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Afti r dliiiicr .MaiiiHiwtt, who had
p no 11st in a liiKir.(M tiii w tit
nut fur a walk Presently he round
himself pnssliu the buildliiKn wherein
ho ml had eduction lorcltilv In
(.tilled In him
"Forty years old!" ho said, n trlllo
ilnillBiinntly, sit length "I don't he
dtevc It!"
As ho t 111 stood nnd stared some
ono jmHsliiK bumped Into him. Man
nows, cntehlnc, slht of tho faro In
the glare of the street Inmp. whlilod
him nround. "Hill!" he howled. "If
it ain't ltlll!"
The raiituied man, after one look,
broke into exclamation points.
Two rather portly man dancing on
tho Hldewnlk nro apt to attract atten
tion, bo Mnnnows and tils friend
moved on.
"I was Just mooning over tho tlmo
when 1 waa lilklnp up those steps,"
explained Mnnnows. "Greatest old
college on earth, that!"
"Not while. Harvard is still run
ning," said 1)111.
Mannows laughed, rcnirmhr-rlnp.
"Terrible rows Harvard and Tech
used to have, oh? Odd how hot-headed
boys will get. Why, 1 remember
calling you every name In the diction
ary because you wore so chesty over
Harvard and sneered nt Tech! Tech
meant mote to mo then than family,
friends or fortune! 1 felt that you
had Insulted mo personally!"
"So did I," conlblod Pill, "when you
did a highland illng tho time Tech
licked Harvard at football! I remeni-.
ber meditating how satisfying It
.would be to slny you. Hloodthlrsty
(lrttle demons, college boys." i
' "That they nre," agreed Mannows. I
"Too young to know better! It takes
years to drill n little sense Into tliem!
Ever go back on class day?"
"I went two years ago," said Hill.
u i iuii jiiii u iii.kiu mu ievi Hi'uu to i
y see what a splendid class of fellows
iiarvaru turns out eacn yean
' "riihuh," said Mannows. "Of course.
Hnrvard Is bigger, but when you como
light down to It I guess tho men who
go to Tech are about tho cream of the
lot. Fine chaps, good families and all
that."
"Oh, yes." said Illll. "Put nothing I
like Haivard. I tell you " !
"Oh, come now, Pill," Mannows I
broke In complacently. "Of course, .
It's all right to stick up for your alma
mater anil all that, but you'ie old
enough now to look at things with a
sane and unpreludlced eye, and you
must acknowledge that tho moie fact
that Tech Is a sclditlllc school would
,brlng to It a brainier, more earnest
Fet of students than would attend an
ordinary university! Fellows with
some real purpose In life, you know,
and with alms no society butterflies
with more cash than brains ever
choso Tech!"
"Well, Just because Harvard Isn't
crammed with a lot of fellows with
bulging foreheads doesn't hurt It, I'd
have you know!" said Hill, warmly.
"They nro all nround men who tnko
,nn Interest In nil sides of life. I hato
a nnrrow man! And In athletics "
"Now, now!" Interrupted Mnnnows,
'jvarnlngly. "You nro never going to
dig. up that Gensler game, are you?
'Harvard never could take a licking
gracefully "
j Dill stopped short and shook his
' -linger under Mannows nose. Ho
'tflfed to speak three times before he
could get out tho words. "Licking!"
ihe repeated In strangled tones. "No
ono but a prejudiced, unfair, sponge
headed Idiot of a Tech mnn ever
would hnvo agreed to that umpire's
decision. If Harvard wnsn't euchred
out of a fair game by tho most under
handed, unjust, outrageoua decision
that ever"
"Kvcrybo'i;' aw Gonslor when ho
cheated!" Mannoi.s shouted. "Every
body! Nobody with a grain of de
cency In him wotilo. have dared to
claim that game! Harvard showed the
j'Cllow in her all rlght by having tho
sneaking nerve to olija-t! Sho should
hnvo hid her head in shame! The
Harvard men should have been egged
off the grounds! They should havo
been ridden on a rail! All of the"
"You with your bribed umpire!"
Hill yelled "I'd talk If I were you.
yes. I would! Of all the disgraceful
acts of Te.-h that was the limit!
From top to bottom Tech is a moth
eaten, disreputable"
"I'll punch your fnce!" Mannows
bellowed, shaking Ills fist. "If you
don't tnko bade your slanders on tho
ne5i,"h"
Stopping off the curb at tho unno
ticed crossing, both Mnnnows and
Hill reeled, grabbed nnd fell In a heap
A passing boy helped them up. "Pyos
must bo getting bad," ho commiser
ated. Mnnnows and Pill paused to look
after him.
"Say," exclaimed Pill, a bit sheep
ishly, "blamed If I haven't got n boy
of my own as big as that he enters
Hnrvard next fall!"
"Umph!" said Mannows. "I'm nn
old fool! I'm 40!"
"I guess we'd better call It square!"
said nill.
A Mean Fling.
"When 'ou told Mlsa Sllcer that I
created a ripplo In I'arlB, did sho seem
to bo envious?"
"No. Sho said sho guessed you fell
Vito tNs Betne."
AHY HE LIKES WATERMELONS
Colored Man Discourses Philosophical
ly on Those Soothing, Cooling and
Filling Fruits.
A wdl-l.uown l.iwver, who Is spend-
im his vacation at homo doing noth- '
ing. or. as he says, "loafing with all
his nilrl.t," tells of a talk bo bad re- I
i.ntly with his colored lilted man.
tlolnn to the stable he found .John
with hi? fate built d in u hi: piece of I
watermelon. )
"Why is it, .J ihn, that c t ! u d iv.iplo
nio so fond of watenm loin?"
"I don't know," lie replied, gnnnttu;,
! '"less Its Jrs' because do's peopb. 1
knows a heap o' white l Iks 'at likes
'em, too. 1 lllua (m 'i.iuso de.'s sooth-
I In', an' coolln'. an' lillla'. an' I sposo
I tlcy 'sdmllntes dat a w.i wld white
tolks. I icckon de. aln' much differ-
en"o 't went uliite folks and ctillud
folks' insldcs."
' "Pot haps not. Do you consider tho
' watoi melon a fruit or a vegetable'.'"
"Well, now, It's Jus' like this: Water-
1 Melons aln' no vegetable, cause dey
won't stan' coohin like cnbbniro nor
cannln' like beans, nor dryln like red
1 peppers, an' dey aln' no fruit, Vnuso
dey doan grow on trees an' you can't
put 'em in jour pockets like apples
find peaches, looks to me llko dey's
jes' watei melons."
, "How would It do to call It tho fruit
it a ct.' urbltaccous vine, distinguished
for liiti i lor pulplnobs and copiousness
Of wati ry Juice?"
I "Dafj it, Vactly," said .John; "dat's
Jus' what I was goln' to nay." Indi
anapolis News.
SEAMED TO FILL THE DILL
Young C ,'fr?gctte Appeared to tho
Youth's Mother to Be Suitable
as His Wife.
Tho joung suffragette who had In
sisted on marrying the young man
with whom she had fallen In love, up
pioachod the young man's mother In
fear and trembling.
"Can you support my son," asked
that lady sternly, "In tho stylo to
jivlilch ho has been accustomed?"
"I cannot, madam,. Ho will havo to
supply all tho cash."
"Urn. Arc you able, In splto of your
advanced views, to keep htm badly In
debt?"
"I am. That Is my Bpeclalty."
"Do you know how to nurse him if
ho should fall ill?"
"Haven't tho remotest Idea. My
childhood has been spent in attending
caucuses."
"Nn! Will you guarantee to kiss him
good-by every morning?"
"If I happen to rcmei ' cr It but I
can't guarantee anythliu "
"What time do you o.j oct to como
In at night?"
"O, anywhere fiom 12 to o In tho
morning."
"Do j ou ichcarso your speeches at
'jonic?"
"Yes, as a rule."
Tho mothei's face relaxed.
"Wo must bo cautious In these mat
teis," she said sweetlv. "Hut, on tho
whole, 1 think you will do." Life.
Then and Now.
Prior to the last 1.") years, by tho
time people had attained their first
quarter of a century, they considered
themselves pretty much formed as to
physical and mental characteristics.
If they wcro ambitious and energetic
they perhaps carried on somo kind
of exerclso for their physical well-bo-ing,
and guarded against mental de
terioration as they advanced in yoars
by occasionally taking up now studies
or reviewing old ones; as a dear old
lady of my acquaintance at the age of
elghty-nlno began to review her al
gebra to keep her mind active..
Now everything is changod. We
cannot settle down comfortably in tho
thought of anything In tho regular
routlno of life which wo may not bo
called upon to alter nt a moment's
notice. Most of us hnvo found that
few of our established habits nro
right and that unless we nro willing
to bo left hopelessly behind our asso
ciates wo must learn over again all
that wo acquired In lnfancj', and that
has since, becomo n matter of nuto
matlc action. Tho Atlantic.
Shine With Every Drink.
There have bien In tho history of
barber shops such plans as "A shavo
and a shine all for a dime," "A hair
cut ami a same iree, mu ii was ion
for a negro barber shop at IS Ivy
btrect to glvo a fue shoo shlno when
a drink was paid for. That Is, it was
a Sunday blind tiger in which Will
Strong, a bootblack, sold liquor and
then gavo his cirtoinor a free shine.
The police had suspected tho barber
shop for some tlmo and on last Sun
day they made a raid and found a
largo lot of wl.ibky In pint bottles.
Will Stiong was In ehirgo and was
running n bootbl.id; st".rd. Ho claim
ed that another negio had brought tho
whisky In to tho shop without his
knowing it. Tho Kocorder font Will
Strong to tho chain gang for thirty
days. Atlanta Constitution.
Cooper's Piano.
Y N. Potter of Coopcrstown, N. Y.,
lias in his possession n piano which
ho values very highly and Is fond of
showing to his visitors. It was own
ed by James Fenlmoro Cooper.
C. D. I'enso of Coopcrstown mado
tho piano and tho great novollst
bought it. Afterward ho sold it to
Judgo Stewart, and, after passing
through tho hands of D. F. Jacobs of
Mllford and bis daughter, it camo Into
thoso of Mr. Potter. It Is of six
octaves, and is in a solid mahogany
framo of plain design.
j Girls Who Are
Considerate
M-.M WHMMM
"It's no u t " hlghed the Industrious
girl as (, i Ii o' ' ii up fiu'ii 'v stiM Mi g
w.l ti It i, til d i" I SiWe el I. )
thct'i i wi i for n o' "'i ii .i elx "
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OI.e it..M'l,T lMMllhiT 'f fu C 'A.I
"Hnvo j on turned the otlu hi It
one too often, or what""
'Oh, dear n.o, no," roplltd tho In
dut'trlous Mbl "You know I g.ne that
up long ngo Put I told ou, didn't I,
that my hiother Is man led? Well,
vou know I've alwajs Pi Hived In
woman In woman's t photo' and all
th.it son ot thing, and It doesn't work
at all.
'lie man lid a girl Just out of
m'1. ool- -nice pictty glil, fiosh and
charming and nil that. Could cook
Mime, and play, too. Woll, some! lines
he can't get homo when ho says ho
will, and then tho goes about looking
like a small slod thunder cloud and
tiles to stir up things generally. I
don't be'Ievo It Is the fault of any
ililng except that rho neer wan down
iown hoi'M'll and so doesn't know
v. hat things are liable to turn up."
Tho Indiif-t lions one gavo her needle
a lclous j ank and looked haul at tho
1'os.t to see If they iigtced with her.
"Well, my dear," diawled tho fain
I y peacemaker, "you bio how good It
Is for j ou to hnvo had this iNpoil
nice. Now, If join brother had mar
tin! a glil like ono of ti-, for Instance
- glrln who for a good while havo
1 eon suppoititig ourselves moro or
loss ho probably would fool that he
bad acquit oil a chum, and a good
ono, too, but he'd n Is.s the freshness
that tho other girl has.
"I don't know a sit glo girl who has
worked downtown who Isn't moro con
sldeiato oi tho man she marries than
Is a girl who hasn't worked down
town. Of course wo lose a lot of tho
gloss and all that, but wo get some
thing which has a higher value, I hon
estly bollevo.
"Now, tuko mo for Instance. Here
I'vo been working for ten years or so,
and last year I mot a young girl from
tho south. I don't bollevo sho over did
a thing for herself In her life, at least
not In tho way of making money; but
die was sweet and gentle, like nil
southerners, nnd could make perfect
ly delicious gowns and could play a
little, and eve: j body liked her.
"All tho nun she mot thought she
wan fetching, nnd sho was. I thought
to, tio, but I felt like a batttred old
war horso beddo hi r. I looked at
everything to differently.
"Thing that bothered her nearly to
death I didn't ovm notice, ami a man
Jut a mere man didn't mean any
thing moie to me than a girl would.
You iiiuli'i stand th.it wlun jou are
with then all dny ou get s-ort of
used to thoin."
This was added in a rather apologet
ic manner, for tho peacemaker knows
that the stunning girl, though she,
too, sees men every dny, still takes n
somewhat violent interest In them, nt
leant in certain onos, nnd no dis
paraging rcmnrks are allowed.
"Put to como back to tho original
remark of j'ours," went on tho peace
maker, "I think you aro nearly right
Not that I want to puff you up, you
know, but I don't believe a girl ap
preciates a homo and all it means un
til she has been away from it Ever
slnco Mother Eve puttered around the
garden and found tho tree, girls havo
wantod to puttor, too, and you can't
imtter when you work downtown. Do
sldes, a girl who has had to work
knows how much more fun it is to
stay at homo and do something elso
than go downtown nnd hear in tho
morning's mall that Smith, Hrown &
Co. havo sent In a largo order which
will havo prompt attention.
"As for mo nnd my houso," declared
tho peacemaker, flrmlj, "wo would
rather niako out a list for the grocery
than write patent specifications, nnd I
know I'd rather mako n nlco loaf of
bread than hammer at a typewriter.
Mut then, what's tho uso! Why re
pine?" And tho peacemaker wont
bnck to her book.
The Industrious glil wan not to bo
shut up thus oas'1, so she camo back
again before tho time limit was up.
"Well," rho declared, "what I want
to km w Is why such a lot of girls who
an n't nearly as pretty as Molly nor
as smart as you aro should he mar
rlnl, wiille wo three, who are pining
lor a ck'inoo to run a house and a
mnn should leinaln on tho parent
stem, as It were.
"Of course, It Is fun," she added,
"living as wo do, but It Is only a sort
of make believe. It would bo real
enough If wo didn't hnvo to go down
town dining tho dny, hut wo do." And
sho heaved a prodigious sigh.
Trust the Motorman.
Spring lias nrrlved over In Payonne.
Whenever a hen Inys nn egg In tho
street everyone knows that tho Jig la
up with old man Winter. It was In
Avonuo C that a hen found a placo
that suited her, between tho trolley
car rails. When a car camo nlong sho
refused to budgo.
Tho motormnn, recognizing tho sa
cred bird of Dnyonno, brought his car
to a 6top In record tlmo and refused
to start it until with a loud cackling
tho hen nroso and dashed for cover,
leaving a brand-now 48-contfl-a-dozen
egg laying on tho asphalt. Whllo an
admiring throng gathered around the
motorman stepped out and took pos
session of the egg, New York Mon
Ing Telegraph.
Postp
The sale advertised to Inke plco al. my farm, one and one-hnlf miles
oust of Red Cloud, on Wednesday, February 28, has been
postponed. The sale will now be held on
riday
1912, at 12 o clock noon
TERNS OF SALE: A credit of nine months will be given pur
chaser on note with approved security, with interest at 10 per cent
per annum.
ED. SEATON, Owner.
COL. J. H. ELLINGER, Auctioneer.
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Mile a laik'o Ut ot Webster ui.cl IV.wiU
I'm county farms, tho best and cheap
est all-iiiirpo-e fin ills to bo found,
this part ot the Kepublicuii Valley
country Is the lieai t of the Corn nnd
Alfalfa llest. and is unexcelled fori
easy, thrifty farming. The soil is fer
tile and produces bountiful euips of
corn, wheat and ulfiilfn, an1' this is
ono of thu best districts in which to
iiiiho grain, hay and hogs, and leed
cnttlo. Among their llctiuo a number
ol fill ins that will pav good interest i
on tho investment ; several that can bo i
puiuliiisuil on easy payments and !-1
eial deals; it ml many that will p.ty
their way anil grow in vnliio The
prices vary according to quality, lomt'
lion und improvements This-country
has good schools, rural mulls, tele
phones, good roads, convenient mar
kets and shipping facilities, and every )
quitlillcatiou necessary to profitable
grain and stock farms, dairy farms and
feeding stations. Land values, prices
and tonus that should Interest any
land-buyer or homoseeker, Also a
number of desirable City Properties
listed and several good local farm
trades. Correspondence solicited.
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The following property will be sold at this sale:
8 Head of Horses
25 Head of Cattle
Farm Machinery
Seed Oats
Household Goods
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