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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1914)
&&&s&&mm&M w Collecting on J Christmas TolU by a Drummer !3F. iv.:.w.utr.:: A HUNCH of us were putting In Snntlr.y evening swapping ' yarns of our early days on tlio rond when It en mo the turn of an accident insurance special. "The first trip I over made was when I was n kid of twenty," ho said. "I was shipping clerk In an agricultural ! Implement house In Hrooklyn. I was o make n collection, and, of all days in the year, I was to seo tlio man on Christmas dayl "Why then? Well, the chap I was to sec was a hlg farmer up In tho hills of Sullivan county, nnd ho did qulto n business In farm Implements among Ills neighbors. Ho had given tlio house n hunch of notes running four months and falling duo Sept 1. TCvery one of them came hack protested. "The Junior partner had charge of tho collections, and ho figured there was Just one sure way of nailing the chap, and that was to get to tho house Christmas morning. "I don't remember tho name of tho vlllago I had to get off at, hut I do re member it was a mighty cold night when I arrived there. I got nway all right in the morning after tho hotel man had given mu all sorts of direc tions about tho way to get to John ston'H place, twelve miles away. "Johnston himself opened it and without waiting for a word from me said: 'Come right In, stranger. Mighty cold morning, ain't It? S'poso you lost your way.' "I didn't commit myself one way or tlio other, but accepted his Invitation by walking into tho parlor. Thera was a bunch of children in tho room, one a lad of sixteen or so, who was told to put tho horse up. Tlioro wns a big Christmas tree In tho window, all dec orated with shiny ornaments nnd tin set. "Wo chntted for quite awhile until ho had to go to the barn to help his men tend tho horses. I plnycd with tho children, and when he got back I had the littlest girl on my knee nnd was rending to her. " 'Started snowing again, Johnston remarked as he stamped his feet on the rag rug outside the parlor door. 'Din ncr'll bo ready In a little while, but I'll have tho wife hurry It up If you have to get away.' "I told him J. couldn't think of hut ting in on the family that way and "yoU'LIiTAIJC NO IIUSI.MMS TO MB l'ODAY." that if he'd give me a few minutes I'd like to talk a little business with him. " 'You'll talk no business to uie to day, ho said. 'You'll have dinner and supper with us and u mighty good bed tonight. You can talk business In tho morning.' 'Hut'- I broke In " 'There's no "but" about It, That's the program, and I'm boss In this house!' "And let mo tell yon, boys, l had u bully time! "After breakfast my host took me into tho little otllce lie had between tho parlor and dining room and told mo to lire away. "Whnt do you think I said? 'Mr. Johnston, I don't want to talk business at nil. I'm going on my way, and I'll cnnio ngain tomorrow. "'Don't be afraid. If it's something disagreeable spit It out! ho said. What's the miostlonV " 'When are you going to take up thoue notes of Uhrmnn & Wilson's? That's what they sent me up from Hrooklyn about. Hut after tho friendly way you ami your wife have treated me 1 have nothing more to say. I'm ashamed of my Job.' '"You're nil right, young man,' ho remarked, to my astonishment and re lief. 'I don't blame you a bit, and I admire the stand you take. It cud some more stories to Nelllo out of her book while I look after the cattle, and by and by we'll drlvo to town, and I'll fix up the notes for you. I havo been pretty hard up tho last few months, hut 1 got In u sum of money a few days ago. and everything is O. K. now.' "When we got to tho bnnk ho gave me a certllled check for tho $000 lie owed the house and u ton dollar bill for myself to buy something for my Unity as n pivsent from curly bended -IM." S'ew York Trillium. THE ORIGIN OF THE YULE LOG Tim following story of the origin of the Yule log In Virginia Is told In tho Pictorial Heview by La Sallo Corbell Pickett in an article dealing with Christmas In the south In wartime: Ono time an old black man was sit ting In his little cabin on a mountain side on Christmas evo listening to the cold wind howl over n world of snow and wishing that ho had a 11 ro to warm him when ho heard the cry of a little child away out in the cold. The old man hobbled to tho door and looked out across the snow, and the wind came rushing In and made him shiver so that his "onllost two teef" chattered with cold. Again tlio cry ciuno across tho snow, nnd ho wished with all his power of longing that ho could go out and find tlio unfortunate llttlo one, for the plaintive cry of a Ilttloclilld always goes straight to the heart. A third time the cry came, nnd a miraculous power seemed to fill tho old man's veins. Ills muscles becamo tenso and strong, nnd he stepped from tho thresh old Into the snow, tho crutch falling back in tho cabin. In nn instant lie was walking over the expanse of frozen snow with an activity he bad not possessed since he used to "go to camp meetln'." Hy and by he came to a llttlo child caught In a snow bank. He lifted tho child, and as Its little form touched him a new strength camo into him, nnd tho small bunion seemed to glvo him wings to speed back to tho llttlo cabin. Ho put the child on tho bed, drew tho ragged (Ullt around It and looked about to see If there might bo a piece of furniture of which ho could make a fire to worm bis small guest At that Instant ho saw n great log roll across the threshold and into the fireplace. The llttlo child was looking at it with eyes llko stars, nnd they sent gleams or light that kindled tho log with the most brilliant flro the old man had ever seen, and tho dingy little room was filled with radiance and warmth that brought u glow to tho soul as well ns to tho body and seemed to Hood the world with light As the light wrapped the child In a shining glory lie laughed a laugh that was like a song of the heart nnd float ed up and away. The old man turned his eyes to where the lire burned and watched the (lames leap in opalescent tints over the log forming tho shape of u cross in fire. At this point in the narrative Hr'er Simon usually becamo grently excit ed, and his eyes kindled ns ho went on in his rich dialect: "Do tlanies er do cross spread en chaso utter one ernudder, n-crawlln' en n-creepln' in en out en nround en about n-skadlin' hyer en n-skadlln' dar; a-llppln' up higher nnd higher; firs' r 111 blue blaze would come, den a yui'i-r one, den n bright red one would (hire up, en den do blazes would all mlngulato darsefs tcrgedder red en bluo en ynller en whlto would nil mix wid do klndlentlon colors er do rainbow, en cracklo en cracklo en lip higher eu bigger en bigger, do crackles a-gettcn louder en louder, en do blazes glttln bigger en bigger." Ah the old man watched all this dis play suddenly and magically appeared a table covered with a Christmns feast such as had never been spread before his eyes, and never ngnin was bo nun gry or cold, and never was there a Christmas In old Virginia after that without the Yule log nnd the Christ mas child to give it light and warmth & ALL UNDTE TO 'f: RJ CHIRDSTMASEVE :S 'Tib given out in mnny a song and story That eclobrato our blossocl Snviour'a birth On Christmas eve all creatures do him glory, Even tlio very lowliest ones of earth. TIs said that at the dawn of Christ mas morning Dumb animals aro givon power to speak. The masters of these creatures should tako warning tost they should be accusod by things so meek. In lowly stall nnd manger there aro praises Unto tho Christ Child, whom thoy claim ns friend. Eooh creature his own thankfulness up raises And sinos a Christmas carol with out end. The stars on high unite in joyous sing In Q. Telling the old, old story, ever new. Tho hells from every steeple now are ringing Tboir message on tho opalescent blue. "Peace on earth, good will to every na tionl" This is the message all these sounds foretell, Doth young and old, all things of his creation, Unito, for God is good nnd nil is well. All creatures, high nnd low, delight in singing. Doth young and old and rich nnd poor unite In that sweet message which the bells are ringing Upon the first faint beams of morn ing light. -Aw e"th ,r "i-'ladBlohip Record Proceedings of the County Board. December 14, 1914. Hoard met pursuant to adjourn ment. Present White, Hcrinlnghuu Hon, Springer and county clork. Settlement Is this day mado with Wm. Pittman, overseer district 31 nnd find due him tho sum of $35.00 which Is hereby allowed on said district. Tho following claims wore allowed on thn general fund: J. M. Humett, house rent county poor, $7.00 Peter Hurke, building fence, $40.00. D. E. Martin, damages on road 17, $17.C0. R. L. Cochran, surveying road 110, $31.60. liny Smith, chnininan on same, $1.00. Walter Smith, chalnman on same, $4.00. Wm. Smith, flagman nnd tenra on same, $7.00. Win. Smith, freight nnd hrhlgo ma terial, $10.91. R H Springer, services and mllongo, $46.80. V D. Woslenneld, mdso for county poor, $5.H0. Nebraska Tolophono Co., tolls for county attorney, $10.00. Nels Forstcdl, manure for Jail lawn, $10.00. W. S. Wood, services Stalo vs. IIol up et al, $10.00. North Platte Water Dopt, wator rent for Jail and court houso, six months, $87.00. M. Fowler, refund on settlement of olllce report, $0.72. Nehr. Telcpliono Co. rent for Dec. and toll charges, $32.25. (J. R Palmer, services as water com missioner, $28.30. J. E. Koontz, sprinkling strcot, $35.00. Paul G. Meyer, plating addition on map, $1.50. Dr. D. A. Runstrom, medical sor vlcos county poor, $40.00. Jens Sommor, mdso county poor, $23.G5. Allowed on road district funds: John J. Oinapp, cash for district 10, $75.00. Onus Cockle, cash for district 5, fci'OO.uo. l W. Claudson, cash for district 40, 20.00. K. K. Soulier, cash for district 5i, $KO.0O. Ala C. Plcklo, haying roads dlstrlcl 2(i, SI 5.00. Chas. Holt, cash for district 37. .'39.00. Henry Well, refund of poll tax. North Pintle, $3.00. II. H. Sanderson, cash for district 7. S25 00. Win. Smith, cash for district 22, $150.00. L. 11 Sanders, refund of poll tax, dlBtrlct "H" $2.00. W. II. Houser, cash for road dis trict 2. allowed for $40.00 on road dis trict 2. and $00.00 on commissioner district 2. m-m w$wm m m wmm &&! 'P&sn lTS-l "J V2 1 ms' tr--$$M.kjv - - : .rA M WLJm A MSm mm I Irri mB "A The spirit of Christmas is shown in tho happy faces of the people we meet on the street, in the jolly, good-natured bustle of the shoppers and in tho mysterious hiding- of bundles. The spirit of Christmas is in the vory air we breathe these days. By its ties wr aro drawn closer to frionds and relatives. All through the holidays tho tele phono will be flashing millions of greetings and good wishes far and near over its network of wires. Tllf, fnlnnl,nn ...111 j.nu Loio.ji.uuu wm curry me sngutesi lnnection 01 uie numan voice out; 10 xne far-away friend and relative. The telephone, you know, is the great and almost lim itless roadwav Over which Christmns snirit. miv fvnvl w J. J. Waltors, road work, allowed on commissioner district 1, $90.00. Wm. Smith, cash for road district 22, allowed on commissioner district II. C. Itidinger, road work, allowed on commissioner district 11, $57.00. John It. Itltner, inspecting Suther land bridge, allowed on bridge fund, $100.00. Wm. Johnson, bridge work on Hrady bridges, allowed on bridge fund, S20S.G0. Lincoln Construction Co., estlmato No. C on Sutherland bridge as cert fled by the stnle engineer, allowed on Hirdwood precinct bridge fund, j $363.24. The county treasurer is hereby nu 1 ihorized to refund to A. E. Hunting. 1 ton the sum of $3.42 on his personal i assessment for 191! on account of error In assessment. The county treasurer is hereby nu ' thorized to correct the tax list of Clms. llogue for 1914 from an as 1 sessed value of $85.00 to $45.00 on ac count of error in assessment. December 15, 1914. I Hoard met pursuant to adjournment. Present White, Springer, Ilermlnghau seii and county clork. Tho following claims wore allowed on the general fund: D. H. White, services and mileage, $05.24. F. W. Horininghauson, services and mileage, $70.20. 11. L. Cochran, services, $20.00. H. L. Cochran, surveying roads 10 and 130,$11.35. Fred Spurrier, chainnian and auto lilro on same, $9.50. K. I.,. Cochran, surveying road 4, $11.55. David Norris, chalnman on same, $2.00. H. L. Cochran, surveying road cast of North Platte, $5.00. J. W Rowland, chalnman on same, $2.00. J. E. Stevens refund of court costs (disallowed for $3.50) and allowed for $11.00. D. W. Bcsak, delivering general election ballots, $52.00. It. L. Cochran, survoying, $15.00. R. L. Cochran, platting road No. 11, $10.00. O. 13. Elder, canvassing general election, $10.00. C. F. Temple, canvassing general election, $10.00. C. W. Yost, canvassing general election, $10.00. Lierk-Sandall Co. mdso for county poor, $11.00. Allowed on commissioner districts: J. C. Johnston, road work allowed on district 3, $22.S0. Jacob Miller, road work, allowed on district 2, $45.00. Jacob Miller, cash for road work in road district 3S, allowed on commis sioner district 2, $50.00. C. 11. Smith, road work allowed on (list. 1. $17.00. H. S. Ilasklns, road work allowed on district 1, $50.00. Allowed on road district funds: J. C. Johnston, cash for district 12. $40.00. II. S. Ilasklns, cash for district 49, ilerry Christmas To Al. i 1 . . ' n . r. . ----... M MfW .WJ V M, T a. Why Not Telephone and Spread Good Cheer? NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY $25.00. H. P. Hansen, rond work, district 27. $13.00. R. W. Schleicher, bridge work at Target Canyon, allowed on bridge fund, $800. Paul O. Meyer, is hereby appointed Justice of the Peace for North Platte No. 3 to fill vacancy and bond ap proved. Whereupon the board adjourns to Dec. 22, 1914. C. W YOST. County Clerk. .Sick Headache fdlck headache is nearly all caused by disorders of the stomach. Cor rect them and the periodic attacks of sick headache will disappear. Mrs. John Bishop of Roserllle, Ohio, writes: "About a year ago I was troubled with indigestion nnd had sick headache that lasted for two or three days at a line. I doctored and tried a number of remedies but nothing help ed mo until during one of those sick spoils it friend advised mo to tako Chamberlain's Tablets. This medi cine relieved mo In a short time,." For snlo by all dealers. Clnu'ilH'rlnh'V Cough Remedy The A Kipling Anecdote. Tim old postman at Westward Ho. near Widcford. in Deu'n. and the scene of "Stalky & Co." U reported in T I'.'s London Weekly as telling an in teresting anecdote of Rudyurd Kip ling, datum from the lime when Kip ling himself was a boy at school at Westward Ho It appears that Iteek vvlth. the iii'tintic expert, came to West ward Ho to give an exhibition from the filer, which was crowded with the usual summer sightseers and a fair sprinkling of boys from the school After some evolutions In the water the swimmer commenced a series of diving performances, and It was after a sen satlounl dive from the top of the pier that the spectators were amazed to see a chubby, stocky boy run to the edge of the pier and repeat the dive with all the nmnnerlsnis of the expert Inquiry elicited the Inct that the boy was named Kipling, and It Is by this Incident more tha'i any other that the Hideford people remember the now fa mous author. Size of tho Sea. An ofllccr of a liner once remarked that most men seemed to be as ignu rant about the size of the sea as they are of the distance between the heav only planets. Here are a few facts: The Pacific covers C.S.000.000 miles, the Atlantic 30.000.1)00 and the Indian ocean. Arctic and Antarctic 42.000.000 To stow away the contents of the Pa clllc It would be necessary to till a tank ono mile long, one mile wide and one mile deep every day for 4 10 years. Put in figures the Pacific holds In weight SMS.OOO.OOO.OOO.000.000.000 tons The Atlantic averages a depth of not quite three miles. Its waters weigh 325,000,000.000.000.000.000 tons, and a tank to contain It would have each of Its sides forty-three miles long. The figures of the other oceans arc in the same startling proportions. It would tako nil the sen water in the world i.000,000 years to flow over Niagara. Sick Two Years Willi Indlgotlon "Two years ago I was greatly bene fited through using two or three bot tles of Chamberlain's Tablets," writes Mrs. S. A. Keller, Ellda, Ohio. "Be fore taking them I was sick for two years with indigestion." Sold by all dealers. 91 Kindness and forgiveness and laughter will be on the telephone wires all during the joyous holiday season. Old time friends will be reminded that thoy aro not forgotten. Where in tho old days one Christmas visit was made in person ten will now bo made by tolephone. If you have a surplus of happiness during the holiday season, why not telephone a part of it to someone who has less? i - i. i n- -JJ. . b Theater Headaches. The most frequent cnuso of head aches occurring during or nfter tho theater Is eye strain. People who use the full energy of the delicate eyo muscles to obtain perfect vision aro often unconscious of this strain. In the theater the continuous effort to keep everything constantly focused ex hausts the nerve centers and headache results. The practice of seating the audience in total darkness while they are staring Into an intensely lighted stage Is another serious factor. Tho pupils, being widely dilated In tho dark, admit tho excess of light from the stage, often producing irritation of tlio eyes which lasts sometimes for dnys. Those subject to headaches should never sit where It Is necessary to raise the eyes to watch tlio stage. This un natural position of the eyes Is very tiresome even to those who never have trouble at other times. Journal Amer ican Medical Association. Flight of the Housefly. Dr. Iliudle of London finds that housetlles tend to travel either against or across the wind. This direction may be directly determined by the ac tion of the wind, or indirectly, owing to tlio flies being attracted by odors borne by the wind. Fine weather and warmth favor dispersal, and files travel further In the open country than in towns probably because tho houses offer food and shelter. In thickly housed localities the usual maximum illglit is about a quarter of a mile, but in one case a single Hy was recovered at a distance of 770 yards partly over open fenland. When set freo in the afternoon tiles do not scatter so well as in the morning. Liberated files of ten mount almost vertically to n height of forty-five feet or more. Vlli:. SOUTH PLATTi: PKOPLE Publicily Testify, lis Evidence Sot to he Ignored. When residents of North Platte aro willing to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills in this paper is there any good reason to try a kidney backache or bladder remedy that is not as well recommended? Mrs. Christian Pickett. 318 E. B St., North Platte, says: "I have used Doan's Kidney Pills, procured from McDonell & Graves' drug store, (now Schiller & Co's) and have found them to ho just the remedy I needed for backache and other kidney remedy dis orders. Whenever I am suffering from these troubles, I tako Donn's Kidney Pills and they give me relief. Others of my family have taken Doan's Kidney Pills with fine results. Price 50c at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for a kidney remedy geb Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Pickett had. Foster-Mtlburn Co., Prop.. Buffalo, N. Y. DR. J. S.TWINEM, Physician and Surgeon. Special Attention Given to Gynecology Obstetrics and Children's Diseases. Office McDonald State Bank Building. Corner Sixth and Dewey Streets. Phones, Oflico 183, Residence 283 JOHN S. SDI3IS, M. 1)., Physician and Surgeon Olllce B. & L. Building, Second Floor. Phone, Olllce, S3; Residence 38. Office phone 211. Res. phone 217 L. C . DROST, Osteopathic Physician. North Platte, - - Nebraska. McDonald Bank Building. DR. ELMS, Physician Q7ic? Surgeon , i .i.i in ii) m-m ... ..in, ttwr, i uiuill Glasses Kitted. Xl- New Office in McCnbe Building, PHONE 30. Nyal Drug Store Res. Phono Phono S Red 40G c. y. ciiomsx, (h'litlunto Veterinarian North Platte, Nebraska. Hospital 218 Locust St. Phone blk 219 Pipes andSmokers"ArticIes In addition to irniMtur and s-elline ns good cigsra ns enn be found on the mnrkft, wo cany a nice line of Pipes and Smokers' articles, m all grades. Then, too, we handle nearly all the brands of smoking nnd clmvinjr tobac co. uiv us n ca)i,;,ps. cpr J. F. SCHMALZRIED. ksiiiiiKMIe 'b' Bought and highest market prices pnid PHONES Residence Red G36 Office -159 C. H. WALTERS. EmEESk wr?mMm