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9 THE SEMI-WEEKLY TR1BIM IRA L. DARE, Publisher TERMS $1.25 IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE, NEI1RASKA Rats A National Pent. Hnts cost tlio United 8tntes nearly f66,000,000 annually, according to tho biological Biirvoy of tho depnrtmont of agriculture. At tills nmoiint tho government scientists estltnato tho dnmnge dono by tho rodents and after exhaustive experiments It has been de termined that the pests cannot bo ex terminated. All that science can hopo to do Is to hold thorn within bounds and to do this nothing more satisfac tory has lioon discovered than tho old fashioned rnt trap, says Technical Magazine. Inoculation nnd nil other mothods, It has been established to tho satisfaction of tho scientists who liavo studied tho situation, nro not equal to tho trap In tho work of de struction. Tho amount of damages glvon by Dr. C. Hart Morrlam, chief of tho survoy, Is conservative and doubtless below tho figures. While ho estltnntos thnt $1,000,000 of tho flro loss of tho country Is traccablo to rnts, the underwriters place It nt 1G times thnt sum, or which $1,000,000 Is duo to tho gnawing nwny of Insulation on electric wires. Speclnl attention has boon given by tho government Inves tigators to conditions In Washington. The wholo underworld of tho capital city, Dr. iMorriam says, is populated with rats millions of them. Wash ington loses each year from rnts, nsldo from tho fires for which thoy nro re sponsible, $200,000 In dnmngo dono In markets, shops nnd department stores. Somo of IhcBo places employ profes sional rnt catchers, with ferrets and smnll dogs, but this method, Dr. Mor rlnm finds, Is unsatisfactory, slnco fow rnts nro killed and tho uxpenso Is great. Airships In War. Thnt airships nro likely to play nn Importnnt part In war Is an IncronBlng bollef among mllltnry men. Most of tho great foreign powers In planning foot tho futuro mnko provision for tho ubo of tlylng machines, and In somo cobcb aeronautics aro given much prominence. American nrmy ofllcors appear to bo coming to tho snmo way of thinking. Tho bonrd of ordnnnco of tho war department at Washington Is so sorloii8ly Impressed thnt Btrong recommendations will bo made, and it Is oxpectcd that tho suggestions will bo embodied In tho annual report of tho socrolary. Tho ofllcors of tho sig nal corpH nro said to bo In full accord with theso Ideas nnd havo expressed themselves to tho effect that tho coun try could well afford to Invest $10,000, 000 In nlr craft to bo avnllable for na tional dofonso. Tho typo of vessel favored by tho ofllcors Is tho dlrlglblo balloon, nn It Is said thoy aro con vinced thnt tho "hoavlcr than air" Bort nro Impracticable Tho board of ordnnnco, it is glvon out, will proposo nn Immodlnto cxpondlturoof $1,000,000 for (lying machines to bo avnllablo for conBt dofonso, and congress will bo asked to mnko tho necessary approprl ntlon. Tho Georgia assembly Is to bo asked to pass h hill forbidding any womnn "to betray Into matrimony" nn "unsus pecting nialo subject of tho stato by scents, (mints', powders, fnlso hair" or a numbor of othor well-known femi nine nrtlflccB. TIiIb Is n direct aim nt tho wiles which woman hns justly como to regard as her rights, and tho women of tho Cracker stato should bo up In arms nt tho threatened infringe ment. And whllo about It, why not In troduco n hill forbidding mnn Indulg ing In anything but tho truth and eliminating all tho smnll, planning but not nlwnyB truthful flatteries In which ho sometimes Indulges whllo carrying on a. courtship. Whllo assaulting tho fomlnlno wIIcb, It Is only Just not to forget thnt there nro such things as masculine wiles also. Tho bureau of Immigration Ih do ing excellent work In diverting thou sands of aliens from tho crowded city centers, whoro thoy aro llkoly to bo como n dnngor and n drain upon tho resources, and sending them Into tho country, whoro there lu a demnnd for farm InbororB. Applications aro ro eolved from fnrm owners who nro In need of nsBlBtnnco, nnd In response to theso appoalB 1,000 laborers woro supplied between tho llrut of hint February nnd tho llrut of June. Tho fnrm, which n fow years ago threat encd to lapso In disfavor, Is being ac corded Its Bharo of importance, both ns a factor In our commercial and In dustrial llfo nnd In solving our tsoclnl problems as woll. Statistics gathered by tho gonornl education board show that tho gifts of Individuals to Amorlcnn collogca nnd universities amounted during tho last year to moro than $23,000,000. Giving money to educational institutions is ono of tho most exponslvo habits that American millionaires hnvo contracted. It Is said that the Now York Jewish community is now tho largest lu his tory or tradition, It represents ton per cent, of tho entlro Jowish popula tion of tho world. Washington Interesting Bits of News Gathered at tho National Capital. Capital Besieged WASHINGTON. Tho CO nnd 7C horse-power millionaires thnt magnificently swell the population of tho cnpltnl of tho country Innocently nnd Indirectly mnko llfo n burden to their neighbors of a less estate. Monoy Is nn awful nuisance, don't you seo, whon It bolongs to somebody clso and not to you. Tho trouble of It Is thnt ono's friends in tho provinces ascribe ovon to tho lowliest In Washington somo occult power ovor tho pursostrlngs of tho resident plutocrats. Ono Is always being besieged by tho Indigent from tho homo districts to work somo graft In their behalf upon tho ovcr-bodollnred donlzens of tho District of Columbia. They write to you seductively: "You go out so much and know of so ninny rich people, I'm suro you'd hnve no dllllculty in disposing for me, for a hnudsomo sum, of two old claw-foot tables, a warming pnn nnd n portrait Uncle Sam Tells How PItOGltES8 made In food nnd drug Inspection nnd leulslntlon during 1907 Is explained lu detail In tho yenr book of tho doimrtment of ncrlciiltiirn. just Issued. Tho book shows that mothods of manufacture wero studied by government exports nnd whonovor possiDiQ nssisianco was glvon manu facturers In immovlni: their mothods. Ily means of sterilization It wns found thnt various fruit and vcgotnblo prod ucts enn bo prosorvod without tho ubo of chcmlcn! jiresorvntlvos. Tho experiments along this lino resulted In now methods for tho prcsorvntlon of ple-nlllng nrtlclos nnd canned goods. Extcnslvo investluntlons ns to tho uso of sulphur for drying fruit woro mndo, resulting lu tho dlscovory of bolter methods for drying fruit and In disclosing tho fact that molasses and syrup do not contain so much sulnhur ns hns generally been suppoBcd. Tho studv of tho lnlluonco of cold storngo on tho vnluo of food gained much uenuway. Among tho mora Im Japanese Diplomat Mlti MASANO IiANlHAKA, second secretary of tlin .Tnnanesu embas sy and n soclnl favorite of tho diplo matic corps, was so severely Injured from tho result of his dnrlng rescuo of an American womnn from a run away horao that ho may suffer tho consequences for tho romnlndor of his Jlfo. Tho Jnpancso diplomat was bat tered and bruised nnd had IiIb foot so bndly crushed by tho horso's hoof that It will bo months before it Is hoalod. Tho roscuo occurred some days ago, Mr. llnnlhnra was walking along Rhode Island avenuo on his way to tho embassy and had started to cross tho street whon his attention was at tracted by cries of "Look out!" by sovonil persons lu tho vicinity. Turn ing ho saw a horse drawing n light runabout with a young woman and a companion dashing toward him. Tho Social Incident Makes Society Smile THE rofUBnl of Minister nnd Mmo. Gudo to participate In tho Geiunnn led by William II. Taft will not pro duco n diplomatic incident betweon Norwny nnd tho United Stntea. It cannot, because tho United States has no olllclnl social functluus and tho squabbles about precedence never havo anything moro than nn Indirect offoct upon diplomatic relations, Tho minister created u great deal of talk among tho many diplomatic ofllclals in Washington, not because ho had refused to participate, but be cause he allowed the hotel manage ment to know why ho refused. Tho diplomatic view Is that Minis tor Gudo made an awful blunder in not recognizing tho fact thnt Mr. Taft has a better chance, probably, of be coming president of the United States than any other mnn, nnd that In stand Whisperings by Relic Sellers by Sully of Great Grandfather Thing umbebub. I understand Senator Clark Is a c.onnolssour. Ho'd likely esteem It n prtvllcgo to bo allowed to purchase, and tho Interest on tho mortgage Is duo and wo need tho money so." Tho multimillionaire Senator Clark during his Incumbency was the prey at largo of all tho old junk vendors of the na tion. Tho little bowhlskered gentle man was n shrowd nnd thrifty bar gainer, however, and seldom foil n vic tim unwarily. There Isn't n senator or congress man In tho entire catalogue who Isn't persecuted by Importunnto constitu ents now nnd then to convort himself, In their Interests, Into n prlvato rum mage snlo. Thoro Is a halcyon dream prevalent that Washington flows with milk nnd honey nnd crisp now pnper dollars, and that tho benoflctarles aro eager to divide, for value received. Hawkers of old objects, valuable olthor intrinsically or In only their owners' eyes, are among tho afflictions prominent women havo to bear. Thero'B scarce a day that somo de cayed gentlewoman or her emissary Isn't out peddling, lu a doprccntlng way, somo valued heirloom that It wrings her heart to part with. Family Jowols aro always on tho market, old laces, books and objects d'nrt. to Make Pure Pies portant studies of tho mothods of manufacture and preservation of foods nnd drugs woro tho blenched flour In vestigation, tho lemon oil Investiga tion, tho whisky Investigation and tho Investigation of nonfermontcd Lover uges alleged to contnln cocaine or other objectionable drugs. Tho oxporlmontal work of tho bu reau of chemlBtry, tho enforcement of tho fodornl food and drugs net, numer ous Investigations nnd tho part played by various states In tho enactment of laws regulating tho manufacture and sale of foods nro somo of tho subjects troatod In tho book. During tho year, out of 44 legislatures whjch mot, 40" enacted laws relating to tho purity of foods. Tho bureau of chomlsty established ten additional branch laboratories throughout tho country, whoro sam ples of food nnd drugs collected by In spectors under tho direction of n chief Inspector nro Bout. During last year 7,011 samples of foods nnd drugs wero Bout to theso laboratories, resulting lu 323 henrlngs and the transmittal of 12 criminal cases to tho department of justice for prosecution. Ono of tho greatest dlfllcultios encountered was to socuro n sulllclont number of In spectors or chemists possessing tho roqulslto training nnd experience in foods ami drugs. Stops a Runaway horso wns plunging wildly from side to sldo, driving ovory ono poll moll for sh'olter as It neared tho spot whoro Mr. llnnlhnra stood. Tho young Japanese, who stands about llvo foot nnd Is smnll in proportion, dodged out of tho way, but no Boonor had tho horso come abreast of htm than ho mndo a leap for tho bridle. Tho ter rific secd of tho enraged anlmnl mndo him miss his hold nnd swung him under the horso's hoofs, but bo foro ho completely lost his hold ho caught a grip on tho btidlo nnd swing ing clonr managed to climb on tho horso's bnck and bring him to his knees. Tho nnlmnl regained IiIb foot howovor, and by roaring, attempted to throw Mr. Hanlhnra from his back, but tho dtplomnt tightened his grip gradually until tho animal, snorting with pain, confessed ltsolf vanquished. When, Mr. Hnnlharn reached tho embassy ho summoned his physician who found thnt tho horso had tram pled on his foot nnd crushed it bndly Trcatmont afforded llttlo relief, aB tho bones woro so bndly bruised that an ahress formed and added consider able trouble. It Is now feared that an operation may bo nccessnry. lug upon his undoubted right to do mnml first place or none ho did tho worst thing possible "What If It is his right and duty to sny ho will not walk behind a mero prlvato citizen," snld n minor dlplo matlc society man in discussing the Incident. "Whnt good will that do him when Mr. Taft Is tho prosldont? Will tho thou prosldent hnvo forgdtten thnt the minister said he would not dnnco In tho German with him?" It was tactlosB for M. Gudo to ovon suggest his lights to a "pig of a mat tro do hotel," Bay tho diplomats, be cause ho should have known thnt tho hotel man would toll tho uowspaperH about it and in that way his refusal would como to tho ears of Mr. Taft, Tho only thing nt all in fnvor of tlio minister Ib tho fact that thoro is not n great doal of diplomatic business to transact between Norwny nnd tho United States nnd Mr. Taft Is likely to bo so busy for the first fow month after ho goes into office that ho will forget thoro was such a man as Qudo or thnt ho over declined to walk through tho Gorman behind tho mas sive back of William Howard Taft MMinmeiF For the costumo pictured on tho left figured delaine would bo very suit able Tho skirt Is gathered Into tho waist with a llttlo fulness; it has a pleco of filet Insertion put down tho center of front, nnd taken all tho wny round tho skirt. Holow tho insertion nro two tucks about two Inches deep. Tho bodlco is tucked down tho center of front; below tucks is a pleco of insertion put on in a V shnpo; on either sldo of that is another pleco of Insertion tnken to waist; the shoulders aro tucked, and insertion is put round tho nrmholc. Tho puffed sleeve Is gathered into an insertion-band at tho elbow. Straw hat, trimmed with a big wreath of roses. Materials required: Twolvo yards 30 Inches wldo, about lO yards insertion. Tho second costumo is mndo in striped zophyr. Tho skirt is a circular Bhapo, and is cut so that tho strlpos meet In points down center of front and back. Tho bodlco has epaulettes and shoulder-straps of material; tho straps ro cut on tho cross, nnd tho epaulettes on tho straight; it is worn over a spotted muslin undorsllp mndo quite simply; it has n plain yoko trimmed with insertion to which tho material is gathorcd. Materials required: Eight yards 30 inches wide, 2V yards muslin, thrco yards Insertion. Tho third illustration shows a useful stylo for tennis or other outdoor games. Tho skirt Is a flvc-goro shnpo In cream serge; it has a three-inch hem, und Is machlno-stltched thrco times nbovo it. Any Blmplo blouse enn, of courso, bo worn with It. Tho ono illustrated hero Is In cotton vollo patterned with nlnk: on each shoulder nro four each buttons nnd cord arc sewn; it has frlll of soft lnco sown on tho left edgo; tho back Is sot Into n shaped yoko; tho material is gathered to It in tho center; tho slcovo is sot into a turn-back cuff Just bolow tho olbow. Materials required: Four yards sorgo 48 inches wldo, thrco yards cotton delaine 28 buttons. CLOVER FOR THE 8ACHET. How Fragrant Plant Should Be Gath ered and Preserved. Whon going on a clovor-gnthorlng expedition tho morning may bo taken for cutting down tho stalks and laying thorn togothor In a pile. Then nftor lunch tho stalks can bo stripped, dropping tho leaves and flowers Into tho rocoptncles previously mndo ready for thorn. Aftor tho clover Is gathered It 1b drlod thoroughly by spreading It out thinly ovor newspapers, and putting it in tho sun, but enro must bo taken thnt it is not in tho wind whoro it. might bo blown away. Sevoral days aro required for tho drying and tho loaves will break to powder when all tho Juice Is sapped out. Whon tho loavos and bloom nro ready for casos, any material that is desired may bo chosen for making sachet holdors. It must bo thin, of course, and no cotton is put in for pad ding. Tho bag docs not need to bo ontiroly filled, for n thin layor spread over tho surfaco when tho case is laid down flat is quite sufllclcnt. Cases may bo made Just tho bIzo of buroau draw ors, and small onos nro nlco, too, for slipping into trunks. Among houso llnon tho Bwcct clover casos nro de licious. OF THE LATEST STYLE. Tho most conspicuous ot tho Into millinery models, because tho most at tractive, aro tho draped and frilled bonnets of net, tullo or lnco, recalling vaguely the much-abused bobo lint of other ycnrB and built up on much tho samo linos ns tho Chnrlotto Corday. Tho now shapes nro very high of crown, too. Tho brims vary in width, but In all cases droop sharply, and since tho bonnets sit low upon tho head, as do nil tho lints ot tho season, tho plaited frills ot theso brims fall softly around the faco and ovor the low chignon at tho back. They seem to belong by right to protty faces, or at loast to piquant faces; but whoro thoy aro booomtng thoy aro as delect nblo ns anything over devised for wear with sheer summer frockB. Tho above Illustration gives an idea ot the models. . . Dresses tucks in urouim of twos, nt thn nnd of a box-plait down contor of front, nnd a. Inches wide, ono yard lace, two dozer, TO BE WORN IN AUTUMN. Looking a Little Ahead for the De creeo of Fashion. Tlio prevalence of idossv.faced ma- tcrlals. with satins In thn Itnd for elaborate oicaslons nnd satln-fncod wools for day-tlmo use, Is assured for fall wear. It Is ovldcnt that very supplo but firm weaves, such as tho broadcloths, Venetian cloths, prunellas and serges, nro to bo In great request. Tho voguo for soparato coats will havo a salutary influence on tho vel vets for winter, and It is said that onormouB orders for velvets arc put ting tho velvet manufacturers through their pnccB. From somo samples which repre sented n pnrt of n buyer's output for tho coming season It Is prophesied that checks, plaids and stripes will bo In great demand. This stylo Is being fostered by tho voguo of plain skirts nnd plaid, striped or checked skirts or tho reverse. With tho sheath skirt, which 1& llkoly to bo modified, ono may rest as sured that tho tlght-fltting French coats with scanty poplums will como out in volvot for cloth skirts as soon as tho weather permits. Whntover tho wenvo In silk or wool, thoro is ono quality which Is common to all suppleness nnd a tendency to closo texture. This bodes well for tho permanence of tho tight skirt, since n firm material Is neoded to keep it in shape. That tho petticoat will continue to feel tho chango of stylo is certain, but thnt it will bo actually banished Is improbable. Sleeves to Be Longer. Tho vexed question as to tho cor rect sleovo length has been nnawnrmi at last with no uncertain volco. Sleeves aro to bo long, so long that not only aro tho elbows covored and rench tho wrlstB, but tho point must fall ovor tho knuckles, nnd In somo Instance thoro nro actually concealed thumb holes In tho cuffs, through which tho thumbs mny bo pnssed in order thnt they mny help to keep tho sleovo down to their fullest oxtont. This partlculnr voguo adds not s llttlo to tho studious suppression ot all offorts nrter display that character izes tho inodos of tho senson. Yot, curiously enough, tho exceedingly quiet aim that is sought for In tho smartest of smart toilets Is not achieved nt tho cost of any loss of clnbornto detail. On tho contrnry, It is becauso each item of tho snrtorlal scheme Is mosnlc-llko In its precision thnt tho wholo offect Is so subdued. Summer Weddings In Rural New York. Summer tlmo weddings In the truly rurul sections of Now York city offer many amusing contrasts. An usher at a wedding on Staten Island recently startled tho assembling guests by ar riving nono too early In an automobile which ho drovo himself. Thoro Is nothing odd theso days In going to a wedding In nn auto, but to see a man In frook coat, high hat and light gray gloves driving a touring car at1 good speed over dUBty roads Is unusual, ovon for taten Island. Valuable Medicine. No family medlcluo chest should bo without peroxide of hydrogen. This la of the greatest valuo in disinfecting nny abrasions ot tho skins which may havo been suffered. It destroys nil germs with which it comes in contact and should bo immediately applied to pin, prick or nny other of tho so called trifling hurts. As a matter ot fact, a pin wound is often more dan gerous than ono a hundred times its size, for tho point may contain somo deadly poison which is injected before tho prick Is oven noticed. European News Disseminators. A French statistician calculates that thcro Is ono newspaper published for every 82,000 inhabitants of tho known world. In Europe, Germany heads tho list with G,"600 newspapers, of which 800 aro published dally. England comes next, 3,000 newspapers, of which 809 aro "dallies," and then comes Frunco, with 2,810 newspapers, of which only one-fourth nro dally or published twice or thrlco a week. Italy comes fourth, with 1,400 papers, and is followed by Austria-Hungary, Spain, Russia, Grccco and Swltzerlnnd, tho last having 4G0 newspapers. Alto gether, Europo has about 20,000 newB papers. Honesty No Bar to Fortune. It Is a mlstaako to think that vast fortunes cannot bo built up by honest methods. Thoy can nnd often are. Thcro aro thousands of mon among whoso riches thcro docs not mlnglo ono partlclo of tho sweat of unre quited toll, on whoso crimson plush thoro is not ono drop of tho heart's blood of tho necdlowoman, whoso lofty halls aro tho marblo of Industry, not the slnows and bono, of tho tolling: masses. Dr. Madison C. Peters. His Faulty Memory. "Have you got anyany typewriter exterminators?" naked tho small boy. "What!" exclaimed tho salesgirl, aghast. "Typewriter exterminators. I think that's what thoy told mo to got. Any how, it was something that " "Do you mean typewriter erasers?" "Well, maybo that was It, but what's tho difference? Ain't they tho samo? I want a dime's worth of 'em." Like the London Variety. "But can't wo girls play In your game?" asked' little nosslo. "Naw, it's too rough," replied her brother Tommy. "Why, there will bo fighting in it." "Oh, that's all right. 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