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SHOE SHOW
IS READY!
You will certainly take pleasvre in seeing these handsome shoes, and
We mil certainly take the greatest pleasure in showing them to you. Then
tfyou buy your Easter shoes here, there will be another pleasure in store
for you m the way of satisfaction afforded you, by the correctly dressed
fed. There's a touch of style and wellbredness to our shoes, and we have
such a variety of models and leathers that you are sure of finding here-
IST YOUP FASTER filiniri
shown for spring. So we say, come, see our Easter shoes' 3
FETZERS' SHOE STORE
THE TAILOR'S SONG
Fit out at Frank's-get a suit up to date,
Right in the fashion of woolens first rate.
A suit that will fit-goods sound as a bell,
No outside shops will fit you as well,
Keep track of Mac's good value he sells.
Mac builds good clothes garments all neat,
Chicago's ready made agents cannot compete.
Examine his line and prices all through,
Look him up for a suit, saves money for you.
Reliable goods, all through his line,
Order a suit for the on coming spring time,
You find value for money here every time.
F. M. RICHEY
DEALER IN
Building Material
LUMBER, LIME, ETC.
Estimates Furnished.
Prompt Attention to Orders.
YARDS AT
PLATTSMOUTH, . . - MYNARD,
NEBRASKA. - . ' . NEBRASKA.
AUNT ABBIE'S VISIT.
The Old Lady Managed ft Make Things
Prett Lively.
SatvkiflS eaVS lllut snmnlhinn- hi.
wrtVN happen. alien li is Aunt Abbie
comes to visit. She is eighty-four,
ami. although she ounnot hear nd
her eyesight is poor, still she is very!
acme., particularly at night, alien
the frequently gets up to take a sip
tf niilk und nibble a cracker.
The first night of her last visit
ehe got up at 2 o'clock to take her
t-econd snack. Feeling around aith
lighted match for the gas, she set
the curtain on fire. Without a mo
riients hesitation she pulled the
Mazing curtain down and tried to
beat the blaze out with her bed slip
per. She couldn't. 80 sha hurried
downstairs in the dark to Sawkins'
room and pounded on the door.
Sawkins and his wife awoke with
with a start and heard some one
mumbling outside the door. Aunt
Abbie had put her teeth away for
the night, and her voice sounded
strange.
They sprang out of bed and yank
ed open the door.
"Nre!" muttered Aunt Abbie in
deep guttural tones. And she point
ed upstairs.
Up to the third floor front darted
Sawkins, followed by his wife aud
aunt Abbie. 1 he carpet and a
wicker chair holding Aunt Abbie's
undergarments were burning brisk
ly. Sawkins grabbed rugs and tried
to smother the blaze, while his wife
ran to the fourth floor to arouse the
6ervants.
The servants came rushing down
ii bare feet and nightgowns. Saw
kins meanwhile attended strictly to
business. With water carried from
the bathroom the fire was extin
guished. During the excitement Sawkins
had forgotten all about his father,
out as the old man had not showed!
up Sawkins thought his father was
still asleep downstairs.
It seems not. His father had
heard Aunt Abbie say "Fire!" and,
very thoughtfully for an old man of
seventy-nine, had ODened hia win.
dow and yelled Tire!" Tnen he
nad gone out on the front ntpna in
his nightshirt and yelled until Borne
one heard him and sent in an alarm.
When the firemen
them took Sawkins' father, as he
was, into the next house. So when
Sawkins ran downstairs to tell his
father about the fire he met the
firemen coming up. They told him
the old man was in next door. So
soon as the firemen had gone Saw
kins went in next door after his fa
ther
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It you're looking for something particularly attractive in Easter footwear
you'll find representation in our Easter window. Don't mar the effect of your
Easter attire by wearing shoes that are not proper.
MEN'S NIFTY OXFORDS
in Patent, Gun, Calf, Tans, in conservative shapes'
or snappy styles
WOMEN'S OXFORDS
in Patent, TaH9, in Ribbon Ties, Pumps and new
spring Creations
$3.50 $4.00 $4.50 $2.50 $3.00 $3.50
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THIS WAY FOR EASTER FOOTWEAR
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Rapid Age.
The stranger came v the old tavern
"You are behind the times," he elucl
dated, gravely. "Why don't you take
down that old 'irmmmral.iHnn for
Man and Beast' sign over your gate
and put up 'Accommodation for Man
and Automobile?' "
But the old tavern keeper onlv
smiled.
"What would be the use?"
"Why, don't you think It would be
of advantage to you?"
"No; by the time I got It up I'd have
to take It down and put up a sign.
'Accommodation tor Man apd Ac;o
plane.' "
UNKIND.
I had hopod we were friends, and per
haps something more:
You often have given me praise;
1 have paid your cur fare; you were clad
when I swore
That you liad adorable ways.
Wo
FEMININE AMENITIES.
haVft WhlHItnrPfl anmotlmr..
nothings. tln true
" , . """'?a corners and nooks;
Mr. Sawkins. Sr.. was sittino- in nave "luwd your slim hand and ore.
the parlor, surrounded by ,1,J a .Z&SrZut,,., bk.
neighbors family, and busuy e,. . .
ployed in consuming a hot drink.!' UZZ Zl TJSTK and Iv
llis costume wa3 a nightshirt ccv-'RMy llfe bI,,'"H into your iir.
ered by a swallowtail coat, patent ; Zmt' 1 a"ked you t0 ,uncheon
leather pumps and knees draped in ' 1,1,1 you telephone to my wife,?
a Steamer rug. j 8, E' KlBer' ln Chicago Record-Herald.
Sawkins was no struck by his fa-' Word
ther's genteel appearance that he! when I was young, if I thought any
gravely thanked the neighbors for body's house was on fire, I said: "Sir.
their kindness in outfitting his fa-jtDe abode which you probably
ther. Then he took his father home passed tbe delgntM year- of your
in his novel costume to show hi. yo,ith ,s ,D 8 8tate of conflagration."
wjfe ana People called me a good writer
The nest morning Aunt Abbie
said she was too old to go visiting
and wanted to go home. But she
couldn't her underclothing was all
burned. New York Press.
Amy Twr Do you know I've a
good ailnd lo auk some manager to
give me a trial?
Sur urr tt boa t. dear, you'll be con
demned, sure.
THE OLD DUTCH OVEN.
Borne siRh for cooks ot boyhood days, but
none ot tlim lor me;
One roundup toon was best of all 'twaa
with the X-Bar-T,
And when we lieurd the grub pile call ftt
niornui, noon and night,
old Imtch oven never failed to cook
the tliIS!, juat rlgnl
Twaa covered o'er with red-hoAoala, and
.. wl,(,n we fetched her out
ne biscuits there were rilce and brown.
ou never liad a doubt
I ain't to strong for boyhood grub, 'cause.
.. uniroiT. spring or fall,
me old liutch oven baked the stuff that
tast-d t,est o( al
Perhups 'twas 'cause our" appetites wera
always mighty sharp
me men who ride the cattle range ain't
apt to kick or carp;
But anyway 1 Und myself a-dreamlng of
that brend
The old Dutch oven baked for us beneath
those coal so red.
-Arthur Chapman. In Denver Republican.
then; now they say I cannot write at
all. beCailRP T av "Sir vnr hmm. In
i ljii i j vua uuuou o
on fire." John Ruakln.
Dr. Johnson's Marvelous Memory.
Dr. Johnson, the Ursa Major of
English literature, had a prodigious
memory and at one period of his
life e.-nployed it in reporting par
liamentary debates. Once Dr.
Hawkesworth read to him a poem
which he intended to publish and
asked his opinion of it. "Why, sir,"
said Johnson, "I cannot well de
termine on a first hearing. Head it
again." Hawkesworth complied. The
next morning, the subject of the
poem being resumed, Johnson said
ho had but one objection to it, that
he doubted its originality, and to
prove his statement repeated the
whole poem, with the exception of a
few lines, which so alarmed Hawkes
worth that he declared he would
never again read anything of his
composing to Johnson, who, he said,
had a memory which would convict
any author of plagiarism.
Tha Khedive and the Rascal.
Even to t!io adventurers and
downright Pwi-.Mora who hung about
liis court at (.'uiro and afterward
pursued his wanderings Ismail ex
tended a good naturcd, half con
temptuous patronage. He liked a
rogue far better than a fool. Once,
when he had formally forbidden his
door to a flagrant offender, the man,
who knew his character, got a lad
der and elimbed into the viceroy's
room, remarking, "1 have obeyed
your highness' commands and have,
crossed your threshold by the win
dow and not by the door." The
humor of the thing at once appealed
to Ismail, and the offender was re-
lose
accl-
The Real Mourners.
The Bull Pup How did you
your tail, old man?
The Yellow Cur ln a trolley
dent.
The Bull Pup Do you miss It mucb?
The Yellow Cur Not as much aa
the boys do who used to tie tin
cans to It.
Discretion In Speech Needsd.
"There's one thing we will have to
change If these ladies who wish to
vote have their way," said Senator
Sorghum. "What Is that?" "We'll have
to quit talking about 'the wisdom of
the plain people.' "
Suspicious.
"Yes, miss," boaxted the chivalro
old Colonel, " was at the battle of
Chickamauga and was shot right here
on top ol the head. No one can care
say tha. I was up a tree during the
fighting."
"Er--where were you. colonel."
asked the young hostess. Innocently
"down a well?"
Golden Silence.
One ol the children in the Lysander
John Appleton family Is named Vas
sar for the college from which their
mother was graduated. Mrs. Apple
ton says: "He has went." and uses
many other strange expressions for
a Vassar graduate, but she is a Wom
an, and none dare say a word of
doubt. -Atchison (Kan. Globe.
Picture of Olden Times.
A most unique sight of old Boston
must have been the celebration of the
fourth anniversary of a society for
'Promoting Industry and Frugality."
when 300 young female snlnstera d.
cently dressed brought their spinning
wheels to the common one afternoon
and plied their homely craft, a fe
male at each wheel, to the accompani
ment of music and the delight of
many spectators.
Diplomacy.
The wife of a man who came home
late insisted upon a reason. "When I
go out without you," he said, "I do not
enjoy myself half as much and it takes
me twice as long." Success Magazine.
Truth Above All.
Welcome the beggarllest truth, so
It be one, ln exchange for the royalest
sham. Truth of any kind breeds ever
new and better truth. Thomas Car-lyle.
Need of Originality.
No matter how haid one may work,
hard work will probably not achieve
any striking success unless originality
be intermingled with it
Must Have Time to Live.
It was not intended that a man
should work as long as his eyes are
open. He wants a little time to live
as well.
Animal Study.
The study of animal behavior, which
is now being so vigorously pursued ln
America by our great field naturalists,
will provide, perhaps, the most likoly
channel along which the main stream
of advance will be nade toward the
fuller comprehension of the mysteries
of mental life. Lancet
How He Got It.
The kind lady bad jiift handed the
hungry hobo a sandwich and a hunk
of pie. "Poor man!" she 'said, svmpa
thetlcally. "Are you married?" "No'm,"
answered the H. H. "I sot dla hunt
ed look from bein' chased from place
f place by tier perllce." Illustrated
Sunday Magazine.
SOMETHING WRONG.
The balloon pilot landed In the little
backwoods village aad told the loiter
era the thrilling story of his escape.
'And at one time.'" he related, with
dramatic force. "I was in a storm and
aweeping ever a vast desert. There
was nothing to do but throw out sand
and prepa-e for the worst. Gentle
men Ht one time I felt as if I had lost
my head and gone plumb crazy."
The oldest inhabitant slowly lighted
Us pipe and drawled, with a sarcastic
smile:
"ion must have been plumb crazy,
"i"), o throw sand on u desert. Didn't
you think there as enough sand toere
already?
Daily Thought.
No man can Justly censure or con
demn another, becauso Indeed no
man truly knows another. This I per
ceive in myself; for I am In the dark
to all the world, and my nearest
friends behold me but in a cloud.
Sir Thomas nrowne.
Why Pat Didn't Pay.
An Irishman refused to pay his doc
tor bill, and when asked his reason
for It he said: "And, sure, what shall
I pay for? He didn't give me any
thing but emetics, and nlver a one
could I keep on my stomach At nil
at all."
Saw it First.
One of the waiters In a local restau
rant was overheard talking with an
other about the attractions now play,
lug in I he city. ,
"Are you going to see 'Romeo and
Juliet? " asked his companion
"No." answered the waiter, decided
ly. "I saw 'Romeo and Juliet' when
It was first produced four years ago"
Shades of Shakespeare'
Fortunes from Small Sums.
People do not always realize the
value of small sums of money that
have been sometimes the seeds of fortunes.
Bridesmaid's Tragic Fate.
A girl, aged nine, one of the brides
maids ln a wedding procession that
passed through the woods of Sabantl,
was seized by a wild boar and killed
before tbe guests could interfere.
A Newlywei. "
"He's a queer fellow."
"How so?"
"His wife went away for a month's
visit this morning and he looks as
Clura us If she had missed tbe train."
Always Wheat Trouble.
W.,.1?ntu?rn' bren(lt"n-s, the staff
of life this has always been the
agony of humanity whenever It pro
gressed Into advanced civilization
I h lnSl pomjlntlns. And along
with the breadstuff., of course, all
farm products rose till the people.
mtoZ? 6arth they Were' roaned
under the Increased cost of living and
Weewy!" ValD f0F
Wedding Anniversaries.
arJhLdiifenent Wedd,ng a"nlvrsarle.
are as follows: First. pnper; flrth
wooden; tenth, tin; fifteenth, crystal
The slwM , 8eventy flh diamond.
thVdSl 8 U8Ual,y cc'ated as
ot of very few to live together for
three-quarters of a century
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Badly Matched Ears.
No pair of ears, scientists say, are
ever perfectly matched, neither' "I
In son! eX8CtIy R,Ike Pn the head.
ent that th 68 thf .ear" aro 80 dl"er
! i i ey mlKht m "PPronrl
ttely belong to different IndlvEaJi
