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The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
MONROE.

From the Republican.
Mrs. II. w. Lieber and daughter
Maude were in Columbus Wednesday.
Eddie Kelley went to Omaha Thurs
day where he will be operated on for ap-
pcndicitis.
Mr.. and Mn. Mason OF Columbus
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Il. II.
Jones. Elrs. Mason is q sister Of Mr..
Jones.
Raymond Gibbon is quite sick with
appendicitis aud will 60 to Omaha a.
soon Ms he is able to stand the trip and
will undergo and operation.
Merritt Benson of western Montana
arrived here Wednesday to look up old
friends here. Mr.. Benson carried mail
from Columbus to Genoa in 1867.
As evidence that they mean what
they say when they are asking for
bridge across the Loup south OF town
Monroe business men and residents Of
the village have subscribed g. 900 toward
building it. And the list has not been all
the way around yet. Loup township
farmers are also interested in . bridge ss
it means saving OF many miles OF ira
vel for them IN marketing their grain.
and also to do their trading. At present
their nearest town is Columbus, and it is
sixteen to eighteen miles OF . trip each
way for many OF them. With the bridge
they could drive to Monroe, and il they
wished to 60 to the county seat, make
the trip on the train. And their land,
being that much closer to market, would
raise in value, a. the distance from town
is practically the only drawback they
have. And the bridge would mean much
to Nonroe-increased trade, and more
money and business here. and quite like
" another rural route, % this territory
could he best served from here. And q
larger town naturally raises adjacent
land values. which means much to every
land owner. So FAR the sentiment on
this side OF the river il practically nm.
animous for the bridge. and it begins "a
look as though when the subscription
list has been completed that small bond
issue can be had to make up the neces'
sary amount. A good steel structure II
what must be built, and it 10 the inten.
ton of those pushing it that this is whai
is to be done.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
ST. EDWARD

From the Advance.
Mrs. Henry Zinnecker Of Sidney ar
rived Wednesday from Omaha where
she has been patient at the Methodist
hospital for the last three weeks. on an
extended visit to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs J. p. Laudeman.
Work commenced Tuesday morning
on the new electric light and power
plant. AL Lapping has the contract for
the digging OF the race and rs soon as it
is completed active work will commence
on the dam and the other work will he
rushed to completion.
Heinrich Werner was born May -,
1913. IN Oldenburg, Germany, and died
at his home east Of St. Edward, April
IS. 1910. aged 81 years. 10 months and
% days. He served through the war be-
tween Germany and France in 1870 and
in 1871 and at its close came 10 American
making his home in New York City lie
married Miss Fr:ederike Lange on April
Is. 1875. To this union were born eight
children. Henry, Fred. Carl. Joe. Ed
ward. Mile. Bertha, Werner, and Mrs.
Pete. Pelzer. all of whom are living. In
1870 they moved to Nebraska and Set
tied on a farm six miles east of st. Ed.
ward were the family still resides.
Funeral services were held from the
Catholic church Wednesday morning at
10 o clock conducted by Rev. Father
Moser. an old friend OF the family. as
sisted by Father Mnlligsn. Burial was
made in the Catholic cemetery. Mr..
Werner was a member of the Sons oil
Herman society, Columbus, which sent
large delegation to the funeral to pay
their last respects to q constant. faithful
brother.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
The Point Of View.

The e0IUS q VUUVvs
"Why so sad. old MANI?
The doctor wants my wife to travel
two months"
Il understand. Sorry for you"
Understand: No. you don't. She
will not gor"-F1iegende Batter.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
WEST BOUND.
RAsf DOUHD.
Daily except Sunday.

I011J c4CcPV OoxsO1s
MOTIF:
Nos. I. 2, and 8 arc extra fare trains.
Nos. 4, s, Is and II are local paaoe0eofo.
Noa. s. and 50 arc local freights.
Noo. and 10 arc mail trains ooly.
No. II due in Omaha As p. N.
No. 8 dnO in Omaha $40 p. u.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
Their Old Stories.

A man VII, never could tell story
joined a story tellers' club that thought
it had a corner on the humor Of the
universe. The man got along very
well so long rs he didn't have to say
anything. but there came 4 time when
he was put on the program for a
humorous story. and then his wife
coached him for week beforehand
on one Of her own funniest stories.
When he came home from the story
telling contest she asked him how
things went He said: Pretty we'll
All the other fellows told some
mighty good ones" Then he gave i
synopsis of the good ones the other
fellows had told. "Darned clever.
those chaps are" he said. II don't
know what they would think Of me II
they knew I had learned my story
from q woman. They don't think
much Of a woman's sense of humOr.'
you needn't let that worry you,
DEAR" she said sweetly. Il have
heard the other fellows wives tell
their old stories at card parties for the
last i've years."-New York Press.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
GENOA.
From tho Times

from tho Times.
A Case ha% been decided in the district
court of Herrick county in which y
subscriber To the building fund Of the
Methodist church OF Fullerton was de-
PENDANT and the Methodist church 60
cisty OF Fullerton plaintiff. The plain
till sued the defendant for $500 subscri-
bed by him to the building fund, which
be had refused to pay. The courts de-
cision was in favor Of the plaintiff, and
the defendant must pay the amount he
subscribed and interest on the same from
the date it became due.
The best rat catcher yet has been dis
covered by q grain dealer in Chicago
The rats in this mans store refused to
enter traps. and there were some reasons
Why he objected to the use of poison:
therefore be bought few dozen fish
hooks and lines. Using cheese as a bait
be dropped the hooks down the rat bur
rows and waited. In the first hour he
caught ut least one rat with each hook.
He says that il is much more fun than
fishing for fab. game rat putting up a
fight that would make q big mouth bass
ashamed of his prowess.-Belgrade Her
old.
W. A. BENSON, OF Madison county.
Montana. was in Genoa Tuesday. Forty
four years ago Mr.. Benson carried Uncle
ann 3 mail between Columbus and Gen.
o.. At that time he knew every white
man then residing 10 this locality. Tues
day he could locate only two Of his old
time friends ID. A. Willard and Neil
Cartwright. The latter was . resident
of Columbus when Benson was mail car
rier. Mr.. Benson's parents settled in
Columbus before the Union Pacific rail
way Was extended west from Omaha.
In the pioneer days he drove freight
team along the overland trail. When
the country settled up, Mr.. Benson
moved west He has been . freighter.
grade contractor, COW boy. buffalo hum
Ter and miner, finally settling down as a
ranchmsn in Montana where he takes
life easy, q hls sons are nov old enough
to run the ranch.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
SCHUYLER.

From tho BON.
Wednesday afternoon the editor took
% auto ride out into the north central
and western part Of the county. We had
been led to believe that tho winter wheat
6elds were in bad condition but We saw
some fields that could 10 considered in
lIest-class shape, Others looked very thin
and no doubt it would be advantageous
to put in another crop. The percentage
of failure % not 90 great - some think.
: On March 20. 1910. Mn Geo. w. Gal.
Icy, ar. OF Columbus. Neb., received the
sod news Of the death OF her brother, w.
P. p. st. Clair At his home in Chicago.
He died at 1880 O. N. on the 10th, Of
meningitis. Deceased will be remem-
bered by . number OF the early settlers
OF Schuyler, Colfax county and the sur
rounding country, ~ he WIS the first
agent at that place after the U. r. II. Il.
wss built. Schuyler vas then called
Shell Creek station. Many. If now liv-
Ao&S Soo S&osuy W. Vas 8OsSOsOCsSy Ouu
hospitality in those early days. 8. 3.
Green Of Schuyler remembers coming
into the station one evening in 1867 and
Was unable TO find lodging place, when
Mr.. 1t Clair kindly offered him lodg-
ing at his home, which was gratefully
accepted. He had his share OF the hard
ships OF those early days, and when one
of those awful Nebrasks blizzsIds came
and tore the telegraph wires down, he
would 60 out and faithfully do his duty
helping the men to repair them, and
when party Of them went hunting and
had the misfortune to get caught in one
OF those blizzsrds, he would light q lam
tern and hang it high uron . pole a. q
bsscon light to guide them safely to the
station, and in thu: way doubtless saved
Q number Of lives. a. they told him that
had it no! been for his kind thought
fulness they could not possibly have
found their way. He held the position
Of agent at quite . number Of stations
on tho U. p, all the way from Schuyler
70 Ogden and Salt Lake, and for time
Vas also superintendent Of the Ctai, X
Northero, now called The Oregon Shor,
line. He will be remembered by many
old friends all along the line from Omabs
IN Ogden and alsn at Salt Lake.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
Where KNOWLEDGE Was Bliss.

A certain professor Of histology who
delivers lectures In one Of the eastern
colleges Is not averse to u quiet bit Of
diversion on the side. as instance his
wife's discovery.
''See here. Robert" said she to the
doctor Us she fumbled in his pockets
after his late arrival home, what are
all these red, white and blue disks 1
find here in your pocket"
"Eh? NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IS
Il use-ch-I mean disks-tO illustrate
my lectures on the blood. You see.
the white ones represent the white cor
puscles and the red ones the red cor
puscles of the blood"
"And, pray, what do the blue ones
representa-
Eth? The blue ones? Oh-yes-h'm!
er-certainly-they represent the
corpuscles of the venous blood"
Well. maybe she believed him and
maybe-well. he quit playing poker. at
any rate.-Harper's Weekly.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
Routed the Enemy.

In some Of the London courts there
are private dining rooms reserved for
the exclusive use Of the legal frater.
nifty. Into one of these rooms one day
there hustled a gaunt female who on
being courteously approached by a
junior counsel fatty declined to leave
Tbereupon an unblushinS Q. C. looked
the lady In the face and expressed his
mind. Still she did not bulge. COun
selOr lockwood then interviewed. 81
10 not think there is anything unseem
" In this lady's presence" InOth he
"She wears n gown and-yes, I'm pretty
sure that she also wears a wig" The
lady went.-LondOn Taller.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
SHELBY.

Prom the Sun.
Misc Minnie Gerry who was learning
drsssmsking at Columbus for a few
mouths. worked for Mn Gregory Bernt
north Of Columbus for the last three
weeks, until Sunday. She returned
home by the way OF Duncan. After
few weeks she will resume her work at
Columbus
Nm Lena Siddle. daughter Of Mr..
and Nm. Frank SiddIr, living about ten
miles north Of shelby. died rather sud-
denly Wednesday. She was about
twenty yesrs OF age and had been under
the doctors care With an attack of
the grippe. but the direct cause Of her
death, Ne understand, was paralysis Of
tho vital organs.
Charley Way and family arrived here
last Friday from Alberta, Canada. and
are visiting With relatives in this local.
ity. Last Sunday the Way boys With
their families met ct the home Of their
parents. Mr.. and Mn. Jacob Way, two
miles north OF Surprise and enjoyed .
family reunion ct the old homo which
the senior Way homestesded thirty -five
years ago and on which he has made q
continuous residence since that time.
Sparks from the engine Of q special
train which went over this line Wednes-
day afternoon, set fire to Mclseth's
sbsep sheds. two miles west Of town. and
had it not been for the prompt action Of
the boys Who were at home, and the a.
sistance OF nearby neighbors, the barn
and other buildings would have been
destroyed With the sheds. The alarm Of
flre vas given over tho telephone and
several parties went from Shelby il
sntomobiles and some came from
Oscsols. Tho los Vas confined % th'
sheds, and will amount to about $500
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
CI.ARkS.

From the Enterprise.
Farmers all over this section OF the
state are raising large numbers OF hogs
this wear and il they succeed in keeping
them in healthy condition throughout
the summer and fall, it is a hundred to
one that the price of pork will not be 80
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
The laekina Stroke.

DO you think 1t would improve my
style" inquired the varsity man who
had got into the crew through favor
itism. If I were to acquire q faster
stroke:"
1T would improve the crew." replied
the candid trainer. III you got q para
iytic stroke."-L0ndon Tit-BttS.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
Foxy.

Rita Cooking at photol-Oh, yes. he's
handsome enough, but he's an awful
bounder. Stella-What did he do!
Rita-Didn't tell you? He made an
awful fuss with me one season and
then asked me II I thought that dad
would object to him a. q son-in-law.
I said no. I thought not, and he went
away and proposed to my sister.-llus-
trated Bits
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-27
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Tine 1abIO

No. @ Pass. (daily &. Sanday) lssve.. ..73ss N
No =, FIT. & Ac. (d'y ex. Saturday, " $50 n
No. q, Pes. (daily ex. Sunday Arrive. SD p u
No. 81, Prt. & Ac. (d'y ex. SundAy) ..0:l5 n
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-18
Babies of the World.

When the sun has left the hilltop,
And the daisy fringe is furled,
When birds from wood and meadow
In their hidden nests are curled
Then | think of all the babies
That are sleeping in the world.
There are babies in the highland
And babies in the low,
There are pale ones wrapped in furry
skins
On the margin of the snow,
And brown ones naked in the isles
Where all the spices grow.
And some are in the palace
On a white and downy bed.
ana some are in the garrett
With a clout beneath their heads.
And some are on the cold, hard earth.
Whose mothers have no bread.
o, little men and women.
Dear flowers yet unbloWn!
y, little kings and beggars
VI the pageant yet unknown!
steep soft and dream pale dreams
tomorrow is your own.
though some shall walk in darkness.
And others in the light,
lhough some shall smile and others
weep
In the silence of the night
When life has touched with MANY
huAs
iour souls now clear and white.
GOD save you, little children.
And make your eyes to see
His fingers pointing in the dark
Wherever you may be,
iii one and all, through life and
death,
Pass to eternity.
Kansas City Star.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-18

Mr.. W. ]. Oliver, one of Shell
mans prominent business men and
southwest Georgias intelligent and
successful farmers, advertises in the
Shellman Sun 800 bushels of corn
for sale. That reads good, and is
another evidence that any farmer
who depends on the western corn
cribs is foolish. 1t is men like Mr..
Oliver who are pointing the way in
this section to prosperity and indie
Dendenc0
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-18
WHAT "R. f. D." MEANS.

The amount of comfort, happiness
and good cheer combined in the
magic letters "R. F. D." is not nor
ever can be quite realized by those
who know no other but life in towns
or cities. This particular service car
ried on by Uncle Sam means the
distribution of nearly 100000, 900
letters and parcels annually along the
highways and byways in every state
and territory of the union. A force
of 41,000 carriers daily go over the
routes assigned to them.
Carrying the mail to the farmer
now costs the nation $50, 100000 a
year in salaries for the carriers, ex-
pense of examining new routes, main
tanning postoffices, payments of in
spectors. special agents, clerks and
chiefs of bureaus.
The esprit de corps of the rural
free delivery is best shown by the
last annual report. During the year,
it states, out of the 41,00O in the
service the total dismissals for cause
were only 165, less than the total
number of deaths.
The reasons for the dismissals
were principally incompetence and
failure to obey instructions. No dis
missals, whatever, for stealing from
the mails or other dishonesty were
on the records. Considering the diff
ferent kinds of men required this is
indeed remarkable testimony to their
faithfulness.
And of the thousands in the ser.
vice there are none more obliging
and efficient than the eight carriers
who leave the Dawson postoffice in
their automobiles every morning
and by noon have delivered the news
papers and letters at the homes o.
the farmers along their routes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-18
THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION

From the Savannah News.
The gubernatorial campaign was
delayed by the uncertainty as TO
whether or not Hon. Hoke Smith
would be a candidate. Now that he
has announced that he will not be
a candidate it is probable that it will
soon be known whether or not Gov.
Brown is to have opposition, and, if
so, who his opponents are.
AS far as it is possible to see at
this time Gov. Brown hasn't much
reason to fear the opposition he may
have. He has given the state a very
satisfactory administration-at least
but few complaints of it are heard.
OF course there are those who would
like to have things different, but the
number isn't great enough to have a
disturbing effect on the public mind.
If Mr.. Smith had decided to be a
candidate it is certain that the cam
paign would have been an intensely
disturbing one, and politics would
have occupied the attention of the
people to the exclusion of almost
everything else. We feel safe in say
ing that the great majority of the
people are not anxious for such a
campaign. They are giving their at
tentiOn now to things which make for
the development of the state and
prosperity, and therefore, outside of
those who are warm admirers of Mr..
Smith and those who hoped to ad-
vance their political fortunes by
means of his popularity, they are
glad that he has decided not to be a
candidate
AS far as his own political future
is concerned it is probable that he
has acted wisely. If he is still am
bilious to represent the state in the
senate his chances of winning that
honor are better because of his de-
cision not to be a candidate for gov
ernor. 1t is we'll known that he
doesn't want to be governor again.
and if he had decided to be a candi-
date for that office it would have
been understood by a big percentage
of the people that he simply wanted
to even up scores with Gov. Brown.
mat motive wouldn't have appealed
strongly to those who believe the Of
nee OF governor is too great one
and is too closely connected with the
welfare of the people to be sought
simply to win a personal triumph
over political opponent. While Mr..
Smith has disappointed some of his
ardent followers he is stronger with
the people generally because of the
course he has taken.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-18
A PALPARLE FAKE.

An alleged Letter From Christ"
that is now going the rounds of the
state press is so obviously a fabri-
cation and one so coarse and clum-
sy, so devoid even of clever imagi-
nation or helpful fancy, that in no
way is it reputable enough to merit
real attention. 1t is but one of SINH
lar weird and grotesque productions
we have seen from year to year, alb
sOlutely lacking any corroborative
testimony. and the only wonder is
that people who seem to be fairly
intelligent are found to place credu-
lence in these things. They are the
product of crude and mischievous
minds, and can serve no useful pur-
pose So far as the world knows
Jesus of Nazareth left no message
for humanity save in the words of
the Gospel of the New Testament.
The eternal, undying spirit of His
words and the example of His life
of love and service are for all of
human kind, and alleged letters
from the foot of the cross or any
where else are not worthy of the
attention of sensible and upright
people-especially those who rely on
the merit of His life and death. In
deed, productions like this alleged
letter" are little short of sacre-
Iigious to the man or woman who is
really religious in mind and heart.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-18
A WARM NUMBER.

From the Marion County Patriot.
At the end of a great "colored" re-
vival meeting at Waco, Texas, pre-
sided over by the great negro Dowie
of that state, known as Sin Killer
Griffin" one of the mOurners who
had been converted had the boldness
to ask the revivalist: what am de
difference between de heatness of
hell, presided over by Satan, and an
earthly fire." Whereupon the divine
looked first at the congregation and
then at the new convert. Finally he
said: Brothers and sisters, listen!
Our new convert heah, Mr.. Simpson
Green, has asked me to tell him how
warm hell is compared with earthly
fire. l want this congregation and
our new convert to listen to the diff
ference of the heatness guarded by
and fixed by Mr.. Satan and one on
earth. You people in dis holy edi-
fice listen! Let dem take all de
coal of Pennsylvania and West Vir-
GIMME and pile it togedder. Hew
down all de pines of de two Callinas
and drap in dis collection of coal.
Do you heah me? Now scoop up all
de oil in de world and pour it on
dis coal and pine. Now set it on
fire. Let dis earthly fire burn until
every part of it is a bilin' an bub-
bin blaze. Den throw dis man into
dis earthly fire and de difference be-
tween de heatness of Satan's hell fire
and dis earthly fire is dat dis man
would freeze to death in the earth 1V
fire. Dis am how warm hell is"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-18
HON. HOKE SMITH WON'T RUN
Says He Sees No Reason Why He
Should Make Race Third Time.

Hon. Hoke Smith will not be a
candidate for governor. Saturday
afternoon he gave out the following
statement to the newspapers:
During the past two weeks I
have received requests in various
forms urging me to enter the race for
governor, and convincing me that an
extended movement has begun to
cause my candidacy for that office.
while l deeply appreciate the
purpose of the men engaged in this
movement, and as | cannot see my
way clear at this time to become a
candidate, | wish to spare them use
less trouble.
But for the conviction that GER
tain legislation then in the public
mind was absolutely necessary to the
permanent welfare of the people of
the state l would not have entered
the first race. The second race was
precipitated before l had been in
office nine months, and l entered it
from a sense Of duty. Before the
close of my two years as governor
the important measures for which the
first contest was made had been ac-
complished, and the principles en-
bodied in them will remain the pol
icy of the state.
''If my individual preferences
alone were involved [ would yield
them without hesitation, and comply
with any call made upon me by the
splendid body of men who stood to-
gether so Loyalty in 1905 and again
in 1907 for the reforms in question
and who went down with me in the
last election before the forces of an
opposition which | do not believe
can again be combined.
But there are other reasons of a
personal nature which prevent my
entering a heated political contest
at the present time. While | can
not now consent to make the race
for governor l wish TO assure my
friends and fellow-citizens of the re-
greet it causes me not to comply with
their wishes, and of my readiness,
out of office, to serve them in any
way possible. I shall be ready at
all times to take active part in the
support of measures which will pro-
mote good government whenever and
wherever the opportunity is given. -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-18
Grand Opera.

From the Albany Herald.
Editor Herring of the Triton Ga
zette is somewhat like a certain AL
bantam in his estimation of grand
opera, as witness this from the Ga
zette Of the current week: 1.-THE in
mates of the federal prison in At
lanta this week have our especial
sympathy. 1t is bad enough to be
in Jail, but to force man to sit and
listen to a grand opera singer, and
chain him up so he can't get away,
is too much" The Albany man we
have in mind attended the grand OPP
era in Atlanta last year, but this
year he said he didn't care for it.
All it amounts to is a lot of Dagoes
on the stage hollering as loud as
they can," said he.