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YOU USE FLOOR OIL WHY NOT USE
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Try il .1c gallon delivered. Phone Main
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D. O. Us-d by L. = Govt. and over .0CI
families .or the last 10 years Beware OF
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FLOOR OILS
once Used. Always Used.
SANITARY WAX FLOOR OIL.
BRINKMAN'S

Price. &c Bottle soc Gal Delivered.
! FOR STORES AND PRIVATE USE
LAYS the DUST and DOES NOT leave
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BRINGS out the GRAIN and GIVES the
floor a HARD WOOD FINISH. just the
thing for the floor after taking up the car
pets and mattiugs.
Manufactured by ED BRINKAIAN & co.
Phone Main $3.50. Office 500 Pa ave y "
At All Grocery and CiSo. Stores
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For Sale o. Rent.
FOR SALE-FARMS
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RAT EXTERMINATOR

THEY MUST DIE outside Il you use my rat
mouse and roach exterminator. Send nos
tai, viii call A GCRALASKI, los 18th ST
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CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS

r. BLANKENSHIP. JAS T. AIATTINGLY.
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
General Repair Work a Specially
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OUR ESTIM ATE
on all kinds OF building IemodejinE and ~
pairing union mechanics moderate prices
No job TOO large or small.
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Phone NJ 1917.
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ANTIQUE FURNITURE

II. sEGAL. ANTIQUE FURNITURE RE
PRODUCING, REPAIRING. GIL l. ST. y
". PHONE y. SO Y.
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SPIRITUALISM

NINE. CORNISH. GIFTED MEDIUM rad,
your life correctly. gives names facts.
readings daily and SUNDAY. Col 5d 81 y q
Cor F. near Union Station. Ladies only
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
WHY THIS DIFFERENCE?

Clifford Pinchot is a rich man, and
not a very useful one, yet he is very
popular with the people. William
Randolph Hearst is a very rich man,
and not particularly useful one.
Yet he Stands in" with the people, and
they seem to worship him. The peO-
pie tax themselves cheerfully to make
him richer, and march in torchlight
professions to make him more famous.
Why do not the people hate these
men, as they hate other plutocrats? Is
it because Hearst and Pinchot accused
other men of being Thieves, Bride
Takers and Disgraced Whelps gener-
ally? Is it possible that We the people
are so debased that We accept scandal
as Patriotism?
Some of these days, it will appear
that We, the People, have our faults,
and that someone should start q maya.
zine to throw them up to us occasion
ally, for our own good.-Atchison
Globe. ~..-
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
PATRIOTISM RUN MAD.

You may wonder why Germany
worries Great Britain. Here are a
few reasons: Every male German, no
matter what his social status, is COM
PEELED TO serve two years in the army,
except that the term may be shortened
to one year in the case Of university
students who are able to pay for their
own equipment and sustenance. At
the end of this term of active service,
the German soldier is placed on the
reserve lists, and there he remains for
five years, with a few weeks of active
training every summer. Then he en-
tiers the landwehr, and remains SUBJ
ject to call for q further period of
twelve years. After that, until he is
As, he belongs to the landstrum, or
last line of defense. The number of
men actuallyunderarms-the standing
army-iin Germany is $40, 1000, and to
these, in case of war, could be called
. l 100000 reservists-young men just
out of service, and still trained an
nually. Back of these is the land
wehr, the second reserves, with another
million and a half, which gives an
army ofS, 500, 1000 trained troops with.
out touching the last line. Arms and
ammunition are constantly kept in
readiness for that number. Every
surgeon or physician in the country is
subject to call. The Germans are the
ever ready in this war game.-Drake
Watson. u
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26

The politicians who boss the Anti
Saloon League announce that they
will not ask the party conventions to
endorse county option, but will wait
until nominations for the legislature
are made and then demand that the
candidates pledge themselves to sup
port q county option measure, if they
desire the support of the league. The
fact that the next legislature will elect
q u. S. senator is not taken into con-
siaeration by the leagueites. Repub-
licans who desire to see Burkett or
some other able champion of the prin.
ciples of their party elected senator
will not be caught by the confidence
game framed up by the league
schemers.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
A GRAND FIZZLE.

The much advertised state meeting
of the. Taft and Burkett haters held at
Line. ,ln on the Goth was fiZ.le. Out
side of Lancaster county less than a
score of representatives were present,
and instead of denouncing TAFT, the
pre- sident was praised and compli.
me nted by some of the speakers. But
in Burkett's case il. was different. The
speakers denounced the senator in
unmeasured terms. The great crime
charged against Burkett was that he
voted for tariff bill which the repub.
lican congress approves and a repub-
lican president signed.
Although the meeting was a failure
as to the object sought, yet prelimi-
nary steps were taken to organize a
new party for the purpose of making
an anti-Burkett campaign. "Any-
thing to beat Burkett!" appears to be
the campaign cry of the new party,
even to the extent of assisting in the
election of democrat to succeed him.
One of the surprises Of the stunt was
the failure of the little band of Bur
kett hate1s and Taft defamers to send
a delegation to the meeting. The
ieweled crown wearers of Lincoln had
been led to believe that Platte county
republicans were almost unanimous in
their hostility to Taft and Burkett,
and the absence of q delegation of sore
heads from this locality was q dis
appointment.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26

who has achieved much needed legis-
lation for the citizens of the etate in
the past, and is fully equipped to do
valiant service for the progressive
ideas of his party in the future
Beatrice Express. e.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26

mot worth u rush" is. as q popular
saying. the predecessor Of the now
more common simile mot worth u
straw" In precarpet days it was the
custom to strew the floors Of dwelling
houses. When guests Of rank were ell
tertained fresh rushes were spread for
them. but folk Of lower degree had I"
be content with rushes that had nj.
ready been used. while still humble:
persons had none, as not even bein::
worth a rusb.'-Lond0n Standard.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
Military Rats.


An old military dictionary tells Us
that rats were sometimes used in war
for the purpose Of firing powder maya
zines BY means Of lighted matches lied
to their tails. We cannot offhand re-
call any historical instance Of this. but
presumably It did occur. seeing that
Marshal Vauban laid down special
rules for counteracting il. Anyhow.
the dodge Is as old as Samson. who.
you may recall. used foxes In similar
way for q somewhat similar purpose.
As to the royal rat catcher. We may
add that he had a special official livery.
According to PennaDt's British ZooI-
osy." It consisted Of a scarlet costume.
embroidered with yellow worsted. in
which were figures Of mice destroying
wheat sheaves. By the way. rats we're
not the only animals honored with a
special catcher. Leicester, for instance.
used TO pay a yearly salary Of FL lis
Cd. to its municipal mole catcher. -
London Standard. =
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
DIXIE.

The Grand Army men who cannot
restrain the rapid beating of their
pulses when they hear the strains of
"Dixie" may convince themselves that
they are not unpatriotic by reading
the report of the chief of the musical
division of the congressional library.
He finds that "Dixie" now leads all of
the American songs in patriotic pop
ularity." That means that it is now q
national and not q sectional air. Its
greatest vogue is yet in the south, but
any prejudice that may exist against
it in the north is fast passing away.
"Dixie" was written just before the
war by D. D. Emmett and was first
performed by minstrel company in
New York. 1t was appropriated by
the south at once and became . great
confederate battle song. Since the
war it has won its way slowly but
surely in the north and its almost uni
versal acceptance now is sign that
this is a reunited country. One reason
for the acceptance of once hated
song is found in the paucity of music
expressing the spirit of the American
people. America" is borrowed from
the Germans, through the English.
The Star Spangled Banner" is IN
inspiring air, but can be used With
effect only by good military bands.
yankee Doodle" is musical and yer.
bal doggerel. A nation that needs
music to express its feelings so keenly
that it almost makes "Hot Time" .
national air can afford to unite on
"Dixie" and be thankful for the joy.
Gus and uplifting quality of its melody.
As the people of this country have
about given up the attempt to sing,
the lack of dignity in the words can
readily be excused.-Lincoln Journal.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.

THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
The American association for the
advancement of science is told by DR..
w. L. Dudley of Vanderbilt univer.
sity that he has discovered the cause
of that mighty and mysterious force
which routs the darkness of the contin.
uous Arctic night, the aurora borealis.
1t is neon, a newly discovered gas. At
the poles it is subjected to the vast
pressure of extreme cold and is flashed
into light by the action of electric
currents. Even to the lay mind, that
appears entirely plausible.
This explanation it be one-bas
long eluded us. Since the time when
superstitious, primitive man stood awe
struck, the human mind has speculated
upon this Gorgeous display of colon in
the northern heavens. Most of US can
recall that in our childhood we were
told that it was the reflection of the
midnight sun upon the eternal ice
bergs. That was an explanation full
Of poetry and romance. That the
reflection, however, would carry 5000
miles seemed, even to the immature
judgment, improbable. More modern
theories, that the aurora Was caused
by the passage Of electric currents
through the upper air strata, had to
satisfy US until now, when we are given
DR.. Dudley's hypothesis.
Whatever the cause, nature is aston
ishingly lavish in these northern lights.
Best to appreciate them, one must be
camped by some silent lake or the
rapids of some northern river, far up
in the Canadian wilderness. One
must be sleeping upon bed of balsam
bough, wrapped in the cathedral quiet
of the northern night, broken only by
the maniacal laugh Of some wandering
loon. One must have left the warmth
and cheer of the camp 6.e and the
company Of the brilliant northern
stars. Then the zenith flames in pur
pie, orange, violet, green, crimson, and
through the canvas walls Of the tent
there comes an illumination as daz.
cling as the searchlight of q battle
ship. Streamers, filmy curtains ol
light, are flung across the northern
heavens and roll backward and for
ward, all centering in the vast canopy
above. The wilderness, the rocks, the
gaunt pines, the ridges and ravines are
lighted as by the MONDAY sun, but il
is a yellow and greenish light that
brings unreality and ghastliness. II
is small marvel that primitive man fell
upon his knees and prayed to . God
whose name he did not know and felt
only his presence and his might.
The friction of neon against mer'
curry" appears a very prosaic sort Of q
process for a phenomenon so impress.
i've. But no doubt DR.. Dudley il
right.-Detroit Journal.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26

, Burkett clubs are being organized
throughout the state and a strong
campaign will commence at once to
secure the election of men to the leg
islature favorable to the reelection of
Senator Burkett. ~
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Early Earrings.

The earring is not a modern inven-
ton. for more than twenty centuries
ago the daughter. Of Aristotle wore
golden hoops. The philosophers daugh.
ter's earrings were found in her. tomb
near Chalcis.. in EubOea, by exploring
archaeOlOgists, and certainly modern
workmanship cannot produce their
equal. In each. golden hoop swung q
tiny dove. with precious. stones for
eyes and bands Of minute gems TO-
give the color Of the iridescent breast
and wings. The feathers were Of gran
ulated gold. and the tail feathers were
so maryelously wrought and adjusted
that they acted like 4 balance. rs in a
living bird, SO that the exquisite NINA.
ture creatures whenever the .wearei
moved or laughed or tossed her head
would move and balance themselves
upou their pendent perches. e. -.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26

Genoa was the first town in the
state to organize a Burkett club.
Nearly every business man in the
town-some Of them democrats-are
members of the club.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
The Little 1hina Counted.

The Pastor dining with the family
Ali. yes, Brother Smithers. it Is the lit
tie things Of this life that count! Lit.
t:e Willie lin loud whisper,-Maw,
that's the sixth biscuit he's took.-Ex.
change
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
Emotional.

what sort Of role. does Rounder
lake in the new dramaT
An emotional one. In the big scene
he is offered drink which he has to
refuse"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
. Jim Dahlman has filed his name as
a democratic candidate for governor,
but it isn't always the early bird that
gets the worm.

What has become of that eminent
reformer, Senator King. Ifhe attend
ed the hater's convention he was con-
spicuous as silent delegate. "
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
The Yard.

Myer-Try. one Of these long cigars.
They measure four to the yard. Gyer
What yard-the graveyard?-Chicaso
News. =. =
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
Ancient Eyeolasse:

Indeed, the 'ancients did have eye,
glasses" said the schoolgirl. My his
tory says, The Romans were. extreme
" fond. Of spectacles.' New YerI
Post -:
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
He Knew.

Young Woman (adoringly)-lt must
be awfully nice to be wise and know,
oh. everythins!' Yale Senior-t is
Yale Courant.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
Of Vital Imnortanee.

" VV1t b"Port1hee.
Mrs. Benham-The doctor says that
mother won't live until morning. Ben
handles he promise that or merely
predict ft?-New York Press.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26

Labor bestowed or tribes II silly
Martial
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26

=. Stubborn. labor conquers everything
Virgil. -.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-08
Drilling and Strinelns

IT often happens that the largest pearls nave
the smallest holes drilled through them lor
every grain that Is taken from the pearl reduces
= n weight In such cases, however, the Tl5A
Of the cord breaking IS increased o#nls - c.,e
= The res-ls cutting through It quickly
u tringing ;t- pearls is never done with needlg &
4 -,ea15 IS not Welding enough 70 pass through
ve-v small holes, and the doubling OF ItS ga IA
meter at the eve makes It's use l1llhI-l -
5-1f~ yerv fine point, which IS waxed stly enough
70 be used exactly as a needle would :..r,,, be:
ORDINARILY pearl stringing IS Hech4IlIc1-ly 11.-.
difcr1t and also requires taste and JqdgTIlelll |
The pearls may have TO be rerTlge'1 II II - he
INC ~ out of collarets, especially, a great
deal l Of ski IS required. In the first place, the
oeiisre- aefi- "a must fit exactly This seems com
1s-ativelv easy: but it IS not \ pattern IS a. al
gpravs fitted beforehand, but Il - fii'lF LII
New-York tribune., 1910-05-08
THE BROWN BOOK
By Anne partl1n

THE following IS not story; rather an eX-
perience which were l TO weave III the con-
ventonaI warp and wOOf-Ike form, would lose
much Of its strength. 1t IS an experience
wish never TO forget. And, prompted by this
personal appreciation, offer this narrative TO
the reading public.
" hen IN course Of my wage earning career
the commercial compass pointed toward Bos-
ton, l shuddered. Hearsay had painted the
Athens OF America N such chilly Colors: gray
matter, blue stockings, brown bread Culture
vile by the Charles l had once heard It called
Indeed shuddered when after few whIrrlng
hours l alighted at the Back Bay Station and
beheId signs which read TECHNOLOGY
CAFE. 5YMPHONY LUNCH." l resolved
10 avoid the pedantry OF the city, II l had TO
dwell IN d tenement. After some proving
about, l happened on suite IN the rear OF an
apartment house, where l seemed safe from the
dreaded sphere OF intellect
With the aid of Mary Harris, my cOIored
charwoman, the little suite III the rear OF an
apartment house proved TO be most resttuI and
comfortable. Mary came every other day,
swept busted polished shook and all the
rest of it. ~ hen | was there TO listen, she gave
me the life histories of the past and present
occupants Of the old building The histories
were not sufficiently novel to prove interesting;
but Marv's quaint manner OF expression
amused me. and / encouraged her gabble.
One Sunday morning, as l rested on the
couch Mary gave an extra polishing stroke to
the glass door OF my small bookcase and re
marked. You got nice Iookin' books, Miss.
Do YOU think so, Nary" l responded ne
:. Yes m, do" More polishing of the glass
door. and Mary ventured, " Did you ever come
across a little brown book with black letters on
i. little one bout so wide: indicating few
inches OF space with her fingers.
" No, Mary, I think not
It's a good book Miss, It sure IS.
" Have YOU read Il, Nary
'.Yes'rn m | have read It lots o times My
man fle ran away with q woman two years ago,
ana like 10 died. l felt so bad Work all day
and walk the floor all nIght-Oh, felt bad, and
no ea+in' or drinlin' with that awful chokln
n nv throat Then one day see this little
book IN a secondhand store marked i've cents,
and | saws that's awful cheap tor a book, ana
then / bought it. That night I thought !
would GO crazy. thinkin' and thInkIn', and
picks up this book and | read little ways,
bout TWO pages and all TO once says, Mary
Harris YOU forget that nlgger! Then ! gets
into bed and goes right TO sleep, and ram
thought much Of him since.
What was the name OF the book, Mary
Il don't know. and don I understand some
of the words; but I'll bring 1t over next time
come Miss. cause it sure Is a good book
The next time Mary came to my suite she
brought a small brown book, thumb worn and
so;1ef Across the covers N the black letters
was the following Essays, by Ralph aldo
Emerson The first and second pages were
entitled Heroisrn-
fnre1lectual Boston had indeed eluded; but
rf7. spirit OF New Englands immortal son,
+bro,,Gh the presence OF this uncOuth negress,
was pervading my home, and l sat there,
mute with reverence.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-08
By Thaddeus S. Dayton

r EKA now and then By Thaddel
IL story IS printed about -
the loss OF valuable string
Of pearls through the breaking OF the cord on
which they were hung and their slipping off
and scattering over the floor or sidewalk. Those
who know anything about the stringing of
pearls, however, always read these tales with
Incredullty because nowadays, as a general
thing. only false pearls or those Of small price
are strung without knot being tied between
each OF them, SO that II the cord breaks no
more than one can fall off
1t Is common belief that because Of their
great value pearls are strung on something
durable, like catgut or wire. As q matter Of fact
such material Is never employed. There IS no
beauty 10 . string Of pearls that looks WHY OF
stiff. II must be flexible 10 the highest degree
otherwise all its graceful effect viii be lost Up
10 the time OF the introduction Of surgeon 5
silk for pearl stringing nothing had been found
that would absolutely meet the requirements
Of strength and flexibility.
That the most valuable pearls are to-day
strung on cords OF surgeons silk IS due 10 the
suggestion OF woman employee Of a New
York leweIrv house.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-08
Telling Real from False

THE pearl stringer's eye becomes practised in
the detection of real and imitation pearls.
One glance IS usually sufficient. \ genuine pearl
has hard look. 1t presents a sort of shelI-lIke
surface with an indescribable blush This
blush Is so cleverly cOunterfeIted IN wax l1nlta-
tions that even those who are accustomed TO
handling pearls day after day are likely TO be de-
CeIved.
In one of the large New York jewelry houses
last winter 4 customer purchased hand
painted miniature set IN a frame of imitation
pearls. On examination It was found that
several OF the pearls had been slightly defaced,
and the whole thing was sent to the manu-
featuring rooms for repairs. By chance 1t came
under the eye Of one OF the pearl str1ngers, who
instantly detected four genuine pearls III the
circle of imitation ones about the picture. The
frame had passed through dozen expert hands
without anyone's noticing the presence OF
real pearls. No one could account for their
being there. If they had not been detected, the
purchaser OF the frame would have had bar
gam; for the four genuine pearls were worth
many times more than the picture and the rest
Of its setting.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-08

lars and Others slightly curved. The same care is
given to the fitting of collaret as to the set of
an expensive gown, and it has to be tried on
and changed and adjusted as many times.
Dividers are used to gage the exact position
IN which the vertical diamond bars that sup
port the strands OF pearls should be placed.
Endless care and Judgment may be given to
laying out the pattern for one Of these baubles
and getting the measurements absolutely exact;
but when 1t comes to be fitted there is sure to be
trouble. 1t may be too tight at the bottom
and too loose at the top, or perhaps the ends
may not even meet at all.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-08
A STRING OF PEARLS

EN NERN now and then a
II story IS printed about
the loss OF q valuable string
New-York tribune., 1910-05-08

case that the result IS salts
factory the first time. Some
neCkS require straight col