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HER IDLE HOURS By MARY W. FORD. . 1320. by McCIure Kewnpaptr Syndicate.) "Mother, do quit arguing. I'll admit hc would rather have one of those 'fluffy' drosses on, as you call them, nnd cat chocolates, than to do u stroke of housework 1 or cooking," and John Andrews reached for his hat, and com ing over to his mother, placed an arm around her lovingly. "But Johnny l)0y, it's your future Im looking for I want you to be happy, and with your salary you can not afford to hire a cook. What's more, huldy, I'm afraid, as It Is. she would Just he an ornament to grace your homo with, Instead of a homo-loving wife. If only she would give up her Idle hours, and during those hours learn to cook." "There, there, mother, dear, let's not talk on this subject again." When John called on Margaret, or "Peggy," as he lovingly nicknamed her, a vision In lovely pink met him at the door. "Oh, Johnny, I have something wonderful to tell you." and laughing happily she ushered' him Into a luxurious pnrlor, far different from John's modest parlor. After what seemed a little eternity to John, won dering what Peggy was so excited about, that young lady appeared at the door with a huge hat box almost . as large as herself, as Peggy was rath er short. "Now close your eyes. John," she said, and after a moment requested him to open them again. And behold! There, before John's eyes was a beau tiful creation of a hat. First It looked like silver, then hold it at another tingle and It looked like gold at least that was how John later described It to his mother. "Why, John Andrews, you don't like my new hat!" and tears tilled Peggy's pretty brown eyes. John continued Btarlng at the hat, and when Peggy mougnt lie did not approve of the pretty hat she nearly guessed right, for John was asking himself how he could afford to buy such a dream of a hat for Peggy when they were mar ried. "Peggy dear, your hat Is n perfect dream, and I know It must be very be coming, but " "Peggy, I'm nwfully sorry I am such poor company this evening, but moth er has been at that 'cooking' stuff again; nnd oh, Peggy! I've just been hoping right along that you would one day surprise mother and " Going over to John, she lookeil him squarely In the eyes and said, seri ously: "John, I will surprise her, and I'll make her love me some day, I hope love me for my very self, and not my cooking; nh1. oh! I don't want this lint. I hate It, hate It!" and the tears fell fast. The following week John was sent to New York, to be gone live months on business for the linn. Peggy prom ised to write faithfully every week, so he went away not entirely unhappy, but looking forward to the time when he would return. "I'm awfully lonesome since John went away, and I haven't much ambi tion to cook or do anything else," thought Ml s. Andrews a week after John, had left. Then her eyes ilxcd themselves on the following ad In the paper: "Young lady about to be mar ried would like five months' instruc tion In housework and cooking." Then the box number followed nt the post ofllce. "Well, of all things what a queer ad, but that girl sure has grit, nnd I admire It now that John has gone, why can't I take her In, poor soul, and help her out?" And the more she thought of It the more she wanted to do It, so accordingly the next day a young girl presented her self In answer to Mrs. Andrews' letter. "Why, Margaret Willis!" but Mrs. Andrews not suspecting that Peggy hud come In nnswer to her letter, and Pure Bred Hampshire Brood Sows and Shotes at Public Sale. FOUR GOOD BROOD SOWS. At the Shaner Place 5 miles southwest of Maxwell and 2 miles southeast o Bigncll on Thursday, February 26th, at 1 p. m. At the same time there will he sold five work horses, seven colts, twenty-one cows and a lot of farm machinery. SCOTT SHANER. thinking she cai.u about Jc'.ui, froae up completely nnd stared at Margaret, but not unkindly. "Please don't look nt mo like that, Mrs. Andrews I am the young lady who who wants to know how to keep house, how to cook. Oh, won't you help me while John Is gone?" And ns Mrs. Andrews gazed at this girl whom she always regarded as a doll, her heart wont out to her when she saw how sincere I'ejrgy was, and how she must love her Johnny to come and humble herself like this to his mother. Mrs. Andrews beamed on Peggy and said: "Yes, my dear little girl, I'm going to help you; nnd we'll give John the surprise of bin life." John arrived home around noon three days sooner than he was expected, and received the surprise of his life when lie saw his dainty Peggy, her fnce flushed, enveloped In one of his mother's aprons." pulling a pan of hot biscuits out of the oven. "John," was all poor Peggy could say, and down went those delicious biscuits on the Moor, and aftr picking his little girl up in his arms and kissing the flushed cheeks, he stooped and picked up the pan of biscuits rather gingerly, fearfully, and also feeling quite sure they would he like bricks. But won ders will never cease, for the biscuits were lovely aid soft, dellclously browned. Mrs. Andrews and Peggy had kept the whole affair a secret from John, and at that moment his mother entered, and after greeting Mm, told the whole story, while Peggj luughed happily. "And, John, she Is prepared now. and I am delighted to recommend her." "And whnt's more, John, sTie loves me for my very self," added Pegyy happily. AMERICA'S FRUIT, THE APPLE People Are Beginning to Show It Proper Appreciation, and Crop Should Be Increased. Americans are coming to treat ap ples more as a food and less ns a betwcen-menls superfluity than they used to do, yet when the north wind blows and the llrcsldo glows they can't refrain from paying especial at tention to the question whether there Is a plenty of them. This year, the farm reports tells us, there Is not. There are, In the whole country, 1.091,000 barrels fewer than there were in 1918, and almost the same shortage from the crop of 1910, though we are considerably better off than we were In 1917. That is, we have 24,000.000 barrels this year. That's about one for each family in the country, nnd each family, not each member thereof, might, if they were evenly distributed, have one apple a day. The true lover of apples will never admit this to be sulllclent, and ho should not. It Is not especially cheering to learn that the country's crop of ap ples does not tend to Increase. Our record crop was In 1012, but we had almost ns many In 1890, and the crop I In ISOH was greater than that In either of the past four years. Rut the apple Is America's fruit, the most satisfactory, the most dependable, the I most henlthful fruit In the world. I Hartford Times. A Place for Everybody. "Yes," proudly announced the ex cnptaln who is now manager of the new $10,000,000 hotel, "all our em ployees are former service men every one of them. The desk clerk Is an old top kicker, the floor clerks have all been noncoms In charge of quarters, the chef was a mess sergeant, the waiters were all permanent IC. IVs, the house doctor was a base hospital surgeon, the house detective was nn Intelligence policeman, the bell-hops were dog-robbers." "And have you any former M. IVs?" he was asked. "Yes," ho replied. "When there's a good stiff wind blowing we use them as outside window washers on the eighteenth floor." WEALTH FLOWING INTO CUBA , Crops of Cotton and Sugar Will Net j People of Island Oomo I $2,000,000,000 , Cuba's coming sugar crop Is expect ed to yield about 4,000,000 tons u-rw ord output. At prices which the plant ers nre counting upon receiving for their sugar this will mean a payment to them of from about $7."0,000.000 to SSOO.OOO.OOO. Hear In mind that this Is for one crop raised on an Islanrr or ' only 45,8911 squnre miles and with a population of about 2,000,000. I In the colton-growlng sections of the South there are approximately nbout 2fi,000,000 people. The center of Interest In Cuba Is sugar, In about the same degree that cotton concen trates the Interest of the South. When tho cotton crop (list reached the value of $2,000,000,000 a year, tho world held up Its hands In amazement, nnd yet this $2,000,000,000 Is distrib uted directly or Indirectly among 25,- 000,000 people. In Cuba more thnn n third of that amount will be distrib uted directly or Indirectly among 2.C00.0O0 people. Kvcry dollar of this vast stun Is paid Into Culm from othet countries. It Is as though the entire world production of gold for two years and more were dumped Into Cuba, as measured by the world's production of gold and the Cuban sugar crop value. Manufacturers' Record. NO CHANGE IN HUMAN BONES Construction of Shoulder Blades Today the Same as Those of Sixty Centuries Ago. There has been no discernible change In the shoulder blade of man In the last 0,000 years, according to Dr. William W. Graves of St. Louis, who spoke before the meeting of the American Association for the Advance ment of Science. Shoulder blades of Egyptian mum mies, (5.000 years old. and those of Illinois river Indians, believed to be about the same age, are the same as those of the present-day men, accord ing to Doctor Graves. In July and August of last year Doc- 1 tor Graves measured l.fiOO shoulder blades of men nnd animals, endeavor ing to classify the differences In them. The vertebral borders, with which he wa.s particularly concerned, are the same In humans as In gorillas, chim panzees and also In lower monkeys. Concerning the skeletons of Illinois river Indians, which be said appear to be between 4,000 and 0,000 years old, be was asked If he considered that proof that this continent was Inhabit ed then by humans whose physical type was as high as that of the Egyp tians of that day. He said that he could not draw such a conclusion, al though the shoulder blades are of the same type. Fairy Baskets. Fairy baskets are made of large hazel nuts, Alberts or pouch pits. Fil berts must lie soaked in hot wnter for several hours; hazel nuts and peach pits may be used green.' With a sharp, tine pointed penknife bore through the Albert or linzel nut on eacli side In the light colored upper third, cut away the shell carefully around the hole so as to leave a han dle between the Incisions, dig out the meat that Is inside, then cut very' tiny notches In the lower edge. If you use peach pits trim off tho sharp point, then bore and cut out the shell and trim tho stalk end smooth. Those baskets are a never failing niensuro to both children and grown ups. One use to which you can put the fairy bnskets Is loop a dozen or more upon a strand of silk floss, till ench one with earth and supply It with a single line grass seed, then hang them In a sunny window nnd keep uolst. ::o:: Dr. H. C. Brock. Dentist. X-Ray Diagnosis. Reynolds Bldg. Phono 148 TWENTY-FIVE SHOTES. LALLEY Wc have secured the exclusive fran chise for selling the well-known 1-0110 Electric Light nnd Power Plant in this territory. For some time we have noticed that the progressive farmers of tlm section urc realizing that economical and re liable electricity is. just as important if not more so to the proper develop ment of their farming business and to the comfort of their homes, ns the tele phone, the daily mail, the automobile, and the most valuable labor-saving farm machinery. It is our intention to give the residents of this community the very best ma terial nnd the best of service for its maintenance. When wc decided to sell an electric light and power plant, we set out to secure that plant which, in our opinion, had proven itself to be the mo3t reli able, the most economical, and incvery way the best investment for ourpatrons. We chose the Lnlley Light plant, manufactured by the Lnlley Light Corporation of De troit, Michigan, one of the lnrgest manufacturers engaged exclusively in the production of farm electrical equipment Our Personal Word Is Behind the Lalley The Lalley Light plant has been in successful use on farms and elsewhere for ten years. It has only three moving parts; it is ball bearing equipped; it will furnish ample electric light for your home and outbuildings, nnd electric power to operate a complete water system, n churn, vacuum cleaner, an electric iron, a washing machine, an electric fan, and any other domestic electrical apparatus you may desire or need. Come in and visit us so that wc can show you this Lnlley Light plant, or telephone us and we will go to your house. THE PORTER ELECTRIC Everything Electrical. 510 Locust Street, General Hospital Bldg. Phone 240. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Reasons for Feeding Birds. By feeding the birds In cold weather one provides nnununltlon against the mosquitoes of .Tunc, explains a mem ber of the Animal I'rotectlve league. It seems that birds feed their young on mosquitoes, thus destroying great numbers of the pests. 1,11 tie natural food Is available for birds In the win ter except In the extreme South, nnd even there less can bo found by them at this season than In the summer. So when the table or pantry shelf Is cleared of crumbs If the contents of the crumb tray are scattered outdoors Instead of being put In the garbage can. the birds will be thankful, and will show their gratitude by avlng the food-giver many n mosquito bite next summer. Mosquitoes are only one of the many excellent reasons why birds should be fed during the winter. The others nre all the other Insects which hamper the production of the garden, and all pleasures of song and plumage. St. Joseph Gazette. North Dakota's Lignite. A government report says "tho fuel problem has been forever solved In North Dakota." The western half of tho state Is underlaid with lignite, tho beds estimated to contain 000,000,000, 000 tons. Over thousands of squnre miles this soft coal lies so close to the surface that farmers merely dig a bolo In their own fields nnd take out tho coal as they require It. During 1018 1,000,000,000 tons were mined. If tho former Is too busy with his farm work to help himself, ho can buy It for 1.50 or $2 per ton. Many of the lnrgo grain elevators are operated by power furnished by coal that Is mined on tho spot, and this general economy In fuel has aided materially In In creasing tho per cnplta wealth. Captain of Industry at Three. Llttlo Edward Is Just U years old, but "going on -i." He Is very fond of his grandmother's homo and often Is a young visitor. His lust cull wns Inst Sunday afternoon. Grandmother, who hod been taking n nap, wns a bit late coming downstairs to greet her fa vorlto guest. She found him cuddled up In tho big easy chair In front of the fireplace. Edward smiled as she stooped to kiss him, but, boylike, that was nbout the only sign of affection from him. "Get up, dear," urged Edward's mother, "Unit's grandmother's chair." "No, It Isn't," asserted tho young man, "J beat her to It." Possible Restraint. "Thero Is a great deal of danger In all this socialistic literature." "I supposo so," replied the man who Is exnsporatlngly tranquil. "And yet If a man would tuko tho troublo to read and understand all thnt has been written about socialism bofore embarking In business us u 'red,' ho'd be entirely too old to pnrtlelputo In any active demonstratlona." LIGHT and For Farms and Rural Homes Announcement! Lalley Light in a complete unit engine and ienerator-with 16 cell ttorage hattvty. It muppliea ample, electricity for light, water pump, wathing machinei, aireeper, cream 'aeparator, tanning mill, Iron, etc. Britons Eat Less Meat. Englishmen used to be considered tho greatest meat eaters In tho world. Now, declares the Society of Meat Im porters (London), the average Eng lishman eats 'M per cent less meat than he did before the war. Unless ho can be Induced to eat more of It the country will bo faced with such u glut of meat ns-lt has never had before, n London dispatch says. The annual consumption of meat In the United Kingdom before the war was about 1,800,000 tons, say the Im porters. It Is now only 1,200,000 tons. And this, they contend, Is due entirely to the high cost still maintained. Eng lishmen and Englishwomen, too, art Jnst as fond of meat as ever, but they cannot afford to eat ns much of It as they used to. Why Horses Are Diminishing. An authority attributes the diminu tion in number of horses to the Im possibility of horse prices keeping pace with the prices of wheat, corn, pork, beef and mutton, and therefore the farmer neglects horse breeding for something more profitable, liut what are we going to do )r work stock live or ten years from now? ho asks. PUBLIC Tho undersigned will offer at public Bale nt IiIb placo six mllos south and a mllo and a quarter wtest of North l'latto, on Thursday, February 26th, 1920 commencing at ono o'clock sharp tho following described property, to-wlt: 26 HEAD OF CATTLE Consisting of threo milk cowb, six whltiefaeo cowb, and romalndor holfcrs and steors from ono to threo yearB old, noarly nil whltefacos. 9 HEAD OF HORSES Consisting of onio buckskin tonm of goldlngB, wolghlng 1200 oach, 7 and 8 years old; black horso, fi years old, wolght 1100; brown maro 7 years old, weight 1000; bay maro, 4 years old, weight 1000; threo 3-ycar-old colts, ono yearling. 18 HEAD OF SHOATS Averngo about 75 pound each. FARM MACHINERY Good wagon, lister, disc. John Deoro 2-row innchino, 3-soction harrow, John Dooro gang riding plow, breaking plow, Dooring binder noarly ntaw, gas ongino, pump and Jack, two tanks, cream soparator, two sets of good work harness, lot of household goods, and otlior articles too numerous to montion. FJtKK LUNCH AT NOON. TEUMS OF SALE: $20 and undor cash; sums ovor ?20, 8 months tlmo will bo glvon on banlcablo paper bearing 10 por cent intorost from dato of salo. No property removed Ull settled for. E. S. FROMAN, Owner. Ill) KM! It 10, Auctioneer. POWER CO. P. 0. BOY 526. AUTO LIVERY. Romigh Garage. I'hone Sll Day Cull. I'lione 1270 Com inorelnl Hotel Night CaM. Taxi Service. OKHKK FIXING CLAIM DAYS. In tho Estate of Edith May Walkor, Deceased. Now on this 11th day of February, 1920, It Is ordered by tho court that tho administrator bo allowed ono yoar from this dato In which to settlo said estiato, and creditors will bo allowed until tho 10th day of Juno, 1020, to Olo tltolr claims, aftor said dato, claims will bo forever barred. Thnt on tho 10th day of March, 1920, and tho 19th day of Juno, 1020, at 9 o'clock a. in. of each of said ilnyB, tho court and tho administrator will attend at tho coun ty court room In said county to ro colvo, oxamlno, hear, allow and adjust clalmB. That notlco of this order bo glvon creditors and all persons inter ested In said estate, by pub lication of a notlco for four succea slvo wooks Immediately preceding tho 19th day of March, 1920, In tho North IMatto Trlbuno, a legal Boini-wcokly nowspapor prlntod nnd ipubllshcd in Lincoln county, Nebraska. WM. II. C. WOODIIURST, fl7-4 County Judgo It. C. LANOFOltl), Clerk.