We Wish You
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
-A
Clinton, The Jeweler.
r
DR. 0. II. CRESSLER,
Graduate Dcnlisl.
Office over the McDonald
State Bunk.
Geo. F. Payne left last night for
a visit wilh friends at Fort Dodge,
Iowa.
Mrs. J. C. Den left yesterday for
Arapahoe to visit friends for a cou
ple of weeks.
Miss Ruth Streitz arrived home
Wednesday from Omaha to spend
the holiday vacation.
Frank McGovern leaves tonight
for Denver, where he will spend
Christmas with his parents.
Judge Hoagland has been con
fined to the house for a week past
with an attack of lagrippe.
J. A. Markce returned this week
from Lisco where he sold five or Eix
thousand dollars worth of land.
Miss Eunice Babbitt arrived from
Lincoln this week and will visit her
parents during the school vacation.
Mr. Green, the plumber, accom
panied by Mrs. Green, left last night
for Columbus, where they will visit
friends for several days,
Wanted A girl to learn book keep
ing. Apply by letter only to North
Platte Telephone Co.
Chas. Fredericy, the urbane
waiter at the Vienna, left last night
for Holten, Kan, when he will visit
relatives for a week or two.
Snow began to fall again this
morning and the aspects are de
cidedly wintry. There teems to be
no hope for the banana crop to
survive the present wintry weather.
Arthur McNamara went to Den
ver Wednesday and from there to
Oakley, Kan, to spend Christmas
wun his daughter and sister-in-law.
The Kirksmith Sisters entertained
a goed-tized audience, at the Keith
last evening with a program of vocal
and instrumental music, each
number of which was well received
Y M. C. A. Note.
Through the generosity of Dr. C.
B.Miller the Y. M. C A library has
an addition of fourtten volumes by
Theodore Roosevelt.
The interest in chess and checker
is on the increase.
If time seems to languish, come
up and enjoy a game, and you will
bo surprised how enchanted be
come the hours.
Our Sunday meetings seem to
meet a sympathetic chord. As the
onchontcd timo of tho year ap
proaches, when men more than ever
are thinking of gifts, do not forget
that the greatest gift is one's self.
Tho Y. M. C. A. sends greetings
to all and wishes for all just a good
enough time, not to require bleed
ing. Como to tho mooting Sunday
at 4 p. rn,
The Boatswain's Judumant.
It was somewhere In till wide, wide
world. JuM whore linn slipped my
mind, mid they were about to buy beef
on hoof for the ships Bo the ouVor
whose duty It In to make tin piuchum
tools lisle re wllli lilm the ImVn. n
representing tho crow, to look nvor tlx
nnlmnls and ollher nhleet op not. Thc.v
appronohrd tho llrst niituml
"How will tbnt dor asked tho ofll
cer.
Tho boVn rnntlntmly approached the
benst, bent down nnd gingerly rnn hi
thumb nnd rnrollntior down flrM out
hunk nnd then tho other until Hie
wholj four shanks hud heoii oNnmlned
Straightening np ho said:
"He'll do nil rl"ht. Mr."
Tin? oftlecr, flabbergasted, erlod:
"Rut. dneh It nil, ym can't toll tic
pood points of n bullock by th
fdinnhsl" "Perhaps not. fW. hiii they're t.
only purip we or t gciw 'r ' n
tt'plj. l'lll .Mllll (1(17.0110
The North Platte Steam Laundry
is presenting its patrons with a
Christmas souvenir in the shape of
a thermometer, on article that is
useful, and has its value as an ad
vertising medium. "Put your Duds
in our Suds," is the advice inscrib
ed, a rather catchy phrase.
Mrs. Chamberlain, wife of District
Supt Chamberlain, left this morn
ing for Malvern, Iowa, to attend the
funeral of her mother. The deceased
had been visiting relatives in Mont
ana and died while there. The
remains were taken east this morn
ing. Mrs. Chamberlain joining the
funeral party at this station.
Mott's Puro Annlo Cider BOe nor
gallon.. - Stone Dkuq Co.
The Tribune interviewed a cloth
ier, a dry goods man, a jeweler and
a grocer this morning as to the
Christmas trade. Each reported bet
ter business up to last evening than
last year. The dry goods man said
there was not the usual country
trade, but that the trade from town
residents was very much heavier.
He said people bought more expen
sive goods this year than last, and
thejeweler said the same. Alto
gether the Christmas trade has been
satisfactory to local merchants, and
apparently more goods have been
sold than last year for the same
period.
Notice.
Customers whose accounts have run
over tnirty days are requested to pay
in full before Jnnuar 1st, 1910, if they
uesire create lor ine ensuing year.
E. T. Tramp.
Sunday Dinner at Enterprise Bakery.
Oyster Soup.
Roast Turkey Oyster Dressing
Roast Chicken Cranberry Jelly
Roast Veal Mashed Potatoes
Lobster Salad Cream Peas
Olives Pickles Celery
Pies
Apple Mince Lemon
Plum Pudding
Oranges Bananas
Tea Coffee Milk
Big Land Sale.
Dr. Geo. Roeder, of Grand Island,
has sold to Geo. J. Oaken, of Hast
ings, a big body of land in Nowell
precinct. The tract is embraced in
'all of sections 23 and 25, the west
half of section 24, and the east half
of the west half of section 24, town
12, range 32, and the consideration
was twenty thousand dollars. This
is the land southwest of the city
formerly owned by C. F. Scharmonn
nnd sold by him to Dr. Roeder;
Presbyterian Church.
The members of the Sunday
Schcol will prefent their Christmas
exeiches in the basement of the
church on Saturday evening at 7:30
o deck.
On Sabbath there will be special
music at both services. The pas
tor's morning theme will bo: "The
Babe of Bethlehem," evening topic,
"God's Proraiso to His Saints."
A cordial invitation is extended
toalL
Cb-Utmas Services at Catholic Church.
On Christmas morning tho services
nt tho Cathollo church will be at six,
soven nnd ten thirty.
At the first nnd third mns tho choir
w II render Wihl Mntifeld's Mobs in C.
Kyr'o Chorus
Glritt Chorus
Gratias Agimua P. T. Redmond
Quonium Mrs. Joo HayB
Cr"to Chorus
Et in Cornntua Est " Chan. Pnos
Et In Spirltum Ed Kcllhor
Snnctua Chorus
Benodlctus Geo. Ell nnd Chorus
Agntia Dei Mrs. P. Uasmussen
Dona Nobis Chorus
Benediction
0 Sanitaria Misa Lorotto Murphy
Tnntutn Ergo Miss II. Goodin, Mrs.
F. Basmusocn.
Luilnto Chorus
MIb Mary Tifiho, OrgauiaU
SCHILLER & CO.,
Prescription Druggists
First Door North of
Fint Nsttonsl Dank
Buys Lamb Grocery.
A deal wa9 consummated last
evening whereby E. T. Tramp and
Fred Westenfeld became the
owners of the Lamb grocery store
in the Third ward. An inventory
of the stock will be made tomor
row and the purchasers will take
formal possession as soon tis the in
ventory is completed, which will
probably be Monday morning.
Mr. Lamb disposes of the store on
account of poar health, brought
by too close application to business
s noted in these columns a few.
weeks ago, Mr. Lamb's success has
been phenomenal during t ia three
years he has been in busings.
Mr. Tramp has been in this grocery
business for ten years, nnd has
made nn unqualified success. He
itarted with a small stock now he
occupies two rooms at hi t present
location. Mr. Westenfeld. who is
associated with Mr. Tram:) in the
purchase, has been in the employ of
the Union Pacific for twenty-six
years. He will resign his position
und give his attention to the busi
ness, and will have associated with
him as clerks his son Henry and
Herbert Tramp.
The new firm is a progressive
one, and there is no question but
that they will not only maiatain I he
present volume of busings in the
Third ward, but increase it along
with the natural increase of the
city.
Mr. Lamb will remain in the city
and look after his realty interests.
Install Officers.
The local lodge of the B. of R. T.
had an installation of officers last
evening, and following the cere
mony gave a supper and dance at
the Masonic hall to the members of
the ladies' auxiliary of the same or
uer. About seventy were present,
and the evening proved a most en
.it - . .
joyaDie one. sucn anairs as tnese
cement the fraternal ties, result in
greater sociability among the mem
bers, and are certainly to be com
mended.
And Again...
The Tribune is compelled to issue
but four pages today on account of
the non-arrival of the auxiliary
sheets from Omaha. The slowness
of freight shipments on the Union
Pacific is certainly very aggravating,
so much so that it has caused The
Tribune publisher to decide to make
a change at an early data in the
form and make-up in the paper a
change that he beheve3 will be ap
preciated by patrons.
Stung For 15 Years
by Indigestion's pangs try ng many
doctors nnd $200.00 worth of medicine
in vain, B. F. Ayscuo, of Inglcside,
N. C, at lastused Dr. King's New Life
Pills, and writes they whdly cured
him. They cure Constipation, Bilious
ness, Sick Headache, Stomach, Liver,
Kidney 'and Bowel troubles. 25c at
Stone Drug Co.
Simplified Debate.
"Are you going to attempt to m.
awor nil tho charges madu ncralne
you?"
"Certainly." replied Scm tor Snr
Rlium. "Answering charges lhosedny
So easy. All you've put to do In to say
'You're another.' " Washington Star
A Dffnltlon.
"What Is the difference between pre
forml nnd common stock?"
"Well. If yott buy the common yon
lose your money right off. but If you
buy preferred there Is n lltilo longor
delay nbout It." Judge.
Bello Jiouo wiO fbo FipUUny Poreon,
MIGRANT
IDCIG
Dy GWENDOLEN ADAMS.
Copyrlsht, 1809, by American Press Asso
ciatlon.) At the port of New York there Is
what Is called the barge otbee. It Is
connected with the transit of goods
and people from abroad luto the Unit
cd Suites. It Is u place apparently as
bare of romance iih uu ash heap. Hut
wherever the human heart boats there
Is romance. Painters and poets like to
picture It us far us they can from the
business world, especially eschewing
localities where people are hurrying
with their strapped and roped chattels
rrom the odoriferous steerage of a
ship to the smoke and dust of a rail
way train. Nevertheless there are
count loss ro i nn ni-os among Immigrants
entering the United States.
"Is this the place whore they keep
tho Immigrant girls'" asked a black
eyed ymiiiK Armenian who came hur
riedly Into the .Now York barge otlico.
But the until s English was not lutein.
glide, so lie received no reply till alter
his iiatlouallty was learned and an In
terpreter had boon ended. The Inter
preter told him that be bad struck the
place bo was looking for. lie at once
herkntiotl In the direction of tbo door,
and several dark cnmplcxloticd fellows
ml vii need.
"Those are my witnesses." Raid the
young man. "This Is tho clerk, and
this Is the priest. (51 vo me my girl,
and I will marry her at once, so that
you need uot ho afraid that the gov
ernment will have to lake care of
her."
"What sort of nonsense are you giv
ing ine?" said I ho Interpreter.
"I am an Armenian. Tosbkowhl Is
an Armenian too. Why do you keep
me waiting'; Didn't I tell you that 1
am ready to marry horV"
"See hero, you crack brained luna
tic. 1 am employed to Interpret what
you say from Armenian luto English!
Talk In your native tongue and stop
the long roll In r"x."
- "Huh: 1 not speak English. 1 been
In this country throe years." Then
ho commenced again In his adopted
tongue and rattled his r's and bounced
his b's. An otllcer cried. "Call tbo
madam."
The "mother of Immigrants" made
her appearance, and to her the young
man told bis story. Women are more
keenly sensitive to romance than men.
and It was uot long before the matrou
scented a love affair under the rat
tling r'a and bouuelug b't. It wus
this: '
Three years before the young as
pirant for honors lu the English
tongue bad oouie to America from Ar
menia. Ills inline was Vnhl (Crlhorian.
lie had loft at homo a pretty sweet
heart, thou seventeen years old. mimed
Tosbkowhl (iohedlau. It seemed sin
gular to the Investigators that a man
with such a mime able to tipenk en
dearingly to a girl with such a name
should after throe years lu America
have made so little headway lu Eng
lish. The upshot of the mat tor was
that Tosbkowhl had come over to Join
Vii 1 1 1, who was abundantly able to take
care of her. and proposed to relieve the
government from nil responsibility cou
corning her by marrying her.
Then the matron took the oftlcer to
tho girl. She was a small, slender
creature, with large black eyes and
hair equally black plastered down over
her temples and colled up behind lu
small braids. She was very bashful
and ready to blush at the slightest
provocation through her olive complex
Ion. The clerk questioned her before
she was brought forth to her lover.
"Have you got any money V" he
asked.
"No. sir. I have n sweet heart."
"H'iiiI" said the clerk. "A bird In
the bund In worth two in the hush.
How do you kuow he'll marry youV"
"llci'iiuse Cod would strike him dead
If he did not keep his promise."
"Aud he would deserve It. Come
this way."
Ho led her to where her lover was
with his witnesses aud the priest. As
soon ax Vn hi saw Her stur.dlng de
murely among the others ho rati to her
and, putting his arms around her. was
about to kiss her when she drew back.
Her cheeks (locked like two roses be
hind dark lace.
"What do you mean. ToHhkowhlV"
asked the lover, terrlllod. "Have you
changed? JJou'l you want uie after
tho loug voyage across the ocean V"
"Yes, Viih I. but there are so many
princes looking nt us. am ashamed."
"Well, well! Thou wo will bo mar
ried at ouco. 1 told those geutleuien
that tho president need uot fear hav
lug to tifke cure of you: that 1 urn
earning gtxxi wages and will do that
myself. Soe. here are the witnesses,
und there Is the prkwt. Como, lot us
Imj married."
Tho custodian of the government's
luterests would uot permit the mar
riage wlthlu the barge otUco. no tho
parly adjourned just without the
walls. Tho cjerk. In order to make mire
that tho girl did not cscae unmarried
nnd call upon the president for a liv
ing, kept her In sight till the ceremony
was torfoniied. After It was over the
"ptluces" wept back to their dally
avocations, couslstlug chiutly of terri
fying lmmlgruutH with fcur tuoy vlll
haw to bo tunicd Uit'k to ouduro
another trip lu the Htoerngn to bud
themselves again at the end of tho
voyage In the despotic latids from
which they have vainly tried to es
cape. Utile Tosbkowhl found herself
free to go "out Into A merlon."
So the sentimental part of this ro
nianco ended. Perhaps It is well that
It did. It must have boon dllll ult oven
before marriage for the lover to keep
whHporlng repeatedly "Dearest Tosb
kowhl, do you love inoV" and hoar lu
reply. "Yen, 1 lore you, Vuhl Krlbo
JiaV . . ... .
11 NEW YfcAH GIFT,
By BEVERLY WORTHINGTON.
ICopyrlcht. 1009, by Amorlcan Press Asso
ciation. "Mr. Blckford." said the president,
"you are nware. 1 suppose, that this
business Is solely for making money.
What pays goes; what doesn't pay
does uot go. Besides, my stockholders
keep ine up to milking dividends. If I
duu't pay dividends my head goes off
We can get your work done for half
of the salary we pay you. We shall
not need your services ufter tho 1st ot
Jnuunry."
"But. Mr. Tlnkbam, I'vo been with
you sixteen years. I'm now thirty-six.
Places are being tilled by younger
meu. I fear I may not get another."
"That Is your misfortune."
"1 don't know what 1 shall"
"I have no time to listen to what
your future may be. 1 havo other mat
ters to attend to."
Blckford fretted over his discharge
till It made him 111. One day a chum
suld to him:
"Blckford. 1 tell you what you do.
You've got $1.lKK). I kuow. Spend half
of It having a good time. Resign your
position aud go off whero you'll tlnd
something to distract your attention
from thin bugbear. When you feel
strong come back aud go to work nt
anything you can get to do. If you
stay here you'll go under."
Blckford took the advice. He went
to riorlda. putting up at a hotel where
he paid $" a day for his board, and
stayed there a month. Instead of get
ting matters luto u better be got them
Into a worse tlx. tie fell desperately in
love.
The object of Blckford's affection
was .Miss Malda Tlbbetts, a young girl
who was staying at one of the less pre
tentious hotels. It was more ipilct aud
comfortable I ban the caravansary
whore Blckford was staying, aud
Miss Tlbbetts' mother, an Invalid, was
with her, and the house was better
titled for Kuch u person. Nevertheless
from appearances there was no money
lu the Tlbbetts family. Blckford felt
that be wan play lug a contemptible
part -lu making It appear by the
amount that be dally expended for
board that be was opulent when In
reality he was without any Income
whatever. But lu his affair with Miss
Tlbbetts he found at least a temporary
mental relief from his troubles nnd
bud no heart to break with her till he
was obliged to. When his $300 was
spent, except enough for his rallwuy
ticket home, be found himself In a po
sition to make nu explanation. Ue
told the girl the facts.
Probably she would have blamed
him for what he bad done had It not
been for her repugnance to the treat
ment he hnu received.
"These modern ways of dolug busi
ness." she said, "are execrable. As
soon us ti moan mau has established a
successful business he capitalizes It.
This gives him a board of directors, to
whom be pretends to be responsible.
This in turn gives him nu ostensible
excuse to run the busluess, without a
soul. Then he gits rid of those who
have helped him build it up und re
places them by cheaper men. mere
cogwheels lu the great macblno ho has
been constructing."
The question between Blckford nnd
Miss Tlbbetts was what should thc,
do. They loved, and Blckford could
:ot support a wife. Miss Tlbbetts
was an ardetit believer lu love us a
basis of matrimony, with or without
money. She said that when she got
back to the north she thought she
could (ind something among her rela
tives for itlckroid to do. He hud $100
lu brtuk at home, which, with some
funds of hers, would last them for sev
eral mouths. Hlckford saw that she
favored the plan of belug married
then and there, and. with many mis
glvlugs, he consented. He hud come
away without any Income with which
to support even himself. He went
back with a wife requlring-so bo con
sidered It a far greater Income thuu
for one.
Mrs. Blckford after the marriage In
sisted on remaining u mouth longer In
Florida. Her mother needed to stuy
there aud would stand the additional
oxim'Uso. Tbo young wife did u groat
deal of writing und received a number
of letters, with tho contents of which
her husband was not made acquainted.
When the extra tuouth hud iHtssod
they all packed their trunks aud wont
back north.
They arrived In tbo city In the morn
ing of Jau. 1, Miss Blckford Hunt her
mother home lu a ourriage. while Kho
aud her husband rotuuluod lu the bush
noss district, whore they breakfasted.
After breakfast tho young wife told
her hushaud that she had a iMxdtlou
for blm aud would make the tinal ur
rangemeuts before going home. She
led the way und stopiK-d'at the build
lug where be had boou employed.
"Whatdoea this meanV'nskcd BlcU.
ford.
"Take mo to the presidents ofUco."
"nut this Is New Year's JxnorulUR.
He will uot be here."
"I tblult he will."
Blckford led her to .Mr. TlnUbam's
private oQlce. Truo enough, the presi
dent was there, evidently waiting for
eomethlug lu n mystified condition.
Mr. Tlukbnm." said the wife, "yon
-have twin untitled, J bellpvo, that the
irurcuaser or ncertntu 'ujuck or hujck,
recently giving the purchaser the iron
trol of this edrporntlou wished to sev
you this morning at your office. 1 am
that purchaser. I desire to put the
concern In tther bands for the ensu
ing year. I would llko your resigna
tion." "And whom do you propose to put
In my place?" cried ;the astonished '
man. .
"1 shall give It as n New Year's nKfl. -t''V audJheii they laughed ovr tbu
but to my iMiabaadi Mn Bkkfortloai Uhro Incldoun
A
CHRISM
ceo
By F. TOWNSEND SMITH. ,
tCoprrlffht, 1909, by American Press Asso
ciation. Peter Young nud Frederick Ayres
were playmutes lu childhood, intended
the suuie school nud left the same col
lege In the sprlug of 1S01 to enlist In
the same regiment lu the Unlou army.
They cnmiutigued together aud ufter
each light immediately sought each
other to learn of their mutual safety.
On one occasion Young shot n Con
federate who Was about to run a bay
onet luto his friend's breast. Uu an
other Ayres curried Young, who hud
been wounded, fur tulles uu a retreat,
saving him from a southern prison
nnd perhaps death. Their devotion to
each other was well known lu tho
army lu which they served, and they
were referred to as furnishing an ex
ample of a typical friendship.
lu the fourth and last year of their,
service they quarreled. Both had bo
come subaltern otllcers and were tent
mntes. One day Young entered their
tent and, looking under bis cot, missed
a chip he kept there us n rest for his
soap.
"What's become of my soap dish?"
he nsked his friend.
"What soap dish?"
"That chip I had here."
"Oh. that dirty thing! I threw It
out."
"What did you do that for?" ougrily.
"Because I propose to have the tent
I live in respectable."
"And I prosise to have something to
put my soap on. nud I won't ullow
auy man to Interfere with It."
It Is not essential to give the steps
by which those two bosom friends be
came more and more angry and dually
alienated. Tho contemptible cause
wus a chip which Its owner considered
a soap dish and his friend as not suf
.lcietitly uosthotle to grace their vau
vus habitation. They did not speak to
Meli other during that campaign and
i ofore number Ayres had boon trans-
erred to tbo staff and assigned to
luty with a different corps.
In 1SIL" Young und Ayres wore both
again In civil life. On Christmas
"morning of the next year on going to
tho postotllco for his mull Ayres was
Unnded uu envelope addressed to blm
In the familiar handwriting of his
friend. Opening It. be drew forth a
card on which wus a picture of a
dove with uu olive branch In its
mouth. Nothing wus written on the
curd, nor did auy lettor accompany It
but the recipient knew tbut bis friend
bad remembered bis blrthduy aud sent
a peace offering. Ue wus not u de
monstrative inaii nor was Young, for
that matter so he put the curd In bis
pocket, saying nothing to auy oue
about It, but thinking ou It u great
deal.
The next Christmas morning Young's
wife, whom ho bud Just married, band
ed hlnr un envelope the superscription
on which wiih lu Ayres handwriting.
It contained the Christmas card bo
had sent Ayres on his twenty-third
birthday. Mrs. Young asked her bus
baud what It all meant. irV prevurl
cated. He was ashamed to tell her
the story llrstly, on account of the
Inslgultlcunt cause that had separated
him from bis friend; secondly, because
he blushed at this missive pusslug bo
tweon them, worthy rather of two
schoolgirls than two veterans of a
great war.
For forty years the card continued
to pass at Christmas time between tho
two friend-euemles. Picture processes
improved, und the little dove of 18U5
was a sorry looking bird beside the
dovo of the twentieth century. Be
sides, the card was worn and soiled.
Possibly had the two friends been
near each other they would havo re
turned to a closer relationship. But
la all these years they never met.
Ayres never married, aud Mrs. Young,
who meunwbile had como luto posses
sion of the story of their quarrel, said
facetiously tbut she believed be loved
her husband too well to marry a wo
man. A Christmas came rouud when Peter
Young was In uo mood to remember to
send the curd with tho dovo and olive
branch, A crisis had come lu his af
fairs, uud what bo bad bceu for years
building fell with u crush. The crown
of bis aud his wife's sorrow was tbut
bis heultb broke down uuder the
strain.
Had be not after these many years
como to tread in u nit bo would havo
written to learn the cause of his uot
receiving his token. But ho had never
written a lino or spoken a word to the
man with whom he bad quarreled In
his youth, nud It seemed too lute for
him to boglu. The result was that be
rofralnod from writing uud worried.
One duy-lt was shortly before
Cbrlstmas-Mra. Young, rummughig In
her husband's desk, fottud the old
card. It occurred to her ut ouce that
lu her busluiud'B preoccupation aud
dlstrwn he bud for the tirst time for
gottou If. She bad saved a paragraph
taken from a newspaper mentioning
her husband's failure In business and
nuother Rtatlng that ho wns suffering
from norvous 'prostration. Placing
these Items with the curd lu an en
velope, sbx Bent It to AyreH.
Christmas morning lirougbt it letter
frotn Ayrca -lncloMug bin check for
Aln AAM . a I. .a. '
610.000 nnd a uo'te stating that It was
Bent hi' the hope, that If Would place
ms menu again ou bis rctn. The
Christmas, card he would thoi'eafter
keep In his possession..
That was the oud of tho partial
estrangement. Mrs. Young tplograph
cd Ayres urging him to Join them
that evening at a Christmas dinner.
Ayres took the tint train aud reached
the house of his old friend t; llnd him
nud bis wife waltlnir for hlin. Ami
