A TRAMP
PARTNERSHIP
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1910, by Associated Lit
erary Press.
Ono summer's day as a lono widow
,wns driving mi ctnlgrnnt wagon along
tho dusty highways of Colfax county
bound "for Kansas or bust" hIio wan
met by Deacon Pegrnm, farmer. Ho
URcertalncd that alio had a few hun
dred dollars In cash and knew Uttlo
about ngrlculturo or soils, and after In
viting her to his homo for a stay of a
week ho sold her tho very poorest
farm In all that country, noted for its
fcrtllo soil.
Ono sunny day in March as she Rtood
nt her gate n tramp camo slowly up
tho road and paused beforo her.
Things looked poverty poor to him, and
ho had no thought of asking for any
thing to cat Ho looked at tho widow,
and sho looked at him, and ho present
ly said:
"If you wero a man you could turn
tramp and do batter than farming. I
passed hero last summer, and I saw
you wero having a hard tlmo of It."
"Did you stop on purpose to tell MP
that?" was queried in reply.
"Oh, no. I Just felt like chinning n
little. You didn't know much about
land when you bought this, I guess."
"And what do you know about tho
land yourself?"
"Well, a llttlo bit, Mebbo I wasn't
always a tramp. This farm was being
worked a hundred years ago. Tho soil
Is exhausted and dead. It wants bring
ing back. Hero'B a ten aero lot that
would raise noar a thousand bushels
of tatcrs if treated right"
"An' tho tnrnol bugs would eat up
every vino as soon ns It showed abovo
tho ground," replied tho grouchy wid
ow, "Uml Unit Woman, lot's talk. Let's
talk business. Let's talk of a thou
sand bushels of tatcrs."
They talked for an hour. Tho widow
had been cozened onco and was vory
chary, but tho tramp talked straight,
and alio Anally becamo Interested.
From that sho camo to bellove. Thuro
must bo somo money raised for work
ing capital. Sho mortgaged tho team
of old horses and agreed to board the
tramp for his work and dlvldo nny
profits with him in tho fall. It was to
bo ten acres of potatoes and nothing
else but u llttlo gardon truck.
As soon as spring opened tho ground
was prepared. Tho tramp had n silver
watch ho had "picked up" somowhero.
It weut toward getting tho Held ready.
Tho last of tho widow's money wont
for seed. Thoro wero' n great deal of
laughtor and rldlculo over that part
nership. That soil would grow mul
loins and thistles, but as for potatoes,
ul., so nil tho passing farmers said,
Tho potato bugs camo along In duo
i,tlmo. It was tho sovonth yoar. Somb
farmers bad forgotten tho dato, while
.others hod laid in a proper store of
purls grcon, Tho tramp had said that
iiono would bo needed on tho ten acres.
Not a. pound was bought Dlro disaster
was predicted. Tho bugs wero number
less. Thoy swept over half tho Btuto,
mid thoy hit Colfar county worst of
all. Farmers drow tho grcon powder
for ten miles, and tholr women anil
children sowed it on to tho vines by
daylight and by moonlight, but tho
bugs seemed to rovel iu It No vino got
nix inches abovo tho ground.
When tho word wont forth that tho
tramp farmer wus not uslug a slnglo
ounce of proventlvo and that not a
dozen bugs could bo found in his big
field there wero callers in plenty, Ho
was offered as high as $50 for his
necrct, but ho smiled and kopt on with
lils work. When ho mado any reply
nt nil It was that lucl happened to bo
with him. With a boo-in her hand, tho
widow worked bcsldo him, llnlshlng
her row nt tho samo tlmo ho did.
Sometimes thoy talked as they worked;
again thoy had nothing to say for half
n day at n time. They had Bald It was
to bo a business partnership, and thoy
Htuek to It
In tlmo that ten aero Hold attracted
moro public attention thau tho now
county courthouse. Potutoes wero
only 80 cents n bushol beforo tho bugs
en mo, Then thoy wont to BO. When
tho first wero fit for market they sold
for 75 cents. When it was known
that tho stato crop was a failure tho
prlco jumped to $1. Then ono day a
Bpcculator camo nlong and offered n
prlco for tho tubers in tho ground. It
was accepted. It was u greater sum
than nny farmer in tho state had mndo
from all UJs crops put togothor. Tho
widow could lift tho chattel mortgage
on tho horses, renow and repair and uo
longer scrnpo tho bottom of tho flour
barrel.
Thcro was nn oven dlvldo of tho
monoy at tho kitchen table Tho
trump took tho ?5Q and put It away
end luld tho balanco on tho widow's
pile.
"Fifty will last mo for a hundred
years to come," ho Bald.
"But you must take your half," was
protested.
Ton can bo my bankor till I como
tills way again. I Just wnnted to sco
if I had bocomo entirely worthless to
tho world and myself, and as n stu
dent of agricultural chemistry I want
ed to experiment with old Mother
Earth onco more. I'vo got tho wan
dcrlust strong on mo again, and It's
goodby."
Tho widow wnnted to sny many
kind words to him, for ho litut been
considerate, strong mid Industrious
mid in ovory way rollnble, but when
sho had prepared his supper mid look
ed for him ho was not; f) bo found, uor
Ul h come again with tho passing
To the High School
How do you like the 191 1 Class
Pins?
Neat, arn't they.
That's the way we do our work.
Try us next time for repairs.
CLINTON, Jeweler and Optician
DR. II. C. BROCK, j
I DENTIST. jj
tt Oyor (first National. Phone H8 jj
F. W. Harminghauien returned Sun
day from 0 trip to Texas.
Mrs. Albert Nnvcraux, of Lexington,
the guest of relatives In town.
Mrs. R. W. Smith is visiting rel
atives and friends in Koarney.
Carl Lemmer returned Sunday from
n visit with his parents at Cedar Falls,
Iowa.
Wiley Crane has gone to Omaha to
accept a position at tho Brandies
theatre,
Miss Helen Patterson, of Denver,
has been visiting friends in town for
a couple days past.
Guy Congdon is combing business
with plcasuro in Chicago, having left
for that city yesterday.
Mrs. Guy Swopo has returned from
visit with her sister Mrs. L. C.
Hansen, nt Broken Bow.
Mrs, Wade, of Mishawaka, Indiana
was callod here by the sorious illness
of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Wade.
K. L. Kokjor loft yesterday for
Clarks, Nob., to be present at the weds
ding of his sister which will occur Jan
uary 18th.
Loron Sturges, of Hastings arirved
n town last night and loft this morn
ng for Horshoy to look after his real
estate Intcroats.
She rid Miltonbergcr wont to Maxwell
yesterday to sorvn restitution pnpois
on Wm. Stone, but found that ho had
left the country.
Ira W. Whittaker, who had 'been a
guest at tho Schiller residence Tor
soveral weeks, loft this morniug for
his homo in South Dakota.
The dancing party under tho-nuspicos
of the Lady' Hustlers' at the Masonic
hall last ovenlng wns attended by
twenty-flvo or more couples.
Tho "Joshua Slmpldns" band will
givo a burlesque parade at noon next
Saturday, and the play will bo presented
at tho Keith in tho evening.
Bert Morgan, colored, charged with
being an accessory to horse stealing ap
peared in tho county court yesterday
and a continuanco taken for thirty
days.
Wanted A girl for general house
work. Inquire at 417 East Fifth street
A young son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Shuck, who live on the south side, died
Sunday at St, Luko's hospital, where
ho had beon taken to receive treatment
for pneumonia.
0. II. Thoolecko loft last night ;for
Lincoln to attend tho state meeting of
roal estato dealers, and will also trans
act business in Omaha, not returning
homo until Sunday.
Mrs. J. L. Murphy has gono to Pax-
ton to attend tho Brogan-Thnlken
wedding which takes place at the
Catholic church in that villago to
morrow morning.
Porcy O'Brien hns returned from
umana where no served tho last year
of his apprenticeship in the Union
rnciitc nnops. uo lias been given a
position in the round house.
Tho Ladies of the Altar Society will
hold a social Wednesday afternoon nt
tho home of Mrs. Edwin a Schatz, who
will be aaslstod by Mrs. Gregory
Schatz, Mrs. Albert Schatz and Mrs.
John Herrod.
rreuoricK tur Hon uanow Jr., ar
rived yesterday morning and was given
a hearty reception. Tho mother and
son nro reported to be doing nlcoly,
unu i'. ti. iays tne world seems
brighter nnd hotter.
Mrs. P. W. Sltton loft Sunday for
Chicago, whero she will visit her sister,
Mrs. W. L. Park and fumily for an in-
dofinlato period. Mrs. Sltton has beon
In rather poor health for some time and
hopes to receivo benefit from the change
of climato and tho treatment of
specialists.
Everglades Bargain.
Parties unable to continuo payments
on contracts for 10 acres choice Ever
glades and town lot, will accept $300;
part cash, balance monthly. Alternate
sections now selling at $500, for 10
acres and town lot, Contracts I oiTer
carry features making them worth $050,
You save $350. Investigate this. F.
L. McG ready, General Agent, Box 284,
Allegheny, Penn,
Boys and Girls
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OR. 0. II. CRESSLER,
Graduate Dculisl.
J Ofllco over tho McDonald
m Stato Bank.
etReefestseie
It it the Sane Old Story.
Brntt & Goodman are offering tho
best bargains in real estato. One nice
6 room house, bam and other out build
ings, nice lot. Only $1160.00. $350.00
cash, balance easy terms, will buy this.
One section farm fenced with eight
room house, good buildings, water
piped in house. Only 12 miles from
city. Cut to $11.00 per acre for quirk
snle. See Bratt & Goodman.
The Episcopal guild will meet Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. H. M. Grimes
C. T. Whelan went to Omaha this
morning to transact business for a few
dayB.
Mrs. Guy Robinson returned to Grand
Islnnd Sunday after a two weeks' visit
with hor parents.
, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McDonald ex
pect to join Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Park
on a trip to Panama next month.
Mrs. Kato Daly went to Grand Island
this morning to visit her sister, Mrs.
Thos. Gorham, for a couple of weeks.
Wanted A good girl for genera
housework, good wnges, no washing.
Mrs. Alex Meston, 704 West First
street.
C. A. Howe, who had beon looking
after his business interests in town for
a week or bo, returned to Oshkosh Sat
urday.
Chas. Boguo returned Suuday from
Omaha whore he spent several days on
business connected with B. of R. T.
matters.
Farm for Rent Inquire nt - North
Side Meat Market.
City Supt. Tout returned Sunday
from Lincoln, whero ho attended the
convention of city and county school
superintendents.
itarry Dixon and son Charley wero
delayed n fow days in thoir trip to San
Diogo, Cal., and did not got started
until Sunday night. v
Wanted A girl to do general house
work, permanent employment. Mrs. Yf'.
P. Snyder, Experimental Sub-Station.
Tho town is pretty quiet theso days,
very little occurring to bo worthy a
"heading" in a newspaper; but this is
to be expected at this season of the
year, in business circles tne same
quiotudo is noticed, nnd this condition
may bo expected for tho next thirty
days.
Wanted to sell One three year old
black Porcheron Stallion. Registered
No. 52422. L. E. Ebright, two miles
west of Experimental farm.
Baled hay Is Boiling in the local mnr
kot at about $9,50 per ton on car. The
shipments nt; present uro not vory
heavy, tho hay men holding back for
higher prices. Tho amount of hay
shipped out of Lincoln county this
winter will not be moro than sixty per
cent tho usual tonnage, this being due
to the lightness of last Benson's crop,
Never beforo in tho history of North
Platte have Such prices been placed on
Men's Hats, Ladies' and Misses' Suits
and Cloaks as they are now sold nt our
sale. the nun clotiiino drit.
The "Joshua Simpkins" company
carrying their own apodal scenery, 1
band of music and fine orchestra, will
produce the great pastoral comedy
drama of that name at tho Keith next
Saturday ovenlng. The piece deals
with country life and people, three acts
of the play being laid in one of the
many quaint villages of Vermont. The
second act (in three scenes) portrays
Uncle Josh's visit in Washington City.
In the third act a sensational saw-mill
enect is siiown, being nothing more or
less thnn a completo Buw-mlll in ful
operation, cuttting up genuine timber.
Tho saw is a genuine buzz or circular
saw, and cutsronl timber at a lightning
speea,
A Good Place For Diary Farm,
We have a sectioa of land situate
four and one-half miles from town.
About ZOO acres of good farm land,
the balance good grazing land. Would
make ideal place for diary farm. For
a short time only at $10,00 per acre.
See us qiuck.
Temple Real Estate & Ins. Agency,
1 & 2 McDonald Block.
Lots and
For Sale Now in Water
Go's Third Addition to
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Lots 50x140 feet from $30.00 to
jg Tracts of 2.14 to
ft?
ffl EASY TERMS. Seven
A. WICKSTROM,
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Another Bargain in Property.
5 room Louse with bath room, pan
try, closets and good cellar under
house, situate on West Third street,
right across from West End school
house, Full 66 ft comer lot with nice
shad trees. Barn 16x20 feet. Good
chicken house and yard. Cement walk
in front and around house. Call at
office for prices and terms or phone
Rqd.46.
Temple Real Estate & Ins. Agency,
1 & 2 McDonald Block
Poo's Sliort Stories.
Thcro nro lu tho best of Poo's brief
tnlqs n constructive skill, a command
of Resign nnd a gift of decoration raro
in .nny literature mid almost unknown
.Jn Ens'.bh, which is over unduly negli
gent of form. And no ono need won
der, that Foo'b short stories wnudcred
s.wlfty. out of our languages Into
French and Itnllnn nnd Spanish, Into
German, nnd Scandinavian and Bono
mlnm Into strango tongues where uo
olhcrrjAnicrlcnu author, except Icnl
moru Copper, had over beforo nono-
tratcdn' Ills weird psychologic studios
havo influenced later writers ns unllko
as. Maupassant and Rlchepln, Fltz
jnmcs, O'Brien, Robert "Louis Steven
son and Itudyurd Kipling. Ills tales of
ft; mystery solved at last by observa
tion and deduction havo been Imitated
by Dumas and Snrdou, by Gaboriau
and Bolsgoboy, by Wllklo Collins nnd
Conan Doyle. And Sherlock Ilolmoa,
the only llctltlous character to win ln
tcrnntlonnl recognition In tho final
years of tho nineteenth century, is tho
reincarnation of n flguro first projected
by Poo. Brnndcr Mntthows In Cen
tury. ' Making a Cake With tho Bible.
Tho following unlquo rcclpo for
Scrjpturo enko Is copied from an old
English cookbook. For tho ingredi
ents nnd directions for ranking tho
cako you must refer to tho Bible, In
tho clinptors nnd versus given here
with. It mxiy b.o added thnt by enro
fuljy following tho directions you will
bojihlo to mnko n most delicious cako
thp very best thing for a Sunday aft
ernoon ten:
Four nnd n half cups of I Kings iv,
22; half pound Judges v, 25; two cups
Jeremiah vl, 20; two cups Nullum III,
12; two cups I Samuel xxx, 12; two
cups Numbers xvll. 8; two teaspoon
fuls I Samuel xlv,' 25; to tasto, II
Chronicles Ix, 0; six Jeremiah xvll, 11,
ono nnd n half cups Judges Iv, 10;
two tcnspoonfuls Amos Iv, S; ono pinch
Leviticus II. 13; directions, Proverbs
xxlll, If: bit Uo ono and a half to two
hours. Baking powder mny bo used
lnstend of yonst or leaven, ns It I
termed In ho Bible.
The Handkerchief Came From Italy.
A writer In n French revlow points
out Unit tho hundUcrchlef does not
como to us frqm China,' ns has been
generally believed, but from Itnly. It
Is .only 300 years ueo that tho hand
kcrchlof of n Venetian lady wns con
sidered n groaf curiosity. The hand
kerchief crossed the Alps and was re
ceived with great favor at tho court of
Franco. Ilnndkoix-hlefs wero then
mado of cambric or lawn and bordered
with Venotlnn or Alencon lnco. Under
nonry III. of Franco tho snchot was
Introduced. The handkerchief was
taken Into Germany a llttlo later nud
wns known ns tho "fnzellotln," after
Its Italian name. Only persons of
quality used It, nnd an edict in 1505
wns published nt Dresden Interdicting
the uso of tho handkerchief among tho
trading classes. London Globo.
Do you not know that fully nine out
of ten cases of rheumatism aro simply
rheumatism of tho muscles due to cold
or damp, or chronic rheumatism, and
intarnal treatment whatever?
Apply Chamborlain's Liniment freely
apd see how quickly it gives relief. Sold
by all deaUrs.
Small Tracts
HERSHEY, NEB.
4.42 acres from $80 to $500 each
According to Location.
per cent interest on Deferred
HERSHEY, NEB.
Keith Theatre.
BIG I'TJN SHOW
Mr Frank
"Joshua
See
The Great
The Funny
8--FEATTJRE SPECIALTIES -8
Prices 25c, 50c
Wore Kind to Him.
A West Philadelphia man wtoo was
sovcrcly Injured some months ago
when his horse took fright nt an au
tomobile and bolted, upsetting the
carriage, has only recently been re
leased from the hospital. He Is well
now and In the best of spirits not
withstanding the fact that severe op
erations wero necessary In order to
savo hls.llfo.
A fow daya after he loft tho hospi
tal n friend asked him If ho had been
kindly treated. .
"Oh, ycsl" ho said. "Ob. yes, In
dcedl Considering the fact that they
amputated both my foot, removed my
collar bono, cut off my left thumb, tre
panned my brnln. took out n pteco of
my undorjnw and sawed my left hip
bono In two. I got along very nlcoly.
They were most kind to what was loft
of me." Philadelphia Press.
Beaconsfleld the Dandy.
Tho dandyism Bonjnmln Disraeli af
fected In his dress Is tho subject of
mnny pen pictures In Monypcpny's
"Llfo of Beaconsfleld." At the age of
nineteen ho Is described ns wearing a
black velvet suit with rufllcs and black
stockings with red clocks. A later por
trait, in 1630, comes from a frleud's
diary, which has tho following entry:
"March 20. B. D. to dlno with mo.
lie came up Regent strcot when It wns
crowded In his bluo surtout. u pair of
military light blue trousers, black
stockings with red stripes nnd shoes.
Tho pooplo.' he Bald, 'qulto mado way
for mo as I passed. It was like the
opening of tho Red sea. which I now
perfectly bollovo from experience. Even
well dressed pcoplo stopped to look at
me,' "
Haroun-al-Rfischld to Charlemagne.
The only sovereign of tho tlmo who
could cdmpnro with Chnrlemngno was
tho famous Uaroun-al-Rascbid who as
the bead of tho Moslom world sent
tho koys of Jerusalem to tho bend of
tho Christian world, besides a strik
ing clock, nn npo nnd an elephant
things which Impressed tho Imagina
tion of thoso times us typifying that
Chnrlomaguo bad been Invested with
tho sovrnnty of Jerusalem and the
lordship of the world. T. A. Cook In
"Old Provence."
When given as soon as the croupy
cough appears Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy will ward oil an attack of
croup and prevent all danger and
cause of anxiety. Thousands of mothers
use it succcssfally. Sold by ail flsfllerB.
of Land i
fry
$200.00 each.
i
Payments. Apply to
Supt.,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21,
O. Ireson in
Simpkins."
Saw Mill Scene.
Farmer Band Parade.
and 75 cents.
t.r
Strayed or Stolen.
From my place five miles east of
North Platte, near Gannett sidetrack,
between Christmas and New Years, a
dark grey horse colt, coming two years
old this spring. A liberal reward will
bo paid for tho return of the animal
or for information leading for its re
covery. George Kopf or J. R. Fay,
North Platte postofllco.
Death in Roaring Fire
may not result from the work of fire
bugs, but often severe burns are caused
that make a quick need for Bucklen's
Arnica Salvo, the quickest, surest cure
for burns, wounds, bruises, bolls, sores.
It subdues inflamation. It kills pain.
It soothes and heals. Drives off skin
eruptions, ulcers, or piles. Only 25
cents at Stone Drug Co.
fll d Soldier Tortured.
"For years I suffored unspeakable
torture from indigestion, constipation
and liver trouble," wrote A. K, Smith,
a war veteran at Erie, Pa., "but Dr
King's New Life Pills fixed me all right.
They're simply great." Try them for
any stomach, liver or kidney trouble.
Only 25 conts nt Stone Drug Co.
Last Chance To Get A Good
Homestead
Fort Berthold Indian Reservation In
formation Bureau, Ryder, N. D will
furnish you information regarding the
opening of iamn.
Notice to the Public.
Sealed bids will bo received at tho
county clerk's office at North Platte,
Neb., until noon on the 1st day of
February, 1911, for the rent of south
cast quarter section 14, township 13,
inngo 31, known as tho Lincoln County
Poor Farm. Terms to bo cash rent.
Dated North Platte, Neb., Doc. 31.
1910. F. R. Elliott, County Clerk.
OIU)KIl OP HRAU1NQ ON PETITION FOR
APPOINTMENT OK AnMlNIBTUATOH
Oil . ADMINI8TUATIUX. "
Stato of Nebraska. Lincoln County, us.
In tho county court.
In thp mattnr of the estato Hachol
DrlttlnBhaui. decoasod. .uh
On readluif and Mine tho potttlon of Carrie
Ilrl.tlneham praylnjr that the administration
of said estate may bo eranted to Clyde
Trottor as administrator. '
Ordered. That Fob. 8th. lDtl, at t o'clock
a. m Is aeshrned for hearlne said petition
whon all pontons Interested In said matter
may appear at a county court to be held In
ami for said county and show cause why the
prayer of petitioner should not be crantodi
and that notice of tho pondoncj of said pot
Itlon and tho hearing thoreof bo elven to all
persons Interested In said matter by publish -Intr
a copy of this ordor In the North Plitta
Irlbuno, a soml wcekly nowspaper printed
In said county, for six successlto Issuua
prior to said day of hearing.
Dated January 18th. M0.
. A O.ItMn. County Judge
lly Kathorlno F Clark, Clerk County Court
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