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The Columbus journal., 1904-12-21
Thlrsday's Daily Jsafnal.

DR.. N. T. Mcmahon, dentist. ovez
postoEce- #
Vegetable Liver and Cathar,ic
Pills. POLLOCK & co.
WANTED-To buy a male St. Ber-
nard pup. Adress Sydney Eastman,
Creston, Nebr. If
Jasper Nichols returned today from
Wavne And will remain in Columbus
fo- some time.
For a nice line suitable for Christmas
presents. watches. clocks, chains. charms
go &c the Ilth ST. ieweler. 37-3
FOR SALE-Dvellins property jus.
east of Schroeder ulil. Address Henry
Sturgeon. Columbus. Neb. 2tw-S
II. D. Karr and julius Nichols
went TO Schuyler TODAY on business
connected with the brick yard enter.
prise there.
Mrs. l.. G. Voss aud Mr.. Henshow
entertained the ladies' society Of the
PRESBYTERIAN church yesterday after
noon at g Tea.
Rev. Willard lef, this morning for
silver Creek, and will visit Clarks,
Grand Island and other towns before
returning home.
ALFALHO. Try hundred pounds
Of II, Best of ali foods for horses.
cattle. hogs or poultry. Sold only by
Ernst & Brock. Wit d-m.s.
Mrs. kate Bsrdweli and children Of
81 Louis arrived here today and will
visit with ne: mother. Mrs. Nary
Ea:l~ am :arnil:.
Mrs Eva Bell formerly Z Columbus
res.den-. Is expected here Christmas
:rom Shenandoah. Iowa. 10 be TIE
cues. of Mrs. ". =. McAIis;e..
The ladies wko want the choicest
-four for their Christmas pies and
cakes will buy a sack Of WAY Up
made BY the Columbus Roller Mills.
Pound. on Olive street, Saturday
November &c. four Yards Of silk IN
package. Owner cal, for sane at
ASche.s store and pay fo. this notice.
The Temperance Alliance society
was held il tie Baptist church last
evening. This was . postponed meet
ing from two weeks ago. The next
meeting will be the last Tuesday IN
January.
FARM FOR SALE-32O acres. )
miles u0rth and one nI!eeast o. Ash
TON. Sherman co-cty. 200 acres IT,
der cultivation. zoo Il pasture. 20 II
hsv land. All fenced. GooG house
and improvements. s25 per acre
AInertSperlinE. Ashton. Neb. 2tx.
Friends here ha-a received word
from Prof. D. Ross Cunningham tina.
lie has been obliged ~ give CT MS
mQsicclasses in the Wayne Normal
On accornt q poor tealth. For tive
weeks re WIS seriously Ill from hem
0rrtaSa Of Inc stomach. the effects
c: which have lefs bin in scch a con-
:iri0n that his pnv>IC!ans have advised
him 20 resign his work fer the pres
Ell Prof Cunningham many f-eCGs
here will hope TO learn Of his speedy
recovery 70 good heath.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-21
Fridays Daily Journal.

Or. Paul. dentist.
Prof. Sike. teacher music. Barber bldg.
Miss liza Egger i. IN Omaha visitor
today.
The latest creations in hats a: the
Royal Millinery.
DR.. Chas. H. Plat. homeopathic ply
stefan and surgeon. postofice building.
Vim. Mason returned today from
Wayne county where he visited his son
during this week.
Mrs. Carl Kramer returned home
from Chicago where she has been
since October visiting with relatives.
Judge Ratterman today issued marri-
license to Diedrich Drunken.
age GO. and Mrs. Theresa Weiss, age
-.
Dr.. Ole Britell came down last
evening from ST. Edward with two
patients whom he brought to the hos.
pital.
Ms. Theresa Weiss Of Chicago arri-
we'd here today ard some time next
week will be married to Ir. Diedrich
Drunken, a weIl-known farmer north
Of Columbus.
Fred Jasper is the new foreman at
the Argus office, arriving here Wec-
nesday. Mr.. Jasper comes here from
Hastings where Le has been employ ed
the past ten years.
Extra mail clerks have been put On
the main line trains to help take care
Of the Christmas packages entrusted
10 Uncle Sam. The new helpers begin
the:1 work TO-DAY. No extra help is
furnished TO the clerks on the bran CD
roads
Dr.. Plat has been appointed L. s.
pension examiner - succeed DR.. Gcer.
There are three pension examiners Doc
tors Martyr. Evans and Platz. The an
nonncemsnt Of Dr.. PIatz appointment
was announced IN yesterdays World
Herald.
Tie frenea's ball Wednesday even.
ing was a financial success. the pro-
ceeds above the expenses amounting
70 over 500. There were not SO many
masksrs As ara usually At q fi-enen's
bail. t@.:1a he'll ~cs crowded with
spectators
: :. Miller. superintendent Of the
'o.-moos Gas rlarr. arrived here last
cold weathe., work O. the plant will
probably be delayed, but Mr.. Miller
SAWS they will push the work As rapid-
ly as possible.
Mrs. Frank Taylor and two daugh-
tiers. katherine and Claire, left to-day
tor their home in Sioux City after
'everal weeks visit with Mrs. E. H.
jenkins and other friends. They will
visit in Madison and Norfolk before
returning to Sioux City.
Mrs ]. c. Frazell and daughter.
Miss Mamie, left Columbus today for
Council Bluffs where the family e1-
pect to make their future home. Many
Of their friends were at the station TO-
day to bid them farewell and wish
them a prosperous future.
Miss Maggie Willard and Miss MAID
Human Of st. Edward were in town
today on thei: return home fer the
holidays. The young lAides are study
ing music in . college in Des Moines.
Iowa George Willard anne down
! Yesterday from st. Edward to meet
the young ladies and return with them
today.
Thomas Dack returned last evening
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-21

from Webster county where he VA
looking after land. Nj. Dack 0yl
the corn crops are al good there as in
this county and nearly ell the farmer
have finished their huskin9. Mr..
Dsck has great faith in western land
as is evidenced By the fact that he
owns about a half township in Wheeler
and Boone counties.
Rev. Ulmer returned today fromPlAtte
Center where he has been assisting the
Baptist minister Of that town. Rev.
ue:de, in services held all this week.
He reports the meetings interesting
and well attended and the ministers
hope to accomplish spiritual help for
the church. The meetings close with
this evenings service, Rev. Boelte Of
Minneapolis. formerly pastor Of an
Omaha church. will deliver the ser
mon this evening.
Mrs. G. A. Speice. Misses Kathar-
inc and Lettie Speice entertained yes.
terday afternoon al the home Of G. A.
Speice in houor OF Mrs. ". I. Speice.
About forty ladies were present to
spend the afternoon with their need
les and dainty hand work. At ) o.
clock a three III luncheon wa ser
ved. The house was neatly decor
ared with holly and carnations. This
afternoon the same ladies are enter
tanning for Mrs. Speice at . card
party.
Dr.. and Mrs. John D. HASTE Of
Kemmer. Wyoming arrived here yes
terdev for a brief visit with Nj. and
Mrs. George WkeIey. Mrs. HASTE is
Mrs. Whaley's cousin. d.. HASTE
graduated from Columbia Medical
Cc,leSe last spring. He is returning
TO New York to take a position in one
Of the departments Of Bellevue Hos
pital. which be secured in o coupe
,!tive examination in which only four
oUt Of fifty-tour candidates could be
selected.
L. q. Patterson. for several years q
printer in different offices in this city.
writes Z friends here from Fl. Pierre.
South Dakota, where he is employed
il Z of the printing Offices. He
says Until q few days ago j: has been
SO warm i, was unnecessary 20 keep q
fire in the o in the Office. 1t. PisIe.
Re believes. will be a large city with
in q few years. There are now 400 in
habi.ants hut tie town is building CD
.lpidIy. Sixty-eighr hoCses Were
erected from JCne 10 November. The
town las voted So COO bonds for
n water works plant
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-21

II Filings have failed to preserve
your teeth do not think it necessary
to have them extracted. Filings
properly inserted with modern meth
obs ard appliances will save them.
Dr.. Paul the dentist uses tie latest
and best of everything and guarantees
satisfaction.
Mr.. and Hrs. Daniel Mast % Mont.
icelio. Minnesota arrived here yester.
day called bv the death Of Jacob
Schram. Mrs. Mas. is . sister Of the
deceased. Albert Becker is also ex.
recsed here this evening from Chicago
where he IS in q college, to attend
the funeral Of his uncle tomorrow. ,
We are Offering at q very reasonable
price a farm IT $50 acres in Sherman
county at SIS An acre. This farm is
equal to any farm in Platte county
worth three times the price asked. We
have many other desirable properties
for sale farm and city.
Recher, Hockenberger & Chambers.
Word was received today that State
Superintendent McBIien has appoint
ed Prof. v. n. Kern Of Columbus as
| one of the members OF the ex-
aiming board for state tea cher's Ger.
tifcate. The Office carries great re-
sp%onsibility with i. and the appoint
men, is the highest honor that can be
shown q Nebraska teacher. Sup't
Kern is widely known throughout the
state and his appointment to this po-
sition is q recognition Of his abilities
as an educator.
Miss Speice and Mss Lettis SpeIce.
acG Grs. c.. B. Speice entertained %
ladies at six-hs1d suctre yesterday
afternoon in honor Of Mrs. Irving
Speice. The house was decorated
with carnations and holly. At the
close OF the play two-course lunch
con w~as::served, An artistic feature OF
which vas the p.rm padding with
branded sugar Jumps af1ame. The
prize for games was woo by Mrs. Mar
tyn ard for declaring by Mrs. An6er-
soc, each receiving a silver spoon.
John c. VauHousen net with en-
accident Tuesday evening that might
have resulted seriously. He was de-
liverlne milk with IL enclosed wagon.
containing several large cans OF milk
ard o coaloil heater. The reach Of the
wagon parted and threw VanHoUsen
and his cargo forward. Mr.. Var
Housen was struck n the head and
rendered unconscious for a time.
Either ty jar.icg VIXEN TIE wagon fell
or the spIashiag o. the milk exting1
ished the flames and prevented the
wagon from taking fire. -SchCyler
Quill.
NJ STREET AGAIN-City Attorney
Cornelius. I. GIuck and Judge Sulli-
van will Leave tomorrow for ST. Louis
to attend the trial Of he Union Pa.
citic sgains. the City Of Columbus.
IL regard 70 the opening. Of " street.
l. will be remembered tGec tie 7.
5. district cou-: decided against the
city six months ago ard the city took
lis troubles to tine court Of appeals
which sits in 81. Lccis. The case
vii. be brought before that corrt
either Monday OF Tuesday CT next
week. Sir. GIcck Coes TO ST. Lopis
as an interested citizen and Nj. Sull-
ivan as his attorney.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-21
Mondays Daily Journal.

Alvin T. Pool. viol:rist. Phone 65.
Paul Duffy went 10 West Point on
business today.
DR.. L. c. voss, Homeopathic ph?si-
clan. Columbus. Neb.
See that elegant line OF fall street hats
at the Royal Millinery.
Miss Anna MCGOWAN of Bellwcod
was q Columbus visitor Saturday.
Mrs. v. ". RathbCrn went to Lin.
coin Thursday to visit during the hol.
idays.
Frank Clother came down from
Platte Center today and went to
Omaha on an afternoon train.
Mrs. q. o. Study will leave Friday
for Cuba. Kansas to visit during the
holidays with her parents and daueh-
ter.
New classes will he organized at the
Columbus Commercial College at the
beginning OF the new term, January =.
1865. 49,
Miss Hattie Seller will entertain
the Evening Cord club. Wednesday
evening at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
trve Speics.
Will Farrand returned home Friday
from the Wesleyan university near
Lincoln. and will remain in the city
two weeks.
NJ. and Mrs. George Aicbner re-
siding In the vest part Of the city are
parents of q baby boz who arrived at
their home Yesterday.
Floyd Irwin of Creighton, a travel
ing salesman. visited bis relatives
here, leaving yesterday for his home.
Mr.. Irwin is a nephew Of George
Elston.
Harry Weisenstine will leave TO-
morrow for Wellington, Kansas. where
he will remain with q sister and al
tend school. He expects TO remain
two years.
Miss Clara Weaver. a primary
teacher in the Lincoln schools, came
home Friday to remain during the
holidays with her mother ard othe,
relatives.
MIS-. Robert O'R-ien Of Cheyenne.
Wyoming passed through the ely yes
terday on her way to Peoria. Illinois
whe-e she was called by the death Of
her father.
J. u. Curtis. in charge Of the Postal
Telegraph Office here, has received
information from the company head
quarters that they will o open an
Office in Schuyler, probably in January.
John Neuma:ker ard Albert Brugser
are expected home Saturday from Ann
Arbor to spend TIE holidays. Otto
Roen and Albert Becker are home
from Chicago where they are students.
J. F. Bedford returned Saturday
from n business trip to Sherman ana
other counties in the western part Of
the state. He contemplates pnrchas-
ing farm land in that cecticn Of tie
state.
Sheriff Carrig this. morning took
William Holden &c Lincoln to begin
his long term in the srste penitentiary
for the shooting Of Cashier Bernard
Schroeder Of he Platte Center bank
last month.
Bay Martyr returned Yesterday from
Fremont where he has been the past
three weeks visiting his parents. Mr..
Martyr viii remain here fer . few
weeks before going to his ranch u
Deer Trail
Charlie Duty came down today
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-21
School Notes.

Leander Gerard has offered q gold
medal to the pupil N the high school
who has, at the cIoes Of this year. the
highest average per ceat in attendance.
punctuality and department. This is
looked upon BY the faculty as some
thing that will aid very much in OBJ
tanning those things necessary for a
successful student.
Louise ard Phil Echols have Been
sbssH. from school for about two
weeks because of sickness
A set Of Perry picrures ha-s been
received BY Prof. B-i5ell 10 % used
in the tenth grade history.
A beautiful satin banner has beer
donated TO the high school. II is G:
the high schoo! colors. maroon anc
white. Il belongs to the high school
bat j. IS 70 DO given into the care.
ich month. CT that grade which. foc
tho month preceding. las tie higtes.
averages Of the lowest standing Of each
individual pupil in that grade. TIE
Juniors are the custoGIans this month.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-07-16
AMBULANcz c. RklLRoh0,
Special Train Known as the Wrecker'
Furnishes Relief in Case
Of Accident

On every large railway system
there is a train not scheduled on
the time-card, but just as essen.
tial to maintaining the service as
any of the limiteds or locals. 1t is
a passenger train, but the passen-
gers pay no fare. 1t mere
" of two or three freight cars and
a caboOse, yet when il starts over
the road everythingelse on wheels
must give it precedence. If the
president himself is en- route in his
special Of private cars, he must
take the side track until it passes.
This special train, says d. A.
Wiley, in BoOklOvers' Magazine,
has been dubbed the "Wrecker."
Really it is a relief train, ready to
respond to any call for aid in case
Of accident.
The man who would be a wreck
er must have what his fellows call
"grit," must be quick-witted and
quick-mOtiOned, and must be an
expert machinist. 1t is not aneasy
taskfOr the wreck-master to select
a force having these qualities, and
his gang are picked men from the
best on the cOmpany's pay roll.
And size counts for much also.
Two or three little men are val.
liable, for there are many hooks
and corners in and under the torn
and twisted ears where they can
work with hammer and wrench.
where a big man could not move.
For the same reason a few left
handed men are desirable. If a
railrOader has ever been a sailor.
he is given preference in selection.
for there are so many ropes and
chains to be fastened to the wreck
to pull it apart that the seaman's
knowledge of knot and splice is of
much value.
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Keeping Up European Armies.

CONSUMPTION as it is now prac.
ticed in Europe is a modern deyel.
Opment of the Roman military sys.
TEN, and while it has been adopted
in one or another form by all, it
has reached its most drastic
shape in France and Germany. 1t
was the terrible power of con
scription that enabled Napoleon
to carry on the gigantic wars
which placed all Europe at his
feet. Prussia's ingenuity in evad-
ing the hard conditions imposed
upon her in the treaty of Til
sit, by adopting the "shOrt-
term and reserve system was
the foundation Of the practice by
which entire populations pass I'M
der military training, and by which
Europe has been turned into San
armed camp"-Philadelphia Led
yar
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No Compass Required.

In the tropical northern terri.
tory of South Australia travellers
need not carry a compass. Nature
has provided a living one for them.
The district abOunds with the
nests of the magnetic or meridian
ant. The longer axes of these
nests, or mounds, are always in a
perfect line with the parallel Of
latitude, pointing due north and
south.
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OBJECTS OF M CLUBS
Mental and Moral Education the Fun
damental Purpose of Most
Organizations.

The work of the woman's club
is threefold: to educate its mem
bers mentally and morally; to
create public opinion; to secure
better conditions of life. It's
worth, personal and social, is in
proportion to its effectiveness in
securing these ends, writes Mrs.
Martha E. ID. White, in Atlantic.
The first clubs were study clubs;
all clubs r in some degree study
clubs, the culture idea having
been the most tenacious. The
early club, and the parlOr club of
to-day, would frequently devote a
season to the study of one book,
or one author, or some theory of
economics or epoch in history.
Their study may not have been
either profound or judiciously
chosen, but the woman herself
really believed in it, and was being
as studious as she could be easily.
The club members of long ago
did not bring ponderous dignity
with them to their meetings.
They were gay, girlish, and it may
be frivolous. Their programmes
and calendars reveal a schoolgirls
Indifference to the decOrOus habits
of an older society. Happily there
are still sections of our country
where the president appears in the
year book as Mrs. Bob" or "Mrs
Mayme," and the recording secre.
tary naively writes herself Mrs.
Katie" where the cello club" de.
votes the season to the study OF
"Robert Louis Stevenson and Of
Nature" where Browning clubs
read shakespeare and maya.
zines" and a "Current Events
Glass" studies "the Bible"
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

STATE OF MISSOURI. L.
ln the tircuit court OF Lafayette County,
Missouri. August term, 1874, at Lexington.
william z Napper, Plaintiff Ian ,.,aH,B
Nancy NJ. Napper. Defendant. J'unee lsDi'
Now at this day comes the plaintiff herein
bN his Attorney. Robert 4. hicklin aud hles
his petition and affidavit. alleging, among
other Things that defendant. Nancy NJ. Napier
is not a resident OF the state of Missouri.
NhereupOn il Is ordered By the clerk In
vacation, that said defendant be notified BY
publication hat plaintiff has commenced a
Suitagainst her ia this Court, the object and
general nature Of which Is to obtain a decree
of divorce from the bonds OF matrimOny CON
tracied with the defendant on the grounds OF
dtserIiuu. and that unless the said defendant,
Nancy N. HappCrbe and appear M this Court,
nt the next term thereof, 10 be begun and
holden at The Court House in the City OF Lex
ington Ia said county, ou the lst day OF August
Term, If The Term shall so long c~O1tinue-and
II nOl, then on or before the last dRy OF said
Term o. answe or plead to the petition IN said
cause. the same will be taken as confessed,
and Judgment will be rendered accordingly.
And 10 Is further ordered that a copy here
OF be published. according TO law In The Lex
ingtOn lntelligencer, a newspaper published
n said county Of Lafayette, for four weeks
successfully at least G q week. the last in
sertion 10 be at leas. fifteen days before the
III st day OF said next August Term Of this
court.
A true copy. Attest
lsRALl j.. II. CAMPBELL, Clerk.
Robert a. Hicklin, Attorney for Plaintiff.
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BELIEF IN THE HORSESHOE.
Universal Superstition That Comes
Down to Us From Ancient.
Times.

The origin of belief in "horse.
shoe luck" is so ancient that it
never has been determined with
certainty and no superstition is
more universal. Ever since horses
began to wear shoes those cres-
cents of iron have been accounted
lucky emblems by all peoples,
races and nations that have been
acquainted with their use. In
England, up to comparatively re-
cent times, hOrseshoes were ex-
tensively used almost everywhere
as antiwitch charms and the Gus.
tom is not even yet an extinct one.
No witch, it used to be said, could
enter a building over the door of
which a horseshoe, or, better still.
three %hOrseshoes, had been affixed,
prongs downward.
The origin of this particular be-
lief is referable to the old legend
of st. Dunstan. This versatile &C.
clesiastic was a skilled farrier and
one day while at work in his forge
the evil one entered in disguise
and requested Dunstan to shoe his
"single hOof." The saint. al
though he at once recognized his
malign customer, acceded, but
caused him so much pain during
the operation that Satan begged
him to desist. This Dunstan did.
but only after he had made the
evil one promise that neither he
nor any of the lesser evil spirits,
his servants, would ever modest
the inmates of a house where a
horseshoe was displayed.
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HEROES c. A CENTURY AGO
Naval Officers, Who, with Poor Ships,
and Small Crews, Protected
American Interests.

In the early days of the last cen
fury this country was laid under
contribution by a set of blood
thirsty cutthroats operatingalong
the coasts Of Morocco and Algeria.
They were pirates without dis
guise, and prowled along their Sc
lected seaways, seeking whom
they might despoil, or make pris-
oners to sell into slavery, but pre-
ferably to obtain ransoms for
their deliverance, says the New
York Tribune.
The United States, at that pc
riod, had few vessels which could
be used TO punish these pirates,
and was, p%erforce, obliged to pay
large sums of money to pacify the
scOundrels and to liberate those
who were enslaved. 1t wasamOn.
strOus state of things, and was
aggravated by the compulsory
obedience of a government only
just beginning to assert itself.
Out of this really humiliating con-
dition a great good was born. Our
naval officers, who had few ships
and sparse crews, showed them
selves ready and willing, as we'll
as able, to defend the country's
interests, and nearly always pro.
claimed themselves, by their con.
duct, heroes. Such men in our
naval service as Capt. Bainbridge,
of the George Washington Lieut..
Sterrett, of the Enterprise Capt.
Murray, of the Constellation;
Rodgers, of the John Adams;
Preble, commander of the feet,
and others, did wonders with the
means at their command.
The Philadelphia, which struck
a reef in Tripoli harbor, was saved
from falling into the enemy's
hands by being set on fire and
up, through the gallantry
and daring of Lieut.. Stephen Deca-
whose brother, also a hero,
had been killed in a boat attack.
Now we are able, when Ameri.
are in danger, to send a fleet
to enforce our rights, but the birth
Of our power must be conceded
to such heroic men as saved their
country 100 years ago.