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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1908)
MRS. WILLIAM H. TAFT HBHH' sssW BsHslsssH??' v&Br LSsassssSKSWsV' ' 'J QREASa BOOTS WITH AMBERGRIS Product Valued at $20,000 Wasted by Sailors on Ship. Ban Francisco. Greasing masts, sea boots nnd oIlBklns with ambergris, val ued at approximately $400 n pound, sailors on tho British bark Antlopo wasted nbout $20,000 worth of tho product, unaware of Its value. John Mnthicson,master of tho ves sel, now learns that ho lot a fortune slip through his Angers. A small part of tho "greaso" had been saved and this was Identified by nn Oakland druggist ns amborgrls. Tho Antlopo reachod horo from Now caBtlo, Australia, a fow days ago. On tho way up, In lnttltudo 20 degrees south, a largo quantity of "grenso" was seen floating on tho ocean, and, a calm prevailing, tho men managed to scoop up several buckotfuls. Tho "greaso" was found excellent, and It was used for slushing down tho mnsts, tho balnnco being used by tho men on their oilskins and boots. Tho captain snys much more of tho ma terial could havo boon collected, but thought tho amount picked up by tho men was enough. QET8 FISH WITH HAMMER. PHI LA DELPHI AN DISCREDITS THE FLAG STORY. 1'roin .tertograpb, copyright, by ViuUrwooJ A Underwood, N, Y, Wife of the Republican Candidate for President. BETSY ROSS IS A FAKE. school books aro erroneous. They must provo that tho Ho was Invented, why It was Invented, who lnvontod It, how It spread and became part of history. They must produco tho real history of tho flag. Who designed it, nnd who made It. "By tho samo mothod thoso lcono clasts ellmlnato Shnkespcaro and guess at Bacon, eliminate Washing ton's cherry treo, eliminate Koy from tho 'Star Spangled Banner.' Washing ton at prayer at Valley Forgo, William Toll, Damon and Pythias, and Moses In the bullrushcs. "Tho Botsy Boss house Is a shrlno. This Is an outrage." Prize Historical Idol Shattered by In vestigation Her House Declared Unworthy of Place In . Fame's List. Philadelphia. Poor old Botsy Ross! down sho goes Into tho limbo of fakes with Barbara Frletchlo, who didn't wnvo the nag In Frederick; George Washington's hatchet, his prayer at Valley Forgo, and othor notnblo na tional fetiches. After Philadelphia has Tor years bowed tho kneo to the logond that In tho qunlnt little wooden houso at 239 Arch street Botsy Ross designed and made the first flag; after thousands of patriotic citizens had contributed n dlmo each to buy It, and hundreds of thousands of children havo made pil grimages to It, it has been offered to tho government as a national gift. Tho government turned it down. And now tho historical sites com mltteo of founder's week has turned down Betsy and the houso finally. Neither of them can havo a look in sn tho festivities, because both, says tho commltteo, are fakes. Tho school book story Is down and out. Nothing has so shocked Philadel phia since It Was definitely dlsc'overod by tho Pennsylvania Historical so ciety that tho Liberty bell wasn't cracked while pealing out tho nows of freedom at all, but while It was discreetly tolling for tho death of Chief Justice Marshall. Officials of tho Betsy Ross associa tion, which superintended tho pur chase of the building, had made great plans to have It figure largely In the festivities. They wore horrified tho other day when tho coramittoo an Jiounced that BotBy and tho house wore really a myth. It was the hand of William J. Camp "boll, who In tho absonco of Superin tendent of Schools Martin G. Brum baugh presided at tho meotlng of tho cdmmltteo which had gathered to mark tho places of historical Interest In Philadelphia, 'which delivered the hlow. His report to tho commltteo wns curt but tonso. It rend: "Where Uetsy Ross did not design tho Ameri can ling. Tho story Is a fnko, and there Is positively no evidence In Its Savor." "Thero nover was tho slightest ex cuse for the Betsy Ross fako," de clared Mr. Campbell lator. "Tho Btorlos which you find In tho school books about UiIb Imaginary horolno aro all puro rot, and It is to tho ovof lasting disgrnco of America that tho Jlctlon has boon nourished for so many years. I havo given tho traditions anost caroful study, and find that tho story Is a Ho from beginning to ond. Tho only foundation whatever for tho yarn Is that thero was a young woman aiamed BetBy Ross, who took In plain Hewing for a livelihood and who lived In n house, now known as tho first American flag houso, at 239 Arch Htreet. ' "As a matter of fact, Betsy Ross was no moro or Icsb than an ordinary soamstress who would havo been fired with about tho samo amount of pa triotic zeal In sowing Old Glory ns sho would havo found In darning a pair of socks. Sho nover hnd any inter view with George Washington, nnd tho pictures pnlnted Bhowlng tho lather of tho country beaming ovor tho work of the hnndsomo young hero Ino of tho flag Is ono gross libel on tho truth." Immediately' tho cudgels began to fly. President Adam H. Fottorolf of GIrard college, a director of tho Flag' houso association, took first whack at the committee. "I havo rested my confidence In tho tltlo of Betsy Ross as the maker and of her houso as tho birthplace of Old Glory upon tho oxlstonco of tho whole common peoples inltli and belief, a belief which until now has been prac tlcally universal and unquestioned. "Wo put tho whole burden of proof upon those who attack tho title of Betsy Ross. They must produco proof that tho people, teachora, and Carpenter Captures Sturgeon Six Feet In Length. Muskegon, Mich. Whon a sturgeon six feet long can bo captured with a carpenter's hammer, it Is tlmo to censo talking "nature faking," and tnko up tho question of tho rovlsed edition of "The Comploto Angler." Ferdinand Drntz, 48 Pock stroot, whllo running his sixteen foot launch up Muskegon lake, camo alongstdo a largo sturgeon lying a foot under tho surface. Quick as a flash Dratz reached Into his tool box under tho scat, and, tak ing tho first tool thift his hnnd enmo In contact with, a hammer, dealt tho fish a stunning blow on tho head. Thon, ns it commencod to sink, ho grasped tho fresh water monster through the gills and landed it In his launch. Tho sturgeon weighed eighty pounds, nnd measured sixty-eight Inches from tip to tip. EVOLUTION OF THE STEAMSHIP Jonathan Hulls' steam tun Is generally regarded as the father of tho Btern-whceler. It was In 1736 that Jonathan Hulls, a yeoman of Gloucester shire, England, patented a steam tug that wastrled the following year. The tug had a single-acting steam cylinder, 30 Inches in diameter, which In Its Inward stroke lifted a weight equal to one-half of Its effective pull. The en ergy of this weight In Its descent during the return stroke gave the engine a double action and the reciprocating motion of the piston gave continuous ro tation by, a ratchet gear to a paddle wheel at the stern. Road Makes Unusual Charge. Agent Sends Bill for $8 for Feeding Horses on Merry-Go.Round. New Orleans. When Michael Mur-J phy received h bill from a southern railroad for eight dollars for ono moal for a carload of flying horses used In morry-go-rounds consigned from Jen nings, La., to Mobile, Ala., his Irish blood went hot. Jnmcs F. Murdy, local agent for tho railroad, sent Murphy the bill along with a statement for cost of transportation. Wired Murphy to Murdy: . "Food for flying horses, Is It? Was It lco crenm or hay? I'll havo tho In terstate commerco commission down on yo!" Wired Murdy to Murphy, In nil "seri ousness: "Horses Is horses, bo thoy flying or running. Louisiana laws protect ani mals from cruolty and provldo eight dollars for ono square meal to a car- BASHFUL DAN BALKS NO MORE. After Five Futile Attempts Jerseyville Man Is Married. Jorsoyvlllo, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Matthews It's a fact; Jerseyvlllo'H bashful and balky nenr-brldegroom, famed for his flvo previous flights from the altar, gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, claBped tho hand of Miss Mary Frasor and said "I do" In Pastor Jones' parsonngo tho other day. This was at 8:30 a. m., nnd nn hour later Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Matthews boarded a train for Hoodliouse. "Wo'ro going to spend our honey moon there," tho now proud and reso lute husband confided to his friends. "Wo'll bo back to-morrow night," ho added. "Oh, ho!" remarked tho Jorsoyvlllo youthB who heard tho last remark. There has not been a real flrst-claBS charivari In Jerseyville for u long tlmo and tho collecting of. hornB and cowbells began Immediately. load. Your nnlmals were In Now Or leans one day. Pleaso romlt." Murphy's reply Indicated his opin ion of tho railroad In particular and all lines In general and hinted of eternal punishment herenfter. Murdy, In tho courso of tlmo, aftoi ho had collected his eight doJlnrs, be gan nn Investigation. Anothor road brought tho cur to Algiors. La., from Jennings, nnd tho clerk at Algiers, In transferring the shlpmont changed tho character of tho horses in tho bill of lading, so that when Murdy 'saw tho document It was plain "horsos," with no wlngH Nnturally Murdy, obeying tho lnws of humanity, ordored tho horsos around to tho railroad feed pons. Thoro tho crow saw tho mis tako, smiled, rcsealod tho car and atnt It on to Mobile. Murphy got back his eight dollars, but Murdy snyB tho Irishman has less sense of humor than nny shipper he nas encountered In his 30 yenrs of rauroau experience. Tho only unusunl thing about tho marriage coromony wns tho chargo to tno bridegroom with which Pastor Jones prefaced It. His words woro; Now, Dan, this Is tho Inst tlmo. If you balk this tlmo you needn't como to mo to get mnrrled again. I won bother any moro with you." Whether tho bride hnd madn nnv similar remarks did not appear, but uio rcsoluto look on Daniel's faco be- Bpoko a determination which would and did, carry him through. Suit Over Dog's Bathtub. Now York. A special bathtub for nor (log is one or tho Items In tho bill upon which suit has been brought agnlnst Mrs. Losllo Cnrtor Payno by r. contractor who has mado alterations In tho Seventeenth street houso occu- piun uy mo ncireBS. The suit, which is unsou on a mechanic's lien, against not only Mrs. CaHnr.rw, hut also against tho owner of tho house nnd Ezra, Prentlco. vlln wnii appointed rocolver when tho actress wum into bankruptcy. Save the Babies, INFANT MORTALITY ia somothlng friglitfiil. Wo can hardly roalizo that of all tho ohildron horn in civilized countries, twontytwo por oont. or nearly ono-quartor, dio before they roaoh ono yearj thirtysoven por cent,, or moro than one-third, hoforo thoy aro flvo, and one-half before thoy ard fifteen! We do not hesitato to say that a timely nso of Oastoria would savo a ma-, jority of thoso precious livos. Noithor do wo hesitato to say that many of theso infantilo deathB aro occasioned by tho uso of narootio preparations. Drops, tinotures and soothing syrups sold for ohildron's oomplaints contain moro or lesa opium, or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, doadly poisons. In any quantity thoy Btupefy, retard oiroulation and lead to oongostions, sioknoss, doath. Oastoria oporatos exaotly tho reverse, but you must seo that it boars tho signaturo of Ohas. H. Flotohor. Oastoria causos tho blood. to oiroulato proporly, opona tho pores of tho skin and allays fover. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. 12. Fletcher. mo m ALCOHOL 3 PEil opn-p AgclaWdVcparallonrarAs. s(m! alingiftcRwdantlRcduta-llnguicStornaritsandDoMtilsof Promotes DigcsttonOtc cU nc$s and Rest.Conlalns neither OpumuMorphinc norJIiacral. WOT NARCOTIC. jSbc.Scma JkdittttSJtt- ytuseSrtJ 1 i I i Ancrfecl Remedy for GmsflM' tlon , Sour Stomadi.Dlarrtai Worms,Coimilsims.rcttisu nc3s arulLoss or Sleep. facsimile Sifoatureof NEW YORK. Dr. A. F. Fooler, of St. Louis, Mo., says: "I havo prescribed your Castorla tn many caeca and havo always found It nn ofllclont nnd spoody romody." Dr. E. Down, of Philadelphia, Ta., oayB: "I havo proscribed your Cos lorla In my practlco for man; years with groat satisfaction to mysolf and benefit to my patlonts." Dr. Edward Parrlsh, of Brooklyn, N. T., nays: "I havo usod your Cas torla In my own housohold with good results, and havo ndvlsod Bovoral patients to uso It for its mild Insntlvo offoct and freedom from harm." Dr. J. D. Elliott, of Now York City, says: "Having during tho pant sir years prescribed your Castorla for infantile stomach disorders, I most heartily commend Its uco. Tho formula contains nothing dolotorloua to tho most dollcato of children." Dr. C. C Sprncuo, of Omaha, Nob., says: "Tour Castorla la an Ideal mcdlclno for children, nnd I frequently proscrlbo It Whllo I do not advo cnto tho Indiscriminate uso of proprietary modtclncs, yot Castorla Is no. exception for conditions which nrlco In tho caro of chlldron." Dr. J. A. Parker, of Kansas City, Mo., says:. "Your Castorla holda tho ostcom of tho xnodlcal profession In n manner hold by no othor proprie tary preparation. It Is a euro nnd rcllabla mcdlclno for Infanta and chll dron. In fact, It Is tho universal housohold romody for Infantilo allmonts." Dr. II. F. Merrill, of Augusta, Mo., says: "Castorla la ono of tho Tory finest and most romarkablo romedlcs for Infanta and children. In my; opinion your Castorla has caved thousands from an early gravo. I can, furnish' hundreds of testimonials from this locality. j to Its cfflcloncy and merits." Dr. Norman M. Goer, of Clovoland, Ohio, says: "During tho lost VwoIYa years I havo frequently rccommondod your Castorla -as, ono of tho host preparations of tho kind, bolng safo in tho hands of parents nnd vary of foctlvo In relieving children's dlsordors, whllo tho caso with which bucIi a pleasant preparation can bo admlnbtorod Is a great advantage" GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Boars the Signaturo of V? Exact Copy of Wrapper. 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