Dead Easy
By DONALD CHAMBERLIN
Wo lived In a house sltuutccl on a
park. I used to walk In the park a
good deal and when the weather ad
mitted often sojt reading on a bench
located near the park wall. A row of
houses backed up against the other
sido of the wall, and one morning I
saw a pretty girl sitting nt a second
story window doing some fancy work.
The situation suggested illrtatlou;
but, though I kept my eye on the girl
without cessation, 1 could not detect
from her nctlons thnt she was con
sclous of my presence. When I had
remained on the bench so long that I
felt to remain longer would seem as If
I were wntchlng her I withdrew.
1 was telling my sister Kate about
my observation and regretting that I
could not win a single glance from my
beauty.
"How do yon know you didn't?" ask
ed Kate.
"How do 1 know? Why. she kept
her eyes on her work all the while."
"Humph! I once sat In a window
and kept my eyes fixed on a young
man in a window opposite without his
knowing it."
"How did you do it?"
"By a mirror."
"You don't mean itl Is that the
way girls do?"
"When they want to."
"I don't believe tills girl wants to."
"I'll go with you some time, and if
I can get u look at her I'll let you
know whether her indifference Is as
sumed or not"
Kato went with me, and luckily tho
girl was sitting at the window. Tho
latter did not scruple to look down
upon us quite frequently.
"She seems to bo more Interested in
you," I said, "than Bhe is in mo."
"No; she's interested in you. When
you were alone she would not appear
to notice you. Now that I am here she
Is making up for lost time."
"The dickens you say! You must
como hero with me every day."
"Indeed, I will not. If you haven't
tho courage to manage tho affair your
self you'll have to let it drop."
"What shall I do next?"
Kate thought a moment, then told
mo to send a box of cut flowers anony
mously. I had sufficient courage for that, for
the girl would have no reason, so I
supposed, to think thnt I had sent
tho gift, so I acted on Kate's advice.
The next morning, nrmed with maga
zines and newspapers, I took my scat
on the bench. In a vase on a mantel
in tho room occupied by my charmer
were tho llowers. I waited for her to
appear at tho window, but she did not,
and Lwent home.
"Nothing gained by the flowers," I
said to Kate. "They're on her mantel,
but she did not como to tho window,
and I fancy she has a lover whom she
suspected of having sent them."
Kute laughed and said she would go
out to the bench and have a look at
them. When she returned she said:
"Dick, you're a fool."
"Why do you say that?" I asked
hopefully.
"She has put the llowers In the only
place In the room where they could
bo seen from the bench."
I was delighted. Why had I not
noticed that?
"What shall 1 do next?" I asked.
"Well, you might write a message
and hold it so Unit she can read it
without appearing to mean it for her."
"She couldn't read letters less than
two or three Inches high at that dis
tance." "Mako them a.s large as you like.
Hut she can use n glass."
"You don't menu thnt tills girl would
descend to that with a man she hns
never met?"
"She's not so nice but that she will
do nny spying that will not be found
out Of course you must sit with your
back to her. else film can't see the mes
sage." "1 see. What message shall 1 write?"
"The words 'May 1 call?'"
"Good gracious! Without an intro
duction?" "Leave that to her. However, you
had better write your name and ad
dress," ,
I wrote the message in charcoal and
held It up with my back to the win
dow. By this time I had learned some
points myself and held a pocket mirror
so that 1 could see the window. Before
long I saw the girl leveling a pair of
opera glasses at me.
With my tiny mirror, notjnore than
nn inch in diameter, i could see iicr
straining to decipher my message. To
my delight It took her some time to
do so.
"It's all right," 1 said to Kate when
I got home, and I tohl her what had
occurred, adding that I should take my
field glasses with uie the next day to
read the answer.
"You'll not get an answer In that
way?" said Kate.
"Why not?"
"Because It wouldn't be ladylike."
"How will I get It?"
"1 don't know."
A few days later a girl told Kate that
a friend of hers wished to know her.
Kato assented to nn Introduction. The
girl who wished to mako the acquaint
mice was tho girl nt tho window.
"Eureka!" I cried, dancing around
tho room. "And she asked you to bring
nie to call on her?"
"She did no such thing. She was not
so bold. I nskod her to como and boo
me. When she does tho rest will bo
easy."
The rest wns as easy as falling off
a greased log,
To Calculate Congretiea.
To dctcrmlno tho years covered by n
given congress double the number of
tho congress and ndd tho product to
1760. Tho result will be the year in
which tho congress closed. Take, for
example, the Thirty-fifth congress.
Doubllug It gives us seventy; ndd 1789
and wo have 1850, the year in which,
on March 4, the Thlrty-llfth congress
closed. To find the number of a con
gress sitting In nny yenr subtract 17S0
from the yenr. If tho result Is an oven
number half thnt number will give the
congress of whicli tho yenr in question
saw the close. If the result is an odd
number add one, and half tho result
will give the congress in which the
year In question wns tho first year.
Take, again, the congress sitting in
185a Subtract 17S9 from ISoS and the
result Is sixty-nine. Add one, making
seveuty, nnd divide by two, showing
that the Thirty-first congress was hold
ing Its first regular session in that
par. Tho year 1781) is the basic num
ber, because that was the yenr in
which tho First congress under the
constitution convened. Philadelphia
Press.
Ironing the Tablecloth.
A tablecloth should be pulled into
shape before being Ironed. After it is
pulled into shape, fold it together
lengthwise through the middle, so that
the wrong side will bo outsldo; then
turn back the edges at each side so that
the cloth is In four long folds, ench fold
of the same width. The outer folds
will now be right side out. Iron these
two outer folds, then turn them Inside
and iron the two inner folds thnt are
now outside nnd nre the right side of
the tablecloth. When tho four folds
are thus finished tho long length can
bo doubled back and forward tho de
sired width, but tho crosswise folds
should not be Ironed In. Papers can be
placed where the tablecloth hangs over
on tho floor from the Ironing board. A
little practice will soon make you per
fect. Tho old fashioned way was to
first Iron a tablecloth on tho wrong
side, but the tablecloths coming under
my observutlon that look the best are
Ironed in the mnnncr nbove described.
Eunice nnsklns in Independent Farmer.
An Ideal Island.
The Island of Ascension, In the At
lantic, belonging to Grent Britain, is
unique in many respects. There Is no
private property in hind, no rents, no
taxes and no use for money. The
docks nnd herds are public property,
and the meat Is Issued as rations. So
are the vegetables grown on the farms.
When nn island flshermnn makes a
catch ho brings It to the guardroom,
whence It Is Issued by the sergeant ma
jor. Practically the entire population
are sailors, and they work at most of
tho common trades. The climate Is al
most perfect. The islnnd Is 8 by 0
miles In size nnd has a population of
about -loO. It Is 2"0 miles northward
of St. Helena nnd is governed by n
captain appointed from the British
navy.
Hamadan In History.
Hamndan seems to be certainly the
Ekbatana, the summer residence of the
ancient Persian kings, where Alexan
der the Great stored his enormous loot
from Persia, estimated at over 41,000,
000. But there Is topographical diffi
culty nbout identifying it with the ear
Her and still more Interesting Ekbata
na described by Herodotus, the city
where the first Median king, Dcioces,
realized the ideal of royal Isolation by
shutting himself up in n palace on top
of n hill, surrounded by seven fortified
circles of different colors descending
the slopes In order and allowing the In
habitants of these to eoniinunlcnte
with him only by writing. Either this
story is a myth or the Ekbatana of
Herodotus is to bo found on a hill be
tween Hamadan nnd Tabriz. London
Chronicle.
Eating and Fighting.
It Is not creditable to a thinking peo
ple that the two things they most thank
God for should be eating nnd fighting.
We say grace when w nre going to
cut up lamb nnd chicken, and when we
have stuffed ourselves to an extent thnt
an orang outnng would be ashamed of
we offer up our best praises to tho
Creator for having blown and sabered
his "images." our fellow creatures, to
atoms nnd drenched them In blood and
dirt Leigh Hunt.
Cream Sauce.
To make a satisfactory cream sauce,
first put the milk on and whllo this Is
getting warm rub the butter nnd flour
together until smooth. As soon ns the
milk comes to tho boil gradually add
the creamy mixture while the milk
continues to boll, and the finished
sauce will be quite smooth.
Close Call.
"Pa," said little Jinimle, "I was very
near getting to tho head of my class
today."
"How was that, Jiminlo?"
"Why, n big word came nil the way
down to me, and If I could only liavo
ipolled it I should have gone clear up."
Exchnnge.
Intelligent Lad.
Employer Boy, tnko this letter and
wait for an answer. New Boy Yes,
sir. Employer Well, whnt nre you wait
ing for? New Boy Tho answer, sir.
Boston Transcript
The Pessimist.
"Pa, what Is a pessimist?"
"My son, n pessimist Is n man who
when given his choice between two
evils takes both of them." Life.
The Place For Him.
"Ho's so reckless he's always taking
chances."
"Oh, do send him to our charity
bazaar." Bnltlmoro American.
His Affinity
By WILLIAM CHANDLER
"Jim," snld my friend Mrs. Mow
bry, "why don't you get married?"
"Nonsense. Helen! You know as
well as I that we men don't marry the
women; they marry us."
"But." Helen persisted. "If no wom
an chooses to take the trouble to bring
you down and you don't care to re
main single, deprived of wife, chil
dren ami the comforts of a home, It
seems to me that you had better bestir
yourself."
Helen was a matchmaker. 1 knew
she had some scheme on hand and
waited for lier to declare it
"I can ninko It easy for you," she
continued. "I know a girl who, like
you, lias put off innttiinony too long
and lias begun to realize that sho is
drifting toward a lonely old spinster
hood. I have offered to help her out
I have Invited her to spend July nnd
August with me at Fernwood. I shall
have other guests during the summer,
both men and women. I shall tell her
that 1 have a man In view for her.
How would you like to be that man?"
"Helen." I exclaimed admiringly,
"you are tho queen of matchmakers!
Had you told me you had a girl for
mo and introduced mc to her, she nnd
I, knowing of your plan, would doubt
less have spurned each other. Your
proposal is delightful. I enter into it
with all my heart. But why do you
assume that there will be a nutural se
lection between us?"
"I don't I simply assume that you
nre persons of opposite sex who seek
n mate. The mute being nt hand, per
haps you will recognize it if you nre
left to yourselves to do so.'f
I spent a number of week ends nt
Helen's country scat besides two
weeks in August.
I fancied she had got up the scheme
to muke a match between mo and
some dear friend of hers, nnd I be
lieved thnt I might find out the young
lady by the fact that she wns some
one Helen adored. But I knew that
Helen would conceal this adoration
from mc.
I settled upon a Miss Jewett, one of
her guests during the summer whom
I hud heard her speak of quite often
before as the lady between whom nnd
mo there wns to bo a natural selec
tion. Miss Jewett wns evidently a
youug woman not especially of beau
ty or endowed with such lightweight
frivolities ns are usually attractive to
men. In other words, there wns n lot
to her, though I admit the words aro
a very poor description. I met her nt
a week end visit early In tho summer
and, having settled upon her ns tho
lady intended for me, showed her con
siderable attention. To tell tho truth,
sho interested me in conversation nnd
I preferred her company.
I met her nt Helen's ugaln In July
and wns counting on further pleasant
moments with her, but this time she
was principally taken up with a Mr.
Judklns, whom she secinqj never to
tire of. If I were talking with her and
Judklns came up she would dismiss
me with a nod, accompnnied by u
smile, nnd I wns thus commanded to
give place to him. After three days
at Kernwood I went back to town dis
gruntled. During the longer periotl I spent at
Fernwood Miss Jewett wns again n
visitor there. She seemed delighted to
meet me ugaln, nnd wo were getting
on nicely when that follow Judklns re
appeared, and again my ussoclatlon
with Miss Jewett wns broken up.
"I suppose," I gnfmbled to my host
ess, "that you've got another couple
besides me nnd my unknown to bring
together Miss Jewett nnd that cad
Judklns. What she can see in him"
Helen smiled and turned away with
out listening to the rest of It. and, I
went off to hunt up sonic of the other
spinsters, none of whom interested me
In the least Judkins went away Sun
day afternoon, nnd I spent Sunday
evening in n tete-n-tete with "his se
lection," which wns what I considered
her. She had the tact to ignore him
now thnt he was gone, nnd I had never
known her to be so entertaining.
Not long after this I told Helen that
her selection plan for me must hnvo
gone awry, since 1 hnd evidently run
ncross Judklns' nihility. But she turn
ed the Htibjoet. giving nut no satisfac
tion. The summer passed without any se
lection between me und n girl, so far
ns I could see, but during (lie winter I
saw n great deal of Miss Jewett I
ceased to be interfered with by Jud
klns and well, to make u long story
short, I made u mutch with Miss Jew
Etfc Tom Mowbry and his wife were
ut the wedding, and nfter the cere
mony Tom handed his wife n valuable
pearl necklace. 1 asked liow he came
to give It to her on that especial oc
casion. "She won it on a bet. Last winter
sho bet me that within a year she
would mako a match between you and
the wife you have Just married."
I turned to Helen: "You played me
fnlse. My nihility wns In your secret"
"Of course she wns. Didn't you say,
'Wo men don't marry tho women; they
marry us?' "
"Thank you very much, Helen," said
my wife, "for helping mo out I am
suro wo Khali lo very happy."
"How about Judklns?" I asked In
wonderment
"Stool pigeon!" shouted Tom.
"Great Scott!" I exclaimed. "Is
thero no honor among women?"
"Yes." snld Helen;, "the same honor
there Is among thieves."
DR. J. S. TWINEM,
Physician and Surgeon.
Special Attention Given to Gynecolog)
Obstetrics and Children's Diseases.
Office McDonald State Bank Building
Corner Sixth and Dewey Stroots.
Phones, Office 183, Resldenco 283
Geo. B. Dent,
Physician and Surgeon.
Special Attention given to Surgery
and Obstetrics.
Office: Building nnd Loan Building
Phone
Uthce 13U
) Residence 115
MINNESOTA MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
Founded 1880.
It's tho household word in Western
Nebraska. It's Old Line, tho best mon
ey can buy. It's what you need, for a
savings bank nnd Insurance that in
sures. They all buy it.
"There is a Kenstui"
For further information
Phono, call or address
J. E. SEBASTIAN, Gen'l Ajjenl.
Tho Old Lino Man
NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.
DEItHYKEIUtY & FOJMiES,
Licensed Enilmlmers
Undertakers und Funeral Directors
Day Phone 234.
Night Phono Black 588.
Legal A'otlce.
To John Richard Neary, Anna Neary,
Mead County Hank, a corporation,
nnd to John Doe, real name un
known, Receiver of Mead County
Hank, n corporation, non-resident
dotciidnnts:
You and each of you will take notice
that on tho 14th day of February, 191G,
Zara I. Mitchell, plaintiff, filed hor
certain action in the District Court of i
Lincoln County, Nebraska, against'
you and ench of you, tho object and
prayer ol which nro to quiet title lu
plaintiff nnd in John Richard Neary
n tho following described lands situ
ate In Lincoln County, Nebraska, to
wit: Lot Eight (8), lilock Ono Hun
dred Five (10r). of tho nrielniil town
of the City of North Platte each an1
undivided one-half Interest and to I
forecloBo that certain mortgage owned
by plaintiff upon an undivided one-'
linlf l..n.w.l p r o . 1 '
nun iiili'iudl ui mini ljUl o imiuo oil
July 23, 1900 to F. J. Uroekor upon
which there is claimed to bo due tho
sum of $50.90 nnd In tho failure of
defendants to pay said niortgugo for
a decre of foreclosure thoreof. Mead
County Hank Is made party defendant
by vlrtuo of a second mortgage hold
upon all of Lot 8 and to quiet tltlo of
plaintiff against said mrtgago aH to
her interest in snld premises nnd to
hnvo said mortgage decreed Junior and
Inferior to nluintlff'a lion nnd fnro-
'cioseuro said defendant Mead County
Hank, Its successors und assigns of nil
equity of redemption, right, title and
Intorest in said described premises.
You nnd euch of you are required o
answer said petition on or hoforo tho
27th dny of Marph, 1910, or your de
faults will ho taken and Judgment en
tered ngalnst you ns in said petition
prayed.
ZARA I. MITCHELL, Plaintiff.
By E. JI. EVANS,
flG-Gw Her Attorney.
Encouraging the Employee
Wo feel sure that the best service is only to be had when
fidelity and loyalty are reciprocal in employer and employee.
It is our purpose to pay employees sufficient compensation
to secure their best services and so they may live in as comfor
table circumstances as tho men and women engaged in other1
lines of work.
We strive to assist worthy omployees to accumulate by
making it easy for them to acquire a financial interest in tho
business. Nearly half of all the men employed by this company
aro stockholders in the company.
We have endeavored to keep our working quarters sani
tary and comfortable, for without such conditions the best work
would not be possible.
With no expense to the employes, we provide for sickness,,
disability, injury, old age and death in a broader spirit than
any corporation or government.
To make for tho highest efficiency in our personnel, we rig
idly enforce the principle of advancement dependent upon integ
rity, ability and meritorious work alone.
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY
Order of Hearing on Original Probate
of Will.
Stato of Nebraska, Lincoln County, bs.
In the County Court.
In the Matter of tho Estate of Joseph
Horshey, Deceased.
On reading and filing tho petition of
Hnttlo Maud Hershcy, praying that tho
Instrument filed on the 2d day of Foo
ruary, 191G, and purporting to bo tho
fnst Will and Testament' of the said
edceased, may bo proved, approved,
probated, allowed and recorded as the
last Will and Testament of tho said
Joseph Horshey, deceased, and that the
execution of said Instrument may bo
commltftcd nnd tho administration of
said estate may bo granted to Hnttlo
Maud Horshey as Executrix.
Ordored, that Fobruary 25, A. D.
1 DIG, nt 9 o'clock a. in., is assigned
for hearing said petition and also for
hearing on tho application of Hattic
M. Horshey for un allowance of I1R0.00
per month pending administration,
when all portions interested in said
mutter may appear at a. County Court
to bo held In and for Bald Coutr.y, mid
show causo why tho prayor of petition
er should not bo granted; and that no
tice of the pondency of said petition
and tho hearing thoreof, be given to all
persons interested in said aiatter by
publishing n copy of this order In tho
North Platto Tribuno, a semi-weekly
newspaper printed in snld County, for
three successive weeks, prior to said
day of hearing.
GEO. E. FRENCH,
f43w County Judge.
Atiieiiilnientfo'Arilclus of Incorporation
Notlco is hereby given that at tho
annual meeting of tho stockholders of
the Coates Lumber & Coal Co., urtlclo
number two of the Articles of Incor
poration wns amended to read as fol
lows: "Tho general naturo of the business
to bo transacted oy said corporation
shall bo the manufacture, tho whole
sale and tho retail dealing in flour,
grain, lumber, fuols, hardware, paints,
oils, glass, mouldings, mill work, stone,
brick, lime, cement, plaster and all
kinds of building material, fuels, grain,
Hour nnd general merchandise busi
ness of ovory description; tho con
struction, maintenance, and operation
of mills and machinery for tho manu
facture of lumber und all kinds of
building material; the construction,
innintenanco and operation of elova
tors and mills and machinery for tho
manufacture and oporatl n of the dour
and grain business; tho buying, soil
ing, leasing, owning and operating
lumber and coal yards and other real
estate and personal property includ
ing mills, olovntors and stores; buy
ing and soiling of renl estate, and ta
do n general contrncting business and
nil otlior thlngB necessary, proper,
usual and essential In carrying on nny
business referred to In this section."
In witness whoreof we hnvo hereun
to set our hand nnd tho official seal
of said corporation this 11th day of
Fobruary, 1910.
ELMER COATES,
(SEAL) President.
A. A. TANNER,
Socrctnry.
.Vol Ire for l'ulillrnlloii
Korlul No. 0GG02.
lie IHirliiifiil of Ihf Inlfrlor
t' H. Lmiil OIIICo nt North Platte, Nbr
Fob. 2, 1910
Notice Ih hereby kIvoii that I.ooy
CarrlKiui, of North Plutto, No'or.,, who,
on Doc. 28, 1912, mndn HoinoHtoail ontry
No. or(!02, for 814 of HW, Section -1.
Township 12, N. HaiiKo 31, W. tilh Prin
cipal Meridian, litis niert notlco ol' inten
tion to mako Until thrcn year Proof, to
oHtubllHh claim to tho land above des
cribed, before tho Register and Receiv
er, nt North Plntto, Nebr., on tho 27tn
duy of March. 1910.
Claimant names ns wUiioh.ios: Carl
Hrocdcr, Marshall L. Orton, John Yf.
Fowler, ThoniuH Klmmermnn, all of
North Platte, Nebr. J. 10. KVAN8.
f8-Cw Resistor.
J. B. KEDFIELD.
PHYSICIAN & SUItGEON
Successor to
HYSICIAN & SURGEONS HOSPITAL
Drs. Redfleld & Redfleld
Office Phone C42 Res. Phono 076
JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
Office B. & L. Building, Second Floor.
Phono, Office, 83; Residence 38.
Sheriffs Sale
By virtue of nn order of snlo Issued
from tho District Court of Lincoln
County, Nobrasku, upon a decreo of
foreclosure rendered In said Court
whorcln II. J. Church Is plaintiff, and
Elmer 10. Hopkins ot nl are defend
ants, nnd to mo directed, I will on tho
18th day of March, 1910, at, 1 o'clock
p. m at tho east front ddor of tho
Court Houbo In North Platte, Lincoln
County, Nobraska, sell at Public Auc
tion to tho highest blddor for cash,
to satisfy said decree, interest nnd
costs, tho following described proper
ty, to-wlt Enst half of Southwest
Quartor (EV of SW4) and West half
of the Southeast Quarter (W1. of
SEVi) Section Thirty-three (33),
Township Nino (9), Range Thirty-two
(32), west of tho Cth P. M Lincoln
County, Ncbrnsku.
Dated North Platte, Nebraska, Feb.
14, 1910.
fl5-5w A. J. SALISBURY, Sheriff.
Order of Hairing on Petition for Set-
dement of Account
Stnto of Nebraska, Lincoln County, ss.
In tho County Court.
In tlia Matter of tho Esfato of Howard
F. Jeffrey, Doccased.
On reading and filing tho petlton of
Etta S. Campbell, neo Jeffrey, prny
ng a final settlement of her final ac
count, filed on tho 7th day of Febru
ary, 1910, and for u decreo of distribu
tion and descent of real estate and her
dlschnrgo.
Ordered that March 3, A. D. 191C,
at 9 o'clock a. m., Is assigned for hear
ing snld petlton, when nil persons in
terested In said mnttor may appear at
a County Court to ho held In and for
said County, nnd show cnuse why tho
prayer of tho petitioner should not
bo granted ; nnd that notico of tho pen
dency of said petition, nnd tho hearing
thereof, bo given to all persons intor
OBted in snld matter by publishing a
copy of tills order in tho North Platte
Tribuno, a seml-weckly newspaper
printed In snid County, for three suc
cessive weoks, prior to snld dny of
hearing.
f0 ., GEO. E. FRENCH,
w",w County Judge.
.Notice For Publication
Serial 05283.
Jlcpnrtmcnt of the Interior
U. S. Land Office, North Platte, Nobr.
Not co is hereby given that Joseph
R. Ellsworth, of North Platto, Nobr.,
who, on Oct. 14, 1911 mado Homestead
entry No. 05283 for N& of NEV4 and
SW4 of NEtf, Section 14, Township
14, N., Range 30, W. Gtli Principal
Merdiun has filed notico of intention
to mako final threo yqnr Proof, to es
tablish Claim to tlin la nil fihnvn ilna.
crlbcd before tho Register hnd Re
ceiver, nt worm Platto Nebr., on tho
28th day of March, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses: O. H.
Covoll, W. S. Bunting, Fred Slmants,
C. P. Campboll, all of North Platte,
Nobr. J. E. EVANS,
fS-Cw Register.
