m I ij ir c l Iti pi fr USTER 7 - ssss DHpnsiniB m yrmmm WTjVm Mnatagv Ksvton vsa DajEnrKSGB7ISaB3VEASIB HOOKER BATON sear r r 4 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 rW fc isob by unocrwooo 4 VjrocRwoca yA R1 A ITOEFUI GKOWLIN BUT SAY I DIDNT CASE 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 x -v 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 A JIJLw i hi 11 railii 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 - 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 The BEE HIVE SW ooooooc M U- A f u O s i WV1 h Mi i