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SISTER wanted chickens Thanksgivin day to eat
Brother said a gander wa3 mighty hard to beat
Ma she wanted turkey an pa he wanted duck
Hen I went out huntin an had the bestest luck
Heard a norful growlin but say I didnt care
I des aimed my rifle an shot this grea big bear
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kISTER wants tne gizzard the neck er anything
Brother wants a drumstick an mother 11 take a winsr
iather a take the wishbone with des a slice of breast
An as Im quite hungry I think Ill eat the rest
Dont I wish that Rosefelt the president was my pa
Ken Id shoot some elfunts way down in Africkah
Jimmys Thanksgiving
By OLIVE HARPEIL
wnniT WEBSTER more prop-
fg erly Geraldme had determined
to leave her country home to
studv art in New York 1
Tfrwvftr T am an artist perhaps 1 am a
Ssniua she said Her mother said
zasining against the project but new
fepg formed around her mouth Some
thing had gone out of her fathers eyes
Hill VJ Kl
life stM fefSlr
jiinir
32d step and he looked older He too
smained silent George Seabrignt
gten his pleading proved vain merely
arid If you find the world too much
s you let me know
Perhaps replied the young girl
aruile Tier pretty lips took a hard out
2ne new to them She had 1S0 and
thought that more than enough to last
fame and riches came When she
tos gone the whole farm seemed
Her brave bright letters told how
sfie and three other girls had rented a
Sotograph loft for only 40 a month
IJiey had made it very artistic had
iailt wardrobes of packing boxes and
sjede divany of cots covered with
ggalw which served a3 cozy beds at
iht She told of the screen made
of a clotheshorse covered also vtli
denim which served to hide their bach
elor girl kitchen with its coal oil stove
and packing box closets for dishes
Her father made no comment on these
pitiful makeshifts but he and George
read between the lines They knew
there was something wrong There
was a forced breeziness in the letters
George had loved Jimmy since she was
a baby and he decided as Thanksgiv
ing drew near that he could stand the
strain no longer
In the meantime the four girls in
the great bleak ancient photographers
gallery were Qnding it very hard to
win fame The rent though divided
among four was high when nothing
was coming in They could not af
ford a stove and tea and dry bread
were their food Finally one girl sat
down on the floor and began to wail
She wis cold and hungry and miser
able She was going home and art
could go to grass
This voiced the general sentiment
but Jimmy had come from sterner
stock and she wouldnt give up Threo
of the four girls wrote to their parents
and in a week had said goodby to Jim
my who faced the question of rent
alone She threw herself on the cot
and cried all night with hunger coM
and the knowledge that she was beat
en From talent to genius was a far
cry and she was no genius
Eut I wouldnt care she sobbed
if it were not so near Thanksgiving
At home therell be turkey and pies
and cake and jellies and I just cant
stand it
But she never once thought of writ
ing home for help The next morning
she lay unconscious in her lonely place
tossing in fever while her grieving fa
ther and mother were going arouni
heavy footed making preparations for
the coming feast
Jimmy lay two nights and a day 111
and alone when a lady who had in
office in the same building had a feel
ing that something was wrong up
stairs and went up to find the poor as
serted chiid The doctor said she should
go to a hospital and that he would sead
for her There was a hurried step is
the stairs and in a minute George wrs
on his kness beside the cot
Oh Jimmy little Jimmy I fenev
soniething was wrong and Ive corrf
to take you home if youll go
Will I Oh George Ill be so tbanli
ful Im a failure George Im a fail
ure
I dont think so Can she travJ
doctor Ill get a carriage Shell be
borne just in time for Thanksgiving
It will be that for me said Jimmy
weakly while two tears jumped from
her eyes and big George Seabright put
his arms around her and pressed iiis
first kiss on her quivering lips regard
less of the doctor and the lady
It will be an eternal Thanksgiving
Jimmy
Tho Chinese Hoe
The Chinese farmer stands second to
none In all the world Tills is all the
more remarkable since he has really so
few Implements with which to work
the marvels he produces Ills only Im
plements are the hoc the plow and the
harrow Beyond these tiie Chinese
farmer never dreams of desiring any
other The first of these tools seems
never to be out of his hands for It is
the one upon which he relies the most
and is his most effective implement It
really takes the place of the spade In
England though the latter is never put
to such extensive and general uses as
the hoe The Chinaman can do any
thing with It but make it speak A
farmer well on In years can easily be
recognized amidst a number of work
ingmen by the cirve his hands have
taken from holding the hoe in the
many years of toil in his fields With
It if he Is a poor man and has no oxen
to plow the ground he turns up the
soil where he Is going to plant his
crops and with it he deftly and with
a turn of his wrist levels out the sur
face so that it Is made ready for the
seed With a broad bladed hoe he dips
to the bottom of a stream or of a pond
draws up the soft mud that lias gath
ered there and with a dexterous
swing flings the dripping hoeful on to
his field nearby to increase its richness
by this new deposit London King
Extract of Knowledge
An article on Examination r
in a periodical called Normal Et o
contains some good howlers They
are none the less interesting for com
ing from students in training for teach
ers A criticism of William Blake that
as a child he was precocious in po
etry but in later years It developed into
dogmatism is a lesson in the art of
being inarticulate while the remark
that the works of the time were most
ly satyrs is quaint though obvious
Of course there is boggling over proper
names There is nothing indeed so
good as the description of Cromwell
as a man with coarse features and
having a large red nose with deep re
ligious convictions beneath or the
case of the lapsed man who having
by way of exception attended church
admitted to the rectors wife that he
had benefited for he had learned that
Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities
whereas lie had always thought they
were man and wife Manchester
Guardian
Fat and Disease
If the Medical Kecord is right man
is pursuing in the matter of bodily
weight what is bad for him a common
trick and woman pines for a physical
ideal that would mean long life if
achieved something rare indeed for
women to do Most men struggle to
be fat Most women diet to be lean
Dr Braudreth Symonds draws from a
study of life insurance weights that
people past the age of thirty live long
er if below normal weight than they
do if at or above standard Heart dis
ease is as rare among the underfat as
it is common with the heavy folk and
this is true also of Brights disease
apoplexy paralysis cerebral conges
tions and cirrhosis of the liver Only
in pneumonia and tuberculosis do the
underweights carry a greater risk In
all the cases which he examined Dr
Symonds found not a single fat man
who reached the age of eighty years
while forty four short weights passed
this mark
The Best Pride
A titled Englishman while in New
port talked most entertainingly to a
group of ladies about ancestral pride
Aucestral pride is an excellent
thing he said but there are better
things We have long felt in Great
Britain that there are better things I
heard the sentiment rather neatly ex
pressed last season by a duchess Hers
is a great family but she was talking
to a young marquis whose family is
incomparably greater He is a rather
worthless lazy dissipated young mar
quis and he boasted to the duchess
about his people
I am very proud of my ancestry
you know he ended
Yes said the duchess and you
have cause to be but I wonder how
your ancestry would feel about you
Half a League
The class had just finished reciting
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Now said the teacher can any
one present tell me the meaning of
those words naif a league
Up shot the hand of Thomas Jones
aged eleven football captain and in
domitable fullback
Please sir it means they couldnt
get enough clubs to make up the full
league
Some one had blundered London
Answers
Not a Bargain
Do you think that Miss Kidder was
having fun with me asked Chawlie
Well old chap give me the details
was Awthurs response
You see I had my bull terrier with
me and I said to her That dog knows
as much as I do And she said Dont
you think 400 was too much to pay
for him Cleveland Leader
The Right Bone
Fred dear I feel it in my bones
that you are going to take me to the
theater tonight
Which bone darling
Im not sure but I think its my
wishbone Kansas City Independent
Apprehensive
The Heiress I want to be loved for
myself Count de Broke apprehen
sively My dear lady is there any pos
sibility of this being a case of mistak
en identity Illustrated Bits
Suspicion always haunts the guilty
mind Shakespeare
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MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
E Heodkn was nn Omaha visitor
first of tho week
Miss Katk 0Conjkll is visiting
McCook friends and relatives
M las Scorr a siaier of A R Scott of
tho ttlectrie plant has joined the family
hert
Mrs C D Ritchik went down to
Lincoln Monday morning to bo absent
and with the homefolks until over
Thnnkegivinjj
Mus Matie Wkllks departed close
of the week for Colorado to bo absent
a few weeks viBiting relatives in differ
ent parts of the state
Mrs Louis Sukss went to Missouri
lust Saturday being culled by the ser
ious illness of Baby Carlton who is
happily improving at this printing
AiiTHUK Handel who has been in
a Lincoln hospital for past twu weeks
after an operation expects to return to
his studies in Franklin academy nnxt
Monday
J MShively deputylnnd comraiss
ioner spent a few hours in the city
Tuesday morning en route to Trenton
on departmental business J M wasnt
in the late landslide but will be heard
from later
Bernard Phelan of Alliance came
in Monday night on a briof visit to hie
mother Mrs Adele Phelan and the fami
ly Bernard is in charge of his fathers
large ranch interests He left for Se
attle on a business trip
Jesse Predmore came in from the
North Loup country last Saturday
night on No 3 on a short visit home
He left overland yesterday morning
for North Loup where he is engaged in
farm work He expects to farm next
season
Mr and Mrs D E Bard are enter
taining relatives this week Mrs Bard
her aunt and cousin Mrs Catherine
Hawk and Mrs Blunchard both of
Culver Indiana and Mr Bard his
mother Mrs John Bard and sister Mrs
Ben Osborn both of Edison Nebraska
Mr and Mrs E G SIandish depart
ed Monday night for the east They
will visit in Ohio and other eastern
states but expect to go to Idaho and
may locate in the west again They
have the well wishes of all their McCook
friends wherever they may cast their lot
R F D N01
Hari Meyer and wife left last Friday
for Nebraska City where they are
visiting a week or two and looking for a
future farm home
John Leibbrandt is building a fine
large new barn
Emma Johnson is with Mrs Joseph
Dudek for the present
Grandpa Schlagel is visiting at
Dudeks this week
John Calkins and Sam Hughes have
recently erected new windmills
Word from Lincoln announces the
death Wednesday evening a 5 oclock
of Henry Reiners who has been there
for some time seeking restoration to
health
RED WILLOW
Mr Hatcher has finished hauling his
wheat to the elevator at Red Willow
George Rozelle is making a visit of
weeks to his sister Mrs F C Smith
Mr and Mrs Elmer of Indianola
were visitors first of the week at the
home of Louis Longnecker
Mrs E A Sexson is entertaining
relatives from Iowa
Mr Cox from Indianola and Evan
gelist Gregg visited at John Longneck
ers Thursday
While still very weak Mrs Waddell
is able to get out some
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MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS
Wrights buckwheat at Scotts
Everything in drugs McConnelU
Picture framing Tho Ideal Storo
Mary Harrison nurso Phone black 28G
Fruits of all kinds at all times at
Hubors
Kodaks and kodak supplies Mc
Connells
Wrights good old New York buck
wheat at Scotts
Fall and winter caps for men and boys
at Rozoll Bargers
Sweet cream in any quantity fresh
every morning at Scotts
Ten bars of Good Laundry Soap for
25 cents at Magner Stokes
Bo sure and call at our store one day
this week McCook Hardware Co
Fresh lettuce celery cauliflower
rheubarb etc constantly on hand at
Hubors
Godfrey Co are operating a feed
mill See them for feed of all kinds at
right prices
A number of Catholic sisters were in
the city Tuesday soliciting aid for an
Omaha hospital
Thorough Piano instruction by ex
perienced teacher Musical Director
702 west 2nd street
Double - strength Heinz vinegar
imitated by all equaled by none for
sale by Magner fc Stokes
Patronize home industry by smoking
Commercial Club 10 cent cigar and
the Smoke 5 cent cigar
The electric company now has a force
of men moving tho poles and planting
now poles for the new system
Our Colorado peas corn etc are as
near perfection as it is possible to ap
proach in canned goods lluber
You should see McConnells Doll
Display Saturday November 21st A
souvenir for every lady customer
McCook Hardware Co are giving free
a handsome set of ware well worth
S750 with each Majestic rango sold this
week
Tomorrow is your last chance to get a
good fur coat for 10
The Hob Store
Julius Stein Prop
We are just in receipt of a now and
well selected fresh and up-to-date stock
of neckwear and mufflers Come in and
see RozELL Barger
If you desire something good and
that will wear well be sure and see
our line of ladies bags We have all
the new ones
L W McCONNELL Druggist
When in need of something m the
Millinery line and want a large I
stock of the newest shapes and
trimmings to select from call on
MISS ANDERSON
The Majestic Mfg Co of St Louis
Mo have a man at McCook Hardware
Cos store this week showing the Ma
jestic Range in actual operation baking
and serving biscuits to the large crowds
Tbe Thanksgiving service prepared
for the churches of Christian Science
will be given by the McCook society at
its regular place of meeting up Btairs
110 Main avenue Thanksgiving morn
ing at 11 oclock Visitors welcome
No collection
A part of every mans business assets
is his reputation for being there with
the goods of selling good articles for
the money for selling dependable
merchandise in any department of trade
Havent you often heard this stated of
Marshs meats
McCook Markets
Merchants and dealers in McCook
the follow
today Friday are paying
ing pricoa
Corn Rn
Wheat 45
Oats pft
Rye Z
Barley k
Hogs 4g
Butter good 00
Egga
McConnell for drugs
Good potatoes at Scotts
McConnells Bnlsnm cures coughs
Mrs J Jacttson nurpe Phone red 251
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Read the eight pages all home print
Fresh lettuce and celery at Scotts
Prunes in 25 pound boxes at 225 per
box Hubers
Tho famous Diamond Wrights
coffees at Scotts
Phono red 26G if you are interested
in buying some household goods
Get the habit go to Rozoll Bargor
for your clothing and furnishings
Magner Stoked for Wrights Pure
Buckwheat Flour Nothing better
Dr Hare examines eyes free nnd guar
ntees satisrnrtion in fitting glasses
If you are making a fruit cake or
mince nnnt get tho materials at Scotts
Finn fresh dates Magner Stokes
sell that kind only the best obtainable
Th coffee sorved at the Maje3tic
range demonstration was furnished by
Scott
Caps lots of them and the latest
styles for both men and boys Rozell
Barger
Have you seen the human hair
switches puffs and cornet puffs at
Miss Andersons
FOR SALE FOR RENT ETC
For Sale Household goods Phona
red 2GG
For Sale 1 have for sale a few choice
family cows Also a largo boned regist
ered Poland China boar S R Smith
Indianola G 3ts
For Rent 4 room cottage at 505 2nd
st E Phone black 133 tf
For Rent Three furnished rooms
for light housekeeping Inquire of Mrs
James I Lee phone 43
For Rent Seven -room house two
lots on 1st street W Fruit in season
Phone No 5
For Rent A good barn Inquire of
Julius Kunort
For Rent -red
319
SHOULD REMIND YOU
OF THOSE
Warm Lin
ed
-New 6 room house Phone
For Rent Furnished room light
and bath Phone red 255 or call at 309
2nd street W
Lost 80 one S20 and four 10 bills
Friday afternoon between Burnett
Baileys the postoflice and Nelms store
Contained in Moline Plow Co canvas
bill book S20 reward for recovery
William White
Fguvn String of gold beads and
cross Owner can have same by calling
on Mrs II A Rouch and paying for
this notice
Wanted A second hand baby buggy
Drop a card to postoflice box No 320
Wanted Sewing by lady of exper
ience All work guaranteed Miss
Morris rooms at W E Harts residence
Mrs Utter formerly Mrs Simpson
dressmaker rooms in Diamond flat
first stairway north of The Model Shoe
Store
We have them in all styles Slippers with felt soles fur trimmed
turned soles heavy leather shoes with wool tufted lining for old ladies
extra high top for old men in fact everything you want in a warm
shoe at right prices
Shoes
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