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f ME SEMI-WEEKLY TB1BUME IRA L. BARD, Publisher. TERM8, f 1.26 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA HUNTING WORK IN SUMMER. A graduate of the University of Minnesota has asked the Now York Post and the Chicago. Tribune to nit bla reasons why commencement should be hold In the fall Instead of la June. He left school In Juno with such honors as Phi Deta Kappa dang ling from his sheepskin, but. Hko Daw son, '11, cays ho has found no worn yet He blisters tho paper with a scorching argument that summer It not the psychological tlmo to And em ployment. Hut supposo this young man had been released from tho class room and campus along In Soptcmboi and had to trait tho joblesB route for tho following six months, would he not, along about tho holidays, deplore a bleak world's unkind worldllnossl Would ho not prefer to bo knoo doop In summer, whon, If ho had to rcmnli) tdlo, ho could at least retain a degree of physical comfortT Tho trouble with too many of thcoo prcscnt-daj graduates Is that tnoy omcrgo from tho doar old alma mater thinking destiny has a greater career carved out than la really In storo for them; thoy aro not willing to begin at the bottom, enys tho Indianapolis Htar. Scholastic training Is tho greatost as set a young man can carry as he strikes out for filmnolf, but with It ha must have tho determination to begin with little things If no hopes ultimate ly to reach groator things. A collcgo degree is not always a passport to tho presidency of a big Industrial corpora Hob, though It is oftentimes a condi tion precedent Following the store robbory and shooting of a policeman In Clovoland by a boy, Inflamed by stories of Wild West life and highwaymen, a council man of that city has Introduced an ordinance prohibiting the sale ot trashy and Immoral books to tho youth. There shoukLbe such legisla tion In every city, says the Ohio State Journal. We spend millions to edu cate a boy right; why not do some thing to keep him from being educated wrong? We have laws to prevent peo ple from poisoning their bodies; why not a regulation to restrain there from poisoning their minds? To give a boy a book that will make a highwayman ot him Is a black offense that should not be permitted. It is an attack on society that society should not tol erate. We are greatly excited upon the question what schoolbooks shall he furnished the children. We Bhould be a great deal more excited upon tho question of, keeping harmful books away from them. Ordinances are need ed tor this purpose. There Is a vast amount of bad citizenship made by bad books, and there aro stacks of bad boys. It Is a base libel on the American hen to charge that she could lay about twice as many eggs as she does every year, and Is therefore slothful. It Is unbelievable that the American Poul try association Is responsible for this reflection on her powers. The truth lit the ben's egg output Is automatic, being regulated by the treatment hot owners give her. On a proper dlot, which Includes shell-making material, she works with great dlllgonco, ac cording to her breed. It nho la xpect ed to pick up a living about tho barn yard and to keep horsolr warm In ex poned winter quarters, her tally not. urally suffers. The hen Is a gold mine only when her owner co-operatoa with her. The new minister of war in France, M. Messlmy. is growing unpopulai with the French officers. Taking an Illustrious American exemplar, he has Issued an order that the examination for promotion to generalship shall In clude severe physical tests, and an other by whleh corps commanders are to report officers who are unlit to take the Held. Any one who has seen an army review In Paris; say July 14, and observed the fat generals Jolting like Jelly la their saddles, will nym pathlse with M. Meeslmy'a efforts. Every dweller In tropical or semi tropical countries knows that windows and doers should be closed in the early Uours of the morning, and not opened again until sunset If the house Is to bo kept reasonably cool throughout the day. They are opened widely enough to the breeze ot tho night, but dark blinds and closed shutters are tho se cret ot keeping the tomperature low However, ono can novor couvlnco an Englishman ot this tact unless ho also has seen its demonstration abroad. An Interesting sight In London Is one ot the great periodical sales of raw skins and furs hold at a fur warehouse In the city. The magnitude ot the trade and the vast amount ot money involved would surprise any one who visited one ot these sales tor the first tlmo. At the premises In Great- Quoen street one can wander from floor to floor plied with thou sands upon thousands of skins until one begins to wonder where all the creatures they once clothed lived. FARMER BURNS AT HASTINGS Hastings, Neb. Tho nthktlc com mittee was Instructed to secure tho beBt possible attraction and when they mado' a contract with tho world's most fnmous trainer, lecturer and wrestlor, tho board of governors thought they had JUBt about hit tho nail on tho head. Farmer Burns comes to Hastings Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday, tho week of tho fes tival, Oct. 0-14, and as tho farmer is fresh from tho famous Gotch-Hackon-echmldt match which took placo in Chi cngo on Labor Day, ho will have soma Interesting tlilngH to sny to thoso who could not fittend thnt famous match. During this wrestling tournament nt Hastings thero will bo matches be tween Joo Slcgman, tho big Bohemian, and Jack Tamnssec, tho big Russian who camo over to seo Hack get his. Then Oscar Wassam will try to throw tho winner and Farmer Burns will wrestlo with tho wlnnor of each match. Besides this, ho will exnlain holds and physical dovolopment nt whleh ho is a past master, giving n full explana tion of tho Gotch famous toe hold an used to throw Hackonschmldt. OSCAR WASSEM. PHILADELPHIA ZOO AT HASTINGS FAIR, Hastings, Neb. Among tho paid at" tractions which will bo on tho streets during tho Central Nebraska fall fes tival at Hastinge, Octobor 0th to 14th, will bo Edwards Famous Animal . Zoo. This' show makes Its winter quarters In Philadelphia and during tho sum mer season toura nil over tho country,, having just returned from a trip through Canada and British Columbia. Tho concession committee nlso reports tho engagement of Francis Willlnms' Dog and Pony circus which will be of Interest to tho children and ladies ns well ns being a flno entertainment for men. Miss Willlnms has n dollghtful troupo of trained dogs, monkeys, and ponies, giving tho biiow in a big tent whoro seats nro provided for 400 per sons at each performance. SPECIAL TRAINS RUN TO HASTINGS Hnstlngs, Nob. ArrangemontB have been mado to run n special train from York to Hastings, leaving York nt 7 a. m nnd returning from Hastings nt 0.30 p. m, This train has bcon scheduled for Tuesday, October 10, nnd will stop nt points on tho line. This special will nrrlve In Hnstlngs In plenty ot tlmo for passengers to witness the beautiful automobile flower parade, which will tako plafce at 10:30 in tho morning. Tho Burling ton wilt run a special on tho Bamo day from Foirmont and roturn. Special trains returning to Aurora, Red Cloud and Kcarnoy will leavo Hastings at 7(!10 p. in.; alEo tho Missouri Pacific nnd tho St. Joseph and Grand Island will hava special facllltloB for hand ling tho crowds on Tuesday and Fri day. Better ask your depot agent about tho trains for tho Central Ne braska Full Festival, Octobor 9 to 14 at Hastings. An automobile flower parade Tues day, a farmers' decorated vehicle pa rndo Wednesday, a big Industrial float pnrndo Thursday, a lodges, soclottos nud school parado Friday; u farmers' decorated automobile parado Saturday, n horso show, a poultry show, n farm product show. Entries nro entirely freo to nil-during tho Central Nobras ka fall festival, Oct. 0-14 WnBhlngton. Tho coming session ot congress Is expected to bo marked by much moro agitation ot tho sub Jcot of fcdornl aid to good roads than usual. On icnson for this Is tho In creasing activity of tho advocates ot federal nld to Interstate road Improve ment Tho activity ot tho promotors of good roads In tho states is marked nnd Is constantly increasing. Tho parcels cost was advocated by Superintendent Thompson of tho rural mall servlco nt tho letter carriers' con fventlon at Milwaukee Low Slums Near the Nation's Capitol WASHINGTON Washington is not ono grand succession of marblo structures nnd beautiful parks. Thoro aro sluma under tho shadow of tho capltol that comparo In Bqunlor with tho East sido In Now York. Tho capi tal slums have tho advantage over thoso In Now York In bolng less ex tensive and in being composed ot smnll houses Instead of lofty tene ments, Tho Washington refuge of tho very poor is sufllclontly bad to have at tracted tho attention of sociologists nnd philanthropists and to uftvo caused President Taft to demand their Improvement in a mossngo to con gress. This district is within ten minutes" walk ot tho United States capitbl and has for ono of Its boundaries tho bo tanical gardons with their wealth ot oxotlcs. President Tnft, In his mes sage, mado particular mention of Wil low Troo alloy, but it is no bettor and no worso than tbo others. Possibly tho prosident mentioned only Willow Uncle Sam Gives TIlliltE mny be thoso who lmagtno It is nu easy thing to kill a ilea. But It thoy will read certain facts re ported by tho United States public health and ninrlno sorvico their minds will be dlsabUBod ot tho notion. Tho Information Is given in a pamphlet en titled "Notes on Agonta tor KJea De struction." Fleas, It appears from theso notes, survivo all the usual moans of insect assassination and others less common. But how to kill tho Hen 1b not tbo only problem before tho investigators. It 1b qulto as much of a puzzle to know when' ho 1b dead. It was found that when It comes to death by drowning a Oca has .more lives than a cat. That is to say when the medium is water. Dut fleas left swimming over night in a mixture or glycerin nnd water are dead the fol lowing morning, Obviously tho flea Is a hobo among Insects, for one ot his dead Heat ene mies Is green soap. A ilea dipped en tirely In a tlncturo of groon soap suV cumbed beyond resuscitation In two mlnutos; another ceased his move ments In forty seconds, and was dead in ton minutes; no fleas of any of the spocles examined survivod tho soap. In a humane attempt to suit tho tastes of tho Ilea in tho manner ot Cranks Offer Forest Fire Remedies WHILE tho field ofTlcors of the U. S. Forestry servlco nro taking pre cautions against llro in the great na tional forests or tho-wcat. the forestry bureau la besieged constantly by "crunks' and real lnvontors, chiefly tho former, who proposo nil sorts or ridiculous plans for coping with tho flames. Ono of tho most novel ot theso rocontly camo from an eastorn man who proposed that an artillery organization bo- formed in tho forest servlco and equipped with huge mor tar batteries, which would shoot grenades filled with chemicals. This man's plan was to have a bat tery of these mortnra hauled to a suit able hill noar a forcBt tiro, .from which th grenado3 would be discharged rap Idly Into tho flro and. bursting, would smother tbo flames. Admitting that chemicals will extinguish a smalt blaze, tho forestry people told this In vontor to move on, as ail tho chomlca'8 In tho world would hardly extinguish Inoculate Soldiers THIS entire army ot tho United States Is to bo Inoculated against typhoid fevor, officers und prlvutos alike. An order has beOn issued by MaJ. Gon. Leonard Wood, chlof ot staff; making it compulsory for ovury otllcor und enlisted man In tho army uuiler forty-tlvo years of age to sub Juct hiniBolf to tho typhoid fovor vac cine. Thin order applies to all those who bavo not heretofore had typhoid fever or whq hnvo not bon inoculated with tho germ. Heretofore It has been voluntary on tho part of nn oUlcer or private In tho army wbothor bo should subject himself to tbo experiment, but from this tlmo ovcry ono sorving in Undo Sam's lighting force must un dergo tho experience Estimates complied at tho war de partment show that up to tho present tlmo about 17,000 Inoculations for ty phoid bavo been made. Of tho troops who woru sent to tho Mexican bordor nearly ib.oou had been Inoculated. Tho Trco alley becauso it was tho only one bearing a name that comports well with a state document Tho othor four aro Pigtnll alley, Tlncup alloy. Louse alley and Holl'o Half Acre alloy. These names, with tho exception ot Willow Treo alley, bavo the virtu o of making any other description unnecessary. Why Willow Trco alloy was so named nobddy romcmbers. Thero may bavo been n willow trco thero onco. Tho district Is hard to find. It is within tbo outer crust ot a block which has a rathor fair exterior. A stranger, after fruitless search, appcnlcd to a policeman. Tho officer pointed to o narrow opening between two build ings. "Go on In there, nnd you'll seo nil you want or It," ho said. "It's a post holo, It Is. I'd go with you, but It's off my beat" Tho officer was lucky. What tho via (tor found after ho passed tho portal of tho Blums would not bo pleasant ad juncts to any bent Tho buildings ap peared to bo ages old. Stables ad joined homes. Piles of stablo refuse gave forth offenslvo odors nnd draw clouds ot llios. Negroes and whites wcro mixed In ono Inoxtricablo con fusion. Puny, sickly children rolled about on tho ground. Slatternly, dis couraged women sat on the stops or in rooms which spoke eloquently of tho most nbjoct poverty. Facts About Fleas dying the Investigators tried oil ot pennyroyal, oil of poppcrmtnt kero sene, mlsclblo oil, tho refuse from the Plntsch gaa tanks and many other chemicals. A ilea left to swim In f6r mnlia, a powerful germicide and In secticide, waB "apparently dead in 12 hours," but "revived;" another kept for 20 minutes in n.mlxturo of. creo sote, soap and water was still alive after fifteen minutes, but died live minutes after that It took 100 por cent carbolic ncld more than ono mlnuto to kill a Ilea; ot two fleas that wore mado to Bwlm In a ono one-thousandth mercury chlor ide solution, a poworful germicide, one was allvo after ten hours, tbo othor after eighteen hours; powdered sul phur was practically inert and useless for killing fleas. Hydrocyanic acid is among tho most powerful poisons, yet flvo fleaB exposed for 45 minutes to hydrocyanic gas wcro allvo at tho end of tho tost a forest flro with a front of ten miles. Another "crank's" plan was to con struct hugo scrcons ot nsbestos, which could bo placed around trees uonr a nro and thus prevent them Ig niting. Of courso this way did not at tempt to oxplaln bow tho problem a' transporting thoso scrcons through rough moutainoua country could bo solved. A third plan was to locato a num ber ct hugo sprinkling carts In each forest nun drive them to a flro, turn on the nntor and, prestol your llro would bo out tho Inventor said. Ho was told to go to, uiiIosb ho could pro vldo n sprinkling cart big enough to tnck'u o tiro such ns raged last fait in Idaho, tho flames of which mounted over 200 teot in tho air nnd burned tho ties off n railroad bridge, and nt another point Jumped clear across n vnlloy hnlf n mllo wldo, converting streams in Its path into steam and cooking tho flsh tberoln, The forest tiro fighters do not re ject all novel suggestions, in fact thoy have adopted a chemical equip ment for use- In putting out small ground tires In the Arkansas National forest. 8omo of tho rangers are equipped with rubbor muzzles contain Ing sponges to bo wot and put ovor tbo nose. Against Typhoid total strength of tho nrmy nt present Is 70,000 no thoro will bo plenty of work for tho surgeona of tho army to perform beforo each ono has under- gono treatment. The "typhoid prophylatlc," as It la called, has been nronared by- Malor iiusoll of tbo medical corps, stationed ut the army medical school in this city, and will be distributed to the various forts and posts throughout the country, it Is estimated that in about n month's timo every officer nnd man in tho army will bavo been Inoculated. Very llttlo If any inconventenco as a tc&ult of tho Inoculation Is tolt by the patient SOCIAL . CRISIS By Rev Dr. George W. Anikno P4or el Ucfea MeOxxtat EpSteeee Own, S. Umla. TEXT Jacob was a plain man dwelling among the tents; and as a plain man host thou prevailed. As men do not pick diamonds from, trees, but rather search for( theft among tho barren, stones and soil, sq flod soeks far-great leaders, not among! he exalted, but from tho great mass of common folk. Desiring to start aj now raco preparatory to Christ's comi tng, ho searched among tho common Ones of Chaldca until bo found Abrai ham, a worshiper of idols, and sent! him forth not only to bo tho father of the Jowlsh raco, but of tho threo great; pst forms of monotheistic religion tho world has ever known. God search-j cd for an emancipator nnd ho found Moses, nn nllon, born in servitude, and! lent him forth to lay tho fpundatoln of civilization. Desiring to rovoal tho power of tho strong will and tho indomitable nmbli lion, ho searched among tho open fields until ho found Jacob, a plain man, dwelling among tents, and sent, bim forth as n prlnco of God. Tho story of Jacob Is tho story ofi ambition, had and Sgod, laying hold, of every means to moot Its ond; fill- cd with mingled pathos nnd joy. As (ho bnd ambition It sends Its hnrvest of sorrow; and as a holy ambition Its liarbeat of Joy. In no lifo is tho fail ure of ungodly ambition and tho suc cess of righteous nmbltlqn moro barked. ' Jacob desired to rule, to lift himself put of the common placo, to bocomo a Firlnco among mon, nnd falling to real zo tho difference betwoon right and Wrong, brought dismal failure. He bo Moved that birthright gave the powor o rulo, and unjustly sought to Bocuro one not his own. At tho doorway of a weathor-bcaten font ho sat ono evening, a mero lad. (Tho lengthening shadows wero silent ly, wrapping the landscape with haze. Before him burned a blazing flro that laughed at tho thickening shadows with deflanco, cast its rich glow on his clear-cut features and caused tho tent folds to stand out distinct against tho dull background, Tho atmosphero is fragrant with tho stream of cooking porridge, which ho Idly stirred. Ho was dreaming ot leadership, when out from tho shad pws'came one staggering with weak' ness and hunger and crying out for food. Here was tho ago-long problem of supply and demand. Jacob, being careful, shrewd, far sighted, had provided for a time oC need. Esau, careless, Indifferent, wan dering In disposition had made no such provision. It was strength pitted! against weakness. Strength saidr "What I havo Is mino, and If any. would seek it, let him pay my price.'', Thoro is only ono thing that Esau had, hi3 birthright, tho very thing that Jacob seeks. And in that hour tho voico of ambition Bays: "Put youi price high, young man. Get all you can." And Jacob, looking at his stnrvi Ing brother, sold; "I will glvo you to oat If you will givo mo your blrthi right" Faint with wcarlnes and nun; gcr, Esau made the bargain. With uplifted hands Esau gives to Jacob that which Jacob had no right to own, but possessed solely through tho powor of capital. Now, Jacob is s Bhrowd and rich man in tho sight oi tho world. Ho has deceived his broth er, has gotten his brother's blessinq aud ho Is tho priest ot tbo commu. fllty. Behold him sevoral days after fieo- Ing in tho darkness from his broth; er, an exllo and empty handed. Whyl Becauso money and powor gotten by unrighteous methods never enrich. Bet hold Jacob In the open fields, wKh, no bed save sand, no pillow sava stones, no covering save tbo open sky, tho picture or a thousand cnaracterq of history. Then comos tho vision of Jacob, the ladder reaching up to heaven and the angels ascending and descending. Jacob uees that while ungodly ambi tion brought failure, godly ambition could lift blm up to God. Tho angola ascond and descend; thoy go up only that .thee; might, como down. Ambi tion should lead a man up, only that, in the heights, he may gain power and, strength to come back into the lowly fields and servo his fellow man. Ho must climb tho ladder to God only that ho may como back to servo those who need help. A man becomes a prlnco, not through birthright, but through serv lco. Esau came with his armies to catch the fleeing Jacob, but Jacob, having wrestled with tho angel, comes to meet his brothor with arms extended, not to rulo but to servo, And Esau, beholding tho change In his brotbor, leaps from his horso and embraces Jm cob. Jacob has now becomo tho prlnco of his own people, not through ambition to rulo, but to sorvo. Courage. It In not moral courage that makes a man face tho gallowB without a quiver; It Is tbo callousness ot sin. This fnlso Idea of bravado and cour ago Is leading multitudes ot young men to the pit Rev. W. H GoUt welt, Baptist, San Diego. Helping. When you glvo help to him who is down and out you project your lifo. It you cannot help another your Ufa is not wprth much. Rev. W. B. Him son, Baptist, Portland, Ore. WHEN CUPID WAS OFF DUTY Lever's Bad Cold That Led to Most Unfortunate Misunderstand ing With Girl. Sweet was the las, low was the gas; it was the evening she expected him to put across tbo big question. He did not look well. Something seemed to bo troubling him. He tried to say something, but the words stuck la his throat, and the girl, noticing this, turned the gas -oven lower. Suddenly he turned to her anal cried, "I'm a dub I" "No," she said, fondly. "You don't appreciate yourself as well as some others do, perhaps. Toe heel" "Yes," he persisted stubbornly, 'Tjb a dubr "No," she maintained. "Yes," he almost shouted, "I'm a dub!" Sho was a senslblo girl, and so, real izing thnt ho ought to know best, 'she thanked him kindly for warning her In tlmo and handed him his hat. It was onL alter tho door slammed be hind him forovcr that sho realized the awful truth. Ho had contracted a nasty cold, and what ho had been trying to say was, "I'm In love!" Not All Smoked. L. "White Busbcy, secretary to for mer Speaker Cannon, was explaining that tho speaker did not smoke so much as pcoplo thought ho did. "My understanding," suggested one of tho party, "is that ho gets away with about 20 cigars a day." 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