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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1902)
Love's Secoad Degree Dy D. H. TALMADGE (Copyright, 1901, by Thlu la a bit of plain history, and tho reader whose mental appetite craves advontures flavored with tho os aence oC heroism and self-sacrifice will save nlmself disappointment by pass ing It by. It Is, it may be said, tho plainest of plain history. John Dolwln, tho hero, Is a man who sells groceries. Formerly ho was an ordinary boy of numerous freckles, then a delivery clerk In tho village store of which he was later part owner, Ills life, so far as his acquaintances can Judge, haB boon a psalm from tho beginning. When ho married Emma Minkler he woro tho customary black, and tho brldo was attired In tho customary white, and congratulations upon tho happy event wcro many and sincere, Just as tho village newspaper said. So far as Is known no hearts were broken or even bruised In tho case. John had no rivals. Nor had Emma. Ho wanted a good sensible wife. She wanted a good sensible husband. They wcro married. Everybody was satis fied. Theirs was tho most comraonplaco of countings. Ho escorted hor homo from church one nlcht. and they stood for a tlmo at tho front gate whllo tho little god of lovo performed his duty. They did not reallzo tho solemnity of tho occasion, otherwlso ho would havo talked less fluently of butter and eggs, and sho would have subdued her references to tho starch ing and Ironing of shirts. It ras fate. John said to hlmaolf that there wna a girl who was practical, a girl well calculated to comfort a man who worked for his dally bread. Emma said to herself (mark tho coincidence) that hero was a man who was prac tical, a man who wasted his brain tls suo with no trivial subJectB of thought. And from that moment tho compact between them was virtually sealed. A year passed beforo ho asked her to share his fortunes. Scarcely an Instant passed beforo ho received his answer. Ho klBsed her then, and thoy wcro very happy. "John," said sho, as thoy parted that night "engaged couples aro different from unengaged ones. Coma and sco mo often, John, for I shall bo lono sorao without you. Como Monday, Tuesday and the other days." "I'll do it," said John, trying to re member a couplet he had laboriously committed to mcmorr; "I'll I'll do It." "Do," said sho. "O. r will," said he. Thus it camo about that whenever business was a bit slack in tho storo John girded up his apron, which boro a saleratus brand upon its bib, and went forth to call 'briefly upon Emma. And ho never failed to find her buoy with household work, her round white arms bared to tho elbows, her fingers often bedecked with dabs of dough, her faco flushed by tho heat of tho kitchen fire. And ho said to himself fervently, In much tho same spirit that characterizes tho stock burst of gratl tudo In tho more thrilling of lovo talcs, "What a prize I've won! What a girl sho Is! 0 my!" And ho walked upon air in his leaden deliberate way straight to tho wedding dny. Emma was not beautiful. Sho was not witty. Sho possessed not tho3o qualities which throughout tho pages pf a questionable literature havo made woman at onco tho despair nnd Joy of tho masculine heart. John under stood this and gloried in It. Ho him self had not been a success at holding up ono end of even a five minutes' conversation with tho more dashing of tho girls who attended tho church so cials. Ho rather feared these girls. He was never nblo to qulto frco hlm solf from the suspicion that thoy were making fun of him. Ho pitied tho "What a prlzo I've won!" orllllant young chap3 whom they mar tlcd. And It was so also with Emma. The orllllant young chaps adjectivo used in tho purely complimentary sense yotcd her dead dull without a dissent ing voice. They Bald Bho was a cheoso, whatever that may bo In tho human orm. Sho was utterly without power to set tho strings of tho gilded male narps In motion. And sho sniffed In er censlblo solid way, declaring that iho hoped tho Lord would havo mercy in tho poor creatures that married Ihem with tho emphasis strongly on iho pronoun. So sho was married to John, and foUn was married to her, and, as has ocen stated, everybody was satisfied. Another year passed, during which John bullded a squaro dwelling with 1 a 1 Dally Story Pub. Co.) no nonsense about it, nnd set a row of hard maples along the front walk, and purchnsed a cow. Then ho bought a Blmplo wicker perambulator and opened a ledger account with tho lead ing doctor. Life for the blissful couple. was on In real .earnest, and llfo In real earnest Is a pretty serious matter. It was then that tho covering of the ideals began to loosen In places and fall off. By the end of ono more year tho process was complete John growled nt tho cost of living. Emma neglected hor back hair. He discov ered with a Bhock that the cooking wns badly done nnd that tho house was badly kept. He uttered a hoarse noto of complaint, and was momentarily paralyzed by tho sight of Emma shed ding great soaking tears. Ho had thought hor superior to such petty weakness. Matters did not improve during tho "What! You say that!" nest year. They unimproved. John's business affairs went wrong. It was tho year of panic, and collections' were dllhcult to make. Instinct prevented him from groaning In - tho market placo, henco ho brought his groans homo nnd discharged them In an nv alnncho at his wlfo. Then John failed. He camo homo ono night, nnd sat for n long time bo neath a cobweb In a corner of tho sitting room, staring with wldo unsee ing eyes at tho picture of Garfiold upon tho wall, saying nothing, heedless of tho food upon tho table. Eminn sat In tho kitchen, rocking ceaselessly, their child asleep in her arms. Sho know what had happened. A glanco nt John had told her all sho cared to bo told. So tho mluutes became hours, and the flro died out, and a chill camo Into tho air. Tho clock Btruck nine. John spoke. "Em," said ho, "it's all over." "I know It," sho returned. "What aro you going to do about It?" "I don't know," ho replied. "I'm clean discouraged beat. I'm a poor Btlclr." "You arc," sho agreed promptly. Ho started violently. "What!" he cried. "You Bay that? I reckon, mad am, I'm as much of n success as you you that deceived mc that lured mo to marry you under false pretenses! You that mado out to bo helping your ma so good with tho housework! You that run whonover you saw mo coming and put on your apron and rolled up your sleeves and dnbbled your hnnds with flour or grabbed up a flatlron! You 0. I know all about it! I should think you'd have been nshamed of yourself, letting your ma do all the work while you Just lazed round! I should think you'd bo ashamed of yoursolf this mlnuto sitting thero on that floor that hain't been swept for a week! Did you think I wouldn't find you out? 0, you deceiver you!" Ho aroso to his fcot, excitedly pacing from one room to tho other; then paused, an expression of surprlso nnd bowllderment in his eyes, for Emma was smiling nt him through tears. "John," sho demanded, quietly, "who told you that?" "I overheard your pa telling Squire WIghatn," ho said, "and thoy seemed to think 'twas the best Joke ever was. But It hurt mo fearful and rolled mo up. You've no Idea how It rolled mo up, Em!" "Yes, I havo, John," Bald Bho. Morcy! Do you think I'm blind nnd deaf? But It wasn't bo bad as pa mado It out to bo, honest, It wasn't. Just onco I run and put on an apron and rolled up my sleeves to decclvo you, and that tlmo 'twas becauso I'd torn a big nolo In tho front of my dress nnd tho sleeves woro all Btalncd up with rnfipborry Juice. Pa was nl ways teaBlng me about It afterwards. Ho thinks he's an awful rich Joker, pa does. And as for my falling to keep houso good for you, John, there wasn't any trouble till baby camo, nnd then I didn't have time nor atrongth to do It, and you couldn't afford to hlro help, and you wouldn't tell me why, and and O, John!" Sho placed tho child in its cradlo, and with dcllberato Impulsiveness throw her arms about John's neck. Hla arm slowly wound Itself about her waist. "We're Just aa foollch as as tho fools, John," she sobbed. "Fooler." declared ho, decidedly. "1 hain't given you a fair shako, Em. I'm going to bo different" They wero silent for an Interval au Interval of close, wordlegs, com munion such as In tho popular lovo talcs pvscedes the marital stnt, bul never accompanies It. Emma broke tho silence at last with a whisper. "John, I'm awful sorry nbout the store," "Don't you worry nbout that," said John. "I'm no worso off than lots of othom. It don't fret mo a mlto not a mite, Em." Then ho turned up tho lnmp and ro kindled the fire and drew tho curtains, and they sat down comfortably with beaming faces to tea and muffins Just as tho clock struck ten. JERUSALEM'S RUINS. The Itomnln of ft Mcdlnrvnl Chnreli DltcnTitred. The Greek Catholic monks, who nre In possession of tho chief portion ol tho church of the Holy Scpulcher, nr .now going to build a bazaar opposite It, whoro pilgrims may purchase sou venirs of their visit to Jerusalem. Dur ing the process of clearing the alto tho foundations of an old medieval church, forty meters long and thirty wide, with three apses, wero discov ered. A number of fine capltnls, frag ments of basalt pillars nnd baa-rcllcfs, with symbolic animals, wero found, all thcoo remains having, doubtless, be longed to tho choir of tho church. Last year n valuable silver shrine, contain ing a pleco of tho holy cross and rollcu of tho Apostles Petor nnd Paul ac cording, nt least, to tho Inscriptions on them wns discovered nt tho samo place. Tho patriarch of Jerusalem, It is Bald, Is keeping other discoveries se cret, owing to his dislike of tho Ro man Catholic church. Thoso men tioned above aro nil tho more impor tant as it can bo nsccrtalncd to what church they belonged. According to tho statement of a medieval traveler, tho hospice and tho monastery, which tho citizens of Amain founded nbout tho year C40, as n refuge for Western pilgrims, was situated duo Bouth of tho Holy Scpulcher. about a stone's throNv away. The first church was built In honor of St. Mary do Latins, and tho second, tho ruins of which havo now been found, In honor of St John tho Baptist. Tho French monk Bernard, who lived thero In 870, highly praised the hospitality and the largo library of the hospice. A Mohammedan hlsto rlnn says It was destroyed by tho KUallf Hakem nnd rebuilt shortly aft orward; whllo, according to 'another account, it prospered down to tho time of Kin1: Baldwin of Jerusnlem, from 1100 to J 118, whon tho two communi ties of St Mary and St John adopted tho latter as their Joint protector. This was tho origin of tho Knights of St John. 'Tho romalns now discovered, thereforo, arc tho ruins of tho cradlo of this order. It Is most unfortunato thnt tho preservation of theso very In teresting remains seems Impossible, owing to tho 111 feeling which exUta botweon tho Greek nnd Romnn Cath olics In Jerusalem. London Standard. Nuutlciil flulr Appnront. British scrvlco papers havo noted that tho Prlnco of Wales Is tho first holr apparent to tho British crown to hold nn actual commission In tho navy, tho senior scrvlco on their side of tho wnter. Hitherto the heir appar ent has been put Into tho nrmy, nnd any naval rank ho may havo held hns been purely honorary. Tho Bnmo rulo was followed in tho case of tho sons of tho present king; Prlnco Edward was mado a soldier, and died whllo major In a hussar regiment; Prlnco Georgo wns mndo a sailor, and hns command ed his own ship on a regular cruise. Now, by tho death of his elder brother, ho becomes Prlnco of Wales, tho first of tho lino to bo a sailor. Hitherto ho has been promoted rapidly, but with a decent period of scrvlco In each rank, until ho now lrolda the commission of a captain. Hereafter his promotion will bo honorary, as It will no longer bo ndvlsablo for the heir to tho crown to go to sea In command of a fleet or to tako tho rlsltB of a naval ofllcor. Now York Sun. FiMtldlotm Hog. "Yes," said tho manager of tho de funct Undo Tom's Cabin company, "It was our dog that broke up tho Bhow." "Tho dog, eh? What was. tho matter with him?" "Too fastidious. You novcr saw such a hound In your life. You kno-' tho play, of course. Wo tlo a pleco of meat In tho folds of Eliza's frock, nnd that's what draws tho dogs after her when she runs across tho blocks of ice. Well, what do you think this dog .domnnded?" "Can't Imnglnc." "Porterhouse beef steak, sir, and with tho tenderloin loft In! Yes, sir. How's that? And you couldn't fool him. Ho wouldn't chaso Eliza a foot unless tho meat was a cholco cut. No, sir. And, by gum. sir, our company had to llvo on liver and bacon, bo thnt blamed dog could havo his Btcak. Yes, sir." Tho de mand was too much for you, was It?" "No, It wasn't. Thnt Is, it wasn't un til ho began to Insist upon mushrooms with hlB steak. Thon wo Just threw up our hands nnd quit." Cleveland Plain Dealer. flamekeeper Tip S!!SO. The position of head gamekeeper to an English country gentleman who hnbltunlly hns shooting parties Is a most valuable ono, for ovon tho most humblo of the Invited gueste Is ex pected to leavo a very substantial tip with tho outdoor servant In question In all cases wbro the visit extends to n week or more, the hend gamekeeper expects, nnd generally receives, a tip of from 3 to 50, and It is very doubtful whether any sum less than a sovereign would bo acknowledged with a word of thankB. A play Is In bo mnflo by Gcoriro Ad for tho use of Ward and Vokcs. STAJVISH WASR MED ALS FO"R UHE JVA. ry In expectation of n ceremonial pre sentation of a part of the mcdnls won In tho Into war with Spain, tho Phila delphia mint Is now going right nhead with work of fashioning tho Bovernl thousand medals to bo given to tho meritorious and the valorous of our navy during tho campaign In tho West Indies In 1898. Theso mednlB nro to commomornto participation In certnln navnl engagements principally on tho const of Cuba and to distinguish thoso officers nnd men whoso spcclnlly meri torious servlco other than tho bnttlo Is particularly deserving of recognition. From tho man bohlnd tho gun to tho man before the blazing furnnco In tho flrcroom, every one on a ship In bnttlo will rccelvo a battle medal, and. If in inoro than ono engagement, an added bar, Instead of another mcdnl, for ench additional action the bar to bear tho nnmo and dntc of tho subsequent fight. The obverso of the bnttlo medal will bear tho head of tho commander In chief of tho wholo campaign, encircled by tho inscription "U. S. Naval Cam paign In tho West Indies, 1898," whllo tho reverse will typify tho mon bohlnd ECovorie :ho gunB the young ofllccr And tho 'outh of tho hluo Jackets and tho ma lnes. Tho threo figures nro thown In iho flghtlng-top of a battlo ohlp. Tho oluo Jacket, who has Jut moved his jody from tho shoulder pleco of hla (till smoking one-pounder, Is watching :ho result of his last few shots whllo iho young olllcer, catching sight of a jhanco for tho rllle, Is pointing to an opening for tho alert marine. In tho distance, over tho rim of tho fighting top nro seen tho Brooklyn and tho Toxns partly clouded In tholr own smoke, whllo ncalnBt tho cxtromo left ehoro lino lies IJto blazing wreck of a Spanish craft. Tho sea In the mlddlo dlstanco is dnuhed with plungo of hos tile shot Tho "specially meritorious Borvlco" medal will Lo a wreath-onclrclcd star. Tho wreath will bo of laurel and the star will bear in prominent relief tho badge of tho sorvlco the nnchor. Tho bnnds that bind tho wreath will hear Iho descrlptlvo tltlo of tho decoration, Old Hllln Flnullv ?nin1l.i..wt. Tho famous old Italian brig, Anltn S., which had well earned tho proud distinction of being tho slowest vessel afloat, will make no moro 0 her fa mous long voyages. A cablegram from Tenerlffo announces her arrival there after a prodigiously long trip from Italy and hor condemnation ns old un seaworthy. Sho will bo sold for a fow dollara and broken up for firewood. No ahlp afloat over took longer tlmo to mako a trip than tho old Italian brig did. Sho was 205 dayB going from Brazil to Baltimore, Md. While oho nnd encircling the nnchor will bo the campaign designation. On tho plain reverse sldo of tho mcdnl will be stamped the nnmo nnd rnnk of rntlng of tho recipient, together with n brief Etntomont of the service for which thp mcdnl was given. Tho ribbon In this case will bo red or crimson nnd will fnll straight down behind tho mcdnl so that tho color will show through tho openings between tho star points. The design has been mndo purposoly simple. liny 8 pent In IIimI. There Is no hotter , proventlvo of nervous cxhnustlon than regular, un hurried muscular exorcise. It wo could moderate our hurry, losson our worry hnd Increase our open-air excrclso a large proportion of nervous diseases would bo nbollshcd. For those who cannot get n BUlllclont holiday the best substitute 1b an occa sional dny In bod, a writer In tho Nineteenth Century suggests. Many whoso nerves aro constantly strained In tholr dally vocntlon havo discovered tills for themselves. If wo cannot pro vent ngltatlon, wo ought, If possible, to give tho nervous system tlmo to ro covor Itself between tho shocks. Even an hour's seclusion nftor a good lunch will doprlvo a hurried, anxious dny of much of Ub Injury. Tho nervos can often bo overcome by atrntagem whon they rofiiBo to be controlled by tho strength of will. ditching Until. Rata nro very susceptible to tho odor of certain drugs, nnd any ordinary trnp set in their haunts is likely to succeed If dressed with theso scents, tho nt trncllon of which, rat catchorH ufllrin. they cannot resist. Au example is; Powdered asnfootldn, eight grains; oil of rhodium, two drams; oil of aniseed, ono dram; oil of lavender, one-half dram. Shako together In n bottlo nnd ubo n very small quantity to dress tho bait. To catch rats, cover n common bar rel with stiff, stout paper, tying tho of the Mudul, HhowlnR tho linn Ilehlm! edgo round tho barrel. J.'inco a board bo that tho rata may lme cany access to tho top. Sprinkle cheeso parings or other food for tho rata on tho pnper for sovcral days, until thoy begin to think thnt thoy havo a right to their dally rations from this .Bourco. Then placo In tho bottom of tho lmrrcl n pleco of rock nbout six or soven Inchea high, filling with watoi until only enough of It projects nbovo tho water for ono rat to lodge upon. Now ro plnco tho paper, first cutting a croas In the middle, and tho flrat rat that cornea on tho barrel top goes through Into tho water and cllmba on tho rock. Tho pnpor comes back to Ita original position, nnd the second rat follows tho first. Then begins n fight for tho possession of tho dry placo on the atono, tho nolso of which nttractH tho others, who share, tho same fate. Bal timore American. Knew Ton Much'. A young mnn employed In nn oyster wna making this voyago other ships sallod around tho world. Tho Anltn 8. la a rollc of tho sixteenth century, and is tho only squnro-rlgged vessel ulloat Bleered by a tiller Instead of n wheel. Sho looked llko tho Santa Maria In which Columbus crossed on hla fa mous voyago to America, nnd alio did n't Ball half as well. Sho lo known tho world round ns "tho Sea Snail." Sho watr well named. Tho untenderest passion Is lovo nfter It has burned Itself down to tho odgo3 of Indifference. shop has lost his situation, nnd this becauso ho gave prompt answer to hla employer's eager question. Tho employer hnd six lively llttlo laud tur tles, which attracted much attention as they wandorcd nlrlessly about tho window. Ho painted a largo white let ter on tho bacic of each of tho shells, and put up n notlco to tho effect that, whenever tho turtles got Into such rel ative positions that tho letters Bpellod "oyster' ho would present half a dozen natives to every ono who was looking on. Then ho became frightened lest tho myatlo word should occur too often, nnd covered roams of pnper figuring out tho odds. Ho gave It up nt last, nnd wna about to remove the turtles when his moBt accomplished oyster opener Informed him that, tho ,odds woro 720 to 1 against tho combination. The turtles aro still in tho window, but tho oyster opener has gone Such knowlcdgo of odds, tho employer thought, could havo boon acquired only by yonra of betting oxporloncc. It Is not wlso to bo too wise. Kleotrlultr for HinniiioHlnp; l'nc" Tho prautlco of clapping tho hands to summon n pago In tho houso of representatives In Washington hnB passed away. Electric nnnunclntors aro now In uso. Thero Is ono nt tho back of tho Republican Bldo and nn othor behind tho Democratic aide. When a member pushes a button n small red disk nppearn In tho annun ciator, bearing u number which shown whoro tho pago Is wanted. Boston Herald. TnlUlnp Ht n l.onc lltinc. Eighteen miles la suld to bo tho long est dlBtnnco on record at which a man'a volco has been heard. This oc curred In tho Grand canyon of tfio Col orado, where ono mnn shouting tho nnmo "Bob" at ono and, his volco wnB plainly heard at tho other end, which la eighteen miles nwny. Dr. Younc tho dun. records thnt at Gibraltar tho human volco hna been henrd at a dlstanco of ton miles. Vncclnntlun of I'liiiiln, Vacclnntlon of plants is tUo Idea of a French botanist. Parasitic diseases microbial or fungoid harm through tho poison thoy causo tho tiB3iies to nb sorb, and Inoculation with Bultablo cul tures makes tho tissues proof ngnlnst absorption. I'"lnct 1'cnrl NucUluce In World, Tho poarl nccklnce of tho Empress of Germany Is said to bo tho finest In tho world. Tho gemB nro nil porfoct In ahnpo and coloring and tho wholo In valued at 1500,000. Wound 1 1 out Slowly In l'hlllpplnci. Medical mon havo noted tho Injuri ous offect of tho Philippine cllmnto on wounds. The tlmo for healing Is much longer than Itore. In South Africa It la shorter. Tito New Hteamdilp. Tho two now steamships that aro bo Ing built for tho passenger scrvlco bo tweon San Frnnclsco nnd Orlontali porta will mark tho beginning of -a now ora In trnns-pnclllc navigation. Thoy nro double tho slzo of the largest that now cross tho Pacific and jnforlor In' slzo to only a fow of tho latest At lantic liners. Thero nro 13,000 policemen In Lon don, drawing salaries of $8,409,700, whllo thero aro 0,000 in New Yrk, drawing salaries of $10,050,000,