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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1901)
V Uhe WeeKJy "Panorama. Chinese Minister' Son a Pub lic School "Boy. Minister and Mmo. Wu Tfnp-Fanjf havo ono son, Ohou Chou by name, or Wu Chou Chou, ns lio writes It In Chinese stylo, says St Nicholas. When they came to tho United States about three years ago Chou Chou could not speak a word of English, and his father placed him with a tutor. Chou Chou soon found that tho boys who lived near tho legation wont to tho public school, and ho begged his father to allow him to do tho samo. Minister Wu jn a very wlso oriental and when lie looked Into tho mattor ho conclud ed that tho public school was best for his boy and sent him there. Chou Ohou liau made such good progress WU CHOU CHOU, that he Is now In tho Western High School, nnd his teacher said a short tlmo ngo that tho English of his ox orclBca In tho literature class was bet tor than that of any papors handed In to her. Wlillo nt school ho drcssoB Iiko tho usual American boy, nnd tucks hla long cuo under his coat! Dut on all public occasions he wears his iiatlvo costume tho Htlff brocaded silk robo and trousors, his feet Incased in tho fancy doublo-solod sandals, nnd his ctfo braided down his back and tlod with a silk fringe which nlmost touch es tho hools. Mine. Wu does not speak English readily and often at her re ceptions, which nra hold on Friday during tho social seasons, her young son nets as her Interpreter with an oaso anil graeO which would bo a t credit to one far his senior in years. Straight through my henrt this fact to day By truth's own hand Is driven; God novor takes nno thing nwny Hut something clso is given. I did notknow In earlier yanra. This law of lovo and kindness I only mourned through blttor toars, My loss, In sorrow's blindness, Uut ovor following each regret O'er Homo dopartod treasure My.sad, repining heart was mat ( With unexpected pleasure. I thought It only happoncd no; Uut Tlmo this truth hus taught mo; No least thing from my life can go But something olso is brought mo. It Is tho law, complete, sublime, And now with faith unshaken In patiouco I but bldo my tlmo When 'any Joy 1b taken. No matter If tho crushing blow May for tho moment down mo; .Still, back of it waits Lovo, I know, Willi uomo now gift to crown me. Ella Whoolcr Wilcox. Milan's People's Inn, Tho muulclpnl government of Milan ban recently Inaugurated a peoplo'B liotol, tho ceremony taking place In tho prcsonco of a largo number ot olllclnlB.Tho hotel, although to bo con ducted along the biuiiq lines as tho Mills hotels In Now York city, was plauuod In Imitation of tho Rowton hoiiBos In Loudon. Tho Into King Humbert bestowed a largo sum for erecting tho building, which contains G30 bedrooms, besides dining, reading nnd smoking rooms, bathing halls, n library and largo kitchen, In 1890 two MUanoso engineers visited Loudon In ordor to study tho Rowton houses and tho system on which thoy nro man aged, Besides this, Lord Rowton puld a visit sovernl montha ngo to Milan nnd inspected tho now edifice. Rep resentatives of working ussoclntlnnB In other towns nttonded the Inauguration with a view to studying tho system of organization. Tho prefect, Slg. Al- fazlo, roprosontod the government, whllo tho duko of Oosta attended tho icoromony In behalf of tho kins. Tho building has cost abouA JliO.QOO., SAVINGS and DOINGS Miss Chapman. Architect. "Thoro Is nothing succeeds like sun- cess" might bo said about josepnmc Wright Chapman. She Is a brlgtit Boston woman who' has choson nn un usual profession from tho numorous ones open to wom en. Sho has mado a success of It, not nlono because she Is bright, but be cause of her iceon observation, good Judgment, perse veranco and hard work. These vir Miss Chapman. tues havo been coupled with pluck and pntlctice. It Is a flold that not many women havo entorcd, but thoro Is no reason why women should not fill the placo of nn architect most creditably with her nnturnlly artistic tempera mont, her lovo of tho harmonious nnd beautiful, nnd her Inherent womanly Ideas uf suitability. Miss Chapman lives In Doston, In a building occupied entirely by artists, as there she finds an atmosphcro Bitlt ed to her work. Her nssoclatca are thoso who havo Interests In common with hor own, and sho fools this Is helpful. " Hard-Hearted "Dene 'actors." Undor this queer but pregnant title a writer In tho Leipzig Ubcr Land und Moor makes what ho calls a "contribu tion to the psychology of American Ism." In brief, ho points out that the benefactions of Androw Cnrncglo, John D. Rockefeller nnd tho Into P. D. Ar mour aro not proporly to bo Included undor tho bond of charity, for the gifts mado by theso men nro philan thropic rather than charitable. Thnt Is to say, Mr. Carnegie and tho rest havo no caro for tho poor and needy and thoso who cannot help themsolvcs, tho propor objects of charity; but do voto their monoy to tho uses of the strong and hopeful in tho attempt to raise tho lowly and tho weak of tho coming coneratlon to n higher piano. "This now fenturo of Amorlcan life nnd faith," concludes tho wrltor, "must not bo blindly Imitated without further Investigation." Pilots' Ejcclusi-Oe Club. The Sandy Hook Pilot's club Is not In tho social roglstor, yet It Is tho most oxcluslvo club In Now York. You might apply for ndmlsslon to member ship now, but you wouldn't get In for ton or twolvo years and you would bo moro fortunnte than somo present mombors If you got In oven thon. For, unllko tho Author's club, which Is not all author, or tho Golf club, which Is not entirely golfer, or tho nthlotlo club, which Is not wholly athlete, tho Pilot club Is all pilot. And to bo a pilot you must Borvc, first, two years boforo tho mast, then six years as an npprontlco on a pilot bont, thon ono or two years as pilot. So that, usually twelve years pahs beforo a pilot gets a full license Director of Sculpture. F. Wellington IUtckstuhl, tho well- known St. Louis nculptor nnd secretnry of thb National Society of Sculptors, F. WELLINGTON RUCKSTUHL. has boon nppolnted a dlroctor of sculp- turo of tho Louisiana purc'iaso exposi tion. Art Men Going to HcaOcn? Dr. W. B. Loach of WIckor Park MothodlBt church, Chicago, Booms to bo much exorcised becauso ho sees lit tlo to porsuado him that men nro walk ing heavenward. Ho has no doubt about himself, for ho frankly acknowl odges that ho will be lonesome In honvon for lack ot meu. Pointing to the Dos Plalnes enmp mooting ho said: "I noticed out thoro that tho men lie around undor tho trees smoking cigars whllo tho women crowd Into tho tents to listen to sermons," Thou ho wants to know why men don't go to church nnd becomo Christians, and he udds the rather startling stutomont, "An In lldol makes his mon work for 80 cents a day, but a Christian can't." Japanese Ejecluston Act. According to press dispatches, the Japancso In New York nro nuxlous and nlurmod ovor tho agitation on tho Pa clllc coast for an act ot congress ex cluding- their countrymen from tho United States. Tho Sun Francisco la bar unions aro said to bo preparing a formidable petition praying for an autt-Jupancso immigration law, and the advisability of a counter-movement Is being considered. Current Topics J First Christian Church. Tho sea has sometimes swallowed up a church that has been built too near the edge of the ocean, but It Is dlfllcult to understand how a wholo cdiflco could sink Into tho earth, to bo rediscovered beneath tho foundations of its successor. Such, however, has been tho caso with the church of Santa Maria Antigua at Home, built In tho fourth contury and now uncovered by tho demolition of the ncwor church, Santa Maria Llboratrlce. Tho en- trnnco to this strange old church Is built on to a vestibule of Caligula's Palace, and was onco decorated with pictures, which, of course, havo been ruined by tho accumulation of earth and debris, Some, however, are fairly woll preserved and givo tho history of Joseph and his adventures with Phar- BURIED FIFTEEN CENTURIES. noh and Potlphnr's wife. Another se ries of pictures ropresont tho history of our Saviour. This church must un doubtedly bo tho first Christian church ovor built In Rome, and was especially erected to abolish tho cult of Veatn and Juturnn. "Tho wonderful point about It all Is," says on Italian savant, "that this Christianizing transforma tion actually took placo in the palace of tho Cacsurs." Ghe Urouble in Virginia, Virginia has a stato constitutional convention In session. It was called primarily to regulate tho suffrage question, but the question of sectarian- Ism became Involved and its settle mont required much effort. Tho present constitution of Virginia recognizes religion by describing It as tho duty which wo owo to our Cro ator." Tho manner of discharging this duty, it says, should bo "directed only by reason and conviction, not by forco and violence." Therefore, all mon nro entitled to a frco oxerclso of religion according to tho dictates of consclonco. Thou comes this para graph; "And that It Is tho mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, lovo nnd charity toward each other." A leading member of the convention, In tho interest of nonscctarlanlBm, moved to strike tho word "Christian' out of this paragraph. On this qucs tlon Rabbi E. N. Callsch, a distin guished Jowlsh scholar, was invited to audross tho convention. Ho spoke with persuasive oloquonco and sharply ana lyzed tho phraseology of tho section Ho said that the use of tho word un der discussion mado tho section con tradict its own terms. Other speakers said that tho phrasa "Christian forboarance" was entirely ucstltuto of sectarian significance that It was as unsectarlan as tho phrase, "Mosaic meekness," or "Mll- tonlc simplicity," or "Wobstorlan olo quonco." uut the other argument pre vailed and tho entire clause was ollm Inated. leaving only tho definition of religion and tho declaration for free dom of conscience An Automatic Faucet. A slmplo and very effective contriv ance is described ns follows by tho Sclontlllc American; To provldo means tor automatically closing a fau WEIGHS LIQUIDS, cot or tap whon a predetermined quan tity of liquid has been drawn from a ensk Is tho purpose ot a dovlco lnvont ed by David M. Brodln ot Canada. On tho spigot a scnlo-boam Is fulcrumed, tho shorter arm ot which supports a platform, for the vessol to be filled, and tho lougor arm ot which carries a counterpoise which can bo ihlfted, TER'RITO'Ry AFFEC TED By THE STEEL STHIK.E. WAVKtCW ttCT0H I DC KMS JCW ItllNOD IIWGPO INDIANA JUOUIS The great strlko of Iron, steel and tin workers sweeps over a stretch of country from tho western boundary of Now Jersey to the Mississippi river and boyond. It takes In the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illi nois, with offshoots In Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Maryland. Already the strike Is on nt plants In Aids Franco-Russo Alliance. Princess Cathe- r I n o YourlowskI, daughter of the murdered Emperor Alexandor II. of Austria by his sec ond wlfo, Princess Dolgorouka, has become officially en gaged to the Duko of Chaulncs, head of ono of tho Junior branches of that ancient ducal French house, of which tho Duke of Luynesls tho chief. T h o Duke ot Chaulnos has Rus sian blood in his veins, for h 1 s mother was that famous beauty, Princess Sophie Galltzln, who, aft er being treated In tho most nbomlna- bio mnnner by tho family of hor hus band, 'both prior to his death, but more especially after- ward, died literally ot starvation in one ot tho most poverty - s t rlcken parts ot the French capital. PRINCESS Innocent of anything beyond mere coquetry and Indiscretions, compro mised by the attentions of a man who had no othor claim to social distinc tion thnn that ho was one of hor nu merous train of admlrors, sho was de prived by her husband's will of tho guardianship of hor children, which were takon from her by a family coun cil. Sho endeavored to recover them, and was In consequonce thereof In dicted for attempting to kidnap thorn. Tho court, howovor, prejudiced against hor ns n foreigner, though It was, declined t6 convict her on the ground thnt Bho had really done noth ing to Justify hor children being taken from her. Lack of funds prevented her from taking any furthor steps to establish her rights. The social power ot her atom fanatic old mother-in-law, tho Duchess of ChevrotiBo, was too great to admit of any ono risking her anger by befriending the unfortunate young Duchess. Every door was closed against her and without a slnglo bad act being proved ngalnst hor she died ot hunger as an outcast In a Paris Blum nnd without seeing her children, Her oldest boy, the presont Duko of Chaulnes, was about five years old whon sho tried to abduct him from tho gloomy castle of her mother-lu-lnw In tho south of Franco. Short Personal Stories. Mark Twain tells thus tho story of hla first great London banquet, at which, by the way, thoro were 800 or 900 guests. Ho admits that, not hav ing beciiUsed to that kind of dinnor, ho felt somowhat lonosome. "Tho lord mayor, or Bomobody, rend out a list ot tho chief guests beforo wo began to ent. When ho enmo to prominent names tho othor guests would applaud. I found tho man next to mo rather a good talkor. Just as wo got up an In teresting subject thoro was a tremend ous clnpplng of hands. I had hardly over heard such applause before. I Htralghtoned up and set to clapping with tho rest, and I noticed a good many people round mo fixing their at tention on mo, nnd somo of them laughing In a friendly and encourag ing way, I moved about In my chair and clapped louder than over. " 'Who la it?' I asked tho gentleman on my right. " 'Samuel Clemens, hotter known In Lngland as Mark Twain, ho replied. "I stopped clapping. The life seomed to go out of me. I nover was in such a fix In all my daya." Mrs. Edwin Gould Is ono of tho most ardent collectors In America and nt ono tlmo sho declared that if sho could only get hold ot tho club with which Cain pommeled Abel sho would bo tho happiest ot womon. On a recent visit to Now Orleans she oxplored the French quarter of that city and was rewarded by finding numerous relics of days long boforo Androw Jackson whipped tho British there. She also s ami i .mfe- v Am i r trti thirty-nine towns, and all of tho plants of tho United States Steel Corporation in theso various states will, It Is be lieved, Wo seriously nffected Uefore tho end of tho trouble. Tho lcadors of the Amalgamated association are going slowly, but threaten to call a strlko on every combination controlled by the United States Steel Corporation CATHERINE YOURIEWSKI. picked up many valuable articles dat ing back to tho Napoleonic period, one bolng a solid silver pleco which onco had been tho property of Jerome Bona parte. About a year ago Mrs. Alfred Schor morhorn, a society woman of Brook lyn, lost her fortune in speculation. Nearly nil ot her bwoII frlonds mani fested such strong disposition to drop her acquaintance that Mrs. Schermer horn ;took the Initiative by dropping theirs, and being a woman of sense bo Ban to look around for some means of self-support.Sho lilt upon tho Idea of Christened Mis Mary Preble Andorson, who broke tho customary bottle of cham pagne to christen tho battleship Maine, Inunched at Philadelphia Saturday, comes of a famous naval family. Sho Is a great grand-daughter of Commo doro Edward Problo, who having dis tinguished himself aa n young man in tho American navy during tho revolu tion, commanded the Constitution- Old Ironsides during tho famous ex pedition against tho Bnrbary plratos. He has always been styled the father MISS MARY PREBLE WHO nmltlnfir fs beforo thoy aro done. Tho mass of -tho men nnd plants affected aro In Penn sylvania nnd Ohio, ns tho number of black dots on tho map will indicate. Tho number of mon out now in Penn sylvania Is 21,000, in Ohio 23,000, In Indiana 10,000, and In Jlllnols 2,000. As many moro may bo Involved later In tho strugglo with tho Btecl trust. operating a laundry and opened such 'an establishment in Southampton, L. I., whoro tho faithful among her form er friends aro helping to make the ven ture a success. The English Liberals. Whllo Lord Rosebcrry has been freo to crlttciso his own party and to allege that it could not exist under its pres ent conditions he has been equally un reserved concerning the consorvatlvo party and govornmont. Novcr, said he, in tho rcmembranco of any Impar tial observer, has there been "any gov ernment, which had crowded such a frightful assemblage of error, weak ness and wholesalo blunders into its administration." Tho grave fault of tho liberals is they can agree on no policy. They are split into fragments and yet bo desir ous aro tho leaders to keep together that at n dinner a short tlmo slnco given nt tho Reform club, a voto of confidence was given to Sir Henry Campboll-Bannerman as tho leader of the party. This, Bald Lord Roseberry, quoting tho famous phrase ot Disraeli, is "organized hypocrisy." In fact tho liberal party in Great Britain Is very much in tho plight of the democratic party In the civil war, "In favor of tho war, but agin Its pros ecution." It has been discovered that tho Rothschilds are tho holders of tho missing ticket for the prize of 100,000 francs in M. Conuolln's lottery in be half of tho Dramatic ArtiBts' associa tion at Paris. They havo given tho money to the society. General Fitzhugh Leo has decided that tho business in which he has de termined to engage upon retiring into private lifo near Richmond, Vn will bo "of an industrial character," but boyond this ho huB refused to mnko any statement tor publication. According to the anthropologist, Al fredo Nlcefore, n north Italian "differs less from a German than he does from a Sicilian. the Maine. of tho Amorlcan navy, becauso it was he who first made it famous abroad. His nephew, Admiral George H. Preble, was distinguished In the war against Mexico and in tho civil war, and his grandson, Edward Deering Preble, uncle to Miss Anderson, rose to be lieutenant commander in the navy, and was navigator ot the Kearsarge in ItB battlo with the Alabama. Miss An derson lives with hor parents in Deer ing street, Portland, 'and Is well known socially. CHRISTENED THE MAINE. A s 4.