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Young Hiram was plowing the field
and It was spring.
"It's spring, for sure, father," he
said, and added, looking wistfully
down toward the brookside, "I bet
the trout are biting down there In the
hole under the willows."
"Hiram, if you'll just hang on to
them reins, and be careful to keep on
this side of that there fence," the
father replied assuring, "they won't
bite you."
Little Dorothy, whose father owned
a canning factory, went to Sunday
school for the first time, but soon
came home screaming at the top of
her voice.
"Why Dorothy," said the father,
"what Is the matter?"
"Oh, Daddy," said she cried.
"Don't let them do It, will you?"
"Do what cfilldT"
"Don't let them can me!" she
sobbed.
"Can you? What do you mean?"
"Why, the teacher said for every
body to sing, 'Can a little child like
me,' and then I ran away 'fore they
did It."
A group of Chinese boys were dis
cussing the relative merits of two bill
boards one advertising Carnation
milk, the other Dull Durham. One
of the boys was explaining the signs
to the others, so:
"In America they have he cows and
she cows. The she cows give milk
and the he cows give tobacco."
Arthur sat on the front doorsteps,
crying softly.
"What is the matter, little boy?"
asked a kind-hearted woman who was
passing.
"Ma's gone an' drowned all the
kitens," he sobbed.
"What a pity, I'm awfully sorry."
"An' s-she promised boohoo -'at
I c'u'd do it."
Once on the aidge of a pleasant pool.
Under the banks where 'twas dark
and cool,
Where bushes over the water hung.
And rushes nodded, and grasses
swung.
Just where the crick flowed outer the
bog,
There lived a grumpy and mean ole
frog.
Who'd set all day In the mud and
soak
And do nothin' but just croack and
croak.
'Till a blackbird hollered, "I say, yer
know,
What is the matter down there be
low? Are you In trouble, er pain, er what?"
The frog sei, "Mine is a orful lot;
Nothin' but mud and dirt and slime
For me ter look at Juest all the time.
It a dirty world!" so the old fool
spoke.
"Croaklty-croaklty-croak!"
"But yer lookln' down!" the black
bird said;
"Look at the blossoms overhead,
Look at the lovely summer skies,
Look at the bees and butterflies,
Look up, old feller. Why, bless yer
soul,
Yer lookln' down In a must'rat hole!"
But still with a gurglln' sob and
choke
The blame ole critter would only
croak.
And a wise old turtle, who boarded
near,
Sex to the blackbird, "Friend, see
here: .
Don't shec no tears over him, (er uo
Is low-down, jest 'cause he likes to
be;
He's one er them kind er chumps
that's glad
Ter be so mis-rable-like and sad;
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I have purchased the tailor shop of Hugh Boyd,
located in the Alliance National Bank basement, and
solicit a share of your work in
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Phone 133 Work called for and delivered, y
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Ladies & Gents' Clothes
to order.
Do You Judge a Play by
The Price of the Ticket-
Or bv the Performance You See?
Do you judge a sack of flour by the cost or by the quality of
the bread it makes?
Do you judge a suit by the tailor's bill or by the fit and finish
of the clothes themselves T
Do you judge a hotel by the rate per day or by the service
you gett
Does low price give you as much satisfaction as good quality f
Then why judge a motor car by its price t
You cannot get something for nothing. You get exactly what
you pay for.
New Six-40, $1,400 You can't get Chalmers quality at less than Chalmers price.
WARD B. NORTON
I'll tell yer somethtn' that ain't no
Joke,
Don't waste yer aorrer on folk a that
croak." News Age.
An Irishman who was too old for
active work waa offered the postlon
of crossings tender at a small rail
road station. He looked dubious aa
the duties of the office were explained
to him and the meaning of the var
ious flags were clearly stated.
"In case of da niter with a train
com In of course, you wave the red
flag." and hla friend proceeded with
hla explanations. A hard old hand
grasped hla arm.
"Man. dear. It'll never do," said
Patrick, shaking hla head solemnly.
"I could never trust myself to re
member to wave a red flag whin
there waa a green wan handy."
Luck whines; labor whistles. Luck
believes In chance; labor believea In
elbow grease.
Luck looks for something to turn
up; labor turna It up with thought
and a made.
LucK lies in bed and dreams of a
rich relative dying and leaving a
legacy, or some great person, with
favors to give, suddenly discovering
the dreamer to be a genula; labor
rises before the sun and geta busy
with saw or plow or pen, and lays the
foundation for something worth
while for Itself.
Luck hit If off big yesterday, but
spent It all while waiting for another
hit to come along; labor stuck to lta
chosen task, and showed a margin of
rroflt on every day.
Luck Anally died In the almshouse
labor won an Independent competncj
for Ha old days. Henry ForTa Bul
letin. The Old Oaken Advertiser.
How dear to our hearts la the old
advertiser,
Who runs his stuff fifty-two weeks
In the year,
He turna up on Monday with good,
snnapy copy
And drives out the blues with hla
laughter and cheer.
He never says. "Kill It," "The people
won't read It,"
"It don't do no good" nor "I can't
stand the pace."
But cornea to the front (with bis
check) like -a major.
And Bometimea says. "Bill, better
j double that space."
Oh. the old advertiser,
The good old advertiser,
The safe advertiser
We all love so well.
The Newttpaiiem Courage.
Once in a while somebody gets the
idea that the reason the local paper
doea not report every scandal that
conies to public knowledge is because
the publisher is afraid. That's not
the reason. The reputable newspaper,
especially In a small town where ev
eryone ia a neighbor to everyone else,
takea no delight In giving publicity
to those things that have brought dis
grace to Borne family or heartache to
aome wife or mother. It la much
more pleasant to record the good
things that happen, to tell about the
Incidents that tend to make life more
endurable, and that uplift rather
than tear down, that bring Joy instead
of sorow, pride Instead of heartache.
So If you don't always find In The
Herald the delectable bit of gossip
that would doubtless make "good
reading." and if you are inclined to
blame the editor because he "doesn't
print all the news," consider that
some home has had enough worry
over unfortunate happenings, and
that the gosslpa and scandal mongers
or the community can and will gladly
and ghoullshly give sufficient pub
licity to the details to satisfy the low
est tastes. Incidentally, it might be
remarked here that th emost com
plaint of censored news comes from
people who have now or have had In
their Uvea some things they are very
glad were not given newspaper pub
licity. There come timea, of course,
when it ia the definite business o fthe
local newspaper to speak right out In
meeting, to tell what happened, to
give open publicity to conditions that
are a reproach to a community and
for which the light of publicity seems
the only cure. Tolerance is not a
lack of courage.
Oueer Quirks of New.
Glenwood Springs, Colo. Emll
Freidhein bit himself on the foot
with hla false teeth last week. He
was reading in bed, he sneezed, bis
teeth flew out and on the floor. He
hopped out of bed to find them. He
stepped with hla full weight upon two
of the teeth which has become broken
off. His foot was badly lacerated.
Pittsburg, Ta. Mylo Culler, haa
In his show window three young
chickens hatched from eggs that were
never laid. He killed three laying
hens and took from each an egg
which had formed, but had no shells.
Culler then took plaster parla and,
binding it with strips of court plaster,
he made sheila to keep the eggs from
breaking open. The eggs were then
placed in an Incubator and yesterday
the chicks made their debut. They
are doing nicely, thank you.
New York Jacob Hyman, elderly,
lived with the three Gretsch' girls.
When be went fishing he took them
along. Herta Gretsch always obeyed
his Instructions to keep perfectly
quiet While the fish were bitting. The
slslters didn't. Last week he died
and left Herta $10,000.
Bridgeport, O. The longest bar In
the state of Ohio has been con
structed here for the Acorn Liquor
company. It Is for the convenience
of the visitors from dry Wheeling,
acrosa the river, In West Virginia.
The bar la 150 feet long and 0 bar
tenders work behind It. There are
two other bars In town almost as
long.
Shelbyville, Ind. Rev. John
Reese, baptising 30 converts in the
river here was forced to halt the
Always the Best Work
PAINTING, PAPER HANGING
AND DECORATING
Estimates gladly furnished Work guaranteed to please
PHONE BLACK 282 B. V. REEVES ALLIANCE, N E R.
MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM
'8 tart right by making your selection of flower early to avoid the
rush at the lattt minute. Sunday Is Memorial Day, and we have
plenty of flowers on band to supply every one. Cut flowers of all
kinds. Potted plant in our annex next door.
RAY'S FLOWER STORE
Phones: Store, 113; Residence and Greenhorn, 433
WE HAVE A LARGE SUPPLY OF VEGETABLE PLANTS READY
TO SET OUT
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IS IT
AN
OIL
STOVE
If it is, we can serve you, for we carry the "steel finished"
"ALCAZAR" the oil stove that burns 400 gallons of air to
one gallon of Kerosene, and does not heat the entire house.
Just think an oil stove that gives the same results, in less
time, and with less preparation, than a coal stove and 10
cents worth of Kerosene does the work of 50 cents worth of
coal. A direct saving of 40 cents on each gallon.
If you want Hardware, Harness, Vehicles, Implements,
Queensware, or Paints, see our lines.
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Rhein-Rousey Co.
Successors to L L, ACHESON
ceremonies several times because of
a queer sensation around one of hla
legs. After the ceremony It wa
found that a one-pound black' bass
had swam up the trouser leg of the
preacher. It was captured and the
preacher has a fish supper.
fcdwardsvllle. 111. Harry Miller
has become the patron and sponsor
for a strange dog which rode Into
town the other day on an interurban
car and which spent the afternoon
Jumping on various rapidly moving
city and interurban electric cara. A at
fast aa the dog would board a car th
conductor would put him off. IIe
would "flip" another. Miller cap
tured him and calls him Ginger.
Seattle, Wash. Annie Olson saved
the expense of a moving van last
week when she shipped her house
hold goods by parcel post, the bill
for stamps being $4.62. She said it
cost her $20 the old style.
Odebolt, Ia. The Livingstons did
not get along well. She sued for di
vorce on the grounds of cruelty and
get 15,000 In lieu of alimony. Later
Livingston wrote his ex-wife, ex
pressing sorrow and contrition and
proposed that they make it up and
marry again. She came to Odebolt
to give him another chance but he
had changed hla mind. She sued
him fro breach of promise and waa
awarded $6,000 damages.
Some Forma of Rheumatism Curable
Rheumatism la a disease charac
terized by palna In the Joints and in
the muscles. The most common
forms are: Acute and Chronic Rheu
matism, Rheumatic Headaches, Scia
tic Rheumatism and Lumbago. All
of these types can be helped absol
utely by applying some good liniment
that penetrates. An application of
Sloan a Liniment two or three times
a day to the affected part will give
instant relief. Sloan'a Liniment is
good for pain, and especially Rheu
matic Tain, because it penetrates to
the seat of the trouble, soothes the
afflicted part and draws the pain.
Sloan's Liniment ia all medicine."
Get a 25c bottle now. Keep it bandy
In case of emergency.
Adv No. 3
SCORES WIRING
State Fire CommlHioner lit d gel 1 Says
mat Wiring; In Old Itullding
Should lie Torn Out.
State Fire Commissioner W. 8.
Rldgell stopped In Alliance on Fri
day, staying at the Burlington. While
in the city he made, a trip of inspect
ion and called attention. to the elec
tric wiring in several buildings which
he said waa in a dungerous condition
and should be torn out.
"Your city ordinances cover the
electric wiring proposition," said
Judge uidgell. "Many firea are
caused by defective wiring and it
should heve careful attention. I
found wiring In a number of places
that should be removed."
Burlington Bubbles
Superintendent Wldenhelmer went
to Deadwood, S. D., today to attend
to business matters.
A cattle train, consisting of 47 car
loads, paased thru Alliance Wednes
day and with the exception of nine
teen cars all were unloaded and fed
here. The load was made up in var
ious parts of Nebraska, Wyoming and
Montana, and was enroute to Omaha
markets. Dispatcher Gavin remark
ed to a Herald reporter that the stock
buslnea bo far la considerably behind
that of previous years, due principal
ly to the foot and mouth dlaease, and
to the extreme high price of feeders.
General Superintendent E. E.
Young expects to make a trip through
the Black Hills Friday.
Twenty-six carloads of horses,
headed for Grand Island, from Miles
City, Montana, passed thru here Wed
nesday, these horses being for the ul
timate use of the English army. It
seems that Grand Island is the assem
bling point for this war stock, and
from that town tbey are shipped to
the coast and from there to England
or France, whichever may be the destination.
Western Nebraska Thirty Years
Dr. George J. Hand celebrated bid
thirtieth "birthday" in western Ne
braska on May 10. He came at that
'time with his parents to what la now
the preaent site of Hay Springs from
Omaha. There was no town 1'. the
present Hay Springs site at that time
the nearest approach to a town beinte
a tent saloon three miles awa Lr.
Hand moved to Alliance in October,
I f M. un.J has been engaged a pir.
tlct rie since that time.
lirenk No Windows
Boys who throw stones and break
windows will receive prompt and
summary punishment by the police.
A number of windows have been
broken recently by boys who threw
Btonea, either purposely or by acci
dent. The police have been instruct
ed to watch out for boys who do this.
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells Bow To Open Clogged Nos
trils sad Ead Bead-Colds.
Yon feel fin is a few aomeut. Your
cold ia head or catarrh will be gone.
Your clogged aoetrila will ope. The air
psssagiia of your kead will clear and
yea can breathe freely. No mora dull
mtmt, headache) no hawking, snuffling,
mucous discharge or dryness; no strug
gling for breath at Bight
Toll your druggist you want a small
botUc of Ely's Cream Balm. Apply a
little of this fragrant, antiseptic cream
ia your nostrils, let it penetrate through
every air paasege of the head; soothe
and heal the swoltaa, inflamed mucous
membrane, and relief cornea instantly.
It ia Just what every 00 Id and catarrh
sufferer needs. Don't atay stuff4uf
and Buserabla.