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Henry McKeen has
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his
new
larn nearly finished
Rev and Mrs Mahoney move
ed to Lehigh Iowa Tuesday
Prof and Mrs Gallitan return
ed to their home last Friday
Rev Mahoney preached in the
M E Church Sunday evening
Arthur Stevens has moved on
to the Catlett farm north of town
Mr Plessinger and family
moved here from Ohio this week
A H McElroy and family
moved to near Wauneta Mon
day
Mrs W B Downs has almost
-recovered from her recent sick
ness
Dr Hart V S is in Lincoln
and Omaha this week on busi
ness
Jackson Teeter and son George
axe the builders of Will Wrights
fine residence
W W Lemasers is painting
additions recently made to his
new residence
James Madison and Zac Mc
Collum shipped a car load of
potatoes from this station this
week
Mrs M J Clement has moved
to town and occupies the resi
dence recently purchased of Mrs
Olmstead
Jfacfe from Pare Grape Cream of Tartar
In baking powder Royal is the standard the
powder of highest reputation found by the
United States Government tests of greatest
strength and purity
It renders the food more healthful and palat
able and is most economical in practical use
Housekeepers are sometimes importuned to
Tuy alum powders because they are cheap
Yet some of the cheapest made powders are sold
to consumers at the highest price
Housekeepers should stop and think Is it
not better to buy the Royal and take no chances
the powder whose goodness and honesty are never
questioned
Is it economy to spoil your digestion by an
alum phosphate or other adultered powder to
save a few pennies
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO NEW YORK
BARTLEY
Sam Bryant is on the sick list
We need a brick maker in
Bartley
G W Jones is having his store
Imilding painted
Mrs Baker has returned from
iher visit in Illinois
Mrs Martin Pogue is on the
ck list this week
jMiss Enlow of Cambridge was
an Bartley Sunday
U G Etherton of Hildreth
was in our city Saturday trans
acting business
Mr Will Sheets is quite busy
moving houses and is quite suc
cessful in his work
The Misses Maud and Blanch
Miller open up their new millinery
store in the old post office build
ing Saturday of this week
Percy Cattlett and his brother
Carey took loads of goods to the
new home Percy has near Mc
Cook Mrs Carrie Cattlett went
up on 5 to McCook Tuesday and
will join her husband in -their new
home All their many friends
here wish them health happiness
and prosperity in their new home
Lute Bush caused some little
excitement Sunday and Monday
of this week Sheriff Peterson
started with him once for Mc
Cook but lost him at Indianola
Bush returned to Bartley and
several parties tried to arrest him
but were held at bay by Bush
with a shot gun Sheriff Peter
son was here the second time to
get his escaped prisoner
BOX ELDER
W B Wolfe is hauling lumber
for a new house
NTubbs has just completed his
new blacksmith shop
Younger and Foye are work
ing on J S Modrells new house
Mrs Martha Shields left
Thursday night of last week for
her home at Harris Kans
George Younger brought out
the wire posts and gate for the
front of the cemetery one day
last week
George Shields J A Kerr and
T M Campbell helped J K
Gordon and W A Stone move
their house last Thursday
BEN flOREAU 41161
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Dark bay 16 hands weight 1150 four
years old in July 1906
This superb trotting stallion is a son
of Domain P trial in 220 he by Dom
ino P he by Patron 214J Dam
Iiouita by Borden 2243 Grandam
Alcyreta by Alcyonium 221 sire of
four below 214 and ten others better
than 230
BEN MOREAU will be at the Com
mercial Livery Barn McCook Neb
Friday and Saturday of each week be
ginning April 20
Tkkms 1200 to insure
For folders and further particulars
addresss
BWBENJAMIN
Banksville Neb
Mare3 will be kept injpastura on farm at 50c per month
12 miles south and 3 miles west of McCook Best of care
will be taken but not responsible for escapes or acci
dents
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the last of
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By OLIVE HARPER
Copyright 1 906 by American Preo Amociahnn
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AY dearest dont
forget to draw
the duck call
ed handsome Al
fred Lawtou as
he was halfway
down the stairs
His bride of a
month had left
the door of their
bandbox of a
flat open while
she hung fondly
over the balus
ters as fihe al
ways did to see
blessed one her old
sugar
Lizzie heard the retreating footsteps
down the long hall the very striking
of the umbrella against the wall send
ing happy little thrills through her
She sighed heavily as she returned to
the dainty little flat Was not her
dearest and best gone not to return
until 3 oclock
He was to bring an old friend with
him to dinner She had not cared to
leave her dear little flat her paradise
rather even for church and Alfred
had decided that he was signally bless
ed in having such an angel for a bride
one not given to flaunting shows even
on such a day when all other women
were showing themselves off In their
new gowns and hats He was the hap
piest and most fortunate man In all
creation And now Jim dear old Jim
his chum and lifelong friend should
have a taste of felicity in seeing their
home and making the acquaintance of
the incomparable Lizzie the one wom
an In the whole world
Lizzie fairly flew about the little
place putting dainty touches here and
The man with the oysters disturbed
her at her drawing but Bhe hurriedly
sketched in all the salient features of
htr picture before the fateful twenty
minutes when the duck should bo
placed In the oven She salted and
peppered it and lighted the gas Then
she set the fat and Interesting duck in
the oven and left it for twenty min
utes Everything else was progressing
finely and in five minutes It was really
quite hot
So she left the duck to its fate and
went to add a few finishing touches to
her toilet and a last one to the pretty
table Then her dearly beloved came
with his friend After the presentation
Alfred asked
Is dinner nearly ready dearest
Lizzie looked the clock Yes It
was fifteen mil js since she had put
the duck In the oven so by the time
they had finished their soup and oys
ters the duck would be just right She
would turn off the gas
Yes I think so I will see an
swered the anxious lady
Just then the ice cream came and
Alfred took It from the dumb waiter
with the air of one who had entertain
ed friends at dinner for at least fifty
years
They sat down to their soup and then
had their oysters Lizzies cheeks were
the loveliest pink as she placed the
pretty vegetable dishes on the table
and the salad bowl on the sideboard
Oh It was grand to be married and
have a home and guests to dinner
She brought In the duck
It did not look just like other roast
ducks that she had seen but the book
had said twenty minutes
Alfred took the carving knife and
started to carve the duck He thought
there was something wrong with It
but he dissembled With a grand air
he said he had always liked ducks
The flavor was excellent He made
another attack but his knife made no
Impression on the fowl He sharpened
the knife and yet the duck refused to
be carved It seemed to have the ne
slstance of rubber and he finally re
marked
I am afraid the duck is not done
I cooked it twenty minutes re
plied dearest looking worried
At this moment the knife penetrated
the upper portion of the ducks breast
and an avalanche of whole corn rattled
ALFRED STARTED TO CARVE THE DUCK
there and making the tiny dining room
look too sweet for anything as she said
Then into the kitchen went the brave
little soul to wrestle with pots and
pans and the cooking of that wonder
ful dinner
She had been an artist in black and
white while on one of the daily news
papers with a strong leaning to colors
and he was an editor So his part
ing request did not seem strange to
her She was to draw that fine fat
duck that lay before her She would
and even admired the aesthetic taste
of her dear old sugar The duck
alone had a sort of waxy look so she
made an artistic group of a bed of cel
ery flanked by some carrots and red
apples to add to the color scheme
When they were arranged to her taste
she brought her drawing board and
sat down contentedly to draw the
duck She just washed in the colors
to be finished at leisure later but
made a careful study of that duck and
succeeded in getting a very good
sketch of it in all its fatness
As she surveyed the work of art she
felt very well satisfied It was a regu
lar duck of a duck
She had everything else prepared
her vegetables on the range her salad
all made and in the Icebox They were
to have fruit cake and ice cream for
dessert At each plate stood a tiny
floss chicken pecking at a colored egg
Could anything be sweeter And the
tall glass- in the center of the table
held a bunch of jonquils And oh how
happy she was She had looked In the
eookbook and It said that exactly
twenty minutes were required to roast
the duck to a turn t
down on the platter Alfred looked so
tragic that Lizzie began to tremble and
turn pale He said finally
Take it away I told you to draw
the duck the last thing as I went out
and you didnt do it
I did too sobbed Lizzie with the
napkin to her eyes I did now
Saying this she handed her mortified
husband the drawing she had made
She still sobbed disconsolately while
Alfred handed the drawing to Jim and
each let out a roar of laughter that
could have been heard a block
Poor Lizzie continued to weep
Oh Mrs Lawton dont There is
plenty else and besides Alf It was
the butchers business to do this Jim
said consolingly
Ill Ill discharge that butcher Nev
er mind dearest It wasnt your fault
Mistakes occur to any one and ah
havent you got something else
I I could make an omelet said
Lizzie wiping her pretty eyes
Well do and well chat while you
are doing It
But when Lizzie was alone the
thought of her dismal failure overcame
her and so many tears fell that she
was half blinded but the omelet felt
sorry for her and came out of the pan
light and fine That and her salad
saved the day and the Ice cream and
cakes were good
Despite its beginning the dinner was
a very enjoyable affair and the next
day the duck got another cooking
Lizzie made surreptitious efforts to
get that picture away from her hus
band but he put It under lock and key
It was a proof that she did actually
draw the duck
Bnir7W
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TRAINING BIGGS
Poodle the EaMicttttr Teach Dachs
hunds thvMo6 DliHcalt
A poodle is the -easiest of all to train
and the difficult
the latter not because lie la too stupid
but because he isttooBmart A dachs
hund readily understands what you
want him to doJandlHecan do it but
he thinks he knows as better way and
he Invariably trlea Ills way first As
a result he Is novorr trained In any
thing that is rcallyy difficult A dachs
hund seems toj Ue always poking fun
at one and gettingrnoi little amusement
out of It for himself Collies are easily
trained but theyy are more or less un
reliable and they- are- such flatterers
They make ypui think things are all
right and theni they run away at the
very first opportunity In preference
to other dogs oolites axe trained al
most exclusively- in the- militia of Vi
enna for carrying lni time of war mes
sages and medicine- to and from the
camp and the sick soldiers but they
are chosen mora their speed than
their faithfulness- Fox terriers are
natural acrobats- Within a few weeks
one can be tralnedl to turn a somer
sault A weeks more and he will
do a double turn Tt teach him to do
this the animal to him
and as he- comes jumping playfully
against the- trainee- he Is caught and
turned quickly In the air much to his
surprise He thinks it Is play and he
comes jumping up again After each
turn liels givoniot small piece of meat
In a few will run up and try-
Independently- ta do the turn over In
the air- for- the meat and if he Is en--1
couraged 1ft will not be long before Ift
Is an accomplished acrobat Leslie
Weekly
ERRATIC ENGINES
Iiocomotittoffc That Act an Thonsh
Were Bewitched
You never see a ship launched ra a
Friday and similarly a new locomotive
hardly ever makes a trial trip en that
day or omitte 13th of the monthx Even
though the- superintendent may Jeer at
the supjexstition yet he knows too well
to soft ifc at naught for just as sailors
conslflr that some ships ace unlucky
so doj train hands credit certain loco
motives with a sort of denjonlacal pos
session
Dj 1 certainly very sjjjaoage the dif
ference that may be observed between
locomotives built irom the same
glajtsv at the same time of similar ma-
terial One goes anj her way quietly
and smoothly never breaks down costs
tittle or nothing fan repairs The Qther
causes trouble from- the very
off the line kills the drivers getlnto
accidents of al kinds and generally
acts as though possessed by soineevil
spirit
There wasx a famous instance some
years ago ft the South Florida rail
way A loSonaotlve killed sebmany peo
ple that she got the name- of the
hearse ad no fewer iimp three en
gine drivers actually left the employ
of the qompany rather than continue
driving her The odd iihing was that
she never seemed to injure herself
Eventually the owners were forced t
ly ealfc her up although she was by ne
Bjeajxs worn out
Ot actual ghosts in trains or railway
engines one very seldom hears Jew-
York Herald
The Art of Flattery
There are those who have an instinct
which prompts them to offer verbal ca
resses to all with whom they come in
contact and there is no doubt that if
such people are gifted at the same time
with good hearts they greatly sweeten
life They do not know how to say
much less write a disagreeable sen
tence They see with their minds eye
the exact spot where a flattering word
would produce pleasure or salvo a
smart and the temptation to say it is
very great The pleasure they produce
delights them and they study to pro
duce it again No doubt they practice
an art but not a very black art and it
is difficult not to like them especially
if they are women Real flattery the
really false article can hardly exist
with a warm heart Plenty of folly and
too much desire to be popular may go
with that but nothing else Family
Herald
Cburclt Built of Bulrushes
The first place of worship in Western
Australia was unique In two respects
the materials of which it was built and
also the several purposes to which it
was devoted This remarkable building
was made at Perth by soldiers shortly
after their first arrival in 1S29 and
was composed almost entirely of bul
rushes In addition to its use on Sun
days for divine worship it occasional
ly served as an amateur theater dur
ing the week and during the whole
time as a barracks
The Pawnbrokers SiRn
The pawnbrokers sign came from
the sign used by the Lombard bankers
who took it from the sign used by tbe
iledici family of Florence The found
er of the house had been a medleus
or physician His descendants became
bankers and brokers and their sign
was their ancestors golden pills
When they became nobles they assum
ed as arms six golden pills or balls on
a blue field
Sunny People
The world delights in sunny people
The old are hungering for love more
than for bread The air of joy is very
cheap and if you can help the poor on
with a garment of praise it will be bet
ter for them than blankets Henry
Drummond
The Critical Period
Duffer One Is born every minute
you know Puffer Yes but theyre
not listed till they get old enough to
think they are not Indianapolis Star
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IN some condititas ihe
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of Scotts Emuliion is
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as a trial forr babies
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Emulsion must betaken
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W s a foodfortireAand
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