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St&te UUtctlul IttfttV M&ttk V TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., FEBRUARY 21, toi, No. 8 -2- u Pi'. v i fc v , 3 i, " S ; 4 r N, 7 fi SPECIAL Hug I &1C We have the highest grade line of rugs that can be purchased. For the remainder of the. week we offer you them at the following prices. Saxony, 9x12 ft $25 and 27.00 values at Ji ,5)0- Tap. Brussels, 9x12 ft. $18 v -Tap. Brussels, 9x12 ft. $15 values at All Wnn! Tnrrrnin nvio ff ..w. ..fa. ....,, y.v..i, Also a good, assortment of smaller Rugs. Geo, l&SmSSEMESEm&KM Local and Personal. Mrs. Miller of Sargent, is spending this week in town with local friends. Mrs. Goo. Trexler will entertain the M. M. M. club Tuesday of next week. Con Walker and son Edward who "have been employed in Mitchell for sev eral weeks will return here Sunday. Always see Temple for good values in real estate of any kind. Wm. Huddard returned Wednesddy from Omaha where he accompanied Jiis brother to tho hospital the first of this week. Mrs. James E. Boyd, of Omaha, is a .guest at the homo of her nephew W. H. McDonald and family, having ar rived Wednesday evening. For Sale Thorough-bred White Or phington chickens and eggs for sotting, also day old chicks. 123 West 11th St. Phone 662. Mrs. Thomas Golden and childron will leave in a few days for Valloy Junction where Mr. Golden has been employed for some time. 'Mr. and Mrs, C. A. Robinson who spent the paa$ six,, months 'ith their daughter Krs. Frank Pentler in Den ver,, returned homp yesterday after jiooU. ? ' , Mrs. .Bert Brown entertained the S. O, C. Club Wednesday afterrioon in a tnanner pleasing to all present. Enjoy 'able refreshments wero served. Np,. SO, 6 room new, framet .house equipped throughout except heat. Two lots, lawn and sidewalks. Located jat 309 EastMth'Sti A Price $2750.'067 C. F. Temple. Following is the menu which will bo served at the Rebekah supper at tho I. 0., O. F. hall on February 25th; Stowed chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, sauor fcraut, pickles, jolly, Washington pie, and coffee. For Sale One biddy incubator and "brooder 200 egg sizo and pure Rhode Island Red Roosters. Mrs. J. O. Raynor west of new round house. 7-3 Just think of a company of pretty girls, under the management of a girl producing clean, musical comedy, at prices of 10 and 20 cents. The Dixie Girl Company will bo hero on next Monday and will produce pretty farce musical comedies at popular prices. Every girl is a peach, the commediana are funny, and the attractions are properly staged. The motto of the manager is cleanliness, and you may safely bring the ladies to every per formance at the Keith. II I Week tfllS values at 1 O.I t I o itilimK -.- v- VUIUV.OIU aa Mrs. Ella Huxoll and' children will leeve tomorrow for Lincoln to spend a a week or longer. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jones returned yesterday from an extended visit in eastern cities with relatives. The Catholic Girls Club will hold an exchange at the Howe & Maloney fur niture store on Saturday, Mar.' 1st. Mrs. Miko McCullough, of Brady, who had been visiting in California for several months spent a few days here this week while enroute' home. Colonel Cody was elected president of tho showmen's league which Was organized at Chicago yesterday. The membership is composed of owners of all classes of tent shows. For Rent Houses and rooms, safe deposit boxes and storago room. Wo have calls for more houses. Bratt & Goodman. The CRYSTAL To -Night BIG 2 REEL SPECIAL "The Re-Incarnation ot Karma" A powerful Psychic and Occult Drama of the Re-Embodiment Fifteen Hundred Years After the Death of Karmas, the High Priest and Quinethea, the enchantress; bewitching and captivating. This expressive picture was made by the Vitigraph Co., and has beep showing to crowded houses at the Isis Theatre in Denver. The Pathe Weekly, showing the latest events happening in the world. VAUDEVILLE. STEPHENS & BORDEAN, Comedy Singing and Talking Act. 10c and 15c - McKay.- Jury Places No Blame. The coroner's jury in the supposed case of poisoning at Sutherland re turned tho following verdict Wcdnosdny : "Wo tho undersigned jurors find from tho evidence rendered that Mrs. E. E. Zimmerman came to hor death at hor homo on Feb. 11, 1913, from a drug supposed to bo salts and do not placo the blnmo on any porson or persons whatso ever." The analysis of tho substanco given Mrs. Zimmerman, as mudo by the chemist at the state university, showed that it was tartar omotic, and tho amount admlnistorsd to the sick woman was of sufficient quantity to kill five persons. On account of Washington's birthday falling on Saturday, Postmastor Davis informs us that one complete delivery of mail will bo mado tomorrow morning within the carrier zone. Tho general delivery window will bo open from 9 to 10 o'clock a. m. Money to loan on real estate on three to five years' time or out of our State Building & Loan As sociation, returnable monthly same as rent. Bkatt & Goodman. Mrsv W. W. Cummings entertained a number of lady friends Wednesday aftornoon complimentary to Mrs. Thomas Golden who will leave tho city in a few days. The afternoon was pleasantly spent in sewing. Lunch in two courses was sfervod. For Sale Black Perchoron stallion, coming thrco years old, weight 1650 lbs. Can furnish papers if desired. Address Jas. Kimmel, North Bend, Nebraska, R. R. No. 1. The End of His Rope. , "Charles," she said, "that's tho worst cigar 1 over smellcd In my life. Throw It awny. I'm stifling!" And she uttered a llttlo stifle. "It cost 10 cents," ho replied, caress ing tho band. "Tho man said It took four Cubans thrco dnyB to mako It, and I'd hate to throw It away. It cost 10 cents." "Nevertheless," she said between sti fles, "If you don't throw It away It will kill me. It's terrlblo. You know I'm no chronic kicker, but Just look at mol" Andjuidced Jjo had never seen any 6ne stifle so fust,-or so mnL Yet ho Went right on smoking, muttering. "It cost me 10 cents." Tho bill for tha funeral (an elaborate one, for he felt quite upot amounted to $140.80. and as he wrote n check for It he reflected, with a twlngo of conscience. "It cost 10 cents, but I sup pose It would have been cheaper to throw It away." Pittsburgh Press. They Rocover Quickly. Tho marriage or rather the remar riage statistics In the malrlcs of Paris muUo sud reading for the bcntlmental lsta. Of 2.270 disconsolate widowers 143 remarry within u year. Tho de fections Increase with terrlblo rapidity in the second year, which sees G2S re lapses from the ranks of mourners. At tho end of tho third year only thirty seven widowers lenialn. With the wid ows it Is even worse. None remarry within the Urst yenr of their husband's decease, but It Is feared that this Is due not to fidelity, but to the strict legal veto which obtains lnv France. Once tho law's delay is at an end they go off with vertiginous rapidity. Of 1,007 weeping widows In eighteen months only four had not exchanged their weeds for woddlng garments. Paris Cor. London Telegraph. Nprway'a Sick Insurance Law. Norway has a sick lnsuranco law which embraces all wage earners and public servants over fifteen years of ago whose yearly earnings do not ex ceed $322 If In tho rural districts or 5375 In the cities. Tho law also pro vides that the employer shall pay a certain percentngo (onc-slxth) of the premium, while he Is held responsible for the whole, but may deduct from tho wages of tho Insured at tho end of tho term for which tho premium is paid tho amount thus advanced. The oretically It la self Insurance on tho contrlbutlve plan, whllo actually It amounts to an extra tax upon tho em ployer, as most employees stipulate when engaging their services that tho Insurance picmlum shall bo paid In addition to the wages. Old Time Punishment. In "PJUe's History or Crimea,"' vol ume 1. page 22(1, Is found tho follow, lug copy of the sentence of an old time traitor "It Is the order of tho courf that for your treason you bo drawn and hanged nnd beheaded and that your heart, bowels and entrails, from whence come your traitorous thoughts, be torn out and purned to ashes and that the antics be scattered to tho four winds and Hint your tiody bo afterward cut Into four quarters." For Sale. 1 'oxtrn latvn rnfrirrnrnt nr 1 nnr dresser, 1 oak washstand, 1 oak rocker, i oaK center tamo, l kitchen table. In quire of C. F. Tracy, 1002 W. 3rd St. Phone Red 408, 1 VK, C. Barton Passes Away. K. C. Barton died at his homo in Omnho yestorday after on Illness of about two years. The deceased came to North Platto with his parents about 1870 and remained here until 1882, when tHo family moved to Omaha whore they havo since resided. Ho leaves a wife and threo children. Mrs, W. B. Millard, sister of tha lato Mr. -Barton, is seriously ill and tho pnysicians offer little oncouragement for hor rocovory. With several inches of snow covering the ground, tho banana belt of western Nebraska today presents a wintry ap pearance This snow began falling Wednesday night, lazily continued yes torday and last night and this forenoon the air was filled with flying flakes. This is tho most moisture this section has had since last August, and thoro- lore is wolcomed. Wanted Two good approntico girls to learn millinery under a competent trimmer and proprietess. Call at mil linery department at Tho Leader on or about Feb. 25, 1913. Mrs. B. F. Saylor. The Catholic Girls Club mot at the homo of Mrs. Clyde Cook last evening. uusinoat or importanco was transacted and a nice lunch served. Tho comi mittee was composed of Misses Ethel Frye, Kathleen Flynn, Ethel Mc Williams, Vaunlta Hayos and Alma Tillion. Weather: Unsettled with snow tonight or Saturday, somewhat colder. Highest temperature yestorday 24, ono year ago 34; lowest last night 14, one year ago 10. Procipitation in last 36 hours up till 7:30 this morning was. 30 of an inch. 1G0 acres improved land for rent, sale or trnde for horsos or city property. Cash or time. Correspondonco solicited. J. F. Jensen, Hillside, Nobr. Tho Ho-shey Times says prospects are bright for tho erection of an alfalfa meal mill by eastern parties. Further an electric light plant might be maintained n connection with the mill. Percheron Horses. Teamdyear old maros, 4 stallion colts all registered. Thomas E. Doolittle. -14 I will sell at Public six and a half miles east Platte on Tuesday, February 2 The following described property to:wit; 9 Head of Horses and Mules One bay brood mare, 7 years old in foal, wt. 1600. One bay brood mare, 8 years old, in foah wt. 1400. ' One brown mare, 7 years old in foal, wt. 1000. Que team of bay mares, 10 and 11 years old, wt. 2400. One brown mare, 10 years old, wt. i35o. One dark bay mare coming1 3 years old wt. 900 One grey gelding-, 7 years old, wt. 1050. One bay mule coming 3 years old. 57 Head of Cattle Fifteen Hereford cows. Six milch cows. Six coming 3 yr old Hereford Heifers. Nine coming 2 yr old Hereford Heifers. One Hereford bull coming 3 yr old. Five steers, coming 2 yr old. Ten yearling Hereford Heifers. Five coming yearling steers. T. All sums under $10.00 cash. On sums over that amount eight month's timo will be given on Good I CI ITIS. bankable note bearing ton porcent Intorest'from date of sale. Thrco percent off for cash No "' property to be removed until settled for. All property at purchaser's risk ufter bid off. Col. Dave Love, Auctioneer F. C. PIELSTICKER, Clerk. TP3T COMMENCING keith theatre Monday, February 24th, The Merry Making Musical Bunch of Girlies "The Dixie Girls Producing a Repertoire of Clean, Bright, Dazzling, Laugh producing Comedies at Popular Prices, See Change of Programme Nightly. Watch for the Parade of the Seminary Girls'on the Street Daily PRICES lO AND 0 CENTS M. J. O'Connoll went to Omaha yes torday afternoon to spend a fow dayB on busjnesa. Mrs. John Weinberger will ,leavo in a few days for Omaha to visit hor daughter. Mr. and Mrs. 'Edward Griesor re turned last evening from a short visit with rolativcs in St. ftiul, Nob. Don't miss tho Dixie Girls show nil next week at the Keith. Remember, tho Dixie Girls is a positively guaran teed clean musicial performance. Thoy change programme nightly. See tho airy, fairy, dninty, bewitching, ontrac ing beautiea with thofttfxia Girls Show at the Keith all next week. Clover specialties aio interspersed between the nets of the Dixie Girls Show. At thj Keith nil next Week. Always see Temple for good values in real estate of any kind. Sale at my place one mile north of Birdwood Station, of Hershey and seven and a half miles west of North 9 FREE LUNCW AT NOON G. H. Scharmann. 19 The Chicken Chorus, The Frolicsome Lambs, Tho Jolly Tramps, Fun in a Boarding School, Charlie's Girl, Etc. j ,, Harry Mil9, who hns been con fined in tho county jail for twenty seven days, was tried In Judge Warren's court yesterday morning:. At tho time of hia arrest ho was charged with paijj, sing worthlosa checks on several of the local merchants. At tho trial yestQr-r day ho was givon a thirty day sentence in jail with tho timo which he hat served deducted, leaving three dayu moro to finish. A now billard club was forrreaSthis week with F. J. McGovorn amj W. J. Landgraf as captains. Thej losers are to banquet tho winners with'.ari cod-flit supper nnd as all tho playors aro inox porionced tlio games promise to bo amusing. Tho tournament will bo hold in tho Elk roqms and no timo limit has boon set, gamos will bo for fifteen points Thoso choson to take part aro Messrs. James Keefo, Dave Day, J. B. McDonald, Ray Langford. ALE' mm mam 5 'ii 9 ij9 Head of Hogs Eight Poland China brood sows, wt. 275 lbs. each; will farrow first of March' One Poland China bear. wt. 250". Farm Machinery f One top buggy. Two 2rowJohnDecrc corn cultivators. Two John Deere walking cultivators. One riding cultivator. One John Deere riding lister. One 1 6- feet steel harrow. ?ne riding plow, wo wagons. One disc, 16 wheel. 'ft If Two McCormick hay rakes. Three 6 foot McCormick mowers. One Dain hay sweep. Two sets work harness. One set single harness And many other articles too numerous to mention. XV . -(