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AND ALL THIS FOR A QUARTER.
Gorgeous Description Of Attractions Of
Old-1ime Circus.

"There will be presented a resplen-
ent series of sublime, moral. interest
ing, instructive, amusing and wonder
full scenes. which would appear entire
ly too fabulous II expressed in an ad-
vertisement. They must be seen to be
duly appreciated. These great dis
plays will unfold in all the loveliness
and beauty of enchantment. carrying
the minds of the bewildered or spell
bound spectators OF on the gentle
wings of the imagination to such
pageantry as they might dream of
after reading few pages of Arabian
Nights Entertainments Words are
really wanting to give adequate ex-
preston Webster's unabridged fails
most signally in language to fully por
tray semblance of the reality.
Economy may be learned at this great
college in a single evening. Here the
visitor will see splendid specimens of
the zygodactylous race that live upon
the earth, or float and poise upon the
wings of gold and silver plume in the
cerulean arch; and in reference to
these the corps of superintendents In
cOurtly dress will elucidate the pecu-
liarities of each with guarded suavilO-
quence. an Old-Time Circus
Poster.
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MAINE o4osr ON HORSEBACK.
Peculiar spook That Has Struck Ter
ror 10 Farmer Folk.

The horseback riding ghost Is the
very latest variety that has appeared
in Bowdoinham, and he is . particu-
lar spirit, making visitations only at
certain times.
The hunters ghost, they cali him.
and the big man on the big white
horse who comes galloping down the
Lisbon road on the full o. the moon
right up to the side door Of Sunny Crest
farm strikes terror to the heart OF
the farmer folk as he raps smartly
with his riding whip On the panels Of
the door. Whenever one appears In
answer to the knock the ghost, so
they tell the story. wheels round and
disappears at gallop. turning into
the old woods road much used In revo-
lutionary times by the soldiers Of that
stormy period.
Ghost Of the old Cap'n; they call
him, connecting this horseback riding
spook with q certain ofhcer Of un-
savory fame who once haunted the
district of Maine. It is on the hunt
ers' moon when the ghost rides
abroad. and nervous people on the
Lisbon road are much disturbed BY
this galloping Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
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NO WONDER SHE DIDN'T KNOW.
Woman Of Experience Not Hasty in
Expressing Opinion.

Before he had been in the car three
minutes most of the women passen-
gers and some of the men were ex-
planning to their neighbors what they
would do with the little imp II he be-
longed to them. Spanking was the
popular remedy, and If that boy had
received then and there all the pad
dlings that his critics were aching to
administer he certainly would have
been well blistered.
To the general babel of advice and
fault-finding. however, there was one
woman who contributed nothing. She
was a gentle. gray-haired body, who
remained unruhled in the midst of the
small tempest raging.
IF that child was mine," said the
determined woman beside her. 'Td
make him mind II I had to half kill
him. Wouldn't your
81 don't know" said the little wom-
an, mildly, what I'd do"
"You don't?" said the determined
woman. We'll, I know. But maybe
you are not used to children? Maybe
you never had any Of your OWN"
"Oh. yes" said the little woman. II
brought up Is. That is why l don't
know what I would do"
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A FEW OF uFE'S PARAD0xES.
All True, Though At First They Seem
to Read Rather Odd.

Peace we secure by ornaments,
liberty by laws and constitutions,
simplicity and naturalness are the
consummate result of artificial breed
ing and training: health. strength and
wealth are increased only by lavish
use, expense and wear. Our mistrust
of mistrust engenders our CONNER
cial system of credit: our tolerance
of revolutionary utterances is the
only way of lessening their danger;
our charity has to say no to beggars
in order not to defeat its own de-
sires; the true epicurean has to OBJ
serve great sobriety; the way to GER
tainty lies through radical doubt;
virtue signifies not innocence but the
knowledge of sin and it's overcom-
ing. The ethical and religious life
are full of contradictions held in So
luton. You hate your enemy?-well,
forgive him, and thereby heap Goals
Of fire on his head; to realize your
self, renounce yourself; to save your
soul, first lose it; in short, die. to live.
Prof. William James, in Hilbert
Journal
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The Truly to Be Pitied.

Stevenson: Pitiful Is the case Of the
blind. who cannot read the face; piti-
full the case of the deaf, who cannot
follow the changes Of the voice. And
there are others. also. to be pitied. for
there are some of an inert and inel0-
quent nature who have been denied
all the symbols of communication. who
have neither a lively play Of facial ex-
preston, nor yet the gift Of frank, ex-
planatory speech; people truly made
of clay. people tied for life into q bag
which no one can undo. They are
poorer than the gypsy, for their heart
can speak no language under heaven.
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PAYING the Price.

'Ts IT not some reproach upon the
economy of Providence that such q
one, Who is a mean, dirty fellow.
should have amassed wealth enough
to buy half a nation?" Not the least.
He made himself a mean. dirty fellow
for that very end. He has paid his
health. his conscience, his liberty for.
it: and will you envy him his bargain?
Will you hang your head and blush in
his presence because he outshines you
in equipage and show? Lift up your
brow with a noble confidence, and say
to yourself: l have not these things, 1t
is true; but IT is because l have not
sought, because I have not desired
them: 1t is because ! possess some
thing better. ! have chosen my lot,
am content and satisfied.-Anna
Letitia Barbauld.
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Ancient Uses Of BIoodhounds.

Although the use of bloodhOunds
for tracking criminals still survives.
another ancient use of these dogs
seems to have died out Bloodhounds
were at one time often called upon
to assist an army in the field, the
forces with which the earl of Essex
suppressed the Irish rebellion In the
time of Elizabeth, for instance, being
accompanied by 500 dogs. In the Scot
fish clan feuds and the wars between
England and Scotland bloodhounds
were regularly employed in tracking
fugitive warriors, and both Wallace
and Bruce were hunted in this man
ner. Wallace is said to have bafied
his pursuers by killing follower and
leaving the corpse for the hound to
ind, while Bruce adopted the less
cruel plan of wading some distance
down q stream and ascending a tree
which overhung the water
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
The Road to Success,

John G. johnson, Philadelphia 70,
nous lawyer, was talking in the
smoking room of a liner about work.
In my youth" said Mr.. johnson,
Il was ambitious. Ambitious in an
aimless and desultory way. In early
youth, of course, one understands
neither life nor ones self.
IAN aged millionaire questioned me
one day spontaneously.
"'You are ambitious?' he said.
IT am I agreed.
Why said the millionaire, do you
want to riser
$50 that I can do as I like I an
swered.
"The millionaire smiled and shook
his head.
'Ah, my boy he said, 1t is only
when we do as We don't like that We
succeed"
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
BUSY LOOKING AFTER OTHERS
Physician Had Had No Time to Motto
His Own Family.

A little Cleveland girl returned to
school the other day after an absence
on account Of measles The teacher
noticed that the child still had 'em.
She called up one Of the school physi-
clans, and he said the pupil would
have to remain out of school another
week.
Didn't your parents know that you
weren't over the measles yet?" in
quired the teacher
Nom" replied the child. you see,
mother doesn't know much about 'em,
and pops q doctor, and he's been 50
busy with measles lately that he
didn't have time to notice that I was
still broken out"
Her father is one of the most promi-
nent physicians in town.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
NORMAL THEORY IS pIsPRovED.
Quite Preposterous in the Light Of
Present-Day Extremism.

Philosophers seldom tire of booming
the normal and deprecating the all
round abnormal tendency. They insist
that the normal life Is good for our
bodies, and exc for our consciences.
But this is absurd. We cannot en-
Joy ourselves and at the same time
be normal. Every pleasure is some
thing which is abnormal to US. Every
man and woman at the present day
who sets out with the object of
achieving distinction. or popularity of
any description, must be abnormally
good or abnormally bad before 1t can
create an impression. The norman
theory Is q prep0sterous one.
Imagine woman In normal clothes!
At the present moment woman has
attained the pinnacle Of notorfety In
the opposite direction. and on its top
most point il set her hat. Imagine
the successful athlete In . normal
condition. Imagine the winner of
motor race as q normal pleasure
seeker; and there are others-too
many to Observation-Disclosures Rec
ORD.
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Success.

"He has achieved success who has
lived long, laughed often, and loved
much; who has gained the trust of
pure women, the respect Of intelligent
men, and the love of little children:
who has filled his niche and accom-
plished his task; who has left the
world better than he found it, whether
by an improved poppy. perfect poem.
or a rescued soul; who has never
lacked appreciation of earth's beauty
nor failed to express it; who has al
ways looked for the best in others
and given the best he had; whose life
was an inspiration; whose memory
q benediction." bessie A. Stanley.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Catching Rats,

Do rats drink water? Do they -.
quire water? The best way to catch
these rodents is to put any animal sub
stance. well perfumed with oil Of rho.
dunn. into trap. This induces then
to enter readily, and even draws them
from a considerable distance. a they
are extremely partial to this oil. An
ounce of oil Of rhodium will cost 700
50 cents. Catnip to q cat IL nothing
like rhodium to rat. Oil Of rhodium
II made from q species Of bindvool
and IL used in perfumory.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Concrete Not Modern.

Concrete IL q very ancient material
for construction, but reinforced con-
crete IL scarcely half century old.
It is said to have started in a happy
idea that came to q Frenchman who
wanted large flower pots for his plants
which should not be thick and clumsy
He reinforced them with wire. Now
adays We see glass reinforced In the
same way, especially about elevatro
shafts.
Coignet and others developed the
reinforcement Of concrete for build
ings. 1t first merely useful buildings
HE conservatories. Az early as 1874
. concrete villa was built on the north
shore Of Long Island sound. but 1t
was many years before the idea took"
hero, although b France, BELGIUM and
oogDny Z u10 seisod upoa with avid
11-onifh,o NaGnsinA.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30

Following is . list Of unclaimed mail
matter remaining in the post Office at
Columbus, Nebraska. for the period end.
ing December 80, 1908:
Lesters-Bank Of Columbus, Dan E
Chamberlain, Frank Efle, Charles K
Henry, Mrs jos Quisenbury, Mrs Eliza
Smith, Frederick w Shaw, Mrs II 8
WoekA
Oards-Roy Bivina, Mrs Jack Carter,
Mn Elizabeth Camel. Mrs Ida Effle, q
A Fidelke. Willie Hoessel, Mrs. Mary
Kusok, Miss Anna Lueke, jacob Liss,
4yrtls NcPstry, Miss Rosso. Kei]ie p
6chmi:z, Miss Addie Williams, Christ
0chEeiber, Frank Scholz.
HaEtiss calling for any Of the above
yin paease say advertised.
CARL KRAMHR, p. II.
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killed. A neighbOr rode on ahead TO
the dead mans cabin to prepare his
wife. He found her seated at q table
eating apple dumplings. He broke the
sad news to her as gently a. he could.
She listened quietly, with q dumping
poised in the air half way to her
mouth When the neighbor paused she
stuffed the dumping into her mouth
and said: You jest wait til finish
this hyer dumplin' an then you-all II
hear hollerin'. "-Harper's Monthly.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30

The "Jim Crow" Law in Heaven.
Uncle Wash. an aged colored man
who is given to seeing visions, Was
recently RECALLING q group of brethren
and sisters in the church with q dream
of heaven that he had had the night
before. As he was graphically describ-
ing its gold-paved streets. its gates Of
pearl and. the hosts Of white-robed.
f&ir-haired angels playing upon jew
eled harps, an old woman interrupted
with the query:
See any niggahs dahl?
Huh" he snOrted. Indignantly.
Goes you s'pose ] went round to d
htchen?-Philadelp Ledger.
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Blindness.

There are various degrees and
kinds of blindness. widow. There is
the connubial blindness, ma'am, which
perhaps you may have observed in the
course of your own experience. and
which is kind of willful and self-dam-
ness Of party. ma'am. and public men.
which Is the blindness of a mad bull
In the midst of regiment of soldiers
clothed in red. There is the blind con-
fidence of youth, which is the blind
ness Of young kittens, whose eyes
have not yet opened on the world
Charles Dickens.
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Whittier Ara We priftinaf


This has been called the century of
the rising generation, and doubtless
many of the privileges Of children over
their parents would shock Solomon
could he revisit the earth. But with
all its tolerance in this direction 1t II
amazing to read Of the suit of q school
boy in London against his mother,
whom he had summoned to Z. maxis-
trate's court for assault for. kissing
him. She performed this apparently
harmless osculatory act in the play
ground Of his school before his mates,
and 90 probably hurt the youngstsrs
feelings. The mitigating feature In
the matter was the Solomonic MAIDS
trate who dismissed such q ridiculous
case. But that 1t could ever have
reached q civilized court L. the signifI-
cantly typical aspect.
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Curious Mexican Indians.

Buried in the heart of a civilized,
powerful and progressive foreign peo-
pie, q little handful of Indians have
lived for 800 years and have con-
trived to keep during all that time
their national characteristics. their
traditions and their individuality. II
you seek them you will find them in
Amatlan de los Reyes. a village in the
state Of Vera Cruz, Mexico. They are
the Amatecas. The Amatecas are per-
haps the only people in the republic
who have succeeded in retaining for
themselves what Is practically self
government.
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wiIIjno 70 Oblioe.

when you feels any temptations
comm along" said the friend and ad-
wiser, you mus say: Get thee benin
me, Satan"
"Da's what done said" answered
Mr.. Erastus Pinkley, an den I
'magines I hyuhs Satan answer me
back: Da's all right We's both gwine
de same way, nohow, an II dom make
no difrunc to me which leads de
DuhcessiOn'"
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Blame Safer THAN Prajse.

Al the Sandwich islander believes
that the strength and valor Of the en-
envy he kills passes into himself, SO
we gain the strength of the tempta-
ton We resist. But as soon a. honeyed
words of praise are spoken for me I
feel q one that lies unprotected be-
fore his enemies. Blame ID safer than
neain0
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30

3 Roa1e No. 3.
HAeseAseh On IL route are closed for
sAssA1n1ags.
Wn.KrunIand end Mics Seefield we're
onss1soeArnoa 9caaad Sunday evening.
lGiss Hilda Mohrnan returned homo
last Saturday hon . visit st Ds6nance,
In
Prof. 6chmiding Of the German school
- spsnding tho holidays at his homo in
Seward.
Heebsrt Hsnke Of Phillipsburg, Kss.,
be- beea visiting the family Of Peter
0shnitk
Mn John Kotlar hes been spending
sssssal days visiting her father, Mr..
Tbs Meek.
Ftank Kotlar will return to the state
aaivsEsity Monday, where he is studying
facs civil engineer.
Fted Baegmann returned to his home
q Hverdale Saturday, after . weeks
Wit With relatives and friends.
On account Of the illness of her daugh-
To-, Nm. o. B. Preston, Mn. L. E. See
field vas called to Monroe last week.
The program and Christmas tree at
the German school was q success in every
particular, and the program we'll render
ed.
0ustave Drunken, who is farming near
Lahoms, Okla, 10 spending the holidays
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Drunken.
A. ]. Mason, principal Of the Duncan
schools, accompanied by his family.
spent Christmas at the homo of his
parents.
Owing to the critical condition Of their
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. 8. o. Bison Of
Calumet, La, and Jessie Bison of Tulsa,
Okla, arrived last week.
The Misses Edith Mitchell and Julia
6kups returned to their home in Omaha
Tuesday, after spending week visiting
the family of John Kotlar.
Carrier No. extends his sincere
thanks to the patrons for remembering
him at Christmas time. In one box
there was snow white goose, trimmed
with pink ribbon, and attached to it was
Q very pretty Christmas card. One little
patron of Q few Christmases handed MS
two packages, saying that one was for
you and for your mama. We thanked
tho little giver for his kindness, and out
thoughts turned to her from among the
angels no doubt looked down and smiled
upon the generous little giver.
The. Farmers' Telephone company
held their regular meeting Monday az
ternoon ct the Regan school house and
the following officers were elected for
tho ensuing year: Ernest Arndt. presi-
dent; Fred Meyer, vice president; Robert
Krause, treasurer. A representative of
tho Bell telephone company was present
and submitted . proposition whereby
their line could be connected with the
Farmsrs' line for long distance service.
The proposition was very fsvorsbly re-
ceived and the matter was turned over
to the board of directors with power to
do in the matter what they thought
best.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Marriage Licenses.

Louis A. Raney Columbus. $1,000. 25
nellie L Sloan, Columbus. .......... 10
Cecil ]. TAlcott, Fremont. .......... 30
Edith Nay Fuller, 1inden. ......... 10
Harry ". Oalkins, Columbus. 1890. q
Mamie n. KapperHick, Cheyenne. :. 10
Oyde Z Clark, Creston. ............&
Halaa A. Hsodrick, Leigh. .......... -
Otao q, Weber, Leigh .............. a
lfaednlena Jenny. Leigh. Is
Joha 81. Boesoh, Lindsay .......... q
xaGio b Ottis, Lindsay ............. 10
l6aetfn y. oiaknann, Oregon, No.. q
Nod L Cfssnles. Oregon, Ao.... Is
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Route No. s.

Route No. 5.
Thomas Brothers and HI. IOlcott
both shelIed corn Monday.
c. W. Skorupa and family spent SOW
eral days in Columbus last week.
A. W. Hahn and family are visiting
friends and relstives 1T Osceols this
week.
8. A. Bell moved last week from the
]. w. Kinsmsn place to the Bide Olcott
place.
Quite 0 number of farmers on this
route are hauling both corn and grain to
market this week.
Things are never out OF season on this
route, We saw q horse with fly net on
it one day recently.
Some of the young folks from COlum-
bus were enjoying the skating ct the
Black ice pond last Monday afternoon.
A. W. Hummer bought new rubber
tired open buggy for Christmas present
for his wife last week. The old batche-
lors are coming ont in the grandest
style-girls, look out. The bachelors
are going fest and SO is leap year, 20 you
will have to hurry.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Hahn, parents of the
carrier, entertained quite number of
their children on Christmas day. There
were present L. Hahn, ST., Ed Hahn, A.
Hummer, H. F. Hahn of Billings, Mon,
A. w. Hahn of Dolores. Colorado, L. p.
Hahn, }. II. Hahn, Herbert Hahn of
Silver Greek and r. l. Hahn rs the men
folks, and all of them sat down to the
feast at the same time. The men were
allowed fifty.seven minutes and four
seconds in which to eat. The ladies'
table was set Immediately after the men
had finished, and they were allowed an
even. two hours to finish. The ladies
present were Mrs. L. Hahn, Mrs. A.
Hummer, Mrs. Ed. Hahn, Mrs. L. p.
Hahn, Mrs. A. w. Hahn and Miss He'd
wig Schuck. The only members of the
family who could not be present were
Mrs. b. F. Hahn, who was called to the
bedside of her mother at Billings, just a
few days before Christmas, and e. D.
Hahn and family of Hartford, Kansas,
who found it impossible to be present.
The carrier on this route was we'll re-
membered this Christmas by the patrons
of the route. Last week it kept him
pretty busy hauling homo the many
gifts which he received. Last Wednes-
day the carrier opened the mail box at
the Mrs. L. A. CocksOn home and found
it full to OVERLOOKING with q fine white
duck, which BY the way, is the carriers
fsvorite fowl, which had q card tied to
its neck reading Merry Christmas from
Mrs. L. A. Cockson and family" Again
on Thursday he found q sack of oats at
the mail box of Ohas. Wileynski, and
last Saturday he found sack Of oats at
the box of Frank Jarecki, with note in
the box stating that it was Christmas
present. Also on Saturday he received
a sack of oats from w. 81. Thomas With
Christmas greeting. A sack of oats was
also found at the Tickle corner where
there is wheel with eight boxes. The
sack was leaning against the post with
q note pinned thereon stating that the
gift was from August Tickle. who has
not missed giving the carrier remem-
brance since he has been on the route.
The carrier wishes to thank the many
who have 90 kindly remembered him at
this glad season, and wishes them all
very happy new year.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Oyster-Shell Window Panes,


On the west coast of India il found
a species of oyster, Placuna placen-
Ia. whose shell consists of a pair Of
roughly circular plates about six
inches in diameter, thin and white. At
present these oysters are collected
for the pearls which they often con-
tain, although few are At for the use
Of the jeweler But in the early days
Of English rule in India the shells
were employed for window-panes. Cut
into little squares, they produced
very pretty effect admitting light like
frosted glass. When the Bombay Ca
thedral was built. at the beginning of
the eighteenth century, its windows
were paned with these oyster shells.
In Goa they are still thus employed.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30

By jumping over Dean bridge. Edin-
burgh, q man named Alexander YONG.
Of Coatbridge, has committed suicide.
SiBce 1t was constructed over 200 per
sons have thrown themselves from
this bridge.
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Route No. 1.

Route NO. l.
Louis Bargenbach of Neboville was q
pleasant caller on Route last Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. 81. b. Reed spent last
Sunday ct the home of Mr.. and Mrs. C.
e. Devlin.
The Misses Nellie Deninger and Josie
johannes were leap year callers at the
homo Of Herman Mike last Sunday eve.
ming and report splendid results.
And "Old SANITY did not forget the
carrier by any means. He was the re-
eipient of an abundance of candy. meat
and confectionery, and 'Old Dobbin''
W. remembered with two sacks of corn
Two line ducks were also among the gifts
rscsived, each with q curl in their tails
The children Christmas program at
the Loeeke Creek church was held on
Christmas afternoon instead OF Christ
mas evening. A very large attendance
Of parents and patrons, and q very en-
joyable time is reported. The program
was in charge OF Prof. Reese, and was
carried out without hitch.
Last Thursday afternoon Miss Grace
Benson, teacher in District No. 10, gave
Christmas tree 1t the school house. A
literary program had been prepared and
vas given before the distribution of the
gift9 which was excellent, . large mum
Dor Of the pupils taking part in the ex.
occioea The entertainment was Q sue
osss, end was attended By large crowd
Of people.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30

Words Uttered by q Speaker.
A ready speaker will utter aboue
$500 words An hour in making IN -
dress.
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COAL.

We have all the leading grades Of
soft coal. Also Penna. hard coal and
Semianthracite fufnace ooal.
NHWNAx& WR1G
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Farmers institute
January 5 and 6.

We wish to call attention to
the fact that the Institute will
be held i'm the Y. II. G.. A. build.
ing. Everybody invited.
r.. Y. Lisc0, President. :.
Albert Stenger, Sec'y.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30

Back in the ridges of Tennessee two
mountaineers got into an argument
Words led to blows. and In the Aght
that followed ono q the ~ ~