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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1897)
THE STARS' POPULATION. If There -4re Beings on Xars, Tney Save Queer I-cnga. The discovery of the pMLosopher's stone, supposing- that phrase to im ply a working- scheme for transmnt ing an inferior metal into gold, ould probably produce nothing beyond a period of terrible econom ic confusion, or perhaps a -vast p-nfl disastrous, because overrapid, trans fer of property, but the attainment of certainty that sentient beings "with corporeal incasements, acting by effort and. not by pure voKtion, existed in any one other planet would only enlarge the range of human thought and the force of the human imagination. Such a cer tainty would either increase to an extraordinary degree the reverence for the Creator for we are all so limited that we reverence powers which we see exerted more tfm-n powers which we know in theory must exist or would compel mate rialists to revise and. widen their whole theory of the relation of mat ter to TmiKj. it being evident that sentience couM exist under condi tions hitherto deemed impossible. There are certainly millions and possibly billions of worlds of which no two are the same, and. if sentient beings were found pest question in any other world than ours the pre sumption that they existed under a variety of conditions and probably, therefore, in a variety of forms, practically nnliinitetL, would become so violent that to reject the theory would soon be regarded as an evi dence of a foolish, popular habit of disbelief in the unseen. Man has some internal dislike to "believe that limited beings with sea laence can exist under conditions ether than his own, and habitually assumes that a world, without air is a dead world. Yet there is no proof taat the ether, which we know to be everywhere, cannot support life, or that circumstances of which we know nothing may not modify either its intolerable coH or the ef fect of that coM. In Mars itself there is some po tency at work which, to the despair far the moment of terrestrial sci ence, produces warmth where cold gjsght to reign permanently su preme. It is as certain as any de SeGOoa from analogy can be that air in Mars, though it esdsfe, is as rariSed as it would be at the top of a mountain twice as high as Mount Everest, and that consequently the normal and permanent degree of coM ought to be terrible. The thermal income of Mars is less than half that of the earth, and its theoretical mean temperature is consequently taking into account its low "albedo" or yeoeciivc pow per unit of area: 30 decrees centi grade belcw freezing. Yet the ac sial climate of Mars is thtkL fc&ow certainly melts rapidly that is pat ent to the telescope vnpor cerssis ly rises- that is cfecr from the spec trum analysis - water flows, and. there are isdagasiae, if not proofs, that a sadden vegetation follows the sodden thawing of the snow. "What warms the air is unknown, but it is warmed pest all question or doubt, and. all arguments there fore as to the inevitableness of coM in other worlds must be pronounced imperfect, as are those which show the impossibility of sustaining cor poreal life. All we can say with cer tainty is that if sentient beings with gnzporpal frames tsxist in Mars, the relation of the lung"? to the body annot be identical with their rela tion in man. which, as we axe aware of fishes, is not an impossible exer cise of the imagination. Loedon Spectator. An Icebound SoutU Vaile. " It has long been a favorite theory with a certain class of scientists that the south pole is icebound and frigid to a degree almost if not quite equal to that of the north pole, investigaiocs have Troaght reports of icebergs encountered in southern waters that were so enor mqos and. closely packed that sail ing in their vicinity was attended iyitk the greatest danger. The more recent explorations of this uninvit ing region confirm much of what vais already almost an accepted theory. One authority tells us that yessels are much more Hkaiy to be obstructed by drifting ice in the south Atlantic than in any other of the much traveled highways over the seas. To the east of Cape Horn and the Falkland islands icefields and icebergs of the most amazing extent and size are frequently met with. New York Leaser. A. Sanitary Authority. ' "Gentlemans, " said the chairman at j&e district council, a great sani tary authority, who had. a reputa tjtia for eloquence both in Welsh tad. English, ""it shall be quite plain to you that the death rate haf been very busy among us. If it was not fer that and the statistics that play havoc with the vitals, perhaps we should feel pretty weS. But I must tell you that during the past year people haf been dying throughout $he distrie as never died before in any year vrhateffer. Well. " cheer fully, "we must take care that they neffer shall die so much again.'' Household. Words. Tlie reflection, from a flash of Hght ning travels nearly l,S00?fW times faster fhn-n the sound of the report. That is the reason that the thunder isgenerally heard several moments gfter the flash i seen, Ffgn at a Ixiuisville bane factory : "Persons leaving their bones with me canhave them ground at short notice. A MATCH. " If lore "were "what the rase is Audi -were like thelaaf, Oct lives -wocM grav tegethsr In. sad. ar sirreiTKr vreather. Bruwa. fields or Sowerfal closes. Green pleasures ar gray grief. If lave Trerg "sviit the rose is And. I -were l&e the leaf. If I were -what the words are And. lava were like tie taie, "rttth double sossd and single Doiipst ur Hps woaki mingle. With kisses glad as Tkrds are Thai cec sweec rain, as neon. If I were what the words are lave were Kie the time. If jwo. were Kfev ay darling, Atm? T, your lave, were death, We'd shine aad snow together Era "Vrrh made sweet the weather With tfafffHiiT and starling And hours of fruitful breath. If yon. were life, my darling. And I, yaur lave, were death. If yaa were thrall to sorrow And I were page to joy, We'd play for lives and seasons With loving looks and treasons And tears of nhjht and morrow And laughs ef maid and boy, If yac were. tfcraH tcsorraw AriH I were page to jcy. If yac were April's lady And I were lord in 3ay, We'd throw with leaves far hours And draw for days wish Sewers TiH day, like night, were shady Atm3 night were aright Hke day. If yoc were April's lady And I were lord m Hay. If yen ware qaeen ef pleasure And I wre king af pain. We'd bent down love together. Pluair oat his flying feather And teach his feet a measure Aad find His raocth a rain. If you were queen of pleasure Aad I were king of pain. Algernon Charles Swinburne. A Seasoning; Dog. "Talking about dogs,' said a Woodward avenue lawyer, "I have one that reasons and has a memory. Last Sunday I went down to the postoSce, and my dog went with me. On the way he caught a spar row and walked to heel for some time with the bird in his mouth. As I did not take any notice of him, he darted into a vacant lot near the park, and I saw him dig a hole and bury the bird '"It was hvto afternoon when I went back, as I dined with friends in another part of the city. Had en tirely forgotten the episode of the sparrow when I missed my dog. I looked about and whistled for him and heard Hrm bark in answer, and then I saw him digging with all his might in the vacant lot. and he soon followed ma with the bird in his paouth. -Now, don't you sea he, had to do a lot of thinking and reasoning to first place the bird there and then remember it and stop on his return to get it ? He was a hunting breed of dog, bet had never been trained, as I do not hunt. How do you account for all those human like faculties ?" "Instinct, " said one of the com pany. "It is often a safer guide than reason."' 44 Any dog will bury a bone," said another. "Tl call it reason. I am sure I can follow the mental process of reason ing," said the lawyer, ' and if all dogs can follow out a mental sug gestion in that way, involving the faculties of memory and associa tion, then dogs have brains. I am sure they can be developed " De troit Free Press. "When Suspense Is Horrible. A good yarn has landed from the wilds of Australia. Two impecuni ous Scotsmen, traveling north in search of gold, came upon a drink ing saloon. They only had sixpence between them, so ybay ordered one "pip ' whusky." They were hesitating who should have the first drink, when, an old aeejuaintanee joined them Pretend ing they had just drank, one of them handed the newcomer the whisky, requesting him to join them in a drink. He drank, and. after a few min utes of painful and silent suspense, said: "Now, boys, yuH have one with me. "Jvasjja that weel managed, TBoaV said oae to his pate after ward. "Aye, it was. ssdi the. other solT iiiiily, bet it was a dreadfu' risk.' Pearson's Weeklv. aiosarfs "WorJ. Moaart lived 37 years. His first mass was composed when he was less than X0 years of age, and the enormous quantity of h'i composi tions was the work of the succeed ing 27 years. Hozart wrote li sym phonies, 15 masses, over .30 operas and tin i static compositions. 41 sona tas, together with an immense num ber of vocal and concerted pieces in almost every line of the art. An ffinminated bird's nest is to be met with in India. The baya bird of that country spends his spare time catching mammoth Hreflieg, hieh. he fastens to the sides of his nest with moist clay. On a dark night a baya's nest is said to look like an electric street lamp. A lamp should be filled quite full every day and, thus used, wiH burn one wick many tTmps as long as if it were only nHed with oil when ab solutely required. In England it is thought to be an unlucky omen to meet a redheaded girl on Jan. 1 before 9 o'clock. MECCA CATARRH: EEAIEDY. Per colds in the bead and treatment of catarrhal troubles this preparation has afforded prompt relief; with its con tinued ase the most stubborn cases of catarrh have yielded ta its healing power. It is made from, eonceastrated Mecca Compound and possesses all of its soothing and healing properties and by absorbtion reacnes all the inflamed j parts effected by that disease. Price 5q ! cts. Prepared by The Farter Mfg. Co. I Council Bluffs, Iowa. For sale by A-F. IStreitz- IRONING BILLIARD TABLES. Introduced by Eoberts, the English. Player. On every rainy day there is addi tional work for the attendants of the large billiard parlors. Those who play the popular three ball game have unquestionably noticed how the cushions of a table are af fected by the weather. Particularly is this so when a drizzling rain pre vails outside. It is then that the cushions are found to be 'Tractive and slow. Ten years ago it was not thought possible to make a billiard table fast without an expensive overhaul, which meant that the use of the table would have to be tem porarily dispensed with. Nottt how ever, it is possible to put a table in first class order inless than an hour. An immense fiatiron, well heated, is used, and in the hand of a com petent man a few turns around the green surface will soon take all the moisture out of the cloth. The hot fiatiron is particularly serviceable on a rainy day. None of the old time billiard ex perts thought of the possibilities of a hot iron until John Roberts, the crack English cue handler, came to this country to play a series of games with Prank Ives. It was the introduction to this country of the fiatiron, and everybody present at the match laughed, but were aston ished nevertheless, when an assist ant brought out a big fiatiron and handed it to the Briton. The iron was as hot as the enthu siasm for Ives, and when Roberts started in to navigate the heated mass over the green table the audi ence broke into a hearty roar. It was noticed, however, that Boberts played at his best immediately aft er he had manipulated the iron. Boberts won thatnight's string, and won it handsomely. After the strife all the veterans of the rhalk string crowded around the visitor and ask ed "him what the dickens he meant by astonishing them in that way. He proved to them that a hot iron when applied to cushions made them lively. That was the begin ning of the novelty in this country. The attendants at the local bil liard parlors have made an addition to Boberts' knowledge, however. They have discovered that not only does the hot iron improve the bed of the table when run over the cloth, but it also removes the chalk that clings to where the ball strikes the rubber and which sometimes steadily refuses to be cleaned away by the brush. Chalk on the cushions does not mean much to the average player, but the experts know that it frequently has an effect on the ball's true angle, and interference, no matter how small is discourag ing to the accomplished player. New. Tork Mail and Express. THE PAID CHOIR. Unnecessary Economy in Cbureli 3Insie a Grievous mistake. "It is very difficult for some very excellent and otherwise broad mind ed church people to realize that good music is one of the most powerful auxiliaries to successful church work," writes Edward "W. Bok in The ladies' Home JournaL "Music naturally appeals to a far larger number -of people than preaching yer has or can. no inatttsFhowgood its quality. A church desirous of reaching the largest number of peo ple and doing: the greatest amount ef good must adjust itself to prevail ing eonditions. If good music will attract where other attractions fail, why not employ this auxiliary? But good church music can rarely be had from a volunteer choir. And I say this with, all due respect to the the thousands who each Sunday throughout our country volunteer their services in divine sqng. There are innumerable eases where a paid choir is out of the question. I have known of such instances where the singing by volunteer choirs was good But they are the exceptions ; by no means the rule. And it stands to reason that this should be, so. Ex cellence in any kind of work calls far study and preparation. To be a good singer requires years of study and training. And years of hard practical work must follow the study period. "The Toiee must be cultivated; it must be trained And this calls for infinite patience, time and money. Trained voices naturally cannot be expected to give the results of ail this without compensation. And the fact that their services are asked by the church and in the cause of re ligion does not affect the justice of remuneration. Ministers and jani tors are paid, and sq should bo our church singers if they have good voices. "Where a church is able to znntntain a paid choir and seeks to economize with volunteer voices, there is, in particular, a grievous mistake committed Music hath charms, it has been truly said, and it has to every one. A church, able to spend something' on its musks cannot afford to haYc aught but the best it is within its means to em ploy. Those who regulate the af fairs of our churches should bear this fact in mind in connection with their approaching Christmas festiv ities and for their regular services in the new year before them. There, would be, far fewer empty pewsfin some of our. churches if there were better voices in the choirs." 2fot Particular. "Do you want a shirt that opens in front or one that opens in the backrr asked the salesman. "Don't keer where it opens," an swered "Uncle SilasT "sos it's got an openm at the top an bottom." Chi cago Tribune. CLERICAL AMENITIES. Sharp Speeches of Two Old Time "nrgixia Preacliers to TacTi Otbcr. The amity and fellowship between Methodists and Baptists nowadays are in striking contrast with, the feeling displayed in the beginning ; of the century as manifested then ! by the leading exponents of those j churches. Then there were very! few churches in this section of the! country, and the preachers rode long , distances and held services on Sat-; urdays and Sundays, rarely getting to any one church oftener than once a month. The old men of today re calt this period with great pleasure and never tire of relating their rec- j oHectmns of those good old tunes. The most noted expounders of the gospel in northern Virginia then were the Bevs. BoszeH of the Meth odist church and Gilmore of the Baptist. They were rigid and un yielding believers, each in the tenets and doctrines of his own faith, and advocates of the church militant, considering it then? duty to "hew to the line, let the chips fnfl where they may.' In upholding their doc trines they not only attacked the opposing principles of the other church- but, these two being almost the only preachers of their respec tive denominations in Loudoun and Fauquier, they frequently indulged in sharp and vigorous personalities in the pulpit and elsewhere, which at this day would be apt to beget an unending animosity. On one occasion they both had ap pointments inLeesburg on the same Sunday, and, as was the custom in those days, they received new mem bers into the church at the close of each series of meetings. Betrurning to their homes after church, the two congregations met on opposite sides of the same street. The Methodist divine,, thinking to , deliver a smarting thrust in the hearing of almost the whole of both flocks, called across the street to the shepherd of the Baptist fold: "How d'ye do, Brother Gilmore. One of your members joined our church today." "Ah, ha ! That's all right, " replied the placid immersioiiist "backslid ins: Bautists make very crood Metho dists." Constant themes of difference be- i tween them, upon which an oppor tunity to cross swords was never suffered to pass unnoticed, were close communion on the one side and the insufficiency of infant baptism on the other. One communion dav in the Baptist church the Bev. Mr. BosHell made it a point to be present, having no service at his own church on that day. Be had a seat on one of the front benches. Mr. Gilmore spread the communion table with great care just in front of where the Methodist divine was sitting, and when all was ready he cleared his throat and with great solemnity said in his powerful and impressive voice: "Brother BoszeH, if this were my table I should invite you to partake, but being my Father's, I dare not!" Instead of sinking through the fioor, Mr. BoszeH calmly replied: "Brother Gilmore, if this were your table. I should await your invi tation, but Qerng my Father's I shaH help myself I' and, suiting the ac tion to the word reached over and with great seriousness and solemni ty took the bread and wine without molestation, to the intense amuse ment of the congreiration. They were both great lights in their churches, dearly beloved by their people and possessed of a vig orous Christian fervor that made it self felt and resulted in great good j wnerever tneir ministrations were carried on.rJfarshaH (Ta.) Cor. "Washington Star. French. Canadians In Elaine. "There can be no longer any ques tion," writer a "down east" corre spondent, "that the French are in Maine to stay.1 Their numbers are placed at about 55,000, half of whom are eoneregated in the manuf actur ing cities of Biddeford, Saco, Lewis ton, Auburn, Waterville and Bruns wick. "When they arrive from Cana da, they are nearly always poor and unskflled, but they are quick to learn and are generally industrious enough to be valuable to their em ployers. Between 3,000 and 4,000 are owners of real estate, with prop erty valued at something like $2, 500,000. The French Canadians are nearly all Catholics, and ta the strong hold of the church upon their lives is to be attributed their gener al good order and freedom from crime. They are making advances toward useful citizenship in Maine and must be counted a permanent and important element in the popu lation. Springfield (Mass.) Bepub lican. Two Patients Compare 3fotea. A Calsisiaan yho has been drink- j ing a glass, of cold water before each. ; meal for three months because his physician said it would make him thin met a thin man the other morning who has been trying the same plan six months on the advice of another physician, who told him it woeld make him fat Bangor News. Sketrie Bitters. Electric Bitter? is a medicine suited fer any season bat perhaps more general ly needed when the languid, exhausted feeing prevails, when the liver is torpid aad sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long- and per- i haps fatal bilious fevers No medicine I will act more surely in counteraciuiir I j and freeing; the system from the malarial j poison, headache indigestion, consti-pation-dizzraess yield to ElectrieBitters. 0 cents and SLCO per bottle at Streitzc iDrus Store. 1 The Age or Trees. The -iTnrnTnT or ring- growths of trees and their relation to the age of the average specimen of the t4for est monarch" have been the leading subject of discussion in the scien tific journals for the past few months. It is pretty generally ad mitted by the forestry experts that where the "zone test,' as it is call ed, can be properly applied, the age imputed to the tree wfll not err in the way of excess. It is also admit ted by the very best of the great host of writers upon the subject that a clearly marked ring infallibly de notes a season's growth. Assuming, then, that these growths are true age indicators, it is plain that where there is an unusually thin, or, per haps, mdistinguishable layer, one year's credit wfll remain unentered in the tree's life register. On this ring basis of computation a German scientist has been engaged in pre paring a table of the ages of cer tain European trees. He finds that in Finland and Sweden the pine and fir trees attain to the maximum age of 700 years. The greatest ascertain ed age of the larch (this is Bavaria) was 274 years, while the silver fir of the same locality often grows un til it is 400 years old The oMest known German specimen of the oak is one of the "holm" variety, which formerly stood near Aschaffenburg, which the ring growths proved to he 410 vears of age. The mw.TtTmrm of other German trees as formed by counting the ring growths is as follows : Bed beech, 245; ash, 170; elm, 130; birch, 200; aspen. 210, and aider, 145. St. Louis BepubKc TLC0X & TTATiTiTGAX, ATTQB3TETS-AT-LAW, i0RTH PLATTE, - 2TEBKASEA Onlce ever Serth. Pl&tta atianat Bank. R. N. F. DONALDSON, Assistant Surgeon. Usion Pac-fla Rp--- and Meciber e Pension Board, VQRTW PT.ATTg, - NEBRASKA. Office OTerStreitz's Drag-Stare. E. E. NORTHRUP, DENTIST, Room No. 6, Ottensteia Be8dint NORTH PLATTE, NEB. "pRENCH & BALDWIN, ATTORIiETS-AT-LAW, south platte, - - xebsaska. OEce over N. P. Ntl. Bank. C. PATTERSON, TtTTO HNE V-JT-1-73. OSce First National Bask Bide-. NORTH PLATTE, NEB. GEO. NAU MAN'S SIXTH STP-EET MEAT MARKET. Meats at wholesale and re tail. Fish and Game in season. Sausage at all times. Cash paid for Hides. J. f . F1LL10N, lliV j General Eepairer. Special attention given to US 111, WHEELS TO RENT r in dealer nr Coal Oil, Gasoline, Cas Tar, And Crude Petroleum. 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