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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1912)
i-. 1 i A Great Special Holiday Sale, In order to reduce stocks quickly we put prices on goods new that are unusual except at the end of the season. We believe that while you need goods is the time t sell them. Note a few prices and remember everything less than regular. Men's Clothing, Etc. Men's fine Worsted Suits the kind you usually pay 18.00 to 20.oo(t " A f) for MZ.4o Men's 1S.00 Cravenette, rain and dust proof, the genuine kindtf "j " A O for Jli.40 5.00 pure worsted pants. . . . LfO 15.00 best Corduroy Suits.. Ue0 Wool Shirts 1.50 value 0 1. 00 men's fine unlined and fj lined Gloves lt) 75c Holiday Suspenders. . . . 0.7 4.00 Corduroy Pants L 0 Silk Handkerchiefs and Mufflers 4 price TOYS! TOYS! Wo handle toys chiefly as a visitino; inducement and soli cheap. Dolls 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 80c, 39c, 48c, 59c, 79c, $1.25, $1,50 and up. Tops, Game3, Blocks, etc., etc. All at much less than regular prices. Jap Hand Painted'China our own importation direct from Japan at J price. These make elegant and inexpensive presents. Prices mostly 5c to 50 cents. Everything to Wear, Everything in Notions, Everything in the Store at Less than Regular Prices. We have what you want and at less money. John on North Platte, W1U . TURKEYS, DUCKSJ GEESE, C f T all I HENS AND SPRINGS. Now is the time to sell, don't hold until all buyers will have their X-mas poultry bought. You will get a lower price later. We are paying the following prices per lb: Young Tom Turkeys 12 lbs each and over 14c Young Tom Turkeys under 12 lbs each 10 to 14c Young Hen Turkeys, 8 lbs and over 14c Young Hen Turkeys under 8 lbs each 10c to 14c Poor Turkeys Not Wanted, Worthless. We want Geese rightnow. Geese per lb 9c Ducks 9c Hens and Springs 8ic We do not guarantee this price for more than three days from date, and expect a drop by December lGth. Bring them in now and get the top price. North Platte ProduceJCo., 122 West Front St., North Platte, Neb. STEP IN. Dine here Today. This Cafe is the one that will please your fancy in cleanliness, good food and service. Prices reasonable. Opposite Depot RITNER CAFE Short Orders at Popular Prices. 25c Luncheon from 12 M., to 1:30 p. m. MR.S F. T. GARVIN, Prop. The Ladies are partial to useful j pres ents, if you can't believe it, get your wife a dress pattern of our $1.75 value yard wide Silk Messaline at 98c and see, or a Guarantee! Silk Petticoat fC for M. Fine Felt Slippers 1.75 and... . 1 L$ Finest White Stone Hat Pin.. .O 1 . 50 Auto Scarf iv Cutting the Shoe Price We expect a big shoe trade, we expect to deserve it, Ladies 2 50 Shoes 1 i ej Ladies 3.50 Shoes L3 Mens 3. 50 Work Shoe LwkS Mens Felt Shoes KO Men and Womans Carpet 4 Q Slippers 1 Babies Felt Slippers. . 4 JtJ ? .itmB Kearney, PALACE CAFE Cash Useful Present sjg I (tores Schuyler, Neb. How Carelec&I A circus mtiii tolls u story lllustrnt ins how soft hearted and sympathetic sonio of the ringmasters are when the acrobats get hurt. The heroine of ho story wns a girl who did the four horse act, the six horse net. the tra peze nnd the Hying bar. for all of which she received the princely re muneratlou of $10 n week. One day she fell forty feet from the trapeze and. landing precipitately and III advised on her left wrist, broke the bone near the elbow. The ringmaster ran up nnd sympathized na follows, with certain profane remarks whlrli are hero excluded; "What In thunder do you mean by falling out of thnt trapeze? I'm a son of a gun if some of you ginks don't try to put a crimp Into this show every time we lift tho tentl" Popular Maga zine. Slightly Mixed. General Adam Bndeau told n good story of a visit he onco made in Lon don with two friends. They had been invited to a swell recepUon in the west end, and when they arrived they wero met by a flunkey of gigantic stature, with nose high la the air. "Names, please," ho said. And tlie spokesman replied modestly, "General Badenu, Colonel Grant and Colonel Cook." With Imposing strido tho flunkey ad vanced to tho doors, threw them wide open and announced. "General Banjo, Colonel Drunk and tho colonel's cook!" Thnt Was All. "SklllingB, how camo you to quit working for Spotcash & Co.?" "Wo had a difference of opinion as to tho value of my Bcrvices for nnother year." "Was that all?" "Yes. I thought I was worth $4,000 to them, nnd they thought I wasn't worth 40 cents. So I quit What else could n self respecting man do?' Chi cago Tribune. Illuminating. Tho following Item Is Bald to appear in a list of polico regulations posted up on a highway In Ireland: "Until further notico every vehicle miiHt carry a right when darkness boglns. Darkness begins when tho lights are lit" Desperate. Aunt Huth 'TIs sad to grow old. flor Niece now much would you give to bo as young ns 17 Aunt Ituth I would almost submit to being as fool ish. Always Speaking! Mrs. Jones I always think twice be fore I speak onco, John. Mr. Jones (sighing) Exactly, Maria. But you're such n quick thinker. H DINNER It Involved a Plot That Failed Dy CLARISSA MACKI0 The thrco girls sat nround tho blaz ing fire In the groat hall. Thero was a light fall of snow on tho ground, nnd tho low hnnging gray clouds promised another flurry of whlto flakes. Tho men of tho household had taken their guns nnd disappeared in tho direction of the woods. Bob Lindsay had prom ised them a rabbit plo for the Thanks giving dinner, and Mrs. Lindsny was In her sitting room rcplauulug the menu with this gastronomic delight in view "I don't believe It would hurt us ono bit to go down into tho woods. Of course I don't like to eeo them shoot tho darling llttlo fluffy rabbits, but it's awfully stupid hero." pouted Lena Gil bert, looking wistfully through tho window at the gray outside world. "Why don't you go out, Lena? I will go too. Want to come, Felicia?" Amy arose nnd stretched her supple young form lazily. "This Are feels mighty good," she added regretfully. "Huu along, do," urged Felicia. "I went to finish this collar tonight, so you can't luro mo outdoors. I enjoyed n brisk walk beforo breakfast." "So did Langford," observed Amy carelessly and then bit her lip. To n disinterested observer all threo girls looked conscious nt tho mention of Langford Dalo's name. Felicia's dark head bent moro closoly above her embroidery, and a deep roso color In vaded her cheeks. Lena Gilbert grow qulto white, and her light bluo eyes scanned Felicia's charming fnco. Amy Lindsay, whoso guests they were, was qulto distressed at tho suggostlvcness of her cnreless remark. "Come, Lena; put on your woolly cap. Tho first flakes are flying now." As Lenn arose, straightening her slender form with a side glanco nt Felicia Wendell, thero camo an inter ruption to tho plans. A maidservant tripped down tho wide, curving stair way with a folded bit of paper In her hand. "I beg pardon, Miss Amy," sho said with n pert toss of her head, "but what shall I do with tills note? It doesn't exactly tell who It's for." "Where did you find it, Nora?" she nsked. "In the upper hall, ma'am. It might Iwe dropped from the basket of waste paper I had taken from the rooms awhile ago." Miss Lindsay looked doubtfully at the outside of the twisted note. "Heal ly. Nora, It may not bo a note at nil. Very likely It is merely a bit of dis carded paxr." She tossed It toward the fire, hut it fell short on the hearth rug, and Lena Gilbert picked It up, Nora made a movement of protest "Oh, ma'am. I do believe It Is n note, because it's signed and" The girl stopped short and reddened furiously at Amy's look of surprised displeasure. "Ah. .ou lead it. Nora?" "How could I And out whore it be longed If I didn't open It? And I was right too." And Nora Brady, who knew that her lenn of service would soon bo ended, smiled ns sho ventured this Inst Impertinence and slipped nwny to tho rear of tho house. Lena Gilbert tossed tho twisted paper over to Amy, who caught it deftly. "Very likely It's only u scribbled memorandum. Nora is nhvnys creut ing mountains from molehills. I am so glad tlult she Is to marry tho gar dener and go nwny. To open it or not, Unit is tho vital question," sho ended drnmnticnlly. "Open it, goosle, and then cotno out doors," advised Lena Impntlently. She leaned nguinst Amy's shoulder as the latter slowly untwisted the noto and spread it out so that It could ho read. It ran thus: Darllnir (hero was a huco black lilot that obliterated tho nnino) Thero Is somothlni; I must tell you beforo I no. Will you not bo reading In the library n half hour bo foro dinner? Dovotedly, LAND. "Oh, oh, oh!" cried Amy Lindsay as tho meaning of tho noto dawned upon her. Sho crumpled it in her hand nnd stared excitedly Into Lena's red face. "What have I done?" "Only read my note, dear." said Lena In u silky voice, and her slim fingers drew tho paper from Amy's hand and tucked it into tho bosom of her gown. "I forglvo you, Amy, hut don't let uh talk about it It's a dead secret, you know!" She shook her finger archly at her doubtful hostess. Lena's fnce wns spnrkling with ex citement nnd triumph ns she gently pushed Amy from tho hnll. "Leave that to ma, Amy," she advised, with a rippling laugh. "By by, Felicia." sho sang over her shoulder at tho dut k haired girl sewing quietly by tho flro. "Goodby." smiled Follcln. quite In different to tho llttlo scene about tho uoto Nora had found. As sho wovo dellcnto stitches in the line linen collar sho was embroidering hor thoughts flow to that early morn ing walk In the wintry garden. She had stolen out ull nlone to drink in the fresli cold nlr, to wntcii tho bluojnys quarreling among the Irniiess trees, to find Iwnuty In every frost blighted thing In tho garden, for sho knew that Langford Dale loved her, and this wns tho happiest Thanksgiving day of her life. Then to overflow hor brimming cup of happiness lie had Joined her and had been trying to toll hor of Ids tova when the brc&kfnst bell hnd warn- Tfrt TTWf fTI'l 1 T f I'll IfT i t OMt im otnir nwspwa 9t& bouaehold were astir and tly must aot be abaant Aa tney hurried lndoora1 Amy, In a warm crimson serge gown, atood in tho porch nnd railed them on their early rising. "He sold aotnothlng about tills ovon lng," sho enld to herself, and a wlatful smile curred hor pink lips. Lena Gilbert, passing by, enw the smile and marveled. Ilor own lips were set In a straight scarlet lino that matched tho vivid huo of her cap. "It is fate," she muttered between her set teeth. Tho men did not return from their hunting expedition until nu hour before dinner, but Felicia hnd spent the after noon in her own room, nnd when she was suro that every ono was dressing sho stolo downstairs to the music room nnd oponed tho piano. Sho loved these half hours of music, when In tho sound proof room sho played softly to herself, dreaming as sho played. When she had finished with n dain ty, airy tiling thnt seemed to express tier ,own light henrtedncss sho wont to tho library, Tho evening pnpers would bo hero, and It wns a favorite gathering placo for tho women beforo dinner. Sho wns well within tho great room beforo sho was nwnro thnt It was al ready occupied and thnt hor presence wns nu Intrusion. Langford Dnlo was standing thero, ono elbow on tho high mnntel Bliolf nnd his bond thrown back, looking down nt Lonn Gllbort with n rather surprised expression on his fnce. Lena, dazzling in pale blue, witli hor golden hair piled In a mass of puffs nnd curls nt tho back of hor head, stood beforo him with flushed checks nnd drooping eyes. As Follcln entered Lena was saying: "I received your note, Lang, nnd I nm here." The llttlo sceno smoto Bharply upon Felicia's happy mood, nnd tho rosy veil was torn from hor eyes. Beforo cither of them had noticed her pros onco sho had vanished. Back to tho music room she flow, her fingers crush ed tightly In hor palms. When sho stopped In tho mlddio of tho room nnd stared beforo her sho saw hor own reflection In tho long mir ror. All In white bIio was. llko n bride, and hor fnco wns as waxen aa tho whlto lilies of tho valley on her bosom. Those were Langford Dale's favorite flowers. All at once sho laughed shortly nnd tossed tho flowers from her. Sho cross ed the room to another door and en tered the small conservatory. Iloro sho deliberately chose n brlllinnt senr lot polnsettln blossom nnd placed It' against tlio whlto of her gown. It gave color to hor checkfl nnd lips when she went to tho dining room. Felicia did not glnnco nt Lnngford Dale, who had taken Lena Gilbert In to dinner. She talked vivaciously to Jimmy Folsom nnd excited vnln hopes In the breast of thnt much smitten young num. Sho did not notico Hint Lnngford's handsome face was pale and set or that Lena's eyes flashed torrlblo anger nnd contempt nnd that the two did not onco nddress'each oth er, hut conversed with their neighbors at the table. Felicia's heart was bleed- i Ing nnd sore at tho faithlessness of i ono whom she thought worthy of her love. i After dinner Langford found her ' nlone for an Instant and approached her. "Felicia," ho was whispering eagerly, when sho arose and. with n withering look nt him, crossed to Mrs. Lindsay's side, whero she remained tho rest of thu evening. I "Good night nnd goodby, everybody. I'm going on the early train tomorrow morningP' called Lenn Gilbert nierrl- ly as they all parted nt tho foot of tho , stairs at bedtime. I As they crowded nround Miss Gil bert, each ono nddlng ills or her word of regret nt hor going. Follcln over hourd Jimmy Folsom speaking to Lang ford Dale. "You going on thnt enrly train, too. Lang? You said you were leaving in the morning, but Isn't it Just n bit eh?" he chuckled dlsagreo ably. "Don't bo nn nss, Jimmy." growled Lnngford. "Well, you told mo n hnlf hour ngo thnt business suddenly required your presence In town" But Fellcln did not henr the rest. Sho snld goodby to Lenn Gilbert nnd then wnt up to her room, the unhnpplest girl in thu world If ono excepted Lena Gilbert Just as midnight wns striking in tho hnll below Lenn cnino tapping at her door. "May I como In, Follcln?" she Inquired In n strained voice. "Certainly," cnlled Follcln, who snt In her dressing gown beforo tho lire. If there were truces rif tenrs on her cheeks sho had forgotten" to remove them, and so sho and Lenn Gilbert' stared at each other's woebegono fueos without n word, At Inst Lena brought a crumpled sheet of paper from her bosom and laid It in Felicia's lap, "Nora found this today. I thouglit It might ho for me, and I waited, but it was for somebody clre. Ho had blot ted It nnd thrown It nwny. Intending to write mint hor beforo dinner. Don't hnve any misunderstanding over the matter; It's horrible to bo unhappy!" Without knowing exactly what It was ull nimut. except that Ijoihi Gilbert was in deep grief about something, the girl Hint Lnngford Dnlo loved consoled tho girl who loved hlni so vainly until Lena recovered her old pride and In a nxfrmirc her spirits nnd left Follcln to open the note. To Fellcln the note must hnve nn Immediate Interpretation. Under that Irregular blot was n niiinv. Whoso? She took a wet sponge nnd washed tho blot away. There under tho dark splotch of washed out ink n name was ivrntchcd deeply. Now the note rend: "Darling Fellcln." And the blot on Felicia's happy rhnnksgiving dny was washed out. ' Beauty of Colonial QstepotU, - Perhaps no other feature adds mora to tho seclusion and dignity of. a house than well designed entrance gateposts. Tho meeting point of house and grounds always prcsonts a difficult problem, even In tho best suburban architecture. Shrubbery often mlkl Gates this unavoidable Intersection, but tho old fashioned whlto plckot fence, full of Interesting detail and backed up by hedges, solved tho problem most satisfactorily. Yot this best solution must bo used with discretion. On suburban streets broken up Into many small lots, Uicro should bo an agree ment on the part of sovcral neighbors to put up tho samo sort of fence; otherwise tho different heights nnd shapes of the pickets would bo too disturbing to add any beauty to tho houses. In other words, n good picket fenco demands a certain amount of continuity to do It Justice. In the gateposts, however, n groat vnrlety could bo displayed, nnd whero thero Is n group of little colonial houses, or oven only colonlnl doorways, tho fa mous old gateposts of Salem offor ti wealth of suggestion. Country Llfo In America. Under a Fly's Wing. One of tho Nuremberg toymnkors In closed In n cherry ntono which wns ex hibited nt tho French Crystal palace n plan of Sevastopol, a railway station nnd tho "Messiah" of Klopstock. In moro romoto times mi account is given of nu Ivory chariot, constructed by Mcrnioctdcs, which was so small that a fly could cover It with his wing; also n ship of tho samo raatorial which could bo hidden under tho wing of a beo. Pliny, too, tells ns that Homer's "Iliad," with Its 15,000 verses, wns written In so smnll a spaco as to bo contained In a nutshell, whllo Elian mentions an artist who wroto a dis tich In totters of gold which ho Inclos ed In tho rind of n kernel of com. But tho Uarletan manuscripts mention n creator curiosity than any of tho above, It being nothing moro or less than tho Blblo written by ono Peter Bales, a chancery clork, In so small a book that It could bo Inclosed In tho shell of an English walnut. A Queen Anne Mince Pie. Tnko a largo cow's tongue; parboil It; to thrco pounds of tonguo tako flvo pounds of beef suet, cut the tonguo In thin slices and shred It but shred tho suet by Itself; when they nro both pret ty flno put In the suet by degrees; keep shredding them both together till they nre ns fine nlmost ns Hour; then put In threo pounds of currants, bolng first clean wnshod, picked nnd dried; cloves, mnce, nutmeg, cinnamon, bent very fine, nil together three-qunrters of nn ounce; hnlf n pound of white sugnr, n pound of dates stoned and shredded, three ounces of green cltrou. three ounces of candied orange cut Into small thin bits, tho yellow rind of two raw lemons grated, threo spoonfuls of von Juice, n gill of mnlngn uncle, hnlf n gill of rosewntor. Theso being well min gled, fill your pies; hnve u euro they do not stand too ong In tho oven to dry nfter they nre Just enough. From u Cookbook of 1705, v Metals. Mercury, of course, is fluid nt nil or dinary temperatures. Of tho metals which wo commonly regard as solid, lend enn bu mndo to flow with grunt ease. If by hydraulic pressure It Is forced Into a cylinder with u hole In the Bide of it it will, when the cyllndei Is full, flow out of tho holo In n solid, barlike Btrenm. Tho harder metnls, ns gold nnd sliver, obviously undergo slight fluxion movements in tho process of coining, us Iron Is not perfectly, rigid. In drawing out a bnr of It Into wiro the clinngo of form compels tho particles of the metal to filldo or shear over each other, Just as In tho flow of n liquid. .So great nro tho pressures thnt. can be applied by modern mechnnlcnl sclenco that even steel enn bo com pelled to change Its shnpo without frac ture, nnd nil such changes Imply flux ion in the metal. ' Kept Up the Walling. In Abyssinia It wns onco tho habit of complnlnnnts to stand before tho dooi of tho king's pnlnee, loudly nppenllng to his majesty for help. "So nccus tomed Ih tho king." wroto one trnvolor, "to these quoruloun tones of sorrow thnt when tho rains prevent such na aro really distressed from ropnlrlng ta tho capital n sot of vagrants in pro vided whoso object It Is to raise the cry of artificial sorrow lest ho should feel a lonely quietness." Wanted to Bo In 8tyle. A customer in a butcher's shop stood gazing at some small alligators In at aquarium. liavlng turned tho mattci over In his mind, tho customer ap proached the butcher and exclaimed, "I suppose n body might ns well be dead ns out of style. Gimme n couple of pounds of alligator." A Little Misunderstanding. "Sir, your son's performance on the French horti is execrable. It will drive OTcrybody from my house. You told mo ho was a teacher." "I did not. I snld ho wns n tooter." Reason For Gratitude. "So you're friendly with Crunker. nre youV Why, he tells mo thnt ho won't have u thing to do with you." "That's Just why I feel kindly to ward the old crab." Subtle Slander. A local pnper giving the details of a wedding says: "Mrs. Mulllns, tho wife of our enterprising milkman, was be comingly attired In watered Bilk." Ralph Waldo Emerson said: "Speak as you thluk; bo what you are; pay your debts of all kinds." I
