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    NOTfTTT PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TIUBUNE.
CANADA DID WELL
Honors Worthily Won at Interna
tional Live Stock Show.
Friendly Rivalry at Chicago Splendid
ly Revealed the' Possibilities of
Our Northern Neighbor.
Further' evidence, If any were needed,
of the friendly relations between Cnn
adit and the United Suites might
have been found by u visit to the In
ternatlonnl Live Stock Show recently
held at the Chicago Stock Yards.
There the Canndlan and American
were to be found side by side in the
friendliest competition, tho loser will
ingly admitting defeat when the other
fellow carried off the blue ribbon.
Some of the Choicest and best of
Canadian stock was there, and much
of It returned loaded down with rib
bons denoting tlrsts, championships
that Indicate pedigree, breeding and
worth, and cups and trophies that
wene won In hard and severe contests.
The hay and grain clusses were
points of great Interest, and here
Canada did well, securing many
prizes.
Twenty-live first prizes were listed
In the oats clas's; Canada carried
nway 22 of them. A sample of oats
from the Province of Alberta, weigh
ing 48 pounds to the bushel, was the
heaviest sample hi the show. It waa
Alberta oats that took the sweep
stakes, the exhibitor In this case, J.
W. Lticas, of Cayley, repeating what
he did last year.
In wheat there were 25 llrst prizes
to be awarded; Canada got 23 of
them. i
The greatest Interest was shown
when the horse classes were called.
Here also Canada stood well to the
front. The Perchcron entries showed
that Canada breeders were popular
and successful exhibitors. Champion
ships were awarded to a number, and
first prizes were common. The same
may be said of Clydesdales. This
breed stood out prominently, there
were many entries, nnd this old-time
popular breed had an unusual num
ber of admirers. This was especially
so In "Wee Donald's" case. Here was
n Saskatchewan horse, his owner tak
ing back to Canada the grand chnm
plonship. Not only has he done It this
year, but last year as well two years
In succession something never before
done nt the Live Stock show. In
Clydesdales Canada won places In
every class In which entries were
made.
The same story could be repeated In
sheep and hogs, honors being heaped
upon honors on Canadluu entries,
Particularly Important is the fact that
Drst prize for ulfalfa seed was
awarded for seed grown at Brooks,
Alberta, In competition with 43 en
tries. Alfalfa growing In Western
Canada has been Increasing by leaps
and hounds, and this victory will give
It and tlie dairy industry, which is
always linked with It a further Im
petus.
' A visit to the Cunadlnn government
exhibit of grains, grasses, vegetables,
fruits, minerals Imd other products
of the Dominion to the north, revealed
In tabloid form what the great coun
try to the north could do. A great
Interest was aroused in this exhibit,
and it was greatly admired by visitors
to the Live Stock show. Representa
tives of the government were on hand
for the purpose of giving Information
to those desiring It. Advertisement.
Foolish Question.
Pnrolpqa Ifct Anv nf von foil own
see a pair of leggings around here?
Boston Mike Well, as there are
about two hundred men In this com
nnnv nnfl thev nil wear leucines.
don't suppose It would surprise tliem
apy If tney urn see n pair. rue Lentil
erneek.
A Grievous Mistake.
At Jim Hose's boarding house Is a
fellow all out o' humor. lie does his
own mending likes to do It. Hasn't
a wife to do It for him, so Just does
It himself. But what he's angry about
Is well, he has rcuson for feeling u
bit feverish In temperature. The other
day he made the mistake of cutting a
leg from his Sunday trousers to patch
a pair of old ones. Exchange,
Blue Nose.
Blue Nose Is a popular name for a
native of Nova Scotia, llallhurton, In
"Sam Slick." gives the following ac
count of Its origin ; " 'Pray, sir." said
one of my fellow passengers, 'can you
tell me why the Nova Scotluns are
called Blue Nose? 'It Is the name of
n potato.' said I, 'which they produce
In the greatest perfection, and boast
to be the best in the world. The
Americans have In consequence, given
them the nickname 'Blue Noses.' "
Railroad Improvement.
A south coast rallwuy company Is
experimenting with a new engine which
can not only go from slue to side nut
forward. London Punch.
"God Be With Ye."
As n matter of fact wo English
speaking folk have a word to say nt
parting which means a lot. "(Jood-by
Is n contraction of "God be with ye."
but not one person In a million thinks
of this when using It. While we may
not object to our butcher having divine
gilldnnce, the wish Is certainly not
In our mind when we say to him over
the telephone: "Now don't forgel
about tho lamb chops; good-byl"
Cooks may come and cooks may go.
but the entlng habit stays forever.
Spanish
! Doubloons
eg Camilla
7 Kenyon
COPYRtOHT
THB BODDS. MERRILL K
COMTANY
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(CHAPTER VIII Continued.)
Is unique proceeding on Cookie's
part necessarily awoke the Interest
both of the recovered Cuthbert Vane.
Just emerging nfter his prolonged
slumbers, tjul of the trio who had at
that momei t returned from the woods.
Importuned for an explanation, Cookie
arose from tils devotional posture and
put the portentous query:
"MIstah V-uie, sab, bo dey any prop-
ah coflln-wood on dls yere Island?"
Instantly meeting my absence
with this terrible question, Aunt .Tnno
shrieked and fell Into the arms of
Aunt Jane Shrieked and Fell Into the
Arms of Mr. Tubbs.
Mr. Tubbs. I got the story from
Cuthbert Vane, and I must- say 1 was
unpleasantly struck by the facility
with which my aunt seemed to have
fallen Into Mr. Tubbs' embrace as If
with the ease of habit. Mr. Tubbs, It
appeared, had staggered a little un
der his fair burden, which was not to
be wondered at, for Aunt Jane Is of
an overllowlng Btyle of figure and Mr,
Tubbs more remarkable for brain than
brawn. Violet, however, remained ad
mlrably calm, and exhorted Aunt Jnne
to remember that whatever happened
It wns all for the best.
"Poor Violet," I commented. "To
think that, after all, It didn't hnppen !"
A slow flush rose to the cheeks of
the beautiful youth. He was sitting
beside the hammock, where I was sup
posed to be recuperating.
"It would have happened, though,'
said the Honorable Cuthbert solemn
ly, "If It .hadn't been for old Shaw. I
can't get over it, Vlr Miss Virginia,
that I wnsn t on deck myself, you
know! Here's old Dugald been doing
the heroic all his life, and now ho
gets his chance ngnin while I'm sleep
Ing off those bally coconuts. It's hard
on a chap. I I wish It had been me."
However dubious his grammar, there
was no mistaking the look that bright
cned like .he dawn In the depths of
his clear eyes. My breatli went from
me suddenly.
"Oh," I cried excitedly, "Isn't that
yes, I thought It was tho dinner
gong!"
For, as If In response to my dire
need, the clang of Cookie's gong
echoed through the Island silences.
Cookie took his hands out of the wa-
tcr and wiped off the sutis. casting
about nienlthy and mysterious glances.
f hen ho rolled a dubious ey nt me.
"Whit wns. it, Cookie?" I virged.
"Wor m Cnp'n now?"
"Down on the bench ; he enn't possi
bly hear you."
"You won't sny nothln' to git Cookie
In a rumpus?"
"Cross my heart to die, Cwiklc."
"Well, den" Cooklo spol.0. in " a
hoarse whisper "Cnp'n sny he forglt
to take his gun ca'trldgcs. MIsh Jinny,
when he come back, I see him empty
.his gun ca'trldgcs out'n his bell and
put back tus pistol cartridges, ho dere
now I"
I turned from Cookie, too surprised to
qcnk. Why had Captain Magnus
been at pains to Invent a Ho about so
trlvlnl a matter? I recalled, too, that
Mr. Shaw's question had confused him,
that he had hesitate and stammered
before answering It. Why? Was he
a bad shot and ashamed of It? Had
ho preferred to sny that ho hnd taken
the wrong ammunition ruther than ad
mit that he could get no bag? That
must be the explanation, because there
wns no other. Certainly no Imagina
ble errand hut tho one assigned could
hnve taken the captain to tho other
side of the island.
Several days went by, nnd still the
treasure was unfound. Of course, as
tho unexplored space In the cave con
tracted, so dally tho probability grew
stronger that Fortune would shed .her
golden smile upon us before night.
Nevertheless, It seemed to me that tho
optimistic spirits of most were begin
ning to flag a little. Only Mr. Shnw,
though banned as n confirmed doubter
and pessimist, now by the exercise of
will kept the others to their task. As
for Captain Magnus, his restlessness
was mnnlfcst. Several times he hnd
suggested blowing the lid off the Island
with dynamite as the shortest method
of getting nt the gold. He was always
vanishing on solitary excursions in
land. Mr. Tubbs remarked, scornfully,
that a man with a noso for money
ought to have smelted out the chest
before this, but If his own nasal pow
ers were of thnt character he did not
offer to employ them In the service of
the expedition. Miss HIgglesby
Browne, however, had taken to retlr
Ing to the hut for long private sessions
with herself. My nunt reverentially
explained their purpose. Tho hiding
place of the chest being of course
known to tho Universal Wisdom, nil
Violet hnd to do was to put herself
In harmony nnd the knowledge would
be hers. The difficulty wns that you
hnd first to overcome ybur Mundane
Consciousness. To accomplish this
Violet was struggling In the hut.
After my meeting with Captain Mag
nus In tho forest, Lookout ridge was
barred to me. Crusoe nnd I must do
our rambling In other directions.
This being so, I bethought mo again
of the wrecked sloop lying under the
cliffs on the north shore of tho cove.
I remembered thnt there had seemed
CHAPTER IX.
What Crusoe and I Found.
When after those poignant moments
in the boat I met Dugnld Shaw In
commonplace fashion at the table, a
sudden, queer, altogether unprece
dented shyness seized me. I sat look
Ing down nt my plate with the
gnucherle of a silly child.
During the meal Mr. Shnw asked
Captain Magnus If he had had good
sport on the other side of the Island,
Captain Mngnus, ns usual, had seemed
to feel that time consecrated to -eat
Ing wns wasted In conversation. At
this point-blank question he started con
fusedly, stuttered, nnd finally ex
plained thnt though he had taken a ride
he had carried along pistol cartridges,
so had come home with an empty bng
' At this moment I happened to he
looking at Cookie, who was setting
down a dish before Mr. Tubbs. The
negro started visibly, nnd rolled his
eyes at Captain Magnus with nston
Ishment depicted in every dusky feu
ture. He said nothing, although wont
to take part In our conversation as It
suited him, but I saw him shake his
great grizzled head in a disturbed and
puzzled fashion as he turned away.
After this a chill settled on thu ta
ble. You felt a disturbance In the air,
as though wireless currents were
crossing and recrosslng In general con
fusion.
As I passed Cookie nt his dlshpan,
after dinner, a sudden thought struck
me.
".Cookie," I remarked, "you had a
frightfully queer look Just now when
Captain Magnus told about having
taken the wrong cartridges. What
was tho mutter?'
I Made Out a Word Here and There.
to he a way down the cliffs. I re
solved to visit the sloop again. The
terrible practicability of the beautiful
youth made It difficult to Indulge In ro
mantic musings In his presence. And
to me n derelict brings a keener tang
of romance than any other relic of
man's multitudinous nnd 'futile striv
ings. Tho descent of tho gully proved nn
easy mntter, and soon I was on the
snnd beside tho derelict. Sund hud
heaped up around her hull, and filled
her cockpit level with the rail, and
drifted down the companion, stuffing
the little cabin nearly to tho roof.
Only tho bow rose free from the
white smother of snnd. Whntever
wounds there were In her burled sides
were bidden. You felt that some wild
caprice of the storm had lifted her
and set her down here, not too rough
ly, then whirled nway and left her
to the snnd.
Crusoe slipped Into tho narrow spneo
under the roof of the cabin, and I
ienno.l Idly down to wntch him through
a warped seam between the plunks.
Then I found thnt I was looking, not
at Crusoe, but Into n little dim In
closuro like a locker, in which 'some
small object faintly caught tho light.
With a revived hope of finding relics,
I got out my knife a present from
Cuthbort Vane and set briskly to
work widening the senm.
I penetrated finally into a small
locker or cubby-hole, set in the angle
under the roof of the cabin, nnd, as
subsequent Investigation showed, so
placed as to attract no notice from tho
cusual eye. I ascertained this by
lying down nnd wriggling my head
nnd shoulders Into the cabin. In oth
er words, I had hnppened on a little
private depository, In which tho own
er of the sloop might stow away cer
tain small matters thnt concerned him
Intimately. Yet tho contents of the
locker nt first seemed trilling. They
were an old-fashioned chnsed silver
shoe-buckle, and a brown-covered mau
uscrlpt book. ,
The book had suffered much from
dampness, whether of rains or tho
wash of tho sea. I seated myself on
the cabin roof, extracted a hairpin, and
began carefully separating tho close
written pages. Tho first threo or four
were quite Illegible, the Ink huvlng
run. Then tho writing became clear
er. I made out a word hero and
there :
"....directions vague.... my grand
father man n ruflian but. ... no mo
tive. .. .police of Havana. .. .frightful
den.... grandfather made sure. ...reg
istry. .. .Bonny Lnss...,"
And nt that I gnvo a small excited
shriek which brought Crusoe to mo In
a hurry. What had ho to do, tho
writer of this Journnl, what had ho
to do with the Bonny Lass?
Breathlessly I read on:
thought captain still living but
not sure. . . .lost. . . .Benito Bon. . . ."
I closed the book. Now, while tho
const was clear, I must get back to
camp. It would take hours, perhaps
days, to decipher tho Journal which
had suddenly become of such supremo
Importance. I must smugglo It unob
served into my own quarters, whe'ro
I could rend at my leisure. As I set
out I dropped tho silver shoe-bucklo
Into my pocket, smiling to think that
It was I who had discovered the first
bit of precious metal on the Island.
Yet the book In my hand, I felt In
stinctively, wns of more valuo than
many shoe-buckles.
Safely In my hammock, with a pil
low under which I could slip the book
In case of Interruption, I resumed tho
rending. From this point on, although
the writing was somewhat fuded, It
was all, with a little effort, legible.
THB DIAItY.
"If Sampson did live to tell his
secret, then any day there may bo a
sail In the offing. And still I cannot
find It I Oh, if my grandfather had
been more worldly wlsel If ho hadn't
been too Intent on the eternal welfare
of the man he rescued from the Ha
vana tavern brawl to question him
about his story. A cave on Leeward
Island nenrby a stono marked with
the letters B. II. uud n cross-bones
'I told tho cnptun,' said tho poor dy
ing wretch, 'we wouldn't have no luck
nfter playing it Unit low down on Bill I'
S.o I presume Bill lies under tho stone'.
"Well, nil I have Is In this venture.
The old farm paid for the Island
Queen or will, If I don't get back in
time to prevent foreclosure. All my
staid New England relatives think mo
mad. A copra gatherer 1 A fine ca
reer for a minister's son I Well, when
I get homo with my Spanish doub
loons there will bo another story to
tell. I won't be poor crazy Peter
then. And Helen oh, how often I
wish I had told her everything I It
wns too much to ask her to trust mo
blindly as I did. But from that mo
ment I came across the story in grand
father's old, hnlf-forgotten diary by
tho way, tho diary habit seems to run
In the family a ' very passion of se
crecy hns possessed me. If I had told
Helen, I should have had to dread1
that oven In her sweet sleep sho
might whisper something to put thnt
ferret, her stepmother, on the scent.
Oh, Helen, trust me, trust me I
"December 25. I have a culendar
with me, so I am not reduced to notch
ing a stick to keep track of tho days.
I mark off each carefully In the cal
endar. If I were to forget to do this,
even for n day or two, I believe I
should quite lose track. The duys nro
so terribly nllkol
"My predecessor hero In the coprn
gntherlng business, old Ilelntz, renlly
left mo a very snug establishment. It
was odd that I should have run across
Mm at Panama that way.
"Christmas Day I I winder what
they nro all. doing at home?
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Cleaning Marble,
To clean mnrble mix with water
five parts of soda, two and a half
parts of powdered chalk und two and
a half parts of pumice stone (pow
dered) ; spread on the marble and
wash oft with soap und water. Tho
consistency of tho mixture when un-
I piled should bo that of a thin paste.
STERN CANADA
B?5llaiidof Prosperity!.
offers to home seekers opportunities that cannot
be secured elsewhere. The thousands of farmers
from the United States who have accepted Can
ada's generous offer to settle on FREU homesteads
or buy farm land In her provinces have been well
repaid by bountiful crops. There is still avail
able on cosy terms
Fertile Land at SIB to $30 an Acra
land similar to that which through many years
has yielded from 20 to 45 bushels of wheat
to tho acre oats, barley and flax also in nreat
abundance, while raisins horses, cattle, nhcep
nnd lioitslsequallyproutable. Hundreds of fann
ers in western Canada have raised crops in a
single season worth more than the whole cost of
their land. With such success comes prosperity,
independence, good homes and all the comforts
cud conveniences which make life worth living.
Farm Gardens, Poultry, Dairying
are sources of income second only to grain
(trowing and stock raising. Attractive cli
mate. Rood neighbors, churches; schools,
good markets, railroad facttities, rural tele
phone, etc.
For llluitrated lltmtnra, map, dfaeriptlon of farm
opportumura in Matmnca. Haiaawnanaa,
Alberta and UrltUb Columbia, reduced
railway raiaa, eic, wruo
W. V. BENNETT
Room 4, Bee Bid?., Omaha, Neb.
Authortiad Agnt, Dapt. or Immigration
and Catonliatlon, Dominion ol Canada
What to Take for
disordered Stomach
Take a Rood dose of Carter's Little Liver Pills
then take 2 or 3 for a few nights after.
You will relish your meals without fear of trouble to
follow. Millions of all age9 take them for Biliousness,
Dizzines3,Sick Headache, Upset Stomach and for Sallow,
.Pimply, Blotchy Skin. They end the mltcry of CanMpcMon.
IggSmZ? scrJ&&cC Small Pill; Small Doie; Small Pries
IITTLE
IVER
PILLS
mibalwu maim WAS CONVICT
Long Mourned as Dead, English
Woman Learna Her Husband Had
Served Prison Sentence.
Jinny people, doubtless, "disappear"
for reasons of their own. Debt,
crime or some other hidden page In
their apparently blameless lives may
be the real reason for thtilr going.
Little did the wife of n Manchester
mun know Into what terrible entangle
ment her husband hnd got ten years
before. Ho was thought to be n re
spectable mcrchnnt ; his homo llfo wns
happy and blameless.
One dny he went out to buy a news
paper and returned no more;
For years his wife mourned him ns
dead, until one dny during the war he
came back. He was now a soldier, but
his disappearance wns explained by
the fact thnt; under another nnme nnd
In another town, ho hnd been carry
ing on a fraudulent stock and share
ofllcc a "bucket-shop" and had been
nrrestcd and sentenced to a long term.
Ho wns released during the war, and
while serving In France hnd thought
of the once happy wife he hud so
misled. Hence his sudden reappear
ance to u world which hnd olmost for
gotten him. London Answers.
Conversation.
"Some talk of the duke marrying n
local girl." "Whoso hioney Is tnlk-
More to the Point
Tho old lady could not help going
to sleep during the sermon, and when
the minister culled upon her, ho could
not refrain from commenting upon
the fact.
Aware of one of her hnhlts, he said :
"Why don't you take snuff during
the sermon?"
"An I" she retorted. "Why don't
you put the snuff In your sermon?"
Surrenderl Neverl
"Why don't you get rid of thut
horse, If he's so vicious?" asked ono
furmcr of another.
"Well, you see, Jim," replied tho
other, "I hnte to give in. If I was fo
sell that horse, he'd regard It as a per
sonal victory. He's been tryln' for tho
last six years to get rid of mo."
WOMEN HEED SWAMP-ROOT
Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to "
nothing clso but kidney trouble, or thr
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in tho back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. Dr.
Kilmer's Swnmp-Root, n physician's pre
scription, obtained at any drug store, mar
bo just the remedy needed to overcome
such ponditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle im
mediately from any drug Btore.
However, if you wish first to teat thi
great preparation send ten cents to )rv
Kilmer & Co., Jlinghamton, N. Y., for ft
sample bottle. When writing be suro and
mention this paper. AdvortlDement
Battle-Battered Monster.
The Curators of the Iauncest
and Tasmanian museums have pre
sented the Royal Society of Tasmania ft
preliminary account of a nearly com
plete skeleton of n gigantic extinct
monster, recently discovered In tho
pleistocene beds of Tasmania. Tho
anlmnl was as large as the largeBtl
existing rhinoceros. The new dis
covery shows clearly that It wns a
rhlnoccros-llke nnlmnl, with n skull
built for aggressive warfare, and at
least one powerful horn on tho snout.
Evidence of the gigantic battles In
which this animal engaged Is to bo
found In the complete smashing and
partial mending of the collar-bone,
and lu the crushing nnd subsequent
rcpulr of the bones of tho noso and
snout.
Irresistible. ,
Dorothy I Just henrd something hor
rid nbout Gladys.
Kathleen You know 1 Just hate gos
sip I What was It?
The more tool questions you ask tho I One-hnlf ot our citizens who aw
more you don't learn. eligible voters fall to vote.
When a Federal Bureau reminds
you that children should not
drink coffee or tea why not think
of your own health?
The Federal Bureau of Education includes
in ita rules to promote health among the Nation's
school children, the warning that children should
not drink coffee or tea.
The reason is well known. Coffee and tea
contain drugs which stimulate and often over
excite the nerves, and so upset health.
The harm is by no means confined to chil
dren, as any doctor can tell you.
If health is valuable to childhood, It is valu
able always. If harm to health should be avoided
until bodies grow up, is it worth taking a chance
with health when bodies have grown up?
You can have that delicious and satisfying
cereal beverage, Postum, with any meal, and be
safe you, and the children, too. There's charm
without harm in Postum.
Postum comas in two forms: Instant Postum (In tins)
mads instantly in the cup by the addition of boiling water.
Postum Cereal (In packages of larger bulk, for those who
prefer to make the drink while tho meal is beang prepared)
mads by boiling for 20 minutes. Sold by all grocers.
The road to health io a good road
for anybody to follow