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TNE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIIUNE LTIA L. BARB, Publishor. TERM8, $1.26 IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE, . NEBRA8KA MODERN SCHOOL OF MARINERS. Tho old saying that there Is no loss without some gain 1h borne out by tho chango which lias been wrought in tho country's shipping. Thero has been much lament over tho decadence Df tho famous Yankea seamanship, but after tho passing of tho clipper 'and whaling fleets at last has coino to tho high seas n now breed of Amer icans who aro tho equals It not tho superiors of tho old. Tho median leal gontus of tho nation has sent many young men to tho steamships ot tho navy and tho merchant marine, ecya tho Cleveland Leader. Ninety per cent, of tho sallor-mcchanlcs of tho. United States navy nro American born. Twenty yenrs ngo, tho propor tion of Americans on merchant ves sels wns only about 30 per cent.. In 1010 tho proportion was 49 per cent., tho natives heavily predominating ever tho nnlurnllzod. Tho showing for this year will bo even better, as tho movement of Americans to tho 10a has been steadily Increasing for toveral years. In many ways tho ma riners of tho now school nro better than tho old shellbacks that hoaved at tho cap'stan bar and lay out on tho end of tho yardarm. Tho demands of steam and electrical machinery re quire a different kind of skill nnd moro Intelligence. Tho constant ad van co of mechanics and electrical Bclonco makes it necessary for thorn to keop mentally fresh and alert. Thoy know more and are moro pro gresslvo than tho old-tlmo sailor and lu tholr habits thoy nro cleaner. A strong movement Is to bo started In England to limit tho reading of Irashy novels, which aro perverting tho emotions and lowering tho thought of tho youth. Somo of tho most In fluential men in England havo Joined tho movement. As a genornl thing, parents do not rcallzo tho harm tho ludlscrlmtnnto reading of novols is doing tholr children. Tho constant reading of novels, oven of good oncB, weakens tho mind. It has about tho eamo effect on tho mind that loung ing In a hammock or floating down itream has on tho muscles. The mind, to appreciate truth, has to deal with truth, and encounter and ovcrcomo ob itnclcs that aro in Its way. Lacking this exorclso it grows weak and flab by. Tho paront might as well, from the very Btart, glvo up his child, bo far as worth and noblo destiny in this world is concerned, who is a constant reader of novels. A variation of tho Enoch Ardon story comes from a Now York town, where a roan who had dcBcrtod his wife had tho uncomfortablo experi ence of having nor unoxpoctodly walk In oh him and havo him arrested. If this variation could only replaco tho original practice, It would bo much hotter for tho community in gonoral and havo tho effect of reducing tho number of theso wanderers from tholr own firesides, who havo formed n dis tinct class of nubllo nuisances. A Michigan lawyor has found a now way to bronk n will. Ono of his cli ents Bpoko his will Into tho trumpet of a phonograph and had tho record put away, Hlo lawyer, by dropping tho record, smashed it Into a thousand pieces. It Booms to bo Impossible to mako a will that somo lawyor can't break, somehow. . Blind psychta impulso , leads beau tiful womon to the soloctlon of ugly men, according to a Canadian obser ver, who adds that it not infroquontly leads to a fat bank account. DHndT noj psychic? relatively; impulso? hardly. David Starr Jordan would nbollsh collego baseball bocaiiBo of tho "sclontlflo muckorlsm" In Joshing tho players. In professional baseball tho muckorlsm Is far mora scientific but less classical. Tho Krupps havo n monopoly In n projectllo which will hit a balloon. It 1b likely that two or throo men will havo n monopoly in bolug In tho bal loon. Tho Wisconsin boys who savo them selves labor by having a rhonocrnnl call tho cows out of tho pasturo are perfectly willing to roly upon human lungs for tho dinner announcement, Fcoplo who havo nothing olso of ltn portnnco to do aro arguing tho ques tlon, "Doos tho robin sing or doeo he meroly chirp?" It Is ulmost as exciting as playing chess. "All tho opldomia and local diseases thrlvo upon tho family cat," assorts an authority. This may explain why tho animal is endowed with nlno lives, A ropo manufacturer has Just boon inado a director in a cigar company, Almost anybody could say something about the fitness of things here. 1 SPEAKER WO LONGER IS RULER WASHINGTON. As steam Is to tho engine, so Is tho commlttco on rules to tho national houso of repre sentatives. True, tho Bpcnkor has been thrown off tho commlttco and no long er has actually control of It; never theless tho commlttco retains what tho Bpcnker has lost. Joseph G. Cannon dominated tho rules commlttoo of tho Sixty-first congress and through It tho house, whoro tho majority follow ed tho commlttco with supine docility. A body designed to Invent Instru ments by which tho formal rulos of tho houso may bo temporarily and doftly broken, yet broken without ceding a particle of ndvantngo to tho minority, tho rules commlttco, is tho most inter esting of tno houso commlttco groups. Tho great ways and moans commlttco, In Its dual function aa tariff-bill framor nnd as commlttco on commit SHOWS HOW LAZY THE lazy govornment clerk has so long been a standard typo In cur rent fiction that his follow, tho lazy bureau chief, Is often utterly neglect ed. Of courso, tho bureau chief Is fewer und farther botweon than tho clerk, and his laziness Is thereby not quite so apparent. It was a pleasant spring afternoon In a nameless govornment oftlco. Tho town clocks woro striking three. Tho Biinehlno lay warm and brilliant across old rugs, and glancing from the hand somo finish of dull mahogany desks. A caller cntored tho nnteroom to a cortaln bureau chief's den. "Is Mr. K " ho begnn, Tho clerk was busy nt tho telephone, and waved n hospltnblo hand toward a row of ompty chalrB. "Just a mlnuto," ho said, and then turned again to tho telephone Tho visitor tried not to overhear, but nov-, ortholcHB got something llko this: "What did Murphy say to that? . . . O, como now. , , You did? , . . . Get out. . . ,' Not bo you'r notico It Tho reason was I felt tlrod and went out for a walk with Murphy Ho ought to have it painted on his Bhlrt front. . . . Well, what do you buppobo I called you up for to toll ERA OF "SHERLOCKING" AT CAPITAL 5 INVTMtST?LACCE JBVE5TICATIMG THE era of investigation hns begun in Washington and soon will affect every corner pf tho United States, It Is lmposslblo to walk around Washington without running across n Sherlock Holmes. Thero Is no branch of tho government too Inconspicuous to oscnpo attontlon. The Domocrnt mlcroscopo Is bolng clonned for uso In mattors ranging from tho action of tho president In mobilizing Unltod States troops on tho bordor of Mexico to tho sanitary conditions in tho pub lic buildings. Tho various committees cannot got actively at work In this dfroctlon un til December, when tho estlmntos for oxpensos will bo submlttod by tho prestdont, nnd this affords an opportu nity for tho reaurroctlon of a uumbor of committees, Tho Investigations theso committees will conduct aro as follows: TWO STORIES OH REPUBLICAN LEADER TWO stories on Jim Mnnn, Republic an loador In tho houso, havo xlovel oped recently, and tho worst of It la they nro both on tho Chlcngonh. A nowspnpor man who likes tho birds and flowers nnd knows all about them was walking dovn town from hU homo early ono morning tho other day. Ho stopped at Iowa circle to look nt tho crocuses and tho forget-me-nots that woro poking their heads through tho llowor plots. He saw nnothor man similarly ongngod, except that tho othor man was moro curious and was poking around lu tho black loam with his walking stick, Tho nuwBpnpor itr.n recognized Mr. Mann. "Well, I boo you aro a naturo lovor, too, Mr. Mann," ho said. "A what?" asked maun. "A naturo lovor." "Not on your llfo," answered tho minority leader, "I dropped a quar ter around hero somowliero a mlnuto ago." Mr. Mnnn "wnlkod out of the White Houbq tho other day. Since his ele vation to tho leadership ho has bo- tees, prepares tho political pathway for tho house majority on which It must travel to victory or defeat. Tho mighty appropriations committee, act ing ns a board of directors of tho gov ernment bank nnd as tho regulator of public expenditures, does a non-partisan nnd truly patriotic servlco to 'tho entlro government. Rut tho rules com mlttco, which ranks equally with tho two named before carrying out tho figure of tho house ns a locomotive must In itself generate the power that thrills tho wholo machine with llfo nnd motion and enables It to travel safely along the legislative lilghwny. Tho engineer of this locomotive com mlttco Is Representative Robert Leo Henry of Tcxns. His Is tho hand that must closo on the lovers at tho right time, and his Is tho hnnd that must sound tho warning whlBtlo and apply tho brakes and tako tho upgrades on tho high speed and tho down-grades conservatively and with caution, Do ing responsible for tho ' locomotive's progress, ho Is accordingly responsible for tho entlro train of commlttco cars behind him, and piloting them nnd their precious cargo to a safo dcstlna toln 1b Ills hugo work. A CLERK OAN BE (WHAT DID " MURPHY SAY TO THVT?- O.AH- WHAT DID Yiw SAY 1 - HA mo things llko that? . . . I'll tell you tonight." All of which was so obviously not government business that tho caller In wardly wondered nt tho boldness of tho clerk and that of tho girl nt tho other ond of tho wlro. For minutes woro passing, "Murphy" figured again; also' somo unexplained Incident of a shirt boBom and a drug storo. Tho caller blushed, and ho rend tho old mall ho kept In his pocket for Just such occasions. More minutes passed. "Goodby. . t . . What can I do for you, sir?" Bald tho clerk In an un apologetic, business-like tono. "I Bhould llko to Beo Mr. K plcnso." - 4 The clerk smiled. "He's gone for tho day." Whonco tho clerk's leisure Like master, llko man In Washington, D. C, at least Expenditures In tho department of agriculture Expenditures In tho department ol commcrco and labor. Expenditures in tho Interior depart ment. Expenditures In tho department ot JuBtlco. Expenditures in tho postofllco de partment ExpondlturoB In tho Btnto depart ment. Expenditures In tho treasury de partment. Expenditures In tho war depart ment. It Is tho purposo of somo of these committees to ask for additional pow er, which will onnblo them to oxtond their Investigations beyond tho ex penditures. In addition, tho Demo crats deslro to Investigate tho admin istration puro food law nnd tho opera tion ot the bureau ot education. Tho railway mall service may bo ex amined, with n vlow to establishing undor what conditions tho mon work. Tho postofllco department will be dolved Into by tho postofllco commlt tco, nnd tho Democrats nnd progres sives anticipate somo gotdon campaign flnda in thnt department. como secrotlvo nnd hns Uttto to say to tho correspondents. Tho newspaper men nailed him at tho door, "Nothing doing, boys," said Mann, nnd ho placed tho tip of his flngor to his Hps. At that proclso Instant a flock of visiting school girls and tholr teach ers loomed Into vlow from behind n bush abutting tho path to tho execu tive ofllces. Tho girls Bnw a dignified looking gentleman with n whlto beard looking directly at thorn and apparont ly throwing a kiss. They giggled, thoy blushed nnd they retreated. "Tho old villain," muttered tho bo spectacled teacher. "Ho wasn't bad looking, wob ho?" murmured ono of the tondercst of the chickens. O THn duty which lien nearest then, which thou knowest to bo a duty. Thy second duty will nlrendy become clearer. Thomas Carlyle. STRAWBERRIES. Doubtless God could havo mado a better berry, but doubtless God novor did. Tho strawberry season will soon be at hand, and as thero Ib no berry that Is Biiporlor to tho queen of nil berries, a fow recipes nnd Ideas on canning may bo acceptable. First of all, thero Is no way ot serv ing tho fruit moro attractively than fresh from tho vines, garnished with Its own loaves. When wo can strawberries, a fruit that Is difficult to keep a good color, buy tho berry that Is a rich red all tho way through and uso this method, which, though not now, may not bo well known: If you havo berrlcB from your own garden, tho conditions may be ideal. If plckod at night, boforo tho dow falls, they may bo put In nn nlry, cool placo until morning. Hull them with out washing, It possible, ns a little moisture on tho berries spoils tho firm noBs and flavor. If they must bo wnshed, do It quickly, nnd put tho fresh berries at onco Into tho cans, with ono handling. When all tho cans are full, mako a rich sirup, as rich as liked, and pour boiling hot over tho borrles. Put on tho 'rubbers nnd seal tight. Havo a largo clothes boiler half full of boiling water, sot tho Jars' on a long-handled skimmer and plungo into tho boiling water. Seo that tho enns aro covered to n depth ot four inches. Put on tho bollor cover nnd throw several thicknesses of carpet over tho boiler. Lot tho fruit stand for twonty-four hours or longer. Tako out of tho water and storo In a cool dark placo. Such fruit will bo flno flavored and beautiful In color, Try all fruit canning this way and see If tho work is not much pleasant cr. Tho cans may bo filled in a cool placo undor tho trees or out on tho porch, nnd with tho hot sirup ready, tho bollor of water prepared, fruit can ning need not spoil tho complexion. In all fruit canning, seo that tho Jars havo been well sterilized by put ting thorn with tho covers Into cold water and bringing slowly to tho boiling point Then bco that tho rub bers aro now nnd tho Jars air tight HI HEUBACEOUB treat 'Twould tempt tho dylne an chorite to cat: Back to the world he'd tempt his fleet ing soul, And plunRe his finger In tho salad bowl. Serenely full, the epicure would sny, Fato cannot harm mo. I havo dined to day. Sidney Smith. ABOUT GREEN VEGETABLES. Green vegetables form tho Ideal salad. Salad is a term that belongs especially to a class ot uncooked veg etables, although now It has beenmo so mixed that almost any combination haB that namo. Creamed Celery Seivcd In an Edam Cheese 8hc. Cook tho celery until tender, then mix with It a rich cream snuco; put Into tho cheeso shell, sprinkle with gratod cheeso and bread crumbs and bake. 8tuffed Cabbage. Cut off tho top of a cabbago, removo tho center and cook In n muBlln cloth, to keep It from breaking, In boiling water until ten dor. Mako a stuffing of bread crumbs nnd butter and seasonings and-fill the sholl. Cover nnd bako. Servo with a whlto sauce. Fricassee of Parsnips. Wash, scrape nd boll until tender several parBnlps. Cut in small plocoa end add to a hair cup oach of whlto stock and rich milk pr thin cream, a blndo of mace, ono inblospoonful of buttor and salt and popper to season. Sbnmor n fow min utes, ndd a tablespoontul ench of flour nnd buttor togothor. Doll and servo. Spanish Salad. Cut Into dlco throo slices of ryo bread. Add an equal quantity of diced cold boiled potatoos, throo tomatoes sliced and ono onion chopped flno. Rub tho ealad bowl with tho cut Bldo ot a clovo ot garllo ond pour over plenty of French dress ing, Mako tho dressing by using throo tnblespoonfuls ot oil to ono of vlnegnr, a dash ot salt and popper. Cress nnd popper grass with French dressing makca a Bnlnd that Is also a blood purifier. ND Isnno brought' forth the milk ot tho goat, cool with tho mountain, and said to Abraham, "eat nnd drink, tor tho sun Is hot, that thou mayest bo cool." THE GREEN VEGETABLES. Tho groon or succulent vcgotnblcs Includo many parts of plants, as shoots, leaves, stalks, atoms nnd roots. Vegetables aro not only valuable as food, but for tho water and mineral matters which thoy contain and tho JLr flavor and variety which they glvo to our diet. Many of our vegetables con tain materials suited physiologically to our neods. Hotter far tako iron from tho vegetnblo direct than from a bottle. If "It runs in our family not to like vegetables," it follows that wo aro continually taking drugs to bring about tho necessary conditions which may usually bo produced by a Judi cious and regular diet of vegetables. It is a notlcenbla fact that pcoplo who suffor from neurnlgla and kin dred ailments, usually nro limited In tholr vegetnblo diet and nro over fond of sweets. Tho object of cooking vegetables is to rotten tho fiber nnd bo render them ensier of digestion. It is not a eimplo thing to servo vegetables In a palatablo and tasty way. It Is necessary to Btudy tho food values of different vegetables bo that wo may moro Intelligently feed our families. Carrots, parsnips, beets and salsify aro roots rich In sugar. TurnlpB nro less bo, and beets, when old, nro apt to bo flberous, and thus Indigestible. Spinach should bo cooked without wntor, nfter washing carefully. Tho water that clings to tho leaves will bo Bufllclent Whon putting It Into a hot kettle, stir until It Is wilted, then toss often to keep It from sticking to tho kottlo. Chop flno nnd eenson. Servo with hard cooked eggs cut In eighths. Green vegetables In combination with milk mako acceptable soups. Such soups aro highly nutritious for children. Thoso to bo recommonded are potato, cream of pea and corn soups. In serving cucumbers, many cooks think thoy nro moro palatablo If soaked for a while In salt water. As a matter of fact, tho crlspness and delicacy of the vegetable aro entirely destroyed by that process. HE Inner side ot overy cloud Is bright and shining, I, therefore turn my clouds about, and al ways wear them lnnlda out, To show the silver Hnlng. MORE ABOUT 8TRAWBERRIE8. Early In tho season whon strawber ries aro cxponslve, thoy may bo used as a garnish for dishes or In small quantities. For a chango, try: Strawberry Custard. So para to four eggs, putting tho yolks with a pint of milk nnd tour tnblespoonfuls of sugar Into a doublo boiler. Mix tho yolks with tho BUgar boforo adding to tho milk. Stir until thick and smooth. Placo a pint of fresh strawberries In n pretty dish, pour around them tho custard and add tho stiffly beaten whites, .which havo been Bweotoned with four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar. Set In tho oven to brown and servo cold. Whoff making strawberry shortcaka roll out tho cako rathor thin and but ter generously, then lay on nnothor cako. When baked they will split without being soggy. Strawberries In Snow. Pour one cupful ot cold water and ono cup ot sugar over half a package of gelatine When soft, ndd ono cupful ot boiling water and tho Julco of two lemons, then tho whites of four well-beaten eggs. Rent all together until light nnd foamy. Just before It tots add n pint ot wholo strawberries nnd pour Into a mold that ha3 been dipped In cold water. Servo with whipped cream. Strawberry Salad. Arrange tender whlto head lottuco in tho form of nests. Fill each nest with fresh strawberries and put a tablespoontul of mayonnalso on each. Whon making mayonnaise for this salad, omit tho mustard. Strawberries mashed with sugar (powderod), and flnvored with a llttlo lomon Julco makes a nlco filling for sandwiches. Thin spongo cako could bo used Instead ot broad for tho sand wiches. A delicious plo Is mado by baking a rich pastry Bholl nnd filling It with sweotened fresh borrles. Ovor tho top put a cover ot sweetened whipped cream and garnish with quartered bor rles, A Matter of Training. When Josephlno was bIx years old sho was taken for tho first tlmo to see a trained animal show, and went homo much pleased with tho perform anco. As Bho wns at tlmos slow to obey, her mother thought this n good tlmo to tench her a lesson, so sho sold: "Don't you think, Josephlno, that It dogs and ponies and monkoys enn loam to obey so well, a llttlo girl llko you, who knows much moro than animals, Bhould obey oven moro quick ly?" "Of courso, I would, mother," camo tho Instant roply, "If I hnd only been as woll trained as they have been." Table Popularity. "They say Miss Lulu Is very popular whon charity banquets aro in ques tion." "So thoy tell mo. Sho is a regular dinner belle." HEALTHY KIDNEY8 ESSENTIAL TO PERFECT HEALTH. When healthy, tho kidneys removo about 500 grains of lmpuro matter from tho blood dally; when unhealthy, eomo part of tho impure matter is ab sorbed, causing various diseases and symptoms. To attain porfect health, you muBt, keep your filters right. You can use no better romedj than Doan's Kidney Pills. Dr. It. F. Marshall, East Oakland, Cal., says: "I practiced medlclno in Marshall County, Iowa, from 1870 to 1891 nnd during that tlmo I becamo conversant with tho splendid properties of Doan's Kldnoy Pills. I prescribed them In cases ot kidney troublo with excellent results." Remember tho name Doan'B. 1 For salo by nil dealers. BO cents a box. FoBter-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. GETTING FRIENDLY. Tom Making any progress in youtf suit for MIbs Mlllyun's hand? Dick Oh, yea. Tom Why, I heard her father klcto cd you out every tlmo you called. . Dick Yes; but ho doesn't kick m as hard as ho usod to. ECZEMA BROKE OUT ON BABY "When my baby was two month old, sho had eczema and rash very badly. I noticed that her faco and body broko out very suddenly, thick, and red as a coal of flro. I did not know what to do. Tho doctor ordored castilo aoap nnd powders, but they did no good. Sho would scratch, at It Itched, and Bho cried, nnd did not sloop for moro than a week. One day I saw in tho paper tho advertise' ment ot tho Cutlcura Soap and Cutl euro Ointment, so I got them and trlod them at onco. My baby'B foci was as a cako of soreB. "When I first used tho Cutlcura Soap and Cutlcura Ointment, I could seo a difference. In color It was rod dor. I continued with them. My baby was In a terrible condition. ) used tho Cutlcura Remedies (Soap and Ointment) four times n day, and in two weeks sho -was qulto well. The Cutlcura Remedies healed her skin perfectly, and her Bkln Ib now pretty and flno through using them. I also ubo tho Cutlcura Soap today, and will continue to, for it makes a lovely akin. Every mother Bhould uso tho Cutlcura Remedies. Thoy are good for all sores, nnd tho Cutlcura Soap is also good for shampooing tho hair, for I havo tried it. I tell all my friends how tho Cutlcura Bono and Ointment cured my baby of eczema nnd rash." (Signed) Mrs. Drew, 210 W. 18th St., New York city, Aug. 26, 1910. Cutlcura Romedlcs aro Bold through out tho world. Send to Potter Drug & Chom. Corp., Boston, Mass., for freo booklot on the akin. His Wurst. Tho German proprietor of a Brook lyn delicatessen storo hac jot far enough nlong to pun in English. A writer in tho Now York Sun reports' tho fact. Hanging In tho window of the little' shop is this advertisement: "The Best You Can Do Is Buy Our Wurst." Youth's Companion. Important to Mothers Examino carefully every bottle ot CASTORTA. n nnfn nnH nurn mma.. t- , uu.u . V. A. tUJ 1U infants nnd children, and seo that it Bcao tho SIgnaturo of In Use For Ovnp -5n v Children Cry for Fletcher's Cnstoria ' If You Have Money. "That fellow Gotrox Is a multimil lionaire. Ho has moro money than brains." "Well, what docs ho want with brains?" Glvo Defiance Starch a fair trial try it for both hot and cold Btarchlng, and If you don't think you do better work, In loss tlmo nnd at smaller cost, return It and your grocer will give, you back your money. The Riddle. Tho Sphinx propounded a puzzle. "Why does It-always rain tho day you move?" she asked. Herewith tho ancients gavo It up. It Bometlmes happens that a street fight reminds a married man that, there nro other places like home. When a married womnn prays tor a hat, tho Lord may answer her prayer but it's her husband who pays for IU ne wants, a rich, mellow-tasting cigar. When a girl yawns It's up to tho roung man to got in the homo stretch.