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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1908)
,111" 'I. I ill t THE SEMI-WEEKLY IMBIBE IRA L. DARE, Publisher TKHMS $1.25 IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA Worthy Vercus Worthlea Citizens. A professor In tho Andovcr Theo logical seminary onco mot a man Rolnci to tho town meeting. Said tho pro feoHor: "What nro they going to bring up nt tho meeting today, Urown?" Urown replied, with n snarl: "I dun no what thcy'ro gain' to bring up, but whatover It 1b, I'm goln' to oppose It." Tho zeal of this particular citizen was of qucHtionablo adviuilngo to his town. Homo so-called rcformorH have a Bplrlt unfortunntely similar, says n writer In AppUiion'n Mngazlno. An Irltth team Btcr In a certain Now England town Jilrcfl a man to drlvo for him when ever tho llconso question Is put to vote, Ho takes tho wholo day oil. Ho votes no HccnHO himself. Ho gets as many otheni ns ho can to voto tho sama way. A gentleman nslred him ono day why ho took bo much trail bio. Ho ariBwered: "Mo boy died of rum an' I do what I can to keep other folks' boyB from dying tho Bamo wny." This Ignornnt teamster In a citizen of the highest typo. A gentleman of high standing In tho name community boasted that ho novor voted nt local electloiio. Ho Bald: "Why should I go through tho farco of casting my bal lot? Thin town Is run by n lot of low and corrupt politicians. My vote doesn't count. 1'vo no tlmo for senti mental shams." This scholarly gentle man lu n cltlzon of tho lowest type. Ho Is stupidly soinsh. Wcro ho Intel ligently BoHluh, ho would protect hlu Intcrcstfl as n citizen Just as ho pro tects his profcBstounl Interests, According to an English nuwspuper Aldorshot Iiihj been much excited over tho death of a cat, and thero wilt prob ably bo much conversation botwoon tho Scots Guards and tho North Star fordshlres. Tho colonel commanding tho lattor was riding down tho Hues of tho, Scots auardu with two fox torrlom.( Thero was a bit of a tiff between tho dogs nnd tho cat with throo .kittens, and tho colonel threatened to kill tho cat. Tho cat was caught, but cBcapcd, from tho hands of throe drummers of tho Scots Guards, who wore looking after their pets, Tho colonol dis mounted, caught tho cat In tho fork of a trco and killed It with Ills riding whip. Tho caao agnlnut the colonol was proforrod by tho S, P. C, A. Tho Aldorfihot magistrates who refused to convict tho colonol snld In effect: "Oullty, but don't do It agnlnl" Now tho quostlott which ugltutoa tho royal long-named society Is, what would hnvo happened It n drummnr had killed tho colonol'a fox terrier. Which wau tho agrc8Hor? Ono of the utoatn shovelu ongagod' (In work on tho Panama canul, lu tho operation of which more than 300 em-, 'ploycs woro engaged, recontly lifted out a quantity of dynumlto which Is described In uu olllclal report as being "more than a biibhel." What would havo happened If tho nhovol had struck tho dynamite lnntoad of tho earth around It In easy to Imagine Tho oxploslvo was In sticks three- quarters of an Inch In dlamotor and (lvo InohoB long, and tho cartridges boro tho trade-mark of n French muuu facturcr of dynaiulto and u dato which appeared to bo Novoinbor t!9, 1887. IJuquoHtlonnbly tho dyunmlto was put In by tho Kronch and olthor failed to oxplodo or was abandoned when tho work coused on that part of tho Fronch wntorway, Tho dynamtto np poaretl tp bo In porfect condition. A Philadelphia doctor sent in a bill of $21,000 to n Plttuburg captain of In diiHtry for nervlcuB roudered, and tho former patient robols nt tho niuouut. Tho doctor, who Is a speciality of Homo sort, uayn ho couRldors ?G00 a visit a roaBonnbto charge. Tho cane Is now In court and tho horror of tho do fondant's lawyers, who will each ask a thousand dollars nn hour for their horvlccfi without batting nn eye, may bo imagined, Whatover tho International Con Kreea on Tuborculosln may do for tho world, the extent of its problem was not forth on tho oponlng day. Secre tary Cortolyou, In an nddroBs of wol come, romlndod tho delogntes that tu berculosis took moro llvoa In this coun try during tho past four years than tho number of men killed In tho civil war. President (larfluld'a son has succood ed Mnrk Hopkins' sou iib president of Williams college, It was Oarflold who suld that "Mark Hopkins on ono oud uf u log nnd a student on tho other Is a- college" Dr. Hurry Ourllold bo gun ut tho right end of tho log, and Is now worthy to hold his scat on the wluo onrt of it. Turkoy Importod "over" 0,000,000 pounds of Boap last year, aayu an ox. change, Toilet, washing or soft for political purposea? Dlottlno Pad with Fancy Corner. Soma sheets of whlto blotting papor laid on a plcco of heavy cardboard cov- ored with bright-colored wall papor or crotonno, make a pretty bluttor. Corners of tho double papor or cro tonno koop tho blotting papor lu placo. Paper Owls. Comical papor owls aro mado of plain brown tissue papor, crinkled by passing through tho hands a number of times. Stuff with wadding, and tlo at each ond. Cut ono end in a point for tho tall. Loavo tho other ond wldo nnd squaro for tho head. Sew shoo buttons on cl.'clos of yellow cloth out lined with black, for oyen. Attach tho nwln to n twig. Mado in thrco bIzcb, tho birds look llko n little fam TOP STAR FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE Cut out of n piece of cardboard tho form of n llvo-polutod star flvo Inches long. Cover with gold loaf or Bllvor loaf. For tho rays of light talto about IB broom straws, dip them In gold or silver paint nnd paste thorn bnck of tho star In bunchos of thrco. Tnko u piece of wilting paper, roll it into n stiff roll, fasten ono end to i twig nnd panto tho other end at tho back ot tho star. Tho star may thou bo ar ranged at tho top of tho treo. Idea for the Christmas Table. A now Idea for n Christmas table Is n Jack Homer boll. It may bo himir from tho chaudoller by n spl'iiBhlng bow of scarlet ribbon. Tho boll la mado of red tissue paper, tho bottom nt which la acourelv nastod over with Btout papor. Scarlet ribbons aro Btretchod from tho bell to tho plates, and at a signal from tho hostess, fflvnn hv tho tlnklluiz of a llttlo In visible bell, tho ribbons aro pulled and onUi sad of uacn is u Bouvcuir. c .Mini ttmnt lly. An effect of plumage is gained by using dark water colors, marking all over the body. Jevel Cabinet. An ingenious little artlclo is a jewel basket, made of n squaro box, fitted with pill box drawers, each having a pasBo partout ring for a handle. It is rp o covered with pink or bluo silk and is a dainty uccossory for a dressing table. Snap-Shot Album. This is niado of heavy gray papor, with covers of gray cardboard or of soft leather. It may bo ornamontod with any sultablo quotation. Dox for Dall of Twine. Twlno holdora aro circular boxes covered with leather or linen, in doop colors. Llttlo match boxes that aro very charming for men's tablea aro mado of tho ordinary match boxes that como by tho dozon, with a plcco of stiffened volvet and n llttlo gold paint ulong tho edgos, folded about it and gluod In placo to represent a llttlo volvot book. DRESSING THE CHRISTMAS TREE An Occasion of Great Joy for Doth Young and Old. Tho hnnnloat nt Christmas for young nnd old is when tho trco beams forth I n nil Iru glory and splendor. Thoro la great pionsuro ror tho oldors In dressing it In Its Ruycst raiment. If th f.!n beauty Is to bo brought out it should oo itopi until nignt. it la snld that 150,000 Chrlstmns trcoswlll bo brought Into tho Amorlcnu market. Ilnminrir.. codar, plno and spruco aro all good ror tno purpose Tho baso can bo covered with cotton batting sprinkled with diamond dust, and every branch may do lation down with tho snmo nrtl llclnl snow. Incnndoscont nWfrin llghta are becoming moro popular each year ua tnoy aro BOfor. Howovor, many proror tlio twinkling of tho candles. Colored bulla nnd tlnnni nrn draped from every branch, nnd coyly dressed dolls nnd toys of nil sorts away In tho air. Then thoro must bo cornucopias of rod nnd gold, filled with canny. ino largest presents and mys terious packages can bo henned tho foot of tho treo. Evory packago snouiu uo wrnppod in whlto papor and nod with brilliant red ribbon. Many dollars aro snout ennh vnnr tnr i-,h. oratb decorations, but many nttrnctlvo and eifecuvo omamonts may bo mado at home, bucIi ns strings of noneorn. cranborrloa, gilded nnd silvor nuts, pa- per nowors, etc., wiilcu nil add to tho splondor of tho Chrlstmaa treo. Doing Up the Gifts. A now way of doing up gifts which will plcnso nil, nnd particularly do light tho chlldron, Is to use whlto tla Biio paper for wrappers, and, instead of tying with ribbon, faston tho papor In placo by using small seals over tho cdgoB whero they aro folded down. Tho seals como specially for tho pur poso aud aro decorated with tiny sprays ot holly, If you aru sondlng off n Christmas box put a layor of whlto tlnsuo papor or whlto cotton on top ot tho packages and over this sprigs ot holly or mistletoe. Let Children Make Cards. Havo a largo box at hand to drop In pictures, fancy papers, scraps of rib bon, and bo on to glvo tho children to inako Chrlstmaa cards, You will be surprised at their ingenuity. Wk SNAP Gossip of Washington What Is Golnrf On at the National Capital. " Mystery of a Missing Mink Overcoat WASHINGTON. Unless St. An thony speedily nnswora bis pray ere, or aomo other ngency of tho lost and found intorvonca to holp him, it may bo necessary for Senator McCum bor of North Dakota to Insert nn ad vertisement In tho nowflpapcrs of his ntato for a mysteriously missing over coat. In tho second weok of hla atrcnuous campaign for tho prcsldoncy Judgo Taft invnded North Dakota. Ho was accompanied by a cold wavo that mot him at Minneapolis. Great prepara tions hnd been mado for his enter tnlnmont nt Fargo, whero tho arrange ments contemplated a visit by tho Republican presidential candldato to a big barbecuo near tho edgo of tho city. All these plaiiH woro outlined to Mr. Tnft by a local committee which boarded tho train at Crookston, Minn. When Mr. Taft hinted that ho had no garment to protect him from tho cold, local committeemen Bald thoy would boo to It that ho was provided with proper habiliments. When tho Tnft special roached Grand Forks, Senator McCumbor got Fargo on tho long-distance tolophono and said ho wanted tho chairman of Citizens Want a Change in Government THE liveliest question in Washing ton Just now is that ot a chango in tho district's form of government. Ab everybody probably well knows affairs aro administered now by n com mission of three men appointed by tho president, ono of whom must bo an army engineer. Thero 1b undoubtedly a growing opinion that n concentration ot au thority In the district government would simplify tho municipal situation and produco better results. Tho com mission plan has its good features. It haa long been held up as n model, Ideally suited to tho needs of tho Dis Police Ban on Dazzling Salome Posters WW THE shock to tho modesty of tho guardian of Washington's morals tho other day was almost ovorwholm lng whon his oyo caught an animated, dazzling and highly colored postor of tho danco ot Salomo. "Avaunt from my Bight, yo tonipt- roBB," ho crlod na ho slowly recov ered his moral standard. Forthwith ho determined that tho capital could not gnzo upon theao pictures of tho dancor In full careor. Tho edict df this "moral censor," who Is II. L. GcsBford, Inspector of po- Joy of Department PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT caused great rejoicing among 25,000 gov ernment clerks hero the other day, by announcing that ho had no Intention of compelling the poor overworked employes to labor an additional 30 minutes dally. Hut beforo tho rejoicing got to tho danger point, he spoiled It nil, by add ing n postscript that ho would permit no department head to locrcaso the Btilary of any ot tho employes. Tho houra which tho department employes now obsorvo nro from nlno n. m. to l;30 p. in., with half an hour for lunch. Up to throo years ago, thoy quit at four o'clock In tho afternoon, when very suddenly the wtrenuoun president Parents and Children. It is very evident those days that tho problom of how to bring up oho'b parents proporly Is giving concern to n number of tho children of our beat families. Thero soema to bo a grow lng Inclination on tho part of paronta to nBscrt themselves unduly, to regu late tho hours and occupations ot their offspring, to prescribe tho regl nieu ot their lives, oven to select thoir friends and acquaintances nnd dictate their cbolco of amusomonts. If some thing Is not douo about it shortly the ,' Hi - tho county commltteo to bo at tho station with nn overcoat that would fit Judgo Tnft. A hundred loyal Bons of Fargo wero willing to sUiver In tho raw prairlo blizzard that tho next president of the United States should bo properly clnd. Tho dlfllculty was to find a man of tho Taft physical pro portions who owned nn overcoat. Tho county chairman was In despair until ho happened to think of Finn Leech, a "bonanza farmer," whoso ranch la only a fow miles from Fargo. Finn wolgha 340 pounda. Tho county chairman lost no tlmo in gottlng in touch with Finn Leech. "Did Finn havo an overcoat?" Sure thing, nnd it was lined with mink and cost $17C. "Would ho loan it to Judgo Taft for uso that evening?" Would ho? Would a lifelong Republican miss a chanco to havo his finest garment adorn tho shoulderB of tho lender of his party? Ten minutes later tho overcoat waB In tho hands of tho county chairman and Judgo Taft was tucked beneath its amplo folds ns soon aa hla train roached Fnrgo. Ho woro tho coat to tho barbecuo and to tho mootlnga fol lowing tho feast. And for all that Finn knows ho may bo wearing It now na ho followa tho elusive golf ball ovor tho links nt Hot Springs. Tho $175 mink lined overcoat dis appeared when Judgo Taft left Fargo Nobody seems to know whero It la. Its owner haa asked Senator McCumbor to mako an investigation. trict of Columbia, whero suffrago Is denied. But frequent and repeated contention nnd bickering among tho members of tho board havo served to creato moro or less general criticism ot tho commission plan, nnd thuu glvo tho propaganda for a chango somo mo mentum. With tho commissioners ob viously working at cross purposes, and airing their differences, and sub ordinate district ofllclals following this exnmplo by engaging In noisy con troversies, It Is a logical sequenco that tho present form of government should gradually bo somewhat under mined. Many substantial citizens and largo tax-payers aro convinced that a one headed government would work moro smoothly asd satisfactorily. This is no now conviction on their part, it ha8 been omphaslzed in recent exhi bitions of division In tho present tri umvirate, it Is true, but the advisabil ity ot concentrated authority haa ap pealed to them for yearn. Hco, Is law, so far as it concerns the atrical posters, nnd so tho Washing ton billboards will bo bnrron of Snlotne. Thus was Gertrudo Hoffman, who had "a vision of Salomo" to present to tho capital at ono of tho leading the aters, banished from tho Bight of tho casual passerby, tho street urchin and tho student ot billboard art. Tho offondlng posters now roposo lu tho dark recesses ot tho stago of tho theater, whllo actors and nianagors and attaches gather about and declare them martyrs to tho causo of art. "Ain't it awful, Mabel, that such Bwoll pictures should bo condemned, Jest llko somo phony canned goods or something llko that," said ono lndlg nnnt chorus girl. Just to show that tho management did not shnro tho shnmo of tho censor, tho posters were pasted up In tho theater lobby. Clerks Shortlived Issued nn order tacking on tho addi tional half hour. Then It wns nraorod that ho Intended to completo tho Jpb by making It a full hour, and keeping tho clerks at work until flvo o'clock every day. Then camo tho bccoih! half of tho samo executlvo order .llrectlng' that no Increase should bo offorcd, tug gested or propose! In any ot tho budgets for nnybo.iy. Economy was given ns tho causo. This order .'tfects not only the Washington Mnployes of tho govern inont, but its employes throughout the country. Many of whom nro figuring on goueroua Increases. Secretary Loeb explained that tho uo-luci ease order did not apply to reg ular yromotlons under tho civil serv Ice. but that It would forbid tho ln crooso of any clerk's or ofllclal'a sal ary for tho samo work. It la under stood that n number of department heads Intended to recommend In thoir current CKflmatos nn Increase for somo of their subordinates. Tho prosl dents ordor wpolls all of this. rod of power will pass from tho hand of tho child to tho parent. Phlladol phln Lodgor, Definition of a Giraffe. Tho chlldron had written composi tions on tho giraffe. They wcro road tug thorn aloud to tho class. At lust tho tlmo enmo for llttlo Wllllo Doran to rend his. It was as follows; "The giraffe is n dumb animal and cannot express itself by any sound, because its neck la so long its voice gets tired on its way to Its mouth." SEEMED WORSE EVERY DAY. A Dangerous Case of Kidney Com plaint and How It Was Checked. Mrs. Lucy Quobcck, Mechanic St., Hopo Valley, It. I., says: "Eight years ag I contracted se vere kidney troublo and my lack began to ncho centlrmally. Every day it Boomed worso. Tho lenst pressure on my back tortured me, and I could not stoop with out a bad twingo. Tho kidney accretions passed irregu larly with pain, nnd I bloated badly. My head swnm nnd spots flitted beforo my eyes. Ono doctor said I was in curable. However, I found prompt re lief when I started using Doan's Kid ney Pills, and tho tronbles I havo re lated gradually disappeared." y Sold by all dcalors. 60c a bor. Fos-tor-Mllburn Co., Huffalo, N. Y. Smile's Face Value. Although most or us would hesitate to express what might be termed the faco valuo of the "modern smile," wo certainly reallzo at times that it Is a form of currency which ia depreci ating. In tho "modern smilo" wo recog nize tho crudo, ofllclnl thing which neither illuminates, cheers nor bridges awful gaps of Bllence. It may savor of BUggcstlng a wavo of imbecility to dcclaro that wo ought all to amllc more, but It Is certainly truo that the charm of a woman'a omllo was once esteemed even nbovo ijeanty. Over 20,000 hounds nro maintained In Englnnd for hunting purposes stng houuds, foxhounds, otterhounds, har riers uud beagles. , AIIou'h 1'not-l?np,n Vnnrrior tiirwolli'n.sToutlnalci't. clIvMlnctnmrvllpf. Th oilulnal owdor for tho tcvU vSo utull Droicxlut A man may follow his natural bent nnd yet bo perfectly straight. This woman says that sick Women should not fail to try Jjydla E. Pinlcham's Vcgetablo Compound as sho did. Mrs. A. Gregory, of 2355 Lawrctico St., Denver, CoL, writes to Mrs. Pinldmm: " I was practically an Invalid for nix years, on account of female troubles. I underwent nn operation by tho doctor's advice, but In a few months I was worso than before. A friend ad vised Lydia E. Pinlcham's Vc, -citable Compound and it restored mo t- erfect health, such as I havo not enj cd in many years. Any woman snffo inp; ns I did with backache, boarltv-down pains, and periodic palns.shouli' lotfail to uso Lydia li Pfnkham's Wjctablo Compound." FACTS FOR SICK WGIVJEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and horbs, has been tho standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of womon who havo been troubl hI with displacomonts, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregu'arities, poriodio pains, backache, th 't bearing-down feeling, flatuloncy, indiges tion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it? Mrs. Pinkham invites nil sick women to writo her for iulvlee. Site has ffuided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Muss. If Yon Work Outdoors Any cold you contract should be cured withont delay, and driven entirely out of the sys temunless you wish to in vite an attack of Pleurisy or Pneumonia. Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant is known as the most success ful preparation ever discovered for Colds, Coughs, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs or Chest, Pleurisy, A3thma and diseases of similar nature. This famous remedy has been dispensed for over 78 years, end is sold by all druggists,ln three size bottles, $1.00, 50c and 25c. Dr. D. Jayne'i Tonic Vena! tuit la a splendid building-up tonle for systeraa weakened by Coughs or Colds. ,-,T.-.v.v..Yv mLI' LsHHw