AN
AEROPLANE
STORY
Br ALAN HINSDALE
Joo Goodall, who had been sent to
the hospital In tlio rear of the Ilrltlsli
linos in Ilolglum, told me this story
during IiIh convalescence
"When the big world's wnr nunc on
I was studying In u Hchool of technolo
gy In tho United States. I didn't euro
which whipped, hut I wanted to see
something of It. Thinking I would lie
more nt home among those who spoke
the same Inngungo as I did, I choso the
British,
"My education, which I hnd nearly
nnlflhcd, especially fitted mo for serv
ice In tho Hying corps, and, going to
England, I begun my preparation for
running an aeroplane. It was a year
before I was sont out for nctlve serv
ice, but when I landed In Flanders I
was pretty well prepared.
"At first I was sent up to locato the
German batteries.. I soon grew tired
of this nnd longed for a more exciting
service. One day the commander or
Leavet of tho Polfon Ivy.
No doubt Just a picture of poison
Ivy Is enough to cause soino folks to
shudder nnd remember tho tlmo their
face and body heenmo scarlet nnd
swollen from contact with tho leaves.
How It Itched and burned! Yet to rub
It was only to make matters worse.
A curious fact Is that somo persons
are Immune from this poison, while
others must not even breathe the pol
len of tho plant. It Is often confound
ed with the Virginia creeper, although
tho difference between this Is distinct.
Tho leaves of tho latter ate divided
Into live leallels, while thoso of the
former have but three, a fact well
worth remembering.
Strange enough, tho witch hazel plant
Is sometimes found ' growing close to
tho poison Ivy. As wltch.hazol extract
Is one of tho best remedies for Ivy
poisoning It would scum nature was
holding out disease In one hand and a
remedy iir'unothei'.
Heat at the Persian Gulf.
The Persian gulf and its coasts aru
In flummer about tho hottest place on
earth's surface, a temperature of 1110
degrees in the shade being not un
common, while a black bulb solar ther
mometer has registered 187 degrees In
the sun.
When one remembers that the hot-
tfiut t'rtittt Id fi ''nt'lluli linlli la tlullfiltv
service. One day the commander or "V ; V ..
tho aeroplane corps (old me to report kl't nt about 10 degrees tho appa ling
commanding tho right wing of tho ,.,,. , f mm .
British troops, adding that ho had been
asked for u man to do special work
nnd I had been recommended. The
general said to mo:
'"Our spies report that tho enemy
nro turning out wnr Implements of a
kind that they are keeping secret nt a
point about forty miles In tholr rear,
Englund was on Aug. 18, 1803, when a
shodo tomiieraturo of 1)5 degrees was
registered. Hut on this day the sun
temperature did not miltc ciunl that
of July 28, 1885, when 102 degrees
K, was registered in the sun.
When you consider facts like these
It Is dllllcult to bellovo that our plonet
The Repairing of
Harricot Castle
By ELINOR MARSH
Nod Mnlonoy in conventional evening
dross was strolling through the apart
ments of Mrs. WInterton, who was
giving m reception to tho noble Karl
of Hu-ricot, his lordship having re
cently come over from Unglnnd. Ned
was maklngjjils wny toward the hoet
cs, 4who stood receiving hofy guests,
Lord Ilnrricot standing besklo her.
Suddenly Nod stoirpe-1 and Kfyrcd at
the Britisher. ' "y
Had Ned a twin brother and wns
thnt brother tho honored guest' of tho
evening? I'erhupu the likeness was
heightened by the similarity iff dress,
for there Is no variation In men's even
ing upimrel. Perhaps tho fact that
V. J. DIE7JED & CO.
Real Estate and Insurance
Come and bco ub for town lots In
different parts of the city. Good In
vestments on easy torms. Houses for
sale and rent. Wo hare also good bar
gains In farms and ranches.
Cor Front and Dewnr 8t.. upstairs
Office phone 241. Res. phono 217
L. C. DROST,
Osteopathic Physician.
North Platte, - - Nebraska.
McDonald Bank Building.
I
Gertrude Rebhausen,
Teacher of Piano
102 South Locust Phone Black 342
Florence MacKay
Teacher of Piano
801 west Fifth St.
Phono Blk. 521
Oflico Phono 70 Res. Red G87
DJt. JjATJIAX
Sulplio Vapor Jiuths
WITH REGULAR TREATMENTS
Bolton Building
This Man did not Forget
There arc two reasons for his smile
of satisfaction ono Is pleasant untie.
I have pleased others, I can please yon.
Col. F. J. DIXON,
AUCTIONEER,
JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D,
Physician nnd Surgeon
neither woro any hair on his face also OIUco B. & L. Building, Second Floor
Iputlon of good things to cat nnd tho WRITE ME FOR TERMS AND DATES
hnd some lienrlng on the rescniblnnco,
Ned retreated a short distance and
guve himself up to thought. It was
no cucret that Lord Hariieot had come
over lu senrt-h of a wife who would
have the means to build up Harricot
castle, which, having been built In the
Phone, Office, 83: Residence 38.
DOCTOR D. T. QUIGLEI. .
Practice Limited to
Surtfory and lladium Therapy
year A. I). 11MX). was sadly In need of 728 City National Bank Building.
repairs. Indeed, the object of his lord
ship's visit to America had been pri
vately given by Mm. WInterton to n
few of the wealthiest girls with a view
to facilitating the success of his un
dertaking, for It was to be under
stood that any marriage that might
take place would bo one or convenience.
Omaha, Nebraska.
I. B. IlEDFIELl).
rilYSICIAN & SURGEON
Succossor to
PHYSICIAN&SUBGEONS HOSPITAL
Drs. RedOeld & Rcdfleld
other Is that
HE HAS PLEASED HIS WIFE.
Every woman who lias onco used
COW BRAND FLOUR Insists upon her
order being filled right. Why? Ask
any woman who uses It. You ought
to believe your friends and neighbors.
lierk-Sandall Co.
Odd Titles of Nowipapora.
In Columbus, says tho Dispatch, there
Is a man whoso cjilef Joy is in n collec
tion of newspaper titles.
Thero nro Headlights, Flashlights,
Bees, Eagles, Owls, Mirrors and News
Letters, but when It comes to Derricks,
Meddlers, Telescopes, Flags and Sun
beams tho class Is limited. In Hot
Springs thero in published tho Arkan
sas Thomas Cat, and other titles Just
as unusual nro the Sledgo Hammer,
the Irrepressible, tho Silent Worker
and Gnll.
Frequently It Is posslblo to tell from
the title of n newspaper tho stuto lu
which It Is published. For instance,
tho Chieftain is lu Oklahoma, tho Rus
tier and tho Lariat are In Texas, Big
nolo Breezes lu Montana nnd thu
Roundup In Wyoming.
I want you 10 go more ana urov rWtilVoH 0lly 0I10 two-thousnnd-mll-enough
bombs on It to put It out of 0nth part of tho rays Hung out by tho
commission, xney uavo mini u m Huii.-London Telegraph
wood ror purposes or concealment irum
our aeroplanes, and you'll hnvo to fly
low In order to distinguish It when
you reuch it. It Is murky today and
you may get over a good deal of
ground without being seen. Tho weath
er Is not usually tho sumo at two dif
ferent points at a distance from each
othor and you mny find a clenrer at
mosphero when you got over the works
you nro to destroy. Can you start nt
once?'
"Yes, general,' I replied.
" 'Well, take such liombs as you mny
select for yourself nnd success to you.'
"Within an hour I was ready. I roso
to a thousond feet, nnd having located
tho direction I was to tnke, followed
It by compass, for thero was too much
mist for mo to guldo from tho ground.
I hadn't gone ten miles, however, bo
fore I entered a region clear of fog,
and beneath me a plain, mostly bare of
trees.
"I wnH behind tho German lines and
directly beneath me was an encamp
men of a small body of troops. Evl
dently they saw mo and wero some
what disturbed nt my presence. They
fired some shots nt me from their rllles,
but I kept out of range, nnd they prob
ably had 110 aeroplane guns, for none
such were used.
"Tliey had a licet horse among them,
for Huddenly I saw a rider shoot out
In thu direction I was going. Doubt
less they surmised tho nuturo of my
mission and were sending n messenger
to give warning, either to tho works I Careful Hubby.
was to destroy or an aeroplane station. "Does your husband subsorlho to tho
"I did not fear a race with a horse, theory that kissing transmits germs?"
but tho man on htm might hnvo a "No; ho thinks that germs nro most
snort instance to go una I thought ra imnsnmicu uy money ana is very
better stop him if I could. I descend- careful not to hand mo any." Kansas
ed to n. hundred feet nbovo his head uy Journnl.
nnd dropped a hand grenade. It ex
ploded behind hhn. Realizing that I Woodmen Grow Obsolete.
lmd not calculated for his motion, I A steam operated sawing machine
dropped another, aiming somo ten or fells more trees in an eight hour day
Vni1 Itiiil urtjr.li im1 ndmlrrwl n nurtntti Office Phone 642 Res. Phone 676
W l1lt IIL-Lio U X. U VitlMIII I . .,
lady and had worshiped her in secret.
Attraetlvo Automobiles.
"Bo you are In tho market for an
automobile?"
"Yes," answered tho man who likes
to attract attention.
"Any particular mako?"
"No; I merely wnnt 0110 that will
mako people turn round nnd staro nt
me when I pass."
"Oh, you don't need n special typo
for that. Get tho ordinary car and
exceed tho speed limit" Birmingham
Ago-IIerald.
fifteen yards before him. It struck
tho ground ahead of hhn. A third
gronado fell a few feet before IiIb
horeo nnd exploded under it. Tho
horso was blown to pieces, tho man
shot up In tho air. Ho camo down
and lu n moment lay still
"An auto must havo como Into tho
Gorman camp ufter ho started from It.
for I hnd no sooner put tho" horso out
of tho race than I hoard a rattle bo
low, nnd thero was tho mnchlno com
ing ut a ruto of fifty miles an hour.
It shot past the dead horso and tho
dond man, and I saw at once that I
would havo to increaso my speed.
"Tho nuto was going ho fast that it
was a more dllllcult problem to lilt It
with my hand grenades. I started
with half a dozen grenades und had
tliroo left. I dropped one, but it fell
n llttlo ahead of tho machine. I drop
ped another, but tho chaulVeur must
havo seen it descending, for ho slowed
up, and It fell n dozen yards ahead of
him. Thinking ho would dodgo in the
snmo fashion ngnln, I calculated for
his doing so, and ho put on full speed.
I'ho mnu hud successfully dodged mc,
und I hnd 110 more grenudes left
"Tho only thing I could do now wns
to drop n bomb, but if I should uso
my bombs I would not have them for
destroying tho works. 1 concluded to
hold on to the missiles and trust to the
speed of my uoroplnno. My decision
wnu 1111 unlucky one. Thu nuto had
only four miles to go to reach an aero
piano station nnd mudo thu dlstunco
over a straight road la nbout six uilu
utes
"Suddenly 1 saw n dozen noroplnnea
rise like a Hock of birds not far oft my
course and mako for a point botweon
mo nnd the works I was to destroy.
I saw ut a gluuco that for all 1110 the
munition plant was perfectly safe. In
deed, it behooved mo to mako tracks
for home, I turned, and tho aero
planes seoing ino do so gave chase.
It wau nip und tuck with mo to get
into thu British Hues, for 0110 of the
German machines wits a great deal
faster than tuluo and, coming within
rnngo of mo Just aa I wris passing Into
what Bccmed Bafo territory, saro sao
this 'wound."
than thirty woodmen. It works closo
to tho ground and lcnves no stumps
stiiuaing. Popular Sclenco Monthly.
Just In Time,
Plaintiff's Lawyer I rest tho caso,
What put It into his bend to pass
himself off as Lord Harricot to this
Miss Gcraldhio Mortimer he could nev
er quite explain. Nevertheless tho
Idea somehow got lodged thero nnd
Makes a Specialty of Farm Sales, Pure
Bred Live Stock and Ileal Jistate.
Torms Reasonable
E. L. JONES,
Up-lo-Dato Auctioneer.
Phono Maxwoll State Bank
took root. Miss Mortimer wns In very at My Expenso for Dates.
MAXWELL, ri KB.
DERRYBERRY & FORBES,
Licensed Embalmers
Undertakers and funeral Directors
Day Phono 234.
Night Phono Black 588.
moderate circumstances, which did not
All tho bill ut nil. On the other hand,
Ned was rich.
Ned refrained from greeting tho
hostess, ns ho was bound to do. and
left tho house, so thnt the resem
blance between himself nnd the noble
lord wns not noticed. Tho next day he
called on his friend, Mrs. Aniy Lee.
and impnitcd his scheme. Mrs. Lee.
who wus n natural seeker nfter inter
esting situations, finally promised to
introduce him to Miss Mortimer ns
Lord Harricot.
-ri r . 1 1 1 . .1 Mlti,L ,.11
... . V u ". VU,J. , lor trusportntlon. References, the
01 ins lorusuip nt me opera, unu 110 mm fnrmnra nn.l sfnrknmii In UiuvN.m nnd
met her gnzo admiringly. Sho was I ndlolnlnir counties, for whom I have
therefore not surprised when sho wns conducted auction sales for tho past
Informed that ho had asked for an In- 12 rears. Charges reasonable. For
J. L. Mitchell
of Lexington, Neb., will mnko your
Public Auction Sales. No extra charge I
NORTH PLATTE
..General Hospital..
(Incorporated)
One Halt Block North oi Postoftice.
Phone 58
A modern institution for the
scientific treatment of medical,
surgical and confinement cases.
Completely equipped X-Rny
and diagnostic laboratories.
Staff:
Geo. C. Dent, M. D. Y. Lucas, M. D.
J.13. Redfield.M.D. J. S. Simms, M.D
Miss M. Sieman, Supt
MAY WOOD, NEB.
DR. JOHN S. TWINEM
Special Attention to
Surgery, Gynecology nnd Obstetrics.
NOItTn PLATTE, NEB.
Nurse Bncwn Memorial Hospital.
Geo. B. Dent,
Physician and Surgeon
Special Attention given to Surgery
and Obstetrics.
Office: Building and Loan Building
Phones
1 Office 130
i Residence 115
Highest Prices Paid for Hides
SCRAP IRON $5.50 per ton.
RAGS lc A POUND.
BONES, DRY, $12 per ton.
Big Prices for all kinds of
FURS.
L. LIPSHITZ,
CORNER FRONT AND LOCUST.
sale dates, phono or write,
J. L. 3HTC1IELL,
Lexington, Nebraska,
troductlon to her. Nevertheless, hnV'
lug heard a report of tho object of his
visit to America nnd supposing that
sho would bo expected to repair nnr-
rlcot castle, which Bho was unnblo to or mako date at tills office.
do, sho hesitated ns to granting per-
itifcialmi fn Hm I n mil llnHnn Till!
tlwrn la nlwnva nn nxnpctntlon with n MINNESOTA MUTUAL LIFE
woman that bIio may bo loved for her- INSUItANCE CO.
sen. ac any rnie, .iibs Jioriimer uimi- , .
ly consented. oundcd 18S0
During tho Bhort period of Ned Ma- It's thu household word in Western
lonoy's devotion to Gcraldlno Mortimer Nobraska. It's Old Line, the best rron-
us Lord nurrlcot tho imposture was oy can buy it-a wnat ypu nee(it for a
constantly on tno eve or ucmg discov
ered. Sovernl times ho supposed that
it was rill up with blra. But his good
fortuno stood by him, nnd when ho
wns ready to confess tho trick ho wns
not even suspected.
indeed, ho dnro,uot mnko long work of J- E. SEBASTIAN. State Agent,
It. Ono day, being encouraged, ho pro- Tlio yiu liine man
posed, protending that ho had under- NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.
stood Miss Mortimer to bo wealthy,
nnd clvlnc her to understand that his
proposal carried with It an ngreeraont LET US INTRODUCE
savings bank and Insurance that in
sures. They all buy It.
"Thero Is a Reason"
For further Information
Phone, call or address
on her part not only to Bcttlo half a
million on her husband, but settle an
other half million on tho homo of his
QUALITY TO YOU
Defcudnnt's DittoYou ought to. It's uncestors.
pretty weak. New York American. U Miss Mortimer hnd been wondering
whether ITarrlcofs nttentlons camo
l, 't4M4 , from lovo or whether ho had been inls-
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Cancer Dungers.
It is n woll established fact
that moles, warts and scars aro
prono to degenornto If subject
ed to repeated Irritation, espe
cially lu tho evonlug of life.
says tho Therapeutic Gazctto.
These abnormalities should bo
kept undor Intelligent observn-
tlon nnd if they display nny nc-
tlvlty or arouse nn unusual sen-
sntlon Bhould bo immediately put 4
lu tho hands of tho surgeon for
speedy excision. 4
The senile keratoses, so com-
inoii on tho skin of tho old; tho
UtHo wartlike excrescences nnd
llttlo scurfy patches so froauont
on tho faces nnd tho hands, of-
fer peculiar ndvnntngo for tho do-
volopment of epithelioma. Thoy
have been called ''halfway 4
houses" on tho rood to mallg-
nancy. They should bo subject- 4
cd to no avoidable Irritation and,
nbovo all, should not bo "treat-
'd" with tho meddlesome- notion 4
of elounlng them up. They
should bo handled with gloves,
as It were, and gently carried
along to n iiulcacent end.
Tho pressure of noso glasses
has been sutllclent to excite such
a skin (of the old) to pervcrso
nejtlvlty. Tho pressure of a tight
utiwuum has served to arouse
the latent fury of nn c!d nnd
disregarded birthmark. Doar
this In mind, particularly old
persons, and guard against any
Irritation of tho skin.
Informed ns to her pecuniary status.
When her mind wns rclloved sho was
greatly disappointed. Tho trouble was
that alio hnd lost her heart to him.
Tears stood in her eyes as she con
fesscd that Bho was without tho means
to purchase his lordship.
Then Ned. being convinced that bIio
loved lilm, confessed .that ho was not
n lord at all, that ho was nn ordinary
American citizen, and that If Bho would
accept lilm with love In a cottage,
W. J. HOLDEKNESS
Ecctrlcnl Supplies
Wiring Storage Batteries
Morsch Bldg
Phone 175.
Sheriffs Snlc.
By virtue of an order of sale issued
from tho District Court of Lincoln
County, Nebraska, upon a decreo of
foreclosure rendered in said Court
wherein Florence M. Hershoy is plain
tiff and Oliver A. Rldenour et al aro
defendants, and to me directed, I will
on tho 29th day of December, 191C, at
2 o'clock p. m., at tho east front door
of tho Court House in North Platto,
Lincol n County, Neb., 1916, sell at
Public Auction to the highest bidder
for cash, to satisfy said decree, inter
est and costs, tho following described
property, to-wlt:
South Half (S) of Section Ten (10)
and tho North Half (N) of Section
Flfteon (15), Township Eloven (11),
North of Range Thirty-Threo (33),
Lincoln County, Neb.
Dated North Platte, Neb.. Nov. 27.
191C.
A. J. SALISBURY.
n28d29 Sheriff.
Notice of Petition.
Es'tato No. 144G of Claus Gruenau.
deceased.
In tho County Cduirt of Lincoln
County, Nebraska.
Tho State of Nebraska, To all per
sons interested in said Estate tako
notice that a petition has been filed
And look over our Stock of porting to be the foreign will of Claua
Fiirnifnrp rionrrlit lipfnrp tViP uruenll and the appolr.tro.ent of
iumuure, DOUgllt DCIore Hie Loulsa Grenau, aa Administratrix,
raise, same old prices. Best with Will annexed In said Estato,
nualitv coods alwavs havp vtrn wh,ch hns bccn sct for hearlne herein
quality gooas, always nave extra on December 15, 191C, at K o'clock a.
bargains in used furniture, m.
Something you need in the home, Datetl Nov-17 "JJ
SLIDE
Down To Echelbery's
at less than half price.
Top price for Furs, Hides,
Rubber' and Metals.
000 LOCUST STREET.
n21-dl2
E. FRENCH,
County Judge.
Quality in Cigars has has been our
which is nnother nnmo for poverty, his aim sinco iwo bogaa making cigars In
proposition held good. North Platto ovor 'thirty years ago
Miss Mortimer must havo been vory yQ put quality in tho first cigars we
much In lovo to forglvo tho deception, I maii0( nnti tnat 8amo quality is in tho
especially slnco Ned had no plauslblo I ,. .A mn(n minV. Rniimtilzrlnd'a
reason for having made it But she c hftyo 8tood Qf thoso Bight yeara a Government Vetertaar.
urn xorgivo nun aim was w biu I ww rnntnr.
delighted that after all Bho need not ; , , ,
glvo up tho man she loved becnuso Bho tuu,u
had not tho means to put stono nnd " you nnvo noi oeen BmoKing asumaiz
mortar into nn old pile, tho glory of dlod's cigars, try them thoy aro cor-
whlch hnd departed when it wns cap- tain to pleaso.
J. t4. &Ln iVl ALiKlLU.
Sale Uudcr Chattel Jlortgagc.
Notlco Is hereby given that by vlr-
tuo of a chattel mortgage, dated on tho
20th day of September, 191C, and duly
filed in tho office of tho County Clerk
of Lincoln County, Nebraska, on tho
23d day of Soptomber, 191G, and exe
cuted by P. H. Lonergan and Lucy Lon-
organ, husband and wife, to Julius
Hahler, to securo tho payment of tho
sum of $957.50 with interest at 8 per
cent por annum from date thereof, and
upon which thero is now due tho sum
of f 973.45, default having been mado in
tho payment of Bald sum, and no suit
or other proccedlnKS at law havlnc
ian. Hospital 218-sooth Locust St, been instituted, to recover said debt or
one-half block southwest of tho a.ny nnrt thereof, therefore I will soil
Hospital Phone Black 633.
House Phone Black 633.
W. T. PBITCnAllD,
Graduate Veterinarian
Court Housb.
X' .. , ! n It.. I. I. ...
i,uiu u. xmUu.m c R0ynoid Building
uNWJ u. x,u- u. oftleo hours 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
uucuiuji'u. hi mu vuuiii. vumi ui 7 p m to 8 p m
Liincoin Vjouuiy, imjuhujku.
Tho Stato of Nobraska, To all por- "
sons interested in said Eutato take Tf
notlco that a potltlon has been
Ing tho Wnr of tho ltoses. Ned pleased
her flret with his expressions of love,
which wero sincere, nnd, second, told
her thnt ha could not lavish wealth
upon her, which wns Inslnccro,
However, ho did not try to keep up
this deception as to his (lnnnccs, nnd
ono morning drove her to a palatial
houso in tho center of spacious grounds
and Informed her that It wns Harricot
matin mill iiftnilral nn rnnnlra nliirn It
was Just finished. As to tho title, they tor the probate of tho last will
would bo obliged to get on without it. tostamont of Mary J. Applogato,
Miss Mortimer wus very happy. I coasod and for tho nppointmont
Aa for tho real Lord Mortlmor, ho I Grant Applegato as Executor of said
married the daughter of a multlmll-1 will which has boon set for hearing
llonnirc. She repaired tho family horoln on Jnnuary 12, 1917, at 9 o'clock
nome, out. never iiveu in it. iieroro i
n .lloArtn.1 lilmcnlf tvlli n mil.ln I. nil I UalOU DCC 13,
la,lv thnt hi. wife ,1Ivoh.,1 hi. J19-J9 GEO. E. FRENCH.
County Judge.
Phones
Offlco 333 Res Black 542
DR. IIAIiOLD A. FENNER
1 Osteopath.
IHogsandCattle
Bought and highest market
prices paid
PHONES
Reiluence Red 636
tho proporty therein described, viz:
two aymplox moving picture machl
with stands and equipments complete,
un uiiwinu wring, wires, ugnts, bulbs
and sockets, together with all chande
liers, and electric Biupplles and fix
tures, all chairs, stoves, piano and all
musical instruments, pictures, paint
ings and tholr frames, all stago cur
tains, stago fixtures and appliances,
all olectrlc fans, all opera chairs, being
248 opera and 100 folding slat chairs,
and all othor Dorsonal
fixtures owned hy us or either of us
iwm now useu in ana about tho Pat
Theatre in running and operating tho
duiuu, bhuuwj anu ooing in tho two
Btory brick building on lot 14. of tho
I Liuthnrnn nlullir)oi t n . n
lit V,. . "uiimiuu ui uum i una 8
I? ?.lo$i5 115 of tho original town of
. mm,, uiuvuiu uouniy, woDras
na, at public auction at tho front door
of tho said described premises, known
as the "Pat Theatro" in the citv of
North Platte, Nobraska, on the 23d
aav of TlApamtiAi. IQie . n ..... . .
C. H. WALTERS.I JULIUS HAHLER,
Mortgagee.
