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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1908)
K SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUBE IRA L. DARE, Publisher TERMS $1.25 IN ADVANCE NORTH Pl.ATTIJ, NEBRASKA Ice Made In Home Kitchen. Tho problem of producing ice In small quantities quickly nnd cheaply has apparently boen solved by n ' French Inventor, who has perfected a innchlno which Is cheap, simple of op eratlon, practically everlasting, nnd thoroughly practical. It may bo oper ated by a belt connected with a steam engine, by a small electric motor, or by hand cranks. The Invention Is a rotative compression and automatic mnrhlnc, regulating Itsolf to all speeds, whatever may bo the temperature of tho condensing water used. The Im portant feature Is a cylinder In which tho chemicals nro sealed the Infer not requiring renewal and lasting as long as the machine Itself and which, rovolvlng In water, produces the lee It can also produce cold air. Tho ma chine has no Joint pleco, no pressure gauge, no suction or rogulatln,; valve It will work In water reaching even 113 degrees Fahrenheit, and saves 08 per cent, of cooling water, and 70 per cent, of motlvo power tia comparl with any other froozlng machine known. Tho Germans havo also a new freezing device especially adapted to housohold and Held hospital ubc, says tho Technical World Magazine. It Is very simple, and could bo mnnufnc lured for n bo lit one dallor. It consists merely of a double wall tin vosscl with a capacity of llvo gallons. The hollow spaco between the two walls Is nbout an Inch across, lly tho gradual ndmls hIoii of carbonic acid Into this hollow spaco through an opening at tho bot torn, and from there to tho vessel proper through a cross arm tube, It Is olalmod that water may bo converted Into Ico l)i tho spaco of CO seconds, and thnt meals, fruits, and beverages, such as beer or wine, may bo chilled or frozen In a fow neconds. This effect Is produced by tho sudden great reduc tion of temperature caused by tho rapid expansion of tho carbonic acid, which Is udmlttcd from an ordinary carbonic acid reservoir. Wlnga Like a Dove. Man long since censod sighing for wings llko a dove, that ho might fly to tho uttermost parts of tho earth, and began pi-aetlcul experimentation In Imitating nature's handiwork. Overcoming tho law of gravitation was lonst dlfllcult. Tho problom of propulsion was easily solved. The problom of adequate control and re liable power of direction haB been the challongo to tho aviators. Even that is bolng successfully met, and tho day of tho airship la at hand. Tho an nouncement that Count Zoppolln has sustained flight for two hours, during which his airship was manipulated in tho most complicated maneuvers, In dicates that the reward of succoss has coino to his porsfstent effort and ox pondlturo. From possibility to prac ticability may bo but a Btcp, remarks tho Hoston Herald. Invontlvo genius which has mado tho lmposslblo pos sible will not hesitate ut tho task of rondorlng It practical and usable. An ofllclul statement of wheat ox ports for n week In Juno lo significant as llliiBtratlng tho fact repeatedly men tioned of lato that big shipments nro going by way of Canada bocauso of tho railroad nnd canal facllltlos, with low freight ratoB, provldod In thnt quartor. It appoars that tho total rocolpts at all Atlantic nnd Qulf ports wcro 1,971,301 bUBhols, tho exports bolng 1,055,823 bushols. Thoso exports by cities wore as follows: Now York, 510,347 bush olsj Boston, 110,418 bushols; Phlladol phla, 144,000 bushols; Daltlmoro, 80,. 000 bushols, and Montreal, 794,058 bushols. Thus Montreal louds tho pro cession. Of course later tharo will bo heavier shipments from Amorlcnn ports, Including Now York, but tho fig ures toll tholr own story of tho ndvnn tago Montreal possesses at proHont. And Canada thuH presents an object lOBSon ns to tho valuo of cheap and amplo transportation, Tho decision or tho llrltluli admiral ty court that tho cruiser Oladlator was nlono to blunio for tho collision with tho Amorlcan liner St. Paul off tho IbIo of Wight during a snowstorm last April is a comploto exoneration of tho ofllconi and crow of tho American ship, There had been intimations that tho testimony would bo tho basis for such a finding, but tho formal verdict Is concluslvo and gratifying. Tho affair, resulting In tho loss of ovor a scoro of lives, was most lamontablo, but the de cision of tho court shows that Ameri can seamanship was lit no wleo ut fault. Louis Ilonoro Frechette, who died recently, was tho unolllclal poet lauro ato of Canada. Ho wroto In French, and his work has crowned by tho French Academy, Longfellow hailed him as tho "pathfinder of a now land of song," As a poet ho wns born, bo to speak, In two nations. Ono of his pooms, "Lo Drnpoau Anglais" "Tho English Flag" suKKOsts his alloglanco to tho British flag and his affection for that other flag, tho tlag of Franco, which, as a French root, ho kissed on bondod kneo. fURMNG AMERICA'S SPIISP Wiru Dbath-DepYxng ; or 0-0 W, whcccc-o, 00 00 o, Wi geo-c wm-iz, ma mm was I n bump!" it non win 1 1 iujmi iiwt the sand dunos of Indlnna, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, or any other state with plon ty of farming districts, trying out a thriller at Coney Island, Atlantic Cllty, ono of Chicago's big four nniusoniont parks or for that matter at any city or town which supports thoso summer devices for extracting coin of tho realm from tbiiio plebeians. No matter how stolid ho may bo In life's ordlnnry pursuits or how emo tionless In an Intorurlmn wreck, his splno curls, his sympathetic ncrvo Bystem tickles nnd ho Is compelled to give himself up to thrills. You can find him In ovory resort whoro there nro scenic rnllwnys, rollor-constors, vclvet-coaBtors, llguro-olghts, shoot-thc-chutos, dlp-the-dips, lenp-tho-gaps, ticklers and scores of othor modes for shooting tho electric currents up and down tho flplnal cord of tho laughing, howling public. He Is a source of nmuBcmont for hlB tutored city brothor who tlcklos tho day ledger with a pen during daylight nnd cavorts about on amusement de vices throughout tho summer evenings. Tho city plensuro-soekor has much of this sport and tho thrills fall to rlso up In his anntomy tho way thoy do In that of tho man, woman and child who aro taking their 11 rat turn at tho game. Statisticians clnlm that thoro aro so many nctual thrillers of dirforent call bor and varloty at work dally In tho United States that It ono should trnvol on ovory ono of them, Just onco, tho trip would tnko all summer. Thoro were moro this yenr than ovor boforo. If all of tho rides wero strung out thoy would reach clear across tho con tinent, high browod scientists clnlm. But that only goes to bIiow that America Is amusement-crazy. Tho populnco and tho ollto, too, can't get enough thrill. Not lonB ago, an Illi nois man with an Idoa proposed to In stall an automobile In tho parks of tho country nnd this dovlco wns schodulod to run down an Incline, turn a doublo somersault and alight upon Its wheels again. America's thrillers nro torrlllc and getting moro so onch year, but tho man from tho mlddlo west was perhaps a bit promaturo with his death-defying machine. Sometimes it didn't alight as per program. Tho procoBB of stnrtlng a thrill through tho pleasure-seokor's frame consists of laying out a dovlco which combines both speed and tho unexpect ed. This subject has been studied by ovory amusement manager In tho United States and they can't get tho Jumps, drops and bumps long enough or fast enough to attract your shekels from your bank nccount to tholr coffors with tho desired rapidity, "Say, by heck, I'm afeared to rldo on thet shebang. It don't hev u safe look, to me." Well, hurtling through tho air faster than un noroplano In working order certainly doesn't look snfo, but at the samo tlmo the visitor to tho city who mado that remark did not know whoro of ho spoko. Evory single device, :io matter how small, how largo or how "safe-looking," Is required to undergo n rigid test by tho building commis sioners, boforo being nllowod to accopt tho publlc'B dimes. There must b? n block system of lights, much tho sanm as that used by railway systems, also stoppngo dovlces on ovory Incllno lo provont cars, chairs or other seating vehicles from sliding bnckwurds down nn Incllno. Tho frnmowork of" tho dovlco Is test ed for Its strength nnd mado to sup port far heavier weights than aro ovor H 11 It was our friend from X-uT rMQ JMWMtmMMS&MM P JSflEI after mado Its burden. On the curves of riding thrillers (hero Is tho usuul horizontal track nbovo tho wheels of tho vehlclo to provont it from leaving tho scheduled pnthway. Persons pos sessing weak hearts aro forbidden tho thrills and few accept tho chanco to test th-.t organ when In bad condition. There aro also straps, chains, guards, etc., to hold the patron In tho car and If ho or sho falls out It Is llttlo short of a miracle nnd only onco or twlco a HonBon aro accidents reported, so carefully do tho nniusoniont mnnagors guard tho lives of thoso who provldo a method of brcnd-wlnnlng. Perhaps tho scenic railway Is known moro generally to thoso who would lino tholr Interiors with momentary thrills. This rldo consists of a scries of cars strung together. There are brakes between each car and tho lovers nro manned by strong-armed boyB from tho railway yards. To them thoro nro no thrills. It's monotonous as driving tho cows homo from pnsturo for them. Even cntchlng a pair Hpoon lng while tho train Is running through tho blnckncsB of a mimic Cnnndlan forest, enn't mako thorn feel weary. It happens on ovory trip. Tho nvorago scenic railway runs up n 15-dogreo Incllno or rather Is hauled up by a chain and you aro ready for tho first dip. Tho brakemon releaso their lovers and down tho cars go faster than the Now York-Chicago 18- hour limited. If tho uninitiated puts his head between his knees ho Is apt to kick himself In tho face on tho Journey up tho hill which follows overy dip. Thereforo If you haven't yot boon bounced around In this mnn- nor, hnng to tho Iron guard, stick your hat undor your arm, grit your teeth and mako up your- inlnd not to caro if your hair does get mussed. After tho train has completed tho first Borles of dips thoro Ih usually a Journey through n dark recess, tragi cally known as tho "cavorn," this bolng Installed to glvo tho spoonors a chanco to gloat over tholr norvo. The rest In a repetition, generally. Next In line na a death defying con trivance Is tho coaster. Thoro aro fewer cars and not so many soats in onch vehicle. Then, too, tho coaster needs no hauling up n second Incllno, for there Is only ono, tho dlfferonco be ing noticeable In tho length of tho do scents. In some parks in both east and westithero has boon n tendency of Into to turn tho coaster Into a soml-loop-the-loop, thnt Is to say, tho cars drop off tho top of tho runway onto a do Bcent at an anglo of about 70 degrees, dropping nbout 80 feet, and then Btnrt up tho ascent at an anglo which Is not quite so abrupt. Sumo collators havo only ono of thoso terrifying dips, while others havo about 'JO It seonis to the llrst-nlghter. Well, ono Isn't so bad, but nbout tho third Jump you begin to calculate that the seat must havo slipped out tho bottom of tho enr you're so high In tho air most of tho tlmo, Passing on to nnothor part of tho resort you strike tho flguroolght. Uvery hamlet has Its flguro-olghts these days. That contrlvanco Is fash loned llko nn "8" nnd much resembles tho coaster, except that the cars follow tho Hues of the figure, tho dips nro smaller and you naturally don't get so fussed up. It's tamer In fact, and for that reason graduation from the llguro elght ontltlos you to prostlgo, which should carry you foarlessly over tho Jumps which the coaster takes and allow you to blandly hand tho "second- Mi i 1 1 'i iii 11 ntFAi w - mmd?mu THE JCgmC ride-lady" 20 cents for another trln for yourself nnd friend. Then there's tho tickler. That's a now rldo IllHt lint nn In Mm u'nat tills Hcason. You get Into a round car and mo device Is dragged up nn Incllno for tho downward thrill. Starting down it enters a lnhvrlnth nf rnlla tlin rnr re volving In one direction nnd tho de scent cnrriliiK It In nnotber. This gives n romnrkablo opportunity to lenrn how It feels to bo Jerked In two directions nt tho samo tlmo. Tho Potsdam railway Is a practical devico, "mado In Germnny," which runs on nn overhanging rail and which magnates among tho Teutons threaten to mako a convontlonnl modo of trnvol thoro within a fow years. Tho thrill In this consists of hoping It won't fall off this trip. Amusement-loving Americans also havo tho aerostat. Cars aro suspended nt tho ends of long cables, you aro locked In and the dovlco Is started. It Is llko a Maypole, except that tho cables don't becomo Intcrwlned around tho polo. As tho speed Increases tho enrs rlso higher at tho ends of tho cables and, Inclined, spoctl through other far out over tho heads of tho multitude. Anyono who Is suscoptlblo to sea-sickness might possibly becomo ttntnuno by this treatment for tho blues of overyday life. Tho giant swing, whllo It Is not much llko tho norostat, gives tho samo feeling to some. Then thoro Is tho nlrshlp, which ma Jcstlcally winds about tho outsldo of a tall tower and then winds down ngnln. Morry-go-rountls aro numerous and desplto tho fact that this is tho father of all thrills, it still has its patrons among tho children. Among tho tlmo-honored creations Is tho shoot-tho-chutes. which consists of n slldo down a toboggan and. a fow bounces nfter tho boat strikes tho water of tho lako at tho bottom of tho chuto. If you'ro wlso you'll not sit In tho front sent. There's whero tho big bump comes nnd tho occupants of tho bow of tho boat feel tho loaps over tho water most. Having trnvoled on rides enough to stlmulnto an nppotlto for somothlng In a different lino wo steer our down stnto friend Into tho stntlonnry do vlces for tho samo purpose Thoso nro of overy varloty. You stop Into ono nt random. Tho floor starts to movo with a circular motion toward tho top COW BROKE UP BARN DANCE Of courso, renllsm Is all well enough In Its wny, but It can easily bo carried to an excess, Hero, for Instance, Is tho caco of that barn danco In the enst, whoro an actual barn was the bcoiio of revelry. And In tho midst of tho fun n blood ed cow broko away from hor stnll anil took an nctlvo Intorest in tho proceed ings, ripping tho shirt wnlst from a collogo youth and hooking a roomy holo In tho big llddlo. After which she pranced up tho middle with hci miLWAY. of tho room. If It moves backwards from you, Intuition tolls you to stop forward. Don't step too speedily or you'll find yourself walking on tho celling, head down. Finnlly an open ing Is reached. You stop out onto a lloor which bounces up nnd down aB you meander along. A moment later you wulk upon what seems to bo tho top of an airship, loosely Inflated. By that time, If you'ro ono of tho fair sex, you need protection. Tho recess es nro all pitch dark. Then, perhaps you aro swayed by a wavo-llko motion of the entlro room, which very naturally elicits very prop er screams from tho women folks. Freed from occnn-llncr imitation, you aro immediately Introduced to a 200-miles-an-hour cyclone, coming from tho floor, celling, walls nnd In fact from all sides. Tho floor begins to movo sideways with a quick-Jerky motion. You try to steady yourself on a rail, Just porcoptlble In tho blackness. Ouch! It's charged with electricity. Ahead aro several staircases and you feel rather rolloved to think you'ro out of It nt last. Reaching them safe ly you start up when, without warning, tho whole contrivance begins to movo backward and forward, compelling you to grab tho rail for safety. In dnrkness again, you try to mako your way through a typical labyrinth of rooms. Feeling along tho wall with ono foot ahead of you to nscertaln tho nearness of bottomless pits, etc., for your mind's oyo sees lots thnt don't oxlst, you bump your noso ngnlnst a fow barriers and eventually push against a wall, which gives way nnd you And yourself nlono In a turnstile, inclosed on all sides. When your ter ror has reached a burning point some one else behind pushes tho wall as you did and you are llborated, only to again find yourself In tho midst of weird ghostlike cries nnd seo skele tons darting hither and thither (on pulleys). A llttlo screnm Just at this moment might bo npproprlnto. Just to got your mind off tho terrors of tho placo, tho next fow turns aro tame, when suddenly your foot slldo out from under you and you And yoursolf shoot ing down a chute In a sitting position. Daylight ahead and onco again, before you hnvo tlmo to think It over, you'vo lnnded nniong tho crowds outside, thanks to tho manly strength of the spieler, whoso arms received you whoro tho chuto ended. head down, and six girls and threo boys crawled onto tho feed box nnd fell off In a shrieking heap, and tho nthloto of tho party, with wild yells, broko tho record on a quick climb to tho hayloft, and four girls hid under tho strnw cutter, and thoro was tho morry mischief to pay. The cow quickly had her gambol out, and then backed Into hor stnll with a satisfied 11100 nnd immediately resumed hor cud. But tho barn danco wns effectually broken up. Clovelnnd Plain Dealer. local Troubles to fore. 6tate Board Find This Causes Diffi culty In Assessment. Another hunch of assessors appeared boforc the State Board of Equalization, to protest against an Increase In tho valuo of real estate. Tho representa tive from Cherry county made a vigor ous protest against a 40 per cent boost. Land in this county Is asifeased at 09 cents an aero and the board contemp lates an Increase to 95 cents. A mem ber of the board did a little figuring nnd roported that the 40 per cent In crease would mean tho payment of $1.08 In taxes on a section of land more than last year, or 27 cents In crease on a quarter section. At this time It Is Impossible to toll what will be done with tho contemplat ed lncrense In lands In several of tho counties. While thoro havo been pro tests against any Increase over tho re turn of, the assessors, some of the pro tests havo been rather feeble. Ono protcstnnt ndmlttcd that as a general' proposition the Increase was deserved, but tho trouble had been with tho county board In not properly equal izing between the vnrious townships. The schedules this year used by tho assossors have proven superior to tho blanks of last year and previous years, especially In the forms used for tho assessment of live stock, horses' and' mules. This year there Is space re served for listing tho ago of tho anlmnls. Heretofore the llvo stock waR returned by number and value,, and tho beard had no way of knowing' tho ago of the animals. This mado equalization betweon countlos prac tically a guess, as somo nssossors In cluded right young animals whllo oth ers did not. Seven Days Without Rain. Tho weA wns warm and dry, wltlu nn oxcesB of sunshine. Clonr weath er provalled, except on Tuosday nnd' on Thursday, when partly cloudy weather was quite gcnoral. The moan temperaturo for the wook. was between 74 degrees nnd 7S de grees, which Is an average of about 2 degrees above tho normal. Tho dally maximum temperature exceeded 90 degrees very generally, except oa Thursday and Friday, when It was S to 10 degrees lower. At a few places the weekly maximum was 100 degrees, or slightly above. Tho rainfall was below tho normnl In all parts of tho stato. Local show ers occurcd Monday, Tuesday and' Thursday, but the rainfall wns gener ally less than a quarter of an Inch. Druggists Are Willing. A delegation of Lincoln druggists visited Food Commissioner Johnson to consider the proposition of prosecu tions under the pure food laws of sales of headache powders which havo tho Ingredients not stamped on tho pack age. Under the law an oxceptlon was made in the labeling of drugs wherein goods on hands April 1, 1908, did not hnvo to bo branded. Henco It comes about that headache powders are usually branded "O. II. April 1, 1908." More than 200 suits havo been Insti tuted nlready against dealers regard less of the bind mark, signifying thnt they were on hnnds. It Is the nttltudo of the food commissioner that tho merchant must prove that the goods were In his stock beforo tho law went Into effect. Tho Lincoln druggists naked thnt prosecutions be held In abeyance until the druggists of tho stato could get together and agree to brand all materials, regardless of whether they were on hands at the time tho Inw went Into effect or not. Tho druggists declnred that thoy had no disposition to avoid the law but had not understood tho full Import uf" tho commissioner's attitude. They havo called a meeting at- which local' druggists will formulato n plan pre paratory to a call for a meeting of druggists from all ovor tho state. Meanwhile prosecutions that havo been started will bo continued. Dirty Bakeries. M"rs. MncMurphy, Inspector In tho pure food department, Is getting to gether a voluminous report on tho condition In the bakeries of Otnnha. In general, of tho sixty bakeries, one third aro found to be dirty nnd In need of ronovntlon beforo patrons can hope to get snnltary products from them. This Is a better Bhowlng than wns mado In Lincoln, where of thirteen bnkerles examined eight wero found to bo unclean and unsanitary. Hotels Expecting a Rush. The hotels of Lincoln nro expecting big crowds In town from now until after the state fair. Tho assembly crowd which Is now hero, Is not much of an asset for the hotels, oxcept for tho fow meals Uie campers buy at tho lunch counters and dining rooms of tho hotels, but thero aro a few who attend the assembly from city hotels, preferring them to the uncertainty of camp life. The big crowd Is oxpected during tho stnte fnlr. Preparations are being mnde to entortnln crowds bigger than ever this year. Fight on Prison Contract. The ccntrnl labor union of this city Is making a fight on prison mado goods and in this effort attempted to Influence state officers while the con tract for the prison labor was under discussion. At tho last meeting of tho centrnl union, slnco tho contrnct was made, resolutions wero passed de nouncing the stnto ofllcors for enter lng Into this contract without Inviting representatives of orgnnlzed labor to nppear beforo the board. This Is tormed In tho resolutions "an lusult to organized labor."