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THE SEMI-WEEKLY IMBIBE
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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
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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.
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