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The Semi-Weekly Tribune. IKA I 1IAUK, l'rnnrletor. TEItMSi $1.23 IN ADVANOK. NORTH PLAlTB NEBRASKA. A lawault Is the proper court dicsi for an attorney. Tho picture of health Is often Genuine work of art. One doesn't have to be greet In ordej to bo misunderstood. "When you set a bad example It U Tcry apt to hatch mischief. Tho life work of the reformer Eccms to bo everywhere except tit home. Strango to say, It Is tho conversation with no point to It that bores quickest. A bachelor always fools sorry for a Tirotty girl who marrlca somo other man. Some pcoplo arc charitable only when they nro sure the world will hear of it Some people go to fight the Filipinos, find Borne stay at home and drink pink lemonade. From Walter Wcllman'a present point of view ho cannot sco why any one uhould desire to be the Iceman. Tho Individual who fits down nnd nalist for fame to visit him will find Jilmsolf among tho left-over baggngo nftcr tho express train Lob come and gone. Tho agrarian party In the Prussian diet hos managed to seenre a vote ad Terao to tho emperor's canal plans. Their victory has been gTeatcr than they anticipated. Tho emperor's wishes regarding tho mcosuro woro woll known. Ho saado his Intention of car rying out his canal construction Ideas with a strong band very plain In hta epecches nt the opening of tho Dortmund-Ems canal. Dnt tho nbgeord netenhaun, or lower houso of tho diet, ns reported by a reliable Berlin cor respondent, has reflected not only tho llblnc-Elbo cannl measure by a major ity of 98, but also tho paragraph re lating to tho Dortmund-Rhlna canal by the IIobo vote of 212 to 209. IT. Schaw proposes to blast with hlh-pressuro steam. Instead of tho usual inflammable explosives, which are bo dangerous, In fiery mines. Mr. Schaw suggests that a cartridge of water lodged In a shot nolo could bo converted Into steam nt a prcssuro of about ICO pounds a square Inch by means of low-tension electricity, and tho cartridge should bo made of such strength that It would burst at about this prcssuro, when tho forco set at liberty would break down the coal. When the cartridge bursts tho wlro is fused nnd tho electric circuit la broken, mo that there Is no further risk of ignition of firedamp or coaldust Mr. Schaw maintains that tho forco devel oped by tho water cartrldgo will bo sufficient to break down tho undercut coal In a mine. When congress, in 1898, enacted that "hereafter all first-class battleships and monitors owned by tho United States shall bo named for tho states It un fittingly provided a cause of conten tion among camo of the states. Re cently the good pcoplo of Connecticut objected because tho name of tbclr fitato was solected for a vosboI no more pretentions than a 2,7C5-ton monitor, Aa tho law, moreover, while providing that all battleships and monitors shall be named after states, does not provide that each stato shall havo a vessel of ono of those classes to bear Its namo, It happens that tho citizens of Call fornia are now objecting because their stato is to bo represented in tho navy not by a battleahlp but by an armored cruiser. Tho appearance In ono of tho Sop. tcmbcr mngazlncs of another eympo clum on "Tho Sccrot of Success" may bo regnrded as ono more sign of the fascination which this subject has for nmbltloiiB young America. It Is In re sponse to a gonulno demand that sim ilar articles havo nppearcd In print In this country at Intervals for many years, nnd tho Interest In the thomo seems In nowise abated. Tho young American, moro than tho young man of any other country, Is filled from the start with tho purpose not mcro'.)' to do woll, but to do so well as to win distinction. Any advice as to how t.itit end is to bo attained Is absorbed with eager Interest, even though tho bur den of tho counsel, ns In tho case of iho symposium In Pearson's Maga zine, which la written by several mer chant princes and brilliant profession al men, la tho samo. Men whoso call ings nro so unlike ns nro those of Dr. Tarkhurst, den. Miles, Admiral Samp eon, IS. L. Gadkln nnd Dr, George F. Shrady, to say nothing of sevornl m.i Jlonalrcs, aro practically unnnlmoiu in reiterating that hard work Is nt the bottom of all truo success, Only 7,004 pianos nnd organs In Chi cago, or about ono for each 300 per sons, does not necessarily. Indlcato nu ubsenco of musical taBto or ability In the Inhabitants so much as nn alarm lug absence of mind when the owners of musical Instruments appear before tho assessors. San Domingo's revolutionists nro en tering luto their rebellion with i good lcal of spirit. This Is natural, ulnco taty have not had a revolt stneo last year and that was nipped In the bud Infore it had filvcn them any fun SI Sim II FAST Ml HIAI SI Painllellng the love of a father who lost his life In St. Louis last week whllo saving his Infant son from death In huming, Is the devotion of a mother In Chicago, who, In order to be at tho bodaide of her dying child, defied the regulations of a powerful railroad cor poration, and risked her own existence to achieve her tender mission. It was no little thing accomplished by Mrs. Nathan Allen. She did what the rail road ofllclals, In cold blood, had re fused to have done for her, and she did that which her grlcf-rrazed husband had clven up ns an Impossibility. She flagged and stopped the Green Day ex press, which runs out of Chicago on tho Chicago and Northwestern rail road. So long as the Green Day express has been In service It had never been flagged before. Nor had thero ever been or flagrant and as auccesaful a viola tion of the rigid rules of the railroad as that forced upon the engineer by thlw agonized and desperato woman. Her net was heroic. Station Agent: Lnlng of tho North western road at'Evalfslah, a suburb of Chicago, had been appealed to by n gentleman arid lady to flag the express, which past.i Evanston about 3 o'clock In the afternoon, lie had noticed them previously walking anxiously up and down tho asphalt paved platform of tho Httlo stone depot. They were In great distress evldontjy, for tho ludy's eyes were Hwollcn and red, and the tean wcro being kept back only by great ef. fort. The man's face waa flrmly not with nn expression of hopeless sor row. As the moment for tho arrival of tho train approached they becamo more and more Impatient nnd finally asked tho stationmnstor If tho train were on lime. "That trnln Is always on time," re plied tho ofllclal. "It never loses n minute, und makca only n few stops. It does not slack up, even going through Evanston." All the known Instruments nnd mothods of lorturo could not have brought to tho faces of tho suffering man and 'woman expression of more unutterable despair. Tho wrfman moaned In subdued tones of heart breaking grief. The man stood a? though one stunned. Ilecoverlng hlm fcelf, ho managed to say, hoarsely: ''Wo aro Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Allen of JCcnosha, Wis. Wo havo Just re ceived a telegram that our child is dying at home. Wo must get there be foro tho little ono passes away. Will you not flag thld train?" Tbo station ngont answered thnt flag ging tho trnln wns out of tho question. To do mo would nQt only endanger his position, but It would bo of no nvall. Ho-sald that other attempts had been mudo to flng tho train, but no atten Hon wns paid to them. Tho approach to Evanston wns on n steep up grado, nnd tho stoppage of tho train would cntnll n delay of ooveral minutes, which, to a carrier of tho United States malls, would mean tho loss of thou sands of dollars on account of connec tions missed In tho northwest. When Mrs. Allen heard theso words alio wept and wrung her hands nnd Mr. Allen Im plored that nn attempt bo mado. At length he provnlled upon Lnlng to wire Division Superintendent Lawson In Chicago for permission to order tho heavy mail train Btoppcd. It wns fast ncnrlng tho time for tho trnln to como In sight of tho station. Lalng touched tho wire lending directly Into tho su perlntcndent'd prlvnto ofllco, twenty mi!os nwny, and as rapidly ns ho evor Ecnt n messngo beforo ho explnined tho situation. As tho koy clicked back nn nnswer without a second's delay, Lnlng called out tho words to tho pltN nble man and woman. Tho mewago v;; a: "Much ns wo would llko to accom modate, It will cause too heavy n loss to tho road. It Is absolutely Impossi ble to consider flagging tho 3 o'clock fast mall nt Evanston." Mr. and Mrs. Allen walked silently out of tho telegraph ofllco to tho plat form. Tho next train to pnra Evanston Tim' I'lncer l'rlnU. From the Philadelphia Inquirer: Crows' feet nro supposed to mnrk tho passing of tho 40th year, and diverge In furrows from the external angles of tho eyes In nil directions, llko tho claw of a bird, from which thoy are named. Tie rrrlnklcs of tho iiobo, which de scend down each sldo of tho mouth, aro generally tho first to appear; thoy aro created In luughlng and mastica tion; a slmplo smile is sufllclent to produce trjem, so It is not surprising that a repetition of thes? commonest of for Kenosha was not duo for four hours later. Ere that time their child would probably have pasccd away with out the gentle kiss and solacing caress of either parent. Too deep In his aor row even to speak words of comfort to his wife or to notice her actions, Mr. Allen stood against the wall of the depot with his hend sunk upon his breast. Presently he was aroused by the raucou.i scream of a locomotive and tho Jangling of tho warning bell on the platform. He turned to speak to his wife, but sho was not at his side. Ho looked to the north end of the long platform. In tho great fear which ov ercame him at what ho beheld ho forgot for tho moment tho frail Httlo sufferer nt home. Stand ing In tho path of the thim'tlcrlng e n gl n o, which grow larger nnd blacker and moro cruel at each passing second, wns Mrs. Allen. She stood erect and motlonlcas. The train was boundlnc over thn rati a it increasing slze-dwnrflng the figure be- inro ii, anu the pounding of its cylln ders becoming more and morn iinnfnn lug. It seemed ns If the woman must no struck and thrown to her death. Not ono move did sho make to step out of the way. Suddenly ho lifted Into tho air tho wrap which sho had carried on hor arm. It was n thick cape, such as are always In demand In tho lako regions during tho summor. It wns lined with red. Sho turned Its bright sldo outwnrd deftly nnd swung It nround her head again nnd again. Allen turned his face In honor. There came a crunching and rasping of tho wheels, tho hissing of the nlr brake nnd tho creaking of heavy timbers sud denly strnlncd to their limit. He dared to look ngaln. Ho saw the train nt a standstill nnd his wife swoon Into tho nrms of n man In a bluo Jacket. The passengers, alarmed nnd excited at tho shock of tho unexpected halt, alighted from the coaches nnd hnstoned nhcad to tho engine. Allen dragged himself to tho crowd and tried to ex plain, but no nttentlon was paid to him. Sympathetic women from among tho passengers who had alighted with tho others soon revived Mrs. Allen. Her first words were nddreraed to the big engineer: "My child Is dying in ICenoshn. I must get nboard this train," she said. The big engineer answered: "Well, get nboard. You'vo stopped us now! nil right; but I guess I enn crowd on enough ateam to mnko up for lost time." Tho passengers aided Mrs. Allen to nets should Boon bo graven on tho face. Tho wrinkles of tho checks and chin follow tho oval of tho face, and aro caused by- the diminution of tho fatty substances under tho chin, which then falls Into folds. Thoso found In tho eyelids nnd underneath the eyes nro tho results of hard living,' grief and worry. Tlirlr Time Limited. In Vienna organ grinders nro al lowed to play only between midday and sunset. m M ME m 15 a coach nnd caw that r.ho was com fortably settled. Then the big engineer took n peek under tho body of. his en gine, nnd, calling to IiIb fireman to pile on coal, Jumped Into his cab and pulled the lever. The Green Day express leaped out of Evanston faater thnn It ever went before. Annti Mum' One Fee. The Dev. Anna Shaw, our first wom an minister, said recently to an Eng lish Interviewer: "I was much inter- ested In somo poor Quarters while In Doston. und I tried to reach the people In them. I found that If I went ns a preacher, with Dlble or tract In .hand, I could do nothing with them. They simply would not listen. So I studied medicine, graduated and took my med leal course. During all the time I prac plo as a medical missionary. Then every door was open to me, and I could get at tho people at tho time they were most susceptible to outside Influences. There aro somo very bad quarters In Doston, nnd I havo known people sleep ing sixteen In a room. For threo years I worked among them, and my friends nnd I often have a laugh at my med ical course. During all the time I prac ticed medlclno I earned 10 cents; nnd they wero paid to mo ono night by an A HARD TURNDOWN. The Gallant Can I sco you homo from school? DTK CUD. old dying woman, who would Insist on my taking my car faro when I came to sco her. Hut though I did not cam money at medicine nnd I did not go Into it to earn money I got other re wards that were much better. My time was fully recompensed by what I learned In those slums."-New York Commercial Advertiser. Use of F.lrctrlrlly. In nil sorts of portable tools, such as drilling, riveting, power chipping, power caulking, countersinking and tapping, the motor Is fnr nwny ahead of compressed air, steam, rotating spirals or nny other systems, nnd there Is no renson why portable riveters and punches should not bo driven electric ally, too, says James Swinburne In the Engineering Magazine for August. On board ship there Is n lnrgo opportunity for the Introduction of electric con trol of steering gear, capstans, winches, pumps nnd nil .sorts of discharging gear. In men-of-war electricity Is also applicable for working the guns, tut rets, loading gear and similar median lems. One obvious disndvnntngo is that the transmission system namely, the mains, can bo very easily arranged In duplicate, so that 'a shot Is not so likely to cause disablement. Jnmes Swinburne In tho Engineering Maga zlno for August. Ilut'a I.lfo .Saved. Wilmington (Del.) Speclnl to Phlla delphla Inquirer: Market street pedes trians saw a novel sight recently nnd hnd cause to marvel at a viso old rat, wIiofo sagacity saved his life. Two rats which wero caught In restaurant near Eighth and Market streets wero brought into tho street to be killed by a dog. Just at that time a trolley car passed the door and one of tho rats jumped upon the motor of the car and rode to Seventh and Market streets, where It Jumped off and ran Into a cel lar. Scores of persons watched the rodent taking his trolley ride to avoid the dog and enjoyed n hearty laugh when the crafty animal made good his escape. .Soda Water C.lrln. Somebody has figured out that there. nre types of soda water girls. The bru nctte, so says this knowing person, al ways takes phocolatp, or.glnger or cof fee. Tho out-and-out blonde calls for pineapple, lemon or vanllln. The brown blondes Indulge in mixed llnvors. The red-haired girl the girl with the Titian locks, excuso me prefers rasp berry, apricots, cherry or orange phos phate. It may be ns great a sin to beai your own burdens ns not to bear oth ers. Tho Ungnllant Yes, If you're not blind. HABIT OF TIPPING SERVANTS." Ono Instance lllinttmtlng H AIumm nn the. Continent of Iltirnpo. A Chicago woman who recently spent n brief season In Germany speaks In terms of condemnation of the custom, nlmcat universal there, of tipping ser vnnts. The practice Is not confined to the hotels nnd Inns, but guests at tho private houses of the rich arc expected to cross the palms of those who attend to their wants. This woman, In relat ing her experiences, said: "When my visit came to nn t .d I was In such a dilemma aa to what was tho proper thing to do In the way of feeing tho servants that after somo deliberation I went to my hostess for relief; 'Yoir have such a retinue of servants,' I unlit to her, 'that I simply cannot fee them nil. I wnnt you to te'.l mo which ones, will expect n remembrance nnd what amornt It ought to "be. Whereupon she '. Id mo thnt the question had come up so often In this very way that she had at last hit upon n plan which her husband ngrccd wns n good ono and which had been In operation for a long time In their household to the entire satisfaction of all concerned, Including the servants. She showed me n locked box In n dark nook In tho hall, and Into a slit In this her gucata dripped whatever amount It was their pleas ure to give the servants. One? In six months the box was opened and the contenta distributed among the .staff, the gifts being proportionate tT the place held the butler, footmen, room maids and others who come In direct contact with tho guest receiving the larger amount which, I can assure you,, was tho greatest kind of relief t3 me, nnd seemed n good Idea to adopt cle vhcrc." CHINA GAVE US THE MASSAGE. It I Contended Tlint tliu Treatment Clime from the I'louory Kingdom. Few people while enjoying tho dell clous sensations of the maasago at the hands of an expert operator are aware that to the Chlneso wo probably owe tho treatment. Whllo the question ns to whether massnge originated In Swe den or China has been much discussed, tho latter country la evidently a strong clnlmant. According to long-time Chinese Idens, life Is entirely depend ent on "air currents," which aro desig nated as the primary nura of the or ganism; so long, then, as tho body Is permeated by tho air current it Is proof ngainat disease, and the object of physlcnl exercise is to circulate the air current. To effect this the Chinese sys tem is divided Into three periods, each period occupying a hundred days, the first period commencing at the time ot tho now moon. Tho patient must rlso nt 4 o'clock In the morning and walk outside h!a house, taking seven deep inspirations, and, immediately after this, two youths who have been spe cially trained commenco a gentle fric tion nil over tho body, starting over tho cardiac nrca. At the time of full moon a further set of Inspiratory exercises are token. Later on, in the second pe riod, tho various parts of the body aro rubbed with wooden planka until tho muscles arc handened, and it is not un til the hardening' takes place that the raal physical exercises arc taken. Be tween the fifth and sixth month Is the period of greatest activity, the Euro pean dumbbell being replaced by largo sacks filled with stones. It la In tho third period that tho back muscles aro chiefly exercised. Hare Nnup for lloboen. New York Correspondent Pittsburg Dispatch: Heaven knows where tho crowd of hoboes came from so quickly when a barrel of whisky rolled off a. wagon and split open on the cobble stones down In Church street this afternoon. But there they were. The truckman swore vigorously as he saw Jiat tho barrel was a hopeloss wreck, whllo the tattered men who pushed and scrambled with each other, knelt down for their unexpected carousal. Somo of them had tin cans, others only their two hands, with which they Inbelcd up tho liquor, while three old stagers, with noses redder thnn the rest, lay flat on their stomachs nnd Imbibed the stuff from the gutter. A great deal of It went down the sewer drop at the cor ner, but much of It was saved for Im mediate consumption by nn nnclont tatterdemalion who dammed tho stream with a large newsnaner- wrapped parcel of broken victuals that he hnd begged somewhere. How n Sen Cull Cutclie u fllole. A farm manager at Fcdderty, Dlng- jvall, Scotland, watching a mole catcher at work, saw sea gulls hovering over and occasionally nllghtlng upon n tur nip field, In which the observer and others wcro at work. A particularly largo and handsome bird attracted hla attention by the graceful way In which It floated slowly over the drills, in tently scanning tho surface of the ground. Suddenly, steadying itself n moment, It dropped, dug Its bill into tho ground, nnd rcao with a mole for Its prey. Resting n few minutes, II, gracefully began ngnln a further search for prey. In a few minutes a second mole was unearthed. Dnmngcs, 1 Cent) Coat, S700. In the District Court at Oakley the other day a Jury gave Mr. Kepple one cent dnmages against Mr. O'Neil on account of some Injury done to Mr. Kepple's crops by Mr. O'Ncil's sheep. nut this verdict carried with It 1700 In costs, nnd If Mr, O'Neil will now ap peal to the Supreme Court Kansas may yet bo ablo to rival that celebrated Iowa calf case. Kansas City Journal. Ilonri of Siioililne. Spain baa moro sunshine than any country In Europe. The yearly a vera go is 3,000 hours. In America It is 2,100,