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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1911)
MAKING A THIUSK roar nilnilrals of 'tho United States navy who wero sent to Kng and to attend tlio llrltish navnl moot lng( will put In considerable tlmo studying Kjropoan warships and tlio r equipment The ndinlrala aro Wntta and Capps, chief constructors, nnd Cone, chief of tlio bureau of strain engineering. SOLVES BIRD SECRET Prof. Michclson Discovers Cause of Metallic Colors. Brilliance of Plumage, ai Well as In sects' Luster, la Due to Light Absorption Prof. Cutler on Arid Problem. Chicago. I'oacocka and plgoons, but tcrlllcB and bcotloa the gayest of tlio bird and Insect tribes hnvo yielded tho eecrot of tholr brilliant attlro to Prof. Albert A. Mlcholson, head or tho department of physics of tho Unlvor city of Chicago, who has discovered In Ills laboratory, tho real causo of tho metallic color's observed In hta fcath ored and "buggy" opoclinona. Prof. Mlcholson, who won tho Nc bol prize In 1009 for hla achlovomonta In optica, nnnouncod hla latcut And In a paper read at tho annual conforenco of the Illlnolo Stnto Academy of Sci ence, la tho botany building of tho Uni versity of Chicago. Tho profchsor'a experiment provo that tho colors stud ied are the rcault of light absorption due to tho shape of tho surfaces and are not caused by tho plgmont colls or any means that tho amatour naturalist might Imagine. The discovery .v According to tholscl enlists at tho mooting, furnishes schol ars with a new thoory for Important color plionomona. It ovorturns tho position held by many distinguished investigators that tho Irrldorcont glit ter of booties and tho tints of the humming birds are the result of or dinary "Interference" and "diffrac tion." "The total numbor of spoclmena which have been examined," said tho Investigator, "la perhaps not so large as It should be to draw general con clusions, and It Is clearly desirable that It should be extended, but so far an the evidence for surfaco films aa the effecting source of tho metalllo col ors In birds and Insects la entirely con clusive." Prof. John M. Coulter, head of tho University of Chicago botany depart ment, said: "Practical plant breeding Is now on a practical basis And botany ban at last attacked tho fundamental prob lems and may be of some practical service, for It Includes plant breed ing." Of the potiBlbllltlea of converting arid land Into wheat and corn landaProf. Coulter enld: "Attempts are being made to secura a combination of hardiness to drought which we desire and quality of grnln which we possess. I see no rooaon why the vision should not bo realized, , . . . . ... . ...... ... ' . imu yuu iieeo uoi invesi in ana tana for Immediate use as whoat floldo. In the case of corn, sb of wheat, we are pot breeding It for drought resistance alone, and It will tako many plant gon orations of tho highest typo of scion title plant brooding to determine whether we can combine this droucht resistant structure with tho hlgh-grado quality and ylold wo havo already ob tainea in our eulturos." FIGHT WITH BIG COPPERHEAD Pennsylvania Sign Painter Frlghtoned at nrt, Returns and Dis patches Reptiles. Allcntown, Pa. Eugono Carl, an At lontown sign painter. Is laid un with twitching nervoB as a result of a battlo wltb a monotcr copperhead. Ho was walking ncrosB tho meadow at Dornov park to paint n sign, when ho benrd a blBulng noise and saw tho rotpll collou to Btrlko. Ho fought tho enako off as best ho could by Btrlklng It with his paint brush and kottlo, but tho reptile wnn na Bkiwui na a boxer, and finally roached hlra; but, fortunntoly, Its fangs wero only imbedded In his trous ers and did not strlko tho Bkln. Carl's rrles brought to his holp Calvin Nyce, who killed the nnako with a Btlck. It was rtt feet long. After thinking ovor tho matter over night Nyco wont to tho Bpot again and found tho snake's compan ion, a female, with 34 young ouen, which were dispatched. STUDY Uf EUROPEAN SAYS ONE CHILD IS ENOUGH o Declares Olive achrelner In Her New Dook Hard Work Would Make Women Much Happier. Cambridge, Mass. "Ono child Is enough for tho Twentieth century fam ily," Bays Ollvo Schrolnor In her now book, "Woman nnd Labor." "Tho woman who doesn't oarn hor own living In thcroforo n parasite, ox- cept for that small portion of her tlmo when cho In engaged In .propa gating tho species, but for that tlmo oho Rhould bo paid. "Whcrevor In tho history of n na tion grout number of its womon liavo bocomo parasitic, that nation Is mi tho road to downfall and decay. America 1b, thoroforo, on tho road to degenera tion, unloon Itn women or lolsuro can bo allowed or Induced to oxebaugo tholr vanities for hard labor. "Tho human foranlo paraslto," tho book states furthor, "whothor In mod ern Paris or Now York, or In ancient Prcoeo, Homo or Assyria, Is tho wom an who, relieved of manual labor by tho prosperity or hor class or nation, or by tho invention ot labor-saving machinery, will trndo on her unused potentialities of motherhood for hor support Unless sho can or will, en, tor tho Industrial field or soma other lino of productlvo activity sho has no right to lire on tho labors of tho maio. excopt In I ho primltlvo or decimated nations, whero tho dutlos or mother hood oxtend ovor n greator period than tho half dozen years now neces sary out of hor thrco scoro years and ton. Tho woman of leisure today,", sho Bays, "llko tho hot-house Bpeclmon so notorloun buforo the downfall of Homo, who sooks madly by pursuit of pleasuro to fill tho voll loft by the lack of honorablo nctivlty, would bo far happier it sho had plonty ot hard work to do, and tho raco would be correspondingly healthier and moro ot- llclont." CAUSE OF 'Jcw Disease Mixes Sounds, Col ors, Odors and Tastes. Physicians Now Recognize Condition Which Probably Accounts for Hal lucinations of Insane It la Called Synesthesia. Now York. Physicians now rooog- nlzo a condition which probably ac counts for tho hallucinations and delu sions of tho lnsano. It is called syn esthesia, and thoso aflllcted with it aro known aa Bynosthoslcs. It la that pooullar condltioti In -which soundacro ato tho idea of colors, and vice versa, or In which colors, taHtos, Bounds and odors nro coufimod. "Synesthesia Is not a muttor or mucn practical importance." savs Amorican Medicine, "but It Is highly interesting to any tho loast It Is that curious phenomenon of tho overflow or sensations so that air wavos. tor In Btnnco, glvo a sensation or color as won aa sound. It seems tluit through Boino ucrect or development tho cortl cal centers (of tho brain) aru not In sulntod from each other complotoly, so that a stimulus rccolved from tho re tina aay, In not confined to tho visual centers, but affects adjoining ganglia i no commonest form Is colored Hearing, and most of tlio cases of synesthesia Investigated up to a few years ago woro of this typo. No two woro ullko. that Is, the samo Bound would caiiBo different colors or shad lngs In tho different cases; a locomo tive wuiBtlq would bo yollow to ono, or wjilto to anuthor, nnd bo on. "Moreover, In some cases only a fow sounds nro colored. buoIi as tho tones of a piano from black In tho bass to white in tho upper keys with a spec trum In botwoon. In other cases ovorv sound haa a light sonsatlon added to It Then thoro aro cusos In which col ors or odorB give Bound sensations glaring colors botng loud, literally as WARSHIPS FUN BY BARONET AND WIFE Disguise Themselves as "Poor Musi clans" and Go on Tour Friends Drive Them Away, London. An oscapado In which fig uro a well-known bnronet, his wlfo, a cavalry officer, tho hoir of nnothor bar onet and a street organ Is reported from Warwickshire Tho incident, which took placo a few miles from Nunenton. tins caused much amusement among thoso con nected with tho Athorstune hunt. Having hired a piano-organ from sonio traveling foreigners, tho baronet nnd his wlfo disguised thomsolves ns Italian musicians. Tho former woro a slouch bat and old clothes which had done duty In nmntour theatrical per formances; tho lnttor woro old gar ments and bound her head with a col ored silk handkerchief. Accompanied by a kinsman of the baronet, they sot out to tho neighbor ing mansion occupied by the sou of a baronet well known In London. No Booiior had thoy begun to reel off popular music hall nlrs than tho gen tleman appeared upon tho sceno and, in a peremptory manner, ordored their Instant withdrawal under threat ot calling lu tho pollco. When, after a tlmo, thoy mado tboniBolvea known, ho joined thorn In n peregrination of the vlllago, and ovontujlly tho "advonturors" reachod tho neat of n country magnate, a load ing Justice of tho peace. Hero tho butlor was sont to tell thorn to leave tho grounds Immediate ly, and It wnfl not until tho lrato squire himself appeared on tho sceno that tho quartet retired. Tho climax was reached when the pnrty arrived at another country real donco, Tho family woro away from homo, but tho servants in a body de scended uuon tho "poor musicians." Hut tho party reached homo with their dlsgulso unpenotrated, and a row days later details or tho "Jolco" leaked out, and wero discussed and greatly onjoyed by the Hold that mot the Athorstnno hounds noar tho vltlngo where tho oscapado was planned. DELUSIONS well as flguratlvoly, and, of course, thoro muBt bo an infinite variety or mixtures of tho other sensations. Tho most distressing cases aro thoso In which thoro la no actual concision or sensations, so that odors and tastes- and sounds aro not dlfferorttnted. No doubt thoso abnormalities nro at the basis of ninny delusions and hallucina tions of tho Insane ThonorvouB Instability orsynostho- 8lcs 1b tho practical sldo or this sub ject Without an exception, the cases present evidences Indicating conaldor nblo nervous Involvomont In tho may or abnormnl development. Some It not most of them nro highly Intelli gent, though Incapable of that hard work necessary for success, nnd all aro vory sensitive to lrrltntlono which tho average man Iguoros. "Porhapn the condition Is fnr rrom common than we Imagine, nnd It would uo won to koop It In mind In tho treat ment or neurasthenics. Wo might find that thoy nro groat sufferers from Jar ring sonsatloiiB, not In tho way usually thought of, but In these overflows to other centers. A normal woman mny uo uum actually .ui ay garish colors or coarsely arranged music, nnd we all know tho bad effects of cortnln tnates and colors; how much moro Buf fering theso must be In- aynostheslcH whore tho Irritant affects raoro than ono center. "Of courso tho caaoa nro so fow In numbor that tho gonoral practitioner raroly If ovor booh them, but ho Is 11 able to havo milder borderland typos In which a llttlo attontlon te acBthotlca may muKo nil tho dlfforonco between success and failure In trontmont" Seek to Prevent Insanity. Now York. Now York's first free cunio :or montal dlsoases openod the uii.ui uuy ui mo Long island stnto hospital for tho Insane. The purpose Is to discover cases or Indolent innnn. Uy In tlmo to prevent dovolopinent mm luguraoio mcaiai illBtasu, Influence of Money in Capital Clubs (theyTrT j the real SWELLS I OF (JWSHlhCTON WASHINGTON. Tho public rebuke or President Tnft, In which he stigmatized certain persons as "8mnll bralnod nnd narrow-minded critics," following tho withdrawal of names of men prominent In tho political world up for membership In the ultra-exclusive Metropolitan club, has centered tho nttcntlon of tho country on tho snobbishness of Washington. Closo observers assort that tho tin Impetus given to existing social condi tions dates from tho Spanish-American war. Ilcforo tho treaty or Paris tho millionaire residents or Washington could be counted on tho lingers. Now nil tho rich and retired, tho famous or otherwise, tho representatives of whis ky, BUgnr, tobacco every kind of trust lias his palace In an ultra-oxcluslvo residential section and the womenklnd set up to bo social loaders. Money and influonco In tho glided throng Is tho test which Washington now applies to every ambitious public man nnd his wife. Tho clubs are ruled by money, nnd men who have balked tho political or financial schemes of those who nro high In Washington clubdom nro punlBhcd If they seek tho companionship In cluba such na they would obtain In their homo cities. Government to Wipe Out Moro Pirates IT Is 8omowhnt startling to learn that piracy as bold and ilerco as In the days ot Captain Kldd still Nour ishes undor tho Amerlcnn Hag. Tho Moro pirates ot tho Philippines have begun tholr attacks on peacorul mer chant ships onco more. A patrol of Amorlcnn gunboats was maintained over tho Moros In tho Sulu seas until recently, and wlthdrrtwn In the belief that they had been pncllled. Tho Moros bellovcd that tho Americans were nrrald or them, nnd piracy Imme diately ilnmed out nrresh. Now tho patrol will bo re-established. Tho Malay plrato ot tho eastern sens Is perhaps tho most notorious of nil freebootlng. types. Ho excels Captain Kldd In reckless daring nnd ruthless oruolty. Instead or sailing bo.dly forth In fleets of outrlggor boats, after the old tlmo stylo, with a forco numbering hundreds of armed ahd Intrepid war riors, tho Moro plrato ot todny estab lishes headquarters on sorao small island, and therefrom as a base ot operations conducts furtivo raids. If successful, ho becomes bolder, and Committee Is to Sift Indian Charges MDIAN A THE lid on tho seething cauldron of Indian affairs la loose It 1b to bo taken off without further delay by Chairman Graham, ot tho commltteo on expenditures In tho Interior depart ment For yearB thero has been endless rumor and vague accusations ot graft, trickery, Jokers In legislation, or ap propriations nominally designed for tho Indians, but actually going to land grn. olng rings; of looting of tho In dian estatoB all ovor the country, of wabio In maintaining the Indians and policies that tend to pauperize them. Tho fucts aro to be dug out. If tho chargos aro truo, thoy aro to get light, If not, thoy nro to bo disproved. The Investigators expect to Btlr up a vory bad odor. Whcro do tho millions appropriated Uncle Sam Issues THE United States government will soon Issue Its ono millionth pat ent for an invqntion. Commissioner of Patents Edwnrd Druco Moore has been looking forward ror some time to a celebration or tho issuance of pat ent No. 1,000.000. It was his hopo that this distinguished number should go to some epoch-making invention. Tho United States patent ofllco will bo 122 years old when tho coveted number Is Issued. Tho bureau was established In 1790 as an adjunct to tho treasury department. Early In 1830 thero was a fire which destroyed not only tho building of the patent of llco, but evory record, all tho Import ant drawings and papers, and every modol owned by tho government Prior to tho tiro tho ofllco had Issued 9,937 putonts. Tho first strictly American Inven tion to recelvo n patent from tho orig inal United States patent ofllco was tho cotton gin. Tho patent was Issued March 14. 1794, to Ell Whltnoy. Tho number of the Whitney latent waB not preserved. Neither was tho number One of tho most oxcluslvo clubs In Washington keeps on its rolls a man who deserted his wlfo and six children to elope with tho wire or a rellow-) member or the same club, while It re fused udmlsslon to a man who had de feated tho ambitions of certain high officials. Ton years ago tho late Gen. Henry C. Corbln, then adjutant gen eral of the United Stntes array, was kept out of this samo club through the efforts of men whose Bona ho' would not nppolnt to fat positions du-lng the Spanish-American war. So many such Incidents hnve -occurred In tho past deendo that they cease to surprise. Tlmo wob thnt when n new cablnot official, a now senator or oven a mem ber of tho lower houso camo to Wash ington, Bomo cpurtcay was accorded by society. Now that .richly clad dame Inquires about tho homo status of the raw officials and If tho report lp not up to tho standard, Madamo Cabinet Official or Senator or ncprescntntlvo will havo a loncsomo time, unless sho has some personal friends in tho great renlm. The president and his wife will bo courteous. Thoy will follow the tra ditions, nnd will nsk them to the functions decreed by a century of ob servance, nut excopt to visit nmong thoso whom their husband's rank makes a natural alliance, thoy noed not hopo for nmenlty from tho real leaders ot Washington, the wealthy women whoso palaces aro clustered up and down lGth street nnd Massa chusetts avenue and about Dupout circle. ventures furthor afield In quest ot booty. Finding a ship in trouble, ha attacks it and murders everybody on board. Coming across a village that looks peacefully Inviting, ho sacks It, maBBucrcIng all tho adult malo Inhab itants. Theji, with his land of loot, ho does not return to tho place from whlqli ho started, but 'seoks another island, where, with his comrades, ho remains until they havo eaten up or otherwise disposed or the proceeds or tho expe dition. Mennwhllo to hunt down the pirntlcal band Is much like . looking for. a needle in a haystack, for tho Philippine group comprises many thou Bnnds or llttlo islands, which toward the south aro scattered all tho way from Sulu to within sight of Borneo. each year in tho Indian bill go? II has been constantly charged thn(t they go In largo part to about everybody oxcept tho Indians. For instance, $500,000 was appropriated in the last bill for Irrigation of the Flathead reservation lands. If tho stories now belpg laid beforo tho probers nro truo, this money Is to bo used, not ror tho Indians, but for lands that havo been taken from tho IndlanB and aro hold by speculators. Tho Gila Irrigation project Is alleged to present a some what similar situation. Another caso that tho commltto It going to probo Is that of tho Crow reservation In Montnna. A caso ol Uintah Indians of Utah Is going to bo taken up In tho effort to locato re sponsibility for tho woes of this trlbo. Tho charge Is that tho Indians wero allotted their lands on a map, without roferonco to topography, Sorao got bottom lands and some got mountnln tops, and on theso they woro expected to live whllo tho rest ot "tho lands were deftly manipulated into the hands of entorprising white men who tnnnnged tho doal. a Million Patents I'VE I3SUEO OHE MILLION PATENTS ot Fulton's steamboat, for which a patent was Issued Fob. 11, 1S09. Following tho resumption of n regu lnr system of serial numbers for pat ents tho first Important Amorican In ventlon to be grantod a patent was the Colt revolver. Tho next grent American Invention to recelvo n patent was tho Morse- telegraph Instrument Tho patent, No 1,647, was issued Juno 20, 1840. Tho patent issued to Charles Goodyear, June 1C, 1844, acknowledged his ln ventlon of tho process of tho vulcaniz ation of India rubber. The basic pat ent of tho pneumatic nlr brake was Issued to Georgo W. Wostinghouso April 13, 1869. It bore Burial number 88,929. Another Pressing Need. It's well enough to devato a lot of time and a good doal of prlzo money to tho competition of a National an them, but what's tho matter with giv ing us a National wedding march, too?- MubI wo bo forever indebted to tho marches of an crratlo Bavarian and a visionary Doutscher7 Hero's an opportunity for nmblttouv natlvo composors. Th'lnk of tho pride that .would Inf low such an announcement as this: "Tho happy pair passed dovn tho aisle to the pulsating strain or Boll var P. Gibson's exquisite 'Mnrcho Nuptlnlol'" Cleveland Plan, Dealer. DISFIGURED WITH CRUSTS "Somo tlmo ngo I was tnlton with cczoma from tho toji or -my head to my wnlst It began with scales on my body., I suffered untold itching and burning, and could not sloop. I was greatly, disfigured with scales and crusts. My ears looked as if thoy had been most cut off with a razor, and my nock was perfectly raw. I Buffered untold ngony and pain. I tried two doctors who said" I had eczema In Its fullest stage, and that It could not bo cured. I then tried othor rem edies to no avail. At last, I tried a sot of tho genulno Cutlcura Romcdlos, which cured mo of eczema when all cbo had failed, therefore I cannot prnlso thorn too highly. "I suffered with cczoma about ten months, but am now entirely cured, and I bcllovo Cutlcura Itcmodlcs nro tho best skin euro thero Is." (Signed) Miss Mattlo J. Shaffer, R. F. D. 1, Box 8, Dancy, Miss., Oct 27, 1910. "I had Buffered from cczoma about four years when bolls began to break out on different parts of my body. It started with a fine rod rash. My back was affected first, when it also spread over my face. Tho itching was almost unbcnrablo nt times. I tried different soaps and salves, but nothing seemed to holp mo until I began to uso tho Cutlcura Sonp and OIntmont. Ono box of them cured me entirely. I recommended them to my sister for hor baby who was troubled with tooth eczoma, and thoy complotoly cured hor baby." (Signed) Mrs. F. L. Marber ger, Drohersvlllo, Pa., Sept 6, 1910. Although Cutlcura Soap and Oint ment hre Bold everywhere, a samplo of each, wltb 32-pago book, will bo mailed frco on application to "Cutl cura," Dept. 4 It, Boston. DECIDED NOT TO OPEN IT. Caller I was thinking about open. tng a drug storo in this neighborhood. Do you think ono Is needed around hero? Resident Great idea. Thero's no placo within ten blocks where a man can buy stamps or see the city dlreot tory. Supply. Now Minister Now n one thing moro beforo I accept this charge. Have you got a "supply?" Deacon Well, yea, though wo novor said anything to tho last prcachor about It 1 11 show, you whero it Is, and get you a key, but I toll you you'll havo to bo Just as careful about using It as tho rest of us! Puck. pisappolnted. v Knlckor Was Subbubs, disappoint ed In his houso? Docker Yes; what ho took to be the henhouso turned out to be the bungalow. Thoso who believe In reincarnation would probably object to bejng called has-beens. A Triumph Of Cookery Post Toasties Many delicious dishes have been made from Indian Com by the slcQl and ingenuity of die ex pert cook. But none of these crea tions excels PostToast ies in tempting the palate. "Toasties" are a luxury that make a delight ful hot-weather economy. The first package tells its own story. "The Memory Lingers" SoW fey Crocers POSTUM CEKEAt CO., U4 BtttU Cmk, Mich., U. S. A. I