la Ice water and brushes It lightly screes the soap. He then, with a playful air. dampens his customer's heard aa If to say. "This Is really uaneceHsary. but I yield to the prejudices of s stran ger.' No. be never rubs the sosp lo be might produce a lather. Then comes the major operation. Afterward the face Is washed with a suavtag brush full of cold water, and then the jwnuci is miicu. uu, uui wivuui iun- der powdered alum. When the damages have than been temporarily repaired the victim raises his bead If be Is still able aad has a coat of brilllantlne applied to his hair. He then totters home and. after bis wife has fainted at sight of him. re solves to raise a mustache, sideburns, galways and a fall beard. The barber, meanwhile having washed up the gore, seats himself In front of his shop and smiles benignly on the passerby. No. Italy Is not the land of the shave, although It may be the home of the flea. New York Sun. His Advice Not Wanted. "My dear.'' says the doctor to his wife, who Is cuddllnsr their new boy. i vou should not feed the baby ofteaer than every three hours, yoa should not take It up every time It cries. It should sleep practically all the time. It shoald not be shown to every one who calls, your mother and father should not be permitted to dandle It. you should not ' chuck it under the chin that way. It , should sleep in a room without heat i and with the windows wide open. it I clothing should be simple none or those lacy, embroidered things and , and" ! "Hnmphr interrupts bis wife. -You go and tell that stuff to people thst pay you $5 a visit. I doa't want any of your old advice about this baby." Life. A Dining Hint. Fletcher says you should "hold your face down" when you are eating, so that your tongue will hang perpendic ularly in yonr mouth. To do this most comfortably get down on your bands and knees when you eat. explains the Chicago Record-Herald. There Is but one virtue the eternal sacrifice of self. George Sand. Send for Catalogue to FRED WILLE Columbus, Neb. SALE 1 5 i .r 4 ) t i Vrf- . yx-.i ,;r;-- iO; .- . i v f-.. .,