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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1901)
rfc Who writes tho editorial pace, The story that Is nil tho rage. The ndvertttlng- puffs and squibs. Tho funnygrnphs signed "Hoyal NlbV? Tho editor. "Who versed must be In printers' lore. Must fold the papers, 'tend tho door, 1 Itecelve advlco from every fool. And then be stylpd a public toolT The editor. Who writes of all thnt wealth can do. And wonders how he can pull through, And prays subscriptions rnav bo paid bro Irato landlord makes a raid? The editor. "Who, keeping pens and Inkstands clean, Mint still prcsorvo a smiling mien. And dares not-sny lio owns his-soul llcfore the man who has control? Tho editor. Who every day Is overrun With ancient wit that's' meant for fun, And quires of sentimental trash, A heterogeneous rehush? Tho editor. Who watches for the junkman's round, Because ho gives a cent n pound. And takes all manuscripts away Kor which he will not, cannot pay? Tho editor, .7 I Who only asks, If o'er he galni Tho gate nt which St. Peter reigns That ho mny llnd ft little spot Where scrlbblur and their wares come now Tho editor. Denver Mecca. In iiie Forest, DY LOUIS T. WEADOCK. (Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Phil Paquette, woodsman, nevor loved any girl until ho saw Annette, tho brown-eyed daughter of tho boss of tho Michigan lumber camp In -which ho and a hundred others worked all winter. Ho camo upon her In a clearing ono day where aho was spreading a feast of grain before a flock of birds. With hor was Hammond, the only man In tho world that iaquetto had tlmo enough to hate. Hammond was tall and fair and per fectly familiar with the English lan guage Phil waa big, with broad shoulders and cloar eyes, and to tho strong man's contempt of tho weak ho added the hato of a man who thlnkB he should havo tho something that anothor has. 8o ho stood with folded arms and watched tho girl's snugly fitting Jackot brush close to Hammond's arm and saw her laugh Into Hammond'B face, and ho vowed that ho would save tho girl from Hammond. Prtquotto had let Into hlo wild brain tho Idea that the girl was as far above tho assistant boss of tho camp as tho stars aro above tho Saginaw river, by whoso banks ho and tho rest labored. So he watched Ham mond. He saw that tho girl talked to hlra often and carelessly he listened once or twice. Tho talk was about books of which ho had beard but dimly, and of plays of which until then ho had never heard at all. Ono day he said to Annetto's father: "I'll want to go to town today." He wanted to tell him his errand, but refrained. In his pockot he had tho savings of tho winter, and ho meant spend It in books that ho, too, might read and bo worthy of talking to tho boss daugh ter. But he had never bought books before and ho had often bought whis ky. So to get courago enough to go Into a shop and ask for a book he spent some of his money for drink. Then ho postponed buying tho books for an hour or two and drank more. Ho went Into a gambling place that With her was Hammond. he know. He wanted to see, ho told himself, If any of his friends wero thcro, but he knew that tho truth was that ho wanted to play long enough to increase his savings till ho was able to buy tho girl a lino gown ho had seon In a window down tue street Ho did not intend to glvo it to hor himself. Ho meant to slip it into the house and ask ono of tho women to put It in her room and sho would como In and find it and not know who had sent it. Then ho could look nt her when sho wore It nnd say to himself that sho was wear ing something that ho bad given her and then he know that in his mind he EDITOR (0) (ft) (0) (0) 9 would feel much superior to Hammond, who had never given Annetto any tb'ng. Ho found no friends in the gambling place, but he stayed and put his monoy on tho roulette wheel and in exactly twenty minutes ho had only enough loft to buy a very llttlo book. When ho walked out Into tho frosty air nnd saw tho sleighs cut through tho snow his mind cleared Itself of the fumes of "I am lookin' for Mr. Hammond." tho drink and his conscience re proached him. "If sho know what an unworthy man I am," ho said to himself bitterly, "aho would not care If I novor bought a book." Ho purchased a copy in English of Montaigne, that poet of whom ho ro membered that hit father in France had often spoken, and all tho way to tho camp he tried to .read-by tho un steady kerosene lamp in the smoking car. Ho looked about for Annette as soon as ho reachod tho camp, but sho had gone to town, they told him. Then ho looked to seo If Hammond wns about. As he expected, Hammond was in town also. Ho flung tho book into tho snow and It lay thcro an hour boforo ho went for it. Every night after that ho read tho book or asked tho men who knew Eng lish to help him. Kvery day ho lookod at Annette and saw that tho air of tho pine forests was making her moro beautiful and that Hammond clung closor to her than over. Ono night when the stars wero brighter than usual ho lay out near tho river bank and hugged himself for joy. Ho had learned tho meaning of every word in that book of csBuys. He could pronounce most of them nnd thero woro a great many ho could spell In English off hand. Surely, he thought, Annette was closer to him than sho ever had been, Besides he had not gone to town slnco thnt day ho had lost his chanco to buy Annette a dresa and ho bad saved bis monoy till ho hnd much moro than ho had on that day. "Not only," ho said proudly, "can I buy moro bookB but I can buy a gown better than tho first and I can buy new jackets for myself and new shoes to wear nights when I come out of tho woods and when sho mny seo mo." The crunch of footsteps on the snow close to him brought him to his feet. A wonmn In ragged clothing and with lips almost blue reached out her hand to him, then tumbled at his feet "Who can you bo?" ho asked. "You Jo not belong Here. No, I never saw you before. How havo you come all tho miles from tho town?" She could not speak and ho poured whisky down lier throat. Sho revived a little. "I am looking for Mr. Hammond," she said. "They told mo in tho town thnt ho worked out here. I am hl wife Hero is my ring. Ho left mo a year ago and told mo novor to follow him, but I lore him and havo come to ask If l:c will not como gack to llvo with inc." "Haminondt" Paquctto sniffed; Hammond!" She fell back nB If ho had struck her. "He Is my husband," sho said proud ly. "I love him." Then was Pcquotto confronted with tho opportunity of his llfo. Ho know that to bring the poor, tired woman to tho bright room In which Hammond was Bitting with Annetto wnB to crush Hammond and to savo Annetto. But what if Annotto should lovo Hnm mond? It would break hor heart to sco this woman claim him. Tho woodsman took off his cap and ran his fingers through Ills curly hair. "Hammond," ho said, as if trying to think. "Hammond. I am sorry, but thcro Is no cno hero by thnt name. I am sure. Hat you havo como too far and you an tired. Tako my flack and this money, and I'll go with you to tho railroad station." During the walk ho told her that sho might find Hammond somo placo in town and tho monoy ho gave hor was more than sho had seen In months. When tho rear lights of tho train wero swallowed up in tho shadows toward town Paquctto walked slowly back to camp. As ho paBKcd tho light ed windows of tho front room hq looked lu shamefacedly. Annotto with Hushed cheeks wnn talking to Ham mond nnd her hand was In his. Paquctto swore under his breath and then walked fast to tho river bank. Ho flung his precious copy of Mon taigne far out into tho black river and then turned back to hl3 cabin. "Annotto loves him," he said dog gedly. "I did right." BOYCOTT THEIR MINISTER. Mnn Tlireiitvned witti Starvation by III Dissenting rnrlihloner. A rcmarkabjo boycott has been be gun on tho Island of St. Kilda, off tho coast of Scotland, against tho Rev. Mr. Fldtlcs. It Is a forciblo expression of tho opposition of his parishioners to tho religious vlowa of tho minister, who now Is threatened with starvation by reason of tho rofusal of tho island ers to help him transport his winter Bupply of provisions. Mr. Flddes, who wns a minister of tho Frco Church of Scotland, joined the majority of tho General Assembly In forming tho United Freo Church along with tho United Presbyterians. Tho Highland congregations of tho Froo Church refused to Join tho now body. The peoplo of St Ktlda havo taken a similar stand, and bitterly resent tho attltudo adopted by Mr. Flddes. The steamer Hebrides called at St. Kllda on Thursday with stores. Tho inlanders took away their own goods, but otubbornly refused to tako their minister's stock of coal and provisions ashoro in tho ferry. Consequently they had to oo kept on tho vessel. Mr. Flddes sent a messngo to tho cap tain Btatlng that ho would havo men and boats waiting to tako tho goods on on the vessol's nrrlval at Obbe, but when tho steamer reached there no ono appeared, and tho goods could not bo landed. As this was tho Inst trip of the ves sol this season, Mr. Flddes is In danger of being left without his usual supplies for nino months. It is stated in Glasgow that tho United Freo Church will not allow their representative to romaln In this awkward predicament, and that a re Uef expedition will bo organized. Now York Press. BALLOON EXPERIMENTS Serve to Point Moral by llrlnglng Undeserved ComnllnienU. How completely and honestly peoplo can deceive themselves, and how risky it 1b for ono to "bellovo bis own ears," was Illustrated tho other day by nn ox porimont of tho Rev. Mr. Bacon, nn Anglican clergyman, who Is engaged in experimenting with wireless telegraphy and war balloons for tho British War Office. Ho sent notlccB to the papers throughout tho kingdom that ho would on a certuln date, at a certuln hour, ascend in a balloon from tho Crystal Palaco and flro off a collection of fog signals from beneath his car. Peoplo woro asked to listen for tho sounds of tho explosions and to report tho re suits of their observations. Mr. Bacon mado his ascension all right, and when somo 100 feet abovo the earth applied tho electric current to ono of his bombs. Tho result wub nil Ho tried another, and that, too, refused to explode. In fact, no ono of his slg nals would work, and ho descended to earth again. In duo tlmo thero camo in to him from all over the country letters from persons who had heard the explosions which did not tnko placo and who wero ablo to give any amount of data con' cernlng them. Now York Press. Demand for Apartment Houses. In view of tho enormously increased activity In building apartment houses In Now York In tho last three years, tho statement of real estate dealers that tho supply -Is still inadequate to tho demand Is slgnlflcant. Moreover, priceB of apartments havo Increased vory materially. An uverngo apart ment, aa tho avorago was five years ago, might havo rented for from $800 to $1,000. Apartments that aro now moroly "average npartmenta" rent for nearly twice as much. Of course, thoy aro much moro attractive and conven ient Not only is better ta&to shown In designing them, but moro money Is Bpont in finishing them. For the best apartments in New York ono must par six or eight times that amount of rent New York Sun. Tho announcement that a company fit Chicago capitalists has completed irrnngomenta for building a large ir rigation plant which is expocted to re- Joem 2,000 ncreB of arid latin m wy- jmlng marks another stop In tho now Inning of tho West PorhnpB no sin- tie undertaking now under way means io much to tho country nnd to tho world at largo as tho supplying of suf ficient water to this great region, ag gregating In area over four-tenths of iho total area of tho country, nnd over which tho average yearly rainfall Is '.ess than half tho avorago In tho East ern States. A MERRY-GO-ROUND WIND ENGINE. Much has boon accomplished nl-' ready. Utah and southern California owo their greatness as agricultural countries to tho Irrigation ditch, nnd in a dozen places in Colorado grcnt tracts of land havo been redeemed from tho desert nnd mado most pro ductive farms. Theso grcnt plants aro as a rule controlled by largo companies which havo invested thdusanda in building ditches' nnd reservoirs and which furnish water to a multltudo of farmers as gas Is furnished elsewhere. In western Kansas individual farmcra havo largely built their own Irriga tion plants, and in one corner of tho Sunflower State thero nro moro than 1,200 windmill irrigation plants owned by Individuals. But aftor nil 1b said about '.ho wonders which Irrigation has accomplished, tho fact remains that tho work still remaining Is In finitely greater.- Roughly speaking, It is said that thero aro now not much moro than 8,000,000 ncrcs under Irri gation, whilo tho total area which it Is estimated may bo proiltably brought undor irrigation, nnd which will not bo productlvo without It, Ik estimated to bo over ono hundred million acres. Ab a fair example of what Irriga tion will do for a country and Its peo plo, Rocky Ford, In tho Arkansaw val ley of Colorado, may bo cited. Men still young havo hunted buffaloes over the stto of ono of tho greatest sugar beet factories in tho world, and in a single year Rocky Ford sends to mar ket 300,000 sheep and 800 cnrloads of melons. All this Is duo to Irrigation, and as a result land has luci eased In vnluo from $25 to $250 an acre. In eastern Colorado, near tho Kan sas stato lino, tho largest irrigation systom In tho country has Just been completed. It will furnish sufficient water for 200,000 acres of lnnd, nnd moro than a million dollars has been spent in its construction. Tho system consists' of flvo great reservoirs, cover lng 13,000 acres of land, and provldod with seven great canals and a number of subsidiary ditches, with a total length of more than 500 miles. But oven this Irrigation system Is entirely dwarfed by tho colossal work A HOME-MADE GIANT, now under way in Egypt, under tho direction and control of tho British Governors of the kingdom. This irri gation system, work on which has boon going on for nomo time, Is much tho largest ever undertaken In tho world, aa la Indicated by tho fact that It will cost upwards of $25,000,000. Thero aro two ways' In which acrid lands may bo Irrigated. The first and simplest Is by means of the so-called gravity ditches, according to which water Ib diverted from a river or res ervoir and flows by tho forco of gravi ty through Irrigation ditches to tho land it Is desired to wntor. In hilly nnd mountainous country this system has been systematically followed and Lab's provod Immonaoly profitable and successful. Dtit gravity uitcnos are not practicable on tho flat pmlrlo lands which mako bo largo a part of tho arid West As a menns of taking their placo it wns long ngo discovered that over almost all flat desert country a plentiful supply of water may bo reached by sinking shallow wells. Then camo the question of finding power to rniso this water to tho sur face, and out of that need has grown a domand for huge windmills of curl ous construction. As for tho noccssnry power It has boon estimated that tho frco winds which sweep over tho Kan sas prairlo develop more power than all Niagara during tho same length of time. So Immensely important is this' fuestlon of Irrigate Unit the Nation at Department of Agrlculttiro hnn de voted much attention to It Under tho direction of tho department a corps of exports Is kept constantly In the field with tho Idea of helping tho ir rigation farmer. Ono export, for In stance, 1b kept busy experimenting with pumps nnd endeavoring to de termine what stylo Is best for tho purpose of Irrigation. Another export drives over tho arid country and de termines tho depth from tho surfneo to water In varlotiB places and also what Is tho nnturo of tho water supply. All tho results of tho experiments and testa arc printed lu pamphlet form by tho Agricultural department nnd nro Bent frco of charge to any ono who may bo Interested. Ono of tho great benefits of Irriga tion Is often lost sight of. Not only docs tho Irrigation of n considerable section of land rcduco tho probability of crop fnlluro In that district to a minimum, but It also has a beneficial influence on other fertile lands which lio contiguous to it Tho tntensoly hot winds which blow across tho leagues of barren and hoatod desert havo n bad effect on tho crops of the MODELED AFTER A RATTLE AX. fresher nnd moro fertile binds beyond, nB wns Bhown by tho partial doatruc' tlon of tho Kansas corn crop during tho recent summer by tho hot wlndn blowing from tho west. When a desert region is redeemed through Irrigation tho winds which blow over It loso their sting nnd aro temporcd to tho grow lng crops. In this way a desert docs harm far boyond Its own limits nnd nn Irrigated district scatters blessings out sldo its own boundaries. Of tho hundred million acres of arid land still remaining In tho west tho government experts havo mado a thor ough survey, and thoy report that a sufficient wntor supply Is easily avall ablo to redeem 05 per cent of It. Gov ernment lands open for frco settlement aro becoming scarcer, but this enor mous tract still roinalna practically un touched, nnd simply waiting for tho touch of water to blossom. It is snld by those competent to Judgo that forty acres of properly irrigutcd land In Kansas or Colorado will furnish surer nnd a largor competency than 1C0 acres In tho cast Tho experience of thousands of irri gation farmers has boon practically tho same. Thoy pny perhaps $1.25 or $2, or perhaps oven $5 nn aero for their land in nn arid and entirely unpro ductlvo state. At an avorago cost of not moro than $100 each of them puts up a tower alxty feot in height anil surmounted by a sixteen-foot wind mill. This windmill works nn eight or ten Inch pump In a well twenty feot deep. Tho wntor brought to tho sur fneo Is stored In a reservoir about sov-enty-flvo feet in diameter, and which will cost another $100 to build. With such n plant n man can irrigato thor oughly at least ten acres of land. If ho plants ten acres with alfalfa ho will havo wator enough for twonty acros lu nil, for tho alfalfa needs to bo irri gated only in tho winter tlmo, for Its long tap roots run down so deep bolow tho surface that they will And a suffi cient supply of moisture oven when tho surfneo of tho ground la baked and hot. In this way, with an oxpondlturo of not moro than $250 for an Irrigating plant, n man may rnlso tho value of his land from $2 or $3 to $40 nn acre this bolng a conservative uvorngo of tho value of Irrigated farming lands along tho lines of railroad. A few years ngo thero wns a big boom in tho formation of hugo irrlja tion companies. Many of theso com panics fulled becauso tho plants they CURIOUS TYPE ENGINE. OF WIND built "woro built In tho most expensive way poeslblo, becauso thoy wero not properly planned nnd managed, and becauso thoy failed to secure for rest dents on their irrigated lands respon slblo and Intelligent farmers nnd fruit growers. Moro recently sovoral largo irrlga tlon companies havo been successfully launched, most of them building at th same time a grent boot sugar factory whoro the product of their Irrigated lauds might find a quick and profitable market. Tho Rocky Ford Inctory pro duccd Inst year moro than 15,000 tons of sugar, nnd ovory year Increases Its capacity. In southern California irrigation, an irrigation alone, has raised the-i val to of totno lands from $2 an ncro to As Jtiany thousands of dollars an acre. Even In districts where rainfall la nor mnl it Is declared that a modified sys tem of irrigation would bo Immcnselr profitable, becauso It would enable tho fnrmor to avoid tho cffcctB of tho pro longed droughts and other abnormal wenthor conditions. 'FADDY" MEALS IN LONDON. 'Mower Itrenkfnsts" n Popular Form of lintcrtalnnient In I.ondoii. Tho fad of "flower breakfasts," which threatened to becomo n popular form of cntortnlnmont In London, is said to. havo failed of popular approval among; tho "snsslty" people, and bo probably will not troublo us on this sldo of tho wator. For thrco seasons a cortaln 'set" has been trying to mako them 'go." Tho first season tlioy woro popu- lnr, tho noxt less so, nnd tho past sea son hardly wero heard of, Tncao break fasts consisted of dishes mado entirely of flowers. Salad tnndo'from tho blos soms of tho nasturtium nltemntod with caper Jolly nnd myrtlo flowor boup at thoso' repasts. Usually tho flowers of a peculiar species of pumpkin vino con stituted the principal dish. Thoy woro ollow In color, fleshy and nbout tho size of n sliver dollar. Theso odlblo blossoms wero picked boforo tho petals woro fully opened, baked or stowed In fresh mill: and flavored with cloves, which, as ovcry ono knows or should know, nro tho uncxpanded flowcra of an evergreen plant growing In tho East Indian archipelago. Tho ftast was finished off with n plentiful supply of cnndlcd roso leaves, violets, etc. It wat an extremely aesthetic sort of meal, but not filling enough to meet with popnlnr npprovnl. After ono of theso bronkfustn tho guests generally went out nnd got something to cat. Dlnnors of sauces havo mot with moro favor than tho flower breakfasts and nre not Infrequently given by epi cures searching for now gastronomic scnsatloiiB. Ono of tho moBt success ful of theso sauco dinners wns given by a member of a "bwcII" London club not long ngo. Tho soup wna ropro- sontod by gravy sauco, and In llou of Ash, oyster and lobster sauces woro handed nround. Then enmo egg suuco and bread sauco, and for dessort thcro wns brnndy snncc. This last courno is probably what saved tho lives of tho guests and host, for thoy nil Btirvlvcd nnd pronounced tho dinner n success. It really seems ns if the giver of tha dinner should hnvo Included In his bill of faro Worcestershire, tomato catsup and tnbnsco. A dinner waB given nt tho Hotel Cecil In London tho other day nt which ovorythlng served begun with "c." There wore "clear" soup. chickens, chops, claret, champagne, coffee, cutlets, carrots, custards, cham pignons, curry, currants and cucum bers, besides many moro nrtlclos ot food beginning with "c." New York Press. , Tim Clemming Itnll. Tho following is un oxcellont cleans ing bnll to preparo for uso on clothes nnd woollen fabrics generally, says "What to Eat." Dlssolvo a hot of whlta soap tho bIzo of an egg In enough alco hol to cover It Mix in tho yolks of threo cguu id fc "ichtaspoonf ul of oil of turpentine. Work in Vullor'tf earth till it becomes stiff enough to form into balls nnd lot thom dry. When you wish to removo a stain, moisten tho fabric with a llttlo wator, rub tho ball well In, let It dry nnd brush off tho powder. Thoro are thrco classos of stains these balls cannot remove Ink, Iron rust nnd fruit stains. For Ink, pour over milk, nnd as It becomes dis colored absorb It with blotting pnper. Then wash out well with tepid wator nnd castllo soap. If on white goods, lemon pulco and common salt, often renewed, and placed in tho sun, are most efficient. Troubles of Tjidy I,ecturor. A cortaln lady lecturer tolls two- good stories against herself. "I wiur on tour through tho' provinces," she- snys. "Ono night, ns I appeared on tho platform in a small town, tho chulrmun introduced mo to my audi ence in tho following way: 'You havo heard of Mr. Gladstone, tho grand old man. Let mo Introduco to youi tho grand old woman.' ThlB waa in tended as n slncoro compllmont On another occasion a bluff old farmer, who boasted of his ability to look on all sides of a question, announced mt ns follows: 'This lady's como hero to talk about her rights,' ho said. 'She's hired tho hall, and so she's gat' a right td bo hero, and if any of you don't like what she's got to say, you've got an equal right to walk out In tho middle on'f " In Hound Figures. Not long ago a lady was giving a lecture, says the London Answers. Her Btibjoct was the human figure, and tho requirements In the wny of pro portion, for beauty. Sho herself was of gonerous ono mny say unwleldly slzo, nnd her manner was supercil ious and lofty, Sho was trying to' dem onstrate) tho rclatlvo sizes of tho limb as thoy really ought to be. "For ex ample," oho said, "twice round my thumb" she held it up "onco round my wrist; twico round my wrist, one round my neck; twice round my neck, onco round my walat." Hero she paused, and n shrill volco from the audlonco exclaimed: "Twice round your waist, onco round Hydo park!"1 The lecturer hastily passed on to an other branch of tho subject. Prt-iiitiiptlon. "That isn't tho enr that mnn wanted to take." "Ho rnn bard enough foi It. How do you know It isn't tho on ho wuntcd?" "Becauso ho manaad U catch if Philadelphia Record,