I'lUS RJfiPUBUOAJN , COSTER COUNTS' , NEBRASKA.
How About That
New Suit
The allurements of spring are now at their
height , and summer is on its way.
How about a new suit something made to
your measure and your own ehoiee of style and
fabric.
Come in now and look over the beautiful
array of pure wool samples. They're very nobby.
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And look with the other one about your house.
When j'ou have found , , a niece of furniture which fails
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and come in and see what we can do for you.
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COUl D SAVM UV TRADINC ! "SVITir US ?
We always have the stock to select from. „
We manufacture our own lumber and can supply |
| your wants in ever ) ' respect.
Let us furnish you the screens for your house B
the roofing- for your roof , coal for your cook-stove.
| Dierks Lumber ana Coal Company
J. S. MOLYNEUX , Mt r , Broken Bow , Neb.
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Sheppard & BurL
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Wish to call your attention to the fine line of
VEGETABLES they have on hand such as :
Carrots Onions
Parsnips Beets
Turnips Lettuce
Cabbage Celery
We have the FINEST FRESH OYSTERS
in the city , shipped direct from Baltimore.
Sheppard & Burk
Before
Consolidation
y EDWIN D A L M E R
( Copyright , by J. 13. Llpplncott Co. )
"Yes ; the plcnsnntcst discomforts
and the most cnjoynblo annoyances ol
travel are fast disappearing , " the el
derly drummer reflected Badly. "Even
hero In the west , where In the old
days apparently inexhaustible herds ol
trouble followed every train , already
the most Interesting species of dis
turbance are practically extinct , and
these great through lines and vesti
bule Hmltcds a/o exterminating the
rest with torrlblo rapidity. The pic-
turcsm * uncertainty , too , the Indi
viduality , uiul all the personal traits ,
which so clearly distinguished the old
rondB , have all been lost and oblit
erated In thus euro and methodical ,
but void and expressionless , progress
of the modern train.
"There was a time , gentlemen , " the
old timer harked back proudly , "be
fore these grasping corporations con
solidated all the personality out of the
llttlo lines , when a man could wako up
and know at once , from the character
istic of the single jolt that woke him ,
precisely what line ho was on. There
were distinct peculiarities which wo
old traveling men soon learned and
treasure yet. Why , only last trip
when that earthquake throw mo out ol
bed In a Colorado hotel , It sprained
my wrist so naturally and skinned my
shins so familiarly that It was half an
hour before I realized I was not on the
old Louisiana & Western. Whereas
if It had boon my loft wrist , instead ,
and the skin had been scraped from
the calves , I'd have known I was
"Tho most individual road of them
all , however , " the traveling man
shifted quickly , "and the one whoso
peculiar traits most endeared it to the
old fraternity , was , I think , the old
Arkansas Midland. It ran through
that section of the country where all
locomotives carry condensorg it
makes the Inhabitants so nervous to
"I Got It the First Time I Went Over
the Road. "
have a water-tank around , even If it
Is understood that the contents are
reserved strictly for engines. The
trains gentlemen , wo once hired a
photographer to take a picture of the
'Cannon-Dall Express' at full speed ,
lie gave it a thrcc-minuto exposure
and , in actual fact , gentlemen , the
motion of the train hardly blurred the
negative. Wouldn't have blurred it at
all , photographer claimed , if he hadn't
taken it on the down giodo.
"Tho officials of the roud , however ,
wore very conscientious. Jf the trains
wouldn't lit the schedule they wore
tormlned that , whatever happened , the
schedules should fit the trains. They
did everything ; but , no matter how
much time they gave , somehow the
trains always took more , and they
wore worse off than before. Even left
the a , m. and the p. m. off the hours
announced for arrival of trains ; and
that did fix it so trains could never bo
more than six hours from schedule dh
taking advantage of the figuring both
way. Finally , however , they hit It so
that no matter what happened the
trains couldn't get off. Instead of
Train No. 5 leaves
Ozark 9 a. m.
Arrives
Jackson at 2p.m.
Weston at C p. in.
and so on , they made it read :
Train No. C leaves
Ozark 9 a. m.
Arrives
Jackson not before..2 p. m. *
Weston not before C p. m. *
Unless it's yesterday's train.
"I , myself , " the commercial travole
wont on , "havo never boon able to sec
how anyone could take exception t
such a table as that ; but they mus
have , because I understand there was
a branch where oven that schcdul
didn't work. Engineers on that branch
I was told , took to carrying calendar ;
instead of watchres to run by , am
oven then got confused every four
years when leap year came around.
"But the real feature of the Mid
land was the dining service. Had the
oldest dining car in the state , they
claimed ; and some of the food was
contemporaneous. They didn't have
to claim that. The cuisine was espe
cially noted for its strawberry short
cake. That word is not used in any
collective or plural sense. There was
only one.
"I got it the first time I went over
the road. Ordinary 'short * cruet th
powdered sugar , orthodox berry in
tqp , presumably berries within. Doing
unable to make any impression ,
prisoner. "Sho knows mo perfectly
, well , but there's a llttlo misunder
standing.
"Let her say it , " said the policeman ,
seeing that she had stopped at the
next corner to wait for a car. "If she
knows yo , it's all right. "
"No , no , " protested the prisoner.
"Yis , yls , " insisted the policeman.
The young man hold bock , and the
policeman pushed on. It had muldnnly
occurred to the young man that the
very last thing ho wonted to do waste
to got the girl mixed up in ouch an
awkward affair. Fur bettor that ho
should bo taken to the pollccatatlon
than that she should bo inado a party
to n street scone that was already col
lecting a crowd. But the policeman
Insisted.
The girl stood nt the corner , on-
tlroly Ignorant of the controversy be
tween the young man and the police
man. She had resolutely refrained
from looking back , and it did not oc
cur to her that there was any danger
of nn arrest. She had made It clear
to the young man that she was not
ono of those capriulaui damsels who
change their minds overnight , and
there was satisfaction in that. In fact ,
it was rather pleasing to bo able to
give him so sovcro a rebuff.
Then she was startled by the volco.
of the policeman at her elbow. '
"Ho says yc'ro frl'nds , " said the po
liceman.
"Wo are strangers , " she answered ,
coldly. Hadn't they decided to bo
strangers ? It was nothing to her that
ho had changed his mind.
"I tel * yo so ! " exclaimed the police
man , turning to his prisoner. "It's 30
days for you ! "
"What's that ! " cried the girl ,
startled.
"It's all right , ma'am , ' ' the police
man assured hor. "Ho'll get the limit
from the Judge. "
"No , no , " protested she , anxiously ;
"you mustn't arrest him. "
"For why ? "
"Ho hasn't done anything. "
"He's a masher. "
"Oh , no , no , no ! "
"Ho was mashin' you. "
"llo waa not. " The accusation
aoemcd to make her oven moro indig
nant than It had made the young man.
"Ho never or or mashed mo. "
"Ho was trying for to do It. "
"Ho was not Ho wouldn't do auch
a thing. "
"Yes , I was , " interposed the young
man , who was now principally Inter
ested in eliminating Miriam from the
affair.
"You were not ! " she declared.
"You're not that Bert of a man. I
guess I know you. "
"No , Miriam , " ho protested ; "you
mustn't know mo now. "
"I will , too , " she insisted spiritedly.
"Won't you please go on , Miriam ? "
ho urged.
"No , I won't.
"Think of the notoriety ! "
"I don't caro. I won't lot you bo ar
rested for any such horribles thing.
I'll go to the station and toll them "
"You mustn't. It would make all
kinds of talk. "
"Harry , I will. "
"Hoi1 on ! hoi' on ! " cautioned the be
wilder ed policeman. "What's all this ,
nnnyhow ? Ye said yo didn't know
him. "
"Sho doesn't , " assorted the young
map.
"I do , too , " said the girl. "He's
my- "
my"For
"For heaven's sake , take mo along ,
officer ! I'm guilty. "
"Ho Isn't ! " insisted the girl.
"Guilty Iv what ? " asked the police
man.
"Anything , " said the young man.
"Nothing , " said the girl.
"Got the wagon , " pleaded the young
man.
"Then I'll ride In It , too , " announced
the girl. "It's all my fault "
"It's mine , " interrupted the young
man.
"Jlobbo 'tis mine , " sighed the po-
Hreman. "I'm tangled , annyhow. First
ye say she's an ol' frl'nd , an' thin yo
say ye nlvor saw her before , an' she
gives the He to yo both ways. Whore
am I at ? "
"Ills name Is Harry Wllklns , " said
| the girl , thinking her knowledge of
this fact might settle the question.
, "It is not , " assorted the young man ,
thinking to settle the matter quickly
and keep her out of It by proving his
. own guilt.
"Back up ! " ordered the troubled po
Hcpinan. "Was ho fllrtln' ? "
"Ho was not. "
"I was. "
The policeman looked from one to
Uio other.
"I wash mo hands iv it all , " ho an
nounced , disgustedly , suddenly releas
ing his prisoner. "On the Ivldcnco I
ccu'dn't prove which is which. Yo are
an' > o ore not ; yo do an * yo do not.
T1- " only thing euro Is that what wan
Iv yo gayn the other will deny , the
which makes mo think 'tis a fam'ly
quar'l I'm mlxln' up in. "
This parting sally brought a blush to
tlu gltl's cheeks , and she turned
quickly to the young man.
Korgivo mo , Harry , " she said.
"Forfilvo me , " ho returned.
"Aw , both forgive ! " yelled the dls-
appointtcd crowd.
And the cabman that Harry en
gaged to take them away from the
scene of the llttlo comedy reported
that , so far as ho was able to Judge ,
they both did forgive.
British Women Inventors.
Patents for inventions relating to
flying machines have been applied for
by British women , and they have also
directed inventive attention to rail
road cars and to wireless telegraphy.
A Good Thing for Him.
Edna It's a good thing for mo that
sllonco gives consent.
Amelia Why ?
Kdua Last night when George aaked >
xno to bo his wife I lost my vole * I _ j
A satisfied customer is the best of adver-
tisments. Read what he tells his neighbor.
Yon get the best bed room furniture
You get the beat dining room furniture
Yon get the best hall and ollice furniture
Yon get the best kitchen and misccllanous
furniture
You get the best parlor and library furniture
You get the best chairs and rockers
You get the best rugs and carpets
You get the best prices best of all
At
THE FURNIT RE MAN
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RAS ANDERSON
DEALER IN II
GRAIN AND COAL
Feed in large ana small quantities at both wholesale
( and retail.
Special attention given to filling orders for coal
in any quantity.
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