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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1915. i V I Wr Id" k M'i i w U .1 k . The Spirit'5 of Public Service yf-WJ When the land is storm-swept, when trains are stalled and the wagon roads blocked, our repairmen must keep the telephone highways open. These men face hardship and dan ger, because they realize that snow bound farms, homes and cities must be kept in touch with the world. This same spirit of public service animates the whole organization. It is found not only in our linemen and repairmen, but even in the girls at the switchboard, who, on countless "Big Business" means big salaries yes but it also means big men, big brains, broad-minded policies, intelligent organization, proper supervision, and big service to the people. Big business, properly conducted and regulated, means better service .to the public at less cost. ' I.EOAIj XOTICI3 The unknown heirs of William Van Brocklln; the unknown heirs of Mar tin Van Brocklln; Howard G. Thomp son ana Mrs. Howard Thompson, first and real name unknown, defendants, Impleaded with other?, will tako notice that on the 28th day of Aupust, 1914, Charles J. Gerken, plaintiff herein, filed his petition In the District court of Lincoln County, Nebraska, against said defendants, the object and prayer of which are to quiet the title in the plaintiff as against the above defend ants Impleaded with others upon the East one-half (K) of the Southeast quarter (SU) and the East one-half (E) of tho Northeast quarter (NEVi ) of Section thirty-two (32), Township eleven (11), Range twenty-nine (29), Lincoln County, Nebraska, who are claiming an Interest )n and to tho above described premises by reason of a deed executed by George C. Beneway and wife to Van Brocklln Bros. & Company, composed of William Van Brocklln, J. II. Van Brocklln, Martin Van Brocklln and Howard G. Thomp son. And are claiming that whllo said land was conveyed to tho grantors of this plaintiff by said corporation. Van Brocklln Bros. & Company, that tho said William Van Broclfiin, Martin Van Brocklln, J. H. Van Brocklln and Howard G. Thompson did not join In any conveyance, nnd that their interest In and to said land was never con veyed away. Whereas tho nlalntiffs al lege that said land was conveyed to van iirocKiin iiros. & company, a cor poration, and that the said William Van Brocklln. G. H. Thompson and Martin Van Brocklln never had any interest In and to said land except tho Interest in said corporation, and that said premises wero conveyed by said corporation, unu conveyeu an mo in terest of said parties to tho grantors of this plaintiff. And that said plain tiff has been in tho open notorious and exclusive possession under a claim of title to said premises for the last ten years prior to the commencement of this suit. And this plaintiff Is pray ing for a decree that the above defend ants be excluded from all right, title or Interest In and to the above described premises. You are required to answer said pe titon on or before the 15th day of Feb ruary, 1915. Dated this 4th day of January, 1915. CHARLES J. GEHKEN, Plaintiff. By WILCOX & HALLIGAN, J5-4w His Attorneys i.i;(;.vi, notice Simon Richards and Sarah Richards, defendants will take notice that on tho 12th day of November, 1914, Mutual Building & Loan Association, a cor poration, plaintiff herein, filed its pe tition In tho District Court of Lincoln Countv. Nebraska, against Ida Rich ards, administratrix of the estate of Samuel Richards, Deceased; Ida Rich ards, Elizabeth Richards, Simon Rich ards, Sal ah RichardH, Esther Richards, Millard Richards, City National Bank Building Company, a corporation, and Daniel Krankle, Daniel Lyons and Jul ius Lyons, a co-partnership doing bus iness ns Frankle Frank & Company, defendants, tho object and prayer of which are to forecloso three cortaln mortgages executed by Samuel Rich ards and tho defendant Ida Richards, upon Lot one (1) In Block one hun dred thirty-eight (138), tho East forty four (44) feet of Lot two (2), tho West twenty-two (22) feet foot of Lot two (2), and tho East twenty-two (22) feet of Lot three (3), all In Block ono hundred thirty-eight (13S) of the orig inal town of North 1'latte, Nebraska, to secure tho payment of throe bonds dated June 30, 1908, for the sum of $1200.00 each, duo and puyahlo accord ing to tho terms thereof That after tho execution and delivery of tho above bond nnd mortgage to the plaintiff, tho said Samuel Richards died, and that the defendants Ida Richards, Simon Richards, Elizabeth Rtdhards, Sarah Rlohnrds, Esther Richards and Millard Richards nro tho holrs at law of said Samuel Richards and are claiming an Interest In and to tho above described premises, and that said Ida Richards hah been appointed administratrix of tho. estate of Samuel Richards, de ceased. That said defendants havo failed to make the payments ns ro qulred under the ahovo bonds, nnd that there Is now duo from said de fendants and upon said bonds and mortgage, the sum of $1981.04. That tho defendants, tho City National Bank Building Company, a corporation, and Daniel Frankle, Daniel Lyons and Julius Lyons, a co-partnership doing business under tho name of Frankle Frank & Cbinpany, claim a lien upon tho Interest of IdaRIohards to tho above described property. The plain tiff prays that said premises may be decreed to bo sold to satisfy tho amount (We thereon. You are required to nnswor said pe tltonHon or beforo tho 15th day of Fob ruary, 1915. Dated January 4, 1915. MUTUAL BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCI ATION, A CORPORATION, , , Plaintiff, By WILCOX & HALLIOAN. J5-tW Its Attornejs We Advertise So That the People May Know; NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY Maxwell AtItsPrice,$695,theWorld'sGreatest Automobile Value Here's the car that has all the features of a $1,000 car, and The New 1915 Model Has 17 New Features Sims real high-tension magneto; sliding gear transmission; left-nand drive; center control, anti-skid tires on rear, and all high priced car features. The easiest car in the world to drive. A great big, handsome, powerful, swift-running REAL auto mobile. The greatest hill climber in the world. The car that has set the whole country talking. With electric starter and electric lights $55 extra. Holds the Road at SO Miles an Hour i tjiiiiiilliiil" iiiiffl I t II llli ill I III .ySliill l&hfiylll 1111 JSSy I II 1 WW' iffifffr?fc;"::iWlsHiWff')Jy Jttl'-f. .?rtf -"Ti LsfltsLsLsLsLLsLsLsLsLsLsLsLaLsHiLsLsLsLslsLsLsLsLsLsV? LLOYD POWERS, Agent, BRADY, NEB. DR. J. S. TWINEM, Physician and Surgeon. Special Attention Given to Gynecology Obstetrics and Children's Diseases. Offlco McDonald Stato 13ank Building. Corner Sixth and Dewey Streets. Phones, Ofllco 183, Residenco 283 J. II. 11EDFIELT). PHYSICIAN & SUltGEON Successor to PHYSICIAN & SURGEONS HOSPITAL Drs. Redflold & Redfield Once Fhono C42 Res. Phono 070 occasions, have proved themselves heroines in times of emergency. In response to the telephone needs of the public, this company has grown to be a large organization. But mere size should not be con sidered a sin nor business success a crime. A corporation that renders big ser vice to the public must be big and prosperous or the public will suffer because of poor service and poor payrolls. fl s am. imp. Bought arid h,'. t market prices p . d PHONES Residence Red 3(5 JOHlce 459 C. H. WALTERS. The Claimant By EUNICE BLAKE On the estate of Luclcn Mnrlvnud, In Prance, lived a poor man named Sou bisu nud his wife, Mario, tho couple having a llttlo sou, Francois. M. Marl vaud had extensive vineyards, from tho product of which ho manufactured wine. Soublso had chargo of tho grapo growing, and Marlvaud not only val ued ills services highly, but was very fond of him. Soublso's wlfo died, and he soon followed her, leaving llttlo Francois without a home. M. Marlvaud had a son, Victor, about Fraucols' age. When tho latter was left an orphan ho was taken to tho chateau and became a playmato of Victor. There was u brother of Vic tor, Louis, much younger than cither of these two boys. When Victor was eighteen ho enter ed the military school and became nn army ofllcer. Upon graduating ho was ordered to Join his regiment in Ton kin. Francois was anxious to seo sen-, ice and, enlisting in tho snmo regi ment, went out with Victor, who agreed to interest himself In his pro motion thnt he might becomo an offi cer. A year later after a fight Lieutenant Marlvaud was reported missing. This meant that be had fallen Into tho hands of the Chinese, In which case it was quite likely that ho bad been mur dered. When nothing was heard from him for several years ho was given up by his family, and when his brother, Louis, came of ago ho Inherited tho family patrimony, his father having died without n will. M. Marlvaud had purposely omitted to make ono because he never ceased to hope that bis son would one day turn out to bo among the living. Ten years after the departure of Vic tor Marlvaud. when there was no mem ber of the family living, Louis, who had for some time possessed and man aged the wine business, became engag. ed to llortense Vlllaret. tho daughter of a neighbor Mile. Vlllaret belonged to an aristocratic family, but tho es tate had been confiscated during one of the many changes in the sovereign ty of Franco, nnd she was very poor. She and Louis were much in love with each other, and her father favored tho match because Louis was wealthy and could ennblc Uortenso to return to tho stylo of living to which the fnmily had formerly been accustomed. All went happily for the lovers till a few weeks beforo the day set for tho wedding. Then ono day n man appear ed at tho chateau claiming to bo Vic tor Marlvaud. Louis was but twelvo years old why his brother left home, and, granting that this man was Vic tor, he would not havo remembered him. There was no other person at hand who had been familiar with Vic tor to identify him. But tho claimant was ablo to tell of many incidents that had happened on the estnte, which went far to provo that ho was what ho claimed to be. Ho explained his long absence In this wise: During the fight in which he was re ported missing bo.waB knocked on tho head by the butt of a musket In tho hands of n Chinaman and stunned. Wherr ho came to himself ho remem bered nothing of tho past, not even his nnme. Tho dead "wero lying about him; the wounded had been removed He arose nnd walked till ho came to a city, whero he eventually ontercd tho service of u French merchant After passing through various vicissitudes ho was taken suddenly ill nnd was remov ed to a hospital. After having been de lirious on returning to his former con dition ho had exclaimed, "You rascally Chinaman, take that for yours!" But seeing a nurse before him instead of n Chinaman he appeared much sur prised. He had returned to n normal state, remembering that ho was Vic tor Marlvaud. His appearance was terrible blow to the1 lovers, for, according to the French law of inheritance, Victor Ma rlvaud was the owner of the estate, in cluding the wine business. He told IjouIh so many things thnt had occur red during tho hitter's childhood that Louis became convinced that the stran ger was his brother. Nevertheless it was not to bo expected that ho would Oc pleased to see a brother of whom lie had no remembrance and who would dispossess him of his property Put tile severest blow was that M. VII i.nct Immediately withdrew his con sent to his daughter's marrlago unless it mid lie protcd that the claimant was an impostor There wijs an old blind woman liv ing on the 'place, who, on hearing of tin- claimant, desired that he be brought to her She asked him a few ii.cstloiis. which seemed to trouble him. though he answered them cor-ici-tli. Then the old woman directed that he lie uncovered to tho waist. Till-, was done, and her hand was guided to his chest. She slid her hand around to his side under his right arm, iyid It rested on n small lump tho slzo of n pea "Tills Is Francois Soublsc," sho said "I lived with his mother when he was u little boy and often dressed nnd un dressed him I know him by this lump " That ended the pretense. Louis Mnrlvnud after this attempt to linpo-e nn ti 1 in went to Tonkin and made a search for his brother, Victor But. although lie spent much time on the matter he failed to obtain any in formation whatever Victor never returned. Incidental Music. Ono of tho most tlresomo, not to say exasperating, traditions of the theater Is incidental music particularly the music that Is presumably Intended to accentuate dialogue. It has been n conviction of mine that the expedient Is a confession of actor weakness. Nu actor worthy of the imiiie need tin kind of help Some of you gmybeiinw hark bacli to I'd win Booth and tr, lo Imagine III m In the fourth act if "It! i .lieu." foi example, delixcilim i curse uf Koine speech in unison nli tile pei'Iorici In I he on lutlii ..i One (llirp.i-M c It, iw ecu lliect i i perrormaii i in (icritiiiu.v nud Uiom' . i America W In HiW ii incident. n nm (If, III Dill Killllll.l Cll'. llCtlll I.. II holds a pioiiilnciii icliitlmi to the , In hand iniiM have miisn in lirmv m u on the stage and mole music to i,ii him olT The music cue i iidictilotMi overworked Many plays are iiiimIi' uii intelligible b, the obtrusion of nn. mi. ly music simultaneously with lliietuut nobody could catch. - Detroit Tree Press. Army of Ancient Rome. Consider the (toman iiimy rrom tlic fifth century B. C onward until the division o$jtue empire. Its lighting organization was as complete us mid possibly moro practical than that ol any army of today. It was based on n territorial system which maintained the comradeship of locality wit limit bringing It into antagonism with that of tho corps, for each of the thirty flvo Roman "tribes" was required to furnish to each legion four "centuries of 120 men each, each of which worlc ed together as a local unit The legion was divided Into flvo cohorts or bat tallons, of which three were troops ol tho line, two wero n kind of militia and tho fifth wns a depot battalion For almost eight centuries the army thus constituted not only conquered tho then known world, but acted ns explorers beyond its limits and nt the same time mado and unmade kings nnd emperors in Rome Itself. London Opinion Polar Nights Delight Eskimos. Tho polar Eskimos,. tho must norther ly dwelling people In the world, are said to exist only by the exercise of grent Ingenuity nnd the practice of social virtue. The ehccrlness. klmlll ness and practical socialism of the Eskimos from eastern Greenland to Alaska may bu regarded as much due to their environment ns is the neces slty of eating large quantities of fat The Eskimos hall the first dark even Ings with the same glee as the tlrM daylight after the polar night- When a whole summer through the eyes have been bathed in light, day and night, they long to sou tho laud vanish into darkness again. And with the idea ox a change they associate all the good things the winter will bring Un frozen sea and the hunting on the Ice. the swift sledge drives, far from the swclterlug houses, after bears. Ex change. Thrift Versus Stinginess. It ought to be easy to tell tfct dltler ence between thrift and sttuglncss. But many folk don't know it No tightwad does. A thrifty man Is al ways a liberal man, though not u wasteful one. When he spends a dol lar his face doesn't show spasms of pain nor docs he tremble with avarice until his dollar returns, leading an other dollar of profit He spends In tclligcntly and therefore willingly, nnd is content to nwalt the outcome, be cause lie knows thnt in the long run he will get back from society about In proportion as he gives. As with In dlvidunls so with communities, states nations. Ecoaomy doesn't mean parsl mony. it means when nnd how to lie liberal. It means having foresight. -Cleveland Press. His Superiority. A mission worker tells how shocked she was to encounter tills bit of cyu Iclsm in the Blums, The coiiversailon was between two women whose iiinii till life had not been particularly le llcitous "Well,1, said one of them, "of cniiixc we has our troubles with all of 'em But I'll say this for in. second un hand he's better than nn llrst lies in jail so much that practically all I earn I has for myself " -l.lpplncottV Lundy Island. Lunily Island, at the entrance or tin Bristol channel, has a qncci ic. end It was owned In the eighteenth ciitur.v by a Barnstaple num. ho niutracted to ship convicts to Virginia, but only took them to the Mund where he profitable employed ilicm even In smuggling to the iimluiniid Ministerial Aspirants. . .Statistics slmw that in the early days of American colleges about oiic-luilf of all the graduates adopted the iniiilstiv as a profession At the present time it Is different only nbout fi per cent of the college graduates become mln isters In Business Attention, application accinai-.e method, punctuality and dispatch are the principal qualities leqiilred rot the efllclont conduct of tuisliiess of any sort Samuel Smiles The Periscope Tho periscope, by which a siitiinerg ed submarine Is steered, w n lilud ol tube with mirrors In It wheicbj what Is happening on the surface is rellecied below. An Explained Disliko. Tho first lord of the admiralty sighed "I do not llko submarines," he unit tcred, nnd then he added "tor dlvec reasons "-Philadelphia Ledger A Belgian War Romance By LOUISE B. CUMMINGS Ono quiet evening in the summer of 1013 a pair of young lovers stood or. n bridge that crossed tho river Lys, in Belgium. They were there for n part ing. Tho young man was to leavo for tho const early the next morning and thence for America. Nothing could bo moro peaceful than tho scene nbout them. A young moon stood in tho west If nn occasional breeze stirred tho leaves on tho trees they were stir red lightly. As for sound, there was only a slight gurgle beneath them as tho current passed tho abutment of tho bridge. "Minn," said the young man, "cheer up. It will not bo long before In Amer ica I shall havo saved enough monoy to send for you. Thnt we may havo n deflnlto time to be reunited I prom iso you thnt ono year from today, If not beforo, you shall receive tho pas sago money to bring you to mo." "And I, Hans, will work and savo so that If you do not succeed in gain ing enough to send for mo I may havo enough for tho Journey." When the year bad passed a great chango had como over Belgium. Tho Germans were pouring into tho coun try from the east the French from tho south. Wllhclminn had received let ters from her lover In Now York that money would bo sent her for her pas sage, but beforo it was dispatched tho war had stopped tho malls. On tho anniversary of their parting, nt evening, Wllhclminn went to tho bridge on which they had stood a year before. It was now n ruin, moro thnn half of it having been destroyed. Hero and thcro across tho fields wero flashes, followed by a distant roar of guns, whllo searchlights sent their columns of light across tho sky llko the talis of nearby comets. What should she do? Her homo had been that duy In tho lino of flro and was n ruin. Beforo leaving it sho had snatched up her savings, and theso sho had with her. Standing thero in tho identical spot whero sho had stood In quiet with her lover, sho resolved to go to him If possible. There wns no way of announcing her coming beforehand. Sho had neither . writing materials nor a way to send a letter. Indeed. It wus doubtful If even sho could break through tho lino of war to reacli tho coast And if she arrived at n port would sho find a ves sel? Nevertheless she turned her face toward Holland nnd set off in tho d.irk ness. Her adventures arc u long story by itself. Fortune favoring, she renched Rotterdam In Bafety nnd thero found that she had the means to buy n steer age ticket on nn outgoing steamer to New York. On tho arrival of tho vessel tho emi grants wero landed nt Ellis Island, and Wllholmlna among others wns brought beforo the emigration commissioners. Thero she wns asked how she would bo provided for In America, nnd whui sho said that sho had no money sho was told that sho would bo sent back to Holland. Her modesty, tho consciousness that sho was coming to marry a man with out n special bidding, bad caused her to conceal whnt sho jCxpected. Be sides, suppose Hans had changed! But tho prospect of being sent back to n land running In blood, whero even tho llttlo homo in which sho had been born and always lived had been level ed, overcame her reticence, and sho told n lovo story that no pen, however Inspired, could put on paper. "Hans must bo foundl" Such were tho instructions given to a messenger, who departed on hl3 er rand. Thero Is n commlttco of Belgians in Now York whoso purposo it Is to look after their incoming fellow country men. Tho bend of the committee wns found, and he in turn started a hunt for linns. Ever since the wnr had broken out nans had been anxious about his WIU hclmlnii. He had not dared to send her his savings for fenr they would bo lost Indeed, ono of the troubles brought on by tho war was the Inability to send funds jo Europe He hnd written her, but without expectation that she would receive ills letters. As to receiving lot tors from her. he had no faith in thnt either. Hans was at work one nfternoon when a fellow workman came to him nnd told him that the boss wished to see him in the nlllce. Hntis laid down his tools and reported as directed, Ho found beside the boss ninan, who usk. ed him: "Are you nans Wichtel?" "I nm," "There Is n girl on Ellis Island who enme over from Belgium. She says you will mnrry her " "Minn 7" "Sho says her nnme Is Wllhclminn." "Marry tier: Of course 1 will mnrry her. Where can 1 tlud her?" nans wished to go at once to Ellis Island, but suddenly remembering that a man In overalls was not In wedding costume tidied himself up, then set off to Join his sweetheart If the authorities had any doubt nbout Wllhelmlnn's story It was dis pelled by the fervent embrace of the lovers. But Uncle Sam's emigrant ofll cinls take no man's promise of mar riage, nnd there nre no brenches of promise in Ills large family A man went with the couple to the city hall In New York, where n license wns pro cured. Then the pair went to the of. flee of the Belgian committee whero tho marrlago ceremony was performed
