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International Harvester Farm Wagons A Ridiculous Affair By F. A. MITCHEL The Last Shot In a Feud By F. A. MITCHEL 'to fifl 44! w The I HC Line GRAIN AND HAT . , MACHINES BioJn, Rrtpttt Htidtn, M.wtri Rikn, Slicker H7 Lotditi lit? Frmni CORN MACHINES PULr, Pltktn Blnd.r., Cuhlnton EuiUf CUttn Sk&tn. Skndicn TILLAGE P. SprUf-Ttl. mi DUk Utirtvt Cmhlrtlgrt GENERAL UNE OOuJCuEiubii OuTrctrf Hum Sfrultn Cma StptrtUra Farm Wittu MlrTrcii Tkruktn GnlaOrSt Fm4 CrlaJtn KaUaCHafaa BadtrTwtM C EE the International fifth wheel (pat- ent applied for) on Weber and Co lumbus wagons. This one feature makes these two wagons stand out above all the rest as the best and cheapest for a farmer to buy. The fifth wheel prevents the pitching and pulling up of tho front bolster, and it doe away with broken king pins and bent circle irons, It doubles the bearing surface of the bolster on tho aandboard; it increases tho life of the wagon; distributes strains more evenly, and therefore makes the work of hauling easier on tho horses. With all those points to recommend it, tho Inter national fifth wheel is worth a trip to town to see. Call on tha I H C local dealer who handles Weber or C!nlllmhl1R ttfncrnna onrl nal Ylm aliM..i ..rtt. il. International fifth wheel. You cannot see it on any dron ua all nearest dealer. other wagon. If you do not know where to eo lino and we will give you the natnq of fu International Harvester Company of America uacotporucdj Crawford Neb. Cttmj,. fcecriag HcCornsIek BTOwtnies Oitorne Pltno Whon Warships Were Cheaper. Warship expenditure of the present time would have horrified the Emperor William I. Andrew D. White, for many years American minister In Berlin, re cords that in an interview with the old emperor in 1881 "ho nsked me some questions about tho Elbe. In which I wns about to travel to New York. I told him how beautifully It was equip ped, it belns the flrst of the larger ves sels of the North German Lloyd. lie answered: 'Yes: what Is now doing In the way of shipbuilding Is wonderful. This morning I received n letter from my son. tho crown prince, who is at Osborne and hns Just visited a great English man-of-war. It' is wonderful, but it cost 1.000.000 sterling ($5,000. 000)." At this he raised his voice and. throwing up both hands, said very earnestly. 'We can't stand It, we can't stand It' "Chicago News. Memory. If it should be nsked what possession I most valued I would say some beau tiful memory. Memory is possession It is the only thing on earth that is ab solutely ours, which no one can take from us. Wo can produce and enjoy It In a crowd of uncongenial people as easily ns if we were alone. No noise can drown Its voice: no distance can dim its clearness. Strength, hope, beau ty, everything else, may puss. Memory will stay. Selected. Pompey's Pillar. This Is the name of a celebrated c6l uum standing on a slight elevation in the southwest section of ancient Alex andria, n short distance outside the Arabian walls. It Is a monolith of red granite of the Corinthian order raised upon a pedestal. Its total height Is ninety-eight feet nine Inches, shaft seventy-three feet and circumference twenty-nine feet eight inches. The present name Is a mere invention of travelers. The Inscription on the base shows that it was erected by Publlus, eparch of Egypt, in honor of the Em peror Diocletian A. D. 302. It stood in the center of the court of the sera pcum. or great sanctuary, of Serapls nud survived its transformations into a church and a fortification. The Rubicon. The Rubicon was the small stream separating ancient Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province which had been al lotted to Caesar. When Caesar crossed this stream at the head of an armed force ho passed beyond the limits of his own province and legally became an invnder of Italy. Hardened Lead. Metallic sodium hardens lead with out changing its color. Two per cent of Bodluin will harden lead so that it .will ring when struck: a larger amount causes it to become brittle. The lead sodium alloy is sometimes used as a bearing metal. London Express. Just Got It Out. "Why In tho name of goodness," ex claimed a man to an acquaintance, "do you keep taking out your watch? Go ing to catch a train?" "Well, no," answered the other. "To tell you tho truth, I haven't seen my watch for a long time." Wanted Good competent girl. In quire 412 West 4th St. Testing His Influence. "Senator, can you give me a Job ns Janitor around the capltol?" "Why. I thought you were slated for something bigger!" "I have been slated for several things bigger. Now I want to see If there isn't something I can really get." Pittsburgh Post. Heard In a Bakcshop. Baker No live cent loaves of )a.m perniekel left sir; only the large ones. Customer Very well: give me a loaf of iiuiiiiK'idline.-Boston Transcript. Nearly Did. Grocer Did those mushrooms I sold you do for the,whole family? Custom erVery nearly. The doctor Is still calling. New Orleans Picayune. Tact. Tact Is wlin you cover your mouth with your hand and make the other party believe that the ynii was o smile. Cincinnati Enquirer. mmmaamMmmmammmmnmmmmmmammmmSmssBsammmmm The Bell Telephone in Time of Need Any day, any hour, necessity may arise whon you'll regret that you have so long neglected to order a telephone. In times of urgent need, the briefest message by telephone gets action gets results immed iately. Are you prepared to sond for assistance by, the quickest route? Are You Protected by Bell Telephone? NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY "Bert, thero is something I wish you to d for me." "What is it, John?" "It's n very slmplo Job If douo right, but n rather delicate one." "Well, go on." "Lucy, you know, 13 emerging from childhood Into womanhood." "Your daughter Lucy?" "Yes. She is fifteen, a very danger ous age. And sho is Just now In great danger," "now so?" "A youngster of eighteen has been making up to her, andi Lucy seems to fancy him. You never can tell what theso youngsters may do. Lucy needs to go to school for several years yet. And as for this young Mnrkland, lie's nothing but a boy and is dependent on his father for a living." "But what have I got to do with all this?" "If I can tldo Lucy over theso bars till sho gets old enough to havo somo senso she will take caro of herself. You nro thirty-two years old and a bachelor, within three yenrs of middle age. You are my friend and to bo im plicitly trusted with my daughter. If you will pay Lucy a little attention and Just enough to flatter her nt re ceiving it from a mnturo man sho "will drop tho boy. Tho spell being broken, sho will be all right again till the next caso of puppy lovo comes on. And quite probably she'll bo nineteen or twenty before she experiences another affair, and by that Unio she'll have somo sense." "I'd like to help you, John, but I can't see how an elderly fellow Uko myself can havo any influence over a child of fifteen." "I don't wish or expect you to get her in love with you. I simply wish you to let her see the difference be tween a man and an undeveloped boy." "Well, to please you I'll see what I can do, but I shall feel very queer try ing to make believe that I am struck with a mere child." "Como and dine with mo tomorrow evening. Alter dinner I'll go nround to the club for a game of whist. You can then mako a beginning. Mrs. Grant, tho housekeeper, will bo at home, but no one else. You can havo a game of lotto with Lucy, or doml nos, see?" Mr. Bert Tlsdalo groaned. "Oh, I know It will bore you," added his friend, "but really, Bert, I think you can do mo a great favor. There's nothing I dread for young persons of both sexes like the period until they reach a marriageable age." Mr. Tlsdalo had often seen Lucy Wentworth, but not since sho had put away her doll. At the dinner the next day ho noted her especially. Sho had somewhat developed since ho had last seen her and was now a lithe creature, whose skin nud other features still partook of the softness of n child's. Sho had a very sweet smile and a pleasant prattling wny with her. After dinner her father went out. remarking to his friend: "Pleaso excuse me, Bert; I have un engagement. Stay right where you are. I'll bo back presently." On Wentworth's departure Lucy, who had been asked by her father to enter tain his friend for half an hour or so, proposed, not a game of lotto, but to sit side by side on n sofa and look over an album of foreign photographs. During the next few weeks Mr. Tls dalo made visits to Mr. Wentworth's house with Increasing frequency. All seemed to go well. "Good boy," said tho latter, slapping the former on the back. "You're doing tho Job splendidly, but don't overdo It I don't wish you to turn her head." Tlsdalo forced an uneasy smile. "By tho bye," continued Wentworth. "I've got to go away on business. When I return Lucy's school will havo como to an end for this year and I'll send her Into tho country. I've noticed that the boy has dropped out, but I think that next fall I'll tnko tho pre caution to send Lucy to boarding school. So long, old man." Tlsdalo stammered a goodby, adding that ho would ease off In his effort to savo Lucy wlillo her father was absent Wentworth remained away n little longer than ho had "expected. When he returned he found that In his scheme to prevent his daughter from a premature marriage with n boy he had Jumped from tho frying pan into tho fire. On entering Ills home he was handed a telegram: Forglvo us IJcrtio and I havo been mar ried. It's all my fault. Wentworth wns thunderstruck. A week later tho two chums stood facing each other. N "For heaven's sake, Bert," said Wentworth. "what in tho name of con science induced you to" "What induced mo to?" "I didn't dream that you wero a natural born" "Any man exposed to anything in petticoats mny bo a fool." L "But Lucy! She's barely passed out of childhood. However, what can't bo cured must bo endured. You'd better take Lucy to Europe for n year or so. By that time she'll be more mature and tho affair won't look so ridicu lous." The ridiculous affair occurred ten years ngo, Mr. Tlsdalo is now forty two and his wife is twenty-five. It does not occur to any one that thero U Anything ridiculous nbout tholr union. A girl about seventeen years old, In calico dress, sunbonnct and cowhldo boots, wns walking through a wood In Kentucky ou her way to a spring for water when, making n Bhort cut in a bend In tho path, sho enmo upon a man asleep. Ilo was young, but there was a hunted look on his face that made htm look older. Thero was u feud of long standing between tho Griggses and tho Backus es, and a few days before Abel Griggs had been shot and killed by Josh Back us. Sinco tho killing nil tho Griggses hnd been looking for Josh In order to cut nnothcr notch on their rifles to make up for the latest Backus notch, said notches dcuotlng tho number killed. The girl wns Mahulda Griggs, and sho looked down on Josh Backus. Ilo had been driven by n cordon of Griggs men, who were closing In on him, to the wood near Mahulda's home. lie know there was no escape for him and hnd thrown himself on tho grass In despair. Having been long without food or sleep he had fallen into a slumber. Ho awoke with a Btnrt and saw Ma hulda looking down on him. Each knew who the other was, though thoy had. never 'met before. Josh sat up and, handing his gun stock foremost to Mahulda, said huskily: "You're a Griggs, I reckon, and I might ns well own up that I'm Josh Backus as killed Abel Griggs. I'm sure to be taken and shot I'd ruthcr bo killed by you than any of tho Griggs men, and I'll bo obleegcd to you if you'll put a bullet Into me where It will kill mo quickest" The girl took the gun. "Beckon I ort to kill you," sho said, "seeln' you killed oue o the best of us Griggs people." "Put the ball tlmr," said the other,, rising to his feet and tapping his heart with his finger. "Whnt did yo' kill Abel fo'?" "To match the klllln' of Jim Backus." "Beckon you'll be killed to match tho kllllu o' Abel, and then nnothcr Griggs Ml be killed to match the klllln' o' yo'." "That's the wny of It. Come, do tho shootin'. Like enough, some ono'll come along." "I don't want to kill yo'," said the girl, bringing tho gun to her shoulder. "It's the best thing yo' kin do fo' me." She alined nt him, then lowered the gun." "I mought hide yo'." "Hide me! You, a Griggs, hide n Backus!" "Keckon." "Ef your peoplo would find It out thoy'd kill yo' fo' doin of it." "Sartlii." "Well, what yo' goln to do?" "Hide yo', I reckon." Ho stepped up to her, took her hand in his and looked Intently into her eyes, whero ho saw a Btrugglo between pity and self sacrifice on tho one hand and revenge and possible death for herself on the other. And ho saw, too, the moment when tho decision enme. Sho took off her sunbonnet and hand ed it to him, then divested herself of her dress, which sho also gavo to him. Ho understood ajid put them on. When ho was In her outer garments sho put on his woolen shirt, trousers and hat. "Yo go down tho path lo tho spring," she said. "It's on tho edge o' tho elenrln' what yo' kin see ncross. Ef yo don't see nary one go over. Ef yo're In danger I'll show myself till yo git cl'ar of 'em." "But they'll shoot yo' fo me." "Beckon not. Ef they do they'll havo to hit me." "Mayn't I have a kiss befo' I go?" he asked with a trembling voice. "Beckon." Sho received the kiss passively; then they parted to go In different direc tions, the man taking the bucket the girl the gun. When he reached the spring lie filled the bucket, at the same time casting his eye over the clearing, lie knew that one of the cordon of Griggses was not far away; but, seeing no one, he started across. He hadn't I'one far before he heard a voice: "Hello th.ir! Yo Mahuldy! Whar yo' goln'?" He kept on without replying. Pres ently he heard tho same voice say, "Mahuldy, ef that's yo', yo' come yero or I'll shoot nt yo'!" Backus kept on without reply. Then suddenly lie saw a sun Hash ou a rifle barrel, and for a moment ho hesitated. Then came tho rifle's crack, but no bul let eamo near him. He shuddered, for he believed that Mahulda had shown herself and had received tho fire. Hearing no further sound, he ran to the wood beyond tho clearing. The Griggses, who had fired supjios edly at Backus and seen him fall, ran up to him. Thero lay Mahulda, pale and bleeding. Quito likely the bullet that hit her Hived her life. Her own peoplo could not kill her, and the sacrifice sho'had niado filled their hearts with compas sion. When she recovered a meeting was called among tho Griggses, and Mahulda was sent to tho Backuses with a proposition to end tho feud. There sho met Abel Backus, who had little difficulty In persuading his peo plo to ngreo to drop the killing. Somo months later a mingling of Stiggscs nnd Backuses celebrated tho wedding of Josh Backus and Mahulda Griggs. We've Got It Down Pat. That's what customers say, anyway we've got the lumber business "down pat." Guess we have, too and here's why. We sell at small profits and sell quickly. Selling quickly we sell much. Quickly selling much at small profits, we earn little on mnch, and much on many. No secret about it, you see. What you want is what we aim to keep. And we aim to givo, and do give, the best values in Building Material in this city. And the good people hereabouts know it. C. F. Iddings Company, North Platte Nebraska. 3&3 The Mica Makes It Better Eureka Harness Oil will Keep Your Harness Black, Soft and Strong STANDARD OIL COMPANY (NEBRASKA) OMAHA ATTENTION, FARMERS FARM IMPLEMENTS Sold lo you now at wholeudo price. Our 44 yaara of azpcrlenco and suaranteo I sttmpe J on every tool that we manufacture. ST. JOSEPH STEEL King, Two-row Wheel DIjc Cultivator 4 also. shovel oveners and neck-yokes Add (or 8 shovel $2.25 jC . Jfe SWANSON 3-time,2-row Wheel Dlfio Cultivator, 1 dtsa. 4 Bhovel.neclr yolseu and evoucrs. R K1RLINTWO-ROW tor, 4 due, 4 knivs NEW WAY LISTING HARROW wS OthCENTURY CULTIVATOR 4 Shovel Pin Drake 3-Soction. . S 12.00 TERMS Cash with order, or nooeptablo note. P. O. B. St. JoaoDh. Mo. Write for our Bis Farm Implement Catalogue. S-Soction, . . 20.00 SWANSON-ST. JOSEPH PLOW COMPANY SAINT JOSEPH. MISSOURI GOING TO North Platte United Doctors Specialists At the Pacific Hotel, Friday, May the 1st. One Day Only. Remarkable Success of Theso Tal ented Physicians in the Treatment of Chronic Dineascs Offer Their Services Free Of Charge. Tho United Doctors, Specialists, h consi'd by tho state, for the treatment of deformities nntl all norvoua and chronic diseases of mcn.tiwomen und children, offer to all who call on this trip, consultation, examination, advice free, making no chnrgo whatever, ex cept the cost of medicine. All that is asked in return for these vuluable ser vices is that every person treated will tell their suffering friends and neigh bora of tho good results obtained by their treatmonta that thoy may con sult them with confidence on thoir re turn trip which will be in two months. This is said to be one of the most ablo specialists' organization of its kind in this saction of the country, and must be a successful one from the many good result they nro getting. Thoy do not treat any acute diaeaser, their time and attention being devoted to such diseases as follows: Diseases of the stomach, bowels,liver blood, skin, nerves, heart, speen, kid neys or bladder, rheumatism, sciatica, bed wetting, leg ulcers, weak lungs, catarrh, bronchitis, asthma, slow growth in children and those nfllictedwith long standing, deep-seated chronic diseaos, that have bafllod the skill of the family physician. According to their system no more operations tor appendicits, gall stones, tumors or goitre. If you have kidney or bladder troubles bring a two-ounce bottlo of your urine for chemical anaylsis. Deafness often has been cured in sixty days. Remember this free offer is for thi3 trip only. Murriod ladien must como with their" husbands and minora with their parents. METZ SBBps Giidden Tour Winner ltuns 5 to 50 miles per hour on high penr. Una no equul forclimbling hills, and travels 28 to 32 miles on ono gallon of gotoline, Do those facts menn anything to you? If so write for catalogue and particulars KOPF & MACEY, Agents, North Plntte, Nebraska,, Cattle and Hogs WANTED. Sell your Cattle andJHogs to Julius Mogensen, No. Platte. Hgihest cash prices paid. Often open day and night in North Stfe Barn. First class horse and a"o livery in connection. Phone No. 29.