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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1899)
MONUMENT 0 For years many of tho people of the old south have been planning to put tip a fitting memorial to tho memory of Jofferson Davis. As Mrs, Davis has explained, were It not for tho fact that the south dcslro that the memorial shall bo of a magnitude that will honor to tho full their old leader, ns well as do credit to thomsolvea, such a monu ment would long ago have been eroded. But big cntorprlsos tako n long.tlmo, rb Mrs Davis obsorved was tho case In MVWWWVWWWWWVW MAKINQ CORSETS. And tho I'ay That MolU ICrcelve fur roiliie und Fitting. New York Tribune: Women havo no hand In shaping tho cornet which alio and her sisters are to wear. A rough draft of It Is put on tho model, and the man designer Indicates tho length and the curves by marks, When ;lt ills to his satisfaction n plaster cast 'Is m ado of her figure with tho corset an. From this cast Iron "forms" nre made. A pressura of COO pounds Is 'brought to bear upon tho corsots which nro fitted to tho "forms." This enables 'them to mold thu forms of their wear ers to provnlllng fashions and leaves not a traco of a chance for personal ldiosyncrnclcs. The sheath fitting (skirts nro responsible for several do vlcoo for obtaining snugness at tho hips. Corsots aro rather longer thnn last year, but still easy above the waist, Tho IlUBslan minister of edu cation Is said to havo prohibited tho ubo of corsets boforo tho ago of confir mation. Tho manufacturers recolvo n grout many 'applications from lino looking girls who dostro positions as modolB for fitting and photographing, but they find It difficult to secure girls who nro willing to havo their faces photographed for advertisements. This accounts for the advertisement pic tures "which havo gauze spread before tho face, tho face turned away, hidden In tho arm or concealed by a fan, Many of thoso girls pose for artists, 'Dealors pay from $25 to $100 for tho privilege of fitting and photographing la addition to the' usual time ratos paid by artists, Unuio of Bleep. London Leader; In summer brnln workers find It moro dlfllcult to sleep than at other seasons. Tho latost ex planation of thq causo of sleep 1b ona which has met with approval by load ing physicians. An oxamlnatlon of the tissue near tho outer surface of tho body by means of n microscope dis plays un Immense numbor of small sensory nerves. Thoso minute tendrils lie adjacent to tho skin of tho body, and during consciousness touch It suf ficiently to supply sensation over tho entlro aroa. When wo bIocd thoso lit tie neryes have boon observed to coll up, or at toast roovo far enough away fr,onthe skin to lessen Sonsatlon there, ThV movement of these norvos. which i, of course, slight, has been observed, diving rise to tha supposition that if HONOR regard to tho erection of tho Grant monumont In Now York.' Tho Illus tration shows tho design of a proposed monument to Mr. Davis. In Its broad essentials It seems to bo somowhat sim ilar to that which tho north erected In memory of Grant. This momorlal to the president of tho confederacy it Is propoflod to put up In Richmond, Va which so long was tho capital of the confederacy. In tho southern states there- has for years been omo dtsputo a stimulating drug or Influence Is used tho nerves remaining In contact with tho skin keep us awake. Physicians most wldoly accept tho vaso-motor theory of sloop. Tho recession of blood from tho brain, cnlled cerebral an aemia, Is another theory of Bleep. HOW LAZY UNCLE SNOOZBR FISHES. In Krror. Mr. Soalovo (at his Boasldo cottago) My doar, please toll our daughter to sing something loss doleful, Mrs. Sea love That Is not our daughter,, my lovo. That is the foghorn. TU-B1U. IS. as to which city should have the honor of selection for this purpose, Montgom ery, Ala., or Richmond. Tho former city was the first capital, and In sup port of its claim It advanced the argu ment that at least as long oa It was tho seat of tho confederate government It was not captured by tho "Yanks." Montgomery's claims long ago fell to tho ground, however, nnd when such a memorial Is built to the leader of tho Lost Causo Richmond undoubtedly will' be selocted. iLondon, III. News. IS AN INVENTOR. Locomotive 1Ih It con llullt from Cor nellili Vniiilerliullt'H Deiljrni. Newport (R. I ) Correspondence Now York Press: Cornelius Vnnderbllt, Jr., nas proved to bo a genius, and although at odds with his father over marrying Miss Grace Wilson, ho Is tho smartest member of tho Vnnderbllt, family. Ho always has been of a mechanical turn of mind, and lias dcslcncil n Rniitmnf and olectrlc launch, both turning out fast and with lines of benuty. For sev- oral years young Vnnderbllt has been In tho drafting room of tho rolling stock department of tho Now York Central railroad and hna worked his way up until today ho has charge of that department. It will bo news to tho world to know that this young mil lionaire Is the Inventor of a locomo tive, evory part of which was made from designs furnished by him. The englno has been built and tests now are' to begin. A special featuro of tho Vandorbllt locomotive Is tho firebox, nnd, if it turns out ns Mr. Vnndorbllt expects, will bo a big saving of labor and money. This particular firebox Is arranged bo that it can bo roraoved, when burnt out, or for cleaning, nnd replaced In ono night, tho removal 6f a few bolta being nil that Is necessary. The tests will be watched with great interest, not only by tho mechanical world, but by society. The Vope I,lkr Hvreotmeati. The Pope, as is well known, is ex tremoly abstemious, and to this, In great measure, is due his rapid recov ery from Illness. Mko tho rest, how ever, tho Holy F thor has his llttlo Wfnknes3. It Is a liannlcss lovp for swootments. Tho Pope, by no nitons Uko a child In mental power, In eplto of his years, resembles one In his lovo for "sweeties." This Is, of courao, well known to Italians, rich and poor; and at the tlmo of tho Pope's jubllt a motherly peasant woman gave expres sion to her nffectlou for him by a pres ent of nn enormous pllo of sweots, wrapped In n largo colored cotton pock et handkerchief. It Is said that none of tho Pope's many prosonts plensod him moro than this. night In Line. Mr, Hojack My dear, why do you alludo to those twins as sardines? Mrs. Hojack They are children of Mr. and' Mrs. Herring, Tlt-Blts. DAY Story of a Tennessee Belle. Sho was not merely a hollo nnd beau ty back beforo the war, this fascinating and capricious Sue Pillow-Martin, She appears to have been a new woman born ahead of time, Into nn epoch nnd environment that irked her even more than aho shocked them, says a con tributor to Record. When tho Mexican war was fought a Pillow was a general. Naturally that added to his social prestige. Renown was not needed, though, to mnke his eldest daughter easily first among equals in tho land of nor birth. Sho was pretty, sho was witty, sho dr.nccd like a Wyllls and was coquette to her finger tips. Sho had lovers and lovo nffalrs by tho tlmo shu was 1G. Not very serious ones, yet serious enough to show her quality of lmporl ous cnprlco. It was a cnprlco that set her world by tho earn and Mrs. Grundy nt defiance. Whntovcr sho willed to do, that sho did, regardless of They Say and all his works. By and by young McNalry of Ken tucky camo courting her. At first Bho tossed her head. In a week they were engagod nnd the wedding day set. Friends nnd fortuno smiled npproval. It was most fit In every way. McNalry was an only child and his father n rich man, withal nn eminent Judge. His son's choice so pleased him that ho re Bolvcd to mako tho lnfnro, tho brldo'ft homecoming, tho most notnblo social oven In south Kentucky history. Ho sent nil tho way to Now York for n family carriage, tho first closed enr rlago over brought to that region. Much of tho supper wa's llkowlso ordered from Now York, also liveries for tho black coachman, tho footmen and young McNalry's own man. Four flno black horses, perfectly matched and bitted, drew tho carrlnge. Everything was spick and span when tho bridegroom set out to claim his bride. Elkton, his homo town, lies In a bordor county, some sixty miles from wnslivlllc. Tho Pillow homestead wan Just outsldo Columbia, which lies about fifty miles duo Bouth of tho state capi tal. So It was a two days' drive, but tho horses minded It no moro than their master. Thoroughbreds In per fect condition, thoy had no need of "tho rest day, tho feast day and tho pressed day," allotted by the hospitable pro verb. It was very well thoy had not, since they went home tho very next day. Miss Pillow had changed her mind, not about marrying, but as to who should bo tho man. A certain Hugh Martin, newer and richer than McNalry, had como upon tho scene sho was fond of novelties, and dearly loved to glvo hor world a sensation. Sho wroto McNalry a curt dismissal and married Martin with all the pomp and circumstance prepared for tho man ho had sup planted. McNalry faced tho changed condi tions with a sort of grim humor. Ho bought all tho crape in Columbia, put horses and sorvants In deep mourning nnd drovo home. Thcro ho Insisted that the lnfaro should go on Just tho samo, although tho brldo was con spicuously absent. He said of her only that she had exercised her undoubted prlvllogo of changing her mind. If others said moro ho at once changed tho conversation. Ho might havo mar ried a hundred times over, but, though gallant townrd all women, he said ho would dlo a bachelor. Suo Pillow-Martin mcantlmo was leading hor new husband tho merriest sort of dance. When ho camo to un derstand that his money hud tempted her ho gave It to her to spend like wa ter. Sho flung It away with both hands. Evory weok almost she drovo to Nashville and went about Its finest shops, with her black maid carrying roleaux of gold to pay for hor pur chases. Tho gold was but ono of hor innumerable whims. Sho would not touch silver or paper. Doubtless had diamonds been minted Bho would have demanded diamonds. Hugh Martin had married hor for bettor or for worse. Ho boro and foro boro until sho camo actually to desplso him. Sho set her mind on divorce, thon nnd thcro regarded nB almost ln dollblo disgrace. Hut divorced sho would bo, nnd divorced sho was, in splto of hor father, hor family, all her friends. Her freedom proved after nil a sort of crown of thorns. It men still crowded about hor, there was that In tho oyeB and voices of the women that poisoned llfo camo to Suo Pillow-Martin. By way of changing nil that sho whistled back her old lover, McNalry, and married him out of hand. That would havo mado a soven years' sensation, only tho civil war camo on, nnd not bo long after McNalry foil from a' high window and broko his neck. Tho shock almost killed his wife. She camo as near loving him as her supremo selfishness allowed. Trou bles did not como singly hor fnthor died about tho samo tlmo. Both loft estates much Involved. When, a llttlo later, tho fall of tho confederacy anni hilated slave property, tho widow found herself with straitened prospects. Poverty was not Imminent, but tho old lavish, luxurious life was forever gone. Tho brother rolgnlng In her father's stead was brothorly kind, but she was no moro Bupromo. Besides her world was wondering what sho could or would do next. What she did do was to write, In her brother's namo, to hor divorced husband, Hugh Mar tin, asking for Information In regard to somo part of hor father's estate Martin recognized tho handwriting. Ho had gono back to his old homo east TonnesBce and prospered thero throughout McNalry's llfotlmo. War losses even left him comparatively rich. When news camo that his ox wito was again free ho took his bed, declaring ho would never leave It alive. I To tb friends who railed at her and begged him not to think of her, ho said humbly that ho still loved tho very oartn sno trod. Sho might not de sorvo It, but ho would rather dlo than Hvo to know that sho had married still another man, as sho was euro to do. So her letter came to him ns manna In the desert. Ho nnswered It at once: 'sho throw aside disguise nnd wroto again. Tho second letter Bet him on his feet, although but a ghost of his old self. A third camo quickly. He packed his grip, put money in both pockets nnd wont away. In a month or leas ho had remarried thero was again legally a Suo Pillow-Martin. Ho found her Just tho same, full of caprlck'is luring, of nwlft anger nnd Btidden r norsoful ten derness, But now sho as content to sun herself In the eyes of an adoring husband. Thero was tho child her llttlo daughter by McNalry. Martin loved It ns tenderly as though It were his own. That helped him with tho mother nnd consoled him for many of the wounds her indifference gave. On tho whole, his last marriage brought him years of stormy and moonlit hap piness. Not so very mnny years. His wlfo died nnd his heart was burled with her. He outlived her only a llttlo while. All his fortune wont to hor daughter, who grew up a grnclous and beautiful young woman, wholly lacking her mother's lnwless charm. Tho Ilclglnn Hurt. This Interesting animal la attract ing n grent deal of attention on account of tho food value of its flesh. Thoy nro not ,to bo compared with tho wild rabbit. No meat, excepting frog hams, compares with them, says John W. Markley In Ohio Farmer. Accom modations for their rearing can bo of tho cheapest nnd most simple. Their feed is of tho commonest grain and vegetables nnd very easily procured. Thoy eat anything that a sheep will. They weigh from 7 to 12 lbs. nt ono year old; breed when six montha old, bring forth their young in thirty dayB, four or flvo tlraea each year, having from two to ten at a litter. Peraons in tho most humble circumstances aro enabled to cheaply supply themselves with tho choicest delicacy In tho land if thoy will engago In haro culture. Two by six feet square, nailed up In the wood houso or atablo, secure from cats or dogs, is amplo accommodations for a pair. Thoy aro less trouble than poultry, aro not subject to lice or ver min, and arer as easily raised as kittens. Harca aro also conveniently bandied in yards of poultry netting, but must bo kept dry. In point of fecundity no do mestic animal can compete with them. One pair and their progeny can In ono year, produco moro pounds of meat than a ewe. We prefer them at our table above poultry of any kind and so docs every one. A young haro three or four montha old, fried, is about tho article. One soven montha old roasted and with dressing Is meat sufficient to servo six persona one meal and enough left for Sunday supper. The demand for hares for eating as well as for breeding pur poses is wonderfully on tho Increase nnd will continuo indefinitely. I have thirty breeding does. If I had tho ac commodations, could handlo 100 profit ably. A dollar Invested In harca will soon prove tho truth of the above re marks. It provides means for utilizing tho weeds and clover hay shatterlngs, will interest tho young folks, giving them an object In llfo, and help aolvo tho problem "How to keep tho boys on tho farm." Too Fat Sown. If you Imagine your sow is getting too fat to farrow her litter of pigs, for mercy'B sako don't bo so Ignorant aa to shut off hor feed. A moro detrimental chango for both sow and pigs you couldn't make. It Is bettor to increase hor feed. Shortening her rations weak ens nil forcca of tho body and preparea an opon door for disease. And thon you can't Imagine what Is killing your plgai And tho truth of tho business is, they wero living nbortlons to Btnrt with, bolng farrowed with such llttlo vitality that as soon as their "wlso master" saw proper to wean them nnd put them to chewing for oxlstonco thoy began to die, apparently without a cause, thoy being too weak to asslml- lato tho food given them, the digestive apparatus being ruined beforo being brought Into tho world, and thoy dlo of sheer weakness. Tho sow should gain n fraction In weight overy day ahe is carrying hor pigs and should always bo given a variety of feeds. It Is ab- Burd to think you can mako hor too fat If fed this way. Exercise is absolutely essential. Ex. Cucumber Jelly, to serve with fish or to fill tomato baskets for tho salad course, la timely and appetizing. Paro and grato four largo, fresh cucumbers. Meanwhile soak a half-box of gelatine In a half-cup of cold water. Add to tho cucumber a tablespoon nnd a half nf salt and tho same of onion Juice, and a dash of red pepper. Stand tho gel atine over hot water until molted, thon add to tho cucumbor. Mix thoroughly and pour Into a round mold. Set In tho Ice box to harden, then turn out and servo like fresh dressing or break In pieces and pllo in baskets. In serv ing witn llsii a little chopped parsley may uo auueu if ucsircu. lsxcuango. Mako Your Own Perfume You can easily mako a delicious violet perfume for yoursolf by putting half an ounco of orris root, broken into small pieces, in a bottle with two ounces of alcohol. Add to this a bunch of nowly plckod vlnlnlo rnrk nnil linttln flirlitlv nn.i shako well. After It has boon stand ing rour or live unys, a rew drops on the handkerchelf will leavo tho scent of fresh violets. Apropos of perfume la tho laundering of flno linen and suk handkerchiefs. To obtain the best re sults, wash, them In salt nnd water and Iron while dnmp under a thin cloth wet with perfume Training a Saddle Horse. I would say that if tho colts have some good thoroughblood ctoso up and If they havo good action they may make admlrablo saddle horses of tha walk-trot-cnntcr typo; but If they aro low-headed and natural-galtcd trot ters you will most likely fall to teach them tho saddle-horse ennter or trot, nays Kcntuckinn in Breeders' Gazette. First I would havo them properly shod, say with olghtcen-ounco shoes forward and ten-ounce behind, provid ed they havo good action, and if they have poor action add two ounces to each front shoo at the heel and mafce tho shoo with a roll too. A good way would bo to let the colts wear theso shoeB a fow days before beginning to teach them. I would want them thor ough at tho walk first, then perfect their trot by riding them at a brisk Jog, well taken In hand, and lot tho canter bo taught last. Glvo them several dally lossons In tho blttlng-hnrncsa beforo mounting them, nnd theso lessons In tho blttlngs should bo continued dally until thoy nrc thoroughly mouthed and mannerod. It should bo remembered also that theso bitting lessons aro very hard work and tho head should bo but a llttlo higher thnn the natural poso at first lesson, and the first lessons should bo correspondingly short, reining the head a llttlo higher and the chin a llttlo moro In each day. Tho first les son Bhould not exceed thirty minutes, nnd they can bo Bafely increased in length of tlmo up to two hours. Tho canter la taught by urging tho colt out of tho trot Into tho gallop and gradually taking him In hand until ho has tho canter proper. You must bo on good terms with tho colt you aro teaching and the first thing of nil is to teach him that you aro his friend, and lot your rulo be not to overwork him in his lessons and ho will learn to lovo it. Do not fool away any tlmo on a horso that is poorly bred or a luggard, for you will sooner or later glvo him up In disgust. If I wero looking for a colt to mako a walk-trot-canter horso I would want him of the saddle horse pattern and to bo oue-fourth to one-half thoroughbred, and as for tho balance of his blood elements would prefer it to bo Donmark or Morgan blood, In order named,' but somo of the trotting strains have lent good as Bistanco In producing somo of our walk-trot saddle hor8es, namely: Har rison Chief, Mambrlno Patchen and Young Jim. Oood Management. The best managers in household af fairs are not those who nover Bit down from early morn until night closes about them. Ah, no! the best man agers aro those who secure for them selves an hour of that healthful tran quility so necessary to every human heart, says Portland Transcript. Tho habit of rush and haste takes posses sion of somo housewives and their llfo is a burden to them as well as to those who love them. Every woman loves to be thought a good manager. You are, If overy de vice known to mnke your work light er is used. For instance, the washing of dishes three times a day and clean ing up the cooking vessels Is a busi ness in itself. So make it easier and to do it in half the tlmo, cl mo toll you tho New England way. Always have plenty of hot wator, aa hot as you can bear your hands In, In fact, It's best to use mops with china and glass, so as to use very hot water and to have a nice lather in stead of using soap. Uso washing powder In tho hot water and wash quickly and havo plenty of nlco tea towels to wlpo with. You can get through a largo pile of dishes directly. Clean tho cooking vessols the samo way. You will gain nn hour by this process of washing. Then, If you havo a dining room where you can keop tho tablo set and ready for use, it saves many steps to havo a waiter ready to put your dishes In, nnd to plnco them on tho tablo after washing them. Tho morning hours should be the busy ones, but manage to havo the after noons nnd evenings for agreeable work. It Is a beautiful sight to boo a well-balanced, well-polBcd woman, who Is a truo homemaker, elevating every phase of llfo. making 11 subservient to her good and thoso anSund hor. Thla la good management. Wo all feel Ita power. Keeping calla lilies during the Bum mer troubles many lovers of this beau tiful window plant. Hero aro two ways which aro usually successful: Tako tho plants from the pots, cut off tho tops to within two inchos of tho soli and placo the roots where they will get no suu or rain, re-pottlng as with other plants in tho fall. Or, tako tho plants from tho pots without cut ting oft tho tops, and Bet them in the open ground. This treatmont will check their growth and most of tho leaves will wilt and fall off, but new ones will atart later nnd tho plants will bb In good shape to take up and pot In Soptember, ready for another season of bloom In tho window. Cobblo Since Van Scandlo ceasea to bo a reporter he has boon doing very well. Stone What at? Cobble Ho learned to break Into houses so successfully that ho has be come a burglar. Life. "Why do you look so gloomy, Tomp kins?" "You know my best girl Is one of tho 'now women?' Well, I am puzzled to decide whether I ought to ask hor to marry me or wait for her to propose." Chicago Record