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Come In nnd Ik us show yon ono
of our new spring hail policies Mrs
Kelso In charge at "Woodhurst's Ins
Agency. 24-3
Registered Suffolk StnHlon
for snlo or trade. 'Aolght 1C50, six
years old. Inqulro of Albert A. Qlnnpp
Brady. lOtf
TRUE AS STEEL'
It will pay you to study the construction of this.
All Steel Twin City Threshers built for life time service. You
can see this machine in operation on my farm as soon as the
weather permits.
ED GALVIN, Dealer.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For County Oommlsnlontr.
I hereby announce my candidacy for
the nomination for county commission
er of the Third District on the republi
can ticket at the primary election April
20th, 1920, subject to the will of the
yotcrs, whoso support I respectfully
solicit.
DAVID B. MARTIN.
For Clerk District Court.
I hereby announce that I have filed
tor Republican Nomination for Clerk
of District Court subject to the will of
the voters at the primary Election
April 20th, 1920. Your support will
be greatly bo appreciated.
WILLIAM M. RITNER.
For County Commissioner.
I hereby anounce myself as a can
didate for County Commissioner of
the First District, subject to the de
cision of the republican votors.
JOHN R. RITNER.
County Commissioner.
For the first time during the forty
years that I have resided in Lincoln
county, I am asking for the support
of the voters. I am a candidate for
the republican nomination for county
commissioner from the First district
and will appreciate the support of the
voters at tho primary election to be
held April 20th.
J. E. KOONTZ.
FOR CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT
I announce that I am a candidate
for the nomination for Clerk of tho
District Court at the primary election
April 20th. I am the present incum
bent of the offlco, and if you feel that
my past services liavo been satisfac
tory I will bo glad to havo your sup
port for a re-nomination.
GEO. E. PROSSER.
For County Commissioner.
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for county commissioner from
the First District subject to tho will
of tho voters at tho Primary Election
April 20th. I havo been a resident of
North Platte for thirty-eight years.
T. M COHAGEN.
iviio is mio
HEIDIDiGlIAUSKN
For County .Tndgp
My Sentiments
Every ono will be on an equal when
they come before that court and will
be innocent until they are proven
guilty. I havo no onomjes to censure,
no friends to protect and justice will
be placed where it truly belongs. If
you are looking for a nquard deal
Vote for Hcrmlnghauscn.
FARM LOANS
I have the Money
on hand to close
loans promptly.
Real Estate Mortgages
Bought and Sold
T. C. PATTERSON
Loan Broker
Building & Loan Building
DERRTBEREY & FORBES,
Licensed Embamsra
Undertakers and Funeral Directors
Dny phone 41
Night phono Black 588
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estato No. 1734 of E. R. Raworth,
Deceased, in tho County Court of Lin
coln County, Nebraska.
Tho State of Nebraska, ss: Credit-
tors of said estato will tako notlco
that tho timo limited for presenta
tlon nnd filing of claims against said
estato Is July 29th,1920, and for sot
tlcmont of said estato is March 25th,
1921. that I will sit at tho county
court room In said county on April
29th, 1920, at 10 o clock a. m. and on
July 29th, 1920, at 10 o'clock- a.m.
to receive, examine, hear, allow, or
adjust all claims and objections duly
filed.
W. H. C. WOODIIURST,
ni30-4 County Judge.
LIKE SWORD OF DAMOCLES
How Many Others Have Unwittingly
Sat In Peril of Which They
Were Ignorant?
It mny have chanced that some of
us have unwittingly sut under a sword
of Damocles nnd "through good luck
rather than good management" hove
escaped its fall. Dnmocles himself
was happily Ignorant of his danger
for n brief time.
Tho story, with its perfectly obvious
moral, is that In the reign of Dlo
nyslus the Elder as tho ruler of Syra
cuse in Greece, years before the Chris
tlon era, one Dnmocles, a member of
the court, wishing to establish himself
securely with the monarch, llntteral
him unduly. Being a good deal of a
man nnd believing thnt "flattery, like
cologne water, is to be smelted of, not
swallowed," Dlonyslus decided to
tench the courtier a lesson.
He Invited him to u wonderful ban
quet, which Dnmocles enjoyed greutly
until he perceived above his head n
sword which was held by one single
hair. How soon he Was able to leave
his perilous station Is unrecorded, but
his feelings during the ret of the
feast mny be Imagined and need not
be described.
Matrimonial Oddities.
In bygone days in India women were
sometimes nllowed to choose their own
husband. One of their old fairy tales
tells of a fair princess, who, after a
tournnment, placed a garland around
the neck of a knight who had won her
heart.
Among the Eskimos of the east coast
of Greenland a man captures the girl
he wants, hut from thnt time on the
usunl order of things Is reversed. He
hns to exercise the greatest vigilance
to prevent her from eloping with any
other man whom she may prefer, as
this seems to be her privilege. In the
northern New Hebrides a bride who
Is unhappy seeks the earliest oppor
tunity of running away from her hus
band and seeking n home with some
man she likes better. If her parents
cannot Induce her to return to the In
jured husband they usually send him
a pig to soothe his wounded feelings.
Natlonnl Geographic Society Bulle
tin. Still Make Use of Blowgun.
Tho blowgun Is still popular for
hunting birds among tho Kosntl In
dinns In Louisiana. This weapon con
sists of a tube, usually of cane, nbout
six feet long, rubbed smooth on the
inside with an Implement made for
the purpose and cnrefully straightened
with tho aid of fire. Slender, pointed
darts about eight Inches long are used
ns ammunition, each one wrapped
neatly along a third of Its length with
thistledown or cotton to mnko It fit the
inside of tho tube. The hunter places
a dart In the tube, which he raises to
his lips and with which lie tnkes care
f ul aim at his game : then with n quick
puff of breath he drives the llttlo dart
flying with a sufficient force to Impale
and kill a small bird or squirrel.
America Land of Tobacco.
America Is still tho greatest pro
ducer of tobacco and nlso tho great
est consumer of It, tho greatest ex
porter nnd tho grentest Importer, too.
She keeps her association with It which
began with the discovery of tho new
world. It was the riches of tobacco
ns well as gold and fountains of
youth that drew hither tho adven
turers who penetrated the new con
tinents. Lnter tobacco was so pro
clous a thing among tho first English
colonists that they plowed up the
streets of Jamestown to plant It
The Trade.
Ezra I hear you swapped nutty
moblles with SI Skinner yesterday.
"Who got the wust of tho bargain, HI?
HI W-a-11, the one I got thrust on
me Is sufferin' horribly from ague, an'
balks quite a lot 'count uv mlssln' on
each and every cylinder off an' on,
but I heercd this mornln' thut SI Is
huntln' for the Justice uv the peace In
order to swear out a warrant for somebody.
HOLD CONVERSE IN JUNGLE
Expert Asserts That All Wild Animals
Have Method of Communication
With Each Other.
If the chimpanzees possess the most
extensive ape vocabulary and Garner,
who knew the sound nnd meaning of
nbout n hundred monkey words, said
they do baboons have the crudest.
Dr. Dltmnrs snys thnt those In the
Bronx park collection express their
emotions with a roaring bnrk, a faint
chattering, and, when frightened, n
wild scream.
"But all animal life hns some
method of communication," snys Dr.
Dltmnrs. "In some cases It Isn't
vocal, but It satisfies the snme need.
"When a Hon Is lonesome he puts
his hend close to the ground and
roars. Possibly he knows the ground
acts as a sounding board. With a
different cadence this ronr becomes a
challenge, nnd other maVs take It up
until the junglo reverberates with
their din.
"Another roar with a dllTerent In
tensity Is answered only by females.
The lioness will listen to fix tho di
rection from urtilch his roar conies and
will move toward him. Then she will
roar, and he will move, nnd flnnlly
they meet." Exchange.
Tooth Puller's Bad Reputation.
"To He like at tooth puller" Is In
Le Roux de Llncy's "Book of French
Proverbs" (Paris 18.W), quoted from
the "Dictionary of tho French Acad
emy" (1S33). The tooth puller In
those days wns often a wandering
mountebank who drew a crowd by tell
ing Rabelaisian stories and indulging
in horseplay. He sold quack medi
cines, and, of course, lied prodigiously.
Lannelongue's explanation of the ori
gin Is more amusing, though It Is so
circumstnntlnl that It breeds suspi
cion. Furthermore und this Is con
clusive "to lie like n tooth drawer"
Is in Phlllbert Joseph Le Roux's "Dlc
tlonnnlre Comique" (Amsterdam 1718)
with this comment, "No one lies more
outrageously than a tooth drawer,
who promises not to hurt, which Is
not possible." And Le Roux quotw
Polssons' ono net play, "The Basque
Poet" (10(18), "But all of you He like
like tooth pullers."
Flow of Language.
A colored preacher, one of the men
who nro never nt a loss for words,
was commending to his congregation
one of the organs of the church, and
this Is how he did It: "The mission
ary bulletin of this church needs sub
scribers. It Is young and unfinanclal,
but through the Instrumentality of
backbone and grit it will become an
Ideal. It was ushered Into existence
out of purely Innocent contemplation
of moral and religious good, which
would, In all probability, result from
carefully agitated principles of right
eousness. The bulletin will be ob
served mingling In social convolutions
to furnish with sheaves of harvests
of those reasonable products common
to social contingencies. Tho tone of
tho whole will be missionary work."
Moral Elevation.
Tho true greatness of a nntlon can
not bo In triumphs of the Intellect
alone. Literature and art may enlarge
tho sphere of Its Influence; they may
adorn It; but they nro In their nature
but accessories. The truo grandeur of
humanity Is In moral elevation. . . .
The surest tokens of this grandeur,
In n state, arc that Christian benefi
cence, which ' diffuses the greatest
happiness among tho greatest number,
nnd that passionless, God-like Justice,
which controls the relations of the
state to other states, nnd to all Un
people committed to Rs charge.
Charles Sumner.
For the Poor.
The Revenue Collector You can't
run that tent show and pocket the
proceeds without paying the war tax.
Thnt'B not u benevolence, as you claim.
Tho Owner Manager My friend, If
you wore famlllnr with my clrcum
stancos and my show you'd consider
tho purchase of every tlckot a real
charily.
By ALDEN CHAPMAN
(Copyright, 1)20. Wntfrn Ncwstmper Union.)
Everybody In Rnyford wondered
why Edwin Darrell did not nttend tho
wVddlng of Elinor Blair and Alison
Dncre. They had known each other
intimately nnd had gone a good deal
together, although there had never
been any hint of an engagement, pres
ent or prospective.
The bridegroom was n stranger to
the people of Rnyford. He had Hash
ed upon the quiet vlllngo nppnreutly
nn old acquaintance of Rlchnrd Blair.
Then Elinor was seen n good denl In
his compnny and the mnrrlnge took
place. Bride and groom and Mr.
Blair left Rnyford to settle somewhere
In the South, and their former friends
nnd acquaintances soon fyrgot them.
All but two persons Eunice Trux
ton, the aunt of Elinor, and Edwin
Darrell. They knew I
It was at the homo of Miss Truxton
one day that Darrell was drawn closer
to Elinor In pity and love. She had
for some time past evaded him and
had shown a sadness he could not
fathom. They were alone on tho porch
when Darrell, Impelled by Irresistible
emotion, put Ills arm about Elinor nnd
confessed his love. She swnytnl
toward him with Incoherent words.
They conveyed n sure token thnt this
affection was returned, but that tho
situation was hopeless for both of
them. She citing to him In a frenzied,
hysterical way and was lost In sobs
nnd tears. Then, voiceless, she fled
Into the garden. Darrell sought her
to be confronted by Miss Truxton. Sho
wns pnle and agitated, and to Darrell's
Inquiries stated that Elinor had gono
home.
"You must not seek to visit her or
meet her hero again," she told Darrell.
"Poor child I Something hns happened
to cloud her life thnt I cannot tell
you now, but, oh I Sir. Darrell, what
ever you bear, do not misjudge her."
What Darrell to his utter despair
later heard was that Elinor was to
wed Alison Dacre, and this was fol
lowed by the mnrrlago which drove
him temporarily from Rnyford. When
he returned the Blalrs had left the
village. Crushed and comfortless, Dnr
rell sought Miss Truxton.
"It was n sacrifice, a cruel Iminoln
tlon of youth and Innocence to save
an Imperiled father," was all sho
would tell Darrell, and she never al
luded to the subject ngaln. She left
Darrell to surmise that Dncre had
held some power over Mr. Blair, which
bent him to his will nnd compelled
Elinor to accept him ns n husband.
Tho only assurance for Dairel was
that Elinor loved him. Victims to cir
cumstances, they had the mutunl con
viction that nothing could ever sepa
rate them ns to soul affinity, but It
looked a lonely, dreary road.
At the first Elinor kept up n cor
respondence with her aunt. Then
there was a year of silence. In her
anxiety Miss Truxton wrote to the
town from which Elinor's last letter
had come. She learned thnt Mr. Blair
had died, that the Dacres had sepa
rated and that Elinor nnd her little
child, Prlscllln, had disappeared.
Shortly after that Dacre appeared
In Rayford. He did not go near Miss
Truxton, but visited nnd borrowed
money from some former friends, nnd
died after a protracted -drinking bout.
Having no means, he wus nbout to be
burled In a pauper's grave when Dar
rell came forward and arranged for
his funeral.
Then Miss Truxton pnssed away.
Darrell took up his dreary life, but not
alone. Within n month there arrived
at Rnyford a colored woman with a
little child of three. She had a letter
for Miss Truxton. It wus from Elinor,
who nsked her to enre for her llttlo
child. As for herself, she had an op
portunity to engage ns companion for
a wealthy invalid lady, which would
enable her to send somo money to her
mint to provide for Prlscllln.
Thus, strangely, Edwin Darrell had
been tho only ono to enro for the
dead husband, nnd now for his child.
Every threo months u smnll amount
wns sent from a different place by
the absent mother. Dnrrell rented a
small flat, secured a housekeeper und
grew deeply uttnehed to the little
wnlf.
It wns a beautiful summer nfter
noon when llttlo Priscllla accompanied
him on a stroll. It led to tho beautiful
town cemetery, and on n seat near
her father's gravo Darrell answered
her many questions as to tho parent
she had well nigh forgotten. Dnrrell
tempered his replies so that tho child
would have no correct conception of
the unworthlncss of her father.
"And mamma why floes sho not
come and see me?" Inquired Prlscllln
pathetically. "Tell mo ubout her, will
you not?"
It was in thu midst of glowing word3
of sympnthy nnd regard for Ids lost
lovo that n sob Interrupted Darrell.
Turning to trnco its source, ho dlscov'
ered n woman seated on n llttlo mound
directly behind them.
It wus Elinor; not the Elinor of
old, for sorrow had aged her, but tho
snme truthful eyes told a story of
gratitude, for, returning to her nntlvo
village, sho had learned of all the no
bio kindness and charity Dnrrell hnd
shown to husband and child.
Three loft tho sacred spot whero
two had appronched It threo united
In heart nnd soul, whole destinies
were fated to bo Ilnkod In perfect lovo
while lin Mhould lust.
' THRIFTS
"GET be:
HIND
North Platto is a city we are proud
to live in,' but it is badly in need of a
clean up. Let's all get behind the
broom and paint brush.
J. C. PENNEY CO.,
Incorporated.
297 BUSY STORES IN 1920.
STEGEMANN GROCERY
THE QUALITY STORE
Carries n Full Line of High Grade
Groceries, Fruits and Vegetables in Season
Our Motto is "Quality Goods and Good Service
at Reasonable Prices."
Call in and tell us if you want Quality Gofftis, cheap goods we
do not handle.
ns R. G. STEGEMANN
Phone
NORTH PLATTE REALTY AUCTION COMPANY
AT NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
Office over the Union State Bank
We solicit your Real Estate AUCTION SALES no
no matter whore is it located. To give tho best of service
is our aim. Watch our results. Our experience and ac
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kind. Call on us and let us explain our methods and terms
to you.
E. A. OLSON, Manager.
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THE HARRINGTON HER. CO.
INCORPORATED 1887.
Mutual Building and Loan
Association,
Of North Platte, Nebraska.
RESOURCES OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
The Association has unlimited funds at its command to
assist in the building or purchase of homes for the people of
North Platte. If you arc intereslcd, the officers of this
Association will render every assistance and show you how
easy it is to acquire your own home,
T. C. PATTERSON, BESSIE F. SALISBURY,
President. Secretory.
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