THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA. L. DAUB, Publlshor
TERMS, jl.25 IN ADVANCE!.
WORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA
THE SLEEP OF FISHES.
, Experiments bavo boon rondo In ax
iEngllsh aquarium with rosnrd to tha
teleop of flshoa, snys Harpor'o Woekt
ly. It Is nocosaary to rcmombor that'
oloep la tho roat of tho brain, and that)
tho nood of it will bo in proportion;
tto tho animal's cerebral activity;
!Now tho brain of n flah la ridiculous
ly small in relation to tho actual stzq
of tho animal. It la nioroly a doubld
row of tiny protubornncos, with a loar
Ilka portion corresponding .0 tho coH
ebollum of other aitliuuls. Slnco the
have, so llttlo brain ttosuo, tho wantM
to bo repaired by sloop la Blight among1
Ashes. Tho result of caroful export
rnont has shown that among fresh wai
tor flshos tho ronoh, daco, gudgeon,
carp, tench nnd minnow aro known to:
sleep periodically, llko land animals;
among marine flshos tha wrasse, con
gor eol, (ary, dogfish, bass and all flat
fish do tho llko, while tho goldflsh,
plko and angler Jlsh nevor sloop, but
rest periodically. Fish seem to hnvo
no prefcrenco for tho night as their
eloeplng timo. A nnturnllst travollug
from Constantinople to London In a.
small schooner reported that ono morn
lng ho noticed a pilot fish a fow inches:
from tho sldo of tho vessol, swimming
bo steadily that it seemod to bo at
tachod to ono particular spoL All day
long It remained thoro, neither advanc
ing nor lagging behind, nnd bo it hap-,
penod for several days. Thon enrao a
galo of wind, nnd tho vessel was Dep
urated from its llttlo companion. It
waa ovldont that tho fish could not
havo slopt during all this tlmo, as tho
vessel wins sailing qulto rapidly. Tho
captain, moreover, asserted that ho
had known n pilot AbIj to nccompany
n voBscl thus for moro than a fort
night. England has suddenly awakened to
a realization of tho fnct that 9G por
cent, of Canadian post-graduato trtu
dents go to American or German unl
vorsltlos to comploto thoir education.
(Naturally Bho wonders why such a sit
uation oxists. Are not Oxford and
iCambrldgo tho equals of any foreign
institutions? Thoy nro, Indeed, but
,thoy tako no particular pains to lot
nny ono know it, Bays tho IJoaton
Transcript Clinging to their old con
borvntlvo traditions, thoy nro about a
pontury bohlnd tho rest of tho world
Jn tho matter of publicity, and hnvo
fiovor been known to sot forth tho op
portunities thoy offer for ndvancod
work. On tho other hnnd, foreign unl
VorBltlcB not only ndvertlBo themselves
bxtonBivoly, but thoy oven grant fol
)owships to post-graduato students,
often awarding them on tho nomina
tion of tho collogo Bonding tho stu
dent Tho report that a dlscaso roBombllng
trichina is rlfo this year nmong tho
door in northern WlBconoln !b not llko
ly to whot tho public's appetite for
venison. If it co-oporates with tho
gnmo law In giving iho doer a chanco
for thoir lives, it may bo benoflclal In
two directions first in conserving tho
door nnd second in roduclng tho mor
tality among Wisconsin huntorB, for
tho smallor tho crowd of men with
gunB that gooB into tho northern wood,
tho fowor will bo tho fatal accldonts
whoso victlniBnro human beings. In
dians say that tho dlsoasa now prevail
ing among tho door broko out seventy
winters ago, and klllod many door nnd
many IndlnnB. To mnko tho flesh of
door harmless It should bo woll cookod.
Elghty-nlno pooplo havo been killed
and over 8G0 Injured In nutomobilo ac
cldonts In Now York city Binco tho
first of tho year. It ia an appalling
aacrlflco to something which is n lux
ury not n necessity of Mlfo, nnd tho
moro appalling Binco tho majority of
such nccldonta aro avoldnblo. It la
timo that accldouts-provontlon, as
woll as flro-provention, bo Introduced
in nil largo cfcmtnunttlos, on tho prln
clplo that wunt Is avoidable, nood not
occur.
Whllo it is vory well that all reason
ablo procautloiiB should bo tnkon to
provont tho aprond of rabloB, it Is not
at all dCBirnblo that tho publlo should
bo worked up into n fronzy on tho
subject. For evory nuthonticated
cano of rnbtos thoro nro Bcoroa and
porhnps hundreds of ensos or nervous
ness simulating tho reputed symptoms
of that drond dlscaso, which, Indood,
is bo raro that thoro still nro vnrv
intelligent pcoplo who nro unconvinced
that it exists.
Possibly tho clergyman who naya n
successful business man cannot bo
honost has boon speculating In Wall
street
A clergyman refers to Adnm and
Evo as models. Up to a certain op!
sodo thoy certainly did poso in tho
nudo.
Arabs in Tunis aro gottlng restless
feollng that thoir kindred In Tripoli
Aro showing a bottor batting average
THE nccompnnylng photograph, Just received from China, shows imperial troops leaving Pekln for tho front
to light tho revolutionists. It Ib interesting ns Hhowlng tho kind or guns used, the uniform of the Mnnchu
soldiers nnd how tho men nro transported to tho sent or war.
TELLS OF
Alaska Gold Miner Sends Plea to
Judge.
William R. Miller of Glacier Crock lm
ploreo Jurist Not to Grant a Di
vorce to Wife for Desertion
Writes of Struggle.
Spokano, Wash. William It. Miller,
a placer gold minor or Ulnclor Creek,
Alaska, gives an inkling of tho strug
gles of prospectors in tho North coun
try in a pathetic letter to tho probata
Judgo of tho Spokane county auporlor
court, protesting against tho granting
of a decrco to his vifo, Mm. Jnno Mil
ler, a nurso, in Spokano, who Insti
tuted proceedings for divorco, charg
ing desertion In 1897 and failure to
provldo for his family.
Miller says in his letter that no
has rocelvcd no notlco of tho pen
dency of tho divorco caso from his
wlfo or hor attorneys, but hoard or
tho caso from roundabout sources. Ho
recltos numerous ronsons why tho di
vorce should not ho granted and
mnkos n pathetic ploa for tho preser
vation of his homo and ilrcsldo. To
combat tho chargo of neglecting to
provldo for bis family ho has sent
postal receipts to show that ho has
sent 800 nt various times. Part or
tho letter follows:
"I havo slaved and workod for
yearn ns no othor mun In tho Yukon
has over labored, always looking for
ward to tho timo when 1 could again
Join my family In circumstances thnt
would nsBiiro our indopendeuco in tho
declining yonrs of our lives.
"Four years I workod in tho dltcn
to build n canal to my claim, and
whon I had Huh lied tho work and was
about to start to wash out tho gold a
torrlblo Hood camo and washed away
a good pnrt of my labors. Anothor
yonr nnd a half was then spont In re
pairing this damngo, when tho nows
enmo last spring that my dnughtor
had boon accidentally shot and killed
last Fobruary near Spokane This
nows so upset mo that It brought on
hoart trouble, and ior months 1 waB
unnblo to do rt thing. Last July I
again began work, nnd when nbout to
ronp tho roward of tho years or my
Mute Offered
Beggar Suspected of Shnmmlpg
Scorns Tempter and Goes
to Jail.
Clovoland, 0. How to dotormlno
whothor n man 1b deaf or Ib merely
pretending to bo Is tho problem that
has engaged tho attention of Pollco
Judgo Lovlno nnd Probntlon Officer
Vlnlng slnco John O. Growuost, 40,
wub arrcBtod on tho chargo of being
n common beggar.
For QrownoBt used tho plea when
ho was begging thnt ho waB deaf and
dumb, tho pollco say. When tho pa
trolman who arrested him brought him
Into tho station to enter hts nnmo on
tho blotter Qrawnoat whlppod out n
pud and pencil and vroto lila nnmo on
that. All offorta on tho pnrt of tho po
llco to Burprlso him Into Bpcnklng fail
ed. At ovory attempt Grownest would
shako his head and rapidly scrlbblo
on hts llttlo pad tho declaration thnt
ho could nolthor talk nor hoar. Tho
pollco bolloved that ho was folgnlug
nnd locked liliu up.
In court Grownest still stuck to his
chnrnctor of muto nnd dolled nil nt
tomptB on tho pnrt of tho Judgo to
trap him into speech. Not nblu to do
cldo whothor or not tho man was an
impostor, tho Judgo sont him back to
Jail nnd sent for Mrs. Elmor Bates,
president ot the Socloty tor tho Deaf,
and askod her to talk to him.
Aftor trying in vain to talk to him
through tho slgu languago, Mrs. Bates
camo to tho conclusion also that tho
man was faking. In court tho Judgo
Bontonced tha man to $50, costs and
thirty days in tho workhouse
CHINESE TROOPS ON THE WAY TO
HARDSHIPS
labors I hear tho word from round
about sources that my wlfo has sued
for n divorco.
"I wish to Impress upon your mind
that my homo hns been my first nnd
Inst thought every day slnco I first
landed hero, In 1SD8, nnd thnt 1 lovo
my wife nnd family doarly. I visited
homo for some tlmo in 1D01, nnd again
eighteen months ngo, and had 1
thought thon thnt thoro was anything
of this kind In hor mind I would havo
given up my clnlm nnd sulTercd tho
loss of nil my hard work rather than
boo my family rent asunder. I ennnot
help but b.cllovo thoro Ic some kind or
conspiracy or somo ono has per
suaded my wlfo to do as Bho Is doing,
or thnt her mind hns becomo conruscd
through tho loss or hor dnughtor.
Miller hud negotiated a salo or a
hnlf interest in his claims to a syndi
cate at Seattlo, but sayB his wiro
wroto to tho Seattlo Arm handling tho
trndo and spoiled tho donl. Ho as
serts hiB clnlma nro valuable and
Man Buried
Hopkins, Recluse, Was Once Thought
Dead, Is Put In Gravo for
Good.
Hopkins, Mo. For tho second tlmo
In n quarter of n century Jninos 11.
Mngeo, a recluso, haB boon lowered
into n grnvo In a collln.
A qunrtor of a century ngo, In Burl
ington, In., ho wns strlckon with
cholera. Ho was thought dead, was
placed In an old board coflin nnd wns
being loworod Into n grave whon a
friend stoppod tho proceedings, de
claring thnt ho bolloved Mageo was
nllvo.
Tho coflin waB raised, a doctor sent
for nnd Mngeo wns rovlvod. Ho was
nursed back to health. For moro than
a year, however, ho hnd boon in poor
health, nnd thoro wns no doubt or his
death whon ho passed nwny this week.
"Old Mack" waB tho nnmo under
which Mngeo was best known in tho
vicinity or Hopkins. Ho wns born In
Irolnnd In 1820 nnd camo to Amorlca
with his parents whon ho was thrco
years old. Ho lived in Now York nnd
$50 to Speak
:
"If you will spoak ono word I will
throw off tho $50 from tho sontonco,"
Lovlno told Grownest
Tho mnn's fnco grow red and IiIb
lips moved as though ho woro about
to spook. Thon hts Juwb snapped
shut and ho shook his bond. Ho was
sont to Wnrrcnvlllo farm.
PASTOR BUILDS BIG FENCE
All Work on Stone Wall 100 Feet
Long Done by Hlmsolf Build
ers Pralso Work.
Montclalr, N. J. Hov. Dr. Thomas
Travis, pastor or tho Wntchung Avo
nuo Congrogntlounl church, who is
ono or tho Tow Montclalr proachors
who did not tako a vacation, finished
tho construction of n stono fonco nbout
100 foot long nnd two foot thick on
tho grounds ot his now $15,000 homo
In Wntchung nvonue Tho Inbor was
nil done- by bis own hands, nnd build
ers say it reflects credit on his ability.
Dr. Travis Ib a groat boliovor in
outdoor work as n moans of promoting
health. A Inrgo wood pilo at tho roar
ot hts grounds nttoBts to his energies
In Btlll anothor form or manual labor.
Ho also Is au excellent gardener and
spends much tlmo looking nftor his
plants nnd vegetables. Dr. Travis also
is woll known as n criminologist, hav
ing written n book on tho Bubjoct. Ho
contly ho caused a sensation by his
denunciation ot conditions in tho Cnld
woll penitentiary, which is maintained
by Essex county. Dr. Travis de
nounced tho penitentiary authorities,
saying they hnvo not adopted modern
THE FRONT
that ho expects soon to see thom turn
lng out gold.
Miller rcquosts that ir a divorce
must bo granted tho court mnko l
an Interlocutory decree, forbidding th
rcmarriago or his wire, bo that n
may, after his acccslon to wealth and
return to civilization, again havo 1
chanco to win her bnck. '
FOX TURNS AND CHASES DOGS
Delaware Party Enjoy Reverse Hunt
In Which Quarry Escapes
From Hounds.
Wilmington, Del. A party of Dcla
waro fox hunters, who included Jo
seph Becker, Edward Ncher, John M.
Hanco, John B. Trnltt and others, un
earthod a flno specimen near Newcas
tle. Tho hounds ran woll for n time,
but suddenly wheeled around and
sought cover, with tho fox after
them.
Hunters Joined in tho reverse
chase. It continued for several miles.
Finally other dogs Joined tho pack
and frightened Reynard away. The
fox then escaped.
Second Time
Now Jersey until manhood and
lenrned tho trade or a plasterer when
a youth.
Ho wont from Now York to Hush
noil, 111., in 18G2, and thero married
Hostor Ann Pierce, daughter of a
wealthy land owner. After his wire
died ho beenmo -a wanderer nnd trav
olod ovor much or tho United States.
Ho took up tho work ot contractor
and built n number ot tho Harvey
eating-houses along tho Santa Fe, be
tween Newton, Kan., nnd Albuquerque,
N. M.
Although ho waa an avowed freo
thinker, shortly beforo his death ho
askod that n minister bo called and
ho died praying that his sins bo for
given. Sweeps Up $1,800 Note.
Altoona, Pa. Kicking Into bis
shovel whnt ho supposed wnB a worth,
loss pleco or paper, S. B. Tipton, a city
stroot sweeper, cxnmincd tho wilnklcd
shoot nnd round It to bo n Judgment
oxomptlon note, recently executed, foi
$1,800.
means of reformation. Ho advocates
outdoor work forinmntes or penal in
stltutlons. INEBRIATES ARE NOT WANTED
Maryland Judge Said Saloon Fre
quenters Were Disqualified
From Jury Service.
Hngorstown, Md. In discharging
tho Novembor grnnd Jury Judgo
Keedy took occasion to answer those
who found cnuso for criticism bo
caUBo somo of tho members of the
grand Jury woro pronounced temper
nnco men. Judgo Keedy said, in
part:
"It Is not disqualification to n Juroi
to bo a tempornnco mnn, but it is n
disqualification to n Juror who Is In
tho habit of froquentlng saloons
whilo ho Is attending tho sessions ot
court Whon n mnn is hero ndmlnls
torlng Justice ho needs nil of tho wits
ho possesses, and If ho is under the
Influenco of liquor ho Ib not, In my
Judgment, In ti proper framo of mind
to perform his duties."
Girl Teacher Lassoes Coyote.
Gillette, Wis. Miss Alta Scott, a
school teacher, whllo riding In tho
country, lassoed a coyote which her
dog had scarod up. Tho nooso caught
ono foot of tho animal, which tho girl
held until tho dog nttackod It Thon
alio dismounted, eolzod n big Btone,
and throw it, killing tho coyoto. Tho
teacher's accuracy In throwing tho
stono Ib said to havo boon remark
able, as dog and coyoto wero strug
gling In auch n manner as to make
it difficult to throw at tho coyoto
without danger of striking tbo dog.
II
PASTOR
Rev. John Cowan In Ono Church
That Long.
Half a Century Ago a Young Man
Came to a Missouri Community
and Has Been Pastor Thero
Ever Since.
Fulton, Mo. Fifty years tho pastor
of ono church. That is tho record of
Rov. Dr. John Fleming Cowan. Re
cently tho people In northenst Calla
wny county entered upon a two-dny3'
celobrntlon in his honor.
For hnlf n century Doctor Cowan has
served tho Old Auxvnsso Presbyterian
church ns pastor. For two score
years nnd ten ho has presided as splr
ltunl ndvlBor nnd Borvant of n church
that Is in a aenso tho mother church
of many of those now In cxlstonco in
this section.
Doctor Cowan camo to tho Old Aux
vasse church ns n young man of twon-ty-four.
Tho country wns ront with
strife and tho lines were sharply
drawn. Ho waa n man of southern be
liefs nnd his pcoplo wore of tho Bamo
mind. Ho fitted Into tho post and be
has fitted thoro ever since.
Auvnsso church is so-called becauso
It Btands on a high elevation in n big
bend of tho Auxvasso river, a stream
that derived its nnmo from tho
French. It is on tho highway between
Wlllinmsburg nnd McCredlo, two vil
lages in tho northoast part of Callaway
county. Tho church was organized
Juno 30, 1828, by pioneers from Ken
tucky nnd Vlrglnln. Three buildings
have served as meeting places for tho
congregation slnco thnt tlmo. All of
them havo been modest structures.
Tho present church is n framo build
ing and Is extremely simple.
Doctor Cowan has been satisfied to
labor among these industrious, honest
and worthy people. His congregation
has been satisfied to listen to tbo
plain, yet convincing sermons of tho
man who has served them from oarly
cOHN FLBfllHG COiYAN'
TtiE-QLD AUXVASSE PRES&YTERIAtl
t church
youth until tho declining years of his
Ufa. Nowhoro In this section is a
community of bettor peoplo nnd no
whoro is there a man of! tho cloth
rVho has followed nearer in tho foot
Btops of tho man whoso teachings ho
has endeavored to omulato thnn Doc
tor Cownn. Idealism has been dem
onstrated in its fullest sense.
When tho preachers of thq ploncor
days came to servo tho congregation
nt Old Auxvubbo thoy found n church
built of logs. In 1S40 n church ot
brick wns erected. Thon in 1870 camo
tho building thnt is still serving as
tho home of worship.
Doctor Cowan wns born at PotosI,
Mo., March 8, 1837. Much of his early
education was gained through hiB fa
ther, Rov. John F. Cowan, ono of tho
oarly Presbyterian ministers of tho
Btnte. Ho graduated from Westmin
ster collego In 1858 and then took a
theologicnl courso at Princeton Semi
nary, completing his work thero in
1801.
Rev. Mr. Cowan lived In tho coun
try nenr tho church until his wlfo died
' and his daughter married. Ills wlfo
was Miss Jane Grant, n natlvo of Cal
laway county. In 1888 Mr. Cowan
I moved to Fulton, whore ho Is teaching
1 inpdern languages In Westminster col
logo. These now duties did not lesson
his lovo for tho pnstornl work of tho
Old Auxvasso church nnd ho contin
ued in tho pas'tornto.
Ho has preached to tho congregation
of tho Old Auxvasso church 2,500
times. In other churches during re
vival tnootlngs and occasional visits
ho has prenchor 1,200 times. Ho hns
conducted fifty revival meetings in
various churches.
To tho Auxvasso church during tho
fifty years of his pastorate 535 mem
bers havo been added, 200 children
havo boon bnptlzod and 240 couples
hnvo been married. Ono hundred nnd
thlrty-Bevon membora of the congrega
tion havo died during thnt period nnd
Doctor Cowan has conducted their fu
noraU. Of this number G5 wero moo
nnd 72 women.
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