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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1911)
Odd News From Big Cities!! , Stories of Strange Happenings in the Metropolitan Towns Police Sergeant's TERSEY CITY. N. J. Using his belt J as a "pnnts duster," Pollco Sor scant Wolfo brought an inglorious fin Ish to a glorious idea of liberty, short er hours and an iminodlato transfer to a fine new school house. Tho strike loaders were boasting that not a pupil would return to tho classrooms In tho old school house. Their principal grievance was 'that other pupils were being transferred to tho now building and they feared their places would bo taken. lionco tho strike was1 called Just to make sure thoro would bo no trouhlo Sergeant Wolfo was sent to tho school house. All was quiet. Tho girls were coming in sedately and tho primary boys wore sneaking up tho stairs with scared faces. Out in front stood the big, grim Sergeant Wolfe, father of six Woll-bohaved boys, with his weather eye opon for trou bin. Presently half a dozen boys came along, stopped on tho corner and bo San talking excitedly. Sorgoant Wolfe frownod and walked over to them. "Teacher's waltln'. Beat lt" said Wolfe. Belt Breaks Strike Wo ro out on strike, retorted a bold leader. "So?" said Wolfo, fingering tho bucklo on his bolt. "Y-y-y-ycs," replied tho bold leador, With a capable hand Wolfo reached for tho Juvcnllo agitator and lifted him about six inches from tho pave ment. Tho big, thick belt was dang; ling from the other hand, and, while the strlko leador kicked and struggled In tho air, tho bolt camo round with' swish after swish until tho dust enmo out In clouds. "Oo-ee! Ouchl" walled tho youth, as tho belt atung again and ngaln. When Sergeant Wolfo finally dropped hlra' tho strlko lender darted llko a haro for tho school Iioubo door. Nor did his bold companions linger long on hlsj trail aa tho whistling bolt reached for limit tipHipr irnrmpntfl. men camo oiuer groups 01 vauani strikers, who stopped to harangue one, anothor on tho glories of froeflom and, liberty, and toward each group Sor-j gcant Wolfo sauntered with his belt concealed behind his back. By the' tlnio tho nlno o'clock boll rang Wolfo waB ablo to roport: "I'vo dusted 30 pairs of breeches and I guess the Btriko's over. Tho teachora will need! to nrovldo a few cushions, for this bit of loather has got a nip to it. If the teachers had used a ruler' In tho first place thero wouldn't havo been any strike. It wasn't my orders to glvo 'era bring mo up on charges." Parsons and Squires in Wedding War; LOUISVILLE. KY. A unique "mar rying war" is now on at Jefferson ville, Ind., the city Just ncross tho Ohio river, where. It la said, moro couples have wedded than any other town In tho United States, For many years the magistrates havo, with tho help of runners or solicitors, per formed tho wedding ceremony for practically every eloping couplo that has gono to the Gretna Qrecn to dodge church weddings or tho wrath of par ents. Tho cause of tho marrying war was a resolution, adopted by the squires a Bhort time ago to tho effect that tho runners should be dispensed with. Heretofore the runners have mot all. couples at tho trains and boats for tho purposes of es corting them to some particular magis trate, who after tying tho matrimonial knot, would divide tho fco with tho man who brought tho couple. Following tho adoption of tho reso lution doing away with tho runners, this body of hustlers held a meeting and decided that thoy would work for tho pastors of Jeffersonvlllo Instead of" Heeking other employment. As a re-1 suit tho pastors did a thriving l)iisl ness, whllo tho magistrates waited' patiently for couples that nover came. rno pastors mviueu rqes ana got tne hltalnnaa Finding that without tho runners business waa at a standstill, tho Bqqlrcs mot and sent a commltteo to tho pastors, stating that If the pastors! did not stop dividing fees with runners' each maglstrato would again employ runners and take tho "trado" from tho clorgymen. Tho pastors refused to! heed tho request and Immediately th magistrates employed two runners each and tho ivar was on. Tho man who is regarded ns tho leader of tho marrying Justices Isj James S. Kolgwln, rccontly elected: to succeed his fathor-ln-law, Bonjamin Nixon, aa Justlco of tho poace. Kolg win's prestige is Inherited, his fathor-) In-law and fathor, Ephralm Kolgwln,' having held tho ofllco to which ho suci cceds for 25 years It 1b said that tho two predecessors of Squlro Kolgwln havo marriod 7,500 couples and now tho sons and dnugh ters of the former elopers are coming hero and they ask for Kelgwln's office when accosted by runners. It Is of record that tho ICelgwIns havo re ceived all sorts of fees, ranging from a hand of tobacco or a pocket knlfo to $100 cash Children Who Have No Place to Play; HI DIS IS A Rum waLfr-U MUTTIN TER DO Birr kceP PROM CITTIN I Killed NEW YORK. Almost tho first thing a New York boy learns Is to hatb tho law. He Eoon finds that if ho is going to keep on the absolutely safe side of it there won't bo much loft for him to do but twirl hla thumbs and kick his heels. If he's a tenement youngster ho can't play in the houso. Chasing tho devil around the stump would bo a roving life compared with tho possi bilities of play there. Anyway, when he's too big for his mother to step ovor him with easo if not grace she turnB him out. First to the fire escape his porch from which he Is apt to take a olort cut over the railing to tho pavomont below. Thero hU broken and bruised little body is a witness, sometimes liv ing, somotlmes dead, to the dlsadvan tages of fire escapes as playgrounds. Olio family last summer lost two chll dren thnt way. Dozona of others every year die or aro crippled by falling from tho roofs nnd windows and fire escapes to which tho Pled Piper, Lovo of Play, has lured them. Other dozens and Bcores and eyen hundreds dlo in tho streets whllo plucking perilously at pleasure. Now, York kills so many moro children than dogs In Us thoroughfares that It could got out a now version of an old phraso f nnd talk of dying "llko a child In tho streets." Even it tho child succeeds in dodg Ing death ho has almost as hard work to keep out of tho clutches of tho law, Tho streets aro hlB only playground and yet ovory inch of them and of tho houso walls flanking them is mort gaged for some other purpose. Tho roadway belongs to traffic, the sldo- walk to pedestrians. Even tho air must bo treated gingerly, for If it Ib rent by tho howls of gleeful youth somebody 8 ears may suffer. Southwest Cities Suffer for Water "10 IjllHISS IfMOT EHOUc'hV lEv;Si,WATRT0 MUSKOGEE, OKLA. Wo nover miss the water until tho mains run dry, but most of tho towns in tho south west are missing It now. For many years there bus not been such a drought an Oklahoma, Arkansas, north Toxas and southern Kansas are now suffering. Tho drought began tho lat ter part of August and has been In ovldonco since. Muskogee and Tulsa aro tho only two cities in Oklahoma today that aro . not alarmed about their water supply. The former draws Its water from tho Grand river, which Is fed by springs and in the dryest Boason will furnish water for n half a million population. Tulsa draws Its water from a sorlos of deep wells along the Arkansas river and tms supply Is supposed to bo un limited. Oklahoma City. McAlostnr. Ar,l Enid. Shawnee and nrnntlnniiv vnrv othor town of importance in tho Btato ib now racing a practically exhausted water supply. Tho samo Is truo of many cities In Arkansas and Texas Whllo thero has boon considerable rainfall during the fall months, It has not been In quantities sufllclout to In crease n city water supply, either In i river or In an artificial lako. In ono of tho larccst cities of the statn thn wn ter supply Is so low that It has bocomo a menace to puuiio iioaith, the city wn ter becoming: unfit for drlnldm- mm poses, nnd tho boards of health of half a nozen towna navo issued warning! to mat eticct. in these towns resl donts buy tho water thoy drink and It Is Bhtppod In In carload lots. Most of tho cltlea aro now, and thoy havo nevor beforo facod so serious a ques tlon, One From the Cashier. Tho 'harmless customer leased across tho cigar counter and Binllcd tngaglngly at tho new cashier. As ho handed across tho amount his dinner chock called for ho ventured a bit of ilmloss converse, for ho was of that iort "Funny," said he, "how easy It la to ipend money." "Well," snapped tho cashlor as sbo fod his faro to tho reglstor, "If money ivas intended for you to hold on to tho ulnt would bo turning out coins with aandlcs on 'cm." Had Money In Lumps. Charles II. Rosenborg of Bavaria had lumpa on his shoulders, elbows, nnd hlpa when ho arrived horo from Hamburg on tho Kalserln Augusto Vic toria. In fact thero was a sorlos of smallor lumps along hla Bplno, much like a mountain range, as it la present ed on a bas-rellct map. Tho lumpo were about tho slzo of good Oregon apples, and as Rosen borg passed boforo tho Immigration doctor for observation, tho doctor said Boftly to himself, "Sco thnt lump." Then ho asked Mr. Rosonborg to step asldo. "You acorn llko a healthy man," said tho doctor, "but I cannot paas you until I know tho origin of thoao lumpa on your body." "Ah, It la not a Blck ness," laughed tho man from Bavaria. "Thoao Bwolllnga la money," Taking oft his coat ho broko open a sample lump and showed that It con tained $500 in American bank notes. Ho informed tho doctor that ho had $11,000 In all, with which ho was go ing to purchase an applo orchard In Oregon. Ho waa admitted to tho country. Now York Tribune. Why Ho Laughed. Mlsa Mattlo belonged to tho old louth, and sho was entertaining a cuest of distinction. On tho morning following his arrival tho told Tllllo, tho llttlo colored maid, to tako a pitcher of fresh water to Mr. Firman's room, and to say that Miss Mattlo Bent him her compliments, and that If ho wanted a bath, tho bathroom was at his service Whon Tllllo roturncd sho said: "I tol' him,, Miss Mattie. on' ho laughed fit to biiB' hlssolf," "Why did ho laugh, Tllllo?", "I dunno." "What did you tell him?" "Jus' what you tol' mo to." "Tllllo, tell mo exactly what you aid." "I banged do doah, and I said, 'Mr. Firman, Miss Mattlo sends you horlub, and sho says, 'Now you can get up snd wash yo'Bolfl" Lipplncott's Magazine. Acted Llko the Genuine. "The landlady snyfl that new board er la a foreign nobleman." "BoguB, I'll bet" "Oh, I don't know. Ho may bo the real thing. Ho hasn't paid her a cent ns yet." More Human Nature. Qrouchly By denying mysolf throo ten-cont clgara dally for tho past 20 yenrs I figure that I havo saved $2,190. Moxloy Ia that so?" Grouchly Yes. Say, lot mo havo a chow of your tobacco, will you? Thanko to Burnt Cork. "Goshl But tho colored rnco la a comin' to tho front fasti" whispered Innocent Undo Hlrnm, at tho vaude vlllo show, ns tho black-face comodlan waa boisterously applauded. "Yos, Indeed," smiled tho city mnn; "anyone can eeo that that fellow Is a aolf-mado negro." Lo, the'nich Indian, Tho per capita wcnlth of tho Indian Is approximately $3,130, that for othor Americana Is only a llttlo moro than $1,300, Tho landa owned by tho In diana nro rich in oil, timber and othor natural resources of nil kinds. Somo of tho best timber land In tho United States is owned by Indiana. v Tho value of their agricultural landa runs up In tho millions. Tho ranges which thoy posacsa support about 500, 000 sheep and cattle, owned by lessees, bringing In a rovenue of moro than $272,000 to. tho varioua triboB beaidos providing feed for moro than 1.C00.000 head of horses, cattle, shoop and goats belonging to tho Indians thomsolvos. Practically tho only asphalt doposlta In tho United States aro on Indian lauds. -Red Man. Whero Ho Waa Queer. The negro, on occasions, displays a fine discrimination In. the cholco of words, "Who's tho boat whlto-washor in town?" inquired tho now resident "Alo Hall am a bo'nd a'Ust with a whitewash brush, sab," answored the colored patriarch eloquently. "Well, tell him to como and white wash my chicken house toporrow." uncie jacoo buook ma neaa auoi- ously. "Ah don' bellovo, sah, ah'd cngago Ale Hall to whitewash a chickon house, Bah." "Why, didn't you say he was a good whltewashor?" "Yes, sah, a powo'ful .good white washer, sah; but mighty queer about a chicken house, sah, mighty queorl"" Mack's National Monthly, MAKE UP YOUR MIND. If you'll make up your mind to b Contented with your lot And with the optimists agree That trouble'. Boon forgot. You'll be surprised to find, I guess. Despite misfortune's darts, What constant springs of happiness Lie hid In human hearts; What sunny gleams and golden dreamt The passing years unfold. How soft and warm the lovellght beams When you are growing old. No Slang for Her. "Slip mo a brace of cackles!" or dered tho cUcsty-looklng man with a bored air, as ho perched on tho first atool In tho lunchroom. "A what?" asked tho waitress, aa alio placed a glass of water beforo him. "Adam and Evo flat on tholr backs! A pair of sunnyalderol" said tho young man in an cxaapornted tone. ".You got me, kid," returned tho waitress. "Watcha want?" "Eggs up," snld tho young man. "'E-g-gs,' tho kind that como boforo tho hen or after, I nover know which." "Why didn't you say so in tho first placo?" asked tho waitress. "You'd a had 'cm by this time." "Well, of all thlngB " said tho young man. "I know what ho waa drivin' at all tho tlino," began tho waitress as tho young man departed. "But ho'a ono of thorn fellers that thinks thoy can got by with anything. Ho don't know that thoy'ro using plain English now In restaurants." The League of Politeness. ' Tho Leaguo of Politeness hnB boon formed in Berlin. It alma at inoulcat lng bettor manners among tho people of Berlin. It was founded upon tho initiative of Frauloln Cccollo Moyor, who was Inspired by an existing or ganization in Romo. In deference to tho parent organization tho Berlin leaguo has chosen tho Italian motto, "Pro gentllezza." This will bo om blazoned upon an nttrnctlvo llttlo modal worn whero Germans aro ac customed to wear tho insignia of or ders. Tho idoa Is that a glaanco at tho "talisman" will annihilate any in clination to lndulgo in bad temper or discourteous language, "Any pollto person" is ellglblo for .membership. Tho "Country Churchyard," Thoso who recall Gray's "Elegy In a Country Churchyard" will remember that tho pop-oful spot whero "tho rude forefathers of tho hamlet sleep" Is identified with St. Giles', Stoko Poges, Buckinghamshire. In tho pro saic pagoa of a recent Issue of tho Gazetto thero appears an ordor In council providing that ordinary Inter monts aro henceforth forbidden In tho churchyard. How She Learned, Tho mother of a family of three small childron waa discussing their comparative precocity with a friend. "John was vory alow at overythlng," sho said, rcforrlng To her oldest "Tom was a llttlo bettor, and Edith, tho baby, lo tho smartest of all. Sho picks up everything quick aa can bo." Master John, who had been listen ing, now contributed his Bharo of the conversation. "Humphl" ho exclaimed. "I know why her loarna so quick. It's 'causo her has ua and wo didn't havo ua." Economy. Tho lato former Governor Allen D. Candler of Georgia wna famous In tho south for hla quaint humor. "Governor Candler." said a Gnlnoo; vlllo man, "once abandoned cigars for a plpo at tho beginning of tho year. Ho stuck to his rcaolvetlll tho yonr'u end. Then ho wna heard to say: "By actual calculation, 1 havo saved by smoking a pipe instead of ctgarB thla year $208. But whero is it?' " Moslem Traditions. Ramadan la tho. month exalted by MoMoma nbovo all others, In that month tho Koran- according to Moa lorn tradition was brought down by Gabriel from heaven and dollvorod to mon In small Boctlons. In that month, Mohammed was ncouBtomod to rotlro from Mocca to tho cava of Hlrn, for prayor and meditation. In that month Abraham, Mosoa and othor prophets recolved tholr dlvtno rovolattona. In that month tho "doors of hoavon aro alwnya opon, tho passagea to hell aro shut, and tho dovlls aro chained." So run tho traditions. Tho Christian Herald. A Medical Compromise. "You had two doctors In consulta tion lost night, didn't you?" "Yea." "What did thoy Bay?" "Well, ono recommended one thing and tho othor recommended some thing elso." "A deadlock, eh?" "No, they finally told me to mix cm!" Hard on the Mare, Twlco, aa tho bua olowly wended its way up tho 8toop Cumberland Gap, tho door ut tho rear opondd and Blammed. At first thoso Insldo paid llttlo hood; but tho third tlmo demanded to know why thoy should bo disturbod in this fashion. "Whist," cautioned tho drlvor, doan't spako so loud; sho'll overhear ua." "Who?" "Tho maro. Spako low! Shuro, Ol'm dosavln th' crnyturo. Everry tolmo alio 'ears th' door cloao, aho thinks won o' yez Ib gottln' down tor walk up th hill, an' that sort o' ralaos her sporrlts." Success Magazine Exaggeration, On her arrival in Now York Mmo. Sara Bernhardt, replying to a compli ment on her youthful appoarnnco, said: "Tho aocrot of my youth? It la tho good God and then, you know, I work all tho tlmo. But I am a grcat-grandmothor," Bho continued, thoughtfully, "bo how can those many compliments bo truo? I am afraid my friends aro exaggerating." Mmo, Bernhardt'a laugh, spontane ous aa a girl's, prompted a chorus of "No, no!" "Yea," Bald tho actress, "uncon scious exaggeration, llko tho French nurso on tho boulovard. Our boule vards aro much moro crowdod than your streets, you know, and, although wo havo numorous accidents, tilings aren't quite aa bad as tho nurso sug gested. "Hor llttlo chnrgo, a hoy of six, beggod hor to stop a whllo In a crowd, surrounding an nutomoblle accident 'Plcnso wait,' tho llttlo boy said, 'Want to seo tho man who waa run over.1 'No; hurry, hla nurao answered. 'Thero will bo plonty moro to boo further on."' A Retraction. "You shouldn't havo called that waa a pig," said tho conciliatory man. . . "That's right," ropllod the vindictive person. "Thoro la no sonso In imply ing that ho'a worth 40 cents a pound to anybody." Blissful Ignorance. "Wcro you nervous when yon pro posed to your wlfo?" askod tho senti mental person. "No," ropllod Mr. Mcekton; "but it I could haro foreseen tho noxt ten years I Would havo boon." Econtmy In Art. "Of course," said Mr. Slrlus Barkor, "I want my daughter to havo some Bort of an, artistic education. . I think I'll havo Ji'or study singing." "Why not nrt or literature?" "Art spoils canvas and paint and Uteraturo waBtoa ronma ot papdr. 8lnglng moioly produces a temporary disturbance of tho atmosphere Homo Thought. "It must hnvo boon frightful," aald Mrs. BoBBlm to hor husband, who was In tho earthquake. "Tell mo what was your first thought when you awakened in your room at tho hotol nnd hoard tho alarm." "My first thought waa of you," an swered Mr, Bosalm. "How noblo!" 4 "Yea. Flrat thing I know, .a vaso oft tho mantel caught mo on tho car; then a chair whirled In my direction, and when I Jumpod to the mlddio "ot tho rpom four or flvo hooka and , framed picture struck mo all at once." Even aftor saying that, ho affected to wonder what made- hor so angry fdr tho remainder ot tho evening. Mack's National Monthly. New Process of Staining Glass. Tho art ot coloring glaaa has beoa lost and rofound, Jealously guarded and maliciously stolen bo many tlmea in tho history ot civilization that It seems almost impossible to bay any. thing now on glaBB staining. Yet a process has boon dlBcovorod for ma king tho stained glass used in windows which ia a departure from anything known nt tho present tlmo. What the Venotlana and tho Phoenicians know ot it wo cannot toll. Tho glaaa flrat receiver; its doslgn In mineral colors and tho whalo ia then fired in n heat so intense that tho col oring matter and tho glaBB nro India solnbly fused. The most attractive featuro ot this method la that tho Bur faco acquires a peculiar pobblcd chan actor in tho boat, no that when the glaaa is in placo tho lights aro delight fully soft and mollow. In making a largo window n many shadoa each panol la separately mould ed and bent and the soctlona aro as Bomblod in a motnl frame, ' ' Our Voices. I think our conversational soprano, oa Boraotlmcs overheard, in the cars, arising from a group of young persona who have' taken the train at one ot our great industrial centers, for in stance, young porsons ot the female box, wo will say, who have bustled in full dressed, engaged in loud, strident Bpcoch, and who, after froe discussion, havo fixed on two or moro doublo Boats, which having secured, thoy pro ceed, to out apploa and hand round dnguorreotypeo I say, I think tho conversational soprano, hoard under thoso circumstances, would not bo among tho allurements tho old onomtf would put in requisition woro ho got ting up a now temptation of St An thony, Thero aro swoet volcos among ua, wo all know, nnd voices not musical, it may be, to thoso who hear thorn for tho first tlmo, yet sweeter to ub than any wo shall hoar until wo listen to some warbling nngol In tho over ture to that eternity of blissful har monica wo hopo to enjoy. But why should I toll Ilea? If my frlenda lovo mo, It Ib because I try to tell tho truth. I nover heard but two voices In my ltfo thnt frightened mo by their BweetnfcBs, Holmes, ssW wf " J"m wffk afl H W 22k 1 "IHss iNl JTtI vv JLJLC&lf JTjLMJp W M IL JLJPJL CJLJLJsi JL (JPJr'IsJL This Question Came Up in the Recent Trial for Libel. A "Weekly" printed aome criticisms of the claims mado for our foods. It ovldontly did not fancy our roply printed in various nown papers, and brought suit for llbol. At tho trial somo interesting facts camo out Somo of tho chemical and medical experts differed widely. Tho following factB, howovcr, woro qulto clcurly established: Analysis of brain by an unquestlonnblo au thority, Geoghogan, hIiowb of Mlnoral Salts, Phosphoric Acid and Potnsh combined (Phos phate ot Potash), 2.01 per cent of tho total, r..33 ot all Mineral SaltB. This la over ono-h'olf. Beaunls, nnothor authority, bIiowb "Phos phoric Acid combined" nnd Potash 73.44 per cont from a total of 101.07. Considerable moro than ono-half of Phos phate ot Potash. Analysis of Grape-Nuts bIiowb: Potassium and Phosphorus, (which Join and tnnko Phos phato of Potash), is conslderablo moro than ono-half of nil tho mlnoral salts in tho food, Dr, Geo, W. Carey, an authority on tho con Btituent elements of tho body, says: "Tho gray mntter of tho brain Is controlled entirely by tho inorganic cell-salt, PotasBlum Phosphato (Phosphato of Potash), This salt unites with albumen and by tho addition ot oxygen creates nervo fluid or tho gray matter of tho brain. Of course, thoro Ib a traco ot other salts and other organic matter In norvo fluid, but Potas sium PhoBphato is the chief fnotor and hao tho power within Itsolf to attract, by Its own law ot affinity, nil things ncedod to manufao turd tho elixir of llfo." Further on ho nays: "Tho beginning and ond of tho matter ia to supply tho lacking princi ple, nnd in molecular form, exactly as nature furnishes it in vegetables, fruits and grain. To supply deficiencies this is tho only law of euro." Tho natural conclusion Is that If Phosphate of Potash is tho nooded mineral element in brnln and you uso food which does not contain it, you havo brain fag because itu dully loss la not supplied. On tho contrary, if you oat food known to bo rich In this element, you placo. beforo tho llfo forces that which noturo domanda for braln-bulldlng. In tho trial a Bnoer was uttcrod because Mr. Post announced thnt ho had mado years of ro search in this country and some clinics ot Europe, regarding tho effect ot tho mind on digestion of food. But wo must ho patient with thoso who eneer nt facta thoy know nothing about. Mind docs not work well on a brain that ia broken down by lack of nourishment A pencoful and ovonly polaod mind la neces sary to good digestion. Worry, anxiety, fear, hato, &c &c, directly Interfero with or stop tho flow of Ptynlln, tho dlgestlvo Julco of tho mouth, and also Inter fero with tho flow of tho dlgestlvo Julcos ot stomach nnd pancrens. Thoioforo, the mental stato of tho Individual has much to do (moro than suspected) with digestion, This trial has domonatratcaV, That Brain la mado of Phoaphate of Potash oa tho principal Mlnoral Salt, addod to albu men and water. ) That Qrapp-Nuta contains that clement na more than one-halt ot all Its mlnoral salta. A healthy brain la important. If ono would "do things" in this world. A man who sneera at "Mind" sneora at tho beet and least understood part of blinaelf. That part which somo folks tollovo links ua to tho Infinite Mind nBka for a healthy brain upon which to act, and "Nnturo haa doflnsd a way to make n healthy brain and renew It daji by day aa It la used up from work of tho previous day. Nature's wny to rebuild ia by the uso of food which supplies tho things required. There's a Reason" Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle CreeK, Mich.