The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, January 19, 1909, Image 3

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    Dog with Tutor ana tnattr.
Nana, n French poodle belonging to
Mr. Edward Elssworth, a ronl eatnto
Operator of Now Yorlc, Is surely tho
most" pampered cn:ilnc la tho world.
A prlvato room nt the Plaza hotel, n
tutor, a maid, a prlvato bath, and o
special menu uro among the Items on
tho list of the necessaries of llfo pro
vided for tho dog. Tho tutor Is en
gaged to teach Nana tricks moro com
plicated than tho ordinary Jumping
through hoops' and "shamming dead,"
ind Nana's food Is specially prepared
In the servants' kltchon.
DOMESTIC REPARTEE.
Mr. Knagg Before you mot mo you
Bald you wouldn't marry tho best man
In tho world.
Mrs. Knagg And you uro tho only
ono who thinks that I broke my word.
8ure Slew.
Mrs. Murphy Arrah! 'Tls Saterdah
, night an' th' facth'ry Is closin' down
an' Tlmmy don't know whether ho'll
git his pay or not.
Mrs. Flaherty Here ho comes homo
now.
Mrs. Murphy Wlrra! Thin ho ain't
boen paid.
Chaucer's House Is Sold.
Hartford Manor, Farhigton, Berk
shlro, England, formerly tho homo of
tho poot Chaucer, and tho largest
farm on the Puscy ostato, has been
sold to the leaseholder, Georgo Baylis
of Wyfleld Manor, Newbury, tho
largest producer of barloy In England.
Pusoy Is said to havo been granted
to tho family of that namo by Canute
by tenuro of a horn, which Is still In
Bouvloro Pusey's possession and bears
tho Inscription: "Kyng Knoudo gavo
William Powse yo horn to held by thy
. Londe."
Laundry work at homo would bo
much moro satisfactory If tho right
Starch wdro used. In order to get tho
desired stiffness, It Is usually necos
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and flnoncss of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys tho
appearance, but also affects the wear-
ing quality of tho goods. Thin trou
ble can bo entirely overcomo by using
Defiance Starch, as It can bo applied
much moro thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes. i
Sixty MJleo of Logs.
Tho largest raft of logs over towed
irom Nova Scotia to Boston was com
posed of onough logs to reach sixty
miles, if placed end to end. It was
composod of 7,000 logs, rafted to-
gothcr in a mass of 400 feet In length,
,llfty foot wide and twenty-eight foot
In depth. It floated with ten feet of
logs above water and eighteen fqot
submerged.
Starch, like everything else, Is, be
ing constantly Improved, the patent
Starches put on tho market 25 yoars
ago dro very different nnd inferior to
thoso of tho present day. In tho lat
est discovery potlnnnco Starch all
Injurious chemicals aro omitted, whllo
tho addition of another lngrcdiont, in
vented by us, gives to tho Starch a
strongth nnd smoothness nevor ap
proached by other brands.
Increases Liquor Duties.
The British govomment has In
creased tho duties in spirits for Sierra
Leone 25 per cent in responso to tho
ugitatlon concerning liquor traffic in
Africa.
Starch, ltko ovorything olso, is be
ing constantly improved, tho patent
Starches put on tho market 25 yoars
ngo aro very dlfforont and inferior to
thoso of tho present day. In tho lat
est discovery Defiance Starch all In
jurious chemicals aro omitted, whllo
tho addition of another ingredient, In
vented by us, gives to tho Starch m
strength nnd smoothness 'nevor ap
proached by othor brands.
Omaha Directory
HAIR GOODSii
quality, Ml 23-1 n. wavy, lt qualitr, fa j and quality, W
8 putt, list quality, fG:2nd quality, ;t. Trunitorinix.
tlons from (0 to IIS. Pompadours, Wigs und TOU
I'UES. Bond amploof hulr wltn ordnr. Hlaleprlre
Goods hent O. 0. I), with lirlTllrKS of examination
MONHEIT'S HAIR 8TORE
1411 FARNAM OT., OMAHA. KiUbllilaedllM
TMXTOlS
Rooms from 81.00 up single, 76 cents up double
CAFE PRICKS REASONABLE
M. Spiesberger & Son Co,
Wholesale Millinery
The Beit In the West
OMAHA, MEB
Dr. Ilalloy & Macti, Tho
S.1 floor, l'ajton
DENTISTS
WIUV.I Mill
land Farnam
"mi.. Omaiia. Niu.
Dental oulc In tho Middle Vt. IAteU appllancei
Bait equipped
mux. nmillAncus
gu graao Dentlitry. lieaiunuuio price.
RUBBER GOODS
by matt at ent prices. Bend for free cr.tntoiruk
MYERS-DILLON DHUU OO,. OMAHA. MCUII
TANNING!
Top markt
and manufacture
Coats, lluua. mc.
iiiuiiu itobo A: 'riiuniiiif
Coiupuoy, bo, Owaliu, Meb.
nf HnhAa
Write or cull
I
BY
WILLARD Mt a
OR the thirteenth time in
his 130-year career Un
cle Sam Ih gottlng ready
to count noses. Census
taking will occupy all
his ciiorgics in 1910, but
even to day ho Is getting
ready for that Herculean
task. It is tho biggest
thing the United States
docs onco In every ten
years, but to day the sys
tem for its accomplishment has no
peers nnywhero in tho world.
Tho ronsorv is because America
now has a permanent census bureau,
ono which Is nlways making prepara
tions for tho next dccade'B count.
Tho country's solons will go down
Into the public treasury this winter
for $14,000,000 for tho 1910 census,
and of that sum, $1,500,000 is for
raalntalnenco of a permanent bu
reau. Speaking In smnllcr figures, It
costs tho United States government
17 cents for counting each and every
man, woman, boy and girl onco in
ten years. It costs just as much to
count John D. Rockefeller as it does
tho lone Immigrant from Norway
who arrives at Now York with $23
as a nucleus for his prospective for
tune. It Is estimated that tho population
,.:
6.N. P.
WORTH
DIRECTOR OF THE U, 3.
k REAR OE THE REMARKISLE HEPV CARD
PUNCHING MACHINE
bo placed upon tho payroll of tho United
StntCB government next summer nnd
shortly afterword this great counting
process will be commenced. After tho Now
Year tho greatest problem which Direc
tor North faced wao of getting onough
money from congress to fully guarantee
a comploto count, which would fully sot
forth all that statisticians wished to
know. Tho cennus budget was up beforo
congress loBt year, but was turned over
to tho 1908-09 national legislature
Lawmakers much regret that whereas
tho constitution of tho United States ro
quires that each ten years thcro bo a
IS
Ml
m m m m m
Pr.c. puta J-J ,aeS .
THE NEWLY -PERFECTED r
TABULATING MACHINE C.
of this country has increased 20 per
cent, since tho last census was
taken In 1900 and according to con
servative guesses by men who aro
qualified to know, tho number ofi
persons should total In tho neighbor
hood of 90,000,000. As a conso
quenco statisticians have arrived at
tho decision that in 1920 the popula
tion will touch tho 100,000,000 mark.
The census of 1910 is to cost tho
people llttlo more than that of 1900
for tho reason that machines, which
aro wonderful in their ninkoup, have
been Invented by members of tho
census bureau and theso do far greater work than
tho old stylo counting devices in usn Whnn ,
Job wns started nine years ago.
Thcro arc two styles of machines ono Is tho
card punching devico and tho other, tho tnhnintm-
Tho first punches tho holes in tho census cards,
wnicn aro arranged mucn ns In tho conventional
enrd indox. Tho wonderful tnbulntinf rtlnoltlnn
then takes tho pasteboards and solely by mechan
ical menus adds, classifies and makes up totals
from tho cards, which pass through the dovlco '
faster than tho oyo can follow them. Both ma-
chines nro essential and each is dependent upon
uio outer ror success.
The now card punching machine, which s a
great Improvement upon tho old system, Ib an
electrical contrivance. Hitherto the operator was
compelled to play upon It like a typist, buc to-day
all that is necessary Is to touch tho koy desired,
press a lover and tho machlno keeps or punching
cards as long as tho power Is kept on. Tho old
hand puncher wa3 capablo of sond'ng out 900
cards each day while tho new automaton attalnB
a speed of 3,500 and saves tho operators nerves.
Another feature of theso now machines is that
tho United States will soon know, after tho cards
havo been turned in by tho great umy of statistics-gatherers,
just where It Btandu on population.
Classification Is also a great feature, divisions
being made of whites, bjacks, und othor races,
along with females, males, natives, foreigners,
married and single persons.
Ono hundred and fifty of these now machines
aro in tho process of construction for tho censtis
taking of 1910. Threo thousand persons will do
tho clerical work in tho government offices at
Washington. So you see there is something to
this census taking business.
Director North of tho census declnres that as
soon as tho Incoming cards aro punched ho will
bo nblo to glvo to tho country tho total. Tho
tabulating machines aro now a closely guarded
secret in a llttlo machlno shop nt tho census
bureau offices In Washington and at last nccounts
tho experts at work upon it wero perfecting tho
detnils of Its construction. It is a government
invention and no ono person gets tho credit for it,
but it will revolutionize tho business of counting
noses.
In other years Undo Sam's work of taking a
snap shot of his peoplo was llko a man In tho hay
&5S
L.WILBUR
CHIEF" STATISTICIAN
nnd trying to make good.
Tho conditions each ten
yearn were bo much dif
ferent from those of tho
decado previous that
oven though tho samo persons woro given tho
caro of tho ofllccs connected therewith, they found
themselves nt sea within n few days. Now, how
ovor, tho pormanelit census bureau makcB tho
counting of tho population a business for nil tlmo
with Uncle Sam and this gigantic Job will bo
given (he attention of hla wenthor oyo from day
to day, though the fruits of the work will bo
thrust Into tho public gnzo only onco In ton years.
Men who nro exports on taking tho census of
countries declnre that tho system by which tho
government will take tho count In 1910 Is admit
tedly a model which tho wliolo world should fol
low, if it would bo as up-to dnto as this corner.
Another project is on foot to-dny which will great
ly facilitate this census progrnin. Thnt Ib tho
erection of a permanent home for tho population
counters. If congress allows Director North to
erect such.nn edifice, It will bo a specially con
structed statistics manufacturing plant. In a
communication to congress Director North sets
forth his plans. Ho planB to expend tho sum of
$075,000 for tho purchase of a Bite and for the six
Btory fireproof building upon which ho is laying
his program. This, ho Bays, will provldo amplo
accommodations for tho 3,000 persons who aro
engaged in this work from year to year.
To-day, if you woro to visit Washington, and
wished to seo tho census bureau, you would bo
lod to a one-story brick structure which was
erected for tho tabulation of statistics In 1900.
Ono great space problom which tho government
faces Ib tho storing of census reports and this
took up Just about all tho room of tho old struc
ture, bo that most of tho clerks and othor help
had to bo accommodated elsewhere, It was re
cently estimated that it would house Just about
ono-fourth of tho clerks needed for tho consufl
next year.
Tho great army of houso-to-houso canvassers
who will count you and your family In 1910 are
not as yet even estimated by Director North, but
It Ib recorded thut ono man counts only about
10,000 persons, many of them counting less in tho
small space of tlmo allotted to tho tabulation
THE OLD iSTYLE TABllATOR WTH DIALS THAT
.REQUIRED TO BE A EC ET BY HAND
comploto, satisfactory census of all tho souls In the
country, no adequate plans wero mado when the
republic wns planted on this side of tho Atlantic.
For that reason ovory decado saw u hurry and
scurry to count tho population, gront confusion
distress In somo sections and gonornl provnlenco of
conditions bordorlng on chaos. So, for moro than
a century It continued tlniB each year, for tho pro'
coding administration, It Is stated, did not caro
about giving tho next successful party anything up
on which the caption of "spollB" might be hung,
it 1b declnrcd.
So nobody went after a real census Bystom very
strongly.
But modern IdenB havo boen Injected Into tho
counting process and tho gigantic move for a per
manent bureau having succeeded, wo aro now to
have n census which will enumorato, speedily, ac
curately and glvo results to tho peoplo in tho
shortest possible tlmo. Tho establishment of a per
manent buronu will also bring about tho perfection
of moro accurnto, faster and far hotter ideas nt
later dates, Each decado will bco changes for the
best, It Ib declared by thoso in power at Washington.
and feed businoss Jumping Into a printing shop Thousands upon thousands of extra men will
Cultivate the Open Mind.
President Ullot Bays tho open mind is a fruit of
culture And it Is llkowlso, n Christian virtue. Tho
man with an open mind Is an agreeable person. Ho
is Just and kindly. Ono cun talk wltn him with
pleasuro, for ono cun bo qulto auro, if tho mind Is
opon, thoro Is no prejudice, env;; or Ul-wlll thoro
Tho open mind Is where tho trutl is welcomed, and
whoro it Ib not tainted with meanness of any kind
As a general thing, tho moro ignorant a person
Is tho tighter Is his mind closed. Ho thus bocomo3
exceedingly absurd, nnd consequently pitiful. He
loses lnfluonco and In tlmo, respect. Ho likes to say
hlB mind is mado up, which moans that tho doors
and windows of his soul are shut and no more light
will bo lot in.
That Ib a bad situation for n person to got in
It Is full of cold gloom, pessimism, nnd malign mod
Itatlons; nnd Btnnds In tho wny of tho world gottlng
hotter. And who wants to bo Bitch an obstruction?
PATIENT OUFFEniNQ.
Many Women Think They Aro
Doomed to Backache.
It Is not right for women to bo nl
ways ailing with backacho, urinary
ills, hendacho nnd othor
BymptoniB of kidney
disease. Thcro Is a way
to end thoso troubles
quickly. Mrs. John II.
Wrght, 606 East First
St., Mitchell, 8. D
says: "I Buffered ten
years with kidney com
plaint and a doctor told mo I would
never got moro than tomporary rollof.
A dragging pnln and lnmoncss in my
bnck almost disabled mo. Dizzy spells
camo and wont and tho kidney Bccro
tlons wero irregular. Donn's Kidnoy
Pills rid mo of theso troubles nnd I
fool bettor than for yonrs past."
Sold by nil dcnlors. 50o a box. Fos-tor-Mllburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
ACCOMMODATING.
Doctor (to man who has fallen)
You need n strong punch of como kind.
Mr. Flynn (nn old enemy) Lot mo
glvo it to him, doel
DREADFUL DANDRUFF.
Girl's Head Encrusted Feared Lost
of All Her Hair Daby Had Milk
Crust Mloslonary'o Wlfo Mado
Two Perfect Cures by Cutlcura.)
"For sovornl yenrs my husband
was a missionary in tho Southwest.
Every ono In that high and dry nt
mosphero has moro or less troublo
with dandruff nnd my daughlor'B scalp
becamo so encrusted with It thnt I
was nlarmod for fear sho would loso
aU her hair. ARor trying vnrious rem
edies, In dosperation I bought a enko
or Cutlcura Soap nnd n box of Cuti
cura Ointment. Thoy loR tho scalp
beautifully clean and frco from
dandruff, and I nm happy to say that
tho Cutlcura Remedies wero n com
ploto success. I havo also used buc
cossfully tho Cutlcura Romodlos for
no callod 'milk-crust' on. baby's head.
Cutlcura Is a blessing. Mrs. J. A.
Darling, 310 Fifth St., Cnrthago, Ohio,
Jan. 20, 1908."
Potter Drug X CUom. Corp., Solo rrops., Uorton,
Rather Remarkable Certainty.
Tho lawyer for tho plaintiff had
finished his argument, and counsol for
tho dofonso stopped forwnrd to speak,
when tho now Judgo Interrupted him.
His eyes woro wide opon nnd filled
with wondor nnd admiration for tho
plea of the plaintiff.
"Dofcndnnt need not spoak," ho said.
"Plaintiff wIiib."
"But, your honor," said tho attorney
for tho defendant, "at least lot mo pre
sent my case."
"Well, go nhoad, thon," said the
Judgo, woarlly.
Tho lawyer went uhoad. Whon ho
had finished tho Judgo gaped In oven
greater astonishment.
"Don't it boat alll" ho oxclalmcd.
"Now dofendnnt wins." Greou Bag.
Too Strong for Daddy.
It was raining outside, nnd little in
terrogative Irani was in ono of hor
worst, or at least most trying, moods.
Futhor, buvlly writing at his desk, had
nlroady roproved her sovoral times for
bothering him with useless questions.
"I Bay, pa, what "
"AbIc your mother."
"Honest, pa, this Isn't a silly one
this tlmo."
"All right, thlB onco. What Is it?"
"Well, if tho end of tho world was
to como, nnd tho earth was destroyed
whllo a man wns up in an airship,
whoro would ho laud whon he camo
down ?" Everybody's.
Opposed to Toll Roads.
Maryland, following tho recent lend
of Pennsylvania, Is moving to abolish
toll roads. Gov. Crothcra hns ex
pressed tho hopo that boforo hla term
Is ended every tollgnto in tho Btato
will bo abolished and every road frco.
Ho believes that tho work of tho good
roads commission will ultimately re
Bult In wiping out tho gates. "Tho toll
gate," Bays tho govornor, "Is not of
this ago and has no proper plnco in
this tlmo. It is ridiculous to think of
charging peoplo money for coming to
your city."
ROSY AND PLUMP
Good Health from Right Food.
"It's not a now food to mo," re
marked a Va. man, in speaking of
Grapo-Nuts.
"About twolvo months ngo my wife
was In vory bad hoalth, could not keep
anything on hor stomnch. Tho Doctor
recommended milk half wntor but It
was not Buillciontly nourishing.
"A frlond of m,lno told mo ono day
to try Grapo-Nuts and cream. Tho re
sult was really marvolous. My wife
soon regained hor usual strongth and
to-dny Is as rosy and plump ns when
a girl of Blxtccn.
"Thoso nro plain facta and nothing
I could Bay in prnlso of Grapo-Nuts
would oxaggorato In tho loast tho
valuo of this great food."
Name glvon by Postum Co., Battlo
Crook, Mich. Read "Tho Road to Well
vlllo," in pkgs. "Thoro's a Roason."
Kvcp rentl lite nlxivc Irtterf A new
one nppcnrH .from time, to time. They
lire irenutac, true, ttnU full of human
liferent.