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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1901)
( I r i 1 " t . 1 u i Panorama. Hyena "Dogs from the Trans Vaal. When the news spread through Her Hn the other day that two hyena dogs had Just been received at the xoologtcal garden In that city there was n rush to see them, for these animals are not often found In captivity. The two wero Imported from the Transvaal, and aro quite young. Hyena Sogs rcscmhlo hyenas, but, unlike those 'Indolent animals, are ex tremely 'alerl and active. Their cars aro larjjc and black, their bodies aro black, white and yellow, and they are about the size of a pointer. Originally they were distributed over the greater part of Africa,bul during recent years they have become extinct In some dis tricts. They ure, however, still nu merous ,,lnUio Transvaal, the Congo und Gerridtn Hnsf Africa, There they live like all other wild dogs, namely, by hunting In melts' tlurlng tho day. When they tlnd tho track of nn ante lope, a gnu or a xobra, como members of tho pack follow It, whllo tho others He In wait for tho animal at a spot which they know It will try to pass. As they aro very swift and possessed of great endurance, any animal which they pursuo Is doomed. Truo, somu of tho African antelopes havo In their uhorp horns ndmlrnblo weapons of do- HYBNA DOQS FROM TRANSVAAL. fense, yet these In tho end avail them little, for, though they may gore to death several of tho dogs, tho others aro not In tho least frightened thereby, but cling to tho prey until they havo dragged It to earth. Indeed, native hunters sny that not only nntulopcs, but also leopards and Hons, nro hunted und killed by hyena dogs, and this la very probable, since Mongolian hunt era In tho southeast of Hlberln Bay that tho terrlblo Amur tigers and tho gl- irnntlc bears of that region nro fre quehtly killed by 'packs' of wild dogs which closely resemblo hyena dogs. In former yonrs tho Booro wore much nnnoyed by these dogs, for they killed thousands of their sheep and oxen. Ono would think that tho negroes would ho afraid of such llurco animals, hut they are not, for thoy claim that tho dogs will never attack a man un ' less they nro very hungry. Thoro aro from six to ton of these dogs In ovory litter. The young ones, which aro kept in captivity, speedily becomo attached to their owners, but, nevertheless, are so llorco that thoy ennnot bo allowed at large. Attempts havu been made to cross hyena dogB with ordlnnry domestic dogs, but they havo not succeeded, which Is to bo regretted, as these wild dogs nro fearless and swift,, nro pos sessed of much enduranco, hnvo tho FcnRo of smell admirably developed and henco are, In theso respects, Ideal hunting dogs. Tho bark of these dogs Is curious, be ing sometimes hnrsh and loud, somo tlmes Hko n cuckoo's call and somo tlmes Hko tho sound made by men who talk whllo their tcoth aro chattering with cold. No matter how much caro Is taken of them, hyena" dogs rarely, If over, live long In n foreign cllmato, nnd that Is one reason why tho two now In llor lln nro being vlowed with so much In terest Co Classes m JVetv Fad. Tho glasses hero represented nro In tended to supplant those ordinarily usod for wlno or liqueurs, and, as they are designed In a specially attractive manner, they aro quickly achieving this object In certain European clr ch. As can readily bo seen, tho most notahlo featuro ot turnc of them Ik their extraordinary height. Tho stems of such glasses aro naturally very slight nnd frail, yet they uro wrought so skillfully and nro so pleasing to the TALL a LARS FAD. eye that many now prefer them to tho old fashioned g?J88CH. As theso glasses aro really works of art In their way, n high price Is oh talned for them. The ffejfro a Serious "Problem Nashville American. Tho negro will not voluntarily emigrate. He will not he deported. He Is hcr'e to remain until pogamiy nis nnai extinction a remote possibility. Ho Ih but one gen oration removed from Hlavery, Two generations hence his (Inn! stucux und destiny will bo moi clearly deter mined. In some respects he has mado marked progres since the war, In oth ers he has grievously deteriorated. Ho Is still a problem a problem tho treatment of which calls for an exer i-Ieo of the hlgheft thought, courage. and patience. the World "Remarkable Statue nearthed. Some remarkable' hfonxe statues have Just lecn acquired' hj" tho Na tional Museum of Home. By mcr chance they were unearthed some time ago In a Held near uagtt, ana Were at onco pur chased by a local society. In bid 'days Cngll was known as Calils,'"and near Iho spot where Iho statues were round was fought the great battle In which Totlla wns defeated by Norses, Several high mounds of earth aro also near tho spot, and, according to others, they nro tho last resting place of Cnrthnglnlatiu who had fallen In battle. That tho statues nro ot great antiq uity thoro aro many Indications, tho general opinion of archaeologists be ing that they were fashioned during the firth century before Christ. They are all bronxc, nud conspicuous among them nro soma which portray Mars In superb fashion. Ono of tho most Interesting of tho statues represents n young gymnast balancing himself, nnd It Is n ntrtktng proof of tho Importance which was at tached to such feats In tho days of old Home. Ab n work of art also this stntuo deserves to he placed in tho flrst rank. As Roon as It became known that theso bronzes hud been discovered sov eral Ruropcan and American collectors offered large sums for them, but tho owners declined to dispose of them to any forclgncY, and finally sold them through tho Minister of Public Instruc tion to the Museum In Itomo for tho nominal sum of 93.600.- That this was really a nominal sum may bo seen from tho fact tout moro than ono for eign collector orTored n similar sum for n single tttutuo of Mars. In-Oention to Corn LcaVes of Music. Young men hnvo long nmdo them solves useful by turning over leaves of music for ladlea who wero playing tho piano, but It Is doubtful If In futuro tucy will bo cnlled upon to do much of thlu pleasant work, for n dovlcu has now been Invoutud In Franco, Iho ob ject of which Is to do this vory work mechanically. When this device Is attached to n piano, nil that tho player has to do Ih to proas with the foot upon a Biuall rubber knob, which Is placed nonr ono of tho pedals. A Hllght prcsimro of tho foot sulllces to release n shoot or loaf of music from n clasp which holds It, IT TURNS MUSIC LEAVI5S. and to turn It over. There uro nB many clasps as thoro nro sheets of music nnd a slmplo mechanism connects them with tho knob containing tho com pressed air. This device can bo uttached to any music stand, and thus n violin pluyor will find It as useful' as a plano'playcr. Moreover, It tnkcH only u few seconds to put it in place. McKinley's First Speech. Michael Illtzur of Now Merlin, 0 who Is 84 years old, In fond of tolling how ho presided whn McKlnley mado his first political speech from u dry goods box in that town, In 1KUG, soon after McKlnley was mustered out of tho army. Tho box was In tho open ulr, nt tho business center of tho town. McKlnley, thon only 'i'i, enmo from Canton to Now llorlln, to tako tho place of another Judge, who had been uiiublo to bo proHcnt, "Can you mnko n speech?" nsknd Mr. nitzer, of McKlnley, In a Joking vein, as ho saw tho Hiriull, Blight young man, who was with tho Judge. McKlnley looked ut hl.i questioner, doubtful whether to tako him seriously or not, but ho recovered his equilibrium when assured that Mr. Illtzor was only Jok ing. Mr. Hltzer Introduced thr young man as William McKlnley of Clinton, with out n liiiHplclon that ho wiih presenting to his fellow citizen it coming I'resl drnt of tho rnltcd Htntcu. McKlnley arouo und scanned IiIh an dleiico, without a sign of emotion, The hpecch which followed wan marked by tho sntnt churiictorlstlcn (hut huve been notiihlo In his oratory In tutor yearn. It Wns dollveii.il In tho light of nil lamps. About a year ago tho President and Mrs. McKlnley . wore In Now Ilerlln, and, ua their carrlugo puitxcd tho spot whero tho dry-goods" box speech wns nuco ilollvorod, tho I'rciildnnt was seen to turn hi eyes toward Hi'.' place und j smile, us ho passed homo comment on the circumstance, to li ih wire. Mr. IJltzer Iti very proud r 'ila par ticipation in that early primltivo open ulr rally, especially so, on tho President upon soveral occasions In Inter life, In troduced him to friemU, under tho tltlo of "the man who Hrnt Introduced rno Into politics." IsMMmMaaraHHi Mews and Views Mystery of the 3reejyn. Ono nt the most extraordinary mys teries In tho history of naval engage ments has been developed during the last fw weeks through th summon ing of witnesses who nrc to appear be fore the Schley court of Inquiry. Sim ple us the mutter might appear nt flrst sight. It now seems that tho question of who steered the Brooklyn when she made her ctlebrntcd loop during the battle of Santiago is enveloped In much complexity. Tho full powers of the distinguished gentlemen who form thn court ot Inquiry may be re quired to elucidate this matter. First comes Walter 1). Adams, who says he was at tho wheel nnd gave the turn that mado the Brooklyn swing arming in tho manlier which so astonished tho enemy nnd brought confusion among tho American ships. Next comes Joltn II. Sullivan, of Bos ton, who was at, or near the wheel Iioubc. Ho says thnt Adams was not at tho wheel during tho loop, but that tho steeismnn wns Dennis .1. O'Cou noil. O'Conncll has been summoned WHO ST15I5RHD THK BROOKLYN? hs a wltnesH. Thon comes Captain Cook, who hiiB mado written report to the Navy Department, saying that tho man nt tho wheel during tho loop was N. Andornon, who has nso been summoned. Now tho question arises, "Which ono of thoso men nctunlly steered the Brooklyn during tho loop, or wns It possibly n fourth party ntlll unknown to fnmo?" Talking About the Kint. Mrs. Sherwood, writing from Kug land. Hnys that tho IiuUob thoro do not mnko lltoraturo nnd literary pcoplu the subject of conversation at lunch eons and dinners, as Ih tho ciuio with tho women In America. ."UngllHh women tulle Icba ot llternturo becnmio thoy tulle so much about tho king, Convolution Just now Ih over tho piv neaulry of tho coming coronation und of the ltlng'H now tltlo given by Lord Rosoberry. which la certainly In n lit- ornry boiiho vory lino, Indued, an a ti tle." Tho tlmo was when Amorlcnn women mado Horvnnt glrla tho oxclu Blvo toplo of conversation. TIiIh nub Joct Ih now tnbooed in pollto Hocloty nnd glvoa placo to tho broador themes of philanthropy, Bchool oxtoiiBlon, city decorntion nnd wont in mo sunn ens trlctB. Having paBr.cd upon tliCBc, American women then iIIbcuhh tho lat cHt novel, the morlts und demoritu o tho latest poet, and tho Import of tho latest Bclentillc theory. Fortunutoly tho 'conversation of American women does not contract about n king or lm poriitor. Their IntorostH are wldo and manifold, ns hocomo tho women of n democracy. Tho glamour which In vests a king has little charm In thel oycB, while humanity nn n whole I all-lmportant.Chlongo Ohronlclo, Erected to Witches' Memory. In (loetho'H "Faust" tho witches of the HarU mountains piny a notabt part, nnd with tho object of still fur thar perpetuating tho legend about thorn, us told by Ooetho, n building, known nu tho "WnlpurglHhallu," hut) now been erected on tho very upot which popular Imagination has nlwayH Hupposod to bo tho scono of their noc turnal rovelry, The Idea of eontitriiotliig such building originated with Hnrrmunn Hendrlch, tho llorlln painter, nod It Ih ho who has decorated It with five largo frcHcooH, In which tho legendary WITCHHH MUMOHIAL. rolngit of tho wltclifH urn ndrnlnibly poitrayot. Tho hiilldlug llclf Is tli work of tho a re lilted llorjilinrd iMi ring, und It is descrlhftd by thono who" have Kaon It. ns being niOHt nrtlstlc Theio witches. It In said, never held IiIkIi carnival except In their grand open air bull room, and It Is hero that the "Wiilpurglnhnllir has been erocteo r j-V'' St MEJSfA.CE OF AJSlAKCHSt $sS fn aTv Vfnv.1t MtVIk, SMV.Iii mVmM Kkthllll. A OROUP OF CHICAGO ANARCHISTS, AND TllKlll RKH1DHNCK Tho man Ctolgosx who nttomptert to ABBnsslnato tho President nt lluftalo nnd succeeded In wounding him o tntigorousty, may or may not bo tho cmlsRnry of a particular group of An archtits; but ho U tiuquostlonnbly thn repreontatlvo nnd acted a tho Inntru- ment of a spirit ot nnnrchy which Is present In modern society nnd moniicoH tho civilisation of tho world. Us vio lence Is not directed ngntnnt any In dividual ruler or executive head ot n state, good or bad, beloved or haled, by his people, hut ngr.lnnt Rovornnintit ot Itself, against our noclnl nystcm as it has developed In natural order. Thin spirit ot savage rcslHtuiicn t.o tho working of a law of human devel opment an Innxornblo and uiichiuiKa- bin as It In benign, manltcHla Itsult In tho beginning In futtto attempts to tun counter to tho IrronlNliiblo ourrnnt of humnn progrcHH, nud to provoke re bellion nguliiRl Hoclal condltloiiH which enn bo Improved and uplifted by Itn operation alone. Tho Himtlment which would not labor ngaltiHt capital and du stroy ndolky to duty In Iho employed, Ih n oorvllo nnd despicable lmpulno, which would turn tho servant Into tip TIIU Prevention of jja.t4lnatlon- Tho practical quuutlotu tlmt clvlll- xatton -must answer, In vluw of thn Xroquont rocurronco In till lnudn nud under all forms of government of an arnhlstlo attempts to murder thn hoftdn of states, nro thosni 1, Can tht porsou ot thn chief oxoeii tlvo bo morn HiicccHHfully guurdod against hiioIi attacks? 2. Can tho nHHiiHNln bo ho dealt with as morn effectually to dlRcourugu others'? The Parent Paul (V.olgo!!, fntliur of tliu itniir chUt hrmiIshIii lives with bin family at 300 Fleet trfot, ('loveliuiil, nnd dur ing lilo roldeneo tlinr Iiiih alwnys had tin rrnpect of tils neighbors, Mrn. kind. Tho elder Czolgos. ban llttlu nvinpnthy for bis levclntlmiuiy sou, and openly expressim the conviction that ho should bu liutiged for IiIh crime, Tim iiiinrchlnt's father iIooh L'.oIkos., the fiMn1fi'H Htepmotlinr, who is now In Buffalo, Ih a qul'it woni sri, neat arid cleanly In nppeiirniico. but not uodei! ,xl of rmiclj edilentlon. Lixin r. wuuuuoi vsf Implncnblo miomy ot tho master, nl ways trow to misall IiIh Intercstn niu wantonly destroy his property, l tho p ml I flo mother ot that savage spirit of nnnrchy which Inspired thA nttonipt to nKsasKlimto oun of tho most beloved presidents this Rcpuhlto lias over had. This attempt nt nHsasnlnntiun, how ever, was not ntnilu hooauHo of any enmity against Mr, McKlnley Individ ually, tor such enmity docs not nxlnt: his character makes It Impossible, Thn ImpulNn that tired thn shot camo from thn spirit of uwngn vlndlutlvnncns iiKalust tho ctvlllxod Kovornmcnt nnd civlllxod society and law nnd order which Mr, McKlnley roproHcnU. Thn cowardly nmmult wns only tho extreme und cimurctn innnltcMlatloii ut u feeling of ferocious hatred of a in HlntleH law ot human dovntnptnmit which oven clergy mnit from thn higher places havo bonn mnklng thnuinnlvoH cnnkpk'UouH ot latu by iitluiiilatlnK. npologUIng for, and coildllug, und tor which thoy Itnvti boon snoKltig to pro voUn uymputhy iih a rciiHOtiublo rn ncntnimit. It Ih ii spirit ot inalnvo lnncu, of dostrilctlvonoiiii, of nityy, hat red and million ami all unuharltnliln- JOHM WILKW BOOTrT 1010 AflHAHHINH OI" OUH VIllOlllDlflNTH, Thn fli'Ht, uiicstlon no far its thn American l'rrnlilents urn eonuorlind, lu cerlitln to lm answered iilllrniutlvoly. Lincoln was iipproac.liml by llooth without tho MllKlitent hliidranini ho wns Hitting In it thontru box absolutely utiKiinrded, (liirflold wnri shot down iih ho wnH walking arm In unit with lllalnn thioiigh n railway ntniloti, tin attonded by n slnglo (iiiild, Jlint UN any citizen might do. And now Mc Klnley Iiiin btiflii shot nt point blank range by ono of nu immniinn throng of Czolgosx. ''lie entire family, l! would upturnl', with the exception of the iiiiiuoIiIhI, Iiiih IiiiiI little lino Mr bookM of any not bellnV(i that IiIh son In crazy, Al though ho linn no lienllutloii In niiylng (lull, ho Ih weiili-mlliileil. Tho liMKan nIii'h father used to live on it farm near Alponii, Mich., before lm cnine to Dnttdll. Ho Iihm eight hour nil nt them by a Drnt wife, iww dead, nud five of whom reside In Mlclilgnti, Mrs, (VoIkoa, agreeH with her lilisbatiil ih the opinion that lior stepsug- must have bfcn set on by oldef teHii, abler' tnuifl, Z M .nif..X.J I IW1IMW1, ' TTHhT7 AT MR OARltpLt. ncsii. In Its blind fury It wtmM lhtw down nml traniplo upon Yory monn tnout nt dulllRAtlon nnd scnttr-r mA burn np thn accumulations ut trcsBiirn nnd boauty nlvllU.atlon ban niadn nnd In lunUIng, Thnrn can hn no dottbl hnt thnt Ut crime nt llutfnlo will result In iho HtnntphiK out ot anarchy, nnd ot nvery other proptiKnudu thai lomls lo social roatloMiiofs. It will mnrk Iho doollnn of tho nKHntor who liven by ranllng iiKntnst class, In Chlongo already Hip pollen Muttons nro full ot pilminoi who nv ncounnd tit being ncoosBiirlen to thn Hhootlng nt thn President. TlilH Ih radical notion nnd souin Injustlcn may bo done, hut Iho Htnp will bo In dormnl. From onn building lit bl,(l Carroll iwonun, l'J pnrsotiH wero Ink on wIioro niunort nro its followm Oloin ons PrucUnm', Abrnlinm Imtalt, Abrn ham IsaaU, Jr., Alfred Hchtinlrim', Hip polytc llavnl, Homy Tmvaitllo, Mfn, Marin tnauk. MUh Mnrln iHitalt. .tullii Mnohaulu, Munln Fox, Mni'tln Uimnin' nud Mlcliaol Uoko. Knuiiii (loldman, who lum ui' roMlml, wna an imnoclnln of llioi! ivh well nil of ChoIhou. , ClARLb CUITEAU. (it visitors to mi nxpoHltlou Who Wnrr allowed to pour In juoiulocoiiHly tn nhnko bin bund, wiihuiit tloknti) or rtt HirlotloiiM of nny hoi), Just no If tliyri woru no niiolt olmrantorn: nh nniu'olilHU or (trnukH. Uleiirly It Ih iioHsllitn ti niitkn It iiiiiiih Ichh eHHy tlmii It Ih tot unknown pormiiiM to got ho oIomo iih till n to thn I'i'ertldniit, II will tin mui tltueiitully nbjontnd that thlri wutilit destroy thn old American (jimloin ot I'reslduiillitl liulldMlmklllgrt fl'no (0 nil ciiinerM, Hut oh) cilntoniM iiiiihI lm uluihgeil to meet now coildliloiiH, To tho sworn! iiiieHtlon tho aiifiwitr Ih more dUthjiill, Thn petiully of ileatli Ih the Nnvoronl, that imu ta liij Hinted, though It might icilMolmlily Inl extended to nil iiltniuptH to kill tliu 1'ronlileiit, wlintlier MilccenHful or not There In, however, iiiutili ilitlillilllly In tho HiiggeHtlou tumid by many eiul nenl oillillnologlHtH tlmt every itHsitH Hln should, ho fur iih ihhhIIiIo, have It h lilenllty effaced, If oven Ii In iiuiiiu were HUpproHmul III tlm inpoilH of (he crime, ami lie was hurried to trlul mil execullim without liiivlng guy person nl prominence In Hie pnbllg eye, mi that lit would cut no figure nt nil either at the tlmo or In history, It In nvlilonl thai the hIIiiiiiIimih of uotor fety would bo taken away, Ami that men of the llienct nml (!y.olgon lyi love iiolorloty unit tiiililln posln iibovo nil flilngn, Ih boliiivod by imaii nil the ni'leiitlHls wliu have nttiillcil them. New Vofk World. Hoimtor .luiiiim l(, .Ioiion nml forinc dovoinoi' .liiiunM i, Clnrli, of Ailutii miri, rival CfiiidltliiloH for (lm sijiifiioi Hlllp, liltvn itgicoil to ti i go thn I'llllllllt of it primary election ly wliloli Hi i'IioIcii of the ileniticratM of tho filitle call lm ilnteriillliidl by popilliU' vole Tliny hnvo itlno ugronil upon n joim, Hpoillllllg I'liliipiilgil to cover (be elltll'i Btitle. ChlirloH M. Hchwali, (iicrilileiil of tic ('lilted Milieu rJIcol (4orpOlnlioh, 1 1 III.' approved of Iho pluiirt foe n gehoo, building nt W'eiillimly, I'd., foe wlilcli h will provide (ho filfiiln, 'J'lld Cull trsot'liSH beeil awarded, Tim bililditnj win rtptenwi no o.itlay yWm!A t