WE SEMUWtEKLY IRIBUU
IRA L. BARE, Publisher
THIIMS 1.26 IN ADVANCK
NORTH PLATTE.
NEBRASKA
The Value of Publicity.
ThlH Is tho ngo of advertising. Not
only do the merchants nnd tho manu
facturers advertise their wares, but
municipalities and states and entire
RoctloiiB of country havo enlisted under
tho banners of publicity and exploita
tion, maintaining press agents and en
gaging tho potency of printers' ink.
Dlxlo land has gono into tho field in
contralizcd form. A largo building la
to bo erectod in Washington, to bo
used in part as a clubhouse for south
erners nnd in part as headquarters for
a systematic propaganda of tho advan
tages of tho south. Tho Bchomo Is of
unquestionable value, remarks tho St.
Joseph Now8-Prcss, and thero is no
doubt about tho results. Thero Is also
noted a rovlvnl of tho project ontor
taincd Bomo years ago of erecting a
great states' building lit Washington,
to bo maintained Jointly, and to bo
used as a sort of permanent nxposltlon
of tho products and advantages of tho
various stntcs. Tho original plans pro
vided for exhibition rooms for each
state, post offices for each stato, whero
visitors from that stato could got their
mall; Information bureaus for such
visitors, a species of headquartors for
tho transient and pormnncnt pcoplo In
Washington from tho suvorul states.
It wns a comprehensive nffalr and yet
ono Involving but comparatively little
expenditure on tho part of each state.
They nro finding that In addition to
Alaska's possibilities in tho way of
mineral and agricultural production
certain nnimala may bo nccllmnted and
domesticated thoro. Ernest Thompson
Soton suggests that a portion of Alas
ka bo set asldo ns n range for tho
woolly yak, tho animals to bo Imported
from Tibet, their naturnl habitat. Tho
yak is n hardy boast, valuable for car
rying burdens and ns a milk and butter
producer, whllo tho llosh Is oxcellont
for food. In 1891 ltov. Dr. Sholdon
Jackson, tho I'nltod 8tatos educational
agent for tho torrltory, Introduced 10
head of reindeer Into Alaska. Thcso
dcor, as ,1b well known, nro highly uso
ful as draught nnlmals and for othor
purposos similar to thoso for which thu
yak may bo used. So successful was
Dr. Jackson's plan that at tho latest
accounts tho Imported reindeer had In
creased to moro than 10,000. A great
deal can bo done in a country sup
posed to bo prndtlcally of no account,
romarkB tho Troy Times, provldod tho
right couroo iB'tnkon,
In accordance with their rogular an
nual custom, tho merchant tailors, In
national convention, havo ngnln con
sidered tho problem of rellovlng tho
evening dress outfit of gontlomon of
its somber and funereal uspoct. Their
notions nro purely nosthotlc, of course,
nnd tho suggested changes havo In
vlow tho showing of moro whlto.
Among tho specific recommendations
nro a broader vlow o tho whito wulBt
coat, a pockot in tho coat for tho dis
play of tho mlgo of a whlto handker
chief, a whlto Bilk fob and whlto silk
stockings shown nbovo tho low cut
pumps It Is a rathor entrancing pic
ture, remarks tho Boston Hornld, but
it may reasonably bo doubted If It ef
fects tho banishment of tho old pattorn
of tho shiny Bwnllowtull and tho sup
plemcntary habiliments that havo
,dono yeoman's sorvlco for I lo, thoso
many yenrs. Their status Is as Iminu
tnblo as tho laws of tho Modoa and
Persians.
Italian thrift, which naB long been
known, was brought prominently to no
tlco by tho great oarttiquako and tho
generous contributions from tho poor
est of Italian laborers In this country.
Tho amount of money uont by money
orders from this country to Italy an
boon steadily Increasing for 20 years.
In 1900 It reached tho enormous total
of sixteen nnd a quartor million dol
lure. A Now York banker In relations
with Italians says that of 100 laborers
earning 14 cents an hour at railroad
grading or similar work, 95 will savo
from 2G to $27 n month, after paying
for food, shanty-rent und clothing.
Tho desire to bo clean will not bo
daunted nowadays. Tho story comos
from an npartmcnt-houso district In
Now York that on Sunday tho friends
of tho tenants visit them in hordes to
uso tholr bathtubs. Tho chnrgo Is two
cents for a tine hot "wash," and ilvo
cento If towels aro provldod,
Hadlum has now boon marked down
to ?5,2G7,99 an ounco and thrifty house
wives Bhould now lay In their spring
Bupply.
In tho magnificent pnlaco, noar
Purls, whoro lived tho lato VIctorlon
Sardou, playwright, was n huge chest
that contained numborloss little boxos,
duly labelod. In those cardboard
roceptaclos' woro notos Jottod down at
any tlmo, in auy pluco; nowspapor cut
tings, epigrams and uphorlsms of his
own a chest of Ideas and plots.
Qns onglnes aro rapidly' ropluclng
tho steam onglno In smaller factories.
They give twlco as much powor for the
tame quantity of fuol.
A Pin for a Clew
By an Ex-Operative of the Secret Service
Capt. Dickson Illustrates a De
tective's "Nose for Details."
HAT do I consider
tho most Imnortunt
WI thing to notice when
I first Investigating a
1 crlmo?
Capt. Dickson, a
retired secret Borv
Ico officer, had re
peated tho words of
my question.
After soino moments of thought, he
replied:
"Well, from my own experience, It
has become a fixed conviction with mo
thnt no crlmo is over committed
whoro tho criminal Tails to leave bo
hind somo clow that, If It Is only found
nnd Its worth appreciated, will In
variably lead to tho dotoctlon of tho
culprit.
'1 havo a enso In mind, a post-office
robbery. It hnppencd when I was con
nected with that department, before 1
was transferred to tho broader Hold of
tho secret service. I will never forget
tho vlllngo whoro It occurred. It was
n town of soino .100 or 400 souls in tho
Qreon mountains. It hnd only ono
hotel, and In tho threo wcckH that I
was dotulncd there, I almost de
stroyed my digestion endeavoring to
support life on Its nbomlnnblo fare. I
bcllevo that I felt a keener satisfac
tion In tho royal meal I secured at
Boston, on my return to Washington,
than I did In capturing tho author of
tho robbery.
v"Tho post-ofllco safe had been
tapped for a large quantity of stamps,
about I)00 In money and a brand now
money-order book. This Inst Item
gavo Importance to tho enso, because
u book of money-order blunks In tho
hands of a clovor crook can cause the
govornniont moro troublo than a ses
sion of congress.
"Tho snfo was a crudo Iron affair
which was fnstenod by means of a
clumsy brass key. Tho key was too
largo and too hoavy to bo lugged about,
and nftor tho Bafo was locked It was
hid away in a coiner of tho cash-
drawer. A peculiar circumstance of
tho robbery was that tho safo had
been found locked nnd tho key was In
Its placo of concoalment. Tho cul
prits hnd possessed tin Intlmato
knowlcdgo of tho habits of tho post
mastor and his nsslstanf, Miss Lundy,
a young lady of lino appearance and
charming personality.
"Mnson, tho postniostor, had n
theory that two tramps had committed
thu theft lie nnld that two suspicious
characters had como Into tho oflico tho
aftornoon boforo tho robhory nnd had
bought 11 vo two-cont Btnmps. Ho con
sidered this a suspicious circumstance,
as ho said that persona of tholr typo
always bought Btntnpod envelopes no
moro than thoy needed at tho tlmo
and that thoy always mallod their let
tors boforo leaving tho ofllce, address
lug thorn with tho dilapidated pen
maintained by tho postmaster at nil
country olllces for victims who have
no alternative than to uso It. At tho
back of tho building, n window-glass
had boou broken out, and Mason esno-
dally directed my attention to It, as
ho Bald It must havo boon by this
moans that tho robbors gained en
trance to tho building. - All of tho
doors had boon securely locked.
I mado a mlnuto examination of tho
premlsos, and tho only thing I found
wnB n Btnall stool pin with a green
glass hond. It wns In a crack of tho
lloor Immediately In front of tho rilled
safo. Without attracting attention, I
secured tho pin nnd stuck It beneath
tho lupol of my coat. I thought it
might provo of value. It did. It was
tho koy to thu situation.
"My examination showed that tho
robbors had entered tho post-olllco
through tho frout door, nnd that the
brolion window wub moroly a blind, or
olso It had boon brokon by accident.
I didn't tnlo much stock In this last
theory, but put thu window down as a
dellbornto effort to muddy the wntor.
Thoro woro two doorB. a front nnd a
bnck uuc Tho roar ono was kept
lockod and tho koy to It hung on n
nail In tho olllco. Only Mason nnd
MIsb Lundy hud koys to tho front
door.
"It was not so easy to traco Mason
and tho young lady on. thnt evening.
After Bonio considerable work I
learned that neither of them had been
at homo tho enrly.part of that par
ticular ovonlng. No ono know where
thoy had been nor what thoy had done
during this period. Mason had left his
homo und Miss Lundy hor bourdlng
house early after supper on that
night on tho protoxt of taking a walk.
Muson hod returned somotlmo nftur
midnight. Tho hour of Miss Lundy's
return wub uncertain.
"Alroudy soroly puzzled ovor tho ovl
donco which was accumulating, ono
morning, upon arising, I was moro
than ovor mystified by finding n ullp
of puper under tho door of my room.
In a sprawling, unnatural hand, four
words woro Written upon It
Mason robbed tho unto.
"When I vlsltod tho poBtofllco, I no
tlccd thnt Mnson was pule and hug
gurd and ho was us nervous us n
euged loopard.
,"Vhen I wont to tho hotel at noon,
I found a tiny noto on the table in my
room. It wus a dainty, perfumed bit
of paper, Just tho kind that refined
young lndlos oinploy In tholr polite
correspondence, 1 Jumped to tho con
clusion that it must bo a further rues-
sago of the same character as tho
morning's note. It wus, but thero was
a decided conflict In tho news It con
tained. In a cramped, disguised writ
ing, evidently a woman's, woro five
wordB:
MIhh Lumly Ix the robber.
"Frnnkly, 1 didn't know what to
think. Suspicion nnd thcso mysteri
ous notes pointed, to tho postmaster
and his handsnmo assistant. Tho let
ters woro wrltton by different persons,
nnd It was easy to Imagine that Ma
son and tho young lady had robbed
the safe nnd .that ouch of them had
been seen by u different person as
they left tho building; that thcso per-
IlQNEM GVAfK
sons were a woman and a man nnd
that thoy hod taken tho pains to advise-
mo of what thoy had scon by
means of tho bripf, unsigned notes.
"Tho situation puzzled mo muro
than ever nnd I didn't full asleep until
lato that night, having tossed away
many restless hours upon tho instru
ment of torturo which did servleo for
a bed lu tho stuffy room ot tho ho
tol. Involuntarily, next morning, I
ns soon us my ejus opened. It wns
thero, a third note, on tho same pa
por, In tho sumo hand and of tho
sumo purport as that of tho morning
boforo. Tho only change wus In tho
wording of it.
Why don't you urrent Mnson? Ho
robbed thu noxtntlleo. Ask him if hu
didn't break thu wluOowgliihs, Jlo
won't deny it.
"I worried through tho morning
somehow, novor trusting myself to
show mi nt tho post-olllco. At noon I
wub forced to go buck to tho hotel, as
It wus tho only pluco of public enter
tnlnment In the village. 1 headed
straight for my room, expecting to
Unci a fourth noto on the table. 1 wus
not disappointed, for thoro It wus, as
big us life, the exact counterpart ot
tho day before:
MIhs Lumly In thu robber.
"Moro than over puzzled, I strolled
over to tho postofllco after lunch. Mu
son wus there und alouo. Miss Lun
dy hud not returned from her dinner.
Tho postmaster's fuco wus piteous to
bohold. Ho shrunk from mo ns I grout
ed him und put Ills hands over his
fnco. His hands shook 'llko a man's
with tho pnlsy. Boforo I could llnd n
seat ho arose and went Into his pri
vate olllco, bockonlng mo to follow.
"I sontcd myself and watched with
patience while ho strode buck and
forth across tho limited space of tho
oflico. Suddenly ho stopped squarely
boforo me, und bracing himself with
a painful effort, blurted out u Jumblo
of words, cqnfcsslng that ho had
robbed tho safo. I wub struck all of
a heap, bul novor for an Instant did
1 bolluvo hi . Thoro was something
about tho very languago or his Inco
herent confession und his manner In
making it that told mo that Mason
was not the thlof.
"'What moro do you want? Mnson
br -nthed. 'I did It, I tell you. und I
shall bo convicted of It. I can't ro
storo the stumps nnd tho money-order
book because I havo destroyed thorn,
but hero is tho money, every penny of
it.'
"He throw a roll or bills in my lap
and continued:
" 'My confession Is sufficient to con
vict upon. I will repeat It In court
and I want you to arrest mo and got
me away from hero Just us soon as
yon can.'
"Just at this juncture tho depot
agent entered tho olllco with a tele
gram for mo. It was a elphor mes
sage from tho dopnrtment. Taking
out my code book, I translated It In a
moment nnd tho contents of It, in tho
light of Mason's confession, was noth
ing less than unnerving.
"Without a word I wroto tho mes
sago out und passed it over to Muson:
Money ordors being pttsed Waco and
other Texas towns.
"'What does It mean?' ho cried.
"Before I could answer hliu, Miss
Lundy came Into tho olllco. With a
woman's Intuition, she saw that some
thing wns wrong. A look ot terror,
which omoto mo to tho henrt, swept
over hor fnco. She sprang forward
nnd stepped between Mnson nnd mo,
who stood staring ut each othor llko
wooden Imnges.
" 'Oh, Capt Dickson,' sho sobbed,
'don't you lollovo him. Ho didn't have
a thing to do with it. I did it myself.
Tho money Is lu my trunk. I havo
burued tho stumps and tho monoy-or-dor
book.'
'"Sho didn't do it, Capt Dickson,'
ranted Mason llko a man demented.
'Sho knows nothing about it. I alone
am guilty und sho Is merely trying to
suvo mo from prison; sho Is my uf
llnuccd bride.'
"'Hold on there,' I cautioned, 'you
aro a pair of sontltuontnl young Inno
cents, and whllo I am willing to glvo
you my Mossing, nlthpugh It Is a bit
out of my lino, I am not going to bo
llovo a word either of you say about
this robbory and don't either of you
dure to breutho a word of such
absurd nonsense to nny ono
clso. I know thnt neither of
you robliod tho sure nnd you
couldn't convinco mo or It If you talked
a thouBuud yours and produced the
charred remains of thnt money-order
book ItBOlf. Dry your eyes, MIbs
Lundy; shako yourself together, Ma
son, und let's got down to serious tnlk
and clear this thing up. Sco hero,' I
continued, producing tho four notes
thnt hud boon left nt my room, 'honor
bright, now, you wroto thcso notes,
didn't you?'
"I didn't stay to hear moro but boat
out ot tho oflico us If tho furies were
at my back Instead of two lovors hap
py beyond expression In tho knowl
edge that their doubts were unfounded
und that thero was happiness still re
maining for them. I wusn't going to
tnko chances on their bolng disturbed,
so I took possession on the porch bo
foro tho post-olllco door to head off 'any
persons who might feel Inclined to In
trude upon their privacy.
"After some time they called to io.
Between tho two of them they ex
plained everything. They hnd long
boon lovers and. with tho aversion that
lovers havo for tho cluttering ot vil
lage gossips' merciless tongues, thoy
had succeeded In keeping their attach
ment a secret. Thoy had been en
gaged for somo time, and It was their
custom to meet at the homo of a kind
ly old widow lady of an ovonlng, Bho
alone knowing of their engagement
On tho night of tho robbery thoy "had
spent the evening together nt tho wid
ow's. "She and Mason had loft tho wid
ow's about ton o'clock and Mason had
loft her at tho gate. After leaving hor,
Mason had taken a long stroll and,
about midnight, hod passed tho post
ofllco In returning to his home. As ho
approached tho building ho hnd boou
a lady leaving It, closing nnd locking
the door nftor her.
"Next morning, when ho opened
tho flufo ho discovered tho robbery
His suspicion of Miss Lundy hnd then
come upon him.
"It was a pretty tangle. Tho lovers
hud straightened it out to tholr own
.satisfaction and, while I knew that
neither of them had any guilty knowl
edge of the deod, I was far from being
satisfied and felt thnt my work hud
Just begun.
"With my suspicion of Mason sot at
rest, I could conlldo moro fully in him,
so 1 sot out with two clows, the wom
an lsItor that Mnson had seen and
tho pin with tho glasB head. Thore
woro many women In tho vlllago that
llttcd tho description In a, general way
and that was a hard clow to follow, so
1 foil bnck upou tho pin. Thoro wero
none of the kind for sulo In Uio village
nor bad thoro ovor been, so I knew
that the pin must bo an Imported ono.
This wns somo progress, but I wns
fitlll far from shoro.
"I don't know thnt I would over have
run the thief to earth if it hadn't
chanced that I met a lady ono after
noon who woro n flower pinned -upon
her broast. A glance showed mo that
tho pin which hold It was tho twin
brother to tho ono I had found. Tho
lady, I learned, had boon In tho vll
lago somo four or flvo months, teach
ing a dancing school with great suc
cess. No ono know whero sho enmo
from.
"It was an easy matter to clear up
tho robbory after this. Sho was an
old timer In criminal deeds and as
slick a crook as over woro petticoats.
Sho had easily learned tho caroloBS
methods of tho post-olllco and, when
sho deemed tho occasion rlpo, had se
lected a skoloton'koy from hor stock
and pulled off tho robbory, a neat Job
oxcept for Mason's untimely nppenr
unco upon tho scene. Sho hnd most
of tho stumps In hor possession, but
sho hud sent tho money-order book to
hor husband, who wns then operat
ing In tho profitable Mold of tho south
west. "How about tho lovorr, did you
say? They woro married In duo tlmo
und I had tho pleasuro of officiating
ns host man."
(Copyright. 190ft, by W. Q. Chapman.)
(Copyright in Great Britain.)
Somo tropical dalslos measure a foot
lu circumference.
BACKACHE 18 KIDNEYACHE.
Usually There Are Other Troubles to
Prove It.
I I'am in me uuuii la jiuiu m wiu nm-
neys, In most cases, and it points U
tho need of a spe
cial remedy to re
lievo and euro ?ho
congestion or in
flammation of the
kldncys that, in in
terfering with their
work and enuring
that pain that
makes you say:
"Oh, my back."
Thompson Wat
kins, professional
nurse, 420 N. 23d
St., Parsons, Kans.,
8a vs: "For somo tlmo I was an-
' noyml with sharp twingou across th
small of my back and irregular pas
sages of tho kidney Becretlons. Since
using Donn's Kldnoy Pills I am free
I from these, troubles."
Sold by all dealers. CO cents a box.
Foster-Mllbarn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Look here, Fldo, if you can't bo a
better Iiorso than this I shnll havo to
dlschargo you an' get nu automobile!"
COVERED WITH HIVES.
Child a Mass of Dreadful Sore, Itch
ing, Irritating Hamor for 2 Months
Little Strfferer In Terrible- Plight.
Disease Cured by Cutlcura.
"My six year old daughter had the
dreadful disease called hives for two
months. Sho hecamo affected by play
ing with children who had it. By
scrntching sho caused largo son s
which were irritating. Her body wns
a complcto soro but it was worso on
her arms and back. Wo employed a
physician who left medicine but it did
not help her nnd I tried sovoral reme
dies but without avnlL Seeing the
Cutlcura Remedies advertised, I
thought I would try them. I gave her
a hot bath' dally with Cutlcura Soap
und anointed her body with Cutlcura
Ointment. The. first trcntment re
lieved the Itching and In n short lime
tho disease disappeared. Mrs. George
L. Frldhotr, Warren, Mich., Juno :.0
and July II!, 1U0S."
Potter Drutf A Cbcm. Corp., Polo I'nps., Dos! on.
Fiery Courtesy.
In a Canadian town a few days a.o
a dry goods firm was burned otit Iri
tho morning. In the afternoon a com
peting firm Inserted tho following ad
vertisement in a local paper:
"We desire to extend our sympathy
to our respected competitors In their
loss by fire and to express thOhopo
thut their affairs may soon bo so ad
justed as to cnablo them to continue
business without undue loss of time."
Sheer white goods, In fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owo much of
their nttrucMvcncsB to tho way thoy
are luundored, this being dono lu a
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Homo lauudorlng would bo equal
ly satisfactory If proper attention was
glvon to Btnrchlng, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufllclent
strength to stiffen, without thickening
tho goods. Try Dcflanco Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at th
improved uppeuranco of your work.
Footrest for Invalid.
In mnklng a gift for an elderly per
Bon or Invalid tho comfort of a foot
stool or fcotrcst should not be over
looked. A carpet romnant is excellent
for this purpose, or the sound parte
of a' wornout rug or carps' mav bo
utilized.
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
fiASTORIA II Hllfn nml Burn l-nnmilv fni.
Infants und children, and seo that It
BearB tho
Signaturo
In Uso For Over :iO Yearn.
Tho Kind You Havo Always Bought.
Something at Least.
Wife What would you men have
had If God had not mado us?
Husband (quietly) Ono moro rib.
Widow.
t Tlipwnndrt of country people know thnt
in time of fudden mishap or accident
Hnmhns inrd Od i the lwst witMii
tuto for tho family doctor. That in why
it is to often found upon the shelf.
Ho who la false to duty breaks a
thread In tho loom, and will llnd thf
flaw when; ho tuny havo forgotten the
cause II. Ward Bcechor.
Ilc!, Wmk, Wcitry, AVntery Kjrr
Try aiuitno In Your Kyes. At Drugubu'
Women would havo no uso for mir
rors thnt would enable them to sco
themsolvcs us others sco them.
... riTHKU IN O TO 1 t DA YN.
Utolldaynor uiimcy rufunUua. toy. "
Nino men out of a possible ton wenr
a sad look aftor thoy have boon mar
ried a ear.
Lewis Single Binder straight Co. You
pay 10c for l-ipirs not eo good. Your deal
er or Lcwm Factory, Peoria, 111.
A man's, Idea of values depend on
whether ho-wants to buy or selL
FIDO DULY WARNED.
(alloyed by Murlno Kyo llemedy. Omi
nounded by Experienced l'hyxh-ians. ioa
rprniK to Pure Food and Dnu; Laws, iln-
rlno Doemit Hinnrt! Knntlmu li'vi. Kiln