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m IEWWEEKIY TRIBUNE LRA L. II ARB, Publisher. TBRM9, $L2B IN ADVANCES. WORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA THE THIRTIETH MAN. Tho president of tho Collcgo ot the City of New York finds that ono per ton In ovcry 30 adults In tho United States holds public odlco of some de gree, "a public servant who Is going up nnd down In somo vicarious capac ity for tho other 29." So largo an esti mate of tho proportion of function aries to tho total ndult population, malo and female, seems surprising un til tho rarloty nnd bulk of tho classi fications is considered, says tho Provi. denco Journal. School teachers, foi oxamplo, must bo counted, whllo tho dovolopmcnt of public hyglcno, of so ciologlcal enterprises, or tho pure food laws, readily como to mind among elements nowly expanding tho public sorvico and employing a grow ing host of performers of vicarious du ties. Dr. Finloy submits a partial di rectory of tho thirtieth man. Ho is tho man who sweeps tho streets as well ns tho ono In tho Whlto House, Ho gathers and distributes tho lot ters; forecasts heut and cold; tastes tho milk beforo tho child may drink it; keeps watch over forest and stream; is suporrlsor, doctor, nurse and guard Jn hospital, prison and alms houso; is mayor, judgo, sheriff, sailor and soldier, public librarian, collector of taxes, guardian to tho child who comes friendless into tho world and chaplain at the burial of tho man who goes friendless out of. It; and so on. Exportn of tho federal hospital serv ice havo been compiling data from the census reports that mako a striking showing of tho cost of dlsoaso in this country and emphasise tho necessity of more rigid enforcement, particular ly in cities, of laws and regulations designed to safeguard the public health. Tuberculosis Is stated to cost this country in the value of Uvea de stroyed, $250,000,000 a year and the tnero expenses in medicine, food, medi cal uttendanco and loss of wages is 1(0,000,000 annually, says tho St. Paul Ploneor Press, Tho coubus reports estlmato tho value of tho 33,000 lives rjlost annually from typhoid fovor at 212,000,000. The experts estimate that the total loss from contagious diseases, Including tuberculosis, Is $760,000,000 a year, of which 40 per cent., or $300,000,000, is preventable. The cost of prevention would bo a mere fraction of the cost of preventa ble dlsttHEeN and there should bo no false economy in expenditures tor the campatgn against contagion. The health of tho people 1b the greatest as set of the nation. The thoughtful observer, especially if his journey leads him to very dis tant lands, will not return boastful, but he will he grateful. .The weighty problem ot assimilation seems heavier when one thinks on the possibilities of making American chitons of those people now coming hero as he con templates, them In tho plnpo of origin, The esthetics of a European Journoy are a delight. Dut on American vll lage outwelghtu an Alhambra in the scales of opportunity and of. human' Uy. A citizen of Denver whoso appendix recently was removed, is awakened at 5 o'clock every morning by the void left by the operation. Owing to tho cheapness ot alarm clocks, however, the practice is not likely to become general. .A 'MassachusettB man reporta having hatched eight eggs from a dozon cold BiBraKB KK". i-aor siory. An orig inal liar, like the Wlnsted genius, would have had the chicks wearing earmuffa and mittens. in PnwBla a governmental decree baa boon issued ngaliiRt long hatpins on railroad trains. The authorities think it would he woll to havo room for something else In tho caro. Thousands of marriages bv a lua tlce ot tbo poaco In Chicago havo been declared illegal, but tho logality ol Chicago divorces remains unquostlon ed after years of notoriety. In days to como the fool who rocks the beat will h succeeded by tho fool who rocks tho. aeroplane Thoy aro somewhat alike, only one Is more bo. It the prefeMer would push aside psychology aad Ret down to common tense he might be able to understand why wottea conceal their agea. Too Much should not be expected et a Vail team beforo it is properly crip ple up. One of our aviators saya he la going to be married in an areoplane, just as it, marriage la the ordinary way is not hazardous enough. glace this Hew cornet Is classified ai a tramp the wan In the moon should hand it eut a hunk of cheee and tell It to go away. BAIT IS A HUMBUG Queer Freaks in Lures That Tempt Finny Tribe. Piscatorial Brood Eagerly Jump for Hobgoblin Monstrosities That Would ba Food only for Billy Goats. St. Paul. Minn. Why does a Ash bite?' Of course there Is tho angler's doxtorlty, adroitness, luck, exporlenco, porsonal mngnetlsm and all that, and evcryono can tell why a fish doesn't bite; thcro are as many jinx as thero are fishermen. Hut why dooii a fish bltoT What is tho psychology of halt? Doubtless angling originally con sisted in offoring something to tempt tho appotlto of tho piscatorial brood. Hut that idea acorns almost to havo dropped out of tho world-old business oi fishing. For of all tho hundredu ot lures used by castors for fish fow would satisfy hunger, If tho gnino (ought wcro billy goats or ostriches, the combinations of rubber, tin, glass, paint and feathers might bo tempting. Hut why any sauo fish will jump for a red and green hobgoblin thnt resem bles nothing it ever has scon before, Is a mystery to fishermen. And why It will grab It today and pass it by with cold disdain tomorrow is ns deep mystery. They'ro inconsistent, too, nnd you've got to give them something new all tho time. Now, tho ibis fly Is tho bob bio skirt of angling. Last year it was th6 bucktall, nnd tbo year beforo something else. You'vo got to kcop up oil tkd fashions In flies if you want to catch flsh. Tho ibis fly rcscmblca nothing that tho flsh feed on. A vermllllon feather hides u book that may or may not havo attached a "tab" of salt pork. Yot tho flshormon who hnvo caught tho big bass this year say thcro Is nothing so good on tho Ibis fly. Thd tlali tako It and tho anglor has no ro- grot In boing a nnturo faker. Thero la a story of tho buck tail's origin that, boing a flsh story, cannot bo questioned as to Its authenticity. Some Freak Artificial Baits, hunter In tho north, stalking door, saw n hord In n lnko and whllo get ting rnngo saw n largo Hah junlp ro pcatodly nt tho tall of n buck. After bringing down the deer ho fixed tho tall on a hook; It proved tho best bait ho ovor bad used. Tho buck tall (ly, a brown nnd whlto tuft of hnir, Is a good bait, though thero Is no InBcct listed thnt it could have been copied from, Ilut tho buck tall and ibis fly nro attractive morsels to human eyes, comparod with tho monstrosities that tho flsh havo been invited to bltp at in seiwons past. Any solf-rospactlng flsh getting In early from a llttlo craw dad supper ot tho night before might not ho blamed for mistaking nn Ibis or n buck tall for something ho had seen In pairs, or fours, at same other time. Ilut tho flsh that strlkos at a "coaxor," or a "yellow kid," two freak baits, probnbly has had domes tic troubles. The Paris ot flsh bait fashions 1b in tho oast, nud it Is a notable fact that none ot the frivolous things hnvo como from prohibition territory. Tho inventor of flsh lures has a tempera meut that is not foBtored in dry coun tries. Tako tho "coaxor." It ro- BombloB a miniature- rooster in pro fllo; n hunk of whlto wood is act oft by a port tall of red foatherB and two cuto llttlo auggostlono of wings of red felt Natural histories show no freaks thnt could havo boon tho In spiration for this, And tho conxer Is Bomo persuader, anglers wilt tell you. From tho Impressionistic uch'ool comes tho "roamer;" tho motif ot this Is purely allegorical, in your worst nightmares you may havo Been tho roamer fumlly in various colors. Tho roamer also is cigar-shaped; it lma a round' hoad with protruding eyes and a fan tall that la a beauty. Six wrig gly red legs guaranteed to wriggle add to tho grntesquenosa and hldo tho hooks. Tho prevailing color Is a mot tled green with white undornoath. 8omohow tho roamer makes a strong appeal to the flsh. And In alt this catorlng to tho whims ot tho haunters ot deep pools. tho designers havo not forgotten tho tender phase that has a part In the fish's existence tho season ot eontl raent For this there Is tho moonlight minnows they even gave it a poetlo name. For night fishing this bait has succeeded, and typifies earthly love. Ungainly and ot a dead white In the day time, It glowa into a grace ful shape as It Is drawn along the surface ot tho water at night Sevoral hooka are hidden In Ita nebulousnees, but the flsh don't know it BUILDING T.llS stupendous nature of tho work of constructing tho Panama canal Is well illustrated by tho accompanying photograph, Just received from tho Isthmus. The vlow Is taken from tho north end of tho mlddlo locks at Gatun, It shows tho mlddlo and upper locks and also tho steel monolith forms, tho latter In position to receive concroto for tho mlddlo and cast waIs. PEACOCKS People Living Near Margate Park Unable to Sleep. Vigorous Protest' Made Against Hide ous Night Nolsea of Vainglorious Birds, Which Foil Efforts to Catch Them. London. Do you know how to catch peacocks T If you do Margate's park officials will bo glad to hear from you. For thoy, tho head gardener, tho chlof park keoper and tho various as sistants of Dano park, havo been or derod by tho town council to catch peacocks. The situation is a trying one, For years Dano park has had its peacocks. Thoy havo strutted about proudly and spread their tolls with' glorious van ity, and Margate has been almost ns proud ot them, as they havo been ot themsolves. Dut recently a number of people living near tho park havo takon a dis like to peacocks. Tho pcacockB, they say, havo mado night hideout; and ear ly morning impossible by their cries. The neighboring residents could ncl thor go to Bleep nor keep aBleop, So they wroto to tho papors and Bent a petition to tho town council complaining about tho peacocks, Tho mattor came beforo the parka com mittoo and thou beforo tho whole coun cil, and tho result 1b that tho peacocks have got to go. That, at any rato, Is tho decree of the council. Dut tho blrda have their vlows. Thoy Btrongly object to tholr proposed ejectment Two ot them, it 1b true, did unwarily allow throe ot the park officials to sur prise them and capture them In a lawn tennis n,ot very early tho other morn ing, but tho remaining four peacocks and three peahens have bo far suc cessfully evaded all attempts mado to tako them. Every day three deter Lightning Follows a Man Bolt Not Only Strikes Him Once, But Twice, Rendering Him Uncon scious Both Times. Salem, Mass. It Isn't vory often that a man la struck, or rather stunned, by lightning twice, In two dtfforout pianos, in tho same storm, who Bays that no matter where he ran thanicl Lowe, Jr.. ot Ipswich, Iowa, who says that no mator whoro ho cpn or hid during that ntorm the lightning followod him. when he would bolt tho lightning would holt, loo, which was not tho Joko II sounds. Lowo, with two companions, was camping In a cottage on Tapioca Inl nnd, Ipswich, whon tho storm broko. When tho clouds grow black and the lightning flared and flashed, his com panions grow frlghtenod nnd mado for tho city, leaving Lowe, who said ho wasn't afraid, In tho cottage. Hard ly bad his friends loft him alone whon lightning struck tho building and toro Ita way through a bod from which Lowo bad Just leaped, The lightning irenrtorcd Lowe unconscious and loft tho Interior of tho cottage a wreck. Lowe says that when he regained con sctousness he waa scared and flod from tho house. Out through the fltorm he bolted, heading blindly to ward his home, three miles away, Dut the storm grew fiercer and tho light nlng snapped and cracked around him until the young man tied for shelter Into the bare ot a neighbor. The moment he crouched down into a dark corner and took hla first long breath, lightning ripped through the barn, damaging but not burning It Aeain was Lowe shocked into uncon THE CANAL LOCKS AT MUST GO mined men set out to ovorcomo these four wily birds and every evening Bees tho birds as far off capitulation as over. Up to dato the honors of tho chaso are with the chased. Mr. Corpus, the head gardener of the park, discussed the possibilities of tho situation. "Wo havo orders to catch tho birds, but that is about as far us wo havo got," ho Bald. "Ever since wo caught two of tho cocks tho othors havo been shy of us. Thoy will allow any of tho public to go near them, and will oven feed out of strangers' hands, hut directly they seo any ot us ofllclals coming they aro off llko a shot. "Thrco of us go out offer them ov ory morning and every evening, but they havo ns much intuition as a dog, and our only hope is to come upon them unawares. Thoy know quite well what our business with them Is." The reasons why tho birds should Bashful Girl All the Eloquence of Bridegroom-Elect Could Not Induce Maiden to Ap pear at Ceremony. Now York. Armed with all tho le gal machinery necessary to forgo to gether tho matrimonial chain that was to bind Cbarlos Schultz, ot No. C3 St. Mary's avonuo, Rosohank, Statcn Island, and Miss Mary Kauffnian, of tho adjoining house, Alderman Dan iel T. Cornell, of Clifton, had to wan der away without officiating because tho "bride was too bashful to submit to the service." All tho eloquence of Schultz could not induco tho girl to leave her home to go to his homo for tho coromony. The uldorman agreed to go to her apartmont, but sho still remained reluctant. Thus at the very hour that Schultz sclousncos. He saya that when ho iccovctcd his Benses fright took en tire possession of htm and ho toro through the storm all tho way to his homo, whero It was a long tlmo boforo lio could tell anything about what had happened to him. NOW COMES "GOO GOO" GNAT Successor to Kissing Dug Makes Its Appearance In Philadelphia, Sting ing Victims on Eyelids. Philadelphia. Although tho "kiss ing bug" is now regardeOB defunct, a new peat has taken its painful placo In tho form ot an insect which has been named tho "goo-goo gnat" pend ing more scientific classification. Tho "goo-goo gnat" attacks tho eyelids of ita victims, who may or may not be ogling Bomo pretty girl when thoy aro Btung. The latest victim Is Charles Lehr of Fifth atreet Ho was standing at I) road street and Glrard avenue when ho felt an Insect alight on his oyelld. He tried to brush It away, but it held fast. Ho renewed his efforts bo tor elbly that part ot tbo insect's sting re mained attached to the eyelid. Sharp pains accompanied the attack and Lehr hurried to St Joseph's hos . . i . TSl . . a . ... puai. Aiie wuuim sweiiea until a lump tho size ot a walnut developed. Physicians treated the wound success fully, hut it was attended by severe Irritation. The "goo-goo gnat" has confined its field thus far to the northwestern sec tion of the city. Soveral cases have boea treated at St Joseph's hospital. GATUN bo caught arc, according to Mr. Cor pus: They mako a nolso llko cats on the tiles and disturb people. They walk through tho flower beds In tho park and destroy tho flowers. They have been promised a bird, fancier, who wants them as soon as possible. "Dut It la my belief wo shall not catch them for nnothcr fortnight." he. added pessimistically. "Thoy know us all by sight now and wo don't seem to stand much chnnco with them until thoy havo forgotten us. "Personally I should llko to catch them, becauso thoy spoil my flowers. Strangely enough, they have ceased to bo noisy elnco Wo caught and penned up two of tho cocks. Genorally they are only continually rowdy in tho breeding season, which is from tho middle of Juno until tho mlddlo ot July. ' "Tbo only method of catching pea cocks that I know of Is by tho band, and that, considering that we bavo 28 acres In this park, la almost tm; possible, as wo aro finding out" Won't Marry expected to bo tho happiest man in Staten iBland ho was tho saddest Ho has a nice marriage license, which ho Is holding as n souvenir of. the oc casion and with tbo belief that ho may still bo ablo to utillzo it Ho fa thlrty-elght years old and Miss Kauff mnn twenty-five. Alderman Cornell was called to tho Schultz home from his resldcnco by Schultz. Schultz informed tho aidor mnn that ho wanted him to marry him. Tho nldorman took along a Bible and sped to tho home. Schultz was waiting. So woro somo frlonds nnd the beat mnn. In fact, everybody was ready but the bride. Schultz loft, saying ho would bring her in. Ho returned nlono and Bad Inced "Sho won't como. Sho Is too bash ML" AU'ermnn Cornell was incredulous His belief thnt a woman rushes lntc matrimony with the Joy that n duck takc3 to water faded away at that In dent. Ho advlsod Schultz to make r.npthar try. "Do eloquent Toll her ot your love and all that," was tho encouraging nd vice of thb alderman. Dut In ten min utes Schultz returned with tho same sad look. "It's no use; sho won't get married She's too bashful." Schultz mado a 'third visit to tho hrlrto saying that tho alderman would weo thorn In her npcrtmont It was no upe, so tho nldorman went homo. IS TOO TICKLISH FOR ARMY Ohio Farmer Almost Went Into Hys terlcs When Being Measured Sent Back to Calm Nerves. Columbus. O. Ho was "too ticklish" and thoreforo could not join tho army, Such was tho plight of Christian Johnson, a young farmer of twenty two years, who enmo to Columbus and went to tho recruiting station to be enlisted as a poldlor. He looked good to tho officers and all went well till it came time to measure him. Every tlmo the officer's hand touched the young man he almost went into hys terics, laughing, squirming and gig gling nd Infinitum. "What's tho matter?" he was asked. "I'm so ticklish 1" waB the answer, and it provca bo true that it waa lm poBsioie 10 complete the measure ments and he was sent back to the ancestral farm, three miles north ot Columbus, with instructions to calm hla nervea ere he trie's to break Into military service. LAUGHTER PLEASING TO GOD Nowhere In Biblical Lore Can There Do Found Intimation of Any Other Idea. Wo misjudge and distort tho nor- nally human nature of tho Savlous when wo plcturo htm going through life, as Danto did after he had writ ton his "Inferno," with tho shadow of perdition on his brow Wo may gravoly question when it waa that tho cross began to darken our Lord's pathway; thero Is no hint ot such a foreboding until wo reach tho mid dle of his ministry. From that on thero aro occasional tokens that ho saw Calvary ahead ot him, nnd was at times pressed down with a dread ful Bcnso of tho lnovltnblo agony which awaited him at tho end. Dut all this la very far from affording nny reasonable ground for tho conclusion that ho smiled sometimes, but never laughed. It Cod did not Intend us to laugh, on occasion why did ho endow us with tho capacity to laugh, with a sonso of tho humorous, with tho fac ulty to boo nnd enjoy wit, fun and tho absurd sldo of life; and, further more, why did ho produco so many things and pcoplo to laugh at? ZIon's Herald. Tuberculosis Patients Neglected. Out ot more than 225 public hos pitals for tho insane, with a popula tion of fully 150,000, only-70, or less than one-third, mako any provision for tholr tuberculous Inmates, and this, too, in spite ot tho fact that tho pcrcontago of deaths from this dis ease is very high among this class ot people. Such Is tho substance ot a statement mado recently by tho Na tional Association for tho Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Seventy hospitals in 28 states, providing all told about 3,360 bods for tuberculoua Insano patients, sums up tho provision mado for this class of BUfforcrs, nl-' though tho percentage of deaths from tuberculosis among tho Insano ranges from 60 to 200 per cent higher than among tho general population. The Bridegroom's Portion. Miss Elslo Gentsch, whol teaches Sunday school, had been reading to her class from tho gospel of Matthow, ' and was examining a promising boy, a nowcomcr, anent the subject matter. "Thoro woro ton virgins," said the young man, "five wlso ones and flvo foolish ones, nnd tho flvo wlso ones filled their lamps and tho five foolish ones wasn't in no hurry. And at midnight como tho bridegroom. So tbo flvo foollBh ones went across the street to buy oil and cot locked out." "Very good," said tho toachor. And what did tho bridegroom do?" "Why," said tho good llttlo student, "ho married tho flvo wlso onos.' Cleveland Leader. Character In the Eye. Dowaro of ' tho man who docs not look you plearly in tho oyo. Ho has possibilities of evil In his nature. Thoro uro oyos which aro luminous, othors which soem to bo veiled be hind a curtain. Men and women ot tho world aro accustomed to judgo human naturo by Iho expression of tho eyo. Many peo plo read character by tho eyes, and can thus distinguish tho falso from tho loyal, tho frank from the deceitful, tho hard from tho tondor, tho. energet ic from the Indolent, tho sympathetic train tho Indifferent. An Experiment. Nurse What Is tho matter? Johnny Tho baby is a fake;-.! threw him on tho floor, and ho didn't bounce a bit A Thirst for Information. "Say, pa?" ' "What is it?" "Who mado tho aftor-dlnner speeches at Dolshazzar'a feast?" Is life worth living? I should Eay that it deponds on the liver. Thomas Gold Appleton. GET POWER. The Supply Cornea From Food. It wo got power from, food why not strive to got all tho power wo can. That Is only possible by uso of skil fully selected food that exactly fits tho requirements of tho body. , Poor fuel makes a poor Are and a poor flro Is not a good steam producer. "From not knowing how to select tho right food to fit my needs, I Buf fered grlovpusly for a' long time from stomach trouhjes," writes a lady from a llttlo town In Missouri. "It seemed na If 1 would never ho ablo to find out tho sort of food that was best for mo hardly anything that I could eat would stay on my stomach. Every nttempt gavo me heartburn and filled my stomach with gas. I got thlnnor and thinner until I literally becamo a living skeleton, and In tlmo was compelled to keep to my bed. A few months ago I waB persuaded to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such good effect from tho vory beginning that I havo kept up its uso ovor slnco. I was surprised at tho easo with which 1 digested it It proved to bo Just what I needed. "All my unpleasant symptoms, the heartburn, tho Inflated fooling which gavo mo so much pain disappeared. My weight gradually increased from 08 to 116 pounds, my figure rounded out, my strength came back, and I am now able to do my housowork and en joy it Grape-Nuta food did It." Name given by Fostum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. A ten days' trial will show anyone some facts about food. Dead the little book, "The Road to Wellvllle," In pkga. "There's a reason." Kver rend the above letter? A Ben line appears from time to time. Th7 nre Keaulae, tree, and (all ot bum latercat.