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Discount Sale.
On account of the owner remodeling the build
ing which we occupy, we must reduce our stock to
save trouble of removing it and also to make room
for our plumbing stock, therefore we offer the
following discounts:
CJ JPOP GCIlt d'scount on Dining Chairs,
; Rockers, and Dining
Room Tables.
lO CCIlt discount on all Case Goods
except Globe - Wernicke
Book Cases.
IO PCF GCIlt discount on our entire line
of Hammocks.
15 Per Gent di8count on a11 of our
Pictures.
Watch our south window each day for
display of goods on which discounts
are made.
Ginn & White.
NORTH PLATTE NEB.
DR. 0. II. CttESSLER,
Graduate Dentist
Office over the McDonnld
Stnt Blnk.
For Sale Extra largo Boston Fein.
Inoulro of Mrs. G. W. McBownll.
Mrs. Chas. Clinton will entertain the
Mother's Club at Irsr homo tomorrow
afternoon.
For leaso or to put up on Bhares, 200
acros of grass near Blrdwood Htatlnn.
W. T. Wll.cox.
Tho' ladies of tho Altor Society will
moot Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Thomas Yonda.
Stephen Williams. aged forty, died
this morning at the Pulvcr hospital
after a lingering illness duo to cancer
ous growth.
All Prints G contn at The Hub.
Weather forecast: Fair tonight with
raising tompcraturo Wednesday. Mux
imum yesterday 00; ono year ago 9S
Minimum this morning CO; ono year
ago CO.
Miss Lorotta Murphy Is ontortaining
a numbor of frionds this afternoon in
favor of Miss llolen Patterson .
Thaddcus Pnrr, a student of tho Uni
vcrsity of Wisconsin, who has been
Tiaiting liis brothor S. B. Parr, will rc
turn to Madlsbu, Wis., tho latter part
of this week.
Quality is what vou should stand out
for when buying ttilvorwaro or silver
Plato, faiivor monns si vcr hero, and
everything In plated ware is tho beat of
its kind. Wo can show you a splendid
variety or citnor,
CLINTON, JEWEI.KU AND OPTICIAN
Tho Holy Communion at tho Lutheran
church Sunday waathu most largely at
tended for tho summer season in tho
history of tho churrh. Kov. J, F.
Crcsslcr assisted the pastor on tho
occasion.
Ladies' and Children's Oxfords to
close out at greatly mluced pricos at
Tub Lkadkii.
Last Fridny wan tho thirty-second
anniversary of the duel between Baf-
falo Bill and chief Yollow Hand,
at War Bonnet Creek, Wyo. In this
hand-to-hand conflict, Bill made n
"good Indian" out of tho war chiof.
Doublo LL liG-inch Sheeting, regular
prico 8 cents, now 5 conts jor ynrd. at
Tiik Lhadkk.
With eight counties! missing tho in
creaso in tho assessment of lands in
Nobraskn for 1Q03 over 1907, as rc
ported to tho stato board by tho county
assessors, is $50,010,291). Tho nctual
Increase in land vnluos is flvu times
this amount, or $iMO,051.-10h. Tho
counties mfasing arc Custur, Gage,
Grant, Hookor, Nance, Scott's Bltilf
and Valley. When tho reports from
these aru in tho total Increasu in land
values will probably reach moro than
$54,000,000, as estimated several days
ago. Tho asseflimont nf laudn in tho
counties mentioned is $11Jm,$16VMG, com
. pared with an assessment in tho same
'counties of $1:10,807,910 in 1907.
Twenty Years Ago.
Workmen wore ongagad in clearing
away tho debris on tho lot soon to bo
oaeupied by tho First National Bank.
Engineer Sam Hindman, pulling
trnln No. 3, ran into a bunch of horss
cast of tho stockyards, killing sixteon.
The animals wcro tho property of M.
C. Keith.
Tho Cleveland Club rented the roam
now occupied by Landgraf's barber
Rhop nnd converted it into political
hoiidquartoru. Their efforts amounted
to but litllu, for ilnrrinon carried the
county by a majority of 429.
Sam Urback told tho lot now occu
pied by what is know as tho Bonnie
building to II. C. Kennio for n consld
erntion of $2,C00.
Twenty yenrs ago Syl Friend was
street commissioner and 'J'hk TmiiUNH
complimented him for tho cxaellcnt
work douu on tho streets.
Tho Lincoln County Teachers' Insti
tute convened with an an attendance
of thirty-eight. Among thoso ntten
ding were Jennio Carlson, Mary SullI
van, now Mrs. Uoddy, Elllo Clcland,
now Mrs. Iddlngs, Sadio Thomas, Eun
Ico Babbit and Mary Loftus.
I? armors of tho county were harvest
ing what Tiik Tmhunh pronounced to
bo "as lino a crop of small grain as
was over raised in Nebraska."
S. C. Mccomber, a member of the
executivo committee of tho railroad
mon's protective association, who has
been In Omaha for several weeks, is
homo for a few dys visiting his family
- MEN'S
Shoes AND
Oxfords
It's comfort, looks and
wear combined, that mnkc
up the Shoe that satisfies.
Whatever the price may
be that yon pay us for a pair
of Shoes, you can feel as
sured of these qualities to
the very limit the price
allows.
We show very complete
lines of Men's Shoes and
Oxfords in the best leathers
anil styles.
$2.00 $5.50
Giraliam & Co.
Probably Batinesi Change.
The stock of the U. S. Grocery Co.
is being invoieod, and if a satisfactory
agreement as to value can ho rcachod
the business will ho purchased by But
ler Buchanan, who will place his sons
Frank and Perry in charge.
A Mile Long Train.
Perhaps the longest train ever
brought into North Platte arrived from
Grand Island Saturday night in charge
of Conductor Font. It consisted of 12-1
cars, drawn by two engines of the
1800 class. Tho total length of the
train was nearly fifty-fivo hundred feet
more than a mile.
Pays Off Bonds.
Yesterday County Treasurer Lang-
ford paid off two bonds of $1,000 each
f the Eureka bond issue. These were
tho first two of the issue. The bridge
is located south of Brady, and the
bouds wcro issued by a district orgnn-
zed for that purpose
Insurance!
Hail, fire, lightning, cyclone and
windstorm in best companies at lowest
rates by Bratt & Goodman.
Shooting Contest.
At a meeting of tho Buffalo Bill Gun
Club held Friday evening it waa decided
that Thursday, July SOlh, would bo the
date on which tho trophy shoot would
bo held.
Three trophies will bo given to the
thrco shooters making the highest
ncoro tinder the sliding handicap rules.
There will also be the first shoot for
points for the Uemington gun which
will bo given to the shooter having tho
most points at tho close of eight rcgu-
ar shoots, the winner boing required
to compete in at least six shoots.
Reward for Illegal Shooting.
Tho following resolutions wero unani
mously adopted at a meeting of the
Buffalo Bill Gun Club, held Friday ere-
ning, July 17:
Whereas, It being currently reported
that there is being carried on to some
extent, tho illegal killing of prairie
chicken, and that it is the Bcnso of the
Buffalo Bill Gun Club that this practice
hould bo suppressed, be it therefore
Resolved, That tho Buffalo Bill Gun
Club ofTcrs to nny and nil persons re
siding in Lincoln county, the sum of
Ten ($10.00) Dollars who will furnish
the evidenco from which a conviction
rhall result, of any parson or persons
who may be guilty of the illagal killing
of prairlo chicken.
For Lease.
Good minrter section nf hnv InnH
seven miles from city, only $05.00.
T. vrrn rrnAil iltnrl t c- r wm n C I.
land four miles from city known as the
Armstrong land. Best hay in the
valley.
10 acres near Gannett $22.50.
With Colorniio ilricrl nut flinrn w
money In hay. Bicatt & Goodman.
Junior Normal Closes.
Tho Junior Normal cloned Friday with
fnrowcll reception by the faculty and
tho teachers at tho high.school auditor
ium, at which a program of music and
addresses was rendered and punch
sorved. This reception was largely at
tended and proved pleasant to all.
Viewed from all points, tho Norma
is pronounced to havo been tho best of
any yet held in North Platto. The at
tendance camo up to all expectations,
tho total number of students being four
or fivo gi eater than at any of tho other
Junior Normnla in tho state. Tho in
terest displayed oy ootn teachers and
students aro no time flagged, and to
this is largely duo tho great measure
of success attained.
Teachers and students alikocxpressed
thcmsolveB highly pleased with tho 1908
Junior Normal.
Tho best 7 nnd 8 cent Prints at 5 cents
per yard at The Leader.
Miss Crowe, of Denver, is expected
to arrive in town tonight for a visit
with her brother Jcsso Crowe.
8 per cent money to holp you buy or
build. Bkatt & Goodman,
It. G. Miller, stenographer in Dis
trict Foreman Bcery's office, rcturrcd
Sunday night from n visit with Chey
onno friends.
Tho benutv of cut lrlaBS denenda unon
its brilliancy; that depends upon tho
design, depth of cuttings und tho quality
of tho glats. Tho glass we sell is tho
nest mado, clean cut, sparkling, exquis
ito in design and moderate in nricc.
Clinton, Jeweler and Optician
Alvin Kramer, u son of Louis Kramer,
u formor North Platto merchant, i
visiting at tho Mrs. A. II. Church resi
denco. Tho young man is a student a
the Chicago university and is enrouto
homo from a trip to tho Pacific coast.
Estrayed -Loft tin Hinman-fnrm
Saturday night a two year-old bay pac
in7 maro with wart on right sido of
nncK. Kowaru will no paid for her ro
turn. Call or phono EGlKL
, C. E. HOWARD.
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Can't be Beat.
Tins best of all teachers inexperience
t M. Harden, of Silver Cilv, North
Carulina, says: "I find Elect! ie Bittern
does all that claimed for it. For
btoniaeh, Liver and kidney troubles it
can't lio beat. I havo tried it and find
It a moat oxeo'lent medicine." Mr.
Hnril"iiis riirltt: it'a tho best of all
medicines also for weakness, lame
back, imil all run down conditions. Best
too for chillt1 and malaria. Hold under
guarantee at Moiiu'h Drug Store. B0
cent h.
1 Passing the )
s R.apids. ?
Original.
Boys from the time they are old
enough to talk and Walk go through
certain periods. There aro tho toy ago,
the ogu of sleds nnd skates and tho
ball ago. At fourteen to fifteen most
boys begin to consider costume, com
mencing with their cmvats. This In
terest develops till at sovoutee'n all
their clothes must bo especially to
their liking. At this time, too, they
usually begin to take notice of girls.
I havo always considered that young
men nro mado or marred by tho mnr
rlage they moke. A wife with plenty
of common sense Is n great help to n
man; n frivolous, empty headed .ono
may bo his ruin. I thcreforo began to
watch my son, Harry, as soon nu ho
arrived at tho girl noticing age with
all a mother's sollcltuiic. I confess,
however, thnt I was led to do so by n
discovery. When about o send ono of
his suits out to be Ironed I emptied
his pockets. From tho left upper vest
pocket I took out n pjeco of bluo rib
bon. I received a shock not less lutenso
than that experienced bj a woman on
discovering a letter to her husband
from n rival, though not of tho same
nature. That my boy had ontcred tho
rapids I had proof poslUro. Would ho
bo swamped, or would ho Ball Into a
snug harbor? Did the ribbon lutllcato
a real case, or wbh It merely sporadic?
My friend, Ituth Pennington, had n
daughter, Grace, fifteen years old.
Mrs. Pennington aud I had often
laughingly talked of how nice It would
bo If my Ilnrry and her Graco should
mako n match. Of course-, wo did not
seriously aspect It. Matches lictwcen
tho children of old frionds seldom come
about Wo simply would hnve lHiod It
Ruth eamo In while I was meditating
ovor tho discovery of tho ribbon. She
remarked thnt I looked like ltoblnson
Crusoo when ho first saw n footprint
In tho sand. I told her aft, nnd we
talked tho matter over. Unfortunately
wo got to discussing a case wherein
tho son of a friend of ours had mar
ried a chorus girl, then lad gone to his
mother nnd asked her tP help him get
rid of Ida wife. This was followed by
citing a case whcroln tho danghtor of
an acquaintance had rrni away with a
coachman. By the tlmo onr Interview
ended w had workod oursolvcu Into a
statu of. dreadful pessimism.
I am ashamed t confess flwrt after
thja I senrchvd IIw.ryH poolietH at In
torvuls for cIotw. I mado btt ono .dis
covery, but H waa onoitgjh-n .Ift'le
lock of hair, rhej fortinid, foaled In a
bit of paper. I was so frightened at
this portentous Flgn that 1 resolved to
go to Harry and demand tho name of
the creature who was doubtless lead
ing him Into a trap. But after duo
thought I decided Hint It -would not do
for mo to admit tliat I had gained a
knowledge of Ida treasure surrepti
tiously. Besides, such affairs thrive on
opposition. So I kept the secret.
One day Until l'eunlngtou eamo to
mo to tell mo that she was having the
same trouble with Graco that I was
having with Harry. Rue had caught
Grace standing before tho fireplace
looking at a card photograph. As the
mother entered Grace turned red as a
roso aud threw the phutogrnpu Into tho
fire, where It was burned beforo tho
mother could got a glimpso of tho face.
Nothing could Induoe tho child 'to toll
who was the original of tho likeness.
"1 only wish it was Harry's," I said.
"No such luck." Ituth replied. "Bno
aud Harry seldom see quell other, and
when I once twitted Graco about him
sho snld he was horrid."
For nu hour we discussed different
plans. Ruth considered taking Grace
abroad and putting her at school there,
but the plan was impracticable. I
thought of sending Harry to u distant
boarding school, but ho was to enter
college tho next year, and It would be
a pity to break In upon his preparatory
course -
After this Huth and 1 were, used to
comparing notes frequently. She could
not discover any moro clews in tho
caso of her daughter, but I came upon
them often in tho caso of my sou. Ruth
and 1 agreed that our sex was moro
adept In concealing such matters than
mon. Ilowcver, nothing dctlnlto oc
curred In cither case, ami nt Inst wo
bognn to bu lulled to n better feeling.
Ono dny Ituth camo to me in a high
iitato of excitement npd told me tlut
sho had discovered a bundlo of lovo
letters in Grace's possession. But they
gave her no Information na to tho iden
tity c.Z tliu lover; for they were "all
written on a type machine nnd un
signed. "Who would Kiispect such cun
ning In those bo young?" said Ruth.
"But I fear the man may bo luuch
older than Graco. Oh, .heavens, sup
pose she has been fascinated by an
actor! I told her that wo should sail in
one week for Europe. Sho turned pale.
1 shall watch her carefully lest she
elopo with him."
Two days nfter tills, when I went to
Hurry's room to call tilin, as usual, 1
was terrified not to find hlni thero, nor
had his bed been slept in. I rnslied
over to Ruth Pennington to tell her of
my troublo nnd found her In the samo
condition as myself. Hor little bird,
too, had flown. Then ve looked at
each other, something dawning on the
face of ench.
"I wonder!" 1 gasped
"And I wonder, too!" gawped Ruth.
"Could they havo"-
"Could they?"
Thero was n ring ut the door and a
telegram. Ruth broke It open and read:
Mny wn como homo nnd lie forglvmiT
C1UACIC AND HAimY.
"Woll, I declare!" Ruth exclaimed.
"When Is tho fool killer coming for
us;" I added.
MRS. MILDRED CHARD.
THE:
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
of North Platte, Nebraska.
UNITED STATES
Capital and Surplus - $120,000.00.
DLEUSCTOJRSi
E. F. Secbcrgcr, C. F. McGrew, J. J. Halligan,
F. L. Mooney, Arthur McNamara.
When will the Clock Stop?
FIVE DOLLARS GIVEN AWAY SATURDAY,
AUGUST 15th, 1908, AT THE
Rexall Drug Store
to the party holding- the card closest to the "TIME
THE CLOCK STOPS".
We have placed in our window a large 30 day
clock, this clock will be wound up and allowed to
run down. It will be unveiled SATURDAY, AUG
UST 15th, at 4 o'clock p. m.
With each fifty cent cash purchase we give you
a card on which a "time ot day" is stamped, bring
this card to our store on SATURDAY, AUGUST
15th, at 4 o'clock p. m. as it may win the cash prize.
McDONELL
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Brush Up!
What wo havo not in tho lino of
horse brushes, curry combs, hoof and
harness oils, fly nets and horse equip
ments generally, isn't worth the hav
ing. Of courso our main business is
the supplying of harness, hut wo havo
tho best of everything that ought to go
with it.
A. F. Fink.
FAIRIES OF CORNWALL.
Superstitions That Still Live In This
Corner of England.
Cornwall, that corner of Iirltnln that
has resisted modernism, made a strong
appeal to the Imagination of Kathctino
I."" Rates, and she writes of R In her
' .1 Uretna Green to Lund's Em'
in Cornwall, as in Ireland, the fairy
is still in possession und foil; lore Is
almost a religion. "The small pcopla
hnvobecu gay and kindly neighbors,
sometimes whisking away a ueglctcd
baby and returning the little mortal
all pink and clean, wrupp-d In leaves
and blossoms, 'as sweet as a nut.'
These are the spirits of Dnil.lH or of
other early Cornwall folk who. as
hiatheu, may not go to huiven, tint arc
too Innocent for hell. J they are suf
fered to live on hi their old happy
hauuts, but ever dwindling ml dwin
dling, till It Is to be fcnre l that by unit
ly. what with all tlie children grow
ing stupid over M'lmol books nnd all
the poets writing realintle novels, the
small people will twlnale out of sight.
"The spriggans. lurking about the
cnlrns-nnd cromlechs, where they keep
guard over burled treasure, could Pot
ior fe spared. They are such thlevisti
nnd mischievous trolls, with such ex
traordinary strength In their ugly blta
of bodies. It In more likely they nro
tho diminished ghosts of the old giants.
The plskles are nearly ns bad, as any
bewildered traveler who has been pis
ky led. Into a bog could testify. The
only sure protection against their
tricks is to wear your garments Inside
nut
"Many a Cornish farmer has found
n line young how all sweated and
spent In the morning hla mane knotted
Into fairy stlrtups. allowing plainly
how toino fcore of the plsklea had been
rlilng I1I111 overnight. And many a
Cornish miner, deep down In the earth,
lias felt his hair rive on, his head as he
heard the 'tap, lap, tap' of the knock
era, souls of long Imprisoned Jews
sent hero by Unman emperors to work
tho tin mines of Ooruwull."
DEPOSITARY.
& GRAVES
SUCCESSORS TO A. F. STREITZ.
A Soon Empty Flour Sack
will ho your experience if you employ
my 4X brand in yonr baking. Your
family will cat so much moro bread
that it will seem as if you could not
bake enough to satisfy them. All
grocerB in town handlo it "nnd your
money cheerfully refunded if it is not
satisfactory.
C. F. IDDINGS.
Trees and Fools.
Any fool can destroy trees. Thej
cannot run away, and if they .could
they would still bo destroyed chased
and hunted down ns long as fun or a
dollar could bo got out of their bark
hides, branching horns or ihagnlflcent
bole bnckboncs. Few that foil trees
plant them. Nor would plantlpg nvnll
much toward getting back anything
llko tho noblo primeval forests. Dur
iug a Hnnn's life only Bapllnga enn bo
grown In tho placo of tho old troc3,
tons of centuries old, that havo been
destroyed. It took moro thnn 3,000
years to mako some of tho trees In
these western woodstrees that are
still standing in perfect strength nnd
beauty, waving and singing in tho '
mighty forests of tho Sierra. God has
cared for these trees, rtaved them from
drought, disease, avalanches nnd n
thousand straining, leveling tempests
and floods, but ho cannot snve them
from fools. Only Unclo Sam can do
that. John Mulr of California.
Out of tho Schoolroom.
A schoolboy was nsked to give souio
Information In regard to tho Cary sis
ters, tho onco famous Xow Kngland
poets, and he said of them:
"Tho Cary sisters wero two poets
who lived in Massachusetts most of
tho time. They went to New York,
where they made many fast friends.
Their fastest friend was John G. Whit
tier." At the tlmo of the Longfellow cen
tennial, when tho school children were
writing ho much about lilm, ono boy
wrote:
"Longfellow's poems were mosUy of
his own composure, but, ho wrote 'Tails
of a.Waysldo Inn,' where others did
tho talking.. Ho was tho poet lorryett
of our country and was a crackerjaek
when It eamo to real poetry'-LIpnln-
Ott'B. ' '
ForSnlo-Tho 13. D. Owens property
in south part of town. A dosirnblo
home nt n right prico. Seo
O. E. Eldkk.