Tuning th Furniture -
"Befor n plnno tuner can ge(paog
results lio sometimes has to tone vytho
genera) furniture ns well na tao piano,"
sold nn export tuner. "Xuo other day
I trns sent for to tunc a piano that had
sot been out of tho factory six weeks.
It was a flno plnno, but every time I
struck a note a nolso like a bnttcry of
tin pans let looso sounded through tho
room, 1 worked nil morning without
making nny Improvement Finally I
examined the rest of the fnrnlturc, and
pretty soon ( discovered the cause of
those Jangling chorda, , cabinet tilled
with old brass plates, platters and
pieces of armor Mood ngulnst tho same
wall. One leg was shorter than tho
other, and every time I struck tho
piano keys the vibrations mused a
slight tipping of the cabinet nud set
the bras i contents n.JIgglltig. f point
ed out., the uneven leg to the pianist.
"What you want Is n furniture
mender, not n plnno Hurt.' I -in Id.
"Thoy got one In to itdd mi clghtli of
an lnc! to that Hliort leg. nud !' pi: no
sounded sweet iiml true." New York
Sua. ;
Andaluilan Qlrls.
Despite their attractions At.dnlnslnn
girls only marry after very long en
gagements, sometimes lasting ten
yean. Ono girl who has been engag
ed feur years has n lover who comes
from a dlstanco twice a yenr to see
hor, and yet he tins never once men
tioned matrimony. Ho lives with his
mother and no doubt keeps her. for
Spanish, mothers havo great lnflucnco
over their ions. When nt last n mar
riage takes place the brldo has often
to r&ldo with her mother-in-law, to
whoa custom requires her to bo most
subservient Extremely dovotcd to
their own mothers, Andnlustan girls
are la no hurry to marry should their
doing so require them to llvo nt nny
distance from their old home. On tho
other hand, thoy do not appreciate
fearing to wait ten, years, but, as they
aay, "Ho bay rcmedlo" (thero Is no
remedy). Seville Letter.
Whtn Vapor Is Dry.
Mr. U. Mott-Smlth points out In Rel
ease a popular misconception In tho
appttiUoa that aqueous vapor and Ice
are wet They are In themselves dry
and become wet only when thoy turn
to water. "So dry Is aqueous vnpor
that it will dry any moist object Hint
It comes In contact with." Superheat
ed steam before It condenses Is a dry
gas. Ice feels wet If the tompcrnturo
f tfea hand la sufficient to molt It As
Ice H ts dry, Another misconception
Ut that the air can be clthor moist or
dry. It 1 condensed aqueous vapor In
the air that k moist, and it would bo
moist If there were no air. A given
quantity of aqueous vapor confined In
a gives space will bo wet or dry nc
cerdlng to the temperature. At 32 de
grees, for instance, it might be partial
ly condensed and consequently wet,
while at 70 degrees, owing to expan
sion, ft would be dry.
1 Bug Powtr.
If asked to name the strongest ani
mal most persons begin with tho lar
gest, the elephant, and contlnuo with
exea, horses, etc. This is, of course,
corrc in so far as their total horse
power is concerned, but for real
strength, proportioned to tho size and
weight of the animal, ono must go to
the issect world. Compared with In
sects, the strength of almost any largo
animal, and especially of man, la ub
mtd. A man is considered strong if
lie can drag a mass weighing thrco or
four times as much as himself, but
the beetle will walk frith COO times his
ewn weight If a man were placed
Bnder a wooden box, with llvo times
Ms weight on top to bold it down ho
would remain there indefinitely, but
to retain a stag beetle prisoner in the
same way one must pile ou top of the
box at least 1,800 times its weight
Olloleth as a Curs,
Pretty soon after tho now arrival had
been assigned to his room ho tele
phoned down to the olllco for two
jtrlps of oilcloth.
"Another ono," said tho clerk after
assuring the guest that tho oilcloth
wonld be sent; up Immediately. "Ho
Se a somnambulist I suppose We
keep strips of oilcloth in 'reserve for
fellows like him. Thoy spread it on
the floor at eltbor sldo of tho bed.
Stepping on cold oilcloth whon ho got
.out of bed Js pretty likely to awaken
.the most confirmed sleepwalker und
preyent nocturnal . wandering." Now
Tork Press.
St. Dunttarf ana the Devil.
One ef the moat famous smiths of
the Weald wohj Stt l)Umtnu, archbish
op of Canterbury. Mayfleld, in Sussor,
k the site qt ait-ancicnt archloplscopal
palace, and he'fe, according to some,
took place, '.the terrific encounter be
tween 8t. Dunstnn and tho devil. At
nny rate, the aivll, hammer and tongs
which are-alleged to havo belonged to
the saint are still prcsorved at May
field palRco. Ixmdon Tatlor.
' Profitable.
"Seven years tago I landed in this
tewn with only $1, but that dollar gave
Me my start" J-
"You must havo Invested It very
profitably." C ,
"I did. I telegraphed homo for mon.
r,H Louisville iCourlor-Journnl.
y.
TT
Cetmanaatton.
CuatomerWijjtor. this Is nn nb
eurdly small stjtak yon'vo given mo.
Waiter-Yes, b1 but It'll tako a won
derful long ttuto to eat, sir. Every
body'a Weekly.
; CeWardly,
Bounder -I took you homo tho other
night. Kounder-Yesj -and then, you
coward, you left me to face my wife
I Renaming Indiana,
Borne yenrs ago in order to make
their Inhcrltnnco of land moro simple
nnd pcure our government commis
sioned Dr. Charles A. Eastman, a
Sioux Indian, to renamo more than
10,000 Sioux with their family names.
Tho tnsk wns a tremendous ono and
full of dimcultlcs. Where posslblo Dr.
Kastmau kept tho original Sioux namo
of Homo member of n family, as in be
stowing tho namo "Matoskn," meaning
"Whlto Dear," on tho family of that
chief. Sometimes tho combination of
wlfo'a namo and husband's namo has
produced a musical result, such ns
"Wlnonn Otana." The fnvorlto namo
for Momon means "sho who has n
bcnutlful home," which Dr. Enstmnn
has Anglicized In the patronymic
"Cloodhouse." But by far tho hardest
task was in finding new nnines. for tho
absurdities of Indian nomenclature.
"Ilobtnilcd Coyoto" was a young In
dian who has como to prefer himself
nn "Itobert T. Wolf." After n long
Btrugglo with "Rotten Pumpkin" Dr.
Eastman nt last recorded tho owner of
tho namo on tho tribal records under
tho noncommittal tltlo of "Robert
Pumplan."
Sherlock Holmes' Original.
Sir A. Connn Doyle often recounted
incidents regarding Dr. Joseph Hell,
tho distinguished Scottish surgeon
from whom his character of Sherlock
Holmes wns drawn. Ono of tho most
retnnrknblo was this:
Dr. Hell was lecturing to his class In
surgery, of whlch'Doylo wns ono, when
In regard to tho subject ho remarked;
"Of courso this mnn has been n sol
dier in n hlghlund regiment and prob
ably a bandsman."
Tho mun hnd tho soldler'H swngger,
but wns too short to bo anything but n
bnndstnnn, tho doctor explained. The
man vehemently denied this nnd said
ho was u shoemaker. Dr. Dell, still
confident Mint his powers of reasoning
nnd deduction, hnd not led him nstrny,
had tho mnn stripped nnd on tho left
sldo oC his chest found a little blue
"D" branded on tho skin. Tho doctor
then dcclnrcd to his clnss:
"This mnn wnn a deserter. This is
tho wny thoy wero marked in tho Cri
mean dnys, though It is not permitted
now."
When tho Duke 8arubbed.
Wheu tho Duko of Coburg-Gothn wns
a very young royal highness ho was
taken by his mother, tho Duchess of
Albany, to Mr. Wcsloy's school for
boys. Rcforo taking In tho royal
youngster tho master stipulated that
tho now pupil must conform to all tho
rules. This wns ngrecd.
Ono day his royal highness upset n
bottlo of ink on tho floor. "Oct n buck
et of wnter nnd wJpo it up," said tho
master.
"But," objected his royal highness,
"you don't mean mo to scrub it up,
do you?"
"Yes, Indeed."
"But you must forgot my grandmoth
er is tho queen?"
"On tho contrary," said tho master,
"I remember It very well. Got tho wa
ter." Whereupon his royal highness tho
Duko of Coburg-Gothn scrubbed.
Ghlcngo Tribune
How tho Dust Celt In.
When tho baromotcr falls tho nlr
around expands Into n larger volume,
and tho air lusldo tho bookcase, tho
clothes closet nnd tho cupbonrd nlso
expands nnd forces ltsolt out nt every
minute crovlco. When tho barometer
rises ngnln tho nlr lusldo tho cupboard,
ns woll as outside, condenses nnd
shrinks nnd tho nlr Is forced back Into
tho cupbonrd to cqunllzo tho pressure,
nnd along with tho nlr In goes tho
dust. Tho smaller tho crovlco tho
stronger the Jet of nlr, tho fnrthor
goes tho dirt. Witness tho dirt trucks
so often scou In Imperfectly framed
engravings or photogrnphs. Remember,
whenever you seo tho barometer rlHlng,
that nn additional clmrgo of dust is
ontorlng your cupboard nnd bureau
drawers.
Keeping It Dark.
Tho black sheep of tho Wnrywnlk
family had distinguished himself ngalu.
"This is tho Inst straw!" groaned his
respectablo brothor. "I'm goln to 'avo
it put in tho papors that l'vo changed
my namo from Warywalk to Wobble
way, cos of my brother's dlsgracln'
tho nnmo. I'll 'nvo It printed on 'ami
bills nn' distributed by tho thousand.
I'm determined nobody shall suspect
that I'm related to 'im." London Ideas.
Vigilant and Speedy.
"Thero's nothing Blow about Jones."
"I guess you never loaned htm mon
ey." "Oh, yes I havo. That's what mndo
me speak that way. I loaned htm $10
six months ngo nud I haven't been
ablo to catch him slnco." Bostou
Trunscrlpt
Foroe of Character,
"I thought your wlfo forbudo you to
marry again when sho died?"
"So sho did, but now I'm going to
show hep who Is master in this house."
London Opinion.
! The taxl.it Man.
"Went to bed nt 8 o'clock Inst night."
"Why so onrly?"
"My shoo enmo untied, nud I thought
I'd save tho trouble of tying it ngnln."
-Pittsburgh Post
Fretfulnois.
Do not glvo wny to frotfulness. It
takes tho fragrnnco out of ltfo nnd
leaves only weeds whero n, cheerful
disposition would cnuso flowers to
bloom,
Dost thou lovo Ufo? Thon do no
squander tlmo, for timo Is tho stu
HOME FROM A
VOYAGE
By WILTON G. BRdOKS
Copyright by American Press Asso
ciation, ML
I courted Nnnco whllo 1 wns goln' to
sea, nnd n man courtlu' a gal that way
feels every tlmo ho comes back from
a crulso that somo feller has stepped
In nnd carried hor off, but Nnnco was
as much set on mo as I wns on her,
nnd every time I docked on a home
coinln' sho was standln' at tho door
of her father's cottago wnvin' to me.
After wo was mnrrlcd and wo got
into our own houso around tho point
whero tho light stands, whenever 1
rounded It to tnako tho harbor, there
wns Nanco a-wavln' to me. But ono
timo comln' In from a crulso when I
rounded tho point Nnnco wasn't thero
to wnvo to me. My heart sank down
Into my boots, for sho could 'a' seen
mo miles out, nnd sho know tho cut
of my Jib nnd tho lurch of my ship ns
well ns sho know her own mother.
Nanco and I hnd been married fho
years without gcttln' a kid. It wns
tho only disappointment wo hnd.
Nnnco snld nnd I knew thnt if sho
hnd a little ono to keep fcr compary
when I wns nt sea sho wouldn't bo ho
lonesome. But tho kid didn't come,
nnd wo began to feel that wo was
doomed to bo ono o' thorn couples that
go through life makln' a baby out of
a dog or n cat or somo other animal.
But tho day I got back nud Nanco
wnsn't nt tho door to wnvo to mo I
wasn't thlnklu' about what I couldn't
git, but what I feared I'd lost. Tho
moment wo touched tho dock I turned
tho ship over to tho first mnto nnd
steered a direct courso to my house.
When I got thero I found tho door
unlocked. This rollovcd mo some
what, for if my wlfo had died whllo I
was nt sen tho houso would 'n' been
closed up. I wont in, my henrt bent-
In' with n hopo o' sccln' Nanco either
In tho llvln' room scwln' or In tho
kitchen or somowhero downstairs.
But sho wns not there, nnd I mndo
a dush upstairs for her bedroom. The
door to that I found locked. I knock
ed, but got no answer. I could bear
voices lusido tnlkln' low, but nobody
Raid anything to me. I hollered out:
"I want to know If my wlfo la dead
or nllvo!"
Then a woman's voice, strnngo to
mo, snld; "Sho's vory much nllvc, but
hasn't been well for n few days.
Sho's nil right. Sho saw tho ship
como in from hor window."
"Woll, why tho dickens can't I come
In nnd give her n hug?"
"It wouldn't do for you to como in
Just now. I enn't explain why, but
when wo'ro rondy for you wo'll lot
you know."
"All right I'm wanted nt tho ship.
I'll go thero nnd como bnck In a cou
plo o' hours."
As I was goln' down tho stairs 1
heard tho funniest sound comln' from
tho room I over heard. At first It re
minded me of n distant foghorn, so
far awny thnt n mnn would hnvo to
strain his cars to hear it Then I
thought If wasn't llko n foghorn nei
ther. It wns moro llko somo ono try
In' to tnlk with n soro throat I didn't
llko tho Iden o' lenvln everything to
my mnto on Just gcttln' into port, so
didn't stop to mnko any moro in
quiries. I Just went on across the
point toward tho dock.
Heacliln' n high bit of laud, 1 turned
to take n look nt tho houso I hnd left,
kind n wonderln', nnd If I didn't seo
a mnn comln' out o' tho front door
I'll bo Jiggered! What did It mean?
ncro was I kept out o' my wife's bed
room nnd a man In tho house. A hor
rible suspicion took possosslon of nie.
But with n gasp I got back my confi
dence In Nance, nnd thon I remember
ed that tho volco In tho room with her
wns a woman's. So I Just went right
ou to the ship.
I found that she had been docked
without uny nccldcnt, but thero was
n lot of things to do that enn only bo
done by tho master ot n ship that's
Just conic In from n cruise, nnd I didn't
git awny from tho ship till the day
was about over. Then I started back
home, beglnnln' again to wonder what
wns tho menuln' of all tho strange
things that hnd hnppaned. Somopln
must n-gone wrong durln' my absence,
and they was flxln' things up to bronk
It to me.
When I walked Into tho houso I
heard some ono In tho kitchen and,
goln' there, saw a young woman In n
striped dress cookln' n bird. Nance
wasn't tho kind to spend monoy for
such delicacies, nnd I marveled somo
more.
"Seo hero." I said to tho gnl, "somo
pin gono wrong slnco' I been nwny.
A troublo hns come Into this house,
nnd I want to know right off what's
tho matter."
By Jlng. she burst out n-larlln'.
"I reckon you'll Und It some trouble,"
Bho said, "boforo you git through with
it. Such happonln's always turn n
houso upside down. It's never tho
same plnco It was before But wait
a mlnuto till I put this bird on a tray
and wo'll go upstnlrs."
Purty soon she started, I follerin'.
On tho wny I heord thnt honrso tnlkln'
sound ng'ln. Tho young woman asked
mo to open tho dopf, sho lioldin' tho
tray with both hand's, and I saw Nnnco
lyln' in bod lookln' pule, but mnllln',
and n nlno pound lump o' flesh bosldo
her.
Thon I understood the hull scheme.
She had planned n surprise for me. 1
Jlst took her nnd tho llttlo duffgr In
urius, miu mm was uio nanniest
oment o' my life.
THE
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UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY.
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M. KEITH NEVILLE, Vice-President,
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Carey Act by the State Land Board of Idaho, at Jerome
Idaho.
Monday, December 11, 1911,
All persons 21 years of age or over, except married
womsn, are eatitled to enter for 160 acres, although
they may have previously used their homestead or other
rights.
Be on hand for the opening of Jerome on above date.
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Amendment to the Articles of Incor
poration of the American Invest
ment and Trust Company of
North Platte, Nebraska.
This is to certify that at tho annual
meeting of tho stockholders of tho
American Invnstmi.nh nml Ttnaf rVim.
pnny of North Platte, Nebraska, held
at its oinco m iNortn i'latte, Nebraska,
on October, 10, 1911, the stockholders
all having previously received thirty
days' notice of tho proposed amend
ment to changu tho name of the corpor
ation, the same was acted upon and
tho following is u true copy of the pro
ceedings of tho meeting in reference
thereto:
"It was moved and seconded that tho
namo of tho corporation be changed by
amending Article I of tho Article of In
corporation to read as follows:
'The name of this corporation shall
be American Investment nntl T .nnn
Company'."
All the stockholders being present,
and representing nil the sto:k of the
cornoration. havinc votprl In fnvnr nf
said amendment, tho snmn wns iln.
clarcd adopted.
We, John lirntt, President, and E.
R. Goodman, Secretary and Treasurer
of tho American Investment nnd Trust
Comnnnv.. herebv enrtifv In tno nlmvn
ns being a true and correct copy of the
proceeuings oi saiu meeting In refer
ence to saiu amendment.
John Bhatt,
Corporate Seal President.
E. R. Goodman,
Secretary nnd Treasurer.
Subscribed and
this 4th day of December, 1911.
A1AME YOST,
Notarial Seal Notary Public.
Mv commission ns Nntnrv Pnhllr. v.
pires June 18th, 1916.
NOTICE FOR PUnUCATION.
Serial No. mota.
Department of tlie lntorlor.
U. S. Land Olllco at North lUattp. Nnli.
, , t . September SO. 1011.
Lowls, ot North llatto. Neb., who, on Nov.
33 W. or tho 6th Principal Meridian, has
tiled notice of Intt ntlon to mako (Inul llvo
j-ur pruui, w esiaousu claim to tho and
nlm?ni iw.p tiA1 lu.f...n .1... T. ...i
colvor at North I'latte. Nebraska, on tho 21th
uay m mivemiteri iwu.
uiatmant names as witnesses! Honuerrson
J. Itunner. Monitor. Nob.; llllam Kacka,
Nob.: Spencer W Edmlsten. Harsher. Neb.
O3-0 J. E. Evans. Ueirlstor.
Serial No. 02710.
NOTICE 1'OIt 1'UilI.lOATION
DEPARTMENT Of THE INTKKIOIt.
United States Land Olllco.
At North Platto. Nebraska. Oct. A 1911,
Notice Is hornhr irlvon tli.t Tlnoli
L. Gaunt of North Platto Neb., who on
l;ec. IWth. IOCS, made homestoad entrr No.
J1B03. Serial No. 02710 for tho wst half and
west ii-ir.eaHiiiair, sec ion iu, Township 18,
N., HanRo 81 W of tho 6th Principal
Meridian, bus filed notice of In
tention to make final llvo rear
proof, to OHlahllfch claim tn t tin land tm.
described, lioforo tho register and recolvor
at North Platto, Nobraska. on tho 0th dar
of Dec 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses! Harrr
MadlKon, Henry Doobke. George Macomber
nnu uavia iuacomoer, an nr north I'latte.
Neb
olO-B John E. Evans. Reirtser.
Wing Hing,
New Laundry.
Oflenstcin Building, E. 6lh
Hand Work a Specially
life Is mndo of. Bonjamln Frnuklln,
atone.
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