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New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
GETTING IN A HURRY.

The sun began to slant down the west People
rnopped their heated foreheads. Wen have to
walk" said couple of sturdy Swedes. They
picked up their baggage and swung on down the
winding street The Italian looked after them anx-
iousiy He eyed his family and stood still Others
Of us trasled off IN different directions Some
other would undoubtedly carry us somewhere
perhaps near goal. We left the Italian pa
tiently asking the next conner, You knoWa is dis
Car goa to de hoata?'
The the East Side iS the antithesis of this
1T runs. The other. apparently, doesn't Several
enterprisins travellers ventured upon this Belt
Line TO all ferries"-which means, incidentally, all
r:ers. Some of them had hand baggage; others
~ to be glad that they hadn't. An old man
hooked beuisnly upon the sturdy horses whose
rs;ne were held by aggressiyely hearty young
Ir1shman- The car spun merriiy along. Wharves.
swsrming with loaded drays. piles of merchandise,
peculiar the river front of big city. sfrled by.
river front such travel is remarkable. It was
hrought to q sudden halt by great wagon stacked
ur with barrels There isn't anything quite so
men were hoistins barrels into the floor of
a warehouse while another stood beside the horses,
halfway under the arch OF the warehouse floor.
The usual compliments were exchanged; the driver
fuued ana the the wagon hurled barrels
balls People stopped 20 watch the expert pitchers
sa. down. A passenger engaged him in conversa-
tion anc no would fancy. from his placid look
and tones. the. he was merely sirnnering with
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

Martian's hands and while the other mana nhfrg as
smackinC me about regardless was puncniih,s on %
much OF him as | could get at Win te.'i 70
ergy Evidently had had enough or IL "a "a sent
while because he drew the hand pach -. 20 T
out a foot instead 1t seemed TO me ma nn1a
could only hold long enough Wouiu ~. h,,f
to do him right up the instalnlent PIC, ,r md
lust at that moment my Interpreter caItie " $50
wanted to know what the matter was l eNpLaIIi
dispute, and that in three or four hours d. NV a
outside I hoped be able TO reduce my said
to state of penitent pulp. Ny interpre'etr t,h,a
that | really giving myself lou Oh tIoupro nn,
for nothing; and he spoke he shot one 49, a. -
along in direction and another IN the opposie1
direction. while his thumbs whistled out an aPpc"
for help.
The result was very peculiar In about half
second the full OF eyes surveying the s'
uation. Then the eyes shot back with series %
clicks. and several hands shot out from no"Iere
and Eripped my inebriate friend from oehind ano
dragged him away
asked the Interpreter whether the offender would
be punished, and for long time he could not uh-
derstand me. Indeed, I practically had 10 explain
the details of the British penal code before ne coulo
even grasp what I driving at As usual ne vas
wished to get drunk he was quite at liberty TO dc
so: but II, while IN that condition. he ANNOYED
other people, he simply overpowered ana kept
in a cool place TIL ne sober. He said he con-
cluded from what / had told him that IN my
country when a caught a fever we locked MIN
up and fined him, n tendency TO catch feVer IS
ilist the same n tendency TO drink TOO Hlucn L
told him I was afraid he didn't know what he was
talking about, and he is an extremely polite
took me home to bed--Munch Hawson. in 6ick-Me-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

gone ana done itr7 they CRIED excItedly ''NHhats
he doing?' they demanded Of the conductor. But
the olu only smiled an inscrutable smile and
shook his head.
The car ratified and jolted the cobblestones.
The passengers bobbed frantically up and down
with the jolts their baggage wandered playfully
over the floor of the That tantaiiZing sign,
BELT Line all ferries which extended the full
length of the side Of the realized the absurdity
of its position under such circumstances and tore
itself off That is it tore off all that it could. One
iron cleat held fast, and from this the long board
waved like a defiant white pennant endangering
the heads OF everybody within its sweep. Present
ly the car gave bump more violent than any Of
the preceding ones, settled into the track and rat
tied along cheerily though It had not just
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
A SERIOUS OBSTRUCTION.

The next INSTRUCTION was more serious in CHAR
acter A wagon loaded with bricks had sunk into
the bed of the car track. Other wagons had en-
tangled themselves with ii in that way tat wagons
baxse on s,,cr occasions and which confirms one In
the belief that their drivers hired at certain
price an hour The car driver offered ADVICE ana
presently the entangled wagons swung into an IN
extricabe mass from which proceeded language.
After awhile the disntegrated and ielt the
wagon of bricks fits original hole with men vain
lv driving levers under its embedded wheels.
r-,-an tbe car driver saw the futility OF Offering
frrrner advice. Get out of my way he shouted
and continued shout he yanhed his rel1s.
turned his horses off the track and sent vehicles
of all descriptions scurryng out OF his path, as the
car took a circuitous and rocking route cob
blestone square
All the men stood up. They had 10. Now he's
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

nearly shaken the lives out of its passengers Peo-
pie the waving Beh Line sign revolving
against its misusage and cheered- The conductol'
after a number of ducking heads had testlhed 10
narrow escapes from decapitaton, managed 10
make the driver understand the nature of The Beit
Line signs behavior. The driver got out Wrehcheu
loose the remaining cleat, sprang on the car ana
threw the sign conteMptuousiy the moor. giving
1t shove with his foot to insure II from tripping
any unwary passengers The old man sank Weail'y
back his seat. It's two years since I've ridden
on this line" said he. and" with much decision,
it'll be two years before ride on IL AGAIN.
Women picked up their hairpins and adjusted
their rakishly set hats; locked around to see
whether the loose change had been jolted out or
their pockets.
Hes all right" said the old conductor, noddng
at the driver: "he gets there every time
1t was evident that he did. Just then another
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

met his in the same track and the horses look
ed surprfsedy Into each others eyes. They just
saved their noses from bumps that jar a horse.
There such thing backing down in the
lusty Irtshman. He merely gave his reins q jerk
bumped his out OF the track, across the street
into the other track and went cheerfiy on. One
track good as another to him.
This my last jolt. I descended at my des-
tination with the feeling that I had got plenty of
experience and a deal OF exercise for the small
sum Of five cents.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

wrath which would presently boil over he eY. s up'
gave his gloves jerk took up his relns ana IT,,
Other driver also was Hfbernian. He hurled hach
the insult An what are you? What are Sou'
he demanded. hoty.
II amt anything" replied the car driver con-
ternptuously They argued the point croWo
gathered. The argument grew more heateu' ~ -.
the nICdIe II, fearing riot, the men on 'op VI
the barrels threw themselves fiat. somebody drove
the horses further under the arch, the car orFef
contentedy shook his reins and off rumpieo 'he
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
Why - Canard7'

Does anyone know the origin Of the
word "Canard," . duck, as meaning .
false report, especially in . newspa'
per? 1 came upon the explanation
only recently. says q writer in Vanity
Fair. It IL this. About 1860 a French
journalist, being hard up for news.
wrote IN amazing story in q leading
Paris journal to the effect that he had
kept and fattened 20 live ducks. and
one day being short Of duck-food he
killed one, chopped It up, and distri-
buted 1t among the other 10. The fol-
lowing day he slaughtered another
bird, and the Is ducks ate 1t up. So
he went on from day to day, until
there was only . solitary duck left.
which had, Of course, assimilated most
Of the other 10. The enterprising
press gentleman then related that he
had this last duck for his own dinner,
thus practically eating the score Of
birds 1t one meal. The amazing yarn
went the round Of the papers at the
time, and formed the origin Of the
term 'canard" for . humping big
story.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

Our continuous growth -
shown BY our last published
statement, Is IN evidence
that the service We accord
our patrons Is satisfactory.
Open IN account with Us and
let us prove to you that yoa
made no mistake BY 20
doing. Our aim i to plsasa
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
Hotel way. Abroad.

Hot water Il not laid on" (piped)
1t foreign hotels. says the Travel
Magazine. II you hear a gentle tap
on the door in the morning you may
interpret 1t Is meaning that q copper
ever Of hot water has just been set
down outside for your personal use.
II you order . bath It will be pre-
pared for you accordingly. and q sweet
voiced maid viii give you notice when
It 10 ready. You are not expected to
operate the water valves at all. and
It IL doubtful II you would succeed II
you tried.
From . variety Of vacant rooms at .
hotel shown you you select the one
You prefer, with . definite agreement
q to price. You are not required to
ACCEPT humbly and thankfully, in blind
faith, whatever room the clerk deigns
to assign to you q in America It II
expected, however. that you win order
your breakfasts ct the hotel. being
free to get your other meals elsewhere
u yos prseee: -
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

-.
heedssth MS hard blow to the par
sats. Dep SORROW Il oppressed BY
everyone.
nsoms oe tie down east Yankee could
go some Of the people out here farm.
10 wonder what they would think. Ono
man fsrming 800 seres Of pillow land all
alone, 1l6 acres Of small grain. Ill put in
on the 6rst day OF April and plowing
for corn with . gang pillow, turning over
six acres . day and leading horse with
. small harrow behind leaving the
ground ready foa the planter. that -
what Harry and Ed Hill ere doing, and
there are several gangs working on tho
route where o man il doing Two mons
work. We live in . swift age.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
BILLWOOD

Oo4DWO~
From Tie 6asstte:
Mis- Emma Mccullough and Lille
Paige last week purchased tho Brewer
reeidenoe. Consideration 5000.
The village election passed over vesy
quietly on Tuesday. Az will b seen by
tho following figures the Temperance
candidates We elected: Geo. Wordsworth
Sc, 81. 81. Grant. 50. ]. n. 6auser, 80;
Nick Linden. IS, The new board now
stands solid for Temperance.
Some smart Aleck transferred tho
wheels on Joe Kreizinger'S buggy about
tho latter part Of last week and had his
father not noticed It last Sunday Joe
would have been driving zig zag" yet.
Joe. undoubtedly stayed longer With his
"best girl" than usual on the night the
joke Was perpetrated.
John English, who twenty-five years
ago lived in tho Gazette residence; bat
now OF Humphrey, Neb, in company
with John N. Hengler Of Columbus made
tho Gazette sanctum . pleasant call last
Saturday. They were on their way r.
tho home Of Fred Hengler, uncle to John
n. where they visited over Sunday.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
Fleeing Adventurous Lambs.

Not long ago the sole and absorbing
mission of Edmonton. in a CONNER
ciel way. was to blk ignorant Kl0n-
dixie adyenturers-poor fellows who
thought that Alaska was perhaps 100
miles west of Winnipeg-int0 Quitting
there for the land of gold. writes En-
erson Hough in Outing. There were
Englishmen bound for the Kl0ndike
who brought with them as far a Ed
monitor their own baled hay-a fact,
though it seems impossible, " for
an Englishman - and others who
brought traction engines to carry
them thence merrily Owe the Rockies
to the Klondike. and yet others who
had barrels rugged with axles and
shafts for horse draft. which In tran
sit nicely mingled nails. sugar. baking
powder and other goods into one
homogeneous. fabric. and many other
similarly crazed and wholly idiotic
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me oERnlu uaTI tllk.
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cult matter to estimate what the con0e
qubnce would have been.
MONROE.

ONR
From The Republican.
Neal Hollingshead came out from
Omaha. Wednesday, for . short visit
with The home folks. He is nov em.
ployed BY The American Express Co.
E. b. Parisho. president of the Nebr-
aska Central college at Central City. 90
oompanied by his vito and daughter,
we're guesie of his brother, In. Psrish0
oud wife, over Sunday.
The village election va quiet this
year, only thirty-eiaht votes being cast
There were but two candidates. 81. j..
Hin and g. G. Terry and they viii serve
on tho village board for the coming two
years. The board will meet Honday
evening to canvass the vote aud organize
the new board.
Lillian Miller Of Monroe add John
0onden OF Treynor, Iowa. Thursday,
April 4. ut the home OF the brides par
eois, Rev. BRENT OF the Methodist
church performing the Ceremony, only
relatives we're present, the wedding BE-
ing squiet one. Mr.. and Mrs. Goodeo
left Thursday evening for Treynor,
Joseph ". Angel, Who has served tho
Monroe and Oconee Prssbyterian
churches - pastor for three years past
closed his work here last Sunday. He
he's accepted = call 10 become pastor Of
tho church ct Atkinson, Nebraska. IN
attractive, thriving town OF about 1000.
located on the Black Hills line Of the
Northwestern Ry., about 100 miles north
west from here. Mr.. Angel and family
expect to leave Monroe about April 18th.
z. r. Dick won't to Omaha tho nrst Of
the veek, where he il keeping books for
Allen Broa Mrs. Dsck expects to move
there soon,
The board Of directors Of the Monroe
Independent Telephone company held .
meeting ct The Bank Of Monroe .Thuvs-
day afternoon, the frst one since the in
ducement TO pay rent in sdvanoe wss
offered. Al Q result Of this inducemsnt
the company hae been enabled to pay OF
about 1850 indebtedness. which u en-
couraging to tho management
Arthur Watts has . man pruning his
orchard and by the pile Of brush he il
doing lots Of it.
Nesdames ALDER. md Gus Tesses d II
vsnfto Columbus Sunday aud returned
homo Monday.
sHenry Albeis bought tie gasoline q.
zine and corn orushee ct the cattle ranch
Ind will put i: mp 1t The hume to crush
1nea. tos his fas cattlsi in TIE future.
Ths little thrse-ysas-osd daughter Of
Hr. aud Mra. McKillips Of north u
f6styiIls died vssy suddenly Saturday
1ight She wss sleepsneis her trundle
ISsd 6sar hsr parents when they heard
1sr man, jumping up, NJ. AcKillipl
Dioksd hee mp but shs disd -almoet II.
lste14E;sS voot e. bea:ee usual end
-
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

From The Signal
Nm. Edwin Hoare and daughter Alice
were Columbus visitors on "Wednesday.
The uniforms for tho band boys arrived
Monday and will b worn in public for
the first time next Monday evening, tho
occasion being tho Easter dance given BY
the band.
Misses Mamie Tbomas and Marjorie
Stevenson, OF Columbus, were guests OF
Mics Clara Menieoe few days this week.
From here tho young ladies' drove out to
Postville to visit with the Hughes family.
Tom Hoare on Wednesday bought the
James Burrows restaurant, taking pos-
ssssion yesterday. This business il .
paying investment, but M. Burrows do
sires to engage in another line OF bus
ineo0.
Many Of our readers viii regret TO learn
that Oatbsrine Hayes has fled . petition
in divorce against her husband Patrick.
charging him with cruelty and inoom
patibility Of temper. This couple and
family he's for many years resided south
Of the creek, in She'll creek township,
and arc among the pioneer settlers In
Platte county.
Election in Platte Center passed OF
exceptionally quiet Tuesday. There
seemed to be nothing in particular Ut
stake and no ono seemed at Ill concern
ed about how his neighbor voted, or
whether be voted 1t ill. There ~as "a
votes COST, - lee than last yea. Some
IL stayed away from the polls. The
result vas: Psrkinson .; Burrows 80.
and Clother and Zineg . tic on Sc. Ths
tie will probably b settled ct the next
meeting Of the board.
About > O'Clock Tussday afternoon
John Kipp, Who W. in the alley back
Of ZinRg's m~eat|markst. saw . small boy
light . match and ct Hre to some hay
under . wagon in the alley between Daa
Naokinis barn and Oonsidine's barn.
John started for the seene, giving The
alarm. Fortunately several people
quickly responded and With buckets d
water prevented The flames from eettina
much Of . start. The hose cart wss run
out and . stream gotten On the ire il
good time. But Il was . very close call
The wind was very strong from thl
southwest, and he'd not tho nro beeG
seen almost before Il started II = . din
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
N"ElGHBORHOOD news NOTES.
LINDSAY.
From the Opinion

Albert Rasmussen attended the Easter
ball given by the fireman at Columbus
Monday night.
Arthur, the o year old son OF Mr..
and An Mike Sweeney. passed away ut
their home Monday afternoon 1t 2
O'Clock OF catarral fever, after IN illness
Of several weeks duration. The funeral
Wa held Tuesday. The beresved par
ents have the sympathy OF al in the loss
OF their little one.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
men, VINO thought Iney Knew wnere
the frontier va and how It might b
mastered.


what n your views on the tar.
ill.," inquired the interviewer.
The tariff" answered Senator
Sorghum. us . great institution.
Whenever you want to impress your
constituents with your profound wis
dom you can always use II n . text
for saying something that nobody un-
derstands."-Washingt0n Star.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

CREsToN.
From The Statesman.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Nm.
T. d. Wagner, Tuesday, April End.
e. T. Graham shipped four csrs Of
sheep to South Omaha market the first
Of the week.
Rudolph Kerbel came over from
Boomer tho frst of the week and fled
his application for . license to cell
liquors in Creston.
Nn. Aflie Arson went to Columbus on
Saturday last, for . couple OF days visit,
returning home on Wednesday.
Mrs. Geo. b. Palmateeri is on the sick
list:
Miss Msxie Magill i up from Colun-
bus this week visiting With relatives and
friends.
M. and Mrs. Schurr and daughter
Gertie drove to Humphrey Friday to
consult with Dr.. Terry, the eye specialist
from Columbus.
Mr.. VIM. Wurdemann and Mis-
Matilda Asche, we're united in marriage
Ut tho home of tho groom's parents, 4r.
and Mn. Herman Wurdeman, Rev. F! A.
J Lutz, officiating. The wedding We .
fquiet affair only members Of the two
| families being present. Tho contracting
parties arc amoog the most popular
young people Of tho neighborhood.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10


From the Democrat.
Invitations are out for the marriage OF
Miss Acns Meyer. daughter Of NJ. and
4n'Theos 4syer, to DR.. Aug. kaufman
of Minneapolis, which will occur ct the
St Francis church and . Wedding recep-
tiom will be given Ut the homo OF tho
brides parents, southwest Of town next
Tuesday. April 9th.
J. F. Tieskoeitet 10 building onto the
rear Of tho Commercial hotel IN addition
which will be occupied by . heating
plant, which will b installed immediAt-
ely for tho use in the hotel. The addit-
ton viii be ono story high with . base
msnt, Tse basement will occupied by
the heating plant and the upper story
will b made into bed roome.
WIN. Heebes was taken to Lincoln
Monday morning BY Deputy Sheriff
Lschnit and placed in the asylum under
the dipsoranio Law. Herbs had . hear
ing in Columbus . few weeks ego at
which time he Wa found to be fit sub
jest for the asylum under the charge.
but he vac released on probation in
order /, give him one o chance to
brace up. He failed to do the required
amount Of bracing and q . result Wa
taken to Lincoln - stated above.
The ci,p election Tuesday passed OF
very quietly. There was only o ticket
in tho field which caused little interest
beng taken. However, when the bal
lots were counted, it developed that there
had been more interest taken in the
than most people thought and
there had been . little work done on
the quiet. E. F. Wentz and Jao. Herbs,
the regular nominees were elected by
safe msjorities L. d. Diers received 81
voies and Henry Fox received 90. 10
to Nessrs Diers and Fox the
wishes to say that neitner
solicited votes in any way; in
fact, they did not know that their names
we're being used in this connection, and
would not have consented to their names
being used had they known it.
Nm. Matte Finis, wife OF Richard
FINS and third eldest daughter Of Mr..
and Mn. 8. 8. Shote, died Al the homo Of
her parents northwest Of town last
Sunday afternoon at 2o'clock after an
illness lasting only q few days. On the
previous Monday the deceased was in
usual good health and she and her hus-
band had made preparations to
m,ve to the Nels Peterson farm in
Madison county where they intended to
live this year. Tuesday she wa taken
suddenly i'll with evere pains in her
head and back and continued to grow
worse until death relieved her suffering
It is thought the csuse Of her death wal
brain fever. This 10 particularly q sad
death for the reason that only afew
weeks ago, on March 9Th, the deceased
was united il marriage 10 Richard Finis
and tho young couple was starting out
in life With the brightest prospects for
the future. The funeral wa held from
the home Of tho deceased parents Tues
day afternoon, Rev. George Of Kalama-
500 officiating, and the remains we're
placed in The Humphrey cemetery. The
deceased vas only . few weeks older
than % years. The Democrat ,ius in
extending to the young husband, father
and mother, brothers and sisters heart
felt sympathy.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
Envy.

hwy.
Uncle George So you're just Ave
years old to-day?
TOmmy-Yes, siI.
Uncle George-Well, well! I'm Co.
think Of that!
Tommy-My! I Wisht I vas: then
I'd get 50 cents fur my birthday
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

From To Leader.
Tho rumor in regard to the resignation
Of Dr.. WinsloW Of tho Indian school, to
which ~ referred last week, proves TO
be true. III. Winslow expects TO 60 to
Fl. Collins, Colorado e start drug
store and begin the practice Of medicine.
News va received in this city the
first Of The week announcing the. death
Of L. B. Basley Of Jefferson, Oregon On
March Is. Tho deceased EXPIRED sud-
denly from heart trouble With which b
has been effected for several years Mr..
Baloey was Q former resident and bust
ness man Of this city and vas wellknovn
By our older inhabitants. He went
vest in tho early ninties and has been
engaged in business o. the coast since
that time. helesves . widow and sever
IL grown children, among them being
the Mesdames Goodwin and Ball OF this
township, Who have Tho sympathy Of. tho
entire communitv in their afliotion.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

might hsvs rsnainsd m inds6nife pseiod
bed Il not boea for The seGl Displayed
BY The agsot in his Efforts 70 locate Il.
The car confused lumber ordered Tor
the completion Of the Masonic temple,
and work On the building viii now b
resumed.
Although our prohibition friends did
not obtain al they asked from the Legs
ls:ure. yet they have besn treated ssner-
ously BY the state lawmakers. Hsse
after when liquor 10 shipped direct to
consumees il must Be labeled o. The ont
aide '.Intoxicating Liquor" Another
Law enacted makes the place Of sale the
place of delivery. For instance, . man
10 Genoa cannot boy liquor in Omahs
and haved it shipped to 0eooe, i there
10 no licensed saloon here. Another
lsw-snscsed requires express companies
to keep . record Of al persons Who 70
csive liquor. The record viii b open
for public inspection % that everybody
may know Who receives intoxicante. A
law has also been passed governing
license boards, making it obligatory on
them to cancel licenses, when tho Law
has beeo violated.