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THE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. DARE, Publisher
TERMS $1.25 IN ADVANCE
NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
Activity In Aeronautics.
Tho period from 1885 to 1900 was
ono of unexampled nctlvlly In aero
nautics, and for n tlmo thoro was high
hopo thnt tho ago of flying wan nt
hand. Hut Maxim, after spondlng
$100,000, abandoned tho work; tho
Ador machine, built at tho oxponso of
tho French government, wns j fail
ure; LUlonthnl and Pllchcr wore
killed In experiment nnd Chanuto
and many otherH, from ono causo or
another, hnd relaxed tholr efforts,
though It subsequently becamo known
that Prof. Langley was still secretly at
work on a mnchlno for tho United
Slates government. Tho public, dis
couraged by tho failures nnd tragedies
Just witnessed, considered flight
boyond tho roach of man, and classed
Its adherents with tho Inventors of
perpotual motion. Wo bogan our a&
tlvo experiments nt tho closo of this
period, In October, 1000, at Kitty
Hawk, N. C, writes ono of tho Wright
brothers In tho Century Magazine Our
mnchlno was designed to bo llown us
n kite, wllh n mnn on hoard, In winds
of from 15 to 20 miles an hour. Hut,
upon trial, It was found that much
stronger winds wero required to lift It.
iSultnblo winds not being plontlful, wo
found It necessary In ordor to test tho
now bnlnnclng system to fly tho mn
chlno ns a kite without a man on
honrd, operating tho lovers through
cords from tho ground. This did not
Ivo tho practice anticipated, but It In
spired confidence In tho now system
of balance.
Yacht Races and Wireless,
Tho noxt cup raco will witness nn
'.ntorestlng Imttlo In tho air a con
flict hotweon tho wireless tolegrnph
lystems for Biipromncy. Tho Now
York Herald'B tug, llttcd with a wire
less apparatus, demonstrated during
tho recent crulso of tho Now York
!facht club thut a most effective sorv
Ice can bo rendered In thnt mannor.
put what will happen If tho thrco big
lows ngonclos, tho Associated Press,
(loarst sorvlco nnd United Press, and
A scoro of tugs lit ted out by tho
wcnlthloBt papers, bogiu sending IiIbb
ng hot messages through tho nlr at
about tho rnmo tlmo? Will there be
my profanity nt tho receiving points?
What will bo tho nnturo of the nows
Ihoy will rccolvo7 Fnlrly successful
ifforts In tho wireless direction have
ilrcndy boon mado nt International
facht racos, but groat Improvements
luvo boon mudo slnco Rollunco do
watod Shamrock III. In 1003 Improve
JiontH apparently In all but ono ro
ipect tho clash or rival messages in
.ho air. Perhaps, suggests the Fourth
Estate, tho best way out of tho seem
ing difficulty would bo somo fnlrcom
nromlBo nrrangomont by which ono or
funlzutlon shall cover tho contest for
ill concerned, handing over the mes
sages as received at tho Now York of
fice Does Publicity Increase Crime?
Paris has taken u now twist. For a
long tlmo It has boon urged that tho
oxcobbIvo amount of publicity which
has beon glvon to tho crimes of tho
Purls Apnchos has been responsible
far ft great proportion of tho vlolonco
which has prevailed In tho capital In
rocont yenrs. M. llrliind, minister of
justice, has Just Issued an order pro
hibiting tho police under penalty of so-,
voro.punlshmont from supplying pho-1
togrnphs of noted criminals to the
press. Nor will M. Bortlllon of tho an
thropometric department bo allowed
to glvo photographs, neither will tho
newspaper reporters be pormlttod to
photogrnph tho bodies of murdorod
'porBons or tho rooms In which crimes
hnvo boon commlttod. A formor chief
of tho detective department smiles,
nnd predicts that tho now ordor will
not Inst three months, for thoro are
tlmoa when tho police II ml It cxtromo
ly difficult to dlspenso with tho aid of
tho prcsB. Hut ono thing Is cortaln,
tho clasB known ns Apaches bus the
uppor hand In Paris. They nro outlaws
who piny to tho gallory, and nro aB full
of vanity and conceit as of brutality.
Tho Apache adoics tho center of tho
stago, und will commit any crlmo to
flguro as a hero to his kind.
It has boon suggested by a wary
imnlch-mnkor that the noxt American
holroBS to bo attached to a royal house
will havo tho youngest son of King
Qoorgo or Orceco for her huabnnd. Hut
Just wait n bit. Lot tho other ono bo
weddod first. Tlmo enough to spok
of Prlnco Christopher's brldo when
Europo has recovered front tho Abruz
si marlago.
An automobile may skip around,
invlng all kinds or run with street
:ars and family carryalls, but when It
inters into a debate with a sure
enough locomotive It is tho ropalr
lhop and lots of it for tho haughty
acor.
In u Massachusetts town whore no
indortnkor has ovor succeoded In
naklug a living dopbtlosH they will
Sell you that what tho town noodo Is a
fow first-class funorals, That is what
Jioy say In all small towns.
LI ON BUTTERM LK
TWO BROTHERS TRYING TO RE
DUCE WEIGHT.
One Had Previously Tried It for Fif
teen Days and Had Lost Twenty
Four Pounds Solid Foods
Barred by Agreement.
St. Louis. Tho "Buttermilk Broth
ers" Is tho name by which Sam and
.loo Wolsman, tailors, aro now known
to tholr friends. Sam, after fasting
for 15 days and taking a weok's rest,
has Induced his brother to enlist In
the ranks of the starvation army, nnd
they are trotting along side by side on
tho rond to Thlnvllle.
Under tho tonus of their agreement
nil they are permitted to tnko Is one
gallon of buttermilk ench day and all
tho water they care to drink. All solid
food Is barred.
"I am going to stick until 1 reach the
reasonable and gontlomnnly wolght of
1C5," Snm said to a reporter. "Fat
may bo all right for Mr. Taft, but I'd
rather bo lean than be president.
"When I started on my first fast, a
month ngo, I wulghed 202 pounds
When I gnvo up, because my good old
mother was afraid I would starve to
death, I wolghed 181 pounds and never
felt better In my life.
"All of my friends told mo to be
careful not to ent too much nfter
broaklng my fast. Thoy wero afraid
I would founder. But thoro was no
danger. I couldn't eat much. I didn't
hankor after double porterhouse steaks
like I used to. I think that's tho bcBt
thing about fasting. It reforms your
nppotltc. I feel ashamed when 1 re
member whnt a glutton l used to be.
And Joo was worse.
"In tho week thnt I was back on tho
food wagon I lived mainly on soft
boiled eggs. I nto chicken once, to
plcaso my brother, nnd I nto some fish
that my wife cooked, but It didn't
tnste so good to me. I wns glad to
gel back on n buttermilk diet. It's
gront, but don't let anybody tell you
thut It's fattening. I now weigh 17C
pounds. Maybe I'm not us strong as
I would bo on a dlot of beefsteak, po
tatoes au gratln and things like that,
hut I am healthier."
But Joo Is having a harder time.
Originally ho was oven heavier than
his hrothor.
"If I don't dlo trying I'm going to
stick to buttermilk until I get down
to 170. Before I started to fast I
weigher 204 pounds. I've lost about
nlno pounds so fur."
"My head aches all tho time," said
Joe. "I was novor subject to fits, but
I feel ono coming on every tlmo nny-
body says that swoet word 'beefsteak.'
"Everybody tolls mo that after tho
fourth day I will bo all right. It's
pretty hard pulling, but I can stand It
If Sam can."
Friends enticed him Into n restau
rant tho other night. He snt there
with a glass of buttermilk und
watched them cat good things.
"It nearly killed mo, but I Btuck,"
snys Joo, proudly..
Many faddists and physlclnns havo
written letters to tho Buttermilk
Brothors. Dr. J. C. Enles or Hollo
vlllc, who rusted 31 days, sent them n
copy or his book on starvation as au
aid to health. Ho suggested that they
might lust longer If they drank lemon
ndo Instead or buttermilk.
QUICKSAND .SWALLOWS .MULES.
8pan Valued at $500 Sucked Down to
Death Before Missouri Farmer.
Columbia, Mo. Completely swal
lowed In the maw of n quicksand bed
15 feet In diameter was the fate or n
$500 pair of mules belonging to M. C.
Angoll, a fannor of this county, near
Roehojiort, 15 miles west of hero.
Only by the hardest work did James
Kite nnd other farmers, whom ho
called to his aid, succeed In saving
another pair of mulos equally as valu
able from tho oozy depths. Tho hind
legs of tho two dond animals pro
truding now glvo warning of tho dan
ger that lurks In the death pit.
Mr. Kite Is foreman of tho farm on
which the nccldent hnpponcd. Ho
was plowing a Held which tho high
water had overflowed. It was dry and
hard, and four mules woro required to
pull the plow. In the middle of the
Held, without warning, tho lond team
broke through tho caking or mud, ami
before Mr. Kite realized It they were
slowly sinking In the sand und drag
glng tho team behind with litem.
Klto cut the back mules loose nnd
succeeded In saving them. Only after
n hard struggle did they manage to
pull their front legs und shoulders out
of tho mho.
POOR GIRL HEIR TO MILLIONS.
Restaurant Cashier Entitled to Part
of Soldier's $50,000,000.
Washington. Miss Flosslo E. Sin
gleton, cashier In n restaurant on
Pennsylvania avenue, has received
word that sho Is one of the heirs of
Joseph Ball, u revolutionary soldier,
whoso estate Is said to have accumu
lated until it amounts to $50,000,000.
"This seems nltogother too good to
bo true, or course," said Miss Single
ton. "In tact, I do not ovon know
my gront-grnndnintlier's name. What
would 1 do with a row million dollars?
Well, It will bo time enough to talk
about that when I find somo ovlduueo
that the money Is coming my way."
The Bnll ustate Is said to comprise
now $1,850,000 In cash and somo 5,250
neros or land, containing Iron, in
Moadvlllo, Pa., and othor towns In
Pennsylvania nnd the Carollnns, Ken
tucky and Virginia,
ROOSEVELT IN
From kTt!Krali,roijr)i;Ut, I y Ir.JcrwooJ I ihIlTw jci 1, S'. Y.
The above Is probably the most characteristic photograph of President
Roosevelt over made. He will probably be attired much like this on the hunt
ing trip to Africa which he has planned to take on the completion of his term
In the White House on March 4 next.
L,
TOWN THAT IS LITERALLY DI
VIDED AGAINST ITSELF.
But Still Perfect Harmony Seems to
Exist One May Do on One Side
of Street What Is Prohibited
on the Other.
Knoxvlllo, Tonn. Thnt, contrary to
Biblical statement, a "city divided
against Itself" can stand Is shown
most strangely In tho pecullur case of
Bristol, Va.-Tonn. The town Is liter
ally divided In hnlf by tho state lino
thut sopnrutes Virginia and Tonnosseo.
Ono sldo or tho main streot Is in tho
Old Dominion nnd the other lij the
Volunteer stnto.
Tho Btnte lino runs In thu center of
tho street car track oi Stato street for
moio thnu a mile. A uovol plan of
ovndlng tho Tennessee Jim Crow laws
ns affoctlng street cars was devised
when the legislature passed a statute
requiring negroes to be seated In tho
rear of the cars and apart from tho
whites; On Stnto streot half of a Car
Is In Virginia and one-half In Ton
nesseo. To evndo this law It Is only
necessary to have the colored passen
gers rldo on the sldu that Is running
In tho Old Dominion, and by so doing
thoy mny rldo with a passongor who
Is In Tonnosseo, but who Is powo'rless
to compel tho conductor to enforce the
Jim Crow law.
Thoro Is also a difference In tho
murrlngo.laws. In Bristol, Tenn., tho
only prerequisites to tho Issuunco of n
marrlngo llconso nro thnt tho prospec
tive bride bo 10 and the groom IS,
whllo In the city Just across tho stato
line It Is necessary for nil nppllcnuts
for such license, where either party Is
under 21 years old, U havo tho written
consent of their pnreutu or guardians.
The result Is thnt Bristol, Tonn., Is n"
sort of Oretnn Green for eloping cou
ples from neighboring stutes whoso
rigid laws withhold matrimony from
Infants thnt are ollglblo In Tonnessoe.
llowover, there is a slight dlfTereiico
In the price, us the license In Bristol,
Va only costs $1, whllo In Tennessee
Just acroBs tho street, the uume docu
ment soils for $1.50.
The fact that the principal thor
oughfare Is directly on tho state lino
permits men In business to choose tho
state In which the laws are more
favorable to tholr business In which to
locate, und yet not sacrifice advan
tages of being on the principal streot
For Instance, ir the stato license tux
In Tennessee is $2n0 a year and it Is
GOES BAREFOOTED TO RIALTO
v
Isadore Duncan's Pink Toes Un
adorned in Broadway Stroll,
Now York. it takps a groat ileal to
mnke Broadway gasp, and Miss Isa
dora Duncan, the duncer, who lb re
sponsible for tho general exhalation of
astonished breath, muy flutter herself
that she has donu a remarkable thins;.
As gayly and uncineernedly as the
Greek maidens she simulates, Miss
Duncan strolled along Broadway In
her bare feet the other dn. Pedes
Irlnns stared, turned, laughed, or
gaspod, according to tholr toniperu
nieuts. "Pipe- her llttlo tootsies," yelled nn
Irreverent nowshoy. Hut Miss Dun
can, uudlsmaytMl, pursued the shoeless
tenor of her way towurd (he olllcos of
Charles Frohman In the Empire, the
ator. Clad In n pink dress of classical
cut, with n pink null, poke bounut
with wide Htrotuuers tied titular her
chin, the dancer whom sovereigns
have delighted lo honor seemed on-
I'UNTING ATTIRE
$100 a year In Virginia, a man enter
ing this business can be in Bristol,
Vn., to the Bnme ndvantngo, and savo
?100 a year on license. Tho result Is
that some lines of business are rep
resented almost exclusively In ono
city, on account of cheaper license tax
or somo other consideration of that
character.
The Tonnosseo law which prohibits
tho sale of revolvers and other small
firearms within the stnto Is robbed of
Its effect In Bristol, for the reason
that Virginia has no such law, and
hnrdwaro stores and sporting empori
ums In that part or tho city which is
In the Old Dominion carry them reg
ularly in stock.
It was on tho spot whore Bristol
now stands that Gen. Evan Shelby,
tho famous Indian wnrrlor, the father
of Gen. Isaac Shelby, the latter first
governor nnd .."father ot Kentucky,"
settled nnd built tho ilrst white man's
cabin west or tho Alleghenles. Tho lit
tlo log hut, which was preserved until
a fow years ago, stood almost directly
on tho stnto line, nnd in it Gen. Isaac
Shelby, who won fnmo nt King's moun
tain, wns born. Tho body of Gen.
Evnn Shelby now sloops on tho stato
lino between tho two .great common
wealths, In Bristol.
Daniel Boone, tho fnmous pioneer
settlor, also settled near Bristol and
tho stnto lino, and tho Inscription ho
enrvod upon n beech trco not far rrom
Bristol Is quite plainly visible It Is
ns follows: "Daniel Boono cllled a
bar."
By reason of tho stato lino it is
often difficult to determine questions
of Jurisdiction In criminal and civil
ciibob. A fow months ago a young girl
was found in East Hill cemetery in a
dying condition, with a mortal bullet
wound In her brenst. Her sweothoart
whb charged with having murdered
hor. She wns within ten feot or tho
stato line, which divides tho cemetery,
nnd It wns necessary ror surveyors to
rerun the stato lino before It was de
termined thnt Tennessee had Jurisdic
tion In tho case,
Until n fow. months ngo, when n plnn
for doing such work In common wns
adopted, It wns a rrequent thing to see
ono side or Stato street well swept
and sprinkled, whllo tho pavement
on tho other sldo, being in tho other
city, romalned dirty nnd dusty, llow
over, many or thoso handicaps havo
been ovorcomo and thoro Is unity In
nctlou on almost all mattors. At times
reeling betweon tho police rorces has
been bitter and a row years ngo re
sulted In the killing or a member or
the Bristol (Tenn.) department by a
Bristol (Vn.) bluecoat, but theso oh
Jeetlonnblo features Incident to tho
peculiar geographical situation of tho
city are being rapidly minimized.
tlrely unaware or tho offoct sho was
producing.
A second glnnco told tho nnalytlcal
observer that on tho bottom of each
of the famous feet that havo boon
Miss Duncnn's fortune wns a strip of
leather resembling tho nnclont Greok
sandal, and that this was held on by
a strap.
But nothing Impeded tho vision of
her untrhnnnelod toes. They woro
all there, pink nnd perfect, twinkling
In scornful dotislon nt any churl so
Imse us to conshlur tholr llttlo outing
thing oxtiuordlnnry.
Benching- tho Frohman ofllcos, tho
olevator engulfed Miss Duncan and hor
toeu.
Not Intentional.
Row Riddle, D. D. I was grieved
to see your husband walk out ot
chin eh yestordny.
Mrs. Plpp You must oxcuso John
ho always walks In his Bleep. fit.
Louis Times.
HAS ELEVEN FOOT BEARD.
Mlssourlan with Hirsute Appendage
Not Trimmed Since Civil War.
St. Louis. Valentino Taplcy of
Frankford, Mo., hns perhaps tho long
est board on record, 11 feet In length.
Mr. Taplcy stands six feet, nnd his
beard Is long enough to reach his en
tiro length nnd Ho ilvo feet seven inch
es on the floor. Ho has not trimmed
hta beard slnco tho civil wnr. j
Mr. Taplcy lives on a farm near
Frankford, In whnt Is known ns the
"Kingdom of Calllway," n rich ngrl-
Beard Eleven Feet Long.
cultural country. Tnploy says ho
hasn't done anything since tho .closo '
or tho war but pay taxes and voto tho
Democratic ticket. Ho Is a closo per
sonal friend of Hon. Champ. Clark,
who Is congressman of Ills district.
Mr. Tnploy may bo called eccentric.
Ho cares very llttlo for money nnd
dltplay, preferring his quiet fnrm llfo
to thnt of the gazo of tho curloti9.
Ho has refused largo offers to go with
shows and tour this and rorelgn coun- ,
tries.
Ho wenrs his beard rolled up and
under his shirt bosom, wrapped In a
lino silk cloth. I
Mr. Taploy's father camo from
North Cnrolina to Missouri In 1S18.
Ho raised a family of nlno children,
tho subject of this Bketch being tho
oldest. Mr. Tnploy has u record of.
his family slnco thu sixteenth century,
but no member of his family slnco
that tlmo has possessed such a growth
of beard.
NEW DAVIS GUN-TORPEDO.
Combination Weapon to Be Adopted
by Navy Department.
Washington. In view of tho recent
experiment mado with tho Davis com
bination gun-torpedo at Fort Strong,
Mass., tho bureau of ordnanco, navy
department, will ndopt tho torpedo for
naval warfare. Tho report or Ktho
board or naval ofllcers who witnessed
tho test hns been contplotod nnd shows
that tho now weapon Is unquestionably
or Importance. Naval officers recom
mend thnt n supply of tho weapons be
contracted for aB soon ns expedient.
Mennwhllo, however, It is under
stood that foreign governments aro
Lieut. Com. Cleland Davis.
considering tho posslblo purchase of
tho now projectllo. It will bo ImpossI
bio, It Is snld, for tho United States
nuvy to oxcludo competition, becnttso
when the torpodo wns first tested its
effectiveness cnused widespread com
ment, nnd Its design leaked out.
In tho opinion of ordnanco exports,
battleships or tho ruttiro may have to
provldo against tho workings of tho
combination gun-torpedo projectllo.
Battleships tiro now protected against
torpedo nttnek by a half-Inch Iron
chain nottlng, which Is calculated to
dlBchnrgo tho torpedo's exploslvo nnd
nullify its dnmnglng effects on tho
hull. With tho Davis weapon, howovor,
this means ot protection would prob
ably not nvnll, as the torpedo Is shot
through net or bulkheads into tho
vitals or tho ship boforo the high
charge Is exploded.
Portraits and Sentiments.
In this gamo tho players sit In n
row. Each whispers to his rlght-hnnd
neighbor tho nnmo or somo person and
to his left-hand nolghbor somo senti
ment, original or quoted, supposod to
be written undor tho portrait of that
person. Each then' announces aloud
whoso portrait has been presented to
him und what Is Inscribed undor It.
For Instnnce, n player may bo glvon
tho portrait of Bluebeard, with tho In
scription: "Ho was an Indulgent hus
band and estltiinblo gentleman."
Tho names chosen may bo thoso of
(ho players themsolvos, or of famous
characters, real or fictitious, ancient
or modern,
A REASONABLE REQUEST.
Small Urchin (to major, who ha3
boon thrown from horso into pond)
HI, mister, ns you 'appens to bo in tho
water, would you mind looking for
Wllllo's whistle?
TESTING PAINT.
Proporty owners should know how
to prove tho purity nnd quality of
whlto lead, the most important paint
IngredictU, before paying for it. To
nil who write, National Lead Co., tho
largest manufacturers or pure white
lend, send a Tree outfit with which to
tnnko n slmplo and suro test of whlto
' lead, and also a frco book about paint,
j Their address is Woodbridgo BIdg.,
I New York City.
Business Genius.
He who can bo "all things to nil
men" solicitous of ono's patronage,
comparatively Indifferent to another;
who can study his customer's likes
and dislikes, nnd moot them In all
tholr varying, and very often annoy
ing, moodB Is ho who Is going to bo
most successful. Tho ability to do this
may bo described as business genius
and It Is perhaps tho most rare genius
in tho world. Men's Wear.
Starch, llko everything else, Is be
ing constantly Improved, tho patent
StarcheB put on tho market 25 years
ago are very different nnd Inferior to
those of tho present dny. In tho lat
est discovery Defiance Starch nil In
jurious chemicals aro omitted, whllo
tho addition or another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to tho Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap
proached by other brands.
Good English.
A French lady living in America en
gaged a carpenter to do somo work
ror hor nt a stipulated price. Sho waB
surprised later to find thnt ho charged
moro than tho prlco ngrced upon.
When sho attempted to rcmonstrato
with him, however, her English failed
her and sho said: "You aro dearer to
mo now than when wo wero first en
gaged." Success.
Important to Mothers.
Examlno carefully every bottlo or
CASTORIA a safe and suro remedy for
infants and children, and seo that It
Signature of LS&tt&S
In Uso For Over JJO Years.
The Kind You Havo Always Bought
"This hurts mo moro than it doet
you," remarked the mother, who was
spanking her offspring with a slipper.
"Well, you seem to bo putting your
solo Into It," replied tho boy.
If you would not censo to lovo man
kind, you must not cease to do thorn
good. Maclaron.
Smokers appreciate the quality vnluo of
Lewis' Single Binder cipar. Your dealer
or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111.
If you don't got tho boat of It, mako
tho best ot It
MY OWN FAMILY USB
PE-RU-NA.
HON. GEORGE W. MOM FV
Hon. George W. Honey, National
Chaplain U. V. U., ox-Chaplain Fourth
Wisconsin Cavalry, ex-Treasurer Stato
ot Wisconsin, and ex-Qunrtcrmastor
General Stato of Texas O. A. R., writes
from 1700 First St., N. E Washington,
1). C, as follows:
"I cannot too highly recommend j-our
preparation for tho rolief of catarrhal
troubles In tholr various forms. Some
members of my own family havo used
it with most gratifying results. When
other remedies failed, Peruna proved
most efficacious and I cheerfully certl-
Mr. Fred L. llebard, for nlno years a
leading photographer of Kansas City.
Mo., located at the northeast corner of
13th and Grand Avps., cheerfully gives
tho following testimony: "It Is a proven
fact that Peruna will cure catarrh and
la grippe, and ns a tonic It has no equal.
Druggists havo tried to mnko mo tnko
vwiothlng olso 'just us good,' but Peru
pa is good enough for me."
I Pc-ru-nn in Tnblct Form.
For two years Dr. Hartman and hU
assistants havo Incessantly labored to
crcato Peruna In tablet form, and their
Btrenuouslaborsliavo just been crowned
with success. People who object to
liquid medicines can now becuro Peru-
' na jV10,' wllcl represent tho solid
medicinal ingredients of Poruua.
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