An Up to Date
Matrimonial Method
By OSCAR COX
"Well, I declare!" exclaimed Kate
Goodwin.
"What Is It?" asked her friend. Clara
Bcnll.
"If that Isn't the most monumental
plcco of Impudence 1 ever heard ofl"
"Tell mo what It Is."
"You know that red headed, freckled,
loose Jolutcd Alf woodbridgo'"
"Yes."
"Well, he's sent mo a printed clrcu
lar stating that he's idllho market for
a wife. Ho says he's up for competi
tion, a prize. Just think of It! He'll
marry the girl who passes tho best ex
amination In thoso things that arc req
uisite In a wife."
"Do you mean to say that ho has had
the assurance to do such a thing?"
"I do."
"lie hasn't Bent mo ono of his circu
lars. If ho did I'd send it right back
to him."
"Il'm! Hotter wait till you get ono
of 'em. Ho Baya that only a few of
tho most deslrablo young ladles of tho
town will bo Invited to compete."
"Worso and worsu. I wonder that
ho hasn't died of conceit beforo this."
"Conceited persons never dlo of that
disease; they seem to thrlvo on it"
"Of course you won't tako nny no
Uco of his circular."
"Certainly not, but there'B ono thing
I'd like to know that Is, if any of
tho girls so demeans herself as to fall
In with his Idea, which ono of them
will get tho"
"Vrho. Just think of that fellow
offorlug himself as n prize!"
"I'll tell you what I havo a mind
to do."
"What?"
"I'vo n mind to fill In his questions
Just to see what comes of it."
"Can't you llnd that out without
pandering to his silly conceit?"
"No; hu says that no Information will
bo given any girl who has not been
invited to compote and docs not enter
tho race."
"Race oh heavens! Don't you know
that tho girl who wins will let It bo
known even if alio submits to tho In
dignity for fun or to punish him?"
"Well, I'm going to protend to bo a
candidate, and if I win I shall Just tell
him what I think of him."
"That's n good idea. I bellove I'll
do so too."
There wcro n dozen eligible girls in
tho town, and six received tho circular.
Tho six who wcro left out wero furi
ous. Every ono of them pronounced
Woodbrldgo's Impudeneo unbearable.
Tho six who wero invited Boomed to
havo various opinions of Woodbrldge'a
act Some considered It unpardonable
Homo pronounced It very funny, and
ono. or two girls with ndvanccd views
considered It a very practical way of
getting u wife. They said they had n
mind to select husbands in tho samo
way.
Ouo mornng Mr. Woodbridgo was
surprised nt receiving through tho mall
a noto Inclosing a list of printed ouch
tlons filled In In writing. Tho noto
said that tho sender considered his
competitive examination for u wife
"perfectly brutal," but that under
neath It all was a basis of common
sense.
"I'll cowhide those- fellows," remark
ed Mr. Woodbridgo, red as n beet. "I
didn't supposo when they threatened
to perpetrate that Joko on mo that they
would have the hardihood to do It"
Tho next morning Woodbridgo ro
I'clved another set of examination pa
pers and a set In the afternoon. Each
girl who responded had an especial ex
euso for doing so.
"Tills Is getting Interesting," remark
ed Woodbridgo to himself. "What ex
cellent reason these girls have for com
petlng! After all, what's wrong In tho
Idea? Marriages are made In all sorts
of ways. Why not by competitive ex
amination? In tills ago of marriages,
experimental marriages, In which both
husband and wlfo are to bo boss, mar
riages without ceremony and marrlago
till tho contracting parties are tired of
each other, why not go a step further
and have marriages on examination?"
In tho last set of examination pa
pers Mr. Woodbridgo received all tho
questions wero scratched and new ones
insorted Tho new ones were ho word
ed as to constitute a virtual examina
tion of tho man The lady Inclosed
tho paper in a note stating that she
considered tho plan admirable, but the
questions wero all wrong, if Mr.
Woodbridgo considered his examina
tion satisfactory sho would bo happy
to marry him at once. Sho had a brand
now Idea of tho marrlago ceremony
Tho couple wero to bo photographed
standing besldo each other holding
hands. She objected to nnytlilnu bolnu
said on the occasion slnco matrimonial
promises, all the world know, did not
mean anything
Woodbridgo burst Into n laugh at
tills form of mnrrloge. He wroto a
reply to each one of tho young ladles
who had sent In papers stating that
there had been a reaction toward mod
esty in him. Ho would do a bit of
courting with tho winner, and If sho
accepted him tho result of the exami
nation would lio known by tho an
nouueemcut of his engagement with
her.
This set tho girls ngog till ono day It
was announced that Alfred Wood
bridge wns ongaged to bo married to
Miss Kate Goodwin.
Woodbridgo gave his friends who had
perpetrated the Joko upon him n sup
per ns an acknowledgment of his grati
tude for being Instrumental In his so
curing so much happiness.
DulTarln'o Odd Might e.ye.
Sir Thomas Ilarolay In "Thirty Years
Anglo-French llemlulHceuces" tells how
Lord Lytton once asked Lord Dufferln
what he thought wns tho source of his
success In conducting Intercourse with
eastern princes. "My glass eye," said
ho. "When I had anything serious to
negotiate I fixed them with the glass
eye and watched them with tho other."
He may, of course, have meant his
monocle, adds Sir Thomas, who also
describes tho effect of Lord DufTerln's
odd right eye upon himself:
"When lie spoke to you he dropped
Ids monocle and fixed you with a
steady guzo which inado you feel as If
you wero giving yourself away to one
whom no hutnnn sympathy would
move. When you had finished what
you wero saying he would go on watch
ing you with tho same stendluess as If
ho wero listening now to what you
wero thinking. You would wabble on
the thin planks on to which in your
confusion you had stepped, and then
In the uncomfortable silence you would
say something you did not intend, and
IJufTcrlu seemed to bo waiting for
that."
Falters Called Mental Defective!.
According to a Urooklyn physician,
most accidents, as well as divorces
and crimes, nro In reality duo to de
fective mentality. When a person gets
caught in n maze of trafllc and docs
not know whether it is better to go
backward or forward lie is, according
to this doctor, a target for everything
coming his way.
The Indecision or lack of Judgment
leads to frequent accidents with tho
samo individual. Of 112 persons who
wero questioned In four scmlprlvato
hospitals forty-six had had previous
accidents and thirty-two more than
ono such accident Out of about GO.OCO
examinations of defectives thcro was
scarcely a case that did not show
mnny scars. Inquiry among eight au
tomobllo owners showed that tho opin
ion commonly hold of reckless chauf
feurs among their fellows was that
tho reckless ones wcro not qulto nor
ninl, or, as they phrased It, were
"crazy." Now York World.
The World's Strangest University.
Founded In tho year 072 A. D., tho
Mohammedan university of El-Azhnr
("Tho Luminous") Is ono of tho oldest
existing and strangest universities in
tho world.
El-Azhnr Is tho Oxford of tho Mos
lem world and is nt present attended
by upward of 10,000 students of all
ages and from every eastern country
from tho Caucasus to Somaliland.
Honrd and lodging Is free. Tho teach
ing consists chiefly of Mohammedan
dogma, which is laboriously committed
to memory from sacred books.
Tho students squat In groups on the
floor of tho Immense building with
their boots which havo to bo taken off
on entering and their dally rations be
side them and accompany tho droning
repetition of their lessons with a
rhythmic swaying of tho body. Writ
ing Is done on tin slates.
Girls are allowed to attend tho lec
tures, but only ns listeners; they may
not speak.
Eaten the Canary.
An Italian street peddler was mak
ing mechanlcnl canaries warblo and
carol when a coal wagon lumbered by
driven by an old darky. Tho driver
heard tho song and, pursing up his
lips, imitated it perfectly. Amazed,
tho peddler wnlkcd across tho street
and regarded tho old man long nud
hard.
"Yu needn't be lookln' fo' dat bird,"
Undo Andy nssurcd him, " 'caze Ah'so
dono swallowed him. Ah'so dono kep'
him down dar fo' twenty year an' Ah
ain't gwlno let him go now I"
And n crowd gathered, as is custom
ary in New York. New York Post
The Lnst Word.
"By gosh," n henpecked husband
said, "I hear somo chaps kicking be
cause their wives always havo the last
word. Now, for my part, to give my
wife tho last word never bothers mo
a bit"
"It doesn't?"
"No, on tho contrary. I always feel
thankful when sho gets to It" Ex
change. The Screech Owl.
The screech owl feeds on sninll mam
mals, birds, reptiles, llsh, spiders,
crawfish, scorpions, earthworms, grass
hoppers, crickets, ground dwelling bee
tles mid caterpillars. Screech owls
should be encouraged to stay near
oarns and outhouses, as they will keep
In check house and wood mice. ,
Bulgarian Wives.
Tho wlfo of n Bulgarian rarely goes
out without her husband, docs not re
celvo callers in her husband's absence,
fcoldom appears In n restaurant, n cafe
or a placo of public amusement and
never goes to any bucIi placo unless
her husband accompanies her. Lon
don Telegraph.
Just Like n Man.
"1 don't understand George," said
tho bride.
"How so?"
"Ho told mo to sweeten his coffoo
with a smile, which 1 did. And then
ho went nnd put In two lumps of
Biignr, anyhow." Pittsburgh Post
Wide Awake.
Fuddle You know Stocks, don't you?
Doctor Yes, Indeed. Ho Is now n pa.
tlent of mine. Fuddle Pretty wide
awako man, isn't ho? Doctor I should
say so. I'm treating him for Insomnia
Thero is no degradation In tho hard
est manual or humblest servile labor
when it is honest John Buskin.
The
Counterfeiter
By JOHN TURNLEE
John Roelf, detective, wns called
upon by the manager of tho Third Na
tional bank to ferret out tho perpe
trators of spurious ten dollar bills on
their bank. Ho began by making a
thorough examination of tho bills. It
would seem that a good engraver could
make a duplicate of any bank bill that
would bo practically perfect But no
matter how much caro ho puts on it
there will bo differences. On these
bills thcro was a miniature likeness of
the then secretary of tho treasury.
Thero was a difference between tho
valid and spurious pictures in the right
nostril, the left eyebrow and a line
running between the nose and the left
check.
But this wns of no moment to the
detectivo except to ennblo him to spot
one of tho counterfeits when ho saw it.
It did not help him In running down
tho counterfeiter. Ho know that cer
tain persons wero going nbout buying
articles worth various sums from GO
cents to $2 or $.'1, offering ono of the
counterfeit ten dollar bills and receiv
ing tho change In good money.
Roelf Interviewed several of tho per
sons on whom these spurious bills had
been passed a young woman cashier
In an lco cream saloon. She said that
a young man had brought in a girl, or
dering lco cream, cake and other arti
cles for both of them; had paid for
what ho bought with a ten dollar bill
and received $9.15 chnngc. After the
doparturo of tho couple tho bill was
found to bo counterfeit
Tho only person who saw this young
mnn and woman was tho cashier her
self, who waited on them, no other per
son connected with the saloon being
present, but her description tallied
with that of others that is. tho de
scription of tho young man, for this
was tho only tiino ho wns reported in
company with a girl.
Roelf gave a telephono number to
tho proprietors of a certain store on
the main shopping street of the town
and asked them, if any one passed tho
spurious bills, to call him up and hold
on to tho person who had offered It
Then he took a novel, Bat down by the
Instrument rend and waited.
On tho third dny of his waiting ho
wns rung up from a cigar store. A
young man had called, bought a hand
ful of cigars, offered a counterfeit ten
dollar bill, received $8 and somo sil
ver In chnngo. lighted a cigar and gone
out smoking. The proprietor bad tele
phoned Roelf and sent a boy to shad
ow tho young man. Roelf went to
tho cigar store, and when tho boy re
turned ho showed the dotectlvo n houso
which tho young man had entered.
Roelf remembered that thero were
different possibilities connected with
this young man. The bill might have
been passed on him, he being entirely
Inuocent of tho matter. Ho might bo
passing tho bills for tho maker. Tho
houso ho entered might bo In no way
connected with the counterfeiting. It
might bo the plnco where tho bills
wero made. It behooved Roelf, there
fore, to be careful In his Investigations
lest ho cither como down on Innocent
persons or frighten tho counterfeiters
away with all their paraphernalia.
What ho did was to observe the
houso. Ho loitered near It Tor liair a
day to bco who en mo from nnd went
to it No ono entered it, but a woman
camo out
Tho usual way for detectives to
watch a suspected houso Is to hire a
room opposite. Roelf did this nnd
kept close observation on tho houso
tho young mnn had entered. Within
a few days another case of passing tho
bills wns reported to him. A young
man very likely tho same person as
bofore had bought a hat with ono of
them. Tho bill lind been detected, tho
purchaser had been followed nnd had
entered tho houso Roelf was watching.
This removed all doubt that the guil
ty person occupied tho houso In ques
tion. Roelf mado arrangements to
raid It, but concluded to got what ad
ditional Information ho wns able be
fore doing so. He kept up his wntch.
but tho only person ho saw come out
or go In wns a young girl. It seemed
to Roelf thnt thero was something fa
miliar to him about her, but ho could
not tell what It was. IIo never caught
& fair glimpse of her face, for when
ever she emerged from tho houso, If
the weather was fair, sho put up a
parasol and If It rained an umbrella.
Roelf now gavo orders among tho
shops that If any ono passed ono of
tho spurious bills nnd it wns detected
beforo tho person passing It got away
lie was to be detained. If this was not
possible Roelf was to bo telephoned of
tho fact and ho would nrrest tho coun
terfeiter If ho returned to tho houso.
Ono afternoon ho received a tele-
phono thnt a young man of effeminate
appearance had entered n drug store,
bought a pair of hairbrushes and
passed a counterfeit bill. Roelf went
out on tho street nnd walked back and
forth for somo time, when ho snw a
young man who answered the descrip
tion of the counterfeiter making for
tho suspected houso. As ho wns about
to enter Roelf clapped a hand on his
Bhouldor with a gruff "1 want you."
IIo was startled by a shriek such as
might come from a woman
And It did. When the person ar
rested was brought to faco accusers
sho turned out to bo tho cashier of the
lco cream saloon who claimed to havo
had one of tho counterfeit bills passed
upon hor.
Colonel Wm. Bcattty, of Brady, was
visiting in the city Saturday on
business and with friends.
For Sale Largo size hard coal heat
er. Phono Red (540. ,74-4
Peter Mulr left Saturday for Suther
land to attend tho funeral of Henry
C'oates.
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Order of Henrlng on Filial Settlement
Tho State of Nebraska, Lincoln Coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court:
In the Matter of tho Estate of Mary
E. Slutts, Deceased.
To tho Creditors, Heirs, Legatees
and Others Interested in tlw Estate of
Mary E. Slutts.
Tako notice, thnt John "W. Slutts
has filed In tho County Court, a re
port of his doings as Executor of said
estate, and it is ordered that tho same
stand for hearing tho 20th day of
October, A. D., 1914 beforo tho Court
at the hour of 9 o'clock A. M at
which tlmo any person interested may
appear and except to and contest the
same.
Notice of this proceeding and the
hearing thereof Is ordered given to all
porsonB interested In said matter
by publishing a copy of this order In
Tho North Platto Tribune, a. semi
weekly newspaper printed In said
county, for threes conecutlvo weeks
prior to said date of hearing.
Dated Sept. 22, 1914.
s29-3v JOHN GRANT.
; County Judge.
XOTICI'3 l'OIt I'UIlMO.Y'riOX. '
Serial No. 05208.
Department of the Interior
United States T.nnil Olllrn
North Platto, Nebraska, Sept. 21.1914.
Notice Is horeby Klven that Elmer
Daggett, of North Platte, Nebraska,
who, on July 28, 1911, made Homestead
Entry No. 05208, for E of NEK. Sec
tion 10, Township 12 N., IUiiBo 30 W
Cth Principal Meridian has nied notice
of Intention to make final three year
Proof, to establish claim to tho land
above described, boforo the lteirlster
anil Recolver. at North Platte, Nebras
ka, on tho 17th day of November, 1(114.
Claimant names as witnesses: Arthur
Comer, Louis Grulka, Joseph Shaw, Will
Collins, all of North Platte, Nebraska.
s25-6 J. E. EVANS, Register.
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